32 ATllERSTONE. ~HIRE. . [KELLY'S Oliver-Bellasis Oapt. Richard JQhn Erskine, Shilton ho. shire: , , Ratcliffe Cluley, , Magna & Sheepy Parva & . The Orton Ge()rge esq. 8 Attleborough road, population of the union in 191 I was 20,536; area, Paget Howard Francis esq. Elford hall, near Ta.mworth 28,939 acres ; rateable value at Lady Day, 19n : Parry-Mitchell Henry Digby esq. , , £ng,o32; , £u,7+H Phillips William Garside esq. Ansley hall, Atherstone total, £120,766 , Sale William Hanson esq. Arden hill, Atherstone Clerk to the Guardians & to the Assessment Commit~, Sta.nley Reginald esq. Egerton rd. Bexhill-on-Sea,Sussex William Alfred Hatton, Long street, Atherstone Stubbs Henry esq. Camp Hill hall, near Nunea.ton Treasurer, Cecil C. Fuller, City & Midland Bank Swinnerton Robert William esq. Linden lodge, Nuneaton Limited, Long street, Atherstone Townst end Capt. Harry Leigh, Caldecote hall, Nuneaton Col1ectors of Poor Rates :-Atherstone, John Walklll' Webb t)apt. Charles Boyer, Elford house, Tamworth Briggs, Lon~ street, Atherstone; Ansley, Harry Wolfer~tan Col. Egerton, Statfold hall, Tamworth Bramer, Atherstoae; , Prank Jones, The Chairman, for the time being, of the Atherstone Baddesley Ensor; Grendon, John W. Briggs, Long st. Rural District Council is an ex-officiQ justice of the Atherstone; , John Palmer, Hartshill; Man­ peace cetter, Thomas Jackson, Long street, Atherstone; , Harry Lucas, Polesworth; Sheepy Magna, Clerk to the Justices, William Armishaw M.A. Long George Skelton, Sheepy Magna; Witherley, Thomas street, Atherstone ; & at 22 Church street, Tamworth Jackson, Long street, Atherstone Petty sessions are held at the Police court, Atherstone Relieving & Vaccination Officer & Collecto-r to the Guar­ k Town hall, Tamworth, on alternate tuesdays at dians, George Quick, North street, A therstone 10.30 a.m. & at the Police court, Nuneaton, every Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Atherstone dis­ thursday at 10.30 a.m. The follQwing places are in­ trict, John Prancis Herring D.P.H.Camb., L.R.C.P. & cluded in the petty sessional division :-Atherstone, S.Edin. Market place, Atherstone; Polesworth district, Ansley, A~strey, Amington, Baddesley, Ensor, Baxter­ William Herbert Smart M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S.Eng ley, Bentley, Bolehall & Glascote, Burton Hastings, P.olesworth Chilvers Coton, Caldecote, Grendon, Hartshill, Kings­ Workhouse, Long street, a. building of brick, erected to bury, , Merevale, Nuneaton, , hold 2oo inmates, Rev. William Northcott M.A. chap· Normans Heath, Oldbury, Polesworth. , lain; John Francis Herring D.P.H.Camb., L.R.C.P. & , Oastle Liberty, Stonidelph, Stretton S.Edin. medical officer; John William Wainwright. Baskervyle, Wilnecote & W eddington master; Mrs. Harriet Wainwright, matron

A.THERSTONE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Atherstone Registration District. Superintendent Registrar, John Walker Briggs, Long The parishes in the district are the Warwickshire street, Atherstone parishes in the union. The area is 21,330 acres; the Deputy Superintendent Registrar, Frank Ooleman, population in 19II was 19,133· South street Chairman, William Garside Phillips esq. J.P. Ansley Registrar of Marriages, Isaa.c Cc.ps·on, Welcome st. hall, Atherstone Atherstone Officials. RPgistrar of Births & Deaths, Atherstone Sub-District, William Alfred Hatton, Long street; deputy, H. • Clerk, William Alfred Hatton, Long street, Atherstone Bramer, street, Atherstone Treasurer, Cecil C. FuUer, London City & Midland Bank Limited (branch), Long street, Atherstone PUBLIC OFFICERS. Medical Officer of Health, John Francis Herring D.P.H. Certifying Factory Surgeon, JQhn Francis Herrinr Camb., L.R.C.P & S.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. Market D.P.H.Camb., L.R.O.P. & S.Edin. St. Mary's houae, place, Atherstone Market place Sanitary Inspector, Samuel Beck, Market st. Atherstone Clerk to Burial Authority (Parish Council) & to Ather­ Surveyor, Herbert James Coleby, Long st. Athe~rstone stone Sub-Committee of Warwickshire Local Pension Committee, W. A. Hatton, Long street PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Collector of King's Taxes, ·Charles Beck, 125 Long street ~metery, William Alfred Hatton, clerk to the Parish Collector of Poor Rates, John Walker Briggs, Long st Council; Alfred Slaney, keeper Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas White, Long street &rn Exchanga, Long street, Henry Charnell, keeper ; Secretary to Local Education Committee, Richard • William Hans'Jn Sale, hon. sec Fielders, solicitor, Old Bank house, Long street &unty Court, held at Police court, Ratcliffe street, Veterinary Inspectors under the "Diseases of Animals bi-monthly, His Honor Judge P. Howard Smith; Acts " for part of Atherstone Petty Sessional Divi­ Alfred Sale, registrar & high bailiff; George Blower, sion, William Charles Ison M.R.C. V.S. & Waiter sub-bailiff. The district comprises the following Ernest Ison F.R.C.V.S. North street places : Ansley, Ansley Common, Atherstone, Attar­ ton (Leicestershire), Baddesley Ensor, , PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of service:­ Bentley, Birchmoor, Birchley Heath, Bramcote, Chapel St. Mary's Church, :Market place, Rev. William North­ End (Hartshill parish), , Fenny Drayton (Lei­ cott M.A. vicar; Rev. John Evan Hughes B.A. curate; ··estershire), Freasley, Grendon, Hall End, Ha.rtshill, Mancetter, Merevale, Oldb.:try, Pinwall, Polesworth, 8 &:; II a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 10 a. m Pooley, Quarry Hill, (Leicestershire), St. BPnedict's Catholic, Owen street, Rev. William Hopkins, priest; mass, 10.30 a. m. & evening service, Ridge Lane, Sheepy Magna & Sheepy Parva (Leices­ & tershire), Warton & Whittington, Witherley (Leices­ 6.30 p.m.; holidays of obligation, mass 7·30 a.m. tershire) evening service, 7.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that Congregational, North street, Rev. John Prederick of , Arthur Samuel Cully, 191 Corpora­ Houghton; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m tion street, Birmingham & u Copenhagen street, Gnitarian, Long street, Samuel Austin, lay worker; W oreester, official receiver 3 p.m Wesleyan Methodist, Coleshill street (Nuneaton &; .A.ther­ !.therstone Divi~ion of County Police, Head Quarters, Long street, William Spencer, inspector; one sergeant stone Circuit), Rev. Henry Long; 10.45 a. m. & 6 at .A.therstone, one sergeant at Poleswmth, one at p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m Albert Hall (unsectarian), Long street; 3 k 6.30 p.m. Olascote & 20 constables Fire Brigade, Thomas Raynor, captain, & 12 men SCHOOLS. Provident Dispensary, Long street, John Francis Herring D.P.H.Camb., L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. & Henry Richmond Grammar School (now a Secondary School under the Fisher M.B., B.C.·Camb., M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P. Board of Education), was founded by TOyal charter in Lond. medical officers the fifteenth year of Queen Elizabeth, 1573, by Sir Beading Room, Oorn exchange William Devereux, Thomas Fulner & Amias Hill ; & Town Hall, Edward Wood, lessee held until 1799 in the chancel "()f the church; in 1608 a decision was obtained in Chancery for the settlement of lands belonging to it, which now (1912) produce ..iTHERSTON~ UNION. upwards of £6oo yearly. New prPmises were ere!'ted Board day every alternate tuesday, at the Board room, in 1864, ~ the management vested, under a S('hPme, Workhouse, at 10.30 a.m in a body of 19 governors. There are several exhibi­ The A therstone union compris,es the following parishes : tions tenable at the school & one leaving exhibition -In Warwickshire: Ansley, Atherstcne, Baddesley of £3o; tht>re are now over 6o boys, including hoard• Ensor, Baxterley, Bentley, Grendon, Hartshill, Man­ ers, of whom 40 can be received; William Wallis cetter, Merevale, Oldbury & Polesworth; in - Ex ell M.A.Lond. head master; Richard Fielders, solctr