In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mown Rakes like this:
RAKES-FARM, an extra-parochial tract in Boston district, Lincoln; near Swineshead. Pop., 4. House, 1.
The location is that of "Rakes Farm", as it is named on modern 1:25,000 maps, or "Rakes Ho." as it appears on the OS First Series map. The parish is identified just to the west of Swineshead on the 1888 Diagram of the Sanitary Districts of Lincolnshire.
Mown Rakes through time
Mown Rakes is now part of North Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mown Rakes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mown Rakes, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22549
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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