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DRIBY, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 4 miles W by S of Alford r. station, and 5½ N of Spilsby. Post town, Alford. Acres, 1, 338. Real property, £1, 614. Pop., 79. Houses, 15. The property is all in one estate. Driby-Carr is a meet for the South Wolds hounds. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of South Ormsby, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church has two brasses of the 16th century.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Driby AP/CP Spilsby RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place: | Driby |
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