Winterton is a small rural town in North Lincolnshire, England,

5 miles North-East of Scunthorpe.

The population is approximately 5,000 people.

Winterton has a long history going back to Roman times and several large mosaic floors and other Roman remains have been found here.  A roman mosaic was unearthed over 20 years ago and now resides in the Reception Area of Pittwood House (the Civic Centre for North Lincolnshire Council), on Ashby Road.

Walking access into the countryside is safe and easy.  The Trods, Watery Lane and Simon’s Wood provide just some of the many country walks available.

The creation of this woodland  was an initiative by the Town Council who helped to raise finances for the purchase of the land before finally handing the land over to the Woodland Trust. 

The cemetery is owned by Winterton Town Council but North Lincolnshire Council are responsible for burials and ground plots. If you would like to talk to the Cemeteries and Crematorium personnel about the cemetery, or need information on cremations, please phone 01724 747555.

Winterton has a few shops, some thriving businesses, 4 pubs and three social clubs (Winterton Rangers Football Club, Jubilee Working Men’s Club and Ross Lane Working Men’s Club).

The Town has seen many developments lately, which have been tastefully completed.  The Town Council are consulted on all Planning Applications for Winterton.

The Town has three good schools within easy walking distance:

There is a modern Medical Centre and Pharmacy on Manlake Avenue

At the south west side of the town a small industrial unit caters for  several thriving businesses.

The Council are hoping to increase the leisure facilities for people in the community but, as a temporary measure, a bus is provided to Brigg to enable residents to make use of the Leisure Centre and shopping facilities.

The Council purchased the Old School Hall Site around 1996 when Humberside (the county) was abolished, and the new authority of North Lincolnshire Council was created.  The hall is run by hard working voluntary committee’s for dance classes, keep fit, karate, and mother and toddler groups.

There are allotments on the outskirts of the Town but there’s a waiting list.

The Town Clerk is only a phone call away on 01724 732647 or email on clerk@wintertoncouncil.co.uk.

Some little known facts:

Here are some interesting facts which were kindly brought to the council by Councillor Kim Powell.

• Winterton use to be called Winterington and is generally considered to be Saxon in origin.
• In 1801 the population of Winterton was just 773—we have grown since then.
• In 1893 there was an outbreak of smallpox in Winterton and the person who recorded births, deaths and marriages died of this disease.
• At one time in Winterton’s history all the unemployed men had to break up slag brought in from Scunthorpe. They were paid between 1 shilling and 6 pence to 2 shillings per day.  To the younger generation that was 7.1/2  - 10 p per day.

and finally ….

On 2nd May 1903 it was reported in the Lindsey and Lincolnshire Star that a Dr Worboys was the first person in Winterton to purchase a car.  It was for use in his professional duties and was reportedly seen “scorching along the road.

Jonathan Walker B.A., Journalist from Augsburg, Germany, has also kindly provided the following information:

I also think we have equally, or even more famous Wintertonians than Fowler the builder:  Neville Tong, cycling Gold Medal winner at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in the 1km time trial and above all Wallace Sargent, former Director of the Palomar Observatory in California and one of the World’s leading astronomers (he was actually born in Elsham but raised and schooled in Winterton.

N.B.  Jonathon was born and bred in Winterton and his father, Alwyn Walker, served on both the Parish Council and Glanford Borough Council for many years – and his Father George, on the former Urban District Council.

Other interesting ‘facts’?

• Holy Well was considered a medicinal cure by the ancients
• William the Conqueror granted Lordship of Winterton to Norman D'Arcy, whose descendants held it for several centuries.
• Each July (around the 6th) the townspeople celebrate a mid-summer show, a tradition dating back more than 100 years.
• In 1798, it cost William FOWLER of Winterton eight shillings to travel on the outside of a carriage from London to Brigg. It took another 5 shillings to to go by cart from Brigg to Winterton.
• In 1810, it took four days to ship goods to London by wagon. In 1925, motor buses began making daily trips from Winterton to Scunthorpe.
• A gas works was erected in Winterton in 1855.
• The name Winterton is from the Old English Wintra+inga+tun, or "Homestead of the followers of Wintra". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is given as Wintrintune.
• The most famous person from Winterton is William FOWLER (1761 - 1832), noted architect and builder.
• Jonathan DENT, who died at age 91, was a locally known man of wealth, who is buried in a large tomb in his garden.
• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Manley Wapentake in the parts of Lindsey.
• Care of the poor dates back to at least 1728 when Richard BECK left an endowment for the poor.
• After the Poor Law Act of 1834, this parish was part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.