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POST, M. 0., T. 0., S. B. 87. Annuity & Insurance Office, National School (mixed), built, with master’s residence, for Dudleston heath—Edward Paddock, jun.receiver. Letters :15 children; average attendance, 107 ‘; Henry John through Ellesmere at 8 a.m. 3 dispatched at 6.15 p.m Quier, master Criftins. Jones Thomas, farmer, Pentre Madock Davies Mrs. Dudleston hall Leadsom John, farmer, Bryn Oer OOMME RCIALJ Gray Rev. Henry Brice ma. Vicarage Lloyd Wm. shopkeeper, Dudleston hth Beyer Louisa (Mrs), farmer Owen Frank Brown, Pentre Haylin Morris Wm. Eaton, Fox P.H. 85 shop- Clay John, farmer St butcher COMMERCIAL. keeper, Dudleston heath Edwards John Allen, farmer BarclayEdward,sh0pkpr. Dudleston hth Onslow Wm. slater 85 plasterer,Dee field Edwards Lewis, farmer Burgess George, shopkeeper, Bryn Oer 1 Owen Frank Brown, farmerfltlandowner, Haynes Geo. thrashing machine owner Clutton Owen, farmer, Newhall Dee field Hughes Alfred Thomas, cattle dealer Copnall John, butcher ' Paddock Edwd. brick 8r. drain pipe mnfr Hughes Martha (Mrs), farmer, Dud- Copnall Richard, farmer 8; butcher Paddock Edward, jun. shopkeeper, Post leston park Davies Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. ), farmer- office, Dudleston heath Johnson Samuel, farmer, Gadlas a landowner, Dudleston hall PaddockJn. blacksmith,Dud1eston heath Jones I‘homas, farmer Davies Walter, farmer Revill Joseph, shopkeeper Longridge William, land agent to G. Edwards Thomas, farmer, Oak farm ' H. Horsfall Griffiths James, builder, Bryn Oer - t Pentrecoed- Ma'I‘tin John, farmer Humphreys Geo. farmer, The Round ho Martyn-Owen Charles Roger, Erway ‘ Prince Henry, farmer, 'Pant is a village and parish on the river smaller camp. Edward Wood esq. LP. of Culmington Corve and the road from to Wenlock, 3 miles manor, who is lord of the manor and John Derby Allcroft north of Bromfield station on the London and North esq. LP. of Court, are the principal landowners. Western and Great Western joint railway and 5 north- The soil is gravelly loam and clay loam; subsoil, gravel and by-west from Lud low: the parish includes the town- sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, goats and ships of CULMINGTON, SEIFTON, THE BACHE, NORTON and turnips. The area is 3,466 acres; rateable value, £4,571 ; BURLEY, in the Southern division of the county, lower the population in 1881 was 556. division of hundred, Ludlow union, petty sessional THE BACHE, 1% miles west, BURLEY, I mile west, and division and county court district, rural deanery and arch- NORTON, 2 miles west, are townships, of which J. D. Allcroft deaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. The church esq. 3.}. is 10rd of the manors. of All Saints is a small and plain building of stone, in the SEIF'I'ON township is 1 mile north-west, and has a. Primi- Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel and tive Methodist chapel. Edward Wood esq. 3.2. is' lord of nave and a western tower with an unfinished octagonal the manor. spire, terminating in a small spirelet of wood and containing Parish Clerk, Richard Tomkins. 3 bells, dated respectively I663, 1629 and 1663 a the chancel. Letters through Bromfield R.S.0. ; those for the hamlets of retains a fine double piscina and the stained east window is Bache, Norton St Barley are received through Craven a memorial to Mrs. Sandeman: there are sittings for 200 Arms R.S.O. Bromfield is the nearest money order 33 persons. The register dates from the year I 575. The telegraph oflice. LETTER Box cleared at 5 p.m living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge f, 554, net yearly Church of National School (mixed), with residence value ,g540, including 38 acres of glebe, with residence, in for the master, built in :857, enlarged 1879, for 95 the gift of John Derby Allcroft esq. and held since 1891 by children ;average attendance, 70 ; EdwardAnthony,mastr the Rev. David Erskine Holland H.451. of Worcester College, CARRIERS TO LUDLOW—Francis, from Bach Mill, mom. 8; Oxford. In the parish is Norton camp, usually regarded sat.; Richard Pheysey, of Munslow, on mon.; William as a Roman work, and near the church is another but Partington, of Aston, mon- wed, 83 sat Tomkins Richard, boot maker & regis- Bache. Culming'ton. trar of births 8; deaths for ‘ Bryan George, farmer , sub-district of Ludlow union Hamar Ann (Mrs), farmerr Wood Edward 1P. Manor house Cammell Thomas, farmer L Seifton. Norton. Lawley Thomas, Royal Oak inn; good Holland Rev. David Erskine ms. Bromley J01111, farmer accommodation for travellers, cyclists [rector], Rectory m Davenport Shadrach, head gamekeeper 83c. 86 shoeing & general smith Bright Richard, farmer, New house to J. D. Allcroft esq. J.P Lewis George, shopkeeper 8: tailor Passey William, farmer, Manor farm Groom Arthur William, farmer Lewis W'illiam, farmer, Medley park Thomas Samuel, carpenter & farmer e Lockhart William, farmer ITipton John, plumber, painter, paper. Burleyp, Morris Oliver, farmer, Langley yilla hanger, decorator 8t glazier :Childe John, blacksmith Morris William, farmer Weale Charles,carpenter,joiner,builder, Moyle Edwin, wheelwrighfl OvertonBenj,mason 8t assistant overseer contractOr 8: grocer Roberts Charles Barlow, farmer CYNYNION is a township in the of Oswes- Williams-Wynn hart. is lord of the manor and principal try, and with Pentregaer, and a portion of the parishes of landoWner. The soil is clay; subsoil, partly on the lime Llansilin, Selattyn and Llan-y~blodwel, was formed in 1844 rock and gravel and shale. The chief crops are wheat, into an ecclesiastical parish, under the name of Rhydycroesau: barley, oats and turnips. The area of the ecclesiastical it lies in a mountainous district, on the verge of the county, parish is 2,105 acres; and the population in 1881 was 370, adjoining Denbighshire, 3% miles west from , in chiefly Welsh. The area of the township is 785 acres; the Western division of the county, hundred, petty sessional rateable value,‘£711 ; population in 1881, Rhydycroesau 185, division, county court district and incorporation of Oswestry, j' Cynynion 103. rural deanery of Oswestry, archdeaconry of Montgomery PENTRE-GAER 18 a township 5 miles west from Oswestry. and diocese of St. Asaph. Christ church, at Rhydy-p The scenery is varied and romantic, and the whole district croesau, consecrated in 1886, in place of a previous church mountainous. The soil is strong, mostly upon limestone. built in 1838, is a small building of stone in a debased The area is 1,045 acres ; rateable yalue, £667 ; pepulation Gothic style, consisting of chancel and nave and an em- in 1881, 82. battled western tower containing 2 bells : divine service is Parish Clerk, “'illiam Evans. conducted alternately in the Welsh and English languages. LETTER Box cleared at 5.25 p.m. Letters are received The register dates from the year 1838. The living is a through Oswestry, arrive at 7.50 a.m. Llansilin, is the rectory, average yearly value from tithe rent-charge g202, nearest money order 8t telegraph oifice including 9 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the National School, Rhydycroesau (mixed), built in 1850, Bishop of St. Asaph, and held since 1879 by the Rev. for 70 children; average attendance, 28, Miss F. M, Richard Jones '1'.A.K.C.L. Sir Herbert Lloyd W'atkin Rodman, mistress Evans Thomas, farmer, Pandy Newydd Pentre-Gaeri Cynynion. Edwards Jones Stephen, farmer John, farmer Jones Rev. Richard T.A.K.C.Ia [rector Lloyd Mary (Miss), farmer Edwards John, farmer,Tan-craigy—thew ot Rhydycroesau] Morris Hugh, farmer Evans John, farmer, Hemplas Edwards Allen, farmer Morris Joseph, farmer Evans John, farmer Edwards Thomas, farmer Roberts Robert, farmer Evans William, farmer, Nant-y-gollen Evans John, shOpkeeper Williams Henry,Cross Foxes P.H. Lawnt Lewis Jones, farmer, Gwerniduon Evans Maria (Mrs), farmer, Lawnt Roberts Edward, farmer, Tan-y-eoed DAWLEY is a very extensive parish and village on the I Great Western railway : it is in the Mid division of the road from Wellington to , 4 miles south-east county, in Wellington division of South Bradford hundred, from Wellington, about 2% north-west from Madeley and 5 Madeley union and county court district, petty sessional south-west from Shifnal, with a station at in this division of Wellington, rural deanery of Shifnal, arch- parish on the Wellington and Severn Junction branch of the deaconry of 8310p and diocese of Lichfield. The village is 306 DAWLEY. SHROPSHIRE. [KELLY’s lighted with gas from works in Chapel lane, built in 1857, r LOCAL BOARD. and; belonging to, the Dawley Gas Company. The parish Clerk, Owen William Harries was formed into a local government district in 31876 ; the Treasurer, E. M. Webster, Lleyds Bank local board consists of 12 members. The church of the Holy Medical Officer of Health, William Nealor Thursfield 11.1). Trinity, erected in 1845, IS a building of freestone in the I Shrewsbnry I Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, l Surveyor, William Henry Bailey, Dawley road north porch and, an embattled western tower containing 5 Sanitary Jnspector, John James Bailey, Dawley roadi bells: there is a font of Norman date. The register dates. from the year 166 The living was declared a Vicarage Police Station, Sergeant Michael Leader 8; two constables Dec. 11, 1866, average tithe rent-charge £8, net yearly PUBLIC Onnlcnns i— value £300, including 4 acres of glebe, with residence, in Assistant Overseer, William Henry Bailey, Dawley road the ift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1888 by » Collector .of Queen’s Taxes, Slaney Callear, Dawley bank the ev. Thomas Richard Joseph Fawkes. Here are Wes-i. Inland Revenue Officer, Robert Knowles leyan, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist New Connexion Medical Oflicer 8: Public Vaccinator, Dawley ’District, and Primitive Methodist chapels—14 in all. The Market Madeley Union, Sir Charles Buckworth Heme Scams bart. Hall, erected in 1867, and the property of the Local Board, .E High street is a square building of red brick, with an ornamental Registrar of Births, Deaths 435 Marriages, Dawle sub- frontage and vaults underneath, and, is surmounted by ai- district, John Thomason, Highst.; deputy, Edwin layton turret containing one hell and a clock, presented in 1867 by{ Relieving Olficer, No. b Dawley District, .Ias. Clement Mole the late Lieut.-Col. William Kenyon-Slaney. he market . Town Crier, William Jones, Chapel street day is on Saturday, for the sale of meat, Vegetables and provisions, and is well attended. A fair is held yearly PLACES or WORSHIP, with the times of services :4” on the first Monday in June, for horses, cattle and live Holy Trinity: 11 a.m. 85 6.30 p.m.; Wei; 7 p.m. Holy Coni-I stools. IThe Haybridge Iron Company Limited have an munion, and sunday in the month at 8230’; RemThonms extensive mill and forge, with mines and collieries, in Richard Joseph Fawkes, vicar ; Rev. Charles Addenbrnoke Stirchley parish, the principal oflice being at Haybridge, 13.x. curate near Wellin 11. There is a small library in High street Mission Church, 'Hinkshay - r1 a.m. 85 6 p.m. - alternate or 1, 500 volumes, with a reading room : it is managed b thurs. 6. 3o p.m l l a committee. A charity of £7, derived from land occupied Baptist, Bank; 10.45 a.m. a 6 p.m.; tues. 7pm.; Rev. J. by Mr. W. H. Bailey, and left in 1684 by Richard Hodden, E. W. Cooke gentleman, of Ludlow, is distributed to the poor on St. Methodist New Connexion, Brandles ; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.} Thomas’ Day. Enoch Cooper left in 1721, £20, the interest wed. 7. p.m.; Lightmoor, 10.30 a.m. 8t 6 p.m.;E wed. 7 to be given to the poor on Easter Sunday; another bene- p.m.; Rev. John Preshons factor of the same surname left £13, which produces Primitive Methodist, Dawley; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.: wed. 7 10s. yearly. The representatives of the late Lieut- p.m. ;‘ Finger road, 2. 30 856 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.: Horse. 001, William Kenyon-Slaney are lords of the manor, and hay, 10.30 a.m. & 6pm.: tues. 7 p. 111.; Rock, 10.30 a.m. 8: the Company Limited are the chief land- 6 p.m. ; tues. 6.30 p.m. ; Reva George G. Pinder owners in Dawley Magus. The Cape} Cure family are lords Wesleyan, High street; 10. 30am. 8&6 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.f of the manor and sole landOWners in Malinslee. The soil is Dawley Parva, 2.30 at 6 p.m.; wed. 7p.m.f Bank, 10.30 (various‘ The minerals are ironstone and coal. The chief a.m. 8t 6 .m.; tues. 7 p.m.: Horsehay, 10.30 a.m. & 6 crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,743 acres; p.m.; we . 7 p.m.; Rev. Daniel Eyre,» supt mteable value; £16, 332 ; the population in 1891 was 6,996. Primitive Methodist Mission Room, Hinkshay,‘ 4.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.; Horsehay, a p.m.: friday, ‘7 p.m Parish Clerk, Mark Blocksidge. Salvation Army Bamacks, Dawley road; 7 a It a.m. 8r 3 8: 6.15 p.m.; every night at 7 Pos'r, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. 81. Annuity 81. Insurance Office, SCHOOLS :— ~ Dawley Magna (Railway Sub-Ofiieei Letters should have 1. A Sch001 Board of 7 members was formed April 16, 1875 3 R.S.O. Shropshire added).—John Thomason, postmaster. Owen William Harries, Dawley, clerk to the board ;Edwin Letters arrive at 3.40 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. a are dispatched Gongh, Dawley, attendance officer at 8.30 a.m. ; box closes at 9 p.m. Money orders are Board, Langley (mixed 8; infants), built in 1876, at a cost issued 81 paid from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. ; on saturday of £3,000, for 600 children; average attendance, 392; till 8 p.m John Vincent Thomas, master ; Miss Sarah Breeze, mien- tress ; Miss Sarah Briscoe, infants’ mistress POST OFFICE, Dawley Bank—Samuel Jones, sub-post- l Board, Pool hill (mixed 8: infants), erected in 1844 by the master. Letters arrive from Dawley at 8 a.m. & are dis- ‘ Coalbrookdale Company ior 900 children ; average attend- patched at 7 p.m. ; box closes at 6.45 p.m. The nearest ance, 244; Henry Jas. Grifiin, master; Miss Mary C; money order 55 telegraph office is at Dawley i Roden, infants’ mistress Pos'r & M. 0.— 0., S. B. & Annuity 81 Insurance Ofiice, National, Dawley bank (mixed), built in 1835, for 230 child- Horsehay (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have ren; average attendance, 194 ; Geo. Robinson, master:— R. 8.0. Shropshire added).{—James Dabbs, sub- ostmaster. National, Dawley (mixed), built in 1841, for 178 children ' Letters arrive at 3.40 a.m. lit are dispatche at 9 p.m.l average attendance, 135; John T; Clementson, master f The nearest telegraph oflice is at Dawley Railway Station, Horsehay, Wm. Geo. Rickard, station mast

PRIVATE hnsrnnnrs. L Summers William, The Terrace , District 81. Counties Bank- Addenbrooke Rev. Chas. B.A. [curate] Wilkes Mrs. Prospect house, Horsehay ing 00. Limited (sub-branch) (R. J. Bailey John James, Dawley road “ Wooding John, Dawley road Acton, manager) (open on tuesdays Bailey Matthew Hy, Mount ho. Bank & fridays from 11 30 to 1.30), High Bailey Wm. Hy. Rose Cot. Dawley road COMMERCIAL, street; draw on Williams Deacon 31.: Barker Mrs. Chapel street lAddison Richard, shoe maker, New st Manchester & Salford Bank Limited, Bayley Harry Rd. Grifliths, Horsehay Alman George, Bull’s Head P.}I London E O Bratton John, Horsehay Aston Samuel, tailor, Green lane Bland William, cooper, King street Cooke Rev. J. E. W. [Baptist] Bailey 8: Son, accountants, High street Blocksidge Mark, parish clerk, Finger la Davis Frederick Howard, Green lane Bailey Edwd. beer retailer, Dawley rd Bowers Thomas, shopkeeper, Finger 1a Dori‘icott Mrs. Finger lane Bailey John James, sanitary inspector, Bray Jefirey, shoe maker, Finger lane Breese John, White Hart 19,151. a grocer, Eyre Rev. Daniel [Wesleyanj l Dawley road '1 Fawkes Rev. Thos. Rd. Japh. Vicarage Bailey Robt. (Mrs.), registry 011?. King st Hinkshay Garbett Robert, Finger lane , Bailey Thomas, fishmonger, High street Briscoe James, potato dealer Gough Edwin, Green lane ' Bailey William Henry, maltster, assist- Brown Joseph, beer retailer, Chapel at Greenhalgh William, jun. Chapel street ant overseer St surveyor of highways Brown William, butcher Hilton Mrs. Chapel street Ball Henry W. shopkeeper, Horsehay Buck Christr. King’s Arms P.H. King st- Hopwood Edward Ball Samuel, greengro. Flatts, Horsehay Buttery George, beer retailer, High st Jones Mrs. Bank Banks John, eowkeeper, Burton street Callear Slaney, Queen’s Head P. H. 8: Pinder Rev. George G. [Prim. Moth] Banks Samuel, greengrocer, High street collector of Queen’s taxes, Bank Poole Mrs. Green lane Barber Alfred, shoe ma.Meadow, Well la Cartwright George, shopkeeper, Bank Powis George, Chapel street BarrettWilliamEnoch,confectnr.King st Chilton Ada (Miss), dress maker, Bell Preshons Rev. John [Methodist New Bason Edward C. shopkeeper, King at cottage, Horsehay Connection] Bathurst John K. grocer, Finger lane Clayton Edwin, grocer & auctioneer, Pursell Miss, Green lane Bathurst Thomas, linen draper, High st & deputy registrar of births, deaths 85 Soame Sir Charles Buckworth-Hernev Bathurst Thomas Kellick , Queen’s Arms marriages for Dawley sub-district 81: hart. J.P. High street an. The Finger collector of poor rates Simpson Hy. C. The Cottage, Horsehay . Bemrose Weightman, chemist, High st Clayton John, Dun Cow v.11. New street mimic roan] SHROPSHIRE. DEUXBILL. 307 Clinton John, beer retailer, Dawley rd Lane Wm. John, beer retlr’. Church st Reece Matthew, shoe maker, King at «Corfield John, Labour in Vain nu. & Lavender John, bricklayer, Green lane _ RhodesGeo.Elephant&0a3tler.n. High st grocer, Horsehay 1 Leader Michael, serjeant of police Rickard Wm. George, station master Dabbs James, sub-postmaster Lewis Alfred D. butcher, High street Roberts Charles Henry,‘painter 8w. Darrall Henry, grocer, High street Lewis Clara & Laura (Mi ises), confec- Dawley road Darrall James, mining agent, Horshay tioners, High street Roberts James, beer retailer, Bank Davenall John, shopkeeper, High street Literary Institute & Reading Room Roberts Richard, tailor, High street Davies William; been retailer, High st (Wm. Taylor, hon. sec.; Bani. C. “ Roden Thomas, butcher, Green lane Davis Fredk. Howard, surgeon, Green Is. Baden, librarian), High street 'Rooum Margaret (Mrs), stationer &c'. Duckett Samuel, farmer &' timber mer- Lloyds Bank Limited (sub-branch) F New street chant, Heath hill; l (Edward Montagu Webster, mgr), Rowley Richd. beer retailer,Field house Emery Edwd. shopkeeper, Green lane * High street; open on dnond'ays‘ from Rushton William, Crown inn: High st Evans 8: Co, drapers, High street n to a; draw on London olfice; 72 lSamuels George, shopkeeper, Hinkshay .Evans Elizabeth (Mrs), Bird-in-Hand Lombard street E C 4 Sandlands Robert W. Saddler 8t farmer, P.1-I. Langley terrace Lomas George, shopkeeper, Green lane Finger lane Ferriday Fras. colliery mar. Hinkshay Machin John, grocer & tea 8t provision Shepherd 8; Churm, charter masters Fisher John, Talbot inn, High street dlr. lit Foresters’ Arms RH. Horsehay J Sheward William, blacksmith, Bank Follows Jairus, shoe maker, High st Machin Wm. shoe ma. Meadow Well la ‘ Shuker Reuben, shopkeeper, Bank Foster Henry, beer retailer, Horshay ‘1 Marston Richard, wheelwright', King st Simmonds Thomas, shOe ma. Chapel st Gas Co. (John Clayton, see), Chapel st Martin Richd. charter master, King st Smith Emma Mary {(Mrs.), ladies’ Gough Edwin, schl. attend.oflicer,Bank Merrington Jn. blacksmith, Finger la school, Green lane GrangerGeorge, beer retailer, High st Miller Wm. Henry, chemist, High st Smith John R. grocer, High street :Green John, shoe maker, Burton street Millington Samuel, greengro. High st Smith John S. linen draper, High st Greenhalgh Wm. Hy.I grocer, High st Milward Richard, blacksmith, King at l Soame Sir Charles Buckworth-Herne- Harries Owen William, solicitor 8t clerk ‘ Mole James Clement, relieving officer bart. surgeon, St medical oflicer 36 to the local 85 school boards ‘ l' No. I Dawley district l public Vaccinator, Dawley district, Haybridge Iron Co. Limited (Clement Morgan Sarah(Mrs. ),shopkpr. Chapel st 4 Madeley union, High street Groom, manager), Hinltshay 1 Morgan Wm. blacksmith, Old Dawley Summers Richard D. currier, High st Hayward Harriet (Mrs), registry office Morgan Wm. hair dresser, Dawley rd Taylor Martha(Mrs.),maltstr.Chapel st for servants, King street f Morris Robt. Wm. tobacconist, High st Thomason John,stationer,& registrar of Herbert John, beer retailer, Finger la 4 North Christopher, charter master births,deaths a marriages for Dawley Hopwood Edwd. J. storekpr. Horsehay Oadams Thomas Stanley, grocer, High sub-district, & postmaster, High st .Horsehay' Co.(The) (Henry 0. Simpson, street 55 Bank Thorpe ‘Thomlas, beer retailer to shape managing partner), iron bridges, ‘ Oakley John, shopkeeper, New street ! keeper, The Finger girders, roofs 85 all other kind of Phillips Benjamin, lay missionary 1‘ Tomkins Thos. emigration agent, Bank constructive engineering Work Mordecai, Prince of Tomlins Francis, beer retailer, King at Hufiadine Charles, linen draper 8: P.H. Dawley road Trantee.{ Mrs. ),LordHillP.H.High st pawnbroker, High street Plant John, beer retailer, Horsehay l Vaughan Enoch, shopkeeper, Dawley rd Jones George, Icharter master, Brandlee PlantJoseph, White Horse P.H.Bhsh hill Vaughan Isaac, shopkeeper, Green in Jones Herbert, irenmonger, High st 1 Plimmer Enoch, butcher, Bank Wall William, farmer Jones James, provision dealer, Bank Plimmer Thomas, beer retailer 85 shep- . Warrender Wm. carpenter, Dawley rd Jones Mary‘(Mrs. ),beer retlr. Burton st keeper, Green lane Weaver Eliz'a (Mrs. ), milliner, High st Jones Robtl provision dealer, Chapel st Peole 81: Son, grocers &6. ”(High streeti Weaver Thomas, printer, stationer, Jones 81. grocer & sub-postmaster, Bank & Horsehay bookseller, news agent, 8: agent {or Jones Thomas, miller (steam), Chapel Poole Richd. G. hair dressel', Burton st Atlas Insurance Society, High street street a maltster, Bank Poole Samuel, beer retailer, Burton st Webster Edward Montagu, manager of Jones Thomas, eeedsman as ” Powell Samuel, charter master Lloyds Bank as treasurer 0E Jthe Jones William, town crier &biil poster, PoWell Matthew, carter W local board Chapel street uPowis John, shoe maker, Greed lane Williams Joseph, beer retlr. George st Jones William H. butcher, High street ar Preece Benj. shoe maker, High streetI , Wilson William, watch ma. Chapel at Ketley Enoch, butcher, Aqueduct 1 Prestwood Wm. beer retlr. Dawley rd 4 Wood Josiah, shopkeeper, Dawley road Knowles Robert, inland revenue officer ‘ Pugh Llewellen, shopkeeper, High st J *Wooding John,provision dealer,High st Lane Jas. 8: Jsph. beer retailers, Bank Rawsom Hy. mining agent, Hersehay l Worsey Ephraim, shovel ma. King st

LITTLE DA'WLEY, or DAWLBY PARVA, for civil residence, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop alternately, purposes, is a township, formed into a parish Oct. 4, 1844, and held since 1876 by the Rev. Richard Maltby ILA. of from the parish of Great” Dawley, I mile from Horsehay4 Caius College, Cambridge. The minerals are coal and iron- station on the Wellington, Shifnal and section; stone. The Earl of Craven is the lord of the manOr and of the Great Western railway, 5 west from Shifnal, 4 from principal landowner ; part of the preperty has been divided Wellington and 3 from Madeley : it is in the Mid division of into sections and sold. The chief crops are wheat, oats and the county, South Bradford hundred, Madeley union and, barley, The soilis various: the subsoil is clay. The area is «county court district, petty sessional division of Wellington, 900A. IR. 38P.; the population in 1881 was 2,063. rural deanery of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and (license.l Parish Clerk, Samuel Morgan. of Lichfield. The church of St, Luke, erected in .1845, is an Pos'r OFFICE.-r-Mrs. Mary Ann ’Bright, sub-postmistress; edifice of brick in the Norman style, consisting of apsidal Letters arrive from Dawley (Railway Sub-Office) at 8 a. 111.; «chancel, nave, south porch and a stone turret at the south... dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest money“ order at telegraph east angle, containing one hell : there are 508 sittings. The I office is at Dawley register dates from the year 1846. The living is a Vicarage, The children of this place attend the Pool HilL Board school net yearly value £164, including half an acre of glebe, with ‘ at Dawley Magna Briscoe John Coalbrookdale Co. Limited (William G. Powell Charles, farmer Briscoe Thomas Norris, manager), brick 36 tile makrs Powell John, carpenter Garbett Matthew Ellis Henry, cowkeeper Powell Matthew, farmer Harriman Alfred , Fletcher George, farmer Reynolds John, shopkeeper Maltby Rev.Richd. M.A. Lvicar],Doseley Forgham Elizabeth (Mrs), Crown run Rogers Richard, cowkeeper 'Troye Miss, Lightmoon Greaves William, shoe make]; Sheward George, blacksmith Wilkes Mrs. Deseley Greenhalgh William, farmer Tinsley John, farmer Guest FraHCis, charter master Tranter William, Unicorn P.H COMMERCIAII. Hughes Harriet (Miss), Red Lion an Turner Thos. beer retlr. dz shopkeeper Bright Mary Ann (Mrs. ), grocer,8t agent James George, farrier Wilbraham Charles, shoe maker for W. 8; A. Gilbey, wine «in spirit Morgan Richard, charter master Wild William, charter master merchants, Post office Williams Sarah ; Owen John, farmer pn— (Mrs.),grocer is a very small parish on the road from attend the church at Glazeley. William Buuney esq. of Meol— ,Bridgnorth to Bewdley and , 4 miles brace, , is lord of the manor and principal land- south-by-west from Bridgnorth station, in the Scuthern owner. The soil is clayey ; the subsoil is similar. The chief division of the county; liberty of the borough of Wenlock, crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 481, acres ; Chelmarsh division of Stottesdon hundred, Bridgnorth rateable value, [.397 ; the population in r881 was 45.4 union, petty sessional division and county court district, batters received through Bridgnorth at ,8 am. ; letter rural deanery of Bridgnorth, archdeaconry of Ludlow and carrier passes through at 4.30 p.m.; Bndgnorth is the diocese of Hereford. The church, a small but ancient build- nearest money order 85 telegraph office ing at rubble stone, has been pulled down : the inhabitants A School Board of 7 members was formed in. 1838 for the DIRECTORYJ SHROPSHIRE’. MALINSLEE’. 357

Jones Louisa. (Mrs. ), milliner, High st Preece Benj. Moses, boot ma. Market pl Trevor Thee. grocer 8t tallow chandler, Jones Richard, beer retailer, Park street Price Walter, tailor, Park street Park street Jones William Adam, grocer, Court st ‘ Ralph James,inspector (G. W.Railway), Wainwright Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer, KearsleySarah(Mrs. ),beer ret.Princes st Madeley Court station Aqueduct Ketley Enoch, beer retailer 8; butcher, Randall John F.G.S. stationer 8t printer, Walton Fredk. police constable, Park st- Aqueduct 85 post office, Commercial buildings WaltonMaryEllen(Miss),millinr.Park st Ketley Fras. Wm. Hammer inn, Park la Randles George, shopkeeper, High st Walton William, manufacturer of Lees Francis, shopkeeper, Court street Raspass John Collin T. colliery agent, chains & general smith LEGGE GEORGE a. SON, manufac- Court street Ward Benj. beer retailer, Church street turers of roofing tiles, Made-4 Reeves Thomas, insur. agent, High st Ward George, charter master,Tweedale ley Wood 8: Woodlands Broseley tile Roberts Charles, wholesale Stretail boot Ward Thomas, boot maker, Park lane works. See advertisement 8; shoe manufacturer, Park lane Ward William, mine agent, Park lane Lloyd John, shopkeeper, Aqueduct Robinson Fanny (Mrs. ), Three Horse Wilkes Hy. Cuckoo Oak inn, Cuckoo oak Lloyd Mary Ann (Mrs.), registry for Shoes P.H. Market place WILLIAMS JOSEPH, brake, wagonette servants, Court street Rogers John, police constable, Court at 85 trap builder, undertaker 85 timber Lysons William, haulier, Tweedale Rowe Thos.Wm.charter master, Idsal pl dealer, Court street Madeley Court Iron Works (William Rowe William, charter master, Idsal pl Woodruffe George, draper 8t outfitter, Orme Foster, proprietor; Charles Shaw Henry Martin, inland revenue mourning warehouse, lit boot 3!; shoe Worth Pearce, manager) officer, Park lane dlr. High st. ; 8; at Market sq. Shifnal MADELEY WOOD CO. (Messrs. Shaw William. miller, Hay lane Coalport. Anstice, proprietors). See advert Shephard Martha (Miss), dress maker, Mari-ion Walter Watkins, joiner & shop- High street Anstice Mrs. The Hall, Madeley wood keeper, Park street Shepherd Levi, charter master & grocer, Anstice Richard Edmund LP. The Hall, Marrion William, grocer, Bridge street Bridge street Madeley wood Mason Jsph. Barley Mow RH. Court st Sheppard Arthur Edward, supervisor Bott John Thomas, Coalport villas Millard John, shopkeeper, Aqueduct of inland revenue, Tinsley house Brufi Charles, Coalport villa Mills Sarah (Mrs. ), general dlr. High st Shropshire Provident Society (William Cartwright Henry Barker, The Lees Molineux Priscilla(Miss),grocer,Park la P. Pope, steward), Canal side Cheadle Joseph, Rose cottage Morgan John, tea Stpicture dlr. Park st Shum Arthur Geo. chemist, Market sq Edge Mrs. Thorpe house Morgan William Henry, tailor, Park st Skitt Christ0pher Hy. china dlr. Park st Evans Thomas Newbrook Hy. jobbing gardener, Park st l Smith George, shopkeeper, Park lane Gray George, The Lloyds Onians Arthur Astley Purton, general Smith Philip, marine store dealer, Hopley Enoch agent 85 accountant, teacher of music Princes street Yate Miss, Ivydale (It organist of St. Chad’s, Stockton, ' Spendlove Edmund, town crier, High st COMMERCIAL. Park hall Stanway Frederick, scripture reader, Beard Thomas, beer retailer Onians Isaac Edward, assistant overseer Duncan terrace Birbeck Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper & collector of poor rates, Park hall, Stephan Alfred, modeller, Duncan ter Coalport China Co. Limited (Charles Park lane Stodd William, draper, High street Brufi, manager), porcelain manufrs Onions Isaac, confectioner 3; baker, Stubbs Henry M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A.L0nd. Coalport ReadingRoom (Geo.Jones,sec) Market square surgeon, 8: medical officer to work- Doherty John, shopkeeper Owen Richard, haulier, Bridge street house, Church street Gough George, Brewery inn, grocer, Page John James, butcher, High street -TaylorMartha(Mrs. ),beer ret. Station rd provision dealer 8; wine & spirit mer PerksLeonard,charter master,Tweedale Thomas HerculesWilliams,schoolmaster Grifi'iths Thomas, timber merchant Plant John, chimney sweep, Station rd (Wesleyan), High street Hurdley Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Poole George Hy. saddler, Market sq Thomas John, shopkeeper, Park street The Lloyds Pooler George, coal merchant, High st Thompson Jas. hair dresser, Market sq Jones Edwin, beer retailer Pope William Peter, wheelwright, car- Toddington Alfred, New inn, Park lane Phaisey John, boot maker 8; toll collctr penter,joiner 8t undertaker, Canal side TRANTER BENJAMIN, cement manu- Roberts Thomas, grocer 8; coal dealer Potts Ed ward B. county court regis- facturer, Canal side Whittingham Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, trar, High street LTranter Samuel, beer retailer, Bridge st The Lloyds is a wide and thinly-populated parish and Richard Sankey and Philip Wright esq. J.P. of Mellington township, partly in SaloP and partly in , Hall, Church Stoke, are the chief landowners. The soil is comprising the townships of CASTLEWRIGHT, EDENHOPE, chiefly loamrthe subsoil is stone and gravel. The chief KNUCK, and REILTH, in the Southern division of the county, crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area of the entire hundreds of and , Clun union, Bishop’s Castle parish is 6,263 acres, of which 1,332 are in Montgomery- petty sessional division and county court district, rural shire; rateable value, £2,403 ; the population in 1881 was deanery of Clun, archdeacOnry of Ludlow and diocese of 395, of which 160 are in Montgomeryshire. Hereford. Mainstone is southawest from the road from EDENHOPE is a township, 1 mile north. Bishop’s Castle to Clun, 4% miles west-by-south from Bishop’s KNUCK is a township, adjoining Mainstone on the south. Castle railway station. From Bishop’s Moat (an ancient REILTH is a township, half a mile south-east. earthwork) a commanding view of the country for many CASTLEWRIGHT is a township, 2 miles north, in the parish miles round is obtained. Offa’s Dyke intersects the parish. of Mainstone, but in the county of Montgomery; the area The church of St. John the Baptist, built in the reign of is 1,332 acres: the population in 1881 was 160. Charles I. and situated in a narrow valley at the foot of Clun Parish Clerk, John Sherry. Forest, is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, Letters are received by foot post through Bishop’s Castle south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells. The (Railway Sub Office); arrive at 12 noon; dispatched at register dates from the year 1604. The living is a rectory, 12 noon ; Bishop’s Castle is also the nearest money order average tithe rent-charge ,6278, net yearly value ,6244, 8; telegraph oifice including 5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1879 by the Rev. William Henry Griffiths, A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1882; H. S. who resides at Bishop’s Castle. The charities are of ,g5 Nevill, Bishop’s Castle, clerk to the board; John Venables, yearly value, distributed on Easter Monday. The Earl of Cwm Frydd, attendance officer Powis is lord of the manor; and the Rev. William Bishton Board School (mixed), built inl1881, for 40 children; average Garnett-Botfield H.A., J.P. of Decker Hill, Shifnal, Mr. attendance, 50; Miss Emma ,Louisa Webster, mistress Mainstone. { EdenhOpe. Davies Edwin, farmer Hufier Thomas, farmer, Drebreth Wen Jones John, farmer Davies William, farmer, Henhouse Morris Edward, wheelwright Lewis William, farmer, Lower Dolfawr Llewellin Edward, farmer, CW“) Morris Stephen, blacksmith Stephen John, farmer, Pant-Glee Colbatch Venables Edwin, farmer, Hill end Owen Thomas, farmer, Hetfield Venables John, farmer, Cwm Frydd Reilth. Sankey Richard, landowner & farmer Williams Edward, farmer Clee & Brothers, farmers MALINSLEE, or Dawns-Y Nova, is a township, and was of Lichfield. The church of St. Leonard, erected in 1805, is formed into a parish July 28, 1843, from the parish of Daw- an octagonal building of freestone in the Classic style, con- ley Magna, which township it adjoins; it is 3 miles north sisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western from Madeley, 4 west from Shifnal, and 4 south-east from tower containing 6 balls and a clock. The register dates “'ellington, with a station on the Coalport branch of the from the year 1844. The living is a Vicarage, net yearly London and North Western railway, in the Mid division of value £237, including about half an acre of glebe, with the county, South Bradford hundred, petty sessional division residence, in the gift of the vicar of Dawley Magna, and held of Wellington, Madeley union and county court district. since 1872 by the Rev. Richard Woods T.A.K.O.L. Here are rural deanery of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese the remains of an ancient chapel, supposed to have been 353 MALINSLEE. SHROPSHIRE. {EELLY’s connected .with the Cluniac monastery of St. Milburga, at , Parish Clerk, Richard Bishops ; it is a plain rectangular building of theI 15th century, of which the walls and a portion of the east;'WALL LETTER Box, Church lane, cleared at 7 pm window still remain. The charities are £9 25. 8d. yearly WALL LETTER BOX, Old Park, cleared at 6. 30 p.m‘ value, being the aggregate interest of W'althall’s charity, Letters for Old l’ark through bawley R.S.O. ' ah other ,. J£,1:7s.; Hodden’s, £2 15s. 8d,; Purcell’s, ,55 and Lewis’s, a. of £200 3% Consols, the dividends of which are to be dis- portions of the parish through Shifnal. T e nearest money order & telegraph ofiice is at Dawley Magna tributed yearly in the purchase of blankets and wearing E apparel amongst the poor and deserving widows. The National School (mined), built in 1835, for 230 children; Capel Cure family are lords of the manor and the Haybridge average attendance, 220 ; George Robinson, master jMiss Co. are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy; sub- Louisa Sadler, mistress soil, gravellys The minerals are coal and ironstone. The area is 875 acres ; the population in 1881 was 3,738. Railway Station, Sanford Yates, station master [Names marked thus ¢ receive their letters *Bailey Esther (Miss),beer ret.01d park North Christopher, charter’ master through Dawley 3.8.0.] Baugh William, charter master *Rilcy John, farmer Sr. beer Tet. Old park Gentles Rev. Thomas Laurie [curate] *Grawford John, shopkeeper, Old park Rushton Jas. New Church Wickets PJI Harries Owen William Haybridge Iron 00. Limited (Clement Shepherd Isaiah, shopkeeper Lane Philip Groom, manager) Tart William, charter master Plum Misses, Malinslee hall ' *HumphriesRebecca(Mrs.), shopkeeper, *Warren John, shopkeeper, Old park Smith John Sidney Old park ( *Watkiss Enoch 87. William, charter Woods Rev. Richard T.A.K.C.L. [vicar] . James William, carter masters, Old park COMMERCIAL. ' Jervis Thomas, farmer *Watkiss Miles, charter mastr.01d park Archer Henry 85 John, charter masters, *Jones Edwd. charter master, Old park *Willis William, butcher, Old park Old park *Jones John, charter master, Old park , or DBAYTON-IN-HALES, is a Shropshire Light Infantry, is in Great Hales street. The parish,market and union town and head of a county court dis- market for meat is in High street; the general market is trict, situated on a hill near the Tern stream and the Shrop- held on Wednesday, and one for meat on Saturday. A shire Union canal, with a station on the Great Western Rail- large business is also done here in corn. The cattle market way Company’s main line from London to Manchester, 173 .adjoins the railway station, and the sales are held every miles by rail and 154 by road from London, 19 north-east alternate Wednesday, Fairs are held in the town on the from Shrewsbury, 16 north from Wellington and 14 north- Wednesday before June 22nd, first Wednesday in February, west from Newcastle-under—Lyme; the North Stafiordshire first Wednesday in May, first Wednesday in August, and the Railway Company’s branch line from Stokeaupon-Trent, last Wednesday in November; the fairs on Wednesday Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale also forms a junction before Palm Sunday, September 19th and October 24th are at the station, which is conveniently situated a short dis- statute, and the others for cattle. The Butter Cross 18 in tance from the town on the side; for civil paro- Cheshire street. The Constitutional club, in Cheshire street, chial purposes it is divided into four districts, viz. Market established in 1885, has reading, billiard and recreation Drayton,. Little Drayton, the townships of Sutton, Betton, rooms : there are now (1891) 225 members. The charities Woodseaves, and Longslow, and Tyrley, which latter place amount to about ,5247 yearly, which sum is partly distri- is in the county of Stafford ; it is governed by old manorial buted in coals, bread and money, and partly appropriated customs, the fairs being proclaimed by the steward of the' to the apprenticing of poor boys and. the clothing of a manor, during which a court of piepoudre is held, to deter- number of poor men and women. BLOORE HEATH, a short mine all disputes that may arise during the time of the distance from the town, was the scene during the Wars of fairs ; a court leet 18 held in October ; the market was the Roses of a sanguinary encounter, September 23, 1459, originally granted by King Henry the Third. The parish .L between the Yorkists and Lancastrians, in which the latter comprises the townships of DBAYTON MAGNA, LITTLE Dear-p were defeated and their leader, Lord Audley, slain ; a cross TON, SUTTON, BETTON, WOODSEAVES and LONGSLOW, in is erected on the spot where he fell. Tunstall Hall is the Shropshire, and ALMINGTON and BLOORE, with TYRLEY and seat of Mrs. Broughton. The Towers, the residence of Henry HALES, in Staffordshire, in the Northern division of the Charles Greenwood esq. J.P. is a mansion in the Italian county, North or Drayton division of the hundred of Brad- style. Betton House is the residence of Captain Cecil ford, rural deanery of , archdeaconry of Salop and Hornby. Betton Hall is the residence of Alexander William diocese of Lichfield; the town is lighted with gas by a‘ Radiord-Norcop esq. Buntingsdale Hall, about 2 miles company, formed in 1862, from works at Market Drayton, south-west from the centre of Market Drayton, is the resic re-built in 1889, and a company is now (1891) in course of dence of John Tayleur esq. D.L., 3.1). The chief landowners formation, for the purpose of obtaining water from springs are Henry Reginald Corbet esq. n.L., LP. of Adderley Hall, at [Geld {Comfort farm, Bloore Heath. The church of St. who is lord of the manor. John Tayleur esq. LP. of Bun- Mary is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting tingsdale, Alexander Radford-Norcop esq. Phillips Buchanan of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, esq. J.P. of Hales Hall and John Lambert Broughton esq. with pinnacles, containing a clock and 8 bells, the 6 old The land is undulating; soil, loam; subsoil, gravel and bells having been re-hung and 2 new ones added in 1887: sandstone. The population of the parish in 1881 was 5,188 the west door is a fine example of Norman work : the church in Shropshire and 766 in .Staffordshire; the area is 7,729 Was re-Opened in January, 1884, after being completely acres of land and 57 of water in Salop ; 6, 547 of land and 42 restored at a cost of between ,58,000 and £9,000, raised by of water are in Stafiordshire ; rateable value, £26,970. voluntary contributions, under the direction of Mr. Carpen- ter, architect, of London. The register dates from the year Little Drayton, forming the south-western district 1558. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value from of the parish, is a. township, and was constituted a parish tithe rent-charge ,5280, with residence, in the gift of Henry in 1848 ; it was at one time for the most part a. common, Reginald Corbet esq. D.L., LP. who is lay im ropriator (the but is now inclosed and under cultivation, and a number of yearly value of the impropriate tithes being 785), and held houses have been built. The Great Western railway runs since 1884 by the Rev. Charles John Winser Mus. of Pem- through it, and it is partly bounded by the Tern stream. broke College, Oxford. Emmanuel church, in Burgage Christ Church, erected in 1847, is a building of stone in street, erected in 1882, is an edifice of red brick, in a modern the Early Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Bower, architect, and con- south porch and an embattled tower containing a clock and sists of chancel, nave, west porch and a low western turret one bell: the stained east window is a memorial to Mrs.None- containing one hell: there are 320 sittings. The living is ley, who was the principal contributor to the building of a perpetual curacy, held since 1883 by the Rev. Thomas the church, and there are two other memorial windows, to Allen Still, of St. Aidan’s. Here is a Catholic chapel dedi- William Tayleur esq. of Buntingsdale (d. 1813), and Miss cated to SS. Thomas and Stephen, and Primitive Methodist - Horner, of Market Drayton: there are sittings for 596 per- and Congregational chapels. The cemetery, opened in 1868 sons. The register dates ,from the year 1848. The living at a cost of g2, 550, occupies 4 acres, 2 of which have been is a Vicarage, gross yearly value 190, including 5 acres of consecrated; two-thirds of the other portion of the ground, glebe, with residence, and he] since 1885 by the Rev. with the use of one of the two mortuary chapels, is reserved Arthur Ellis M.A. of Christ’s College, ”Cambridge. The for Dissenters of all denominations ; it. is under the control school chapel at Woodseaves, is a plain red brick building, of a burial board of 9 members. The Manchester and served from Christ Church; services are held on Sundays Liverpool District Banking Company have handsome prem- at 3 .m. The Wesleyan chapel, in Shrewsbury road, is a ises in Cheshire street. The Birmingham, District and buil ing of brick with stone dressings, and. was erected in Counties Bank is in High street. There are two extensive 1864.. The Baptist chapel, in Shropshire street, was erected foundries and manufactories of agricultural implements. in 1870. The Market Drayton Union. house in this town- The Fire Brigade station is in Church street ; there are two shi is a structure of red brick, erected in the year 1854, powerful manual engines and portable fire pumps. The an will hold 128 inmates. John Lambert Broughton esq. Armoury of the A Co. and Volunteer Battalion King’s and Henry Reginald Corbet esq. D.L., smears joint lords of