. DIRECTORY. J .. PELEALL. 307 the Rev. John Prittie O'Connor M.A. of St. Mary Hall, 1,8.24 acres; rateable value, £2,736; the population in ·()xford, who resides at . Patshull Park, the xgox was 222. ;seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of 'dartmmtth P.C. lord Parish Ulerk, Stephen Chatman. lietltt>nant of the county, is a fine domain of about Boo acre£., \\'ell titnbef'ed 'and corltairting twd ·lake~. dn'e of Pest Office, BUTnhill Green. James Wm. Stewart, sub­ .64 mul the other of 2L acres, so arranged as to resembl~ po.stmaster. Letters received from at a river, the waters ot which are discharged in an artificial 7•:35 a..m.; dispatched -at 6.30 p.m.; sunday 4lt 5.30 ICrulCade, with a fall of 30 feet: the mansion is a massive p~m~ Postal Orders are issued & paid here. Beckbury, stone bllilding in the Italian style, arid was considerably 2 miles distant~ is the nearest money order & telegraph ~nlargell :in x8B2 by the addition of a west wing: the in­ office. There is a. telegraph office for the us~ ..of the terior w.as much improved in 18g5, and the electric light estatb at the Hall installed throughout. The Earl of Dartmouth is 1ord of The Public Elementary school, the Earl of Dartmouth's .the ma.JJ.or and sole landowner. Here are the head quar- · Estate school, at Burnhill Gteen (mixed), "\vas built in Jters of G Co. I.:St Volunteer Battalion 187o and enlarged in 1894 by the addition of a new class :Regiment. The soil is loam; subsoil, various. The chief room, for xoo children; average attendance, 6$; James .crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is · Stewart, master • IDartmouth Right Hon. the Earl of Hall John, Dartmouth Arms P .H. Stewart J a.mes William, school mastr• .P.C. (lord~lieut.), Patshull house; & Burnhill Green Post office, Burnhm Green .37 Charles street, Berkeley sq. W Halliday Wm.head gardnr. to the Earl Volunteer Battalion {rst). South k Carlto:a & Travellers' clubs, Lon- Heatley Tom, farmer, The Medleys Staffordshire Regiment (Capt. F. donS W Joyce Wyndham, he.ad gamekeeper to W. Yates, commanding; hon. as!!t. ABennett Ed.wa.rd, farm steward to the the Earl surgeon, B. W. Lamb Earl of llirlmauth, · Patshull Home Patshull Cricket Club (Arthnr Young, Wilkins J ames, estate agent to the fa rill .hon. sec) Earl, Burnhill Green .:PATTINGHAM is a parish and village on the Shrop­ The Earl of Dartmouth holds the great tithes. There is shire border., 6 miles west from Wolverhampton and 4! a. brick kiln in the parish, the property of the Earl of north-east from Codsall station an the Great Western Dartrnouth. The poor's lahd productlS £39 }'early. 1n .railwa¥., in the E::ingswinford division of the county, South ryoo a gold torque was found here, weighing Jib. 2oz . .Seisd.on h1.1.ndred, Seisdon union, Wolverhampton petty a11d in 1780 another piece of gold. All the land uf Pat­ .Bession.al division aud county court district, TryS'Ull rtiral tinglmm is now freehold. The parish· 'is hilly, well deanerff, Sta.fford a:rchdeaconry ood Licllfield diocese. watered with springs, and with a. great variety in the The church >Of 'St_ Chad is an edifice of red sandstone, soils. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips 'and ceonsisting of a large and fine Early English chancel, short pasture. The acreage of the parish is 2,5z9 acres ; rate­ Nol'l1lan nave, aisles, south porch and a massive towel' of able value, £4,153; the population in. rgox of the civil .ithe Decorated :period with pinnacles and spire, erected by and ecclesiastical parish was 779· ;the Earl !M DRL'tmouth in memory of his father, the fourth Rudge is a small township in the -eounty of Salop, fm-m­ iearl, and conta.ining a chiming clock and 8 bells ; 2 new ing part of the parish of Pattingham, the major portion l:iells w.ere added in r865, and the clock was p-laced in 1V hereof is in Staffordshire. u:86S ~ additional pinnacles of greater height, and a double Nurton is 1 mile east; Tutors Hill Bank, Balf a roils lseries of flying buttresses were added to the tower in west: Copley, x mile south-west. 18gr, from the designs of Mr. J. 0. Scott, architect ' Parish Clerk, Thomas E. Harper. F.S . .A.. of London: there are sixteen memorial windows: !the chancel was restored in_ '18$7• and the :rest of ihe Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. B. & .A.. :church in x865, under the directiOn of the late Sir G. G. & I. 0.-George Miller, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive :Seott R.A.. when new roofs were placed on the nave and from Wolverhampton at 6.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.20 "South aisle, and an additional north aisle was built: p.m. & at II a. m. on ~unday there are two sedilia and a double piscina and a Norman Public Elementary Schools. \font: the reredos, of alabaster, erected by the fifth Earl o0f Dartmouth, in r8go, from the design of Mr. J. 0. Commodious schools were erected in 1874. with master's 'Scott, 18 canopied, and incloses a representation of our residence, for boys, girls & infants. in which is merged a. 'Lord in Majesty, executed in glass mosaic, by Messr~. Free school, originally endowed with land, now rented 'l>owell, of Whitefriars, London: an oak screen was given at £6 a year; there is also an infants' school, entirely by William Simmons esq. in 1 s 91 , and a Litany desk by supported by the Earl of Dartmouth Miss Sarah Ann Holles, and there is a brass tablet to .For 86 boys, 86 girh & g6 infants ; average attendance, 67 Capt. Cathcart Boycott Wig)lt-;Boycott, of Rudge Hall, d. boys, 6r girls & 67 infants; William :B. Graves, (ith August, x8gi, erected by the officers and men of the master; Mrs. Graves, infants' mistress Bimley squadron of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Carriers to Wolverhampton. John Hayward to the i3ta1fordshire Yeomanry: there are 450 :!littings, 150 being 'Seven Stars,' wed. & sat.; William Cartwright, wed. & d'ree. The parish register dates from the year I559· The sat.• & :Mrs. Emily Harley, mon. wed. & sat. to Jessop's living is a v!iearage, net yearly value £225, including x Hotel, North !Street; William Heath, to 'Darlington -acre of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Earl of Arms,' wed. & sat. ; Mrs. Hannah Pritchard, ' Dar- Dartm~mth, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Alfred lington Arms,' wed. & sat.; John Thurstans, wed. & 1J'l>Gmat! Greenstreet M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. .11at PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Woodward John, The Poplars Law Francis, thrashing machine propr navis Edward, Tutorshill COMMERCIAl•• Mason John, farmer, Westbeech ::Elliott Edward, Holloway house Aston Jobn, butcher & farmer Matthews Frederick, beer retailer Faulkner Charles Parkes, Little moor Bowen Thomas, builder & undertaker Miller George, grocer, & post offiee Fa.ulkner Thomas Stephen,Great moor Clark William (Mrs.), fruit dealer Newton William. farmer, Westbeech Greenstreet Rev. Alfred Thomas M.A. Faulkner Ohas.Parke!,frmr. Little mr Peters Selina (Mrs.), dress maker , (vicar), Vicamge Faulkner Thos. Stphn.frrnr.Great moor Pigott William, farmer, Murton Eilley Fras. Willington, West view Finney Emma (Miss), shopkeeper Price John Thomas & Geo. blacksmths H11.wley Mrs. Torquefield house Goodman Charles, Pigot Arms P.H Pritchard Hannah (Mrs.), carrier Holland John, Westbeech Griffitb!! William, jobbing gardener Riddle Edwin, farmer, The Retreat Jones Thomas, The Elms Harley Agustus, paint6l' A glazier Smith Charles, market gardener Kirkley Thomas, Great moor Harley Thomas (Mrs.), carrier Stanford Mary (Mrs.), fruiterer • Lomas Edward J. Yewtree house Harper Thomas, parish clerk, sexton Taylor Henry, farmer, Clive .Newton W'illiam, Westbeech & poor rate collector Thompson Fredk.John,frmr.Copley fm O'Connor Rev. John Prittie M.A.(vicar Haynes Charles, grocer & tea. dealer Thurstans Jn.market grdnr.& carrier of Patshull) Hayward John, carrier Thurstans William, jobbing gardener Riddle Misses Holder Samson, blacksmith Titley John Earl, saddler & farmer Simmons John, Nurton Holt Benjamin, shoe maker Tuffery J)aniel, shopkeeper Smith Charles, Murton hill Hoole John Alfred, farmer Wheeler Waiter, farmer Taylor Henry, Clive Inett Thomas, market gardener Working Men's Club (Samuel Harley. Thorpe Mrs Law John & Sons, thrashing machine sec.), Pear Tree house Thurstans :Mrs. Baytree house propriPtors

PELSALL is a township and parish, with a. stgtion on by rail and 120 by road from London, in the ffimdsworth the South Staffordshire section of the London and North division of the county, hundred of Offlow, RushaJl petty Western railway, 3 miles north from Walsall, and 126 sessional division, union and. county court district of Wal- STAFFS. !:W*