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STKOXTON is a small village and parish in a narrow the aisles have been taken down and the arches and columns dell, in the diocese and arehdeaconry of Lincoln, deanery of walled up; it contains square tower, 1 bell, nave and chancel. , county court district of Grantham, 4 miles In the chancel is the ancient piscina, and also an elaborate south-west :from Grantham. The living is a rectory, value monument to Sir G. E. Welby. In this parish are three .£306 yearly, with residence, in the patronage of Sir Glynne copious springs, which supply Grantham waterworks. Here Earle Welby, Bart., who is lord of the manor, and held by is a small school on the National principle. The population the Rev. John Earle Welby, M.A. The church of All Saints is abo~t l04, and the acreage 973. is a small neat structuret was :furmerly much larger, 'but Arnold Mark, parish clerk IHind William Richard, farmer J Voce EdwarcJ, farmer Blankley Robert, farmer Lynn John, faJ,"mer Voce Edward, jun. farmer Letters through Grantham 1School, Mrs. Mary Bass, mistress

STKVBBT1 with W'OODTBOKP:E:. is in the manor of Bilsby, and the open fields were STR-bB:BY,a village and parish in the Wold division of the enclosed in 1840. In 1728 Mr. Thomas Wilkinson left a hundred and ~ery of Calceworth, Louth union and county yearly rent-charge of .£212s. out of a farm at Cum'berworth, court district, parts of Lindsey, diocese and archdeaconry of for the poor of this parish. Lincoln, about 4 miles north from Alford, 4 from Clay- WooDTHORPE is a hamlet belonging to Strubby, :from thorpe station, and 10 south-east from Louth, contain- which place it is distant about a mile. The Hall, now the ing 287 inhabitants and 2,049 acres of land. The living is a residence of William Kelk, Esq., is a good substantial 111an· discharged vicarage, yearly value .£150, with 17 acres of sion, the approach to which is of a vecy pleasant and pic­ glebtlland, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, turesque description, and was formerly the seat of the Ballot and held by the Rev. David Sheard, M.A. The church of family, several ofwhom are buried in the church at Strubby. St. Oswald was in 1857 entirely rebuilt (with the exception Near to the Hall stands a vecy remarkable oak, supposed at of the chancel), at a cost of about .£500. It is in the Early one period to have served as a landmark; some mention is English style of architecture, and consists of nave, chancel, made in Domesday Book of this patriarchal tree, which, side aisle, and turret with 1 bell. It contains several memo..: from its great antiquity and singular appearance (the centre rials of the Ballot family, one of whom was an aldennan of stem being entirely destitute of foliage), attracts the atten­ , and died in the year 1648. The rectorial tithes, of tion of 'Visitors. Robert Vyner, Esq., is lord of the which Robert Vyner, Esq., is the lessee, were commuted in manor. The population is 55. The chief landowners of the 1841 at .£232 per annum. The reyister dates from the year parish are John Ballot Fletcher, Esq., Robert V;yner, Esq., 1547. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. and Charles Hill, Esq. Strnbby. Farrow Willows, farmer Woodthorpe. Dorrington Rev. Manassah Baxter., Hill John, farmer Kelk William, esq. the Hall Vicarage Horn Isaac, farmer Bond John, farmer Holmes Misses Janney Mark, wheeln1w?iright Brown George, farmer Sheard Rev. William David1 1\l.A Janney Robert, shopkeeper 1 Harrison William, farmer COMMERCIAL. Lindsey Charles, brick & tile maker . Kelk William, farmer, the Hall Allis John, farmer Lindsey John, blacksmith Letters through Alford at 9 a.m. by Burnett Edward, shoemaker I.indsey John, farmer foot messenger, who returns at a p.m. Dowse William, farmer Rhoades Charles, farmer The nearest money order office is at Farrow Asher, iiumer Richardson Ann (Mrs.), day schoo Alford Church, Rev. William David Sheard, M.A STUBTON, a small village and parish in Loveden wapen- 'the Rev. W. S. Hampson, and patronage of George Nevile, take, parts of Kesteven, union of Newark, and diocese of Esq., who is lord of the manor and principal owner of the Lincoln, 1 mile from Claypole station on the Great Northern soil. The church of St. Martin was rebuilt about 1800, at railway, and 6 south-east from Newark, in 1S51 contained the expense of the patron, and is a small neat building, with 186 inhabitants and about 1,153 acres ofland, mostly a clay a tower containing 2 bells. Stubton Hall, the seat of and loamy soil. The living is a rectory, of the yearly value Georg·e Nevile, Esq., is a handsome modern mansion, at­ of ,£295, with 44 acres gf glebe land, in the incumbency of tached to which are extensive gardens and pleasure grounds. . . Nevlle George, esq. Stubton liall Clarke William, farmer Stevenson Henry, farmer COMMERCIAL. Copley Timothy, farmer' Letters through Newark, which is. Burden Robert, farmer Coxon J ames, farm bailiff 1 also the nearest money order office Clark Francis, farmer Robinson Matthew, farmer S'1'UKTON and BBANSBY are two united townships from Lincoln. They contain an acreage of 2,090, and a po­ in Stow parish, Well wapentake, Gainsborough union, parts pulation of 601 in 18li1 namely, 619 in Sturton and 82 in of Lindsey, North , distant about 8! miles from Bransby. Bricks and tiles are made h~ Gainsborough, 2 .from Marton station, and 9 north-west AXLE WooD ilii a farm. CARRIER-William Hunt, to Gainsborough, tuesday; to Lincoln, friday Sturton. Harrison Robert, blacksmith & farmer Watson John, farmer, Stow/ark Atkinson Rev. George, B.A Hemstock Henry, grocer & draper W atson William, farmer, 01 hall MprphyMr. William,&atWillingham- Hill Robert, cowkeeper Watson William H. surgeon by-Stow Homer John, fartner W ebster William, tailor Watson William H. esq Hope John Wright, schoolmaster Wbeatcroft John, miller, Subscription -coMMERCIAL. Howell William & Robert, farmers mill Bainborrow John, farmer Hunt William, farmer W oodhouse Richard, machine maker Booth Russell, grocer & draper Hutchinson William, farmer Bransby. Booth Thomas, shoemaker J olland John, farmer . COMMERCIAL, Burton George, farmer Lilley James, Red Lion, &. brick & Clark John, wheelwright Buttery William, wheelwright tile maker Gilbert Robert, farmer Credland Joseph, beer retailer Marshal! William, farmer Hunt William, carrier Elwis Jonathan, cowkeeper Middleton John, shoemaker Reed Richard, blacksmith Farnsworth John, bricklayer Murphy William, surgeon, & at Wil- Spencer Thomas, farmer Flanders James, boot & shoe maker lingham-by-Stow Taylor William, farmer Foster Robert, farmer Sergeant John, farmer, Axle wo<>Q Wright William, shoemaker Gelder James S. farmer Spencer James, farmer letters through Gainsborougb. The Gibson Robert,sbopkeeper&wheelwrght SpUlT William, farmer nearest money order mncea are at. Harrison NathanieJ, farmer Watson "Elmer, wheelwright GainsboroUgh & Lincoln GREAT STOKTON, or STURTON MAGNA, is a scat- a turret. It formerly had a north aisle and a tower, which teredvillageandparishinthenorthdivisionofGartreewapen- were used for walls to enclose the churchyardj and about take, union, parts of Lindsey, diocese and arch- 1810 the 3 bells were sold. The living is a vicarage, in the deaconry of Lineoln, deanery of Gartree, situated at the foot gift of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. John Fawssett, :ar.A., of the W olds, on billy ground, 8 miles north of Southry is the incumbent. In the King's Books it was talued at £8; station, 6 north-west of Homcastle, 2 west from , it has now 136 acres of glebe; value .£ll6 per year. The and 17 east from Lincoln. The padsh containsl,550 acres, manor is held by executors for the hei1' of the Livesey family and 138 inhabitants in 1851.. The church of All Saints ia until he is of ag-e. Sturton is supposed to have been a a very old building, consisting ofa nave, large chancel, and Rom!Ql s~tion. Tbe parish was enclosed about 1776.