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North Kyme, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Kyme, North, a township in South Kyme parish, Lincolnshire, on Car Dyke, 4 miles SW by W of Dogdyke station on the G.N.R., and 7¼ NE of Sleaford. It has a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Billinghay. Acreage, 3854; population, 636. Much of the surface, of a fenny character, was drained under an Act of 1840. Traces exist of a Roman camp, and a mediaeval stone cross stands in the centre of the village. The church, erected in 1877, is a building of brick in the Late Gothic style. It is served by the clergy of South Kyme. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.

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 parishSouth Kyme 
Poor Law unionSleaford 
WapentakeFlaxwell 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for North Kyme 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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