DIRECTORY.) . MORVILL~. 163

P()st Office, Tern Hill.-M:rs. Harriett Hogg, sub-post- a.m. & 6.10 p.m.; SUndays, a a.m.; Styche Park, mistress. Letters delivered from at cleared at 7·45 a.m. & 5.20 p.m. week days only 6.30 a.m. Letter box cleared for dispatch at 8-45 Public Elementary School, Moreton Say, built in x87x, a.m. & 6.50 p.m. week days only for I5o children; average attendance, 95; J. Tipping Wall Lett.er Boxes at Bletchley, cleared at 7.30 a. m. & Radclifie, master; Miss .Annie Scarr, assistant 5·55 p.m.; Longford, cleared at 9 a.m. & 6.r5 p.m.; mistress; there is a me..ster's house Moreton Say, cleared at 8.50 a.m. & 6.5 p.m.; Audley Brow, 5·45 p.m.; New Street Lane, cleared at 8.15 Railway Station, Tern Hill,Robert Roberts,station mastr MORETON SAY. Fnrber Wm. farmer & asst. overseer lbbs John Pratchet, farmer, Shaving- Girdlestone Rev. Frederick Stanley Furnival John, blacksmith ton Wood farm Pears Lynn M.A. (rector), Rectory Humphreys Geo. farmer, Manor frm Lunt George, fa.rmr. Higher l\lorrey COMMERCIAL. Stant Ann (Mrs.), cowkeeper Lnnt James, farmer, Middla Morrey Beeston George, farmer,Church farm LONGFORD. Mills James, head gardener to Capt. Beeston William Williams, farmer, Heathcote JustinianJohn,Longfield ho Henry Beywood Beywood-Lonsdal~ Moreton Hill COllMERCIAL. D.L., J.P Clive Memorial & Church House & Bass James, cowkeeper STYCHE AND WOODI.ANDS. Institute (Thomas William Roberts, Cartwright Roland, farmer Herbert Lady Mary, Styche hon. sec) l._.,!iff Geo. china & earthenware dealer COMMERCIAL. Clutton William, farmer, Moreton Clutton JO'hn, farmer, Ford hall Beeston Rowland H. farmer, Old 1lds wood (letters through Whitchurch) Cooper John, cowkeeper, Smithmoor Birch John, head gardener to Lady Davies George, farmer, Moreton wood Groom Jooteph, farmer, Longford frm Mary Herbert Furber John Martin, carpenter, More- Jones Henry, farmer, Fordhall villa Dutton Thos. fr,.,mnr. Styche Dairy frm ton wood ~!asters Joseph, baker Fnrber Joseph, farmer, Moat farm Gatensbury Frank, farmer, Moreton Palmer William (exors. of), farmers Green Samuel, farnter, Cloverley dole wood (letters through Whitchurch) Poole Frederick, blacksmith Hayward William, farmer, Nobridge Lea Charles, farmer, Styche farm Watson Enocb, farmer Parton Hy. (Mrs.),frmr.New Street la Lockett Edward, farmer, Moreton Whittingham Thomas, cowkeeper Paxman William, gamekeeper to Lady wood (letters through Whitchurch) SHAVINGTON. Mary Herbert, Higgins wood Roberts Thomas William, farmer, Fell Henry Wltr. Shavington grange; PPnnill Robert, farmer,New Street la Moreton mill & estate office, TERN B II.L. Sargeant .Albert Edward, farmer, Heywood-Lonsdale Capt. Henry Hey- Jenkinson James S. Cross ford Audley brow woo d D .L., J . p . S bavmgton· ball Adams George, shopkeeper BLETCHLEY. Bruckshaw Herbert Freeman, blksmth Hogg George, cottage farmer Baker George, farmer Cadman Charles, ·farmer Johnson William, cotta~ farmer Cartwright William, farmer Derricott Thomas, farmer Jones Thomas, cheese factor Fox Thomas, Old Castle P.H Gregory Thos. farmer, Lower Morrey Simon Thos. & Saml. John, farm&rs MO:RVILLE is a village and parish, with th& chapelry is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil of Aston Eyres; and is on the road from to varies from loo.m to clay; the subsoil is clay. The chief , and intersected by the Mor brook, 3 miles crops are wheat, barley and roots. The population of west from Bridgnorth station on the Wellington and the township in 19II was 377 in the civil and 463 in the branch of the Great Western railway, in the ecclesiastical parish; the area of Morville is 3,939 acres Southern division of the county, Chelmarsh division of of land and 24 of water; rateable value (except Aston), Stottesdon hundred, Bridgnorth union, petty sessional .[3,935. division and county court d'istrict, Bridgnorth rural deanery, archdeaconry and Hereford diocese. .ASTON EYRES is an ancient chapelry of Morville, I The church of St. Gregory, an old Saxon foundation, mile west, on the road from Bridgnorth to Ludlow. rebuilt of stone in the Late Norman style, consists of The church (dedication unknown} is an edifice of stone chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south in the Late Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, perch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells: on containing a clock and 5 bells: there is a curious Nor- the tvmpanum of the doorway i-s a carving representing man font, and a marble pulpit erected in 1890 at a Our Lord riding into Jerug.alem: the church was corn­ cost of £78: a memorial brass has been placed to the plett>ly restored and reseated in 1908, and will seat 76 Rev. Horatio James Ward M.A. vicar here 1877-93: persons. The land belongs almost entirely to Lord there are sittings for 200 persons. The register dates Acton. Thi! area is 1,3or acres of land and 5 of water ; from the year 1562. The living is a vicarage, with the rateable value, £1,209; the population in xgu was 86. chapelry -of .Aston Eyres annexed, net yearly value £2oo, Bridgwalton is I mile south-east, on the road to Cleo­ Including six acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift bury Mortimer; Croft, I mile north ; Harpswood, 2 of Lord Acton, and held since rgn by the Rev. Goodwin miles south-east, on the road' from Bridgn()rth to Pnrcell M.A. of Queens' College, Cambridge. The Ludlow; Haughton, r! miles north; and Underton, ri charities amount to about £30 yearly, arising from miles south-east, are hamlets. land, half of which is given to the poor and half to the Parish Clerk, James Wall vical'. Aldenham Hall, the property of Lord Acton M.V.O. is a. mansion of stone, built in 1697 by Sir Post & T. Office. Joseph Thomas, sub-postmaster. Edward Acton hart. !\LP. standing in a park of I7D aeres; Letters through Bridgnorth arrive at 7 a.m.; dis- tt is approached from the south by a beautiful avenue, patched at 5·55 p.m. week days only. Bridgnorth is half a mile long, and is now in the occupation of William the nearest mom~·y order office. Telegraph office open h s B b s on sundavs, 8 to ro e.m J osep tarkey ar er- tarkey esq. The Cat'holic Wall Box, Ashm Eyres, cleared 5·3o p.m. on week days chapel at Aldenham Hall, dedicated to St. "!\bry, but now clQsed, is a structure of brick, faced with stone, Police Station, Police-constable Dan,iel Stanworth, ill and contains a marble monument to Sir Ferdinand charge Richard Edward Adon hart. died 31st January, 1837. Public Elementary School (mixed), built in I856, &. Morville Hall, a large mansion, formerly the seat of tlH• enlarged in r8g5, for I23 children; average attend- Traceys and now the property Qf Lord Acton, is in the ance, 87; there is a house attached for the master; occupation of the Misses Loxdale Warren. Lord Acton John Simpson, master; Miss Bessie Elcock, mistress MORVILLE. Egar Samuel, gardener to W. J. S. Thomas .Joseph, shopkpr. Post office Barber-Starkey Wm. Jsph. Starkey, Barber-Starkey esq.Aldenham park Walker Edmund, fanner, Lye farm AIMnham hall Grainger Matthew, miller (water) & Walker George, farmer, Kingsley Purcell Rev. Goodwin M.A. (vicar), farmer, Lye mill Wall James, boot & shoe maker k Vicarage Harper John, farmer, Round hill parish clerk Warren The Misses Loxdale, Morville Hewitt Louisa (Mrs. ),frmr.Mead<1wley Wilson Charles, blackamith hall Hopkins Jn. & Geo. frmrs High Trees Warren Warenne Fitz, Morville hall Jones Wm. M'. farmer, Coppice farm ASTON El'RES. Lucas Edwin, farmer, Muckley cross Childs Thomas Alfred, farmer COMllERCIAL. Lucas Joshua, miller (water) & as- Ingram James, farmer, Aston cottage Baker Ce::il Edwin, farmer, Heath sistant oversr. for Morville k Taslev Kidson William, wheelwright Canning Thos. Howard, estate bailiff Meredith Thos. farmer,Poplar cottage Moore John Frederick, farmer to Lord Act()n, Aldenham park Powell Frank, farmer, Lye Myers Jobn, farmer & assistant oveJ:­ Cureton Ernest C. farmer Rumball John, chauffeur to W. J. S. seer, Ousley farm Cureton HelenF. (Mrs. ),ActonArmsP .H Barber-Starkey esq. Aldenham park Parker Hubert Charles Graham, Dalton Hugh Neale, farmer, Hurst fm Savage Edward, farmer farmer, Hall farm SHROPSHIRE 11•