7 304 . . (KELLY s- COUND is a parish and rvillage, bounded on the east esq. and held since 1864 by the Rev. Augustus Thursby­ by the , 7 milea south -south -east from Pelham M.A.. of University College. Oxford, and rural dean and 6 north•west from , in of . House, with 23 acres of ground, is the Western division of the county, Connd division of the seat of Jas. Augustine Harvey Thursby-Pelham esq. Condover hundred, union of Ateham, Shrewsbury county Cound Hall, the property of J. A. H. Thursby-Pelham esq. court district, petty sessional division of Condover, rural is occupied by Sir Offiey Wakeman hart. M.A. .• D.L., J.P. deanery of Condover, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese J. A. H. Thursby-Pelham esq. is lord of the manor, Samuel of Lichfield. Berrington and Dressage stations on the Butler esq. of .Fleet street, London, and Sir Henry Hope Severn Valley branch of the Great. Western railway are Edwardes hart. J.P. of Wootton Hall, Ashbourne, are th& equidistant about 2! miles. The church of St. J>eter is an J principal landowners. The soil is sand and gravel ; subsoil, .ancient structure in the Early Decorated style. consisting of 1 sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and clever. chancel, nave, aisles1 south porch and a massive embattled The area of the parish is 3,67 5 acres ; r3teable value, [5,465 ; western tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells and a clock, the population in z88r was 477· the cost of which was raised by public subscription: the Parish Clerk, Edward Cleugh. chancel was rebuilt in 1:862 a1i the sole expense of the late Letters through Shrewsbury by messenger from Condover Rev. Henry Thursby-Pelham K.A. of Gound Hall: the fittings at 8 a. m. 1 dispatched aj; 5.30 p.m. in summer & 4.30 p.m. of the interior are of solid oak! there is & fine old Norman in winter. The nearest money order & telegraph office is font : in the south aisle is a beautiful piscina~ and there are at 1.7 mural monuments and tablets: a new vestry is now WALL LETTER Box, Harnage, cleared at 5.20 p.m (1891) in course of construction. The register dates from the National School (mixed), built, with master's house attached, year 16o8.- The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- in 1844, for 70 children; average attendance, 68 ; Edward charge £499• net yearly value £4oo, including 88 acres of Cleugh, master glebe, with residence, in the gift of J. A. H. Thursby-Pelham CARRIER.-Andrew Bembow, to Shrewsbury, on sat Barnfield John, Cound villa Bembow Andrew,farm,er~carrier& beer Instone Henry, farmer~ Upper Cound; Grainger Edward, Moorton retailer, Mosterley & Leasowes Thursby-Pelham Riv. Augustus M.A.. Challonerisaac,brickmakr.Low.Cound :Munslow Jn. farmer, liarnagegrange [rector], The Rectory Evans Lockley, farmer, Cockshutt Price John, farmer, Upper Cound Thursby-Pelham James Augustine Evans Thomas, farmer, Highlands Roberts Humphrey,blksmtb.. Venus bnk, Harvey, Barnage house Frank Joseph, farmer; Harnage Timmis James Sadler, farmer, Harnage Wakeman Sir Offiey bart. x ..&.., D.L. ,J.P. Frank Thomas, farmer & miller (water), grange & Mosterley Cound hall Cound arbour- Tudor Ann (Miss), farmer, Harnage COMMERCIAl,. Hall Thomas, Lodge inn & farmer Williams EdwardLloyd,farmer,Golding Alien Charles, farmer, Lower Cound Hill George, farmer, Upper Cound hall, Pitchford Baker William,shopkeeper,Cound moor Jarvis Richard, farmerr Cound moor WoodcockSarah(Mrs.~,farmer,Harnage , see STOKESAY . .CRESSAGE is an ecclesiastical parish, formed June 1.4. hollow and has a young oak growing in the interior of the x864, from the parish of Cound,. and includes the township trunk, and mingling jts foliage. with the parent tree. The of Belswardyne for civil purposes; it is on the river Severn Duke 'Of Cleveland K.G. who is lord of the manor, and and the Shrewsbury and road. The village, which Richard Francis Marmaduka Wood esq. of Belswardyne Hall1 has a stati()n on the SevernValley branch of the Great Western are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy and remark· railway, is 8 miles south-east from Shrewsbury and 4 norLh- ably good: the subs~..~il, gravelly4 The chief crops- are

by-west from Much Wenlock, in the Western division of the cereals. The area is 2 1:l37 acres; rateable value, [,2,728, county, Condover hundred and petty sessional division, including the township of Belswardyne ; the population in union1 ~hrewsbnry. county court district, rural 188~ was 259. deanery Qf Condover, archdea.conry .of Salop and diocese of BELSWARDYNE, a detached portion of Leighton parish, was Lichfield. ',l'he bridge at this village crossing the Se;ern added to this parish in J.885 for civil purposes only. Bets­ opens a commqnication with the villages of Leighton, Eaton wardyne Hall, the property and residence of Richard Francis Constantine and Wtoxeter, and affords a direct route to Marmaduk~ Wood esq. was built by 'fhomas Harnage esq. Wellington. A toll of Id. is charged for foot passengers. in the year I 542 : the late Sir Henry George Harnage hart. Christ Church, erected in 1:84I at a cost of £ 1o4oo, is a plain resided here until his death in 1888,. when, the baronetcy building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of became extinct. chancel and nave and an embattled western tower, 'with pinnacles, containing a clock and one bell : it has a stained Parish Clerk, J ames Mullard. -east window. The register dates from the year 1841. The PosT, M. 0. & 't. 0., S, B. & A111:mity & Insurance Office. living is a rectory, avera~ titha rent-eharge £175, gross -Richard Tatt, sub-postmaster. Letters through Shrews• 'yearly value £215, including 23 acres d glebe, in the gift of bury arrive about 6 a. m.; dispatched at 8 p.m James A. H. Thursby-Pelham esq. and heH since A:878 by Police Station, William Austin, constable< the ReV'. Thomas Rickards M.A. of Worceste~ Col1ege, Ox- National School (mixed), built in 1858, for 75 children.; 'ford. The name of this place is said tO' be -a eorruption of average attendance, 40 ~ it has an endowment of sos. 4 -£hrist's Oak. An ancient oak, styled ' the Lady .oak," of annually, arising from land, with house attached; William very considerable girth, stands in a field adjoining the road, Day~ master about a quarter of a mile .on the Shrewsbury road; it is Railway Station, Edwin Lane, station master Cressage. Downes Alfred, Crown P.B: Kenley district, Atcham ttnion~ -"Hall Mrs Everall John Charles, farmer Cressage lodge Hamage Lady, tittle cote HamptonThomas,farmer,Newbuildings Preece Richard, farmer, Cressage house Packer Wm. Herbert M. D. Cressage lodge Harris Joseph, wheelwright & carpenter Squire Eliza (Miss), dress maker Rawlings Joseph Thomas Hill Aaron, shoe maker Tart Richard, tailor, Post office .Rickards Rev. Thomas M..A.. [rectorl, Holmes Wm, Eagles inn, & farmer Ward Wllliam, grocer The Old hall James William, joiner Webb Samuel, sawyer to thel Duke of Jones Hugh, grocer & provision dealer Cleveland x.G COMMERCIAL. & farmer Williams Hy. saddler & harness maker Childe Edward, farmer Lea Edward, shoe makei" 'navies Richard, horse breaker Mullard James, blacksmith Belswardyne. Dodds William, forester to the Duke of Packer William Herbert M.D. surgeon, Wood Richard Francis Marmaduke, Clevf1Iand K.C & medical officer & public vaccinator1 Belswardyne hall CRIFTINS is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March 22, Henry Brice Gray M. A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. There 1:874, from the chapelry of Dudleston, 2i miles north-west are Primitive Methodist, Wesleyanand Wesleyan Association from Ellesmere, 7 north-by-east from Oswestcy and one Methodist chapels here. The poor participate in the charities mile north-east from l<'rankton station on the Cambrian of Dudleston. Dudleston Hall, occupied by Mrs. Davies, is railway, in the Western division of the county, a building of stone, pleasantly seated in its own grounds. hundred and county court district, Ellesmere union and Erway, the seat of Charles Roger Mostyn-Oweu esq. is a pEitty sessional division, rural deanerj of Ellesmere, arch- modern house. Salusbucy Kynaston Mainwaring D.L., J.P. deaconry of ~alop and diocese of Lichfield. The church of of Oteley, Shrewsbury, John Dorset Owen, Frank B. Owen, St. Matthew, built in 1874, is a structure of brick in the C. R. Mostyn-Owen and J. Davies -esqrs. are the principal Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, with eastern landowuers. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay and rock. apse, south transept, north porch and a western turret con- The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and potatoes. The taining .e bells. The register dates from the year 1874· area is returned with Dudleston; the population in :1881 was The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £8o, in the gift of 373· the Bishop ot Lichfield, and held since 1.890 by the Rev. PENTRECOED is a township here.