Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMERINGHAM

HAMERINGHAM, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3½ miles ESE of Horncastle r. station. Posttown, Horncastle. Acres, 1, 370. Real property, £1, 657. Pop., 188. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Coltmans. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Scrayfield, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £430.* Patrons, the Executors of the late Mr. Justice Coltman. The church is old but pretty good; and has a curious and very ancient font. 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: Hameringham CP/AP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Hameringham

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