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THORESWAY is a village and parish, in a picturesque and south aisles : there are also three ancient slabs in­ valley of the Wolds, 8 miles south-east from Moortown scribed to Sir Philip de Chauncey, John de Gothmundham station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the Manchester, and one to a member of the De Bohun family: there are Sheffield and Lincalnshire railway, 5 south-east from 120 sittings. The register of baptisms and !burials dates , 13 north-west from Louth and 7 north-east from from the year 1726; marriages 1728. The living is a , in the division of the county, rectory, gross yearly value from 686 acres of glebe [362, parts of Lindsey, southern division of Walshcroft wapen­ net £120, with residence, built in 184o,at a cost of £I,8oo, take, Caistor petty sessional division, union and county in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since x8go by court district, rural deanery of Walshcroft, archdeaconry the Rev. Henry Frederick Goffe, who is also by arch­ of Stow and . The church of St. Marv bishop's licence rector of Thorganby. The trustees of is an edifice of stone in the Norman, Transitional. Early the Rev. Canon John Jarratt M.A. late vioor of North English and later styles, consisting of chancel. nave. Cave, E. Yorks (183o-go), who are lords of the manor, aisles, north pol"('h and a western bell-cote with spirelet the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the rector are the supported on framing and containing one bell: the landowners. This parish was formerly a. rabbit warren, church, until I88o, consisted of a short chancel and nave and was brought into cultivation by the application of only, the aisles and western tower having been taken bone manure and lime. The soil is calcareous; subsoil, down on account of their ruinous condition, but in that chalk and marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats year the whole structure was thoroughly restored under and turnips. The area is 2,771 acres; ratealble value, the direction of Mr. , architect, of Louth, £r,I53; the population in 1891 was 259. when the chancel was rebuilt on the old foundations, a Sexton, William Patchett. vestry, organ chamber and north porch added, the aisles Parochial School (mixed), built at a cost of about £2oo, re-erected, the 14th century arcades, which had been for 5o children; average attendance, 47; an additional built up, being reopened, and the flooring laid anew and class room was built in 1884; John Thos. Bailey,master the chancel refitted at a total cost of £2,ooo: during the Wall Letter Box cleared at 3.30 p.m r~building several stone coffins with floriated crosses were Letters through Caistor, the nearest money order office, exhumed; these are now at the west ends of the north arrive at 10 a.m. ; the telegraph office is at Burkinshaw Charles, Glebe farm Chambers Demetrius Glenn, farmer, Gorwood Charles, farmer Davy George Edward, Manor Ho. fm Top farm Jennings John Thos. frmr. The Grnge Goffe Rev. Henry Frederick, Rectory Davy George Edward, farmer, Manor Johnson William, shopkeeper House farm Musgrave Wm. farmer, Stone farm COMMERCIAL, Dyas William, farm bailiff to Charles Burkinshaw Chas. farmr. Glebe farm Burkinshaw esq THORGANBY is a parish and village, in a bea.utiful Thoresway, where he resides. Thorganby Hall, long the valley of the W<>lds, 6 miles west from seat of the Willoughby family, and now occupied by railway station on the East Lincolnshire section of the William Nainby esq. is an ancient mansion, standing in Great Northern line, 9 north-east from Market Rasen, Q well-wooded grounds, descending on one side to a narrow south-south-west from a.nd 7 south-east from vale and fine trout stream. The Earl of Yarborough P.C. Caistor, in the East Lindsey division of the county, parts is lord of the manor. James Bingham esq. and William of Lindsey, southern division of the wapentake of Walsh­ Nainby esq. are the principal landownerli!. The sou is croft, Market Rasen petty sessional division, Caistor light and chalky ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are union and county court district, rural de-.mery of Wahsh~ whea.t, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 1,583 acres; croft, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The rateable value, £1,276; the population in 1891 was qo. church of All Saints is a small and plain building of ston~ Parish Clerk, William Punkin. in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave and a western turret containing one bell: Letters through Grimsby, arrive at 9.30 a.m. The near- there are So sittings. The register dates from the year est money order & telegraph office is at Binbrook. 1s6x. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge Letters collected by the letter carrier from Waltham £62, net yearly value £go, including 12 acres of glebe, National School (mixed), built by the Earl of Yarborough in the gift of the Earl of Yarborough, and held since 1887 in 1868, for 6o children; average attendance, 35; Miss by the Rev. Henry Frederick Goffe, who is also rector of Rose Colthup, mistress MaTris :Misses, The Poplars Bingham Ja.mes, farmer & landowner \Rands Thoma·s, joiner & wheelwright Nainby William, Thorganby hall Bratley Susannah & Son, blacksmiths THORNTON is a parish and small village, on the na.vi- value £204, including 35 acres of glebe, with residence, gable river Bain, one mile and a half south-west from in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Oathe­ terminal station of a branch of the Great dral and the trustees of the late W. J. Gilliat esq. alter­ :Korthern railway, in the South Lindsey division of the naiely, and held since 1875 by the Rev. John Cla.re Hudson county, parts of Ii..ndsey, south division of the wapentake M . .A.. of Pembroke College, Cambridge and canon and of Gartree, Horncastle petty sessional division, union prebendary of Lincoln. Frank Seaman Dymoke esq. of and county court district, rural deanery of Horncastle. Scrivelsby (Hon. Queen's Champion), is lord of the archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Linco::U. The church manor, and Henry Newton Ooates esq. of the Manor of St. Winifred, restored in x8go under the superiD· House, Langton-by-Horncastle, and the Clinton trustees tendence of Mr. Ewan Christian, architect, at J.L total are the landowners. The .soil is sandy loam; subsoil, expense of £r,oo3, is a building of .stone, consisting of a mostly white clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley new chancel, nave and south porch, and has one bell: in and oats. The area is I,194 acres,; rateable value, [1,554 i. the church are numerous wrought iron hat pegs, dating the population in 1891 was 94· from the early part of the la~t century: there are Bo Letters through Ho1'11castle, the nearest money order sittings. The register dates from the year 1562. The & telegraph office, arrive at 8.50 a.m, ; dispatched a' living is a vicarage, con&olidated with the rectory of 4 p.m Martin, average tithe rent-charge £235, joint net year!y , The children of this parish attend the school at Hornc!lJStle Hudson Rev. Canon John Clare M. .A.. Orowdler Edward, fa.rmer, Garden fm Spratt Uriah, faTmer, Lodge farm (vicar), co-editor of "Lincolnshire Middleton Henry, farmer Winder Attree Rd. frmr. Thornton ho Notes & Queries," Vicarage is a parish and scattered resting on a large central shaft, with a smaller one at village with a station called Thornton Abbey station, x! each angle; the whole surface is enriched with sculpture miles east from the village, on the Brocklesby and Hull in low relief; the oaken pulpit and communion table branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire raii- are of the 17th century: there i$ a singular monument way, and is 5 miles south-east from Barton-on-Humber near the south porch to Mr. Skinner, ob. 1626, and near and 4 south from New Holland, in the North Lindsey to it a very ancient and rude female bust: the church division of the county, parts of Lindsey, northern division was restored in 1883·4, at a cost of over £3,000: an of Yarborough wapentake, Glanford union, petty organ was erected in 1889 at a cost of £300':1 there are sessional division and county court district of Barton- sittings for 300 per$ons. The register dates from the on-Humber, rural deanery of Yarborough No. J:, arch- year 1568. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent­ deaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church charge [30, net yearly value [16o, including 108 acres of St. Lawrence is a building of stone, in the Early of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Lord St. Oswald, English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south and held since 1885 by the Rev. Charles Bailey Goodacre porch and an embattled western to'!er with eight pin- B..A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham. Here is a Wesleyan nacles and containing 5 bells: there is an Early Norman chapel erected in 185o. About a mile and a half east font, square in plan, the bowl, which is curious:y carved, of the village are the ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary,