Waterton, Lincolnshire

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country= England
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latitude= 53.6511
longitude= -0.7121
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unitary_england= North Lincolnshire
lieutenancy_england= Lincolnshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
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postcode_district= DN17 4xx
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os_grid_reference= SE852179
map_type=Lincolnshire

Waterton is a Deserted Medieval Village on the River Trent near Garthorpe and Luddington in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7586869 The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details ] ] Before the Norman Conquest it was held by one Fulcric who held one carucate of land with a hall. At the time of the Domesday survey, it was waste. It became the property of the Abbott of Selby and at some point between 1160 and 1179 when Gilbert was Abbott, it was given to him by Reiner de Normanby, son of Norman de Normanby, for an annual rent of twelve shillings. Reiner took the name de Waterton. In the words of Stonehouse [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s98HAAAAQAAJ] Rev W.B. Stonehouse, MA. The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme, being that part of Lincolnshire which is West of the Trent. (1839) publ. Longman, Rees, Orme (London).] “this family is equal if not superior in a long line of ancestry to most of the commoners of England”. Notable members of the family [J.W. Walker, OBE, FSA. The Burghs of Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire and the Watertons of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. (1931) The Yorkshire Archæological Journal XXX 314-419.] include John de Waterton (Master of the Horse), Robert de Waterton (guardian of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York), Hugh de Waterton, Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Waterton (High Sheriffs of Yorkshire), Lady Margaret Waterton (Lady of the Garter), and Charles Waterton the naturalist. Sir Robert Waterton is mentioned in Shakespeare's Richard II.

Waterton became deserted in the late 15th or 16th century. [ [http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chumpal/EAU-reps/EAU96-40.pdf] Carrott, J., Hall, A., Jaques, D., Kenward, H. and Large, F. An assessment of biological remains from excavations at Waterton, North Lincolnshire (site code: WGF96). (1996) Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York.] [R. Van de Noort & S. Ellis (Eds.), Wetland heritage of the Ancholme and lower Trent Valleys. An archaeological survey. (1998) Hull: Humber Wetlands Project, University of Hull. ISBN 978-0859581936] Some excavation has been undertaken. It has now been taken over by the Strawson family. Only the seven-bedroom Waterton Hall remains, described by Pevsner as “a fine example of Georgian splendour”. [Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Lincolnshire (Pevsner Buildings of England). (1989) New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300096200]

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* http://www.jss.org.uk/cw/Charles_Waterton/waterton-hall.htm retrieved 16th April 2008