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MARTON, a parish and a sub-district, in Gainsborough district, Lincoln. The parish lies on the river Trent at the boundary with Notts, on the Roman road from Lincoln past Littleborough, and on the Littleborough and Gainsborough railway, 5 miles S by E of Gainsborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Gainsborough. Acres, 1,310. Real property, £2,685. Pop. in 1851,544; in 1861,487. Houses, 117. The manor belongs to Col. Amcotts. The Trent here is navigable; and the village of Marton, or Marton-Port, stands close to it. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £115.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £10.—The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 14,047. Pop., 2,091. Houses, 464.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Marton AP/CP Marton SubD Gainsborough RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Marton |
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