NOTICE S. SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. Each insertion:-Wrapper, special terms; One Page, 12s. 6d.; Half Page, 7s. 6d.; Third Page, 5s.; Quarter Page, 4s. ; Minimum charge for any Advertisement, not to exceed four lines, 2s. 6d.; and for every additional line, 6d. TO SUBSCRIBERS. Lincolnshire Notes and Queries is published quarterly (January, April, July, and October), at the annual subscription (prepaid) of 5s.; post free 5s. 44. Price of single quarterly number, Is. 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications should be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Correspondents are requested to write as plainly as possible, on one side of the paper only, and not to use contractions except where such occur in the originals, and to forward their communications to the Editors for the next number not later than February 14th, otherwise insertion cannot be promised in our next issue. TO ADVERTISERS. Lincolnshire Notes and Queries will be found a good medium for advertisements of a suitable LITERARY character, which can be well displayed, and inserted at a reasonable rate. Particulars to be had of the Publisher. TO AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS. Books, &c. bearing on Lincolnshire, or subjects connected therewith, will, if sent to the Editors for review, receive careful attention. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS only (including subscriptions) should be sent direct to the Publisher (W. K. Morton, Horncastle). ALL EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONS, &c. should be addressed to THE EDITORS, c/o THE REV. J. CLARE HUDSON, THORNTON VICARAGE, HORNCASTLE. An interesting article in Gloucestershire Notes and Queries gives the outline of a Bill which has been drafted for securing to local English records the same care and protection that the Public Record-office Act of 1837 actually guarantees to documents of National importance. Under the suggested A&t every county council would have to provide a suitable fire-proof repository, under the inspection of the Local Government Board, to which parish registers, diocesan records, the archives of Nonconformist churches, manor rolls, &c., might be transferred-always with the consent of the present custodians; it being of the essence of the measure that it should be permissive, not compulsory, in this respect; so that, in a word, those who wish for greater security for the documents in their keeping should be enabled to have it : "We need only point out one class of records (the writer observes), viz., parish registers, to show the desirability of such a Bill as this passing through Parliament. The condition and custody of these records is well known to be most unsatisfactory; though, owing it may be to the increased interest taken in them, matters are, perhaps, not so bad as once they were. Proposals for removing them to London have often been made, and some years ago a Bill with that object was introduced into the House of Commons. Such a scheme may reasonably be objected to, and county record offices appear to afford the only suitable alternative." It is true that records such as the draft Bill deals with are in Scotland and Ireland already deposited in central offices as Edinburgh and Dublin; but the vast number of English records would of itself make a similar arrangement for this country impracticable. Nevertheless "Scotch and Irish experience is useful, as indicating that no difficulty need arise in removing local records, wills, parish registers, and the like, to a suitable central repository. Such an office is evidently appreciated, for the chapter of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, some years ago sought for and obtained leave to deposit their muniments in the Dublin Record-office." 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Lincolnshire Notes and Queries is published quarterly (January, April, July, and October), at the annual subscription (prepaid) of 5s.; post free 5s.4d. Price of single quarterly number, Is. 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS. All communications should be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Correspondents are requested to write as plainly as possible, on one side of the paper only, and not to use contractions except where such occur in the originals, and to forward their communications to the Editors for the next number not later than May 14th, otherwise insertion cannot be promised in our next issue. TO ADVERTISERS. Lincolnshire Notes and Queries will be found a good medium for advertisements of a suitable LITERARY character, which can be well displayed, and inserted at a reasonable rate. Particulars to be had of the Publisher. TO AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS. Books, &c. bearing on Lincolnshire, or subjects connected therewith, will, if sent to the Editors for review, receive careful attention. BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS only (including subscriptions) should be sent direct to the Publisher (W. K. Morton, Horncastle). ALL EDITORIAL COMMUNICATIONS, &c. should be addressed to THE EDITORS, C/O THE REV. J. CLARE Hudson, THORNTON VICARAGE, HORNCASTLE. WE commence in this No. a Supplement containing "Lincolnshire Folk Names for Plants," compiled by the Rev. Ē. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock, Vicar of Cadney, Brigg. THE Index to Vol. III. of Lincs. N. & 2. (delayed through unavoidable cirumstances) will be issued with the July number (Vol. IV., No. 27). A CORRESPONDENT writes to say he would like to see recorded in Lincs. N. & Q. a systematic account of the County families, histories, localities, seats, great historic characters national events and changes in which the County played a part, as well as articles on topographical and other features of the County. The suggestion is one not to be despised, but as contributors to our pages are not to be relied upon for articles, &c. every quarter considerable difficulty is found in procuring sufficient original matter of interest to the antiquarian. There is yet a vast amount of unpublished records of the County waiting to be published, if only someone will undertake their transcription for the Press. Page 28, line 4, for Scandenavian read Scandinavian. The quotation at bottom of p. 32 should read : "And age is a time of peace, so it be free from pain, And happy has been my life; but I would not live it again. |