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DIRECTORY. ] WYMESWOLD 595 Newbold gate. Mosedale George Argyle, master of FARMERS AND GRAZIERS. Bailey William, bootmaker National school Cooper Thomas, Smoyle farm Fle1.cher Joseph, joiner Wilson Thomas, of Wilson Bros. Knight Joseph Howard Mr. Peter (Coleorton Pottery) Walker Josiah, & hide & skin mcht WYFORDBY is a township and small village, in two stained glass windows in the church, to the the Melton division, hundred and rural deanery of memory of his only son. There is a school at Freeby Framland No. 2, union and County Court district of for the use of the children at Freeby, Wyfordby and Melton, 3 miles E. from Melton, and 11 W. from Brentingby. The acreage, inclusive of Brentingby, Saxby station. The parish is united with the is 1350 ; rateable value, £3094 Is.; population iu chapelry of Brentingby, for rating purposes, and is 1881, 104. The feast is on the Whit-Sunday. situated on the north side of the river Eye. The ST. MARY'S CHuRcH.-Services on Sunday at 11 Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland and 6. Communion first Sunday morning in month. railway runs through the parish. St, Mary's Church Rev. W. M. Ramsay, B.A. ; Harmonium, Mrs. Ram is a small building, of the 13th century (Early Eng say; Clerk, Robert Chamberlain. Hymns A. and M. lish and late Decorated), with chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, embattled tower, gurgoyles, pinnacles Letters arrive from Melton, which is the nearest and two bells. It was restored in 1869, at a cost of Money Order and Telegraph Office, about 7-30 a.m. ; £1060. The Registers date from 1557. The living wall box -cleared at 6 p. m. on week-days only. is a rectory of the annual value of £160, gross, with Rev. 'Valter Marlow Ramsay, B.A., rector; Robert about 64: acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of Chamberlain (parish clerk), Mrs. Rebecca Frisby, Daniel Thwaites, Esq., lord of the manor and prin- Mrs. Mary Howlett, cottagers; Thomas Frisby, cipal landowner. He was at the cost of inserting Thomas Morris, J osiah Parr, graziers. WYMESWOLD is a considerable parish and large manufacture of hosiery is still carried on, but to a well-built township, situated in a valley on the very limited extent. A Charter for a market was northern margin of Leicestershire, Hi miles N. granted by Edward IlL, but it has long been dis- from Leicester, 5 N. E. by E. from Loughborough, continued. Mr. T. R. Potter, the antiquarian and and 12 S. from Nottingham, in the Loughborough lectlti'er, lived here for many years. The gas works division, hundred and rural deanery of Goscote, started here have been closed. There is a small Loughborough union and County Court district. A cemetery on the Rempstone road. Here are lodge of small rivulet intersects the southern part of the Odd Fellows and two Friendly Societies for men, township. The church, dedicated to St. Mary the with an aggregate of nearly 400 members. The Virgin, is a stately and noble specimen of the principal landowners are the Vicar, Trinity College Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of (Cambridge), Mr. W. B. Paget, Mrs. S. Sutton chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, porches and em- (Shardlow), Messrs. J. Burrows, J. T. Brewster battled tower with clock and six bells. It was (Nottingham), and C. Burrows, Miss M. A. Hm, restored in 1843 at a cost £3000, raised by subscrip- and Mr. W. S. Arnall. Area, 4220a.; rateable tion, chiefly through the exertions of the late Rev. value, £5420 2s. 6d. ; popUlation in 1881, 936. Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury, who was then ST. MARY'S CHURcH.-Services, Sunday 10-30 and vicar of the parish. There is a good Hch gate at the 6. Communion first Sunday in month. Rev. Robt. entrance of the churchyard. The Registers date Charles Green, M.A. Warden, Mr. Wm. Hardy; from 1560. The living is a discharged vicarage, Organist, Mr. W. E. Bailey; Clerk and Sea;ton, John valued at £170 a year (augmented voluntarily by the Guttridge. Hymnal Companion. patrons), with residence, in the gift of Trinity CHAPELS.-WESLEYAN : Sunday 10-30 and 6, every College, Cambridge, who are the impropriators. alternate Wednesday at 7; Organi~t, Mr. 'Valter There are 100 acres of glebe. The National School, HolweIl; Keeper, Charles Radford. BAPTIST: Sun- with master's house, was built in 1845 at a cost of day 2-15 and 6; Harmonium, Miss K. Hoe; Keeper, £600. There is also an Infant school. There are John Hickling. Wesleyan and Baptist Chapels. The charities BURIAL BOARD.-Rev. R. C. Green and Messrs. amount to £250 a. year, the distribution of which is G. W. Powell, G. Glover, John Smith, J. Hardy, J. vested in twelve trustees (the Vicar, Wardens and Wood, J. W. Bakewell, Wm. E. Bailey, and W. Guardians being ex-officio). In pursuance of a scheme Holwell. Clerk and Treasurer, R. W. Charles. of the Charity Commissioners, dated July 1864; POST AND MONEY ORDER. OFFICE AND SAVINGS' £100 is devoted to the school, £25 for parish pur- BANK, Church st.-Mrs. S. Brown, Sub-postmistress. poses, the remainder being disbursed in money and kind Letters through Loughborough (which is the nearest among the poor. Mr. William Hardy,one of the church- Telegraph office) received at 8 a.m.; box cleared at wardens, is secretary and treasurer to the trust. The 5-25 p.m. on week-days only. AttenboroughMisses Mary& Letitia, Felstead Thomas, boot and shoe Wildbore Matthew, corn and flour Elm cottage, Rempstone road and general dealer, Clay street dealer, Far street Bailey William Edward, master Na- Green Rev. Robert Charles, M.A, BAKERS. tional school, Far street Vicarage, Rempstone road Hardy J oseph, & miller, Church st Baker Richard, plumber, Chapel bar Guttridge John. prsh clk, Church st Kemm Mansfield, Far street Basford John, sawyer and timber Harding Mr. N athan Frearson Mills Thomas, Brook street dealer, Hoton lane Holwell Thomas, lace agent Wood Joseph, East street Beasley Miss Fauuy, The 'Vood- Moss Mrs. Sarah, Brook street BLACKSMITHS. lands, East street Potter 1\irs. Frances Sarah, The Dexter Leonard, & beer retlr, East st Beasley Misses Sarah Newton, Eliza· Hermitage, Far street Whyman J oseph, Brook street beth and Harriet, Brook street Powell Mr. George William, Hill BOOTMAKF.RS. Brown John Woodroffe, surgeon, house, Stockwell Braisby Thomas, Stoc~well Church street Screaton Mrs. Mary, Clay street Lamb Robert. Brook street Ca1'ruthers 1\Irs, mistress infant schl Ward George, p.c. Radford Charles, Chapel bar Ella Miss Ann Day, Far street Whyman Wm, watchmkr, Brook st Wood George, Far street .