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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
METHERINGHAM, a village and a parish in the district and county of Lincoln. The village stands near a navigation to the river Witham, 5 miles E of the railway from Lincoln to Sleaford, 6 miles WSW of Stixwould r. station, and 8¾ SE of Lincoln; and has a post office under Sleaford, and a Saturday evening market around an ancient reconstructed cross. The parish contains also the hamlet of Tanvats. Acres, 4,590. Real property, £8,206. Pop., 1,532. Houses, 339. The manor belongs to H. Chaplin, Esq. Metheringham drain goes hence to the river Witham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £460.* Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church is old. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £5.
(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: | Metheringham CP/AP Lincoln RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Metheringham |
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