Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIDGEND

BRIDGEND, a hamlet in Horbling parish, Lincoln; 4¾ miles ENE of Folkingham. Pop., 46. A Gilbertine priory was founded here, in the time of King John, by a London citizen of the name of Godwin; and given, at the dissolution, to Edward Lord Clinton.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Horbling Parish       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Bridge End

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