Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle [1820] / in the county of Lincoln, and of several places adjacent

by George Weir

Horncastle	Situation	[1]
	During the Roman and Saxon Governments	[3]
	The Manor	[7]
	During the Civil Wars in the Reign of Charles theFirst	[12]
	Antiquities	[25]
	The Church	[29]
	The Grammar School	[35]
	The River Bane and Navigable Canal	[37]
	The Present State of the Town	[39]
Soke ofHorncastle		[43]
	Thimbleby	[43]
	West Ashby	[44]
	Low Tointon	[44]
	High Tointon	[45]
	Mareham on the Hill	[45]
	Roughton	[46]
	Haltham	[47]
	Wood Enderby	[48]
	Moorby	[48]
	Wilksby	[48]
	Mareham le Fen	[48]
	Coningsby	[50]
	Langriville and Thornton le Fen	[53]
Baumber		[55]
Edlington		[57]
Somersby		[59]
Scrivelsby		[62]
Bolingbroke	Situation	[67]
	The Manor	[67]
	The Castle	[71]
	The Church	[73]
	The Town	[74]
Revesby		[76]
Kirkstead		[80]
Tattershall	Situation	[83]
	The Manor	[83]
	The Castle	[86]
	The Collegiate Church	[88]
	The Town	[95]
Tower on theMoor		[97]
Geology and NaturalHistory		[99]
Appendix		[107]

PLATES.

Frontispiece, Roman Wall at Horncastle	to face the title.
North-East View of Horncastle Church	to face page [29]
Monument of Sir Lionel Dymoke	[30]
Plan of Horncastle in 1722, from “Stukeley’s Itinerarium”	[39]
Plan of Horncastle in 1819	[40]
South-West View of Tattershall Castle, with a Ground Plan	[86]
Chimney Pieces in Tattershall Castle	[88]
Geological Map	[99]

VIGNETTES.

Roman Urns found at Horncastle	page [25]
Ancient British Coin	[28]
Seal of the Grammar School at Horncastle	[35]
Seal of the Horncastle Navigation Company	[37]
Stourton Hall, Baumber, Seat of Joseph Livesey, Esquire	[55]
Edlington Grove, Seat of Richard Samuel Short, Esquire	[57]
Ancient Cross at Somersby	[59]
Ancient Monuments in Scrivelsby Church	[62]
Remains of Bolingbroke Castle, from a drawing taken in 1813	[67]
Revesby Abbey, Seat of The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.	[76]
Kirkstead Chapel	[80]
Tattershall Church and Castle, from the South East	[83]
Seal of Tattershall College	[96]
Tower on the Moor	[97]

HORNCASTLE.

SITUATION, &c.

Horncastle is pleasantly situated at the foot of that bold and even range of hills which, from their openness, have been termed the wolds. It is nearly in the centre of the Lindsey division of the county of Lincoln, and is the chief of a soke of fifteen parishes, to which it gives name.

The principal part of the town is built in an angle formed by the confluence of two rivers, the Bane and the Waring, where an ancient fortification formerly stood, the scite of which is still visible, denoting it to have been a station of importance in early times.

The character of the place is however now completely changed. From a military station it has become a situation of trade; and being surrounded by a considerable number of villages, possesses one of the largest markets in the county.