34 B.ALTERLI!:.Y. STAFFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S township, is the residence of .Arthur Thomas Tatham esq. Letters by foot post from Crewe arrive at g.3o. Betley is The soil is marl : sublloil, clay. The crops are various. the nearest money order & telegraph office Th~ area is 1,225 acree of land and 9 of water; rateable The children of this place attend the school at Barthomley value, £1,364; the population in 190I was 253· & Betley Sant William, Gorsty Hill hall Dodd George, blacksmith & farmer Lawton Stephen, carrier Steel James, Buddy Lee Fairhurst Mary (Mrs.), farmer, The Mountford Joseph, jun. farmer Tatham .Arthur Thos. Doddlespool hall Elms Sant William, farmer & landowner, Ginders Thomas, farmer, Peartree Gorsty Hill hall COMMERCIAL. Lake farm Sylvester James, farmer, Rose Hill vil Beech George, potato dealer Harding John Hugh, farmer Whittaker Samuel, bricklayer Billington John Somner, farmer, Bal- Hollins Joseph, farmer, Bell farm Whittaker Samuel, jun. bricklayer,. terly hall Hollins Thos. farmer, Balterley green Pigeon house Burgess William, grocer Hunt William, farmer, Doddlespool Wilshaw Mary (Mrs.), farmer :BARLASTON is a parish and village near the summit Western; the grounds extend to the canal, and from th&­ of a. hill, at the base of which is the river Trent and the terrace a good view is obtained of Trentham Park, the­ North Staffordshire canal, with a station on the North seStafford, in the tatives of the late lt. T. Adderley esq. The principal Western division of the county, South Pirehill hundred, landowners are H. J. Broughton-.Adderley esq. the Duke­ Stone union and petty sessional division, Newcastle-under- of Sutherlan4 K.G. (who is lay impropriator) and George­ Lyme oounty court district, rural deanery of Trentham, Frank Paddock esq. of Hartwell Hall, and Laurence archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. Wedgwood esq. The soil is clayey; subsoil, gravelly. The church of St. John the Baptist, situated at the north The chief crops are wheat and oats. The area is 2,I66- end of the village, and surrounded by lofty trees, was acres of land and 18 of water; rateable value, £7,376;. rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1888-9, at a the population in 1901 was 744· cost of £2,100, and is an edifice of stone in the Decorated Parish Clerk, William Till. style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south-west Parkfields is a small hamlet in the parish of Barlaston,.. porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells: half a mile south-west from the railway station, and near the tower is the only remaining portion of the ancient the river Trent. church: a new organ was given in memory of Mr. Clement Hartwell, a ·hamlet, is 1! miles east from Barlaston. Wedgwood in 18go: there is 110 stained east window and Hartwell Hall, the residence of George Frank Paddock esq. mree memorial windows : the church afiords sittings for is pleasantly situated here, and commands some extensive- 300 persons. The register dates from the year 1573· views. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value, £2oo, including Hartwell Hills is a small hamlet 2 miles east from Bar- 6I acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke laston. of Sutherland and held since 1902 by the Rev . .Alfred Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & A. & I. 0. John Kent, sub~ Creswick Oliver M . .A.. of Exeter College, Oxford. .A postmaster. Letters arrive through !Stoke at 6.30. small cemetery, with mortuary chapel, in connection with a.m. & 3 p.m. & box closes at 8.10 p.m. The nearest the church, was opened in 1866. The benefactions telegraph office is the railway station include a sum of 18s. yearly, distributed to the poor of WaU Box (Tittensor road), cleared at 8.20 p.m. every day Barlaston. By the canal side are wharves and docks Public FJementary School (mixed & infants), enlarged: for boat building, belonging to Samuel Turner and Son. in 1894, for 130 children; average attendance, 6o; Close to the church, and approached by an avenue of lime attached to the school is an endowment for educating trees, is Barlaston Hall, an elegant mansion, the property 20 children free; Joshua Andrew, master; Miss Eliza- of Hubert John Broughton-.Adderley esq. of 17 Central beth 1Yinfield, infants' mistress hill, Upper Norwood, i~ now occupied by Col. C. M. Railway Station, John Pennington, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Spanton William Dunnet.t F.R.C.S., Buxton Henry, farmer, Highfield cot (Letters for Hartwell are received J.P.Parkfield cottage (letters through Buxton Levi, farmer, Malthouse farm. through Stone & for Hartwell Hills Tittensor) Buxton Samuel, farmer, The Green through Longton.) Stirrup Thomas Steele, The Wood- Cliffe John (l\Irs.), farmer, Hurden .Atkinson William NicholS()n, Highfields lands, Ha.rtwell hills Hall farm :Beardmore Edward, The Grange Turner Thomas, Ivy house, Canal side Dean Francis Wm. farmer, Glazeley- Bickley Thomas, J.P. The Hill Turner Mrs. Thomas, Rose cottage fields (letters through Longton) Bromley Mrs. Harlwell bills Warner William, The Mount Groatorex George, blacksmith Bullock Charles E. Orsett house Warrilow Mrs. The Green Hall William, farmer, Hartwell Buxton Henry, Higbfield cottage Wedgwood Cecil, Upper house Harvey Charles, butcher & farmer Clunes Mrs. Fern cottage Wedgwood Laurence, The Upper ho IIoldcroft Edward, Parkfield farm (let- Dean Samuel Webster, Rock house Wedgwood Mrs. Emily Clement, Bar- ters through Tittensor) Grindley William H., J.P. Parkfields laston lea Hughea William, beer retailer Holdcroft Samuel, Old road Western Col. Charle~ M. (late} R.A. Jacksoo Wilmot, farmer, The Hall frm Jackson William, The Lime~ Barlaston hall; & United Service Kent John, grocer, farmer & post