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LANGTON-ST.-ANDREW, a chapelry in Langton-near-Horncastle, Woodhall, Thornton, and Thimbleby parishes, Lincoln; near Woodhall-Spa r. station, 7 miles SW of Horncastle. It was constituted in 1847; and its post-town is Horncastle. Pop. in 1861,610. Houses, 120. Pop. of the Langton portion, 141; of the Woodhall portion, 199; of the Thornton portion, 1 67. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £110.* Patron, the Rector of Langton. The church was built in 1846; is a fine edifice in the pointed style; consists of nave and chancel, with a turret; has three good stained-glass windows; and contains a richly-carved stone pulpit and a font. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Langton Parish Thimbleby Parish Thornton Parish Woodhall Parish Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Woodhall Spa |
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