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Shropishil{E. (KF-LLY's 124 SHROPiSHil{E. (KF-LLY'S George Rees M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Here KYN-\STON is a hamlet, 1! miles south-east. The is a subscription library. The charities am~JUnt to Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor and principal £16 yearly, and every fourth year a sum of £14 is landowner. received from Mrs. Esther Farmer's charity. Near Oarrier.-Mrs. .Ann Probert, Oswestry, wednesdays & the village is the site of an ancient castle, destroyed by Shrewsbury, saturdays the Welsh in the reign of Henry Ill. The Earl of Bradford and the trustees of the late .Col. George TYR-Y-COED is a hamlet, 1! miles south-south-west. Rowland Edwards, of the Hall, Ness Strange, Shrews­ The trustees of the late Colonel G. R. Edwards are bury (d. 1894), are lords of the manor. The principal lords of the manor and principal landowners. lando~ners are the Earl of Bradford, Mrs. Roberts, of New Zealand, and Alfred Ernest Payne esq. of Pen-y­ LOWER ~L\.ESBROOK, or Maesbrook Issa, is a hamlef. Nant, near Ruabon. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay. 2 miles west from Kinnerley and 7 south from Oswestry ; The chief crops are barley, oats and turnips; near it consists chiefly of rich meadow lands, on the banks the Severn, on the south side <lf the parish, is much of the Vyrnwy, on the south side of the parish. The excellent meadow land and pasturage. The area of Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor and principal the parish is 6,o66 acres of land and 39 of water; rate­ landowner. a He value, £w,g65; population in 19II, 1,022. Sexton, Samuel Howells. UPPER lVHESBROOK, or l\Iaesbrook Ucha, is a vil­ lage and hamlet, 2~ miles west, and 6 south from Post & M. 0. Office, Kinnerley.-Wallace Evans, sub­ Oswestry; it lies on the western verge of the county, postmaster. Letters arrive from Oswestry at 6 a.m. ; being separated from Montg()meryshire by the river dispatched at 6.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph office Vyrnwy. St. John's church, erected in 1878, at a cost is at Knockin, 2 miles distant, also for the following of £2,ooo, is a building of stone in the Early English bamlets-Argoed, Dovaston, Edgerley, Kynaston, style, from designs by th,e late Mr. Haycock, architect, Osbaston & Tyr-y-coed for l\Iaesbrook Issa at Llany­ of Shrewsbury, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch mynech and a western campanile containing one bell. There is Wall Letter Box, Farm Hall, cleared at 5 p.m also a Baptist chapel, erected in 1844, with sittings for eo persons, and a Primit.ive Methodist chapel here. DOVASTON is a hamlet r mile east. The Earl of The Earl of Bradford, who is lord of the manor, and Bradford and W. Daniel Dova!>ton esq. of Shrewsbury, Thomas Ward Green esq. are the principal landowners. are the principal landowners. Here is a Congregational The soil is light and gravelly. chapel, 1irst founded in 1826; the present building, Post Office, Maesbrook.-Edward Williams, sub-post­ erected in 1879, has sittings for 200 persons. master. Letters arrive from Llanymynech, Mont. at ·wan Letter Box, cleared at 5·55 p.m 7.20 a.m.; dispatched at 5·35 p.m. Llanymynech, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph EDGERLEY is a hamlet 2 to 3 miles south-east. office. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The trustees of Wall Letter Box cleared 4 p.m the late Colonel G. R. Edwards (d. 1894) are lords of the manor. The riYer Severn skirts the township on the Llwyn-y-Go, Four .Ashes and The Wood are places :South-west and there is a ferry at the Royal Hill inn. here. Dyffryd is a .small place r mile south, the property An old ash tree, standing in post office garden, divides of the trustees of the l:J.te Thomas Charlton esq. the three parishes of Kinnerley, Great Ness and OSBASTO~ is a small hamlet, 2 miles north-west-bv-• .Shra wardine. west, and 5 south from Oswestry, and is bounded on the Pentre Post Offi<'e, Edgerley.-Mrs. Emma Briggs, sub­ west bv• the river Morda. The landowners are the Earl postmistress. Letters arri>e from Shrewsbury, via of Bradford, who is lord of the manor, and T. Ward Baschurch, about 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 4·45 p.m Green esq. (Note.-Letters for lower part of Edgerley only come through Shrewsbury, upper part through Oswestry & Wall Letter Box cleared 3.30 p.m.; sunday, 7.40 a.m delivered from Kinnerley.) The nearest money order Letters for Osbaston through Oswestry & telegraph office is at Nesscliffe Public Elementary Schools. Wall Letter Box, Be·mn's farm, cleared 5.15 p.m Kinnerley (mixed), built in 1857, -with teacher's resi­ ARGOED is a hamlet, about I mile south-west. ThE' dence, for I40 children; average attendance, roo; trustees of the late Colonel G. R. Edwards are lords of Thomas V\'ilshaw, master the manor and Mrs. Roberts, of New Zealand, is the Maesbrook Ucha (mixed), built in 1876, for 6o children; principal landowner. average attendance, 36; Mrs. Ratcliffe, mistress KINNERLEY. Howells Saml. pump ma. & sexton Payne John, cow keeper Brayne Richard, Ty'r Eglwys Jones Harry Arthur, shopkeeper Probert Ann (Mrs.), cowkpr.& carrier .Rees Rev. George M.A. (vicar), The Jones Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Rogers J ames, farmer &i landowner Vicarage Kyneston Thomas, farmer Williams John, farmer Lloyd William, wheelwright COJ'>fMERCIAL. M.A.ESBROOK ISSA. Morris John, farmer, Dovaston farm Evans Wallace, grocer, draper & .~laclean George Buchanan, Pentre Mortis Harold Edward L.R.C.P.Lon., miller, Post office Heylin hall L. S. A. surgeon, & public vaccina­ Hanmer Martha (Mrs.), farmer COMMERCIAL. Huxley J. & Co. coal & coke, salt, tor No. 5 district, Oswestry union, Bennett Richard, cowkeeper Dovaston house lime, manure, corn & flour mer­ Frank Chas. Edwd. frmr. PentrePerva chants. See advertisement Rkhards George, beer retailer Gregory Wm. Thos. frmr. The Grove .J ones .A.daMary (Mrs. ),Cross Keys P .H EDGERLEY. James Reuben, cowkeeper .Jones John Roland, grocer Marked thus * receive their letters Jones Richard, farmer, Pwll Jones Thomas, boot & shoe maker through Shrewsbury, via Baschurch. Lewis Richard, cowkeeper ()wrn John, blacksmith Man sell Emma (Mrs.), farmer COMMERCIAL. Preece Anne (Mrs.) & Geo. saddlers Pavne Alfred Ernest, farmer, Caeg- & harness malrers Bevan Albert, tax collector & farmer • • *Davies Wm. boot & shoe ma. Pentre WlSlOn Reeves William, builder Price Charles, farmer Wellings William, butcher Evans J nhn. farmer, Duck land Pugh Noah, cowkeeper • *Evans Willia:rn, beer retailer ARGOED. Hanmer Nathaniel Edward, farmer MAESBROOK UCHA, or UPPER. *Jones John, cowkeeper, Pentre Green Thomas Ward J .P. The Wood Cambidge• Henry,• farmer Fardoe Sarah (Mrs.), cowkeeper Jones John, Roval Hill P.H Payne Miss, Maesbrook house Goff Edward, farmer Jones John Owen, farmer, Duck land Wilde Mrs Rogers James, farmer Jones Pryce, farmer, Brook house COMMERCIAL. Wilde Edward, farmer Jones Sarah Maria (Mrs.), farmer, Eddowes Bros. frmrs. Great Dyffryd Brook house Ethelston Robert William, farmer DOVASTON. Jones 1Vythen, farmer, Cae-howell Evans Albt. Edwd. farmer,The Fields Farrer Edwin, Springfield cottage Lloyd Richard, farmer Evans Robert, farmer Mortis Barold Edward, Dovaston ho Llnyd Thf)rnas, farmer Green Thos. Ward, farmer, The Wood Phillips Rev. David (Congregational), Thomas John, farmer, Edgerley hall Hop wood John, Black Horse P .H Th"' Manse Thomas Jn. .Millward, farmer,'l'he Firs Pryce Elizabeth (Mrs.), blacksmith Thornes Herbert, farmer COMMERCIAL. Ratcliffe William, painter Bennett Martha (Miss), shopkeeper *Whitfield Thomas. Pentre stores Tudor George, farmer Bevan Thomas, fa I mer KYN.A.STON. Whitfield Wallace William, farmer Edwards Thomas, jun. farmer J ones David, farmer Williams Edward, coal dlr. Post office .
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