SlDBURY PARISH. 657

SHEINTON, OR SHINETON, a parish and small rural village in the Chelmarsh division of the Stottesden hundred, picturesquely situated in a romantic dis­ trict, 2!- miles N. N. W. from , contains 967 A. 3R. 4P. of land, bounded on the north by the . Gross estimated rental, £1,428. 14s. Rateable value, £1,352. 17s. Population in 1801, 163; 1831, 133; 1841, 11:\4; at the latter period there were 36 houses; The principal landowners are the Duke of Cleveland, Sir George Har­ nage, Francis Benthall, Esq., and the devisees of the late Waiter Moseley, Esq. The family of Sheynton were seated here at a very early period. William de Sheynton held one knight's fee in this manor in the 22nd of Richard II. Hugh de Sheynton had the grant of free warren here in the time of Edward II. The land is for the most part fertile in this parish, and produces good turnips and barley: the low lands have been improved by draining. THE CHURCH consists of nave and chancel, with a tower, in which are three bells. It is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, and hllS an ancient appearance. There are no memorials worthy of notice. Some of the curious carving in oak is of great antiquity. 'l'he living is a rectory, valued in the king's book at £6. 9s. 2d., now returned at £360; in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. H. Bagnall. Ann Lacon bequeathed a rent charge of £5 per annum for the benefit of the poor. The amount is received by tbe overseers, who distribute it in equal shares of 25s. each, among four poor widows of the parish. They are appointed by the minister and churchwardens, and con­ tinue to enjoy the charity during their respective lives. The principal residents are the Rev. Henry Bagnall, rector; Charlotte Adney, farmer; Andrew Dodson, farmer; John Young, vict., The Rising Buck.

SIDBURY is a parish and small village, six miles S.W. by S. from , in the Chelmarsh division of the hundred. It is situated on a slight eminence in a bold undulating district, and contains 1248 acres of land, the rateable value of which is £966.14s. 6d. In 1841 the parish had 14 houses and 94 souls; population in 1801, 92; in 1831, 103. The parish of Sidbury formerly belonged to the family of the Cresswells, whose ancestor was Richard the faithful servant of Charles I., who was in attendance on the king when he took the fatal step of escaping from the University of Oxford. This was one of those vil\es that Edmund de Mortimer separated from the hund1·ed of Stottesden in the time of Edward I. The landowners in this parish are William Henry Cresswell, Esq., Thomas Crump, Esq., and Mr. Barnard Acres. THE CHURCH, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, consists of nave, chancel, and north side chapel, the latter built by the Cressweii family; it contains a tablet to the memory of Richard Cressweii, Esq., dated 1705. The church is built of stone, with a smaii turret in which is one bell. On the sonth wall is a tablet to the memory of Jacob Smith, Esq., dated 1795, and also one to the memory of George Smith, Esq., who died in 1802. The living is a rectory valued in the king's book at £4. l3s. 4d., now returned at £227.; patron, the Earl of ; incumbent, Rev. R. Maddox. There are 34 acres of glebe land. SIDBURY HALL is a good stone residence, in the occupancy of Mr. James Pugh, farmer. DIRECTORY.-·Barnard Acres, farmer, Oxwood; John Corfield, farmer, Lower flonse; Rev. William Lewis J ones, curate; J oseph Massie, farmer, The Batch; William Powell, farmer, The Rectory; Samuel Pritchard, farmer, New Barn; J ames Pugh, farmer, Sidbury Hall; Jane, Catharine, and Harriet Snow, farmers, The Upper House.

STOTTESDEN is an extensive parish in the Cleobury division of the hundred to which it gives name, situated five miles north of , containing the townships of Bardley and Harcourt, Chorley, Duddlewick, Hinton, Kingswood and Button, Oak, Newton, Ingwardine and Lowe, Ore ton, Overton, Prescott, W alton and Bagginswood, 4 0