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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BEDFORD LEVEL	Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk	fen in Northampton, the parts of Holland in Lincoln, and nearly all the isle of Ely in Cambridge; and comprises	Imperial
  BOSTON	Lincolnshire	fen allotments of both. Acres, 7,850. Pop., 17,527. Houses, 3,838.—The district comprehends also the subdistrict of Kirton-in-Holland	Imperial
  Edinburgh	Midlothian	Edinburgh, the metropolis of Scotland and county town of Midlothian, is situated 2 miles S of the Firth of Forth	Groome
  ELLOE	Lincolnshire	Holland, Lincolnshire; at the southern extremity of the county. It contains twelve parishes, and part of Deeping Fen. Acres, 167, 550. Pop. in 1851, 36, 399; in 1861, 37, 928. Houses	Imperial
  HOLBEACH	Lincolnshire	fen land. There are three manors, Holbeach-Lord-D'Acre, Holbeach-Abbotts, and Holbeach-Pipwell; and the first belongs to William Butt, Esq., -the second to Richard Caparn, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £900.* Patron, the Bishop of L. H.ST. John is a separate benefice, a p. curacy, constituted in 1867. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop. The church is about 4 miles S of the town, and was built in 1840. The sub-district excludes the small part of the parish lying southward of South Holland	Imperial
  Holland Fen	Lincolnshire	Holland Fen , eccl. dist. and vil., Amberhill and Kirton pars., S. Lincolnshire, --dist., pop. 1039; vil., 8 miles NW. of Boston	Bartholomew
  HOLLAND-FEN	Lincolnshire	HOLLAND-FEN , a fen and a chapelry in Boston district, Lincoln. The fen lies averagely on the North Forty foot	Imperial
  Holland, Parts of	Lincolnshire	Holland, Parts of , the low fen country in Lincolnshire, adjoining the sea-shore, from the Wash to the Humber, and extending	Bartholomew
  HOLLAND (PARTS OF)	Lincolnshire	HOLLAND (PARTS OF) , a division of Lincolnshire; extending from Wainfleet to the Isle of Ely, and comprising the borough of Boston, and the wapentakes of Elloe, Kirton, and Skirbeck. It is bounded, on the N, by the wapentakes of Candleshoe, Bolingbroke, and Horncastle; on the E, by the German ocean; on the S, by Cambridgeshire; on the W, by the wapentakes of Ness, Aveland, and Aswardhurn. Acres, 299, 647. Pop. n 1851, 77, 286; in 1861, 78, 905. Houses, 16, 704. It vas, at one time, covered by the sea; was afterwards mainly a waste of marsh and fen	Imperial
  IVES (ST.)	Huntingdonshire	Holland, fighting in the cause of Charles I., was taken at Huntingdon in 1648; and Oliver Cromwell had a residence here, called Slepe Hall, now displaced by a number of new houses. Roger de St. Ives, an Augustinian monk, and Pratt, the author of "Gleanings, " were natives. Pop. of the town in 1851, 3, 522; in 1861, 3, 321. Houses, 708. The parish comprises 2, 330 acres. Real property, £17, 371; of which £270 are in railways, and £120 in gas works. Pop. in 1861, 3, 395. Houses, 722. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester	Imperial
  KIRTON	Lincolnshire	Holland, Lincoln. The village stands near the Peterborough and Boston railway, 4 miles SSW of Boston; is a large place; was once a market town; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Boston.—The parish contains also Kirton-Fen	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Holland-first contains the rectories of Algarkirk and Wyberton; the vicarages of Bicker, Donnington, Frampton, Gosberton, Kirton-in-Holland, Sutterton, Swineshead, Wigtoft, and Quadring; the p. curacies of Chapel-Hill, Fosdyke, Holland-FenChapel, and Surfleet; and the donative of Brothertoft. The deanery of North Holland-second contains the rectories of Bennington, Fishtoft, Leverton, and Skirbeck; the vicarages of Boston, Frieston, Butterwick, Leake, Sibsey, and Wrangle; and the p. curacies of BostonChapel, Carrington, Eastville, Frithville, Langriville, Midville, and Thornton-le-Fen	Imperial
  LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN	Lincolnshire	LINCOLNSHIRE , or LINCOLN, a maritime county on the E of England. It is bounded on the N and NE, by	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is	Imperial
  NESS	Lincolnshire	Holland, on the S, by Northamptonshire, on the W, by Rutlandshire; and containing Baston parish, eleven other parishes, and part of Deeping fen	Imperial
  NORFOLK	Norfolk	fens; rabbits abound near Winterton and Sheringham; and pheasants and other game are plentiful enough to be sent to market. Worsted manufactures were introduced by Flemings, in the time of Henry I.; took their name from Worstead parish, where they were first made; and were transferred thence to Norwich, in the time of Richard II. Dormics, cambrics, and calecuts were long the principal textile manufactures; druggets, serges, shalloons, and duffields followed; and crapes, camblets, stuffs, tabinets, bombazines, poplins, damasks, shawls, and a great variety of fancy fabrics afterwards became prominent. The manufactures now are not aggregately so extensive	Imperial
  SKIRBECK	Lincolnshire	fen allotment; and, excepting that allotment, is all in Boston par. borough. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £19,579. Pop. in 1851, 2,429; in 1861, 2,878. Houses, 638. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £737.* Patron, Mrs. A.Roy. The parochial church stands about a mile from the town; is ancient; and has a well-proportioned later English tower. Trinity chapel of ease stands on the Spilsby road, and was built in 1848. There are three national schools, an ancient hospital with £35 a year	Imperial

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