• llolbeach Trades Diredory. J arvis Edward, Back lane Proctor Abraha.m, Pennyhill hous& VETERINARY SURGEONS. Leak John, High street Williams John, Victori~ street Dohson Robert W. Albert street Lewin John, Church street Maddock William, St. John's SADDLERS .AND HARNESS Kirkby George, Ba.rringtonga.te Nicholls Robert, Pennyhill MAKERS. WATCHMAKERS AND Presgrave John, Chapel street Coupland Eno, Market plaM Stephenson Robert, Hurn Simpson Thomas, High street JEWELLERS. Stevenson John, Fen Triffit Joseph, High street Barnes Thomas T. High street Taylor Georga, St. :Mark's SHOPKEEPERS. Bradley Mark, West end W estmoreland George, High street Lemon F. G. High st; & Baines Henry, Church street Sutton brdg IRONMONGERS. Clark Thomas, Drove Rippin Mrs Ann, Church street Guy Thoma~ (and gas:fitter), High st Coulson Thomas, St. John's WHEELWRIGHTS, Snarey William, West end Dollin William, Clough Elms Robert, Church street Bailey William, St. Matthew's W aite Charles, High street Castle William, Drove Moslin Jesse, High street Gregory Mrs Sarah, Albert street Hackney John, West end Kirton William, Littlebury street JOINERS AND BUILDERS. Helstrip Mrs Mary A. High street Mashford Charles, High street Chappell Joseph, (contractr) High st Matthews Michael, Bank Simpson Thomas W. Hurn Fawn James, Albert street May Thomas G. High street W almsley William, Fen Gilder Thomas, High street Ravell Mrs Sarah, West end Wicks Edward, St. Mark's Hardy Charles, St. John's street Savidge Joseph, Church street Wicks Francis, Hurn Haythorpe John & Zachariah, Bank Scott John Thomas, Bank Woods Ephraim, Washway Smith George H, Albert street West William F. Clough WINE &l SPIRIT MERCHTS~ Woolley John, Bank LAND SURVEYORS. Carter John (spirits only), High st. Frow Charles, C. E. High street STONEMASONS. Cook John F. High street Johnson Christopher, Washway Chappell Joseph, High street Hargrave William, High street Robinson Job, Fen Clark John, High street Jackson Charles, High street MILLINERS AND DRESS· Sleight Richard, Church street Ridlington and Son, Barrington gate MAKERS. SURGEONS. Sutton John E. (spirit), Penny hill brewery Bellattie 1\Irs. Mary E. Church st Harper Robert, Barringtongate Hardy Miss Rebecca, Church street Spencer Joseph H. Albert street ---· Heat Miss Helen, High street Vise Ambrose B. West end Vise Edwa.rd B. West end POST OFFICE. Lawson and Bratley, West end Mr Thomas Mitchell, High street, is Lyon Brothers, West end TAILORS. postmaster. Letters received at Ravell Mrs Sarah, West end Marked * are Drapers also. 6.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., and box Smitb Miss Alice A. Cemetery road Cooley William Churoh street closes at 10.30. a.m. and 6. p.m. MUSIC AND MUSICAL IN- *Edgley Charles, High street Letters may be sent with extra STRUMENT DEALERS. Fields Cotnam (&glover), Back lane stamp till 6.20. SAVINGS' BAN:It, Flaxman Horatio, Church street MoNEY ORDER and INSURANCE M~tcdonald John C. High street Pocklington Fredk. J. St. John's st OFFICE open from 9 to 6 daily, Mitchell Thomas, High street Sindall John, St. Mark's on Saturdays till 8 p.m. TELE~ * Stevenson William, High street GRAPH OFFICE open from 7 a.m. ta PAINTERS1 PLUMBERS 8 p.m. AND GLAZIERS. THRASHING MACHINE RAILWAY Bean William, Albert street OWNERS. ")(Boor John, West end Alien and Walden, North parade Station on Bourn and Lynn joint Devon Thomas, Barringtongate Bailey Luke, Cemetery road line. Trains several times a. day Jex Henry, High street Taylor George, St. Mark's each way. Wm. Walton, station Pa tterson William, West end TINNERS, BRAZIERS AND master I Patterson William, jun. High street GAS FITTERS. CARRIERS. POTATO MERCHANTS. Fields Waiter, Cemetery road G. Mackinder, to Spalding, Tuesday Bellairs Jeremiah, Spalding road Guy Thomas, High street Thomas Clark, from Holbeach Drovfl .,._Howell John, Barringtongate Hardy John B. (gunsmith), High st to Bpalding, Tuesday; Wisbeach, Mayes John, Northern lane Snarey William, West end Thursday and Saturday MOULTON. MOULTON is a larg~ and handsome village, nearly 3 miles W. of Holbeach, and tS tniles E. by N. or Spalding. It has a Station on the Bourn and Lynn branch ofthe Great Northern line. Its population in· creased from 1228 in 1801 to 22 72 in 1871, and it contains 11,005 acres ofland, including a long tract off'ertile fen land, extending six tniles southward, and an extensive range of rich marsh land, stretching six miles northward to Fosdyke Wash, and exclusive of 600 acres still covered by the tides at high water, but bearing a scanty herbage and samphire beds. The parish has many large scattered farm houses, and the hamlets of Austindyke or Asendgke, 2t miles S. ; Eaugate, 4!- miles S. ; Moulton Ohapel, 4 miles S. ; and Seas· end, 2 miles N. by E. of Moulton; the last named being on the marsh, and the others on the fens. Lord Boston is lord of the manor of Fitzwaltet and a moiety of Dominorum ; and E. 1,N estwood, Esq., of the manor of Harrington and a moiety of Dominorum ; the manor of Spalding extends into this parish. The chief landed proprietors are the lords of the manors, the Crown, Mrs. Johnson, Lord Say and Sele, St. John's College, Cambridge, W. C. Clll'istio, Esq., J. P. Savage, Esq.,James King, H. H. Tatam, Esq., o.nd, JEIIoe Wapentake. the Dodson, Everard and Buckworth families. The villnge, tmciently called Multon, is said to have originated in A.D. 1100, undel' the auspices of Thoma~ de Multon, the first Baron Multon, whose family had a moated mansion here, in a place called Hall grounds, which they occupied occasionally till 1313, when Margaret, the daughter and heiress of the last Lord Multon de Gillsland, married Baron Dacre, and left issue three daughters, one of whom married a Fitzwalter, another a Harrington. and the other died unmarried, and her portion of the Moulton estate was divided between the other two, so that the manors are now called " Fitzwalter, Harrington, and the moiety of Dominorum." In a green lane in this parish, called Old Spalding Gate, and formerly the main road across the country, stands a small ancient stone, called Elloe Stone, round which the wapentake court is said to have been held. Near Ravensbank, several Roman ilrns, of fine white and red earth, were dug up in 1721. On Deoern.bf):r Qth,l765, 9. sudden and unexpected tide inundated the salt marsh, and drowned 2092 sheep, 7 beasts, and 13 horses; and on November lOth, 1810, another breach was made in the bank and considerable damage, and some los!'t of life occasioned. The Church (All Saints') is a fine building, consisting ofnave, with aisles, chancel, south porch, and tower having a clock and 5 bells, and surmounted by a lofty ~tocketed spire. In 1868, the ohurch was thoroughly restored, and fitted with open seats. The date of the nave appears to be about A.D. 1200, and the clerestory has externally a beautiful Transitional arcade. The chancel and tower are of Perpendicular work, of which period the tower is an early and good example. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £28. 13s. 4d., and now at £650, in the patronage of Mrs. Johnson, and incumbency of the Rev. John Russell Jackson, M.A., who has a spacious vicarage house, and 347 acres of glebe. The parish is tithe free. Monlton Chapel, at the hamlet of that name, 4 miles S. ofthe village, is a plain brick octagonal structure, rebuilt in 1722, and the living is a curacy1 valued at £100, in the gift of the vicar, and incumbency of the Rev. Michael Sisson, of Spaldin~. A pretty Mission house, of red and white brick, in the Early Decorated style, was built at SeM end 1n 1868, at a cost of .£750. It has an apsidal chancel, open seats, and stone pulpit, and is used on week days as a school, which is attended by about 60 children. There is a National School at Moulton Chapel, attended by 50 children. The 'Vesleyans have two chapels here ; the Free Methodists have one at Moulton Chapel, lately enlarged ; and at Seas end is a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1835. Moulton Free Grammar School was founded in 1561, by John Harroxe, or Horroxe, who endowed it with land in Moulton and 'Vhaplode, increased at the enclosure to 275A. 35P.; and now let for .£650 per annum ; but after payments of quit rents, repairs, &c .• and the interest of .£1100, borrowed on mortgage for drainage, enclosures, and erecting the new school building, tl1is sum is reduced to about £600 yearly. In 1856, a scheme in Chancery was obtained, under which the management of the school was vested in twelve Trustees, the salary of the head master fixed at £150, and that of the second at £70, each to have a good residence,.suitable for boarders, and a share of the capitation fees. At the same time the Rev. C. Moore, a late master, retired on an annuity of £100 from the funds of the Charity, by arrangement with the Commissioners. The school is now divided into Upper and Lower schools, which are conducted in separate buildings. That for the former, where classics, mathematics, and modern languages, &~ .• are taught, was built in 1856. It is. open to all boys of the Wapentake of Elloe, and the Rev. B. Christopher­ son, M.A., is the heacl master. The Lower school is held in the old building, erected in 1792, and is open to boys of Moulton ; l\fr. "Villiam Clarkeis the master. The Poor's Land and Houses, comprising fifteen cottages and other buildings, and SlA. 1R. 36P., mostly copyhold, let for £215 per annum, have belonged to the poor parishioners from time immemorial, and the rents are distributed half·yearly.