DIREGrORY.] STAFFORDSHIRE. TEAN. 359 poor's land, bought in 17o6 with [105, bequeathed by Ann r £4oo, bequeathed byihi8 11ister, Miss Elizabeth Wood: the anrJ Mary Barber and other persons, and consi:!ting of three; yearly dividends arising from these benefactions are to be closes, comprising 10 acres, is let for /.2fJ 8s. 9d. yearly; a 1 Liistribuled once a year, on St. Thomas's day, for the benefit four-acre tield, called " Stoney Low," purchased in I]7·7 1 of poor persons residing in the township of Upper Tean. with £71, given by Matthew Wright and others, is let for Heath House, situated in a well-wooded park, about a mile £9; and there are 3 acres of land near Checkley Bank, in from the village, is the seat of John Capel Philips esq. D.L., the parish of Leigh, left by Elizabeth Whitehall, let for J. P. who is lord of the manor. Hey bridge is the residence of £II IOil.; and a sum of £10 ss. being the interest on John William Philips esq. D.L., l.P. J. C. Philips esq. D.L., £341 16s. 2d. New Three perCents; the aggregate amount J.P. J. W. Philips esq. n.r.. , J.P. the trustees of the late Sir derived from the above source~ is distributed the first week T. W. Evans bart. D.L., J'.P. and the trustees of the Kin~'s in Lent by the rector of Checkley and churchwardens School, Macclesfield, are the principal landowners. The among the poor of the parish. In 1810 John Philips esq. soil is gravel; subsoil, clay and rock, and principally in of Heath House, gave to his nephews and executors a pasture for dairy purpmle!!. The area is 5,402 acres ; the sum sufficient to purchase [3,000 Consols, in trul'!t, to apply population in 1891, included with Checkley, 2,620. the dividends towards "the relief and support of such poor LowER TEAN, in the ecclesiastical parish of Checkley, is and distressed weavers as had been or should be employed a small but pleasant village, in the parish of Checkley, on in the tape manufactories at Tean and Cheadle, then carried the north-east bank of the Tean river, 3 miles south-by (ln by John and Nathaniel Philips and Co. and Thomas east from Cheadle and 7 miles north-west from Uttoxeter. Philips and Co. or as should be carried on by his brother WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.40 p. m. & sun days 10.10 Thomas Philips, or his nephews, or any of them;" but in a. m .case of au entire dissolution of the said partnerships, he TEA~HURST is a hamlet I~ miles south. directed the dividends to be applied for the relief of such Parish Clerk, Willtam Box. poor persons of the parish of Checkley as tn his trustees PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, Annuity & shot1ld seem meet and proper: the same donor also left Insurance Office.-1\irs. Sarah Emma Steele, sub-post- £3oo, and directed that the interest should be divided an- mistress. Letters arrive from Stoke-on-Trent at 5.50 nually among tbe poor of Over Tean : his widow, Catherme a.m. ; sent out for delivery at 6. I 5 a.m. & 2. 30 p.m.; sun- Philips, of Tean Hall, left £1,000 for the benefit of the poor days, 6.15 a. m. only; box closes 1.20 & 7·45 p.m.; sun- of Over Tean; this legacy was vest e.! in the purchase of days, 6 p. m. ; & on payment of Id. additional till 5 £904 6s. 1d. New Four per Cents, and the dividends are 1 minutes to 8 p.m. sundays included distnbuted about Christmas in money and clothing: in SCHOOLS:- 1648 Prancis Philips bequeathed to tl1e poor of Over and British (boys, girls & infants), built in I855, for children Nether Tcan a yearly sum of 15s. charged on Tean Leys of both sexes, & an infants' school chiefly supported by and Millwich Fields: the poor of Nether Tean have 24s. Messrs J. & N. Philips & Co. ; the schools will hold 250 yearly as the rent of Spencer's Croft, bequeathed to them boys, rso girls & as many infants ; average attendance,86 by a Mr. Spencer, many years ago ; and those of Upper boys, 75 girls & 93 infants ; Frank Taylor, master; Miss Tean have 6s. annually, left by the late William Turner: Emily Whitehouse, girls' mistress; Mrs. Rachel Oldfield, there is also a sum of {,300 left by the late Mr. Joseph infants' mistress Wood, to which was subsequently added a. further sum of : Catholic, Miss Welch, mistress
. Gosling Sarah (Miss), ladies' boarding Stewart John ·william, fanner Upper Tean. school, Victoria house Stretch John James, tailor PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gosling Wm. painter,glazier & plumber Tavernor Henry, grocer £agnail Mrs GreensrnithRoht. Jn.farmr.NewHo.frm Taylor Frank, schoolmaster Beard Andrew James MUS. BAC. TheVilla flail William,gamekeeper to J. C. Philips TeanCricketC!u b( J ohnShenton,hon. sec} Brad ford Lewis esq. D.L., .1. P Travis Charles, tailor & beer retailer Clarke Mrs. Oak hill Heath Herbert, shoe maker, shopkeeper Turner Ralph, tailor Davis William Hancock 11r.n.Erooklands & cab proprietor Welsh Edwin, head ~rdenet' & farm Hall William I<'rederick Heathcote John, shopkeeper bailiff to J. C. Phi lips esq. D.L., J. P. Hobson Ja.mes, West End villa Hobson Morton,grocer, baker & corn d1r Heath House lodge J ohnson Miss Hollis George, White Hart P.H.& farmer Yates Jobn, builder, contractor, stone, Marwn Mrs Horobin Philip, grocer marl->le & ecclesiastical mason; I<'rog Ph1lips Jn.Capel D.L., J.P. The Heath ho James Thomas, draper hall & Barrow lime,& inventor of twCl Rubinson Mrs J ohnson Ralph, boot & shoe maker new sorts of gable tiles Ryves Rev.GeorgeThomasM.A. Vicarage Johnson Samuel, draper Steward John Johno,;on William, shopkeeper Lower Tean. J ohnson William, tailor & woollen drapr Howe George, Hall green COMMERCIAL. Levitt John William butcher ' Philips John Wm. D.L., J.P. IIeybridge Ball Wm. assistant overseer forCheckley l Lovatt Edward, shoe maker Philips Wm.Morton D.L., J.P.Heybridge parish & collector of income tax Lowndes J oseph, beer retailer Vernon William, Teanhurst Bart.lam Joseph William. farmer Malkin Elizabeth & Mercy Ann (Misses), Beach John, general dealer bakers & confectione1'8 COMMERCIAL. .Beard Andrew James Mus. Hac. pro- Melior Rupert, gun smith Eagnall Eli, farmer, Tean lees fessor of music & organist, The Villa Middleton Thomas, shoe maker Barlow ·Frank, farmer, Checkley fields Eeardmore John, Hlacksmith'sArms P. H Morry Thomas, shopkeeper Bl"