A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HELPRINGHAM, a village and a parish in Sleaford district, Lincoln. The village stands on the Car-Dyke navigation, 2½ miles S of Heckington r. station, and 6 SE of Sleaford; and has a post office under Sleaford, and a police station. The parish includes also the hamlet of Thorpe-Latimer, and comprises 2, 600 acres. Real property, £6, 853. Pop. in 1851, 829; in 1861, 912. Houses, 203. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Willoughby de Broke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £200.* Patron, the Rev. F. Latham. The church is decorated English, in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and S porch, with lofty tower and spire; and contains a carved screen, three sedilia, and a piscina. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Primitive Methodists, and charities £42.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Helpringham AP/CP Sleaford RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Helpringham |
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