DlBEOTOBY,] 'rE'rTENBALL. 889 College, beautifully situated on a richly-wooded acres, inclusive of 46 of water; rateable value, £13,818; sandstone ridge, about 2 miles from , was the population in I901 was I,122. established in I 863 by the Midland Counties Proprietary is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Schools Co. and is under the management of a board of 16 June 23, 1868, and includes Compton, and directors; the object of the school is to prepare boys either Trescott. Christ church, erected in I 866, is a building ot for commercial pursuits or for the universities and to im­ stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, part a religious education in harmony with the principles nave, aisles, south porch and a bell: there are sittings for held by Evangelical Christians : an excellent chemical and 550 persons, of which 250 are free. The register dates physical laboratory stands in the grounds apart from the from the year 1868. The living is a vicarage, net yearly main building, and there is a carpenter's workshop and value £235, including tithe rent-charge, average £38, but an engineering 1iepartment with a metal workshop well chiefly derived from pew rents, with residence, in the gift fitted up, and practical instruction in the various branches of Lord Wrottesley, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Ben­ of metaJ work and engineering, electrical as well as jamin Danks M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. general, is given by skilled instructors, so that pupils gain A school church, to seat ISO persons, was erected at Finch­ a thorough acquaintance with the use of tools, lathes, dy­ field in 1875, and is served by the vicar of Tettenhall Wood. namos, &c. : the college has various scholarships, some of The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 190I was which are tenable at the school and others at the univer­ 2,594· sities: J. H. Haydon esq. M.A. head master. The Tet­ 2 COMPTON is a village miles west from Wolverhamp­ • i!enhall Institute, established in 1872, comprises reading ton, on the road to Bridgenorth, whence considerable and smoking rooms and a library. The Wolverhampton quantities of red sand are obtained for the use of iron Water Works, situated here, have a tower 180 feet hig1 fcunders and for mortar: this substance is also found at There are charities belonging to the parish of the annual Wightwick and near the village of Tettenhall. The popu­ value of £105, a sum not exceeding £43 of which has lation of Compton is included with Tettenhall Wood. been allowed by the Charity Commissioners to be appro­ Wightwick is 2! miles west from Wolverhampton; priated for the purposes of education ; the remainder is Trescott is 4! south-west, both situated on the road to distributed in doles at various periods of the year. Before Bridgenorth; The Wergs, 3 north-west; , 2 the Norman accession this place was called Theotenhall, north-west; Bamhnrst, 2! north-west. and is named after the great English tribe of the Tattings. In 910 a severe battle was fought here between the Danes Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A. and , and the ashes of the slain are , & I. 0. Tettenhall.-Mrs. Emma Creighton, sub-post­ supposed to rest under a barrow in Lowhill field. Wrot­ mistre!;s. Letters arrive from Wolverhampton at 6 tesley Hall, 2 miles west, and formerly the seat of Lord a.m. & I2 noon & 5 p.m.; dispatched at 9.15 a.m. & Wrottesley, was destroyed by fire, Dec. 15, 1897; it was 2 & 8.23 p.m.; & on sunday at 7·35 p.m erected in r687, and consisted of a central block with Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A. wings in the Italian style, standing on an eminence in a. & I. 0. Compton.-Mrs. Emily Stuart, sub-postmistress. park of over soo acres ; the mansion is now a complete Letters through Wolverhampton arrive at 6 a.m.; dis­ ruin. Near it are some vestiges of what is conceived to patched at 9.30 a.m. & 2.45, 5·45 & 7.25 p.m. & on have been a British town, destroyed during the conflicts sunday arrive at 6 a.m. & dispatched at I2.10 p.m of the English and Danes. W ergs Hall, the seat of Miss Post Office, The Wergs.-James Taylor, sub-postmaster .. Perry, is a large and handsome house in the Italian style, Letters arrive from Wolverhampton at 6 a.m. ; dis­ surrounded by extensive grounds just off the main road. patched at 8.10 p.m. Postal Orders are issued here &.. Woodthorne is the residence of the Right Hon. Sir Henry paid. 'l'ettenhall is the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles Hartley Yowler G.C.S.I., P.C., M.P., D.L. This place is distant occupied chiefly by the gentry, merchants and trader~ Pillar Box, Lower Street, cleared at 8 a.m. & 7·55 p.m. of Wolverhampton. 'fhe Wergs school, at which boys are week days; sunday-s at 7.15 a.m prepared for the Public Schools and the Navy, is one URBAJ.~ DISTRICT COUNCIL. mile from Tettenhall and has very extensive grounds. Offices, Upper Green. Tettenhall Towers, the property and residence of Meeting day, the second friday in the month at 7·30 p.m. Mrs. Thorneycroft, stands on a site which in the eighteenth century was occupied by a small inn Members. called the "Hollybush," subsequently enlarged and Chairman, Thomas Berwick J.P. converted into a private residence by Judge Pear- Vice-Chairman, Horatio Gibbs Powell. son, who lived here for some time : after passing Officers. through other hands, it was eventually pur- Clerk, A. M. Manby, lOO Darlington street,Wolverhampton chased from Gen. Pearson with part of the estate Treasurer J. G. Gilbert, Birmingham, District & Counties by the present owner, who has further enlarged it and Banking Co. w olverhampton added several towers: the mansion contains_ a large hall, Medical Officer of Health Waiter Henry Trimnell Winter.· 97 by 6o feet, used as a theatre and musiC room, and L.R.O.P.Irel. OomptoZ: road, Wolverhampton • seating 500 persons; the back of the stage is fitted with Surveyor, H. McCarter, Upper Green plate glass so that the grounds beyond may be lit up and 1 Collector, John Smith Shaw used as a continuation of the actual stage : in the grounds is a good swimming bath, racquet court and Turkish bath, County Police Station, Thomas Price, superintendent; 2- all in one building. Lord Wrottesley is lord of the manor & t bl of Tettenhall Clericorum; John Neve esq. of Oaken, is lord sergeants 4 cons a es of , and the trustees of the late Henry Schools. John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley esq. of Prestwood, near Tettenhall Proprietary College, John Hampden Haydon Stourbridge (d. 1894), are lords of the manor of Kingsley. I M.A. head master; L. W. Grenville M.A., C. Orchard 'Ihe principal landowners are Lord Wrottesley and Maj.- B.A., F. Tinkler B.Sc., A. P. Jones B.A. George Cox, Gen. Robert Henry Fowler-Butler, of Barton-under-Need- W. D. Robinson & F. B. Carter, assistant masters; wood. The soil is various; subwil, various. The chief Francis Tinkler B.Sc. sec crops are barley, oats and seeds. The area of the civil Public Elementary. parish and of the district of the Urban Council is I,531 Lower Green, for 220 boys, 200 girls & zoo infants; aver- acres, inclusive of 13 of water; rateable value, £23,724; age attendance, 175 boys, 165 girls & 140 infants; the population of the civil parish of the distrjct of the William Basset, master; Miss Frances Richards, mis- Urban Council at the census of 190I was 5,337, and that tress; Miss Martha Lewis, infants' mistress of the ecclesiastical parish, St. Michael and All Angels, Finchfield (infants). for 50 children; average attendance, 3,865. The parish consists of the following districts : 34; Miss Mary Horton, mistress Tettenhall Clericorum, Tettenhall Regis, Compton, The Tettenhall Wood (mixed), built in 1872, for 470 children; Wer~s and Wightwick. average attendance, 380; George Critchlow, master; Wrottesley is now a civil parish, including the hamlet~ Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Critchlow, mistress; Miss Ger- of Bilbrook, Pendeford, Trescott and ; area 6,775 trude Turner, infants' mistress TETTEN H ALL. Bayliss 8aml. Tettenhall, Wood house Brown Mrs. The Cedars, High street PBIVA'lE BESIDENTS • Bayliss William, The Gables Bruford William Froggat, Saxonfield, .A.cton George Herbert, Strathmore, Be~ttie James, Nethy house Wergs road Stockwell end Beddows William, Beulah villa Bullen Mrs. Clifton road Badger Waiter Spencer M.R.C.S., Benton John, Hawthoms, Wergs road Bnlloch William, Stockwell end L.R.C.P., D.P.R. Stockwell end BlakPmore Frank, Wrottesley road Clark Bernard Orlando, Elmhurst Baker William Pearce, Avenue house Bradley Miss, Ashley mount Cooke Frank Anthony M.D. Clifton rd Banks Mrs. Woodfield Bratt Alfred, Weston manor, Wergs rd Cozens Mrs. Gorsty hayes Bassett William, Stockwell end Brewer John Fletcher, Astolat, Stock- Crane Charles Henry, The Lowlands Bates Joseph well end Crane Clifford Henry J.P. The Beeches