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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of Market
Deeping, 1843.
Deeping-Market, a parish and market-town in
the hund. of Ness, union of Bourn, county of Lincoln ; 90 miles
north by west of London, and 43 south-south-east of Lincoln, on the northern
bank of the Welland,
and on the post-road from Lincoln to Peterborough. Living, a rectory
in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln;
rated at £16 1s. 3d. ; gross income £610. Patron, the Lord-chancellor.
This parish possesses 7 daily schools, one of which is endowed with £30 per
annum, and a house for the master, with school-room
and garden, for which 16 children are educated. The fairs, which are for
horses, stock, and timber, are held on the 2d Wednesday after 11th of May,
Wednesday before Lammas, 1st
August, 11th October, and 22d November. The market-day is Thursday. There is a
branch of the
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