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WEST FERRY, or Owston-Ferry, a small town in Owston parish, Lincoln; on the river Trent, 3½ miles SE of Epworth. It has a post-office,‡ of the name of Owston-Ferry, under Bawtry, a ferry, a market house, two Methodist chapels, a brewery, a ropery, a boat-building yard, a brick and tile yard, sacking and sail-cloth manufactories, an oil-cake mill, several corn mills, a weekly market on Wednesday, stock markets on four Mondays in spring and autumn, a cattle-fair on the Monday after 21 Aug., and a hiring-fair on 24 Nov.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Owston Ferry Parish Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | OWSTON FERRY | WEST FERRY | WEST FERRY OR OWSTON FERRY |
| Place: | Owston Ferry |
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