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Winterton.-- market town and par., Lincolnshire, 7½ miles SW. of Barton on Humber, 3628 ac., pop. 1601; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. From the discovery of Roman pavements and other relics Winterton appears to occupy the site of a Roman settlement. The chief architectural feature of the town is its Early English church with Norman tower. Machine making and agricultural implement making are carried on. The weekly market is for corn, and there is some trade in cattle. Winterton par. is a local government district.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Winterton Parish Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Winterton |
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