• 58 CATTHORPE. . [KELLY'S Donee William, head gardener to J. L. Manaton John, gamekeeper to J. L. N ash Edward, farm bailiff to 1. L. Croes esq. Catthorpe towers CrOIIS esq Cross esq Drake Ellen (Mrs.), laWldress 1Miles William, stud groom Robinson Harry, grazier CHADWELL, see Wycomb and Chadwell. . CHARLEY, formerly extra-parochial, is a parish in in 1465 it was united to Ulverscroft;- attached are extensive

the ecclesiaslical districts of and Oaks-in-Charn- 1 grounds, and the house was enlarged in 1891. Charnwood wood, 2! miles south from station and 3 east · Lodge, the residence of Shirley William Clarke esq. is a. from station, both on the Loughborough and ' modern mansion, standing between the wooded slopes of Nlllleaton section of the London and North Western rail- Greenhill and Collier Hill, 600 feet above the sea. The way, 8 east from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 4 miles west of Coal- soil is a light loam ; subsoil, rocky. The chief crops are ville station on the Midland Railway, and 5 west-south-west wheat, barley, oats and roots. The acreage is now 1,334, from Loughborough ; it is in th~ Mid division of the county, having been extended in 1885 by the additions of outlying petty sessional division, union and county court district of portions of Newtown Linford and Markfield; rateable Loughborough. Charley is situated nearly in the centre of I value, £1,270; the population in 1901 was 145. ~harnwo'?d forest, which contains 18,~ acres, a1_1d w~• Lette>'S from Loughborough arrive at 8.45 a.m. & from Coal­ mclosed I~ 1812 undo:r an Act of Parliament. obtamed m 1 ville at 8 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Mark- 1808 : It IB under cul~Ivatwn, except _those J?Ortwns reserved field & telegraph office at N anpan tan about 2! miles as woods and plantatiOns, and occupies a hilly region, corn- distant ' • posed of igneous and metamorphic rocks, celebrated for the granite obtained from them. Mrs. Martin and C. W. The nearest Wall Letter Box is at Oaks-in-Cbarnwood, Tayleur esq. of Hampton, St. Mary Church, South Devon, cleared at 4.40 p.m. week days only. The Box at High are the chief landowners. Charley Hall, the residence of Tor Farm is cleared at 6.40 p.m. on week days, & 10.15 the Rev. J obn Martin M. A. is a handsome mansion built of a.m. on sundays & Bardon lodge, cleared at 6 p.m. forest stone, incorporating portions of the priory of Austin week days only friars founded here in the reign of Henry III. by Simon The children of this place attend the Oaks-in-Charnwood de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and dedicated to St. Mary; & Copt Oak schools PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brown Robert, farmer (pOstal addresB, Merriman Joseph, farmer, Rock farm Clarke Shirley William,Charnwood lodge Markfield, Leicester) J{io:;h Ricl_ld. Hy. farmer, Charley Mi~ (postal address Leicester) Coltman Howard, farmer Swift .Fredenck, farmer, Greenhi!l Martin Rev. Joru{ M.A. Ch~ley hall Gibson Samuel, farm bailiff to the Rev.\ (postal address, Coalville, Leicester) John Martin M.A. Hall farm [Thompson Henry, farmer, Hill farm COMMERCIAL. Mayfield Henry, head gardener to Wardle Philip, grocer Blackett J oseph, farmer Shirley William Clarke esq. Charnwood Bott James, farmer lo. (postal address, Coalville, Leicester) is a township, on the , 3 miles on the western gable, containing one bell: previous to the south-west from station on the Ashby and repairs of 1842 there was a round-bead Norman doorway in branch of the Midland railway, 6! south-west the north wall of the nave: the church has a stained window from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 8 north-east from Tamworth, on the north side, and affords 48 sitt.ings. The living is a and 9 south-east from Burton-upon-Trent, in the Ashby chapelry annexed to the rectory of , joint petty sessional division, Asbby union and county court dis- net yearly value £640, including 103 acres of glebe, with trict and in the rural deanery of Tamworth, archdeaconry of residence, in the gift of G. H. Kite esq. of Elmswood, Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. Taunton, and held since 1901 by the Rev. William Reed This township was transferred to Leicestershire from M.A. of St. John's College, Cambrid)!e, who reside.• at Clifton under the provisions of the "Local Government Campville, Staffs. lhristopher Spalding esq. of Burton-on­ ( and Wales) Act, 1888" (51 and 52 Vict. c. 4), by Trent,istheprincipallandowner. Thesoilismixed;subsoil, the COWlties of Derby and Leicester (Woodville &c. Order), sandstone, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, which came into operation Sept. 30, 1897, but Cbilcote still barley, beans, oats and turnips. The area is 1,351 acres of remains in the south or Rep ton parliamentary division of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £1,525 ; the popula­ Derbyshire. The chapel of St. Matthew is a small building tion in 1911 was 132. of stone, in the Gothic style, repaired in 1842, and thoroughly Letters through Ashby-de-la-Zouch arrive at 9 a.m. Wall Box renovated in 1885 by Mrs. Robertson, in memory of her cleared at 9 a.m.& 5.40 p.m. week days&l0.15 a.m. Sundays. late husband, Francis Robertson esq. and their only son; Netherseale is the nearest money order & telegraph office it consists of chancel, nave, north porch and a small turret The children of this place attend the school at Netherseale Farmer Anna (Mrs.), farmer Goodwin George, farmer ]Thompson Richard, farmer & assistant Fish Richard, gamekeeper io Christopher Riley Artbur, farmer overseer, Manor house , Spalding esq Shuffiebotham Sarah Ann (Mrs.), farmer LONG CLAWSON is a straggling village and parish leyan chapel, built in 1840; a Baptist chapel, built in 1845, at the foot of the Wold hills on the river Smyte, which / and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1868. A separates the north of the village from Nottinghamshire, 1 cemetery of half an acre was formed in 1903, at a cost of with a station 3 miles from the village, on the Newark and I £590; it is under the control of the Parish Council. The Market Harborough branch of the Great Northern and Lon- I church wake or feast is on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas don and North Western joint railway (locally in the rarish ' day. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor. The prin­ of Hcse), 6 miles north-north-west from M<>lton Mowbray cipal landowners are Messrs. Crompton and Thomas and 112 from London, in the Eastern division of the county, , Hallam esq. The soil is strong clay ; subsoil, white and hundred of Framland (third portion), Melton Mowbray ' red gravel. The land is mostly in pasture; the crops are petty sessional division, union and county court district, wheat, beans, oats and mangolds. The area is 3,574 acres rural deanery of Framland (third portion), archdeaconry of land and 7 of water; rateable value, £6,412; in 1901 the of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. The · population was 776. and Grantham canal runs 2! miles north west. The church 1 Parish Clerk, Edmund Swain. of ft. Remigins is an ancient building of stone in the Per- Post, M. 0. & T. & Telephone Call Office.-Frederick William 1 pendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of 1 Whittaker, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through Mel­ three bays, aisles, north and south porches, north chapel I ton Mow bray at 7.10 a.m. & 3.45 p.m. ; dispatched at ani an embattled central iower, containing 5 bells, two I 11 a.m. & 6.5 p.m. week days only. Wall Letter Box of which bear dat.e 17f2, one 1631 and me 1608 : in the 1 cleared at 11 a.m. & 6.10 p.m. week days only ·south transept is the mutilated effigy of a knight: in 1893 the Public Elementary S?hool (mixed & infants), erected in church was thoroughly restored and reseated and the bells 1849, to hold 150 children; average attendance, 120; the re-hung, at a cost of £3,300; a new clock with 2 dials, school was endowed in 1873 by Mr. John Garton with 41 striking the quarters and the hours, was also placed in the . acres, let for £45 yearly ; there are other charities, pro·­ tower at a cost of about £170, defrayed by John Moore ducing about £10 a year, £15s. of which is divided between .Swain esq. who also gave £1,000 towards the restoration of ' the vicar for the provision of Bibles for the children & for the church : there are 300 sittings. The register dates · distribution amongst the poor ; Bert W. Yardley, master 'from the year 1558. The living is a discharged vicarage, Railway Station, Long Clawson & Hose.-John George net yearly value £184, with residence and 123 acres of glebe, Flanagan, station master in the gift of Mrs. Elbome and Mrs. Marshall, and held since Carrier.-Malcolm King, to Nottingham, tbul'!!. & sat. ; 1895 by the Rev. James Sanders Gardner. Here is aWes- to Melton, tues Biltcliffe Rev. Thomas [Wesleyan] Newcome 1\lrs. The Hollies PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cooke Mrs. The Cedars Stokes Miss .Atkinson Guy Christopber Barlow,l Gardner Rev. James Sanders, Vicarage,Swain John Moore Dovecote hoU& JHobson Maj. Gerald W. Clawson ball · ',Wood Capt. Jn.Nicholaa Price, Manor bo