Marton, Lincolnshire

Marton
Lincolnshire
St Margaret's Church, Marton
Location
Grid reference:	SK839819
Location:	53°19’39"N, -0°44’25"W
Data
Population:	747  (2011)
Post town:	Gainsborough
Postcode:	DN21
Local Government
Council:	West Lindsey
Parliamentary constituency:	Gainsborough

Marton is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is on the A156, five miles south of Gainsborough, and eleven miles north-west of the county town, the City of Lincoln. The village stands close by the tidal River Trent, which here forms the border with Nottinghamshire to the west. A lane runs don to the riverbank at a point called Trent Port.

The population of the civil parish (including Gate Burton) was 747 at the 2011 census.

In the Roman era, there was a way-station at Marton, slightly north of the larger fort at Torksey, the point just before the Roman road crossed the River Trent. The modern A156 road crosses the ancient Roman road (now the A1500) mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

In the centre of the village stands the church of St Margaret. The building is essentially of the Norman Conquest period, built using a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and Norman styles. Much of the work of these periods is still retained. It has an 11th-century tower of herringbone masonry, a Saxon cross shaft set in an outer wall and an ancient carved crucifix within. The tall cross in the churchyard is used as a war memorial and it is thought to be a former Mediæval market buttercross.

There is also a restored windmill tower, owned by M. Morris.

The village has a primary school, the Marton Academy.

Outside links

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• Marton Tower