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Saxelby (St. Botolph)

SAXELBY (St. Botolph), a parish, in the wapentake of Lawress, parts of Lindsey, union and county of Lincoln, 6½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Lincoln; containing, with the hamlets of North and South Ingleby, 1058 inhabitants. This parish comprises by admeasurement 4240 acres of land, having for the most part a strong clayey soil. It is situated on the road from Lincoln to Gainsborough, and intersected by the Foss dyke, which is navigable for sloops and barges. The village is large and well built; a statute-fair is held in it in May. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10, and in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln, with a net income of £167, and a glebehouse newly erected. The tithes were commuted for land in 1806; 245 acres were awarded to Lord Monson, the impropriator, 126 to the vicar, and 22 to the lord of the manor. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a good tower. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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