DIRECTORY.] . . 567 SUTTON ST. MARY, or Long Sutton, formerly a divided into three civil parishes, viz. :-Sutton Bridge, large parish, has pursuant to Section 36-2 of the "Local Little Sutton. and Long Sutton. Governmsnt .A.ct, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) been

SWABY is a parish and scattered village on the road jloam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, from to Louth, 3 miles south-west from Aby barley, oats and turnips .. The area is 1,566 acres; rate­ station on the East Lincolnshire section of the Great able value, £1,641; the population, including that of Northern railway, 8 north from Spilsby and 6 north- Whitepit, in 1901 was 305. west from Alford, in the .South Lindsey division of the Whitepit is a hamlet, half a mile west, on the road county, parts of Lindsey, )larsh division of the hundred from Spilsby to Louth. In 1900 a reading room was of Calce\I"Ollth, .A.lford petty sessional division, Louth opened and there are now (1905) 37 members. There union and county court distr~ct, rural deanery of Calce- are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. waith No. 1 and archdeaconry and . Parish Clerk, William Clark. The church of St. Nicholas, built in 1827, at a cost of Post, T. & E. D. & Postal Order Office.-~Irs. Eliza £soo, is a modern structure of brick, consisting of nave Martha Brumpton, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive with small apse, western porch and a bell-turret con- through Alford at 7·45 a.m. by cart, which returns at taining one bell: there are rzo siHings. The register 5 p.m. in winter.& 5.30 p.m. in summer. The nearest dates from the year 166o. The living is a rectory, net money order offtce is at Alford yearly value from 336 acres of glebe,. ~nmrded at the · 'Vall Letter Box, by church, cleared at 5.10 p.m. in time of the Inclosure in lieu of tithes, £290, with resi- winter, 5-40 p.m. in summer dence, in the gift of the President and Fello>1s of Mag- Public Elementary School (mixed), built in r857, for dalen College, Oxford, and held since 1896 by the Rev. 120 children; average attendance, 54; Mrs. Mary J. Edwin Roberts M.A. and formerly exhibitioner of that Lawn, mistress . college. Swaby is in the manor of Bilsby; the land Carriers.-William Brumpton, to Lout.h, wed.' & sat. ; to belongs chiefly to Magdalen College, Oxford, and Lord Alford, tues. ; William Skipworth, to Louth, wed. & Willougbby de Eresby ~LP.. The soil is mostly chalky s1t. ; to _\lford, tues · Robe.rts Hev. Edwin ~LA. Rectory C.:mplin Frank, shoe maker, Whitepit Oliver Charles, tailor, Whitepit COMMERCIAL • Camplin George, builder Overton William John Sands, farmer, .A.ndrew:; ::'.Iary (Mrs.), fJnner Chapman Tom, thrashing machine prpr Valley House farm Blades Joseph, foreman to Hugh C. Chellins As a ph, marine store dealer Patchett Georgc, shoph:eeper Oalthrop esq Clar k W illiam, shoe maker, 'Yhitepit Reading Room (H. Handson, sec. & Borrell William, shoe maker, Whitepit treasurer) Dunklev• Hobson, farmer Brant Robinson, farmer F'rost Charles, shopkeeper, l\"hicepi t Rutland Charles, wheelwright Briggs John, blacksmith Gresswell Dan J ennings, farmer Skipworth William, carrier Brumpton Thomas, watch & clock re­ Handson Henry, farmer, butcher & Speed J abez, householder· pairer & cycle repairer, Whitepit landowner & sec. & treasurer tu Trevor Waiter William, miller (wind), Brumpton Wm. flour dealer & carrier the Reading Room & baker Brumpton William, thrashing machine Kemp William, cottager farmer Waiter Thomas Jacob, farmer proprietor, Whitepit :\brwood Thomas, shopkeeper \Yheelhuno:e .T ohn, hawker Burnett John & William, thrashing Odlin :Ed wn.rd, farmer 'tYheelhuu~ Mary Jane (Miss), shpkpr machine proprietors

SWALLOW is a parish and small village, on the road residence, built in r865, at a cost of £1,700, in the giH from to , 4 miles east from Caistor ond of the Earl of Yarborough, and held since 188" by the 8 south-west fn1m Grimsby station on the Great Central RPv. James Edmund Walli!J Loft M.A. of Corpus Christi (M. S. & L.) and Great Northern railways, in the North College, CAimbridge, and rur;al dean of Grimsby No. r. Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, Bradley There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Haverstoe wapenta.ke, Caistor petty sessional division, Earl of Yarborough P.C. is lord of the manor and union and county court district, rural deanery of Grimsby principal landowner. The soil is generally light, but No. 1, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. some parts are strong; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops The church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient edifice of are barley and turnips. The area is 2,649 acres; rate­ stone, in the Saxon or very Early Norman and Early able value, £x,g88 ; the population in 1901 was 180, Enghsh styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north Parish Clerk, Charles Blvthe. aisle and a western tower containing one bell : • the chancel was rebuilt in x868, partly on the old Post Office. John James Johnson, sub-postmaster. foundations: in x883 the church was thoroughly re­ Letters through Caistor arrive at 9 a.m. ; cleared at stored and a new north aisle added, at & cost of £·I,I75: 3.50 p.m. week days only. Postal Orders issued & a stained window was also placed in the chancel by Miss paid here. The nearest money order & telegraph Bingham, of Thorganby, in memory of the Farrow and office is at Caistor, 4 miles distant · Bingham families: there are 90 sittings. The register Public Eh>mentary School (mi:xed), built in rx9s6 by a dates from the year 1672. The living is a. rectory, net formel;' Earl of Yarborough, for 6o children,; ~verage yearly value £310, including 103 acres of glebe, witli attendance, 30 ; Miss Annie Whitme~, mi11tress. • Loft Rev. James Edmund Wallis M.A., Gilliatt Samuel, farmer, The Rookery' SUmwell William Hupter, .farmer, Rectory Johnson John James, blacksmith & Swallow mount Bingham James, frmr. Swallow grange shopkeeper, Post office Tomlinson Alf. W. farmer • Carter William, White Hart P.H Robinson Lucy (Mrs.), carpenter & Tomlinson Jn. W. frmr, Swallow wold Drust J ames, farmer wheelwright

SWARBY is a parish and small village on the road side: the church was thoroughly restored in 1886-7, at from to Bourne, 3~ mile11 west from and a co~t of £1,129, and was re-opened in April, r887: Scredingwn station, on the Stamford, Bourne and Slea­ there are 300 sittings. In the churchyard at the east ford branch of the Great Northern railway, 4 south-west end of the south ais:e is a mutilated recumbent efligy. from Sleaford and xo east-by-north from , in The register dates from the year 1813. . The living is the divi~ion of the county, parts of a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Aswarby, joint net Kesteven, .A.swardhurn wapentake, Sleaford union, petty yearly value £3r4, including 92 acres of glebe, in the gift f!essional division and county court district, rural of Sir George Whichcote hart. and held since 1903 by .deanery of Lafford No. 2, and archdeaconry and diocese the Rev. Spencer Henry Harrison, of Pembroke College, of Linco:n. The church of St. Mary and All Saints is Oxford, who resides at Aswarby. Colonel George B. a small but ancient building of stone, in the Early Archer-Houblon, of Hallingbury Place, Essex, who is English, Late Decorated and Perpendicular styles, con­ lord of the manor, Sir George Whichcote bart. of As­ sisting of chanc~:l, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch warby Park, and lsabella, ~Iarc.hioness of ExeteT, are the and an interesting embattled western Lower of excellent principal landowners. The soil is light loam and 11tiff ma,!lonry, with a low pyramidal roof and four pinnacles, clay; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are barley, and containing one bell: the north aisle is Decorated wheat, seeds and turnips. The population in 1901 was and the south nis~ Perpendicular: in the chancel,. which 148. The . area is 997 acres, including the hamlet of has been partly rebuilt, is a Decorated niche. richly Croftan, half " mil,~ ,south-east of the village;. rateable .canopied, and a low side window of Early English date: value, £grs. 1 at the east end of the north aisle is a brackf:t supporting Parish Clerk, John Newton. · a headless figure seated on a bench: the font is Early Letters through Sleaford arrive at 9.30 a.tn. Osbournby English : the 11tairs to the rood loft remain on the north is the nearest money order & teleeraph, office