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The Parliamentary Gazetteer’s Summary of Sempringham, 1843.

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Sempringham, a parish in the wapentake of Aveland, parts of Kesteven, union of Bourn, county of Lincoln ; 3 miles east-south-east of Folkingham. It contains the townships of Birthorpe and Pointon. Living, a discharged vicarage with the curacy of Pointon, in the archd. and dio. of Lincoln ; rated at £2 15s. 8d., returned at £28 ; gross income £131. Patron, in 1841, Earl Fortescue. The church is part of the ancient priory founded here, in 1139, by Sir Gilbert de Sempringham. Here is a daily school. Acres 3,480. Houses 93. A. P. £6,668. Pop., in 1801, 358 ; in 1831, 490. Poor rates, in 1838, £288 6s.

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