Caieewerth llnndred. SALEBY- WITH-THORE STHORPE. ' SALEBY-WITH-THORESTHORPE, the former a village two miles North, and the latter a. hamlet one mile North of Alford, form a parish of 256 souls. It contains 1738 acres of fertile land, mostly belonging to J. 8. Lister, Esq., Rev. St. John Wells Thorpe, Mrs. Osborne, the Vicar, and Sidney College, Cambridge. The manorial rights belong to the latter. The old Manor House, now occupied by a farmer, stands in a moated area. The Church {St. Margaret) is an elegant fabric, in the early Decorated style of architecture, of white bricks with stone dressings, built in 1850, at a cost of £1300, on the site of the ·()ld church. It consists of nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, and a belfi·y with two bells, and contains a :fine recumbent effigy in stone of Sir 'Villiam de Hardreshull, Knight, who died iu 130~. The east window is filled with stained glass, representing the Lord's Baptism, Crucifixion and Las,t Supper. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £J, and now at £300, but is endowed with th~ rectorial tithes given in 1636 by George Justice to the then vicar. Richard Dudding, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Felix Laurent, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence and 235 acres of land, awarded at the enclosure about the year 1806, in lieu of tithes. The National School, built in 1845, is attended by about 20 children, and supported by endowments and subscriptions, and attached is a residence for the teacher. Here is a 'Ve.sleyan chapel, erected in 1855. The parish is entitled to send free scholars to Alford Grammar School. In 1762, the Rev. Thomas Faulkner bequeathed a hous~ and 10! acres of land, in Thoresthorpe, for the benefit of the vicar, except £6 to be paid yearly out of the rent for the education of the children of such poor parishioners as do not rent £30 per annum. The poor have 10s. a year, charged on the impropriate rectory by George Justice, in 1647; and £2 a year left by an unknown donor out of Seabright's Garth. Letters arrive at 7.30 a.m., and are despatched at 6 p.m., via Alford, which is the nearest Money Order Office. · Allitt J esse, blaeksmith and shop• Hutchings Wm. farmer, The Wood Parker John, farmer, Thoresthorpa keeper Kemp James, shopkeeper Riggall William George, farmer, Barnes William, machine owner Laurent Augustus, Esq. Vicarage Jlifanor house Cash Ja.mes, farmer Laurent Rev Felix, M.A.., vicar, Sinclair Mrs. schoolmistress Chapman John W oodbouse, farmer Vicarage Sylvester John, farmer & parish clrk Cook J no. Saul, farmer, Thoresthorpe Laurent John, Esq. Vicarage Thorpe Richard \Vells, farmer, Farrow Bennett, farmer, Saleby hs Lister Christopher, farmer and Thoresthorpe Finch John, farmer machine owner, Glebe farm Turner Thomas, brick and tile Houlden Mrs Eliz. farmer, Thores­ Mountain David, farmer maker, Thoresthorpe; h A./ford thorpe; & at Button-in-the-Marsh Palethorpe Thomas, farmer, Grange Wright Joseph, wheelwright • STRUBBY-WITH-WOODTHORPE. STRUBBY-,VITH-WOODTHORPE, the former a village 4 miles North of Alford, and about the same distance from Claythorpe railway station, and the latter a hamlet, a little further south, consti­ tute a parish of 2Rl inhabitants, and 2049 acres of land. Strubby is in the manor of Bilsby. Robert Vyner, Esq., is lord of the manor of Woodthorpe; and the soil belongs to Messrs. J. B. Fletcher, R. Vyner, Chas. Hill, Asher Farrow, and Thomas Dunham, the Rev. A. Galland, and some smaller proprietors. The Church (St. Oswald), consisting of nave, chancel, aisle and turret with one bell, was rebuilt, with the exception of the chancel, which is a portion of the old fabric, in 1857, at an expense of about £-100, raised :partly by subscription and partly by rate. The body of the church was at the same time provided. with seats. It contains several memorials of the Ballot family, one of whom was an alde1·man of Lon­ don, and died in 1048. The discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £-1. 13s. 4d. and now at £150, is in the incumbency of the Rev. William David Sheard, M.A., who has 17 acres of glebe and a good resi­ dence, built in 1841. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln are the patrons and appropriators, and Robert Vyner, Esq., is lessee of the rectory, which has 170 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £232 in lieu of tithes, pursuant to a commutation in 18-11, when a yearly rent of £150 was agreed to be paid to the vicar, in lieu of his tithes. The open fields were enclosed in 1840. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1845. At Hermitage Hill, human bones have been and are still found on the site, it is sup­ posed, of a burial ground attached to a chapel or religious house. Woodthorpe is also supposed to haV'e had an ancient chapel, and its hall, now a farm house, encompassed by a moat, was formerly the seat of the Ballot or Ballet family. Near it is a venerable oak, the trunk of which is nearly four yards in dia­ meter. The poor parishioners have a yearly rent-charge of £2. 12s., left by Thomas Williamson, in 1728, out of a farm at Cumberworth. Letters via Alford, which is the nearest Money Order Office. Wall Letter Box. Letters arrive at 9 a.m., and are despatched at 5 p.m., via Alford, which is th.e nearest Money Order Office. · Bond Mr John,Woodthorpe Dunham Mrs Harrison Robert, farmer and w~ Brown George, farmer, Woodthorpe; Dunham Thomas, farmer sinker, Woodtborpe and at Sutton-in-the-Marsh Farrow Mr Asher Holme~ George, parish clerk Chapman John, farmer, Woodthorpe Farrow Joseph Coulam, farmer Hornlsaac, farmer Drewery Mr Jos€ph Farrow Willows, farmer Hutchings Thomas, farmer, Wood4 Vrewery J o2eph, jun. farmer Hill John, farmet thorpe •• .