BLYTON, a parish in the wapentake of CORRINGHAM,
parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles
(N. E.) from Gainsborough, containing, with Wharton,
504 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £ 12, and in the patronage of the
Earl of Scarborough. The church is dedicated to St.
Martin. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists.