In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Butterwick like this:
BUTTERWICK (West), with Kelfield, a townshipchapelry in Owston parish, Lincoln; on the river Trent, 3½ miles S of Keadby r. station. It has a post office, of the name of West Butterwick, under Bawtry. Real property, £4,995. Pop., 907. Houses, 203. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Owston. The church was built in 1841. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
West Butterwick through time
West Butterwick is now part of North Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Butterwick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Butterwick in North Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11830
Date accessed: 02nd October 2024
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