In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coleby like this:
COLEBY, a parish in the district and county of Lincoln; on the Wolds, near Ermine-street, 5 miles E of Swinderby r. station and 8 S of Lincoln. Post town, Harmston, under Lincoln. Acres, 2, 600. Real property, £4, 274. Pop., 458. Houses, 104. The property is divided among a few. Coleby Hall, the seat of the Temple family, is a Tudor edifice by Sir W. ...
Chambers. Limestone occurs; and many Roman remains have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £126.* Patron, Oriel College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman, partly of later dates; and has a fine spire and a font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.
Coleby through time
Coleby is now part of North Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coleby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coleby, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11955
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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