Marton, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Marton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The parish lies on the river Trent at the boundary with Notts, on the Roman road from Lincoln past Littleborough, and on the Spalding and Doncaster section of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint railway, 5 miles S by E of Gainsborough, and has a station, called Stow Park, on the railway, and a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Stow Park (R.S.) Acreage, 1277; population, 376. The manor belongs to the Amcott family. The rectory farm (134 acres), formerly belonging to the bishop of the diocese, now belongs to a private individual. This estate is subject to the maintenance and repair of the chancel. The church land is 3 acres, given by an unknown donor. The Trent here is navigable, and the village of Marton or Marton Port stands close to it. There is a ferry across the river to Little-borough. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, a building of stone in the Norman, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, was restored in 1868. The interior was thoroughly renovated and decorated in 1892. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Marton St. Margaret | |
Poor Law union | Gainsborough | |
Wapentake | Well |
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 Marton:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1650-1911 | 1754-1807 | 1651-1911 | 1638-1907 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Marton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Marton (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Marton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: