DIRECTORY.] . OX CO MBE. 361 rope-walk, a boat-building yard, several corn mills; and the at 10.30 a. m. & are dispatched at 4.30 p.m. There is no manufacture of sacking and sail cloth is carried on. delivery or dispatch on sundays, but the letter box re­ Parish Clerk, William Robinson. mains open as on other days GUNTBOII.PE, 2 miles south, on the west bank of the Trent, WALL Box, , cleared at 3· 15 p. m. Letters through IIEcKDYKE, 2! miles south, and Mellwood, 3 miles north, Ba wtry via Owston I<'erry are hamlets. PUBLIC OFFICERS :- East Ferry,or EAsT KINNARn's FERRY,is a small village, Clerk to the Burial Board & Registrar of Births & Deaths, partly in Scotton parish and partly in Owston and partly in Owston Sub-district, Robert Sharp, Laughton parish, pleasantly situated on the east bank of the Medical Officer, West Butterwick District, Gainsborough , 5 miles west from Scotton, and on the opposite Union, Thos. Murray Robertson M.D., c.M. Owston Ferry side of the river Trent to West Ferry. The river is crossed Rate Collector, Frank Maltby, Owston Ferry by ferry boats. The small chapel of St. Mary, a structure of brick, was rebuilt about x8oo by the rector of Scotton, and ScHOOLS:- is attached to and served by the clergy of Scotton. The National (mixed), for 170 children; average attendanceP register of East Ferry is included in that of Scotton. Here 144; John Frewin, master is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The trustees of the late Wesleyan Day (mixed), for 125 children; average attend­ Sir Richard J:<'rederick hart. are lords of the manor, the Hon. ance, 6o ; Robert Pike, master Mrs. Meynell-Ingram, of Hoarcross Hall, Staffordshire, and CoNVEYANCE TO HAXEY.-Omnibus, daily the trustees of the late Thomas Harsley Carnochan esq. WATER CONVEYANCE TO HULL & GAINSBOBOUOH & inter­ of Hirst Priory, Helton, are the principal landowners. The mediate stations on the Trent.--Steam packets, daily, soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are potatoes and from White Hart inn wheat. The area is included with Scotton; rateable value, CARRIER. -G. I<'letcher, to Crowle, thurs.; to Gainsborough. £1,231; and the population in x88I was 143; this includes tues. ; to Haxey station, daily 33 in the hamlet of , 2 miles north, part of which CARRIERS BY "\VATER:- is in East Ferry township. GAINSBOROUOH-Jobn Snowden, tues. thurs. & sat.; & PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, William Rusling, tues. thurs. & sat Owston J:<'erry.-Mrs. Clara Major, sub-postmistress. HuLL-William Leggett, mon. & wed.; & William Rus­ & other letters received through Bawtry, arrive ling, week! y Owston. Barningham Charles, stone & monu- Robertson Thomas Murray M.n., c.M. Duckett Sir George Floyd b rt mental mason surgeon, & medical officer for West Owston hall a · Battey John, farmer Butterwick district, Gainsboro' union Fletcher John, Croft house Black burn Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper Roebuck William Edward, Red Lion Fletcher Miss Brown Thomas, farmer P.H. & plnmber, glazier, gasfitter & tinplate worker Saul Mrs Calam John Smith, linen & woollen dra Chesman Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker Rusling William,vessel owner & carrier Smith Rev. George Edward M. A. [vicar Clark Charles, wheelwright Sandars John Edward, maltster & surrogate], Vicarage Clark Charles, boot maker Sharp Robert, sacking manufacturer & COMMERCIAL. Clark Thomas, boot maker registrar of births & deaths for Ows­ Campbell Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Clark William, farmer ton sub-district & clerk to the burial Cemetery (Robert Sharp, clerk to the Clayton William, farmer board burial board) Cook Richard, vessel owner Sharp Thomas Robert, chemist & statnr Duffield William, farmer Coulby Henry, White Hart hotel Smith Thomas, coal merchant Farr Richard, farmer Dawson John, farmer Smitheon John, machine owner Fox John, farmer Dobson Thomas, Neptune inn Snowuen John, vessel owner & carrier Gas Co. Lim. (Charles Popple Stephen- Dobson William, tailor Theaker "\Villiam, coal dealer son, sec) Eyre J ames, vessel owner Travis William, painter Holmes Nathaniel, farmer Eyre John, draper Tune Ann Elizabeth (Mrs. ),shopkeeper Laming George, blacksmith Fielding Robert, tailor Turnell Jabez, grocer, Market place Lindley Reuben, farmer Fish Charles, tailor Turner George, coal merchant Mell Joseph, farmer Fish George, basket maker Walker John, Crooked Billett P.H Snow Charles, farmer Fish George, fishmonger Stephenson Charles Popple, surveyor, Fish John, brazier Gunthorpe. accountant & sec. to Gas Co Fletcher Ann & Martha(Misses),drapers Harris John, farmer Stephenson Catherine (Mrs.), shopkpr Fletcher George, carrier Horberry Thomas, farmer & landowner Temperton Albert, saddler Fletcher John, shopkeeper Horberry William, farmer Temperton Samuel, joiner :Fletcher Richard, miller (wind) Lockwood James, farmer Thompson William, farmer !<'10(· k ton Sa rah (Mrs. ) , grocer Platt James, grocer TraVIs Arthur, saddler Fox John, farmer Popple J oseph, farmer Travis William, farmer Holmes Nathaniel, farmer Pycroft Edwin, farmer Houlden Hepton, machine owner Read John, farmer Owston Ferry. Jennings Arthur James, grocer & drapr Thornton Thomas, wheelwright Barnard John Jennings William Watson, butcher Campbell Mrs. Grange Keniwell John, farmer Heckdyke. Clark Rev. Harry Emmett [curate] Leggott Joseph, boat builder Pitchfork John, farmer Fielding John Leggott William, boat builder Shores William, farmer Hmnphrey Wheatley Lingard Joseph, farmer Pulleine Samuel J.P Lockwood William, farmer Mellwood. Rayner Mrs Lord William Short, grocer Hall William, farmer, Mellwood Priory Robertson Thomas ~urray M.D Maltby Frank, rate collector Kirk John Robert,frmr. High Mellwood Waterhouse John Mell James, farmer Shipley John, farmer, Mellwood grange Whitfield Rev. Christopher [Wesleyan] Mellers William, provision dealer COMMERCIAL. Moulds William Thomas, butcher East Ferry· Ainley Harrison, provision dealer Pennington John, rope & twine maker Bainton John, farmer Anderson John, grocer Pilkington Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Bainton Robert, farmer Anderson John, jun. butcher Platts & &ms, drapers Bainton Thomas, farmer Anderson William, tailor Pullan John, butcher Bateman Thomas, House inn Barber Richard, miller (wind) Reynolds Alfred, rope & twine maker Cook George, horse dealer Barnard John, seed merchant & land- Reynolds Thomas, market gardener Fish Charles, farmer owner, Hemdyke house Robinson Ann (Mrs.), grocer Holmes John, farmer Barnard William Wilson, shoe maker Robinson William, organist Rastall William, farmer OXCOMBE is a parish, consisting of but one farm and a ing one bell : there are so sittings. The register dates from few cottages, 7 miles north-east from and 8 south the year x8x3. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from Louth, and 7 from Authorpe station on the East Lin- from tithe rent-charge£ 187, including 4 acres of glebe, in the coln.shirebranchof the Great Northern railway, in the South gift of Spedding Whitworth esq. and held since 1872 by the Lindsey division of the county, hundred of Hill, parts of Rev. James Clark B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, who re­ Lindsey, Horncastle petty sessional division, union and sides at Telford, near Horncastle. 8pedding Wbitworth county court district of Louth, rural deanery of Hill No. I, esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is and archdeaconry of Stow and . The chalk and gravel; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are church of .All Saints is an edifice of brick and stone in the wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,021 acres; rateable Decorated style, consisting of chancel and nave and an em- value, £1,126; the population in x88I was 28. battled westera octangular tower, with pinnacles and contain- Parish Clerk, William Dalton.