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DIR~CTORY.] STAr"FORDSHIRE. ALDRIDGK. OUTLANDS i 8 mile west and 0FFLEYMARSH t of 8 mile issued, bnt not paid. Eccleshall is the nearen mone' eouth IUS hamlets in this township. order & telegraph office TuNSTALL is a. township I mile east. Letters for Adbaston, Knighton, Flashbrook & Tnnstall, FLASHBROOK is a township !01 miles south-west. arrive from Newport (Salop) at 9 a.. m. WALL LK'I"tFJB BATCHACRB is a hamlet ! a. mile east in this township. Box, Adbaston, cleared at 4·55 p.m. week days only. Cheswardine is the nearest money order & telegraph Ellerton Grange, now a farm house, formerly a. monas- office tery, is beautifully situated on the borders of Shropshire. National School (mixed & infants), built In 18431 & restored Parish Clerk,Richard Leake,Garmelow,Horslev,Eccleshall. & enlarged in 1875, for 100 children; average attendance, PosT 0FFICB 1 Bishop's Offiey.-William Hill, sub-postmas- 86; Stanley James Brampton, master; Mrs. M. E. Bramp- ter. Letters delivered from Eccleshall at 8 a. m. ; dis- ton, infants' mistress. A master's house was built in patched at 4·55 p.m. week days only. Postal orders are x888, at a. cost of about £130 Adbaston. Ellis John Gerard, Brown Jug P.R Robson Chas. Robt. frmr. Batchacre hall Butler Rev. Thomas La. pp M.A. [vicar] Hill Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Ward Thoma", farmer, Ellerton grange Bourne Thomas, farmer, Adbaston farm Hill William, jun. farmer, Post office Tunsta.ll Jackson Lydia (Mrs.), farmer ' Brampton Stanley Jas. insurance agent Jackson William, farmer, Green farm [Marked thw • postal addrel!lll, Bcclesball.] Brian William, fa.rmer,Adbaston grange Goodall Sarah (Mrs.), miller (steam) & Marsh William, farmer *Shoobridge Leonard Knollys Haywood farmer, Doley Meredith Joseph, landscape gardener, J.P. The Lea Hill William, farmer, Adbaston hall Rosemount Cha.pman John, farmer Latha.m Samuel, farmer Podmore Willia.m, cowkeeper, Outlands Johnson William, farmer Madders George, shopkeeper, Doley Shropshire Frank, farmer, Offiey villa Melior Thomas, farmer Naginton Samuel & Jsph. farmrs. Doley Smith Samuel, farmer *Roe Eli, farmer, Lea House farm Norton Charles, boot maker, Doley Summerfield Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Williams Thomas, farmer Swinnerton John, blacksmith Knighton. Bishops O:ffiey. Taylor William, cowkeeper Chadderton Arthur, farmer Thorley John, cowkeeper ClarkeThomas,farmer,Knighton grange [Postal address, Eccleshall.] Warner James, builder, Offleym"rsh Clarke William, farmer, Knighron hall Lander JohnGerard Heath,Mauor house Warralow James, The Four Crosses P.H Dodd Joseph, Haberdashers' Arms P.H Sharrod John, The Mount Whitfield Benjamin, horse breaker EllsmoorWilliam,frmr.Knighron mount COMMERCIAL. Hartley James, farmer Ancient Order of Foresters (Court Fla.shbrook. IndependentOrder ofOddfellows (Flower General Jackson), No. 4862 (J oseph Ryrd John Samuel, farmer of the Heath lodge), No. 7171 (Stanley Clarke, lodge sec) Fumival John, farmer J. Brampton, lodge sec) Birks Samuel, carpenter & wheelwright Mullock Thomas, farmer Walton Thomas, butcher ALDRIDGE is a parish and well-built village, with a. benefaction for the maintenance of the parish clerk~ Here station on the Walsall and Wolverhampton extension of the are the extensive brick and tile works of Messrs. John Bed­ Midland railway, pleasantly seated 3i miles north-east from dow & Sons, Messrs. Joseph Joberns & Co. the Aldridge Walsall, 7 from Lichfield, 10 from Cannock, and 126~ from Colliery Co. Limited, and others; there are also several col­ London, in the Handsworth division of the county, Walsall lieries. The Manor House is the residence of Mrs. Tongue. union and county court district, South Offiow hundred, Aldridge Lodge is the residence of Frederic F. Clarke esq. Rushall petty sessional division, rural deanery of Walsall, and Portland House of Frank James esq. D.L., J.P. The archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. The trustees of the late Ra.ndal Francis Tongue Croxall esq . .J.P. parish is lighted with gas from the works of the Aldridge who are lords of the manor, the Hon. E. Swynfen Parker-Jervis Gas Company. A branch of the Birmingham canal passes J.P. of Little Aston Hall, Major William George Fetherston through the parish. The church of St. Mary is an edifice Dilke n.L., J.P. of Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire; William of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, Harry Cooke M.n., .r.P. Frederic Fuhrmann Clarke esq. and nave, aisles, north porch, and an embattled western tower Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire, are containing a clock and 5 bells : in 1853 it wa~ enlarged, the chief landowners. The soil is various, clay and gravel ; the north aisle and chancel rebuilt, the church entirely subsoils, clay and gravel. The chief t.'I'ops are wheat, barley, re-seated, and the western arch opened: the east window oats and potatoes. The area is 2,748 acres of good land; and several others are stained: an organ was placed in the rateable value, £14,088; the population in 1891 was 2,206. church in 1859: in the south wall of the chancel is an an- Parish Clerk, .Frederick Bird. cient recumbent stone effigy, supposed to represent Robert PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Stapleton (temp. Hen. Ill.), the founder of the church, and Insurance Office.-Miss Marian Ellen Webster, sub-post- at the west entrance under the tower is another effigy in mistress. Letters arrive from Walsall at 7 a.m. & 2 chain armour, cross-legged, with helmet and sword, and p.m. ; dispatched at 1.35 & 7-35 p.m supposed to commemorate one of the Alrewiche family; WALL LETTER BoxEs · Mill green, cleared at 6 p.m.; Ches- there are also other monuments and the church affords 540 ter road at 6.15 p.m. & Yew Tree at 7 p.m sittings. The register dates from the year 166o. The ScHOOLS:- living is a. rectory, average tithe rent-charga £4o8, net Endowed School, endowed by the Rev. John Jordan with yearly value £429, including 40 acres of glebe with resi- land now producing £150 yearly: for 160 boys, average dence, in the gift of the Master and Fellows of St. John's attendance, 145; Frank Weaver Stephens, master College, Cambridge, and held since 1893 by the Rev. Charles National (girls & infants), erected in 1851, for 120 girls & Manley Roberts B.D. late Scholar of that college. AWes- 170 infants; average attendance, 120 girls & 90 infants; leyan chapel was erected in 1850 and a Primitive Methodist Miss S. Tegarty, mistress; Miss Bill, infants' mistress chapel in 18go. The charities left for distribution among Stubbers Green (infants), erected in 186o, for xoo children; the poor amount to about £3oo yearly: there is also a average attendance, 6B ; Miss Ada Bowen, mistress charity for the inlltrnction and clothing 20 poor girls, and a Midland Railway Station, William Beasley, station master PRIVATE REsiDENTs. Holbeche Miss, The Cottage Wincer Thomas, Syston villa Arrowsmith Mrs. Lime Tree house James Frank D.L., J.P. Portland house Wright Mrs. Rose cottage Ba.rlow Captain Harry Kelly John Oliver Yorke William George, The Firs Barton Alfred Llewellen William COMMERCIAL. Barton Robert Henry Lynch John, Druids' heath Aldridge Colliery Co. Limited (Wm. BateRev.Jn. [Wesleyan],MountPleasant Mainwaring Miss, The Hollies Frederick Clark, sec.), colliery pro- Hate William H. Wheatlands Marlow Thomas, Cedar court prietors & brick & tile makers Beddow John Joseph, Leighswood villa Miles James Aldridge Gas Co, Limited (Frederick Brice Castledine Richard, Northfield ho Parkes Josiah Watson, sec) Butler John, Bay Tree house Potts Thomas, Shutt-Cross house Aldridge LiberalClub(Frdk.Tibbits,sec) Butler Mrs. Druids' heath Power Gabriel, Melrose house Allen John, farmer, Pennard house Clark William Frederick, The Poplars Roberts Rev. Chas. Manley B.D. Rectory Aston David, grocer, & general store, Clarke Frederic Fuhrmann,Aldridge ldg Rowbotham John Henry,NorthHeath ho & agent for W. & A. Gilbey Limited, Cliff Mrs. Druids' heath Shutt William Alfred, Mount Pleasant wine & spirit merchants Cooke Wm Harry H.D., .1. P.Druids'heath Silver George James M.B. Walmer house Barnett Ed ward, Coppyha.ll colliery & Guest Rev. E. A. M. A. Oaklands Somerville Charles Addison, Lea house Springfield blue brick, pipe & tile Hartley Richard, Leighswood house Tibbits Frederick, Beeches works, Stubbers green Harvey Thomas, Wesron villa Tongue Mrs. Manor house Bassford John, shopkeeper Hepburn Archibald, Moat house Watson Frederick, The Beeches Bassford Ma.ry Ann (Miss), shopkeep:r STAFFS. 2. .
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