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Wootton Abraham & Sons, timber merchants & saw mill, Wright Richard, butcher, Market place Bridgtown Wrig'lt Thomas, greengrocer, Wootton Elizabeth (Miss) & Mincher Alice (Mrs.), milliners Yates Elizabeth (.Vliss), bo:1rding & day schl. rd &c. Bridgt{)wn Young Men's Institute (Wm. :Moore, hon. sec.), Newhall st Wootton Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer &c. Market place Huntington. Cope Emma (Mrs.), King's Arms P.H Heath William Henry, farmer Wall Samuel, farmer Gripe Harry, manager to the South Pickerill Charle..~, farmer Yates Samuel, farmer, The Oaklands ~taffordshire Water Works Co Tomlinson Jobn, farmer CANWELL is a parish extending w the borders of the The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and turnips. The county, si miles south-west-by-west from Tamworth and 6 area is 338 acres; rateable value, £8oo; the population in south-east from , in the Lichtield division of the 1891 was 78. c?u.n~y, Sou.th Uffiow hundred, ~a11_1worth petty ses~ional Letters received through Tamworth, arrive at 8.30 a. m.; the d!vlswn,. u~non and county court d1str1ct. Here wa~ anetently nearest money order & telegraph office is at Sutton Cold- a BenediCtme monastery, founded by Geoffrey R1del, temp. field · PILLAR L""'l'T.FlR Box cleared at 4.30 p m Henry I., or by Lady Geva, in 1142, and dedicated to S~. Th ~'Id of th' l tt d th h 00i t C 11 Mary and Giles and All Saints; some remains may still be ~ c ~ r~ t IS Pace a en e se a an we t traced. Ca.nwell Hall is a spacious mansion, and is the seat ray n asse of Abraham Briggs Foster esq. D.L., J. P. lord of the manor Divine service is held on sundays, 3.30 p.m. by Rev. Albert and sole landowner. The soil is rich loam; subsoil, grarel. Smith M. A. Lincoln college, Oxford, at the schools

.Foster .Abraham Briggs D.L. 1 JP, Can- EcclestoneJohn Thomas, headgardener Glover John Townshend, steward to .A. well hall to A • .H. Foster esq B. l<'oster esq Anderson J oseph, head gamekeeper to A. B. Foster esq , CASTLE CHURCH is a parish on the west and south bridge, although situated outside the borough bound­ sides of the river Sowe, opposite to Stafford, and on the road ary, and are included amongst the names of that borough. from Stafford to Shrewsbury, in the Western division of the The parish contained a population in 1871 of 4,746, and in county, hundred of Cuttlestone, Stafford union, petty ses- x88r, 5,923, of which I, 136 were beyond the parliamentary sional division and county court district, and in the rural and of Stafford, but since the passing of deanery and archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese or Lichfield. the "Local Government Act, I 8:J4.'' that portion of this The church of St. Mary, situated near Stafford Castle, is an parish which was in the borough of Stafford has now been ancient building of swne, in the Norman, Early English included in the united parish of Stafford. The population of and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and this parish is now (I 895) x, I 53· an embattled western towel' containing 2 bells~ the nave and Parish Clerk, John Austin. chancel are Early English (r22 o), and the tower is dated LETTEIIS received through Stafford, which is the nearest 1425; the building was restored in 1844 from designs by the money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.45 a. m.; for late Sir G. G. Scott R. A. at a cost of £2,200, raised by private the parts adjacent to the borough boundary there are subscription ; the organ was erected in 1847 at a cost, with three or four deliveries daily !!ubsequent Improvements, of £220; the windows are filled with modern stained glass, and there are sittings for 153 PosT OFFICE, Rickerscote.-~Irs. Elizabeth Goldsmith, sub- persons. The churchyard is singularly beautiFul, and ha~ postmistress. Letters arrive through Stafford ; dis- recently (r895) been enlarged by a gift of land from Lord patched at 7.30; sun. 11.30 a. m. Postal orders are Statford. The registers date from the year 1567. The issued here, but not paid. Stafford is the nearest money living is a vicara~e, net yearly Yalue £182, including 26 order & telegraph office acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of PILLAR LETTER Box, Rowley Park, cleared at 8 & 10.15 Lichfield, and held since I 894 by the Rev. Melville Scott a. m. 12. 'lo, :~. 30 & 9·45 p. m. ; sun. 9· 45 p. m. only. WALL M. A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. Stafford Castle, erected LETTER BoxE:-J, Uean's Hill, cleared 8 a. m. 12. I5, 3 & 7.30 in r8ro-r5 on the site of the ancient fortress by t:lir George p.m. ; sun. 9·35 p.m. only. The Hough, 8 &; ro a.m. William Jerningham, 7th bart. and xst (ob. 12.10, 3.10 & 9.20 p.m.; sun. 9.20 p.m. only. Queens- 4 Oct. x8sr), was never completed, and is now partly in ville, 8.30 a.m. u noon & 7·45 p.m.; sun. 11.45 a.m. ruins. Lord Stafford is lord of the manor and principal only. Hydes Lea cleared 6.15 p.m. week days only landowner. ·The soil varies from a light loam to a rich ScHOOLS :- mar!; subsoil, rock and sandstone. The chief crops are National, Hydes lea (mixed), erected in 1863, for 6o chil· wheat and oats. The acreage is 2,882 acres of land and 30 dren, with a full average attendance; Miss Sarah of water. The parish comprises the wwnships of BURTON Reynolds, mistress and RrcKERSCOTE, which two divisions maintain their high- National, Rickerscote (mixed), erected about 1876, for ways separately, but are assessed wgether for poor's mte about 6o children, & has also a full attendance ; divine purposes, and have a rateable value of £I6,o46. QuEENS- service is held in this school on sundays in connectiun with VILLE, SILK~ORE and RowLEY PARK are in that part of Fore- St. Paul's church, Staftord; Mrs. Hamilton, mistress [For names in Rowley park, Rowley Collier William, farmer, Castle farm Lewis Theresa (:~Irs. ), shopkeeper, bank, Deans hill, Rickerscote & Cooper John, farmer, Brook flat Hydes lea Queensville, see STAFFORD.] Evans John, brick maker, Ash flat Lockley Cecilia Annie (Mrs.), beer re- Byrd Mrs. The Ashlands, Moss pit GriptonNel!ie(Mrs.),shopkpr.Hydes lea. tailer, Hydeslea Hand Charles Frederic, Burton house Hitchenor William John, jun. farmer, Madely Henry, farmer, A'!h flats Hum by James Frederiek, Moss Pit ho Hydes lea Nixon J oseph, farmer, Thorney fields Mort Mrs. Moss Pit cott 1ge Holme Charles, farmer, Burley fields Obrey Edward, Crown P.H. Hydes lea Peach George Edward, Burton hollow Hudson William, farmer, Rising brook Stubbs Ja•nes, farmer, Highfields Scott Rev. Melville M.A. [vicar] Jinks Martha(Mrs.),farmer,Rickerscote Ward John, farmer, Burton manor WhitgreaveFras.D.L.,J.P.Burton manor Jinks Thomas, farmer, Mount Pleasant Weatherer James, farmer, Ash fiats COMMERCIAL. Johnson :Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Welb Joseph, farmer, Moss pit Busby John, farmer, Lesse farm wood

CAULDON (or CALDo~) is a straggling village and esq. of Leek, in memory of his father and mother, new parish, standing on a declivity, 4 miles north-east from pulpit, font and lectern introduced, the flooring relaid and :Frog hall station and about 4 miles north-east from the church reseated, at a cost of about £250; a choir station, both on the Churnet Valley section of North Staf­ vestry was built in 1890: there are sittings for 120 persons. fordshire railway, 7 north-east from Chea.dle, 7 west-by­ The register dates from the year 158o, but i~ defective. Tha north from Ashborne and 8 south-east from Leek, in the living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £66, net yearly Leek division of the county, North Totmonslow hundred, value £148, including 54! acres of glebe, with residence, in Chcadle union, petty sessional division and county court the gift of Gram,.ille Henniker esq. and held since 1888 by district, rural deanery of Alstonetield, archdeaconry of the Rev. Cecil Booth Tyrwllitt M.A. of Christ Church, Stoke-upon-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. The church of Oxford, who is also vicar of Waterfall. A vicarage hoUS6 St. Mary and St. Lawrence is a small building- of stone, con­ was built in 1887 on a site presented by Mr. CharlB.!I Bell. sisting of ch