Brackenborough. Covenham St
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
LBDBOROUGH. - - WAPENTAKE. This is the smallest of the numerous Wapentakes of Lincolnshire, being only about seven miles long and four broad; bounded on the south and east by Louth-Eske Hundred; on the north by Bradley Have1·stoe ·wapentake; and on the west by Walshcroft 'Vapentake, It is in the Parts of Lindsey, in the Deanery of Louth Eske and Ludborough, and in Louth Union and County Court District, and is traversed from north to south by the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern Railway, which has a station at Ludborough. It had 995 inhabitants in 1801; 1430 in 1841; 1709 in 1851; 1882 in 1861; and 1782 in 1871 ; and contains 12,931 acres of land, assessed to the property tax, in l815, at the annual value of £10,463. .A.n enumeration of its nine parishes, showing their territorial extent, and their population i:q,l871, will 'J?e found in the Appendix.* • For the cause of the postponement of such enumeration aee page 154. BRACKENBOROUGH. :BRACKENBOROUGH parish, 2 miles N. of Louth, has only a few scattered houses, 72 souls, and 800 acres of land, mostly belonging to James Robson, Esq., the lord of the manor, The Heneage family is said to have formerly resided at Braakenborough Hall, an ancient moated farm house, now belonging to and occupied by Mr. James R.obson. The R.ev. ,V. Smyth and Sir G. E. Welby-Gregory, Bart., own a small part of the parish, Brackenborough is said to have formerly had a church, but no remains of it are now extant, though the supposed site is known. The inhabitants use Fotherby Church, and :E'otherby and Covenha.m Schools. · . • PRINCIPAJ.. lNHAlHTA.NTI$ :-James Robson, 1'hfJ Hall, and Andrew Spencer, farmers, and Thomas Harrison, cottager. Letters vid Fotherby and Louth. Louth is the nearest Money Order Office. COVENHAM ST. BARTHOLOMEW. COVENHAM ST. BARTHOLOMEW is a village and parish adjoining that of Covenham St. Mary, 6 mjJes N. by E. of Louth, and 3~ miles S.E. of Ludborough railway station. It contains 284 inhabitants and 1340 acres of land, belonging to Thomas Young, Esq., lord of the manor, and the Hay1 Hartley, Tetney and Motley families. The Church (St. Bartholomew) originally an extensive cruciform structure, is now a small antique fabric, containing only 140 sittings. Tile font is curiously sculptured with figures of the Virgin and Child, the twelve Apostles and other devices. Five new windows were inserted in the building in 1854-'5. The benefice is a rectory valued at £250 per annum, in the joint gift of the Rev. C. D. Holland and heirs of S. Hanold, Esq, and held by the Rev. John Mossop, B.A., who has 62 acres of' glebe and a neat residence. The tithes were commuted for a corn rent-charge. At the instigation of the Bishop of Durham, W1lliam the Conqueror founded a Priory of Benedictine monks here, as a cell to the Abbey of St. Karalephus, in Normandy. It was granted at the dissolution to William Skipwith, but all traces of it are gone. The church land of the parish is 26 acres, allotted at the enclosure, and the rents are applied as far as necessary towards repairing the church, the residue being applied towards charitable purposes. · PosT OFFICE at Mr. Henry Baker's. Letters arrive at 10 a.m., and are despatched at 4 p.m., via Louth, which is the nearest Money Order Office. Appleyard Charles, vict. Plough Hurton John, farmer Smith James, parish clerk Atkinson James, farmer Leeman George, farmer Spenoe John, blacksmith; and at l3aker Henry,grocer and draper and Louis Thos. slwpkeeper, Austin fen Covenharn St. Mary postmaster Moncaster William, farmer Street William, boot i$3 shoe maker Bi1·kett Joseph, farmer Mossop Rev John, B.A. rector Upton John, carrier & shopkeepel" Blakelock John, butcher Motley J ames, farmer Wilson Frecterick, corn miller Fotherby Thos. farmer, Austin fen Motley Thomas, farmer, Grange Young Thos. farmer, Manor hous~ Hart Mr John Mower Miss Mildred, farmer Hart John, jun., wool merchant Mumby Josepb, tea dealer C,mRIERs.-To Louth, John Upton :Hay Jonathan, farmer, Austin fen Needham John, can·ier Wednesday, and John Need.ham Hay William, farmer Nicholson Joseph, shopkeeper W ednesd11.y and Saturday. To Hewson Edmund, carpenter and Norris George, farmer Grimsby, John Upton, Friday. wheelwright Plaskett John, farmer COVENHAM (OR CONVENTHAM) ST. MARY. COVENHAM (or Oonveatham) ST. MARY, is a pleasant village and parish, 6 miles N.N.E. of Louth, a.nd ot :::>.B. of Ludborough rail wa.y station, containing 150 inllabitants, and !J50 acres of land. T. W. Kioae, Esq., barrister-a.t-l1;.1,w, ia lord of the manor, but part of tile soil belongs to Mr~S. Benson, of Utterby liouse, au<i. a.1ew srnall.et pro,PI"ietors. 'l'b.e <Jhurch (t::)t • .Mary), which is a. remar.kably neat ~d inter• .