Luddington, Lincolnshire

Description
Luddington, a village, a township, and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands on the Old Don river at the boundary with Yorkshire, 1 1/2 mile W of the river Trent, and 6 1/2 miles NE of Crowie station on the M.S. & L.R., and has a post and money order office under Goole ; telegraph office, Burton-on-Stather. The parish contains also the township of Garthorpe, and comprises 4838 acres; population, 98L The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. Flax is grown and dressed. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of Garthorpe in the diocese of Lincoln; joint gross value, £451 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1855 at a cost of £2760, is in the Early English style, and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. There are Roman Catholic, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. The village of Garthorpe is 2 miles NE from Luddington. It has a ferry over the Trent to Burton-on-Stather, and Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.