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WITHERN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Louth district, Lincoln. The village stands 2½ miles ENE of Claythorpe r. station, and 4½ NNW of Alford; and has a post-office under Alford.—The parish includes Stain hamlet, and comprises 2,669 acres. Real property, £4,668. Pop., 528. Houses, 107. The property is subdivided. A seat of the Fitzwilliamses, now a farmhouse, stands near a large square moated area, which probably was a Danish camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £420. Patron, R. Vyner, Esq. The church is modern. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £11.--The subdistrict contains 20 parishes. Acres, 27,131. Pop., 4,643. Houses, 932.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Withern With Stain CP/AP Withern SubD Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Withern |
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