188 STOKE BLIS~. . STOCKTON, see Kimbolton. STOKE BLISS is a parish formerly in this county, c. 41), by order of the Local Government Board, May 8, but transferred to Worcestershire for civil purposes, 1897, confirmed by "Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. under the provisions of Section 54 of the "Local Govern­ ro) Act, 1897." ment ( and Wales) Act, 18'88" (51 and 52 Vict. is a parish, with a station on the his seat, Stoke Edith Park, is a fine building, situated and Worcester section of the Great Western rail­ near the chui'Ich, and in an extensive and picturesque way, 7 miles east from Hereford, 7 west from park. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay and marl. The and 136 from , in the Southern division of the chief crops are hops, wheat and beans. The area of county, hundred of Radlow, Hereford petty sessional Stoke Edith is I,OI4 acres; rateable value, £1,370; division, union and county court district, rural deanery populaJtion in I9II, I62 in the civil and 399 in the of \Veston and archdeaconry and . ecclesiastical parish (which includes parts of , The church of St. Mary, rebuilt by Thomas Foley esq. Westhide and ). Westhide chapelry in this of Stoke Edith Park, in 1742, i.s a rectangular struc­ parish will be found under a separat-e heading. ture, consisting of chancel, nave and a fine western Perton is a hamlet adjoining Stoke Edith on the tower, with lofty spire, containing a clock and 6 scuth-west. !bells: the east window was filled with stained glass Parish Clerk, Albert Longville. in 1848 in memory of Edward Thomas Foley esq. M.P. who died 3o March, 1846, by his widow, Lady Post Office.-Richard Griffiths, sub-postmaster. Letters Emily (Graham), daughter of James, 3rd Duke of through Hereford are received at 7·35 a..m. & 5·3'5 Montrose, and late owner of Stoke Edith Park: oppo- p.m.; dispatched at I0.25 a. m. & 5 -IS p.m. ; no ;;;ite the entrance door is a tomb with the recumbent effigy delivery on snnday. Tarrin~-ton i,o; the nearest money of a woman, probably one of the Walwyn family. order & telegraph office; there is a telegraph office The register dates from the year 1538. The living is at Stoke Edith railway station, for dispatch only, open a rectory, with that of Westhide attached, joint net on sundays from II a.m. to noon & 7 to 8 p.m yearly value £ 310, with residence, in the gift of Paul Fire Brigade, with steamer & escape, Capt. P. H. Foley; Henry Foley esq. and. held since 1905 by the Rev. chief officer, F. Roberts; call bell at Stoke Edith Matthew Richard Septimus Onslow ).LA.. of Pembroke house stables College, Oxford. Paul Henry Foley esq. D.L., J.P. is The children of this place attend the school at Tarringtou owner of the manor and nearly the whole of the parish; Railway Station, George Badha.m, station master Foley Paul Henry D.L., J.P. Stoke Dent Henry .Tames, farmer & hop Wargent William & Sons,agricultural Edith park (T N 2 ) grower & breeder of Hereford pedi- engineers & machine owners & Onslow Rev. :Matthew Richard Sep- g-ree cattle, Perton court implement makers, blacksmiths & timus M . .A. Rectory Longville .Albt. grocer, & parish clrk oil & petrol dealers; & at Canon South Wales Coal Co. (Wm. Gwilliam, Frome COMMERCIAL. agent), Railway station; head Chilman William, gamekeeper to offices, Hereford. See adver­ Paul H. Foley esq tisement STOKE LACY is a parish on the road from Het·eford gift of and held since 1886 by the Rev. Henry George to , 4 miles south-south-west from Bromyard, Morgan M.A. of Merton College, Oxford, and rural dean ro north-north-east from Hereford and I2 north-north­ of Bromyard. The rectory, pleasantly situated on thQ -east from Ledbury, in the Northern division of the county, main road and west of the church, is a structure of Broxash hundred, Bromyard petty sessional division, stone, and was enlarged in 1884 at a considerable expeu:se. union and county court district, rural deanery of Brom­ Lady Henry Somerset, of The Priory, Reigate, is lady of yard and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. The the manor, and the trustees of the late Mrs. Kemp~un, river Leadon flows through thi-s parish. The church the trustees of the late Mr. George T. Dent, Mrs. uf SS. Peter and Paul is a modern building of stone, Hedges, Mintridge, and Mr. J. Farm eT Parker, Little in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south Frome, are the chief landowners. The soil is strong porch and a we,o;tern tower, with spire, containing clay; subsoil, lime,o;tone. The chief crops are wheat, 4 bells : the church retains a chancel arch of Norman barley, hops and apples. The area is 2,5 84 acres ; rate­ dat-e and has a handsome stone pulpit and an oak able value, .£2,874; population in I9II wa.s 318 in the -screen of an early date: the 'stained east window is civil and 295 in the ecclesiastical parish. a memorial to the Rev. Henry Morgan LL.B. rector, Sexton, William :Mason. 1871 to I886, and there are others to Charles George Assistant Overseer, Benjamin Jones, Pencombe. Morgan and Mary .Ann Morgan, both d. 1887, and one to Lonisa Kempson, d. 1903: there are also marble Post & T. Office.-George Aylett, sub-postmaster. Let­ tablets to Ann Lilley, d. August 9th, I8I2; the Rev. ters through Worcester, via Bromyard, arrive at 7·45 Thomas Griffiths M . .A.. a former Tector, d. Sept. 15, a.m. & 1.45 p.m. & dispatched at 11.30 a.m. & 5-35 r8oo, and SaTah, his wife, d. Dec. I3, I8oS; two to the p.m. ; no sunday post. Burley Gate, 2 miles distant, Kempson family and some to John Rogers and family; is the nearest IDoney order office and a brass to Captain Edward Kempson, 26th Wall Letter Box, Crick's Green, cleared at 11.5o a.m. & Cameronians : the choir stalls are of oak : an organ was 6.5 p.m. week days only erected in I887 at a cost of £soo: the church was restored in 1863, at a cost of £963, under the direction Pillar Let-ter Box, the Oross, cleared at 11.40 a.m. & -Of Mr. F. R. Kempson J.P. architect, of Birchyfield, 5·55 p.m. week days only Avenbury: there are 200 sittings. The register date!l Public Elementary School (mixed), built with master's from the year 1567. The living is a rectory, net yearly residence in 18J'5, & enlarged in 1894• for 130 children; value £x9o, with residence and 19 acres of glebe, in the average attendance, 58; Warren Harrison, master :Morgan Rev. Henry George M.A.l Brace John, farmer, Little Wooding Powell Elisha, farmer, Cross Field ho (rector & rural dean), Rectory Busk George, blacksmith Purchase Ernest, farmer, Tutthill COMMERCIAL. Edwards Henry, carpenter Richards Tom, farmer, Church house Allman James, farmer, Upper house Hayward William, farmer Smith John & Sons, machinists, Arnett John, farm bailiff to J. F. Hodges Brothers, farmers Tiffins Parker esq. Newton farm Hodges Rosanna (1Mrs.), Plough inn Smith Joseph, farmer, Upper Sough Aylett George, grocer, butcher, Jones Charles, farmer Webb James, farmer farmer & insurance agent,Post office J ones John, farmer Williams Philip, farmer,Lower Sough Baker Jas. Thos. farmer, Nether crt Jones William, farmer Wood Alfred, farmer, Wooding Baskerville Elizh. (:Mrs.), shopkeeper ILloyd William, farmer, Upper Hopton Wood Thomas, miller (water) Bishop Thomas, farmer I Orgee William, farmer & hop grower, Woodward John, farmer, The Grove Blissett Chas. cottage frmr. Roxpole Lower Hopton I STOKE PRIOR is an extensive parish and village, the and Bromyard branch of the Great Western containing the hamlet of Wickton. Stoke Prior lies in railway, in the Northern division of the county, Leo­ the angle between the Leominster and Hereford and the minster county court district, petty sessional division Leominster and Worcester roads, and is bounded on the and union, W olphy hundred, rural deanery of Leominster west by the , 2! miles south-east from Leo­ and arcbdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. The minster, II north from Hereford, I mile north-east from church of St. Luke, originally, with the exception of Ford Bridge station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford the chancel, a Norman edifice, was rebuilt in 1863 of (Great Western and London and North Western joint) stone with Bath stone dressings, at a cost of £1,365, railway, and I! south-west from Steen's Bridge station on under the direction of Mr. Thomas Nicholson F.R.I.B.A.