Muckton

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Muckton
Lincolnshire
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Muckton Wood
Location
Grid reference: TF374814
Location: 53°18’42"N, 0°3’43"E
Data
Post town: Louth
Postcode: LN11
Dialling code: 01507
Local Government
Council: East Lindsey
Parliamentary
constituency:
Louth and Horncastle

Muckton is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, between the A16 and A157 roads, five miles south-east of Louth and approximately a mile to the west of the village of Authorpe.[1]

Muckton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Muchetune, and is listed as having 9 households, with Ansgot of Burwell as lord of the manor.[2]

The mediæval church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was rebuilt by James Fowler in 1878 although it retained its Norman chancel arch.[3] It was declared redundant in May 1981 by the Diocese of Lincoln, and demolished in October 1982.[4]

Muckton Wood is a nature reserve about half a mile south of the village, purchased by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in 1983. It consists of ancient semi-natural woodland on a boulder clay soil.[5]

The Greenwich Meridian line passes through the parish.

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References

  1. Muckton on Vision of Britain
  2. Muckton in the Domesday Book
  3. National Monuments Record: No. 354636 – Holy Trinity, Muckton
  4. Information on Muckton  from GENUKI
  5. Muckton Wood: Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust