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DIGBY, a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln; on a rivulet called Digby beck, 6 miles N by W of Sleaford r. station. It has a post office under Sleaford. Acres, 2, 382. Real property, £2, 946. Pop., 330. Houses, 67. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Bloxholm, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is early English, with pinnacled tower and crocketed spire; and has a fine Norman entrance, and embattled walls. A fine cross is near the church; and a school has £22 from endowment.
(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: | Digby Parish Sleaford Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Digby |
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