1>IRECTORY.] SHROPSHIRE. OAKE~GATES. 157 The Duke of Sutherland, who is lord of the manor, Earl A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875 for the Granville and! Col. Sir Thomas Meyrick bart. D.L., J.P. parish of Wombridge;J J. Leake, Shifnal, clerk to the of Apley Castle, are the principal landowners. The soil board; R. L. Corbett, Oakengates, attendance officer is sandy; the. subsoil is clay and gravel. The area is 500 Wombridge Board Schools, Ketley Bank, built in 1878 &; acres; the population in 1891 was 1,694. enlarged in 1882, for 152 boys, 134 girls &; 120 infants; average attendance, 152 boys, 134 girls &; 94 infants; KETLEY BANK is in the ecclesiastical parish of Oaken­ William Henry Knight F.R.G.S. master ;Miss Elizabeth gates, and in Wellington county court district; it is on Knight, girls' mistress; &; Miss Florence Dunkey, in­ the left of the Holyhealf road from Shifnal. There are fants' mistress Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels here. Wombridge National School (boys, girls &; infants), with SNEDSIDLL is a populous hamlet, in the parish of residence for the master &; mistress, founded by James Shifnal, but attached to the ecclesiastical district of OliveI' esq. of Spring Hill, Wellington, in 1846, enlarged Oakengates: here are the extensive iron works of the at the cost of Sir Thomas Meyrick bart. in 1889, is Lilleshall Company Limited; these works have communi­ situated at Oakengates; the school will hold 287 cation with the North Western and Great Western rail­ children; average attendance, boys II5, girls 77 & 80 ways; there are also large brick works, the property of infants; William Horner Allison, master; Mrs. M. E. the same company. Alison, mistress; Miss A. Price, infants' mistress Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. R, Express Delivery & Annuity & Railways. Insurance Office, Market street, Oakengates.-William Great Western, William Hayward Ruscoe, station master Hunt, SUb-postmaster. Letters arrive from Wellington & goods agent at 6.30 a.m. &; 2.55 p.m.; dispatched at 9.15 a.m. & London & North-Western (Coalport branch), In. Pinchers, 7.45 p.m station master; Henry L. Turner, goods agent OAKENGATES. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Emus Ephraim, Church parade Parker George, New street Corbett Mrs. Ivy ho. Stafford road Jones Arthur Thomas Lloyd Parkes Edward, Stafford road Edwards John, Belle Vue house McNaul Hugh Hamilton, The Grange White Rev. James, Vicarage Gee Rev. Wm. (Cong.), Stafford road Owen Charles, Market street Wilkinson In. Sebastian F.R.C.S.Eng COMMERCIAL. Horton William, hair dresser, Market street Alcock Emily Susanna (Miss), stationer, The Green Hoskins & Co. Limited, boot & shoe m1tkers, Market st Armstrong John, Oxford hotel, Market street Hot<;hkiss Thomas Ste.phens, grocer, Slavey .street Bailey E. J. & P. (Misses), drapers, Oxford street Houlston Henry, emigration agent, Stafford road! iBaker Daniel, boot & shoe make'r, Market street Howells Henry, Falcon inn, Church street Eeard Edward, tripe dresser, New street Hunt William, outfitter & postmaster, Market street Beddoes Frank Green, ironmonger, tinplate worker, oils, Jacks John, jun. painter, Stafford road blllJSting powder, fuze & dynamite merchant, Oxford James William, butcher, Market street street; & at Ironbridge Jervis Thomas, Charlton Arms P.H. Bridge street Beech Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, Stafford road Jones James &; Thomas, grocers, Market street Beech Thomas, fruiterer &c. Market street Janes Arthur Thomas Lloyd L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon Beech William, shoe maker, Stafford, road Jones Henry, painter &;c. Stafford road Blakemore John, builder, Slaney street Jones John, boot & shoe maker, Market street BiI"Illingham District & Counties Banking Co. Limited Kitching Charles, chemist, Oxford street (sub-lbranch) (R. J. Acton, manager); open wed. & Latham Enoch, earthenware dealer, Stafford road sat. from 10.45 to 12. IS; draw Oll! Williams Deacon & Lea Samuel, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey Limited, Manchester & Salford Bank Limited, London EC wine & spirit merchants, Market street Bladen Henry, Brown Lion P.H. Lion street Lee William James, blacksmith, Stafford road Bowler Alfred C. beer retailer, Stafford street Little & Cooper, boot makers, Market street Bowler Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, New street Lloyds Bank Limited (sub-branch), Oxford street (John Bowler George, baker, New street Galbraith, manager), open mono & fri.; draw on Lon­ Bowler John J oseph Paul, photogropher & sec. to Market don office, 72 LOIlllbard street EC Hall Co. Oxford street McCullagh J. S. inland revenue officer, Stafford road British & Foreign Biblel Society Depot (M1i.ss Emily McNaul Hugh Hamilton M.R, L.R.C.S. The Grange Susanna Alcock), The Green Maddock John & Co. mallea.ble iron founders, nail, heel Busby Charles, hair dresser, Oxford street tip & rivet manufacturers, Great Wastern nail works. Clemson J oh.IlJ, 'beer retailer, Market street TA" Maddocks, Oakengates" Cludde Moses, tinplate worker, Slaney street Mansell Rose Anna (Mrs.), boot maker, Market street Cliff Jane (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Stafford road Market Hall Co. (John Joseph Paul Bowler, manager) Corlbett Eliza Frances (Mrs.), mineral water manufac­ Marrion Mary Ann (Mrs.), Caledonia commercial hotel turer, Market street Martin & Sons, iron founders, Slaney street COl"bett Richard Lawrence, registrar of births & deaths Martin John, bricklayer, Stafford road for Wombridge sub-district of Wellington union, & of Mawdsley William Henry, boot maker, Market street marriages for Wellington district, &; assistant overseer Merrington Rebecca (Mrs.), Peartree Bridge inn for Wombridge & collector of rates & school attd.officer Millington Rowland & John, builders & timber merchants Col'lbett William, beer retail~r, Market street Morgan Enoch, teacher of music, Wrockwardine road Cullwick J ames, wheelwright, Hadley road Morris T. & S. grocers, Market street Davies NQah, beer retailer, Market street Morris Arthur, butcher, Market street Davis Ben. hair dresser & furniture broker, Market street Nagington Joseph, butcher, Market street DaITall & Co. groc~rs, Market street Oakengates Coffoo House & Recreation Co. Limited Dickin John Bucknall, draper, Market street (Richard Lawrence Corbett, sec.), Market street Dudley Edward, grocer, Stafford street Oakengates Co-operative Society (Nelson Gartside, mana­ Dudley Eli, iron, scrap iron, lead, brass & coal merchant, ger), Oxford street & breeze manufr. Stafford I'd. & Gt. Westrn. Rlwy. yd Oakengates & St. George's Gas & Water Co. Lim. (G-eo. Eaton & Co. clothiers &e. Market street Parker, manager) - Edwards Sarah (Mrs.) &; F:mny P. (Miss), private school, OliveI' George, boot & shoe maker, Market street Belle Vue house Onions Henry, Bull's Head P.H. Market street Edwards J ane (Mrs.), beer retailer Onions James, grocer, Market street Ellis Emma (Mrs.), Rose &; Crown P.H Owen Charles, gr61cer, confectioner, seedsman &; potato, Ferriday Andrew Davies, charter master fil'uit & onion salesman, Market street Ferriday Arthur Harry, chemist, Market street Parkas E. & Co. grocers, Market street Ferriday Joseph, music dealer, Market street Parkes Edward & Co. ironmongers, Market street Finney John Benjamin, coal ~erchant &c. Stafford road Perrins Thomas, shopkeeper, Stafford road Franks William Henry, grocer, Bridge street Phillips A. G. & H. R. solicitors, Market st. (attend sats) George John, hair dresser &; gen-eral dealer, Marlket street Pitchford William Henry, butcher, Market hall Green Salome Davies & Ada Jpne (Misses), milliners, Pointon John, tailor, Market street Market street Poole Harry, grocer, Market street Green Jacob, baker &c. Bridge street Poole Thomas, Coalport inn, Bridge street Haduon Frederick William, fancy draper, Market street Price James, Fighting Cocks P.H. ~!\rket street HaITis !saae, Station hotel, Ma.rket street Price John, Duke of York P.H. Market street Harrison James William, watch maker, Market st Pritchard Thomas, saddler Holleyhead Ruth & Julia C~1isses), dress mas. Stafford rd Purslow Henry Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Market street Holm.,s Edwin, Black Horse P.H. Market street Reynolds Richard, cut tack manufaeturer, Xew street RopIer Brothers, colliery proprietors Robinson Henrietta (~!rs.), grocer, Lion stre~t