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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BURTON-UPON-STATHER, a village and a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln. The village stands on a "staith" or creek of the river Trent, near that river's mouth, 3 miles NNE of Keadby r. station, and 11½ NW of Glanford-Brigg. It has a post office, of the name of Burton, under Brigg; it figured formerly as a considerable market town; it serves now as a depôt station for the Hull and Gainsborough steam-vessels; and it carries on a considerable trade in meal. The parish includes also the hamlets of Normandy, Thealby, and part of Coleby. Acres, 3,860. Real property, £6,038. Pop., 983. Houses, 222. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Flixborough, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is of the 13th century, and in good condition. There are two Methodist chapels 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: | Burton upon Stather CP/AP Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Burton upon Stather |
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