DIRECTORY. ·

CHURCH STRETTON,

WITH ACTu~ SCOTT, ACTO)l',ALCASTON, , ASTON, BAUCOT,,BROADSTONE, BHOOME, CARDINGTON, CHATWALL, CHELMICK, CHENEY LONGVILLE, , EAST WALL, EATON, EATON-UNDEH-HAYWOOD, ENCliMAHSH, FELLHAMPTON, FHODESLEY, GATTEN, GRETTON, HATTON, HOLTPREEN, HOPE BOWDLER, HUNGERFORD, , LITTLE STRETTON, LONGNOR, LONGVILLE, LOWER POSTON, LUSHCOTT, LYDLEY HEYES, MILLICHOPE, 11IINTON, , PICKLESCOTT, PLAISH, RATLINGHOPE, RUSHBURY, S:\iETHCOTT, STA:i­ WA.Y, STITT, STONE, STREFFORD, TICKLERTON, 'l'ONGLANDS, 'l'UGFO.RD, WALL-UNDER-HAY­ WOOD, WILDERHOPE, WILSTONE, WIST.A.NSTOW, WITTINGSLOW, WOOLST.A.STON, AND WOOLSTONE.

CHURCH STRETTON is a parish in the hundred of Virgin, finely carved. Tha windows, principally in the JIIunslow, comprising the township of its name, and a1so decorated style, with rich tracery, are embellished with those of ALL SrnETTON, LrrrLE SrRI':TTON and MrNTON; stained glass, and in the south transept the ancient carved the market town of Church Stretton is 153 miles N.w. from oak roof is carefully preserved. A large stone coffin, and 12~ s. from . Being situated on having a lid and an alabaster slab with an inscription, not the line of the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, access legible, were discovered some yaars since beneath this to tho town is easily obtained from all parts of the country, transept. The church was restored and enlarged in 1868 and its central position in Shropshire-a county peculiarly at the cost of upwards of £1,500, under ihe superinten

centre of the town stands the Town Hall, erected in 1839, CoM:LEY, ENCHMARSH, HoLTPBEEN, LTnL•Y HE YES, Pu.r&R1 by subscription, on the site of an old timber structure, and \VrLSTONE, is a parish 31 miles from Church Strettol). Leneath which markets are held every Thursday. About railway. The scenery in thi!f piU"ish is very picturosqu~ a mile from the town there is a Mrding mill, for the manu- and romantic. The church is an ancient stone building, facture of woollen cloth. A court leet of Edward Bernard dedicated to St. James. Tha living is a Tioarage. .4-erEt­ Coleman, Esq. lord of the manor of Stretton-en-lc-Dale, age, 6,101. Population in 1871, 730. is held twice in each year, William Salt, Esq. steward. EA.TON-UNDER-HAYWOOD, with the townships of EA~O!i 1 The county magistrates sit in petty sessions on the third HAT TON, pn.rt of LoNGVILLE, LusrrCO'J.'T (or Luchott), EAB~ Tuesday in each month, at the Town Hall. The two knights WALL, part of HuNGEBFORD, :M:rLLICHOPE (UPPER}, a.nd for the southern division of the county are nominated and TrcKLEBTON, is a parish 5 miles south-east from dhntch the poll is declared here. Stretton. The church, dedicated to St. Editb ia a v:ery The parish church of Saint Lawrence is an ancient and ancient building. The living is a. vicarage. Ar::reage, venerable cruciform structure, principally in the early 6,201. Population in 1871, 546. style of English architectme, with a square embattled FnoDESLEY is a parish and village about 5 milos north tower, rising from the centre, crowned with pinnacles. from Church Stretton. The church, wlllch was built in The chancel is ornamented with richly carved oak in an- the beginning of the present century, is dedicated to St. iique devices; and in the central compartment of the altar Mark. The living is a discharged rectory. Population in is the representation of a. dead Christ in the lap of the 1871, 2-!8. l n JS