Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LISSINGTON

LISSINGTON, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; on a small tributary of the river Witham, 2 miles NE of Wickenby r. station, and 4 NNW of Wragby. Posttown, Wragby. Acres, 1,526. Real property, £2,258. Pop., 245. Houses, 50. The manor belongs to Turnor, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £365.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lissington CP/AP       Caistor RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Lissington

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