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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LACEBY, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands 3 miles SSW of Great Coates r. station, and 4 SW by W of Great Grimsby; and has a post-office‡ under Grimsby. The parish comprises 2,037 acres. Real property, £4,766. Pop., 1,021. Houses, 238. The property is subdivided. An ancient earthwork is near the village; and a remarkable spring, called Wellbeck, dry in winter, but copious in summer, is in the neighbourhood. There are a steam-printing establishment and a flour mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £580. * Patron, R. Haynes, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school for Laceby, Bradley, and Barnoldby, and several charities. was restored in 1860. There are a church-school, and charities £35.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Laceby AP/CP Caistor RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Laceby |
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