768 NEWBOLD-DE-VERDUN. . [KELLY'S acres of glebe, in the gift of Trinity College, Oxford, and lation in 1881 was 729. In 1886 a detached part of Bag. held since 1869 by the Rev. WiHiam Gordon Cole M.A. late worth was amalgamated wIth this parish. fellow and tutor of that college. There are General Baptist Parish Clerk, John Brown. and Primitive Methodist chapels here. Coal has been dis- POST. OFFICE.-Miss M. GiIliver, receiver. Letters through covered near the village. The ancient Hall or Manor House arrive at 8 a.m.; box cleared at 6 p.m. The was formerly the residence of Lord Crewe, Bishop of Dur- nearest money order office is at Desford & telegraph office bam, and was once occupied by Lady Mary Wortley is at . Postal orders are issued Montagu; it still bears some traces of its former grandeur. here, but not paid Sir Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp bart. of Brodegan Firs, Bournemouth, is lord of the manor; the rector and School (mixed), erected iu 1876 & enlarged in 1884, for 170 Mrs. Thomas Arnold are the chief landowners. The soil is children; I,loverage attendauce, 150; the school is endowed for the most part light; subsoil, gravel; but the laud is with £20 ,.early, bequeathed by Lord Crewe, Bisbop of heavier in the northern part of the parish. 'rhe chief crops Durham, in 1720, which now realizes £40 yearly; Thomas are wheat, barley, oats, roots, and there is some land in Carter, master; Miss Maria Gilliver, mistress pasture. The area of the parish, which comprises the CARRIERS TO & FROM LEICESTER.-James Ross to the 'Crown hamlet of , about a mile south of the village, with & Thistle,' Loseby lane, every wed. &. sat.; WiUiam 70 people, is 2,400 acres; rateable value, £3,3°2; the popu- Smith, to the • Red Lion,' wed. & sat Cole Rev. Wm. Gordon M.A. [rector] CobJey Thomas, farmer Osborn Joseph, farmer Nutting Mrs Cope Thomas, beer retailer Ross James, carrier Robinson Thomas, Lindridge ball Culverwell Henry,George & Dragon P.R Saddington Thos. butcher & cattle dlr Thornelowe Mrs Eggs Henry, farmer, Heath Smith James, plumber &. glazier Wall William Freeman Robert, farmer Smith Thomas, baker & grocer COMMERCIAL. Geary Jnhn, shopkeeper Smith Thomas, hair dresser Archer Frederick, wheelwright Godfrey !<'rank, cow keeper, Brascote Smith William, carrier Arnold Thomas, farmer, Brascote Gilliver Francis, carpenter Statham David,thrashing machine ownr Aspell George, grazier Gilliver John, wheelwright Statham William, The Engine P.R Bacon Joseph, cow keeper, Brascote Hill Jane (Mrs.), farmer Stoneley Jacob, shoe maker Bailey Jane (Mrs.), draper Hill John, farmer Tbompson William, farmer, Hall farm Ball James, beer retailer & slaughterer Jordan Thos. Old Swan P.R. &. butcher Trotter Thomas, farmer, Charterbouse Barrs John, miller (wind) & beer re- Lord George, bricklayer Upton Mary (Mrs.), stocking maker tailer, Brascote Marriott John, shoe maker West Marston, blacksmith Brown John, grocer & shoe maker Orton John, farmer Wildman William, farmer NEWTON HARCOUR'l' is a chapelry 61 miles south- ' eluding 74 acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir Henry St. John east-by-south from Leicester and a mile north-west from IHalford bart. and held since 1881 by the Rev. James Glen station on the Midland railway, which is in the parish Peebles Oman 'l'omkins B.A. of St. John's College, Cam· of Wistow, Southern division of the county, Gartree hun- bridge, who resides at Kilby. A piece of ground adjoining dred, union of BiIlesdon, Leicester petty sessional divisiou the church was given to the parish in 1875 by Sir Henry St. and county court district, rural deanery of Gartree second John Halford bart. C.B., J.P. to be used as a burial ground. portion, archdeaconry of Leicester aud diocese of Peter- The"Poor's land produces £I2 yearly for the distribution of borough; the Union canal passes through the township. The clothing to the poor. Sir Henry St. John HaUord bart. C.B., church of St. Luke, standing in a vale near the Manor House, D.L., I.P. of Wistow Hall, is lord of the manor and principal is a small building of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting landowner. The soil is strong loamy clay; subsoil, clay. of nave, vestry and a western tower containing one bell; The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is the east window and those ou the south side are stained, and 1,131 acres; rateable value, £4,176 ; the population in 1881 were the gift of Lady Halford, of Wistow Hall: the silver was 185. church plate, dating from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Parish Clerk, Edwin Freeston. consists of a chalice and cup: the nave was rebuilt in 1834 POST OFFICE.-Edwin F~eeston, receiver. Letters arrive and the vestry added on the north side in 1858, and in from Leicester at 7.15 a.m.; suudays at 7.15 a.m. for 1875 a gallery, erected in 1835. was removed and a recess callers only; dispatched at 6 p.m. ; sundays, 5.45 p.m. made on the north side for the choir and children: there are The nearest money order office is at Great Glen &; tele- 200 sittings. The register dates from about the year 1575. graph office at Glen railway station The living is a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Kilby with Church School (mixed), erected in 1866, for 50 children; Wistow, joint net yearly value £184, with residence and in- average attendance, 31; Miss Marian Newton, mistress McCall John Henry, Manor house IFreeston Edwin, boot &; shoe maker & IThompson Thomas, grazier Brown John, baker organist of the parish church, Post off Ward Charles, farmer & grazier Brunskil Lavina (Mrs.), beer retailer lInight Thomas, fanner & grazier Williamson Josepb, grazier Clark Thomas, blacksmith Pears Johu Ro~ert, grazier Withers Thomas, farmer &. grazier NEW'l'OWN LINFORD is a township, parish aud parish was amalgamated with Markfield, in Market Bosworth pleasant village, on the road from Leicester to Ashby-de-Ia- union. In 1885 a detached part was added to Charley, in Zouch, 6 miles north-west from Leicester and 3! miles the union. north-west from Glenfield station on the Leicester and Parish Clerk, George Smith. Swannington branch of the ::\1idland railway. in the Mid division of the county, West Goscote hundred, Leicester :Bradgate Park, formerly extra-parochial, now forms petty sessional division and county court district, Barrow­ part of the parishes of Newtown· Linford, Anstey and Ul­ upon-Soar union, rural deanery of Guthlaxton first portion, verscroft, and is 6 miles from Leicester. The reservoir of archdeaconryof Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. The the Leicester Water Works Company is situated in the park, church of All Saints is a small but ancient building of and covers 140 acres. The park is the property of the granite and stone, in the Early English style, consisting of Countess of Stamford and Warrington. In the park are nave, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western extensIve ruins of a mansiou, formerly the seat of the family tower, with spire containing 4 bells: there is a mural tablet of Grey, barons Grey of Groby and marquesses of Dorset j to Thomas Cheetham, 1775: the communion plate includes of this family was Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk K.G. whose a chalice and patendat,ed 1685, and presented by two widow daughter, Lady Jane Grey, was proclaimed queen by him on ladies of Newtown Linford: the church was restored and a the death of Edward VI. but after a brief reign of JI days, south porch added in 1860, and has 200 sittings. The Mary succeeded and Queen Jane was executed with her register dates from the year 1654. The living is a vicarage, husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, at the Tower, 12 Feb. gross yearly value £II5, in the gift of the Countess nf 1554, where also the duke himself was beheaded on the 23rd Stamford and Warrington. Mary Heard, in 1800, left }<'eb. in the same year. The Manor House was some time £r,ooo to the poor of this parish and Anstey and Illston­ the dwelling of Lady Elizabeth Woodville or Widville, widow on-the-Hill ; tbe yearly value is £31. Roecliffe Hall, the of Sir John Grey, 2nd baron Grey of Groby, and queen of seat of William Unwin Heygate esq. D.L., J.P. is a band­ Edwa1'd IV. some mansion, standing in a valley about 2 miles from PILLAR LETTER Box, opposite Bradgate hotel, cleared at Newtown Linford village, and 8 north-west of Leicester, 6,45 p.m. Letters from Leicester at 8 a.m. The nearest surrounded by a richly - wooded park, with picturesque money order office is at Anstey & telegraph office at scenery. The Countess of Stamford and Warrington is lady Groby of the manor and the owner of a large portion of the parish. The soil is marl; subsoil, gra,'el and clay. The chIef crops National School (mixed), erected in 1822, for 100 children; are wheat, barley and oats. The acreage is 3,990; rateable average attendance, 47; Miss Eloono1' Sal'ah Marks, value, £4,867; the population in 1881 was 485. In 1884 mistress parts of this parish were amalgamated with Rothley and CARRIER TO LEICESTER.-Mrs. George 'Warner, mono wed. Ulverscroft, and at the same time a detached part oC this fri. & sat