Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WICKENBY

WICKENBY, a parish, with a r. station and two hamlets, in the district and county of Lincoln; on the Lincoln and Hull railway, 5¼ miles SSW of Market-Rasen. Post town, Wragby. Acres, 1,997. Real property, £2,983. Pop., 288. Houses, 56. The manor belongs to Mrs. Gillyatt. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev.Nevile. The church is old.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a r station and two hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wickenby Parish       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Wickenby

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