Lincolnshire. West Barkwith
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DIBEOTORY.] LINCOLNSHIRE. WEST BARKWITH. 35 a piscina and has a richly-worked parapet with pinnacles : endowment of £43 yearly; also an endowment derived from the aisle was rebuilt in the 14th century : the south porch eight cottages and sixteen acres of land known as the poor's is Perpendicular, and above the arch is a rude invocatory land, amounting in all to about £4o yearly, the proceeds of inscription in Latin, on behalf of Thomas Pacy, a member which are divided between the poor, the church and the of a family by whom the manor was held, temp. Henry VI. : constable, in accordance with a scheme of the Charity built into the north doorway, now closed, are two sepulchral Commissioners issued in 1836. John Archer Houblon esq. slabsofapriestandacivilian, withfiguresofcensingangels D.L., J.P. of Hallingbury, Essex, is lord of the manor. on each side of the latter: the stained east window is a mem- Sir John Henry Thorold bart. D.L., J.P. of Syston Park, orial to Willingham Franklin esq. d. 1885: the east window is principal landowner; there are also smaller owners. of the chapel is a memorial to the Rev. E. Willes, a former The soil is a light sand; subsoil, limestone. The chief curate :the chancel was restored in 1887 at the expense of the crops are wheat, barley, turnips and seeds. The area rector: in the course of the work the ancient sedilia and piscina is 2,083 acres; rateable value, £4,046; the population in were discovered and on the north side of the chancel a 1881 was 499· tomb, probably that of the founder of the church, was un- Parish Clerk, Mrs. Mary Blackburn. covered: the handsome carved oak triptych represents PosT OFFICE.-William Miller, receiver. Letters from "The Crucifixion," with the figures of St. Nicholas on the Grantham arrive at 7 a.m. & are dispatched at 6 p.m. ; left and St. George on the right: there are 220 sittings. on Slllldays arrive at 8_30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The register dates from the year 1561. The living is a Grantham is the nearest money order office & Honing- rectory, average tithe rent-charge £567, net yearly value ton railway station the nearest telegraph office £36o, including 18 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir John Henry Thorold hart. and held since I885 by the National School (mixed), erected in I875• at a cost of £5oo, Rev. Edward Mansfield Clements B.A. of Brasenose College, to held go children; average attendance, 6o; John Whin- Oxford, who is also vicar of Syston, and resides at the rec- cup, master; Miss Laura Lowe, assistant mistress tory. There is a small endowment for the instruction of Railway Station, Henry Mantell, station master poor children; also six bedehouses for poor persons, with an CARUH!R ro GRANTHAM.-Joseph Wadkin, daily Brow ne Rev. Neville Lord [curateJ Dawkes Charles, shoe maker Rippon Thos. Felix, farmer,Manor farm Clements Rev. Edward Mansfield B.A. Francis Thomas, farmer Robinson Isaac, Stag P.H [rector], The Rectory Hamilton Richard, market gardener Robinson Joseph, beer retailer Holmes William Hamilton William, market gardener Scarborough Samuel & James, ioarmers Hunter Grasley, farmer, Barkstone ho Sonthwood James, coal merchant COMMERCIAL. Lane Miles, farmer Wadkin Joseph, farmer & carrier Bampton Thomas, butcher & carrier Miller William, shoe maker, Post office Ward John Robert, teacher of music & Black Thomas, farmer Morley John, farmer & shopkeeper pianoforte tuner Brett William, blacksmith Nixon William, shopkeeper Watson John, agricultural machinist Carter Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Parr William, wheelwright Wilkinson Thomas, farmer EAST BARKWITH is a parish and village situated on Free Methodist chapels. Here are the large nursery grounds the road from Wragby to Louth, with a station on the Lin- and manure works of Mr. Alfred Duckering. When the coin and Louth branch of the Great Northern railway, 3 parish was inclosed the rents of 12 acres of land were set miles north-east from Wragby and 12 north-west from apart for the purpose of keeping the church in repair, and Horncastle, in the East Lindsey division of the county, parts the rent of IA. IR. for repairing the roads. The Right of Lindsey, eastern division of the wapentake of Wraggoe, Hon. Edward Heneage P.c., M.P., D.L., J.P. of Hainton Hall, Horncastle union, Wragby petty sessional division, Market Wragby, is lord of the manor. Edmund Turnoresq. D.L., J.P. Rasen county court district, rural deanery of Wraggoe, of Stoke Rochford, near Grantham, and Panton Hall, Wragby, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church is principal landowner. The soil is clay and sandy loam ; of St. Mary the Virgin is a building chiefly in the Perpen- subsoil, blue clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and dicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and a barley. The area is 990 acres; rateable value, £1,635; the massive embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing population in 1881 was 330. 3 bells: in 1868-9 the chancel was restored from designs by PosT On'ICE.--George Penrose, receiver. Letters arrive Mr. R. J. Withers, of London, and the nave and south aisle from Wragby at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 4-45 p.m. ; sun- rebuilt, a north aisle added and the church completely re- days, delivered at 9.15 a.m. dispatched at 2.55 p.m. stored and reseated under the direction of Messrs. Atkinson, Hainton is the nearest money order office; the telegr:1ph of York: the east and west windows are stained, the former office is at Wragby. Postal orders are issued here, but being a memorial ; and there is a reredos of stone, enriched not paid with mosaics: there are 180 sittings. The register dates Church School (mixed), for this & the adjoining parishes of from the year 1695. The living is a discharged rectory, net West Barkwith & East Torrington; T. F. Jones, master; yearly value £303, including 208 acres of glebe, with resi- Mrs. Eva Colton, assistant mistress dence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, and Railway Station, John Elverston, station master held since 1871 by the Rev. Henry Clarke Monkhouse M.A. C.A.RRIJCR.--Overton's cart, to & from Lincoln, fri.; to Horn- of Trinity College, Cambridge. There are W esleyan and castle, sat. ; Market Rasen, tues Arrnstrong Benjamin, Barkwith house Dobson Henry, coal merchant Richardson James, Cross Roads P.H Burton Mrs Duckering Alfred & Sons, nurserymen, Richardson John (Mrs.), fan::t;wr Duckering Alfred, The Villa seedsmen & florists, chemical manure Richardson Matthew, farmer Duckering Christopher, The Grove manufacturers & bone crushers, East Ringrose Jesse, saddler Duckering Ezra, The Poplars Barkwith manure works Russell John & William, timber mer- MonkhouseRev. Hy.Clarke M.A.[rector] Duckering Christopher, land agent to chants, agricultural implement COMMERCIAL. Edmund Turnor esq. The Grove makers & wheelwrights Annstrong Benjamin L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. Duckering Philip, market gardener Sewell Joseph, shoe maker physician & surgeon & medical officer Garrett William, bricklayer Skipworth Henry, farmer & public vaccinator, Hainton dis- Overton Jn. shopkpr.carrier & beer retlr 1 Stephenson William, market gardener trict, Louth union, Barkwith house Park George, farmer Thompson Thomas, farmer & woodman Brackenbury Elijah, grocer & draper Penrose George & Sons, drapers & to Edmund Turnor esq Bradley Edwin, smith & farrier grocers, & post office Webster Benjamin, horse breaker Clark William, butcher Pickering James, tailor Winter William, shoe maker WEST BARKWITH is a parish, 1 mile south-west tithe rent-charge £86, net yearly value £250, inclnding 106 from East Barkwith station on the Lincoln and Louth branch acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of and held of the Great Northern railway, 2 miles north-east from since 1882 by the Rev. John Leigh Smeathman Hatton B.A. Wragby, 13 north-eastfrom Lincoln and 13 south-west from of Worcester College, Oxford. Edmund Turnor esq. J.P., Louth, on the road from the former to the latter, in the D.L. of Panton hall, Wragby, who is lord of the manor, and East Lindsey division of the connty, parts of Lindsey, east the Tichborne family and the rector are the principal land division of Wraggoe wapentake, Horucastle union, Wragby owners. The soil is clay and sandy loam ; subsoil, blue petty sessional division, Market Rasen county court district, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The rural deanery of Wraggoe, archdeaconry of Stow and dioceee area is soo acres; rateable value, £.g62 ; and the population of Lincoln. The church of All Saints is a building of stone, in 1881 was II9. consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a massive LETTER Box cleared at 5-5 p.m ; sundays, 3 p.m. Letters western tower containing 2 bells: it was completely re- by foot-post through Wragby, which is the nearest stored in 1870, and a vestry added, and was considerably money order office, arrive at 8 a.m. ; the telegraph office altered and improved in 1883: there are 8o sittings. The is at Wragby post office register dates from the year 1684. The living is a. rectory, The children of this place attend the school at East Barkwith . LIY. 3* . .