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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.
HALTON-HOLEGATE, a village and a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln. The village stands on the river Steeping, 1 mile ESE of Spilsby; and has a postoffice under Spilsby, and a st. on the Spilsby railway. The parish comprises 1, 320 acres. Real property, £, 554. Pop., 531. Houses, 127. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Samuel Vessey, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, Lord Willonghby d'Eresby. The church is later English, with early Norman parts; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a large tower; was recently restored, at a cost of £1, 960; and contains an ancient font, and, on an altar tomb, the effigies of a crusader. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £7.
(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: | Halton Holegate AP/CP Spilsby RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Halton Holegate |
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