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'fhe Public Elementary and Endowed School (mixed), 38 2 th~ ealled "Hiait's charity," ia now erected in 1844, upon land given by the late Lady Pilk­ applied to the prov11ion of prayer bookt &c. for the ington; it will hold 6o children; average attendance, school ; Miss Bygrave, mi~ttress MODDERSHAJJ.. Frost John William, Wheatsheaf inn, Smith David, cowkeeper Farrer Dowager Lady, Idlerocks Blacklake (postal address, Stoke- Stubbs Arthur. farmer Hill Claude, Whitnall on-Trent) Williams John, farmer, The ,Grange> Hill Percival, Spot Acre Goodwin James B. flint miller, Lower OOTW.ALTO N. Wedgwood Josiah Clement M.P.; & Modderahall Bowyer Arthur, farmer 18 Westminster mansions, Great Hill "ohn & 8ona, nurserymen & Houldcroft Chas. farmer &; landowner Smith street S W &; Athenreum farmers, Spot acre Stanfield James, farmer, Woodholl88 club S W, London Jonea Jonathan Josiah, farm bailiff to Stanfield John, farmer Wedgwood Mrs. Idlerocks J. Hill & Sons, Manor house Tunnicliff Thomas Blakeman, farmer • Latham Saml. shopkeepr. Post office White Samuel, farmer COMMERCIAL. Ma.ssey Henry, farmer, Bury hill A.dderley Thos. frmr. Moddershall ho Podmore Samuel, Boar inn KNENH.UJ., Boulton John, cowkeeper Rushton George, cowkeeper Bourne Bertram, farmer Brain Samuel, cowkeeper Sargeant Jn. frmr. Low. Moddershall Goodwin Thomas, blacksmith Shaw John, farmet Nagginton Joseph P, farmer MORETON is a village, hamlet and ecclesiastical and clover. The area is 3,487 acres; the populatioa of purish on the borders of Shropshire, formed April 26th, the ecclesiastical parish (St. Mary) in 1901 was 539· 1845, from the parish of Gnosall, 3l miles south-west from Gnosall station, and 4 south-east from Newport (Salop) Bromstead, l of a mile east; Coley- If north; Ont· ~rt.ation, both on the Stafford and Shrewsbury section of woods, I north; Great Chatwell, 3 south and Wilbrigh­ the London and North Western n.ilway, in the Western ton, Ii north, are hamlets. liivia-ion of the county, petty sessional division of Stafford, Parish Clork, George Debney. Newport (Salop) union and county court district, rural Post Office. Miss Agnea Swann, aub-postmi8tres8. Let- -deanery of Eccleshall, archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent and ters 'received through Newport (Salop) at B.iiO a.m. diocet~e of Lichfield. The church of St. Mary is a build- ._ di ~-'-ed ... -~. · 1 · h R d · a. 4·45 p.m.; spaii\>U at g.15 -a.m .... ~-!aO p.m. m~r o stone m t e omllllesque stye,1 erecte lD 1837. week days only; there ia no •unday delivery of le\- and conaist.s of chancel, transepts, nave and a western ters. Gnosall, 4 miles distant, is the nearest money tower, containing one bell: there &l'e sittings for 175 order &; telegraph office persons. The register dates from the year 1845· The Post Office, Great Ohatwell. Mrs. Annie Metcalfe, sub- living is a vicarage, net yearly value £185, including postmistress. Letters received through Newport Ii acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the (Salop) arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5.20 p.m. Tioar of Gnosall, a:ad held since 1:909 by the Rev. Job~:~ week days .only; there is no sunday delivery of let- Benoy B.D. of Jesus College, Oxford. The- Congrega- terlt. Weston-under-Lizard is the nearest money ~rder ~ional mission room at .OutwoodB, erected in r885, has & telegraph office 100 sittings. The principal landowners are .Sir W. F. Wall Letter Box, Outwoode, cleared 6. p.m Boughey bart. of Aqualate Hall, Forton; Col. John 45 Cot-es, Thomas Henry Nussey esq. of Headingley, Yorks, Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1840 li en- and J()hn TaylPur esq. of Buntingsdale Hall, Market larged in 1870 & rB95, for 100 children; average Drayton, Salop. The soil is chiefly light; subsoil, clay attendance, 94; William J. Flamank, master and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips Police Station, Joshua Rudd, constable • MORETON, Evans George, bee keeper Marsh William, farmer Benoy Rev. John B.D. (vicar), The Galbraith John, farmer Metcalfe Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper, a; Vicarage Johnson Jsph. farmer, Walton grange post office Ohallenor .A.rthur Henry, beer retailPr Parton George, carpenter Parker Samuel, Cock P.H Debney Geo. blacksmith &; parish clrk Parton Thomas, tailor Parton Suzannah (Mrs.), Red LioD Parry AlfrPd, farmer Pothan Thomas, farmer, Waltonfields P.H. brewer &; maltster Richards Thos. farmer & gamekeeper Titley William (Mrs.), farwer OUT WOODS. to T. H. Nussey esq. Hildon villa OOLEY. Beard Chas. Herbt. farmer, Euxley Richards William, bee keeper Potts Henry, baker & shopkeeper Brown Arth. miller (water) &; maltstr Sutton William, tailor Stacey Jn. carpenter &; wheelwright Swann Clara (Mrs.). shopkeeper GREAT CHATWELL. Venables Thomas. fanner Williams Edward, farmer, Moreton pk Hoole Alfred J. Chatwell house Wilkinson Harry, Village tavern BROMSTEAD. Ancient Order of Foresters (Court WILBRIGHTON. Johnson Mrs. Hawthorn villa Chatwell), No. 3287 (Benjamin Hill, Johnson Thos. farmer. Manor faTm Bishop Charles, farmer lodge sec) Minshull Samuel, farmer, The Hall MOSELEY, see Bnshbury. MOSELEY VILLAGE, see Heath Town. MOWCOP is a scattered ecclesiastical district, formed Ralph Sneyd esq. ll! lord of the manor and principal February 16, 1844, from the parishes of Biddnlph and landowner. The soil is sand ; 1ubsoil, clay. The popu­ Wolstanton, upon a lofty eminence on the borders of lation of the ecclesiastical parish (St. Thomas) in 1901 , 2 miles north-east from , and about was !a,20I. the pame distance from the Mowcop station, on the Stoke Sexton, Samuel Stanway. and l\facclf'sfieJd line of the North Staffordshire railway, Post & M. 0. Office. Mrs. Sarah Hancock, tlllb-pod­ and 3! north from Tunstall, in the townships of Stad­ mistress. Letters arrive through Stoke-upon-Tren~ morf'slow and Brieryhurst, North Western division of the at 7.40 a.m. &; 5.20 p.m. for callers only; dispatched county., petty sessional division, and hundred of Pirehill at 9.15 a.m. &; 5.20 & 8 p.m.; on snndays arrive. .-t North, Wolstanton and Burslem union, Tunstall county 8.20 a.m. &; dispatched at 12 noon. 'Dhe neal'61• court district, rural deanery of Newcastle, archdeaconry telegraph office is at Scholar Green of Stoke-on-Tr~>nt, and diocese of Lichfield. The chnrch Post &; M. 0. Office, Harriseahead. Mr!t. Cal'oline Ann of St. Thomas is a modern building of stone in the Early Broad, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive through English style, consist.ing of chancel, nave and an embattled Stoke-upon-Trent at 7.20 a.m. ; dispatched at 9.40 wPstern tower, containing one bell : the stained east win­ a.m. & 6.40 p.m. ; on sundays arrive at 7.30 a.m. li dnw is a mPmorial to a former vicar: there are 400 sit­ dispatched at 12.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph oflice tings. A new graveyard was provided about 1899· The is at Kidsgrove, !a miles distant registf'r dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicar­ Wall Letter Boxes, on Church, cleared 7.30 p.m.; sun· ag-e, net yearly value £t94, with residence, in the gift days, 12 noon; Rookery, cleared at 7.25 p.m. week of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1900 by the days only • Rev. Fred Mangnall Haughton, of St. Aidans. Schools. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and United Public Elementary (mixed & infants), built in 1890 for Methodist chapels at Mowcop, and Wesleyan and 190 boys & girls & 109 infants ; average attendance, Primitive Methodist chapels at Harriseahead, a vil­ 190 boys & girls & 95 infants; Arthur Webster, lage, partly in this parish ; Dales Green and Rook!'ry master; Miss Nellie Lyon, infants' mistress are other villag-es. Along the ridge of Mowcop Hill Pnblic Elementary (mixed & infants), Harriseahead, built runs the boundary line between the counties of Chester in rB79, for 285 boys & girls &; 151 infants; average and Stafford, and on the summit is a tower, built by attendance, 205 boys & girls & 100 infants i Thomas the Wilbraharn family, about 1760, or earlier, and com­ Hargreaves, master; Miss Florence M. Wright, in· manding a picturesque and exten11ive view of the sur­ fants' mistress :rounding counties, notably the Wrekin and Welsh hills. Police Constable, .A.lbert Mallen, Harriseahead