848 COUNTY OF .

STONEMASONS. Clarke William WHEELWRIGHTS: I CARRIERS. Clarke J ames T.llLORS. Jeft's William IThos. Dawson, to Clarke J oseph IBroughton Thos. Manton J olm , Sat. & Clarke Robert Broughton Wm. Manton Samuel Uppingham~ Wd. Clarke Seaton IWilson Wm. Hy. I ' , a village on an acclivity above one of the tributary streams of the , 2 miles S.W. of Lufi'enham station, 4 miles E. by N. of Uppingham, and 8 miles S.W. of Stamford, has in its parish 494inhabitants, and 1068 acres of land, which were in open fields till the enclosure in 1834. Samuel R. Fydell, Esq., resides at the Hall, a neat modern mansion, and is lord of the manor, but a great part of the parish belongs to the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Aveland, Mrs. Mary Clarke, Mr. T. B. Clarke. and a few smaller owners. The Ohurch (St. Mary) is a fine ancient fabric, dating from the 12th century, and consist­ ing of nave, aisles, chancel, north chancel-aisle, and south porch, with a tower containing four bells and a clock, and crowned by a leaded spire. The nave is Norman, and was probably built in the reign of Stephen. The pillars and arches are fine specimens of the style, and the capitals are richly ornamented. The tower arch is well moulded, but its efi'ect is marred by the singers' gallery which blocks it. The bell attached to the clock is fixed externally on the south-west corner of the tower. Here are several tablets of the Po chin family, and in the south wall is an ancient monument without date. but inscribed to "Wm. de Overton." The rectory, valued in K.B. at ,£10. 19s. 7d., and now at .£400, is in the gift of Mrs. Mary Thol'old, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Hust­ wick, M.A., who ha.s a handsome residence in the Elizabethan style, which was rebuit in 1830, by the Rev. E. Thorold, the late patron and incumbent. The glebe is 21A, and the tithes were commuted in lR39 for .£388 per annum; besides £53 a ·year, payable to the rector of South Lufi'enham. Here is a General Baptist Ohapel, built about 1710, and endowed in 1807 with .£600, given by the Rev. William Curtis. The Rev. Geo. Towler, of Barrowden, is its minister. The Na.tional School was established in 1822, and is attended by about 70 children. Here is also an HOSPITAL for six poor aged people, founded, in 1612, by George Gilson, who endowed it with five houses and 275A. of land, at Screding~ ton, in Lincolnshire, now let for about £270 per annum, out of which the almspeople have each a yearly stipend of .£36. Sir J. H. Palmer, Bart., and J. M. Wingfield and G. Finch, Esqrs., are trustees, and select the almspeople agreeably to the founder's will. The poor parishioners have a yearly rent-charge of 20s., left by Edtrard Claypole, out of a house and land belonging to Mr. William Stokes, of , and which is appropriated to the Clothing Club. The parish abounds in limestone of good quality, and here are several kilns for burning it. The Rugby and Stamford Railway passes through the parish by a deep cutting and tunneL Post from Uppingham at 9 morning. Here is a wall letter box, which is cleared at 4 p.m. Bamett Mr John 11 Clarke Mrs Mary Joyce John, stonemason Bradshaw John, blacksmith Joyce Wm. mason and parish clerk Drake William, baker Lambert William, saddler & victualler, EllisMrPeter 11 GoodliffeMrsMy.Ann Blue Bell Evans Lydia, schoolmistress Morris John, schoolmaster Fydell Samuel Richard, Esq. Hall Springthorp Wm. vict. White Horse Gill ChBS. Ray, manufr. at Barrowden Suter Joseph, baker Hustwick Rev. Robert, M.A. rector Tyler George, com miller