• DIRECTORY. J . . 505 restore the tower, but owing to the: incautious manner in of Robert Bruce, in 1306: at the' Dissolution, in 1534+ which the work was carried on the tower gave way, and its gross revenue was valued at £170 8s. 9'1-; its sit& was eventually, with much trouble, removed, but was re- and possessions were granted to Sir Thomas Heneag& built in 1875• under the direction of Mr. James Fowler, and Catharine, his wife. The Right Hon. Lord Heneag& of Louth: in 1902 the new tower, which had much de- P.C. of Hamton Hall, is lord of the manor and sole land­ cayed, was ·restored at an expense of over £3oo, the owner. The soil is strong clay and sand; subsoil, sand. gFeater part of which was borne by Lord Heneage: The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips­ there a.re 75 sittings. The ·register of baptisms and The area is 1,967 acres; rateable valuP, £1,574 ; popu­ burials dates from the year 1672; marriages, 1682. The lation in 1901 was 112. living is a vicarage, net yearly value £43· including 8 Sexton, Waiter Bands. acres of glebe, in the gift of Lord Heneage P.C. and held Letter Box cleared at 5 p.m. week days only. Letters- since 1909 by the Rev. George Flint Seaton M.A. of Cor- through arrive at 8 a.m. , a pm; Christi Coll€ge, Cambridge, who is also vicar of and miles, &; Ludford Parva, 2 miles distant,are the nearest; resides at Hainton. There is a United Methodist chapel, money order &; telegraph offices built in 1886. .A Gilbertine priory, dedicated to the The Infants' School, closed in 1902, is now used as a Blessed Virgin, was endowed here in the .reign of Stephen Readin.g Room. The children of this parish now at- by Albm-t de Greslei: in this monastery King Edward tend the school at North Willingham &; Haint.on I. confined Mary, wife of Christopher Seton and sister Carriers pass through on tues. to & from Market Rasen Chamberlin Fredk. farmer,Manor frm Elmhirst Joseph, cattle dealer Judson Henry, farmer Drakes Edward, farmer, Grove house Fieldsend John Collingwood, farmer, Kemp Jn . .Anthony,shoe ma.&shpkp:r- Drakes John Edward, The Grange The Walk Trafford William, wheelwright SKEGNESS is a popular bathing-place, town and boarding and lodging houses. The Pleasure Gardens, parish, pleasantly situated on the coast of the German near the North parade, are about 6 acres in extent'.. Ocean, with a coastguard station, and is a terminal well provided with seats for visitors, and contain a st.ation on the Firsby and Skegness br·anch of the Great pavilion holding over r,ooo persons. The Clock Tower .. Northern railway, 12 miles east from , 5 east from facing the se'a, at the end of Lumley road, was erected Burgh and 5 north-east frmn Wainfleet, lllnd 131 from. ' at a cost of :f..sso, to commemorate the Diamond , and is in tJhe Sou.th Lindsey division of the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and in­ county, , Marsh division of Candleshoe augurated by the Countess of Scarbrough in August .. wapentake, Spilsby union, petty sessional division and r8gg. There are Cricket and Lawn Tennis Grounds near county court district, rural deanery of Oandleshoe No. 2 the station, about 9 acres in extent, and adjoining on the and archdeaconry and . It has of late south side are the Camp and Recreation Grounds, on years become a place of resort for the inhabitants- of the . which several regiments usually encamp each summer. inland counties, and is largely visited by invalids; the ' The Marine Gardens extend from the pier to the top 11ands are firm and exteflsive and the bathing safe. The of Lumley road, and on the south side from LuiUley road · streets are broad and well paved; a sea wall has been to the South parade; in the centre of the gardens .. erected forming a promenade, and an excellent fi!ystem of facing the North parade, is an ornamental fountain. drainage has been completed. The Pier, erected at a The Golf Links, situated near the Vine hotel, are over eost of upward·s of £22,000 by a. Limited Oompany, was 400 acres in extent, and there are _other golf links at Sea opened in May, 1881, and is constructed of iron, the view; visitors are permitted to use the link.s at a smaH length being 1,843 feet, with a saloon to seat soo people. charge. The Public ·Baths, in Scarborough avenue.. A Local Board was formed in IBB.s, but under the provi- erected in 1883, comprise ladies' and gentlemen'S' sions of the "Local Government .Act, r8g4" (56 and 57 swimming baths and private baths. The "mirage,"' Vict. c. 73.), the P'arish is now cont.rQlled by an Urban or " sod bank," may be seen on the water in calm District CounciL The town is lighted with gas by a weather~ the phosphore~cPnce of the sea here is very company, formed in 1887, from works in Alexandra road. beautiful, and may be frequently observed in th'8 sum­ The Water Works at Winthorpe are the property of the mer: the shore is compo!

and a stained window inserted, in memory of the Rt. north end of the town, contai::Js an armoury and life­ • Rev. Edward Steere D.D. Bishop of Central .Africa 1874- saving apparatus. The County Police Station, Roman 8~ and eurate here 1858-62: in 1907 the church was Bank, was built in r883, at a cost of £1,2oo, and eom­ eeated with chairs, the gifts of residents and others, and prises quarters for an inspectoT and three cells, ana i11 now used for divine service during the summer a court-room for occasional use. The premises of the­ season and on some of the great festivals: the church- Skegness Avenue Club, in Lumley road, include reading­ yard has been enlarged, and the new portion was conse- and billiard rooms &c. and there are now (1909) about crated July 21st, 1894, by the Bishop of Lincoln. ThA mo members. The "Lumley" (No. 1893) Lodg-e or church of St. Matthew, erected in 1879-80, at a total Freemasons meets at the King's H11ll on the third Wed­ cost of £6,soo, is a building of .Ancaster stone, in the nesday in each month, except Mav to October. The­ Early English stvle, from designs by the late Mr. Isolation Hospit;1l for Infectious Diseases is on the­ James Fowler. F.R.I.B . .A. of Louth, and consists of Wainfl.eet.road. The Nottingham and Notts&nvalescent chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, porch, Home for Men, at Seathorne, at the northern extremity organ chamber and a western turret containing 5 tubular of the parish. and Rbout 2 miles from the town. wa!t bells: the chancel was redecorated and improved and founded, together with a lrimilar one for women at CMtle other works carried out during the period 19oo-o3, at a Donington, out of a fund of £1o,ooo, given by Sir C:. total cost of £2,432 : the church at present affords 720 Seelv, and administered by trustees under a. trust deed, eittings. The register dates from the year 165:-l- The dated 3rd July, 1891 ; a further sum of about £2,oor> living is a rectory, net yearly value £300, with resi- was afterwards Jriven by the original donor and others­ dence. in the gift of the Earl of Scar.brough, and held for furniture, fittings &c. and the home was opened in eince 1goo by the Rev. William :Disney B . .A. of Trinity July, 18gr, by Miss Seely. A home for cln1dren waS' College, Dublin, who is also a surrogate. The Catholic erected in r8q2-~ in connection with and adjoining the cbnrch, in Grosvenor road, dedicated to the Sacred institution, which has received since its first opening 521 Heart, and erected in r8q8 at a cost of £soo, is an patients. Lady Scarbrough's Home for Women and' edifice of red brick in tJhe Gothic style, and affords Children at Sea view, half a mile north, is a private 150 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel, in Algitha road, home maintained by the Earl and Countess of Scar­ erected in 18•8r at a cost of £I,8oo, on a site brough; patients are admitted on payment of 7s. 6d. presented by the late Earl' of Scarbrough, is an per week, the whole of the remaining expenses being­ edifice of red brick in the Early Gothic style, seating borne by Lady Scarbrough ; in 1908 IQ9 patients were 6oo persons; in the rear are large school rooms and a admitted. The Nottingham Sunda.y School Union Con­ vestry. The Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in valescent HomE" for teachers and scholars is in the­ :r8gg on the Roman Bank, :at a cost of £2,0'JO, has sit- Rutland road. The Derbv Children's Seaside and Rescue ting1 f?r .<;oo persons; there is snother_ P:imitive Rome for children is in ·Roman Bank and the Nottin~­ Methodis_t chapel on the Skegness, Bank, ~nult m 183~, ham Poor Girls' Camp Society in Brunswick drive. The and !!lflatmg Bo persons. St. Paul s- Bapt1st churc.h IS Seacroft Hvdro Hotel, situated on the sea front, and an iro~ building, erected in 1894, in the Lumley road, erected in · rQo8-g at a. cost of about £r8,ooo, from . ll.:f!d will seat '500 persons. There are se'Ven hotels, desi~l! by Messrs. Sutton and Gregory. architects, ·ef fitted with warm, cold and shower baths; and numerom Nottingham, is an extensive structure of red brick and