Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWALLOW

SWALLOW, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 4 miles E by N of Caistor, and 6½ ENE of Moortown r. station. Post town, Caistor. Acres, 2,790. Real property, £3,657. Pop., 239. Houses, 41. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450.* Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is Norman. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.


(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: Swallow Parish       Caistor Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Swallow

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