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Heighington, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Heighington, a village and a township in Washingborough parish, Lincolnshire. The village, which stands 4 miles SE from Lincoln, has a station, called Branston and Heighington, on the G.E. and G.N. Joint line from Lincoln to Spalding, and a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Branston. Acreage of township, 2962; population, 643. Heighington Hall is a chief residence. There is a chapel of ease, and Wesleyan and Wesleyan Eeform chapels. There is also an endowed grammar school with about £150 a year.

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 
Civil parishWashingborough 
Poor Law unionLincoln 
WapentakeLangoe 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Heighington from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictNorth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN4
Post TownLincoln

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