- DmECTORY.] . ~IARTLEY. 175 1895 by the Rev. Frederick Octavius Gascoigne ~L.A. of ford, who is lady of the manor, and Lord Hindlip D.L., Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and lecturer of St. J.P. are the prindpal landowners. The soil is mixed; Andrew's, Droitwich. subsoil, marl. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The John Haslock, by his will dated March 9th, 1640, area is 881 acres; rateable value, £3,4°1; the population left 40s. yearly, to clothe some poor men or women or in 1891 was 151. place any poor child a9 the parishioners think fit, to be Brown Heath is three-quarters of a mile east. paid out of his estate in Martin Hussingtree. Thomas Sexton, William Hartland. Tombs, of Salwarpe, by his will dated. 1718, gave to the poor the sum of £10, to remain as a stock for ever, the Letters through Worcester arrive at 8,45 a.m. Wall Let- interest to be disposed of by the churchwardens and over- ter Box, Martin green, cleared at 5.25 p.m. on week seers on St. Thomas' day to those that have no weekly days &; at 10·55 a.m. on sundays. Fernhill Heath is pay: four acres of land were also bequeathed to the poor the nearest money o:r;der &; telegraph office by an unknown donor. Mrs. Waiter Wilmot Hill, Here- The children of this place attend the school at Hindlip Gascoigne Rev. Frederick Octavius Cartridge Arthur, frmr. Martin court Harris Wm. grocer &i assist. overseer M.A. Rectory George, farm bailiff to Thos. Hartlaml William, sexton Blincoe William, Swan P.R Quarell esq. Brown heath Wynne John, farm bailiff to W. B. Cartridge Albert, frmr. Martin green E,'ans Edward, farmer, Martin green Needham esq. Martin green is a village, head of a union, an extensive Sanitary Inspectors, Henry Matthews, GrimIer &; Thos. parish on the road from Worcester to Tenbury, 4! miles Dovey, . north from station, on the Worcester and Bromyard branch of the Great Western railway, 8 north­ MARTLEY U~ION. north-west from Worcester, II south-south-west from The union comprises the following parishes, viz. :-Ab­ Droitwich, 9 south-west from Stourport and 121 from berley, .Alfrick, , Astley, , Broad­ , in the Western division of the county, Upper was, Clifton-on-Teme, , ,Grimley, hundred, Hundred House petty sessional North Hallow, , HoIt, Kenswick, Knight­ division, Worcester county court district, western division wick, Leigh, , Malvern Link, Martley, , of the rural deanery of West Worcester and archdeaconry Sapey Pritchard, , Shelsley Kings, and diocese of Worcester. The Laugherne brook flows , , Stanford, Stocton, , through the parish, which is bounded on the west by the , Witley Great, Witley Little. Population of . The church of St. Peter is an ancient build­ the union in 1891 was 15,809; area, 54,807 acres; ing of stone, in the Norman, Decorated and Perpendicular rateable value in 1899, £98,248 styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch "and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing a Board day, friday, fortnightly, at the Board room at the clock and 6 bells: the chancel retains a piscina, and in Union Workhouse, at II a.m. the church is an altar-tomb, with recumbent knightly Clerk to the Guardians, .Am.brose William Knott, 14 effigy in armour, t<> Sir Hugh Mortimer, c. 1460 to Foregate street, Worcester 1475: the building was thoroughly repaired in the year Treasurer, Arthur Charles Cherry esq. Worcester Old 1859, and a vestry added in 1875 by Miss Hastings, at a Bank, 'Worcester cost of £3°0: the Decorated south porch was erected by Relieving Officers &; Collectors to the Guardians, Leigh Miss Hastings and the Rev. J. P. Hastings, rector, in district, William Mann, Bransford; Martley district, 1884: the communion plate is ancient and curious, and Percy Andrew Glover, probably dates from about 146o: there are 500 sittings, Vaccination Officer, A. ·W. Knott,14 Foregate st.Worcestr 250 being free. The register dates from the year 1625. The Medical Officers &; Public Vaccinators, Astley district, living is a rectory, net income £500, including< 85 acres of Edward Stanley Robinson L.R.C.P.Lond. Stourport; glebe, with residence, in the gift oll and held since 1875 by Holt district, Charles Pollard F.R.C.S. Worces­ the Rev. John Parsons Hastings M.A. of Trinity College, ter; Knightwick district, James H. Greensill, Cambridge, and J.P. for the county. Berrow Hill, in this Knightwick, near Malvern; Leigh district, John James pari!h, affords some of the most extensive and magni­ Cowan M.B., C.M. ; Martley district, ficent prospects in the county, and has on the summit Edward Samuel Greensill L.R.C.P.Edin. ; the remains of an ancient entrenchment: Pudford and Witley district, Edward Samuel Greensill L.R.C.P. Rodge Hills also command fine views of the Teme valley. Edin. Great Witley The Noak, the residence of Richard Slade Nash esq. has Superintendent Regisbrar, .Am.brose William Knott, 14 long been the property of that family, to which belonged Foregate street, Worcester; deputy, A. P. Battersea, the Rev. Treadway Russell Nash D.D. of Bevere, the The Workhouse, Martley distinguished historian of Worcestershire; the present Registrar of Marriages, William Mann, Bransford; deputy, mansion is not earlier than the Stuart period, and has Henry Mann, Bransford been much improved and enlarged, and the whole front Registrars of Births &; Deaths, Holt sub-district, Thomail rebuilt; it stands high and affords fine views of the Wormington, ; deputy, P. Wormington, country round. The Earl of Dudley, who is lord of the Broadwas; Leigh sub-district, William Mann, Brans­ manor, is a large landed proprietor; Richard Slade Nash ford; Martley sub-district, Percy Andrew Glover, Little esq. and Oolonel Arthur Drummond Currie, of Laughern Witley; deputy, E. Shaddock, Areley Kings House, are also landowners. The soil is- various; subsoil, The Workhouse, Martley, is a building of brick, erected marl and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, in 1838, to hold 136 inmates; Rev. JaD1es Davenport, hops, beans, !{Jeas and roots. Fruit is extensively grown chaplain; E. S. Greensill, medical officer; Arthur Paley here. The area is 4':HI acres; rateable value, £5,669; Battersea, master; Mrs. Battersea, matron the population in 1891 was 979, including II officers and 92 inmates in the workhouse. School Attendance Committee. Hill Top, I mile south-by-west, Horsham, r south-west, Meets at the Board room, Workhouse, on fri. monthly. , I south, and Prickley Green, I north, are Clerk, Ambrose William Knott, 14 Foregate st.Worcester small hamlets here. . Attendance Officers, William Manu, Bransford & Percy Parish Clerk, Mark Young. Andrew Glover, Little Witley Post, M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; Annuity School, built in 1840, at a cost of about £1,200, for 60 &; Insurance Office. Jervis Hall, sub-postmaster. Let­ boys k as many girls; average attendance, 54 boys &; ters received from Worcester at 5.30 a.m.; dispatched 30 girls; Harry Humpherson, master; Miss Dunn, at 6 p.m mistress. Infants' School, built in 1894 for 60 children; )11'8. Roberts, mistress Martley Rural District Oouneil. Meets at the Board room. Workhouse, on fri. monthly. Carriers to Worcester. Clerk, Ambrose William Knott, 14 Foregate l'lt.Worcester William Adams, wed. & sat. from Collins green Treasurer, Arthur Charles Cherry esq. Worcester Old William Caswell, mono wed. &; sat Bank, Worcester Alfred Clewer, wed. & sat Medical Officer of Health, G. E. Hyde L.R.C.P.Lond. I James Rowley, mono wed. & sat Foregate street, Worcester I Other carriers pass through to Worcester, wed. & sat Cnrrie Col. Arthur Drummond J.P. Nash Richard Slade, The Noak Brown William Aaron, farmer &; hop Laughern house COMMERCIAL. grower. Ilerrow farm Greensill Miss, The Firs, BerrowS' grn Battel'sea. Arthur Paley, master of the Cartridge :Mark, farmer, Hawk's nest Hastings Rev. Jas. Francis RA. Ivy workhouse &; deputy supt. registrar, Caswell William, general smith &; Hastings Rev. John Parsons M.A.• J.P. The Workhouse agricultural implement maker &; (re~tor), Rectory Bowers John, Admiral Rodney P.H. machinist, Stoney bridge MorrIS :Mrs. Barbers Berrow gr~en Charles "illiam, shopkeeper, Jewry la