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Dunston, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Dunston, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, on a branch of the river Witham, near Duns Dyke, with a station called Nocton and Dunston on the G.N. & G.E. Joint railway, 8 miles SE by S from Lincoln, and a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Metheringham. Acreage, 3372; population, 652. Much of the land, novi-inclosed and cultivated, was formerly a dismal waste, and a pillar, 92 feet high, close to the public road through it, was erected in 1751 as a landmark. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; yearly value, £222 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Gothic style, and there are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Reform chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishDunston St. Peter 
Poor Law unionLincoln 
WapentakeLangoe 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Dunston:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1564-1895 1587-19111564-1905

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Dunston from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Dunston are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN4
Post TownLincoln

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