DIRECTORY.] LINCOLNSHIRE. BITCHF1ELD. 65 Stedman Savignac Bell M.R.C.S.Eng., Stovin George, farmer Thompson Henry William, builder L.R.C.P.Lond., L.S . .A.. physician & Surfieet William, tailor Toplis Tom, miller (water) aurgeon, medical officer & public Temperance Hall (Frank Hall, sec. & Whitworth .Alfred, shopkeeper vaccinator, Binbrooke district,Lonth keeper) Wright Henry, fishmonger union & Swinhope district, Caistor umon• :BISCATHORPE is a parish on the river Bain, about 2 Lord Chancellor, and held since 1894 by the Rev. George miles north from the Donington and South Willingham Henry Herbert Coldwell, of Exeter College, Oxford .. 'fihe stations on the Louth and Lincoln branch of the Great rectory is a modern building, beautifully situated in its Northern railway, 8 north-east from Wragby and 8 south­ own grounds. Biscathorpe House, the residence of John west from Louth, in the East Lindsey division of the Mawer esq. is a. handsome mansion of st{)ne suriounded county, parts of Lindsey, Eastern division of the wapen­ by shrubberies and grounds, and il'l the property of the take of Wraggoe, Louth petty sessional division, union trustees of the late William Whitlam esq. who .are lords and county court district, rural deanery of Louth Eske of the manor and the chief landowners. The soil and sub­ and Ludborough No. 3, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese soil a.re remarkable for their variety. The chief crops of Lincoln. The church of St. Helen is a building of are wheat, barley .and oats. The area :is 861 acres; stone and brick in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel rateable value, £676; population in rgor, 65. and nave and an embattled western tower, with crocketed spire, containing one bell: it was rebuilt about the year Letters through Lincoln arrive at 9·45 a.m. Donington- :~Bso, at the expense of the late Willia.m Whitlam esq. and on-Bain is the nearest money order office & the nearest will seat 00 persons. The register dates from the yea:r telegraph office is at Donington-on-Bain railway station, 18:10. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with about 2 miles distant that of Gayton-le-Wold, joint net yearly value £240, in- The children of this place attend the school at Donington- cluding 84 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the on-Bain Coldwell Rev. George Henry Herbertj Mawer John, Bi~cathorpe house .A.ltoft James, fa.rm bailiff J. (rector), Rectory r Mawer esq • :BISHOP NORTON is a parish and village near the and surrounded by a well-wooded park of 150 acres, in .Ancholme Navigation, 7 mnes south-east fxom Kirton-in­ which il'l a large sheet of ornamental water, well stocked Lindsey station on the Grimsby and Cleethorpes section of with fish. The Bishop of Lincoln, who is lord of the the Great Central railway, ro west from Market Rasen and manor, Capt. Sir M . .A. R. Cholmeley bart. lord of the 13 east-by-north from Gainsborough, in the West Lindsey manor of Croliiihulme, which also belongs to this parish, division of the county, parts of Lindsey, east divi:oion of and Edward John Howard esq. of Nocton, are the principal .Aslacoe wapentake, petty sessional division of Lincoln (Bail landowners. The soil is clay and limestone; subsoil, and Close), Cai.stor union, Market Rasen county court dis­ sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnip11. trict, rural deanery of Aslacoe, archdea.conry of Stow and The area of the township is 2,438 acres of land and II of diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Peter is an edifice water; rateable value, £2,156; the population in 1901 of stone, consisting of chancel. nave, south porch and an was of the parish, 378 ; of the township, 283. embattled western tower containing 3 bells : the interior was rearranged and refitted in r868, when a new font of SPITAL is & hamlBt, partly in this parish and that Caen stone was presented and an organ purchased by of Glentham, but chiefly in Hemrswell, which se€. subscription, at a cost of £400: on the north side of the chancel is a small mortuary chapel and in the tower is an .A TIERBY is a township, nearly a quarter of a mile ancient stone coffin of unknown date : the church was north-west. The area is 1,046 acres of land and 5 of restored in :1892 at an estimated cost of £2oo: there are water; ratooble value, £939; population in 1gor, 95· 200 sittings. The register, including Atterby, dates from Pari!!h Clerk, Johu Birkett. the year 1598. The living is a vicarage, with that of Atterby annexed, joint net yearly value £235, including Post Office. John Marshall, sub-postmaster. Letters 207 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop through Kirton-in-Lindsey R.S. 0. arrive at 9·45 a. m. ; of Lincoln, and held since 1879 by the Rev. Christopher dil'lpatched 5· ro p.m. Posta-l Orders are issued & paid Harrison B.A. of Clare CoHege, Cambridge, rural doon here. Glentbam is the neare~t money order & tele­ of Aslacoe and ohaplain of St. Edmund'!'! Spital. There graph office, 2J miles distant. Letters for Narton is a Free Methodist chapel, built in 1865, and a Primi­ Place through Lincoln tive MMihodist chapel, erected in :1872. Norton Place, Wall B<lx, at Atterby, cleared at 5.15 p.m the property of Capt. Sir Montagu Aubrey Rowley Gholmeley hart. J.P. of Eas-ton Park, and now occupied Public Elementary School (mixed), built by subecription by Joseph Seward Ruston esq. is a. handsome mansion in 1872, for 100 clllldren ; average attendance, _5.}; of stone, about IJ miles south-we~~t from the village, James E. Jubb, master BISHOP NORTON. Oook Zippora.h (Mrs.), farmer & Bonas John, farmer Bellwood Miss overseer Dawson-Margrave William, farmer Harrison Rev. Christopher B ..A.. (vicar Dimbleby Wm. bricklayer & farmer Glover William, fa.:rmer & rural dean), Vicarage Flear Ephraim, wheelwright & joiner Horner ·william, carrier & farmer Ruston J oseph Seward, N orton Place Hall Edward & George, farmers Kitchen Richard, farmer (letters through Lincoln) Lincoln John W. shopkeeper J.jngard Thomas, farmer West Thomas Mar shall John, boot m a. Post office ~ajor ~bert, farmer Russell William, farmer COMMERCIAL. Roe John, shopkeeper Bell wood N onus & Desirous, farmers Thorpe Edward, shopkeeper Sellor We~ver, miller (steam & water) Bell wood George Archer, brick maker Wright Thomas, farmer & farmer & farmer Taylor J amea, farmer Butler Edmund Henry, draper ATTERBY. Chapman George, blacksmith Bailey J ames, farmer BITCHFIELD is a parish and village on the river Glen, I affords wo sittings. The register dates from the year 3 miles north from Corby station on the main line of the 1674· The living it~ a. vicarage, net yearly value £:104, Great NorthOO"n railway, 8 south-east from Grantham and including 4 acre11 of glebe, with residence, in the gift of 11 north-west from Bourne, in the South Kesteven division the Bishop of Lincoln, and held since 1883 by the Rev. of the county, parts of Kesteven, wapentake of Beltisloe, Martin Francis Short B . .A.. of Corpus Christi college, Cam­ Spittlegate petty sessional division, Grantham union and bridge, who is also vicar of and re~ide~ at B~!iingthOO:pe­ county court district, rural deanery of Beltisloe and arch- cum-W~stby. Within a short dis.tance is. a.n anCient deaconry and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Mary encampment, called "Camp Field." Su Montagu Magdalen is an edifice of stone, in the Gothic style, con- .A.ubrey ~wley Clwlmeley bart. of Eastern Pa.rk, is lord mating of chancel, nave, north aisle, 11outh porch and an of the manor and sole landowner. The chief crops are embattled western tower, with spire, containing 3 bells: wheat, barley and oats. The 110il is clay; I!Ub!loOil, clay there are two stained windows and an ancient font, on and sand. The area. is 1,357 acres; rateable value, which is a shield bearing the instruments of the Passion: £85o; the popula.tion in 1901, 101. the church was restored in 1873 at a cost of £635, a.nd Pari!h Clerk, Charles HoW'itt. LINCS. 5 .