FRAMPTON, a village and a parish in Boston district, Lincoln. The village stands between the Peterborough and Boston railway, and the river Witham's estuary, 1 mile ENE of Kirton r. station, and 3¼ S of Boston; and has a post office under Boston. The parish comprises 6, 200 acres of land, and 1, 700 of water. Real property, £11, 317. Pop., 843. Houses, 166. The property is much subdivided. Frampton House and Frampton Hall are chief residences. Much of the land is fen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £109. Patron, the Rev. J. Tunnard. The church is cruciform; shows fine English decorated character in the chancel and the transept; has a beautiful early English tower, with octagonal broach spire; contains an octagonal font; and is in good condition. There are a recent chapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £74 a year, and chaiities £151.

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