330 )lOPE BOWDLER, SHROPSHIRE. • (X:ELLY'S XOPll; :BOWDLER is a parish at the foot of lolty hills, [ dence-, in the gift oo Ralpb Beaumont Bensoll esq. and held ~ miles sou~h.-east from Church Strettoa station on the since I86o by the ReVJ Riou Ge&rge Benson. of University Shrewsbury anMunslow, Church Stretton unioot Uppington; uear Welhngton{ and the trMtees ol the Jate Shrewsbury county court di&-tril.wt, petty sessional division of Robert B, Taylor are the chief landqwners. 'fh& soil is clay Upper Munslow, l"nral deanery of Wenlock first division, and sand; subsoil, clayJ The chief crops are wheat, barley archdeaconry Qf Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. 'fhe and -turnips"' The arda is 7,777 acres 1 ..ateable !Value, church of St. Andrew is a massive building of stone, in the £1,373; the population in t88I was 163. Early ~lish style, consisting of chancel•. n_a.ve, south porch CHELMICK township is x.mile south-west. and a platn tow~r ~t the west end contammg 4 bells : the RAGDON township is 1i miles south-west. carved oak pulptt IS dated 1639 : an oak lectern was pre- Parish Clerk Bezaleel Croxton sented by the parishioners in :~:871 ~the chalice is dated 1572: ' . • . thesilverflagonandpaton werepresented by the parishioners, Letters a~e recer~,.ed. through Church Stretton (Raalway the former in 1876 and the latter in I885 : under the tower Su.b-Offiee ), whach IS the nearest money Qrder &!; telegraph is a tablet to Henry fiewman A..M. chaplain to the Earl of office Cholmondeley and 45 years rector; the church was rebuilt WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.30 p.m in 'I-863'and has sittings for 84 persons. The register dates National School, built in 1856, fm: 40 children; p.verage at~ from the year 1564. The living is a. rectory, average tithe tendance, 25 ; there is a. house for the mistress i Miss H. rent-charge £19.h including 40 acres of glebe, with resi- Waddington, mistress Hope Bowdler. Heynes Robel't, farmer Rogers John, farmer Jones Robert, wheelwright Wilding Richard, farmer :Benson Rev. Riou George J.P. Rectory Miles Jobn, farmer, The Coombes Croxton Bezaleel, blacksmith Robinson Charles, farmer Ragdon. Eva.WJ Thomas. farmer, Upper house Heynes James, farmer Orainger John. farmer, Woodgate Chelmick. Wilding Richard, farmer Hammonds Mary (Mrs.), carpenter Jones Rchd.cowkeeper, Chelmick valler XOPESAY is a parish, township and village, about I! Bright esq. of Broome, a.nd the trustees of Mrs. Nicholls are miles north-west from Broome station on the Craven Arms the principal lando....mers. The soil is very varions ~ the andt Kuighton section of the London and North Western subsoil is partlf mudstone. The chief cropS' are wheat! railway, 7! south-eaS"C·by-east from Bishop's Castle and rj oats and barley. The area is 4,000 acre&; mteable 'value, south-west of the road from Bishop's Castle to Ludlow, in £5,421; the population in x8Bt was 631. t.b.e Southern division of the county, Stow division of Purs· low hundred, petty sessional division of Clun and Purslow, AsroN~ON-CLul( is a township and village, about r mile Clun union, Bishop's Castle county court district, Tural south, situate on the river Clun, and has a Baptist chapeL deanery of Clun, ardeaMnry of Ludlow and diocese Cif Here­ BROOKE is a township 2 mtles south-east, with a station ford• The river Clun flows through the parish. The church on the ~oudon and North Western railway. of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Norman LITTLE f'RAKPTON is a township about 2 miles south-west. and Early English styles, consisting of {:hanoel, nave, south porch and the base of a massive western tower, on which CARwoo:l':l is a township '2 miles north-east. The Rev. has been erected a small belfry eontaining 4 bells ~ k clock Henry l<'leming Baxteris lord of the manor, was placed in 1890 ; the roof is of Spanish chestnut, and ~he ROWTON is a township 2t miles soutJ:l,-east, partly in this .stained east window is a. memorial to Capt. Henry Beddoes parisb. and partly in Stokesay parish. B.N. who died 13 June, 1856: the chancel was restored in Parish (.:lerk, / ames Dodd. 1:886, a new organ chamber and organ were erected iu 1887 and in 1888 a new gallery was built. The register da.tes PosT; M. 0. .t T. 0., S. B. & Annuity&!; Insurance Offiee1 from the year'%6]8, The living is a rectory, average tithe .Aston-on·CJun (Railway Sub-Office, Letters should have rent-charge £412, gross yearly value £510, including 62 R.S.O. Shropshire added).-Mrs. Fanny Maria Thomas, acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Powis, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by nil at 4.30 a. m.& 3.20 and held since 1882 by th& Rev. Richard Graham Maul M. A. p.m1; dispatched at 9·45 a.m. & 8.2o p.m of St. John's College, Cambridge. The charities amount to National School (mixed), for Hopesa.y & Sibdon, built in .£19 yearly, left in 1729 by John and Sarah Whitefoot, each 1B73 at Astou..on-Clua, for 140 children; average attend- ()( whom ga. ve £100 ; Eli J. N ewnham, who gave £30 for ance, 97 1 there is a house for the master 1 Ge9rge Wincer, the poor, and Thomas ParkE}s 408. for the school, all which master; Mr3 , Mary Ann Wincer, mistress .sums are at intereRt. Close to the church is a Roman en- campment. The Ear1 of Powis. who is lord of the manor, Railwl,\y Station, Broome, John Lees, station ma»ter Capt. Beddoes R.N, Richard Marston eaq. of Ludlow, Edward Police Station, Edward Austin, constable in c;harge

Hopesay. 'fetley Freder1ck Harrisou L.R.C.J'.Edin. Morgan William, sawyer • ' P.H B arbe r J 0 h Q "'f"• B • .A. •• F.R.,A.S.,F.R.Ket .S. physician & surgeon, Fir lodged Penny Richard, Kangaroo Oakfield WhitefootChs.shpkpr.LongMea ow en4 Poole Thomas, farmer Gerard Arthut Edward Thomas Samuel. shoe maker Homer Henry Arnold, The Cottage Aston-on-Clun. Wa.ldron James, plumber & glazier, MaulRev.Richard GrahamM. .A..Rectory Beddoes Mrs. Hesterworth & assistant overseer 'Tetley Frede#ck Harrison, .l''ir lodge Beddoes William, The Cottage Ward Felix John, .land agent & farmer, E\"aos Miss, Oaker house Crowsmoor COMMERCIAL . Green Gen. Tl;10s, Littleton. Astou half Whitefoot Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper .Bason ChaTles, farmer, Lower Carwood Morris John Broome. .Basou William, farmer, Carwood Ward Felix John, Crowsmoor Dawes William, View house Beddell John, farmer

XOPTON CANGEFORD, or HoPToN-IN-THB-HOLE, 1 consisting of chancel, nave and a western tower containing 3 is a parish including the townships of GREA'l' and LITTLE bells : there are .sittings for 100 persons. The register dates PosroN, consisting of a few small farmhouses, 4i miles from tha year !l8I3• The living is a vicarage, tithe rent­ north-east from Ludlow station on the Shrewsbury and charge £6, gross yearly value £45, including :;ag acres of Hereford line of the London and North Western and Great glebe, with residence, in the gif~ of Sir CharJes H. Rouse­ Western joint rail way, in the Southern division of the county, .Hough ton hart. D.ll., ~.P. of Down ton Hall, and held since lower division of Munslow hundred, Ludlow onion, petty 1886 by the Rev. Joseph Downs Scott L. Th. of Uni\"ersity sessional division and county court district, rural deanery CoJlege, Durham, who is also rector of ,Cold Westou. Sir and _.rchdeaconry o( Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. The C. H. Rouse·Boughto~ bart. D.L., .J.P, is lord of the manor church (name unknown) is a building principall.Y of brick, and ~hief landowner. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is free•