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Dnnham John Thomas, farmer 1 WOODTHORPE. STRUBBY . • PRIVATE RESIDENTS. tFarrow Joseph W. & Sons, farmers Kelk William, Woodthorpe hall Farrow Dan Asher, :Bungalow H~:hc¥eeor~~~s~a~;:rttle breeders , COMMERCIAL. Holden Rev. James (vicar) Janney William farmer overseer & Marked thus t farm 150 acres or over. ' . 1 COMHEROIAL. grocer, Pos1 office Banks Joseph, farmer Million Edward (exors. of), farmers Brant Georgc, smallholder Marked thus t farm 150 acres or over. otson Henry, carrier tDales Arthur, farmer Baldock J oseph, farmer Rowe Mark, bricklayer tEnderby Clement Ernest, farmer Chapman William, farmer Rowe William, wheelwright J ohnson Alfred, farmer Dale Harry, blacksmith Wright Joseph, poultry breeder Simpson Fred, farmer . STU:BTON is a and small village, I mile east Duncan King. The Hargreave charity, now (Igr8) of from Claypole station on the main line of the Great ~bout £75 yearly, derived from tenements and 44 Northern railway and 6 miles south-east from Newark, acre:; of land, is applied partly to church expenses and in the div~ion of the county, parts of the residue is carried to the poor rates. Stubton Hall, Kesteven, Loveden wa.pentake, Spittlegate petty sessional the property of the trustees of the late Sir Ralph division, union and county court district of Newa.rk, Henry Sacheverel Wilmot bart, who are lords oi the rural deanery of Loveden and archdea<:onry and diocese manor and principal landowners, is a handsome modern of Lincoln. The church of St. Martin is a small build­ mansion of white brick, with extensive gardens and ing of stone, chiefly in the Gothic style, consisting of pleasure grounds attached; the mansion is now (rgrB) chancel and nave and a western tower with pinnacles unoccupied. The soil is stiff loam and clay; subsoil, containing 2 bells, dated respectively 1fn6 and I6I 8 : clay and stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats there are four stained windows, one, erected in 1901, and seeds. The area is 1,177 acres; rateable value, be-ing a memorial to Miss Catherine Abercrombie: the £1,849; the population in I9II was 117. nave and tower were built by Sir Robert Heron bart. in Sexton, Horace Wade. r8oo: the chancel is in the Decorated style, and was added in 1869 as a memorial to the Rev. W. S. Ramp­ Letters throug-h Newark. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Claypole, I~ miles distant son, a former rector: there are 130 sittings. The register dates from the year 1577, but is very imperfect. Public Elementary School (Church of ), erected The living is a rectory, net yearly value £ r 87, in­ in r855, by the late George Nevile esq. for 24 chil­ rluding 42 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift dren; it is at present (rgr8) closed of the trustees of the late Sir Ralph Henry Sacheverel Carrier to ~ewark.-Reuben Rawlinson, from Hough, Wilmot bart. and held since 1898 by the Rev. Richard passes through on wed King Rev. Richard Duncan (rector), i Parkin James, cow keeper Stanger Charles, farmer The Rectory : Pateman Thomas, cow keeper Stanger Robert Ringham, farmer ' COMMERCIAL. 1Ross George Henry, farmer Streets Waiter, farmer Barden David, private gardener Rowbottom Thomas, cowkeeper Tustin Waiter, farmer

Lilley Joseph Matthew, farmer 1Simms George, cowkeeper • GREAT STURTON (or Sturton Magna) is a parish solidated with that of , joint net yearly value and scattered village, on hilly ground at the foot of the from 256 acres of glebe £2oo, with residence, in the Wolds and bounded on the east by the , 5~ gift of the Lord Chancel!OT, and held since 1917 by miles south-east from station on-the Louth and the Rev. Alfred Reginald Thorald Winckley M.A. of Lincoln branch and 6 north-west from ter- St. John's College, Cambridge, who resides at Baumber. mina] ~tation on the Great Northern railway, and 16 Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1883. Sturton is east from Lincoln, in the Horncastle division of the __ supposed to have been a &man station. Algernon county, parts of Lindsey, north division of Gartree Mcntague Livesey esq. who is lord of the manor, William wapentake, Horn castle union, petty sessional division Henry Trafford esq. and Mr. John C. Scholey are the and county court district, rural deanery of Horncastle, principal landowners. The soil is marl and white clay; archdeaconry of Stow an'd . The subsoil, mostly whi t,e and blue clay. The chief crops parish was inclosed about 1776. The church of .All are barley, oats, turnips and seeds. The parish con­ Saints is an ancient building of stone, consisting of tains I,588 acres; rateable value, £1,275; population large chancel, restored in 1904 at a cost of about £6so, in 19II, 101. nave, south porch and a low wooden tuHet with five Parish Clerk, William Watfam. small pinnacles and containing one bell: the church formerly had a north aisle and a tower, but these were Letters through Horncastle. Wall Letter Box. The taken down and the materials used in building walls to near~st m?ney order & telegraph office is at Baumber, inclose the churchyard. ' and three of the bells were sold 2 miles distant about r8ro: there are go sittings. The register dates j The children of this ·place attend the schools at Hatton from the year r656. The living is a vicarage, con- & Baumbet COMMERCIAL. Stow John, farmer, Sturton Stoups & marriages for the Wragby sub­ Harrison Arthur, farm foreman to Wattam Charles, farmer, Manor farm district of Horncastle district; A. M. Livesey esq Wattam William, parish clerk, car- hours 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tuesdays; Marshall Elias, cottage farmer penter & registrar of births, deaths 9 a.m. to II a.m. thurs. & sat STURTON-by-STOW, including the hamlet of end of the nave containing- one bell: the apse is Brans.by, forms a township in Stow parish, the latter divided from the nave by a carved screen: there are being one mile south-east from the former: the town- 120 sittings. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive ship is for civil purpose~ sepa-rote from Stow, and is 2~ Methodist chapels and one for Plymouth Brethren. miles south-east from Stow Park station on the Lincoln Mrs. Cracroft-Amcotts is lady of the manor. The land and Doncaster extension of the Great Northern and is principally in the hands of small freeholders. The Great Eastern joint railway, 8! south-east. from Gains- soil 'is loam and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops borough and 9 north-west from Lincoln, in the are wheat, barley, turnips and some land in pasture. division of the county, parts of Lindsey, rural deanery The area is 2,104 acres; rateable value, £3,044; the of West Lawres, Well wapentake, Gainsborough union, population in rgu was 586. Lincoln petty sessional division and Gainsborough Post, M. 0. & T. Office: John Warriner, sub-post- county court district. St. Hugh's Mission church, master. Letters through Lincoln, by mail cart attached to the church of St. Mary, at Stow, was Wall Letter Box, Tillbridge road erected in 1879, at a total cost, including site, of Public Elem1mtary School (mixed), built in r878, at a £1,500, from designs by Mr. J. L. Pear son R.A., F .S.A. cost of £ 1,6oo, for 210 children; Seth Dixon Butter- and is a building- of local brick in the Lancet style, worth, master; Mrs. Alice Wardle, assistant mistress consisting of nave with apse, western lobby, organ Carriers to Lincoln.-William Andrew, tues. fri. & sat. ; chamber, vestry and a wooden bell-cot at the east Hawksworth, fri STDRTON. COMMERCIAL. Booth Ro bert, farmer Barber Rev. John M ..A. (rector of Andrew William, carrier Bradshaw John, agricultural machine Stow,Sturton & Coates),Stow rectry Bainborough Mary (Mrs.), farmer manufacturer :Blakeborough Mrs Banks William Christr. miller (wind) Brown John, farmer Duce Wilfred, The Cottage Bell Edward, farmer Cherrill Francis, Red Lion 1nn• Foster Charles, Merehonse Bell William, farmer Clark George, wheelwright & builder Hunt Rev. Alan E. (curate) Booth George, jun. farmer (iook John, shopkeeper