Wildsworth, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Wildsworth, a hamlet in Laughton parish, Lincolnshire, 7¼ miles N of Gainsborough. There is a chapel of ease, built in 1838.
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 County | Lincolnshire | |
Civil parish | Laughton | |
Poor Law union | Gainsborough | |
Wapentake | Corringham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Wildsworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wildsworth)
Maps
Online maps of Wildsworth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)