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house and other accommodations for visitants, has lately been built by Dr. Willis, who being well aware of its value, wished to render it as useful as possible to the afflicted. The spring is chalybeate, and casts up seven hogsheads in a minute.

SHELLINGTHORPE HOUSE

Is a very fine Mansion, built about 20 years ago by Dr. Willis. The gardens, which are extensive, are laid out with taste, and are walled round.

This place is also appropriated to the accomodation of patients who are insaue, the same as the house at Gretford. Both houses are very pleasantly situated; the parishes contain much wood, and may be considered as the most healthy part of the county.

BANTHORPE LODGE.

Is the property of Sir J. Trollope, it consists of a good farm house, out buildings &c.

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THURLBY.

Is a village in the wapentake of Ness, in the parts of Kesteven, about 2 miles south of Bourn.

Domesday Account.

Land of St. Peter de Burg. In Turoluebs (Thurlby) St. Peter de Burg had and has three carucates of Land and five oxgangs to be taxed, Land to as many ploughs and oxen. There is in the demesne one plough, and ten villanes and two sokemen having one plough and a half. Two vassals belonging to the abbey have two carucates of this land, and therein one plough and a half, and seven villanes and two sokemen with one plough. There are twenty acres of meadow, and eight acres of wood, pasture here and there. Value in king Edward's time sixty shillings, the same now. Tallaged at ten shillings.

Land of the Bishop of Lincoln. In Turolduebi

(Thurlby) Elnod had one carucate and a half to be taxed. Land to one plough and a half. Free soke under Aslac. Goisfrid has there under the Abbot one plough, and one villane and four bordars, and thirty acres of coppice wood. Value in king Edward's time twenty shillings, now twenty shillings likewise.

Land of Alured of Lincoln.

In Torulsbi. (Thurlby) half a carucate of land to be taxed.

Land to as many oxen.
half a plough. Inland in Brune [Bourn].

Four villanes have there

Land of Odo Arbalistarius--In Turolbi [Thurlby] Botild had four carucates of land and a half to be taxed. Laud to three ploughs. Odo bas there three sokemen and four villanes and one bordar with two ploughs, and three acres of meadow. Value in king Edward's time twenty shillings, now sixteen.

The abbot of Burgo held in the time of Henry III. two Knight's fees and Galfrid de Mare held half a fee also Robert son of Robert half a fee. W. de Wasteneys the fourth part of a fee, and Galfrid de Brunne held the fourth part of a fee. (Testa de Nevill.)

Thomas Trollope Esq. of Thurlby

* married

Query if (Collins Baronetage p. 273) this Themaa

Margaret daughter and Coheir of Roger Lumley Esq. youngest son of Thomas Lumley Esq. by Elizabeth Plantagenet his wife, daughter of king Edward IV. by the Lady Elizabeth Lucey..

William Trollope of Thurlby, who marriedAlice daughter of W. Sharpe of Bourn, was father of the first Baronet of this name. Casewick.)

(Vide

Thurlby manor was held of the castle of Sleaford in A. D. 1589, The Car-dyke runs through this town, near to the church. A place called Broomsby Abbey, about 200 yards north of the Church, and which has been moated round, is now a farm house.

The Church.

Is an ancient gothic structure, consisting of a nave, north and south aile, north and south trancepts, a chancel and spire steeple with five bells.

In the chancel is a Piscina a gothic arch and a fine ornamented saxon arch. In the south wall is a monument to the memory of James Trollope Merchant, who died A. D. 1709.

In the south transcept on the west side are five

had not a second wife, the daughter of Thomas Bur. well of Dunsby, in Coun. Lin. Esq. and if Thomas Trollope Esq. of Oxford does not descend from this second marriage Of this family, also, is Thomas Troliope Esq. of Bourn in Lincolnshire, but branched off higher up.

stone stalls and a Piscina, in the north transcept are 8 stone stalls. The roof is supported by some fine saxon arches and round pillars. On the north side the nave is a mural monument to the memory of Thomas Philips of Burn, Gent. who died in Dec. 1812, aged 62 years.

The

Neat singing gallery, mean low font. church is dedicated to St. Firmin it is a discharged vicarage valued in the King's books at 101. 4s. 91d. Patron Provost and fellows of Eton College.

MODERN STATE.

Sir Gilbert Heathcote, bart is Lord of the manor, The parish contains acres of land, the average rent of which is 30 shillings per acre. The fences are quick hedges, tithes exonerated, soil chiefly clay. The principal propri etors of land Sir G. Heathcote, bart.-Pochin Esq. and W. Philips Esq.

OBTHORPE.

Which is a bamlet to Thurlby contains about 600 acres of land. It consists of two farms, one of which belongs to lord Brownlow, and the other to Roger Parker, Esq. In A. D. 1662 the manor belonged to the Sleaford family, and had then

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