Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yarborough

Yarborough.-- wapentake, Lincolnshire, in Parts of Lindsey, 131,454 ac., pop. 27,698; contains 36 pars., and gives the title of earl to the Pelham family.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Yarborough

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