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DIRECTORY. J . ALSTO~FIELO .. 29 Public Elementary Schools. Railway Station, Arthur H. Price, -station master l Mixed, erected in 1855• for 200 children, enlarged in Carrier. John Millward, to iLichfield, on fri. & to 18a5 & IBgg, & will now hold 280 children; average Burton, daily attendance, 205; George Hender Job A.C.P. bead Orgreave is a very 4!mall village, Ii miles n01:th­ master; Waiter Jackson, assistant master; Miss Alice west; it was added to in 1885 by Local Govern­ Carter, Miss Lois Tregillus & Miss Mary Sidalls, ment Board Order. Orgreave Hall, the residence of assistant mistresses William Edward Harrison esq. J.P. is a substantial lnfant, , for ,So children_; average attendance, mansion of !red b-rick in the Early Georgian style, and 40; Mrs. Fanny S. Hooker, m1stress has a very fine avenue, 400 yards long, communicating Police Station, P.C. Artbur John Hull with the !rOad from Alrewas to Rugeley. (Marked thus * must have letters ad- Eggleston William, sen. baker Shaw Wm. Smith, sen. Lodgecroft ho dressed Licbfield.) Eyre John, blacksmith Sherratt Frederick, Fradley house PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Garrett George, farmer Smith Josepb, Cedar house I Blount George, Trent villas G~skell Elizb. (Mrs.), coal dlr. Wharf COMMERCIAL. , Bond Mrs G1les Thomas & Sons, farmers Beech George, jun. farmer, Bridge fm Booth Arthur, The Cottage Gray Carolina (Mrs.), farmer Booth John, farmer, Dimstill farm Bowker Misses, The Vicarage Green Jn. Wm. George & Dragon P.H Brough David, farmer 1 Brierley Henry Willis, West View ho Green Josepb, greengrocer Brown Henry, blacksmith Chapman Rev. John B.A. (curate) Greenwood Josepb, !:'ak~r . Chappell Colin, frmr. Sandyhill farm, Garratt George, Shugborougb villa Hartopp Pugh, Nav1gat10n mn Job George Render, School house Heath Arthur, butcher drutcbley Joel farme: Johnston Robert Alexander L.R.C.P.I Houghton Edwin, plumber & painter Dix Arthur, ll~ll's Head P.H Lakin Alfred, Moat bank Johnston Robert Alexander L.R.C.P. Greaves Thos. Wm. frmr.Easthill frm Lander John M. Tudor house & S. & L.M.I. physician & surgeon, Jarvi11 Frederick, Swan inn, Fradley Mello Edward, The Villa & medical officer & public vaccina- Junction Morgan Fredk. Ivy Dene, Main .st tor district, Tamworth Jones Thomas beer retailer *Palfreeman John, Furlong house un~on & Alrewas district, Lucas Jn. can~l inspr. Fradley Junctn Powell Frank, The Nook umon Mallaber Edwin H. farmer, Sittles fm Salt George, West cottage, Mill end Kent Henry, joiner North Staffordshire Railway & Canal Statham Joseph, Pyford house Millward John, carrier Co.'s Office (Robert S. Nettleton, Thompson John Oakden Thomas, farmer wharfinger), Fradley Junction Thorniwork Mrs Paskin Wm. farmer, Bagnall farm Paskin Thomas, frmr. Fradley Green Tipper Frederick, The Hollies Remmer ~eorge, jobbing gard~ner Phillips William, farmer Watson Charles, Mill house Slater Ehzb. (Mrs.), frmr. Wh1temoor S.naw William, jun. farmer, Old Hall Webb Rev. William Alfred (vicar), Hay farm Shaw William Smith, sen. land agnt. W estgate house Smith Thomas, farmer Lodgecroft house Williams John W. Alrewas house Storer Mrs. S. Royal Oak cafe Sherratt Fredk. farmer, Fradley ho Woodward Rev. Francis William M.A. Swinfield Arthur E. Crown inn, & Timmis John, farmer, IWesthill farm (curate), Trent villas coal dealer Turner Benjamin, farmer COMMERCIAL. Taylor John, Paul Pry inn, & farmer Turner Job Wilkes, farmer Allsop Sarah (Miss), confectioner Tipper Mary (Miss), dress maker Watson John, farmer Bailey Henry, farmer Tho~pson C. T. & Sons, plumbers, Wenlock Thos. farmer, Fradley Green Bean John beer retailer Mam street Whitfield Robert, poultry fancier, *Beech Fr~nk farmer Hilliard's Cross Tunley Richard, fanner Roddige farm *Beech Georg~,farmer:Hilliard's Cross Ward Sarab (Mrs.), sh?pkpr. M~in st Betteridge William farmer Ward Wm. Edgar, builder, Mam st ORGREAVE. Booth Arthur far~er Watson Charles, miller, Alrewas Letters through Lichfield. *Booth Math~w, frmr. Bears Hay frm fl?ur mills Deakin George, Lupin cottage Brierley Henry Willis, assistant over- Wb~tehouse John, boot m_aker Harrison William Edward J.P. Or· seer & insurance agent W? 1~field Jo_hn, fanner, Mill fat.m greave ball Burton-on-Trent Co-operative Society Wilhams Miss, shopkeeper, Mam st COMMERCIAL. Limited (T. Rowe, mana~er) Averill Morris P. farmer Cartwright David, wheelwright & joinr FRADLEY. Causer Henry, farmer Coates Frank ·W. butcher Causer Trevor, farmer, Lupin *Coxon John, farmer, Alrewaa Hares Letters through Licbfield. Gorring Harry, bead gamekeeper to Dagley Arlbur, seedsman PRIVATE :RESIDENTS. W. E. Harrison esq. J.P Dolman Edmund, shopk.pr. Main st Cockrell George, The Villa, Fradley Hackett Charles, bead gardener to Dolman Frank, beer retailer Junction W. !E. Harrison esq. J.P Dolman John, basket maker & farmer Dodds Benjamin Heath Thos. frmr. Orgreave Gorse fm Durose Misses, drapers Nicholls Misses, Fradley cottage Lakin Thomas, farmer Eggleston Mary E. (Mrs.), draper & Sanders Harry, Gibmoor house Smith George, farmer grocer, Post offioo Shaw William, jun. Old ball Sylvester John, farmer, Overley AI.STONF:IELD (or Alatonefield) is a village and tower with pinnacles containing a clock and 3 bells, parish of well-built houses, in a picturesque position the largest of which is dated I68o and the other two above the weatern declivity of Dove Dale, on the borders 1677: in the chancel is a mural monument to Boger of Derbyshire, and near Hu1me End station (Derby- Farmer .A..M. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, a former shire) on the Leek and Manifold Valley light railway vicar, I682, and on the south side is a double piscina: (North Staffordshire), 26- miles west from Alsop-en-le- the stained east window is a memorial to Sir George Dale station on the Buxton and Ashbourne section <>f Harpur Crewe hart. of Calke Abbey, Derby, and the and North Western !I"ailway, 7! north-by- Warslow Hall, Stafford, d. January, 1844, and there west from Ashbourne, and 12 east from Leek, in ihe are two 'Othe-rs: in 1908 a memorial was erected to :the hundred of North Totmonslow, Leek division of the Rev. William Henry Purchas, vicar I87<>-1904, at a cost county, in Leek union, excepting Alstonfield township, of about £25, defrayed by the pari~hioners: the pulpit which is in the union f f Stoke-on-Trent and dioceie of Licbfield. This parish several early crosses. disoovered during the :resto.rati~>n: comprises the townships of Alstonfield and the B1~es- t>n the outside wall at the east end are two etones with ford quarter -of Fawfieldhead. The scenery of this the initials L. B. and date 1590; these were tretained parish, traversed by the meandering streams <>f the from the previous dilapidated chancel, and testify that Dove and Manifold, is wild and picturesque : on the it had been erected under the care Qf Lawrence lleres­ hill side, at Wetton, is a large natural hollow, called ford, who lived here: the church was fully !l'estored 4' Thor's Cave": above the glen rises the tree-girt between the years 1875-86 at a c06t of £1,485, a north church of Grindon: below this, near Wetton mill, the porch being added in I8Bo: there are 242 sittings. The Manifold sinks underground, and only rises again at register dates fr-om the year 153B. The living is a llam, just before its confluence with the Dove: the vicarage, net yearly value £240, including 258 acres of rocks of this locality -are of considerable height, and glebe, with :re~idence, in the gift of Sir Vauncey HaT}lur the mountain streams afford excellent sport to the Crewe bart. and held since 19n by the Rev. Charles angler. The church of St. Peter is a building of Albert Corser Langdon B.A.. of University College. stone, with a few Norman Temains, but is chiefly of Durham. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, rebuilt of stone Late Perpendicular date, and consists of chancel, nave, in 1879· There is a charity <>f £2 a year left by aisles, north and aonth porches and an embattled western John Port in 1715, also Jackson's charity (1702), arising

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