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Barton upon Humber in Lincoln County England History and GeographyBARTON upon HUMBER, a market town comprising the united parishes of St. Mary and St. Peter, in the northern division of the hundred of YARBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 34 miles (N.) from Lincoln, and 167 (N.) from London, on the road to Kingston upon Hull, containing 2496 inhabitants, of which number, 1191 are in the parish of St. Mary, and 1305 in that of St. Peter. This place is said to have been a station of considerable importance during the Saxon and Danish contests, and to have been surrounded by a rampart and a fosse, some remains of which, called the Castle Dykes, are still perceptible. At the time of the Conquest it was noted for its commerce, which continued to flourish till Edward I. made Kingston upon Hull a free borough, after which its trade began to decline. The town is pleasantly situated at the northern extremity of the Wolds, and on an acclivity rising gently from the southern bank of the river Humber, which is here six miles broad, and over which there is a horse ferry to Kingston upon Hull: it consists principally of two spacious streets, irregularly built, in which, among many old houses, are some of modern structure. The trade is chiefiy in corn and flour: there are several manufactories for rope, sacking, starch, plaister of Paris, bricks and tiles. The market is on Monday, and on every alternate Monday there is a large cattle market: the fair is on Trinity Thursday. The town is within the jurisdiction of the county magistrates: constables and other officers are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. A court baron is held every third week, for the recovery of debts under 40s.; and a court of requests, for the recovery of debts under £5, is held monthly, under an act passed in the 47th of George III. The living is a consolidated vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £19. 4. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Appleby were patrons in 1789. The church of St. Peter is an ancient and spacious structure, principally in the decorated style of English architecture, with a tower, the upper stage of which is evidently in the early Norman style, and the lower of a much earlier date, being probably one of the few specimens of Saxon architecture which subsist in England. The church of St. Mary is also a spacious edifice, partly in the Norman, but principally in the early style of English architecture, of which latter the tower is an elegant spccimen. There are places of worship for Independents, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. The charity school, for the instruction of poor children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, was founded in 1722, by Mr. William Long, who endowed it with £7. 12. per annum, to which, in 1735, Mr. Nicholas Fountain added £50. Almshouses, for four aged women of St. Mary's parish, were founded and endowed in 1669, by Mr. Thomas Holland. About three miles toward the south-east are the stately remains of Thornton Abbey, founded in 1139, by William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle and Lord of Holderness, for black canons, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In 1540, Henry VIII. and his queen were sumptuously entertained here, on their return from Kingston upon Hull. At the dissolution, its revenue was £703. 17. 2.: the remains consist of the gate-house, ornamented with several statues, and having four hexagonal towers at the angles, in one of which was found the skeleton of a man, with a table, a book, and a candlestick, together with some ruins of the church and other conventual buildings: near the gate are several hillocks, called 'Butts,' probably tumuli. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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