OFFLOW HUNDRED. Land, Called Great Busall, Left by an Unknown Donor, and Are Further Relie\'Ed by the Following Yearly Sums, Viz.: Los
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S02 OFFLOW HUNDRED. land, called Great Busall, left by an unknown donor, and are further relie\'ed by the following yearly sums, viz.: lOs. left by William, Bmdbury, in 1641, out of land called Grea\·en, lying in Banbutts; lOs. out of Furlong close, left by John Kirkland, in 1';37; 6s. out of land in Mickleholme, left by Wm. Wright; 5s. left by John Yeld, out of Burway meadow; 5s. left by Thomas Shemmonds, out of the Leens close; and £4. lOs. as the interest of £90, left by Franeis Cobh, inl804. Amongst the LOST CHARITIES of this parish is tbe interest of £55, left in J692, by William Turton, Esq., and from the year J777 to 1814, paid out of Highlins Park, a part of the demesne of the Duchy of Lancaster, lately held by Lady Evelyn, a descendant of the testp.tor. FRADLEV, l mile S. of Alrewas, is a small village, com prising within its township about 1300 acres of land, and 382 inhabitants. Fradley Heath formed part ofthe extensive waste of Alrewas-Hay, but was enclosed about the year 1805. Plott says, on one part of this common is a remarkable spring, vul garly said to he bottomless, which always O\'erflows, and though in a low situation, actually r.ermits the plummet to descend 42 feet. On the canal, half a mile S. of Fradley~ is Dunstall wharf and hamlet. 0RRilEA v E is a small village and township, on the south bank of the Trent, half a mile W. of Alrewas. It has 123 in habitants, and about 700 acres of laod. The Hall, now a farm house with a fine avenue of elms, was formerly the seat of the Adams family, the paternal ancestors of the Earl of Licbfield. ALRE'V AS-HAY, 4 miles N. by E. of Lichfield, is an er.c t1·a parochial liberty, belonging to the Earl of Licbfield, and containing the 8mall village of FRADLEY JUNCTION, so called from the Fazeley, and Trent andMersey canals, which here unite. This district, which has now 77 inhabitants, was fom1erly an open forest or chase, and at the time of the conquest, perhaps formed the extensive wood noticed in Domesday book. It was . not wholly enclosed tilll826. · ALREWAS. Green Thomas, saddler :Baggaley John, gent. Alrewas Hackett & Essex, needle mnfrs. Cottage . Haythorn T. W. lace thread mnfr. Battelle Thos, Esq. (/!r Elford) (and Nottingham) Bean Hanh. straw hat maker Heath Daniel, gentleman Brooks Jeremiah, manager Hickson Mrs. Penelope Cross Mr. William Kent Isaac, joiuer Dagley Mr. Daniel Kent John, wire drawer, & bon- Farmer Mrs. Sarah net wire, & hair pin manfr. Genders Thomas, gentleman Knight Rd. gent. Dunstall bdg. Gillott Samuel, nail maker Lakin John, gentleman Gould Ralph, cart owner MarshallThomas, grocer, draper, Graham J ames, cooper cotton ball mnfr. and agent to Green J ames, butcher the Manchester Fire Office Green John, wool sorter MayJames, junior, bricklayer Grern Joseph, butcher Moore Rev. John, M. A. vicar • .