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Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, England Genealogy (view source)
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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lincolnshire]] | ||
[[Image:Holy+Cross_Great+Ponton_Lincolnshire.jpg|thumb|right|Holy Cross, Great Ponton]]<br> | |||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Great Ponton Holy Cross is an Ancient Parish.<br> | |||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Ponton like this: | |||
PONTON (Great), a parish in Grantham district, Lincoln; on Ermine-street, the river Witham, and the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles S of Grantham. It is supposed, by some, to be the Ad Pontem of the Romans; it has yielded many Roman coins, pavements, bricks, urns, and other relics; and it has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Grantham. Acres, 2, 930. Real property, £3, 696. Pop. in 1851, 680; in 1861, 561. Houses, 107. The manor and most of the land belong to the Earl of Dysart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, about £800. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church was built in 1519; and is a handsome edifice, with a pinnacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with about £90 a year.<br> | |||
The village is 3 miles South of Grantham and the A1(formerly known as the Great North Road) passes close by the village centre and church of Holy Cross which has a tower built in 1519 by Anthony Ellys. Charles Hoole was the vicar from 1642-6. The church is in the Colsterworth Group of churches, which includes [[Little_Ponton,_Lincolnshire]].<br> | |||
Neighbouring villageses include Stoke Rochford, [[Stroxton,_Lincolnshire]] and [[Little_Ponton,_Lincolnshire]]. To the east is the River Witham and the East Coast Main Line.<br><br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ||
[[Grantham Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire]] | [[Grantham Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire]] | ||
==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||