DIRECTORY. ] . D!WLEY MAGNA. 87

DAWLEY MAGNA is a town and parish on the URBAN DISTRlar COUNCIL. road from WeIlington to , with a station at Members. in this parish on the WeIlingt~n and Sev~rn Chairman, H. C. Simpson J.P. Junction branch of the Great Western railway, 4 miles Vice-Chairman, H. R. G. Bayley. south-east from Wellington, about 2t north-west from T. Attwood I J. M. Johnston Madeley and 5 south-west from : it is in the I. Baugh Thomas Jones J.P Wrekin division of the county, in Wellington division of E. Biddulph R. A. Rhodes South Bradford hundred, Madeley union and county Rev. '1'. R. J. Fawkes H. C. Woodh()use x.n., court district, petty sessional division of Wellington, I Edward FellowlI Ch.B., J.P rural deanery of Shifnal, arch deaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. The town is lighted with gas Officer•. from works in Chapel street, built in 1857, and belong- Clerk, Henr] Revell Phillips, solicitor, High street ing to the Gill Co. Limited. In 1909 an Treasurer, . S. Darker, Lloyds Blink Limited arrangement was made with the Madeley and Medical Officer of Health, Alfred E. White M.B., C.M. Water Co. of Harrington, for the supply of water at Edin., D.P.H.lrel., L.R.C.P. &; S.Edin., L.R.F.P. &; a cost of about £15,000 i the pumping station is at S.Glas. 7 Waterloo road, Wellington Little Dawley' the engines are of the Producer type Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, R. Lewis Price, Heath hi and force the' water to the two reservoirs at Lawley Bank for distribution to the district. The parish was Market Hall. formed into a Local Government District in 1B76, but Police Station. Sergt. Alb~rt Edward Howells, &; 2 under the "Local Government Act, IB94" (56 and 57 constables Vict. c. 73). an Urban District Council was estab- Town HaU, Lewis Price, sec.; Reuben Allworth, caretkr lished The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in PUBLIC OFFICERS. 1845, 'is a building of sandstone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, baptistery and an embattled Assistant Overseer, R. Urban Callear, 73 King street western tower containing 6 bells: there is. a font of Cullector of King's Taxes, R. Lewis Price, Heath hill Norman date: on the east wnll is a tablet In memory Collector of Po.or'~ Rates, R. Urban Callear, 73 King at of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, Collector of Dlstnct & Water Rates, Bertram H. ElIis, 1914-18. The register dates from the year 1666. 29 Church road The Ih'injr was declared a vicarage Dec. II, IB66, net Customs, Excise & Old Alte Pension Officer, William J n yearly nlue £350, including :I acres. of glebe, with Hawkins, Frame lane, Dawley Parva residence. in the Kift of the Bishop of Llchfield, and held Medical Officer, Dawley District, Madeley Union. Herht. since IB88 by the Rev. Thomas Richard Joaeph Fawk~8. CI~ment W:0odhouse M.B., C~.B.yict., J.P. 30 King st There is a Mission church in Hinkshay; a Baptist Public Vaccmator, Dawley DIstrIct. Madeley Union, chapel, ('f'rctl'd in 1846. Renting 550 persons j also WAS- Je:mes Bryce Robertson M.B., C.M. The Shrubbery, levan Methodist and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Kmlt street Town Hall, 0. commodious building, the property ?f Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Dawley Sub- the Urban District Council, is available for public district, Madeley Union, Harry Icke, 1 New street· meetings. The Market Hall, erected in 1867 and also deputy, Francis Briscoe, 37 High street ' the property of the Urban Council, is an oblong Rtllieving Officer, No. I Dawley I>istrict, Madeley Union. structure of red brick, with an ornamental frontage Fr~k .Percy Mole, Horsehay Flat and VI!.t1lt~underneath, and is surmounted by a· turret VaccmatlOn Officer, Dawley Sub-district, Madeley Union containinz one bell and 0. clock, presented in 1867 by Miss Margery Thomason the late Lieut.-Col. William Kenyon-Slaney. A piece PLACES OF WORSHIP. of gTound of about 2 acres in extent was given by the late Rt. Hon. Col. WiIliam Slaney Kenyon-Slaney M.P. Hol! Trinity, Rev. Thomas Richard Joseph Fawkr.~'. and H. C. Simpson esq. to be used as a public park, VIcar and was opened in 1901. In the High street is a Mission Church, Hinkshav monument, erected in 1910, in memory of Capt. Webb, Baptist, Dawley Magna, Rev. William Williams born in this parish in the year 1B48, who lost his life Primitive Methodist, Dawley; Finger road; Horsehsv & Rock; Rev. Richard Rose in an attempt to swim the Niagara rapids in 1883. The market day is on Saturday, for the sale of meat, Wesleyan, High street; Dawley Parva; Dawley Bank; vegetables and provisions, and is well attended. A Horsehay & Stirchley; Rev. William H. Wardle B.A charity of [,7, derived from land, was left in 1684 by PUBLIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Richard Bodden, gentleman, of , and a third of this is distributed to the poor of this parish on St. Langley (Council) (boys, girls & infants), built in 1876, Thomas' Day. Lewis' charity of £200 was left in at a cost of £3,000, for 471 children; Albert Wilkes. 1887, and the interest is given to the poor annually master; Mrs. Florence M. Wilkes, mistress; Mr/i. L. in blankets: Greenhahrh's charity of £1 yearly, left Jaekson, infants' mistress in 1892, is also for the poor. The soil is various. Pool Hill (Council) (mixed & infants), erected in 1845 The minerals are ironstone and coal. The chief crops by the Company, for 623 children, are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,790 acres r~constructed in 1913, for 360 children; William of. land and inland water; rateable value, £18,430; Pickering, master; Miss H. Bailey, infants' mistress the population in lQ21 was 7,388 in the Dawley (Church of ) (mixed & infants), built and Urban District and 2,578 in the ecclesiastical. in 1841, & enlarged in 1893, 1899 &; 1904, for 310> children; Frank Clayton, master; Miss Elizabeth. Parish Clerk, John Birch. Briscoe, infants' mistress Post, M. 0., '1'. &. '1'. E. D. Office, Dawley (letters Railway Stations, Horsehay (G.W.R.), Thomas Phillips, should have Wellm~on, Shropshire, added).-Mrs. station master; Stirchley (L.M.S.), Luke Wood, stu- Lucy Smith, postmistress . tion master Conveyance.e-The omnibuses of the &. Post &; M. O. Office, Dawley Bank.-Mrs. Annie Jcnes Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Limited, running be· sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Dawley, Wel~ tween Wellington &; Madeley, pass through i an addi- ling-ton, Shropshire. Dawley, I mile distant, is the tional motor omnibus service to Wellington on thurs, nearest telegraph office &; sat. is run by J. H. Poole, 62 High street DAWLEY. Price Robert Lewis, Heath hill Woodhouse Harry,The Grove,Kinlt sI; PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Rhodes R. Alma, King street Woodhouse Herbert Clement !rtB .• Rickard WiIliam George, Elmhurst, Ch.B., J.P. 30 King street (Por T N's see general list of Private Burton street Residents at end of book.) Robertson James Bryce, The Shrub- COHKRRCIAL. Bailey Mrs. 6~ King street bery, King' street Early closing day, Tuesday. Bemrose Rd. Weightman. 84 King st Rose Rev. Richard (Primitive Metho- Marked thus 0 farm ISO acres or over. Browne Samuel Noel M.C., M.B., dist), 71 King street Addison Richard Ernest, painter, IB Ch.B. Horsehay fiats Simpson Alfred Henry, 69 King st George street Callear Frank A. 65 King street Smith John R. The Mount Andrews Geo. grocer, 34 Finger rd CaUear Ralph Urban, 73 Kin~ street Smith Richard, Brandies Arden Ethel (Mrs.), confr. 6 High 8t Fawkes Rev. Thomas Richard Joseph Taylor Miss, 33 Chapel street Bache Frank, news agent, High st (vicar), Vicarage Wardle Rev. William H., B.A. (Wes- Bailey Maria (Mrs.), servants' regis- Greenhalgh Misses, Spring hill, leyan Methodist), Wesley house try office, 6 King street Chapel street Williams Rev. William (Baptist), The Bailey Martin Clarence, butcher. Jones Thomas J.P. 5 Burton street Manse High street Lavender Thos. Geo. 88 King street Williams Thomas Henry, 59 King 8t Bailey Wm. G. butcher, 16 High st, 88 DAWLEY MAGNA. SHROPSHIRE. [KELLY'8

Baldwin Brothers, photographers, Old Gibbs Annie (Mrs.),draper,58 High st Plimmer Thomas William,. beer re- Vicarage road Gogertry John, grocer, 24 Finger rd tailer, Dawley bank &i butcher, Bamford John, beer retlr. 5 Bank rd Greenhalgh Oecil Henry, grocer, 3S High street Banks Martha (Mrs.), dress maker, &i 33 High street. T N la Poole Joseph Herbert, motor garage, Old Vicarage road Grice Thomas, Bull's Head P.H. 62 Hi~h street. T N 6 Dawley Banks John WaIt. shopkpr. Kinjt st Dawley bank Poole Wm. H. beer ret. 6 Barton at Barclays Bank Ltd. (sub-branch) (J. Growcott Edwd. btchr. Dawley bank Powell Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, E. Bullock, manager) (open tues. Harper .Walter, White Hart P.H. ~ Chapel street &i fri. 12 noon to 1.30 p.m.), 60 Hinksh1Pty Powell Wm. Dun Cow P.H. New at High street; head office, 54 Lom- Harris John Robert, painter, ~ Preece &i Sons, shoe mas, 4 High st bard street, London EO 3 Chapel street Price Martha Ann (Mrs.), confectnr. Barker John S. manager of Lloyds Hayward William, Elephant &i Castle 14 High street Bank Limited &i treasurer of th& P.H. I High street Price Robert Lewi., surveyor, sani- Urban District Conncil, High street Hilton S. &i Sons Ltd. boot &i shoe tary inspector &i collector of King's Bemrose Richard Weightman M.P.S. makers, 48 High street taxes, Heath Hill. 'l' N 9 chemist, 46 High street Hollis Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer, I Pugh David Alfred, beer retailer, Bevan Wm. boot repr. III Kinlr street Bank road George street 13irch Alfd. Thos. draper, 50 High st Icke Harry, registrar of births, Reynolds John &i Son, shopkeepers, 130lt Josiah, shopkeeper, Heath hill deaths &i marriages for Dawley 41 Dawley bank Bowdler Alfred William, news agent, sub-district, Madeley union, I Rhodes R. Alma, insur, supt. King st 16 Burton street New street Richard George Ernest, fishmonger, Breese Alfred William, confectioner, Independent Order of Oddfellows 23 High street . 59 High street (Ralph U. Callear, sec'),73 King at RobertB Bobert, shopkpr. Burton at Breeze Simeon, wheelwright, Dawley Jaundrill Hubert, butcher, 15 Burton Robertson James Bryce M.B., C.M. bank street surgeon &i public vaccinator, The Driscoe Prancis, deputy registrar of Johnson Mary A. (Mrs.), fancy goods Shrubbery, King street. T N 35 births, deaths &i marriages for dealer, 35 High street Boden Thol. F. beer ret. Dawley bnk Dawley sub-district, Madeley Jones Benjamin, builder, 3 Brandlee BoundIEthelbert,inlur.~.Meadowrd union, 37 High street Jones Herbert S. ironmonger, 53 Rowe Alfd. shopkeeper,1>awley bank Briscoe Harry, stationer, 49 High st High street Rowe William M. Lord Hill P.B. Briscoe Henry, printer, 37 High st Jones Horace O. grocer, &i post office, Dawley green Hriacoe Robert, fruiterer, 32 High at Dawley bank Rushton Harry, beer ret. Ohurch rd °Brown Joseph William, farmer, Old Jones Minnie Lucy (Mrs.), china Simmonds Brothers, football manu- Vicarage road dealer, 55 High street facturers, 17 Chapel street Brown Julia (Mrs.), grocer, Old Ketley Francis, grocer,7 Hinkshay rd Smith Harry, draper, 40 &i 42 High 111 Vicarage road Ketley Prancis Wm. Queen's Anns Smith Horace Edmund, hair dresser, Brown William, carpenter, Burton st P.H. 31 Finger road Hijth street Browne Samuel Noel ·M.C., M.B., Latham Roger, shopkeeper, New at Smith John R. grocer, 21a&i 24 High Oh.B. physician &i surgeon, Horse- Lav~nder T. Geo. builder, 88 King at street. T N 4 hay fiats. T N 42 Lew~s &i Sons, butchers, 30 High st Smith Richard, builder, Burton at Bryce John, shopkeeper,Dawley bank Lewis Rd. Wm. shopkpr.go Chapel st Smith Wm. hair dresser, 63 High It Ca-llear Frank A. in8ur.agt.6s King It Lloyds Bank Ltd. (sub-branch) (John Stanley John. shopkeeper, New atreet Callear Ralph Urban, collector of S. Barker, manager), High street; Stephenson Robert, Queen's Head poor's rates, assistant overseer &i open on mono &i thurs. from 10.30 P.H. Dawley bank sec. to Independent; Order of Odd- a.m. to I p.m.; head office, 41a&i Summers Cecil Harry, currier, 2 fellows, 73 King street 44 ~racechurch st. London E C 3 High street Carruthers Edgar, draper, 18 High st Machlll~~Samuel, boot maker, Market Taylor Charles Herbert, draper, 88 Clayton Mary (Mrs.) (exors. of),pork b~ldingg, High street Dawley bank butchers, 67 High street Mal?en Agnes (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 31 Teece Thomas Joseph, shopkeeper, Cosy Cinema (Alfred Pendleton, Kmg street Dawley bank manager), Burton street. T N 22 Marks S1Ptmuel,beer retailer, I Lang- Timmis John, shpkpr. 3 &i 5 High st Darrall &i Co. grocers,47 &i 8 High st ley. field Waddilove Thos. butcher, Finger rd Davies Alice Louisa (Mrs.), beer re- M!,rtm Predk. grocer, IS Chapel at Walker Geo. insurance.agt.lII King st tail er, Dawley bank M~s William, painter, I King street Wall Richard Emest, saddler, Old Davies Amy (Mrs.), Crown inn, 44 Millward .A1bert Edward, blacksmith, Vicarage road . High street 3 King Itreet Watkiss James, grocer, 47 Bank rd Oavies Joseph, contectnr, 49 King 8t Mole Prank Perey, relieving officer Watts Oharles Hy. butcher,49High st I[)awley (The) Gas 00. Limited(Frank No: I Dawley district, Madeley Watts Elizh. (Mr•. ), grocer, High st Clayton, sec.; Leslie Burtonshaw, union, Horsehay Hat Whitefoot George &i William, hard- manager), Chapel street Morgan Francis W. greengrocer, 10 ware dealers, laI High street ·Dawley Memorial Recreation Hall (R. Button street Whitehead &i Wilson,corn merchants, A. Rhodes, sec.), King st. T.N 9 Morgan William, boot ma. Finger rd 36 High street. T N 12 .Dawley Town Hall (Lewis Price.see. : Morgan Wm. carter, Old Vicarage rd Whitehead John Albert, corn mer- . .Reubtln. A;llworth, caretaker) . Oliver Mary (Mrs.), nurse, George st ~h~nt, High street . DIxon Wilham Joseph, conteetiouer, Owens Edward Hugh, tobacconist, 38 WIlhams Joseph, beer retailer, 32 27 Bi.gh street Hil1h street King street. T N 12 Duce John, grocer, 20 Heath hill Perkin Percy George, watch maker, Williams Richard, butcher,Finger rd .Edwards .A1ht. beer retlr. 56 King st la8 High street Williaml Wm. greengro. 20 High st Ellis Bertram H. district &i water Perry Joseph; boot repairer, Bank rd Wilson Frank, corn merchant, see rate collector, 29 Church road Phillips Henry Revell, solicitor, &i Whitehead &i Wi1son Evans Reuben, draper, 10 High 8t clerk to the Urban District Ooun- Wood George William, dentist, 21 Evans Stephen V. beer retailer, 34 cil, High street King street (attends tues, II to 4 Hinkshay road PhilIips Saml. shopkpr. 28 Bank rd p.m) . Evans William, farmer, The Wallows Phillips William Ernest, secondhand Woodhouse Harbert Clement M.B., Fellows Edward, draper, IalaFingerrd furniture dealer, 57 High street Oh.B.Vict., J.P. surgeon, &i medi- :Fellows Harry, shopkpr, 9 Finger rd Phillips's Stores Limited, grocers &. cal officer, Dawley district, Made- Follows Geo. boot maker, 13 King st tea dealers, 19 High Itreet ley union, 30 King st. T N 13 France John Richard, cycle agent, 5 Picken Richd. Talbot P.H. 26 High st Wooding Fredk.prov. mer.67 King .t New street. 'I' N 30 Plant Harry, White Horse P.H. Wrekin Chemical Co, wood. distilla- Prancis David, beer ret. 4 Finger rd Heath Hill tion works. TA" Wrekin Ohemi- -Garbutt George Willi1Ptm, beer re- Plimmer Enoch Howard, butcher, 89 cal, Dawley;" 'l' N Dawley 18 tailer, 75 King street Bank

DA WLEY P ABV A is an ecclesiastical parish formed nal and Oraven Arms section of the Great Western rail- Oct. ~' 1845, from the parish of Great Dawley, and way, 5 west from Shifnal, 4 from WeUington and 3 includes Little Dawle;r, Doseley, Horsehay, Lightmoor, from Madeley. The church of St. Luke (locally at Stone,hill, The Potteries and Burrough's Bank, in the Doseley, and erected in 1845) is an edifice of brick in Wrekin division of the county, South Bradford hundred. the Norman style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, ~a~~ley union a!ld~county court district, petty sessional south porch and a stone turret at the south end contain- dIVISIon of Welhngton, rural deanery of Shifnal, arch- ing one bell: there are 508 sittings. 'l'he lych gate was ~eacon~y of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. Dawley Parva erected by the parishioners in memory of the men of as I mile from Horsehay station on the Wellington, Shif- the parish who feH in the Great War, 1914-18, and was DIRECTORY. ] SHROPSHIRE. . 89

dedicated ,by the Bishop of Lichfield in January, 1920. perty has been divided into sections and sold. The The registers date from the Jear 1846. The living is a chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The soil is vicar ••ge, net yearly value £305, including 11 acres of various; the subsoil is clay. The population in I92{ glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Crown and was 1,524. Bishop of Lichfield alternately, and' held since 1916 by Post .!u M. O. Office, Little Dawley.-Mrs. Williams •. the Rev. George Parmiter, of St. Bees and Durham Uni- sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Dawley, Wel- versity. The vicarage house was considerably enlarged lington, Shropshire, which is the nearest telegraph in 1899. Attached to the church is a Sunday school, office erected in 1912. At Horsehay are extensive iron works Post, M. 0., T. .!u T. E. D. Office, Horsehay, Welling- belonging to the Horsehay Co. Limited. The minerals ton, Shropshire.-William Hy. Ward, sub-postmaster- are coal and ironstone. The Earl of Craven is lord of The children of this parish attend the Pool Hill Council the manor and principal landowner; part of the pro- .!u Elementary schools at Dawley Magna

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wall Robert George, farmer, see Horsehay Co. (The) Ltd. engineers Banks William George, Doseley Corbett &; Wall .t iron founders, bridge builders k Durns John Henry, Doseley HORSEHA.Y. gas plant manufacturers; sole- Evans Frank, Doseley makers of Wilson's producer plant. Everett AUd. Rd. White ho. Doseley PJUVATB RESIDENTS. TA." Bridge, Horeehay;" T N II!) Harriman AIfd. G1enmore ho.Doseley (For T N's see general list of Private Wellington Haynes Edward Albert, Doseley Besidents at end of book.) .!u Coalbrookdale Oo-opera- Kerr William, Doseley Eayley Harry Rd..Gl'iffiths. Myford ho tiYe Society Limited, Old row Parmiter Bev. George (vicar), The Clayton Frank, Station road Johnston Dros. haulage contractors. Vicarage, Doseley Darrell Thomas, Woodlands TA" Basalts, Dawley;" T N S. Simpson Herbert, Greenhur~t,Doseley Hawkins William John, Ivy house Dawley Tranter Edwin, Doseley Lowe Albert J. The Bollies Jones John Leonard, farmer Simpson Benry Charles J.P. The Machin CecilHarry,ForestersArms P.H Cottage Morgan William, beer retailer COJO(EllCIAL. Simpson Joseph, Moreton coppice Morris John, farmer, Stocking farm Corbett .!u Wall, farmers, Doseley Wase John, Woodlands Morris William Vaughan, farmer •. Green Elizabeth (Mrs.), Unicorn COWlERCIAL. Bath farm P.H. Little Dawley Ball Joseph, shopkeeper, Poolside New Coalmoor Sanitary Pipe Co. Ltd. Humphriel Wm. J. beer l'8tlr.Doseley Basalts Limited, quarry owners. sanitary earthenware manufactrs Reynolds Chas. grocer, Little Dawley T N 5 Dawley; TA." Basalts, Passey George, butcher Saunders Thomas, Crown P.B. Little Dawley" John, farmer Dawley Collier Joseph Henry, shopkeeper 'I'arr Geo, Wm. beer retlr. Station rd Sheward John, Red Lion P.H. Little Darrell Thomas, farmer, Woodlands Ward Wm. Hy. statnr . .!u post office Dawley . Hawkins William John, customs, Williams William, grocer Sheward John, smith, Lit. Dawley excise .!u old age pension officer, Ivy house DBUXHILL is a very small parish on the road from The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area Bridgnorth to BewdIey and , 4i miles is '493 acres; rateable value, £399; the. population in south-by-weet from Bridgnorth station, Severn Valley 1921 was 43. section of the Great Western railway, in the Ludlow Letters through Bridgnorth, which is the nearest money dirision of the county, liberty of the borough of Wen- order office, 4~ miles distant; Billingsley is the- lock, Chelmarsh division of Stottesdon hundred, Bridg- nearest telegraph office, I~ miles distant north union, petty sessional division and county court. County School (mixed), built in 1879, .!u enlarged in district, rural deanery of Bridgnorth, archdeaconry of 1908, for lOO children; Stephen William Dridgwater Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. The church, a small M.C. master; Miss Barrison .!u Miss Caesley, mis- but ancient building of rubble stone, has been pulled tresses; school house attached down; the living is annexed with Glazeley to the rec- The children of the parishes of Billingsley, , tory of and the inhabitants attend the church Glazeley, Scriven, Sidbury .!u part of Stot- at Glazeley. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is similar. tesdon attend this school Harrison Alice (Mrs.), farmer, Hall farm Hewitt Louisa (Mrs.), farmer, Church farm DIDDLE:BURY is a parish intersected by the river whom the rectorial tithe belongs, and held since 19l1a Corve. 6 miles north-east from station on by the Bev. Goodwin Purcell M.A. of Queens' College. the and Hereford section of the Greut Cambridge. In the hamlet of WESTHOPE, about Western and London, Midland and Scottish .joint rail- 4i miles west from the church and 3 south from way, and 8 miles north from Lndlow, comprising the Harton Road station, is a chapel, dating from the year 12 hamlets of Diddlebury, Westhope, Great and Little II40, and containing several stained windows to mem- Sutton, Lawton, , Broncroft, Middlehope, , bers of the Swinnerton-Dyer family, some old carved Sparchford, and Earnstrey Park (annexed to the parish oak and a Snon font. The charities comprise the of Abdon in 1881) and (transferred from Hol- interest of £1,000 left by Mrl. Mary Valentine, and /late in r88I and added to this parish for civil purposes), given every Sunday in bread to persons not receiving in the Ludlow division of the county, lower diviaion parochial relief; the intere8t of £100 at Chri.tmas to. of hundred, Ludlow union, petty sessional divi- widows, left by Mrs. Badnor; and a fund of about £3 sion and county court district, rural deanery and arch- yearly for educational purpoaes, and the interest of deaconry of Ludlow, and diocese of Hereford. In 1882, £200, left for distribution amongst the poor of CarftOn by the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of CuI- estate, by the late Mr. Lloyd Boberts. Delbury (or mington was added to Diddlebury, and a detached part Diddlebury) Hall is close to the church, and is the- of Diddlebury transferred to MunBlow. The church of seat of Vincent Shiers Wrigley esq. J.P. Corfton Hall St. Peter is an edifice in mixed styles, the north side is a red brick mansion, now occupied by Percy Giles of the nave and part of the tower being of pre-Norman Holder esq. The principal landowners are Lionel date; it consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north Powell esq, Henry Ernest Whitakcr e!

SOil, d. 1')03· J he register dates from the year 16°4· I P bli El t S h 1 ( . d) b 'It' S' The livina is a rectory, net yearly value 1.314, includ-' u IC ~ emen ary c 00 Il?-Ixe , Ul III 1 ~ r, ~n- jug' 5 acres of g-lt'bp, in the gift of the Lord Chancellorv ' larged 1894, to hold 80; MISS Margaret Metcalfe,ulIs' a11<1 held sine» 1892 by the Rev. WiIliam Edmund ' The School is controlled by the Shropshire Local Glenn, who rl'sidf'~ at Bishop'« Castle. The charities, i Education Authority M.A.INSTONE. Gibson JIl. Hy. smsllhldr. Hatfield Pugh Miss. turner, Bolver Marked thus * receive letters through *Gough Edward, farmer, Pantglae Rogers Mrs. farmer, The Knuck Church Stoke KontgomeryBhire Holloway H. J. farmer. Skeltons &; Sherry Joseph, smallholder , . Upper Knuck °VenHble~ Thos. Edwin, Crmr.Hill end COMMERCIAL. Hudson Herbt. farmer, Cwmcolehatch EDENHOPE. Marked thus 0 farm ISO acres or over. °Hudson Wm. farmer, ho Jones Edward L. farmer Davies .Arthur, farmer, Cwmcolebatch °Jones John, farmer, Dolfawr Davies Artliur, farmer, The Moat Jones William, farmer, Cwmffr)'dd BEILTB. °Davies John Castlewright, farmer *Lewis Thomas, farmer, Pantgla. Marked thus 0 farm 150 acres or OVE'r. Edwards Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, L10yd David, smallhldr. Chapel ho Davies John. farmer, Reilth top The Cwm Morris Edward, wheelwright Davies Thomas, farmer, Henhouse Evans 'rhos. smallholder, The Ashes Morris George, blacksmith °Deakins Edwd. Jas. frmr. Reilth fm Francis John, smallholder ,°l'ugh John, farmer, Mainstone farm I °Dt'akins John, farmer, Reilth house KALINSLEE, or Dawley Nova, is a township, and ehanity £1 78.; Hodden's, £2 15S. 8d.; Greenhalgh's, was formed into a par ish July 28, 1843, from the parish £1: Purcell's, £3, and Lewis's of 1.200 Reduced of Dawley Magna, which township it adjoins; it has a I Consols, the dividends of which are to De distributed station on the branch of the London, ~idland I yearly in the purchase of blankets and wearing apparel and Scottish railway, and is 3 miles north from Made- ! amongst the poor and deserving widows. These ley, 4 west from Shifnal, and 4 south-east from: charities are now consolidated and administered by a Wellington, in the Wl'ekin division of the county, South I committee. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravelly. The Bradford hundred, petty sessional division of Welling- I minerals are coal and ironstone. Population in [921, ton, Madele)" union and county court district, rural, 3,159. delln~ry of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and dioce~e I Post Office.-.1Ihf'rt Payne, sub-postmaster. Letters of Llc~field. The church ~f. St. Leonard, erec~d In I through Wellington, Salop. , 2 miles dis- 1895, III an octa~onal building of frt'estone 111the I tant is the nearest monev order &; telegraph office Classic style, consisting of cha!lc:el, nave, aisles and an . Post, Office, Old Park.-Harry Bowdler, sub-postmaster. embattled western tower contaInIng 6 bells: four of the i Letters through Oakengates Wellington Salop. windows are. s~ain~d. T~e register dates from the year I' Nearest money order office ai Dawley Bank &; tele- 1844. The living IS a vicarage, net yearly value ,£350, graph office at Oakengates 2 miles distant including about 21 acres of ~leb(', with residence, In the I .' gift of the vicar of Dawley Ma~na, and held since 18g5 . Public ElelJlentary Schools. by the Rev. Edward Parry. There are also Wesleyan ; Mixed, built in 1835, for 184 children; Charles 1>lerring- and Primitive Methodist chapels. Here are the remain! ton, master of an ,ancient chapel, supposed to have been connected I' Infanta', for 120 children; Miss Margaret B. Davie s, with thl' Cluniac monastery of St. Milburga, at Much infants' mistress Wenlock; it is a plain rectangular building of the 12th I Infanta', Old Institute, opened August, 1895, for 94 century, of which the walls and a portion of the east' children; Mill J. Isabelle Merrington, mistress window still remain. 'fhe charities are of about £7! yparly value, being the aggregate interest of WalthaU's : Railway Station, William Harding, station master MALINSLEE. *Crawford Adela (Mrs.). shopkeeper, OLD PARK. Marked thus • receive their letters Porge Bow COwumCUL. through Dawley. *Jones Hugh Thomae, farmer, The Bidulph George, farmer Spout farm Bowdler Harry, shopkpr.&; post office PBIVATB BBSWB.NT8. Morgan Ernest, boot repr.Church rd Oakengates &; District Co-operative Adams George, Abbe~ Villa Payne &; Co. shopkeepers, &; post Society Limited, grocers Attwood Ernest, Malinslee hall office, Dark Lane Old Park Unioniet Club (William P. Cla:ke Rev. W. Edgar (curate), Park- Saxon William Henry, New Church Watki •• , sec) * Side house . . Wickets P.H Watkis8 Emilv (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Parry Rev.Edwd. (Vicar), The Vlcrge Tonks Thomas, undertaker .Springfield place C01UlEBCIAL. Willetts Richard, farmer Watkiss William Parsons, coat mer *Bailey WiIlium, beer rctlr.Church la Williams Richard, farmer Willetta William, butcher MARKET DRAY'l'ON is a parish, market and union StoJr.e-upon-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale town and head of a county court district, situated on a also forma a junction at the station, which is con- hill Mar' the 'fern stream and the Shropshire Union veniently situated a short distance from the town on canal, with a station on the Great Western Railway thf! Cheshire side; for civil parochial purposes it was Company's main line from London to Manchester, 173 divided into four districts, viz. Market Dray ton , Little mile~ by rail and 154 by road from London, 10 north- Dray ton, the hamlets of Sutton, Betton; Woodseaves, east from Shrewsbury, 16 north from Wellington and r4 and Longslow, and the township of Tyrley, which latter north-west Crom Newcastle-under-Lyme; the North place ia in the cou.nty of Stafford. By Local Govern- Staffordshire Railway Company's branch line from ment Board Order dated 24th March, 1914, Dray ton