Winterton, North Lincolnshire

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Winterton is a town in North Lincolnshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Winterton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Winterton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Winterton.-- market town and par., Lincolnshire, 7½ miles SW. of Barton on Humber, 3628 ac., pop. 1601; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. From the discovery of Roman pavements and other relics Winterton appears to occupy the site of a Roman settlement. The chief architectural feature of the town is its Early English church with Norman tower. Machine making and agricultural implement making are carried on. The weekly market is for corn, and there is some trade in cattle. Winterton par. is a local government district.

Winterton in the Domesday Book

A village in Manley hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

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