Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PANTON

PANTON, a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; 3 miles E by N of Wragby, and 7½ N N E of Bardney r.station. It has a post-office under Wragby. Acres, 1, 996. Real property, £2,003. Pop., 172. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Turner, Esq. Panton House was built in 1724, and is now a ladies' boarding-school. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Wragby, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret.


(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: Panton AP/CP       Horncastle RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Panton

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