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Kirton in Lindsey in Lincoln County England History and GeographyKIRTON in LINDSEY, a market town and parish, in the wapentake of CORRINGHAM, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 18 miles (N. by W.) from Lincoln, and 147 (N. by W.) from London, containing 1480 inhabitants. The manor was granted by the Conqueror to his half-brother, Robert of Mortaigne, the first Earl of Cornwall, subsequently bestowed by Edward II. on the widow of his favourite, Piers Gavestone, and, having again reverted to the crown, was given by Edward III. to William, Earl of Huntingdon, at whose death it became the property of Edward the Black Prince, who gave a third part to Elizabeth, the widow of the late earl, and the remainder to the Earl of Chandos. It again became attached to the duchy of Cornwall, to which it now belongs. The town is situated on the western declivity of an eminence commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. On Kirton Green stands the duchy court-house, where the manorial courts are held, and where the records are kept. The quarter sessions for the parts of Lindsey are held in the second whole week after Epiphany and Easter, on the first Friday after July 7th, and on the Friday in the first week after the 11th of October. The house of correction is a large stone building, consisting of a centre and two wings; in the centre is the court-room, also used as a chapel, and over it the grand jury-room; the gaoler's apartments are in the western division; the male prisoners occupy the south, and the females the north, wing. This place is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests for the recovery of debts not exceeding £5, the jurisdiction of which extends over the borough and parish of Boston, and the wapentake of Skirbeck and Kirton, excepting the parishes of Gosburton and Surfleet. The market is on Saturday; and fairs are held on the 18th of July and the 11th of December, for cattle and pedlary. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Sub-Dean of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, has a considerable portion in the early style of English architecture, with later insertions; it contains some circular-headed windows, and in the interior are some curious oak seats, screenwork, and piscin?. There is a chapel of ease at Brothertoft, in this parish. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists, both of the New and Old Connexion. The free grammar school, endowed with about £70 per annum, is now conducted on the National system, and contains about eighty scholars. About one hundred children are instructed in a Sunday school. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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