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GREAT STEEPING i11 a village and parish, on the ing 16 acres of glebe, wit:& residence, in the gift of north bank of the river Limb, and on the road from Miss Walls, and held since I9I3 by the Rev. Cyril Wamfleet ~o , one mile and 8 quarter north-west Arthur King. There is a Wesleyan chapel, and a from the junction station on the East Lincolnshire Baptist chap_el at Monhthorpe. Tl'le poor have the rent section of the Great Northern railway, 3 south-east from of about 4 acres of land, left by Mrs. Mary Carter in Spilsby, 6 north-west from Wainfieet, and 123! from 1665. The Earl of .Ancaster is lord of the manor, andi , in the division of the county, parts he and H. G. Maddison esq. are the principal land­ of Lindsey, Wold divigion of Candleshoe wapentake, owners. The soil is princi:pally a strong clay, with a. Spilsby petty sessional division, union and county court portion of light loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops. district, rural deanery of South llill, and archdeaconry are wheat, oats and barley. The area, including the and . The church of All Saints and h~mlet of and the manor of Kelsey, is St. Mary, now used only for burials, is an edifice of 1,687 acres; assessable value, £r,I33; the population in sandstone and brick, in a plain modern style, and was IQI I was 225. partly rebuilt in 1748, and restored in 1908: it consill~.:;. Po~t Office.-William Codd, ~ub-postmaster. Letters of a nave and a small embattled wooden belfrv :: ... utam­ through Spilsby; no delivery on sundays. The nearest All ID ing one bell. The new church of Sai.o:.tl!, erected ffi(llley order & telegraph office is at Spilsby, 3 miles 1891 a~ a cost of £I,Ioo, is a structure of red brick distant with stone facings, consisting of chancel, nave, and north porch, and affords 150 sittings. The register Public Eiementary Sclwol (mixed), built, with mis­ dates from the year I7II. The living is a vicarage, tress's house, in I859, at the cost of T. Watson esq. of annexed to Firs by, joint net yearly value £r78, includ- I Bitteswell, for 6o children; Mrs. Harriett Gibson,mist King Rev. Cyril .Arthur (vicar), Clarey George, farmer, Old Hall frm Maddison Henry George, farmer .. Vicarage Clark Waiter, farmer Kelsey hall COMMERCIAL. Codd Wm. draper & grocer,Post affice Meeres Bras_ frmrs. & machine ownrs Balder!Wn William,farmer,Church frm Crust Arthur, farmer, Monksthorpi' Richardson Robert. cottage farmer Bark Charles, farmer Banson Alfred, cottage farmer Simpson Fred, Red Lion P.H Bark James, farmer, Kelsey Hanson l''red, cottage farmer Spence Frank, farmer Bark J oseph, cottage farmer Hanson William, farmer Swinn Tom. carpenter Benson James, farmer Johnson John, cottage farmer Thornally William & Sons, farmers Brown John Thomas, grocer & baker Mablestone Thomas, cottage farmer & graziers

LITTLE STEEPING is a parish and village, on the Sanderson Musgrave. There is a Wesleyan chapel. south bank of the river Limb, with a station I mile The charities amount to £I I yearly derived from land .. south, on the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great and are appropriated towards the maintenance of the Northern railway, 3 mile!! south-east from Spilsby, and school. Dr. Pinder is lord of the manor, the land being 120 from London by rail, in the Horncastle division of mostly possessed by the occupiers..- The soil is strong th~ county, , east division of Baling­ clay; subsoil, sand and turf. The chief crops are oats. broke soke, Spil8by petty sessional division, union and wheat, barley and pasture. The area is 1,044 acres; county court district, and in South Bill rural deanery, assessable value, £ggr; population in Ign, 185. and archdeacunry and diocese uf Lincoln. The church uf St. Andrew, the third built on this site, is an ancient Sexton, .Aaron Bird. building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting Post Office.-Walter Deer, sub po~tmaster Letters of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western - ~ · tower with pinnacles containing 3 bells: the font "'is through Spilsby, which is the nearest money order &; cn.rions and of early date: there are 150 sittings: the public telegraph office, 3 miles distant. Po~tal church was restored in 1912-13 at a cost of £I,700; orders issued & pa-id here during the course of the work a recumbent effigy of TheTa is a telegraJ?h offic~ at the Railway station (closed Thomas de Redyng was found, the supposed builder on sundays), lfhlCh dehvers telegrams to callers only of the ~resent church, and rec~or .r~rB-1353; his remain>l Public Elementary School (mixed), built in I8?I, & en­ are said to have been _buned m the c~a!JCeL The \ larged in 1904, for 86 children; endowed with about churchyard was efl:larged m 1891 by the additiOn of half I £ II a year derived from land left by several bene- B:U. acr:. The register dates from the yea~ 1 559: The -.factors & further supported by the charities aJ:>ove- livmg IS" 8 rector~, net ~early v~lue £ 13?• mcludmg 89 mentioned· Miss Helen Mary Taylor, mistress acres of glebe, w1th residence, m the- g1ft of tlle Earl ' of .Ancaster, and held since I9I8 by the Rev. Harold Railway Station, Henry Littledyke, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Emmerson Thompson, farmer, Thorpe Parkinson Frank, blacJrsmitir Frank bank (letters through Wainfleet) Pell George, cottage farmer Musgrav-e Rev. Harold Sanderson, English Wattam, farmer Pell Henry, cottage farmer, Fen sid~ The Rectory King Ezra, cottage farmer Robinson .Alice (~rs.),White Lion P.H William, Manor house Leeman Ben, Manor hotel, & overseer Robinson Henry, cottage farmer Lowis .Anthony, cottage farmer Rowe John, farmer COMMERCIAL. • \1addison Joseph, cottage farmer Sh1fw John Cooke, cottage farmer Bosworth William C:Mrs. ), cottage Meeres Charles, agricultural machine SimpsonBartholomew,frmr.& landwnr farmer, Fen side owner Turnbull John, cottage farmer Boulton .Albert, cottage farmer Norfolk William, farmer Winn Tobias, cottage fanner Deer Waiter, grocer, Post office Odling Annie (Miss), cottage farmer

STENIGOT (or Stennigot) is a. small parish, pleasantly dates from the year 1562. The living is a ~ectory, ne11 situated on the acclivities of a beautiful dale, about three­ yearly value £280, in the gift of Admiral .A. H . .Aling­ quarters of a mile south from the Donington-on-Bain ton, of Swinhope House, and held since 1905 by the station on the Louth and Lincoln branPh of the Great Iwv. Hunting Smith Browne Jollye, who resides at Northern railway and 7 ~outh-west from Louth, in the Louth. Col. Henry Thomas Fenvrick C.M.G., M.V.O .• Lcuth division of the county, parts of Lindsey, north D.S.O. is lord nf the manor and sole la-ndowner. The division of the wapentake of Gartree, Louth petty soil is clay and sand; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops sessional division, union and county court district, are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,330 acres; rural deanery of West Louth Eske, archdeaconry of rateable value, £r,ogi; population in rgii, g6. Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Nicholas, erected in 1892, is a plain edifice of red brick, Letters through Louth. Donington-on-Bain is the nearest money order office, Donington-on-Bain Tailway station con~isting of nave, west porch and vestry, and a turret containing one bell, and will seat about 6o persons. The the nearest office for dispatch & for delivery old church has been dismantled and the mural monu­ of tdegrams ments transferred to the new church. The register The children of this parish attend the school at Goulceby Fenwick Col. Henry Thomas C.M.G., M.V.O., D.S.O. house

STEWTON is a small parish, 2' miles east from deanery of We~t Louth Eske, archdeaconry of Stow Louth station on the East Lincolnshire section oo the and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Andrew is a Great Norther11 railway, in the Louth division of 1mall building of -.stone, of Sa-xon and Earl-y Norman the county, parts of Lindsey, Wold division of the date, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry, west potch and hundred of Louth Eske, union, petty sessional division a westeTn turret containing one bell : • the chancel and county court dis.trict of Louth, and in the rural arch is a very early example, and previous to the-