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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oxcombe like this:
OXCOMBE, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 6 miles N E by N of Horncastle r. station. Post-town, Horncastle. Acres, 1,020. Real property, £1, 200. Pop., 27. Houses, 4. The property belongs to D. Briggs, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £217.* Patron, D. Briggs, Esq. The church is a neat small building, in the pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel withoctagonal tower.
Oxcombe is now part of EAST LINDSEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST LINDSEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oxcombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oxcombe, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13407
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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