IURECTORY.] . RAVENSTONE. 325 i-s a full-length recumbent stone effigy, said to be that 1 great barrow, 350 feet across and 40 feet high. Ratcliffa (tf the founder of the church: the· church p~ate is modern Hall, the residence of William Ralph Walker esq. is a and was presented by the late Earl Ferrers : there are 1 large brick mansion, seated on an eminence, and com• 130 sittings. 'l'he register dates from the year 1698 and manding fine views of the surrounding scenery. The is in good preservation. The living is a rectory and vicar- Duke Sforza-Cesarini, of Genzano, near Rome, is lord of age, net yearly value £220, including 83 acres of glebe, the manor and principal landowner. The soil is mostly with residence, in the gift of the Rev. C. E. Young, a cold clay, but red marl and sand are found near the snd held since 1897 by the Rev. Charles Ellison Young river. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and roots. il.A. of Dux ham University. There are charities of about The area is 838 acres of land and 14 of water; rateable £7 annual value. The Ratcliffe Catholic College of the value, £I,I8o; the population in 1891 was 131. Immaculate Conception, situated amid the Ratcliffe hills, Parish Clerk, Samuel Matthews. in the parish of Cossington and near the Fosseway, was Post &; Parcel O:flice.-Mrs. Mary J ane Kempin, sub-post- established in 1843, the foundation stone being laid 29 1 mistress. Letters received from at 8.15 a.m. July in that year; it is an extensive structure in the & 2 p.m. (callers only) & dispatched oat 9-SQ a.m. & 6.30 Gothic style, from designs by the elder Pugin, the build- p.m. week days only. Postal orders are issued here, 1ngs being grouped around a spacious quadrangle, with but not paid. The nearest money order &; telegraph cloisters, and including a church, study hall, libraxy and offices are at Sileby & Rea.rsby, 2 miles distant museum and a tower {)n the principal front; there are National School (mixed), erected in 1877, for 40 children; about Bo students. Sileby station on the Midland railway average attendance, 30; Miss Marion Hardy, mistress is distant Ii miles from the College. Shipley Hall is a Oarrier to Leicester passes through on sat Cremonini Rev. Joseph, Catholic coll Walker William Ralph, The Hall Hackett Wootton, farmer, Cliffe house Davies Rev. Thomas, Catholic college Young Rev. Charles Ellison B.A.Rctry Jackson Charles, shopkeeper Emery Rev. Aloysius B.A.Catholic coli Anderson Jarr:.es, boot & shoe maker MoYJSes Rowland, farmer, Wreake ho Hickey Rev. Daniel, Catholic college Garner Harry, farmer North Henry, farmer Hughes Rev. Trevor B.A. Catholic coli Goodman Joseph Henry, farmer & Ratcliffe Qtt'holic Oollege (Rev. Jsph. Lyons Rev. John, Catholic college miller (water & steam),Ratcliffe mill Cremonini, president) Smith Rev. Robert, Catholic college Goodman Thomas. farmer Washbourne Jn. frmr. The Old Rectry RAVENSTONE-with· is a parish, agricultural depressiDn to about £8so, so that at present one mile from Swannington station on a branch of the there are but 24 inmates : the trust is administered Midland railway, 3i south-east from Ash by-de-la- under the sanction of the Charity Commissioners: the Zouch and 13 north-west fTom Leicester, in the Western Rev. Henry Barber M.D. of the University of St. An­ division of the county, hundreds of West Goscote, Rep- drew's and L.R.C.P.Lond. is resident master and chap• ~n and Gresley, petty sessional division, union and lain. The principal land.)wners are Leona.Td Fosbrooke ~ounty oourt dis.trict of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, rural deanery esq. of Ravenstone Hall, who is lord of the m'