In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Norton Disney like this:
NORTON-DISNEY, a parish, with a village, in the district of Newark and county of Lincoln; on the river Witham, 2 miles E S E of the Fosse way and the boundary with Notts, 3¾ S S E of Swinderby r. station, and 7 N E of Newark. Post-town, Newark. Acres, 2, 305. Real property, £2, 208. ...
Pop., 196. Houses, 38. The manor belongs to Viscount St. Vincent. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £172.* Patron, Viscount St. Vincent. The church is a plain edifice, with a tower; belonged formerly to Sempringham priory; and contains several ancient monuments and brasses of the Disneys. There is a village school.
Norton Disney through time
Norton Disney is now part of North Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Norton Disney itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Norton Disney, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13377
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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