[LINCOLN.] WELTON-LE-WOLD. 334 [POST OFFICE WELT ON - LE- WOLD is a pleasant village and with residence for the master, was erected at a cost of parish, in the Northern division of the county, parts of upwards of £600. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. At the Lindsey, W old division of the hundred and petty Res­ enclosure six acres of land were allotted for the repairs of sional division of Louth Eske, union and ~aunty court the church, which was increased in 1864 to 7A. 2R. 20P. by district of Louth, rural deanery of Louth Eske and Lud­ an exchange with the Rev. W. Smyth for lands belonging to borough, and archdearonry and , 4 miles him on the Warren farm. The Rev. William Smyth, !\LA., west from Lduth station and navigation. The church of and SamuelVessey, Esq.2 are lords of the manor and princi-. St. Marlin is an old Gothic building, with nave, chancel, pal landowners. The sml is loam and chalk; subsoil, chalk. north aisle, and tower with 3 bells: it was repaired and en­ The chief crops are wheat, turnips, &c. The area is 2,[)20 larged in 1838, and restored in 1850, by the late Rev. E. acres, and the population in 1861 was 335. W. Hughes. The register dates from 1514. The living is a rectory, of the annual value of £600, having 470 acres Letters through Louth, which is the nearest money order allotted in lieu of tithes, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, office and held by the Rev. Charles Trollope Swan, M.A., of National School, Lewis Jones, master; Mrs. Edith Jones, Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1860, a National school, mistress Swan Rev. Chas. Trollope, M.A. Rectory Clark John J ames, farmer Tyson Ann, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Hurst John, farmer Vessey John Henry, farmer, The Manor Burton William, shopkeeper Malam Richard, blacksmith Watson William, wheelwright Campion Hosea, farmer, Rectory farm Rasen John, farmer Wilkinson Thomas, boot & shoe maker

WEST VILLE is a parish, in the Mid division of the is heavy stiff clay; subsoil, same. The chief crops are county, parts of Lindsey, West Bolingbroke soke, Boston wheat, oats, and beans. The area is 2,260 acres, and the union and county court district, distant 7 miles north-west population in 1861 was 150. from Boston, and one milewPst from church, which -- is usually attended by the inhabitants. L. Langton, Esq., Letters through Boston, which is the nearest money order and Mr. B. Roberts are the principal landowners. The soil office Daft Watham, farmer I Roberts Stephen, farmer I Walker Charles, farmer I Ward Joseph, farmer

WESTBOROUGH is a village and parish near the the impropriator, and held by the Rev. Roger Ryland Great Northern Railway, on the river Witham, in the Vaughton, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Southern division of the county, parts of Kesteven, wapen­ Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. West borough was take of Loveden, petty sessional division, N ewark a Roman settlement. Many of the Heron family were union and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry buried here, and in the churchyard is the pedestal of Lincoln and rural deanery of Loveden, 3 miles west from of an ancient cross; also another in the centre of the Hongham station, 114~ from , 7 north-west-by­ village. George Nevile, Esq., is lord of the manor. north from Grantham, and 7 south-east from Newark. The The principal landowners are Mr. R. Johnson, Mr. John church of All Saints is a neat building, consisting of a nave, Lee and .Mr. T. Arnold. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, chancel, and north transept, and has a tower containing 4 clay. The'chiefcrops are wheat, beans and oats. The area bells. The living is a rectory, consisting of two medieties; is 890 acres, and the population in 1861 was 245. the one the rectory of Westborough with Shefford, the other Parnh Clerk, John Broughton. an impropriation, with the vicarage of Dry Doddin~on; the latter of the yearly value of £76, and the former of £470, Letters by foot post through Grantham, which is the nearest both in the gift of the trustees of the late Robert Hall, money order office Vaughton Rev. Roger Ryland, M.A., Copley Richard, farmer Johnson Robert, farmer [rector] Copley William, boot & shoe maker & Lee William, farmer COMMERCIAL. shopkeeper Minta Henry, farmer, Grange Arnold Thomas, farmer Cragg Daniel, farmer Potts John, farmer Atkinson Robert, Blue Greyhound Gilbert James, farmer Robinson John, carpenter

WESTON (or WEsTON ST. MARY) is a pleasantvillage, English architecture in the county. The living is a vicarage, railway station, and parish, on the road midway between annual value £290, with residence, and 1 ~ acre of glebe Spalding station and , 4 miles east from the former, land, in the gift of the Lord ChancelliJr, and held by the and 4 west from the latter, and 97 from London, in the Rev. J ames Henry N owers. A new vicar-age house is now Southern division of the county, parts of Holland, wapen­ completed. The great or rectorial tithes, £970, are the take of Elloe, union and county court district of Spald­ property of Charles Harvey, Esq., Spalding. A National ing, rural deanery of South Holland, diocese and arch­ srhool was erected in 1850 by subscription and grants, deaconry of Lincoln; it is hounded by the river Welland at the cost of £850. There are chapels for the Wesleyans. on the north-west, by Spalding and Cowbit on the west, The charities amount to about £40. The manors are the parish of on the south, and Moulton on Spalding- cum- Membris, Fitzwalter Dominorum, and the east. The church of St. Mary is a cruciform build­ HarringtoR-fee. Maurice Johnson, Esq., of Ayscough-fee ing of the fourteenth century : it has a nave, chancel, Hall, is lord of the first-named. The principal landowners north and south aisles, transept, and south porch: the are Sir John Trollope, Bart., the Rev. E. Davys, and tower at the western extremity, in the Perpendicular style, Messrs. Isaac Teesdale, Henry Hawkes, J oseph Cam pain, is of later date, and square, but it has a great inclina­ and Alexander Goodman. The soil is rich ; subsoil, silt tion towards the north-west: it has an embattled parapet, and clay. The chief crops are wheat, turnips, beans and the come~ ornamented with pinnacles, and contains 3 bells: pasturage. The area is 5,586 acres, and the population in the chancel is peculiar, being arcaded on either side : there 1861 was 750. is a piscina in the south wall: the eastern lancet windows Parish Clerk, Paul Tolson. are filled with stained glass, as a memorial of the late Waiter Maurice Johnson, twenty-eight years vicar of the parish: there are several other handsome stained glass Letters through Spalding. The nearest money order offices windows: the church was partially restored a few years are at Holbeach & Spalding back: th~ fontis Early Eng·lish, and coeval with the church, National School, Paul Tolson, master; Mr!!. Tolson, mist which is considered one of the finest specimens of Early Railway Station, J. Parsons, station master Cordley Mr. William, sen Benner Robert, farmer Desborough John, farmer Fletcher 1\'Irs Black Edward, farmer Diggle Thomas, farmer Grummitt Mr. William, sen Chambers William, farmer Fisher Thomas, farmer

Nowers Rev. James Henry [vicar] Clark Thomas John, farmer1 St. tarn- Fletcher Robert,farmer, Wimblebyhall Simpson Miss bert's hall Flint William, farmer COMMERCIAL. Clayton David, farmer Gedney William, farmer, Weston hills Arm strong Thomas, ~arm er Clayton John, farmer Gibson George, fanner Armstrong Thomas, JUn. farmer Clayton William, farmer Gibson John, farmer Ashton James, farmer Coates William, farmer Grummitt Josepb, farmer, Weston hills Batterham William, shopkeeper Cordley Amos farmer Grummitt William, jun. farmer Beeston Henry & David, fanners Cordley Ezra,'farmer Harlock James,jun. blacksmith Beeston Mary (Mrs.), farmer Cordley William, farmer Harlock James, sen. farmer Benner George, farmer Cordley William, Harveat Man HuntsmiUl William Smith, farmer