01315010111] . . 7 7 on the lime rock and gravel and shale. The chief I Parish Clerk, William Evans. crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area 01 Deputy Parish Clerk, John Wilkes. the ecclesiastical parish is 2,105 acres; and the popu- lation in 1891 was 401; chiefly Welsh. The area of the l Letter Box cleared at 5.45 p.m. Letters are received township is 785 acres; rateable value, £709. The popu- through , arrive at 7-50 a.m. Llansilin is the lation of Cynynion with Pentre—Gaer in 1891 was 193. nearest money order office, O'swestry the nearest Pentre-Gaer is a township 3%; miles west from Os- telegraph oflice westry. The scenery is varied and romantic, and the National School, Rliyd-y-croesau (mixed), built in 1850, whole district mountainous. The soil is strong, mostly for 70 children; average attendance, 39; Miss Margaret upon limestone. The area is 1,045; rateable value, Steele, mistress £666.

CYNYNION. Jones Jane (Miss), farmer Edwards J11. frmr. Tan-craigy-rhiw Richardson-Jones Rev. Richard, Theo. Jones Lewis, farmer, Brongol'l Evans JOIhn, farmer, Hemblas Assoc.K. (XL. (rector of Rhyd-y- Lloyd T’hos. farm-er, Cefn-y-maes Evans “'03. farmer, Nant-y-g’ollen croesau) Morris Hugh, farmer Jones Thomas, farmer, Gwerniduun Edwards Allen, farmer Roberts Mary (Miss), farmer Jones Sarah (Miss), farmer Edwards Richard, frmr. Cefn-y—maes Williams Hy. Cross Foxes P.H. Lawnt Morris John, farmer, Pen-y-bryn Edwards Thomas, farmer Roberts Edward, farmer, Tan-y-coed Faulkes George, farmer, Forest PENTRE- GAER. Guillam Thos. frmr. Pandy Newydd Edwards John, farmer

DAWLEY is a town and very extensive parish on the I’ost, M. O. &' T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel road from Wellington to , with a station at Post, S. B. 8: Annuity 8: Insurance Oflice, Horsehay in this parish on the \Vellington and Severn (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Junction branch of the , 4 miles added).—Ebenezer Dabbs, sub-postmaster. Letters south-east from Wellington, about 25 north-west from arrive at 3.30 a.m. 85 1.40 p.m. (callers only), 8: are Madelay and 5 south-west from : it is in the. dispatched at 9.30 a.m. &5 9.30 p.m Mid division of the county, in “'ellington division of South Bradford hundred, Madeley union and county court district, petty sessional division of Wellington. URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. rural deanery of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and Ofi‘icers. diocese of Lichfleld. The town is lighted with gas from works in Chapel street, built in 1857, and belong- Clerk, John Bigg ing to the Dawley Gas Company. The parish was Treasurer, E. M. Webster, Lloyds Bank formed into a Local Government District in 1876, but Medical Oflicer of Health, William Nealor Thursfield under the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 M.D., D.P.H. Vict. c. 73), an Urban District Council has been es. Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector A: Collector, John James tablished. The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in Bailey, King street 1845, is a building of freestone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, north porch Police Station, Sergt. John Hopwood, 8: two constables and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells: there is a font of Norman date. The register dates PUBLIC OFFICERS. from the year 1666. The living was declared a vicar-age Dec. 11, 1866, net yearly value £290, including 3 acres Assistant Overseer, William Henry Bailey, King street of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Collector of Queen’s Taxes 8: Poor’s Rates, Slaney Callear. Lichfield, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Thomas Richard King street Joseph Fawkes. There is a Mission church at Hinkshay, Inland Revenue Oflicer, William Heas and here are also Wesleyan, Baptist, Congregational, Medical Officer 8: Public Vaccinator, Dawley District. Methodist New Connexion and Primitive Methodist Madeley Union, George Lionel Procter MB. 8: GM. chapels. The Market Hall, erected in 1867, and the King street property of the Urban Council, is a square building of Registrar of Births, Deaths 8: Marriages St Vaccination red brick, with an ornamental frontage and vaults under- Officer, Dawley Sub-district, Madeley union, John neath, and is surmounted by a turret containing one hell Thomason, High st.; deputy Wm. Taylor, Chapel st and a clock, presented in 1867 by the late Lieut.-Col. Relieving Oflicer, No. 1 Dawley District, Madeley union. “'illiam Kenyon-Slaney. The market day is on Saturday, James Clement Mole, Pool hill for the sale ot'meat, vegetables and provisions, and is well attended. A fair is held yearly on the first Monday in PLACES OF IVORSHIP with times of Services. June, for horses, cattle and live stock. At Horsehay are extensive iron works and brick and tile potteries. There Holy Trinity; 11 a.m. 86 6.30 p.m.; wed.; 7 p.m. Holy is an Institute and Library in High street, with about Communion, Ist sunday in the month, at midday; 2nd. 3,000 volumes, and a reading room: it is managed by a 3rd 82: 4th sundays, at 8 a.m.; Rev. Thomas Richard committee. A charity of £7, derived from land left in Joseph Fawkes, vicar 1684 by Richard Hodden, gentleman, of , is dis- Mission Church, Hinkshay; 11 a.m. 8t 6 p.m.; holy tributed to the poor on St. Thomas’ Day. Lewis’ charity communion, 3rd sunday at 8 p.m of £200, left in 1887, the interest of which sum is given Baptist, Bank; 10.45 a.m. 83 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m.; Rev. to the poor annually in blankets, and also Greenhalgh’s Arthur Lester charity, left in 1892, of £1 yearly. for the poor. Col. Methodist New Connexion, Brandles; 10.30 a.m. 8: 6 William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney M.P. of Hatton Grange, p.m.; wed'. 7 p.m.; Lightmoor, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. : Shifnal, is lord of the manor, and the Coalbrookdale wed. 7 p.m.; Rev. William Mills Company Limited are the chief landowners. The soil is Primitive Methodist, Dawley; 10.30 a.m. 6; 6 p.m.; wed. various. The minerals are ironstone and coal. The chief 7 p.m.; Finger road, 2.30 an 6 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m., crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,755 acres Horsehay, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m; tues. 7 p.m.; Rock, of land and 35 of water; rateable value, £15,047; the 10.30 a.m. 85 6 p.m.; tues. 6.15 p.m.; Rev. Jas.Davies population in 1891 was 6,996 in the civil and 2,430 in the Wesleyan, High street; 10.30 a.m. A: 6 p.m.; thurs. ecclesiastical. 7 p.m.; Dawley Parva, 2.30 85 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m. ; Parish Clerk, Mark Blocksidge. Bank, 10.30 a.m. Gt 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m.; Horsehay, 10.30 a.m. 8: 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.; Rev. Jas. Green.. Post, M. 0. 8:. T. 0., T. M. 0.. Express Delivery, Parcel Chapel street Post, S. B. 8: Annuity in Insurance Office, Dawley Magna Salvation Army Barracks, King street; 7 & 11 a.m. X: (Railway Sub-Ofiice. Letters should have R.S.O. 3 81, 6.30 p.m.; every night at 7.30 Shropshire added).—John Thomason, postmaster. Let- ters arrive at 6 am. & 1.30 p.m. & are dispatched at 10.20 a.m.; box closes at 9 p.m. Money orders are SCHOOLS. issued 8; paid from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m A School Board of 7members was formed April 16, 1875; Post Ofiice. DaWIey Bank—Samuel Jones, sub-post- Henry Revell Phillips (Shifnal), clerk to the board; master. Letters arrive from Dawley R.S.O. at 8 a.m. James Cadman, Old park, attendance oflicer & are dispatched at 7 p.m.; box closes at. 6.45 p.m. Board. Langley (boys, girls & infants), built in 1876, at Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The a cost- of 253,000, for 600 children; average attendance, nearest money order 8: telegraph office is at Dawley, 1 345; William E. Gough, master; Miss Sarah Breeze. mile distant mistress; Miss Sarah Briscoe, infants’ mistress 78 DAWLEY. SHROPSHIRE. [KELLr’s

Board, Pool hill (mixed 8; infants), erected in 1844 by the 1893 8!. 1899. for 280 children; average attendance, ‘Coalbrookdale Company for 900 children; average at- 220-, Alfred Scoltock, master tendance, 300; Albert Phillips, master; Miss Julia A. Railway Station, Horsehay, Wm. Geo. Rickard, station Ball, infants’ mistress master National, Dawley (mixed), built in 184:, 8: enlarged in DAlYLEY. Fisher John, Talbot inn, High street Poole George, painter, King street street PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fletcher Geo. Dun Cow P.H. New st Poole Joseph, grocer 8m. High High st st Bailey John James, King street Follows George, shoe maker, Poole Richd. G. hair dressr. Burton Bailey William Henry, King street Gas Co. (Jn. Clayton, sec; William Poole Samuel, beer retlr. Burton st manager), (‘hapel street Powell Saml.& Matthew, charter mstrs Barker John S. Pool hill Hughes, grocer, High st Preece Benj. M.shoe mkr. High street Barker Miss, Pool hill Greenhalgh Wm. Hy. ret. Dawley road Bowen Miss, Chapel street Green Emma (Mrs), shopkeeper, Prestwood Wm. beer G. confctnr. High street Davies Rev. James (Primitive Metho- Burton street Price Richd. Lionel M.B. & C.M. dist), King street Gregory Lucy (Miss), stocking knit- Procter George surgeon 86 medical oflicer & public Davis Frederick Howard, The Grove ter, George street draper, High st Dawley district, Madeley FaWkes Rev. Thos. Rd. Jsph.Vicarge Guest Francis Win. vaccinator, registry oflice Green Rev. Jas.(Wesleyan), Chapel st Hayward Harriet(Mrs.), union, King street King street Pugh David A. draper, High street Greenhalgh William Hy. Chapel st for servants, Hilton Mrs. Chapel street Heas William, inland revenue ofi‘icer, Pugh Llewellen, shopkpr. George st Bank Hopwood Edward, Chapel street King street Reynolds John, shopkeeper, Herbert John, beer retailer, Finger la Rhodes George, grocer, King street Lester Rev. Arth. (Baptist), Bank boot Sn shoe Mills Rev. William (Methodist New Hilton Stephen 8: Sons, Rickard \Villiam Geo. station master makers, High street John, solicitor 8r, commissioner Connexion), Bank Rigg grocer, Dawley bank to the Urban Proctor George Lionel M.B. Hollis Edward, for oaths, & clerk King st Hutl'adine Charles, linen draper 8:; Rhodes Alma, Chapel street District Council pawnbroker, High street kc. Rigg John, King street Roberts Charles Henry, painter Hughes Wm. gas manager, Chapel st King street Soame Sir Charles Buckworth-Herne- Jones Benj. carpenter, Brandlee Diana (Mrs), beer retlr. Bank bart. J.P. High street Roberts Jones Charles Henry, cooper, King st Roberts Thomas N. Lord Hill P.H. Taylor Mrs. Chapel street Jones Fredk. butcher, Burton street Green VVooding Mrs. Dawley King street Jones Herbert S. irofi'mngr. High st Margaret (Mrs. ), stationer COMMERCIAL. Rooum Jones James, provision dealer, Bank Sac. New street Addison Richard, shoe maker, New st Jones Mary (Mrs.),beer ret. Burton st Samuel, beer retailer at Addison Thomas, painter, New street Bushton Jones Mary (Mrs.), hair dresser & builder, King street Aston Samuel, tailor, Bank road general dealer, High street- Roden Thos. 85 Son. butchers,High st Bailey a; Son, accountants, High st Jones Robt.provision dealer, Chapel st Sandlands Robert W. saddler 8t farmr. Bailey Edwd. beer retlr. Dawley road Jones 81. grcr. 86 sub—postmast.Bank Hinkshay Bailey John James, surveyor, sanitary Jones Thomas, miller (steam), Chapel Shepherd 8n Churn, charter masters, inspector 8'. rate collector to the street &. maltster, Bank Heath Hill Urban Council, King street Ketley Enoch, butcher in beer William, blacksmith, Bank Bailey Robert retlr. Sheward (Mrs), refreshment Aqueduct Shuker Reuben, shopkeeper, Bank rooms 8'. registry ofiice, King street Ketley William Francis, Queen’s Arms Smith Emma Mary (Mrs), ladies’ Bailey Thomas, tishmonger, King st P.H. Finger lane school, King street Bailey William Henry, assistant over- Lane Jas. 8.7 Jsph. beer retlrs. Bank Smith Harry, furniture dlr. a tailor, seer, King street Latham Roger, shopkeeper, Finger Ila High street Baker Thomas, shoe maker, Burton st Lavender John 6; Sombuilders 8?, con- Smith Jas. Edwin, draper, High street Ball George, shopkeeper, Burton street tractors do furnace bldrs. King st Smith John R. grocer, High street Banks Catherine S. (Mrs.), shop- Lewis Clara 5: Laura (Misses), con- Smith William, Elephant &} Castle keeper, Chapel street fectioners, High street P.H. High street Banks Chas. carpenter s: shopkeeper, Lewis Alfred D. butcher, High street Soame Sir Charles Buckworth-Herne Church terrace Lewis “'m. ironfounder, Hinkshay hart. M.R.C.S. 8: L.M.Eng., L.S.A. Banks John, cowkeeper, Burton street Literary Institute at Reading Room surgeon, High street Barber Alfd. shoe ma. Meadow,Well la (Wm. E. Gough, lion. sec.),High st Stanway Sarah (Mrs), dress maker, Bar-ratt- Moses, butcher, High street Lloyds Bank Limited (sub-branch) Finger lane Bathurst James, grocer, Finger lane (Edward Montagu Webster, mngr.), Stirchley Goal 8; Iron CO. Hinkshay Bemrose Weightman, chemist, High st High st.; open on wednesday from Summers Richd. D. tanner, currier to District & Counties Bank- 11 to 2; draw on London office, 72 leather merchant, High street ing Co. Limited (sub-branch) (Alfd. Lombard street EC Taylor William, maltster 8r. deputy Turner, manager) (open on tues- Lomas George, shopkpr. King street registrar of births, deaths &: mar- days from 11 to 2), High street; Machin Charles, manager, High st riages, Chapel street draw on Williams Deacon 85 Man- Martin William H. Crown inn P.H. Teague Thos. beer retailer, King st chester 85 Salford Bank Limited, High street Teece Joseph, tailor, High street London E C Machin Wm.shoe ma.Meadow Well la Thomason John, stationer, 85 registrar Blocksidge Mark, parish clrk,Finger 1a Meredith Geo. A.confectioner, High st of births, deaths 8; marriages k. Bowers Ann (Mrs) baker 8: grocer, Merrington Bros. blacksmiths,Fingr.la vaccination officer for Dawley sub- Finger lane Millington Sam]. shopkpr. Burton st district, Madeley union, on post- Boyce William. shopkeeper. High st Milward Richard, blacksmith, King st master, High street Bray Jefi‘rey, shopkeeper, Finger lane Mole James Clement, relieving officer Titley John, shopkeeper, Chapel st Breeze George, grocer, Hinkshay No. I Dawley district, )Iadeley TomlinsFrasKing‘s Arms P.H.King st Breeze Jn. White Hart P.H. Hinkshav union, Pool hill Tudor Wm. Oliver, butcher, High st Breeze Simeon, whlwght. Dawley bank ltforganFanny(Miss),beer ret. Finger la Vaughan Enoch, shopkpr. King st Brown Joseph, beer retailer & butchr. Morgan Wm. hair dresser, King st Watkiss Jas. baker 8; gm. Dawley rd Chapel street Norton Chas.Morris, tobccnst.High st \Veaver Eliza (Mrs), milliner, High st Buttery Alfred, beer retailer, High st Oakley Frederick T. beer retailer & Weaver Thos. stationer, High street Buttery Wm. beer retailer, George st shopkeeper, High street Webster Edward Montagu, manager Callear Slaney, collector of Queen's Oakley John, shopkpr. New street of Lloyds Bank 8a treasurer oi the taxes 85 poors‘ rates, King street Owen Charles, grocer 8:, seedsnian 5: Urban District Council Cartwright George,, shopkpr. King st agent for W. 8; A. Gilbey Lim. wine Williams Joseph, beer retlr. King at- Chilton Ada(Miss),dress mkr. King st 8; spirit merchants, High street Wi‘lliams Wm. greengrocer, High st Clayton John, farmer, Finger lane Phillips Henry R. solicitor (Shifnal); Wilson William, watch ma. Chapel st ClaytOn Mary (Mrs), grocer 8'. pork attends tuesday Mr. D. A. Pugh’s, Wood Josiah, shopkeeper, Dawley rd butcher, High street High street Wooding Frederick Thomas, provision Darrall Henry, grocer 5: confectioner, Mordecai, jun. beer retailer, dealer, High street High street George street Worsey Ephraim, shovel ma. King st Davies John, Bull‘s Head P.H. Bank Pitchford Mordecai, sen. Prince of Davies Wm. V. grocer, High street Wales P.H. Dawley bank HORSEHAY. Davis Fredk.Howard,surgn. TheGrove Pitchford Noah, hair drssr. High st Bayley Harry Rd. Griffiths Duckett Samuel, timber merchant, Plant Jsph. WhiteHorse P.H.Heath hl Hopwood Edward. jun Heath hill Plimmcr Enoch, butcher, Bank Lowe Albert J Evans Reuben, fancy rlraper, High st Plimmer Frances (Mrs), beer retailer Simpson Henry C. The Cottage Felton Arth. P. watch mkr. High st 8; shopkeeper, Bank Wilkes William, Prospect house DIRECTORY.) SHROPSHIRE. . 79

COMMERCIAL. Foster Henry, beer retailer Jones John 8: John Lane, farmers, Allen William, shopkeeper Horsehay Co. (The) (Henry C. Simp- Horsehay farm Ball Henry W. shopkeeper son, mang. partner), engineers 8.: Machin Thomas, grocer 8; tea. in pro- Brewster Arthur C. beer retailer ironfounders vision dealer 8:, Foresters’ Arms P.H Days‘ Automatic Waste W'ater Closet Humphries William H. beer retailer, Poole James, grocer 85 draper 80 Sanitary Pipe Syndicate Co. Ltd. Woodhouse lane Poole Willliam, butcher tire brick kc. makers; head oflice, 8: Coalbrookdale Co-operzr Williams. bkr. grcr. 8t provsn. dlr Wolverhampton tive Society Ltd LITTLE DAWLEY, or Dawley Parve, for civil gift of the Crown and Bishop alternately, and held since purposes, is a township, formed into a parish Oct. 24, 1898 by the Rev. Alfred Chiswell B.D.Cantuar. The 1845, from the parish of Great Dawley, 1 mile from minerals are coal and iron-stone. The Earl of Craven is Horsehay station on the Wellington, Shifnal and Craven lord of the manor and principal landowner; part of the Arms section of the Great Western railway, 5 west from property has been divided into sections and sold. The Shifnal, 4 from Wellington and 3 from Madeley; it is in chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The soil is the Mid division of the county, South Bradford hundred, l various; the subsoil is clay. The area is 900a. 1r. 38p. ; Madeley union and county court district, petty sessional‘ the population in 1891 was 1,454. division of Wellington, rural deanery of Shifnal, arch- Post Oflice.—-Mrs. Mary Ann Bright, aub-postmistress. deaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. The church Letters arrive from Dawley (Railway Sub-Office) at 8 of St. Luke, erected in 1845. is an edifice of brick in the 3.111. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. Postal orders are issued Norman style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, south here, but not paid. The nearest money order & tele- porch and a stone turret at the south end containing one graph office is at Dawley, 2 miles distant bell: there are 508 sittings. The Vicarage was consider- Wall Letter Box, Doseley, cleared at 6.45 p.m. week ably enlarged in 1899. The registers date from the year days only 1846. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value 1,160, l The children of this place attend the Pool Hill Board including half an acre of glebe, with residence, in the St National schools at Dawley Magna PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Mainwaring Mrs. Doseley Guest Francis, charter master Bacon James, Greenhurst, Doseley COMMERCIAL James George, farmer Bratton Mrs. Doseley Blakemore William, Crown P.H Powell Charles, farmer Briscoe John Bright 3; Jones, grocers, Post office Powell John, carpenter Chiswell Rev. Alfred B.D. The Vicar- Clarke William, Red Lion P.H Powell Matthew, farmer age, Doseley Coalbrookdale Co. Limited, brick 82 Reynolds John, shopkeeper Davies Richard tile makers, Lightmoor Rogers Mary (Mrs), cowkeeper Garbett Matthew Ellis Henry, cowkeeper Sheward George, blacksmith Greenhalgh Mrs. Fern cottage Fletcher Ernest, Unicorn P.H Turner Thos. beer ret. 8a shopkeeper Harriman Alfred, Pool Hill House Greaves William, shoe maker is a very small parish on the road from The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area Bridgnorth to and , 45 is 481 acres; rateable value, £423; the population in miles south-by-west from Bridgnorth station, Severn 1891 was 51. Valley section of the Great Western railway, in the Letters received through Bridgnorth at 8 a.m.; letter Southern division of the county, liberty of the borough carrier passes through at 4.30 p.m.; Bridgnorth is the of Wenlock, Chelmarsh division of Stottesdon hundred, nearest money order & telegraph office, 4?} miles dist Bridgnorth union, petty sessional division and county A School Board of 7 members was formed 22 May, 1878, court district, rural deanery of Bridgnorth, archdeaconry for the parishes of Billingsley, Chettton, Deuxhill, Glaze- of Ludlow and . The church, a small ley, Scriven 85 Sidbury; D. G. Griffiths, but ancient building of rubble stOne, has been pulled Hollicott, , clerk to the board;Richard Edwards down; the inhabitants attend the church at . Hughes,01dbury terrace, Bridgnorth,attendance ofiicer The trustees of the late William Bunney esq. of Meol- Board School (mixed), built in 1879, for 66 children; brace, Shrewsbury, are lords of the manor and principal average attendance, 60; Wm. Armstrong, master;Mrs. landowners. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is similar. Fanny Armstrong, mistress, who have a house attached Gretton James, farmer Winwood John, miller (water) 8: farmer, Horsford mill DIDDLEBURY is a parish intersected by the river comprise the interest of £1,000 left by Mrs. Mary Carve, 6 miles north-east from station on Valentine, and given every Sunday in bread to persons the Great Western and London and North Western joint not receiving parochial relief; the interest of £100 at railway, and 8 miles north from Ludlow, comprising the Christmas to widows, left by Mrs. Radnor; and a school 13 townships of Diddlebury, Westhope, Great and Little endowment of about £3 155. yearly, and the interest of Sutton. Lawton. , Bronsmft, Great Poston £200, left for distribution amongst the poor of (annexed to in 1881 for civil purposes estate. Delhury (or Diddlebury) Hall, close to the church, only), MiddlehOpe, Corfton. Sparchford, and Earustrey is a good example of last century work. Sutton Court, Park (which was annexed‘ to the parish of Abdon in 1881 a fine old house, is at present (1900) unoccupied. Corf- f01‘ “"11 purposes only) and BOUJdOI} (transferred from ton Hall is a red brick mansion, now occupied by Henry Holgate 111.1831 and added. F9 “115 PaI'lSh f0? Ci Champion esq. J.P. The principal landowners are the pur_poseS), m the Southern dwxsxon of the county. lower trustees of the late Mrs. Powell, Edward C. Wright esq. diVISiOH 0f 311111510“ hlmd, LUdIOW union, petty 505' Henry Whitaker esq. Leonard Swinnerton Dyer esq. Thos. sional division and county court district, rural deanery Henry Atherden esq. .11), of Ludlow, H. c_ Cornewall and archdeaconrylof LlldIOW, and diocese 0f Hereford. esq. and Edward Wood esq. D.L., J.P. of I“ 1832! by the DJVIded P3551193 Acb a detached part Of Manor. The soil on the west side of the Curve is good Culmlngton “33 added to Diddlebury, and a detached turnip land, on the east bank a stiff clay; subsoil, sand- part Of Diddlebury transferred to . The church stone and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley Of Si}. Peter is an edifice in mixed styles, the south side and turnips. The area of the entire parish is 8,690 Of the nave 39d part Of the tower being 0f pre-Norman acres; rateable value, £8,239; the population in 1891 date; it consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, north was 777. chapel, south porch and a western tower containing a is now amalga- clock and 4 bells: there are five stained windows, the The Skirmage, formerly extra-paroehial, east window representing the “Crucifixion”; there is mated with this parish; it contains only one labourer‘s cottage. also a carved oak eagle lectern, and several marble tablets and monuments of the present and last century: the Corfton township is 1 mile south-west. Edward Wood tower was restored in 1899-1900, with a sum of 1,300, esq. D.L., J.P. is. lord.~ of the. manor. comprising £800 left for this purpose by Thomasnoyd gawtonftéownshitp 1° a? miles S9Bth'eESt' d L Roberts esq. and the accumulated interest thereon: the roncro 1s a own. 1p comprising pper on 0w“ church aflords sittings for 250 persons. The register Parks, about 3 1111195 north-east and 31301117 5 SOUth‘bY‘ dates from the year 1583. The living is an endowed east from station. Broncroft Castle, aremark- Vicarage, with the chapelry of Westhope annexed, net ably picturesque structure 9‘ the I4th century, has yearly value about £200, including 56 acres of glebe, been restored and converted into a handsome re51dence, with residence, in the glfb of the Dean and Chapter of and 15 HOW the seat 01 Henry Whltakel’ eSq- Hereford, to whom the rectorial tithe belongs, and held is a township transferred from Holdgate to since 1891 by the Rev. Sidney Scarlett Smith M.A. of this parish in 1881 for civil purposes only. E, C. Wright Glare College, Cambridge. In the township of Westhope, esq. is lord of the manor; here is a small “Tron church, about 2; miles west from the church and 1% south from served from Holgate, and also a Primitive Methodist Harton Road station, is a chapel of ease. The charities chapel. DIRECTORY.] SHROPSHIRE. LEE BROOKEURST. 117

loyan New Connexion have a chapel here. Here is also Board Sc11001 (mixed), with residence for master, erected a railway station on the Great Western line (Severn in 1876, for 274 children; average attendance, 190; junction); John Ball, station master Samuel Thomas Jones, master Newdale is a hamlet half a mile north-east. LAWLEY. Yates Bartholomew, farmer Jones Thos. farmer, Lawley Bank {rm Lane James, beer retailer “’hite Rev. George Henry, Vicarage LAWLEY BANK. Ferriday James, colliery proprietor Bailey Matthew Henry NEW WORKS. Jones John Henry, farmer Jones Thomas Garbetvt George, farmer Mellar Joseph, farmer Lester Rev. Arthur (Baptist) Jones Reuben, charter master Millman Richard, blacksmith Davies John, B‘ull’s Head RH Morris Richard, scrap iron dealer Owen John 0. colliery proprietor Jones James, grocer 8: farmer,Wrekin Peake William, shopkeeper Roden Benjamin, farmer, Newdale jam factory is an ecclesiastical parish, including the for rateable purposes Leaton is included in St. Alkmond’s adjunct of , formed in 1860 from the parish; the population of the ecclesiastical parish in parishes of Fitz, or Gobalds and St. 1891 was 347. Mary, Shrewsbury; for civil purposes it is a. township Sexton, Joseph Ashley. in the parish of St. Alkmond’s, Shrewsbury, with a Bomere Heath is a scattered village, partly in the station on the Shrewsbury and Chester branch of the parishes of St. Alkmond’s, Shrewsbury, Fitz and Preston Great Western railway, 4 miles north from Shrewsbury Gubbals or Gobalds, and is an adjunct to the ecclesias- and 159 from London, in the Northern division of the tical parish of Leaton, 4% miles north from Shrewsbury, county, Albrighton division of hundred, petty 2 north-east from Fitz parish and half a mile north sessional division of Albrighton, union, Shrews- from . Some years ago this bury county court district, rural deanery of Shrewsbury, village was a large piece of open common land, with a. archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. The sheet of water in the centre in the form of a bow, church of the Holy Trinity. erected and endowed in from which the name of Bomere Heath is derived. A 1859 at- the expense of the late J. A. LLoyd esq. and mission room was built in Bomere Heath in 1893 in family, is a building of stone in a modern (irothic style, cornection with the church, and will seat 84 persons. consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels here. vestry, south porch and an embattled tower at the north- Post 85 M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, west angle with pinnacles and an octagonal crocheted Bomere Heath—Henry Charles Edwards, sub-postmas- spire, containing a clock and five bells; the tower ter. Letters through Shrewsbury at 5.15 a.m.; dis- was added in 1872 by C. S. LLoyd esq.; the patched at 7.55 p.m.; box closes at 7.45 p.111. Broad original western turret containing one bell also remains; Oak is the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles distant in the chancel is a stained window to John Arthur Schools. LLoyd esq. d. 1864. The register dates from the Church, Leaton (mixed), built with residence for teacher year 1859. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value in 1828 81. enlarged in 1861, for 50 children; average £147, including 3% acres of glebe, with residence, in attendance, 50; Fred. Vickers, master the gift of Capt. A. H. O. LLoyd, and held since 1898 by Church, Bomere Heath, for the parish of Preston Gub- the Rev. Frederick Edward Bennett “'ale M.A. of bals (mixed), with house for mistress, built in 1859 85 Trinity College, Cambridge. Capt. A. H. O. LLoyd J.P. enlarged in 1894, for 80 children; average attendance, of Leaton Knolls, is lord of the manor and owner of 60; endowed by R. Muckleston esq. with £20 yearly, all the land with the exception of a few acres. The soil which is paid to the vicar of Preston (jubbals for is clay; subsoil, stiff clay. The chief crops are “heat, superintending the school; )Irs. Annie Dawson, mistress turnips, barley and clover. The area is 1,030 acres; Railway Station, John Edward Willis, station master LEATON. Withers Frederick, wheelwright Edwards James, basket maker LLoyd Capt. Arthur Henry Orlando Evans lohn, cowkeeper J.P. Leaton Knolls BOMERE HEATH. Fox John, shopkeeper Wale Rev. Frederick Edward Bennett Belcher Eduard William, The Grove Gittins Samuel, shoe 'naker M.A. Vicarage 'Holmes Mrs Jones Thomas, farmer corms-1101.11“ ’Molyneux Mrs Newman Martha (Mrs) CoWkeepcr Allen John, cowkeeper COMMERCIAL. Partridge George, carrier Benyon William. farmer , Brisbourne George, butcher Peers Sarah (Mrs), Red Lion inn Clarke Richard, shoe maker lColdwell John, cowkeeper Price Edward, assistant overseer Davies John, farmer {Davies Edward, farmer, Albionhayes Price Edward, farmer Dunwill Douglas, cowkeeper [Davies Edward, grocer 8: corn dealer Price Marv (Miss), grocer Edwards John Allen, farmer ‘Davies Thomas, cowkeeper Rowley William, blacksmith Hickman Thos. estate agt. Leaton 10 Edwards Henry, tailor a: postmaster Thomas Matthew, shoe maker is a township and parish, with a here 20 Feb. 1689. The register of baptisms and burials station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford section of the dates from the year 1547; marriages, 1574. The living London and North Western and Great Western joint is a perpetual curacy with that of Longnor annexed, railway, 9 miles south from Shrewsbury, 4 north-north- joint net yearly value £148, in the gift of Edward Cor- east from and 169 from London, in bett esq. and held since 1888 by the Rev. James Ed- the Western division of the county, hundred, wardes, of St. Bees. who resides at Longnor. The Rev. Church Stretton union. Shrewsbury county court Francis H. Wolryche—l’Vhitmore MA. of , district, petty sessional division of Condover, rural , who is lord of the manor, and Edward Corbett deanery of Condover, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese esq. of Long-nor, are the chief landowners. The soil is of Lichfield. The church of St. Mary is an ancient clayey and loamy; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops building of stone, in mixed styles, consisting of chancel. are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 1,282 acres of nave and a low western tower containing 3 bells: the land and 5 of water; rateable value, £4,482; and the stained east window is a. memorial to Katherine Janc, population in 1891 was 156. d. 1854. daughter of the late Uvedale Corbett esq.: in - Parish Clerk, John Jones. the chancel is a monument with arms to Sir Uvedale Evason, sub-postmaster. Corbett hart. d. 15 Oct. 1701, Post Office—Thomas Hotchkiss and others to Robert Letters arrive from Shrewshury at 5.45 a.m.; dis- Corbett esq. 1804, and Anne his wife, 1791, Uvedale patched at 7.40 pm. Postal orders are issued here, Corbett Winder, late county court judge of the Shrop— but not paid. The nearest- money order &; telegraph shire circuit, 1871, the Ven. Joseph Corbett M.A. of office is at Dorrington, 3 miles distant Longnor Hall, and archdeacon of Salop, 1838, and to Panton Corbett csq. late M.P. for Shrewsbury, with The children of this place attend the school at. Longnor, numerous tablets to members of the Corbett and Plym- the adjoining village ley families: Waties Corbett esq. of Elton, was buried Railway Station, Thomas J. Perks, station master Beddoes Miss, Leebotwood villa Evans John, farmer, Micklcwood Preen Bros. shopkeepers St farmers Beddoes Benjamin, farmer Mitchell Sml. frmr. Longnor Park frm Strafford James, farmer &; overseer Evason Thomas Hotchkiss,P0und P.H. Mcllings Richard, farmer Wigley Henry, farmer coal mer. 1&7 builders’ mer. Post of} Mellings Richard, jun. farmer LEE BBOCKHUBST is a parish and village on the railway and 10 north-by-west from Shrewsbury, in the river Roden and the road from Shrewsbury to Whit- Northern division of the county, Whitchurch division of church, 2; miles south-east from station on the North Bradford hundred, Wem petty sessional division, London and North Western and Great Western joint union and county court district, rural deanery of Wem, DIRECTORY ] SHROPSHIRE. MARKET DEA YTON. 13‘9

REILTH. Davies William, farmer, Henhouse Owen Thomas (Mrs). farmer, Hetfield Deakins Edward James, farmer Sankey Richard, landowner & farmer Davies Edwin, farmer Hudson Herbert,farmer,Cmolbatch MALINSLEE, or D-awley Nova, is a township, and and Lewis’s of £200 Reduced Consols, the dividends was formed into a parish July 28, 1843, from the parish of which are to be distributed yearly in the purchase of of Dawley )Iiagnia, which township it adjoins; it has a blankets and wearing apparel amongst the poor and station on the branch of the London and North deserving widows. The Hxayibridge Co. are the principal Western railway, and is 3 miles north from Madeley, 4 landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravelly. The west from Shifnal, and 4 south-east from Wellington, minerals are coal and ironstone. The area is 875 acres; in the Mid division of the county, South Bradford hun- the population in 1891 was 2,949. dred, petty sessional division of Wellington, Madeley Parish Clerk, Richard Bishop. union and county court district, rural deanery of Shifnal, Sub-Post Office, Dark lane—Thomas Payne, sub—post- archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichtield. The master. Letters arrive from Shifnal at 8.30 am. ; dis- church of St. Leonard, erected in 1805, is an octagonal patched at 5.45 pm. Postal orders are issued here, building of freestone in the Classic style, consisting of but not paid. The nearest money order 8: telegraph chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower con- office is at , 2 miles distant. taining 6 bells and a clock. The register dates from the Wall Letter Box, Church lane, cleared at 7.15 p.111 year 18.14. The living is a Vicarage, net yearly value Wall Letter Box, Old Park, cleared at 5.30 pm 1,230, including about 1% acres of glebe, with resi- Letters for part of Old Park through Dawley R.S.O dence, in the gift of the vicar of Dawley Magna, and National School (mixed), built in 1835, for 230 children, held since 1895 by the Rev. Edward Parry. Here are the & fully attended; George Robinson, master remains of an ancient chapel, supposed to have been Infant; School, for 92 chidren; average attendance, connected with the 'Cluniac monastery of St. Milburga, 266; Miss Margaret A. Pountney. infants’ mistress at Much “'enlock; it is a plain rectangular building of Infants’ School, Old Institute, opened August, 1895, for the 12th century, of which the walls and a portion of the 94 children; average attendance, 71; Miss Hannah east window still remain. The charities are of about Jones, mistress £7 yearly value, being the aggregate interest of Walthall's charity, £1 75.; Hodden’s, £2 155. 8d.; Purcell’s, £3, Railway Station, station master (Marked thus * receive their letters *Attwood Ernest, shopkeeper, Old prk Payne Thomas, shopkeeper 8: Post through Dawley R.S.O.) *Bailey Edwd. beer retailer, Church In. office, Dark lane Ferriday Francis, Abbey villa *Bailey Elizabeth (Mrs), beer retailer, Poole Albert, shopkeeper, Dark lane Ferriday James, Abbey villa Old park *Rushtun Laura (Mrs), New Church *Harries Mrs Bailey Noah, shopkeeper, Park lane Wickets P.H *Jones Thomas, Ivy house Baugh Wm. charter master, Old prk Ilushton Samuel, beer retailer *Parry Rev.Edwd. (view), The Yicrge Blocksidge John, shopkeeper, Park la *Warren Mary (Mrs). shopkprOld pk Plum Misses, Malinslee hall *Crawforl John, shopkeeper. Old prk *Watkiss Enoch, charter mstr.Old prk Smith I. Sidney, The Lodge Hay-bridge Iron Co. Limited (Clement *Watkiss Miles,charter mstr.01d park COMMERCIAL. Groom, manager) Willetts Richard, farmer. Malinslee fm *Archer Henry 87. John, charter mstrs. Jervis Thos. “'m. frmr. The Spout fm *Willetts “'illiam, butcher, Old park Old park *Jones Thomas, farmer, Old park , or Drayton~in-Halcs, is a of chancel, nave, west porch and a low western turret. parish, market and union town and head of a county court containing one hell; there are 320 sittings. ’lhe district, situated on a hill near the Tern stream and the living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £200, with , with a station on the Great residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1883 Western Railway Company‘s main line from London to by the Rev. Thomas Allen Still, of St. Aidan‘s. Here Manchester, 173 miles by rail and 154 by road from is a Catholic chapel dedicated to SS. Thomas and Stephen, London, 19 north-east from Shrewsbury, 16 north from and Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels. The Wellington and 14 north-west from Newcastle-under- cemetery, opened in 1868 at a. cost of J$2,550, occupies Lyme;the North Stafiordshire Railway Company’s branch 4 acres, 2 of which have been consecrated; two-thirds line from Stoke-upon-Trent, Newcastle-under].yme and of the other portion of the ground, with the use of one Silverdale also forms a junction at the station, which is of the two mortuary chapels, is reserved for Dissenters conveniently situated a short distance from the town on of all denominations; it is under the control of a burial the Cheshire side; for civil parochial purposes it is board of 9 members. The Manchester and Liverpool Dis- divided into four districts, viz. Market Drayton, Little trict Banking Company have handsome premises in Drayton, the townships of Sutton, Betton, Woodseaves, Cheshire street. The Birmingham District and Counties and Longslow. and Tyrley, which latter place is in the Bank is in High street. There are two extensive foundries county of Stafford; it is governed by old manorial cue- and manufactories of agricultural implements. The Fire toms, the fairs being proclaimed by the steward of the Brigade station is in Church street ; there are two power- manor, during which a court of piepoudre is held, to ful'manual engines, a portable fire pump and a hose determine all disputes that may arise during the time cart. The Armoury of the A Co. 2nd \olunteer Bat- of the fairs; a court leet is held in October; the market talion King‘s Shropshire Light Infantry, is in Great Hales was originally granted by King Henry the Third. The street. The market for meat is in High street; the parish comprises the townships of Dray-ton Magna, Little general market is held on “’ednesday, and one for meat Drayton, Sutton, Betton, W'oodseaves and Longslow, in on Saturday. A large business is also done here in corn. Shropshire. and Almington and Bloore, with Tyrley and The cattle market adjoins the railway station, and the Hales, in Stafiordshire, in the Northern division of the sales are held every Wednesday. The Lonstitutional county, North or Drayton division of the hundred of club, in Cheshire street, established in 1885, has reading, Bradford, rural deanery of , archdeaconry of Salop billiard and recreation rooms; there are now (1900) 180 and diocese of Lichfield; the town is lighted with gas members. Fairs are held in the town on September 19th by a company, formed in 1862, from works at Market and October 24th. The Butter Cross is in Cheshire Dray-ton, re-built in 1889; water has now been brought street. The charities amount to about £247 yearly, into the town from springs at Burnt Wood and Cold which sum is partly distributed in coals, bread and Comfort farm, Bloore Heath. The church of St. Marv money, and partly appropriated to the apprenticing of is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting poor boys and the clothing of a number of poor men and of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, women. Bloore Heath, a short distance from the town, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 8 hells, the 6 old was the scene during the Wars of the Roses of :1 san— bells having been re-hung and 2 new ones added in 1887; guinary encounter, September 23, 1459, between the the west door is a fine example of Norman work; the Yorkists and Lancastrians, in which the latter were church was re-opened in January, 1884, after being defeated and their leader, Lord Audley, slain; a cross completely restored at a. cost of between £8,000 and is erected on the spot where he fell. Tunstall Hall is £9,000, raised by voluntary contributions. The register the seat of Mrs. Broughton. The Towers, a mansion dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, net in the Italian style, is the residence of William Harrison yearly value about 16160, with residence, in the gift of Bradley esq. Betton House is the residence of Major Henry Reginald Corbet esq. who is lay impz'opriator (the Lovelace Stamer J.I’. Pell Wall Hall, the property of yearly value of the improprietor tithes being [,785), and Marten Harcourt Griffin esq. is the residence of William held since x000 by the Rev. Frederick “'illiam Thompson Laurence Chew esq. J.P. Betton Hall is the residence Greenwood M.A. of \Vadham College, Oxford. Eni~ of Alexander William Radford-Vorcop esq. Buntingsdale manuel church. in Burgage street, erected in 1882, Hall, about 2 miles south-west from the centre of Mar- is an edifice of red brick, in a modern Gothic style, ket Drayton, is the residence of John Tayleur esq. D.L., from designs by Mr. Bower, architect, and consists J.P. The chief landowners are Henry Reginald Corbet