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HAGNABY, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 4 miles SW of Spilsby r. station, and 5¾ NW of Little Steeping. Post town, Spilsby. Acres, 640. Real property, £1, 500. Pop., 93. Houses, 16. Hagnaby priory occupies the site of a moated Premonstratensian house, which was founded, in 1175, by Herbert de Orreby, and given, at the dissolution, to the Freemans; and it is a handsome mansion, the seat of T. Coltman, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £82. Patron, T. Coltman, Esq. The church is small.
(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: | Hagnaby Parish Spilsby Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hagnaby |
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