Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAINTON

HAINTON, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, 5 miles NE of Wragby, and 7 SE by E of Market Rasen r. station. It has a post office under Wragby. Acres, 2, 306. Real property, £3, 778. Pop., 302. Houses, 57. The manor, with Hainton Hall and all the land, belongs to the Heneages, and has belonged to them since the time of Henry III. The parish is a meet for the South Wold hounds. Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £240. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church includes some Saxon portions; is in good condition; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and lofty spire; and contains monuments of the Heneages. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hainton AP/CP       Louth RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Hainton

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