Description
Friesthorpe, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1 mile W by S of Wickenby station on the M.S. & L.R., and 5 miles SSW of Market Rasen. Post town and money order and telegraph office. Market Rasen. Acreage, 698; population of the civil parish, 59 ; of the ecclesiastical, with Snarford, 161. The living is a consolidated rectory, united with the rectory of Snarford, in the diocese of Lincoln; joint net yearly value, £145 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, with the exception of its ancient tower, was rebuilt in 1841.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
