Beelsby. Bradley. Brigsley. Cabourn

1S8 :Part§ of Liudsey, BEELSBY. BEELSBY, a small village, in a pleasant valley on the east side of the 'Voids, 7!- miles s.·w. by S .. of Grimsby, 6 miles E. of Caistor, and 5 miles from Waltham station has in its parish 187 souls, and 2189 acres of land. John Sowerby and Thomas Coates, Esqrs., are lords of the manor, and owners of the soil. The Church (St. Andrew) is a small building without a tower. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 17s. 6d., and now at £500, is in the patronage of the Chapter of Southwell, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Greenwood, M.A. The PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS are Thomas Coates, farmer and landowner, Hall; Mr. Matthew Cun ningham; Matthew Cunningham, jun., corn mmer; Rev. Henry Greenwood, M.A., rector; Thomas Parkinson, blacksmith and shopkeeper; John Sowerby, farmer and landowner; J oseph 'Vest, carpenter and wheelwright; and William Wilson, parish clerk. Letters via Grimsby. Laceby and Waltham are the nearest Money Order Offices. BRADLEY. BRADLEY, 2} miles S.S.W. of Grimsby, is a small village and parish, containing only 96 souls and 1523 acreR. It gives name to this \Vapentake, and was added in 1832 to the parliamentary borough of Great Grimsby. The manor belongs to the Rev. R. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton, of Scawby Hall, near Brigg, who are also chief landowners; but part of the soil belongs to E. Heneage, Esq., and the Earl of Yarborough. The Church (St. George) is a small structure of stone, consisting of nave, chancel and square tower containing one bell. It was recently re-roofed at the sole expense of William Philipson, Esq., and it furnishes accommodation for about 80 people. The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £5. 10s. 10d., and now having a yearly rent-charge of £Z40, in lieu of tithes commuted in 1839, in the gift of the Rev. R. Sutton, and incumbency of the Rev. \V. Philipson, B.A., who has 6A. 3R. of glebe land, and a rectory house, built in 1849, at a cost of £650. The poor children of this parish participate in the benefits of Laceby Free school: and in Bradley is a night school, taught by the rector. There is a small 'Nesleyan Chapel. The PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS are Rev. \Vm. Philipson, B.A., rector; Edmund Craggs, parish clerk; John Procter, shopkeeper; and Samuel Gooseman, John Kirk, Thomas Kirk, William Kirk, William Philipson, and Robert Richardson, farmers. Letters vid Grimsby; and it and Laceby are the nearest Money Order Offices. BRIGSLEY. • BRIGSLEY is a pleasant village and parish, 5-! miles S. by W. of Grimsby, and about 2 miles from Holton-le-Clay railway station, comprising 165 souls, 860 acres of fertile land, and 14 acres glebe. George Henry Haigh, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner, but Mrs. A. R. Elmhirst, and the Tomline, Nainby, and other families, have estates in the parish. The Church (St. Helen) is a small, old, dilapidated fabric of stone, comprising nave, chancel, and tower containing three bells. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 4s. 2d., and now at £51, in the gift of the Chapter of Southwell, and incumbency of the Rev. James Garvey, 1\I.A., who is also rector of Ashby-cum-Fenby, where he resides. The W esleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship in the parish. Letters via Grimsby, which is the nearest Money Order Office. Barker Edward, farmer Hinch John, farmer Smith Joseph, shoemaker Bingham Richard Farrow, farmer; Holmes William, farmer Suddaby Samuel, grazier and at Swallow Jacklin Ja.mes, shoemaker & shopr West William, carrier Blythe William, grazier Lawrence l\Irs Elizabeth CARRIER-William West; to Market Chatterton Thomas, tailor Markham William, farmer Rasen, Tuesday ; Louth, W ednes- Draper Bartram, cowkeeper Richardson Robert, farmer day; Grimsby, Friday; and Cais- Faulding Robert, farmer Sharp Robert, farmer tor, Saturday Gillott Chas. carpenter & wheelwrgt Simons Samuel, cattle dealer CABOURN. CABOURN, or Caburn, a small village in one of the Wold valleys, 1-! mile E. by N. of Caistor, and 5t from Moortown Railway Station, has in its parish 184 souls, and 2860 acres of land. The Earl of Yarborough is owner of the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the benefice. The Church (St. Nicholas), is a small but neat stone edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and south porch, rebuilt fi·om the designs of A. W. Blomfield, Esq., in 1871, when the tower was restored and heightened by an additional story; the total cost being £1050, defrayed by the Earl of Yarborough, the Vicar, the parishioners and other subscribers. It contains a very ancient font, and has accommodation for about 10(1 persons. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at .£5. 18s. 4d., and now at £300, is in the incumbency of the Rev. Charles Hensley, M.A., who built a good vicarage house, and has about 280 acres allotted in lieu of tithes at the enclosure, about fifty years ago. Here is a Parochial School, for boys and girls, built by the late lord of the manor, in 1856, and attended by about 30 children. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here, built in 1B53. On the summit of Oabourn Hill, one of the loftiest heights of the Wolds, is the PELHAM PILLAR, .

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