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[LINCOLN.] CONISHOLME. 72 POST OFI~ICE CONJ:SHO:LMEl, a parish in the hundred of Louth Eske, and 1 bell; it underwent some considerable repairs in Louth union, parts of Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, diocese 18.53, and a new bell-turret was erected. In the church is and archdeaconry of Lincoln, deanery of Louth Eske and an ancient brass, bearing date 1550, on which are engraved Ludborough and county court district of Louth, 8 miles the effigies of John Langham, his wife, and fourteen of their north-east trom1 Louth, and 4 north-east from Saltfleet, in children. Here are places ot' worship for the W esleyan and 1851 contained 153 inhabitants, and about 1,200 acres of land. Free Methodists. William Grant Allison, Esq., is lord of The living is a rectory, of the annual value of .£:MJ6, with the manor. The soil belongs to the l\Ierrikin, Willows, residence, in the patronage of the Dowager Countess of Acrill1 and other families. Here is a Parochial school, sup Ripon; the incumbent ill the Rev. William Malpas, M.A. ported by the rector and voluntary contribution!j. The church of St. Peter is a small building, with a turret Coote Mrs. Ann M aria Lowis George, shoemaker Willows Francis, jun. farmer 1\falpas Rev. William, M.A. Rectory Lowis William, blacksmith Willows Francis, sen. farmer COMMERCIAJ-. Merrikin Edward, farmer Willows John, fat·mer . Acrill John, farmer North Edmund, farmer Wilson John, shopkeeper & carrier Drewery Thomas, farmer Parkinson Joel, farmer Letters though Louth, which is the Drewery William, farmer Riggall Edward, farmer nearest money order office Parochial School, Miss Lavinia Hodgson, mistre..'IS • CARRIER.-John Wilson, to Louth, on wednesday, & Great Grimsby, friday CORBY is a small but ancient and improving town and buildin~ of stone, in the Gothic style, wliich prevailed in the railway station, distant 5 miles east from Colsterworth, 8 reign of Edward Ill.; adjoining is a comfortable residence north-west from Bourn, 10 south-east from Grantham, tor the priest. A Grammar school was founded here in 1669 13 north-by-west from Stamford, and 97 from London, in by Charles Reed, Esq., for an unlimited number of boys of the hundred and deanery of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, the parish; the present in~ome is about £48 per annum. :Bourn union, archdeaconry and bishopric of Lincoln, county Near the church is an entrenchment, within which it is said court district of Grantham, and in the southern division of a castle formerly stood, of which no traces now remain. the county, pleasantly situated on the Great N ortlJCrn The area of the parish is about 3,340 acres, and the r,opu railway, on the river Glen, and on a Roman road, traces of lation in 1851 was 764. The trustees of the late "\VIlliam which are still perceptible. The living is a discharged Hervey W oodhouse, Esq., are lords of the manor. There are vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Irnham, a village 11 stone quarries. It has three considerable fairs, one on the mile distant; the incumbent is the Rev. Charles Farebrother, 26th of August, for cattle; one on the Monday before the :B.c.L. The church of St. John the Evangelist is a large lOth of October, for sheep, cattle and horses; and one on the and ancient structure of stone, in the Decorated style of \Vednesday before Easter: the last is the new spring fair architecture, of the 14th century, with a nave and aisles, a established 1855. 'l'he October fair is one of the large!'t in chancel, and a square tower containing 4 bells ; it is now the county ; and statutes for servants on the 13th of May being re-pewed and beautified. Here are places of worship and the 24th of November. The town is well supplied with for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics, the latter a handsome excellent water. • Bradford Thomas, esq. Birkholme Collingwood William, wine &. spirit l\Iawer George, plumber, glazier & Branston Mrs mercl1ant & farmer painter, & beer retailer Collin~wood Edward, esq Cook William, carrier Musson John, carpenter Collingwood Joseph, esq Dring Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner & Musson John, farmer Farebrother Rev. Chas. B.C.L. Vicara.,.e dressmaker Musson Vincent, carrier Gascoyne Rev. John [Catholic priest'] Ellis John, boot & shoe maker l\Iusson William, carpenter Hart William, esq. :M.D EHis Thomas, shopkeeper Nichols Ann (1\'Irs.), day school Hoe Mr. William Frnncis & Wass, coal mercl1ants Nichols John, wheelwright Keale Miss FrancisAmos, Wheatsheafcommercial Nichols Wm. blacksmith & parish clerk COMMERCIAL. inn, & coal merchant Pawley Robert, baker, tiunter, maltster, Adcock Henry, Black Bull inn Freestone Charles, currier& hairdresser miller, hop & oil cake merchant Armstrong John, fanner Freestone Thomas, boot & shoe maker & Pickering Geo. saddler & harness maker Barfield Benjamin Henry, boot & shoe shopkeeper Pinder John, sergeant of police maker Gibson Eliza (Miss), milliner & dressma Rawlinson James, grocer & draper Barfi.eld Henry, boot & shoe maker & Greenberry Mnry An.n (Miss), milliner Rawlinson Thomas, furmer shopkeeper & dressmaker Rohinson Thomas, farmer Bates Annie (Miss), day school Hall 'fhomas, master of Grammar school Rollin!rs James, tailor & draper .Batty Charles, boot & shoe maker Hannam Charles, jun. miller, beer Sewards John, Masons' Arms inn Batty Harriett (Mrs.), confectioner retailer & proprietor of thrashing m a· Smalley Edward, blacksmith Bell Charles, horse dealer chine, corn, seed & turnip drills Steel Mary (Mrs.), farmer Bellamy Goorgff Searson, .Angel inn, Hannam Charles, ~~en. farmer Stokes Matthew, furmer & farmer Hannam Clark, druggist, butcher &. Swan J ames Butler, chemist & druggist, Bird George Kelham, wheelwright coal dealer & at Ingoldsby, near Grantham Boyer Richard, farrier Hare Samuel, farmer Tinkler James, tailor :Bradford Thomas, farmer, Birkholme Hart William, surgeon, u.n Wade Jolm, coal dealer Brewster Thomas, stonemason Heath Christopher, Railway commer- W alsingham Edward, carpenter Brown Thomas, farmer cial inn Walsingham Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner Butcher Thomas John, station master Heritage William, blacksmith & dressmaker Carter John, butcher &. farmer Hoe Samuel, saddler & harness maker Willerton Robert, draper, grocer, tailor Cocks Elizabeth (Mrs.), Nmo inn, &. Hubbard George, stonemason & postmaster, & at Castle Bytham carrier Laxton Matthew, baker W ogdon Sarah C. (Mrs.), saddler & Collingwood Joseph, surgeon Manton William, cooper harness maker, & at Grantham PosT OFFICE.-Robert T. Willerton, sub-postmaster. Free Grammar School, Thomas Hal1, master London & other letters are received through Grantham, CARRIERS TO:- via Colsterworth, arrive 10 a.m. & are dispatched at FALKINGHAM-Mrs. :guzabeth Cocks, saturday 2.4.5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Colster- GRANTHAM:-Wm. Cook & Vincent Musson, tues. & sat worth STAMFORD-Mrs. Elizabeth Cocks, monday &. friday CORBJ:IVG-BAM is a parish, comprising the villages of south side of the chancel, and also some very beautiful Great and Little Corringham, with the hamlets of Somerby, monument.'! oftbe Beckett family. It is supposed to have Aisby, Dunstall and Yawthorpe, in the wapentake of Cor- been rebuilt by Leof'ric, in the time of Edward the Con l'ingham, parts of Lindsey, Gainsborough union, diocese of fessor. The living is a vicarage, in the incumbency of the Lincoln, arehdeaconry of Stow, and deanery of Corringbam, Rev. George Dodds, D.D., and in the patronage of the Bishop North Lincolnshire, 4 miles from Gainsborou.,.h station, 1~ of Lincoln, rated in the King's Books at £12; present fr-om Blyton station, and 154 from London ; the population value £300, with residence. Date of register 1643. The in 18.51 was 684,. with an acreage of 6,102. The church of lords of the manor are Sir Thomas Beckett, Bart., and the St. Lawrence is an ancient structure, with tower, 4 bells, Rev. Robert Duckle, M.A.., the former of" whom is owner of and 'fery handsome font ; the interior of the church has un- 1,500 acres, and resides at Som~rby Hall, a large ancient dergone thorough repair, which was at the expense of Sir mansion, smTounded by a beautiful and well-wooded park. Thomas Beckett, Bart. The tower is of Saxon architecture; Here are chapels for Primitive and W esleynn Methodists, the other parts of the building are of theiTransition style. and also a mixed school. Thera are races held here the first It contains the tomb of William-de-la-Gare, archdeacon of Monday after the 22nd of August. Lincoln and prebendary of Corringham, situate on the .