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SWABY, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 2 miles SW of Claythorpe r. station, and 4½ WNW of Alford. Post town, Alford. Acres, 1,160. Real property, £2,132. Pop., 498. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £460.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1827. There are a chapel for Wesleyans and a parochial school.
(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: | Swaby Parish Louth Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Swaby |
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