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Stanford's Charity School, founded in 1712 by Phibp will hold '258 chlidren; Albert Dossor, master; Miss Stanford for the parishes of , Bradley & Eliza .Ann Bodkin, infants' mistres11 Barnoldby·le-Beck, &;, endowed by him with a house l Police Constable, Ernest Benson & certain lands ; the estate now consists of a farm­ • house & 74 acres of land, producing an annual income Carrier .-William Rook, to , daily of £r22 ss. of which a sum of £7 Ios. is left to Omnibuses run to & from Grimsby daily eharities other than for school purposes; the school . l'RIVATE RESIDESTS. Cemetery (P. Herrick, clerk) Leeson Charles Wilson, blackllmith iJarr Harry, Orpington house Curtis Harry, shopkeeper Magee John, market gardener Maltbv Geo.Fredk.farmer,Manor frm »rury Mrs. Highfield Davy John, fruiterer • • Field William DavidB.A.,J.P.Laceby ho Drury John & Son, agricultural en- Oldfield Francis, shopkeeper Howkins Thomas Maudsley L.D.S. gineers & implement agent~, steam Oliver Richard, market gardener thrashing machine proprietors, Pawwn Charles, saw mill proprietor, R . C . S . I . Th e R o o k ery h · · •· Knight Rev. Hy.Wynyard M.A.Rectory haulage contractors, mac mists oi. carpenter, joiner & wheelwright ; Long Miss, Oaklands agricultural implement agents. established 18 57 TbOl'ntonMrs TN 6 Laceby; T.A "John Drury, Rook Will1am, carrier Wright George C. Fernlea Laceby • SP.ott Samuel, butcher Field William David, farmer Smith Samuel, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hajnes William H.grocer, & post office Smith Tom, farmer A.llison Waiter Henry, builder Harsley Jabez, market gardener Stark George, chimney sweeper Austin Fred, Waterloo inn Herrick Perry, baker, assistant over- Stephenson Tom, blacksmith Barr Edward, jobbing gardener seer & parish clerk Tickler T. G. fruit grower Barr Harry, grocer Hill Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer Trevor Christopher F. farmer Earr Roberts C. florist, The Laurels Johnson Alfred, market gardener Tyas Geo.& Fred,farmers, Walk!! frm Blow Tom, ma-rket gardener Keal George, joiner Watson Charles H. saddler Bradley Tom, market gardener Keyworth Wm.Fras.butcher & farmr Weatherhog John Robert, snopkeeper .Brown Thomas G. market gardener Laceby Reading Club (W. H. Haines, Wilkinson Leonard & Wm. farmera Button Thomas Gunson, cycle maker sec) Wilson Richard, boot maker (or Ville) is a parish , rick (not yet named) is an edifice of red brick, erected formed under the Act 52 Geo. Ill. c. 144 (r8rz), and in r 828, under the Inclosure Act, and consists of formerly contained the hamlets of Copping Syke and chancel, nave, west porch and a bell cote containing Land!! South of the Witham, but Copping Syke has, one bell: there are I20 sittings. The register for births by Local Government Board Order No. 48,320, dated and deaths dates from the year 1831; marriages, I837·­ March r2, 1906, been constituted a , and The living of is a perpetual curacy, net yearly Lands South of the Witham amalgamated with Kirton. value [345, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop Langriville is included in the Consolidated Chapelry of of Lincoln, and beJd since 1913 by the Rev. Gerald Wildmore, formed by Order in Council, dated August Marchant Davis M.A. of University College, Durham. 26th, 1881, and consisting of Langriville and Thornton- There is a small Wesleyan chapel at Langrick Ferry, 1e-Fen, together with numerous Fen .Allotments and built in I 868, and one in Arm tree road, built in 1857, • extra parochial places. By Local Government Board and at Anton'~ Gowt is a Primitive Methodist chapel, Order No. 46.339, dated 1st .April, 1904, part of built in 1852. The soil is loam and clay; !!ubsoil, clay. was transferred to Langriville. The parish The chief crops are wheat, beans, potatoes and peas. ha!! a station on the Boston- and Lincoln branch of the The area is 3,362 acres of land and 39 of water; rate­ Great Northern railway, 5 miles north-west from able value, £4,022 ; the population in 1911 was 398. Boston, in the division of the county, sake Post, T. & M. 0. Office, Langrick.-Henry Fawcett, of Horncastle, parts of Lindsey, Horncastle petty ses­ sub-postma~ter. Letter8 through Boston; no delivery sional division, Boston union and county court district, on sundays rural deanery of East Holland and archdeaconry and . The intersects the This place is included in Wildmore Fen School district, extreme south and !!Outh-western parts of the paTish, formed in 1902 The children of this place attend the Elementary 11ohool and is crossed by a ~teel girder bridge, erected in rgo7, to . There are two churches, one at Lang­ at Gipsy Bridge (Thornton-le-Fen) :rick and one at Thornton-ls-Fen. The church at Lang- Railway Station, Langrick, Wm. White, station master Oasswell .John, The Grange Doughty Charles, wheelwright, An­ Humberstone Gregory, farmer Davis Rev. Gerald Marchant M.A. ton's Gowt Leach Gilbert, farmer, Anton'a Gowt (wicar), The Vicarage Doughty John, Ferry Boat inn, Lang- Massey George Waiter, farmer rick ferry Meeds Isaac, cottage farmer COMMERCIAL. Drakard Michael & John, farmers \Iountain John, farmer Alien Frank, farmer English Arth.Geo.frmr.Hermitage frm Starmer Alfd. farmer, Anton'a Gowt Ashwell George, cottage farmer English Horace David,cottage farmer Temple George, farmer Atkinson Edward, cottage farmer English Samuel, assistant overseer, Walker Fred & Hedley, farmers Bringeman John, farmer & landowner collector of income tax & clerk to WaJker John, farmer Brotherton W illiam, farmer Parish Council Watson )Vm. farmer, Anton's Gowt Casswell John, corn mer.The Grange Fairweather .Alfd. frmr . .Anton's Gowt Wilkinson .A.mos, farmer (letter& Coates William, farmer Fawcett Henry, shopkeeper, Post office, through Boston West, Bolrton) Cooke E. T. & Co. coal merchants, Langrick Ferry \Vortley Thomas, farmer Railway station Gould Charles John, temperance hotl LANGTOFT is a parish and villf'ge, pleasantly situated \ is a marble monument with the effigy of a lady kneel­ cm the high road from to Bourne, 3 ing on a fauld-stool before a desk, on which is an open miles north-east from the Tallington station on the book, and below is an inscription to Elizabeth, wife of main line of the Great Northern railway, 2 north from Bevell Moulesworth esq. of Langtoft, ob. r648; there Market Deeping, 7 north-east from Stamford and 5 are other memorials to the Hyde family, dating from south from Bourne, in the Rutland and Stamford divi- r671: the interior {)f the church "l'l"as restored and !lion of the county, parts of Kesteven, Ness wapentake, reseated in 1859 and the roof of the north aisle in Bourne petty sessional division, union and county court r897, and ha~ 290 11ittings. The register of baptisms district, rural deanery of Ness, and archdeaconry and and burials dates from the year r668; marriages, 1669. diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Michael is a The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £z4o, in­ building of stone in the Early English, Decorated and eluding rz8 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, clere11toried ' of the - Earl of Ancaster, and held since rBBB by the nave, north and south chantries, aisles, and a tower Rev. Henry Edmonds Holden M.A. of St. Mary Hall, with spire, at the west end of the south aisle, contain- Oxford. Here is a Congr~gational chapel, built in r874, ing a. clock and 5 bells; the older portions, which w1th 150 ~ittings. The principal charity consists of a include the lower stages of the tower, the bases and legacy of £so, left for the poor parishioners by Rachael columns of the arcades and some other feature!!, are of Hyde, m r7o7; this sum was laid out in the purchase the 13th century: a. turret with Qpiral staircase, which of a !!mall copyhold <>state, which, having received an led to the rood loft, remains, and opposite t_.o it is a allotment at the indosure of the common, was sold ju laagioscope: there. are Decorated piscinre in the north 1835 for £450, and this sum was invested ill the pu:r­ chantry and chancel, and the chancel windows are filled chase of two houses at Long Sutton, producing a. rental with Decorated tracery, the remainder being Per- of about £r2. In 1820 the Rev. John Mossop, vioor pendicular insertions: in thA south wsll of the chancel ! here from I8oi, gave 3a. n. rap. of land, producing •