DIRECTORY.] LINCOLNSHIRE. SILX-WILLOUGHBY. 481 WILLOUGHBY is a pleasant village and parish, with from Eresby, near Spilsby, which was transferred to the a station on the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great Willoughbys by the marriage, in the reign of Edward I. of Northern railway, 128 miles from London, 3 south-by-east Sir William de Willoughby to Alice, daughter of John, Lord from Alford and 8 north-east from Spilsby, in the South Beke of Eresby. Lord Willoughby de Eresby P.C. who is Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, Wold di­ lord of the manor, the President and Fellows of Magdalen vision of the hundred of Calceworth, Alford petty ses­ College, Cambridge, Mrs. Hamilton-Ogilvy, of Blo:xholm sional division, Spilsby union and county court district, rural Hall, and William Henry Haxby esq. are the chief land­ deanery of Calcewaith No. 2, archdeaconry and diocese of owners. The soil is heavy loam; subsoil, clay. The chief Lincoln. The church of St. Helen is a building of sandstone, crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. The in the Perpendicular style, consisting of lofty chancel, nave, area is 4,280 acres; rateable value, £6,513; the population aisles, large south porch and a massive western tower with in I88I was 6I7. four pinnacles, containing 6 bells and a clock : in the church BoNTHORPE, one mile north-east ; H.ABERTOFT (or Aber­ ill an inscribed stone to Gilbert West, ob. I404, and another toft), 3 miles south-east; HASTHORPE (or Asthorpe), 2 miles stone with the bust of a man in low-relief : in I8S6 the in­ south-east ; MAW"rHORPE, one mile north-west; SLOOTHBY, terior was thoroughly restored, a stained window erected in 2 miles south-east, where there is a School church and a the chancel, and a new organ introduced : the nave was re­ Wesleyan chapel; SANDFIELD, one mile east; WYCHE, 3! stored and the chancel rebuilt in I878-9: there are 300 miles south-east; BuTTER BuMP, one mile east; and HoGs­ sittings. The register dates from the year IS38. The BECK, one mile south-east, are hamlets. living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £903, net yearly value Parish Clerk, John Freshner. f6oo, including 47 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift ,f Lord Willoughby de Eresby, and held since I87s by PosT 0FFICE.-George W. Vessey, sub-postmaster. Letters the Rev. John Shrapnel Warren M. A., .J.P. of St. Catharine's through Alford arrive at 7 a. m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. College, Cambridge, J.P. The rectory, rebuilt in I876, is a week days only. The nearest money order office is at good house, surrounded by a moat, and is pleasantly situated Alford; the telegraph office is at the Railway station Jlear the church. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel PILLAR Box, Sloothby, cleared at s. IS p.m. week days only here. The Rev. Anthony Barnes,a former rector, bequeathed ScHOOLS :- £10 yearly for apprenticing poor boys belonging to Wil- National, Willonghby (mixed), for 8o children; average longhby, & £4. now increased to £6, and distributed yearly attendance, so ; Thomas Minton, master amongst the poor in boots and shoes. This was formerly a National, Sloothby (mixed), average attendance, 30 Roman station, and to the west is a large camp, supposed These schools are partly supported by a sum of [30 yearly, w be Danish. The Willoughby de Ereshy family took their bequeathed in I727, by the Rev. Anthony Barnes 1ame partly from this place, which Sir John de Willoughby, Railway Station, James Jaques Malkinson, station master a Norman knight, received from the Conqueror, and partly CARRIERS TO ALFORD.-Jabez Goodhand, on tues Willoughby. I Riggall William,coal mer. ; & at Alford I Wakefield George, farmer Gibson Rev. Alfred Alex. B.A. [curateJ Shaw s:usan (Mrs.), Railway tavern Mawthorpe. Warren Rev. John Shrapnel M. A., J.P. Thornd1ke Job, s~opkeeper Rectory Vessey George_ Wilham, draper & gro- Belton John Wright, farmer cer, Post office Chapman David, farmer COMMERCIAL. Walker John, farmer An:her Charles, cattle dealer White William (Mrs.), blacksmith Sloothby. Balderston William, Willoughby Arms Wood & Dring, coal merchants COMMERCIAL. P.H. & farmer Bonthorpe. Bemrose Frederick, farmer Clayton Edward, farmer Bemrose Henry, shoe maker C . Sa h (M ) f Blackburn Henry, farmer Bush John, farmer oppm ra rs. • armer Carter Thomas, farm bailiff to William Covell Samuel, farmer Flasket James, farmer Francis James, miller (wind) Henry Haxby esq. Butter Bump Francis James, farmer Freshney Salome(Mrs.), wheelwt.&joinr Dawson John, farmer Lawrence James, shopkeeper Gilbert Henry, farm bailiff to J. E. White Benjamin, farmer Lill Mary (Mrs.), farmer Hurdman esq. Sandfields ·white John, farmer Mason William Norton, farmer Goodhand Jabez, shopkeeper & carrier White Thomas, farmer Parker Joseph, wheelwright Hurdman Joseph, landowner & farmer Habertoft. Sanderson James, farmer Morton William, maltster Grant George, farmer Sargisson Thwaite, farmer Payne George, farmer Hasthorpe. Simpson Bartholomew, farmer Peach Ambrose, boot & shoe maker Coppin Levi, farmer Thorndike John, farmer SCOTT-WILLOUGHBY is a parish, containing only in the gift of Earl Brownlow, and held since I86o by the four houses, 3 miles north-west from l<'alkingham, 4 miles Rev. Octavius Pyke Halsted B. A. of St. John's College, Cam­ south-west from Aswarby, which is the nearest railway bridge. Earl Brownlow n.L., J.P. is lord of the manor and station, in the North Kesteven division of the county, parts principal landowner. The soil is clay and strong loam; sub­ of Kesteven, Aveland wapentake, Sleaford petty sessional soil, chiefly clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans division, union and county court district, rural deanery and roots. The area is S56 acres ; rateable value, £662 ; the of Aveland No. I, and archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln. population in I88I was 36. The church of St. Andrew is a small building of stone, con- Parish Clerk, Dixon Bird. sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing z bell: it was repaired in I82 6, and the chancel Letters through Falkingham arrive from Osbournby at renewed and enlarged in I863 : in I882 the walls of the 8.30 a.m. & dispatched by messenger who calls about church were restored at the expense &~f the rector :there are 4 p.m. Osbournby is the nearest money order & tele- 30 sittings. The register dates from the year 1826. The graph office living is a rectory, gross yearly value [14o, with residence, The children of this place attend the school at Osbournby Halsted Rev.Octavius PykeB.A.Rectory I Baker William, farmer I SILK-WILLOUGHBY(orSILKBY-CUM-WILLOUGHBY) ceried rood-screen, and in the east wall is a shallow niche: is a parish and small village, on the high road from Sleaford the east end of the south aisle has an aumbry, and on the to Falkingham, 2 miles south from Sleaford, I2 north-east floor a slab with three incised roundels, two of which retain fr m Grantham and 2~ south-east from Rauceby station on the words "Jesu, mercy:" in the nave are some excellent the Grantham and Sleaford branch of the Great Northern oak benches with panelled ends and poppy heads: the chan­ ra.ilway, in the North Kesteven division of the county, parts eel was rebuilt in 1878 by the Rev. J. M. Mason, late rector, f Kesteven, Aswardhurn wapentake, Sleaford petty sessional and is now fitted with carved oak stalls : in rebuilding the division, county court district and union, rural deanery of chancel fragments of the tomb of William Arymn ( I36I) Aswardhurn with Lafford No. 2, and archdeaconry and were found: the font, a beautiful Norman work, adorned diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Denis is a fine build- with bold interlaced arcading, has been replaced in its ing of stone, in the Norman, Late Decorated and Perpen- original position under the tower arch: there are 200 sit­ dicnlar styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south tings. The register dates from the year ISS9· The living porch and a western tower with open traceried parapet and is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £s46, net yearly value £434. small pinnacles, and an octagonal spire relieved by two tiers including II ~ acres of glebe and house, in the gift of the of spire lights: the tower contains 3 bells : the edifice, with Earl of Dysart, and held since I879 by the Rev. William the exception of the chancel, which is Perpendicular, belongs Henry Edward McKnight B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. wholly to the Late Decorated or Curvilinear period ( I3IS-6o) : SILK BY, anciently a separate hamlet until I337, corn­ the chancel is wholly Perpendicular and retains grained prised that part of the parish lying eastward of the high sedilia, a piscina and a very good Early Perpendicular tra- . road, but its exact boundaries are unknown: the chapel of LINe 31 .