86 FISKEBTON. . (KELLY'S manor having been given to Thurgarton Priory by Ralph The church of St. Denis is a small brick building, erected in de Ayncourt, the founder, some few Black or Austin canons 1756, and consists of chancel, nave and an embattled wes­ belonging to that monastry were placed in the court or tern tower containing 2 bells: the church was thoroughly manor house, and had a chapel there dedicated to the Blessed 1 cleaned and repaired in 1890, and new windows were put in, Virgin. William Wright esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and in 1895: there are 100 sittings. The register dates from principal landowner, and resides at the Manor House, which the year 1640 for all entries, and is in good condition. The is situated on a pleasant lawn, near the river Trent. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Rolleston, joint net soil is clay and sand ; subsoil, gravel and stone. The chief yearly value £260, including 68 acres of glebe, in the gift of crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area of the new the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Edward parish is 1,548 acres of land and 25 of water; rateable value, Salter Longhurst M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge and B.A. £3,788; the population in 1901 was 369. of the University· of London, who resides at Rolleston. Railway Station, William H. Higginson, station master William Wright esq. J.P. of Fiekerton, whp is lord of the Post Office, Fiskerton.-Miss Catherine Mountney, sub-post- manor. Sir Henry Bromley, bart. of Ashwell, Oakham; mistress. Letter Box cleared at 7.40 p.m. Letters by foot John Robinson esq. of manor, the trustees of the post from Rolleston R.S.O. arrive at 8 a. m. Postal Orders late John Jowett, and Mr. Elisha James Webb are the prin­ are issued & paid here. The nearest money order cipallandowners. The soil is various; subsoil, gravel and offices are at Southwell & Newark, & telegraph office at -sand The chief crops are barley, wheat and turnips Rolleston Juncti?n, 2 miles distant r Public Elementar; School for Morton & Fiskerton, erected Wall Letter Box, F1skerton Manor, cleared 7.45 p.m. "all in 1855, & enlarged in 1888, at a cost of about £150, &; Letter Box, Morton, cleared at 7.25 p.m again in 1897 at a further cost of £102, for 120 children ;: MORTON is a village, three-quarters of a mile south- average attendance, 80; the school has an endowment west from Fiskerton station, on the Midland railway and of £2 10s. yearly, left in 1695 by Richard Daybell, a resi- 3 south-east from Southwell, in the rural deanery of South- dent in this parish; Herbert G. Wailer, master well, archdeaconry of and diocese of Southwell.. Carrier.-William Guy, to Newark, wednesday FISKERTON. Fox William, cowkeeper MORTON. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Guy William, farmer & carrier Clarke Charles S Howard Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Jowett Mrs. Ivy cottage Beecroft Charles, Trent house Marriott William Birch, miller (steam & Messent Harry John, Ivy home Gregory James, Fiskerton house water) & farmer Stubley Mrs. Morton house Gregory Miss, The Chesnuts Moore William, farmer Bagguley Henry Wm. market gardener Milward Miss Mountney George, tailor Brown Adeliza (Mrs.), apartments,. Shrewsbury William Pacey George, Bromley Arms P.H. situ- Morton grange Wright William J.P. Manor house ated by the side of the Trent; dinners Davis James; beer retailer COMMERCIAL. & teas provided; every accommodation Foster Frederick, farmer Bell Joseph, cowkeeper for boating, cycling & fishing parties; Gilliatt William, cowkeeper Broadhead George F. Spread Eagle P.H ferry open to the public at moderate Marsh George (Mrs.), farmer Buxton Charles, boot maker charges . Norwood George, farmer, Manor farm1 Coope George, market gardener Finder Wm. farmer, Fiskerton grange Stanley Moses, farmer Foster George, market gardener Ratcliff John, farmer Topliss Robert, insurance agent Foster Samuel, blacksmith & cowkeeper Savage Harry, fanner Webb Elisha James, farmer FLAWBOROUGH is a very small village, township credence table, altar rails, and many other gifts have beelll and chapelry, in the parish of Staunton, pleasantly seated made in connection with the restoration : there are 100 on an eminence, a short distance east of the , sittings. The parish register dates from 1674. The living 3 miles north from Elton station on the Nottingham and is a chapelry, annexed to the rectory of Staunton, joint net Grantham line of the Great Northern railway, 8! south yearly value £300, derived from tithes and land, in the gift from Newark and 6 north-east from Bingham,-in the Newark of Henry Charlton Staunton esq. and held since 1888 by the­ division of the county, Southern division of the wapentake Rev. Fredk. John Ross B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, who­ of Newark, petty sessional division of Newark, Bingham resides at Staunton. This was a Roman settlement. The­ union and county court district, rural deanery of N ewark Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor and sole landowner. ~chdeaconry of Nottingham and diocese of Southwell. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat,. The church is an edifice of brick and stone, in the early barley and beans. The area is 976 acres of land and 5 0f English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a water; rateable value, £783; the population inl901 was 59. square tower with pinnacles at the west end, containing 2 small bells : there is a piscina : it was rebuilt in 1839-40, at Letters through Nottingham arrive at 8 a.m. Letter Box a cost of £769 3s. and opened for divine service on October cleared at 5.5 p.m. The nearest money ordeif· office is at 3rd, 1841, and in 1892 was restored at a cost of about £200 Bottesford & telegraph office is at Staunton-in~t.he- Vale,. when it was re-seated, the floor of the chancel raised and about 2 miles distant · relaid, a north vestry formed, and heating apparatus fixed; The children of this place attend the Staunton school, situ­ the Norman west doorway is enriched with zig-zag orna­ ated at ment, and the original font has been re-set on a new stone Carrier.-William Shipsides, from Orston to Newark, wed.. base; .a reading desk, brass altar and pulpit desks, a lectern & Nottingham, sat As her Richard, grazier j Pell William Henry, farmer Smith William, farmer Birkett George, farmer Shephard William, grazier • FLEDBOROUGH is a parish and straggling village,· enclosing the tomb of Hugh de Normanton, Canon of Lin.. on the west bank of the Trent, with a station on the Lan- coln, and sometime rector of this parish : in the tower are cashire, Derbyshire and East Coast railway, 4! miles east- two coffin slabs with beautifully foliated crosses from the by-north from Tuxford station on the main line of the tombs of ecclesiastics : outside the church, at the east end, Great Northern and on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and is a niche, inclosing a wimpled female figure of the 14th East Coast railways, 9 south-east from and about century: the chancel was restored and enlarged in 1890 12 north from Newark, in the Newark division of the county, at a cost of £682 : there are &bout 100 sittings. The register: North Clay division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, dates from the year 1563. The living is. a- rectory, net Newark petty sessional division, union and county court yearly value £180 with residence, and including 6! acres ofr district of Retford, rural deanery of Tuxford, archdeaconry glebe, in the gift of Earl Manvers, and held since 1900 by of Nottingham and diocese of Southwell. The church of the Rev. Charles Cadogan Campbell M.A. of J.esus College,. St. Gregory is a stone building of fine proportions in the Oxford. The manor of Fledborough remained in the posses­ Decorated style, consisting of chancel, rebuilt about 1890, sion of the Basset family for 300 years, but this property nave, aisles, south porch and a low western tower of the Early was confiscated by the Long Parliament. Earl Manvers is. English period, containing 2 bells, one of which is dated lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil 1600 : the chancel, originally 44 feet in length, is now rather varies from light loam to strong clay; subsoil, clay. The· small: arcades of four bays divide the nave from the aisles: chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, turnips and clover. The­ the south aisle has two stained windows : the belfry has a area is 1,448 acres of land and 14 of tidal water ; rateable· small stained window with a figure of St. Gregory, and the value, £1,429 ; the population in 1901: was 91. windows in the north aisle contain glass of the 14th and Parish Clerk, Richard Barks. 15th centuries, including the arms of the Basset, Lyssinex, Woodcotes hamlet, 1~ miles west~ consists of three scat- Molineux and Stanhope families, with others : the chancel tered farms. The land is freehold. The principal land-· retains a piscina, and on the north side of chancel are some owners are Miss E. Cust, Mrs. Porcelli.-Cust,.Henry Wells esq. fragments of an Easter sepulchre, the mutilated effigy of a and Mr. John William Simpson. knight, believed to be that of Sir Richard Basset, who died Letters from Newark arrive 10 a..m. Pillar Box cleared at in the reign of Henry VIII. here also is an arched recess, 3.40 p.m. week days only. 'l"hs· nearest money order.-