Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunston

Dunston.-- par. and vil. (ry. sta. Nocton and Dunstan), in co. and 8 miles SE. of Lincoln, 4620 ac., pop. 782; P.O.; contains Dunston Pillar (100 ft. high), which is surmounted by a statue of George III., and served at one time as a guide to travellers.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dunston CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Dunston

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