Morton, Lindsey
| Morton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Paul's Church, Morton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK808917 |
| Location: | 53°24’59"N, 0°47’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,325 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode: | DN21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Morton is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, and which now forms in effect a northern extension of Gainsborough, the houses of the latter having run north seamlessly into Morton. The population of Morton at the 2011 census was 1,325.
The village is on the River Trent, a mile north of Gainsborough town centre.
Morton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Mortune", with four households.[1] It was a township of Gainsborough parish until 1846, when the first church, dedicated to St Paul, opened in the village.[2] The church was a chapelry of Gainsborough until @1866, when Morton was created a parish of itself.
Parish church
The parish church in Morton, St Paul's, dates from 1890–91 and was built to the designs of J. T. Micklethwaite and Somers Clarke. It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
The village's original church was consecrated in 1846; the church of today replaced it but incorporates the tower of the earlier church, though it appears to have been re-faced.
The width of the 1840s church decided the width of the nave of the current church. An 1890-91 building campaign was largely financed by the then Premier Baronet, Sir Hickman Becket Bacon, at a cost of £11,000. The church includes a chapel to St Hugh]] off the south aisle]].[3] The chancel has decoration by founders of the Arts & Crafts Movement: the carpet was designed by William Morris and stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones, executed by Morris & Co.[4]
About the village
Morton Trentside Primary School was built in 1843 as a National School. It was enlarged in 1871, and an infant schoolroom was added in 1882. It became Morton County Primary School in 1947 and in 1985-86 moved to a new site near to Morton playing fields. It took its present name in September 1999.[5]
The Manor House is a red-brick Grade II listed building dating from the mid-18th century with later alterations and additions, now part of an office complex.[6]
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References
- ↑ Morton, Lindsey in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Morton on Vision of Britain
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Heritage List 1063516: St Pauls Cchurch, Morton (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles: 'Lincolnshire' p. 232 (Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1916)
- ↑ Morton Trentside Primary School: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ National Heritage List 1064168: Manor House, Morton (Grade II listing)
