has been made on this south-west side, probably to draw the water off the moat, as these moats and ponds were periodically cleaned out. A footpath, forming a short cut between the above-named two roads, passes east of these remains, so that they can be easily approached and inspected. This path branches off from the Horncastle and Lincoln high road, at a gate nearly opposite some cottages named the “Hungrum Houses”. Sturton is believed to have been a Roman station. It is close to the old road from Horncastle to Caistor, both Roman towns. The church, dedicated to All Saints, although a heterogeneous mixture of a variety of styles, and for many years in a dilapidated condition, has some very interesting features. The vicar, the Rev. F. M. Blakiston, following up the efforts of his predecessor, the Rev. E. B. Bland, is now (1904) raising money to restore the fabric, and with Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite, as architect, the result will doubtless be a creditable structure. The cost of complete renovation is estimated at close upon £2,000, so that the work may probably have to extend over some years. Although the aspect of the church has been one of ruin and desolation, there are traces of the work of seven centuries. Domesday Book mentions a church as existing in Saxon times, but of that, nothing remains. The oldest parts of the present fabric belong to the 12th century. At that time the nave was two-thirds of its present length, and the chancel was narrower. In the 13th century a north aisle, with two arches, and probably a tower, with a third and larger north arch, were added. In the 14th century a new chancel was built, wider and probably longer. Then followed a period of neglect and varied vicissitudes. In the 17th century the chancel was shortened, and the present east wall cuts away part of an eastern sepulchre, in the north chancel wall. The north aisle was taken down probably about this period. The upper part of the tower was removed, probably early in the 19th century, as the bells, three in number, are said to have been sold in 1810. The stones of the tower and aisle were used for building two sides of the churchyard wall. Nothing now remains of the tower, except the string course at the top of the truncated basement, {210} which now forms part of the nave. There are still stones of a Norman arch in the south wall at the back of the modern porch. An original window, small and much dilapidated, remains in the north wall of the chancel, a larger one having been bricked up. There is a priest’s door in the south wall. The westernmost window in the south wall of the nave is a relic of the 14th century, the renovation, being of floriated style, with two lights. In the floor of what was the tower are portions of stone, from the windows of the former aisle, much broken. The rest is modern, as is also the roof of the nave. What is now used as a font is really an old mortar, the old font in Perpendicular style