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POST &; MONEY ORDER OFPICE &; Savings Bank.-.Jo!!eph National School, Alfred Watson, maste:-; Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, postmaster. Letters through Watson, mistress arrive at 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m.; on sundays at CARRIER TO WORCESTER.-Samuel Webb, saturday 1l.30 a.m PRIVATE RESIDENTS. I PoweIl Frank, M.B. Simla tower Hayward Thomas, Lamb Bridg-en Edward, Montpellier villa Price Philip, West Nab Hodges Joseph,grocer&provision dealer Cheese John, St. James' house Sellon Miss, Osborn house J ohnson Charles, carpenter Clarke Miss, Abbe~' lodge Strickland George, Wyke cottage J oyner Reuben, baker Cliffe William Batson, Rock cottage Tebbit Charle3 Lane Henry, farmer, Upper house Countess Miss, Bcaulieu TeblJitts Henry, Mathon IQuge Lewis WilIiam, shopkeeper Crow William, Mount villa TuIJoh Lieut.-Gen. Alexander Thomas, Link John, farmer, Park farm Davis Miss, Coney Brae R.A., C.B. Tannachie :kIalfJern Wells Mineral Water Co Evans Mrs. Mendip hall W en~ierski Count &; Countess, Glen­ Martin Miss, lodging house, Raglan hl} Farmer William, Coney Brae brook Martin Rhoda (Miss), Westminster Ford Rev. Edward, M.A. Hill side COMMERCIAL. A.rms family hotel, boarding ~ FreemanRev.CharlesEarle,M .A.rvicar] Alder Peter, builder, Rose bank posting house. See advertisement GilIam John Flight, Rainbow lodge Hadham Thomas, shoe maker Peisley David, shopkeeper HarUand Alfred H. Fern hill Buck Samuel, beer retailer Price Philip, carpenter Hopson Charles Cliff WiIliam, lodgin~ house Pullen E. A. & C. (Misses), drapers Hopton Misses, Sherbourn villa I Clifford John, beer retailer Savage WilIiam, boot maker Hopton Mrs Down John, photographer Smith William, butcher, The Mount Hutchinson Miss, Rock villa Ford Rev. Edwd.M.A.school for the sons Summers Charles, baker Lunt Mrs. Rose villa of noblemen & gentlemen, Hill side Tranter Nathaniel, shopkeeper, Hope Parrey Mrs. Frances, Inglehope Gale Richard, lodging' ho. Ashfield ho lodge Pinder Mr~. Maynard cottage Gale Robert, lodging house, Harrow cot Webb Samuel, fly proprietor

MAMBLE i~ a parish and village, in the Western division schools were built for the t\W) parishes in 1872, at Bnyton. of the county, Lower Dodtlingtree hundred, Cleobury Sir Edward Blount, bart., is lord of' the manor and prin­ Mortimer union and county court district, rural deanery of cipallandowner. The soil is li~ht marl; subsoil, clay and Burford, archdeaconry of Ludlow, and diocese of Hereford, 7 gravel: coals are found in the district. The chief crops are miles south-west fl'om , 8 north-east frolD Tenbury, wheat, barley, oats, and fruit. The area i~ 2,658 acres; and 4 south-east from Cleobury Mortimer. The church of rateable value, £2,999; the population in 1861 was 307. St. John is an old buildin~, consisting of chancel and nave, CLOWS Top is a hamlet, about one mile east of , with a wooden spire and 3 bells, and is in good repair: it and about the same di8lance from : there is a contains two mortuarychapels, one belonging to Sir Edward Primitive Methodist chapel. Blount, bart., lay rector, and the other to the Wicksted Parish Clerk, William Stinton. family. The register dates from the year 1596. The living is a vicarage, with Bayton annexed, joint yearly value Letters through Bewdley, via Cleobury Mortimer; the £415, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, latter is the nearest money order & telegraph office; arrive and held by the Rev. John Cawood, M .A., of St. Edmund at 9.30; cleared at 2.45. There is a WALL LETTER Box Hnll, Oxford. Here is an infant school. New National School, Miss Hannah Bibb, mistress Mapp Charles, Bury honse Humphries John, farmer Potter Edmund, 811Opkeeper, Clows top Stubbs John Heath, Sodington Johnson William B. farmer Price GeOl'ge, tailor Whalley Wm. Hill cottage, Clows top Jones Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer Price William, tailor Malpas William, farmer Sellman Soloman, farmer COMMERCIAL. Mamble ~ Buckets LeasOlv Collieries Smith John, farmer, Hunt house Birkin Charles, farmer (Thomas Aston, proprietor) Slokes John, shopkeeper Blount Edward, blacksmith Mapp Wm. beer retailer, Clows top Wall Henry, The Sun Davis William, shopkeeper, Clowtl top Mills Joseph, farmer WhalIey WiIliam, surgeon, Hill cot- Hancox Mary (Mrs.), Crown,Clows top Mole Joseph, shopkeeper, Clows top tage, Clows top Holmes John, farmer Philpot Francis, farmer Williams Charles, butcher

MARTIN HUSSINGTREE is a small village and M.A., of llrasf'nose Colleg'e, Oxford. Here is a National parish within the parliamentary borough of Droitwich, 4 school, supported by Henry Allsopp, esq., M.P. The Rev. miles north-east trom Worcester, 2! south-west from Droit- H. T. Hill, who is lord of the manor, and H. AllRopp, esq., wich, and 117 from London, in the Western division of M.P., are the principal landowners. The soil i~ mixed; 8ub­ the county, Upper Pershore hundred, Droitwich union and soil,marl. The chiefcrops are wheat, beans, barley, and roots. county court district, rural deanery of Droitwich, and The area iR 908 acres; rateable value, £2,632; the popula­ archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. The village is tion in 1871 was 150. within half:'a-mile of the Fearnall Heath station on the BROWN HEATH is three-quarters ofa mile east. Great Western railway. '1'he churchofSt. Micbael is a small Parish Clerk, William Grizzell. Gothic stone building, and cOllsists of na\'e (without aisles), - transept, and bell-turret. The reg-il"ter dates from the year Letters throu~h Worcester. Letter box cleared at 4.55 p.m. 1640. The living' is a rectory, tithes commuted at £247 on week days & at 10.55 a,m. on sundays. Droitwich i~ yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter the nearest money order office of Worcester, and heM by the Rev. Harvey E. 'raverner, National School, Joseph Davey,master Taverner Rev. Harvey E. Rectory Burrows William, Swan Green Fredk.Wm. fdrmer,Brown heath Wheeler Mrs Cartridge George, farmer, Martin court Grizzell William, biacksmith COMMERCIAL. Cartridge George,jun. farmer Quarrall Thos. Joseph, farmer, Brown Aston & Green, grocers, & stamp office Evans Edward, farmer heath Barlow Thomas, blaeksmith,Lacty wood Gaunt Thomas, farmer 'Vall William, farmer, Lady wood

MARTLEY is a village, head of a union, an extensive bridge. Here are National schools for hoys and girls, en­ parish, and a polling-place for the Western division of tbe dowed with about £100 a year. The union comprises the county, 4~ miles north from station, 8 north- following parishes, viz. :-, Alpick, , north-west from Worcester, 11 80uth-south-west from ARtley, Bransfllrcl, , Clifton-upon-Teme, Cothe­ Droitwich, 9 80uth-west from Stourport, and 121 from Lon- ridge, , , Grimley, Hallow, HiIl­ don, in Upper Doddingtree hundred, Worcester county court hampton, Holt, Kenswick, King's 8helsley, Knightwick, district, anll rural deanery, archdeaconry, and diocese of Leigh, Little Witley, LlIlsley, Martley, , Shelsley Worcester. The church of St. Peter is an ancient stone lleauchamp, or Little Sheh,ley, ::::hrawley, huilding in the Norman style: it has chancel, nave, and a Stanford-oo-Teme, , and Wichentortl: population tower with ~ bells, and an organ: the building was in 1871, 16,292. The Union Workhouse is here. The Earl thoroughly repaired in the year 1859. The reg-ister dates of Dudley, who is lord of the manor, is a large landed pro­ ~rom the year 1625. The living is a rectory, yearly value prietor. Jnmes Nash, esq., Michael Davis, esq., and Mrs. £1,100, with residence, in the ~ift of and held by the Rev. Kathnniel Smith, are also landowners. The soil is VariOll'l; John Parsons Habtings, M .A., of Trinity CollcJc, Cam- !;ubsoil, marl and limestone. The chief cr Jps are wheat,