Lincolnian (brian)'s Pictures of Marton

A picture of Marton

The Millennium Stone, Marton, Lincolnshire Best explained by the plaque beneath the anchor which reads "THIS ANCHOR WAS DREDGED FROM THE RIVER TRENT NEAR TO THE PORT OF MARTON - PRESENTED BY MARTON & GATE BURTON PARISH COUNCIL - 2003 AD." Marton is now a sleepy little village 65 miles inland from the sea (by river) and some 5 miles further upstream from Gainsborough, Britain's most inland port. Just how old the anchor is is difficult to ascertain but probably dates from the days when sailing boats plyed their trade up the river to Marton and beyond. The coming of the railways in the mid 19th century marked a severe decline in river trade and the river was allowed to become silted up in places and partially blockage by wrecks, perhaps the anchor came from one of these.

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Marton, Lincolnshire

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A picture of Marton

In the churchyard of the Anglican parish church of Saint Margaret of Antioch, at Marton, Lincolnshire is a tall cross, probably originally a Medieval market buttercross, which has had attached to it's base marbles tablets in memory of the dead from two world wars, 8 from WWI & 2 from WWII.

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Marton, Remembrance

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A picture of Marton

In the centre of the village of Marton, Lincolnshire stands the Anglican parish church of Saint Margaret of Antioch. The building is essentially of a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and Norman styles. Much of the work of these periods is still retained. It has a 11th century tower of herringbone masonry and a Saxon cross shaft set in an outer wall.

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Marton, Lincolnshire, Churches

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