60 . . [KELLY'S deanery, archdeaconry of and diocese of appointed under the. scheme. Birkland and Bilhagh are Southwell. The church of St. Mary is a stone building, ancient woods, formerly a part of , ex­ originally Norman, and some portions of Norman· work tending over 1,480 acres, and contain many venerable still remain in the tower; it consists of chancel, nave, oaks, among them being the celebrated "Major" or aisles, south porch, two chapels and a western tower with "Queen" oak, said to be the largest in , having spire, containing 6 bells, erected in 1889, and a clock: the a circumference (in 1904) of 90 feet. Cockglode, the seat nave is separated from the aisles by an arcade of five bays, of George Savile Foljambe esq. V.D., D.L., · J.P. is a pleasant and is lighted by a clerestory:. the chancel retains its residence, embosomed in trees, on the outskirts of Sherwood piscina, and there are monuments to members of the Forest, about three-quarters of a mile from . family of Ward, to the Rev. John Gordon, a former vicar, Earl Manvers is lord of the manor. The principal land­ who died 7th May, 1843, and to the Hon. Savile Henry owners are Earl Manvers and the Duke of Portland K.G., P.C., Lumley, son of Richard, fourth Earl of Scarbrough, d. a.c.v.o. The soil is sand; subsoil, •gravel. The chief 14th November, 1846: the east window is stained, and crops are barley, oats and turnips. The area of the town­ there is a smaller memorial window in the chancel to ship is 4,395 acres of land and 12 of water ; rateable value, Louisa Blanche, wife of Lord Hawkesbury, formerly of £5,113; the popul~tion of the township in 1901 was 904, Cockglode, and one to William J. Curtis, schoolmaster and of the ecclesiastical parish 1,527. here for 23 years, besides others: the church was repewed By "Local Government Act, 1888" (sec. 57, sub-section with oak in 1848: the pulpit is of the same material, and 1), which came in force 31st March, 1899, 1,650 acres of the font, ancient but plain, of stone: the chancel was new- land was taken from Edwinstowe and added to the parish roofed in 1892, and the rest of the church in 1897, when of -cum- for civil purposes only. the stonework of the windows was renewed, and the fabric Parish Clerk and Sexton, James Stone. renovated, at a cost of £1,700: the porch was restored in Thoresby is a hamlet, 3 miles north-east, for which see 1903 at a cost of £150: there are 550 sittings, 250 being Perlethorpe-cum-Budby. Blackcliff Hill is half a mile free. The parish register dates from 1630 for all entries, east; Kingstand, 1 mile south-east; Carr Brake, 1! miles and is in fair condition. The living is a vicarage, with east. chapelry of Carburton annexed, net yearly value £400, Carburton and Clipstone are townships in the civil with residence, in the gift of Earl Manvers, and held since parish, and will be found under separate headings. 1884 by the Rev. Henry Telford Hayman M.A. of Corpus Perlethorpe-cum-Budby is a , fonned under Christi College, Cambridge, who is also perpetual curate the provisions of the "Local Government Act, 1888," and of Perlethorpe. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, comprising those two townships and a part of Edwinstowe. a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1848, and a village It will be found under letter P. librahry.D Tkhe lfanpd belodngingd toh the poor hhi~hbheen bsold Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., E. D., S. B. & A. & I. Office.- . to t e u e o ort1 an • an t e money, w c as een Henry Symonds, sub-postmaster. Letters are received invested in Consols, now yields about £175 yearly for from Newark, via Ollerton, at 7.50 a.m.; dispatched educational purposes and the relief of the poor, and is at 5 & 6.45 p.m. week days only distributed by trustees appointed by the Charity Corn- Public Elementary School (mixed), erected by Earl Manvers missioners in the parishes of Edwinstowe, Perlethorpe, in 1872, for 200 children, & in 1895 a school for the infants Budby and Clipstone. A small sum, called " the Lincoln was erected by Earl Manvers adjoining ; t.be schools now Dole," is paid yearly by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln : accommodate 250 ehildren ; average attendance, 175 ; sup- there is, besides, Rigley's charity of £10 6s. yearly, founded ported in part by voluntary subscriptions ; there is a· in 1857; and four almshous~s, founde~ in 16~8 by the Rev. master's house; George Greaves, master J?hn. Bellamy, a f?rmer VIcar of this pansh, and E~en Police Station, Sergt. William Wood, in charge . his m~e,. for poor mdows. Under a scheme of the Chanty , Railway Station (Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast), Comrrusswners ~ated lOth Fe~. 1899, the _four almshouses Joseph William Schofield station master and land belong1ng to the chanty of the srud John Bellamy ' were ordered to be sold and the proceeds invested, the Carriers. interest of which is divided into six parts, viz. : one part Stephen Kelk passes through to , thurs for the benefit of four poor widows resident in the said Hy. Starbrooll:, passes through, thurs. & sat. to Mansfield parish, and the other five parts for educational purposes A. U. Body, thurs. & sat. to Mansfield, & to , wed and the payment of rent for a parish room or reading Percy Morley, to Worksop, wed. & to Mansfield thurs. room : this charity is control!ed by a body of seven trustees & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allwood John, carter Morley Percy W. apartments & carrier Bruce George M.A., M.n., c.M Antcliffe Arthur, carter 1\ioverley Annie (Miss), apartments Bullivant Mrs Beckett & Co. bankers (sub-branch); Naish Alfred, Royal Oak family & com- Byron AugustusWm. Edwinstowe house attendance on fridays; draw on Glyn, mercial hotel & posting house Daniel Mrs. Forest side Mills, Currie & Co. London EC Oldham Emma (Miss), apartments Foljambe George Savile n.L., J.P., v.n. Bowring Henry J. tailor ". . Parnell Alexander, provision dealer & (Cockglode) (letters received through Bruce George M.A., M.B., C.M. phystCian pork butcher Ollerton) & surgeon Peck Henry Herbert, farmer, Black hills Hampton Mrs. Bridge villa Clarke W. & Son, coal mers. Rly. depot (letters through Oller.ton) Hayman Rev. Henry Telford M.A (vicar) Corbett Lucy (Mrs.), farmer Sampson George, Robm Hood P.H. & ' The Vicarage ' Edwinstowe Co-operative Stores Lim. farmer Holland Miss (Alfred Spink, sec) Scrimshire John, shopkeeper Hook Mrs Fletcher Emma (Mrs.), Black Swan P.H. Smit4 Robert, Dukeries hotel Hopkinson Stephen & farmer Stokes Harriet (Mrs.), apartments Jones Rev. John Price B.A. (curate & Fletcher John, rate collector Symonds Henry, grocer & pork butcher, chaplian to Lord Savile) Freeman George Alf:ed, shoe maker Post office . . . Lombe Major Ralph Henry Fenwick Freeman Samuel Wilson, butcher Thomson James Fredenck, pamter Edwinstowe hall ' Herbert James, farmer, Kingston & Thomson Thomas Jervis, farmer & Long John Manor farms painter, South forest Maltby William Hitc~in James Har.old, farmer, VillaReal Torr Jesse ~y.& Son, carters&prov.dl~s Pinder George sen. Lydgett house Holhngsworth Thomas (Mrs.) & Wm. Tudsbury Richard & Sons, carvers m ' farmers wood & dining rooms COMMERCIAL. Holmes Henry, butcher Tudsbury Waiter, photographer Alcock Frederick C. horse breaker Howard James, farmer, Hazle grove Watkin Ann (Mrs.), Jug & Glass P.H Allsop Samuel, blacksmith Jebb Joseph, shopkeeper Wilson Nathaniel, farmer, Carr Brecks Armstrong George, coal agent & goods Lacy Wm.Jas. confectioner & tobacconst (letters through Ollerton ) agent to L. D. & E. C. Railway & Leavesley Kate (Miss), general dealer Woodhead Fredk. joiner & wheelwright apartments, Holly house Morley Henry, smith & farrier Woodhead Herbt.joiner &, wheelwright • EGMANTON is a parish and village, 2 miles south storied nave, north aisle of four bays, south transept and from Tuxford station, on the main line of the Great an embattled tower at the west end with pinnacles and Northern railway, and on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and containing 3 bells, hung in 1893: in the chancel is the East Coast railway, and about 12 north from Newark, in elaborate alabaster tomb of Nicholas Powtrell and his the Bassetlaw division of the county, South Clay division two wives, the inscription being very indistinct : there is of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, petty sessional also a brass to " William Cardinall, one of Her Majesty's division, Southwell union, Newark county court district, Honorable Counsel, established in the northern parts, rural deanery of Tuxford, archdeaconry of Nottingham 1598:" a piscina remains and also an aumbry and under and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Mary is a a south window is an arched recess: the church plate is building of stone, of Early English Decorated Perpendicular ancient, but undated : the pulpit is a good example of the date, but the south doorway and the font belong to the Jacobean period: it was the custom for persons married original Nonnan church, collf.isting of chancel, clere- in this church to present a cake to the ringers, who in •