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Sloothby
Sloothby is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south from the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Sloothby is in the civil parish of Willoughby with Sloothby, just over south-east from the village of Willoughby and north-west from the coastal resort of Skegness. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 242. The village is mentioned five times in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village has several farms, a Wesleyan chapel dating from the 1890s, and a small mid-Victorian church – formerly known as "Sloothby Mission" – which is now closed. There is also a small antiques store in the village.
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Sloothby is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south from the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Sloothby is in the civil parish of Willoughby with Sloothby, just over south-east from the village of Willoughby and north-west from the coastal resort of Skegness. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 242. The village is mentioned five times in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village has several farms, a Wesleyan chapel dating from the 1890s, and a small mid-Victorian church – formerly known as "Sloothby Mission" – which is now closed. There is also a small antiques store in the village.
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