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Laceby, Lincolnshire

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Laceby, Lincolnshire

Many emigrants were recruited from the Lincolnshire town of Laceby. John White, the immigration agent who was based there, recruited particularly from among his fellow members of the Methodist Church. This photo is of the town’s Methodist hall.

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Terry Hearn, English – The flow from England’s south, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1918/laceby-lincolnshire (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Hearn, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.