DIRECTORY.] SHROPSHIRE. ASH MAGNA. 257 ing "The Fall and Redemption of Mankind;" on the south warlh Gibbons esq. of Boddington Manor, Cheltenham, is wall, over the piscina, is a representation. of the "Fall" and lord of the manor of Alveley. The principal landowners are on the east wall are traces of pictures of the" Annuncia- Lieut.-Col. Edward Maltby Wakeman J.P. J. S. Gibbons tion" and "Salutation:" against the wall of the south esq. William Orme Foster esq. J.P. of Apley Park, and aisle is placed an altar frontal, discovered in an old chest be- Robert J. G. Griffiths esq. Burton-on-Trent. The soil is longing to the church, and dating from about 1470 : the various; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are chancel retains piscina and triple sedilia, and all the windows wheat, turnips, barley, beans and clover. The population are stained: in 1878-9 the church was thoroughly restored of the township in 1881 was 892 ; the population of the from plans by Sir A. W. Blomfield kt. M. A., A.R.A., F.s.A. parish in 1881 was 999, and the area JB 6,788 acres; rateable architect, of London, at a cost of £4,000, when the bells were value, exclusive of Romsley, £6,:~:21. re-hung at the cost of R. Griffiths esq.; at the west end of RoMSLEY is a liberty, Ii miles east, with a population in nave is a stone bearing the arms and brass effigy of John 8 of ; and the area is , o8 acres i rateable value, 1 81 107 1 3 Grove esq. a native of this !parish and a freeman of the £ 1 , 372. The principal landowners are J. s. Gibbons esq. Grocers' Company of the City of London, ob. nth of Decem- and Messrs. John and Stepbens Cresswell. ber, 1616. The register dates from the year 1561. The lh·- ing is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £20, gross yearly value TucK HILL, part of this parish, now formed into an eccle £171, including 1 i acres of glebe, in the gift of Lieut.-Col. siastical district, is given under a separate heading. Edward Maltby Wakeman J.P. and held since t883 by the Parish Clerk, George Wood. Rev. Henry Martyn Wickham. Here is a Primitive Metho- PosT 0FFICB.-Charles Massey, receiver. Letters through dist chapel. The charities are of £141 yearly value, of Bridgnorth, arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m. which John Grove esq. a native of the parish, in 1616 be- The nearest money order office is at Bridgnorth & tele- queathed a sum of money producing l,"2o yearly, £1o of graph office at Highley railway station. Postal orders which to be paid annually to the schoolmaster of the pari$}11 are issued here, but not paid and £to to be given to five aged, impotent men. Coton National School (mixed), for 120 children; average attend- Hall is the residence of Lieut.-Col. Edward Maltby Wake- ance, 114; Moses Davies, master; Mrs. Martha Alexandra man J.P. lord of the manor of Norley Regis. John Skip- Davies, infants' mistress; there is a master's house Alveley. Cross William, farmer, Astley Proctor George, farmer, The Filletts Elcock William, farmer, Hall close Richards Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Crosse Morti mer Hales, Green House cot Evenson Saml.police constable in charge Dodd's green Fellows Michael, Hall close Giles William,miller (water),Crowsmill Thomas Jn. (Mrs.), farmer, Broadslane Petley John McLeod, Green house Glaze Joseph, farmer, Green lane Veal Edna (Miss), farmer & landowner, Wakeman Lieut.-Col. Edward Maltby Harley J n. wheel \Yright, Hallam bridge High house .1. P. Coton hall Hayward Thomas, farmer, Hill house Wall George, wheelwright Whittaker James, Hampton load Head Ann (Mrs.), beer retlr. Ritlands Warder Richard, farmer, Moor house Wickham Rev. Henry Martyn, Lich. Hemmings William, The Bell P.H Warder Thomas, farmer, Church farm 'fheo. Coli. [vicarJ. Hinton George, farmer, Lake house Warder William, farmer, The Hay Holloway Henry, beer retailer & cooper, Webb William, quarry m~--ter & farmer COliiMEBCIAL. Hampton load Whiting Thos, farm bailiff to the Rev. Key Edwin, beer retailer Henry Blissett M.A. Pool head BartlettMatthew,ThreeHorseShoes P.H Kirkham Frederick farmer, May house Wier John, farmer, Cook't:~ cross Brooks Edwd. shoe maker & shopkeeper Lee Charles, farmer, Shropshire farm Brown Ezra, farmer, Perry house Lewis Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Romsley• Burdett Albert, gamekeeper to Lieut.- Littleford George, beer retailer Bristoe George, cow keeper Col. E. M. Wakeman J.P Lloyd James Frederick, grocer, tea Bullock Edward, farmer, New house Clark George, farmer & grocer dealer & provision merchant Cresswell Jn. assist. overseer & collector Clark George Birkins, butcher Marston George, farmer, Hewlett hall of assessed & income taxe8, The Firs Clark John Instan, butcher Massey Charles, blacksmith, Post office Cresswell Stephens, farmer, Lower ho Colebatch William,farmer & landowner, Minifie Emma(Mrs. ),farmr.Coton farm Doolittle Jn. The Finger P. H. & shoe ma Little London Morris Richard, farmer Gretton Josepb, farmer, Hart'e green Cooper Geo. Edwd. farmer, The Butts Oddfellows' Lodge (CharlesMassie,sec. ), Harris John, cow keeper Corbett John, farm bailiff to trustees Squirrel hotel Lane George, wheelwright of Thomas Lester, Low farm Palmer John, head gardener to Lieut.- Lawley Henry, farmer, 'fhe Bow hills CresswellZephaniah,Squirrel commercl. Col. E. M. Wakeman Rogers William, farmer, Pool house hotel; good stabling accommodation Petley Jn. McLeod,farmer,Green house,
ANNSCROFT was formed into an ecclesiastical parish Misses Edmonds, of Shrewsbury, ~nd Mr. J. S. Rutter, of Nov. 29, 1872, irom the parishes of Condover,. St. Chad,. London. The area is ~,034 acres; the populat.ion in 1881 Shrewsbury and Meole Brace, and embracas the following was 440. places :-Annscroft, Great Lyth township, Exford's Green, Parish Clerk, ,A.dam Mansell. Welbatch, Whitley and Hookagate, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Condover, Atcham union, Shrews Letters through Shrewsbury arrive at 9'·30 a.m. The bury county court district, rural deanery of Condover, nearest money order office is at Hanwood & telegraph archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. Annscroft office at Pontesbury is on the road from Shrewsbury to Bishop'!! Castle, 4 miles WALL LETTEB Box, Annscroft, cleared at 5.30 p.m south-west from Shrewsbury and 2 mile.<~ south-east from Hanwood station on the Shrewsbury and Minsterley rail- Hookagate i