Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for APPLEBY

APPLEBY, a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; near the Doncaster and Grimsby railway, 7 miles NNW of Brigg. It includes Raventhorpe hamlet: and has a post office under Brigg, and a r. station. Acres, 6,164.-Real property, £6,192. Pop., 579. Houses, 101. The property is divided between two. Appleby House is the seat ofWinn, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £150. Patron, Winn, Esq. The church is a neat structure, with a tower.


(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: Appleby AP/CP       Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Appleby

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