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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.
(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: | Sleaford Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Silk Willoughby |
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