WINTERTON is a small market town 2 1/2 miles south of the Humber, 2 miles west of the Ancholme, 8 miles west-south-west of Barton, and 10 miles north-north-west of Brigg, in the Hundred of Manley, Union of Brigg, diocese of Lincoln, and north division of the county. The living is a vicarage, value £82, in the gift of the Crown ; the Rev. Thomas Smith, is the incumbent. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a handsome and spacious building in good repair, with a tower and 5 bells ; the lower part of the tower is of Norman architecture, and the remainder of the building is in the early English style. The Wesleyans, Independents and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel. There is also a National school which will hold 200 children, built in 1841, on the north side of the church, and which cost £400 raised by subscription. There are two fairs for cattle held here, one on Tuesday before Palm Sunday, the other on the 23rd of September ; the feast is held on the 6th of July, and a weekly corn-market every Wednesday. The population, in 1841, was 1,373 ; the acreage is 3,628 ; Samuel Slater, Esq., is lord of the manor. There is a plot of land of nearly 3 acres, which lets for £10 a year and is appropriated for the repairs of the church ; Richard Beck left two yearly rent charges out of the water-mill at Barrow, £3 3s. for educating poor children, and £2 for the sick poor of this parish. Mary Goodchild left £5 a year to the poor ; they have also 20s. a year, left by one Nevil. Tesselated pavements have been found here.
GENTRY
Barratt, Mr. John.
Bennett, Lucas M. esq.
Boynton, Lady, Winterton hall.
Brown, Mrs.
Bust, Mr. martin.
Coopland, Mrs Mary E.
Fowler, Mrs Eliza.
Fowler, Joseph, esq.
Hornsby, Mr. Joseph.
Maxsted, George, esq.
Popple, Mr. Joseph.
Richardson, John, esq. Northlands house.
Sadler, Joseph, esq.
Smith, Rev. Thomas [vicar].
POST OFFICE. - Henry Gliding, receiver. Letters are received from Barton, arrive 12 noon, dispatched 1 p.m. same day.
CARRIERS TO -
BARTON - Robert East, Thomas Wells, mon.
BRIGG - Thomas Johnson, tues., thurs.& sat. ; Thomas Wells, thurs.
HULL - Robert East, John Saunderson, Thomas Wells, tues. & fri.
This extract provides a description and history of Winterton. It has been transcribed directly from the original directory.