Morton by Gainsborough

Coordinates: 53°24′59″N 0°47′06″W / 53.41636800°N 0.78504297°W / 53.41636800; -0.78504297

Morton
St Paul's church, Morton
Morton  Morton shown within Lincolnshire
Population	1,157 (2001)
OS grid reference	SK808917
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gainsborough
Postcode district	DN21
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Morton is a village and civil parish directly north of the town of Gainsborough, on the River Trent, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

Morton consisted of four households in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was called Mortune.^[1] It was a township of Gainsborough parish until 1846, when the first church dedicated to Saint Paul opened in the village.^[2] It then became a chapelry until 1866 when it was created a civil parish.^[3]

The grade II* listed church is dedicated to Saint Paul. The current building dates from 1890-91 and was built to the designs of J. T. Micklethwaite and Somers Clarke, incorporating the tower of the church consecrated in 1846, which appears to have been re-faced. The width of the 1840s church decided the width of the nave of the present one. The 1890-91 building campaign was largely financed by the then Permier Baronet, Sir Hickman Becket Bacon, at a cost of £11,000. The church includes a chapel to Saint Hugh off the south aisle.^[4] Of note is the chancel carpet designed by William Morris and stained glass windows by Burne-Jones, executed by Morris & Co.^[5]

Morton Trentside Primary School was built in 1843 as a National school. It was enlarged in 1871, and an infant schoolroom was added in 1882. It became Morton County Primary School in 1947 and in the 1980s or 90s moved to a new site. It changed its name to the present one in september 1999.^[6]

The Manor House is a red brick grade II listed building dating from the mid 18th century with later alterations and additions, now part of an office complex.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Morton". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK8091/morton/. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Morton". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=988330&word=MORTON+LINCOLNSHIRE. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Morton CP". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10436000&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
4. ^ "St Pauls church, Morton". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1063516. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
5. ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 232; Methuen & Co. Ltd
6. ^ "Morton Trentside Primary School". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. http://www.lincstothepast.com/MORTON-TRENTSIDE-PRIMARY-SCHOOL/886512.record?pt=S. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
7. ^ "Manor House, Morton". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1064168. Retrieved 14 July 2011.