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.
DEEPING-MARKET, a small town and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The town stands on the river Welland, at the boundary with Northampton, 2¾ miles W of St. James-Deeping r. station, and 7¾ SSE of Bourn; and has a head post office, † a chief inn, a neat modern bridge, a town hall of 1839, an ancient cross rebuilt in 1819, a fine old church with a tower, two dissenting chapels, a free school with £111 from endowment, and charities with £58. Markets are held on Wednesdays; fairs are held on the Tuesday before 13 Feb., the Monday before Mid-Lent, the Mid-Lent Monday, the Monday before 12 May, the second Wednesday after 12 May, 25 June, the last Wednesday of July, 5 Aug., 10 Oct., and 8 and 9 Nov.; and malting, brewing, rope-making, and boat-building are carried on. The parish comprises 1, 290 acres. Real property, £6, 642. Pop., 1, 337. Houses, 294. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given by Morcar de Bruen, a Saxon chief, to the abbey of Croyland; and by the Conqueror to his chamberlain Richard de Rulos. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £579.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Dr. R. Tighe, the linguist and divine, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Bourne RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Market Deeping |
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