DIRECTORY.] LINCOLN :SHIRE. NORTH ELKINGTON. and kind at the discretion of the incumbent and church­ and which afterwards became the perquisite of successive wardens. Here was once a Oistercian Abbey called "De Lords Great Chamberlain of England: on the western side Vaudey" (Valle Dei), founded in II47 by William le Gros are the Chinese drawing-room, the German dining-room, 3rd Ea.rl of Albemarle and translated from Bytham: it was . Lady Willoughby's room and other apartments: the views colonized from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, and had from the long and wide terrace of the western front are thirteen monks, the yearly revenue being £ I24 : some exceedingly fine, looking down the hill across the large remains may still be seen in the park not far from the lake. lake to the richly-wooded opposite hills: the park, in this Grimsthprpe Castle, the seat of Lord Willoughby de direction, extends from the Castle to the lodge at Little

Eresby P.C., D.L., J.P. is a large, massive and stately pile, Bytham for a distance of four miles : it has an area of I 1 992 quadrangular in form, built on the summit of a considerable acres, of which I,Igo acres con::~titute the deer park: here, in hill, from which there are extensive views on all sides: the addition to Highland cattle are many hundreds of ordinary original structure, erected in the early part of the thirteenth deer and a large number of fine red deer of the original race century, was irregular in plan and surrounded by a moat; which has now for many centuries been perpetuated at one of the towers, situated at the south-P..ast angle and called Grimsthorpe: the carriage drive from Rytham passes "King John'R tower," is still in excellent preservation and through some fine avenues of oaks and a chestnut avenue has walls of great thickness : Charles Brandon, Duke of which rivals that of Hampton Court: in the western portion Suffolk, partially rebuilt and greatly embellished the castle, of the Park are numerous hawthorns of great age, relics of and early in the eighteenth century the north front was re­ the ancient forest and great bearers of mistletoe : Charles built after the design of Sir John Vanbrugh, and with its Brandon, Duke of Suffolk K.G. on the death of his wife the lofty towered wings, bold columns, double tiers of windows Dowager Queen of France, 25th June, I533, married and groups of statuary, constitutes a fine example of his Katherine Willoughby, the heiress of the Eresbys; the style: the chapel occupies the western wing, the corres­ duchess, after his death, 22ud February, I545, became the ponding eastern wing including the state dining room, wife of Richard Bertie, and their descendants were Dukes of erected in I8IO to contain the splendid Gobelins tapestry Ancaster: the ancient barony of Willoughby de Eresby is now brought here by Mary, widow of I,ouis XII. of France, on held by Gilbert, 22nd baron Willoughby de Eresby, and 2nd her marriage with the Duke of Suffolk: between the wings baron Aveland, who succeeded his mother, baroness is a vast hall, rising to the full height of the roof and having Willoughby de Eresby in her own right, in I888, having at each end double flights of stone staircases behind colon­ succeeded her brother, the twentieth Baron Willoughby de nades: in front of the entrance is a spacious courtyard in­ Eresby, in I87o, and assumed by royal licence the principal closed by ornamental iron railings opening directly upon the and additional surname and arms of Drummond, and in great avenue : beyond the state dining-room, on the first I872 the surname of Willoughby in addition to and after floor of the eastern front, is the suite of state drawing-rooms, those of Heathcote-Drummond; Lord Willoughby de Eresby three in number, lighted by fine oriel windows and contain­ P.c., D.L., J.P. is joint hereditary Great Chamberlain and is ing a large number of family portraits and portraits of the lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is Kings and Queens of England from an early period, presen­ loam ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are whe'l.t, oats and ted by the reigning sovereigns to the Lords Willoughby de barley. The area is6,844 acres; rateable value, £6,390 Ios.; Eresby as Lords Great Chamberlain ; the largest and one of the population in 188I was 563. the best of the Royal pictures is Vandyck's Charles I. with ELSTHORPE is one mile and a quarter north ; and ScoTTLE­ his Queen and children: the original thickly-padded dress THORPE a mile south-west. in which King James I. is depicted i'l still preserved at Grims­ Parish Clerk, John Barnes. thorpe, with many other interesting curiosities : two por­ traits represent Peregrine Bertie, I Ith Baron Willoughby de PosT, M. 0. & T. 0. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Eresby, "the brave Lord Willoughby" of the famous ballad, -Miss Sarah Glazier, receiver. Letters through Bourn who so distinguished himself in Flanders., fighting against arrive at 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.I5 p.m the Spaniards, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; he was born PosT OFFICE, Grimsthorpe.-William Johnson, receiver. at Wesel on the Rhine, under very romantic circumstances, Letters through Bourn, arrive 7.20 a. m. ; dispatched 5-45 and, eventually inheriting his mother's estate, was sum­ p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at moned to Parliament: there are also portraits of his parents Edenham Richard Bertie, and Katherine, Baroness Willoughby de INSURANCE AGENTS:- Eresby: the castle contains a large number of other fine Commercial Union, G. A. Scott paintings, both ancient and modern, together with minia- Imperial Life, W. Betts tures, statuary, rare marbles, sevres china, several corona- School, built in I873 at the sole expense of the late Baroness tion chairs and royal canopies, and gold plate of great value Willoughby de Eresby, for ISO children; average attend- and historical interest, once belonging to various kings and ance, 8o; Edward George Yorke, master; Mrs. Yorke, queens of England and Scotland through several centuries, mistress; Miss Eliza Robinson, assistant mistress Edenham. Futer Samuel, carpenter Willoughby de Eresby Lord P.C., D.L., Glazier Sarah (Miss), postmistress Grimsthorpe. l.P. Grimsthorpe castle ; & Drnm- Grummitt William T. farmer Barker Benjamin, farmer mond castle, Crieff, Perthshire ; & Hazlewoorl Thomas, grazier Hodson Geo. Black Horse P.H. & farmr Gwyder, Llanwrst, Carnarvonshire Hewitt Jabez, blacksmith Williamson Thomas, grazier Sharp Rev. John Prior M.A. [vicar] Kelham Joseph, Five Bells P.H COMMERCIAL. Rowe William, baker Scottlethorpe. Betts William, draper & shopkeeper Scott George Gordon, farmer, & bailiff Andrew John, farmer Birch Henry, farmer & grazier to Lord Willoughby de Eresby Botherway George, farmer Coddington William, farmer , Sharman George, farmer Gray William, farmer Close Thomas, farmer, The Lodge I Shelton Thomas, grazier Sharman Hy.farmer,Manor House farm Fardell Henry John, shoe maker Elsthorpe. Sharp Job, farmer

Futer Henry James, butcher 1 Grummitt Frank, farmer Wade William, farmer EDLINGTON is a parish bounded on the east by the 1 of Lincoln, and has I20 sittings. The register dates from river Bain, 2 miles north-west from Horncastle, in the South I the year I562. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, north £3oo, including 87 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord division of Gartree wapentake, Horncastle union, ·petty Chancellor, and held since I888 by the Rev. George Holden 1 sessional division and county court district, rural deanery Butt B.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. Edlington Park is of Horncastle, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. I the residence of John Hassard Short esq. n.r•. , J.P. the lord The church of St. Helen is a substantial building of stone in of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is very the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, I varied; subsoil, mostly white clay. The chief crops are south aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower I wheat, barley and seeds. The area is 2,900 acres; rateable containing 4 bells: the arcade of a previously existing north value, £2,876; the population in I88I was 213. aisle remains, and has been carefully restored: there are WALL LETTER Box cleared at 4 p.m. Letters arrive from brasses placed by John Hassard Short esq. to the memory Horncastle at 9-IS a. m. The nearest money order& tele- ~f his wife and eldest son : t.he whole church, with the ex- graph office is at Horncastle ception of t.he lower portion of the tower, was rebuilt in Parochial School (mixed), for so children; average a.ttend- 185g-6o, under the direction of Mr. James Fowler, architect, ance, 4I ; Mrs. Ann Speechley, mistress Butt Rel". George Holden B.A. Lvicar], Bamford William, farmer Waiter John & William, farmers Vicarage Bell Charles, farmer Waiter John, auctioneer, land & estate Short John Hassard D.L., .l.P. Edling- Gaunt Thomas, farmer, Manor farm agent; & at Lincoln & Horncastle ton park Searby Robert, farmer Waiter Jsph. Ed win, farmer, Barsey wlk Short Edwd.Hassard J.P.Edlington gro Strawson James, farmer Walter Richard, farmer, Edlington ho

NORTH ELKINGTON is & village and parish, 41 of the county, Wold division of the hundred of Louth Eske, rnilM north-west from Louth, in the East Lindsey division Louth petty sessional division, union "nd county court dis-