Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALTON (WEST)

HALTON (WEST), a village and a parish in GlanfordBrigg district, Lincoln. The village stands in a vale, near the Humber, 2½ miles NW of Winterton, and 6½ N by E of Frodingham r. station. The parish contains also the hamlet of Coleby, and part of the township of Gunhouse; and its post town is Winterton, under Brigg. Acres, 4, 870. Real property, £, 721. Pop., 422. Houses, 90. The property is divided among four or five. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; and is leased to John B. Slater, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £900.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church was built in 1695; is in the pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £30.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: West Halton CP/AP       Lincolnshire AncC
Place names: HALTON     |     HALTON WEST     |     WEST HALTON
Place: West Halton

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