160 . . [KELLY'S glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lich­ 87r acres; rateable value, £r,o20; the population in field, and held since r883 by the Rev. William Guest Gar­ 1901 was 121. land M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. There are re­ Parish Clerk, William Smith. mains of an old Roman road passing through the village Letters through Tamworth by foot messenger arrive at in the direction of Lullington, in Derbyshire. The Earl 9 a.m. Elford is the nearest money order & telegraph .fJf is lord of the manor. The principal land­ office, a:bout 3 miles distant . .{)Wners are W. B. Wardell esq. of Burton-on-Trent, Letter Box cleared at 5.15 p.m. week days only Henry de Trafford esq. of Haselour, the Ecclesiastical Public Elementary School (mixed) (situated in the ·Commissioners, Mr. Thomas Wright Stratton, the Misses parish of Croxall), for 85 children; average attend­ :Stratton and Henry Anson-Hort

.ELFORD is a parish and picturesque village, on the William Smythe kt. (1525-6), his first wife Anne (Staun­ 'bapks of the river Tame, with detached cottages, sur- ton), and second wife Isabella (Neville) (1516), daughter rounded by gardens, and a station, known as the Elford of the Marquess of Montacute : on the north side of the and Haselour Ptation, on the Midland railway, about a nave is a coffin slab, with :O.oriated cross, and in the mile east from the village, 5 miles north from Tamworth, chancel a mural monument, with shields of arms, to 0 east from Lichfield and rr4! from London, in the Lich- William Brooke esq. of Haselour (1641): fragments of field division of the county, hundred of South Offiow, several destroyed tombs, stone coffins and other sepul­ petty sessional division of Ta.mworth, union and county chral remains were also found during the restoration: court district of Lichfield, rural deanery of Tamworth, all the monuments above described were carefully and nrchdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield. The skilfully restored by Mr. Edward Richardson, sculptor, church of St. Peter, pleasantly seated near the Hall, is of London, the restorer of the famous effigies in the .an ancient building of stone, in the Decorated and Per- Temple Church: there are mural monuments to William pendicular styles, consisting of chancel, with organ cham- Brooke esq. of Haselour, 1641, with 14 heraldic shields, her and vestry on the north, and the chantry of the Holy and others to members of the Howard family, including Cross (known as the Howard Cha:ptry), on the south Henry Bowes Howard, 4th Earl of Berkshire and nth side, nave, with Stanley aisle and south porch, and an Earl of Suffolk, 1757; on the floor are slabs to the .embattled western tower, with four pinnacles and turret Arderne, Bowes and Huddlestone families : in the chanmil at the south-east angle, and containing a clock and 6 is a copy of a 15th century brass in the church of Grain­ bells, presented in 1849 by T. Levett esq.: the stained thorpe (eo. Lincoln), commemorating Humfrey Stanley, glass of the west window of the south aisle is ancient, and there are also brasses to the Rev. John Sneyd, the and was brought from the Continent, and there is some Rev. John Hill (temp. James I.), to whom Elford owes ancient glass in the nave: the modern west window con- its principal endowed charity, and the Rev. Francis .tains kneeling figures of Sir R. Stafford, Sir T. Stanley, Edward Paget M.A. rector 1835-82: the church was 1\Iaud Camville, Isabel Vernon, l\Iaud de Arderne and restored in 1848-9 under the direction of Anthony Salvin Cecilia de .A.rderne, clad in heraldic tabards and mantles; esq. the nave roof bein~ raised, the chancel newly roofed, and the shields of William I. and Wulfric, Earl of Mercia: the interior fitted with oak stalls, several stained win­ the Holy Cross chantry contains several splendid altar dows added and the floor re-paved: the Stanley or Holy tombs with effigies, including one of alabaster to Sir Cross chantry was restored in. 1870 by the Hon. Mary 'Thomas Arderne, the sides of which are panelled in tre- Howard, under the direction of the late G. E. Street foil-headed panes, containing 22 statuettes supporting esq. R.A. : the church was restored during the period shields; on the upper slab are recumbent figures of Sir 1873-83, at a cost of [582, and affords 287 sittings. all 'T. Arderne (1391) and Matilda his wife, with their hands free. The register dates from the year 1552. The living conjoined; the knight is in armour, with ponderous is a rectory, net yearly value £200, including 241 acres .camail encircling his head and shoulders, and wearing a of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Howard Francis jupon or tunic; the lady is in long flowing robes, with a Paget esq. and held since 1882 by the Rev. Algernon .cloak, and both wear a. collar of SS.: on the north side Stewart Mackenzie Chester M.A. of Keble College, Ox­ is another altar tomb designed by Anthony SaJ.vin esq. ford, and Rural Dean of Tamworth. Elford Hall, the with panelled sides, bearing shields of arms, and sup- residence of Howard Francis Paget J.P. is a fine old porting the alabaster figure of a knight, and inscribed, mansion in attractive grounds, traversed by the river alongside the effigy to Sir John Stanley, who founded the Tame. Elford House, the residence of Capt. Charles .aisle or chantry called by his name in 1474, and west of Boyer Webb J.P. commands a fine view of the Arderne tomb, is a small plain modern tomb, bearing park and overlooks the river Tame. Howard Francis the figure of a child, supposed to represent the grandson Paget esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and principal land­ of the foregoing Sir John Stanley; the right hand is owner. raised, pointing to the head, and the left holds a ball, The soil is various, rich loam, gravel and peat ; sub­ indicating, it is said, the cause of death; the date of the soil, marl and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, .effigy is assumed to be about 1460, and the ancient re- mangolds, turnips, barley and beans. The area is 2,024 eorded inscription, "ubi dolor ibi digitus," has been acres; rateable value, £4,2II ; the population in igoi renewed: beneath a low arch in the north-east angle of was 363 . .the chancel, is an interrupted effigy, consisting of the Deputy Parish Clerk, Charles Gilbert upper and lowered etxtremities of at m~ll~culptured in sunk Post, M. O. & T. 0., '11. M. 0., E. D., P. P., s. B. & .A. pane1 s, suppos o commernora e n 1 mm ·8 taunton esq. & I. 0.-Mrs. Margaret Cunningham, sub-postmis- circ. 1480: on the north side of the chantry is a magnifi- tress. Letters arrive through Tamworth at ,g a. m. & -cent altar tomb of alabaster, the sides of which are . 'd d · · h l'k t fill dispatched at 5.15 p.m.; sunday, 10.50 a.m d I'VI e mto me e- 1 e compartmen s ed with :O.am- ·boyant tracery, and inclosing many-quartered shields of Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built in arms, and between the compartments are other canopied 1856, & supported mainly by H. F. Paget esq. with niches, with grotesque figures of monks : on the upper aid of a small bequest ; 6o children on roll ; average slab are recumbent effigies of a knight in ringed and attendance, 49; Henry Mitchell, master :Plate armour, and his two wives, representing Sir Railway Station, William Beasley, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Webb Charles Boyer J.P. (capt. 4th Harrison Jsph.fatmer & miller (water) rOhester Rev. Algernon Stewart Mac- North Staffs Regt. ), Elford house & corn merchant, Elford mill kenzie M.A. (rector & rural dean of COMMERCIAL. Hollis Joseph, farmer Tamw.)rth), Rectory Brooks Joseph, shopkeeper Plumridge Chas. gardener to Howard Gilbert George, Homestead Capon .John Curtis, Crown P.R Francis Paget esq. J.P Lowe Mrs. Upfields Coxon Chas. farmer, Elford Park frm Sbarpe Emma (Miss), coal & lime mer Lyon Edmund Herbert, Elford cottage Cripwell Williaro, farmer, Home fann Slater William, farmer, Park farm .Paget Howard Fras. J.P. Elford hall Gibr.on William, .blacksmith Williams Henry, wheelwright & Paget Miss, Avenue house Hodgetts William, farmer general joiner