DIRECTORY.] STRUBBY, with WOODTHORPE. Strubby

DIRECTORY.] LINCOLNSHIRE. STURTON AND BRANSHY. 6G5 western saddle-backed tower, containing 3 bells: in the memorial to the Rev. P. J. Earle Welby, late rector, was restoration which tvok place during 1874-5, the old founda- carried ont under the direction of Messrs. Kirk, architects, tions of the aisles were ascertained, and the whole of the of Sleaford, at a cost of about £r,5oo. There are sittings external walls rebuilt upon the old lines, the arcades being for 100 persons. The register dates from the year 1735. opened and the previously built up columns and arches, The living is a rectory, grost~ yearly value, from tithe rent both in the nave and chancel, carefully repaired: a new charge £3o6, in the gift of Sir William Earle ·welby south porch was also erected, and the tower, an inferior Gregory bart. and held since 1882 by the Rev. Frederick structure forming no part of the ancient church, was re-l Glyn Montagu Powell M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cam built: the original Norman chancel arch is now the tower bridge, who resides at Grantham. In this parish are three arch, and a later Norman doorway, formerly the western j copious springs, which help klsupply Grantham with water. entrance to the early church, has been reset in the western , Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory bart. D.L., J.P. is lord of face of the tower : in the north wall of the chancel is a third ; the manor and sole landowner. The soil is creach; subsoil, arch of this period opening into the transept: several small) stone. The chief crops are wheat and roots. The area is carved dedication crosses belonging to the old fabric have 972 acres; rateable value, £1,475; the population in 188r been replaced nearly in the position which they previously was 100. occupied: the chancel retains a piscina, and on the north Parish Clerk, Henry Dain. side an arched aumbry of Early English date: the east LETTER Box cleared at 6 p.m. Letters through Grantham, window is stained: a fine Early English tombstone, with the nearest money order & telegraph office raised floriated cross, found near the west end of the church, National School (mixed), erected about 1845, by the late Sir has been placed on a slab near the porch: in the transept is Glynne i;arle Welby Gregory hart. for 40 children, with a mural monument, with arms, to ·william Blyth, of Strox- an average attendance of 18 & supported principally by ton, 1644: the restoration of the church, intended as a the Welby family ; Mrs. Mary Bass, mistres;, Blankley Jane (Mrs.), farmer Lynn John, farmer, Church farm Voce Edward, farmer Hind Joseph,farmer,Stroxton lodge frm STRUBBY, with WOODTHORPE. STRUBHY is a village and parish, in the l\Iid division of the including 17 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the county, parts of Lindsey, Wold division of the hundred of Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, and held since :~881 by the Calcewortb, petty sessional division of Calceworth, Louth Rev. Christ.opher Tennant· Taylor M.A. of St. Mary Hall, union aqd county court district, rural dPanery of Calceworth Oxford. The rectorial tithes are now held by the Ecclesias No. r, and archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, about 4 tical Commissioners. Here is a ·weslryan Methodist chapel. miles north from Alford, 4 north-east from Claythorpe In 1728 Mr. Thomas Wilkinson left a yearly rent-charge of station, 10 south-east from Louth and 135 from London by £2 12s. out of a farm at Cumberworth for the poor of this the Ea.~t Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern railway. parish, to be distributed in bread. Strubby is in the manor The church of St. Oswald, rebuilt in 1857, of brick and stone of Bilsby, and the open fields were enclosed in 1840. The (with the exception of the chancel), at a cost of about £soo, principal landowners are Capt. Robert Charles Vyner, of is an edifice in th11 Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles, . Moat house, Ganby, and William Holland Ballot Flctcher and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle and a turret con- I esq. The soil is clay; subsoil, blue clay and red marl. taining 1 bell : the only existing portion of the old church is The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. the south arcade, the whole of the rem~inder having fallen The area is 2,075 acres; rateable value, £2,465; the when the roof was removed: the east end of the aisle population in r881 was 289, including Woodthorpe. lormed a cbantry, enclosed by a screen: in the church are Woodthorpe is a hamlet belonging to Strubby, from several monuments to the Ballett family, including one dated which place it is nearly 2 miles south. The Hall, now the 1531, but without a Christian name, another to "William residence of William Kelk esq. is a substantial mansion, Ballet.t, of Woodthorpe, and alderman of London, 1648, and was formerly the seat of the Ballett family, several of aged 99: and a third to Charles Ballett esq. 1703 : in the whom are buried in the church at Strubby. chancel is a female effigy: a piscina remains in the south Parish Clerk, George .Tanney. wall: the chanCi'l was rebuilt by the Ecclesia~tical Corn- PosT OFFICE.-Joseph Janney, receiver. Letters through missioners in 1875, at a cost of upwards of £4oo, and a Alford at 8 a.m. by messenger, who returns at 5.30 p.m. small vestry was added by the incumbent. The register The nearest money order & U!egraph office is at Alford dates from the year 1558. The living is a discharged Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1878, for 40 chil· vicarage, tithe rent-charge £205, net yearly value £202, dren; a\·erage attendance, 45; Miss Annie Blick, mistre~s Chapman John, farmer Rhoades Charles, farmer Strubby. Drewery Josepb, jun. farmer Rowe William, joiner & carpenter Dunham l\lrs Dunham Thomas, farmer & landowner Farrow Mrs Farrow Josepb, farmer Woodthorpe. Taylor Re,•. Christopher Tennant M.A. Janney Joseph, farmer, shopkeeper, & Kelk William, The Hall Lvicar] I post office Harrison William, farmer & well sinker Ailsby John, farmer , Kerman John, farmer Whaler John, farmer Atkinson John, farmer I Millson Edward (exors. of), farmer . STUB TON is a small village and parish, in the Southern Hargreave charity of £71 yearly, derived from 42 acres, is division of the county, parts of Kesteven, Loveden wapen- applied partly kl church expenses, and the residue is carried take, petty sessional division of Grantham, union and to the poor rates. Stubton Hall is a handsome modern county court district of Newark, rural deanery of Loveden, mansion, with extensive gardens and pleasure grounds and archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, 1 mile east from attached, and is the seat ofGeorge Nevileesq. D.L., J.P. who the Claypole station on the Great Northern railway and 6 is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is miles south-east from Newark. The church of St. Martin, stiff loam and clay; subsoil, clay and stone. The chief rebuilt about 18oo, at the expense of the late Sir Robert crops are wheat, barley, oats and seeds. The area is 86o Heron hart. is a small building of stone in a modern style acres; rateable value, £2,266; the population in 1881 was of Gothic, consisting of chancel and nave and a tower, with 132. pinnacles, containing 2 bells: there are two stained windows. Parish Clerk, William Jarvis. The register dates from the year r66o. The living is a LETTER Box cleared at 4 p.m. week days only. Letters rectory, tithe rent-charge £270, net yearly value £2oo, in- through Newark, which is the nearest money order & eluding 40 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of George telegraph office Nevile esq. and held since 1868 by the Rev. Pennyman National School, erected by George Nevile esq.; Miss Ralph W orsley M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Birch, mistress _ Nevile George D.L., J.P. StuMon hall . I Herring Edward, farmer I Ross Dexter, farmer Worsley Rev. Pennyman Ralph M. .&.. I Muncey James, !arm bailiff to George IRoss George, farmer [rector] I Nevile esq. D.L., J.P Stanger Charles, farmer STURTON and BRANSBY form a township in I consisting of nave with apse, western lobby, organ chamber, Stow parish; the latter is situate one mile south-east vestry and a wooden bell-cot at the east end of the nave con from the former: the township is for civil purposes separate taining 1 bell: the apse is divided from the nave by a carved from Stow; it is in the Mid division of the county, parts of screen. There are 100 sittings, all free. There are also Lindsey, Well wapentake, Gainsborough union, Lincoln Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and the Plymouth Brethren petty sessional division, and Gainsborough county court chapels here, and a Meeting house belonging kl the Society district, Si miles south-east from Gainsborough, 2 south- of J<'riends. Bricks and tiles are made here. Edward east from 1\Iarton station, and 9 north-west from Lincoln. Western Cracroft-Amcotts esq. of Hackthorn is lord of the St. Hugh's Mission church, erected in 1879, at a total cost, manor The principal landowners are Messrs. Edward and including site, of £I,soo, from designs by Mr. J. L. Pear- George Hyde, George Sykes, Gill and John Jollands. The son B.A.,F.S.A.is a building of local brick in the I.ancet style, soil is loam and clay; subsoil, clay.

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