INDEX

Compiled mainly by Miss Rotha Clay, author of Mediæval Hospitals of England and Hermits and Anchorites of England.

A

Addlethorpe, 307-12

Ædwin, King, 93, 114, 354

Agricultural returns, 477

Alexander, Bp., 76, 95, 371

Alford, 305

Algarkirk, 32, 459-61

Alkborough, 196-7

Allington, E. and W., 70

Alms-box, 69

Almshouses, 13-14, 16, 186, 206, 267, 414.

See also Hospitals

Altar stone, 41, 142, 200, 257

Alton church fight, 287

Alvingham, 280, 371

Anatomy of Melancholy, 274

Ancaster, 88-9

Ancholme, R., 183

Anderson, Sir Charles, 205-6, 207

Angel Hotel, Grantham, 56

Anglo-Saxon ornaments, 254-5

Anglo-Saxon remains, 168-9.

See also Architecture

Anwick, 371

Aragon, Katherine of, 31

Architecture, Different Styles, 6.

Saxon and Early Romanesque, 19, 29, 43, 46, 71-2, 85, 90, 126, 139, 148, 164, 188-9, 196, 230, 251-5, 252-4.

Norman Domestic, 51, 122, 124, 255

Armada picture of Bratoft Church, 321

Arras and Cambray, St. Vedast, Bp. of, 276

Ashby near Spilsby, 335

Ashby-cum-Fenby, 267

Ashby Puerorum, 342, 379

Askew (Ayscoughe), family of, 223-4

Axholme, Isle of, 4, 5, 198, 208-12

Ayscoughe Fee Hall, Spalding, 445

B

Baden-Powell, Sir R. S., 278, note

Bain, R., 274, 364-5, 371, 385

Bacon, Sir Hickman, of Thonock, 204, 405

Baptists in Lincolnshire, 325

Bardney, 390-3

Barholm, 19

Barkston, 65-6

Barkwith, East and West, 268

Barlings Abbey, 143, 395

Barnadiston, family of, 225

Barnetby-le-Wold, 234, 259

Barnoldby-le-Beck, 283

Barrow-on-Humber, 216-7

Barrowby, 70

Barton-on-Humber, 7, 188-93

Barsham, Norfolk, 384

Bassingham Saxon font, 148

Bassingthorpe, 40

Baston, 29

Baumber, 144

Bayons Manor, 273

Beacon, 48, 167, 423

Beaufort, Lady Margaret, 12, 49

Bec, Sir Walter’s grave, Halton, 330

Thomas and Antony, Bishops, 97, 160

Belchford, S. W. H. Kennels, 275, 283

Belleau, 247-48, 249

Bells, 19-20, 60, 99, 126, 197, 311, 313, 318, 434, 438, 459

Belton, 64-5, 210

Belvoir Castle, 69-70

Benington, 416-7

Benniworth, 268

Bertie, family of, 19, 30-1, 335

Bicker, 457, 459

Bigby, 183, 235

Bigby font and Tyrwhit Monuments, 235-6

Billingborough, 35

Bilsby, 305

Bitchfield, 40

Binbrook, 274

Black Death, 480-2

Blankney, 149

Bloody Oaks, battle of, 11, 18

Blow wells, 232, 267

Boat, ancient, 184-5

Bolingbroke, Old, 339, 359

Bolles, family of, 284-8

Bond family monuments at Croft, 318

Books, chained, 60

Boothby Graffoe, 162

Boothby Pagnell, 51

Bore, the, 201-2

Boston, 420-40

“stump,” 60, 108, 420-3

guilds, 430

religious houses, 430

silting of the river, 432-3

Bottesford, 200

Botolph, St., 426

Boucherett, family, 273

Bourne Town and Abbey, 23, 27;

manor, 21-4, 32

Braceborough Spa, 22

Bracebridge, 164

Braceby, 42

Bramfield, Sub-dean, Murder of, 104

Brandon, Chas., Duke of Suffolk, 399

Brant, Broughton, 90, 148, 151-4

Brasenose Coll., Stamford, 14

Brasses, 171-2, 225, 235, 294-5, 317, 334, 387

Brasses, earliest in County, 146, 317

Brasses twice used, 200, 322

Bratoft, 321

Bridges, ancient, 129, 270, 490

Brigg, old boat at, 184-5

Brigsley, 274

Brocklesby, 236-8

Bromhead and Chard, 131

Brothertoft, 404

Broughton near Brigg, 71, 183-4

Browne family, Monuments at Croft, 317

Browne, William, 12, 13

Brownlow family, 64-5

Buckden, 109, 117, 384

Buckland, 283

Bulb trade, Spalding, 441-4

Bull-running, 11

Bully Hill, 276

Burgh-le-Marsh, 320

Burgh-on-Bain, 268

Burghley House, 12

Burleigh, Lord of, 16-17

Burton Coggles, 40

Burton Pedwardine, 85

Burton Stather, 4, 198

Buslingthorpe, early brass, 146

Butterwick, 418

Bytham, Castle, 44-5

maypole ladder, 44

Bytham, Little, 40, 44, 46

Bytham farmers’ motto, 46

Byways, 245-7

C

Cabourn Hill, 231

Caenby, 269-270

Caistor, 7, 228-30, 236

Callis, (Almshouse), 13

Candlesby, 283, 382

Canwick, 149

Careby and Carlby, 40

Carlton Scroop, 67

Carlton Gt. and Little, 278

Carr, use of word, 183-4

Carr Dyke, 23, 28-9, 34, 40, 44, 87, 165, 183, 371, 401, 456

Carre Family, 77

Casewick Hall, 19

Casterton, Great, 7

Cathedrals Compared, 98-9

Cawdron Monuments, 85

Cawkwell, 276

Cawthorpe, 245-7

Caythorpe, 67-8

Ceremony of Championship, 376-8

Chalice, Priest’s, 83

Champion of England, Grand, 334, 372-8

Chantries, 63

Chaplin, Jane, aged 102, 277

Cartulary, Alvingham, 281

Charterhouse, Founder of, 206

Chaucer, 199, 339, 359, 444

Cherry Willingham, 143

Church Clock at Rowston, 150

Churchwardens’ Books, 83-4, 137, 240, 257, 260, 309-10, 318-19, 325-7

Claxby, near Alford, 248

Claxby, near Rasen, 232

Claypole, 71, 74-75

Clee, 264-6

Cleethorpes, 227, 265

“Cliff,” 159, 183, 198, 232-3

Clixby, 234

Cockerington, (North, South), 279-81

Coifi, Chief Priest, 113

Coleby, 141, 162-3

Colsterworth, Newton Chapel, 46-47, 66

Compton Church, Surrey, 397

Coningsby, 370-1

Conington, Prof., 423

Corby, 31, 40

Corringham, 200-1

Cotes-by-Stow, 141-2

Cotes, Great, and Barnadiston Brasses, 224-5

Cotes, Little, 267

Cotes, North, 295

Country Seats near Grantham, 64

Covenham, St. M. and St. B., 281

Cowbit, 406, 483-4

Cowpaddle, The, 149

Crabbe, Rector of Allington, 70

Cranwell, 90

Cressy Hall, 71, 454-5

Creeton, Stone coffins at, 40

Cripple, Memorial Brass to, 310

Croft, 316-19

Cromwell, Oliver, 201, 364, 439

his letters, 54-55, 364, 439

Cromwell, Ralph, 380-382, 384-385

Crosses, Stone, 33, 57, 71, 74, 79, 80, 134, 139, 150, 196, 342

Queen Eleanor, 9, 62, 134, 174

Boundary, 489-90

Crowle, 212, 261

Croxby Pond, 267, 274

Croyland Abbey, 5, 342, 483-9

Bridge, 490-1

Curfew, 149

Cust, Family of, 64-5, 450-2

Cuthbert Bede, 40

Cuthbert, St., 213-14

Cuxwold, 231

D

Dalby, 360

Danegelt, 7

Danish occupation, 8-9, 20, 32, 140, 201, 204, 263-5, 276, 402-3, 485

Dashwoods and Batemans at Well, 249

Deeping Fen, 21-2

St. James, 20, 29

Denton, 69

Devil’s door, the, 331

Devil looking over Lincoln, 101

Dictionary, Elliott’s, 327

Digby, 150

Disney, family of, 171-3

Doddington Hall, 173-6

Dog-whipping in church, 83, 319

Dominus, use of word, 394-5

Donington, 455-6

on Bain, 276

Dorchester (Oxon), bishopric of, 93, 140

Drainage and embankments in fen and marsh, 28, 209, 314, 432-5, 446, 456.

See also Roman Works

Drainage opposed by Fenmen, 433

Drayton, M., quoted, 426

Driby, 378-83

“Droves,” all E. and W., 44

Duck-decoys, 200, 411-13

Dunham Bridge, 137-8

Dunsby and Dowsby, 34

Dunston pillar, 148, 167

Durham priory, 8

Durobrivæ Roman station, 7

Dymoke, family of, 80, 334, 372-7

E

Eagle, 173

“Eagre” or bore in R. Trent, 201-2

Early church towers, group of, 198-9, 230, 252, 262

Easter Sepulchre, 21, 41, 75, 82, 106, 162

Easton, 48, 50

Eden, R., 40, 41, 43

Edenham, 29-30

Eleanor, Queen, 9, 103, 116, 174

Elkington, South, 274, 284

North, 284

Elloe stone, 466

Elsham, 3, 185-6

Empingham, battle at, 11, 18

Enderby, Bag, 258, 340, 379

Enderby, Mavis, 362, 434

Enderby Wood, 369

Epworth, 210

Eresby, 335

Ermine Street, High Dyke, 3-4, 7, 18, 50, 88, 90, 92, 122, 129, 149, 151, 154, 157, 159, 178, 182-4, 190, 230, 269

Ewerby, 60, 78-9, 85, 259

F

Farquharson, A. F., 501-10

Fens, 2, 5, 23, 34-35, 400-8, 464-5

Ferriby, South and North, 186-7, 196

Ferries over the Trent, 138

Ferry at Hull, 217-8

Fillingham, 199

Firsby, 325

Fishtoft, 419-20

Fiskerton, 143, 168-9

Fleet, 470

Flinders, Matthew, 456-7, note

Flodden Field, 240

Floods, in the fen, 433-5

Floss, mill on, 201

Flowers in June, 262-3, 464

Rare, 370-1, 419

Folkingham, 32

Folk-song, Lincolnshire, 296-303

Font covers, 257-8, 419, 475

Fonts, 64-5, 69, 108, 215, 234-5, 257-61, 291, 305, 306, 340-1, 368, 417, 463, 465-6

Football, a family team, 207

Fosdyke, Rennie’s Bridge at, 475

Foss Dyke, 134, 137

Foss Way, 92, 148, 173

Fotherby Top, 284

Fox, John, born at Boston, 438

Fox-hounds, 493-8

Frampton, 476

Franklin, family of, 336, 457

Friaries, 124, 430

Frieston, 257, 418-9

Friskney, 380, 409-11

duck decoy, 411-12

Frodingham, 198

Fulbeck, 68

Fulney, 448

Fulston, 281, 295

G

Gainsborough, 138, 201-4

Gautby, 144

Gaynisburgh, Richard de, 204

Gayton-le-Marsh, 278

Gayton-le-Wold, 268

Gedney, 470-2

Gelston Cross, 74

Gentleman’s Soc. of Spalding, 445-6

Giantess, Lincolnshire, 34

Gibbets, 270-1

Gibraltar Point, 298, 315

Gilbert de Gaunt, 32

Gilbert of Sempringham, St., 35-8, 371

Girsby, 268

Glass, ancient, 12, 33, 43

Glen, R., 19, 29, 39-41, 43-4, 51

Glentham, 269-70

Glentworth, 199-200

Gobaud family, 34

Godiva, Lady, 444

Gonerby Hill, 71

Goosetoft, 404-5

Gosberton, 452-4

Gowts, 126, 432

Goxhill, 218-19

Grainsby, 263

Grainthorpe, 294-5

Grandiloquent writing, 109

Grantham, 5, 52-63, 73

Grantham, Thomas, of Halton Baptist, 325

Grasby, 233-4

Great Humby, 34

Grebby, 282

Green lady, the, 286, 289

Greetham, 342

Gretford, 19-20

Grey friars at Grantham and Lincoln, 62, 128

Grimblethorpe, 268

Grimoldby, 216, 242, 279, 281

Grimsby, 225-7

Corporation seals, 227

Grimsthorpe, 30-1

Grinling Gibbons, 65

Guilds and charters, 430, 432

Gunby, Dan, 296

Gulls breeding at Manton, 198

Gunby St. Peter, 283, 322

Guthlac, St., 483-5

Gynewell, Bishop, 481

H

Habrough, 222

Hacconby, 31

Haceby, 42

Hagnaby, 306, 366

Hagworthingham, 362

Hainton, 268

Hale, Great, 71, 84-5

Hallam, historian, 439

Halstead Hall, 396

Haltham, 369

Halton, East, 221

Halton, West, 195

Halton Holgate, 329-32

Halton, John de, Bp. of Carlisle, 368-9

Hameringham, 363-4

Harlaxton, 68-9

Harmston, 164

Harpswell, 198

Harrington, 340

Hatcliffe, 267

Haugh, 285

Haugham, 245, 277

Havelock, The Dane, Story of, 227, 394

Haverholme, 37, 78, 243, 371

Hawysia, de Trikingham, 42

Haydor, good stained glass, 33

Heapham, 206

Heckington, 80-3

Helpringham, 85-6

Heneage, family of, 268

Henry VIII., 76, 109, 157, 240

Hereward the Wake, 23-4, 40

Hermits, 178, 219

Hexham, 80

Hibaldstow, 183

High Dyke, alias Ermine St., 159

From Caistor, 230

Hogsthorpe, 307

Holbeach, 468-70

Legend of, 478-9

Holdingham, 89

Holland Fen, 404

Holton-le-Clay, 263

Holywell, 22

Honington, 67

Horbling, 35

Horkstow, 186-7

Horncastle, 91, 364-5

Hospitals and Almshouses, 9, 12-14, 53, 134, 178-81, 186

Hough-on-the-Hill, 71-4, 149, 162, 184

Hour-Glasses, 41, 90, 164, 210, 364

Houses, beautiful, 40

Howell, 79-80

Howorth, Sir Henry’s interesting book, 112

Hubbert’s Bridge, why so called, 46

Hugh of Lincoln, St., 96-117

Hugh of Wells, 96-7

Hugh, “Little St. Hugh,” 118-9

Humber, R., 187

Humberstone, 266

Hundleby, 361

Hundon, Tombs, Caistor, 229-30

Hussey, Ld., 76, 242, 438

Huttoft, 306

I

Iconoclasm, 256-7

Immingham, 222-3

Imp, The Lincoln, 106

Ingelow, Jean, 434, 439

Ingoldmells, 310, 315

Ingoldsby, 40

Inscriptions in Churches, 19, 21, 42, 43, 46, 49, 51, 67, 108, 201, 216, 224, 225, 234, 235, 267, 280, 286, 288, 307, 318, 321, 363, 375, 414, 417, 424, 476, 487, 489

On Jubilee Memorial, 186

On Bells, 511, 313

Irby, 324

Irby-on-Humber, 231-2

Irby family monuments, 468

Irnham, 40-1

Ithamar, first English Bp., 114

J

Jesus Coll. Chapel bench ends, 332

Jews, persecution of, 117-9, 123

Joffrid, Abbot of Croyland, 486-7

sends Lecturers to Cambridge, 486

lays first stone of the third abbey, 487

John, King of England, at Kingscliffe, 9, 56, 71, 76

John, King of France, 53, 160, 238

Johnson, Archdeacon, 16

Johnson, Dr., 360

Jump, famous, of Dr. Trought, 246

K

Katherine Howard, 76, 109, 157

Keate, Dr., 345

Keddington, 244

Keelby, 283

Kelstern, 274

Kettleby, 235-6

Kettlethorpe Hall, 176-7

Killingholme, North, South, 222

King’s Street, 23, 31-4

Kirkby-Underwood, 40

Kirkby, East, 366

Kirkstead, Abbey and Chapel, 396-8

Kirmington, Green Spire, 236

Kirmond-le-mire, 274

Kirton, 475

Kirton-in-Lindsey, 182

Knaith, 206

Knights Hospitallers, alias of Jerusalem and of St. John, 155-9

Knights Templars, 155-9, 173, 198.

See also Temple Belwood, Temple Bruer

Koh-i-noor (mt. of light), diamond, 237.

Kyme, North and South, 87-9, 371

tower, 438

L

Laceby, 232, 267

Lady Lucia, 339

Lambert, Daniel, 16

Langton, 360

Langtoft, 20-1

Laughton, 200

Lea, 201, 204-5

Leadenham, 68, 151

Leake, 413-6

Leasingham, 89-90

Lenton or Lavington, 40

Leverton, 416-7

Liddington, 481

Lincoln—

Lindum Colonia, 91

Afternoon tea at, A.D. 1762, 136

Bishop’s palaces, 109, 117, 384, 481

Cathedral, 91-111

Chancery, 109-10

Chapter-house, 110

Churches, 126-7

Corporation, 129-31

Conduits, 128-9

Friaries, 123-4, 128, 135

Gates, 91-2, 120-2, 129, 131

Guild, 124-5, 255

High bridge, 129

Hospitals, 134

Jews’ houses, 118, 121-3, 255

Library, 131

Stonebow, 129-30

Lincoln, Bishops of, 95-8, 103-8, 117, 481

Parliaments of, 110-11

Heath, 148-9, 157

Lincoln Stuff ball, 134

Lincolnshire flocks, 232

Lincolnshire, divisions of, 4-5, 22, 73-4

Lincolnshire Rebellion, 240-2

Lincolnshire Roads, 207

Slope of the land, 34, 39

Lincolnshire stories, 337-8, 339-40, 462

Linwood, 146-7

Littleborough, 90, 138

Lock-up house, 150

“Long and short” work, 2, 253

Long Bennington, 71

Lord High Treasurer Cromwell, Chapter XXXIII

Louth, 60, 239-45

Grammar School, 242

Louth Park Abbey, 37, 242-4

Chronicle, 244, 433

Roads, 244

Lud, R., 3

Ludford Magna, 274

Lusby, 363

“Lyttyl clause,” the, 240-2

M

Mablethorpe, 292, 347

Maddison, Canon, 103

Maltby-le-Marsh, 291

Manby, 278-9

Mappa Mundi, 76

Mareham-le-fen, 370

Markby, 306

Markham, Mrs., 102

Marquis of Granby, 70

Marsh, the, 2-3, 464-5

Marsh Chapel, 295

Marton, 139

Marston, 149

Martyrs, Clerical, 242

Masquerade at Nocton, 169-70

Massingberd family, 322

Mausoleum at Brocklesby, 236

Mavis Enderby, 362, 366, 434

Maypole, use of, 44

Mazes, 196-7

Melton Ross, 234

Mercia, kings of, 7-8, 114

Messingham, 107, 200

Miningsby, 366

Miserere seats, 104, 423

“Molly Grime,” 270

Monksthorpe, 324

Monumental effigies, &c., 30, 31, 34, 49, 67, 69, 77, 79, 80, 83, 103, 104, 145-7, 149, 171-3, 184, 192, 195, 200, 210, 223-6, 229-30, 232, 235-6, 238, 267-9, 271, 278, 280-1, 292-5, 310, 312, 317, 322-4, 330, 334, 340, 364, 372-5, 423, 453, 468, 471-2, 487

Monumental epitaphs, 26-7, 420, 457.

See also Inscriptions in Churches.

Moorby, 368

Morton, 31, 204

Moulton, 260, 465-6

Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, 209

Muckton, 247

Mustard, cultivation of, 463-4, 472, 477

Colman’s factory, Norwich, 464

Muston, 70

“My owd Son,” 440

N

Names ending in ‘by,’ 185, 341

Nature’s poets, 303-4

Navenby, 161-3

Nettleton, 231

Nettleship, R. L., 297

Newsham Abbey, 238

Newton Church Tower, 42

Newton, Isaac, 31, 46-8, 55, 57, 62

Newton-by-Toft, 270

Noblemen not Saints, 257

Nocton, 166-9

Nonconformists, 324-5

Normanby-le-Wold, 230

Norman buildings, 255

North Country humour, 303

Northorpe, 200

North Wytham, 46

Norton Disney, 148, 170-3

O

Octave of E.E. Churches, 42

Orgarth Hill, Danish Camp, 276

Ormsby, North, 284

Ormsby, South, 361

Osbournby, 33

Oswald, St., 212-4

Oswy, King of Northumbria, 8

P

Pagnell, Boothby, 51

Palmer, effigy of, 34

Parish Clerks, Stories of, 319-20

Partney, 358-60

Paulinus, St., 93, 112-14

Peasant poets, 303-4, 501

Pelham buckle, the, 238, 385

Pelham pillar, 231, 233, 236

Penda and Pæda, Kings of Mercia, 8, 114

Penrose, Rev. Trevenen, 163

Peterborough, cathedral, 49-50, 52

Pickworth, 41

Pilgrimage of Grace, 240, 242

Pinchbeck, 448-50

metal called, 461-2

Plague, 290-1, 439

Plague-stone, 290-1

Ponton, Great, 50

Ponton, Little, 51

Pope Gregory, 112-13

Potter Hanworth, 165

Potteries, Pre-Roman, 315-6

Premonstratensian, meaning of, 395

Pulpit, early, note, 192

Q

Quadring, 455

Queen Margaret (Ed. I.), 428

Queen Eleanor’s heart buried at Lincoln A.D. 1290, 103

R

Raithby, 361-2

Rasen, Market, 272

Middle, 271

West, 270

Ravendale, 267, 274

Rawnsley, 27, 43, 249, 328, 330, 332, 336, 340, 352, 361, 493, 496

Read’s Island, 187

Rebellion, Lincolnshire, 240-2, 243

Registers, Early, 306, 476

Remigius, Bishop, 76, 93, 140

Revesby Abbey, 367

Riby Grove, 232

Richard III. at Grantham, 56

Ridge, the, 4, 159

Rigsby, 247

Rippingale, 34

Riseholme, 269

Roads, few going E. and W., 33

in the marsh, 280, 316

without villages, 151

Roadway streams, 246-7

Robert de Brunne, 25-6

Rochford, Stoke, 48

Romanus, Bp., 113-114

Romans, our benefactors, 401

Roman works:

embankments, etc., 2, 295, 310-12, 315, 401, 409, 417, 456, 459, 464-5;

see Carr Dyke, Foss Dyke

gateways, 91

roads, 23, 34, 89, 91-3, 137, 144,183, 230, 328, 465.

See Ermine Street, Foss Way, King’s Street

stations, 32, 50, 67, 87, 88, 91, 138, 140, 184, 228-9, 248, 315-6, 364-5

remains, 91, 104, 120, 122, 125-6, 149, 184, 196

Rood lofts and screens, 256

Roof covering both nave and aisles, 87, 225

Rooks in towns, 365

Ropsley, 43

Rothwell, long and short work, 230

Rowston, 150

Rulos, Richard de, father of Lincolnshire farmers, 21-22

S

St. Denis, 76

St. John, family of, 49-50

St. John, Oliver, 49-50

St. Poll, family of, 145

St. Thomas of Canterbury, Church Dedicated to, 40

Saleby, 278

Salinas, Mary de, 31

Salisbury, Connection of Grantham with, 62-3

Saltfleetby, All Saints, 293

St. Clements, 294

Samplers, 168

Sandbank, “The Old Warp,” 187

Sandtoft, 209

Sapperton, Pulpit Hour-glass at, 41

Sausthorpe, 360

Saxby, All Saints, 186

Saxilby, 137

Saxon Churchyard, 29

Scamblesby, 276

Scartho, 264

Scawby, 183, 198

Sutton Nelthorpe of, 198, 494

Schools, 13, 16, 27, 43, 57, 206, 242, 272

Scopwick, 149

Scremby, 282

Scrivelsby, 372-4

Scunthorpe, 198, 207

Sea-dyke, 2, 416-7,

see Draining, Roman Embankment

Seals, Ancient, 227

Sedgebrook, 69, 70

Sempringham, 35-38

Sempringham Hall, Stamford, 14

Sempringham, Order of, 25-6

Sheep in Churchyard, 267, 454

Sibsey, 361

Silk Willoughby Wayside Cross, 33

Sixhills, 146, 273, 277

Shakespeare Quotations, 63, 209, 491-2

Skating in Fens, 405-7

International, 408

Skegness, 314-5

Roman Castrum at, 316

Skendleby, 282

Skidbroke, 294

Skirbeck, 420, 427

“Skirth” Billinghay, 371

Slash Lane, 364

Sleaford, 4, 76-8, 169

Slope of Church W. to E., 66, 186

Smith, Capt. John, 278

Snarford, 144-5

Snelland Register, 144

St. Poll Tombs, 145-6

Somerby, 42-3

Somercotes, South, 294

Somersby, 340-343, 345-353

Somersby Brook, 298, 322, 342

Somersby Church Opening, 352

Somerton Castle, 160-1

South Thoresby, 247, 290

Spalding, 441-8

Spectacles, Use of, 51

Spelling, a clear gift, 49

Spilsby, 233, 333-7

Spital-on-the-Street, 178-81

Springs, Mineral, 22, 69, 70

Springthorpe, 206

Stainfield, 395

Stainsby, 379

Stainton-le-Vale, 274

Stallingborough, 223

The Ayscoughe Tombs, 223-4

Stamford, 4, 7-17

bedehouse, 13-14

churches, 7, 9, 12-14

college, 14

St. Leonard’s Priory, 8

“Stamford Baron,” 12

Stanley, Dean, on Wesley, 211

“Staple,” the meaning of, 428

Starlings, flocks of, 250

Steeping, Little and Great, 323-4

Stephen King, 76

Stickford and Stickney, 361

Stixwould, 395-6

Stocks, 372, 389, 457

Stoke Rochford, 48

Stones, sculptured, 139, 150, 212, 269, 281, 366, 368

Stonebow, the, 129

Stone Coffin, use for, 80

Stow, 140-2

Stow Green, 32

Stragglethorpe, 90

Strubby, 291

Stubton, 71

Stukeley, Dr. W., 43, 500

Sturton, 207

Suffolk, Duke of, 398-9

Duchess of, 31

Surfleet, 452-3

Sutterton, 459

Sutton, Long, 472-4

Sutton, Thomas, 206

Swallow, 231

Swan, St. Hugh’s, 116

Swan-marks, 492

Swan, ballad of the, 299

Swaton, 86-7

Swineshead, 457-9

Swinstead, 31

Sword called “Fox,” 131

Syston Hall, 64

T

Tallington, 7, 19

Tathwell, St. Vedast’s, 276-7

Tattershall, 12, 235, 370-1, 379-80, 382-9

Mantelpieces, 384, 388

Taylor, John, poet, 405

Tealby, 273, 343

Temple Belwood, 210

Bruer, 76, 151, 154-9

Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 131-4, 340, 346-357

Tennyson, Dr., 342-344, 346

Tennyson Centenary, 131-2

Tennyson, family of, 343-57

Tennyson-Turner, C., 233-4

Tennyson poems in the Lincolnshire dialect, 356

Tennyson, Matilda, last of the family, 353

Tetford, 379

Tetney, 3, 266-7

Theddlethorpe, West, 293, 313

Theodore, Archbp. of Canterbury, 193

Thorganby, 274

Thonock Hall, 204, 495

Thornton Abbey, 219-21, 238

Thornton Curtis, 108, 215-16

Thorpe, 325-7

Thorpe Hall, 284-9

Thorpe St. Peter’s, 259

Threckingham, 32

Thurcytel, first Abbot of Croyland, 485

Thurlby, 29, 259

Tickencote, 18

Toft-next-Newton, 270

Top, Cliff and Wold, 232

Torrington, East and West, 263

Tothby, 290

Tournai fonts, 108, 215, 259

Tournays, or Tourneys, family of, 269-70

Tower-on-the-Moor, 398

Toynton, High, 342

Trent, R., 4, 114, 137-8, 200-2, 207

Tumby, 370, 379-80

Tupholme, Abbey, 284, 395

Two churches in one churchyard, 280

Tydd St. Mary, 465, 474

U

Uffington Hall, 19

Ulceby, 213, 282

Uppingham, founder of, 16, 206

Upton, 206

Usselby, 231

Utterby, 260, 267, 284

V

Vyner, F. G., 144

W

Waddington, 164

Wainfleet, 91, 327-9, 379

Wainfleet, St. Mary’s, 329

Wainfleet, William of, Bishop, 327-8

Waith, 263

Wake, de, family of, 20-1, 23, 40

Walcot, double “squint” at, 41

Walesby, 274

Walks, Uppingham to Boston, 35;

Horncastle to Mablethorpe, 249

Wall-painting, 141, 182, 410

Walmsgate, 283

Waltham, 264, 274

Wapentake, meaning of, 73-74

“Warping,” process of, 212

Wars, Civil, 19, 53-5, 201, 232, 286, 364

Wars of the Roses, 10-11, 18

Watts, G. F., and Tennyson, 134

“Wedercoke” at Louth, 240

Weir dyke, 144, 183, 186

Welbourn, John de, treasurer, 98, 151

Well, 247-251

Welland, R., 7

Wellbourn, 154

Wellingore, 161

Wellington and Dr. Keate, 345

Wells, blow-, 232, 267

Welton-le-Wold, 268

Wernington, William de, Master Mason, 487

Wesley, Samuel and John, 210-12, 499

Westmoreland Stories, 303, 338-9

Weston, 463

Whitgift, John, Archbp. of Canterbury, 225, 232

Wickenby, 260

Wilfrid, Bishop, 8-10

Wilksby, 368

Willingham, North, 146, 230, 244, 272, 277

South, 244, 268

Cherry, 143

by Stow, 206

Wilsthorpe, 40, 41

Whaplode, 466-8

Willoughby, 248, 278

Willoughby d’Eresby, family of, 30-1, 86, 248-9, 333-5

Willoughton, 157

Winceby, 364-5

Wine-cellars in Boston, 430-1

Winteringham, 3, 184, 195

Winterton, 184, 195-6

Winthorpe, 312-14

Witham-on-hill, inscription on Bells, 20

Witham, R., 39, 44, 46, 51, 90, 91, 126, 129, 134, 137, 149, 371, 425-6, 432-3

Withern, 278

Woad, cultivation of, 464

Wolds, the, 2-5, 146, 148, 232

Wood, Enderby, 369

Woodhall Spa, 397-8

Woodcarving by Wallis, of Louth, 237

Wood-work, church, 255-6

Wool, staple, 13, 147, 309, 428-9, 432

Woolsthorpe, 31, 47-8

Wordsworth, Bishop, Christopher, 103, 265, 269

Wordsworth, W., Sonnet Persuasion, 113

Wragby, 269

Wrangle, 413-4

Wrawby, 183, 185, 206

Wray, Sir Christopher, 145, 200

Wright family, 289, 413

Wulfhere, King of Mercia, 7

Wyberton, 476

Wyclif, John, 199

Wykeham Chapel, 448

Y

Yarborough, Earls of, 236-7

Church, 281

Z

Zucchero, 289

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