970 QUARNFORD QUAI}RY BANK. . of Rugeley, diocese of Lichfield, archdeaconry of Stafford, and rural deanery of Rugeley. The church is dedicated to St J ames. The living is a vicarage, annual value £7 6, with residence. The Rev. E. R. Pitman is the vicar. The parish contains 816 acres of land, of which the chief owners are the Hon. E. S. P. Jervis, Lord Hatherton, and William Kin­ nersley, Esq. The population is about 90. The lord of the manor is Lord Leigh. Letters arrive at 9 a.m. The nearest money-order and tele­ graph office and post-town is Rugeley. FARMERS. Hodgkinson Charles, tailor and victualler, Aldritt Thomas, the Hall Lyttleton Arrus Brownson Henry, Gold Hay fields Myatt William, wheelwright Lees Ann, Quintan's orchard Taylor Elizabeth, Court fields Lees Philip, Quinton's orchard Slater James, W oodhouse QUARNFORD is a village distant 7! miles from Leek, and 5 from Buxton railway station, in the north division of the county, hundred of North Totmonslow, union and county court district of Leek, diocese of Lichfield, and archdeaconry of Stafford. The church is dedicated to St Paul. The living is a vicarage, annual value £14:7, with residence, in the gift of Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart. The Rev. C. H. Carlisle is the vicar. There is a National school for boys and girls, Isaac Brunt master, M. A. Brunt mistress. The acreage is 2996. The chief owner and lord of the manor is Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart. The population is about 520. Flash is a village belonging to this parish. Letters arrive at 10.30 a.m., are dispatched at 12 noon. The nearest money-order and telegraph office and post-town is Buxton. Carrier to Leek, Ralph Oliver, Wednesday. GENERAL TRADES, &c. Brunt James Brocklehurst George, tailor Cooper Daniel Brunt William, grooer Goodwin Benjamin Cooper Daniel, Travellers' Rest Goodwin Thomas Finlow William, blacksmith Heapy Josephus Goodwin George, tailor Kirkham Ann Goodwin Thomas, shopkeeper Moss Abraham Poyser Thomas, carpenter Naden Thomas Warrington William, coal merchant Oliver Ralph Wood James, Chapel house Poyser Thomas Wood William, New inn Slack William FARMERS. Smith Thomas Beswick John Warrington James Beswick J oseph W arrington Philip Beswick Mary Warrington William Beswick Thomas Wheeldon William QUARRY BANK is a parish distant 4 a mile from Brierley Hill, in the 'west division of the county, hundred of Seisdon, union and county court district of Stourbridge, diocese of Lichfield, archdeaconry of Stafford, and rural deanery of Wolverhampton. The church is dedicated to Christ. The living is an incumbency, annual value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Dudley. The Rev. Thomas C. Dixon, LL.D. is the incumbent, Rev. J. E. Thomas curate. The Primitive and Methodist _New Connection have each a. chapel here. There is a National school for boys and girls, John Smith master, MFs Smith mistress. . The chief land­ owner and lord of the manor is Earl of Dudley. Post and money-order ' •