2.'I sweetly tolling men do call, to taste on meats that feeds the soul. Glory to God on high. God save His Church. The chancel was thoroughly restored by the rector in 1868, at a cost of 218, when the floor was paved with encaustic tiles, and the chancel seated with handsomely carved stalls. In the same year a chaste stone pulpit and an oak lectern were given by the Duke of Rutland, the walls cleared and pointed, the tower arch opened, a warming apparatus added, and the church partly re-seated with oak benches.
Further alterations are in contemplation.
The living is a rectory, valued in K B. at 16 .3s. The Rev. George Crabbe, the poet resided here for some time as curate of the parish. The Church Land, l6A. lR. 30P., was allotted at the enclosure, and is let for about 50 per annum. C. Lonsdale, Thomas Parke, and George Ray, late rectors, the sum invested now produces about 8 5s. In 1660 William Hand left 40, half for repairing the causeways and half for the poor, and it was laid out in the purchase of a house and 3 acres of land at Carcoulston, which was let in 1785, on a building lease for 61 years, at 2 17s. per annum.