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Chell Geo. Warrilow, farmer, Cage hill Deakin George, farmer, Lower house Slater George, farmer & beer retailer Dale Mary (Mrs.), Hanging Wicket Deakin George, farmer, Old farm Wilson George, farmer P.n. & shopkeeper, Lea Fenton Isaac, blacksmith Woodward Thos. farmr. Yew Tree farm Davies Thomas, Cock inn Foster William, Plough P.H Dawson William, farmer, Lea Morris John, wheelwright & farmer Grindley. Robinson George, farmer Tomlinson George, farmer &cattle, wool Armitt William, farmer, New buildings Wilson Edward, farmer, Shaw farm & pig dealer Hartram John, farmer, Meadowhurst Wynne John, beer retailer W oolley Frederick, farmer Brown William, farmer Burton James, farmer Amerton. Drainton. Deaville William, farmer Collier Arthur, saddler & harness Bloor Samuel, farmer Walker George, farmer maker & assistant overseer Leadbetter Joseph, farmer & butcher Wbetton George, farmer STRAMSHALL. CREIGHTON, SPATH and and residence, in the gift of the vicar of , and held CRAKEMARSH.-These places, with portions of since 1879 by the Hev. Charles Frederick Lowry Barnwell, Checkley, were formed mto an ecclesiastical parish July 25, of Pembroke College, Oxford. The Primitive Methodist x854, out of the of Uttoxeter, CREIGHTON being Chapel here was erected in 1841· The trustees of the late in the liberty of Stramshall and SPATH in that of Crake- W. T. Cavendish esq. who are lords of the manor and marsh, in the llurton division of the county, South Totmon- Waiter Evans esq. of Darley Abbey, are the principal land­ slow hundred, Uttoxeter union, petty sessional division and owners The soil is a mixture of light and strong loam ; county court district, rural deanery of Uttoxeter, arch- subsoil, clay and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture for deaconry of Stoke-on-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. dairy purposes. The area is 2, 500 acres ; the population in Stramshall is I~ miles north-west from Uttoxeter. The 1891 was 418. church of St. M~ebael and All Angels is a building of stone, CREIGHTON is half a mile north. in the Early English style, erected hy subscription in 1852, SPATH is half a mile south east. from the designs of Mr. Fradgley, architect, of Uttoxeter, PosT 0FFICE.-George Walker, sub-postmaster. Letters at a cost of £r,2oo, and consists of chancel, navll, south through arrrve at 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.40 porch and a small embattled octagonal tower at the south- p.m. Uttoxeter is the nearest money order & telegraph west angle, containing one bell: there are 130 sittings. The office register dates from the year r854. The living is a vicarage, National School (mixed), for xoo children; averaJe attend- gross yearly value £250, net £220, with 2~ acres of glebe ance, 44; Mrs. Thirza Higgins, mistress Barnwel!Rev.Chas.Fredk.Lowry[vicar] Cope Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Beamhurst Mycock Mary (Mrs.),farmer,Creighton Carrington Thomas Shaw Townsend Downes Charles, painter, Beamhurst Phillips Henry, farmer Forshaw Edward, Springfields house Draycott William, farmer, ~path Rawlins William Arthur, farmer Grosvenor-Jennings William Grosvenor Du rose John, farmer, Longacres Reeves Herbert, cattle dealer & farmer, WhitehouseNaylorJ.P.Beamhursthall Ede Mary (Mrs.), frmr. Creighton park Beamhurst bridge COMlllERCIAL. Fearn William, farmer, Spath Sant William, farmer, Beamhurst Allen William, farmer Griffin Thomas, Hare & Hounds P.H. ~haw Michael, farmer, Lawn Alien William, jun. farmer, Riddings & shoe maker !:5laney Waiter, shopkeeper Baker Robert, farmer HazlehurstThomas, farmer, Beamhurst Tideswell Frank, farmer Berrisford Arthur, farmer, Spath Lewty William, farmer Wagstaff Samuel, farmer, Beamburst Berrisford Hy. farmer& miller (water) Loverock Frederick, farmer WalkerGeo.blacksmith,gro.&post office Blurton William, farmer, Pale fiat Lowe John, farmer WaJkerJas. beer ret. & frmr. Beamhurst BurtonJn. wheelwright&frmr.Beamhrst MellorJn. joiner, builder & wheelwright Walker Richard, farmer Carrington Thomas Shaw Townsend, Melior Peter, castrator, Hill cottage \\Talker Thomas, farmer, Beamhurst farmer & landowner, Creighton MycockCharles, wheelwright,Creighton Woodward Ernest, farmer STRETTON (near Brewood) is a parish and small vil- Stretton Hall, a fine old mansion built from the designs of lage, situated on the river Penk, 2 miles north-west from InigoJones, has an extensive lawn in front, with interspersed Gai1ey station on the Birmingham and Stafford section of the plantations, and is the seat of Francis Monckton esq. D. L., and North Western railway, 9 north from Wolver- J".P. lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is hampton and 2 north from Brewood, in the Western division what is usually termed strong; subsoil, vanable, chietly of the county, hundred of West Cuttlestone, Penkridge petty clay. The parish is chiefly farmed on the four-course sys­ sessional division, Cannock union, Wolverhampton county tem. The area is 1,585 acres; rateable value, £2,405 ; the court district, rural deanery of Penkridge, archdeaconry of population in 1891 was 224. Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. The church of St. John, Sexton, Joseph Smith. originally erected as a chapel of ease to Penkridge, is a small PosT 0FFICE.-William Garner, sub-postmaster. Letters edifice of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, through Stafford, vii\. Penkridge, arrive at 6 a. m. ; dis- consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and a patched at 8.ro p.m. ; on sundays letters dispatched at 8 western turret containing one bell: the nave, which was p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Ere- rebuilt in x86o, is in the Early English style: the chancel wood is the nearest money order & telegraph office is Norman and formed part of the original structure : there are 203 sittings, 67 being free. The register dates from the School (mixed), erected in r86o & enlarged in r885 to hold year 1659. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value£72, 70 children; average attendance, 40; the school is partly net £68, including 23 acres of glebe, with residence, in the supported by l''mncis Monckton esq. & has a house attached gift of Lord Hatherton, and held since r8g4 by the Rev. for the mistress ; Mrs. Susan Ann Simpson, mistress Thomas Dunn. Here is a charity of 13s. 6d. annually. CARRIEli To WoLVERHAMPTON.-Joseph Smith, wed.&; sat Dunn Rev. Thomas, Vicarage Brockley Jas. farmer, TheLeasows farm Lindop Alfred Isaiah, farmer,Rowley hi Monckton Fras. D.L., J.P. Stretton hall Brotberton Thomas, blacksmith MalinFrancisJoseph,fanner, Wood farm COMl!ERCIAL. Cotton John, farmer, Streetway farm Richards Thomas Robert, wharfinger & Bennett Carolina (Mrs.), Crown P.H Garner William, shopkeeper, Post office beer retailer 13rewster Anna Maria (Mrs.), farmer, Holford George, brick & pipe maker Simmonds Thomas, farmer Stretton mill Iddiens :Maria (Mrs.), farmer Smith Joseph, farmer & carrier Brewster Percival Horley,miller(water) Jones John, farm bailiff to Francis Watkins !''rank, farmer Stretton mill Monckton esq. D. L., J .P STRETTON (near Burton) (or STRETTON-CUM-WET­ £2o,ooo, and will provide 500 sittings. The register MOOR) is a village and township near the Roman Icknield dates from the year 1839. The living is a vicarage, gross

Street and about 2 miles north from Burton, in the civil yearly value £167, net £1201 including one acre of glebe, parish of Burton-on-Trent, and was formed into an ecclesias­ with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since tical parish, November 2 5, I 87 3 ; it is in the Burton division xBgo by the Rev. John Edwards, of St. Aidan's. Here is of the county, North Offiow hundred, county court district, a l''ree :Methodist chapel. At Dove Cliff, about half a mile petty sessional division and union of Burton, and in the rural north of the village, are iron works now carried on by deanery of Tutbury, srchdeaconry of Stafford and diocese Mrs. William Joseph ~mith. The Marquess of Anglesey, of Lichfield ; it is bounded on the north by the river Dove who is lord of the manor, and Mrs. William Joseph Smith and on the east by the Trent, and the North are the principal landowners. The soil is light and gravelly; cailway siding is close to the village. Near Dove Cliff the subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, oats and bar­ I'rent and Mersey canal is conveyed over the river and valley ley ; but the greatest portion is pasture land. The area is on an aqueduct of 23 arches. The church of St. Ma.ry, l 1 2Io acres ; rateable value, £8,426 ; the population in 1891 now (1895) in course of rebuilding, at the expense of J. was 825 in the township, and in the ecclesiastical parish,

Gretton esq. from designs by Messrs. J. T. Micklethwaite J 1 381. and Somers Clarke, architects, is estimated to cost about Pariah Clerk, William Upton,