HALTON HOLEGATE. Another 4D., Two 6D., and Two Is
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780 HALTON HOLEGATE. another 4d., two 6d., and two Is. each. In the following Directory, those marked * reside at Fen side, and the rest in Halton Hole gate :- Archer Wm. swine dealer Rawnsley Rev Thomas Hardwicke, *Atkinson An drew, baker and shopr rector of Halton-Holygate and *Balderson George, beerhouse Falkingham Best John, schoolmaster Rayner Edward, miller and baker Booth Augs. Esq., Halton Cottage Robins Joseph, Post Office, and Mrs Bourne Captain George, land agent school and chief constable of the East Shaw Cphr. wheelwright Div. of Bolingbroke Soke Snowden Thomas, tailor Button Chas. nursery and seedsman Stotherd Thomas, shoemaker Chambers John, carpenter Vessey Samuel and John Henry, Clark Robt. bricklayer Esqrs• .illanor House Cooke John, brewer and vict. Bell F ARMERS.-*Searby Enderby Cussons Wm. collector for Lincoln *Allison Wm. 11 Shelley John. Coast Shipwreck Association Cooke John 11 Simpson Josiah Eyre Cbas. shoemaker and par. clerk Cussons Wm. 11 Smith Robert Grassham TbeophR. wheelwgt. Grantham Wm. 11 Stones Edwd. Hanson Edward, carpenter Hewitt John 11 *Stotherd Wm. Hofl' Wm. land agent and chief con· Hubbard Elijah 11 Wadsley Wm. stable of West Div. of Bolingbroke OdlingFrancis 11 Walker Henry Soke Pridham John Coats 11 Wray John Howard Elizabeth, shopkeeper *Rushby Thomas 11 Waite Wm. Javens James, shoemaker •Rushby James 11 Wilson Jarvis Jobnson Thomas, blacksmith Post and Carriers from Spilsby. Margison J ames, nurseryman HAREBY, a smali village and parish, 4! miles W. of Spilsby, has only 97 inhabitants, and 800 acres of land, nearly all the property of Sir J. J. Smith, the patron of the Church (St. Peter and St. Paul,) which is a dis· charged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 4s. 6d., and united with that of Bolingbroke. Here is a small W esleyan chapel. The FARMERS are John Fletcher, Fen; and Thomas Wingate, Hare by House, HUNDLEBY, 1 mile W. of Spilsby, is a large and well-built village, with several neat modern mansions. Its parish contains 1228A. In. 19P. of land, including an allotment of 243A. in the West Fen. It had 824: in· habitants in 1851, including 262 inmates in Spilsby Union Workhouse. Lord Willoughby de Eresby is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to James Hairby, Esq., and several smaller owners. The Church (St. Mary) wl\8 a dilapidated structure of the fifteenth century, but it was pulled down in .1854-5, when the present handsome church wM erected on its site, at the cost of about £1300, raised by subscription. The interior is neatly fitted with oak open benches, &c., and all the windows of the nave are of stained glass, presented by different parishioners. The pulpit is of stone, rich in style and execution, and was presented by the Rev. John Lonsdale. The chancel was beautifully restored at the expense of Lord Willoughby de Eresby, the lay rector and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £7. 19s. 4d., and now at £118, in the incum bency of the Rev. Edward Rawnsley, B.A., of Raithby Hall. The new ehurch was opened in May, 1855, Here is a small Wesleyan chapel. The benefactions left to the poor of Hundleby by unknown donors, yield the following yearly doles, namely-£2. Os. 4d. out of James Hairby, Esq.'S' estate; about 20s, from lA. 8P, of poor's land ; .£2 froiD: lA~ 36P., called .