DIRECTORY.] . RI~EHOL:ME. 439

Ha.mmond Thomas, blacksmith Kirk Wiiliam, head gardener to Capt. Tong Robert Leeson, fanner &:; cattle Holmes Frederick Thomas, farmer, Pretyman M.P salesman, The Lindens Laurel house Lowish Richard Cavill, fanner RIGS:BY,with the Hamlet of AILBY, is a , for the communion table and cushions were presented by 1! miles west from Alford station on the East T.incolnshire :Miss Constance Nisbet-HaJililton (now Mrs. Hamilton­ section of the Great Northern railway and 132! from Ogilvy): there are 120 sittings. The register dates from , in the S<>uth Lindsey division of the county, the year r686. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the parts of Lindsey, Wold division of the hundred of Calce- vicarage of Alford, average tithe rent charge [,r78, joint worth, petty sessional division of Alford, county court gross yearly value £374-o net £230, including 13 acres of district and union of , rura.l deanery of Calcewaith glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln, No. 2, and archdeaconry and . 'l'he and held since r883 by the Rev. Thomas Luffman M.A. church of St. James, rebuilt under the direction of Mr. of Oorpus Ohristi college, Cambridge, who is a eurrogate, James Fowler, of Louth, and re-opened in 1863, is a and reslides at Alford. MrSJ. Nisbet-Hamilton-Ogilvy, small edific~ of Ancaster stone, lined with white brick, in of Biel, Stenton, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, is lady of the the Yorman Sltyle, and consists of nave, with eastern apse, manor and sole landowner. The soil is c'l:talk and clav; transeptal vestry on the north side and an open belfry subsoil, same. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats on the western gable, containing one bell : the inner and turnips. The area of the parish is 1,037 acres ; rate­ porliion-s of the doorway of the west front, and the arch able value, £1,054; the population in 1891 was go. between the nave and vestry are remnants of the ancient Letters through Alford., the nearest money order & tele­ Nonnan church: the stained wheel window in the west graph office, arrive at 7.30 a.. m.; collected at 6.30 p.m front was given by Lady Mary Nisbet-Hamilton ; and one The children of this parish attend the National &:i Infant in the apse is a memorial to Mrs. Higgins: the rich cover schools at Alford & Well Budibent John Wilson, farmer, Rigsby house I Marshall Walliss, farmer, Ailby RIPPINGALE is a parish and large pleasant village, grave of Mavrncere Marmyon, ob. 1505, and Edith near the high road from Bourne to , with a (Barkley), his wife, ob. 1535: above the entrance to the station I mile east from the church, on the Bourne and chancel is an ancient piece of wood carving; the church Sleaford branch of the Great Northern railway, 4 miles was restored previous to r86o, under the direction of south-east from Folkingham, 5 north from Bourne and Mr. Charles Kirk, architect, and in r8g6 new oak stalls 102 from London, in the division of the and other east end fittings were provided at a cost of county, parts of Kesteven, hundred of Aveland, Bourne £2oo: there are 300 sittings. The register dates from petty sessional division, union and county court district, the year 1633. The living is a rectory, net yearly value rural deanery of Aveland No. 2, and archdeaconry and £6oo, including 557 acres of glebe, with residence, in diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Andrew is a large the gift of the Earl of Ancaster P.C. and held since r885 building of stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular by the Rev. William Wright Layng M.A. of St. :Mary styles, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of six Hall, Oxford, and surrogate. The living, previously in bays, south aisle, south porch and an embattled westem three portions, was consolidated in 1725. There 1s a tower with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there is a stone Wesleyan chapel, built 1832, and a Primitive Methodist pulpit and four stained windows and part of the ruod chapel, built in r86g; both are very small. The interest loft still remains: the church is especially rich in sepul- of £rso, amounting to £6 12s. 8d. is distributed chral monuments, including first, two recumbent effigies yearly to the deserving poor. The Earl of Ancaster P.C. df knights in armour, in chain mail of the 13th" century, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil and cross-legged, one of whom is supposed to have is loam; subsoil, clay and rock. The chief crops are founded the church in 1250, but it has also been sug- wheat, oats and barley, and much land in pasturage. gested that these represent Guy and Go.bard, two early The area is 2,740 acres; rateable value, £4,618; the lords of Rippingale; there is also a large altar-tomb of population in 1891 was 543· The parish has some fen the late 14th century, with three mutilated effigies of a allotments. knight.,· andd twoh" ladies,· said to h represent b Rogerd de h p os t , - M . 0 . & T . 0 ., T . M . 0 ., E xpress D eli very, S . B . Qwncey an 1s w1ves, one of vr om e1 onge to t e & Annuity &;. Insurance Office. John Laxton, sub- Zouch, and the other to the Cressy family; this tomb postmaster. Letters through Bourne, arrive at 7.30 had once a canopy; contiguous is a similar stone monu- a. m. & dispatched at 5.40 p.m ment to John de Thorp, an ecclesiastic of the 13th Wall Letter Box cleared at . p.m. week days only century, with a Latin inscription: in front of the south 5 15 wall of St. Anne's chapel is a canopied tomb with an Police Station, John , resident officer effigy of Lady Margaret, who married first Lord Roger National School (mixed & infants), built in 1856, for 130 de Colville, and afterwards John Gobard; at the head of children; average attendance, IOI; it has a smdll the figure are two armed men, and one at the foot, but endowment of £8 a year, paid by the Earl of Ancaster; the smaller figures are mutilated: in the pavement of John Caunce, master; Miss Edith Bechely, mistress the chapel is a slab, now bereft of its brasses, over the Railway Station, Edward Lavender Porcher, statn. mastr Claypole Mrs I Farrow William, draper & tailor Laxton Stephen, photographer Halme Crampton Whitaker M.B. Franks Hy. farmer & sheep salesman Levesley George, farmer Down hall Franks Rebecca (Miss),draper & grocr Low Grummit, farmer Layng Rev. Wm. Wright M.A. Rectory Halford Henry, baker & grocer Miller Richard, farmer & grazier Wyles Robert Wright, Down hall Henson George W. licensed horse Parker Zechariah, farmer slaughterer, horse dealer & manure Richards John, blacksmith COMMERCIAL. manufacturer; best price given for Richards 1Villiam Parsons, butcher Atkinson Frank, fanner, Fen all kinds of dead cattle, fetched on Sands John William, butcher Atk.inson J oseph, sen. farmer & grazier the shortest notice; G. W. H. will Taylor Anthony, farmer Bacon Willia.m, fanner & coal dealer feel obliged if customers will advise Vickers George Bal"ber, farmer Blackwell Abraham, builder him. of dead cattle at once; tele- WellsEmma(Mrs.),saddler&harness ma Bryan William, farmer grams, "Henson, Rippingale" Whitney Joseph, shoe maker Caunce John, clerk to the parish councl Herriman Thomas, farmer Williamson Edwd.frmr.& mach.owner Claypole John, Windmill inn, & miller Holme Crampton Whitaker M.B.,C.M., Williamson John, grocer & baker (wind & water) & baker ~I.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. sur- Williamson William, farmer Connell Wm. Hy. grocer & boot maker geon, Down hall Wilson 'fhomas, farmer Creasey John & Thomas, farmers James Frederick William, Bull inn Woodcock '\Yilliam, farmer Dean & Sons, farmers; & at Dowsby &c King William, farmer Worsdall Edward, farmer Ebling George, whet>lwright Laxton Jn.boot ma.& grocer,Post office Wortley John, carpenter & farmer

RISEHOLME is a small parish, 2! miles north from consisting of chancel and nave and a western turret .con~ T.incoln, in the division of the county, taining one bell : the stained windows were presented to parts of Lindsey, wapentake of Lawress, Lincoln (Bail the bishop by the clergy of Lincolnshire and by the and Close) petty sessional division, union and county members of his own family: Bishop Kaye, who died Feb. court district of Lincoln, rural deanery of Lawress No. 18, 1853, lies interred at the east end of the churchyard, I, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The where a monument has been placed by his family; here ancient parish church of .St. Mary went to decay in the also is an Iona cross of grey Irish marble, erected to the 17th century; the present structure was built by Dr. memory of Dr. Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln (r86g-85), John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln (1827-53), at his own cost, and Mrs. Wordsworth, by members of their family: after the designs of S. S. Teulon esq. architect: it is a there are 120 sittings. The registers date from the year beautiful building of stone, in the Later Decorated style, r851, when the church was consecrated. The living is