NOCTON, a parish in the second division of the
wapentake of LANGOE, parts of KESTEVEN, county of
LINCOLN, 7 miles (S. E.) from Lincoln, containing 376
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of-Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £7. 17. 11., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. Peter. A priory of Black
canons, in honour of St. Mary Magdalene, was founded
here, in the reign of Stephen, by Robert D'Arcy, which
at the dissolution had a revenue of £52. 19. 2.