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Rasen, Middle (St. Peter and St. Paul)

RASEN, MIDDLE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Caistor, S. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Market-Rasen; containing 831 inhabitants. This parish, which is intersected by the road from Louth to Gainsborough, comprises by measurement 3200 acres. There are two livings, both discharged vicarages: that of Tupholm is valued in the king's books at £2. 10. 10.; net income, £89; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln: and that of Drax is valued at £7. 10. 10.; net income, £170; patron, Earl Brownlow. The tithes of both vicarages were commuted for land at the inclosure. The church of Tupholm has a beautiful Norman entrance; in that of Drax is an ancient altar-tomb of an ecclesiastic. There are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists; also a school with a small endowment. At the inclosure of the parish, an allotment of 19 acres of land was made for the poor, now yielding a rent of £18.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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