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.
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 | Minting St. Andrew | |
Poor Law union | Horncastle | |
Wapentake | Gartree |
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:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1561-1876 | 1565-1837 | 1563-1811 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Minting from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Minting (St. Andrew))
Maps
Online maps of Minting 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: