Friskney, Lincolnshire

Description
Friskney, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stand£ near the coast, 4 miles ESE of Eastville station on the G.N.R., and 4 SW of Wainfleet, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Boston. The parish comprises 6844 acres; population, 1373. A large tract of the land was drained, inclosed, and embanked under an act of 1809. Upwards of 30,000 head of ducks, widgeon, and teal were annually sent from decoys in this tract previous to the reclamation, but the number afterwards scarcely amounted to 5000. From 2000 to 4000 pecks of cranberries were annually gathered from Cranberry Fen, but after the drainage of the tract the gathering of them almost ceased. Friskney Flat is a long reach of sand, alternately covered and left bare by the tide. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lin-£ coin ; gross yearly value, £760 with residence. The church comprises a south porch, a nave of five bays, and a chancel ; contains a carved oaken pulpit of 1659, a chancel-screen, and. an octagonal font, and was restored in 1879. There are two. Wesleyan chapels and charities amounting to about £112 yearly.