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HEMINGBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, 3½ miles NNW of Horncastle r. station. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 2, 430. Real property, £3, 247. Pop., 473. Houses, 96. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster, and is held by Miss Trafford Southwell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £500.* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is plain but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school with £145 a year, and 4 alms houses.
(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: | Heningby Parish Horncastle Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Heningby |
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