Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LULLINGTON

LULLINGTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby. The village stands on the S verge of the county, near the river Mease, 4 miles E of Oakley r. station, and 6½ S by W of Burton-upon-Trent; was known at Domesday as Lullitone; and has a post office under Burton-uponTrent. The township includes the village and extends into the country. Real property, £3,603. Pop., 272. Houses, 57. The parish contains also the township of Coton-in-the-Elms, and comprises 2,983 acres. Real property, £6,239. Pop., 625. Houses, 143. The property of L. township is divided among a few; and that of Coton is much subdivided. The manor of L. belongs to R. Colvile, Esq.; and that ofto Lady Wilmot Horton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £165.* Patron,R. Colvile, Esq. The church was restored and extended in 1862, at a cost of about £2,525; has a tower and spire; and contains a font of Devonshire granite, resting on five shafts of Torquay marble. The vicarage of Coton is a separate benefice. Charities, £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lullington AP/CP       Derbyshire AncC
Place names: LULLINGTON     |     LULLITONE
Place: Lullington

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