NORMANTON, a parish in the wapentake of LOVEDEN,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 7
miles (N. N.E.) from Grantham, containing 189 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £10. 2. 6., and in the patronage of the
Marquis of Bristol. The church, dedicated to St.
Nicholas, is partly Norman, and partly in the early style
of English architecture, with a curious tower, and a
large stone font.