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Norton Disney, Lincolnshire

The Parish Church of Saint Peter

 

The village of Norton Disney sits close to the River Witham just off the Fosse Way (Roman road) between Lincoln and Newark on Trent, a 1st century roman villa was discovered by a farmer close to the village.

The village church is dedicated to St Peter and has an unbuttressed Early English west tower, the church also contains a brass commemorating three generations of the d’Isigny family dating from about 1580.

 

The d'Isigny (Disney) family owned the manor here and had a castle and a 17th century manor house built from the castle ruins, however nothing of these now remain. It is believed that the American film producer Walt Disney is a decedent of the Disney family from here, Walt Disney himself along with his family visited the village in 1949.

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Uploaded on April 30, 2023
Taken on October 13, 2022