Cheshire. Odd Rode

C;he buildings surround a courtyard, and are in turn water; rateable value, £r2,803; the population in I90I encompassed by a moat, still filled with water and cros~ed was 3,185. Qn the south side by a stone bridge, which leads up to the Mow Cop, partly in Odd Rode township in this county, -entrance gateway, pierced through tbe lower stage of a and partly in Staffordshire, takes itS' name from Mow Cop lofty gabled wing, the upper floors of whit::h successively Hill, an cL has a station on the North Staffordshire railway, -overhang ~ach other: the portion of the house facing the 9 miles from St<>ke, 3 from Gmgleton, 6 from Bursl~m, 'courtyard on this side and consisting of several gabled II~ from Macclesfield and I54l from London. The Mow bays irregularly placed, forms one of the loveliest bits of Cop, a lofty eminence, rising tu the height of I,09I feet ·architectural grouping in the whole pile, and includes above the level of the sea, is in this township, on the the dining-room, the mantelpiece in which displays the borders of Staffordshire, and its summit affords extensive arms of Queen Elizabeth, and. in the windows are the and beautiful views. St. Luke's church, erected in 1875, nrms of llrereton and Moreton and the badge of the Lane is an edifice of local stone, consisting of chancel, nave, family; the long gallery above, 70 feet in length, retains south porch and a western turret containing- one bell: .some good oak. carving and stained glass; and! on the the church afford~ 220 sittings. The Hall O'Lee colliery timbers over the upper windows on the inside are carved here is still worked. :i.nscriptions with the name of " \Villiam Moreton," and Hall Green is a villag~ in Odd Rode township, and has the date 1559: over a window on the west side is a a ·wesleyan chapel, e.rected in 1874, but actually in Law· figure of Fortune, with a wheel above her head and the ton parish, and there is another at Bank . .motto, " Qui m:>do scanait, corruit statim," and at the At Kent Green is the wharf of the Hall O'Lee colliery. .other end is another figure holding in the right hand a There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Mow Cop, Kent fiword, thTust through a terrestrial globe, and, in the left Green, erected in 1·892, another at Thur1wood, and a Free a pair of scissors, with the motto, "The speare of Des ~1:ethodist chapel at Mount Pleasant. tiny, whose ruler is Knowledge": many of the beams in the mansion are of great size and strength, and there is a Post, ~L 0. & T. 0., T. ~I. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel great deal of carved work, chiefly figures, animals and Post, S. B. & Annuity .&:; Insurance Office, Scholar foliage; on some of the window panes are quaint couplets Green. Samuel Thomas Arthur Robinson, sub-post· and names cut with a diamond; the latter include that of master. Letters arrive from Stoke-on-Trent at. 6.115 a.m. & 4 p.m. & are dispatched at 7·55 p.In '"Margaret Mureton, Aug. 3, 1649," one dated 1627, and 1 <>thers without. date: within the moat, at the north-west Post & M. 0_ 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Ol!':.!e, .angle, is a circular mound, and at the south-east angle Rode Heath.-Henry Hollanc!., sub-postmaster. Letters another; both were probably the sites of towers: the arrive from Stoke-on-Trent dt 6.5 a.m. & for callers most ancient portion of the house is the east side, which only at 4·'50 p.m. & dispatched at 6.25 p.m. Alsager comprises the chapel, a low and narrow chamber divided is the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles distant :into an ante-chapel, I 8 foot by IS feet, and' the chapel Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, proper I2 by 9 feet; the old leaden lights of the windows Mow Cop.--Kidsgrove is the near· cernible: the chapel is now (I902) used for Divine service. est for delivery, 3 miles distant. Telegraph Office at Rode Hall, the seat of George Barrington Baker-Wilbra Mow Cop railway station for dispatch only 'ham esq. IM . .A.., J.P. is a large and handsome mansion Wall Letter Boxes at Hall Green cleared at 8 p.m. daily, delightfully situated in tastefully laid out grounds over- except sunday; Rode Lodge, cleared at 9 a.m. & 7·5 1ooking a fine sheet of water. The manor anciently p.m. ; Kent Green, cleared at 7· IO p.m.; Bank, cleared belonged, to the I.ostocks, whose descendant here in the at 6.50 p.m. & Thurlwood, 6. IS p.m 13th century ilook the name of " de Moreton" ; the main line of the M'oretons ended on the death of Sir William National Schools. Moreton kt. recorder of London, 14 March, 1763; the Woodcock's Well, Mow Cop (mixed & infants), built in property then de·scended to his nephew, the Rev. Richard I858, for 400 children; average abtendance, 240; Fredk. Taylor, rector of W'est Dean and vicar of \Yest Firle, Willmer, master Sussex, who a.ssumed the name of Moreton and died in Odd Rode (boys), built & supportoo· in great measure by z784; he was succeeded' by his son, the Rev. William the Wilbrabam family, & endowed with an estate of Moretun Moreton; Miss Moreton, of Torquay, and Mrs. 26 acres within the township, producin~ £30 yearly: Baker-Wilbr:.iliam are now joint owners of the manor. this school is for I20 boys; average attendance, 82; The chief land wners are Mr.s. Baker-Wilbraham, Miss Samuel Rowland Platts, master Moreton, of Torquay, Lieut.-Col. John Coutts lA.ntrobus, of J<:aton Hall, Mrs. Ackers, of New Moreton !Hall, Sir ROO.e Heath (girls), for r6o children; average attendance, Delves Louis Brolllghton bart. of Doddington Park, Nant 1 ro; Miss Emily J. Griffith, mist,-ess wich, Thos. Chaddock Lowndes esq. and the trustees of Scholar Green (infants), for no children; average attend· the late Wi1liam Lawton esq. There are collieries in the ance, 70; :Miss Ell en J. Mo!laley, mistress vicinity; and there is a variety in the soi4 but strong Police .Station, Scholar Green loam prevails. The area is 3,6go acres of land: and! 6o of Railway Station, Mow Cop, Peter Spilsbury,station maiter

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barnett Geo. beer retlr. Kent Green Cotton Thomas, collector of King'a Antrobus Charles,Hill cot.Scholar Grn Bateman Art h. E. blacksmith,Rode lith taxes & assistant overseer, Hall Grn Bebington Wm. Hy. farmer, Kent Grn Dale Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Old More Baddelev• Mrs. Bank house Eaker-Wilbraham George Barrington Berisford J ames, butcher, Cinder hill ton hall M.A., J.P. Rode hall Bib by Thomas, miller (steam), Old Dale Fredk. frmr & grcr_ Thnrlwood Eithell Jn. Alma cot. Scholar Green Rode steam mill, Forge mill Dale Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer & pro Blakelock Rev. Laurence Neville Salts Birtles Hy. shopkeeper, Scholar Gm vision dealer, Hall Green B.A. (curate), The Cottage Bowler Jn. Chas_ farmer, Brick ho Egerton Eliza (Mrs.), frmr.Thurlwood Euckley Edwin, Bog hall Bowler William, butcher, Kent Green Furnival J oseph, plumber, painter & Fernyhough Joseph, Boden hall Broadhurst Samuel, farmer, Scholar glazier, Kent Green Ffoulke!l Rev. Piers John Benedict Green farm Gallimore Ell en (Mrs.) ,frmr. Green fm M . .A.. (rector & surrogate), Rectory Broadhurst \Vm. farmer, Pump house Gibson Edwd. beer retlr_ Kent Green Furnivall J sph. Sunny side, Kent Grn Brownsword .A.rthur, blacksmith, Goldendale (The) Coal & Iron Co. Goss William Henry, Rode terrace Broaded barn Hall O'Lea colliery Hopkins Geo_ PGrtland ho. Scbolar Gn Buckley John, painter, Rode Heath Gray Henry, farmer, Bank Leech Fredk. The Oakes, Rode Heath BucUey Spencer, boot & shoe maker, Gray William, farmer, Bank Lowndes Thos. Chaddck.Ramsdell ball Hall Green Higgins James, Rising Sun P.H. Moore Fredk_ Thos_ Old House grn Bullock Godfrey, domestic machinery Kent Green Ransome Uev. Maurice John B.A. agent, Kent Green Hill George, but~ her. Scholar Green (curate) Carrington Ell en (Mrs.), beer retailer Hill Geo_ Bleeding Wolf P.H.Hall Grn Williams Herbert J. The Old Rec & grocer Hodgkinson J ames, bay & straw dlr. tory, Scholar Green Cartwright Charles, joiner, Hall Gm Street lane COYMERCIA.L. Cartwright Geu. beer ret. Scholar Gn HGdgkinson Thos. farmer, Rode Heath Bailey Arthur, farmer, Moor's farm & Challinor Louis Donald, grocer & corn Holland Henry, stationer, Post o1'1ice. Hole House farm factor, Scholar Green Rode Heath Eailey Arth. jun. grcr. Rode Heath Charlesworth Ann (Mrs.), grocer &. Hollinshead Francis, frmr_ Pump frm Dailey John, farmer, Stone chair draper, Bank Hollinshead Peter, frmr_ Chance halJ Bailev John, steward to Mrs. Baker- Clarke Luke, grocer, baker & draper, Joynson Samuel, grocer, Tburlwood Wilbraham Thnrlwood Knapper Edward & George, fustian IJailey Wm. frmr. Fack. House farm Cotton Emma (Miss), frmr.Little Moss cutters, Bank mill