17"8 FULFORO. STA~~FORDSHIRE. [KELLt'S Stoke-on-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. The nearest rail- lord of the manor, the Duke of Suiherland,. iSiir Hi1ll. way stations are Oreswell, I! miles and Blyth Bridge, 2 Child bart. of Stallington Jlall, and the trustees of the­ miles, both on the North railway. The churcJ> late "\V. Milner esq. are the principal landowne:rs-. Tha­ of St. Nicholas, erected in 1825, on the site of the ancient soil is sand, gravel and clay; ,subsoil, marl and clay._ chapel, then removed, is a structure of brick, cnosisting of The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 3,166 acres;~ nave and apse, south porch and an embattled western rateable value, £4,557; the population in 1901 was Mo. turret containing one bell: the church was restored in Saverley Green, a hamlet, is half a mile north-east. 1897, at a cost of about £z5o; and has 150 sittings: a There is a Wes!eyan chapel at (]rossgate, erected in 18601. new burial ground was consecrated June 21st, r8g8. The rost Office.-William Jenkinson, sub-postmaster. Letters: register of marriages dates from the year 18oo; baptisms through Stoke-on-Trent, vif& Blyth Bridge, arrive at and burials, 1813. 'fhe living is a perpetual curacy, net 8.35 a.m.; dispatched 5,40 p.m. Postal Orders are yearly value £roo, including 20 acres of glebe, with resi- issued here & paid. Blyth Bridge is the nearest money dence, in the gift of the trustees of J . .Alien esq. and held order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant since 1871 by the Rev. George Coppin, of St. Bees. The Wall Letter Boxes, at Saverley Green cleared trG ,5.20 p.rr.t. benefactions amount to about £30 a year, of which £2o & Spot .Acre, 5·35 p.m.; no sunday collection!f was left to the minister, £5 ws. to the school, £I to Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1760, and will clothe three poor scholars and £z for apprentice fees, hold 100 children, & enlarged in 1872 by Lady Child; the rest being for yearly distribution amongst the poor average attendance, 78; it is suppocted. in 11ar.t by a and for weekly doles. Henry Peard Simkin esq. who is small endowment FULFOiRD. Jenkinson Richard, farmer, Mossgate Allerton James. farmer (Letters for Spotgate, Crossgate & Jenkinson Thomas, farmer, Mossgate Cheadle John, farmer Mossgate should be addressed Jenkinson William, shoe maker, ehop- Fox Richard, shopkeeper Stone.) keeper & Post office Ti~l Thoma~,. cow keeper Batkin En(,)ch, Fulford house Myatt John, Spotgate P.H. & farmer, Wmfield W11liam, farmer Coppin Rev. George, The Vicarage Spotgate Stubbs George Old house Pedley Edward, farmer & bone S.A VER:GEY GREEN. ' manure manufacturer (letters thro' Robinsun William, Saverley house- COMMERCIAL. Stone) Alcock Frederick, blacksmith Rhodes. Thomas, cow keeper COMMERCIAL. · Batkin .A.rth. (Mns.), frmr. Moss lane Rushton George, farmer & shoe Bagnall Thomas, New inn, & farmer Batkin Enoch Thomas, farmer, Ful- maker, M¥>ssgate Beard James, farmer, New :house ford House farm Rushton Joseph, farmer, Rush Jade Bedson Charles, farmer Challoner Ralph, farmer~ Spotgate Rushton Thomas, butcher Brassington Annie (Miss), sbopl:eepeil" OJllis Frederick, farmer, The Limes Scarratt John Edmund, farmer, Ful- Ellis Charles, farmer England John, farmer ford Hall farm Goodwin John, farmer Fairbanks' Thos. shopkpr. Mossgate Wetton John, cowkeeper, Mossgate Hart .A.lhert E. beer retailer Fieldhouse Henry, farmer,Greensyche Wetton Joseph, farmer, Fulford dale Harvey Jn. farmer, Yew Tree farm. Finney Charles, farmer Williamson Edward, farmer Harvey Samuelj farmer, Leacroft (}otham Th()S.Shoulder of MuttonP.H · Jackson Richard, farmer Jankinson Joseph, wheelwright & jnr CROSSG.A.TE. Jackson Saml!lel, farme'l" Jenkinso:rt. Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Ful- .Arnold Joseph Knobbs Ephraim, tailor ford !a.rm & The Brooms · Hill Mrs Whiston William, farme:r GAlLEY and HATHERTON were together formed Sexton, John Broadbent. into an eoolasiastical parish, Dec. 14, 1869, from the civil Population (Christ Church) in rgor was 848. parishes of ll:rewood, Penkridge and . in Post Office, Gailey. Mrs. Charlotte Biorns, sub-post- the Western division of the county, East Cuttlestone bun- mistress. Letters arrive from Stafford. vii Petlkridge;,. dred, Penkridge petty sessional division, Cannock union, at 8_15 a.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m. Postal Orders are- Wolverhampton county court district, rural deanery of issued here & paid. Penkridge is the nearest money- Penhidget ~rcbdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lich- order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant tield. Public Elementary School (mixed), built in r865 & en- Gailey was formerly a hamlet of PJ:lnkridge and has a larged in r881, & mainly rebuilt in r894, at a cost of· 13tation on the Birmingham and Stafford section of the £325, for no children; average attendance, 101 ; Mrs. London and North Western railway, 4 miles north-east Charlotte Hiorns, mistress from Brewood, 3! west from Cannock and 7l north from Wolverhampton, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Gailey Railway Station, Edward Thomas Weatherix,.. canal, where there is a wharf. Christ church, at Gailey, station master consecrated in 185t, is a building of stone in the Early Water Conveyance.-Fellows, Moreton & Olayton, from tne- English style, consisting of chancel (added in 1874), nave, canal wharf. John Terry, wharfinger transept, south porch and a turret at the west end con- H.A.THERTON is a small village and township, formerlr taining one bell: the chancel, vestry, organ and organ part of the parish of Sb. Peter, Wolverhampton, 2 mile~r chamber, erected at a cost of [I,OOO, were the gift of H. west from Cannock and 6 north-east from Wolverhampton. Ward esq. tu1d Mrs. Ward, of Rodbaston Hall: the site St. Saviour's church, built in 1g54, is 8 plain edifice of red" was given by the first Lord Hatherton, who also endowed brick, consisting of chancel and nave and a turret con­ the chlll'Ch with [3o yearly: in 1888 the chancel was taining one bell: in 1876 and 1887 the interior of th~ decorated and three stained windows erected and new oak ~hurch was entirely redecorated and an organ erected at" panelling fixed at a cost of £7°0: a carved oak pulpit was a cost of £510: there are two memorial windows placed" given by Lieut.-Gen. Kent in 1893, in memory of his C jl wife: there are zoo sittings: at the entrance to the in I887 and x888. There is a Wesleyan chapel at al Heath. Hatherton Hall, formerly the seat of the Wal­ -churchyard is a lych gate. The register dates from the house family, and at present occupied by George Williallll year 1870. The living is a. vicarage, net yearly value Rogers esq. is a mansion in the Gothic style, situated in £284, including 2 acres of glebe, with residence, in the an extensive and well-wooded park, which contains arr gift of Lord Hatherton and four trustees, and held since ornamental sheet of wll.ter. Lord Hatherton C.M.G. is: Igoo by the Rev. Tom Primrose Castley B.A. of Pembroke the principal landowner. The soil is light; subsoil,. College, Cambridge: in r86g the late Lord Hatherton chiefly gravel; adapted for the growth of corn, turnips­ gave a site for the vicarage house and a further endow- and grass. The area of Hatherton is 2, acres; rate- ment of £30 yearly. Here are three reservoirs, termed £ . 015 ''- Gailey Pools," which supply the Staffordshire and Wor- able value, 3• 234; the populatiOn in rgor was 5°7· cestershire canal; they are of 78 acres, so acres and 30 Parish Olerk, .Arthur Storer. acres extent respectively, and afford excellent fishing. Letters through Stafford by Cannock (except Calf Heath &;, Lord Hatherton C.M.G. Lord Willoughby de Broke, the Saredon, the letters for whidh come by Wolverhamptoa Monckton family, and Henry Ward esq. of Rodbaston & Shareshill), arrive at g,ro a.m. The nearest money Hall, are the principal landowners. The population of order & telegraph office is at Oannock. Wall Letter Christ Church with Hatherton St. Saviour in 1901 was Boxes, Four Crosses, cleared at 6.45 p.m. Hatherton 848. Hall, cleared at 7.10 p.m. & Dog & Partridge, Calf Water Eaton is in the Gailey portion of the parish. Heath, cleared at 5·45 p.m GAlLEY. Lewis Charles, Water Eaton Handley Ernest, farmer, Gailey farm Castley Rev. Tom Primrose B.A. Cross John, blacksmith & wheelwright Hill Joseph, farmer Vicarage Evans Joseph, farmer Hill Joseph, Plough P.H Fisher :Miss, Water Eaton Grisby Joseph, farmer, Croft farm Potham Richal'd, farm bailiff to Henry Harrison Joseph Haynes Michael, p!!>Ol keeper to Henry Ward esq. D.L., .J.P Hole Mrs. -lvy cottage 1Vnrd esq. J.P., D.L. Pool house Shaw Chas. thrashing machine owner