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 and got the Pope to attach the living of Horncastle and with it that of Moorby and probably some others to his see as a means of support for him whilst in exile and poverty, and up to the middle of last century Horncastle so remained, whilst Moorby is now in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester. John de Halton died in the year 1324.

Coningsby.

If we went west from Moorby we should pass by Wood Enderby, the only church in this neighbourhood with a spire, as Sausthorpe is in the Spilsby neighbourhood, and should reach Haltham on the road from Horncastle to Coningsby. Here the small church with its old oak seats has an early Norman doorway with a quaintly carved tympanum. Going north from Moorby