[LEICESTER.] WITHERLEY. 498 [POST OFFICE WITHERLEY is a tOW11Ship, village, and parish, school was built in 187ii: it is under Government insneetion. fiituated on the , which, with the Roman road, Adjoining the village are extensive stables and 'kennels 'Watling Street, separates it from the county of Warwick, erected by the gentlemen of the Hunt. The in the Southern division of the county, Sparkenhoehundred, principal landowners are the rector, Mrs. Corbett, and Mrs. Atherstone union and county court district, rural deanery of Thompson. Tile soil is various; subsoil, clay and marl. Sparkenboe, archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Peter­ The chief crops are wheat, barley, oah, and roots. 'l'he borough; it is rather more than a mile south-east from parish (including ) contains 1,570 acres; rateable Atberstone station, 103 miles from London,and 7 north-west value, £3,866; the population in 1871 WIlS 453. from Hinckley. The church ofSt. Peter is a large old build­ ATTERTON is a hamlet in the pari"h of Witherley, lying ing, consisting of chancel, nave, and north aisle, with a nearly 3 miles east·hy-north from Atherstone. The popula­ tower containing 5 bells, and surmounted by a very elegant tion in 1871 was 46.--Letteril through Nuneaton. The spire, which forms a prominent object trom the surrounf1ing llearest monev order office is at Atherstone. neighbourhood. The register dates from the year 1564. The Parish Clerk, John Robinson. living is a rectory, yearly value £,500, with residence, in the gift of and held by the Rev. Edward Tomes Chamberlayne, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford. A Church of Letters through Atherstone, the nearest money oruer office Witherley. Castleman George, huntsman to the Watters William, miller Chamberlayne Rev. Edward Tomes, Atherstone hounds Wood William, Bull M.A. [rector] Dexter David, shopkeeper Yoemans Edward, tarmer Corbett :Mrs. My the cottage Farmer John, farmer Mavon WiIliam Hitchcock George, shopkeeper Atterton. Puilen Mrs Judd Jame!!, horse trainer Eaker Elizabeth (:Mrs.), farmer COMMERCIAL. MottTam James, BlueLion Coley John, farmer Angrave Edmund, farmer PyeJno.groom to theAtherstone hounds Croft John, tarmer Eates John, farmer RobinsonJolm, shoe maker Harding John, farmer Eolus William, farmer Sperry John, farmer Upton JoLn, farmer

WOODHOUSE is a township, village, and ('hapeIry, in in 1691 by Thomas Rawlins, and amply endowed by the the civil parish of Barrow-upon-Soar. delightfully situated same benevolent individual: the schoolmaster has a dwell­ on the borders of Beaumanor Park, and in the immediate ing-house, 10 acres of land, and £t4 ~ early, to teach thirty­ vicillity of , 3~ miles west from Mount­ four scholars rt:ading, writing, arithmetic, and Latin to such sorrel,3i south from Loug-hborough station, and 9 north­ as may require it. Here are four Almshouses, erected in west from I~eicestf'r, in the Southern division of the county, 1857, at the expense of the late Miss Herrick, of Beau­ West Goscote hundred, union of Barrow-upon-Soar, manor, for infirm and di .. abled tradt'~people of the parish. division and county court district, rural On the premises of the Rev. R. Hayes is a lIeat and comfort­ deanery of Akeley, archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese ably furnished room, which he allows to be U!'led tor meetings of Peterborough. Wood house gives its name to a large and entertainments. Woodhouse Hall, the seat of the Rev. township, and includes within its precincts, for ecclesiastical Robert Hayeil, a large stuccoed mansion, stands on an purposes, WOODHOUSE EAVES and BEAUMAl'iIOR. In emiuence, overlooking the beautiful and varied scenery of 1868 a portion of this township was formed into an eccle­ the Charnwood Forest: a noble avenue 01 limes fronts the siastical parish. The church of St. Michael the Archan!]:el hall, and a row of fine old firs skirts the road,ide adjoining. is an old building, erected in the year 1338, in the reign of Mrs. Perry Herrick is lady of the manor. The principal Edward Ill.: it has small chancel, nave, and a square landowners are Mrs. Herrick, E. B. Fal'nbam, esq., and tower on the west, with an embattled parapet ornamt'Ilted the Rev. Robert Hayes. The soil is a light loam; sub­ with pinnacles; there are 4 bells: in 1858 this church was soil, rocky. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and thoroughly restored, at an expense of' abollt £600, by the roots. The area of the township is 3,91:10 acres; rateable late W. Perry Herrick, esq., of Beau manor Hall; it contains value, £7,529; the population in 1871 was 1,332 in the several tablets, in memory of the members of the Herrick township, and 231 in the ecclesiastical paril!h. family; also a beautiful stained chancel window. The Parish Clerk, William Clips tone. register dates from the year 1624. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £140, in the gift of Mrs. Perry Herrick, and held by the Rev. Robert Stammers, M,A., of St. John's Letters through Lou~bborough. The nearest money order College, Cambridge, vicar of Quorndon; the Rev. Robert office is at lHoulltsorrel Hayes is curate in charge. Here is a Free school, founded Free School, Henry Lester, master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Preston Eenjamin, hricklayer Bougbton-Daswood Mrs. The Holt Dexter John, grazier Ru-.selI Corneliu8, farmer Flewett John, farmer Hayes Rev. Robert [curate], Wood­ to Mrs. Sarson Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, house hall Humphreys Henry, steward Rushyfields Perry Ht'rrick COMMERCIAL. Walker Benjamin, farm bailiff to Mrs. Angrave James, farmer Massey William, carpenter Perry Herrick

WOODHOUSE EAVES is a pleasant modem villa!!e, buildings stand in a very elevated pO!'ition, on the verge 01 in the to\\nship of Woodhouse, ~ituaterl 4 miles south from a rocky excavation. H He is a comllloo ious National school; the Loughborough station on tile l\1idland railway, 4 "est it was endowed by the late ClJarles Allsop, esq., with £1,000 from , and 9 north-west from I,eil-ester, in the Three per Cent. Consols; the Rev. T. ti. MiIlington. M.A., Northern division of the county, hundred of West Goscote, is the trustee. There are cbappis for the General Baptists union of Ilarrow-upon-Soar, in Cllarn\\ood Forest, Lough­ and Wesle~ans. The charities amount to about £122 borough division and county court district, rural derulf'ry yearly. Mrs. Perry Herrick is lady of the manor. The of Akeley, arcbdeaconry of Leicester. and diocese of l'eter­ principal landowners are Mrs. Hel'rick, ann E. R. Farn­ borough: its name is deri,'ed from the situation heing on barn, esq. The soil is 8 light loa III , suhsoil, rocky. The the Eaves, or edge, of CJJarnwood Forest. The vicinity is a chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, bean!', aud roots. The romantic and beautiful country,and the views from the bold area is 2,420 acres; the populatIOn in 1871 was 1,114, of and majestic high grounds which overlook the villa~e are which 13 are in Maplewell- Lon!!'dale. varied and extensive. This portion of the town"hip of Sexton, Edward Wainwright. W oodhouse, together with MAPLEWEJ-LL ON6DALE parb.h (formerly t'xtra-parochial), \\ ere formt'd into an t'c('ltsiasticai POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Hannah Stuhbs, postmistress. Let­ parish in 1844. The church of St. Paul is a handsome ters received from Loughborough at 8.30 a.lli. ; di~patched building, in the Early English style, erected ill 1837; it has thereto at 4.45 p.w. The nearest money order office ii <:bancel, na ve, and square tower orDamt'nteo with pinnacles; at Quorndon there is 1 bell: a handsome chancel h, s been ert'cted, at a National School, William Pettitt, master cost of o\'er £1,000, by Cbarles Ashton, estj., in memory of CARRIERS:- bis wife. The register dates from I he ) ear J 844. The William Tay]or, to Loughborou!!IJ, thur~day; to Leicester, living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value £229, with resi­ weduesday & saturday; retllTldnf! sallle da~ s dence, in tbe gift of the lords of the mallor of Charnwood BronghtolJ & Hardy, to Leicester, wedl,t:sdaty & saturday, Fort-st, and bdd by the Rev. Thomas Street Miliin!!'ton; returning sarnt' da~ s tbe Rev. George Salt is curate in charge. Tile church, Whatnall, to Lou~hborough, tuesday. tl>· sdav & saturday, pnrS()nage house, and school nearly adjoin each other: these returning same day8 •