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Sir Thomas Fletcher Boughey hart. .J.P. of Aqualate Hall, been in existence anterior to the church itself. It is stated Forton; Charles Cecil Cotes esq. D.L., J.P. of Woodcote that in the early Saxon times a cross stood on the green, Hall, Newport, Salop, and William Mellor Meigh esq. J. P. of and tha\ a large market was held around it. The Bagnalls, Ash Hall. The soil and subsoil are principally of clayey who were an influential family at the time of the Wars of nature. The chief crops are wheat, oats and grass. The the Roses, resided here, and one of them, called "Honest area of the parish is 3,845 acre!! ; rateable value, £ ; Ralph Bagnall," is a conspicuous character in Tennyson's population in 18gi1 4,491· "Queen Mary." BAGNALL township is 3 miles north from Bucknall village BacKNALL EAVES consists of scattered houses, midway and ~~ south from the Endon station on the Stoke and between Bucknall and Bagnall. Leek branch vf the North Staffordshire railway. St. Chad's Parish Clerk, Halph Fenton. chapel of ease is a building of stone, in the Gothic style, PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., B. B., Express Delivery & Annuity&; consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, vefltry and an em- Insurance Office. John Perrins, sub-postmaster. Letters battled western tower containing one bell:· the chancel, from Stoke arrive at 6.15 a. m. & dispatched at 6.45 p.m porch and vestry were added in 187g-8x, when the church ScHOOLS:~ was thoroughly restored at a cost of £soo, a lych gate and Stoke Board, Bucknall, built for 144 (senior mixed) ; organ chamber erected and an organ introduced, under the h.verage attendance, :xsx; Frederic Storey, waster; junior direction of Mr. J. Beardmore, architect, of Stoke-on-Trent: mixed, for II7 children; average attendance, 105; Miss the stained east window was placed in 1883 and there are Elizabeth Turpin, mistress; infants', for 167 children; others, the gift of the late rector, who also presented a average attendance, 133; Miss Cowap, mistress smaller one of French glass, purchased at Amiens, and Stoke Board, Bagnall, built in 1874• for ~oo (mixed & there is one given by J. Lovell Hamshaw esq. : the frontal infants); average attendance, 139; Edwin Heal, master; of the commumon table displays a very exquisitely worked Mrs. Georgina Ellen Heal, mistress tigure of St. Chad, executed by the St. Margaret sisterhood, National, Bucknall, built in or about 1790, under the will East Grinstead, Sussex: the old pews have been converted of William Shallcross, who left l.s yearly for the educa~ into open benches: the church was re-opened 15th April, tion of ~~poor children; the school will hold 385 child- r88o, and has 200 sittings. Bagnall is a place of great an- ren (mixed) ; average attendance, 310; Charles Oliver, tiquity, and the market cross, which has been restored, master; Miss Ellen Hincho, infants' mistress and an, ancient column in the churchyard seem to have Railway Station,Bucknall, Edwd. E. Peacock, station mastr Buckna.ll. Evans Alfred, Red Linn P.H. High st *Rose George, Abbey inn, Leek road [Ma~ked thus • receive letters through Evans Levi, farmer Rudge George, shopkeeper, High street Milton S.O.] Fenton John, farmer, Birch Gate farm Salt Thos. coal dealer, Werrington rd PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Forrester Hugh, farmer, Ubberley Savage William, farmer, Eaves lane Adams Thomas, Werrington road Forrester Thomas, shopkeeper, High st Sheldon Mary A. (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Beardmore Jeremiah, 'l'he Poplars Fradley Joseph, coal dealer, Townsend 28 Werrington road Birch Rev. Georgo Thomas M.A. [rec- Fryer Thomas, engineer &c. see Owen SmithChas.shopkeeper,2Werrington rd tor], 221 Werrington road & Fryer Smith John, grocer, Townsend Birch Hev. George Turner L.Th. The Garner George, shopkeeper, Townsend Snow George, insur. agent, 25 High st Rectory Goodwin Fred. Wm. grocer, Townsend *Spain Thomas Henry, beer' ret.Leek rd Cliff Mrs. 42 High street Goodwin George,flint & stone merchant Stevenson George, shopkeeper,2High st *Cotton Elijah, Abbey villas *Goodwin Robert, farmer Stevenson William, shopkeeper, 121 Dodd Henry, 205 Werrington road Goodwin William, farmer Werrington road *Dodd James, Abbey villas Hanley Colliery Co. Limited, Jubilee Stockton Fredk. beer retailer,Townsend Edwards George, Wellington house colliery; offices, Hanley Talbot Wm. grocer, 175 Werrington rd Goodwin George, Bank house Ha.rrison John, tax: collector, 183 Wcr- Timmis Ellen(Mrs.),shpkpr.I2IHighst Goodwin Mrs. 43 High street rington road *Tomkinson SI. beer ret.Stockton brook Meigh William Mellor.J.P. Ash hall Harrison Richard, shopkeeper, 145 Walker John, farmer, Landers bank Roberts Da.rius, West view, Werrngtn.rd Werrington road *Walton William, farmer, Whitehouse Scragg Mrs. 72 Werrington road Harrison William, coal dealer, High st *Washington John, tailor, Leek road Tellwnght Mrs. Bucknall house , *Hassall John C. shopkeeper, Leek rd Wassell Joseph, shopkeeper, 52 War- COMMERCIAL. Haynes Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, gt rington road Bailey Thomas, shopkeeper, Townsend Werrington road *Wentworth Wm. blacksmith, teek rd Barlow Enoch,carter,r35 Werrington rd Heaton Joseph, shopkeeper & boot Wolliscroft Elizabeth (Mrs.), butcher, Bartlam William, hrrner, Brownfields maker, 131 High street 48 High street Bates Joseph, Travellers' Rest. P.H. Bowel! Wm. draper, 37 Werrington rd WolliscroftWm.butcher,Werrington rd Werrington road Humphreys Benjamin, Bowling Green Wood Henry, draper, 9 New street Heard Enoch, farmer, New farm inn, High street *Wood Joseph, shopkeeper, Leek road Beech John, beer ret. Brook house grn Jackson Samuel, bldr. r87Werrington rd Beresford Geurge, furn. dlr. 41 High st *James John, farmer, Leek road :Bagnall. lleresford Matthew, farmer, Ubberley Jenkins Jn. Hy.farmer, Moorside,Eaves Keats Mrs. Bagnall hall Bradbury Henry, grocer, 17 Longton rd Jones Edward, shopkeeper, Townsend Tilson Rev. William H. T. B.A. [curate Brit ton George, farmer, Bentilee Jones James, Trent P. H. & crate maker in charge of St. Chad's] Broadhurst Geo.haulier, Werrington rd Lancaster A.braham, farmer, Uhberley W oolliscroft George, Ash house Brown John, farmer, Fir trees Lancaster Job, farmer, Little Eaves Brown J oseph, farmer Leese Ralph, shopkeepr.Brookhouse grn COMMERCIAL. Brown Thomas, news agent, 51 Wer- *Leono.rd John, farmer *Adams Stephen, Holly Bush l'.H. rington road Lingard Elijah, road surveyor, Eaves la Stockton brook Central Collieries Limited (The) (John Longshaw Charles, painter, 203 Wer- Ball James, butcher, Clew Lows bank Pye, sec) rington road Ball Joseph, butcher Chadwick Saml.blcksmth.Stanley moor Matthews Ephraim, frmr.Greasley side Ball Thomas, farmer Collieries Limited Mat thews Isaac,nursrymn. Wetleymoor Ball William, butcher (The), Bucknall collieries Mayer Joseph, farmer, Great Eaves Brierton Samuel, fanner, Jack Hay la Clowes Charles, farmer, Hob 'Hill farm Mountford Absolom, shopkeeper, 28 Cottrill Ralph, farmer Clowes Richard, farmer, Great Brook- Werrington road Finney Hanson, farmer, Greenfields house, Eaves Mountford John, shopkeeper, Townsend Forrester George, farmer, Greenfields Clowes Richard, jun.frmr. Church farm Mountford Samuel, haulier, Townsend Hawkeworth John, farmer, White house Clowes Samuel, farmer, Ubberley Mountford Thos. grocer, Werrington rd JacksonEnochWm.frmr.Woodhead frm Clowes Thomas, butcher, 143 High st Owen & Fryer, engineers & iron Johnson George, farmer, Thorney edge Coates George, shopkeeper, High st founders, Bucknall foundry Keats Ann (Mrs.), Stafford Arms P.H *Cope Dinah(Mrs.),shopkeeper,Leek rd Perkins James, wheelwright,Church rd Lymer Joseph, farmer Dale John, farmer, Mettlehouse Perrim John, grocer, Post office Matthews William,farmer, Lannd farm Dale William, farmer, Brookhouse Poole Gordon,beer ret.soWerrington rd Myatt Mary Anu (Mrs.), farmer Docksey Ephraim, farmer, Eaves lane Protfitt Martha (Mrs.), grocer, 137 Myatt William, farmer Drakeford Lydia (Mrs.), beer retailer, Werrington road Perry Elijah, farmer, Greenfields 13 Werrington road Ratcliffe John, beer retailer Salt William, shopkeeper Edge William, shopkeeper, High street ttRoberts Darius, earthenware manu- . Unwin Richard, farmer, Greenfields Edwards George, flint grinder facturer, Leek road j

BURNTWOOD, with the hamlets of EnlALL and Woon~ civil parish of St. Michael's, Lichfield, South Offiow hundred, HOUSEs, form a joint township, from 3 to 4 miles west from LichriPld and Brownhills petty sessional division, Lichfield Lichfield, xi north from Hammerwicll station on the county court district and union. rural deanery of Lichfielu, Lichfield and Derby section of the London and North- archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield.. The Western railway, in the Lichfield division of the county, ecclesiastical parish of Burntwood was formed May 6, 18451