In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ranby like this:
RANBY, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, 6½ miles N N W of Horncastle r. station. Post-town, Wragby. Acres, 1, 240. Real property, £1, 535. Pop., 142. Houses, 27. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £86. Patron, Miss A. Otter. The church was rebuilt in 1839, and has a lofty tower.
Ranby through time
Ranby is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ranby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ranby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13465
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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