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, 180 "RICHARD S CASTLE. SHROPSHIRE. [KELLY'S chiefly in Herefordshire and is on the old road from Lud an elevation, skirted by extensive woods; from the summit low to Leominster, 3! miles south-west from Ludlow and of the contiguous motmtain, called "'Mary's Knoll," Or 2 west from Woofferton station on the Shrewsbury and " Marinoll," an extensive view of the surrounding country Hereford section of the London and N. W. and Great is obtained. The principal landowners are Miss Foster Western joint railway. The place takes its name from a Alfred Salwey esq. D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor' castle built here in the time of Edward the Confessor, by Riohard Betton esq. J.P. and: GenerallSir Edward Lech: Richard, the son of Scrob, a Norman. The church of St. mere Russell K.C.S.I. The ·soil is a light loam; subsoil, Bartholomew is a fine edifice of stone in the Norman style, gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, sDuth aisle, north beans, seeds and turnips. The population in 1891 was transept and a semi-detached tower, standing a few feet 735, of which 249 are in Herefordshire; the area is 4,890 distant from the body of the church and containing 3 acres of land and 19 of water, including 2,499 acres in bells: it had! formerly a. spire, which was burnt down: in Herefordshire; rateable value, £6,045, of Salop portion; 1861 a. fine stained east window was erected' by Richard £2,293, of Hereford portion. Betton esq. J.P. of Overton house, in memory ()f his wife Parish Clerk, Henry Rowe, Batchcott. Oharlotte Margaretta: this church is now used as a Post Office.-Thomas J ones, sub-postmaster. Letters mortuary chapel. The church of All Saints, now the arrive from Ludlow at 8. IO a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 parish church, was built in 1891-2, at a. cost of £8,000, on p.m. week days only. Letters for Woofferton arrive elevated ground at Batchcott, three-quarters of a mile from Brimfield (RS.O. Herefordshire). Postal orders distant from the existing church, and is the gift to the are issued here, but not 'Paid. Orleton is the nearest parish of Mrs. Johnston Foster and her two daughters, money order & telegraph offic~ the Misses Ethel J. and Gertrude S. Foster, in memory National School (mixed), built in 1874, for 130 children; of the late JohRSton Jonas Foster esq. and of his eldest average attendance, 93; there is a house for the mis daughter, Katharine Laetitia; the building is of local tress; Miss Emma Reynolds, mistress stone, with dressings of white Grinshill stone, in the Early Shrewsbury &; Hereford Railway Station, Woofferton, Decorated style, from designs by R Norman Shaw esq. James Alexander Robotham, station master R.A. architect, of London: it affords sittings for 300 per. sons. The register dates from 1559. The living is a WOO:I'1FERTON, 4 miles north from Ludlow, is a town· rectory, average tithe rent charge £478, net yearly value ship with a. junction station of the Tenbury branch of the £650, including 32 acres of glebe with residence, in the Great Western railway with the Shrewsbury and Here· gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since 1892 by the ford: joint railway. Adjoining the railway station are the Rev. Timothy George Watton M.A. of Emmanuel College, timber yards and a large steam !law mill of Messrs. Barlow Cambridge. Moor Park is the residence of Mrs. and Miss and Sons, of Stockport, employing about 30 hands in the Foster; the mansion is a handsome structure of red conversion of English timber for which the district is brick, with terra. cotta facings, in the Queen Anne style, celebrated!. The mission room here, opened in 1890, is a and! stands in a park of 133 acres; Overton is the residence building of black and white oak framing on a. brick faun· of Alfred Salwey esq. D.L., J.P.; and Overton House, of dation and affords sittings for 160 persons. The western Richard Betton esq. J.P. ; the Betton family, originally of portion of the building is arranged so as to be used: as a Betton Strange, 1 Edw. 1 (1272), and afterwards of Great working men's club; the site and building were the sole Berwick, near Shrewsbury, sold that property in 1819, and gift of Miss Foster, of Moor Park. the present representative of Overton is the last lineal Overton is a township, 2! miles south from Ludlow, and heir;The Lodge,Overton,belonging to A. Salweyesq. D.L., was a Roman settlement. J.P. and now the residence of Rowland Geo. Venables esq. Batchcott and Moor form a township, 3 miles south J.P. is a comparatively modern building, standing upon from Ludlow. A. Salwey esq. J.P. is lord of the manor. RICHARD'S CASTLE. Mason George, farmer (retired) Waller R James, Hanway lodge Buffrev Mrs. The Bank Maso~ Henry, farmer Watt<ln Geo. Edward! B.A. The Reebry Mason" Henry Mattmson Thomas, farmer, Burnt· Watton Rev. Timothy George M.A. House farm (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Millatt William, gamekeeper to Mrs. Child Robert, shoe maker Baker William, farmer, Church house & Miss Foster, of Moor park Davies Jam~s. cowkeeper Barrett Richard, Salwey Arms P.R O~iver In. frmr. The Wheat common Rowe Henry, carpenter, & assistant Basnett & Son, farmers & breeders of Postan John. farmer overseer, rate collector & parish clrk ;PedJigree Shorrthorns, Bilbury stud Pugh Henry, fail'IDer Stepple William, estate carpenter to farm Randal1 Thomas, farmer, WitnaU Alfred Salwey esq. D.L., J.P Bradley Henry, shopkeeper Randel Joseph, farmer, The Rock Town Arthdr, farmer Brown Edwin, farmer, The Berry Roe Jane (Mrs.), farmer Woodhouse Charles, stone mason Buffery Margt. (Mrs.), fmr. The Bank Thomas' John, farmer, Lower house Woodhouse John, mason Davies Harry Philip, trmr. Woodhouse Yates Thomas, butler to Mrs. & Miss Downes Thomas Collin, tax oollector, Foster, Church cottage WOOFFERTON. & farmer, Court house OVERTON. Barlow & Sons; engli~h timber mer· Furber William, Castle Inn P.H.; chants, steam saw mills & timber good accommodation for travellers, Betton Richard J.P. Overton house yard; head. office, Stockport visitors & cyclists; also posting & Kevell-Davies Mrs. William Edwards Benj. farmer, Twyford cott stabling; home brewed ales in fine Salwey Alfred D.L., J.P. Overton Edwards Hy. coal mer. Railway statn conditions Venables Rowland Geo. J.P.The Lodge Gittins Elizabeth(Mrs.), Salwey Arms George Elizabeth (Miss), cowkeeper Beniams William, head gardener to & refreshment rooms, Railway sta- Herbert William, farmer, The Green Richard Betton esq. J.P tion & farmer Howells Susan (Mrs.), farmer Brown Titus, farmer Hogan Charles, insurance agent, Rail· Jones Charl~s, farmer, Woodcrofts EdwaTds Chas. farmer, Hucksbarn way station Jones GeQJ'ge, farmer, Mitnal Mantle Richa.rd, farmer ~nsharw John & S<ln. fall'Ill.ers &:; Jones William (late. Bynon), shoeing & Oliver James, farmer estate agents general blacksmIth; all kinds of Turner Thomas~ farmer Pound Thomas Hy. & Benj. WaIter, agricultu:al implements repaired on Wells Francis, head butler t<l Richd. (established 30 years), millers short notIce at moderate charges Betton esq. J.P (water), corn mers. bakers& frmn Lock J essie (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Red hI Rawlings .Tohn, farmer & corn dealer Mainwaring Edward Vincent, farmer, BATCHCOTT & MOOR. South Wales Coal CD. Limited (P. Merefield Foster Mrs. & Miss, Moor park Hogan, agent) RODINGTON is a village and parish, 21 miles north register dates from the year 1678. The living is a rec· from Walcot stati()n, on the London and North Western tory, average tithe rent-charge £241, net yearly value and Great Western Joint Railway, 7 nmth-east from £308, including 36 acres of glebe, with residence, in the Shrewsbury, and 6 north-west from Wellington, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1893 by the Northern division of the county, Wellington division of Rev. John Alexander Smith. A cemetery Df half an acre South Bradford hundred, Wellington union and county was formed in 1884, the land being given by John Tayleur court district, petty sessional division of Brad- esq.; it is under the control of the ,Parish council. ford Wellington, rural dea,lery of Wrockwardine, There is a Wesleyan chapel here, erected in 1834. archdeaconry od' Sal()p and diocese of Liahfield. The charities are of about £15 yearly value, arising from The river Roden and the Shropshire canal run by the land. The principal landowners are John Tayleur esq. village. The church of St. George, rebuilt in 1851, is D.L., J.P. of Buntingsdale, Sutton, and the Lord an edifice of brick with stone facings, in the Early English Barnard. The soil is sandy and strong loam; subsoil, style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, clover north aisle and a western turret containing one bell. Th~ and turni~. The population in 1891 was 539 in the civil.