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CROFT, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; on the river Steeping, at the coast, 2 miles NNE of Wainfleet, and 3 E by S of Firsby and Spilsby r. station. It has a post office under Boston. Acres, 6, 153; of which 680 are water. Real property, £11, 365. Pop., 784. Houses, 163. Croft Bank lies off the coast; and Croft manor-house and Croft End are residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £480. Patron, Lord Monson. The church is early English; was repaired in 1838; and has a handsome tower, which was restored in 1857. There are a Weslcyan chapel, a free school, and some charities.
(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: | Croft Parish Spilsby Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Croft |
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