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.
SOMERCOTES (North), a parish, with a large scattered village, in Louth district, Lincoln; on the coast, 10 miles NE of Louth r. station. It has a post-office‡ under Louth. Acres, 8,622. Real property, £11,122. Pop. in 1851, 1,039; in 1861, 1,178. Houses, 264. The property is much subdivided. A coastguard station is at Donna Nook. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln-Value, £500.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is large and in bad repair. There are three Methodist chapels, an endowed school, and some charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a large scattered village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | North Somercotes CP/AP Louth RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | NORTH SOMERCOTES | SOMERCOTES | SOMERCOTES NORTH |
| Place: | North Somercotes |
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