DIRECTORY.) LINCOLNSHIRE. (}tENTH AM, 207 D.!. WSMERE. DROVE END. Hutchinson Robert, farmer [Letters through Holbeacb.J Lamin William, shopkeeper , Coates Rev. John Millett, Ohrist COMMI<;RCIAL. LawSCambridgeshire borders of the and silt. The chief crops are wheat, oats, potatoes and county, r! miles north from French Drove 'station on beans. The area is r,864 acres; assessable value, the March and Spalding branch of the Great Northern £2,924; the population in 1901 v;as 323. and Great Eastern joint railway, 10 south from Holbeach, Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act," a 13 to 14 south-east from Spalding, 14 north-east from part of Gedney Hill, known as Gedney Marsh, has been Peterborough, 10 nmth-west from Wisbech and g6 from transferred to Gedney. London by rail, Holland division of the county, parts Parish Clerk and Sexton, James Page. of Holland, wapentake and petty sessional division of Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A. Elloe, Holbeach union and county court district, rural & I. Office. John James Mars'hali, sub-postmaster. deanery of East Elloe and archdeaconry and diocese of Letters deli~red from Wisbech aoout 7 a..ru. & dis- Lincoln. The Old South Eau drain skirts the parish patched theret-o at 7·30 p.m. week da)·• only on the south. The church of the Holy Trinity, standing Letter Th>xes.-tFleet Fen, cleared at 7 p.m. week days on rising ground, is an ancient edifice of stone, consisting only; HGlbech drove, Cleared at 6.50 p.m.; Dug drove, of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled ·cleared at 6.45 p.m. & Sutton St. Edmunds, cleared western tower, 52 feet in height, containing a clock anrl M 7·45 p.m. week days only 5 bells: the nave roof is supported by massive octagonal Publ·ic Elementary School (mixed), partly supported pillars of oak: . in 1874-5 the church was thoroughly from lands belonging to the church, supposed to have restored, and the chancel, nave, aisles and. porch been given by one of the abbots of Crowland & entirely rebuilt at a cost of £2,048 : a memorial otherwig.e supported from funds arising from the sales window was also placed in the chancel by his family to of certain paris·h tenements & parcels of lands, a. the Rev. Thomas Clark, late vicar, his wife Mary .Ann and grunt & donations; the lands, comprising 2r1 acres, ills sun Edward: during the restoration, the remains of produce £446 gs. yearly, of which £so goes to the two ancient doorways and an east window of the 14th ·schools, £120 to the incumbent, twv-thirds of the century were found built up in the chancel walls: the residue is assigned to the poor, & the remainder for organ, the gift of the late Miss Char.inton, was erected in repairing the highways: the schools were built in 1887 at a cost of £235: there are 300 sittings. The re- r859-6o, & are capable of holding roo children; average gister dates from the year 1093; the entries are illegible I attendance, 75; William Hansed, master; Miss previous to this. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value Matilda. Knowles, assistant mistress £225, with 5 acres of glebe and house, in the gift of the Public E~ementary School, Fleet Fen (mixed), built in Bishop of Lincoln, and held ffince r87o by the Rev. George r87r, for 100 children; average attendance, 52; E. S. Clark B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. The General Cloarke, master; Mrs. F. Cla.rke, mim:ress Baptist chapel, built in r883, will seat 100 persons. ~-\ Carriers to:- fair is held on the second Monday in June. Mr. \Villiam Holbeac'h-Alfred Thomas, thurs James Whitsed is the principal landowner, but the greater J Peterborough-Ailfred Seaton & AUred Thomas, !fat part of the land is in small holdings. The soil, part clay Spalding~Fred Rose & Alfred Thomas, tues
Cl:nk Rev. George B.A. Vicarage 1 Gott Matthew, beer retailer, French Rowell Edward, farm bailiff to R. Kel- Clark Miss Drove station ham esq. Broadgate Rice Michael Wellclon :M.D. Longmead Hemmant Frederick, farmer Se.aton Alford, farmer & carrier Hnnt·rr David John, farmer . Sea ton Arth ur W illiam, farmer Seaton Da.vid, grocer & draper CO:UlfEHCLU,. Johnson Timothy, farmer J oily John, farmer & coal dealer Seaton Jesse, Duke's Head P.H Allen ThQlnas, butcher & farmer Jones Robert, farmer & wheelwright Seaton Samuel, farmer Ash ton John, farmer, Fleet Fen Knowles William, farmer Seaton Thomas, farmer Ashwell Harry, farmer Langley Meads, farmer Simons John, farmer Benner & Son, millers (wind) Leadbeater Robert, farmer Sly Hy. farmer & grazier,Kingston hall Bridgfoot Edward Alfred, farmer Lincoln Richard, poulterer & mar- Smith William, Ram P.H Bridgfoot William Henry farmer ket gardener Strickland John William, farmer Brown William, farmer Lynn Christmas, farmer Strickland William, fanner · Butcher Thomas, farm bailiff to Mackman William Lediocese of Lincoln. The from Kingerby by the river Ancholme, 8 miles west from Ancholme was formerly navigable northward to the Hum Market Rasen station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of ber. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an edifice of the Great Central (late M. S. and L.) railway, 9 west I stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave. from Lea station on the Lincoln and Doncaster 1 aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower con section of the Great Northern and Great Eastern joint taining 4 bells: it was repaired in r855. and has four railway, and 13 east from GainsborQugh, in the West stained windows: 1here are 300 sittings. The register Lindsey division of the county, eastern division of the dates from the year r6go. The living is a vicarage, net -wapentako of Aslackhoe, petty sessional division of Lincoln yearly value £r75, including 70 acres Qf glebe, with resi {BaiJ and ClaRe), parts of Lindsey, Caistor union, Market dence, in the patronage and peculiar jurisdiction of the
