In Domesday Todingtune, and in old writings Nether Tointon, is about a mile eastward from the town of Horncastle, the parishes adjoining. The manorial estates, which comprise nearly the whole parish, are the property of Lancelot Rolleston, Esquire, of Watnall, in the county of Nottingham, by whose ancestors it has been possessed for several generations. The church, which is a small modern erection, being rebuilt in 1811, contains a very curiously sculptured font, and the following inscription on a plate of copper in the north wall: “Heare lyeth the Body of EDWARD ROLLESTON Esquir who departed this Life the twenty-third of July in the thirtey-fourth year of his age interr’d underneath this place the fourth of August Anno Domini 1687.” The patrons of the rectory are Lord Gwydir, and the Baroness Willoughby of Eresby, his mother. HIGH TOINTON, In old writings Over Tointon, is about a mile and a half eastward from Horncastle, to which parish and also that of Low Tointon it adjoins. From only one place of this name being mentioned in the Domesday record, it is probable that at the time of making that survey both High and Low Tointon were included in one parish. The manorial estates, which have descended with those of Horncastle, belong to the Bishop of Carlisle, and are leased to different individuals. The church is a small uninteresting building. The Bishop of Carlisle is patron of the curacy. MAREHAM ON THE HILL, Anciently written Maringe and Mayring, is about a mile and a half south-east from Horncastle, the parishes adjoining each other. The manor once belonged to Edward Marsh, Esquire, of Hundle House, in the county of Lincoln, by a descendant of whom it was sold to William Hudson, Esquire, of Gray’s Inn. In 1659 it was sold to a person named Duncombe, of whom it was purchased, in 1688, by Sir Edmund Turnor, of Stoke Rochford, Knight, and is now possessed by his descendant of the same names. {43} The chapel is completely destitute of interest. On repairing it, about fifteen years ago, two nobles of Edward the fourth, two angels of Henry the seventh, and several silver coins of different reigns, contained in a leathern purse, were discovered concealed in the wall. The patron of the curacy is the Bishop of Carlisle. ROUGHTON, In Domesday Rocstune, and in old writings Ructon, is about four miles from Horncastle. The manorial estates belong to Lady Banks. The church, which is a small building, consisting of a tower, nave and chancel, contains a marble tablet, on which is the following inscription: