Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LOUTH ESKE

LOUTH ESKE, a wapentake in the parts of Lindsey in Lincoln; cut into two divisions, marsh and wold. The m. div. contains the parish of Alvingham. and fifteen other parishes. Acres, 36,889. Pop. in 1851,5,183. Houses, 1,082. The w. div. contains the parish of Authorpe, and twenty-one other parishes. Acres, 37,249. Pop. in 1851,3,504. Houses, 645. Pop. of both in 1861,8,791. Houses, 1,827.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Louth Esk

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