A History of Horncastle, from the earliest period to the present time

by J. Conway Walter

Transcribed from the 1908 W. K. Morton & Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

We are indebted for the engraving of this seal to the courtesy of Miss G. M. Bevan, author of Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury, published by Messrs. Mowbray & Co., London.

a
History of Horncastle,
from the
earliest period to the present time.

ILLUSTRATED.

by
James Conway Walter,
author of
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood, Parishes around Horncastle,
The Ayscoughs, The Coitani, &c., &c.

HORNCASTLE:
W. K. Morton & Sons, Ltd., Printers, High Street,
1908.

PREFACE.

The following pages may truthfully be said to be the result of labours, extending over many years, and of researches in directions too many to tell.