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The Church (St Oswald,) has undergone many repairs, but still retains a little of its original Saxon architecture. It is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £14. 10s. and now at £777, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Godfrey Egremont, for whom the Rev. James Johnson officiates. The Rectory is in the impropriation of R.P.Johnson, Esq. ; but the tithes were commuted at the enclosure of Godnow Common and Crowle Moor, when about 500 acres were awarded to the vicar. There are in the town four chapels, belonging to the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, the Independents, and the General- Baptists. Three houses, with extensive common-rights, and ten acres of land, were bequeathed to this parish, for the education and relief of the poor, by Richard Brewer, in 1687; Thos. Walkwood, in 1692; and Richd. Clark, in 1721. The land and common-rights were exchanged at the enclosure for 21A. 3R.10p. of copyhold, but tithe -free land, and the sum of £206.The later was expended in repairing the buildings, and the whole estate is now let for £59. 10s. per annum. The trustees pay the schoolmaster £32 a-year, for teaching 32 free scholars, besides an allowance for coals; and they distribute about £9 yearly among the poor, and retain the remainder to provide for fines, repairs, &c. |
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