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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  ASHBY	Suffolk	ASHBY , a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; near the river Waveney 2½ miles N of Somerleyton r. station, and 5½ NW of Lowestoft. Post Town, Somerleyton under Lowestoft. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £1,137. Pop., 70. Houses, 14. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £214. Patron, Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. The church is mainly early English, and Has a decorated east window, a square Norman font, and a circular west	Imperial
  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH	Leicestershire	ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH , a town, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district, in Leicester. The town stands in a pleasant situation, on the NW border of the county, on the rivulet Gilwiskaw, near the Midland railway and the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, 18 miles by road and 20¾ by railway NW by W of Leicester. It was anciently called Esseby; and it took the afterpart of its present name from the ancient Norman-French family of La Zouch. It belonged to that family from the time of Henry III. till 1461; it passed then to the Crown	Imperial
  Ashby, West	Lincolnshire	Ashby, West , par., mid. Lincolnshire, 2 miles N. of Horncastle, 1074 ac., pop. 382.	Bartholomew
  ASHBY (West)	Lincolnshire	ASHBY (West) , a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 2 miles N by E of Horncastle r. station. It contains the hamlets	Imperial
  CAISTOR, or Castor	Lincolnshire	Ashby-with-Fenby, Hawerby-with-Beesby, Newton-le-Wold, East Ravendale, Hatcliffe, Beelsby, Barnoldby-le-Beck, Irby-upon-Humber, Aylesby, Laceby, Bradley, Little Coates, Great Coates, Healing, Stallingborough, Immingham, and Habrough; and the subdistrict of Market-Rasen, containing the parishes of Market-Rasen, Middle-Rasen, West	Imperial
  COVENTRY	Warwickshire	COVENTRY , a town, a district, and a quondam city-county, in Warwick. The town stands on the river Sherbourne, at	Imperial
  DAVENTRY	Northamptonshire	Ashby. Acres, 24, 617. Pop., 8, 917. Houses, 2, 047. -The district comprehends also the sub-district of Long Buckby, containing the parishes of Long Buckby, Watford, West	Imperial
  Farthorpe	Lincolnshire	Farthorpe , hamlet, West Ashby par., mid. Lincolnshire, 2 miles N. of Horncastle.	Bartholomew
  FARTHORPE	Lincolnshire	FARTHORPE , a hamlet in West Ashby parish, Lincoln; 2 miles N of Horncastle.	Imperial
  FLEGG	Norfolk	West Somerton, Martham, Rollesby, Burgh-St. Margaret-and-St. Mary, Billockby, Clippesby, Ashby, Oby, Thirne, and Repps-with-Bastwick. Acres	Imperial
  GOSCOTE (West)	Leicestershire	West) , a hundred in Leicester; bounded by Derby, Notts, East Goscote, and Sparkenhoe. It contains Ashby-de-la-Zouch parish	Imperial
  HORNCASTLE	Lincolnshire	West Torrington, West Barkwith, East Barkwith, Panton, Langton-by-Wragby, Hatton, Sotby, Benniworth, Market-Stainton, Ranby, Great Sturton, Baumber, Minting, Gantby, Waddingworth, Tupholme, and Bucknall, and the extra-parochial tract of Langton-Woodhouse; the sub-district of Tetford, containing the parishes of Tetford, Belchford, Fulletby, Salmonby, Somersby, BagEnderby, Ashby	Imperial
  LEICESTERSHIRE, or LEICESTER	Leicestershire	west-sonth-westward, past Hinckley, toward a junction with the Trent Valley line at Nuneaton. A branch line deflects from the Midland Counties in the southern vicinity of Leicester, and goes 5¾ miles west-north-westward to the vicinity of Desford. And another line goes from Leicester westward and northwestward, past a junction with the previous branch near Desford, and past Swannington and Ashbyde-la-Zouch, toward a junction with the North Staffordshire at Burton-upon-Trent. The turnpike roads extend aggregately to about 300 miles; and the cross-roads, to about 1,400 miles. Leicestershire contains 207 parishes	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	West Pinchbeck, and Spalding. The deanery of South Holland-second contains the rectories of Fleet and Tydd-St. Mary; the vicarages of Gedney, Holbeach, and SuttonSt. Mary; and the p. curacies of Gedney-Hill, DroveEnd, Sutton, Sutton-St. Edmnnd, Sutton-St. James, and Sutton-St. Matthew. The deanery of Horncastle contains the rectories of Asterby, Bucknall, Dominationon-Bain, Hemingby, Mareham, Scrivelsby, Dalderby,.Stennigot, and Thimbleby; the vicarages of Calkwell, Goulceby, Horncastle, Minting, and Ranby; and the p. curacies of West Ashby	Imperial
  LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY	London	Ashby and Nuneaton lines, for acquiring powers over the lines at Burton-on-Trent, and for purchasing the Fleetwood, Preston, and West	Imperial
  MEASE (THE)	Derbyshire Leicestershire Warwickshire	Ashby-de-la-Zouch; runs about 5½ miles south-south-westward, and about 9 westward, but eventually west-north	Imperial
  Middlethorpe	Lincolnshire	Middlethorpe .-- hamlet, West Ashby par., Lincolnshire, 2 miles N. of Horncastle.	Bartholomew
  MIDDLETHORPE	Lincolnshire	MIDDLETHORPE , a hamlet in West Ashby parish, Lincoln; 2 miles N of Horncastle.	Imperial
  WESTMORELAND	Westmorland	Ashby, Orton, Raine, Shap, and Kirkby-Lonsdale. The soils, on a few farms, are clayey or loamy; but, in general, are gravelly and dry. Much of the hill pastures, mainly in consequence of perpetual moisture, is good. The chief crops are oats, barley, wheat, turnips, potatoes, and clover. The cattle are Durham short-horns, Scotch breeds, and a rough long-horn breed; the sheep are chiefly a white-faced Silverdale breed; and goats are numerous. Many farms of from 10 to 300 acres are held as freeholds or copyholds, subject to fines. Manufactures are confined principally to Kendal, Milnthorpe	Imperial

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