31st October 1834

Stamford Mercury

The following charities to the poor widows of the parishes of Baston, Langtoft, and Deeping St. James, in this county, appear under the will of the Rev. John Mossop, late of Langtoft,—the rents and profits arising therefrom to be received by the Vicar and Churchwardens of the respective parishes for the time being, and to be distributed by them among the poor widows on St. Thomas' day for ever: viz., to the poor widows of Baston one moiety of four acres of land situate at Langtoft;—to the poor widows of Langtoft, the other moiety of the said land; and to the poor widows of Deeping St. James, a moiety of a piece of land situate in that parish called the Park's Island.

4th July 1834
Stamford Mercury

A shocking accident last week befel a poor boy named Coddington, servant to Mr. John Gee, of Langtoft, who was killed near Park Wood side, it is supposed by imprudently riding on the shafts of a cart, as he was found on the road with his skull fractured. The lad was sent on Wednesday with the cart to fetch gravel, but no evidence could given how the accident happened. Verdict, accidental death.