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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Raithby like this:
RAITHBY-CUM-MALTBY, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; 2½ miles S W of Louth r. station. Post-town, Louth. Acres, 1, 930. Real property, £2, 350. Pop., 145. Houses, 28. The manor and most of the land belong to H. Chaplin, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Hallington, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £570.* Patron, H. Chaplin, Esq. The church was built in 1839, at a cost of £4,000; is in the florid Gothic style; and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with pinnacled tower.
Raithby 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 Raithby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Raithby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13464
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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