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SKENDLEBY, a parish, with a village, in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 2½ miles WSW of Willoughby r. station, and 3¾ NNE of Spilsby. Post town, Spilsby. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £2,400. Pop., 299. Houses, 64. The manor belongs to Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and J. Holland, Esq. S. Hall, S. Thorpe, and S. Lodge are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £155.* Patron, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. The church is early English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £5 and allotments.
(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: | Skendleby Parish Spilsby Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Skendleby |
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