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SOMERBY, a parish, with a village, in Grantham district, Lincoln; 3½ miles ESE of Grantham r. station. It has a post-office under Grantham. Acres, 2,990. Real property, £3,889. Pop., 234. Houses, 51. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £645.* Patron, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. 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 village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Somerby Parish Grantham Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Old Somerby |
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