Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BASTON

BASTON, a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln; 3½ miles NNW of Market-Deeping, and 3 E by S of Brace borough r. station. It has a post office under Market Deeping. Acres, 3,520. Real property, £5,897. Pop., 787. Houses, 183. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £231. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £14.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Baston Parish       Bourne Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Baston

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