DIRECTORY. J . DROVE. 611

Non-Provided,_ Whaplode (mixed), built in 1856, for 194 Henry Prestwood, master; the school is controlled by children; average attendance, Io~; Elias Wilson, by 6 managers will in 1704, left :a§ acres of land & a cottage towards Railway Station, William H. Brown, station master the payment of the master, for the education of a Carriers.-Baily & Andrew, to Spalding, tues.; to Hol- certain number of children in this school; William beach, thurs (Marked t should be addressed Maul- Gott Beatrice (Mrs.), Blue Bell P.H. I Scott Waiter, market gardener ton Chapel, Spalding.) Cranesgate Seymour J ames, peppermint manufr Brereton Rev. Edward William M.A. Graham David, farmer Short James, wheelwright Vicarage Graham William, grocer, Post office Shrimpton Edward Thomas, grocer Gratton John, jun. farmer, Washway Sleight Herbert M. insurance agent Green Robert, farmer, Mill lane Sleight Joseph, farmer, Irby hall COMMEBCIAL. Green Waiter Wm. farmer, Millgate Smith George, farmer, St.Catherine's tAshton John, farmer, Jiggles bank Green William Thomas, plumber SmithJeremiah,frmr.Hurdle Tree bnk Atkins Joseph,farmer,HurdleTree -bnk Griggs Samuel, butcher Speed James Newton, farmer,Millgate Barker Thomas, farmer, Cranesgate tGrnmmitt Jas. frmr.Whaplode bank Suley Wm. farmr. Hurdle Tree bank Beaumont George Joseph, beer retlr Harpham Freeman & Only, farmers Tazzyman Robinson, frmr. Cranesgate Benton James, farmer, Snaffers lane Harpham Arthur, farmer Waite R. A. (:Mrs.), farmer, Stock- Benton Jas. J. insur. agt. & overseer Harpham Thomas, farmer, Arbour ho well gate; res.Pipwell Manor house, Biggadike Geo. Wm. frmr. Cranesgate tHarrison Arth. Alex. frmr. Quick la Saracen's Head Biggadike John Thos. miller (wind & Herd Charles, farmer, Fen Waite Robert, farmer, Hill house steam) Hill Edmund Jeffs, farmer,The Fields Walker Thomas, farmer, Sna:ffers lane Bollons John, fa:rmer, Millgate Hilliam Joseph Henry & Ernest, Walton William, farmer, Millgate Bontoft George, Bell & Bowl P.H farmers, Whaplode lodge Watson Alfred Henry, butcher Boor John, farmer, Jekells bank Holbourn Ernest Edward, farmer Watson George, farmer, Millgate Bowers Isaac, boot & shoe maker Hollingsworth Wm. farmer,Moulton la Wilkerson Abraham Matthew, farmer Bradley John, farmer, Cranesgate Hotcbkin George, farmer tWillcox John, farmr. Whaploda Fen Brown Bruce Lorraine, bee farmer Hutchinson William, farmer,Hop lane tWillcox Wm. farmer, Whaplode Fen Buck Chas. farmer, Cranesgate house Kenyon Geo. farmer, Turnpike side Wright Garden, farmer, Crown farm Cade Joseph, Lamb & I<'lag P.H. far- King Charles, bricklayer Wright George N. farmer mer & grazier & traction & thresh- King Thomas, farmer, Fox heading Wright Kilham,frmr.Hurdle Tree bnk ing machine owner; farms, Cranes- t.Mimmack George Gordon, farmer, Wright William Kilbam, farmer .. gate farm & Hargate ha. Whaplode bank Ilurdle Tree bank Cade Joseph, jun. farmer, Eagle ha Molesworth George William, farmer, Cemetery (Waiter Diggle, keeper) Hurdle Tree bank Clarke Thomas, farmer; res. Stuke- Mole.sworth Thomas Huy, farmer, St. SARACEN'S BEAD. ley, Holbeach Catherine's Coates Frederick, farmer .Morfoot George, farmer COMMEBCI.A.L. Coates John Thomas, farmer Norman George, boot repairer Abbott Thomas Edward, farmer Conpland Walt. farmer,St.Catherine's Nutt Holt, farmer. Guy wells & Cragg Andrew ·Edward, carrier Conpland ·William, farmer, Fen Hill house Atkin John Henry, farmer Crawley John, frmr. Whaplode manor Parson Wright, shopkeeper Baily Edward, carrier Croker Francis, farmer,St.Catherine's Pickworth William, farmer, Fen Baily John, carpenter Cnndy Robert, farmer Piggins Frederick, farmer,Jiggles bnk Carter John H. Old Saracen's Hd.P.H. Daly Edward, beer retailer Pope James, farmer, Cranesgate Cook Herbert, farmer De Pear Charles Herbt. farmer, Bank Pope William, farmer, Cranesgate Crane William, beer retailer Dickinson George, bulb grower Porter Willia.m, farmer Hotchkin George, jun. farmer Dickinson John, wheelwright Reed James, farmer Merilion David, boot & 11hoe ma.ker Dickinson Joseph, bulb grower Reed Thomas, farmer Ri..x Herbert, New Saracen's Head P.B- Diggle Waiter, farmer Rippon William, farmer Slator Henry, farmer tDring Frank, farmer,Double Roof ho Roberts Henry, farmer Slator John, blacksmith Emsley & Collins, fruit growers, Robinson George, farmer, Cranesgate Stevenson Hannah (Mrs.), grocer Hurdle. Tree bank tRose George Robert,Dun Horse P.H. Taylor Alfred, farmer Fawn Charles, blacksmith Whaplode bank Thorpe Benner, butcher Fawn John, blacksmith, Bell End Rose William, farmer, Ravens bank Waite Edmund Parrinder, farmer, Pip- F'idler Edward, chimney sweeper Rouse John, farmer, Great South well Manor house Fareman John, farmer Holland (letters through Whaplode I Woods David, wheelwright, Post office Gibson William, farmer nrove, Wisbech) I is a scattered hamlet and ; Clare College, Cambridge. The Church Room was built ecclesiastical parish, formed Aug. 15, 1902, from Whap- in 1904 at a cost of £250, and contains a library and lode , and is 2~ 1niles east fr,Jm Postland st,,- billiard tables. There is. a Wesleyan chapel at Whap• tion on the Great Northern and Great Eastern joint rail- lode Drove, built in 1862, with 120 sittings, to which. Tay, 8 south from Holbeach, 10 south-east from a schoolroom for ~o children was added in 1902 at a Spa.lding, 6 north-east from by road and 101 cost of £soo; at Dowsdale is another Wesleyan chapel, from by rail; it is in the Holland division of built in 18gB, and seating about 150 persons; the old the county, , wapentake and petty ses- chapel, erected in 184I, is now used as a schoolroom:: &i.onal division of Elloe, Holbeach union and county the Primitive Methodist chapel, near Shephaystow, court district, rural deanery of West Elloe and arch- erected in 1867, affords 3PO sittings. A charity, deaoonry and . The church of St. amounting in r88g to £4 IOS. arising from land, is. John the Baptist is a plain structure of brick, con- distributed yearly to the poor in money by the Parish aillting of chancel, nave, porch, organ chamber, vestry, (louncil. Lady IDrica Thynne, of 30 Grosvenor gardens, baptistery and a small turret containing 4 bells, re- London SW, who is lady of the manar, and the Crown hung in 1887, and the church was restored in 1907-8, are landowners here, and there a.re also several small at & cost of £I,ooo, when a new chancel, organ chamber freeholders. The SQi} is Joa.m; subsoil, clay. The chief and porch were built and improvements made to the crops are potatoes, wheat and other cereals. Geese in nave: there are several stained windows, a carved oak large quantities a.re fatted for the London and other screen, pulpit and choir stalls, and an eagle lectern markets. The area is 2,0~3 acres; the population in designed by Harold Bailey F.R.I.B . .A.: the chancel and :go1 was 770. the new portions of the church were consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Oct. 8th, Igo8: the org-an Sheophaystow, I mile south, and Dowsdale, 2~ mile& was bought from the vicar and churchwardens of Sur- routh, are placeS! in this pari9 h. fleet church: there are 300 sittings. In xB6o the Sm:ton, David Clayton. churchyard: was enlarged, and during the construction Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I. Office.-Allred Hem- of a dyke to inclose the new portion, about half an mant, ~ub-postmaster. Letters delivered from Wi~<- acre in extent, a la.rge quantity of Roman pottery bech at 7.25 a.m. ~ dispatched thereto at 6.x5 p.m_ wras met with, together with coins of Vespasian (.\.D. week days only. The neare!jt telegraph ofti.ee is at 69-79), .A.ntonius Pius (A.D. r38-x6x) and others. The , 3 miles distant register dates from the year ' J7I3- The living i~ R. Letter Boxes.~Primitive Methodist chapel, cleared at perpetual curacy.. pej; yearly, value derived from land 6.25 p.m.; Shephay!ttow, cleared at S·45 p.m.;.. £330, with residence, in the gift of feoffees, and held Temple Road end, cleared at 6 p.m.; Monlton Eau. o8ince 1901 by the Rev. Reginald Charles Page M . .A. of gate,' cleared at 4.20 Il.m. week days only LINCS. 39'*"