Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRIMOLDBY

GRIMOLDBY, a village and a parish in Linth district, Lincoln. The village stands 3 miles NE of Legbinrner. station, and 4 E by N of Linth; and has a post office under Linth. The parish comprises 1, 729 acres. Real property, £2, 884. Pop., 321. house, 71. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to S. T. Scrope, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £144. Patron, the Rev. James Wood. The church is transition decorated English; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with a tower; has a tie beam queen post roof; and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Free Methodists, and charities £8.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Grimoldby AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Grimoldby

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