[LINCOLN.] SCOTHERN. 264 [POST OFFICE £300, for the use of the children of the of Scopwick PosT OFFICE.- Robert Christian, receil"er. Letters and Kirkby Green: the site was given by Henry Chaplin, through , arrive at 9.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4 Esq., who is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. p.m.; from Lincoln, arrive at 4 p.m.; dispatched at 9.30 The soil is marl and heath land ; subsoil, limestone. The a.m. The nearest money order office is at 8leaford chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,190 National School, Mrs. Jane Rees, mistress acres, and the population in 1861 was 38.'3. CARRIER-James Baumber,toLincoln,wednesday & friday, SHEFFIET,n GROUNDs, one mile south. from his own house, & returns same day ; to Sleaford, on Clerk, William Booth. monday, & returns same day Hall Rev. Charlrs, B.A. Vicarag-e Christian Robert, Royal Oall, & post Mitton & Mackinder, millers .Alvey Richard, farmer office receiving house Pears Edward, farmer, Scopwick lodge Ba!!~-raley Hannam, boot & shoe maker Clarke Charles, farmer Pell Francis Paul, farmer Bartholomew Bartholomew, farmer, Collinson .J oseph, gardener Poras Robert, shoe maker High grange Coulson Thomas, bricklayer Salter Thomas, tailor Baurnber James, carrier Fullalove Thomas, joiner Taylor Thomas, blacksmith & beer retlr Banner John, saddler Harrison John, farmer Watson Trafford, saddle, collar & har- Byron John, farmer Harrison Thomas, butcher & farmer ness maker Catton John, shopkeeper ~Ierryweather George, farmer \Vright 1'homas, tailor & draper

SCOTHERN (or ScOTRORNE) is a parish and well chapel and a Free Methodist chapel. The trustees of the built ..-illage, in the Mid division of the county, parts of late Richard Ellison, Esq., are lords of the manor. The Lindsey, Lawress wapentake, Lincoln union and county principal landowner is Mr. Charles Battersby. The soili'l court district, rural deanery of Lawress, archdeaconry of a light kind; !!Uhsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, of Stow, and , distant 2~ miles from barley, and oats. The area is 2,500 acres, and the popula­ station, and G miles north-eao;;t from Lincoln tion in 1861 was 579. station. The church of St. Germain is a neat stone building; Parnh Clerk, Charles N ewbound. it contains nave, aisle, and chancel, and has a square tower and 3 bells, with clock, the gift of Mrs. Ellison, of . The register dates from the year 1636. The PosT OFFICE.-William Dawkins, receiver. Letters by living is a vicarage, annual value £102, in the gift of the foot post from Lincoln, arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4 Earl of Scarborough, and held by the Rev. Edward Milner p.m. The nearest money order office is at Lincoln Barry, B.A., of Trinity CollegP, Dublin. 'l'he school was CARRIERS TO LINCOJ,N.-.John Allis, tuesaay & friday; built by Mr. Ellison in the year 1837. Here are a Wesleyan Gervase l 7ox, monday & friday Harry Rev. Edward Milner, B.A.[ vicar] Dickinson Francis, blacksmith M usgrave Georg-e,joiner & shopkeeper Chambers Mr. William Dowman Thomas, farmer Newbound Charles, schoolmaster .Ahraham William, farmer Foster Hnrrison, shoe maker Olivant Jsaac, farmer Alliss William, butcher Foster Timothy, tailor Row Robert, farmer & miller Baldwin George, plumber Fox Gervase, carrier Scholey Thomas, farmer Barratt George, farmer Fox John, cattle dealer Short Ann (Miss), schoolmistress Hattersby Charles, farmer & landowner Grimes Joseph, farmer Shuttleworth Robert, farmer ~oates Erlward, farmer Herringshaw George, joiner Staples Christopher, boot & shoe maker Codd James, wheelwright Herring!\IJaw John, brewer & maltilter Vickers Robert, farmer Cook Enoch. builder Hod son Georg<', joiner Wile ox Charles, bri~klayer Crowdt'r William, farmer Longmate .John, baker & grocer Winson William, Bottle&- Glass Dawkins \V m. shopkeeper & postmaster Marshall John France, farmer \Vorth Pindar, farmtr

SCOTTER is a parish and large village, pleasantly ing- is capable of receiving 200 children. The Wesleyans, situated on the small river Eau, in the Northern division of Primitive Methodists, and Methodi~t New Connexion the county, parts of Lindsey, Corringham wapentake, petty have each a chapel. A fair for hor~es and cattle i!l held sessional division, county court district, and union of at S cotter on July 6th, and a pleasure fair on the lOth. Gainshorough, rural deanery of Corringham, Lincoln diocese, This place was anciently the seat of the Old and Sto1v archdeaconry, 3~ miles from Northorpe station, family of Tyrwhitt. A few years ago a canoe, some ancient 10 north-east tl·om Gainsborough, and 4 north-west from spurs, and a helmet were discovered by workmen. Th,e soil Kirton-in-Lindsey station. The Trent is about 3 miles to is loam anrl clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are whl'Bt, the west, on which run the Hull and Gainsboroug-h stean•crs. barley, turnips and pasture. The area is 4,630 acres, and The church of St. Peter is a large and old building, mostly the population in 1861 was 1,167. of Late Perpendicular character, but there are some slight ScOTTERTHORPE is a hamlet, one mile north. remains of Norman work in the chancel: it consists of nave, Sus woRTH and CoTEHOUSES are othf'r hamlets on the aisle, and chancel, with a tower at the west end containing river Trent, 3 miles west-north-west from the village. 4 bells and clock, and has undergone extensive repairs and Parish Clerk, Thomas Gilliatt. alterations: the interior contains a n