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Council meets at the Union Board Room, St. J ol:n'!'l Vaccin:ttion Officer, Edward Percy E,·erest, St. Juhn's Hill, , on saturday preceding the 2nd hill, Shrewsbury mouday in each month at II a.m Medical Officerrs & Public Vaccinators, Acton Bumell Chairman, T . .Alien J.P district, Frank Edwin C.:mlfie~!d Houghton L.R.C.P. Vice-Chairman, Edward Richard Trevor Corbett J.P. Edin., M R.C.S.Eng. Dorrington; Alberbury district, Radrr.ore, Dortington, Shrewsbury J. King Lewis M.RC.S.Eng. Brook house, West bury; Officials. Kenley district, William Herl::ert Packer M.D.Brux. Clerk, Edward Percy Everest, barrister-at-law, St 'l'he Mount, Cre~~Sage; Pontestur·y district, J. Wood­ John's hill, Shrewsbury ward Riley L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. Whitehall, Treasurer, George Butler Lloyd, Salop Bank, Shrewsbur~ Ponteslnt y; St. Chad di,tricb, Frededck Knollys Medical Officer of Health, .Maurice Gepp L.R.C.P. & S. Pigctt L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Belmont house, Shrews­ Edin., L.R.F .P .S.Glas., D.P .H.R.C.P .S.Eng. Thorney­ bury (& public vaccinator for St. Mary district); croft house, Coton hill, Shrewsbury St. Mary district, George Graves Whitwell M.B., C.M. Highway & Sanitary Surveyor, Harry .Asher, St. John's Edin. (medical ofticer only\, 27 Castle st. Shrewsbury hill, Shrews bury The ·workhouse, at Cross Houses, Berrington, is an l11spector of Nuisances, P. J. Digwood, St. John's hill. edifice of brick, erected under the provisions of an Shrewsbury Act passed in 1792; it ·was purchased by the Atcham • union in 1836 & enlargrd about 1871 & in 1904, & ATCHA)I UNION. will now acconunodate .~oo inmates; Rev. John Wollen The .Atcham uniun compnses the following parisht>s :­ Lee M. A. chaplain ; William Herbert Pacl\er .M.D. Acton Burnell, ..!lberbury with Cardiston, Albrighton. medical officer; Roff King L.D S.Irel. dental surgeon; Astley, .Atcham, Battlefield, Bauseley (Mcm.tgomery), William George Fulcher, master; Miss _\.. )!. Fulcher, Berrington, Bicton, Church Preen, Church Pulverbateh, matron & supt. of infirmary , Cound, Cressage, Criggion ()lontgvmery). Eaton Constantine, Fitz, Ford, l<'rodesley, Habberlt'y, A'I'CHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT. Hanwood (Great), Barley, Hughley, Kenley, Leigh­ • ton, Melverley, Meole Brace, Minsterley, Montford. Superintendent Registrar, Edward Percy Erer~tst, 24 St. PitchfOTd, Pontesbury, Pres,ton Gubbals, Ruckley, John's hill, Shrewsbury; deputy, H. Asher, 24 St. Shrewsbury (Holy Cross & St. Giles, St. Alkmond, John's hill, Shrewsbury St. Chad, St. Julian & St. Mary), 8'heinbon, Sbra­ Rr~istrars of Births & Deaths, Condover sub-district, wardine, Stapleton, Sutlton, Uffington, Uppington, George Edward Beaman, Meole Brace; deputy, A. Upton Magna, Westbury, Withington, Wollaston & Beaman, Meole Brace; St. Chad, Shrewsbury, sub­ Wroxeter. The population of the union in 19II wa;; district, James Edwin Heathcote, 156 Abbey Foregate, • 51,249; area, 130,653 acres; rateable value, .April rst, Shrewsbury; deputy, W. H. Hipkiss, High street, 1913, £385,713, viz. :-Salop, £381,138, and Mont­ Shrewsbury; St. Mary, Shrewsbury, sub-district, John gomeryshire, £4•575 Pool, St. Mary's street, Shrewsbury; deputy, Robert The guardians meet on the saturday before the firl'lt Pool, St. Mary's street, Shrewsbury; Westbury sub­ monday in the month, at the board room, St. John'~' district, F. W. Smallwood, Ford·; deputy, J. Cross, hill, Shrewsbury, at 10.30 a.m. & on the 3rd monday Bicton at the ·workhouse, at 11.45 a.m Reg-istrars of Marriag-es for the whole district, William Chairman of the Board of Guardians, William Adams Henry Hipkist:, 6 Cross hill, Shr£-wsl::ury; deputy, W. Vice-Chairman, Edward Richard Trevor Corbett J.P. D. Woodall, Shrewsbury; L. W. Clarke, 24 St. John's Radmore, Dorrington, Shrewsbury hill, Shrewsbury; deputy, P. J. Digwood, 24 St. Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Edwo. John's hill, Shrewsbury Percy Everest, 24 St. John's hill, Shrewsbury Treasurer, George Butler Lloyd, Salop Old Bank, Four Home~. &ccommodatmg 40, 30, 15 & 9 ch;ldren Shrewsbury respective~ly, situate in Shrewsbury, opened in xgo8 Relieving Officers, Atchram district, George Edward & •suc-ceeding years; Superintendent, J. T. Howes, Beaman, Upper road, :Meole Brace; Ford district, F. Besford house, Shrewsburv; Matron, Mrs. A.lice Eliza­ W. Smallwood, FairfiPld houst', Ford, Shrewsbury ; beth Howes; Medical Officers, F. K. Pigott L.R.C.P. Shrew!'!lmry di~trict, J.ames Edwin Heathcote, xs6 & S.Edin. & G. G. Whitwell M.B., C.M.Edin.; Abbey foregate, Shrewsbur~· Dentist, Roff King L.D.S.Iret

COMMERCI.!L. Groves Wm. Hall, farmer, Atcham ho PRIVATE RESIDENTS. !.tkinson John, gardener to H. A. Haycock Thomas,saddler & harness ma. Bainbridge Rev. George Herbert M.A. Van Bergen esq Higley Wm. wheelwright, (vicar), Vicarage Benbow Jonathan, farmer, Berwick Horn Henry, haulier Bergen H . .A.. Van, .Attingham park Maviston Jones Jn. Edwd. farmer, Berwick gro Burton Colley Llewellyn Harry, Bromley Francis Penry, farmer, Jones John Richard, farmer, Chilton Cronkhill .A.tcham grange Lillesha.Il Co. Lim. corn & coal mers. Burton Richard Francis Lingen,Long­ Caswell Hanuah (Mrs.),grocr.Post off (J. Wild, agent), Berwick wharf ner hall Dodd William, blacksmith Munday John, farmer, Emstrey Corbett Major Cecil Uvedale (late Ewels Robert Alfred, farm bailiff to Smith Clement, farmer, Fox farm R.H. .A. ), Ch1lton grove R. F. L. Burton esq Taylor Waiter Percy, farmer, Ber­ Noel-Hill Miss, Frogmore J Frank Thomas, farmer, Emstrey I wick New house BADGER is· a t..:>wnship, parish and village in the including 25 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift borough and liberty of Wenlock, on a small tributary of of Francis Capel Cure esq. and held since 1907 by t·he the river Worfe, 5 miles south-west from Albrightou Rev. Archibald William Dix M.A. of Sidney Sussex Col­ station and 6 from Shifnal statwn on t.he Wolverhampton le~e. Cambridge. The charitu~s amount to £3, of which and Wellington section of the Great Western railway, 6 part was left by will in 1849 by Mr·S. Piggott, and part in south-east from Madeley and 6 north-east from Bridg· r838 and 1871 by the Rev. Thomas F. Boddington and north, in the Northern division of the county, Shifnal the Rev. William Smith, former rectors; there is also union and petty sessional division, Madeley county court a dole of £1 yearly arising from a charge on the estate. district and division, Brimstree hundred. rural deanerv Badger Hall, the seat of Franci.s Oapel Cure esq. J.P. of Shifnal, arc'hdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Licli­ who is lord of the manor and Qwns the whole parish, field. The church of St. Giles, rebuilt in 1834, is an is .an ancient mansion, restored in 1773 and since re­ edifice of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting of nave and faced with brick, wit"h an attached chapel, erected in north chapel, south porch and an embattled western tower 1886 ; in the grounds adjoining the house is a beauti~ -with pinnacles, containing a clock and 3 bells: the south fully wooded dell, called " Badger Dingle," through porch, constructed of oak, was added in 1886: the ~>ast which a stream flows. The soil is sandy and loamy ; window wa.s presented by the patron, the oaken seats the subsoil is red sandstone. The chief crops are barley, by the late ~Irs. Chandos Pole, of Stableford House, oats and whe'lt. The area is 914 acres of land and 10 of and the carved pulpit by the late Canon Capel Cure: water; rate<~ ble value, £x, 171; population in 1911, 132. there are two pictures presented by Colonel A. Capel Sexton, William Williams. Cure, being copies of Guido's "Annunciation " and Post Ofiice, Badg-er.-Miss Rebecca Davies, sub-post­ Titian's "Ecce Homo;" and monuments by Flaxman, n.istress. Letters J;_eceived through Wolverhampton Chantrey and Gibson, to Isaac Hawkins Brown esq. of arrive at 8.45 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; sundays, 8.45 a.m.; this parish and M.P. for Bridgnort'h, d. r818, and to disp1tched at 5·45 p.m.; sundays, 4·45 p.m. Beck­ Mrs. ChPney, grandmother of Colonel Alfred Gape) bury is the nearest money order office & Ackleton, Cure: the church was restored in 1886 by the late about 1 mile distflnt, the nearest telegraph office Colonel A. Capel Cure. The register dates from the year Wall Letter Box, Badger Heath, cleared at 6.20 p.m. r662. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £142, week days & 5.20 p.m. sundays