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'''Morton and Hanthorpe''' is a [[civil parish]], formerly known as '''Morton by Bourne''' in the [[South Kesteven]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England. It is situated {{convert|2|mi|km| |
'''Morton and Hanthorpe''' is a [[civil parish]], formerly known as '''Morton by Bourne''' in the [[South Kesteven]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England. It is situated {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} north from [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]], and {{convert|14|mi|km|0}} south-east from [[Grantham]]. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 2,406.<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126700&c=morton&d=16&e=62&g=6447486&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447159164722&enc=1|title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Area: Morton & Hanthorpe (Parish)|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The village is in two parts, one each side of the fen-edge road, the [[A15 road (Great Britain)|A15]]. To the fenward side is Morton and to the upland side is Hanthorpe. The earlier name is that of Morton which will come from the acid peat land which the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglian]] settlers found in the fen in around the year 500. The name therefore indicates that the [[fen]] was to a significant extent better called the [[bog]] in modern terminology. They were [[Germanic language|Germanic]] speakers so they called it a [[The Fens#Formation|moor]]. Hanthorpe is a name indicating a subsidiary settlement established in the period of the [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danish]] settlements, probably in the tenth century. |
The village is in two parts, one each side of the fen-edge road, the [[A15 road (Great Britain)|A15]]. To the fenward side is Morton and to the upland side is Hanthorpe. The earlier name is that of Morton which will come from the acid peat land which the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglian]] settlers found in the fen in around the year 500. The name therefore indicates that the [[fen]] was to a significant extent better called the [[bog]] in modern terminology. They were [[Germanic language|Germanic]] speakers so they called it a [[The Fens#Formation|moor]]. Hanthorpe is a name indicating a subsidiary settlement established in the period of the [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danish]] settlements, probably in the tenth century. |
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The church and the later signs of the manorial centre are in Morton. |
The church and the later signs of the manorial centre are in Morton. The church is built in the [[English Gothic architecture#Early English Gothic|Early English]] and [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular]] styles, and was restored in 1860 and 1951.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=348460|mname=Church of St John the Baptist|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> A baptist chapel was built in 1875, and still serves the village today.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1379855|mname=Chapel|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> |
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In the late 19th century [[Morton Road railway station]] opened in 1872 and finally closed in 1964.<ref>{{ |
In the late 19th century [[Morton Road railway station]] opened in 1872 and finally closed in 1964.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=507045|mname=Station|accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> |
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A gazetteer of the 19th century<ref>{{cite book|year=1872|editor-first=John Marius|editor-last=Wilson |title= Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|publisher=A. Fullarton and Co|location=Edinburgh}}</ref> said: |
A gazetteer of the 19th century<ref>{{cite book|year=1872|editor-first=John Marius|editor-last=Wilson |title= Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|publisher=A. Fullarton and Co|location=Edinburgh}}</ref> said: |
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{{blockquote|MORTON, a village and a parish in Bourne district, Lincoln. The village stands near Car dyke; 2½ miles N by E of Bourn r. station, and has a post office under. Bourn. The parish contains also the hamlet of Hanthorpe. Acres, 3,390. Real property, £9,382. Pop. in 1851,938; in 1861,1,008. Houses, 203. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. Hanthorpe House is the seat of W. Parker, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hacconby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is ancient; was restored in 1861; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a free school, and charities £33.|sign=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales}} |
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[[George Hussey Packe]], the 19th-century South Lincolnshire [[Member of Parliament]] and chairman of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]], was born at Hanthorpe Hall in 1796.<ref name=GMvol161>Sylvanus, Urban; ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'' (1837), volume 7, p.656</ref><ref name=Visitations>Howard, Joseph Jackson, Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1899); ''Visitations of England and Wales'', volume 7, p.167. {{ISBN|1146165595}}</ref> |
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On 27 August 2003 the parish was renamed from "Morton" to "Morton & Hanthorpe".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/lincolnshire.html|title=Lincolnshire Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=23 November 2023}}</ref> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Morton lies on the western margin of [[The Fens]] on three sorts of land, the upland, the fen edge and the fen. The [[parish]] was laid out in an elongated form so as to provide access to each of these. At the highest edge, in the west, the [[geology]] is chalky [[till]] (boulder clay) but most of the upland is [[Jurassic]], including a little [[Oxford Clay]] but mostly [[Kellaways Formation|Kellaways Sand]] and some [[Cornbrash]] and [[Kellaways Formation|Kellaways Clay]]. The fen edge consists of [[First Terrace Gravel]] with a little [[Glacial Drift|Glacial Gravel]]. The landward part of the fen was [[Muck (soil)|black soil]], composed largely of peat. Over the two and half centuries since the land was drained, this has largely [[Oxidation|oxidized]] away leaving the underlying First Terrace gravel and the mainly [[clay]]s of the [[Barroway Drove Beds]]. These beds form the central part of the fen as well, as they do at the eastern end of the parish. However, there, there is a broad ridge of the [[Terrington Beds]], the remains of a huge marine [[Creek (tidal)|creek]] which was not laid down until the [[Bronze Age]] and was still active when the [[ancient Rome|Roman]]s diverted [[Bourne Eau]] into it by means of what is called by archaeologists 'the [[Bourne-Morton Canal]]'. Our [[Middle Ages|medieval]] ancestors knew it as ''the Old Ea''{{ |
Morton lies on the western margin of [[The Fens]] on three sorts of land, the upland, the fen edge and the fen. The [[parish]] was laid out in an elongated form so as to provide access to each of these. At the highest edge, in the west, the [[geology]] is chalky [[till]] (boulder clay) but most of the upland is [[Jurassic]], including a little [[Oxford Clay]] but mostly [[Kellaways Formation|Kellaways Sand]] and some [[Cornbrash]] and [[Kellaways Formation|Kellaways Clay]]. The fen edge consists of [[First Terrace Gravel]] with a little [[Glacial Drift|Glacial Gravel]]. The landward part of the fen was [[Muck (soil)|black soil]], composed largely of peat. Over the two and half centuries since the land was drained, this has largely [[Oxidation|oxidized]] away leaving the underlying First Terrace gravel and the mainly [[clay]]s of the [[Barroway Drove Beds]]. These beds form the central part of the fen as well, as they do at the eastern end of the parish. However, there, there is a broad ridge of the [[Terrington Beds]], the remains of a huge marine [[Creek (tidal)|creek]] which was not laid down until the [[Bronze Age]] and was still active when the [[ancient Rome|Roman]]s diverted [[Bourne Eau]] into it by means of what is called by archaeologists 'the [[Bourne-Morton Canal]]'. Our [[Middle Ages|medieval]] ancestors knew it as ''the Old Ea''{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}. <!--Not Bourne Old Ea, that is a name for the current eau, See Wheeler1896 --> |
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==Community== |
==Community== |
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The parish has 921 households in Morton and 74 in Hanthorpe.{{ |
The parish has 921 households in Morton and 74 in Hanthorpe.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} |
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Morton [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I]] listed [[Anglican]] parish church is dedicated to [[St John the Baptist]].<ref name=NHLE> |
Morton [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I]] listed [[Anglican]] parish church is dedicated to [[St John the Baptist]].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1166383 |desc=Church of St John the Baptist|accessdate= 16 August 2011}}</ref> The ecclesiastical parish is Morton (Bourne), part of the Ringstone in [[Aveland]] group of the [[Deanery]] of [[Beltisloe]], [[Diocese of Lincoln]]. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen.<ref>[http://www.morton-hanthorpe.org.uk/organisations_churchofengland.htm "St John the Baptist Church of England"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223022741/http://www.morton-hanthorpe.org.uk/organisations_churchofengland.htm |date=23 February 2014 }}, Morton and Hanthorpe web site. Retrieved 12 February 2014</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Commons category-inline|Morton and Hanthorpe}} |
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*[http://www.morton-hanthorpe.org.uk/ |
*[http://www.morton-hanthorpe.org.uk/index.html Village web site]. |
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Morton/ Morton historical summary (UK & Ireland Genealogy page)] |
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Morton/ Morton historical summary (UK & Ireland Genealogy page)] |
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*[http://eawa.co.uk/bourne.html Article about both the Eau and the Bourne-Morton canal] |
*[http://eawa.co.uk/bourne.html Article about both the Eau and the Bourne-Morton canal] |
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*[http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/morton.htm Local history web site] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050830210040/http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/morton.htm Local history web site] |
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*[http://www.mortonsteam.co.uk/ Local annual steam rally] |
*[http://www.mortonsteam.co.uk/ Local annual steam rally] |
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[[Category:Villages in Lincolnshire]] |
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[[Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire]] |
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[[Category:South Kesteven]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 3 August 2024
| Morton and Hanthorpe | |
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 Morton High Street | |
 Hanthorpe | |
  Morton and Hanthorpe Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 2,406 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF097240 |
| • London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Land | England |
| Sovereign state | Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Post town | BOURNE |
| Postcode district | PE10 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Morton and Hanthorpe is a civil parish, formerly known as Morton by Bourne in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north from Bourne, and 14 miles (23 km) south-east from Grantham. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 2,406.[1]
History
[edit]The village is in two parts, one each side of the fen-edge road, the A15. To the fenward side is Morton and to the upland side is Hanthorpe. The earlier name is that of Morton which will come from the acid peat land which the Anglian settlers found in the fen in around the year 500. The name therefore indicates that the fen was to a significant extent better called the bog in modern terminology. They were Germanic speakers so they called it a moor. Hanthorpe is a name indicating a subsidiary settlement established in the period of the Danish settlements, probably in the tenth century.
The church and the later signs of the manorial centre are in Morton. The church is built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and was restored in 1860 and 1951.[2] A baptist chapel was built in 1875, and still serves the village today.[3]
In the late 19th century Morton Road railway station opened in 1872 and finally closed in 1964.[4]
A gazetteer of the 19th century[5] said:
MORTON, a village and a parish in Bourne district, Lincoln. The village stands near Car dyke; 2½ miles N by E of Bourn r. station, and has a post office under. Bourn. The parish contains also the hamlet of Hanthorpe. Acres, 3,390. Real property, £9,382. Pop. in 1851,938; in 1861,1,008. Houses, 203. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. Hanthorpe House is the seat of W. Parker, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hacconby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is ancient; was restored in 1861; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a free school, and charities £33.
— Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
George Hussey Packe, the 19th-century South Lincolnshire Member of Parliament and chairman of the Great Northern Railway, was born at Hanthorpe Hall in 1796.[6][7]
On 27 August 2003 the parish was renamed from "Morton" to "Morton & Hanthorpe".[8]
Geography
[edit]Morton lies on the western margin of The Fens on three sorts of land, the upland, the fen edge and the fen. The parish was laid out in an elongated form so as to provide access to each of these. At the highest edge, in the west, the geology is chalky till (boulder clay) but most of the upland is Jurassic, including a little Oxford Clay but mostly Kellaways Sand and some Cornbrash and Kellaways Clay. The fen edge consists of First Terrace Gravel with a little Glacial Gravel. The landward part of the fen was black soil, composed largely of peat. Over the two and half centuries since the land was drained, this has largely oxidized away leaving the underlying First Terrace gravel and the mainly clays of the Barroway Drove Beds. These beds form the central part of the fen as well, as they do at the eastern end of the parish. However, there, there is a broad ridge of the Terrington Beds, the remains of a huge marine creek which was not laid down until the Bronze Age and was still active when the Romans diverted Bourne Eau into it by means of what is called by archaeologists 'the Bourne-Morton Canal'. Our medieval ancestors knew it as the Old Ea[citation needed].
Gemeinschaft
[edit]The parish has 921 households in Morton and 74 in Hanthorpe.[citation needed]
Morton Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.[9] The ecclesiastical parish is Morton (Bourne), part of the Ringstone in Aveland group of the Deanery of Beltisloe, Diocese of Lincoln. The vicar was the Revd Dr Lynda Pugh between 2012 and 2018. The incumbent is the Revd Neil Bullen.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Area: Morton & Hanthorpe (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (348460)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Chapel (1379855)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Station (507045)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius, ed. (1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co.
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban; The Gentleman's Magazine (1837), volume 7, p.656
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson, Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1899); Visitations of England and Wales, volume 7, p.167. ISBN 1146165595
- ^ "Lincolnshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1166383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "St John the Baptist Church of England" Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Morton and Hanthorpe web site. Retrieved 12 February 2014
External links
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