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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of Deeping St. James, 1843.


Deeping-St.-James, or Deeping-East, a parish in the wapentake of Ness, parts of Kesteven, union of Bourn, county of Lincoln ; ¾ mile east by north of Deeping-market, on the northern the river Welland, and near the post-road from Louth to Peterborough. Living, a discharged vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln ; rated at £6 19s. 2½d. ; gross income £192. Patron, in 1836, Sir T. Whichcote. A priory of Benedictine monks was founded here in 1139. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels here. There are 3 daily schools in this parish. Acres 6,470. Houses 337. A. P. £8,413. Pop., in 1801, 1.160 ; in 1831, 1,587. Poor rates, in 1837, £329.


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