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Minting, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Minting, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Witham, 5 miles SE from Wragby station on the Lincoln and Louth branch of the G.N.R., 5½ NW by W of Horncastle, and 6 NE of Bardney btation on the G.N. loop line. Post town, Hom-castle; money order and telegraph office, Baumber. The parish comprises 2598 acres; population, 336. The manor belongs to the Vyner family. An alien priory of Benedictines stood here, was given at the suppression of alien monasteries to the Carthusians at Mount Grace, went afterwards by exchange to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and passed to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, who sold their inteiestat Minting to their leaseholders. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £306 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Cambridge. The church, which is a building of stone in the Early English style, consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with bell-turret, and is in good condition. There are two Wesleyan chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishMinting St. Andrew 
Poor Law unionHorncastle 
WapentakeGartree 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Minting:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1561-1876 1565-18371563-1811

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Minting from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Minting are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictEast Lindsey
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLN9
Post TownHorncastle

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