·Ct7TTLESTONB .Btl.NDBED • • .PENKR.IDGE UNIQN comprises the '21 p'lll"ishes .ood townships of

..:Actou-with-Bednall, 81-ewood, Bashbury3 , Cheslyn-Hay.. Churok­ Eaton, OoppenhaU, DuD.StQn, , Featherstone, Hatherton, Hilto~ HQJltington, Kinv.aston, Lapley, Norton-Canes, , Sar.edon, Shares­ hill, Stretton, and . Its registm!Uu. ailltricl ~omprises also the ~xtra-paroohhll place i.lalk>d Teddesley Hay, and in 1841 contained 1-6.07 -i iwhabUants, of whom t:l228 were males and 7846 females, living in :3!42 hot.tse.$, besides which the;re were 131 uninhabited houses, aoo ten building, when the census was taken in that year. The Union W01·klwuse is an old building at BBEWOOD, but x~eeived. such additions between 1838 and 1842 as have rendered it capable of accommodating 200 inmates. It has • well-propo;rtiQned ooard-room, and very comfortable hospital wards. The Guardians meet on alternate Thursdays, at 11 o'clock. The manage­ ment of the Union is celebrated for its admirable blending of economy and liberality ; and in 1850, the Poor Law Inspector of the district informed the Guardians that out of 38 Unions under his inspection, Penkridge had the smallest amount of taxation per acre, and gave the largest average amount cl relief to individual paupers. The cost of relieving the poor was £3719 in 1846; £!363 in 18-18; and £3956 iu 1850. The Union embraces an 11rea of 94 square miles, and the gross annual value .of its rateable property is about £110,000, so that its poor rates have averaged less than 9d. in the "Pound per annum. Lord Hatherton is chairman, and Alex. Hordern and Edmund Wigan, Esqrs., vice-chairmen of the Board of Guardians, which 'COmprises thirty-one elected and eight ex-officio Guardians. Mr. 1ohn Hay, of , is the Dniw. Clerk and Bupet-intendent Registrar; the Rev. William Rushton, M.A., is the chaplain, and Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Bewdler are master and matron of the Workhouse. Mr. Edward Beetle­