Marton, Lincolnshire

Description
Marton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The parish lies on the river Trent at the boundary with Notts, on the Roman road from Lincoln past Littleborough, and on the Spalding and Doncaster section of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint railway, 5 miles S by E of Gainsborough, and has a station, called Stow Park, on the railway, and a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Stow Park (R.S.) Acreage, 1277; population, 376. The manor belongs to the Amcott family. The rectory farm (134 acres), formerly belonging to the bishop of the diocese, now belongs to a private individual. This estate is subject to the maintenance and repair of the chancel. The church land is 3 acres, given by an unknown donor. The Trent here is navigable, and the village of Marton or Marton Port stands close to it. There is a ferry across the river to Little-borough. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln ; net value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, a building of stone in the Norman, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles, was restored in 1868. The interior was thoroughly renovated and decorated in 1892. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.