Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round HorncastleWalter, J. Conway (James Conway)
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Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round Horncastle
Walter, J. Conway (James Conway)
Parishes -- England -- Horncastle -- History
The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, was rebuilt in 1857–8,
at a cost of about £450. It consists of nave and chancel, with belfry,
having one bell, the fabric being constructed of brick. Sir J. W. Smith,
the then patron, built the nave, and the chancel was built by the then
Rector, the Rev. E. Stanley Bosanquet. The east widow, of coloured
glass, with the crucifixion, was erected in memory of William Bernard
Wingate, a late owner, by members of his family. There is another
coloured window in the south wall of the chancel, without inscription,
but probably erected by the Wingate family; and there is a marble tablet
in the north wall of the nave, in memory of the late owner of the estate,
Frederick Tooth, Esq., of Sevenoaks, Kent. The register dates from 1567.
Hareby Manor House is a handsome, substantial structure, standing on a
slope, looking towards Old Bolingbroke, and surrounded by extensive
gardens and good farm buildings.
HATTON.
Hatton lies about 7½ miles from Horncastle, to the north-west, and about
4 miles south-east of Wragby; being about ½ a mile eastward of the high
road between those two places. Letters, _via_ Wragby, the nearest money
order and telegraph office, arrive at 10 a.m. The register dates from
1552. There are also entries relating to this parish, from 1695 to 1799,
in the Baumber register. The name Hatton, as a parallel to Hatcliffe,
Hatfield, Hatfield Chase, &c., doubtless means a “ton,” _i.e._, “town,”
or protected enclosure, on an open “heath”: pointing to a time when the
neighbourhood was more or less a wild tract; and when the neighbouring
Wragby (from Vargr, a wolf, or outlaw), was the haunt of wild beasts, or
the no less dangerous human robber.
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