Winterton
Winterton is a Town in the county of Lincolnshire.
There are great places to visit near Winterton including some great historic buildings, airports, towns, villages, cities and castles.
Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle are great places to visit near Winterton if you like historic buildings.
Places near Winterton feature a number of interesting airports including Humberside Airport.
Stamford is one of Winterton's best, nearby towns to visit in Winterton.
Duddington is a great place to visit close to Winterton if you like villages.
Cities to visit near Winterton include Lincoln.
There are a several good castles in the area around Winterton like Lincoln Castle.
Winterton History
There are some historic monuments around Winterton:
Places to see near Winterton
History of Winterton
Both Winterton and neighbouring Winteringham seem to contain mention of Winter or Wintra, the first of the kings of Lindsey with any pretence to an historical basis (after the mythological Woden). The position of the two settlements on the south bank of the Humber, close to the point where the main Roman road from the south reaches the river, may be significant, as it is the obvious point from where the settlement of Lindsey is likely to have originated. The village’s name is thought to mean the âfarmstead, the village or the estate of the Winteringas ‘, who were perhaps followers or dependants of someone called Winter or Wintra. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the place is called variously Wintrintune, once; Wintrintone, four times; Wintritone, twice and Wintretune, once. Winterton has been twinned with:
