Stow, Lincolnshire :: The British Place Names Website

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Stow is a village in Lincolnshire

Other current and historical names

Stowe
Sidnacester
Sidnaceaster
Stow in Lindsey
Stowe By Gainsborough

Built-Up Area: Stow
Parish/Community: Stow
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°19'38"N 0°40'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 488383, 381971
OS Grid: SK883819
Mapcode Local: GBR RYQY.SZ
Mapcode Global: WHGHJ.MM1L

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stow within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stow in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stowe by Gainsborough, par., township, and vil. (ry. sta. Stow Park), Lincolnshire - par. (called also Stow in Lindsey), 4620 ac., pop. 1007; township (Normanby and Stowe), pop. 361; vil., in Normanby and Stowe township, 7 miles SE. of Gainsborough; was the seat of a bishopric in Saxon times; in vicinity of vil. is Stowe Park, seat, with ruins of ancient castle.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stowe (or Stow in Lindsey), Lincolnshire. See STOWE BY GAINSBOROUGH.