White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1842.

Wrangle.

Wrangle is a pleasant and well built village on the Wainfleet Road, 9 miles North-east of Boston. In the parish are 1030 inhabitants and 6890 acres of fertile land. The common was enclosed in 1813 when the tithes were commuted for an allotment. The soil belongs to various owners and J. Rooper Esq. is lord of the manor, which was held by Queen Elizabeth as part of the Honor of Richmond. Tradition says here was formerly a market and that a large creek ran within half a mile of the church, which is now more than two miles from the sea. In 1359, Wrangle furnished one ship and eight men to the navy of Edward III . In the parish are two moated mounds on which the foundations of buildings may still be traced.

The church (St. Peter & St. Paul) is a neat fabric with a tower and six bells. In its East window are some kneeling figures in painted glass and in the chancel are the recumbent effigies of a knight and lady. It was appropriated to Waltham Abbey in the reign of Henry II and is now a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9 18s 6d and in 1836 at £698. The Rev. Thomas Bailey Wright is patron and incumbent. There are, in the parish, three small chapels, two belonging to the Wesleyans and one to the Primitive Methodists.

The Wrangle & East Lincolnshire Agricultural Assoc. meets at the Angel Inn.

The School & Bedehouse were founded by Thos. Alenson, who, in 1555, bequeathed his house, called Joy Hill, to be converted into a bedehouse for two poor men & two poor women of Wrangle & Leake and for a schoolmaster to teach English & Latin to the poor children of these parishes. For their endowment he bequeathed about 40 acres of land, now let for £128 16s per annum; out of which about £60 is paid to the four almspeople in weekly stipends and the remainder to the schoolmaster who teaches reading, writing & arithmetic, gratuitously, to all the children of the two parishes who apply for such instruction.

In 1705, the Rev. W. Erskine augmented the endowment of the bedehouse with a bequest of 9 acres of land, now let for £20 16s per annum.

The poor parishioners of Wrangle have the following yearly doles, viz. :26s in bread, left by John Holland, in 1690, out of 24 acres of land owned by the Preston family; £4 as the rent of 2 cottages and 2 roods of land left by Hannah Leach in 1719; £5. 5s as the rent of 5a. 3r. 23p. left by Sir Charles Read before the year 1680; £3 from 2a. 33p. left by Rev. Richard Bailey in 1755; £6 from 3 acres left by John Wilby in 1752; £7 from 5a. 2r. 19p. left by the before named Rev. W. Erskine; £9 from 5 acres called the Town Lands; £3 11s 6d from 4 tenements and 3a. 36p derived from the bequests of Thomas Taylor, alias Smith, and others; about £7 from land derived from unknown donors and let to poor labourers; 20s. out of Lowgate Marsh Farm left by Francis Read; 10s. left by Sir John Read from an estate here, now belonging to St. Bartholemew’s hospital, London; and 15s. as the interest from £20 left by Francis Chamberlain & S. & W. Wilby.

Residents.

Rev. T.B.Wright - Vicar.

C.M. Allison - Schoolmaster

Surgeon - G. C. Creasey.

Chief Constable -  J.Rinder Esq., Wrangle Hall.

Parish Clerk - William Evison.

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Beerhouses. - J.Evison, R. Evison, G.Kime, J. Swift, T. Vinter, T. Willows, S. Whiting

Blacksmiths. - Wm. Greenfield, T. Haines, B. Hoyle, J. Tilley, B. Underwood.

Boot & Shoe Makers. - Wm. Cowham, J. Dowse, T. Hobster, M. Toynton.

Butchers. - M. Bontoft, C. Scrimshaw, Sml. Whiting.

Carpenters. - Jph. Addock, W. Dawson, W. Emery, J. Royle.

Cattle dealer - R. Noble.

Gardener. - ? Bailey, J. Wilson.

Graziers & Farmers. - T.Ashby, A.Blake, R.Chapman, W Cooke, A.Coupland, J.Coupland, J.Dickinson, J.Donner, W.Gask sen., W.Gask jun., J.Gibson, ?.Greenfield, M.Greenfield, J.Harrison, J.Hill, J.Hobson, J.Huggard.

Machine owner. - Thos. Cooke.

Miller/Baker - J.M. Balderson, R. Hobson.

Shopkeepers. - G. Kime, T. Willows, Sam. Whiting, W. Wright.

Taverns & Public Houses. - J. Harrison, The Angel Inn; J. West, The White Horse.

Tailor. - W. Misdal.

Thatcher. - W. Walker.

Wheelwrights. - J.Dawson, W.Greenfield, O.Keal, D.Kitchin, J. & J.Lilley, W.Lambert, J.Lumb, J.Newton, J.Pearson, F.Reeson, J.Reeson, J.Richardson, C.Swain, Jos.Taylor, J.Taylor, W.Taylor, W Tergoose, E Ward, J Westmorland.

 

Carriers. (to Boston, Wed. & Sat.). - J. Snowdall, J. Swift.