Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUCKNALL

BUCKNALL, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on an affluent of the Witham river, 2¾ miles ENE of Southrey r. station, and 6½ W of Horncastle. Post Town, Stixwold, under Horncastle. Acres, 2,471. Real property, £2,874. Pop., 406. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £231.* Patron, Lord Monson. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, a free school, and charities £18.


(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: Bucknall Parish       Horncastle Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Bucknall

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