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GRASBY, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands on the Wolds, 2 miles ENE of North Kelsey r. station, and 3 NW of Caistor; and has a post office under Brigg. The parish comprises 1, 720 acres. Real property, £2, 164. Pop., 433. Houses, 107. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, S. Turner, Esq. The church is a plain edifice, recently repaired. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school. .
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Grasby AP/CP Caistor RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place: | Grasby |
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