462 NAI lHH Y-CU.\1-~IALTBY. . [ KELLY'S frrchdeaconry of Stowe and . The G. F. Milnthorpe esq. J .P. is lord of the manor and church of St. Peter was rebuilt in r839, at a cost chief landowner. The soil is partly chalky and part11 of about [3.500, and is a building in the l<'lorid Gothic clay; subsoil, chalk. The crops are on the four-cllurse atyle, consisting of chancel, nave, north Jlisle and a system. The area, including _Maltby, is 1,963 acre!; western tower with eight crocketed pinnacles and con- rateable value, £r,764; population in 1gn, rso in the laining 2 bells and a sanctus bell; the windows in the civil and 235 in the ecclesiastical parish (which includes f:hancel are stained: the font, an excellent example of ). ta.rly Decorated work, and the piers of the arcades data trom about 13"": in r884 the interior of the chancel was MALTBY is a hamlet adjoining Raithby to the south; -.r- here was once a preceptory of the Knights Templar, much altered and improved by the raising of the windows and afterwards of the Hospitallers. Randal, Earl of lUld the introduction of choir stalls of 1mlid oak; the Chester, was the first donor. This house was granted 'flooring was at the same time relaid, new altar-rails 33 Hen. VIII. (rs41 _2) to Charles (Brandon) Duke of "aupplied, the old "three-decker" removed and replaced Suffolk. A stream from runs through Maltby & 'by an oak pulpit on a stone base and an iron and brass Raithby to Louth, and into it flow Maltby Springs. \ectern: the pews in the nave were also lowered six G. F. Milnthorpe esq. J.P. is the principal landowner. tnches; taere are 130 sittings. The register dates from -the year ISS?. The living is a rectory, with the vicar- Letters through Louth, 2 miles distant, which is the !tf~ 6l Hallington annexed, joint net yearly value £530, nearest money order office & TaUnvell, 1 mile dis- w1th So acres of glebe and re!!idence, in the gift of \'is- tant, the nearest telegraph office for delivery & Hat· count Chaplin, and held since I869 by the Rev. Wiiliam ling ton railway 8tation the nearest office for dispatch!'" Henry Wyer Honey M.A.., LL.D. of Sidney Sussex Col- The children of this parish attend the school at the lege, - Caa~bridge. The rectory house is pleasantly adjoining parish of Tathwell, which is for the pariBhes situated on the hill side, a little above the church. of Tathwell, Raithby & Honey Rev. William Henry Wyer M.A., Chambers Frederick, cottage farmer Lammin Thomas, farmer,Coxey hills LL.D. Rectory I Chatterton Martin, farmer tParr Cyril Charles, farmer 1 COMMERCIAL. Davy John Edward, farmer Skipworth Charles, cottage farmer, Marked thns t farm 150 acres or over.! Hewilon Joseph, wheelwright surveyor & tax collector & over- 1 Botterill Harold & Arthur Dougla11, King John, gamekeeper to J.Weight- seer, Maltby farmers, Maltby 1 man esq

RAITHBY (near ) is a parish and small j..~int net yearly value [4o2, partly arising from 16g picturesque village, on the road to Rorncastle, 2 miles t~cres of glebe in this parish, with residence (now north-welit from Spilsby terminal station on a branch of ._t:cnpied as a farmhouse), in the gift of the Lord Chan­ the East Lincolnshire section of the Great Northern rail- cellar and present rector alternately, and held since way, in the division of the county, parts of r884 by the Rev. George Ward M . .A.. of Trinity College, Lindsey, east division of Bolin;;broke sake, Spilsby Cambndge, rural dean of Bolingbroke, and F.S.A. who nnion, petty sessional division and county court district, resides at . There is a Wesleyan chapel. rural deanery of llolingbroke, and archdeaconry and dio- Raithby Hall, a. handsome mansion of red brick with cese of Lincoln. The church of the Holy Trinity is a stone facings, built in 1776, near the church, is the resi­ building of stone, in the JXorman, Decorated and Per- dence of Mrs. Rawnsley. The principal landowners are pendicular styles, the Norman piers of the arcades still Edward Preston Rawnsley esq. who is lord of the remaining, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, !Iouth manor, and Capt. A. D. Crookes, of Raithby House. porch and a western tower containing a clock, placed in The soil is various; subsoil, clay and sand. The crops 1903, and 6 bells ; the eh urch was restored in 1873, are of the usual kind. The area is 868, acres ; as&ess­ nnder the direction of Mr. G. G. Scott, architect, when able value, £733; population in 19II, 135 in the civil the chancel, nave and aisles were wholly rebuilt: the and 236 in the ecclesiastical parish (which includes tower is a. work of the Perpendicular period, constructed Mavis Enderby civil parish) of green sandstone: there is a memorial win- Sexton, •Robert Gildon. dow to Mary Jeannette Rawnsley, d. 1873; three stained Post Oflice.-Tum William Stubbs, sub-postmaster. L~>t- windows given by Mrs. Rawnsley, of Raithby Hall, 188], ters through Spilsby, 2 miles distant, which is the and fonr others, added since ; the chancel was enlarged nearest money order & telegraph office . and an organ chamber built in 1886-7 at a cost of Public Elementary (Endowed) School (mixed), founded [.1,157; in x8go an oak screen was erected between the in 1668, by Thomas Lawford, of Raithby, & rebuilt in chancel and nave, and in 1895 ,the Perpendicular tower 1866, for 45 children; the· school has an endowment was restored under the direction of Mr. C. Hodgson of about £14 yearly, and is controlled by a body of a Fowler, architect, and the west window filled with glass trustees, of whom the rector of Raithby is chair designed by Mr. 0. E. Kern!!: there are 150 sittings. man; the incumbents of the parishes of , The register dates from the year 1558. The living i11 a Mavis Enderby & being also trustees; rectory, now consolidated with that of Mavis · Enderby, Miss Kate Greenwood, mistress COMMERCIAL. Martin Fras.gardnr. to Mrs. Rawnsley PRIVATK RESIDENTS. 1 Adderley Charles, gardener to Capt. Phillips George, blacksmith Buckle Admiral Claude Edward, The ' Crookes Rosling Lewis, shopkeeper Red house 1 Greenwood John William, Red Lion Stephenson William, farm bailiff to Crookes Capt. Arthur D. Raithby ho P.H. & assistant overseer E. P. Rawnsley esq Gilliatt Mrs. Raithby lodge . Greenwood Mary (Miss), dress mal;er Stubbs Tom William, builder Rawnsley Mrs. Raithby hall 1 Johnson Thomas, farm bailiff to Walker John H. farmer Whitworth Ilerbert, Raithby grange I Capt. A. D. Crookes Ward Herbert, farmer RANBY is a parish on the river Bain, 2! miles south there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the from Donington station on the Louth and Lincoln branch year 1550. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value nf the Great Northern railway, 7 north-west-by-west from £82, including 40 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Horncastle, and 7! east from . in the Horncastle Bishop of Lincoln, and held since 1896 by the Rev. division !Jf the county, parts of Lindsey, north division George Samuel Lee, of the Royal University of Ireland, of the wapentake of Gartree, Horncastle union, petty wh:> is also rector of and resides at . Ranbv• l!e!lllional division and county court district, rural deanery Hall is the residence of Lord Charles Cavendish ' of Horncastle, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Bentinck, who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. Lincoln. The church of St. German is an edifice of The ~oil is sand[ loam and clay; subsoil, mostly white atone, chiefly in the Early Decorated style, eonsisting of clay- The chie crops are barley, oats, seeds and chancel, nave, vestry and a lofty embattled western tow&, turnips. The area is 1,289 acres; rateable value, tmrmounted by four finely carved pinnacles and containing £r,362; population in I9II, 135. 3 bells : it was restored in 186o at the cost of Miss Parish Clerk, Alfred Tuplin. Otter, by Mr. Jarn~>s Fowler, architect of Louth, when Post Office.-Alb,ert Walker, sub-postmaster. Letter5 the ch:mcel was rebuilt and a vestry added: the plain through Lincoln. Banmber, 3 miles distant, is the Norman chancel arch. which could not be retained in nearest money order & telegraph off1ce it-s original position, wa~ removed and re-erected in the Public Elementary School (mixed), for the parishes of eastern face of the tower, opening into the nave ; the R3nby, & , for 8o children; 1atU>r was also new roofed : the east window is stained; Miss- Elizabeth Hutchinson, mistres~J

COM:YHRCIA.L, Tuplin Alfred, cottage farmer k PRIVA.TK RRSmENTS. Clements Edwin, head gardener to parish clerk . lJentinck Lord Charles Cavendhh Lord Charles Cavendish Eentin'!k Vincent Charles, farm bailift' to Lord D.S.O. Ranbr hall Read Fr&d. farmer, Banby hill Charles Cavendish Bentinck: