STURTON (GREAT), a parish in the northern
division of the wapentake of GARTREE, parts of LINDSEY,
county of LINCOLN, 65 miles (N. W. by N.) froin
Horncastle, containing 145 inhabitants. The living Is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at & 8, endowed
with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the
Crown. The church is dedicated to All Saints.