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I t n 1 fle\-racrd' ITltm~,iai'ther~llla:c,HHfr~eD.tl rt.oCk'G~org'E!~ i'arcier'; 'to~~lt faltttt '• ' 1'otnpldh~ Renry, ta.?fuiet', M~ Gould Henry, farmer, :Priest~ela 31 ' Mellor Geot'ge ~.farmer,Merebrdok frm 't'nrnel' Williath, rriarket1' 'g"t'tlen#. 1 1 1 Green Francis, fall-mer; Sinlt'"fatiri ~ • • Merrlck Alfl'etl, ~amekeeP.eY to J. V. Vicata.,.e house •l ' 1 ''•" ,r1J1 Green Sl. district surveyor, Walmer vil Hornyold esq. Blackmore l!a.tk · ' Wa~ta:t'l''Stephen; grocet, f>ee'r-reiaifer Gwilliam Jn.TbreeKin~sP.ir.ChTch.ertd MittenJohn'Edward,'farmer,Ndrth end & agent for W. &i A. Gllbey, Wi~~ H-amsher John; farmer, Common farm Morgan Isa.ac, shoe m!L. St.(iabriel's ter spirit merchant's', Po~t offi~ ·•'! ':~'3 Hartland James, fll.rhler~ 'fhe Chesn.uts Osborne George, (arm~r, Btitler 1 Watkins' By. blacksmith, GiUfett's·~ Hill thomas, booi maker, Quar lane · Page William, cooper Watson c ieorge, farmer, Mereva.le Hirons Wm. farmer, 'Parsonage farm Reynolds William, Carpenter & shOJ?· Weaver Robert Reo, miller(wate~),But· Home or the ~ood Shepherd (Miss keeper, Gilbert's end ley mill • t 1 Boultbee, lady matron; Rev. George Rimel William, farmer; Herbert's farm Webb James-, carpenter, Spring 00~ Thomas Fieldwick, hon. chaplain) · Rob bins Rt.head gardnr.& land steward West William, baker & grocer, Habley J ones Henry, beer retailer & butcher, to Sir E. A. H. Lechmere hart. M. P green • 1 Hanley green' · ·• · Russell Charles, farmer, The Common Wild John, farmer, Ivy honse ' Jones Hy. (Mrs.), sawyer. Hanley Grn Sanders Joseph, farmer, Holloway frm Winters George,carpenter,Robe'rt'll ~nd King Jn. gro. & assist. oversr. The Grn SandersSarah(Mrs. ),frmr.Hortn.manor Woodward Frank Hill, fartMr, G!l. King Rubert, plmnber', Hanley green Steed John, haulier, Gilbert's end bert's end Knowles William, builder Stephens Diana (Mrs.), frmr. The Elms Woodyatt James, farmer, Park farm Lane Sarah (Mrs.), !rmr. Old Hill frm Tomlinson Benl'amin John, Swan inn, & [postal address, Great Malvern] • Little Eliza (Mrs.), shopkpr:Church end . farrrier 1 lian ey green I • " I I ~ HANLEY WILLIAM, ol' UPPEU HANLEY, is a small held since 185g by the Rev. Henry Browne 'B.A-.1 9f lfriniiy parish and village, 4 miles south-east from N ewnham Bridge College, Oxford, surrogate and J.P.; the Rev. Joseph .station on the Rewdley and Tenbury branch of the Great Monaghan Williams has been cm.•ate in charg~ since 189!l! Western railway,' and 7 south-east from 'Tehbury, in the and resides at Hanley Child. Hanley Court is tM &eat .r Western division of the county, upper division of Doddingtree Captain Frederic Greatorex. Henry Allan Wakeman-N&'If. hundred, Tenburyunion,pettysessionaldivisionand county port esq. J.P. of Sandbourne, Wribbenhall, is lord oftht court district, eastern division of the rural deanery of Bur- manor and principal landowner. Hanley Dingle 1is t ford, archdeaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Hereford.' The magnificently-timbered valley, about half-a-mile in lengtk. church of All Saints is an ancient structure in the Norman The· late Colon~l Newport planted here very extensively,and style, built chiefly of travertine, except the spire, which is of from some parts of the woods Vet"Y fine views are obtained wood, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an Iof the Teme valley. The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel. Tta embattled western tower with spire containing 4 bells: the chief crops are corn and hops. The area is 1,155 acresi east window and two others in the chancel are memorials, I rateable value, £1,050; the population in 1891 was 114. presented by the Wakeman and Newport families: the Sexton and Parish Clerk, Wilham Bowkett. chancel was restored by therector,and the rest of the church PosT .0FFICE.-Willlam Bowkett, receiver. Letters throngh in 1866, and there are 8o sittings. The register dates from Tenbury arrive at 9.30 a.m. ; cleared. at 3.50 p.m. the year 1586. The living is a rectory, annexed to Eastham, Newnbam Bridge is the nearest telegraph office & TenbUYy tithe rent-charge (Hanley.William) £x6I, joint gross yearly the nearest money order office 1 nlue £956, including 200 acres of glebe, in the gift of and 'fhe children of this place attend the school at High Wood Greatorex Capt. Frederic, Hanley court Hughes William, farm bailiff to Rev. Stinton William, farmer ' COMMERCIAL. Henry Browne B.A., J.P Wainwright Charles Nathaniel, shop· Bedford John, farmer, New house Oseland Thomas, miller (water) keeper & school attendance- officer Hayward Thomas William, Fox inn Oweu John, farmer, Church farm Ward Alfred, carpenter Hinksman Charles Evans, spade tree Preece William, shopkeeper Yarnold Harry, blacksmith manufacturer, High house Smith Edwd.&Geo.frmrs.Broomy fields · HARTLEBURY is a village and parish with a station was completed by Bishop Giffard, who constructed a moat half a mile east from the village on the Great Western rail- around it in 1268, and Bishop Carpenter afterwards added& way, 24! miles from Birmingham, 137i from London, 16! strong gate-house: the principal part of the existing builtt. from Dudley, 2 east-by-south from Stourport, 51 north-west ing was erected by Bishop Hough ( 1714-43), bnt ill had from Droitwich, ui north from Worcester and 3! south previously been rebuilt in the reign of Queen Anne ~the from Kidderminster, in the Western division of the county, chapel was fitted up in 1845, and has seats of oak, hand· hundred of Lower Oswaldslow, Stourport· petty sessional somely carved, and a modern stained window, inserted by division, Droitwich union and county court district, rural Bishop Madox ( 1743-59) ;·the- library was built- by Bishop deanery of Kidderminster and archdeaconry ahd diocese of Hurd at the close of the last century, and at his death, i! Worcester. The chnrch·of St; James, rebuilt, with the ex- T8o8, he left a. valuable-collection of books to the-s'ee; iflciud· ception of Bishop Sandys• tower, in 1836, is a building of ing the choicest works from the libraries of Pope arid' Watl stone, in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting burton! in the hall are portraits of George HI. and Qneett nf chancel, nave, aisles, and an embattled western tower with Charlotte, and in the dining room are portraits of seVeral JJinnacles containing a clock and 6 bells : in 1877 the church bishops : the building is still partly encompassed by a moat was partially restored and refitted, oak stalls and prayer- The castle was visited by the Princess Mary in 1525 8lld by desks being placed in the chancel, "and in 1:883 a• stained east Queen Elizabeth, on Saturday, Angnst 13th, 1575', whenshe window was inserted by the sister of the present rector : in rested here one night : during the Civil War it was garrisoned the south aisle is a memorial window to the wife of John for the king, but was taken by Colonel Morgan in 1646, and Cheshire esq. of Birmingham: there are 700 sittings, 300 having been almost destroyed, was sold for £3,000·: the being free: in the churchyard are the tombs of three bishops lime avenue in the park was planted by Bishop Stillingtleet. of Worcester, Richard Hurd D.D. d. 28 May, r8o8; Robert WaTesley House, theresidence of the Rev. Benjamin Gibbon! James Carr, 1831-41; and Henry Pepys, r841-6r: a church- M.A. vicar of Stourport, is a handsome mansion of red brick, yard of one acre in extent is about (1892) to be made on standing in well-wooded and picturesque grounds, from the south side of the church. The register dates from the which extensive views of the sul:'l'onnding countr-y are·~ year 1540. The living is a rectory, average tithe Tent"' tained. The Bishop of Worcester, who is lord of the m"UM1 charge £I,O=J2 1 net yearly value £845, including g8 acres of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Rev. Benjamill glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, Gibbons M.A. Charles William Corbett esq. Samuel Cooper and held since r88o by the Rev. David Robertson M.A. of esq. Matthew Southall esq. and John Watson esq. J.'l'. of Trinity College, Cambridge, rural dean of Kidderminster· :Waresley Court, are the principal landowners. The soil is and hon. chaplain to the Queen. A mission church, for light ; subsoil, loam. The chief crops are wheafr, barley and some outlying hamletR in this parish, \Vas opened on Sll'nday, potatoes. The population.in 1881 was g,1o4, and the acrel November 1:gth, 1882, ·by Dr. Philpott, late Bishop of Wor- age .is 5, 138. The population of Hartlebury towh~ip is ceste'l': it is a building in the half-timbered style of the I 2,-hr. and the are\l. is 5,140 acres ; 'rateable v'alue;'£t5,779· Worcestershire houses near it, and was presented by the late Upper Mitton, population, 833; acreage, ·336-; rateab~ Bishop to thiS pamh·,' in which the Bishops Of Worcester value, '£3;r8g. · ;• r ' 'i have resided for many 'Centuries ~ Mrs.' Philpott, w&o •aitl WILDEN' is a hamlet il mil'es north-west ; here- a'rlft~ the foundation stone, provided the interior fittings: the site, iron work& of 'Messrs. E. P. and W. Baldwin,. situated neat which is a very beautiful one, bverlooldng the valley of the the' WOl'cestershire and Staffordshire canal and the riVet Severn, was given by Mr. 0.. W. Corbett, of Goldness House : Stour." The church of All Saint8, erected in 1879 'as a Ctiatllll the church affords 130 sitt'irtlts& i Hlftoe is also a Cortgtoe~· of eirse to the 'cl\urch of St. Michael, Stonrport, Of 1'\t'hilll\ t10nal chapel. ·The yearly.'inc&n~ of'1he charitil!s is £3o. eeclesia~Jtical parish Wilden forms part, is an· ediflt!lf ifit~ Hartlebury Castle, the seaiM-4l'\~''Di$Hdps of Worcest~r; 1s Mt. lGbthic style1 built by Alfred Baldwin:esq. at & OOSb()l £!1'f­ ~mbattled structure of red·sitliB.~oheJ 8ul'l'6nndfn{t 'll.r-ciuatl_., 'ineludih)t fittings 'and organ, and consists of chaneel*nh~tel t"angular court,. and stands in a0 plirk to the west of the <>r~n' Chambe't, south porch and a wes~tn 'furrt;t -c:lGil~ village~· Bishop Cantelupe beg'!ln its- erection m 12.!;5, lltid it ing fi bells : the. church will t~eat liOO pen4onst • 'rb-6 ·lWf'l