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DOrth aisle rebuilt a.t a cost of £3,ooo, under the remnant, is said to have fallen down in May, 1815. The direction of the late Mr. J. Fowler, arehitect, Gf Louth, Royal army, when advancin~ to ih relief, sufferecl 8 and now affOTds 250 sittings. The register of baptisms severe reverse at Winceby, near here, October n, 1641- dates from the year 1561; marri~~. 1559; burials, Bolingbroke gives the title of viscount to the St. John xs3B. '.IIhe living is a rectory, consGlidated with the family. A court leet, baron and customary is held half rectory of HaTeby, joint net yearly valu~ £370, in­ yearly hefOTe the deputy S>tewards. His Majesty the cluding 314 acres of glebe and residen<:e, in the gift King, who, as Duke of Lancasoor, is lord ot the manor, of C. S. Dickinson esq. a.nd held ,since r886 by the Mr8. Pocklington-Coltma.n, of Hagnsby Priory; the Rev. Edward Andrew Pain. Here is a Wesleyan rector of Bolingbroke, and H. M. Lely esq. are the chapel. The charities amount to about £8 ws. yearly, principal landownen!-. The sDil is t~and and loaim; arising from land left in part by John .A.ldred M . .!.. rector subsoil, various. The chief crops e.re wheat, barley, of Bolingbroke, 167o. The manorial soke of Bolingbroke, turnips and potatoes. The area is 1,031 acres; J:ate­ nuw a parcel of the Duohy of Lancaster, was formerly able value, £,1,489; the population in 1901 was 345. keld by the Earls of Lincoln, of whom William De Romara, By the .Act. 44 Vict. c. xvii. the Fen .Allotment was trans­ the fir!!t Norman Earl, built a strong castle here; it after­ ferred to the new parish of , and by Local wards pa!!sed through various families till it came into Government Board Order · u,668, Dec. 25, IBBo, a de­ the possession of the Laci family, Earls of Lincoln, from tached part of Bolingbroke wa!l added to Carrington. whron it passed by marriage to Thomas Plantagenet, Parish Clerk, James Parker. Earl of La.ncaster. The celebrated John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, married the heiress of this branch of the Post, M. 0. & T. Office (Old Bolingbroke).-Mrs. Eliza­ Plantagenets, a.nd by her he bad issue, at Bo:ingbrolm beth Cotton, ~mb-postmistret~s. Letters arrive from C£stle, on the 3rd of .April, 1366, Henry of Bolingbroke, at 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at g.15 a.m. ~ 6-45 afterwards King of as Henry IV. since whose ac­ p.m. ; no sunday delivery of letters cession to the throne all manors and estates of the Duchy Wall Letter Box, cleared at 9.20 a.m. i& 6-40 p.m.; no of Lancaster have been vested in the Crown. The castle collection on sundays stood at the southern extremity of the town, and some vestiges of it still remain, although constrnctPd only of Public Elementary School (mixed), built ia 1841, for 75 local sandstone; it was, however, a formidable fortress children; average attendance, 58; &; supported partly until its capture during the Civil War; on Monday, • by an endowment of £-:n yearly, arising from land October 9, 1643, it wn;~ attacked by the Parliamental"y formerly belonging to the now suppreesed endowed forces under the Earl of Manche;;ter, and being sur­ school; Charl~ T. (}Qoper, master; Mrs. Sarah Cooper, rendered after 8 few days' resistanca. w~;; tht>n dismantled mistre;:;s and left to decay; the gatehouse, the last crumQling Police Station, Erne3t Battra.m, constabl~ in charge

PRIVATE l"IESIDEN TS. Cramp ton J ames, grocer Ranson Thomas, builder Graves Mrs English Edward, plumber & decorator Scarborough Harrison, joiner Pain Rev. Edwd. Andrew, The Rectory Garner George. cattle dealer Schrirnshaw Edward, castrator Ranson David, Primrose cottage Richard, farmer Schrimshaw John William, baker Stone William, Bolingbroke hall Grantham Thos. coal mer. & carrier Simons Harry Lilley, grazier COMMF.RC1AL. Harrison Thomas, grazier Simons William, butcher .Alliss Joseph, bone setter Hydes Willinm, tailor & draper Skinner A.l'thur Edwd. poultry dealer Eelton Chas.Western,buildr.& grazier Jackson Charle~. market gardener Smalley Robert, Black Horse P .H. & Belton Sydney Jason, buildr.& grazier Kidd John, farmer & lime burner grocer Eoulton Arthur George, balrer & Leggate Tharrall Wakelin, tailor Smith Harry, farmer miller (wind) Lettice Bros. buildrs. & wheelwrights Smith William, farmer, Beech house Clarke Wright i& Wm. Jas. farmers Maltby Olive (Mrs.) & Tom, farmers, Stone 'Villiam, water diviner, water & Clarke James Edward, farmer & High farm · snnitary engineer & contractor,­ brewers' agent Maltby Tom, overseer Bolingbroke h~ Clarke Harrv, farmer & cattle dealer N eedham John, market gardener Watson Frederick, farmer Cotton Elizabeth- (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Parker J a me;:;, shoe maker Woodward James, blacksmith Post office Pretty Jn. Clement, Duke's Head P.H

NEW BOLINGBROKE is an ecclesiastical parish a clock and one bell ; there are 300 sittings. The register of considerable ex·tent, formed Sept. 7, 1858, from dates from the year JB54- The living is a. vicarage, neli detached parts of the civil pari!!hes of .A.sgarby-by­ yearly value £295, with residence, in the gift of the Spilsby, Bolingbroke, Frieston, Mavis, Enderby, Bit~>hop of Lincoln, and held since 1907 by the Rev. Miningsby, Raithby-by-Spil!!by and Bevesby, in South George Wingfield Hunt B..A.. of St. Peter's College, Ce.m­ Lind!!ey div~ion of the county, part!! of Lindsey, soke bridge. Thera :i.s a. Wesleyan chapel, and tlhe Town Hall of Bolingbroke, Bo!!ton union, Spilsby petty sessional is still standing. The forrnPr m!lnufactories of crape division and county court district, rural deanery of and bombazine, rope walks, brick pits, maltings and a Bolinghroke and archdoaconry and ; brewery no longer exist, and the Tnt>!lday market, estab­ the village is on the :road from Boston to , 7l lishPd in r82r, has lap~ed. but " plt>asure fair is held miles west from Eastville station on the East Lincoln­ on the 10th snd IIth of July. Hugh Mounteney Lely shire branch and B miles north-east from Dog dyke station t>sq. and the Duchy of Lanca~ter are the principal land­ on the Boston and Lincoln branch of the Great Northern owners. The soil is mostly clay: !"Ubsoil, blue clay. railway, 9 miles north from Boston, 7 south-south-west The chief crops are wheat, oats and beans. The area is of Old Bolingbrolre and 9 south-east lfrom Horncastle. 750 acres; population in 1gor, 337· For civil purposes The late John Parkinson esq. lessee of the Crown lanch in this place is included in Carrington . this parish, and steward to the late Sir Joseph Bank;;, Pa.rish Clerk, .John G. Freer. was the founder of the new town, which he built in h ·t t" th t "t · ht h t · Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-George Huskiuson Hanson, suc a s1 ua wn a 1 m1g ave wa er commum- sub-postmaster. Le~ters arrive from Boston at 6.35 cation with Bostan and nearly all parts of the sur- a..m. & from Revesby, p.m.; dispatched at 6. rounding fens by means of navigable drains. 'l'he 4 30 church of St. Peter, erected in 1854 from designs a.m. & 6 -3° p.m by Messrs. Fowler, an:hitects, at a cost of £~. 400 • The children of this place attend the Elementary sob.ool raised by subscription, is a structure of brick with at Medlam, in Carrington parish stone facings, in the Gothic style, consisting of chan- C:\rriers to:- oel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an octagonal Boston-Thom.as Drnyton, wed. & sat open belfry, surmounted by a small spire and containing Horncastle--Goorge Spikins, "SGt Hunt Bev. George Wingfield B . .A. Foster John, biacksmith Mason Moses Wynn, cottage farmer (vicar), Vicarage Hanson George Hnskinson, druggist & fellmonger COMMERCIAL. & grocer, Post office Smith Robe:rt, farmer Baker Jesse & .Alfred, farmers Harrison Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer Spikins George, carrier Brown & Co. grocers i& drapers Johnson James, farmer Spikins Herbert, farm fOTeman to A. Cary Richard, farmer Kent William, shopkeeper E. L. Fowler esq Dick.inson John Henry, Globe inn Langstaff Henry, plumber & glazier Taylor William, bee:r retailer & farmr Dixon William, music teacher Leggate Tharral, farmer, assistant Timm John, cottage farmer Drayton Henry, cycle agent overseer, inspector of nuisances & Twel.vetrees .Albert, grocer & draper Drayton Thomas, carrier surveyor of highways to the Watkinson William, miller (wind & Ev:ison Robert, baker & farmer Rural District Council steam) & farmer Epton Cba.rlel', Duchy of Lancaster Leggate Tharral F:rederick, wheel- Watkinson William, jnn. farmer Arms P.H. & farmer wright & joiner West Jonlil!, saddler