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MODERN STATE,

The Rev. T. Brown is lord of the manor, The parish contains 2538 acres of land, which lets on an average for 35 shillings per acre.

The soil is clay; the fen, loam and moor. Fences in the old inclosure, quick thorn bedges, in the fen, ditches. The titles were exonerated on the inclosure of the fens, which took place anno. 1764.

The principal proprietors of land are, the Rev. T. Brown, Ed. Brown Esq. Stamford and Sam. Barker Esq. The Bishop of Lincoln is impropriator, Mr. Roper is Lessee under the Bishop

BRIDGE END,

Is a hamlet to Horbling, and is situated about 4 miles west of Donington; it consists of a few farm houses, and a tolerable good Inn. Here was once a small monastery, which was an appeudage to Sempringham, but the original building was taken down about 45 years ago, and a large farm house built out of the old materials. The house is nearly on the scite and in the same pas ture where the monastery stood.

This monastery was founded by one Georgo, a man of wealth in the city of Lincoln, and called the priory of St. Saviour. He gave much of his wealth to the maintenance of, and support of the Prior and brethren, of the order of Sempring. ham, by Holland Brigg, and the overplus of his donations towards the repairing of several bridges, which, upon survey were found to be very much ruinated. And, by order of King Edward III. the said bridges were repaired at the charge of the prior, and brethren of St. Saviour. (Dugdale's Monasticon.)

About Iwo miles east of this place, across what was then a deep fen, the monastery had a chapel wherein prayers were said for the safety of such persons as had to cross so dangerous a passage. This is now a high, safe and good turnpike road.

Mrs. Douglas, reliet of Daniel Douglas Esq. is lady of the manor, and the proprietor of the whole hamlet, which contains about 200 hundred

acres.

Stukely says, Holland Brig, or Brig-end, causeway, has all the requisites that can ascer tain it to be a Roman work, being straight, and, aid with a solid bed of stone. He farther sup

poses, and we think with much reason, that a roman road went from Sleaford to Wisbeach in the following manner. From Wisbeach river towards Guyhurn chapel, to Frokenholt and Clowseross, and from thence in a right line to Spalding. According to this supposition, the square forts mentioned in Elhoe, where Roman antiquities have been found, are situated either near, or upon it. From Spalding it went to Herring bridge, on Surfect river, and thence near Wrigbolt and Cressy hall, and so on to Donington, Brigend, and thence to Sleaford,

BILLINGBOROUGH

Is a remarkably pleasant village, in the wapentake of Aveland in the parts of Kesteven, about 3 miles E. b. S. from Folkingham.

This place is noted for its good water, and

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boiling springs, hence the village probably took its name from boiling borough.

Domesday Account.

Land of the Archbishop of York. In Billingeburg (Billingborough) Turchil had five oxgangs of land to be taxed. Land to five oxen, Walter de Aincourt has now there, under the Archbishop, half a plough, and one villane, and one bordar, and seven acres af meadow, and the scite of one mill Value ten shillings.

Land of St. Guthlacus of Croiland. In Billingeburg (Billingborough) hundred Carle had one carucate of land to be taxed.

Land to one

plough. Colegrim, a vassal of the Earl's, has there one plough in the demesne,

villanes

and two bordars, with half a plough, and fifteen

acres of meadow. Value in King Edward's time twenty shillings, the same now.

Land of Gilbert de Gaunt. (Billingborough) Gilbert has earucate of land.

In Bellingeburg

soke over half a

Land of Alured of Lincoln. In Bellingeburg (Billingborough) Toli had one carucate of land to be taxed. Land to one plough. Gozelin, a vassal of Alured's, has there one plough, and two

villanes and one bordar with two oxen in a plough, and fourteen acres of meadow. Value in King Edward's time, and now, ten shillings.

On the north side of the church is a spring, which is continually boiling up like a caldron, and produces a considerable current, perhaps equal to that at Stoke Rochford. The water we must observe, is not hot, but its action is like that of water in a state of ebulition. In a yard close by, the Rev. T. Latham showed me two springs not more than two or three yards distant from each other, one of which is a very strong chalybeate, while the other is not so in scarcely any degree. In this parish on the Car dyke, was a Burgus, or Roman Fort..

The Church.

Is a neat gothic structure with middle, side ailes, chancel, and spire steeple. The clustered pillars, which support the roof of the nave, are lof ty and slender, the arches are fine, and the windows, in the north and south ailes, extremely beautiful. In the windows is a good deal of painted glass, and formerly there were several arms in the cast window of the south aile.

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