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 664 C. 32' Anno fecundo Georgii III, A. D. 1762. Linds divided into fix Firft Diftria j Boundaries thereof. Second Diftria : Boundaries thereof. Third Dirtria: Boundaries thereof. Fourth Diftria : Boundaries thereof. Fifth Dltlria: Boundaries thereof. Sixth Diftria : Boundaries thereof. 'Cotnmiffionrh for Di- ftrias appointed. Manner of Eleaion, Firft UiAiia. Hermitage^ Neivholme^ Wejl-hoiife, Langrike^ Langivorth^ Swinecote, Hagnahy^ St'ickney^ Wildmore Fen and JVeft Fen ; and the faid low Lands mid Fens are bounded as follows ; tha- is to lay, By the hi^^h Grounds of Lincoln^ Cammck and IVojhmghorovgh^ and thence by the Car-dyke from IVaJlmnhoroufh to Thorpe Tilney, and by the high Grounds of Thorpe Tilney and the Car-dyke, from TUncy aforefaid to BiU'tnghay Skirths, by the high Grounds of IValcott and Billitighr.y aforefaid, Digby, Dorrington, Rujk- ingtoj!, Amvlck, Ewcrhy, Hoicell^ Heckington, Great Ha/e^jind Little Ha/e, from BllUnghay aforefaid to Helpringham Fen on the Weft ; by the common Fens of Helpringhavi, Bicker, and Donningtcn, and by the Southern Boundary of i/(5//^«<'/ i^t'w, i:Qm Helpringham Fen aforefaid X.o Bojion on the South ; by Kirton Holme, the South B3.nk of Old Hammond-Beck, Bojloti-JVeji, Sibfey, 2.nd Stickney, from Bo'fou aforefaid to Siickney-lar Green on the Eaft ; and by the high Grounds of Hagnahy, Grounds of Eaft- Kirkby, high Grounds of Revejby TxnA Mareha/n, Grounds oiTianhy, and high Grounds of Coninglby^ from Stickney-bar Green ?ifoxefid to TaiterJIiall-batie, and the high Grounds of Tatterjhall, Tatterjhall Thorpe, Kirk/lead, Toivery Moor, IVoodhall, Stixivotild, Horfington, Bucknall, Tupholm, Southrey, Bard- ney, Stainjield, Barlings, Fijkerton, JVillingham, Greetwell, and Monks, from Tatterjhall-bane aforefaid to Lincoln, on the North-Eaft and North ; and from the faid River TVitha?n to the high Grounds of Lincoln Cc7nmon, leaving Sincil-dykc twenty Yards on the V^ eft: And the fame low Lands and Fens ihall be deemed toconfift of, and be divided into, fix feveral Diftridts or Divifions, to be refpedively comprifed within the feveral Limits herein after mentioned, and for the feveral Purpofcs herein after declared ; that is to fay, T"he low Lands in Lincoln, Lincoln Co?fimcn, Canivick, IVafoingborojigh, Heigh- ingtcn, Branjlon, Potter Hajiixinrth, Notion, Dimjion, Methcringhain, Blankney, Lijixvood, Morton, Tim~ hcrland, TimberUvid Thorpe, JVcAcoit, Billinghay, Billinghay Drdc's, and Dog-dyke ; and Vv-hich faid low Lands are bounded as follows; that is to fay. From twenty Yards below the North End of Sincil-dvke in Lincoln to Kyme Eau, by the River IVitham, on the North ; from the Little Bargate Bridge in /./«- ccln, to Kyme Eau aforefaid, by the high Grounds of L/;zf(?/;?, Canuick znd JVafliingborcugh, the C. ;- dyke, Thorfe Tilney, 7iV A North Kyme Fen, on the South; and from the faid ^wer IVitham to the ha Grounds of Lincoln Common, by a Line drswn at all Places parallel within twenty Yards from the Eaft Side of Sincil-dyke on the Weft, fo that no Part of the faid Sincil-dyke, or the Rivers or Drains runnii;"- under the Bar-gates; or either of the Gowt Bridges, fhall be included within the faid Boundaries; 2nd from the River IVithmn to North Kyme Fen, by Kyme Eau and South Kyme on the Eaft, fliall confti- tute and be contained in the firft Diftridt : And Holland Fen, Harts Grounds, Great Bicts, Little Beets, the Rakes, Brothsrtoft, and all oiher the Inclofures in Holland Fen, and being bounded as follows ; that is to fa)'. By Kyme Eau, the River JVitham, Bojhn IVeJl, and Kirion Holme, on the Eaft and North ; South Ky7iie, Hckington, and Great Hal:, on the Weft ; and the South Banks of Old Ha?nmond Beck Swinejl)ead, on the South, fhall conftiuite and be contained in the fecond Diftridi: The lov/ Lands in Monks, Grcetw.ll, IVilUngham, Flj! erton. Barlings, Stainjield, Bardncy, Scuthrey, Tuphcbn, Bucknall, H:rftngtcn, Slixiuould, Sivinrjjke, IVoodhall, Thornton, Kirk/iead, Tatterjhall Thorpe, and Tatter/hall, being bounded as follows ; that is to fay. By the'high Lands of the laft-mentioned Places on theNorth, the River JVitham on the South, the River Bane on the Eaft, and Lincoln on the Weft, fliall conftitute and be contained in the third Diftridl: : The low Lands in Coningsby, Marcham, Hundle-houfe, RcveJ- h, Middleham, Moorhoufe, Hermitage, Newholme, Wcjihoufe, Langrike, Langxvorth, Sivinecotc, Hagnaby, Stickney, IVildjnore Fen, and IVeJlFen, and bounded as follows ; that is to fay. By the old "RXver IVitham and Tattcrfball Bane on the Weft; by the high Grounds of Coningsby, the Grounds of Tu?nby, the high Ground of Mareham ' " ' -'-- ''^ j. _r /7_/j r^-.z;.. .^j ^u- l:-.l ^-^ 1 r tt on the Parifh conftitute and be contained in the fourth Diftridl : The low Land in Anwick, North Kyme, Rujk'ington, Dorringtoy., and Digby, being bounded as follows ; that is to fiiy. By Digby Old Skirth-dyke, and the J)ykc which is the Eaftern Boimdary of a Clofc now occupied by John Lane, and-that Part of Digby Efig/ne Drain which extends from the faid Clofe to Digby Engine, Billingh y Skirih, ard Billing /:ay Dales, on the North and Eaft " " " . - - I'ington, and D tricl : The ow Kyme Eau on the South ; the high Lands of Aniiick, Rujkington, Dor igljy, and the C'lr-dyhc, on the Weft, fhall conftitute and be contained in the fifth Dif- V Lvnds in South Kyme, Great Hale, Little Hale, Heckington, Lady Frazer's fix hundred Acres, Euerbv, Howell, Afgarby, and fonie lov/ Lands r Swinejhcad, being bounded as follows; that is to fay. By Holland Fen and Dog-dyke on the Nortli ; Hrlpingham and Donnington Fens on the South ; Bicker Fen, H',mmond Beck, and Part of the faid Holland Fen, on the Eaft ; and the high Lands of Great Hale, Little Haln, Hcclington, Hoivcll, and Eiverby, on the Weft, (hall conftitute and be con- tained in the fixtli I)iftri<51:. IIL And be it further cnn(51:cd, That for the mor: cftciSlual executing of this Act, certain Com- milfioncrs ftial] b.- clccled within each of the faid Diftridts, in manner hereafter mentioned ; that is to fay, In the firft Diftrict there fhall be eighteen Commiffioncrs clcdted, one for and by each of the feveral Places and Parifhes herein before-mentioned, as comprifed therein in manner following: The feveral Owners of Lands or Tenements of any Eftate of Freehold, Copyhold of Inheritance or for I/ife, or for any Term of Years wherein not more than one Half of the Value is referved as a Rent, which T/and fliall lie within anyone of the fnid Phices orPariflies comprized in the fiiid firft DiftricSf, and fhall be of the yearly Value of five Poimds ; and the feveral Farmers at Rack-rent of any Lands or reiumcnts lying in fuch Parifh or Place, and being of the yearly Value of fifty Pounds, fhall meet in the Pari Tn Church, or other moft ufual Place of publick Aaeeting to do Bufinefs, in the Parifh or Place v.hcrcin fuch J^aTids rcfpcctivcly lie, on the lecond Tvejday in 'Jfuly one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, and fhall then and there clc<St in each of the faid Pariflics or Places refpc6tively one Com-