26 ASIJLEY. . (KELLY'8 the Hon. Ml"!!. Meynell-Ingram; the mansion is pleasantly through arrive at "i.rs a. m.; dispatched situated in a. well-wooded psrk: in the grounds are mineml at 4 . .10 p.m. i no letters received or dispatched on sonday. springs, the temperature of which in the winter is generally Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Whitmore is so degrees. The Hon. Mrs. Meynell-Ingram, who is lady tha. nearest money order & telegraph office. WALL of the manor, and Frederick J. Harrison esq. of Maer Hall, LETTER BoxEs, Rectory, cleared 4 p. m. & Ashley Heath, are the principal landowners. Bricks and crates are made cleared 4.40 p.m. week days only here. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravel and marl. The Police Station, Edward Curry, sergeant & I constable chief crops are oats, barley and turnips. The area is 2,815 acres of land and 6 of water~ rateable value £4,871 : the National School (mixed), built in 186o, for 150 children; population in was . average attendance, 140; William Cotterill, master 1891 797 AsHLEY HEATH 1! miles south-west, HooK:GATE 1! south- CARRIERS.-To Market Drayton, James Pickstock, wed. ; west and WILLOUGHBRIDGE, 2 miles north-west are hamlets. Newcastle-under-Lyme, J ames Pickstock, thurs. & sat. ; PosT 0Fl!'ICE.-Miss Ellen Lockett,sub-postmistress. Letters John Harrison Randall, man. wed. & fri Broadhnrst Mrs. Larkhiii Dain Major, wheelwright & carpenter, Parker James, saddler Dnnn Mrs. The Villa Ashley heath Parr Alfred, farmer, Park House farm Meynell-Ingram The- Hon. Mrs. Wil• Dain William, farmer Parry Frank L.R.C.P.I. physician & loughbridge Wells Downing William Charles, farmer, surgeon, White house Noden Mrs. Church view Gravelly Hill farm Parton & Pye, crate makers Parry Frank, White house Evans Alfred, Meynell Arms inn Parton Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Spencer Rev. John Louis B.D. Rectory Fathers Joel, apartments, The_Dale PartonMoses,farmer,ManorHouse farm Wardle Frederick, School cottage Griffiths George, cowkeeper Pearce George, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hanmer J ames, farmer Pepper William, farmer Alcock Thomas, shopkeeper, assistant Hollins Peter, farmer Pickstock James, carrier overseer & clerk to parish council, Hulme Arthur Richard, farmer Pickstock John, farmer Hookgate Hulme Frederick, wheelwright & car- Pointon John, farmer Allen Henry, apartments, The Dale penter, Asbley heath Pye George, cowkeeper, iHookgate Ancient Order of Foresters(Court Excel- Hulme Herbt. Wm. painter & shopkpr Randal!J n.Harrison,grcr.drpr.& carrier sior on the High Heath), No. 7099 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Rigg Jonathan, farmer (Moses Tomkinson, court sec) (Lodge Good Intent), No. 3947 Salt William, farmer Astin Edwin, farmer (Thomas Nicklin, lodge sec) Sillito William, farmer, The Wellings Blackburn Richard, farmer Jones Tom Leigh, Loggerheads _inn, Simcock William, higgler Bradbury Ja.mes, thrashing machine Ashley heath Skelhorn John, farmer owner, Ashle:f heath Jones William, beer retailer SumnerEllen(Mrs.),frmr.Lordesleyend Bradbury James, jun. blacksmith, Lawton Thomas, farmer Talbot James, farmer Ashley heath Lockett Ellen (M1ss), baker & shop- Tew William, beer re!ailer BradburyJ ohn,millr.(steam),Ashley hth keeper, Post office Tomkinson Moses, bricklayer Bradbury Joseph, carpenter, wheel- Lockett Thomas, bricklayer Vernon William, cowkeeper wright & shopkeeper, Ashley heath Lycett Maria (Mrs.), farmer Wain Sarah Ann (Mrs.), grocer, draper, Buckley Thomas, jun. farmer, Westflds Martin Joseph, tailor news agent & seedsman Butters Snow, tailor Melior Ann (Mrs.), painter & glazier Washington Mary (Miss), farmer Butters Waiter, blacksmith Millington William, farmer Whittaker John, farmer Chambers Charles, blacksmith Morrey Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Wilcox John, farmer Collier J oseph, brick & drain pipe makr Nicklin Jane (Mrs.), cowkeeper Wright Francis Grocott, farmer ASTON (GREAT" AND LITTLE} with Burston and Stoke Edward Swynfen l'arker-Jervis J.P. and held since r88r b;y (near Stone), form a township in the parish of Stone. Aston the Rev. George Bolney Brown M.A. of Clare College, is a pretty hamlet on the , and near the road Cambridge. St. Michael's Catholic church, erected in from Stone to , and together with Burston and 1884, in place of an earlier structure, built in 1846, is of Stoke was formed into an ecclesiastical parish (called Aston stone with a north-east porch, and has sittings for so per­ and Burston) in 1846 from the of Stone; it is 2 sons; the clergy of St. Dominic's, Stone, officiate here. miles south from Stone station on the North Staffordshire The Hon. Edward Swynfen Parker-Jervis ~.P. of Little railway, 5 north from Stafford and 145 from London, in Aston Hall, Sutton Goldfield, is lord of the manor and prin­ the Western division of the county, South , cipal landowner. The soil is partly gravel and sand, and Stone union, petty sessional division and county court partly marl; subsoil, clay and gravel, The chief crops are district, rural deanery of Trentham, archdeaconry of Stoke- wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. The area is 3, II7 on-Trent, and diocese of Lichfield. Burston and Stoke are acres; the population in 18gr was 540. given under separate headings. The church of St. Saviour, Parish Clerk, Joseph Plant. built in 1845, is an edifice l'f stone in the Early Gothic PosT OFFICE.-1.\'Irs. Frances Imelda Leese. sub-post- style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch mistress. Letters arr.re from Stone & are delivered at a.nd tower on the north-west with spire and containing a about 7.30 a.m. ; box closes for dispatch at 9 p.m. clock and one bell : there are sittings for about 200 persons, Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest 100 being free: on the east side of the churchyard is a money order & telegraph office is at Stone mausoleum belonging to the Parker-Jervis family. The National School (mixed), built in x86g, f.or 120 children; register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage, average attendance, 70 ; Josepl\ Plant, master; Miss gross yearly value £230, net £208, in the gift of the Hon. Gertrude Florence Shelley, infants' mistress Bratt Mrs. Grove house Bowers William, blacksmith Melior Joseph,Crown inn; good accom- Brown Rev. Georgo Bolney M. A. The Brandon John, farmer, Aston Ball farm modation for cyclists; fam1er,joiner Vicarage Collins William, farmer, Aston farm & wheelwright Shelly Miss Daniels Harriet (Mrs.), cow keeper Rushton John,cowkeeper & shopkeeper Wright Harold, Aston hall Elkin Thomas, cowkeeper SlaneyCelestina Sarah (Miss), shopkpr Hazlehurst John, cowkeeper Tittert

HALMER END, KNow LE END, PARK END and the ecclesiastical lofty and was rebuilt in 1846, at a cost of £1,5001 raised by parish of TALKE, which last will be found under a separate subscription: its tile pavement is a reproduction of ancient heading. The crosses the eastern examples found in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire: the extremity at Harding's Wood. east window of seven lights ha.s fine tracery: on the south The Local Government Act was adopted by part of the side of the chancel is a brass, with inscription iu Nonnan p6rish May 7, 1873, and it was governed by a Local Board, French, to the memory of Thomas Audley, ob. 1385, but under the "Local Government. Act, 1894 '' (56 & brother to James, the great Lord of Audl"y, one of the 57 'Vict. cap. 73), an Urban District Council ha.s1 been most celebrated English warriors of the reign of Edward