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the still more commanding rock and ruineod fortress of Post Office. John Garner, sub-postmaster. Letters Beeston, was erected during the period 1844-50, by the from Tarporley, Cheshire, are delivered at 7.40 a.m ; first Lord Tollemache,. and is a magnificent building of dispatched at 10.5 a.m. & 7 p.m.; no sundav delivery. red sandstone, quarried on the estate, and its circular The nearest money order & telegraph office is at keep forms a landmark for many rni1es : attached to Bunbury, 2 miles distant ' . the castle is a. domestic chapel, the services of which Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1872 by th-! are open to the naighbouring inhabitants; the Rev. John late Lord Crewe; it will hold 150 boys & girls; aver­ Taylor Clegg B.A. incumbent of Burwardsley, has been age attendance, 77; Mrs. Martha. Edge, mistress chaplain since 1902. Lord Tollemache is the sole land­ owner. The area is 1,754 acres; rateable value, £3,212; WARDLE (or Wardhull) is a township and scar.tered population in 1gn, r83. village, r! miles south-east from Calveley station on the Crewe and Chester section of the London anj North Letters from Taroorley, Cheshire. The nearest money Western railway, 4 north-west from Nantwich and 5 order & telegraph office is at Bunbury, about 2 miles south-east from Tarporley, in the Eastern division of the distant , Eddisbury hundred. 'fhe Shropshire Union Railw-ay · The children of this place attend Beeston school and Canal Company have a wharf in this township. The manor, at the Norman accession, was given to Hug() RIDLEY is a township 3! miles south from Beeston de Mara, probably one {)f the king's Norman followers. Castle station on the Crewe and Chester section of the The-: local name was early assumed by the family in London and North Western railway, and 5 south from possession; and it appears from certain records that Tarporley. The land has mainly been acquired by the Catherine de Wrenbury IZave all her lands in Wrenbury Cheshire County Council for the purpose of letting out to Philip, son of David de Egerton, these lands being in small holdings. Th~ area. is 1,458 acres; rateable described as W ordel Park and Le Breres.. By inquisi­ value, £2,076; population in- rgrr, 137· tions in the reigns of Henry VI. Richard ill. and Letters from Tarporley, Cheshire. The nearest M. 0. & Henry VII. these lands were found to be held from the T. Office is at Bunbury, 2l miles distant Grosvenors of Holme. The Breretons afterwards held them from the Egertons, with the moiety of the barony Letter Box, Bickerton road, cleared at 8.45 a.m. & 7·5 of Malpas. Wardle subsequently became the property of p.m. week days only the Priestland family, from whom it was purchased by Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in r877 & Thomas Wilbra.harn, of Woodhey, esq. and thence de· enlarged in rgo6, for 40 boys & girls; average attend­ scended to the Earl of Dysart. Lord Tollemache is lord . ance, 42; Miss Edwards, mistress of the manor and principal landowner. Wardle Hall, an ancient building of brick and wood, was formerly in­ SPURSTOW is· a township 2} miles south from Beeston closed by a. moat, but, with the exception of a. portion on Castle station on the Crewe and Chester section of the the south-east side, this has now been filled up, aud in London and North Western railway, in the Nantwich 1849 a farmhouse was erected near to the hall. 'l'he union and county court district. There is a Primitive oownshrip comprises 1,053 st.a.tUJte acres, chiefly applied Methodist chapel, erected in 1844. Here is a spring to the cultivation of grain and pasture, and 9 of water; possessing medicinal qualities, which formerly was rateable value, £2,739; the population in xgn was .I54· resorted to for ·bathing. The Marquess of Crewe K.G., Letters through Nantwioh via Bwrbridge. The nearest P.C. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. telegraph office is at the Shropshire Union Railways The area is r,832 acres; rateable value, £3,368; popu­ & Canal Co.'s wharf & money order & telegraph office lation in Igii, 373· is at Alpraham, 2} miles distant BUNBURY. Barnes John, builder Lovekin John, farmer Beesley Albert James M.R.O.S., Manley Ernest, draper, Post office PRIVATE RESIDENTS. L.R.C.P.Lond. physician & sur­ Murray .Albert Ernest, plumber Baker George, Briars geon, Birchfield Parker Thomas, builder Beesley Albert James, Birchfield Beresford James, farmer Peers Thomas Robert, grocer Bramley John Tillotson Bird Sarah (Mrs.), cow keeper Public Hall (John Hughes, sec.' &; Cantrell Miss, North lodge Boden Chas. Wait. Nag's Head P.H treas.; Mrs. G. F.Dutton,librarian) Cotton Gilbert Egerton, Priestland Brooks George, joiner Roll Edith (Mrs.), laundry, TheNook Drury Col. Robert C. Fir bank Br-ooks Jonathan, monumental mason, Roycroft J oseph, castrator,Heath viis Dutton George Frederick Whit-church road Saunders Florence Hilda (Miss) Edwards-Moss Miss, Yew Tree house Buchanan Marie (Miss) C.M.B. mid­ C.M.B. midwife,The Ark,Wyche la Glasspool Theophilns Rnssell wife, The Ark, Wyche lane Seaville Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper Griffiths Thomas, Heathcroft Bunbury Conservative & Unionist Sheen Alfred Henry, farmer Hadfield William Walker Working Men's Club (Richard Sheen Arthur. draper Hanks Frederick Arthur, Heathfield Edwards, sec) . Sheen Joseph, sub-agen~ for the Holbrook Mrs. West view Bunbury Drill & Rifle Club (G. F. Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Hughes Mrs. Trigfa Dutton, sec) Co. Bunbury lock Jones Capt. Llewellyn Hayward, The Challinor &; Sons, butchers & cattle Shore Saml. farmer, Woodworth grn White house dealers Summer John, butcher Lewis Georg& Edward, Wyche lane Chesters William, Dysart Arms P.H Tapley- Mary (Mrs.), farmer Littledale John Bolton J.P. Brookdale Chetwood Harry, cycle & motor agt.; United Counties Bank Limited (sub­ Palmer William Sidney, Sunny bank official repairer to the R.A.O. & branch) (open tuesdays, I to 3 Rich Rev. Charles Herbert L.Th. C.T.C.; garage p.m.); draw on Williams Deacon's (curate), North lodge Coleysmith James, ironmonger, drug Bank Limited, London E 0 Richardson Major James Jardine, stores, cycle .& motor agent & Vickers Ernest, builder Mayfield general merchant Ward Sidney, master mariner, Robertson Wm. M.A. Rosemount Cordery Charles, Swan inn Heath cottage Roscoe William James, The Grange Cotton Gilbert Egerton, agent to Woodward Harry Hampson, farmer Senior Miss, Bella. Vista Lord Tollemache'& trustees, Priest­ Worrall Harry, shopkpr.Bunbury lock Sha.w Daniel, Brook hO"use land Sheen Thomas Cummins Chas. farmer, Gosland grn BEESTON. Smith Rev. Herbert (Primitive Elson .Alfred, carrier Naylor John, Beeston towers Methodist), The Cedars Elson Charles, jobbing gardener Smith Edward Wells, Wyche lane Fleet Thomas, undertaker COMMERCIAL. Smyth Ernest Hugh, Foxdale Frodsham Thomas, plumber Billington J. H. Ltd. coal merchants, Spencer Major Alan William Berkley, Hewitt George, bee hive maker Beeston station Oaklands Hewitt Ilerbert J. grocer Challinor Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Tinsley J ames, Manor house Hughes John, grocer & wine & spirit Castle Gate farm Williamson Misses, Fernleigh, Wyche dealer Ohesworth H. &; Son Limited, coal lane J ackson Ilorace, boot maker merchants, Beeston station; & at Willis Charles, Whitchurch -road Jones Spencer Robert, registrar of Nantwich v Willis Thomas Arthur, Laurel mnt births, deaths & marriaiZes & vac­ Evans Richard & Co. Ltd. coal mers. Wodeman Rev. Henry M.A. (vicar), cination officer for Bunbury sub­ (Joseph Hitchen,agent),Beestn.statn The Vicarage district, Nantwich union, & reliev­ Fearnall Ernest, farmer, The Bock Woodward John, The Hollies ing officer for Bunbury district, France John, coal &; coke merchant, COM11ERCIA.L. Nantwich union Beeston station · Aldersey School (George F. Dutton, Large Frederick, bricklayer Jones Ernest, farmr. LowerRock frm head master). See advertise- Larg6 Waiter, blacksmith Kirkham William, insurance agent ment page 17 · Large William, carpenter Lawie Barbara H. (Miss), confectioner