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ASHBY (West), a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles N by E of Horncastle r. station. It contains the hamlets of Farthorpe and Middlethorpe; and its Post Town is Horncastle. Acres, 1,590. Real property, £4,853. Pop., 526. Houses, 118. Ashby-Thorpe House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £54. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is later English. There are two Methodist chapels 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: | West Ashby Parish Horncastle Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | ASHBY | ASHBY WEST | WEST ASHBY |
| Place: | West Ashby |
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