ACCOUNT

OF THE

RELIGIOUS HOUSES,

FORMERLY SITUATED ON THE EASTERN
SIDE OF THE RIVER WITHAM;

BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF CERTAIN PAPERS READ BEFORE
THE LINCOLN TOPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,

IN THE YEAR 1842.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES.

BY THE

REV. GEO OLIVER, D.D.,

INCUMBENT OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, WOLVERHAMPTON;
VICAR OF SCOPWICK; A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ABOVE
SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
OF SCOTLAND, &c., &c., &c.

Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci,
Lectorem delectando, pariterque monende

HORAČE.

LONDON:

R. SPENCER, 314, HIGH HOI BORN.
UPPINGHAM: C. W. OLIVER, HIGH STREET

MDCCCXLVI.
Cim, H,

LENOX LIBRAR

NEW YORK

C. W. OLIVER, PRINTER, UPPINGHAM.

4.-Account of Bardney Abbey,

5.-Account of Tupholm Abbey,..

6.-Account of Stixwold Priory,

7.--Account of Kirkstead Abbey,..

8.-Contest betwen the Abbot of Kirkstead and

9.-Causes which led to the suppression of Mon-

achism in England,

812

10.-General visitation of the Religious Houses,.. 105

11.-The Abbey of Tupholm and the Convent of

APPENDIX.-An Essay on the aboriginal population of

140