DIRECTORY.] . ASTLEY ABBOTTS. 23

some beans, barley and turnips. The area h. 596 acres; nearest money ora-er &:; telegraph office, about 7 a.m. ;rateable value, £2,762; the population in 189;1 was 126. Wall Letter Box is cleared at 5.45 p.m Parish Clerk, Thomas Wall. The children of thilt place attend the school at Ashford Letters are received through , which is also the Carbonell Edwards Henry, district counciI:or for COMMERCIAL. Pound Thomas Henry, farmer the parish of Ashford Bowdler &:; Armstrong Charles, accountant Small Charles, farmer, Manor farm vice-chairman to the Ludlow boa.rd Froggatt Thos. d'armr. Feather KnowI Undery Thomas, head gardener to of guardians, The GraTe Jones Walter,farmer,Ashiord Hall frm Felix Ludlam esq. of Ashford hall, Ludl'am Felix, A~hford hall Peele Richard de Courcy, 80Iic:tor, Marlbrook cottage Peele Richard de Courey, Church ho Church house ASHFORD CARBONELL is a parish and village on Methodist chapel, erected in 1878. The Manor house, situ­ the riv'er Teme, 3 miles north-by-east from 'WoofIer1o:fl ated on an eminence, a fine old mansion, is the residence station on the and (Great 'Western of Miss Hall, and is l mile north-east of the church; Ash­ and 'London andJ North Westem joint) railway, and 3 ford Court is the, resid-ence of Capt. C. C. Evan-Morgan; miles south-south-east from Ludlow, in the Southern divi- Temeside is the residence of Rodney Ashton Anderson sion of the county, lower division of iMunslow hundred, esq.; and The Avenue is the residence of Henry Hodg­ Ludlow union, petty ,sessional division and county court kinson esq. The manorial rights are divided between district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Ludlow and Miss Hall and Mrs. Sudbury, who are th,e principal land­ . The church of St. Mary, situated owners. The soil ill gravelly, with some clay; subsoil, on a sloping knoll, is an edifice of stone, in the Norman, clay and gravel in large patche~. The chief crops are Early English and later ,styles, consisting of chancel, nave, wheat, barley, oats, beans and some swedes. The area is south porch and a wooden turret containing 3 bells: the 1,521 acres; rateable value, £3,025; the population in east windows,two small Norman lights with a vesica above, 1891 was 260. are said to be unique: there are sittings for 100 persons: Parish Clerk, John Perry. the church was restored in 1882-3, at a cost of £2,000: tJhe churchyard affords an extensive view and contains Post Office. John Perry, l!iub-postmaster. Letters the remains of four noble yew trees. The register dahig through Ludlow, arrive at 7.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 from the year 1653. The living is a perpetual curac)", p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The separated from Little Hereford in March, 1880, net yearly nearest money order &:; telegraph offi'ce is at Ludlow value £180, in the gift of the Bishop of 'WoI'Cester, and National School (mixed), built in 1872, for 100 children; held since 188o by the Rev. J ames' Selwood Tanner M.A. average attendance, 46; there is also a house for the ()f Oorpus Christi college, Cambridge. He.re is a Primitive mistress; Miss Ursula R Glassey, mistress Ande.l'son Rodney Ashton, Temeside Davis Henry, gardener to Oapt. C. C. Langslow Thomas, farmer, Plousters Hall Miss, The Manor house E. Morgan Lewis Robert, shoe maker Hall WilIiam Downes M.A.Oxon, The Edwards Edwin, shopkeeper Lloyd Henry, farmer (resides at )lanor house Evans In. farmer, Chapel House frm Ludlow) Hodgkinson Henry, The Avenue Froggatt Thomas, jun. farmer & Lloyd Thomas Joseph, farmer, Kew Morgan Capt. Courtenay C. Evan-, breeuer of Herefordshire cattle, House farm .A.shford courl Ashford fann Meredith J oseph John, blacksmibh Tanner Rev. James Selwood M.A. Gravenor Henry, coal mer. &:; farmer Morris Samuel, wheelwright (incumbent) Griffin Francis George, baker, corn Oliver William, fa,rmer, Huntingdon dealer, flour &; meal merchant Perry Margaret (Miss), shopkeepe.r COMMERCIAL. Hall William Downes, farmer, Ash- Pratt 'I'hos. m:ller (water) &; farmer Erown Edwin, farmer, Serpent farm ford House farm 'Wbiteman In. farmer, Burnt Ho. frID Davis Emma (Mrs.), farmr.Home frm J ones Thomas, bricklayer ,Vbiteman Fr8lS.Edwin,frmr.Sunnyside ASTLEY is a chapelry, in that part of the parish of St. School, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Arthur George Mary which is within the limits of Shrewsbury, I mile Brooke, of St. Bees. Astley House is the residence of south-east from Hadnall station on the Shrewsbury and Thomas Newton esq. Percy James Trouncer esq. of Crewe branch of the London and North Western railway, Stroud, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. 4! miles north-north-east from IShrewsbury, in the North- The ,soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are ern division of the county, Albrighton petty sessional wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 1,204 acres; division, Atcham union, Shrewsbury county court dis- rateable value, £2,748; the population in 1891 WIiS 244. trict, rural deanery of , archdeaconry of Salop and Parish Clerk, William Adams. diocese of Lichfield. The church of St. 'Mary is a build- Post Office. John WilIiams, sub-postmaster. Letters ing of stone in the Norman style, consisting of a c'hancel, arrive from Shrewsbury at 6.25 a.m.; dispatched at nave and an embattled western tower containing a clock, 6.40 p.m. week days &:; 12.30 p.m. sundays. Postal erected in 1837, and one bell: in the south wall is a orders are issued !here, but not paid. Hadnall is Norman arch, now blocked, a window with the date 1568 the nearest money OTder &; telegraph office ov_er it, and a locker: the church was restored in 1883, when it was new-roofed and reseated, at a cost of £350. Wall Letter Eox at the church cleared at 6.10 p.m. week The register dates from the year 1665. The living is a days &; 12.10 p.m. sundays vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £72, gross yearly National School, built in 1830, for 50 children; avel'ag~ value £150, in the gift of the trustees of Shrewsbury attendance, 47; Miss Elise Barker, mistress Erooke Rev. Arthur George, Vicara~e Adams William, coal &; lime merchant Morgan Rd. Arthr. farmr. The Grange Davies Mrs. Astley lodge, HadnaIl Astley Samuel, farmer Philip &; Sons, dairymen Newt{)n Thomas, Astley house Bowden John, farmer Powell Richard, butcher Powell Mrs. The Firs Orowder John, farmer Price John, farmer, AsUey farm Rees John, Spring cottage Dillow Williaro, blacksmith Price John, jun. farmer Trouncer Mrs. Waverley Dodd Richard, farmer Randall Thomas, Talbot P.H. &:; assis- Williams Mrs Done J o'hn, builder tant overseer Winnall John Edwards Eliza Eleanor (Mrs.), shopkpr Williams John, grocer & provision COMMERCIAL. Harris lfm. farmer, Wheatley farm dealer, Post office Adams James, farmer Moore William, veterinary surgeon ASTLEY ABBOTTS is a parish and village on the the interior has also been refitted: there is a richly carved Eridgnorth and Shrewsbury Toad, and is bounded by the Jacobean pulpit, a font of Norman date and in the east Severn and by the Tasley and Linley streams, to the window some remains of ancient glass; there is also a . north of and adjoining the parish of St. Leonard's, Bridg- small stained window in the tower. The register dates north, in the Southern division of the county, Chelmar,,:h from the year 1561. The living is a redory, average division of Stottesden hundred, union, petty tithe rent-charge £214, net yearly value £227, including sessional division and county court district, rural deanery 68 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. of Bridgnorth, archdeaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Warwick, and held since 1871 by the Rev. John Croft Hereford. The cburch of St. Calixtus, erected in 113'3, Bridges Warwick Warwick M.A. of Magdalene College, is a building of stone in the Norman and Decorated styles Cambridge. Charities-Catharine Phillips, spinster, of and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an ~~n- this parish, bequeathed by will dated I May, 1815, the battled western tower with pinnacles, containing 3 bells: sum of £300, 2! per Cent. Bank Annuities, £8 of which the chancel was rebuilt in 1633, and the nave and steeple goes towards supporting the school, and the remaining in 1857, whell 3 bells were hung, the porch built, the £1, and 10S. which is derived annually from a rent-charge western gallery and the tower arch opened to the church: ' on Baugham's orchard in this parish, is distributed in