tti:NCOLN.] GEDNEY HILL. 104 Posr OFFlC~

Rogers~ M.A., is the vicar. Here is also a sinecure r~c~ry, the tower, which would add about 76 feet. It has a nave, which has recently been purchased by the EcclesmstlCal chancel, north anrl south aisles, and a square tower, 86 feet Commissioners. John Boyfield ~Iillington, Esq., resident in height to the top of the parapet, crowned with a short at Boston, has employed great means and taste in restoring spire in the form of a cone; there are 5 bells of large calibre. the chancel of Gedney church. Some years back he made a The church has lately undergone considerable repairs, and purchase of the Earl of Yarhorough's moiety of the rectorial the chancel has been covered in by a new ornamental roof. tithe of Gedney, and l1as lately sold that property to the The marsh, including Dawsmeer, was made au ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Commissioners. During the period of his district in 1856. A new school-house l1as been erected, proprietary of tithe in Gedney, he bestowed a gratuity upon where divine service is solemnized every Sunday. The the church of nearly £1,000. TI1e rectorial tithe, amounting Rev. William Gibson Patchell officiates. At Gedney are to about £2,000 a year, is now wholly in the hands of the Dissenting chapels for the W esleyans and Primitive Metho.. Ecclesiastical Commissioners, also the rectorial glebe to 125 dists, and a meeting-house for the Society of Friends. Tl1e acres. The church of St. Mary is an ancient structure, of population of Gedney in 1851 was 1,950, exclusive of Gedney some part of the 14th century, partly in the Perpendicular Hill chapelry. style, and is in extent about 160 feet in length, exclusive of Clifton Robert, esq Dobson Jsaac, blacksmith Moore Ammon, shoemaker Patchell Rev. William Gibson, Daws- Dring John, farmer Munson John, shopkeeper & farmer meer Dring Richard, farmer Nevil Reginald, shoemaker Rogers Rev. George, M.A. [vicar] Ellis William, O·own ~ TVoodpeclw1· North John, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Emblin William, shoemaker Oldershaw Bun-ell, farmer Andrews John, beer retailer Fines Charles, fanner & beer retailer Oldershaw Esau (Mrs.), farmer Banks Thomas, farmer Franks William, farmer Parkinson William, fanner Barker Thomas, farmer Garton Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Parr Mary (Mrs.), Chequers Barnes William, farmer Goose Joseph, farmer Pennington John, farmer Bass Edward, carpenter Goose William, fanner Perkins George, farmer Black Edward, blacksmith Gott George, farmer Petters Samuel, rzrocer & draper Bloomfteld William, pig dealer Gray David, fanner Pig·gins George, tanner Bowrlale Henry, beer retailer Hammond & Crow, farmel"S Porter Peter, farmer Brackleby Richard, farmer HaiTison Thomas, miller, farmer & Reed David Parker, carpenter Bnrbidge Alexander, beer retailer mercltant ISearson John; cattle dealer .. Burgess Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Hart Henry, farmer Silvester John, beer retailer Butters David, farmer Hartley William, shoemaker Slator Luke, wheelwright Carlow John, Ne'w i1m Hayes William, tanner Smith Edward, Bull Chantrey Joseph, farmer Hicks "William, farmer Snu11hall John, farmer Chapman :Mowbray, fanner Holbonrn George, farmer Temple William, grocer Chappel Thomas, farmer Holboum Matthew, farmer Thompson William, farmer Clark William, bricklayer Hutchinson Proctor, farmer Tilson Alfred, farmer Clarke James, farmer Jell" John, carpenter Tilson William T. miller Clifton Jabez, fanner Johnson John, farmer Tingle William, :furmer Clifton James, farmer Jones John, beer retailer Walker Lewis, farmt-r Clifton John, farmer LarringtonThomas, farmer & fell monger W alsham J esse, farmer Clifton Joseph, farmer Lavender Edmund, farmer Walsbam Jesse, jun. fa.,..,rtmner Collins John William, farmer Lea George, grocer, & post office, Waltham David, farmer Colton William, fanner Dawsmeer \Varren William, farmer Cooper John, fanner Loweth Charles, miller & farmer Wfbster James, farmer Cooper John,jnn. farmer Manton James, butcher \Velbury George, W7teats1teof Cooper Thoma~;~, farmer Marshall John, parish clerk Wilkinson Samuel, farmer Cooper William, farmer :Mason Robert, grocer, draper & pOit- Williamson Robert., beer retailer & Crosby Richard, miller master farmer Dean John, fiu·mer l\Iastin Frederick, farmer · Woodward Travis, Red Liun Derry Charles Main, farmer Meatheringham William, farmer Wright John, beer retailer PosT OFF ICE.-Robert Mason, receiver. Letters from receiving-houses also at George Pil!gins's, Gedney Dike, 6.30 a. m.; from , 2.30 p.m; dispatched & at Dawsweer. The ne-.uest money order office is at to Wisbech at 7 p.m.; to Holbeach at 6 a. m. Post office Holbeach CoAcH-Royal Mail, from Lynn to Holbeach, passes j CARRIERs-All the cnn·iers from Spalding & Holbeach, to tllrough about 10.30 room., returns about 3 afternoon Lyon & Wisbech, pass through CEDNEY BILL is a straggling village and parochial Lincoln, value £100, in tlte gift of the feoffees of land for chapelry on the borders of the county, 10 miles south of Hol- chartable uses; the Rev. Thomas Clark is the incumbent. beach, in the parts of Holland, southern division ofthecounty, The church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient structure; it wapentake of Holland Elloe, and Holbeach union, diocese has a square tower, containing 5 musical bells. The church­ and archdeliconry of Lincoln, and deanery of Holland. The yard is a high ground ; and when the water burst Cowbitt soil, part clay and part fine loam, is very rich and fertile. bank in 1771, this was the only place where refuge could be The acreag-e is 1,995 acres and :!8 poles. The population in found. Here is a Free school, endowed with lands supposed .1851 was 569. There is a fair "n the second Monday in to have been given by the Abbot of Crovland and others. June. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Here is a cltapel for the General Baptists.· Clark Rev. George Edens John, farmer Mears Isaac, fanner Clark Rev. Thomas Foreman Samuel, farmer Minett }rancis, grocer & draper Heys James, esq Foyster Joseph Ansell, farmer Page Stephen, wheelwright 1Vlutehead Stephen, esq Groom John, gardener Patridge George, cattle salesman COMMERCIAL. HaiTi!l<>n Charles~ farmer Patridge William, gardener Alien John, baker, fanner &post master He,:.·s James, surgeon Percival William, furmer Barton George, farmer & grocer J ackson J ames, farmer Robinson Zachariah, farmer Bellairs John, butcher Jackson William, earner Senton John, shoemaker BrownJoseph, :tarmer Jealous T~teophilus, mrmer Seaton Samuel, Duke's Heod,&carrier Buck Henry, blacksmith Jones Edward, wheelwri~ht Seaton Thomas, farmer & carrier Cook Hezekiah, beer retailer Jones John, farmer Thompson John, beer retailer & black- Cook John, farmer Jones Joseph, farmer smith Cooper Matthew, shoemaker Knowles Edward, butcher Tilbury Joseph, farmer Cooper Richard, farmer & carrier Larmet William, fanner Wilson Job, tailor Dixon James, farmer & parish clerk 11\Iarson Samuel, Cross Keys Wyles William, blacksmith 'PosT OFFICE.-John Allen, receiver. Letters delivered from Wisbeach about 1 p.m. & dispatched tllereto at 4 p.m. The nearest money order office is at CARRIERS TO :- SPALDING-'--John Waterfall, on tuesday; return same day PETERBOROUGH-Samuel Seaton, also Thomas Seaton, WISBEACI;t-Richard Cooper, wednesday & saturday; re­ on saturday ; return same day . turns same days GJ:.ENTBAM, a parh1h and vill~o-e in the eastern division and2 east from' Spittal, contained 536inhabitants in 185~, in- of the wapentake of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, and cluding ./the greater part of the hamlet of Btshop 11nion1 North , a miles weet from Bridgt>o{ The living is a vicarage, value £00, in the ap-