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1902 by the Rev. William Wing:field Sandford M.A. of Somerwood is 2 miles west, and 2 north from Upton Trinity College, Dublin, and rural dean of Wrockwar­ Magna station and Sugden I! miles east. There is a dine. .A cemetery o.f half an acre was formed in x884, small Primitive Methodist chapel at Somerwood, erected the land being given by John Tayleur esq.; it is under in x859. the control of the Parish Council. There is a W es­ leyan chapel here, erected in 1834· The charities are of Parish Clerk, William Morris. about :£12 yearly value, arising from land, and are distributed annually in kind amongst the poor. The Post Office.-Walter Smith, sub-postmaster Letters principal landowners are .John Tayleur esq. of Buntings­ arrive through ; delivered at 7.50 a.m. & dale Hall, , the Lord Barnard, H. C. 6 p.m. (callers only); dispatched at 7.50 a.m. & 6 Yates esq. of Severn Hall, , W. B. Nevitt p.m.; Sundays, delivery 8.55 a.m. (callers only); esq. of Cotsbrook, , and John Cheetham esq. of dispatch 9·55 a.m. Roden, 2 miles distant, is the . The soil is sandy and strong loam; sub­ nearest money order & telegraph office soil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, Pillar Letter Box, near the rectory, cleared at 8 a.m. k barley, clover and turnips. The area is 2,168 acres of 5.50 p.m. week days only land and 38 of water; it includes Rodington, Sugden and part of Somerwood; rateable value, £3,393 ; the Public Elementary School (mixed), built in x849, with population in 19rr was 457 in the civil and 290 in the teacher's residence, & enlarged in x8g4, for 1:42 chil­ ecclesiastical parish. dren; average attendance, 85 ; Reuben Spiers, master Sandford Rev. Wm. Wingfield M.A. Davies George, grocer, provision dlr. J ones Mary (Mrs.), farmer (rector & rural dean), Rectory baker, draper & corn dealer, boot & Kilvert John, cowkeeper, Somerwood Wytcherley Mrs. Yew Tree cottage shoe warehouse, earthenware & Lockier William, farmer COMMERCIAL. hardware dealer Morris William, wheelwright Bevan Richard, farmer, Hall farm Davies Leonard, farmer Pickering Waiter, farmer, Somerwood Bishop Thomas, farmer, The Grove Dyke Thomas, farmer, Somerwood Reed George, photographer Bland William, Bull's Head P.H Edwards John, beer retailer Ridgeway William, cottage farmer Brisbourne Thomas (Mrs.), farmer & Green George, farmer, Somerwood Shuker Donald, market gardener, landowner, The Poplars Hampton Geo. frmr. Rodenhurst hall Canal wharf Brisbourne William Read, farmer James John, farmer Smith Waiter, shopkpr. I; post office Bullock John, blacksmith Jones Joseph Henry, assistant over- Wilson Henry, cowkeeper Buttery Joseph, farmer seM" & clerk to Parish Council & Yates Howard Cyril, farmer Cemetery ( J oseph Henry J ones, clerk I butcher to the Parish Council) ROMSLEY, see Alveley. ROWTON is a township and ancient chapelry in the birthplace, 12th November, 1615, of the celebrated of High Ercall, from which place it is 2 Nonconformist divine Richard Baxter. The principal miles north-east, 6 north~west from Wellington, 9 landowners are Lord Barnard and Mr. George Ore west from Newp:nt, 10 north-east from Shrewsbury Hopkins, and there are various small owners. The and 2! north-west from Crudgington station on the soil is of a mixed nature and good; subsoil, sand and Wellington and Market Drayton branch of the Great clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. Western railway, in the Northern division of the The area is about 8o4 acres; the population in 19n county, South Bradford hundred, Wellington union and was 598. county court district, petty sessional division of Wel- Sexton, William Light. lington, rural deanery of Wrockwardine, archdeaconry Letters through Wellington; arrive about s. 30 a.m. & of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. and 5.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at are attached to Rowton for ecclesiastical Waters Upton, x mile distant & telegraph office at urposes. Rowton was formed into an ecclesiastical P High Ercall, 2 miles distant parish in 1827. The chapel, rebuilt in 1835• is a plain Post Office, Ellerdine.-Miss Emma Barnett, sub-post- edifice of stone, in the Early English style, consisting mistress. Letters arrive from Wellington & are of chancel, nave and a western turret containing one delivered at 9.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; dispatched at 6 bell: it was thoroughly restored in 1882 at a cost of p.m.; no sunday post. Waters Upton, 2 ! miles dis- about £450, defrayed by public subscription. The tant, is the nearest money order office & Peplow, 3 register dates from the year z840. The living is a miles distant, is the nearest telegraph office vicarage, endowed by the last Duke of Cleveland K.G. assisted by grants from Queen Anne's Bounty and the Letter Boxes.-Rowton, cleared at 7·3o a.m. & 5.40 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, net yearly value {.229, p.m. ; Cold Hatton, cleared at 9-40 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. in the gift of Lord Barnard, and held since 1Bgo by & Seven Stars inn, cleared at 9·45 a.m. & 6.25 p.m. the Rev. Lyttelton Vernon Yonge ::B •.A. of Trinity Col- week days only lege, Cambridge, who resides at Waters Upton. .At Public Elementary School, Ellerdine, erected in 1883, Cold Hatton is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in for 95 children; average attendance, 88; E. E. Bray, 187T. and a Wesleyan chapel at Ellerdine. This W1ls the master ROW'l'ON. Ercall Magna district of Wellington r ELLERDINE. union, West view (letters through COMMERCIAL. Hopkins George Ore Waters Upton) Barnett Emma (Miss),shpkpr.Post off Adney Richard, farmer Brandon Henry Preston, farmer Bourne John, farmer, The Lodge Brookes John & William Hy. farmers Brown Charles, farmer, Potford Bourne John Mills, farmer, Th~t Buttery Thomas, farmer Corrall Edwin, watch repairer, Sytch Hall farm Fletcher Robert, grocer lane (letters through Water Upton) Ootterill John E. farmer, New house Hopkins Geo. Ore, farmer & landownr Ferrington William (Mrs.), farmer Morris William, farmer Lewis Richard, carpenter Jones John, farmer On slow Thomas, farmer Ridgway John, blacksmith Madeley Thomas, butcher Pickin John, well sinker Woolley Thomas, farmer Owen George, baker Ridgway William H. blacksmith COLD R ATTON. Rhodes Geo. Royal Oak P.H. Heath Shakeshaft William Robert, farmer, Seven Stars Inn & Brewery; pure The Grange COMMERCIAL. home-brewed ales (Thomas Henry Taylor Hubert, farmer, Windy oak Ball William A. R. relieving officer & Webb, proprietor & farmer) Taylor J{)hn, farmer, Oak house registrar of births & deaths for Shakeshaft Peter W. farmer Wilkes George, farmer BUDGE is a. small township in this county, forming soil is clay and sandstone; subsoil, sandstone rock. part of the parish of Pattingham, the major portion d The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and rye. The which is in Staffordshire; it is 7 miles east-north-east area is 1,585 acres; population in 19II, 131. from Bridgnorth, and 7 west from Wolverhampton, in the Letters through Wolverhampton & Bridgnorth; Patting­ Southern division of the county, union of Seisdon, ham is the nearest money order & telegraph office, Wolverhampton connty court district and Chelmarsh about x mile distant division of the hundred of Stottesdon. The inhabitants attend the church at Pattingham. Rudge Hall is the Letter Box, Spooneys Gate, cleared at 8 a.m. & 6.5 property and residence of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Andrew p.m.; sundays, 10.40 a.m Wight-Boycott D.S.O. who is the sole landowner. The The children of this place attend the school at Pattingham Wight-Boycott Lieut.-Col. Thomas! COMMERCIAL. J Elcock Thomas, farmer, see Stan- Andrew D.S.O Beddoes Herbt. farmer,Rudge Warren ford & Elcock