596 UFFINGTON. LINCOLNSHIRE. [KELLY's quests to the poor, and amongst others £so bequeathed by Post & T. Office.-William Wells, sub-postmaster. Let­ the Lindsey family, as recorded on a. tablet placed in the ters arrive from Stamford at 6.45 a. m. & 1 p.m.;: church. A priory of Austin Canons was founded in this dispatched at 11.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; sundays, arriv& parish by W. D'Albini, in the reign of Henry Ill. and dedi­ 6.55 a. m.; dispatched 1a.3o p.m. The nearest money cated to St. Leonard; an extensive flour mill is sup­ order office is at Stamford. Letters for Uffington Fen posed to occupy the site, but no vestiges of the build­ received through Market Deeping ings now remain. Oasewick Hall, the seat of Lord UFFINGTON RURAL DISTRiar COUNCIL. Kesteven J.P. is a. large Elizabethan mansion, standing in a. well-wooded park of 77 acres, surrounded by fine Meets at the Tallington School room, third monday m scenery and commanding an extensive view of Northants month, at 6 p.m. and Lincolnshire. Uffington House, the seat of the Earl The district comprises the following parishes :-Barholm,. of Lindsey D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor, was Bracebrough, Deeping (West), Greatford, Stowe. Tal­ totally destroyed by fire on the night of Monday, 19 lington, Utfington & Wilsthorpe, being the Lincoln­ Dec. 1904; the mansion, which stood in a park of 615 shire parishes (except Stamf!JI'd) in Stamford union. acres, on the north bank of the Welland, was a handsome The area. is 12,898 acres; rateable value at Michael­ rectangular 11tructure, erected about 1830 by Henry mas, 19o8, £22,676; population in 1901, r,5g6. Bertie, and contained a splendid collection of art Chairman, LoTd Kesteven,Casewick hall,U:ffington,Stmfrd. treasures, which were fortunately saved. The principal Clerk, Richard Mills English, 40 Broad street, Stamfo:rd land·owners are the Earl of Lindsey, Lord Kesteven and Treasurer, Meaburn Staniland Young, Stamford, Bostoa James Griffith Dearden esq. of Walcot Hall, Stamford. & Spalding Bank, Stamford The .soil is varrious, consisting of loam, gravel and clay, Medical Officer of Health, Thomas Porter Greenwood producing a. fair crop of wheat, barley and beans ; about L.R.C.P.Edin. 36 St. Ma.ry's street, Stamford one-third of the parish is grass land and meadow of fan Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Herbert Hilliam, 10. quality ; subsoil, clay and rock. The chief crop!! are hay Emlyn's street, Stamford and pasturage. The area is 4,144 acres of land and 21 of Road Surveyor, A.. Cave, Baston water; ratea:ble value, £6,774; population in 1901, 425. Public Elementray School (mixed), with house for the- Uffington Fen is about 9 miles north of the parish master, endowed in 1814 with [2o yearly; it will hold church. 70 children; average attendance, so; James Morrissp Sexton, John Oswin Thurnton. master Lindsey Earl of D.L., J.P. Uffington Alien Needham, farmer, The Grange Newstead M-ills (William Hy. Clark.e,. house; & Carlton dub, London SW Baldwin Thomas Cubitt (farm bailiff manager), millers (water) Kesteven Lord J.P. Casewick hall; & to Lord Kesteven J.P.), Casewick lo Plumb John, boot maker Arthur's & Junior Carlton clubs, Benstead Robert, blacksmith Shillaker Georg~;, farmer, Home &.. London S W Burbidge John Thomas, farme1' Wood farms Onion Misses Caucutt Joseph B. Bertie Arms inn Thornton John Oswin, wheelwright&.. Pinder Major Thomas William J.P. Cave Charles, farmer sexton Newstead hous~ Ellis & Everard Limited, coal, oil Wells William, baker, & post office Willis Rev. Frederic Earle d' A.nyen cake & manure merchants &c Whitmarsh A.rthur, gamekeeper to. .M.A.. Rectory Howsam Joseph, Trollope Arms P.H the Earl of Lindsey D.L., J.P Aldwinckle Jn. & Cicely (Miss),frmrs Mar.tin Maxwell, farmer,West Hall fm Woodward John Philip, farmer ULCEBY is a parish and small village, 3 miles south- manor, Mrs. Hamilton-Ogilvy, of Biel, Prestonk.irk, Eas~ west from A.lfurd station on the East Lincolnshire sec- Lothian, N.B. and the rector, are the principal land­ tion of the Great Northern railway and 5l east-north- owners. The soil is chalky loam; subsoil, chalk anSpilsby, rural deanery of Calce- Fordington is 8 hamlet, in the parish of fficeby, but waith No. 2, and amhdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln. in the hundred of Candleshoe. about half-a-mile south­ The church of .All Saints is a. small and plain edifice west from the church. There was formerly a church. of brick, erected in r826, at a. cost of £45o, and consists here, but Do trace of it now remains. of chancel and nave, with a. belllry containing one bell; it was restored internally and reseated in 1885, and affords Post Office.-Henry Elliott, sub-postmaster. Letter~ 120 sittings. The re.gister daMJs from the year 1749. through A.lfo:rd, arrive at 7 a.m. Letter Box cleareci The living is a rectory, with tha.t of Fordington annexed, at 5·45 p.m. ; DO delivery on sunday. A.lford, J. joint net yearly value £ 350, arising from 46o acres of miles distant, is the nearest money order & tale- glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since 1877 graph office by the Rev. Waiter Gilbert Peacock B.A.. of Balliol Letter Box, at Ulceby Top, cleared at 5.50 p.m. week. College, Oxford, who is also vi~ar of Haugh. Here is days only a Wesleyan chapel. Miss Mansell, who is lady of the The children of this parish attend the school at Well Peacock Rev. Waiter Gilbert B.A. Cawthorpe William J. builder & Hardy Robert, farmer, Manor house Rectory wheelwright Riggall George A.. farmer, The Grange- Dales Joseph, farmer Riggall Robt. Wm. farmr. The Glebe- COMMERCIAL. Elliott Henry, sub-postmaster & shop- Towler Edward, Gate P.H Brown A.rthnr, blacksmith keeper ULCEBY VILLAGE is a parish and large village, fine old oak screen has been restored to its original with a station, called Ulceby Junction, on the branch position in the chancel: there are 290 sittings. Th& line from Grimsby to Hull, of the Great Central rail­ register dates from the year 1567. The living is a way, 164! miles from London, 6 south from New vicarage, with the rectory of Croxton annexed, joint Holland and 7 south-east from Barton-on-Humber, in net yearly value £4oo, with residence, in the gift of the North Lindsey division o.f the county, parts of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1905 by the Rev. Lindsey, northel'n division of the Yarborough wapen­ Hector Mawson. There is a Mission church at illceby take, union of Glanfo:rd Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber Skitter, seating 8o persons, a Wesleyan chapel, built in petty sessional division and county court district, rural 1816, a small Wesleyan mission chapel at Ulceby Skitter,. deanery of Yarborough No. r, archdeaconry of Stow built in rgoo, a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Nicholas is r888, and a place of worship for Seventh Day Adventists. an edifice of stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular The Public Hall, now the property of Mr. John Sizer •. st·yles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, ai!!les, was erected in 1871, and is used for lectures, meetings­ lady chapel, north and south porches and an embattled &c. Catharine Radley's charity of £5, left Sept. 3rd,. western tower with spire containing 5 bells : there are 1842, is distributed on February 2nd and Easter Monday­ some memorial windows : the chancel and the east end by the trustees to poor widows and other necessitous­ of the 11outh aisle each contain an a.umbry and piscina: persons. The Earl of Yarborough P.C. MTs. HeiUT the font is Norman or earlier: the church was restored Fletcher, of East Molesey, Surrey, and W. D. Field esq. and the seats reconstructed in :r852, under the direction of Laceby, are the principal landowners. The soil is of Mr. Keyworth, of Hull: the south aisle was entirely clay and loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops ar& restored in 1879, and the south porch built by the Rev. wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 3,644 acrp.s; William Fletcher D.D. vicar 1876-go, at his own expense, rateable value, £8,429; the population in 1901 was 865. in memory of his wife, and in 1887 the chancel was restored: a dedication cross, found buried under the Ulceby Skitter is a hamlet situated near the railway fioor, has been placed near the chancel arch, and the station, Ii miles from Ulceby Village.