... DIRECTORY. j . . 621 ~ Rnshton Robert, grocer Smith Benjamin, farmer Winters George, farmer, Hill dyke Rnshton Samuel, farmer Taylor John Richard, market gardener Winters William, farmer, Hill dyke Rutter Edwin, butcher Thompson Jn. Wilson, farmr. Manor ho Sargeant Richard, beer retailer Tuxford John, grocer & draper .Frithbank. ~impson George, farmer Ufton John, farmer I Carby Thomas, farmer Slater Richard Johnson, farmer,Avenuo Waite Edmund Brown, farmer Lawrence David, farmer Smith Benjamin Anderson, surgeon & Walker Mary Ann (Miss), Star P.H Medforth John, Malcolm Arms P.H medical officer & public vaccinat.or, Ward William, farmer Randall John, farmer Sibsey district, Boston union West George, saddler & ironmonger Sykes Charles, farmer SILK WILLOUGHBY, see WILWUGHBY. SIMON WEIR, see KIRTON. SIX HILLS is a parish, in the Mid division of the riages, x682. The living is a vicarage, with that of Hainton county, parts of Lindsey, east division of the wapentake of j annexed, tithe rent-charge (Hainton) £223, (Six Hills) £75; Wraggoe, union._ Market Hasen county court dis- joint gross yearly value £298, including 33 acres of glebe, trict, rural deanery of \Vraggoe, archdeaconry of Stow and with residence, in the gift of Edward Heneage esq. lll.P. , 4! miles east-by-south from Market and held since 1883 by the Rev. Arthur Trosse Fortescue, Rasen, and Ioi west from Louth, situated on the road of St. Alban Hall, Oxford. A Gilbertine priory, dedicated from to . The church of All Saints to the Blessed Virgin, was endowed here in the reign of is a. stone edifice in the Early English and Decorated styles, Stephen, by Albert de Greslei: in this monastery King consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch and a Edward I. confined Mary, wife of ChristA:>pher Seton and western tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells: the sister of Robert Bruce, in qo6 : at the dissolution in I5~4• church, with the exception of the tower and south door- its gross revenue was ,~alued at £x7o 8s. gd. its site and way, was entirely rebuilt in I869, at an expense of about possessions were granted to Sir Thomas Heneage and £2,000, the principal part of which has been borne by Catherine, his wife. Edward Heneage esq. M.P., D.L., J'.P. Edward Heneage esq. M.P. of Hainton Hall, the patron: there of Hainton Hall, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. was once a north aisle of three bays, traces of which may The soil is strong clay and sand; subsoil, sand. The chief be seen in the north wall; in the south wall there are two crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is Decorated windows: at the time of the restoration of this I,g6o acres; rateable value £2,446; the population in x881 church it was intended to retain and reswre the tower, was 175~ but owing to the incautious manner in which the work was Parish Clerk, William Barnaby. carried on, the tower gave way, and was eventually, with LETTER Box cleared at 4.15 week days only. Letter.> much trouble, removed: the restoration may be generally received through Market Ra!len, which is the nearest described as of a nwan and inferior character, with the money order & telegraph office exception of the tower, which was rebuilt in 1875, under Infant School, built in 1874 by Edward Heneage csq. the direction of Mr. James Fowler, of Louth. The register M.P. for 30 children; average attendanc~, I7; Mr~. of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1672, mar- Maria Smith, mistress Fortescue Rev. Arthur Trosse [VIcar] I Drakes Edward, farmer, Grove house 1 TraffordJsph.wheelwright &blacksmith Collingwood Robert, farmer Kemp John, shoe maker Willows Phillip, farmer, Forest hill Drakes John Edwd.farmer, TbeGrange Rawson James, shopkeeper SKEG NESS is a flourishing village, bathing-place and about £4,000, consisting of ladies' swimming bath, coastguard station, and the terminus of the Firsby and with se\"en private baths, and gentlemen's s"\vimming Skegness branch of. the Great Northern railway, vleasantly baths, with seven private ba+bs; the Turkish baths situated on the sea-coast, in the Mid division of the county, consist of three beating, shampooing, cooling and lounge parts of Lindsey, Marsh division of Candleshoe wapentake, rooms. The "mirage," or "sod bank," may be seen on union and county court district, rural deanery of the sea here in calm weather : the phosphorescence of the Candleshoe No. 2, and archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, sea is very beautiful, and may be frequently observed in the 12 miles east from Spilsby, 4 east from Burgh, and 5 north­ summer: the shore is composed of fine sand. The National east from W ainfieet, 13 I from , 7 5 from Nottingham, Lifeboat Institution have a station here, with a boat, and 93 from Leicester. It has of late years become a originally procured by a local society, but the present life­ popular place of resort for the inhabitants of the Midland boat was presented by Mrs. Ingram, of the " Illustrated counties, and is also largely visited by invalids ; the sands News," in memory of her husband, the late Herbert Ingram are firm and broad, and the bathing safe. The town is esq. formerly M. P. for Boston. The County Police Station, lighted with gas. As many as 25o,ooo persons visited Roman Bank, was built in r883, at a cost of £r,2oo, and ~kegness during the year 1883. The Pier, erected at a cost comprises quarters for an inspector and three cells and a of i._:2x,ooo by a Limited Company, was opened in May, court-room for occasional use. The Earl of ScaTbrough i!l x88x; it is constructed of iron, the length is 1,843 feet, lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is with a saloon w seat soo people. The Water Works at rich loam and silt ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are Wintborpe are the property of the Earl of Scarbrougb wheat, beans, potatoes, peas, oats and mustard. The area ami were opened in 1879; the well is 32I feet deep, and is 1,644 acres of land and 830 of water: rateable value, yields a plentiful supply of water. The church of St. £9,967; the population in 1871 was 349, and in 1881, Clement is an ancient building in the Perpendicular style, 1,338. consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower Parish Clerk, John Dunn. containing 1 bell; it was partially restored and reseated in 1884 PosT, MoNEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings and a stained window inserted, in memory of Bishop Steere, Bank.-Nestor Howell, postmasteT. Mails arrive at 5· 15 of Central Africa, formerly curate: the font, apparently of a.m.& 1.40 p.m. despatched at 3 p.m. except saturday at earlier date than the church, is octagonal, with blank 2.45 & 7.25 p.m. with a late fee till7.35 p.m. Letters are shields around the basin: there are mrmuments to the delivered at 7 a.m. & 2 p.m~ No .snnday post. Money Chapman family, 1708-SS· The church of St. Matthew, order business 8 to 6 p.m.: saturday, 8 w 8 p~m.; erected in 188o, is a building of stone, in the Early English telegraph business 8 to 8 p.m.; sunday, 8 to IO a. m style, from designs by Mr. James Fowler, of Louth, and at INSURANCE AGENTS :- present consists only of nave, south aisle, porch and the Accident, William Hall, 66 Lumley road lower stage of the tower, but the church when completed Crown Life, William Hall, 66 Lumley road will have an apsidal chancel, with organ chamber and Guardian Plate Glass, William Hall, 66 Lumley road vestry, clerestA:>ried nave of five bays, aisles, north and Midland Counties Fire, William Hall, 66 Lumley road south porches and a tower of three stages, the material Emperor, R. Sleight, Alexander road, Waintleet road used being Ancaster stone, and the total estimated cost Northern Assurance, A. G. \Vard £7,870: the first. stone was laid November 5th, 1879, by Scottish Equitable Life, Francis L. Wardle, Lumby road the Countess of Scarbrough, assisted by Viscount Lumley, PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:- and the first portion of the church opened by the Bishop Cricket & Race Ground, Arthur Burgess, lessee of Lincoln, Reptember 21st, x88o. The register dates from County Police Station, Roml>n Bank, John Taylor, inspector the year 1653. The livin~ is a rectory, tithe rent-charge & I constable £r6o, net yearly value 1,220, including x6 acres of glebe, Skegness Pier Co. Limited, Arthur Linder, pier master in the gift of the Earl of Scarbrough, and held since Skegness Pavilion & Pleasure Ground, A~ R. Ensor, lessee r88o by the Rm~. Fram:is Baldwin B.A. of Jesus College, Skegness Turkish Hot & Cold Swimming Baths Co. Lim. Cambridge. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Charles H. Tippet, sec. ; Joseph Gray, manager chapels here. There are fi\~e hotels, fitted with warm, cold PUBLIC OF],'ICERS :- and shower baths ; and numerous lodging houses. The CollectA:>r of Poor's Rate, William Heley, Garfield house, Skegness Turkish Hot and Cold Swimming Baths Co. Drummond road

Limited erected public baths in 1883, at a cost of 1 Town Crier, George Howgate, Ossett villa, Waiufleet road