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. Notable people Wallace Sargent – Former director of the Palomar Observatory, he was one of the world's foremost astronomers and a leading academic at the California Institute of Technology. Born in nearby Elsham, he attended school at Winterton Comprehensive School Neville Tong – cyclist William Fowler – (1761–1832); artist, architect and builder Twinning Winterton has been twinned with: Saffré, France - since 1993. See also Winterton Community Academy References External links Winterton Rangers Football Club Towns in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Borough of North Lincolnshire