In Domesday Book Stimelbi, {43} and in old writings Thimelby, is about a mile north-west from Horncastle, the parishes adjoining each other. The manor which in the reign of Charles the second was the property of Sir Robert Bolles of Scampton, is now possessed by Thomas Hotchkin, Esquire, of Tixover, in the county of Rutland, in the possession of whose ancestors it has been for many years. In this parish is also the manor of Hallgarth, which formerly belonged to a family named Bolton; but is now the property of Richard Elmhirst, Esquire, of Louth. The church rebuilt in the year 1744, is a small stone edifice, possessing a considerable share of architectural merit: a stone over the door points out the year in which it was rebuilt, but besides this it exhibits no other inscription. {44a} The advowson of the rectory belongs to the lord of the manor. WEST ASHBY, In Domesday called Aschebi, and in old writings Askeby, is a parish adjoining to the north boundaries of that of Horncastle, from which town the village is about two miles distant. In this parish is the manor of Ashby Thorpe, now the property of Mr. Joseph Rinder; but the possessor of that of Horncastle claims manorial rights over the other parts of the parish. The church consists of a tower, a nave with a north aisle, and a chancel. {44b} The benefice is a curacy in the presentation of the Bishop of Carlisle. LOW TOINTON, 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 Launcelot 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 lady. 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,