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. ~ion on the Trent valley line of the same railway, 7 north- clothes and money. Longcroft Hall is the seat of Hollond north-east from , and 125 from London, in the Franldyn esq. Yoxall Lodge is the residence of Hon. Mrs. Burton division of the county, North Offiow hundred, Grifliths. Lord Leigh P.C. who is lord of the manor, the Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division, Lichfield King, in right of his Duchy of Lancaster, Hollond Frank­ union and county court district, rural deanery of Lich- lyn esq. Miss Birch and Theophilus Basil Percy-Levett field, archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield. esq. J..P. of Wichnor Park, are the principal landowners. The river Swarborn, flowing through the village, falls into The soil is a rich red marl and loam, producing good the. Trent about 1 mile eastward. 'l'be church of St. crops of wheat and beans, with a good portion of excellent Peter is an ancient building of stcne in the Decorated and pasture and meadow land. The area is 5,Io3 acres, Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, inclusive of 29 of water, about 1,2oo of which have been north porch and a massive embattled western tower, con- inc]osed from , and 29 of water; rate­ taining a clock and 6 bells: in the church is a very fine ' able val"Ge, £8,534; the population in 190I was 1,I64 in altar-tomb, with recumbent marble effigies, to Humphrey the civil, and 872 in the ecclesiastical parish, S't. Peter. Welles, of Hall, 1565, and Mary, his wife, Hoar Cross is an ecclesiastical parish, formed partly 1584; there is also a marble monument, with recumbent from Yoxall , and will be found under a sepa­ e:ffigy, to Admiral Henry Meynell, of ifloar Cross Hall, rate heading. and brasses to the Lightwood family, 1706; the Arden Hadley End is I mile north-west. family 1855 and I88o, and one to Hugo Francis Meynell- Longcroft is three-quarters of a mile north. lngram esq. of Hoar Cross, d. 26 May, 1871: the church Morrey is a hamlet I mile west. was thoroughly restored and re-seated with open oak Woodhouses, about I mile south, is another hamlet in benches in 1868, partly at the cost of the late Lord the parish. Palmerston: the stained ea.st window of the south aisle is Wood Mill and Wood Lane are in Burton-on-Trent a memorial to the Arden family, and there is another to county court district, and about 1 mile north from Yoxall. C. Hunt esq.: the church affords soo sittings. The regis- By the Divided Parishes Act, four detached parts of ter of baptisms dates from the year I64.S; marriages, Hamstall Ridware, situated at ·wood Lane, were in 1882 I682; burials, 1678. The living is a rectory, net yearly transferred to Yoxall, and by an Order of the Derby and 'Value, £427, including I4 acres of glebe and residence, Stafford County Councils, a part of Foston and Scropton in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1894 (Derbyshire) was amalgamated with Yoxall. by the Rev. Alexander Arthur Cory M . .A.. of University Parish Clerk, John Wood. College, DurJ:tam, _surrogate and J._P. Staf!s. Y~xall Yoxall Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., s. B. & A. & I. 0. 'Cott~ge J;Iosp~tal, sit~~ted on an e_mmence, Is. an edifice -Joim T. Norman, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive of rel brzck, m the El1zab~than st)le, erected m z873, at from Burton-on-Trent at 6.35 a.m. & 3.40 p.m.; dis- the expense of the la'te Miss G. E. Meynell-Ingram, late patched at I.ZS & 6. p.m 55 •-:>f Hoa!' Or~ss Hall: who also left a legacy of £5,ooo to Wall Letter Box at Wood Mill cleared at 6.30. Letters the same; It contams 5 be~s and ~ cot. An annexe for for Morrey, via Rugeley, ar;ive at a. m the treatment of consumptive patients has been added. W L tt B d t m 9 The Catholic church, dedicated to St. Francis of Sales, at a11 . e er ox c1 eare a 4 ~- . . Wood lane, erected in 1795, and enlarged in 1834, is of Publ~c Elementary School (miXed), bmlt m 1896, fo~ 180 .brick, and consists of chancel, nave and north porch: it children; average attendance, 174; H. W. Jenmngs, has one stained window, and affords sittings for 140 per- master scns. There are Primitive Methodist chapels at Wood Carriers through Yoxall.-John Sabin, to Burton-on- Mill and Woodhouses. Charitable bequests, amounting Trent, mon. thurs. & sat. ; Enoch Fleming to Burton, .to about £32 yearly, are distributed to the poor in bread, tues. thurs. & sat.; Mrs. Leedham to Lichfield, fri

YOXALL. Gee Thomas, Golden Cup P.H HADLEY END. Green J oseph, shopkeeper Barlow J oseph, farmer Armwn Chas. GTeasley, Brook house Haddock Charles, farm bailiff to 0. G. Armson Charles J ames, Brook house Bibby Charles Henry, farmer Armson esq Causer David, farmer .A.rmson Frank Greasley, The Moat Hall George Frederick (Mrs.), farmer Hunt William, beer retailer .Cory Rev. Alex. A., M.A., J.P.(rector) Hall Stanford, farmer Ironmonger Thos. farmer, Hadley cot Franklyn Hollond, Longcroft hall Hancock Charles, saddler Raworth George, builder -Griffiths Hon. Mrs. Yoxall lodge Knight Stephen,farmer ,Ladysmith fm Sabin John, carrier Rail Mrs. Leafield Leedham Alfred, saddler Sutton Frederick, farmer Mills Miss Minchin Charles, baker Thompson George, cowkeeper Shipton Miss', Yew Tree house Norman John T. chemist & grocer, & 'Sperry Mrs. W eaverlake agent for W. & .A.. Gilbey Limited, Stanlev Mrs wine & spirit merchants, Post office WOOD LANE. - COMMERCIAL • Nutt Thomas, tailor Parker Rev. Joseph (Roman Catholic) .Allsop Thomas, beer retailer Perkins Charles James, ironmonger Leedham Thomas (Mrs.), farmer Archer Samuel, farmer, Woodhouses Powell John, The Crown P.H Newell Arth. The Forester's ArmsP.H Arms on Charles Greasley L.F.P. S. Roberts Edward, tailor White Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper Glas. surgeon Rowles Norah (Miss), assist. overseer .Arms on Charles J am.es, surgeon Smith James Berrisford, butcher WOOD MILL. Arms on l')ank Greasley, surgeon, & Smith Joseph, farmer, B_Iakenhall. William, miller medical officer & public vaccinator, Twamley John, beer retailer & bu1lder Lloyd Sarah (Miss), farmer · Yoxall district, Lichfield union,The Upton Charles, farmer Moat Upton John, farmer, Woodhouses MORREY. Batkin Edwin, stationer Wibberley James, farmer, Whitewood Batkin Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper W.right Hannah (Mrs.), china & glass Clulow Joseph, farmer Brown William, farmer dealer Hall Charles, farmer Bull Charles, farmer Yoxall Cottage Hospital (Frank J ones Francis, farmer ·Oham berlain Annie (Miss) ,shopkeeper Greasley Armson L.S.A. & Charles Pott Edmund, farmer Cooper Thomas, farmer JamPs Armson L.R.C.P. surgeons; Pott Edward, farmer .Dukes Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Miss Clarke, nurse & matron) Shipton Thomas, farmer I

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