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Coussmaker Rev. John Octavius M.A. Hamstall Cheese Factory,cheese manu- Pepworth William Frederick, ShouldeJ" Rectory fctrs. &c. (John Thos. Phillips, mgr) of Mutton P.H Lawrence Mrs. Sandborough Harper Ellen (Miss), Golden Cup P.B. Phillips Thomas, farmer, Sandborough COMMERCIAL. & cowkeeper, Nethertown Robinson Arthur, cowkeeper Ashmore John, butcher & farmer Ironmonger Thomas, farmer, Hadley Roobottom William, farmer, Rowley fmc .Atkins Thomas, fanner, Hadley end Jervis George, cowkeeper, Nethertown Sabin John, carrier Bentley Chas. wheelwright,Nethertwn Jones Francis, builder & farmer Sale William, farmer, Hay End· farm Clews John, farmer, Bancrofts Kidd iohn,Horse & Jockey P.H.Hadley Sutton J ane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Coulson Samuel, farmer Lawley William, farm~r, Nethert{)wn Timmis Edw;ud, farmer, Nethertown_ Croxall William, cowkeeper Lees Charles, farmer, Cowley hill Tooth William, blacksmith, & post off Emery George, farmer, Lower Rowley Lowe Joseph, cowkeeper, Sandborough Wannop Arthur, farmer, Rough park Froggatt John, farmer, Hartsmere Martin John, farmer, The Hall Watson Henry, farmer Goring Samuel, farmer, Nethertown Phillips John Thomas, shopkeeper Watson Sanh (Miss), dress maker is a parish and village on Prancis de Lacy White B.A. of Sidney Sussex College,. the north bank of the and on the Trent and Cambridge. The benefactions to the poor amount to Mersey canal, rt miles north-west from the about £r2 yearly. The trustees of Lady Cecil are lords 5tation on the Trent Valley section of the London and of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is various. North Western railway, r22 from London, 3t south-east The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The parish from and 6 north-west from , in the Lich- contains the small villages of and , :field division of the county, North Offiow hundred, Lich- and consists of 2,486 acres of land, including 30 of water; field union, Rugelev petty sessional division and county rateable value, .£,5,643; the population in xgo:r was 438. court district, rural deanery of Rugeley, archdeaconry of At Blithbury, 2! miles north, on the road form Lich:field to. and diocese of Lichfield. The church of St. , there was a small Benedictine monastery, after~ Nicholas, erected in the early part of the 12th century wards a nunnery, founded by Hugo Malvoisin in the time­ and partly rebuilt in 1782, is an edifice of brick and stone of Henry I. and dedicated to St. Giles, but suppressed by in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, Cardinal Wolsey. north aisle and an embattled western tower containing 4 · Hill Ridware is half a mile north. bells: the tower and north (or Trinity) aisle formed part Parish Clerk, Christopher Sammons. of the ancient church; the latter, which is inclosed, is Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & I. & A. 0. Hill Ridware.-Mrs. filled with numerous ancient and curious monuments and .Ann Thornton Sammons, sub-postmistress. Letters brasses of the Chadwicks and is reserved as a mortuary arrive from Rugeley at 8.50 a.m.; dispatched at 5.40 chapel for that family; this aisle and its contents were p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Armitage, a thoroughly restored in r882, and a stained east window miles distant placed by John de Heley Chadwick esq. to the memory of Wall Letter Boxes, Mavesyn Ridware (church wall box), his parents: the chancel and nave, restored in 1879• are· cleared daily, sunday excepted, 5·55 p.m. ;· lllithbury_,. of brick; a curious and ancient font found in the garden cleared daily, sunday excepted, 5.40 p.m.; Hill Rid· of the old hall has been restored and replaced in the ware, 5·45 week days nnly church: in the nave are the arms of the Chadwick family Public Elementary School (mixed), built about r8ro anll

from the 12th centnry: there are sittings for 200 persons. enlarged m r877, for 70 children; average attendance7 The register date3 from the year xsss. The livin(J' is a 67; John Jordan, master . rectory, net yearly value £380, with 14 acres of glebe and Carriers, Frederick William Hammond & William Lead­ residence, in the gift of and held since r883 by the Rev. better, to Lichfield, every fri.; to Rugeley, every thurso MAVESYN RIDWARE. God win Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeper White Rev. Fras. de Lacy B.A.Rectory Bowker Mrs. Mill house Hill Enoch, farm!lr COl\IMERCIAL. Harvey Misses, The Old Ractory Kirkham Cornelius, shpkpr.& news agt Adie Herbert, Roval Oak P.H Jaggard Mrs. Old Hall , Mycock Geor~e, farmer, Bla.ck flat~ I Bamford Emn;a (~irs.), sh?pkeeper. Bartlam James, shopkeeper My?ock Josepn, farmer,. Pnory farm D~rry Fredenck, wheolwnght, sm1tb Godwin Arth.farmer, Manor House fm Omon Frank E. blacksmith & farrnP1' · . BLITHBURY Pott.s Joseph, farn1er Done Waiter, farmer, CawardenSpri~g • Robmson John, farmer HammondFrdk.Wm.cattle dlr.&carne:r Astbury Jos. threshing machine ownr Tenney John, Bull & Spectacles P.H Holland John, farmer Bentley Wm. cowkeeper, Hadley gate Walkenden Thos. cowkpr. Hadley gate Holland Thomas. cowkeeper Bentley William, jun. saddler Webb Henry, farmer, Bank farm Jones Edward, farmer • Bevin Jacob, builder Leadbetter v"Vm. farmer & carrier Cowlishaw Thomas, fartn bailiff to ' HILL RIDWARE. · Mills Millicent Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr Mr. Waiter Done Orgill William Lownes Il.A., LL.B. The Robinson James, farmer, Rake end Degge John, farmer Cottage Robinson Sampson Joseph, plumber &a Denyer Joseph, cowkeeper Rayner Frederick, Hill Ridware hall Summons Ann Thornton (Mrs.), sta- Edwards Creameries Ljmited (Charles Timmis Charles, Wade Lane house tioner, Post office Foskett, manager) Underwood Mis!! Solman Edward, Chadwick Arms inn Gildart Sarah (Mrs.) & Wm. farmers Walker Mrs Timmis Chas. frmr. Wade Lane farm

PIPE RIDWARE is a parish on the north bank of the i~ a vic3rage, net yearly value £so, in the gift of the river Trent, 2 miles north from Armitage station on the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1897 by the Rev. '!'rent Valley <;ection of the London and North Western Edward Samson M.A. of Christ Church, Oxfo.rd, wh() railway, 5 east from Rugeley and 6! north from Lichfield, resides at Armitage. The charities are of about £3 in the Lichfield division of the oonnty, hundred of North yearly value. Lord Hatherton C.M.G. who is lord of Offiow, Lichfield union, Rugeley petty sessional division the manor, William Hobert Parker-Jervis esq. of Meafor!l and countY' court district, rural deanery of Rugeley, arch- Hall, Stone, Charles Tunnicliff esq. of Newton, Blithfield,. deaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. The church and William Perkins esq. are the principal landowners. of St. James, rebuilt in 1842, is a small and plain building The soil is sandy loam and strong clay. The chief crops of stone, in the Norman and later styles, consisting of are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 823 acres of land~o chancel and nave and a western turret containing 2 bells, including 6 of water; rateable value, £r,or8; the popula... ~nd has an early Norman font: the chancel has been re- tion in rgor was 63. built, under the direction of J. Oldrid Scott esq. R.A.: Parish Clerk, Miss Emma Hodgkinson. the east window is stained, and the chancel contains a Letters through H.ugeley arrive at 9 a.m. The nearesi monument with a Latin imcription dated r684, and money order office is at .Armitage, & King's Bromley ~ .:mother to the memory of Frances and Bridget Whitehall, the nearest telegraph office, about 2 miles distant who died 1716 and 1743 respectively: there are So sit- The children of this place go to Hill Ridware & Hamstall tings. The register dates from the year 1571. The living Ridware schools Dawson Adam, farmer, Goldhay fields Lees Emma (Mrs.), cowkeeper Woolley Mary (Mrs.), frmr. Quinton'~ Gould Henry, farmer, Woodhousa frm Price Joshua, farmE-r, Church far:n Orchard Jones Thomas A. Littleton's Arms P.H Smith William, farmer, Hall farm • ROCESTER is a. parish and small town in Churnet rural deanery of Uttoxeter, archdeaconry of Stoke-upon• Valley, and has a station with junction for Ashbarne on Trent and diocese of Lich:field. The rivers Chnrnet and the North railway, 21~ miles from Stoke, Dove join a mile below the village. The village is lighted 18 from :Burton, 4~ north from Uttoxeter, 7 south-east with gas. The church of St. Michael is a modem edific& from Cheadle and 140 from London, in the Leek division of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave; of the cnnnty. hnntil'Prl nr ~nnth Tntmnm;low. UttnxPtPl' 11nnth Ri~le. north nnrch rmd nn PmhattlPd wPstern towei" nniOll, petty sessional division and county coul'(; district, with spire, containing a clook a.r1d Q- beUs c the east wiJl,.