Travelling difficult 11 and notes Troy Wood 227 Tumby Chase 218 Tupholme Abbey 165–167 ,, Abbot, illegal acts of 166 Tyrwhitt, John, of Pentre, tablet to 213 ,, J. Bradshaw, Rev., tablet to 214 ,, Robert, tablet to 176 V. Victoria Hotel, Woodhall, built 9 ,, ,, enlarged 15 „ ,, Queen 14 Vyner family 172, 173 W. Waterloo Monument 150 Weasels, and prey 68, 69 Weavers, village 175 Welby family 147 Well at Woodhall 9 Wells, saline, elsewhere 8, 10, 87, 99, 201, 256, note Welles, Lord, beheaded 214 Wharf, meaning of 11 and note White-Hall Wood murder 18 Wife-selling 181 and note William de Karilepho 196 ,, de Romara 152 Willoughby, Lord, of Knaith 132 Winceby, fight at 190 Winchester, Bishop of 221, 235 Wispington 175, 176 Witham, ran to Wainfleet 104 and note ,, a sacred stream of Druids 102 and note Wolds 27, 258 and notes Wong, Horncastle 187 Woodcock 35, 36 Wood Hall, the 126 Woodhall (Old) Church 200, 201 ,, water discovered 9 ,, Lines on 8 ,, Properties of 98, 99 Woodpecker, three kinds 41 Wry-neck 47 Footnotes: {5} Mr. Parkinson resided at the Hall, Old Bolingbroke, or Bolingbroke, as it was called at that date, the prefix not being then needed to distinguish the old historic market town from its modern offshoot, New Bolingbroke. Old Bolingbroke is noted for the ruins of its ancient castle, where Henry IV. was born, and long ago gave a title to the earls “of that ilk.” {8a} Tradition avers that, shortly before this accident occurred, an old woman passing near the mine heard a raven—(doubtless a carrion crow)—croaking ominously as it sat on the bough of a tree hard by, and that it distinctly uttered these words, “carpse, carpse, carpse” (_i.e._, corpse), and this she regarded as a certain presage of some fatal occurence. Truly the age of witches and warlocks was not yet passed. {8b} Mr. John Sharpe was father of the late Mrs. Michel Fynes and a relative of Mr. James Sharpe, of Claremont House, Woodhall Spa. {8c} In Lincolnshire dialect “heard” is commonly pronounced so as to rhyme with “appeared,” and this is said to be nearest the Saxon pronunciation. {8d} This was at the time of the Peninsular War, with its prolonged sieges and fearful carnage. {9a} Mr. John Marshall, grocer and draper. {9b} Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fynes—the latter the daughter of Mr. Sharpe, who wrote the foregoing verses—have told the writer of several other instances of the use of the water at this early period. {9c} This tank was unearthed about the year 1875 by some persons who were ratting, and the writer saw it. It was situated at the back of the Bathhouse, and would be, to the best of his recollection, some 12ft. long by 8ft. wide, with a depth of 5ft. It was covered up again, and has (so far as he knows) remained so ever since.