DIRECTORY.] 181 KELSTERN •. [LINCOLN.] Sheffield and line of railway, and 160 miles benefit of a few small charities. There are several owners from . The church of St. Nicolas, with the ex of land in the parish. The soil is clay; subsoil, sand. The ception of the tower, has been rebuilt: it consists of nave, chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, &c. The area is 5,370 aisle, and chancel: the tower is ancient, and contains 3 bells. acres, and the population in 1861 was 870. The register dates from the year 1612. The living is a Pm-i.~h Clerk, John Green. vicarage, annual value £2-20, in the gift of the Prebendary of , and held by the Rev. William Frederic PosT OFFICE.-John Tharratt, receiver. Letters arrive Chambers, M.A., of'l'rinity College, Cambridge. In the parish from at ll a.m.; dispatched at 2.45 p.m. The is a National school, supported by subscriptions, and partly nearest money order office is at by the weekly pence of the scholars. The Wesleyans and School, Samuel Storey, master; Mrs. Ann Storey, mistress Primitive Methodists have each chapels, the former built in Railway Station, John Burton, station master 1848, the latter in 1838: there is a good organ in the W es­ CARRIERS.-Samuel Codd & George Gray, to Brigg, thurs­ leyan chapel, erected by subscription. The poor have the day; to Caistor, saturday Aston Richard, esq Dixon John, carpenter Osgodby William, blacksmith Chambers Rev. William Frederic, M.A Dixon Jonathan, bricklayer Pearson Ellen (Mrs.), miller Popple Mrs Dixon William, beer retailer Phillipson David, farmer Askew Edward, farmer Drinkall William, farmer Popple William, fm mer Askew John, farmer Ellis William, horse breaker Rack William, farmer Aston Richard, surgeon Faulding Robert, farmer Rhodes Robert, butcher Atkinson Thomas, Queen's Head, & Foulston Charles, farmer Robinson Henry, boot & shoe maker coal merchant Foulston John, farmer Robinson John, carpenter Bains Richard, boot & shoe maker Foulston Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Saunby Thomas, butcher & beer retailer ~ee William, farmer Gibbons Thoma~, farmer Sheppard Thomas., farrier Bilton George, farmer Glover Thomas, tailor Skel ton Samuel.< farmer Brumpton Alfred, farmer Gray George, carl'i.er Smith George, tarmcr Brumpton Charles, farmer Grose J nmes, farmer Smith John, farmer Chafers William, farmer Grose John, farmer Smith William, cabinet maker Clark Martha (Mrs.), farmer Hill George, farmer Spendlar William, wheelwright Clayton John, farmer Holgate William F. farmer Tate John, boot & shoe maker Codd John, farmer HoltonMark, farmer Tenney Robert, farmer Coney William, farmer Hunsley Richard, farmer Tenney William, miller Cousins John, coat merchant Jackson Robert. farmer Tharratt John, boot & shoe maker & Cox John, farmer & cattle dealer J efferson Thomas C. farmer grocer Cox Whatham, farmer Jeffrey William, carpenter Tharratt John, farmer Cressey John, farmer J ohnson William, farmer I Tomlinson William (Mrs.), farmer Cuthbert Bolton, miller & farmer Kennington Charles, Royal Oak, & Tuxworth Geo. beer :retailer & farmer Cuthbert Mary (Miss), farmer wheelwright Williams John, tailor Dean Martha (Mrs.), farmer Osgodby Charles, farmer Wilson John, farmer Dixon James, shopkeeper Osgodby Thomas, day school Wright William, farmer

SOUTH KELSEY (with the hamlet of MooRTOWN) is the village is well attended : the parents of the scholars a large parish, in the Nor them division of the county, parts pay small ~eekly amounts. The Wesleyans, Free Methodists, of Limlsey, north division of Walshcroft wapentake, Caistor and Primitive Methodists have each places of worship: the union and county court district, petty ses­ \Vesleyans have also a chapel at Moortown. At a place sional division,diocese and arch deaconry of Lincoln, and rural called Wenghale, or Winghale, there formerly existed a deanery of Walsbcroft. The village is pleasantly situated, Priory, dedicated to St. John. The Foresters and Druids about 3 miles from the and Moorton Street have clubs here, and bold their meetings at the Bull Inn, station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail way, an old established and commodious house, situate in the about the same distance from the hamlet and railway station centre of the village. George Barman Skipworth, Esq., of MooR TOWN, 6 miles south-west from Caistor, and 8 is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is south-east from Brigg. The navigation of the peat; subsoil, clay and sand. The chief crops are wheat, terminates at a place called the Riverhead. The church of barley, oats, beans, and turnips. The area is 4,980 acres, St. Mary is a neat modern building, but having a fine old and the population in 1R61 wns 633. tower, with 3 bells and a clock: it has undergone extensive Parish Clerk, Cbristopher Smith. repairs, and an organ has been added: there is a beautiful stained glass window in the chancel, representing the Birth, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of flUr Saviour, the PosT OFFICE.-John Otter, sub-p~tmaster. Letters gift of the late George Skipworth, Esq. The living is a arrive from Caistor at ll a.m.; dispatched at 2.30 p.m. rectory, annual value £550, with residence, in the gift of The nearest money order office is at Caistor the Crown and G. B. Skipworth, Esq., alternately, and held School, Joseph G. Baker, master by the Rev. Herbert Charles Brewster, B.A., of Queen's Railway Station (Moortown), George Chapman, station College, Oxford. There were formally two livings, SS. master Mary and Nicholas, which were consolidated at the CARRIERs.-William Cop~ to Brigg, thursday, & to Rasen, beginning of this century. The church of St. Nicholas was tuesday; J. Hunt, to l.Jaistor, ::;aturday, & to Ra.sen, pulled down, but the churchyard thereof is still used 8..'l a tuesday; & Henry Martin, to Brigg, thorsday, and to burial ground. A National school, situated in the centre of Caistor, saturday Grayson William, miller & farmer Walker Henry, boot & shoe maker South Kelsey. Green Charles, farmer W estoby Alfred, blacksmith BrewsterRev. H erbertChas.B.A.[ rectorJ Hatfield Christopher, harness maker Brown Mr. William Hunt J. carrier Moortown. Skipworth William, esq Johnson Parnell, butcher & farmer Skipworth George Barman, esq. Moor­ COMMERCIAL. Kennington James, wheelwright town hall Boome Edward, Bull inn, &seedsman Marriott William, farmer COMMERCIAL. & farmer Mills Solomon, bricklayer Glew Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Riverhead Cope William, shopkeeper Otter John, grocer & draper Mills J oseph, bricklayer Cressey Job, brick maker Rands George, boot & shoe maker Parkin son J osepb, carpenter Foston J ames, tailor Scott Samuel, rope maker Taylor Weldon, Skipworth An~U Glew John, farmer Todds Thomas, tailor White Alexander, iarlller Glew William, farmer, Holme hill Walker Edmund,farmer, Winghale frm Woodruff George, farm bailiff

KELSTERN is a small village and parish, in the in the chancel is a beautiful monument, erected by Sir Northern division of the county, Wold division of the hundred Francis South, to the memory of Elizabeth, his wife, who of Louth Bske, Louth union and county court district, rural died in 1604; it is curiously ornamented with emblematical deanery of Louth .Eske and Ludborough, and arcl1deacoury fig-ures and inscriptions. The living is a discharged vicara~e, and , 5~ miles north-north-west from Louth of the yearly value of £150, in the gift of the Right. Hon. station. The church of St. Faith is a very ancient building, John Evelyn Deni8(m, and helrl by thP RPv. Trueman Tully in the Early English style, with a nave, chancel, and tower: Falkner, B.A., of St. J obn's College, Cambridge, who l'elilides