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DIRECTORY. J HANMER. 191 is a township in the parish of Ran- friends. There are two stained-glass windows in memory mer, situated 3 miles north-east of Hanmer and about ofthe Wardell family. The living is a vicarage in the (north-west from Fenns railway station, gift of Sir Wyndham C. H. Hanmer bart., valued at Police Station, William J ones, constable £100, and held since 1889 by the Rev, William Waldren is a parish and railway station on the of Lichfield College. . There are chapels for Primitive Cambrian line, in the hundred of , county of and W esleyan Me~hod1sts . detached Hanmer sub-registration district The area compnses 4,692 acres, of whwh 4 are water; rural deanery of Bangor-ys-y-Coed, archdeaconry of the population in 1891 was 624. , diocese of St. Asaph, Ellesmere union, Whit- PosT 0FFICE.-John Parbutt, postmaster. Letters church county-court district, 5t miles north-east of arrive from all parts via Whitchurch at 7.25 a.m. & Ellesmere, and 15 from Whitchurch. The church, dedi- despatched thereto at 5. 35 p.m. The nearest money cated to St. John the Baptist, was built by the late Lord order and telegraph office is at Hanmer and Lady Hanmer in 1874. It is a. very neat structure Assistant Oversr.er, William Williams, Hanmer in the Decorated style, from the plans of the celebrated PLACES OF WoRSHIP._ architect, George E, Street. The church has a peal of . . · . . . three bells, and can seat 150 ; the east window, pre- H~ly_ ~nmty Chu~ch, Rev. "\V1lham Waldren, VICar . sented by the late Lord and Lady Hanmer, is beauti- Pnmihve Method~st Chapel fully coloured, and represents the ascension. The west Wesleyan Methodist window is also stained, the subject being St. John the :N" ATIONAL SuH_ooL (average attendance 90): Henry Baptist, and was presented by the parish. There is a Charles Penmngton, master memorial tablet to the founders, whose tomb lies to the Railway Station, Fenns bank, William Cartwright, south of the church. The living is a vicarage, average station master tithe-rent charge £183, net income £220 and residence, and has been held since 1878 by the Rev. William Wbitewell, or Whitewell Iscoed, a parish in the Lockwood Martin M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. hundred of Maelor, county of Flint detached, is 3 There is a chapel for Primitive Methodists. Bettisfield miles from Whitchurch, 1 ~ from , and park is the seat of Edward Behrens esq. The Ellesmere 2 from Fenns Bank station on the Cambrian line, in canal crosses the southern extremity of the parish. Whitchurch, Salop, sub-registration district and union, The area comprises 2, 308 acres, of which 10 are Overton petty-sessional division, and county-court dis­ water; the population in 1891 was 395. trict of Whitchurch, rural deanery of Bangor-ys-y-Coed, PosT 0FFICE.-James Meredith, postmaster. Letters arch deaconry ofWrexham, and diocese of St. Asap h. The arrive via Whitchurch, Salop, at 9 a.m. & are de- church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat structure with spatched thereto at 4.30 p.m. The nearest money accommodation for 200. It contains a monument in order & telegraph office is at Hanmer, 3 miles distant memory of , father of Matthew Henry, the Assistant Overseer, J ames Huxley celebrated Bible commentator, whose birthplace is in the PLAcEs OF WoRSHIP:- neighbourhood. The living is a rectory, average tithe St. John the Baptist Church, Rev. William Lockwood rent-charge £323, net income £231 and residence, in the Martin M.A. vicar gift of 'l'. W. Tyrwhitt Drake esq., and held since 1885 Primitive Methodist Chapel by the Rev. Joseph Jacob n.A. of Trinity College, Cam- NATIONAL ScHOOL: Clara Withers, mistress bridge. Railway station, George Roberts, station master Whitewell house is the seat of the Hon. Thomas CARRIERS: Dundas ; Iscoed park, of Philip William Godsal esq. The Railway & Canal Co. D.L. J.P.; Red Brook house, of Sir Wyndham Charles Thomas Jinks (general) Henry Haumer bart.; and Broad Oak, of J. H. War- B ron1ng· t on 1s· a pans· h m· th e h un d re d o f M ae1 or, burtonTh Lee esq. M.A.· J.P. f h' h 9 t . t h' d t hed ·1 t f H e area compnses 2, 662 acres, o w 1c are wa er ; coun t y Fl m s Ire e ac , 3 m1 es eas o anmer, 4 th 1 t' · 891 420 ·t h h "th t t' t L' e popu a wn m 1 was • sou th -wes t o f Wh 1 c urc , Wl a s a Ion a ..L' enns bank on the Cambrian railway, sub-registration district Sun-PosT OFFICE, Red Brook, ~hitewell.-Charles of Hanmer, union of Ellesmere, Shropshire, petty- B~tler, postmaster. Letters arnve from all parts sessional division of Overton, and county-court district (via Wh1tchurch) at 7 a. m. & are despatched at 7_P.m. of Whitchurch, rural deanery of Bangor-ys-y-Coed, The_ nearest money order & telegraph office IS at archdeaconry of "\Vrexham, diocese of St. Asaph. The Wh1tchurch church of Holy Trinity dates from 1836, and is a neat St. :Mary's Church, Rev. Joseph Jacob M.A. rector structure capable of seating 400. The east end was Parish Reading Room lately restored at the cost of £150, defrayed by private NATIONAL ScHOOL: Elizabeth Dainty, mistress HANMER. Williams John, blacksmith TAI.I.ARN GREEN. Private Residents. Williams Thomas, boot maker Private Residents. Clark John Henry M. D Farmers. Jennings Rev. A. G. n.A Griffith-Boscawen Boscawen Trevor Adams Samuel mill Kenyan The Hon. Miss Georgina, J.P. The Cumbers Bateman Robe;t Hanmer hall Gelli hall HanmerRev. Hugh M.A.TheVicarage Carr John Halahton lane Kenyan The Hon. Miss Henrietta, Kenyan Lord D.L., J.P. Gredington Clutton G~orge~Bowen's hall Gelli hall Griffiths William, Halghton lane Commercial. Hallmark Edward, Bryn Commercial. Adams Samuel, miller, Halghton Hallmark Thomas, Hanmer mill Griffiths Charles, blacksmith mill Haycocks Alfred Griffi ths John, saddler Bateman & Nephew, drapers & Huxley -, Pigeon House fann Hulme "\Valter, Queen's Head P.H grocers Huxley Edward, Bank farm Peters John, grocer & draper Clark John Henry M.D. surgeon J ones Thomas, Bank house Pureell Charles, grocer Copnall Thomas, butcher Large John & Jas. Horseman's green W oodhall Jas. miller, Dymock mill Crewe Ambrose, joiner Large William, Croxton Crewe Thomas, farm bailiff Owen Edward, Pant farm Farmers. Edge Thomas, wheelwright Owen Richard, Bryn farm Beckett John Evans George, blacksmith, Street- Owen Robert, New hall Birch Thomas llydden Reece Edward, The W ern Capper Charles Griffiths Richard, saddler Reece J olm, Lane farm Edge William, Fields fann Hallmark Thomas, Hanmer mill Ruscoe William, Arrowry Humpbatch Joseph, Whalebones farm Hunt John, boot maker Simcock Robert, Cumbers farm Jackson John Kitching Thomas, grocer Weaver William, Little green J ones Thomas, Bank house Thomas Richard, Hanmer Arms P.H Wynne John J ones W illiam, Three Jl'ingers