Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITTON

WHITTON, a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; on the Humber, 9½ miles NNW of Keadby r. station. Post town, Brigg. Acres, 2,440: of which 1,110 are water. Real property, £1,902. Pop., 215. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to Mrs. Bentinck. The living is a rectory, annexed to Aukborough. The church is good.


(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: Whitton Parish       Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Whitton

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