DiRECTORY.] SHROPSHIRE. HODNET} S2'f

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insnl'll.llce Office •...... _ I National Sch~ (mixed),. enlarged in :r8•77 at a 'eosf}of £100.,. James Wright, receiver. Letters arrive through Market raised by voluntary -subscriptions, for :r8a child ten ';&Ter.. Drayton at 11 a.m. & 9-~o through Newport~ dispatched age attendance, 105; Andrew-M. Spenrer, tnaster; Misg at 11-·30 tJ.m. 'fhe nearest telegraph office ia at Ches- Sarah Edwards, mistress ; 1\Hss Emily Pritehard, infants,. wardine mistress. There-is a house for the master Adams Misses Porgbam .Toseph K.R.c.v.s. vet. surgn Sale William, assistant overseer• .sur- Ash Miss Griffiths William, shoe maker & farmer veyor of highways & tax collector Bowl'ing Do.vid Hale Ralph, farmer Sambrook Joseph, bricklayer Byrd John Harvey John, maltster k farmer Sambrook William, bricklayer Harvey Rev. Herbert M.!.. Rectory Hendley Thos. farmer, Ellerton grove Shropshire George, butcher~ farmer Loring John, Hinstock villa Jackson John (Mrs.), farmer, Roar lake Simpson Charles, farmer Paddick Thomas Jackson John, farmer, Hooks Spender Francis, fanner Sale George B.A Lockley John, wheelwright Stanley Lydia (Mrs.1. shopkeeper Simister Mrs Luckman George, beer retailer Steele Richard, farmer Williams ·Henry Rupert, Hinstock hall Mason Henry, farmer, Ashfields Stocker William, farmer, The tinks Williams Philip J.P. Hinstock hall Massey George, plumber Taylor Charles William, farmer Meakin Moses, butcher Taylor George, farmer COMMERCIAL. Meakin William, farmer, Pixley raylor John, carpenter Allman James, bricklayer Morgan Joseph, fanner, Villa farm Turner William, blacksmith Armson Ann (Mrs.), FourMarket Drayton, with a station on 2 miles in lengtb. N eal" to the mansiOD. lis an ~belisk of the Great Western Railway Company's main line from Loo- white freestone, about 112 feet in height, erected by Sir don to Manchester, J8I miles by rail ann 166 by road from Richard, l!ill in 1795 to the memory of Sir Rowland Hill k.t.. London, .I2 north from Wellington, 6 south-west from Mar- first Protestant Lord Mayor of London, 1549, and in 1878 ket Drayt.on, 13 north-east from Shrewsbury, nl north.. a monument was als() placed in the park by tenamtB and west from Newport and 7 east from Wem; it is in the friends as a memorial to Sir Rowland, and Viscount Hill, Northern division of the county,. Drayton divisioR of \lorn 1800, died 2 Jan. 1875· North Bradford hundred, Market Drayton and Wem unions, Hop·ro~ and Ji;&PLEY form a township in Market Dray~ Market Drayton c.ounty court district and petty sessional ton union. :r! miles JIOnth-we~t from Hodnet, Here ia a division, rural deanery of Hodnet; archdeaconry of Salop and quarry. 'rhe principal landowners are Viscoun~ Hill~ m.,. diocese of Lichfield. The church nf St. Luke, formerly ~.1'. and Algernon Ch"rles JJeber-Percy esq. p,.L.,. >J.l'J The­ dedicateq -to SS. Peter and P!tul, is an ancient building fJf area is 969A~ 2R.. I6P. stone in the Decorated style, t!onsisting of chancel, n,a.ve, KENS',OONB is a tuwnship in Market tDrayton union~ :1 mile aisles, south porch and .an ootagonal embattled weste:m west from Hodnev. Here is a small Primit~v.e Methodist.. tower containing a clock and 6 bells: there are several chapel. Viscount Hill D.L., .J.P. and the trustees of the late stained windows and a ~utiful monument by Chantrey to Mr. (,Teo1·ge Clay are the principallandoWDeril. The area is.. Dr. Reginald Heber• born at Malpas, Cheshire, 21 April, 858-4. oB. lP. 1783, rector of this parish for upwards of fifteen years (l8o7· LOSFORD, pr Lostford, is & townshiv in Market DtaytoDt. 23) and subsequently Bishop of Calcutta, 1823-6, who died union, 2l miles north-north-east from Hodnet. 'fh81rustees. at Trichirropoly 3 April, 1826: the church was thoroughly of the late R. A. Emery and T. M. L.. Vernon esqrs. are. the­ restored in 1883, the cost being met by voluntary oontribu- chief landowners, This was a Roman settlement... ';rheMea. tions. The register dates from the year 1657. The living is 438A. oR. 9P. is a rectory, with the chapelry of Weston annexed, average MARCHAMLEY is a township and small 'fillage in Market tithe rent-charge£1,500, net £:~,400, including 21 acres of Drayton union, 1! miles north-west from Hodnet. :situated glebe, with residence, in the gift of Algernon {)barles and on the road from Wellington to Whitchnroh. Viscount HilL Mrs. Hebe:r-Percy, and held sinee- t873 by the Rev. Richard D.L., .J.P. is lord, of the manor and 11ole Jandownen.. The Hugh Cholmondeley H.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, area is 1,4244-· o", i27P. and rural dean of Hodnet. There- is a W esleyan chapel, PEPI.OW is a township o.nd small village hi Market Dray­ built in 1859. Here are the head quarters of the D Company ton union, 3 miles south-south-east from Hodnet. The old 2nd Volunteer Battalion the King's Shropshire Light Infan- chapel of ease has been closed. The chapel of the Epiphany.._ try, commanded by Major A. Heber-PePcy, numbering abOUt opened in January, 1879, is a crucifurm 11trncture of brick 70 men. "The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave., tran­ Company have a sub-branch bet"&, open on Friday. Fai1'6 sept. ~rgan chamber, vestry and a sma\lwestembelfrycon­ were formerly held &er~ but have fallen into disuse. There taini~ ~bells l the east window is stained, and there sre is a Smithfield for the sale of cattle, close to the t"a.Hway sittings for- t-20 persons. Peplow Hall is the seat of Franci& station; the sales are held every alternate Wednesda~. Stanier esq. J.P. who i810J:d of the manor and chief land­ Hodnet Hall, • handsome modern Elizabethan brick man- owner, The area is :t,388A. tzR. goP. sion, situated near to the village, is the seat of Algernon C. WEM'ON, or Weston-under-Red-Castley 3 miles west from Heber-Percy esq. D. I.., .J.P4 who is lord of the manor and Hodnet, and WIXHILL form a -township and, ehapelry, situ... principal lanclownet. The 110il is chiefly light aandy loam c ated ecclesiastically in the parish of Hodnet, but. ooving & subsoil, principally red sandstone. The chief crops are wheat., separate parochial jurisdiction and maintaining its own poor i barley, oats and turnips. The area. oC the entire parish is it is in Weln union and county court distri"' a.nd Wem divi~ 16,399 acres, and of the township 9,950 of land and 75 1>f sion pf North .Bradford hundred. The cba.pel ldtached .W water; the population jn 1881 was, of thll former J,973, Hodnet was rebuil~ in 179r, and is an edifice

Wollerton, £8,208 15s. ; March- and an embattled •est-ern: tower with pinna.ele&, eontainill!f amley, Marchamley Wood, Hawkstone, Hopley, Kenlrt-one a. cloc~ ~nd one bell: in 1883 the building was enlarged~ and Lostford, £5,401 ~ss. 1 Hopton, Espley, Peplow and new-roofed and re-pawed and the gallery removed a~ a costJ Little .Bolas. £4.338 4s. ; total,. ./.17,948 qs. of £1,400. The Rev. Thomas George McGonigle 'D.:rh.. >Of LITTLB Bous, or Bolas Parva, is a township in Market Durham University, is curate in charge, and ftsidPB h~ Drayton onion, 5 miles south-~outl\-east from Hodnet. V~unt; HiU D.lJ_. J.P. is lord of the manor and chief lawl­ .Tames Hatherali esq. ij principal landowner. 'I"he area. is owner. The population in 1881 was 282; the area i..s :z,216 549A. rB. l5P. acres of land and tJ7 of water. HA W&s'I'ONB is a toWtl.!!hip fn Market Drayton 'Union, ir Parish Clerk, George Ev3nson. mileft. north-west from Hodnet, containi~ an apea of 693A. WoliLERTON', or Woollerton, is a township ab.d' small 2B. $2P, llawkstone Park i11 the seat of Viscount Hillt>.r.., "riHage in Market Drayton rmion, ti miles 'nol'th-east from I.P. whG is> sole landO'Wner ~ the 'mansion, li fine edifice of Hodnet. Here is a Con~regationa1 chapel, with 'residence brick and Btone, stands in a magnifieent deer ·park, abound- for the minister. Algernon Charles Heber-Percy esq. D.L.• •