DEVXHILLt . (KELLY's • parishes of Billingsley, Chetton, Deuxhill, -Glazelev, Mid- Board School (mixed), built in 1879. for 66 children; a.verage dleton Scriven & Sidbury; William Reynolds, Willow Tree attendance, 59; Thomas Edwards, master; Mrs. ~Jles cottage, , clerk to the board ; Richard Edwards Edwards~ mistress, who have a house atta(:hed Hughes, Oldbury terrace, Bridgnorth, attendance officer Ainsworth William, farmer IWinwood Samuel, miller(water), Hors-~ Gretton Jas, frmr. & assistant. overseer ford mill . DIDDLEBURY is a parish intersected by the river Wj:lst side of the Corve is good turnip land, on the ea!A bank Corve, 8 miles north from and 6 miles north-east a t~tifi clay; subsoil, sandstone and c;lay. The chie£ crops from station on the Great Western and Lon- ~~ore wheat, oats, barley and turnips. The area of the- entire don and North Western joint railway, comprisin~ the 13 parish is 8,365 acres; rateable value, ,£8,629; the popula.­ townships of DIDDLEBURY, WESTHOPE, GRE.lT and LITTLE tion in ~881 WIIB 763. SUTTON, LAwTON, PEAT?N, BROWCROF;t',_ POSTONS (.annexed THE SKIRMAGE, formerly extra-parochial, is' now amai­ to Hopton Cangeford 1n 1881 for e1vd purposes only)~ gamated with this parish. it contains only one laboater"& MIDDLEHOPE, Co&FTON, SPARCHFORD, and EARNSTREY I cottag!!'e ' PARKS (which was annexed to the parish of Abdon in 188~ ' . • . for civil purpc,ses only) and (transferred from CORFT?N township ts 1 mde south-west. Edwa...d. Wood Holgate in 1881 and added to this parish for civil purposes), ~sq. J.:P, lslord of the manor. in the Southern division of the county, lower division of LAWTO!i township is ~1 miles south-east. hundred, Ludlow union, petty sessional-divisjon BRONCROFT is a township comprising Up:peY and Lower and county court district, rural deanery and, archdeaconry Parks, about 3 miles north-east and about 5 l*)uth-by-east. of Ludlow, and . The church of St, from Rushbury station. Broncroft Castle, a remarkablJ" Peter is an edifice in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, picturesque structure of the 14th century, has been restored nave, south aisle, north chapel, south porch and a western and converted into a handsome residence, and HI nOW" the­ tower containing a clock and 4 bells: the chapel belongs to seat of William Howard esq. the Cornewall family, of Delbury Hall, in this parish: there BoUJ..DON is a township transferred from Holdga.te toothiso are five stained windows, the east window representing the parish in 1881 for civil purposes only. E. C~ Wrig.bl esq. is "Crucifixion;" there is also a carved oak eagle lectern, and lord of the manor; population in I88I, 6~: here ia a •mall several marble tablets and monuments of the present and iron church, which is served from Holgate. last century: the church affords sittings for 250 persons. MmDLEHOPE township is 3 miles north-by-w~ and 11 east. The register dates from the year 1583. The living is an en- froiQ. Harton Road station. ,E. C. Wright esq. is lord of the> dowed vicarage, with the ~bapelry of Westhope annexed, manor. average tithe rent-charge [.277, net yearly value about {.220, PEA TON township is 2 miles east, on the Pye \>rook. J_ including 56 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Groome esq. is lord of the manor. In this 'Wwnshipare the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, to whom the rectorial tithe remains of the old castle ol Corfam, surrounded by a double: belongs, and held since I88o by the Rev. Andrew Pope M,A. moat. Here is a small Primitive Methodist eh111pell of Trinity College, Cambridge. In the township of West- SPARCHFORD township is 2l miles south-by-west Amd ,s. hope, about 2! miles west from the church and It south north from Bromfield station. from Harton Road station, is a chapel of ease. 'l:he charities GREAT .and LITTLB SUTTON form a township f.ili -miles- comprise the interest of[.1,000 ~eft by l\'Irs. Mary Valentine, south-east and s north from ~romfield statioJ;~..~ and given every Sunday in bread to persons. not reQeiving WESTHOP:W. township is nearly 4 miles west aQd 3} south. parochial relief ; the interest of[.100 at Christmas to widows, from Harton Road statioB ; here is a small ehureh served. left by Mrs. Radnor; and a schooL endowment of a.bou.t from Diddlebury. Colonel Dyer .R •.l. ,is lo~:d of the manor. £3 ~ss. yearly, and the interest of £2oo, left by Thomas Parish Clerk, Richard Edwards. Lloyd Roberts for distribution amongst the poo~; :of PosT 0FFICE."-Miss Mary Gritliths, receiver. Le1rt;ers ar- estate, Delbury (or Diddlebury) Hall, close to the chUJ.'chr rive from C,raven Arms (Railway-Sub-Office) at7.. 3Q a. m;. is a good ·example of the architecture of the last; century• dispatched at 5.10 p.m. The nearest money order office- but is at present vacant, Button Court, the residence of Mr~. is. at Munslow, & telegraph office at Craven Arms.. Postal Powell, is a fine, .old manor .house, CorftoQ Manol', now orders are i.s&ued here, but not paid (1891) vacant, is a red brick mansion, occupying a beautiful WALL. LETTE.R Box, Corfton. cleared at 5-IJS p.m and commanding situation. The principal landowners are National Schoo\ (mixed), buil~ in ;1874, for about ljo- Mrs. Powell, E. C. Wright esq. James Whitaker esq . .J.P. children] average attendance, So~ & partly supported by- Colonel Dyer n..A. John Groome esq. H. C. Corn

DONINGTON is a scattered parish, 8 miles south-east 3 bells-! the bld oak roof is dated 1653 and some of the from Wolverhampton, 5 south-east from , 10 east windows are stained: there are also a number of oak seats: from Madeley, and I mile from Albrighton station on the with fine carving: a new pulpit of stone was pr~en.ted. in Great Western railway, in the Northern division of the 1879 by the Duchess of Sutherland: there are tablets to county, Shifnal division of Brimstree hundred, Shifnal union Edmund Waring, 1:676, John Chapman, ~ former vicar, who and petty sessional division, Madeley county court district, died June 9th, 16o7, and Jone his wife, d. 5 Nov. t6lS: the rural deanery of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese church was thoroughly restored in 1879 at a. cost of £3,000, of Lichfield. The church of St. Cuthbert, probably built under the direction of Mr. Norton, architect, of London; in the 13th century, is a building of ,stone in the Gothic the galleries and old oak pews were remo-ved, a north aisle style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, added and the nave reseated with open benches. Theregis­ and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing ter dates from the year rss6. '!'he living is a rectory,

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