386 . Parts oC Lindsey. LOUTH-ESKE HUNDRED. The Hundred or Wapentake of Louth-Eske is a fertile district, divided into the Wold and Marsh Divisions, bounded, on the east, for about 9 miles, by the German Ocean, between Salt:fl.eetby and Grain­ thorpe Haven; on the north, by Bradley Haverstoe and Wapentalres; on the west, by Wraggoe and Gartree Wapentakes; and on the south, by Calceworth and Hill Hundreds. It is about 14 miles in-lengt:h, from east to west, and varies from 6 to 9 miles in breadth. It is crossed by the East Branch of the Great Northern Railway, which extends from to Boston, and has stations at Louth and Authorpe, and by a line, now in course of construction, from Lincoln to Louth. It is watered by many rivulets, flowing through pleasant and picturesque valleys on the eastern side of the Wolds, and has for its capital the handsome and thriving market town of Louth, which has a navigable canal, extending to the sea, near . Its hills abound in indurated chalk, which is exten· sively burnt into lime, for agricultural purposes, and is found highly beneficial, especially in the argil­ laceous soils of the marshes, and the declivities of the wolds. The whole hundred is in Louth Union and County Court District; in the Deanery of Louth-Eske and Ludborough; in the Archdeaconry of Lincoln; and in the Parts of Lindsey. It is divided into 39 parishes, of which an enumeration, shewing their territorial extent, and their population in 1871, will be found in the Appendix.* A Court of Sewers for the Wapentake of Louth-Eske and Ludborough is held occasionally at the Town Hall, Louth. George Walker, Esq., of , is clerk to the Comrnjssioners, and W. J. Maughan,. Esq., of Grimsby, is surveyor. • For the cause of the postponement of such enumeration see page 154.

ALVINGHAM. , in the vale of the small river Lud, 4 miles N.E. of Louth, is a village and parish; containing 35a souls, and 1940 acres. The soil belongs to various proprietors, and S. T. Scrape, Esq., is lord of the manor. The commons and open fields were enclosed under an act passed in 1819, and 260 acres were allotted in lieu of tithes. The Church (St. Adelwold) is a small structure, with a tower at the western end; and the living is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £2, and now consolidated with that of Cockerington St. Mary. The joint benefices, which have been augmented with £1000 of Queen Anne's Bounty, are worth £300 a year, and are in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln, and incumbency of the Rev. Arthur Scrivenor, M.A., who resides at . Near this churnh was formerly a Priory of Gilbertine canons, founded in the reign of Stephen, or Henry II., and valued at £128. 14s. 2d., at the dissolution, when it was granted to Lord Clinton. The priory chapel still remains, and serves as a parish church for Cockerington St. Mary, on the opposite side of the 1·iver: it was thoroughly repaired in 1841, previous to which it had been in a ruinous condition for many years. The Church Land of Alvingham is 5A. 1R. 32P., awarded at the enclosure; and the parish has two cottages, divided into four tenements, and having 1i rood of land attached to them, for the occupation of poor families. The Wes· leyan and the Primitive and Free Methodists have each a small Chapel here, built in 1836, 1848, and 1854. The poor have 20s. a year, left by a Mr. Maddison. PosT OFFICE at Mr. Peter ·white's. Letters arrive at 9 a.m., and are depatched at 5.10 p.m., via Louth, which is the nearest Money Order Office. Bett George (Trustees of), farmers Graves John, farmer Shucksmith Henry, shoemaker and, Bett Robert, corn miller Hall Mr John farmer Bourne Stephen, carpenter & wheel· Hewson Henry Robert, farmer Smithson Mr Richard wright J aques J oseph, tailor Stubbs William, farmer - Buxton Thomas, market gardener Lucas Mrs Frances, farmer Tbompson Robert, cowkeeper Cater William, farmer Lucas Robert, farmer & coal dealer Topliss William Cator, carrier Child John, iarmer Lucas Misses Harriet,Eliza, & Sarah Trafford Mrs A.nn, shopkeeper (llark Mrs Zilpah, farmer Meanwell Sampson, farmer W alkington Henry, farmer Crow William, farmer Michael Mrs A.nn W.llite Peter, blacksmith & postmstr :Pawson John, carrier Osborn Robert, farmer Fm:-man John, shopkeeper Parkinson Thomas, farmer CARRIERS to Louth, John Dawson and Forrest William, farmer Robinson Luke, shoemaker William C. Topliss, Wednesday & Fowler Charles, farmer Scott Mrs Susanna, farmer Saturday

• AUTHORPE. AUTHORPE, a 'rillage and parish, 6! miles S.E. of Louth, has a station on the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern Railway, and contains 186 souls, and 921A. lR. 34P. of land, mostly the property of Robert Vyner, Esq., of Hall, the lord of the manor, and patron of the living. The Church (St. Margaret) is a small structure, rebuilt in the year 1848, at the expense of the lord of the manor and the present incumbent. The discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £5. 13s. 4d., and now having a yearly rent charge of £168, in lieu of tithes, commuted in 1838; 28 acres of glebe land in Authorpe; and 22 acres of land in Salt:fl.eetby All Saints, purchased with a grant from the Governors of Queen .Ann's Bounty, for the augmentation of the benefice, is in the incumbency of the Rev. W. P. Vyner,

B.A., who is also rector of 'Vithern, where he resides. There is a small dame school for little children7