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SKEGBY, a parish, with a village, in Mansfield district, Notts; 3 miles W of Mansfield r. station. It has a post-office under Mansfield. Acres, 1,456. Real property, £2,466; of which £160 are in mines. Pop., 805. Houses, 156. The property is subdivided. Limestone is quarried; and stocking-making is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is partly Norman. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Skegby Parish Mansfield Poor Law Union/Registration District Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Skegby |
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