DIRECTORY.] . HOLLAND FEN. 241 Moyses Ehzabeth (Mrs.), Rose & Crown Sissons Mark, beer retailer, Back lane Tinsley Joseph, farmer, Penny hill P.H. burn Sketcher David, shopkeeper, Church st Tinsley William (trustees of), farmers, Musk Hy. farmer, Hurdle Tree bank Sketcher George, beer retailer, High st Holbeach drove Neale Rd. gasfitter & beer ret. High st Slator Abraham, blacksmith, Chapel st TinsleyWm.Hy.farmer,Holbeachmarsh Oldershaw Rd. Wm. frmr. Holbeach Fen Smith Amelia (Mrs.), baker, West end Townsend Jas. photog-rapher, High st Parsons Joseph Walker, farmer Smith George, threshing machine Triffitt Josiah, saddler, harness & horse Patehett John Sharp, farmer & potato owner, Holbeach St. Matthew's collar maker, lamp, brush & general merchant, Lewins lane Smith George Hill, carpenter & builder, warehouse & vendor of patent medi­ Paterson William, painter, ·west end Albert street cines, High street PearS(m Chas. fanner, Smith Henry, bricklayer, Stukeley rd V ere George, hair dresser, High street Pearson Mary (Miss), milliner, High st Smith Joseph, boot maker, High street Vincent John, farmer, Boston road Penney Henry, higgler, Stukeley road SmithThos. (Mrs.), farmer, Welbourne la Vise A.mbrose Blithe, surgeon &medical Pennington George Caudwell, farmer, Smith Wm. Ram inn, Holbeach drove officer & public vaccinator, Holbeach Barringtonga to Snarey \\'illiam, ironmonger, West end South district & admiralty surgeon Peteh Alfred, fish curer, Church street Smart Wm. Jibb, shopkeeper, High st & agent, Abbotts Manor house Phenix Marshall,farmer,Holbeach drive Sprotberry John, boot maker, High st Waite David Parrinder, farmer, Green- Phillimore John, String of Horses P.H. Stableforth William Bennett, solicitor & field house Boston road commissioner to administer oaths, Walker Chas. farmer, Phillips John, hair dresser, Church st Albert st.; &at Spalding&LongSutton Walker Josiah, baker, High street Pine Thos. Wm. butcher,Holbeach bank Staff John, beer retailer, Penny hill W alkerSarahA.nn( Miss) ,grngro. High st Pitts William, farmer, Holbe . .:h marsh Staines John, beer retailer, Damgate "\Vard George, farmer, Holbeach marsh Pogson John, blacksmith, Boston road Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Ward Jane (Mrs.), Plough P.H. Hol- Presgrave Grace (Mrs.), grocer, Ceme- Co. Limited (agency) (Thomas Mit­ beach St. John's tery road chell, agent), High street; draw on Warner Jas. confectioner, & agent for Presgrave Jn. beer retailer, Church st Barclay, Bevan & Co. E c Speciality & Novelty Seed Co.High st Producers' Direct Supply Association Steed Wm. boot ma. Holbeach St. Mark's Watson Richard, miller (wind) & baker, (Wm. Ab bott A.c.A., F.s. 1. manager), Stephenson John Thomas, collector of Holbeach burn potato growers & salesmen ; London poor's rate & assistant overseer Watson Samuel, wheelwright & black­ dep<)t, 17 St. Pancras depot, Euston Stevenson George, farm bailiff toT. W. smith, High street road ; bankers, Gurney, Birkbeck, Worth esq. Penny hill Weeks Thomas Winter, travelling Peckovers & Buxton, Holbeach Stevenson George, jun. beer retailer, draper, A.lbert walk Richardson William, butcher, High st Holbeach hum Wenham William Croston, beer retailer, Ruilington & Son, brewers & beer re­ Stevenson Geo. Hy.farmer,Cemeteryrd Barringtongate tailers, Barringtongate StevensonJn. Wm. beer ret. Holbch.hurn West Jsph. watch ma. &jeweller,High st Ridlington Walt.local board surveyor & Sturton John Phipps, solicitor, com- West \Villiam Henry, farmer, Somerset inspector of nuisances, Barringtongt missioner to administer oaths in the house, Holbeach marsh Rippin Jas. watch & gun ma. Church st Supreme Court of Judicature, per­ Westmoreland George, beer retailer & Rltehie John William, grocer, & agent petual commissioner for taking ac­ farmer, High street for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit knowledgments of deeds by married White Frederick, basket ma. Church st merchants, High street women, & vestry clerk, & clerk to Wicks Edward, wheelwright, Holbeach Robb John, rope maker, High street the governors of theGrammar school, St. Mark's Roberts John, farmer, Wignall's gate High street Wilcox Jas. station mast. Railway statn Roberts Rachel (Mrs.), glass & china Tasker Thos. shoe ma. Barrington2'llte Willders John Warin (firm, Caparn & dealer, High street Tatam Chas. Hardy, farmer, S palding rd Willders), solicitor, commissioner to Robinson Henry, saddler & harness Taylor Edward, farmer, Wignall's gate administer oaths, clerk to Holbeach maker, Market hill Taylor George, shopkeeper & beer school board & deputy superinten­ Robinson William, blacksmith, Hol- retailer, Holbeach St. Mark's dent registrar, Cemetery road beach St. Mark's Taylor Wm. farmer,Holbeach St. John's Willerton George, tailor, H1gh street Rose Fredk. farmer, Holbeach St.John's Temple Thomas, farmer, Penny hill Winckley Edwd.farmer,Holbeach drove RoughtonWalt.mrkt.grdnr. Wignall's gt Thistlewood Martha (Mrs.), boarding Woods Ephraim, builder, wheelwright Rowell William, farmer, White house, house, High street & blacksmith, Star cross Holbeach St. Mark's Thompson Edward, butcher, \\'est end Woods Robert, Crown inn, \\'est street Rower John, Chequers P.H. & butcher, Thorpe Fras. btchr.Holbeach St . .Mark's Woods Samuel, farmer, Starcross Holbeach burn Tillson William Selvester, lodging W oodthorpe Christopher, manager to Sanders Wm. blcksmth.HolbeachSt.Jn's house, Barringtongate Mrs.L. Harrisson,steam miller,Damgt Scott Henry, farmer, Holbeach bank Tingle Jsph. watch ma. Old l\'Iarket ho WorthWilliam Cotnam,farmer&grazier, Scott Jn. Thos. shopkpr.Holbeach bank Tingle Williarn, farmer, Darngate & landowner, & chairman of the Sewell William, coal dealer, Stukeley rd Tinsley Geo. farmer, Holbeach marsh local board of health, Christie Sllarpin:Mary(Miss),dress ma.Church st Tinsley Harry, farmer, Holbeach marsh house, Holbeach St. Mark's & Syca­ Shepherd Richd. confectioner, High st Tinsley Henry Cole, farmer & land- more farm Simmons William, county court bailiff, owner, Burn hall Wright James, baker, High street Tenters road Tinsley Henry Cole, jun. farmer, IIol­ WrightWm. farmer,Holbeach St.John's Simpson Thos. wheelwt. Holbeach burn beach St. Marks

HOLLAND FEN, about 9 miles north-west from held since 1878 by the Rev. John Smith, who resides at Hol­ Boston, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Nov. 7, 1865, land Fen Vicarage,situated in Kirton Fen. The principal land­ from the civil parishes of Amberhill and Kirton, and includes owners are Ernest Richard Charles Cnst esq. D.L. of Arthing­ FosnYKE, KmTON, SurrERTON and ALGARKIRK FENS, in worth, Northants, andJohnTeesdale esq.; there are several the division of the county, parts of North smaller owners. The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil, clay. Holland, wapentake of Kirton, petty sessional division of The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and turnips. The Kirton and Skirbeck, Boston union & county court district, area of Algarkirk is 2,626 acres ; rateable value, £4,436; rural deanery of North Holland No. I, and archdeaconry the population in J88I was of Algarkirk 520 and of Holland and : it is intersected by several drains. Fen ecclesiastical parish 1,039· The Holland Fen church in Fosdyke Fen, close to the North Letters through Boston ; the nearest money order & tele­ Forty Foot drain, was erected in 1812 by Act of Parliament, graph offices, Coningsby & Billinghay. LE'ITER Box at as a chapel of ease to Fosdyke, and is an edifice of brick in Barley Sheaf, cleared at 4· 15 p. m. week days only the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel and nave only, A School Board of 7 members was formed Jan. 28, 1879, for and a western turret containing one bell : there are 240 north-east Holland Fen United district, which comprises sittings. The register dates from 1812, and includes the Brothertoft, Ferry Corner Plots, Fosdyke (detached), eleven towns of Holland. St. John the Baptist's church, in Harts Grounds, North Forty J<'oot Bank, Pelham's Land & .Algarkirk Fen, consecrated in I86J, was erected at a cost of Swineshead (detached) ; H. Bates, Boston, clerk to the £4.500 by the late Rev. Prebendary Basil Beridge, rector of board ; Obadiah Coupland, attendance officer Algarkirk, 1823-So, from designs by Mr. E. Browning, archi­ A School Board of 7 members was formed May 7, 188o, for tect, of Stamford, and is a structure of red brick, relieved south-west Holland Fen United district, which comprises 'lli1thm by coloured brick work, consisting of apsidal chan­ Algarkirk (detached), Amberhill, Dogdyke (detached) & cel, nave, south porch and a western bell cote, containing 2 Sutterton (detached); H. Snaith, 10 New street, Boston, bells: there are 300 sittings. The register dates from 1864. clerk to the board; George Robinson, attendance officer The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Holland Fen, ScHooLs :- yearly value about £259, including 33 acres of ~lebe, in the Hedgehog Bridge (mixed), built in 188o by the North-East glft of the representatives of the late Hev. Basil Beridge, and Holland Fen school board, at a cost of between £7oo & LIN. 16