Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARTIN

MARTIN, a township in Timberland parish, Lincoln; on Martin drain, 4¾ miles SW of Kirkstead r. station, and 6½ WNW of Tattershall. Acres, 3,932. Real property, £6,878. Pop., 908. Houses, 181. The manor belongs to the Rev. J. W. King. Martin drain runs to the river Witham, and gives navigation to the general canal system of the county, and to the sea at Boston. There ar.e chape1s for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a free school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Martin CP/Tn       Timberland AP/CP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Martin

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