.Dianley Wapentake. 461' GARTHORPE, in Luddington :parish, is a village and township, nearly 2 miles vV. of Burton Stather on the Old Don, which divides it from Fockerby, in , 7 miles from Crowle and 10 from . It has 580 souls, and 1600 acres of land, bounded on the east by the Trent. Earl Manvers is lord of the manor, but the soil belongs to various freeholders and copyholders, among whom are the Earl of :Severley (impropriator) ; Catherine College, Cambridge; and the Foster, Pocklingtou, Lightfoot and other families. Here is a Wesleyan and also a Primitive Methodist chapel; and on the Trent is a ferry to Burton Stather. Letters via Goole. Crowle is the nearest Money Order Office; Crowle and Keadby are the nearest Railway Stations. Askam John, farmer, Island house Hardy Mr Jonathan Dunn Revell Jonathan, victllr. Bay Horse Barley Mr Stephen Harris John, joiner and wheelwright Sanderson George, shoemaker l3eaumont Misses Rebecca & Mary, Johnson John Henry, farmer, Fock- Scholey Thomas, farmer grocers and drapers erby hall Stamp Joseph, wheelwright . Bell Misses Sarah & Mary, day schl Kelsey Amos, farmer Stamp Thomas, blacksmith Brears Thomas, tailor Kelsey Jno. frmr. Garthorpe grange Stones George, potato merchant Butler John, grocer and draper Kelsey Mr William Sykes Thomas, farmer Butler William, flour seller Leeson Robert, tailor and draper Tock James, farmer Cockin William, farmer Lockwood Charles, farm bailiff Webster William Burkill, farmer Cook John, joiner, wheelwright and Martinson George, farmer, The Hall West Mr J ohnson victual] er, Plough Nayler Benj. butcher & cattle dealer Wilson John, corn miller Dudding Thomas, farmer Nayler Mrs Hannah, butcher Windle George, shopkeeper, draper Foster William, farmer, White house, Pindar Mrs Ann and shoemaker Fockerby Pindar Mrs Jane, shopkr. & draper Windle Wm. shoemaker, Fockerby Garner George, blacksmith Platts Wm. flax mrt. &fmr.Fockerby

~======· MANTON. MANTON, a small village, on a declivity of the Cliff hills, six miles S.W. by W. of , and 2 miles N. of Kirton-in-Lindgey Railway Station, has in its township 117 souls, and 2550 acres of land, but its parish, which includes also Cleatham and Twigmore townships, contains 327 inhabitants, and 4630 acres. Till about the year 1806 a large portion of Manton township was an unenclosed moory common, which has a light sandy, and, in some places, a black peaty soil, formerly covered in some parts with ling, furze, &c.; abounding in rabbits, and the resort of many thousand migratory birds, of the plover kind, which came here in March, for the purpose of incubation, and deposited immense quantities of eggs, some of which were taken and sent to , where they were highly esteemed. The common is enclosed, and but little furze and few birds are now to be seen in the parish, except at Twigmore, where there is a large :preserve. M. D. Dalison, Esq., of Ham:ptons, near Tunbridge, Kent, is owner of the whole :parish, lord of the manor, and :patron of the benefice. The Church (St. Hibbald), which was rebuilt by sub­ scription, in 18tH, at a cost of £1500, is a neat stone structure, consisting of nave, chancel and tower, crowned with a spire. It contains six stained glass v.rindows, one of which was inserted by the Rev. J. B. Dalison, a former rector, and three by the l\Iaw family. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 6s. Sd. and now at £280, is held by the Rev. John Winfield Hallam, who has a handsome rectory house, erected in 1855, with tasteful grounds comprising about 10 acres, together with 80 acres of glebe. :Between l\ianton and Scawby are traces of an ancient encampment, where coins, spears, and other relics have been found. Here is a National School, erected about the year 1857, at an outlay of about £500, and attended by about 35 children. Letters via Kirton-in-Lindsey, which is the nearest Money Order Office. The PRINCIPAL INHABITANTS are Richard and Frederick Fox, farmers, l\Iiddle farm; Benjamin Glad­ win, farmer and corn and seed merchant, Warren farm; Rev. John Winficld Hallam, M ..A., rector; Miss Rebecca Reynolds, National schoolmistress; and William Charles Tong, farmer.

CLEATHAM, a small village and township, in Manton parish, 1~ mile N. of Kirton-in-Lindsey, and a mile from the village of Manton, contains 143 souls, and about 1087 acres of land, which has mostly a light sandy soil, and belongs to Matthew 1\faw and 'Villiam l\Ietcalfe, Esqs. Matthew 1\Iaw, Esq., is lord of the manor, and resides at the Hall, which was rebuilt in 1855, and is a handsome Doric mansion, with pleasant grounds, about 1:!- mile from Kirton Station. Letters vid Kirton-in-Lindsey, which is the nearest Money Order Office and Telegraph Station. The PRINCIPAL INHABITANTs are Matthew Maw, Esq., Oleatham Hall; Matthew Maw, jun., farmer, Oleatham Villa; and Edwin Tickler, farmer.

TWIGMOOR or TWIGMORE, a small township of Manton parish, five miles W. by S. of :Srigg, and the same distance N. of Kirton-in-Lindsey, has only 67 souls, and 770 acres of land, all the :property of Rev. Robert Sutton, the lord of the manor. One of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators lived at Twigmore Hall. Letters vid, Brigg; it and Kirton-in-Lindsey are equidistant and the nea1·est Money Order Offices and Railway Stations. The PRINCIPAL lNHABITA~Ts are John Massey, Grange; Joseph Neav, Tlte Hall, and John Ogle, ·warren House, farmers.