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DIRECTORY.] LINCOLNSHIRK skeletons, each accompanied by a shield, knife and spear a(terwards Earl of Bristol, and thus transfelTed it to that head, all of which were in good preservation, the remains of family. The Marquess of Bristol is lord of the manor and the wooden shafts of the spears being still more or less owner of the principal part of the land. chstinctly visible ; a brass- coin of Valentinianus was also The area of the entire parish of New Sleaford is 3, r6o found, bearing a figure of Victory, and the legend 1' Securi &eras; rateable value, £14,50"'; the population in 1881 was tas Reipublicre." -of the township, 3,955 ; of the parish, 4,075, including i51 Sir John Hussey kt. 'first and only Baron Hussey, of Slea• officers and inmates in the workhouse ; and of the local board ford, who was beheaded at Lincoln, in 1537, for high treason, district, 4,9651 viz. ~ Holdingham, 120; New Sleaford, 3,955; possessed a house at Sleaford, called the Old Place, in which Old Sleaford, 526 ; and Quarrington, 364. Henry VIII. when on his progress towards York to meet the Parish Clerk, Robert Bennett Graharp.. King of Scotland, passed the night ; a modern building now occnpi~ the site on which this house stood. HoLDINGHAM, anciently "Haldingham," is a township in The Black Bull inn, in Southgate retains its ancient sign this parish, on the road to Lincoln, and was not improbably built into the wall, and representing a bull being baited, the birthplace of Richard de Haldingham {c. 125o-6o), who executed the famous "Mappa Mundi," now preserved in 'With the date" 1689," and the initials "RBM," and below, Hereford Cathedral. There was a chapel here in the ~6th the date" 1791," and the initials" I.w." There are several century, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and repaired in 1640, old houses in the town dating from the time of Queen when it contained some heraldic glass : in front of the Elizabeth to that of Charles II. and including a picturesque chapel, by the road side, stood the base of a cross~ both have gabled house in Eastgate, possibly erected by the Carrs, long since disappeared. The population in 1881 was 120. ancestors in the female line of the Marquess of Bristol, a OLD SLEAFORD parish adjoins New Sleaford to the south: family whose name, through their muruficence, is held in and the living, a vicarage, is ecclesiastically annexed to grateful remembrance in the place, one of them being the Quarrington. The ancient church of All Saints was exist founder of the Free Grammar school, and another of the ing at the close of the 14th century, and stood within the Bede-honses. farmyard of the house now occupying the site- of " Old The manor was held by the Carrs till 1688, when Isabella, Place," a seat of the H usseys, taken down in I 822. Here is daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Carr, being left sole a Baptist chapel with 150 sittings. The area is 1,150 acres; heiress, married John Hervey esq. of Ickworth Park1 Suffolk, rateable value, £2,770; the population in 1BB1 was 526. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. POST & M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Bayards Leap, Martin, Newton, Osbournby, Quarrington, -Henry Hanscomb, postmaster, Market place. Letters Rauceby North & South, Rowston-with-Sheffield House, arrive by mail cart from Peterborough at 6.30 a. m. except Roxholm, Ruskington, Scredington, Spanby, Swaton, the North mail, which arrives at 7.13 a. m. ; & dispatched Swarby, Sleaford Old & New, Scopwick, Temple Bruer at 5·45 p.m. except those for London, South of England & with Temple High Grange1 Thorpe Tilney, Timberland, for mid-day delivery in all provincial towns, which are Threekingham-with-Stow, Willoughby Scot, Willoughby received until 7-45 p.m. (extra ~d. 7·55 p.m.) ; for Lincoln Silk, Wilsford & I!anbeck, Walcot, Welbourn, Wellingore & neighbouring villages 3·35 p.m. ; & for Falkingham & LocAL BoARD. Bourn 5 p.m. Box closes on sundays at 3 p.m. for the Offices, 74 Southgate. North & 4.20 p.m. for the South. Telegraph office open Board day first wednesday in the month, at 7 p.m. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on week. days & from 8 a. m. to 10 a. m. MEMBERS. on sundays George Weston, chairman. WALL BoxEs, Soutbgate, cleared at a. m. I. w, _25 & Allen William Charles Jackson William 7 5 Brewitt Arthur Jacobson Dr. T. E 7.30 p.m. & W estgate, c l eare d at I 5 & 7.25 p.m. ; no sunday clearance 1 Brewitt Edward John Lee George Buttler Josiah Owen William Dent Cliffe CoUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR SLEAFORD PETTY SESSIONAL Hervey George H. W. J.P. Wildgoose Richard DIVISION. J ackson Henry The senior magistrate generally takes the chair. RoAD COMMITTEE. Winchilsea the Right Hon. Earl of D.L. Haverholme priory, George Weston, William Henry Knight, William Jackson & SI ea ford Robert Agnew. Nottingham the Right Rev. Bishop of D.D., F.S.A. Rectory, GAS & FINANCE CoMMITTEE. Leasingham, Sleaford W. D. C. Owen & Richard Wildgoose Welby-Gregory Sir William Earle hart. D. L. (chairman George H. W. Hervey &r Robert Agnew are the members Sleaford Quarter Sessions), Denton hall, Grantham deputed to represent the Local Board on the School At Chaplin Right Hon. Henry P.C., M.P., D.L. Blankney hall, tendance Committee of the Sleaford Union Lincilln · Clerk to the Board, Edmund Clements, Southgate Allix Frederick William esq. D.L. West Willoughby hall, Treasurer, Henry Ingoldby, The Bank, Northgat:.e Grant ham Medical Officer of Health, Oswald Giles L.R.C.P.LOnd. Carter Rev. George M. A. Rectory, Falkingham Stafford terrace Fane Col. Francis August us, Fulbeck hall, Grantham Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Jesse Clare, London rd Fletcher Rev. Henry Thomas M.A. Vicarage, Bicker Boston Collector, John Nixon, Carre street Heathcote Thomas Arthur Robt.esq. Newton ho.Falking-ham INSURANCE AGENTS :- Hervey George Henry William esq. The Old Place, Sleaford British Empire Mutual Life, W. H. Mumby, Market place Lucas-Calcraft Edmund James esq. Ancaster hall, Grantham Church of England, Miss G. Smedley, Northgate Moore Col. Charles Thomas John c. B., F.R.s., D.L. Frampton Commercial Union, W. C. Alien, Market place, & R. Alien hall, Boston The Firs, \\'estgate Nevile George esq. D.L. Stubton hall, Newark County Fire, H. Ingoldby, Bank Nevile Ralph Henry Christopher esq. Wellingore hall, Imperial Life, F. Hipkin, jun. 2 Millfield terrace, & J. P. Grant ham Oliver, 69 West bank Packe Hussey esq. D.L. Prestwold hall, Loughborough Northern Assurance, A. F. Borwell, Railway station Parker Lieut.-OoL Charles John Bullivant, Stonebridge, Norwich Union Fire, E. Clements, 74 Southgate Harrowby, Grantham Phoenix Fire, C. E. Bissill, Carre street Reeve Lieut.-Col. John D.L. Leadenham house, Grantham Provident Life, H. Ingoldby, Bank Reeve Nevill Henry esq. M. A. Ashby hall, Lincoln Railway Passengers', J. Bellamy, Southgate Smith Capt. Henry, Horbling, Falkingham Rock Life, G. G. Fawcett WiliBon Col. Mildmay Willson c. B. Rauceby hall, Sleaford Sun Fire, W. H. Lowe, Lincoln & Lindsey Bank Clerk to the Magistrates, Henry Arthur Peake, Market st PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:- Petty Sessions are held at the Sessions house, Market place, Cemetery, East street, Edmund Clements, 74 Southgate, every monday at 12 noon clerk to the burial board & registrar List of places in the petty sessional division :-Aswarby, Corn Exchange, Market place, J. Househam, hall keeper Asgarby-with-Boughton, Anwick, Ashby-de-la-Launde, Corn Returns Office, Market place, Michael T. Counahan, Aonsby, Ancaster-with-West Willoughby & Sudbrooke, inspector Burton Pedwardine1 Bloxholm, Brauncewell & Dunsby, County Court Office, Market place, His HonorJames Stephen Billinghay, Blankney-with-Linwood, Culverthorpe, Cran LL.D. judge ; Henry Arthur Peake, registrar & high bailiff; well,Caythorpe-with-Frieston, Dembleby, Digby, Dorring John Henry Bray, office clerk; William Barr Glaisher, ~n, Dogdike, Ewerby-with-Ewerby Thorpe, Evedon, Ful deputy high bailiff ; the court is held at the Sessions house beck, Hale Great, Hale Little, Heckington-with-Garrick, every month on a friday, at 10.30 a. m Helpringham-with-Thorpe Latimer, Haydor-with-Aisby Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment & Oasby, Howell, Haverholme Priory, Holdingham, Act, 1888, Richard Wildgoose, Northgate; William Barr Haceby, Kelby, Kirkby-la-Thorpe. Kyme North, Kyme Glaisher, Ingram terrace & Robert Bennett Graham, 14 South, Kirkby Green, Lea.singham, Leadenham-with. Westgate .