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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

Nearby Places

Whitton

Census

• Whitton was in the Winterton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
  
  
• A brief history and photographs of the church is at:
  www.geocities.com/nlincs/page90.html.
  
  
• There is a photograph of St. John the Baptist's Church on the Wendy Parkinson Church Photos web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of Saint John's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• Parish register entries start in 1562.
  
  
• The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Manlake Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Winterton sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

This parish is one of the two northern-most of Lincolnshire - any further north and you are standing in the River Humber. Bordered on the south by West Halton parish and on the east side by Winteringham parish.

Long a ferry crossing on the Humber, Whitton is far enough upstream that most of the river can be crossed on foot at low tide, except for the dedged channel. If you are planning a visit:

• From Scunthorpe, take the A1077 north almost to Winteringham and turn left about a mile before that village to West Halton. From West Halton, Whitton is a mile north.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

Long a ferry crossing on the Humber, Whitton is far enough upstream that most of the river can be crossed on foot at low tide, except for the dredged channel.

• The Romans are believed to have built a causeway partway across the River Humber here as a partial ford.
  
  
• The railway came to Whitton in 1910, but service was discontinued a few decades later.
  
  
• A very good history of Whitton (by Tom Smith) can be found at:
  www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/whitton.htm.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SE 9024.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Whitton is from the Old English hwitan+eg, or "White Island". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is little-changed, given as Witenai.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Manley Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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