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A vision of Britain through time
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ALGARKIRK, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; on the Peterborough and Boston railway, near Fosdyke Wash, 6½ miles S by W of Boston. It has a station, with Sutterton, on the railway. Post Town, Sutterton under Spalding. Acres, 6,050. Real property, £10,828. Pop., 772. Houses, 155. The property is subdivided. Much of the surface is fen. Algarkirk House is the seat of the Rev. B. Beridge. The living is a rectory, united with Fosdyke, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,310.* Patron, the Rev. B. Beridge. The church is cruciform, with a low central tower; shows successive characters from traces of Norman to later English; has a beautiful new reredos; and contains sedilia and an octagonal font. A pillar in the churchyard is said to mark the grave of Algar, Earl of Mercia, who fell in battle against the Danes at Threkingham, in 870. Hence the name Algarkirk. Charities £24, and a share in Fosdyke hospital.
(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: | Algar Kirk CP/AP Boston RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Algar Kirk |
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