1851 POST OFFICE DIRECTORY
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BARDNEY, with SOUTHREY, or SOUTHROW and
BARDNEY DAIRIES
Bardney, a parish, large village and railway station, on the
Boston and Lincoln railway, and the east bank of the Witham,
in the western division of the wapentake of Wraggoe, parts of
Lindsey, North Lincolnshire and Lincoln Union, 120 miles
from London, 6 south from Wragby, 10 east-by-south from
Lincoln and 10 west from Horncastle, contained in 1851
(including the hamlets of Southrey, Bardney Dairies and
Snakeholme), 1329 inhabitants and 5,490 acres of land. The
Great Northern railway passes through this parish, and there
are stations at Bardney and Southrey. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the diocese of Lincoln, value £130, to which value it has been increased by the munificence of the
Earl of Harrowby – and in the patronage of the bishop; the
Rev. John Wray is the present incumbent. The church,
dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a large edifice in the Gothic
style, and consists of nave, aisles, chancel and tower
containing 4 bells; the nave is separated from the aisles by
octagon pillars and pointed Gothic arches. There are, also,
two Wesleyan chapels, one at Bardney and one at Southrey;
and a Free school. Bardney Abbey was founded before the
year 697. Ethelred, King of Mercia, in 705 resigned his crown
to become abbot. In an adjoining meadow, known as King’s
Bardney
GENTRY
Brown Mr William Stephen Pollexfen
Germon Rev. Nicholas Moires, M.A.
Thompson Jones, esq.
Walker Rev. William, M.A. Vicarage
TRADERS
Blackbourn Henry, farmer, Hall farm
Brompton George, boot & shoe maker
Brown James, farmer
Clay John, farmer, Snakeholme
Clipsham Wm, plumber, painter & glazier
Clipson Samuel, farmer
Cockett William, grocer, draper &
postmaster
Colton Francis, coal dealer & parish clerk
Coney John, Railway Hotel & auctioneer
Coney John Martin, sen. Auctioneer
Cook James, saddler & harness maker
Cook Thomas, tailor
Dawson John, beer retailer
Dawson Thomas, butcher
Dawson Thomas, wheelwright & carpenter
Dennis James, smith & farrier
Dennis Richard, carpenter
Dixon John, tailor
Dixon Richard, farmer
Dove Edward, plumber, painter & glazier
East Thomas, farmer, Southrey
Edman John, boot & shoe maker
Edman William, baker
Ellis Thomas, farmer
Friend Chas. Wm. Master of Free school.
Hill Close, is a barrow, to mark his burial-place; it was
destroyed by the Danes in 870, who murdered nearly all the
monks. After remaining in ruins 200 years, the abbey was
rebuilt in the reign of William the Conqueror, by Gilbert de
Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln, who endowed it with tithes of all his
estates. The abbots were styled Lords of Lindsey, and sat as
peers in Parliament. The building stood upon 6 acres of land,
in a moated enclosure containing 25 acres. Their possessions
received the last charter of royal confirmation 20th of Henry
VII.; and it is conjectured that it possessed 20,000 acres of
land, advowsons and pensions from churches, and an annual
income of the present value of £16,000. The revenue was
valued at £429 7s., and after the Dissolution the site was
granted to Sir Robert Tyrwhitt. The Earl of Harrowby is lord
of the manor. The principal charities consist of a Free
Grammar school, founded in 1711, by Thomas Kitching, for
the poor children of Bardney, Southrey, Tupholme and
Bucknall, who endowed it with landed property, producing, in
1854, £70 per annum, - and also to relieve poor widows and
apprentice poor children of Southrey. Peter Handcock’s
Hospital was founded in 1712, for 7 men and 7 women of
Bardney, endowed with a weekly payment of 1s. coals, and,
once in two years, clothing. Southrey has 198 people.
Snakeholme and Bardney Dairies are 2 miles north.
Field John, station master on Great Northern
railway
Gibbons John., butcher
Gibbons Phillips, grocer linen draper & c
Gibson John Jeremiah, smith & farrier
Green William, miller
Hall Joseph, tailor
Harrison Henry, butcher
Harvey Geo., farmer, Bardney Dairies
Hicks John, castrator
Hindes Joseph, farmer, Bardney Dairies
Hird Solomon, miller & baker
Hodgson Scholey, Angel Inn & farmer
Jackson William, builder
Johnson, Thomas, ‘Black Horse’
Johnson Thomas, coal dealer
Kenington William, grocer & draper
Kennington John, farmer
Knott Wm., beer retailer & coal dealer
Leach Thomas, smith & farrier
Leach William, castrator
Lowe Mirza, watchmaker & land surveyor
Medman William, baker
Moore Jas., Farmer, Thick Thorn farm
Mowbray Jesse, farmer
Nelson John Summers, shopkeeper
Norfolk William, farmer
Overton Rich., carpenter & wood dealer
Overton William, carpenter
Pask William, brickmaker & farmer, Beck
farm
Pask William, farmer
POST OFFICE. – William Cockett, receiver. Letters arrive by foot
post from Wragby at 10 a.m.: are despatched at 3 p.m. The nearest
money order post office is at Wragby.
St Lawrence’s Church, Rev. William Walker, M.A. vicar; Rev.
Nicholas Morris Germon, M.A. curate
CARRIERS: - William Knott & John Nelson’s packets (by water)
to Lincoln, Friday, returning same day; Simpson’s cart to
Horncastle, Saturday, returning same day
Pickwell Mark, farmer
Riggall William, farmer
Scott John, carpenter
Simpson Elizabeth (Mrs), carrier
Smith Charles, boot & shoe maker
Smith William, tailor & hairdresser
Thomson Jonas, surgeon
Todd Richard, farmer
Willey William, shopkeeper & boot & shoe
maker
Wray Wm. Henry, druggist & seedsman
Southrey
TRADERS
Goodyear John, farmer
Goodyear Robert, beer retailer
Goodyear Thomas, farmer
Holland Thomas, farmer
Otter John, farmer
Quincey John, beer retailer
Robinson Thomas, station master, Great
Northern railway
Smithson William, farmer
Taylor, Wm., farmer, shopkeeper & baker
Tinley George White, farmer
Turner Thomas, baker
Wrighton
William,
‘Greyhound’,
&
wheelwright
Bardney Dairies
TRADERS
Chambers John, farmer
Dent Jonathan, farmer
Duckering William, farmer
Commissioners to Drain the Fen Lands in Bardney, Southrey,
Tupholme, Bucknall, Horsington, Stixwould, Edlington &
Thimbleby. Meet at the Angel Inn; Wm. Henry Hordick, clerk; Thos.
Bartholomew, collector
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS: Free Grammar School, Charles William Friend, master Peter
Handcock’s Hospital, Mr William S. P. Brown, treasurer to Charity
Trustees