In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Silk Willoughby like this:
WILLOUGHBY-SILK, a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln: 1¾ mile SSW of Sleaford r. station. Post town, Sleaford. Acres, 2,505. Real property, £3,326. Pop., 237. Houses, 50. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dysart. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £650.* Patron, the Earl of Dysart. The church is old but good. There is a parochial school.
Silk Willoughby through time
Silk Willoughby 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 Silk Willoughby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Silk Willoughby, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14083
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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