DlBEOTOBY,] GLOUOESTERSHIRE, TBOBNBt!BY I 347 John Stafford's Hospital, including the subsidiary en­ Howard esq. J.P. who is lord of the manor, Sir George dowment of Mary Macdonald and the Thornbury Town Banks J enkinson hart. of Eastwood Park, Falfield, and Trust, which was established bv a scheme of the Charitv the Hon. Robert William Henry Rodney J.P. are the Commissioners, Jan. 3 rst, iBgo, have become con"'­ principal landowners. The area is 4,664 acres; rateable solidated, and are now administered and managed by a value, £r5,o84; the population in r9r1 was 2,646, in­ body of 12 trustees under the title of the Thornbury cluding 8 officers and 125 inmates in the workhouse. Consolidated Charitie~. Thornbury Castle, a magnifi­ cent but incomplete structure in the Late Perpendicular KINGTON is a tithing, adjoining the town to the style, is the seat of Algar Henry Stafford Howard esq. west. Kyneton House, the property of Mrs. J enner­ J.P.; it was erected in 15rr by Edward (Stafford), 3rd Fust, of Hill Court, is now (r913) unoccupied. Duke of Buckingham, who received license from MORTON tithing adjoins on the east. SIRLAND. Henry VIII. in 15IO-II, to impark 1,000 acres within CROSSWAYS and BUOKOVER are hamlets. his lordship of Thornbury, but who afterwards, through Post Office, .Buckover.-Mrs. Kate Ball, sub-postmis­ the enmity of Wolsey, was attainted and executed on tress. Letters through Falfield, Glos. Deliveries at Tower Hill, r7th May, 1521, for high treason: the late 8-45 a.m. & 3·45 p.m.; dispatched at 8.25 a. m. & 5·4<> Henry Howard esq. grandfather of the present pro­ p.m. ; no delivery on sunday. Thornbury, 2 miles prietor, into whose possession the castle and manor distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office came in 1824, restored the buildings and considerably Wall Letter Boxes.-Kington, cleared at g.2o a.m. & 7 improved the property: on the front of the Gate house p.m.; sundays, 8.45 a. m.; Lower Morton, 8.30 a.m. & is the following inscription:-" This gate was begon in 5·45 p.m.; Morton Mill, 9.r5 a.m. & fi.rs p.m.; the yere of Owre Lorde Gode 1511, the 2 yere of Higher Morton, 9 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. ; Crus sways, 9 the Reyne of Kynge Henri the VIII. by me Edw. a. m. & 5.15 p.m.; Gravesend, 8 a. m. & 7 p.m.; Sib­ Due of Buckyngham, Erie of Herfode, Stafforde and N orthampto." Thorn bury Park is the property of the land, 9.30 a.m. & 7· 15 p.m Hon. Robert Wi!liam Henry Rodney J.P. and the resi­ OLDBURY-UPON-SEVERN and FALFIELD are n'lw dence of Richard Alexander Bennett esq. J.P.; the ci vi! parishes. estate and other lands were granted by King Charles II. to Sir Richard Newman, ancestor of the late owner, for RANGEWORTHY CHAPELRY is distinct from Thorn­ bravery at the Battle of Worcester. Stokcfield is the bury and will be found under a separate heading. residence of Mrs. St. John. Algar Henry Stafford Parish Clerk, Henry Josiah Thurston, Castle street.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office Sanitary Inspector, F. W. Davies, High street (Letters should have Glos. added).-Arthur Charles Surveyors, George T. Young, Morton, Thornbury & R_ Pitcher, postmaster. Deliveries, 7 a.rn. & 3.50 & 7· ro E. Shatford, Alkington, Berkeley p.m. & (to callers only) ro. 15 a.m. ; sundays, 7 a.m. (letters only); dispatched at 10.25 a. m. & 4·45• 5 .so & PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. 7·55 p.m.; sundays, 5.5o p.m. only County Court, His Honor Arthur Becher Ellicott B.A. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THORNBCRY judge; Thomas Norman Arkell M. A. registrar & high PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. bailiff; Charles Henry Davies, bailiff; William H. Clutterbuck, distress bailiff; George M. Williams, Jenkinson Sir George Banks ·hart. D.L. Eastwood park, registrar's clerk & bailiff. The Court is held at the­ Falfield, Glos. chairman Petty Sessional Court house (days fixed by the judge 0 Bennett Richard Alexander esq. The Park, Thornbury six courts during the year). The following is a Ghester-Master Col. 'l'honias William D.L. Knole park, list of the places within the jurisdiction of the county Almondsbury, Bristol court :-Almondsbury, Alveston, Aust, Awkley, Badden Fust Herbt. Jenner- esq. M.A. Hill court, Falfield, Glos Hill, Buckover, Crossways, Cowhill, Cribbs Oauseway, Gwynn John Growther esq. Algars manor, Iron Acton, Easter Cornpton, Eastwood, Earthcott, Elberton, Fal­ Bristol field, Fernhill, Gillingstool, Greditch, Gravesend, Hardwicke Hardwicke Lloyd e>q. The G-range, Tyther­ Gaunts Earthcott,Hackett, Haw Lane, Hazle, Hempton. in~:ton, Falfield, Glos Hortham, Inst, Itchington, Kington, Littleton, Marsh Ho ward Algar Hy. Stafford esq. The Castle, Thornbury Common, Milbury Heath, Morton, Mumbleys, New­ Howard Sir Edward Stafford K.C.B., D.L. The Dell, ton, Northwick, Old Down, Oldbury, Oldbury Naite, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire Olveston, Over, Patchway, Pilning, Rangeworthy, Red­ Mnndy Major Basil, The Farm, Thornbury ham, Redwick, Rockhampton, Rudgway, Shepherdine, Rodney Hon. Robert Wm. Hy.Almondsbury,near Bristol Stroud Common, Sundays Hill, Stidcott, Thornbury, Salmon Capt. Henry Roope Pomeroy, The Manor, Tockington, Tytherington, Whitfield, Woodhouse Down Tockington & Woodlands Thomas Herbert Russell esq. Heneage court, Falfield For Bankruptcy purposes this Court is included in that Whitfield George esq. West Over, Morton, Thornbury of Bristol; Charles Henry King, 26 Baldwin street. Wilmot Samuel Mullet esq. The Chalet, Alveston Bristol, official receiver; William Ormiston, assistan\ The chairman of the Thornbury Rural District Council official receiver for the time being is an ex-officio justice Certified Bailiff under the "Law of Distress Amendmeni Clerk to the Justices, William Davis Canning, The Act," Charles Henry Davies, Gloucester rd.Thornbury Plain Board of Trade Unemployment Insurance, Local Offic& Petty Sessions are held about once a fortnight at the of the Unemployment Fund, High street Petty Sessional Court house, at rr a. m County Police Station, built 186o, High atreet, James A Petty Sessional Court sits daily at the Petty Ses­ Vanghan, sergeant, & 2 constables sional Court house at ro o'clock in the forenoon, for Stafford Almshouses, St. Mary's street the purpose of hearing indictable offences &; dealing Stamp Office, Post Office, High street with them summarily . The following places are included in the petty sessional division :-Aimondsbury, Alveston, Aust-in-Henbury, THORNBURY UNION. Elberton, Falfield, Hill, Iron Acton, Littleton-upon­ The Union comprises the following pari.,hes :-Alkington. Severn, O!dbury-upon-Severn, Olveston, Rangeworthy, Almondsbury, Alveston, Anst, Berkeley, Breadstone, Redwick &; Northwick-in-Henbury, Rockhampton, Charfield, Cromhal! Abbotts, E!berton, Falfield, Ham &. Thornbury & Tytherington Stone, Hamfallow, Henbury, Hill, Hint<:m, Littleton­ upon-Severn, Northwick with Redwick, Oldbury-on­ THORNBURY RURAL DIS'l'RICT COUNCIL. Severn, Olveston, Rangeworthy, Rockhampton, Thorn­ The parishes in the District are the same as in the bury, Tortworth & Tytherington. The population of Union. the union in 1911 was rg,o79; area, 64,241 acres; Council meets every friday, fortnightly, at the Thorn­ rateable value at Lady Day, 1913, £168,945 . bury Guardians' Board Room, Workhouse. Chairman, John J sph. Harle esq. Whit field ho. Falfield. Board day every alternate friday, at vhe Union Workhouse, Officials. Gloucester road, at u a.m. Clerk, Henry Privett Thurston, High street Chairman of Guardians, J. J. Harle esq. Whitfield Treasurer, Hugh W. L. Harford, The Rank house, Falfield Medical Officer of Health, Thomas Rhind M.R.C.S.Eng., Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Henry L.R.C.P.Lond., D.P.H.Camb. 3 Beaufort buildings, Privett Thurston, High street Spa, Gloucester Treasurer, Hugh W. L. Harford, The .Bank

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