n4s SPRINGTHORPE. . [ KELLY's the Rev. Edwin Clennell Leaton Blenkinsopp H. A. of Uni- STURGATE is a hamlet, abont half a mile sonth, consisting versity College, Durham. There is a Primitive Methodist of two farm-houses and a few labourers' cottages. chapel here. There are charities to the value of £20, left Parish Clerk, David Peat. by Thomas West, the interest of which is annually distri- PosT 0FFICE.-N. Pike, receiver. Letters received through buted in money; the interest of £5 to be divided among Gainsborough ; box cleared at 4 p.m. on week days only ; the poor of the parish. every year on St. Thomas' day, IS. the nearest money order office is at Coddingham; tele- each as far as it will go ; James Hill gave £IO, the interest graph office, Gainsborough of which is ~be divided among the poor persons not receiv- Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in I872, by sub- ing parish relief; Sarah Hill £5, the interest of which to be scription, on a site given by Miss Beckett of Somerby Hall, divided amongst the poor ou Christmas Day. There are no for 6o children ; average attendance, 51 ; & supportP-d by manorial rights. The principal landowners are Lady Bacon, Col. G. M. Hutton, Miss Beckett & the rector, aided by a of Thonock ball, and Miss Beckett, of Somerby ball. The government grant & school fees; John Thomas Tomline, soil is stiff clay; subsoil, clay. The crops are grain master of all descriptions. The area is I, I42 acres; rateable value, CARRIERS from the neighbourhood pass through here every £I,S45 ; the population in r88I was 2I4. tuesday en route to Gainsborough Blenkinsopp Rev.Edwin Clennell Leaton Booth Toyne (Mrs.), farme:Ji Stephenson Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper M.A. [rector], Rectory Cook Hy. Chas. wheelwright & carpent Stow William, farmer Hall Mrs Dowse Stephen, beer retailer Webster William Robert Watson, COMMERCIAL. Hill George, farmer farmer, grazier & landowner Kell Wm. farmer & grazier, Sturgate Whitehouse John, farmer & landowner Anyan Chas. farmer & grazier,Sturgate Milbourn James Codd, farmer Whitehouse ThQmas, cowkeeper Anyan Joseph, farmer & grazier Stephenson George William, farmer & Wilkinson John, farmer Baines John, blacksmith grazier, Pond House farm is a village and parish, on the south-west bor- £400, including, in the unit.ed parishes, 425 acres of glebe, der of the county, adjoinigg , in the Southern with a good residence, in the gift of John Chase esq. and division of the county, parts of , wapentake of held since I877 by the Rev. Wilfrid Augustus Holden , petty sessional division of Spittlegate, union and Thorold M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge. The Earl of county court district of , rural deanery of Dysart is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The Beltisloe, and archdeaconry and , 6 miles soil is loam ; subsoil, red limestone and rock. The chief west from Corby railway station, 14 north-west from Stam- crops are the usual cereals and clover. The area is I,sso ford and 9 south from Grantham: this parish is connected acres; rateable value, £I,g8I ; the population in 188r with by a stone and iron bridge over the was I53· Witham. The church of St. Peter, is a structure of stone, Parish Clerk, Frederick Branston. chiefly in the Early Decorated style, with some features of PosT 0FFICE.-Thomas Cann, receiver. Letters are re- the Transition Period, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, ceived through Grantham, via Colsterworth, at 8. IS a. m. vestry and a tower, with spire, containing 4 new bells and & dispatched 4-55 p.m. week days only; the latter place a clock: it was thoroughly restored in I865 by the Rev. Geo. is the nearest money order & telegraph office Osborne, then rector, at a cost of about £4.800, nnder the This place is included in Gunby St. Nichola.s & Stainby direction of Mr. R. Cord, architect: the stained east window United School Board district, formed in 1881 was presented by the Misses Johnson, of Spalding, and other Board School (mixed), for the parishes of Stainby & Gunby,. windows were given by the Rev. Edw. Ashby, of Quenby originally built in I84o by the Rev. George Osborne, late hall, and Mr. W. Jackson, of Stainby: the rector has pre- rector: it will hold 6o children; average attendance, 40; sented a new organ, reredos and ornaments for the corn- & is supported by subscriptions & a government grant; munion table and a western screen. The register dates Miss Fanny P. Hardwick, mistress from the year 1653. The living is a rectory, consolidated CARRIER.-Thomas Camm, to , tues.; to with that of Gunby St. Nicholas, joint gross yearly value Grantham, sat Thorold Rev. Wilfrid Augustus Holden Cousins William, Blue Dog P.H I Sharp Southern, grazier M.A. [rector] Glassup Edwin, farmer & grazier Steel William, farmer & grazier COMMERCIAL. Marson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper ITaylor John, cowkeeper Bowder Wm. Simms, farmer & grazier Nottingham William, farmer ' Ward Jn.farmer & grazier, Stainby lodge Camm Thomas, farmer, shopkeeper & Priestman Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeper & W eston Bennett, farmer & grazier carrier, & post office farmer White John, farmer STAINFIELD is a parish, in the Mid division of the reign of Henry Il. founded here a priory of Benedictine county, parts of Lindsey, western division of the wapentake nuns, which, at the Dissolution, was valued at £n2 ss. of Wraggoe, Lincoln union and county court district, rural Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake esq. of Shardeloes, Bucks, is lord deanery of ·wraggoe, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is very good; Lincoln, 3 miles north from Bardney station and 10 east subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. from Lincoln. The church of St. Andrew, rebuilt in I7II, The area is 2,450 acres; rateable value, £r,736; the is an edifice of brick with stone dressings, and consists of population in r881 was 203. chancel, nave and a bell turret, and contains some Parish Clerk, Robert Cheetham. curious old banners. The register dates from the year Letters by foot post through which is the nearest I7I4. The living is a vicarage, united with that of Apley, 1 joint gross yearly value£ n5,in the gift ofT. Tyrwhitt Drake money order office. The nearest telegraph office is at Bardney. Box cleared at 4 p.m esq. and held since I846 by the Rev. Richard Stanley M. A. of Brasenose College, Oxford, who is also vicar of Apley and National School (mixed), for 76 children; average attend­ Barlings, and resides at Barlings. Hen~ Percy, in the 1 ance, 46; Miss Sophia Redfern, mistress Greetham John, farmer, land agent & Battle & Bales, farmers Musgrave Weston, farmer valuer Moss Francis John, farmer, The Hall STAINTON-BY-I.A NGWORTH is a small village landowner. 'l'he soil is light and gravelly; subsoil, clay. and parish, and with NEWBALL township and REAsBY The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 3,035 hamlet, in the Mid division of the county, parts of Lindsey, acres; rateable value, £I,933; the population in 188x was westi division of Wraggoe wapentake, union and county in the township of Stainton, I26; in Newball township, court district of Lincoln, rural deanery of Wraggoe, arch- 124; together, 250. deaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. Stainton, on the NEWBALL is I mile south-east river Langworth, is 5 miles west from Wragby, 7 north- REAsBY is a hamlet, I mile north. east from Lincoln and 2 north from Langworth station, on CoLDSTEAD, formerly extra-parochial, is now a parish ; the the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. The population in I88x was 5· church of St. John the Baptist is a small and plain building of Letters by foot post through Lincoln. The nearest money stone, consisting of chancel and nave and a turret contain­ order office is at Scothern, & telegraph office is at Lang­ ing I bell : there is a mural tablet of stone to the memory worth of Nicholas Sanderson of Reasby hall, in this parish, and his son, of the same name, dated I6I9. The register dates School (mixed), endowed, for the parishes of Stainton. Bar- from the year I720~ The living is a vicarage, gross yearly lings, Langworth & Bullington I it was rebuilt in I824 & value £I8o, including 1 g acres of glebe, with residence, in will hold x6o children; average attendance, no; the en- the gift of the Earl of Scarbrough, and held since I873 by the dowment amounts to £Io yearly; Robert Lewis, master Rev. William Henry Osborne, of Queen's College, Birming- CARRIERS TO LINCOLN.-Edward Whittaker & Frederick ham. The Earl of Scarbrough is lord of the manor and sole Grundy, on friday Osborne Rev. William Henry [vicar] Bourne George, farmer, Newball I Jessop James, wood dealer COMMERCIAL. Epton William, farmer, Newball IMartin Henry, farmer, Newball Baxter Thomas, farmer, Newball HonldershawWattam(exors.of),farmers Olivant John, farmer