DIR:ECTORY.] . ASTON BOTIERtLL. ASTLEY is a chapelry, in that part of the parish of St. yearly value- £150, in the gift of the trustees of Mary which is within the limits of Shrewsbury, I mile south­ School, and held since x88j by the Rev. Arthu-r George east from Hadnall station on the Shrewsbury and Crewe Brooke, of St. Bees. Astley House is the residence of Thomas branch of the London and North Western railway, 4l miles William Trouncer esq. lord nf the manor and principiii land­ nortb-JJort.h-east from Shrewsbury, in the Northern division owner. The aotl is mixed ; subsoil, clay. The chief aops .of tl\~ count.y, Mbrighton petty sessional division, Atcham are wheat, barley, o~ts and turnips. The area i& !f,t68 -union, Shrewsbury county court district, rural deanery of acres ; rateable value, £2,675 ; the population in 188r was W em, archdeaconry t:>f Salop and diocese of Lichfield. The 101136. ~hurch of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Norman Parish Clerk, George Halliwell .style, consisting of chancel, nave and an embattled western PoST 0FFICB. • • John Williams, receiver. Letteril arrive tower containing a clock, erected in 1837, and one bell: in from Shrewsbury at 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m\. -the south wall is a Norman arch, now blocked, a window Hadna.ll is the nearest money order & telegraph otliee with the date 1568 over it, and a lO<'ker : the church was Endowed School, built in 1830, for so children; average -...estored in 1883, when it was new-roofed and reseated, at a attendance, 38; endowed with about £t5 yearl~1 , paid by cost of £350. The register dates from the yea~; 1665. The the trustees of Corngreave's charity; Miss Fauny' Willetts, Jiving is a vicarage, averag~ tithe rent-charge £,72, gross mistress • • :Brooke Revr Arthur George, Vicarage Astley Samuel, farmer Morgan Rd. Arthr. farmer, The Grange Da.vies Mrs. Astley lodge, Hadnall Dillon William, blacksmith Pb.ilip Robert, dairyman Rees John Dodd Richard, farmer Powell Richard, butcher ~rouncer Percy James, Waverley Done John, builder Price John, farmer, Astley farm ~rouncer Thomas William,Astley house Edwards Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Price John, jun. farmer Williams Mrs Gibbs Samuel, farmer & butcher Randall Thomas, Talbot P.H Wiunall John Minton Thomas, farmer Williams John,grocer& provision dealer, COMMERCIAL. Moore William, veterinary surgeon Post office A dams J ames, farme:t Morgan Ann (Miss), farmer Williams Mary, (Mrs.), farmer .Adams William, coal & lime merchant

ASTLEY ABBOTTS is a parish and village on the and xos. which is derived annually from a ~ut-charge on and Shrewsbury road and is bounded by the Baugbam's orchard in this parish, is distribnted in various .Severn and by the Tasley and 'Linley streams, to the north sums of money, on SI!. Thomas' day, to widows and other' oOf and adjoining the parish of ~ Leonard's., Bridg-north, in necessitous persons of the parish. Stanley Hallj • castel­ the Southern division of th& cdW'ty, division of lated building of red brick. witll a picturesque and extensive Stott.esden hundred. Bridgnort.h union, petty sessiona,l divi­ park, is the seat of Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt bart. 1. P. ~ion and county court district, rural d~ery of Bridgnorth, William Orme l<'oster esq. I".P. of Apley Park, who is lord of archdeaconry of Lodlow and diocese of . The the manor, Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt l>art. J.P. Henry church of St. Calixtus, erected in u38, .is a building pf Edmund Homfray -esq. Mr. John Crump and tbe Rev. Lord .stone in the N onnan and Decorated styles and consists of Forester are the chief landowners. The soil ilt" maT! and

~hancel, nave1 11outh poroh and an embattled western tow&r clay; the subsoil iiJ clay and sandstone. The chief brops with pinnacles, containing 3 bells-: tbe chancel was rebuilt al'e wbeai, beans, oats and turnips. 'l'he area is g-,3oa :;iu !1633, and the nave and steeple in 1857, when 3 bells were acres; ~atea.ble value, £4,796 ; the population in 1:881 waS! hung{ the poPclt built, the western gallery and the tower 623- arch opened to th& church: the interior has also been te­ Parish Clerk, William "taylor. • ntted : there 'is a Tiohly Carved Jacobean "j)Ulpiti, & font 'Of Norman date and ia the east ;window some remains. of W.ui.. LETTER Box (opposite the Rectory), cl611ored at 5·I5 ancient glass ; there is also a small stained window in the p.m. week days only. Letters through Bridgnorth, wh~cb -tower. The register dates from the year 1561. Tb.e living is also the nearest JllOney order & ~elegrapb office is a 'recto'ry, avera2e tithe rent-charge £214, net yearly WALL LE'l'TER :Box, end of Brittons lane,- ~leared 4· rs p.m. -value' £,227, including 68 acres of glebe, witb residence, in week days only th~ gift Of Mrs. Warwick, and held since 187r by the Rev. Chnrch of School (mixed),. half a mil& aorth from .John Croft Bridges Warwick Warwick M.A. of Magdalene tile- village & erected in- ~873 at. 'a cost of about. £S30, fol' Oollege-, 'Cambridge. Charities-Catharine Phillips, spin­ xoo children ; average attendan~ 90; Juuppottted in .part.­ Bter1 of this parish, bequeathed by will dated 1 May, x8-r5, by Miss Catb.arine Phillips' charity mentioned above; -the inini of £300, 2t per Cent. Bank Annuities, £8 of which there is a house for the teachers ~ William .A,rmstrong, .goes towards supporting 'the school, and the remaining £1, 1 master r Mrs. l<'anny Armstrong, mistress Harvey Samue}j 'l'he Albyne.s Bromley William, far-mer, Gt. Binnal Field Thomas Barnett-, hea.cl gardener to llaney Mrs. The Albynes , Clutton John Wm. farmer, Holly bush Sir H. T. Tyrwhitt ban. ~.P .llomfray Henry Edmund, Canton ho Cox John, farmer & assistant overseerp Gretton John, farmer; Colemore green Lely John Mounty,Astley house Nordley HallClara (Mrs.), beerretailer,Nordley 8tallybrass Rev. Hy. Martin, Canton cot Crump Jn.farmer & landowner,Dunvall Hall Thomas, wbeelwrigh1i 'Tipper William, Cross Lane Head house Davies Henry, farmer, Colemore. green Harper I<'rederick, maBOnf Linley brook 'Tyrwhitt Sir Henry Thomas hart. ;r.P. Davies John, farm bailiff to John Crump Hollins William, graziet", Nordley Stanley hall Edwards Peter, plaoksmith, Nordley Jones John, fatmer, Weaver's coppice Warwick Rev. John Croft Bridges Edwards Thomas, farmer, Canton bank Mereditb JamtlB, farmer, Nordley oom Warwick M.A., Recto7 Elcock Jo~h Herbert, beer tetailer Nash William, carpeqter~ lfordleyeom . Embrey Ellen (Mrs.), larmer, Weaver's Rickuss Henry, mason, Linley brook COMMERCIAL. [ coppice Tbomss Rober,, farmer, Manor farm Ealdw-i.n Thomas, Fox & Hounds P.H. & I Embrey Jeffery, farmer, Stocking Walkinshaw David,farmer, TheBoldings. pump maker, Linley }:>rook " Embrey William, farmer, ,Rhodes farm Weal Joseph, grazier Bembow Wm. pump ma.Colemore green Evans George, farmer, Apley fOt:ge Yapp Ann (Mr.s:.},"beer ret. Linley brook .Bishton Samuel, farm bailiff to Sir H. Faizey Henry Edward, wheelwright YardleyHenry ,shoe ma. OrO&S Lane bead T. 'l"yrwhi~~ \)art• .l.P Faizey Wm. Thos.blacksmith,Cross lane Yardley Jsph. shopkpr.Cross La~~e head. Botley _1homas. farmer, Little Binnal ;Franks William, maSon, Yates Howard Cecil, farmer,Save:~;n hall

AS TON BOTTERELL is a township, parieh and scat- from the foundation in 1884. the cost being defrayed by the tered viRage, very pleasantly seated at the foot of the Brown Duke of Cleveland K.G. ',rhe. Jegister- dates from the year Clee pill and 8 miles north-west from 1550. :J_'helivingisa.rectory,averagetithflrent-chargt)£277.,. station on the Bewdley, TenQury and Hereford section of the net yearly value [259, including 56 acres of glebeJand with Great Western railway, in the Southern division of the residence, in the gift of tbe Duke of Cleveland :a;.Q. aud held county. C.leobury division of the hnndred of Stottesden, since 1883 by the Rev. Edwiq .l<'rancis Lipscombe, of St. Cleobury l\lortimer union, petty' sessional division and Edmund Hallr Oxford, who is. non-resident; the Rev~ Albert county court district, rural deanery of Stottesden, archdea- James Warren 1l.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, has been eon.ry of and dioce~ of Hereford. The small river curate in sole charge since 188,5. The interest of £so is dis­ Rea. runs through the parish. The church of St. Micha.el is tributed to the poor in money on St. Thomas' Day. The a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting cf Duke of Cleveland K.G. is lord of the manor and chief land­ chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, south porch and an owner. The soil is clay i subsoil, clay and rock. The chief embattled western tower containing 3 bells: in the aisle is crops are wheat, barley, oats and. ]leas. The area is 2,238 an altaT-tomb, with canopy supported ()n six columns, to acres; rateable value, £1,762; the population in 188Y was one of the Botterels, who formerly held this manor under z65. the Earl~ of Amndel, and from whom n derived its dis- tinctive appellation; the tower of the church was rebuilt l BoLD, or Bould, is a hamlet, i mile nort.h east. M~-