208 • , ~7 miles from Shrewsbury, 15 from , 9 from Ten by, 10 from , and 113 from London; in M unslo\V hundred, and diocese of . formerly returned two members to Parliament, but by the " Representation of the People Act, 1867," it now returns ol!e only. The town is incorporated, the corporate body consisting of a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors. The church of St. Lawrence is a very spacious and elegant cruciform building, and consists of a tower, nave, chancel, choir, aisles, transept, and two chautry chapels. This church underwent a complete course of restoration during the years 1859 nnd lHuO; the cost of restor:1tion, in1·lusive of memorial windows and porch, amounted to upwards of £l~,1100. The li\·iug is a rector_\', retumed at .£Q{)Il, with 55 acres of glel1e allll house, in the gift of Lady Mary vVindsor-Clive.

The Hoyal• Free Grammar Scho.:l, in Mill-street, is of an ancient fountlation. The school is at present regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, the administration of \vhich fl'Sts with the trustees and the head master. It has a most liberal endowment, a head master, second master, and writing 1rnster are handsomely provided for. There are three exhibitions of £50 each, open to deserving boys, who are admitted from the town and district; boarders are recived iuto the head master's house. Hooper's Almshou..;es are supported under the same scheme. The total income of the school is £1,798. Tcere are other charities, amounting to ahout £ii6ll yrnrly. There are sehools for boys, girlo, and iufants, with suitable cl wellings for tl;e teachers. There are chapels for Independents, Wes!eyans, Primitive Methodists, and Plymouth Brethren. Petty and quarter sessions are held at the Guildhall, the latter before the recorder of Ludlow, and a county court is held in the same building every month. The meeting of the Agricultural Association is held yearly at Ludlow. The Public Rooms are situated in Castle street, and comprise the Assembly Hooms, the Museum of Natural History, the Savings Bank, Solicitors Offices, Reading Rooms, &c. The Museum contains a choice and valuable collection of fossils from the immediate neighlJJc:.rl10od, and the Ludlow Rocks, besides antiquities and curiosities. The Literary Institute is in the Bull ring, and the reading room is well supplied with newspapers and the leading magazines. The Ludlow Advertiser is published by John Crosse, High street, every

Saturday• • The Police Station is in Gaolford ; a Masonic lodge is held at the Bull. The principal market, which is chiefly for corn and provisions, is held on l\1onday; there is also a smaller one held on Saturday, for provisions, &c. Fairs for horned cattle, horses, pigs, and general merchandise are held on January lQth, February 9th, March 9th, April 6th, May 1st and 4th, June 1st and 2~th, July 2ith, August 24th, September 21st, October 19th, November 16th, and December 14th. Races are held yearly at Midsummer on the Old-field, and adjoining the Bromfield station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford line.