| The ex - St. Andrew's Church |
2-bedroomed holiday let
| Panton is first mentioned in
the Domesday Survey of c. 1086. Referred to as Pantone the name is derived from the Old
English and means ' the village (tun) in a depression (panne)', Ref.1 . At the time of
Domesday the land was held by the Archbishop of York and Erneis de Barun and contained 57
acres of meadow and a Church. By the time of the subsequent Lindsey Survey of c. 1115
(Ref. 3) the land was held by the Archbishop of York and Geoffrey son of Payne. St. Andrew's Church dates from c.1770 and relaced the earlier church referred to in the Domesday Survey. This may have been a late Saxon church. It underwent several restorations in 1905, 1925-30 and 1980 and is now a Grade II listed building, Ref. 2. An application was made to the Bishop of Lincoln to reduce the size of the Church and the plan can be seen in the Lincolnshire Archives. The Church was declared redundant in 1974 and was initially used as a store . Its lack of use was due to the migation of the agricultural workforce off the land due to farm mechanisation. The priest often used to go there from to conduct a service and find no congregation . The nave and chancel are of greenstone and ironstone with five arched windows. Christopher Turnor restored the church in memory of his uncle in 1905 and probably designed the Arts and Crafts fittings now sadly removed e.g. the West door of bronze, a job of quality, classical and probably of c. 1925-30. Panton Hall (now demolished and all that remains are the stables) was built about 1719 for Joseph Gace and many of the Gace family are buried in the church e.g. memorial on the wall ' sacred to the memory of Mrs. Grace Gace who departed this life December 14 1798 aged 66 years'. There are several C18 gravestones in the chancel including one to Elizabeth Gace , died 1721, with round head panel and crude skull and cross bones. A stone memorial of a Knight (de Breton arms) was in the Church but this was stolen and all that remains are photographs/records (ref 4 and 5). This was Sir William Breton a Knight of Edward III . Perhaps Sir Robert Breton, nephew of Sir William fought at Boroughbridge and died c. 1345. A stone age flint and arrowhead have been found on the site when the lake was dug. References 1. Cameron, K. ,1998, A dictionary of Lincolnshire place names, English placename society Popular Series No. 1. 2. Department of Environment, 1986, List of buildings of special architectural or historic interest; District of East Lindsey. 3. Foster, C.W. and Longley ,T. 1976 The Lincolnshire Domesday and the Lindsey survey, The Lincoln Record Society 19. 4. National Monuments record BB79/6621. 5. H. Lawrance, "Heraldry for military monuments", p.7.
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