Gayton-Le-Wold. Grainthorpe
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- Louth Eske Hundred. 391 GAYTON-LE-WOLD. • • . GAYTON-LE-WOLD, a small scattered village, 6 miles W. by S. of Louth, has in its parish 115 inhabitants and contains 1139 acres of fertile land, belonging to Jabez Riggall, Esq., the Trustees of the late William 'Vhitlam, Esq., Rev. D. P. O'Connor, Thomas Rhodes, Esq, and the Rev. ·w. Walsh.. The Manor and Soke of Gayton, of which S. T. Scrape, Esq., is lord, is parcel of the Honour of Rich mond Fee, and comprises Grimoldsby, Manby, the three Saltfleetbys, North and South Somercotes, Grainthorpe and Alvingham. The Church (St. Peter), rebuilt in 1775, is a small structure of brick, consisting of nave and chancel, with a bell turret, and containing about 60 sittings. The living is a dis..: charged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. lls., and united with that of Biscathorpe. Both benefices, jointly worth £346 per annum, are in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Rev. Dionysius Prittie O'Connor, M.A., who resides at Biscathorpe, and is also rector of Calcethorpe. The tithes were c9mmuted in ~841 for a yearly rent-charge of £250. The inhabitants qf Gri.J;nblethorpe, which is eccle- siastically situated in the parish, attend Gayton church. ' The CHIEF RESIDENTS are J abez Riggall, Gayton Grange; Robert Martin, jun., Gay ton Manor; .and Mrs. Whitlam, Manm· House, farmers; and William Gilliat, blacksmith. · Letters vid Louth, which is the nearest Money Order Office and Railway Station. • GRAINTHORPE. GRAINTHORPE, a large scattered village, in a low marshy situation, 8 miles N.E. of Louth, 11 miles S.E. of Grimsby, and 5 miles N. W. 'of Saltfleet, has in its parish 77 4 inhabitants, and 4280 acres ef land, including the hamlets of Ludney (380 acres and 77 souls) and Wraghobne (1024 acres and 111 souls) and 675 acres of water. A large portion of this parish was formerly a watery waste, called Grain .. thorpe Fen, but it is now drained and cultivated, and the silty creek, called Grain.thorpe Haven, is now warped up, except the channel of the drain, which crosses the salt marsh to the ocean. The salt marshes called the Fitties, in this and North Somercotes parish, were enclosed in 1843-'4, and they are now under cultivation. S. T. Scrope, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the soil belongs mostly to the Merrikin, Livesey, Atkinson, Sharpley and other families. The Church (St. Clement) is a neat structure, com· prising nave, chancel, north and south aisles and a fine western tower containing three bells. The bene .. fice, which was augmented with £200 by benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1000 in Parliamentary grants, is a vicarage, valued at £200 per annum, in the gift of the master and fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge, who have 52 acres of glebe, and in~mmbency of the Rev. John Crosland, M.A., wha has a neat vicarage house, erected about the year 1830. The poor have had from time immemorial, 16 acres of meadow land, in the fen, which is held by the poor in cottage allotments. In 1817, George J.ill bequeathed to this parish £240 for distributions of bread, and £500 for schooling poor children. The sum of £74 was paid for legacy duty, and the remainder, £(.i66, was invested upon mortgage at four per cent. The late school was purchased by the testator's widow, in 1811. The present school, attended by about 60 children, and a house for the teacher, were built by subscription in 1852, at the cost of £287. For teaching 20 poor children the master has several subscriptions, and the interest of £450 of the above-. :t;tamed £666 ; and the interest of the remainder is distributed in bread on the Saturday before Easter Monday, August 8th and June 27th, pursuant to the testator's directions. The poor parishioners have. ~lso the following yearly doles : the rent of 4 acres of land, left by Thomas Hollom, in 1861 ; 25s. from_ half an acre, left by Malachi North, in 1707; and £2 from a cottage and one acre, left by Catherine Dale.. _ In the parish are three small chapels belonging to the W esleyan, Primitive and Free Methodists, built in 1818, 1837 and 1854. · Po!:!T OFFICE at Mr. William Sowby's. Letters arrive at 10.30 a.m., and. are despatched at 4 p.m. via Grimsby. The nearest Money Order Offices are at Louth and Marsh Chapel. North Thoresby is the nearest Railway Station. Marked 1 are at Wragholme; 2, at 1 Campion Jno. farmer, Wragholme 1 Howard Elias, farmer . Ludney; and the rest at Grain house 1 Howard John, farmer • thorpe, or where specified. Clapham Samuel, tailor Lewis William, wheelwright 1 Atkinson John, farmer Crosland Rev John, M.A. vicar Lowis Thomas, shopkeeper Atkinson John Bmgess, farmer, The Darnill Alfred, butcher Lowis William, blacksmith · Hall Darnill John, farmer and victualler, Makey John, farmer Atkinson Wilson, farmer Black Horse Mamwell Christopher, farmer and Blades William, farmer Dobbs John, farmer parish clerk Blakey William, farm bailiff Dobson Jesse, carrier & shopkeeper Mamwell William, builder Boman John George, corn miller Doe Edward, farmer Maskery Miss Mary, W esleyan and farmer Doe Henry, carpenter schoolmistress Borman J o13eph, carpenter Enderby John, farmer 2 Merrikin Charles, farmer Borman Simon, victualler, Brick- Green John, carrier Merrikin George Merrikin, farmer layers' Arms, and farmer Grainthorpe Mutual Improvement Merrikin Samuel, farmer Dorrill Mrs Sarah, shopkeeper Society; Wm. Robinson, librarian N eal John Barnard, farmer Campion Benjamin, farmer Green Thomas, farmer 1 North Charles, farmer Campion Edward, farmer Hopper James, bricklayer 2 Oliver Benjamin, farmer \ Cam pion John, shoemaker Hopper Smith, bricklayer Osborn Mr Joseph . l Campion John, farmer, Sea. bank Hopper Willia.m, farmer Peart John, farme:r • ' .