Marton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It is situated at the junction between the A156 and the A1500, a former Roman road, 5 miles (8 km) south from Gainsborough, and 11 miles (18 km) north-west from the county town of Lincoln. The population of the civil parish (including Gate Burton) was 747 at the 2011 census.[1] The parish touches Brampton, Gate Burton, Sturton by Stow, North Leverton with Habblesthorpe, Cottam, Sturton-le-Steeple and Willingham.[2]

Marton
St Margaret's Church, Marton
Marton Location within Lincolnshire
Population	747 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK839819
• London	125 mi (201 km) S
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
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53.3276°N 0.7403°W / 53.3276; -0.7403

History

In Roman times, it was a way station, slightly north of the larger fort at Torksey, the point just before the Roman road crossed the River Trent. The modern A156 road crosses the ancient Roman road (now the A1500) mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.^{[citation needed]} Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin, descended from a yeoman family who lived for a number of generations at Marton.[3]

In the centre of the village stands the church of St Margaret. The building is essentially of the Norman Conquest period, built using a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and Norman styles.[4] Much of the work of these periods is still retained. It has an 11th-century tower[5] of herringbone masonry, a Saxon cross shaft set in an outer wall and an ancient carved crucifix within. The tall cross in the churchyard is used as a war memorial and it is thought to be a former Medieval market buttercross.^{[citation needed]}

There is also a restored windmill tower, owned by M. Morris.

Education

The village has a primary school, the Marton Academy,[6] which was named the winner of the Ashden Sustainable Schools Award in 2015 for its sustainability efforts, which included the installation of solar panels on the roof of a classroom.[7]

Gallery

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  The former windmill at Trent Port, Marton, Lincolnshire
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  The Millennium Stone at Marton
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  The river Trent at Marton

References

External links

Media related to Marton, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons

• Marton Tower
• Marton , Roman Fort

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