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Althorpe, a village on the West bank of the Trent, opposite Burringham, 4 miles E.S.E. of Crowle has in its township 213 souls and 1133a. 3r. 27p. of land, including the adjacent hamlet of Derrythorpe. Geo. Skipworth, Esq., is lord of the manor of Althorpe and owner of a great part of the soil; and T. Lightfoot, Esq., is lord of the manor of Derrythorpe; but R.P. Johnson Esq., and several smaller owners, have estates here. The parish includes, also, Amcotts and Keadby townships. The Church (St. Oswalds) has a tower and three bells, and was built in the reign of Edward IV., by Sir John Neville. It is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £25 but now worth about £600 per annum. The tithes of Derrythorpe are paid in kind, but a corn rent has been paid in lieu of the Althorpe tithes since 1799. The glebe in Althorpe is 23 a. 3 r. the patronage is in the crown, the Reverend Jas. Aspinal M.A., is the incumbent, being presented with the living in 1840, since which he has erected a new rectory-house. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel built in 1834; and at Derrythorpe is a Primitive Methodist Chapel. John Langley, a native of Althorpe was Lord Mayor of London in 1576.
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