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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Althorpe like this:
ALTHORPE, a township and a parish in the district of Thorne and county of Lincoln. The township lies on the river Trent, and on the Doncaster, Barnetby, and Grimsby railway, 4½ miles SE of Crowle; enjoys advan tages of the Trent navigation; includes the hamlet of Dorrythorpe; and has a post office under Bawtry, and a r. ...
station. Real property, £3,098. Pop., 391. Houses, 88. The parish includes also the townships of Keadby and Amcotts. Acres, 5,460. Rated property, £10,346. Pop., 1,316. Houses, 243. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patron, the Crown. The church is of the time of Edward IV. There are two Methodist chapels and a national school.
Althorpe is now part of NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Althorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Althorpe, in North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11397
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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