In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whaplode Drove like this:
WHAPLODE-DROVE, a chapelry, with a village, in Whaplode parish, Lincoln; 1 mile NE of Crowland r. station. It has a post-office under Peterborough. Acres, 2,135. Real property, £5,439. Pop., 8844. Houses, 152. The manor belongs to the Duke of Somerset. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern. There is a national school.
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Whaplode Drove through time
Whaplode Drove is now part of South Holland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Holland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whaplode Drove itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whaplode Drove, in South Holland and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24051
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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