PONTON (GREAT), a parish in the soke of
GRANTHAM, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN,
4 miles (N.) from Colsterworth, containing 418 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£11. 9. 7., and in the patronage of the Prebendary of
North. Grantham in'the Cathedral Church of Salisbury.
The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, has a tower
and spire, erected in 1519, at the expense of Anthony
Ellys, Esq., and much admired for their beauty. W.
Archer, in 1713, liberally endowed with land and houses
« free school for poor children. The river Witham
runs through the village, which was the 4& Ponem of
Antoninus. Here',- and in the immediate vicinity, Roman
coins, arched vaults, tesselated pavements, bricks,
&c., have been discovered at different periods.