These two pubs on the A15 have both closed - the Lord Nelson in 2013 & the Kings Head in 2007. A Co-op store now sits on the site of the former.

A postcard sent in 1980 

"New Day Baptist Church

There has been a Baptist Church in Morton since 1846. the present Church moved to its present location in 1876"

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/MortonandHanthorpe/section.asp?catId=36238 

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Corner stone appears to read "THIS MEMORIAL STONE WAS LAID BY WILLIAM WHERRY OF BOURNE SEP 15, 18??"

William Wherry listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1896 as an Alderman of Kesteven County Council "Wherry William Robert J.P. Bourne". 

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Manse located on the opposite side of the High Street and slightly east of the church.

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Listed in White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 "Clark Edward, vict. Five Bells"

Also listed were "Andrew James, vict. King's Head" & "Stokes Samuel, vict. Lord Nelson"

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"House. c.1800"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166183 

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A cruciform building with a Perpendicular central tower. The north nave arcade is late Early English or early Decorated. The south arcade is fully Decorated as is the long chancel.

The scraped interior and masses of Victorian glass mean, in the words of Alec Clifton-Taylor in his book English Parish Churches as Works of Art (Batsford 1986) that 'lights have to be kept on even on a sunny summer morning'.

Mark Acton, 2017

A second view of the west end of the church. Windows and tower all built in typical Perpendicular (15th century) style.

October 2017

The view from the south-east. The windows in the large chancel are of the Decorated period (south side) but the east window is Victorian.

October 2016

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1930 states :-

"The church of St. John the Baptist is a cruciform building of stone, in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, lady chapel, south transept, western porch and an embattled central tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells:

the columns of the nave arcade are Early English:

the chancel is Decorated, retaining three sedilia and piscina:

in the north transept is a credence with mutilated canopy, and in the south transept an aumbry:

the west porch, with the window above it, are good examples of Perpendicular work:

the east window is a memorial to the Arden family:

there is an octagonal font in a good state of preservation, the panels being finely carved with emblems of the Crucifixion:

the church has thirty-two windows, all stained, and was restored in 1860 at a cost of £2,000, chiefly defrayed by W. Parker esq. of Hanthorpe House:

in 1887 the chancel floor was raised and the sanctuary repaired:

in 1904 new choir stalls of carved oak were provided:

the Chapel of the Resurrection was restored in 1910 in memory of Lt.-Col. William Parker D.L., J.P. of Hanthorpe House:

on the north wall is a bronze tablet, bearing the names of the men of Morton and Hanthorpe who fell in the Great War:

there are 400 sittings" 

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White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"The Church (St. John the Baptist) is a large ancient fabric in the decorated and perpendicular styles, with a tower and five bells.

The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9. 1s. 10d., and now at £280, with that of Hacconby annexed to it, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln, and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Colbeck Holdsworth"

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The late-thirteenth century north arcade has quatrefoil piers with capitals of leaves.

October 2017

Located at the west end of the church on the other side of Station Road.

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The fan vault at the crossing dates from the fifteenth century.

October 2017

The west doorway was built in the Decorated period.

October 2017

A large octogonal font dating from the 1400s.

October 2017

The north arcade (left) has quatrefoil piers (late 13th century) and the south arcade octagonal ones (later).

October 2017

Carved face as label stop at the end of hood mould.

October 2017

Carved face as label stop at the end of hood mould.

October 2017

"Mid C15 gabled west porch with moulded plinth and pointed west doorway with moulded head of 2 orders, triple rolled jambs with filleted central rolls, hood mould and head label stops.

North and south sides of porch, each with a pair of unglazed windows with flattened triangular heads, 2 cusped, pointed lights with panel tracery.

Moulded eaves"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166383 

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Morton's war memorial is in the churchyard close to the church porch. It was unveiled by Col F J Parker on 10 October 1920.

20 servicemen from Morton and Hanthorpe died in the First World War.

October 2017

Victorian stained glass in typical design of the period.

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Victorian stained glass in typical design of the period.

October 2017

Morton and Hanthorpe was formerly known as Morton by Bourne. It lies 2 miles north of Bourne. Morton sits on the fen side of the A15 whilst Hanthorpe is on the upland side.

George Hussey Packe, MP for South Lincolnshire from 1859 to 1868 and Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, was born in Hanthorpe Hall in 1796.

This postcard was posted in 1943

"Wall, gate lodges, possibly lock-ups, and gateway. Mid C17, C18"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062687 

The Grange itself visible in the background "Farmhouse. Late C17, early and mid C19., early C20"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166232 

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