FISKERTON, a parish in the wapentake of LAWRESS, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (E.) from Lincoln, containing 294 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £12. 1. 8., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Clement, is a handsome structure, having portions of Norman architecture, and a tower at the west end,- it was partly rebuilt early in the fifteenth century. There is a ferry over the Trent to the village of Stoke, and along the bank of the river are several coal wharfs and warehouses.