DIRECTORY. J . ROTHWELL. landowner; rateable value, £x,ou; the population in xBB:r Letters through Lincoln, which is the nearest money orde1' vas 66. & telegraph office, arrive at 8.30 a. m LE'ITER Box cleared at 3·45 p.m. week days only Clerk, Joseph Mathers. The children of this place attend South Carlton school

Kave• Ven. ArchdeaconWilliam Frederick Torr Herbert James, Riseholme hall Makey John, farm bailiff to Mr. John John M. A. Rectory; & the Archdea- Marshall }<'rederick Charles, farmer J oseph Barton conry, Lincoln ltOPSLEY is a large parish and village, 5 miles north- non-resident; the Rev. Anthony Garstin has been curate in east from Great Ponton station on the main line of the charge since 1877. Here is a Wesle:yan Methodist chapel, Great Northern railway, and 6 south-east from , erected in 1837· The charities are of the value of [20 in the division of the county, parts of Kest- yearly, arising from 25 acres of land awarded to the poor, even, Winnibriggs wapentake, Spittlegate petty sessional with the interest of £8, left by an unknown donor in 1795. division, Grantham union and county court district, rural was the birthplace of Richard Fox, of Magdalen deanery of South Grantham, and archdeaconry and diocese Hall, Oxford, and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, successively (Jf Lincoln. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building Bishop of Exeter (1487-93), Bath and Wells (1493-6), Dnr­ ()f stone, chiefly in the Norman and Early English styles, ham (1494-1502) and Winchester (1502-28) and Lord Privy 'With some portions of later work, and consists of chancel, Seal : in 1516 he founded Corpus Christi college, Oxford, and nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower was also the founder of the Free Grammar schools at Grant-­ of Early English date, with broach spire, containing a clock ham and Taunton: he died at Winchester, 14th September, :a.nd 2 bells: at the north-east angle of the nave is a frag- 1528. The Duke of Rutland G.C.B. is lord of the manor and ment of Saxon long and short work: the north aisle arcade principal landowner : all the land is tithe free. The trustees and a window in the south wall of the chancel are Norman : of the late William L. Ostler esq. Lord Willoughby de Eresby in the north aisle on the left of the east window is a small P.c., D.L., J.P. John Archer Houblon esq. D.L., J.P. of and curious niche, probably intended to contain a relic : one Hallingbury Place, Essex, and others own portions of (Jf the pillars of the south arcade has an inscription recording the land. The soil is various ; subsoil, limestone. The the date of its erection, 1380 : the chancel arch is Early chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, oats and turnips. The English, and on the south side of the chancel are two sedilia area is 2,882 acres; rateable value, £3,716; the ~pulation and an eastern sepulchre; here also is the effigy of a lady in . of the township of Ropsley in 1881 was 647. ihe costume of the 14th century, her head resting on two LrrrLE HuMBY is now amalgamated with , :Small cushions beneath a canopy : traces of the staircase of for which see Somerby. ihe rnod loft are seen in the north aisle, and in a window at Parish Clerk, Charles Tucker. 'the east end of the south aisle is an aumbry and a piscina, PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Elizabeth Brothwell, sub-postmistress. and west of these a sepulchral arch and another aumbry and Letters arrive from Grantham at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at piscina: the porch, erected in 1453, has a panelled parapet 5.20 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is and pinnacles ; over the porch is the legend " Hac non cede Grantham. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid via, nisi dicas Ave Maria:" a stained window was placed at WALL LETTER Box, Humby, cleared at 5 p.m the east end of the south aisle in 1871, in memory of Mrs. National Endowed School (mixed & infants), erected in Brooke, wife of the late curate in charge: there are 200 1874, at a cost of £760, for 147 children; average attend- .sittings. The register, including , dates from ance, 135 ; the school has an endowment of£ 12 a year : the year 1729\ The living is a rectory, gross yearly value Charles Tucker, master; Mrs. Mary Jane Harrison, mist £6so, derived from 679 acres of glebe, with residence, in the CARRIERs.-Brutnell, tues. & sat. ; Spencer, mon. wed. & gift of the Duke of Rutland, and held since 1846 by the Rev. sat. ; Hollingworth & Moore, tues. & sat. ; & Adcock, John Henry Coke B.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford, who is Dawson & ·ward, sat. only, pass through to Grantham Garstin Rev. Anthony [curate in Dove William, coal dealer Moor William, farmer charge], Rectory Garton John, farmer, Ropsley lodge Moulds Samuel, carpenter Macdonald Mrs Gillison Samuel, blacksmith Moulds Thomas, carpenter MooreRobt.Jas.Anderson M.B.,C.M.Edin Green Wm. Green Man P.H. & farmer Parker Wm. bricklayer, mason& buildr Nabor Mrs Harri3on Samuel, tailor & draper Quiningborough Henry, boot & shoe ma Price Rev. Edmund B.A. [curate of Hazlewood Anne (Mrs.), farmer Ramsden George, farmer Brace by & SappertonJ Hazlewood William, farmer Rastall Samuel, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hill George, farmer Rawlings Hazlewood,harness maker AbbottGeo.Fox's Brush P.H.&whlwright Hill George, jun. miller( wind) & baker Rawlinson Edward, woodmau & farmer Adcock John & Son, shopkeepers Hind Joseph, butcher Rawlinson Frederick, pig dealer Briggs John, baker Holmes Samuel, miller (wind) Rhodes Robert Wm. grocer & draper ]rothwellElizh.(Mrs.),shpkpr.Post off Kitchen Richard, woodman Roberts Thomas, ~ultry dealer Cook John Thomas, mason Kitchen Thomas, tailor Rosling John, Peacock inn, & farmer Cooper William, coal dealer Knight Mark, farmer Rowbotham John, baker ox William & Sons, pig dealers Lewin Richard, shoe maker Smart Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer ox William, grocer & provision mer Moor Herbert, farmer Smith George, woodman awson Joseph, farmer & earner Moore Robert JamesAnderson M.B.,C.M. Smith Job, woodman & farmer ennis Richard Hare, grocer & draper Edin. surgeon,medical officer& public Turfitt Timothy Suter, woodman DickinsonDinah(Mrs.)&Co.grcrs.&drprs vaccinator, Ropslcy district, Grant- Willows Edwin, joiner oughty Levi, boot maker ham union Wright Thomas, carpenter :ROTHWELL is a small village and parish, 2 miles Glanville Southwell B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. south-east from , 5 east from Moortown station on Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1843, and a Primitive the Hull and Lincoln branch of the Manchester, Sheffield Methodist chapel in 1874. The Earl of Yarborough D.L., md Lincolnshire railway, 11! south-east from and 9 J.P. who is lord of the manor, and James Bingham esq. of north-north-east from , in the North Lindsey Thorganby, are the principal landowners. The soil is a wold division of the county, parts of Lindsey, hundred of Bradley soil; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat &c. The Haverstoe, Caistor union and county court district, area is 2, 690 acres ; rateable value, £2,511 ; the population petty sessional division, rural deanery of Grimsby No. 1, in 1881 was 26o. archdelU!Onry of Stow and . The church Parish Clerk, George Dawson. ()f St. Mary Magdalen is a building of stone of the Norman PosT OFFICE.-George Dawson, sub-postmaster. Letters period, and was repaired and enlarged in 1849, at a cost of arrive from Caistor at 8. 25 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.25 p.m. £ry.x;: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Caistor western tower containing 3 bells : the church plate includes a chalice, dated 1569 : there 120 sittings. The register dates A School Board of 5 members was formed Dec. 29, 1874; from the year 1562, and includes marriages contracted Rev. H. G. South well B.A. clerk to the board; R. Wailer, during the Protectorate, before Theophilus Harneis esq. J.P. attendance officer The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £46o, including Board School (mixed), built in 1856, by the late Earl of about 423 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Yaroorough, for 6o children; average attendance, 44; Earl of Yarborough, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Harry Miss Louisa Sophia Brannan, mistress Southwell Rev. Harry Glanville B.A. Burkinshaw William, farmer Holmes William, farm bailiff to James Rectory Clark Sarah Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Bingham esq COMMERCIAL. Dawson Elizabeth(Miss), drees maker Owen Thomas, Blacksmiths' Arms P.H Anson William, farm bailiff to Matthew Dawson George,wheelwright,contractor Pepper Harry, farmer, Lodge AddiS()n esq & farmer, Post office Robinson William, blacksmith Bell Robt.farm bailiff to Wm. Wood eeq Frow Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sanderson Benjamin, wheelwright llerridge Fanny (Mrs.), laundress 1 Gibbons Frederick, farmer, Grange Wailer Robert, shopkeeper