Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROUGHTON

ROUGHTON, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, 4 miles E of Woodhall-Spa r.station, and 4 S by W of Horncastle. Post-town, Horncastle. Acres, 1,020. Real property, £1, 500. Pop., 131. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with Haltham-upon-Bain, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £600.* Patron, the Hon. and Rev. John Dymoke, Bart. The church is good.


(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: Roughton CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Roughton

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