,] LANGTON-BY-} (LINCOLN• . 19U (POST OFFICH .. of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Here is a mixed Lord Aveland is lord of the manor and principal landowner, school, under Government inspection, but without endow­ The ilOil is loam; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief cropa ment: the room was erected by the late Lord Aveland. are wheat and barley. The area is, 2,520 acres, and the­ Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The charities consist of a legacy population in ~8Gl was 746. of £.'i0 left for the poor parishioners by Rachel Hyde in 1707. This sum was laid out in the purchase of a small copyhold Letters through , which itt the nearest estate, and having received an allotment at the enclosure of money order office the common, was sold for £450 in 1835. This sum was in- School,- Field, mistress vested in the purchase of four houses at Long Sutton, which CARRIER-Walling, to Spalding, tuesday, returning same produce a rental of about £18. In 1833 the IWT. J. Morsop day; to Stamford, friday, returning same day; to Peter- gave lA. 2R. 25. of land for the relief of poor widows. borough, saturday, returning same day Belton Mrs James, blacksmith Porter Thomas, farmer Ullett Mr. David John George Peak, Franks Joseph, butcher Reedman Henry & Richard, carpenters Walk house Frisby- (Mrs.), farmer Reedman John, coal dealer Warren Rev. John S. M.A.., :t.P. The Gibbs George, farmer Rosling Henry, potato merchant Vicarage Hales John, Royal Oak Rouse Robert, shoe maker COMMERCI.A.L. Hayes Alice (Mrs.), shopkeeper Rowell Richard, farmer~ Manor house Andrew .._.,'farm bailifft~ Mr. Holland, Holmes Joseph, farmer Shillaker George, baker, shopkeeper &; of Deeping Holmes William, Bell, &; farmer farmer Austin William, butcher Holmes Wiliiam, sen. fiu'mar Spoor Elizabeth Harrison (Mrs.), ladies', Baines Robert, thrashing machine owner Jibb John, carpenter boarding & day school & compiler of Baker William, farmer Johnson Edward, farmer music &c Belton George, bricklayer & farmer Needham James, Royal Oak Spoor William Edward, boys' boarding Bennington John, blacksmith Needbrun John, Black Bull & day school Bollons William, boot & shoe maker Nidd George, farmer Thompson Isaac, cowkeeper Cave George, tailor Orman John, beer ret;1iler ,S.. shoe maker Titman John, higgler Cave Thomas, farmer Peasgood George, farmer Wakeling Thomas. baker & shopkeeper Deacon Elizabeth (Mrs.), coal dealer Peasgood Henry Aquila, baker, draper, Walling Francis, carrier Dickens John, Waggon §; Horselt, grocer & farmer Wilcox Thomas, farmer & farmer Peasgood John, baker & shopkeeper Willey John, beer retailer, butcher, Doughty Samuel W. farmer Porter Robe:tt, farme:r brewer & farmer

LANGTON - by - HORNCASTLE- supposed to Brasenose College, Oxford. The Primitive Methodist!! have derived its name from the early English word "Lan," erected a chapel in 18.'34. Here are two almshouses, founded a place where religious rites were celebrated-is o. , in in 1690 by tile Rev. Willoughby West, and endowed with the Mid division of the county, parts of Lindsey, southern 3s. weekly, and coals. Near this parish a tower stands division of the wapentake of Ga'rtree1 Horncastle union and on the moor~ apart from any other building: it was built b:r county court district, diocese and arehdeaconry of Lincoln, Lord Treasurel" Cromwell: it is 60 feet high, and contains a and rural deanery of Gartree, one part rather over a mile spiral staircase of brick. Mr. C. G. Coates is lord of the south-west from. Horncastle Btation; the other part nearly manor and principal landowner. The soil is sandy 16am adjoining Kirkstead station. The church of St • .M:argaret, and clay; subsoil, white clay. The chief crops are wheat, a small stone structure> consists of nave, chancel, and barley, and oats. The area is 980 acres, and the population wooden belfry containing l bell. The register dates from in 1661 was 226. The population of the ecclesiastical dis-­ 1758. The living is a rectory, annual Tal ne £184, with resi­ trict '()f St. Andrew in 1861 was 610. dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln, and held by the Parish Clerk, Thomas Howlett. Rev. Edward Waiter, B.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge. The church of St. Andrew, a chapel of ease to St. 1\fargaret, , situated near , is a small stone Gothic building, PosT 0PPIC:8 (near Kirkstead station)...... o.Miss Hannab erected in 1846: it consists of nave, chancel, and open stone Goodbarne,_ receiver. Letters hy foot; post from Horw- belfry containing 1 bell, and has sittings for 190 persons. castle arrive at 11.30 a.m.; dispatched at 2.30 p.m. The The register dates from about the year 1850. The living is nearest money order office is at Horncastle a perpetual curacy, annual value £280 in the gift of the Nationttl Schooly George Luff, master; Mrs. Mary Luff, rector, and held by the Rev. Samuef Cooke, M.A., of mistress Cooke Rev. Samuel, M ..A. [incumbent of Coates Christopher George, landowner Goose Robert, shopkeeper St. Andrew's1 & farmer Smith Joseph, farmer Kemp Mrs Danby Richard, farmer & drill owner Swannack Daniel, farmer Waiter Rev. Edward, B.A. [rector} Dawson John, farmer Welch Edward, farmer

LANGTON -by- is a village and parish, in the Elizabethan style, !ltandlng upon an acclivity a little situated in a picturesque valley, in the Mid division of the north from the village, overlooking a wide spare of county, Hill hundred, parts of Lindsey, Spilsby union, picturesque- country, and i& well sheltered from the north petty sessional division and county court district, rural and north·east by beautiful woods. A short distance deanery of Hill, and arch deaconry and , dis­ from the village are three barrows, known by the name of tant 4 miles north from Spilsby railway station, and 9 north­ Spellow Hills : a quantity of human bones wa~ disco'fered east from Horncastle. 'fhe church of St. Peter is a neat iu one of them several years agcr. Langtoii Cottage, thB' modern Grecian building, of the Corinthian order, with an residence of Robert :Mackinder, Esq.~ is delightfully situated octagonal tower containir1g 6 bells. The register dates and, with tbe tastefully-arranged grounds forming the ap­ from the year 1558. The living is a r~tory, yearly value proach to it, presents a very pleasing appearance. The £340, with 32 acres of glebe land, in the gift of B. R. tamily of the Mackinders are the principal occupiers of the Langton, Esq., and held by the Rev. Henry Watson, M.A., sail, and their ancestral connection with the parish ean M of Wadham College, Oxford. A National school was traced to- a very remote period. Bennet Rothes Lang"' erected here in 1849. Langton has been for 800 years in ton, Esq.1 is lord af the manor and (JWllm' of all the land. Tha the possession of the family of the Langton~ who derive soil is sandy, loam and chalk on the wold or high lands~ their appellation from it : the ancient family mansion subsoil, principally red loam and chalk. The ekief crop11 was destroyed by fire in the reign of Henry VI., and has are wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and seeds. The parish con~ subsequently been twice rebuilt and taken down. Stephen tains, by a recent survey, 1,330 11.cres, and had & populatiOJl Langton, a cardinal of Rome, and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1861 ()f 188. during the reign of King John, was born here 7 also Dr. Parish Clerks Joseph Wildman. William Langton, president .of Magdalen College, Oxford, in the time of James I.;. and Bennet Langton, Esq., whose • name is associated with that of Pr- Johnson, both by epis- Letters through Spilsby, which is the Dearest money order tolary and literary productions. 'rhe present mansion was office. The Langton Grange letters are receiTed througl! erected in 1866-7, by the present owner, B. R. Langton, the office Esq.: it is a noble building of brick with stone dressings, National School, Mrs. Clarkson, mistress Langton Bennet Rothes, esq. Th~ Hall Watson Rev. Henry, lf.A.. Rectory Hubbert John, wheelwright Mackinder Harwood. esq. The G~nge Atkinsoo John, shoe maker Ma.ckinder Harwood, farmer, Grange Mackinder Robert,asq.Langton eottagtl Cla.rk~ Ed.w&l"d, blacksmith Mackindet Robert, fru-mer~ Langton eo~