Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOODHALL

WOODHALL, a parish, with a village, in Horncastle district, Lincoln; containing Woodhall-Spa r. station, and 3 miles SW of Horncastle. Post town, Horncastle. Acres, 2,240. Real property, £2,117. Pop., 276. Houses, 55. The property is subdivided. The manor, with W. Lodge, belongs to S. Hotchkin, Esq. W. Spa is a medicinal spring, discovered in 1820; and has a bathroom and a large hotel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £88. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is good; and there is a Presbyterian chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Woodhall AP/CP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Woodhall Spa

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