DIRECTORY.] STAFFORDSHIRE. :(.EEK. 2l3

of several farms extending 2 miles south-east fTom Leek. ; eluded in Leek Urban District; it is on the north-east of the 'fhe area is 1,262 acres; rateable value, [2,613. town of Leek and includes a portion of Lowe lying on Black­ 'fiTTESWORTH, formerly a township in Leek and Lowe shaw Moor. The area is 1,336 acres of land and 35 of parish, is now a civil parish formed under the "Local water; rateable value, [1,733; the population in 1891 was Government Act, 1894," comprising the portion not in- 114. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0. & S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Leek Frith, Longsdon, Longnor, Lowe, Onecote, Quarn­ Insurance Office, Derby street.-James Armstrong, post­ ford, Rudyard, Rushton James, Rushton Spencer, Sheen, master. The office is open on week days at 7 a.m. De­ Titt.esworth, Warslow & Elkstones, Waterfall, Wetton & liveries commence at 7, 11.30 a. m. & 4·35 p.rr... ; on sun­ Woodhouses days 7 a. m. only. For the dispatch the box closes at 8.20 Public Establishments. a. m. for all parts, at 11. IQ a. m. for London & the South, at Catholic Institute of the Blessed Virgin, King street, Mrs. 12.30 & 4.30 p.m. for Manchester & the North & 3.50 p.m. for Elizabeth Haslam, lady superior all parts except Manchester, & at 7·45 p.m. for all mails; on Cemetery Compton, Chas. Henshaw, clerk ; Eli Beard,sextn sundays at 7.30 p.m. only. Letters may be posted with Concert Hall, Town hall, Market street, Chas. S. Morris, sec an additional stamp up to 7-55 (exceptsundays). Money County Court, 52 St. Edward street, His Honor Thomas orders are granted between the hours of 7 a.m. & 8 p.m. Hudson Jordon, judge; William Alien, registrar & high Post Office Savings Bank is open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 bailiff, William Gull win, clerk & assistant high bailiff. p.m. Parcels post from !l a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Telegraph Court sits once a month (except September) at the Town office open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. except on sundays hall, Market street; it comprises within its jurisdiction when it is open from 8 a.m. to IQ a. m. only. Walking the following places :-Abbey Green, Armshead, Ash­ postmen are dispatched at 6 a. m. to adjacent villages combe, Ball llaye Green, Basford, Basford Bridge, PILLAR BoxEs in the Cattle market, Portland street, Broad Blackshaw Moor, lllackwood, Bottom House, Bradnop, street, Ball llaye strtcet, Mill street, West street & St. Broncote, Brownedge, Brund, Butterton, Catsedge, Cellar Edward street, Compton Stockwell street & Railway statu Head, Cheddleton, Clay Lake, Cobbler's Brook, Colly Hole, Crowborough, Dane Bridge, Denford, Ecton, Elk­ Leek Urban District Council. stone (Upper & Lower), Endon, Fawficldhea.d, Ferny Offices, Town hall, Market street_ Hill, Ferny Ford, }<'lash, Ford, Gradbatch, Grindon, MEMBERS. Goldsitch Moss, Gunside, Hardingsbooth, Harpur's Gate, Chairman, John Brealey. Hazle Barrow, Heath House, Heathy Lee, lleaton, Hol­ Vice-Chairman, Robert S. 1\:lilner. linsclough, Horton, Horton Hay, Horton Biddulph, Retire 18g6. Hulme End, Knowsley, Ladderedge, Lask Edge, Leek, John Adams Henry W. Nixon Leek Frith, Leek Brook, Leek Lowe, Longnor, Longsdon, Henry Allen Edwin Phillips Meerbrook, Middle Hills, Mixon, Mosslee, Newton, One­ Thomas Booth Thomas Robinson cote, Pool End, Quarnford, Reaps Moor, Rownall, Rose Arthur Hassall I Hobert Wright bank, Rudyard, Rushton James, Rushton Marsh, Rush­ Retire 1897· ton Spencer, Shafferlong, Sheen, Southblow, Stanley, John C. Clemesha Peter 1\:lagnier Stockton Brook, Tittesworth, Thorney Lee, Treble Locks, John W. Critehlow J. Cowan McClew Upper Hulme, Wall Grange, Warslow, Wetley Rocks, Arthur W. Goodwin l Alfred H. Moore Wetton, Wink Hill, Withy Stakes. The ancient court John E. Ingham I Thomas Shaw leet for the town has fallen into desuetude Retire 18g8. For bankruptcy purposes this court is t~ubject to the juris­ Thos. Hy. Bishton I Robert S. Milner diction of Macclesfield, Arthur Crabt.ree Procter, 23 King Thos. Hy. Booth Andrew Morton Edward street, Macclesfield, official receiver John Brea.ley I Wm. Shuffiebotham Certified Bailiffs under the "Law of Distress Amendment Wm. Challinor P_ J. Worthington Act," John ~hall cross, 2 Stock well street, Leek ; Alfred }<'lower, Rose bank, Leek; Joshua Millward, Longnor & Clerk, Charles Henshaw; office, Market street Samuel Mottram, Waterhouses Law Clerks, Hacker & Alien, 52 St. Edward street County Police Station, Leonard street, Eliab William Breton, Treasurer Thomas J. ~mith, Manchester & Liverpool Dis- superintendent; 2 sergeants & 8 constables trict Bank Fever Hospital, Ashbourne road ; Miss Edith Day, matron Medical Officer of Health, John Jas. Ritchie, 31 Ball Haye st I<'ire Brigade Station, Stockwell street; A. H. Wardle, capt. ; Town Surveyor & Superintendent of Water Works, John Micah Carding, hon. capt Myatt; office, Town hall Literary & Mechanics' Institution, Russell street, Charles Assistant Town Surveyor, \'Villiam Nadin Morris, librarian Sanitary Inspector, Robert Farrow; otlice, Town hall, Mar­ Memorial Cottag-e Hospital, Stockwell street, T. E. Dakeyne ket street L.R.C.P.Edin. J. J. Ritchie M.R.C.S.Eng. A. 8omerville M.D. Collector, William Dishley; office, Town hall, Market street Edgar Gailey L.R.C.P.Edin. Fercy Herbe-rt Vickers Ham­ Manager of Gas Works, William Hy. T_ Norfolk, Leek whrf mersley L.R.C.P.L. J. M. Johnson M.B., M.R.C.S.Eng. :r·. Heasman L.R.C.P.L. J. C. McClew M. B. medical officers; County Magistrates for Leek Petty Sessional A. l<'ogg L.D.s.Eng. & A. Sumerling L.D.s.Irel. hon. den­ Division. tists ; Arthur Shaw, hon. sec. ; Miss McRobbie, matron Robinson John esq. D.L. Westwood hall, Leek, chairman Nicholson Institute, Stockwell street, l''ree Public Lending Badnall William Beaumont esq. Thorpe, near Ashbourne & Reference Library, Art Galleries & Museum ; School of Brocklehurst Fhilip Lanc-aster esq. Swythamley park Art, Science & Technology ; Kineton Pa.rkes, principal ; Brough William Spooner esq. Buxton villa, Leek William Craigmile, head master of school of art ; Wilfred Davenport Henry esq. Woodcroft, Leek Eaton, assistant ; R. j_ Hempton, assistant librarian. Hall John esq. Ball Haye hall, Leek News room open daily (sundays excepted) from 8.30 a..m. Ilanbury Robert William esq. D.L. Ilam hall, Ashbourne to 10 p.m.; library, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Heath Robert esq. Greenway bank, Stoke-on-Trent (thursdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. only); art galleries & Lees James Arthur esq. Elmhurst, Biddulph, Congleton museum, xo a. m. to dusk_ &haul of Art, Science & Nicholson Arthnr esq. Highfield hall, Leek Technology, open September t() July as per detailed pro­ Phillips Major-General Thomas, Ashenhurst, Leek gramme, to be obtained free at the Ipstitute, containing Ridgway Edward John esq. Rownall ball, Stoke-on-Trent time-table, subjects, fees &c. &c. Subscription Library Ridgway John esq. North Rode, Congleton (Hook Club) ss. per year; open at all times when the Sleigh Hugh esq. 8t. Edward street, Leek library is open Sneyd Dryden Henry esq. Ashcombe park, Leek Leek Urban District Council Officials, Kineton Parkes, prin­ Sneyd John William esq. D.L. Basford hall, Leek cipal of Nicholson Institute; William Craigmile, head Twyford Thos. Wm. 'Ibe Moor house, lliddulph, Congleton master of school of art Worthington Ernest Andrew esq_ Haregate, Leek Public Baths, 65 Derby street, John Roberts, supt Clerk to the Magistrates, Thomas Shaw, Io Derby street Stamp Office, Derby street, James Armstrong, distributor Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall, Market street, Temperance Hall, Union street, W. Dishley, sec every alternate wednesday, commencing January 2, at II Town Hall, George Green, keeper a.m. & at the Clerk's office, 10 Derby street, Leek, every Weighing Machine Otlief'.s,Derby st.. Jn. Edwd.Connsell,clerk monday & thursday, at 1 I a.m. & at the Odd Fellows' hall, VoLUNTEERS. Bradley Green, the second monday in every month at 11 rst Volunteer Battalion (The Prince of Wales's) North a. m. The places in the petty sessional division are:­ Staffordshire Regiment (I Co.), head quarters, Cattle Alstonefield, Biddulph, lllore-with-Swinscoe, Bradnop, market, Capt_ Thomas J. Smith. commander ; Bernard Butterton, Calton, Cheddleton-with-Basford, Endon & Wardle & Fred Davenport, lieutenants; Rev. Evans Stanley, :Fawfieldhead, Grindon, Heathylee, Heaton, Hol­ Belcher, acting chaplain; Colour-Sergt. Thomas Stafford, linsclongh, Horton, Ilam & Throwley, Ipstones, Leek, drill instructor