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• DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TlDENHAM. 335 tower, containing a clock and 6 bells, re-hung in 1896: barley and turnips. The area is 6,374 acres of land, 2 of the Norman font, said to date from the IIth century, is water, 924 of tidal water, and 626 of foreshore; rateable made of lead and curiously ornamented: the stained east value, £13,587; the population in 1891 was 1,736 civil, window is a memorial to Right Rev. J. Annstrong D.D. and 1,617 ecclesiastical. Bishop of Grahamsoown, 1853-6, and formerly vicar bere; Under the pr·ovisions of the "Divided Parishes Act, there is another to Thomas Henry and Christiana Mor 1882," Madgett and Sheepcott fanns have been trans gan; one in the north aisle to the Rev. Henry Charles ferred from Wollastone to Tidenham for civil purposes. Morgan, vicar of Dilwyn from 1831, placed by his son, the late T. H. Morgan esq. of Tidenham House; and SEDBURY, about 2 miles south; Bishton and Church one to .Alan Oowburn M.A.: there are sittings for 600 End, I mile west; Stroat and Wibdon, 2 miles north, persons. The register dates from the year 1708. The are hamlets. living is a vicarage, net yearly value £63, including resi Parish Clerk, Daniel Tyler, Woodcroft. dence and II3 acres of glebe, chiefly woodland, in the gift Post &; M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, of Higford Higford esq. of .Aldermaston Court, Reading, Church End. James Field, sub-~stmaster. Letten and held since 1896 by the Rev. Vincent Charles Reynell arrive from Chepstow at 8 s.m. &; II.45 a.m.; dis Reynell M.A.,LL.D. of Trinity Rall, Cambridge. St. Luke's patched at 11.45 a.m. &; 6 p.m. Telegraph office at chapel of ease, at Tntshill. It miles south-west from the Tutshill, 2 miles distant parish church, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., S. :13., Express Delivery, nave, north aisle, south porch, vestry and organ chamber Parcel Post &; Insurance &; Annuity Office, Tutshill. and a turret containing 3 bells; it was new roofed in 1896 Samuel Dickinson, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at a cost of £400, and affords 250 sittings. The chapel of from Ohepstow at 7 &; 11.15 a.m.; dispatched at 12.15 ease of St. Michael and All Angels, at Tidenham Chase, 2~ &; 7.10 p.m miles north of the parish church, was erected in 1888 by Post &; M. O. 0., S. :13. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, the Rev. Fielding Palmer M.A. of Eastcliff, in this parish, Woodcroft.-Mrs. Car·oline Price, sub-postmistress. at a cost of £1,200, and is a building ()f stone, consisting Letters arrive from Chepstow at 8 J;p II.30 s.m.; dis of ohancel, nave, south porch and a turret containing one patched II.30 a.m. &; 6.40 p.m.; sundays, arrive 8 a.m. ; bell: there are IOO sittings: the east window is a memorial dispatched, 12 p.m. Tutshill is the nearest telegraph to the late Miss P. Phillips, of Pen Moel House, Tutshill. office, I mile distant There is a Wesleyan chapel at Tidenham. A charity of Wall Letter Boxes.-Ohase, cleared 5 p.m.; sundays, IO £5 yearly, left by Mrs. Williams, is distributed to the a.m.; Wibdon, cleared 5 p.m.; sundays, 9.15 a.m_; &; poor. The Iron room at Stroat, built by Miss Morgan, Sedbury, cleared at 6.40 p.m.; sundays, 10.30 a.m of Oakwood, in 1888, has a library and reading-room, and is also used for religious services and meetings of various POIlIOE STATION. kinds. On the banks of the Wye, and not far distant, are Tutshill, William Shirley, constable. The guard-room of Tintern Abbey, Raglan Castle, Piercefield Park, Chepstow this station has been appointed to be used as an occa Castle, Usk, Oaldecot, and the Roman station of Caerwent. sional Court House Sedbury Park, the seat of Sir William Henry Ma-rling bart. D.L., J.P. is about 2 miles from Chepstow; the man SCHOOLS. sion is in the Italian style, and stands in a finely timbered Tidenham (mixed), built in 1841, &; enlarged in 1880, for estate, traversed by the famous Offa's Dyke. Tidenham II2 children; average attendance, 97; George Fredk. House is the residehce of Henry Francis Morgan esq. J.P. Long-, master Pen Moel House of :Mrs. Price. Sir W. H. Marling bart. St. Luke's rebuilt in 1893, for 160 children; average at who is lord of the manor, Henry Francis Morgan, Godfrey tendance, 100; Miss Eleanor Grace Ball, mistress Seys esq, of Wirewood's Green, Ohepstow, and Richard Tidenham Chase, built about 1842, for 64 children; aver· Palmer .Tenkins are the chief landowners. The soil is a~e attendance, SI loamy; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops Bre wheat, Railway Station, Hugh B. Young, station master • TIDENH.AM. S'TROAT. Shaw Frank, Vine cottage Corner John OliveI', The Garston Shute Mrs. Mount Rose PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Read Miss, Stroat house Smedley George, Gloucester villa Baker-Gabb Mrs. Netherop Lewis James, Stroat inn, &; blacksmith Strong William Brett Capt. Spencer Phipps R.N. Nicholas James, farmer COMMERCIAL. Caerwood Pridham Henry, boot &; shoe maker Baker Ann &; Sarah (Misses),lndresses Bryan Mrs. Ivy Rock cottage Rymer John P. farmer Chatfield Mark, gardener to L. Churchyard Miss, Tidenham chase SEDBURY. Gueret esq Cowburn Mrs. Dennel hill Bendall Daniel &; Son, builders &; con- Davies Louisa (Mrs.). furnished apart- Cowburn Miss,. Oakbank tractors &; wheelwrights ments, Rose villa George Alfd. Wm. Crosshill cottage Cullimore Henry, -farmer,Pennsylvania Davis 1'Yilliam. stone merchant Griffith Mrs. Pretty edge Evans William, blacksmith Dickinson Samuel, grocer &; post off Lindam Maj. Chas. James, Vale cot Loveys Albert, boys' boarding &; day Evans Mary (Mrs.), boarding ho. kpr Morgan Miss, Oakwood school, The Mead . Fryer Emily (Miss), teacher of music Morgan Hy. Fras. J.P. Tidenham ho Prewett Thomas, farmer James In. carpenter &; wheelwright Munro .Alfred, Fir grove R J b C d Johnson J sph.apartments,\Vyecliffe ho Price Mrs. Pen Moel house ugman aco arey, farmer, Ba - hams court . Jones Wm. stone mer.Wye View viI Reynell-Reynell Rev. Vincent Charles Rug-man Robert, farmer King Henry, Cross Keys inn M.A., LL.D. Vicarage Upton John, gardener to Sir Pitt Frederick, blacksmith Seys Godfrey J.P. Wirewood's green H M' b Williaro Prichard Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer UT-ll' E t V enry arhng art Spilsbury Rev. "I lam, as aga . Prior George, boarding house keeper, Thomas Rd.Beaumont J.P. Dennel's hI TUTSmLL. Penrose viLa • Wood Mrs. Ashbury PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Tutshill Social Club &; Working Men's Yockney Sydney W.,C.E. Wye cottage Bridge Rev. Arth.(Baptist),Montpellier Institute (Godfrey Seys esq. J.P. Bryan Mrs. Victoria cottage hon. sec) COMMERCIAL. Curtis Charles, Claremont Wheeler Wm. cab propr. &; job mastr Adams William, frmr. Sheepcott frm Dunn John, AIma cottage WIBDON.- :Baylis John, farmer, Powder house Edwards Richard, 2 Highfield villas Brown Maria (Mrs.), draper :Brooks Philip, farmer, :Boughspring Evans Thomas, Tutshill lodge Joyce Frederick, farmer, High Hall Bryan John, farmer, Chase cottage Fryer Mrs. Severn lodge Rymer Ann (Mrs.), farmer Clutterbuck James, farmer, Sugar Gueret Louis, Castleford Loaf farm Hill Misses, Gloucester cottage WOOOQR.OFT• George Alfred William, land agent to Hodgson The Misses, Bridge cottage Brice Miss, Oakcliffe Sir William Marling bart Hodgson Mrs. Tutshill villa Lewis Herbert, The Laurels Henry WaIter, farmer, Pi1J. house Jenkins Major-Gen. Charles Vernon, Blacksley Frank, butcher Hunt In. &; Edgar, frmrs. Wallop frm Elm house Goulder J oseph, shopkeeper Hunt -William, farmer, Madgett farm Kent Rev. Sidney Joseph M.A.(curate) Memorial Temperance Hall (Miss S. Jones Thomas, b:acksmith, Chase Legh Piers Frederick, Tutshill house Morgan, manageress) Joyce Alfred, farmer, Hanley farm Lucas Rev. Fras. E. S., M.A.(curate) Price Henry &; Son, builders Price Hy. &; Son, builders, Woodcroft McMullen Charles Wm. Wyndcliffe viI Rowland William, beer agent Revenhill George, haulier Mull~ns Alfred, The Old house Tidenham Co-operative &; Industrial Rymer John (Mrs.), frmr.Bishton fnn Mullins Mrs. Bystone Society Lim. (George Phillips, sec) RymerlWm.frn11'.Day ho.&;Philpot's ert Palmer Mrs. Eastcliffe Sanden Phil, beer retailer Williams James, shopkeeper, Chase Phillips William, Big-stone vLlas Smith Henry, carpenter Young Hugh Balfour, station roaster Ravre J ames, Green!ands TrIer Francis, mason.