Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARROWBY

BARROWBY, a parish, with three hamlets, in Grantham district, Lincoln; on the Grantham and Nottingham railway, 1½ mile W of Grantham. It has a post office under Grantham. Acres, 4,462. Real property, £7,969. Pop., 862. Houses, 187. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,200.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with three hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Barrowby Parish       Grantham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Barrowby

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