.Bo~Utgbroke Soke. --~~~---- ·------~------~·------~------~----~ Sowden William and Thomas, jun. Thornalley John, farmer Walker William, blacksmith farmers and thrashing machine Thornalley Joseph, brick, tile, and Wallis Mrs Jane, beerhouse proprietors, Catchwater bank artificial manure manufacturer, Waltham Wm. farmer,West Fen side Stubbs Robert, farmer West Fen allotment; and Boston Wattam Mrs Mary, farmer, Bar green Sykes John, carpenter & wheelwright Thorpe Thomas, beerhouse Winter William, blacksmith Sykes William Cordwin, shopkeeper Turner James, joiner, vestry clerk Woodthorpe Samuel, blacksmith Taylor George, farmer, Hall lane and tax collector CARRIERs-Edwin Leak and John Thompson Richard, farmer, West Turner Wm. farmer,Catchwater bank Stuart, to Boston, Wednesday and Fen side Voss Joseph, farmer, Blyth's lane Saturday, & to Spi~sby on Monday

THORPE ST. PETER. THORPE ST. PETER, a scattered village and parish, 2 miles N.W. of Wain:fleet, 3 miles S.E. of railway station on the East line, and 8 miles N.E. by E. of , is a detached member of Bolingbroke Soke, and contains 649 inhabitants, and 2880 acres of land, including a large allotment of the East Fen. C. T. S. B. Reynardson, Esq., of Holywell Hall, Stamford, is lord of the­ manor, and the other principal landowners are the Rev. vVm Hopkinson, C. Sibthorp, Esq., and Joseph Gresswell Leachman, Esq., the last of whom resides at Thorpe House, a neat white brick mansion; but there are also many small freeholders. The Church (St. Peter) is a commodious stone building, con­ sisting of nave, aisles, cha~cel, and a tower containing three bells. It contains 257 sittings, and a handsome pulpit carved in oak. The chancel was repaired in 1843, at an expense of £500, defrayed by the late vVilliam Hopkinson, Esq., and is separated from the nave by an ancient carved oak screen. In 1866 the body of the church was restored at an outlay of £370, raised by voluntary gifts, and the tower was renovated at the same time at the expense of the patron. Three stone coffins, some of which con­ tained human bones, were discovered beneath the flooring of the church during the time it was under­ going restoration. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £20. 19s. 4d., and now at £350, in the gift of the Rev. \Villiam Hopkinson, who is also the appropriator, and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. vVhitworth, who has a neat residence, and is also rector of . There is a good Sunday school connected with the church, but there is no day school, except a dame's, for young children. In the parish are two \Vesleyan chapels, one in the Fen, built in 183B by the late Mr Fras. Dowse. The trunks of large trees are often dug up in this parish, which show that it formed part of the great forest, which anciently extended eastward from Birkwood and Tnmby. A seal bearing the inscription " Sigillwn Beatrisi11 domina de Thorp," was found here in a ditch about the year 1B46; and near Thorpe Culvert large bronze celts were also found some years ago. The poor parishioners have one seam of beans and one seam of barley (or their value in money), charged on the impropriate rectory, by Ann 'Vatts, in 1663. They have also yearly 24s. from £24, left by an unknown donor, and His. 8d. in four rent-charges, the donors of which are unknown, as also is the donor of the two \Vidows' Cottages, or almshouses, which are en­ dowed with £3 per annum. Letters via. Boston. Wain:fleet is the nearest Money Order Office. Railway Station on the Wainfleet and Firsby line (Great Norlhern Railway Company.) • Bradley William, farmer Frow John, farmer, Fen bank Mower Henry, farmer Broughton Samuel, farmer and po- Gilliatt Alfred, farmer Pape John, farmer .tato dealer Gilliatt John, farmer, and thrashing Pape :M:rs Cash James, farmer, Fen dyke machine owner Parsons John Lamiman, farmer, Clark Thomas, sexton & parish clerk Graves Charles Everett, victualler, Fen dyke Clary Thomas, farmer and thrashing Queen Victoria Parsons Thomas, farmer, Fen dyke machine owner Handsley Maidens, farmer, Fen Rushby William, farmer, Fen Coupland Wright, victualler. Black Hopper William, farmer Scupholme Wardall, farmer Horse, Fen bank J ackson John, brickmaker Simpson Joseph, farmer, Limb bank Coupland Wright, farmer Leachman Joseph Gresswell, farmer, Smalley :M:rs Ann, infants' sclwol Dean Amos, boot and shoe maker grazier, & landowner, Thorpe hs Taylor Robert, farmer, Glebe farm Dickinson Thomas, blacksmith Lowis Edwin, farmer Turner Thomas, farmer Dowse George, farmer, Fen dyke Lowis Mrs Sarah, farmer Ward William, farmer Dowse J ames, farmer Maidens Lusby, farmer Warth J ames Gothard, brickmaker Emmerson George, farmer Marshall Thomas, farmer and farmer Fines Henry, victualler, Three Tuns Morton William, farmer Wattam Mrs M. farmer, Limb bank Frow George, farmer Mower George, farmer Whitworth Rev Thomas, B.A. vicar

TOYNTON ALL SAINTS. is a pleasant village, 1-! mile S. of Spilsby, and its parish contains 440 souls, and 1682 acres of land, including a fen allotment of 360 acres. Baroness Willoughby de Eresby is patroness of the living and lady of the manor, but J. B. Parish, Esq., Mrs. Macdonald, and several smaller proprietors have estates here. The Church (All Saints), consisting of nave, aisle and chancel, and a tower containing 3 bells, is an ancient structure, containing accommodation for 200 persons. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5. Us. 3d., and now at £243, derived from the rent of 183A. lR. 5P. of glebe land, mostly awarded in lieu of tithes, is held by the rector of Toynton St. Peter, the Rev. Arthur \Vright, M.A., who has a good resiclence. Here is a small Wesl eyan chapel. The poor have 32 perches

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