Willoughby, Lincolnshire

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Willoughby is a village in Willoughby , Lincolnshire

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

Willoughby in historic gazetteers

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

Willoughby.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire - par., 4280 ac., pop. 617; vil., 2 miles SE. of Alford; P.O.; gives the title of Baron to Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and was the birthplace of Captain John Smith (1579-1631), founder of Virginia.

Willoughby in the Domesday Book

A village in Calcewath hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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