In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mown Rakes like this:

RAKES-FARM, an extra-parochial tract in Boston district, Lincoln; near Swineshead. Pop., 4. House, 1.

Mown Rakes through time

Mown Rakes is now part of BOSTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOSTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mown Rakes itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mown Rakes, in Boston and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22549

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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