Panton (Panton by Wragby)
Panton (Panton by Wragby) is both a village and a parish in the Wold Hills, 3 miles east of Wragby and 10 miles northwest of Horncastle. Sotby parish lies to the east and Hatton parish to the south. The parish covers 2,018 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A158 trunk road northwest out of Horncastle, past Baumber and turn north at the signs for Hatton. Pass through Hatton and proceed about 2 miles to Panton.
- Visit our touring page for visitor services.
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2107 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2365 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3378 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2597 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- The church is a small building of stone.
- The church seats 80.
- The interior of the church was restored in 1904.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- The Diocese of Lincoln declared this church redundant in March, 1974. In February of 1982 they began using it for storage. At last report it was a hay barn.
- Here is a photo of Saint Andrew's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1736.
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Wragby sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- Panton Hall was the seat of Edmund TURNOR, lord of the manor in 1900. It was made of white brick and erected in 1719 - 1720.
- In 1775 the Hall was expanded as new wings were added and the landscaping was redone.
- Panton Hall was demolished in the 1960s.
- There is also a Panton House in the village.
- The national grid reference is TF 1779.
- 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.
- This place was an ancient parish of Lincolnshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Wraggoe Wapentake in the East Lindsey district of the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Wragby petty session hearings on the first Thursday of every month.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
86 |
| 1811 |
73 |
| 1821 |
83 |
| 1831 |
93 |
| 1841 |
150 |
| 1851 |
182 |
| 1871 |
157 |
| 1881 |
159 |
| 1891 |
150 |
| 1901 |
141 |
| 1911 |
124 |
| 1921 |
153 |
| 1931 |
99 |
- A small National School was built here before 1900 to hold 30 students.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 24-October-2015
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