HORNCASTLE, (Lincolnshire) 104 cm. 122 mm. from London, is a large well-built T. on the r. Bane. It had a castle, from the architecture of which, and from the Roman coins that are sometimes turned up in the ground near it, it is thought to have been a camp or station of the Romans. The com. of the castle was about 20 acres. It is a signiory of thirteen Lps. which were given by Rich. II. to the Bp. of Carlisle and his successors, after the Scots had drove him from Rose-Castle in Cumberland, and robbed him of his revenues. In these Lps. there are several chapels for the convenience of the inh. who are at too great a distance from the mother Ch. The Mt. is on S. and Fairs June 11, and August 10. The T. is almost surrounded with water.