Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WISPINGTON

WISPINGTON, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3¾ miles WN W of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 1,570. Real property, £1,064. Pop., 85. Houses, 13. The manor belongs to Turnor, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron,Turnor, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1863.


(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: Wispington Parish       Horncastle Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Wispington

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