[KELLY'S 200 R.ATLINGHOPE. . , Wardman Robert Henry, farmer, Morgan Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Lower R.ATI.INGHOPE. Lower Darnford Westcott COMMERCIAL. Williams Matthew, farmer, Belmore Morgan Thomas, farmer, Snape 1 Bett Jll .A.lbert, farmer Williamson William, farmer Pinches Samuel, farmer, Mare hay Cook William John, farmer, The Pinches Saml. jun. frmr. The Hollies Robinson Bertie, farm bailiff to W. E. Coppice & Manor farms G.ATTEN. Evans Alfred, farmer M. Hulton-Harrop esq Jones Samuel, blacksmith, Bridges COMMERCIAL. Rowson Edward, farmer, Gattens hay Littlehales Herbert, farmer Hales John, farmer, Far Gat ten Rowson George, cowkeeper, The Snape .Ann (Mr11.), farmer, Upper Humphreys Edward, gamekeeper to Thomas Joseph (Mrs.), farmer, near Darnford W. E. M. Hulton-Harrop esq. Hun- Gatten farm Muusluw Jn. frmr. Middle Darnford I ter's cottage Pass William George, Horse Shoe inn Hunter William, farmer, Bank farm & farmer, Bridges (postal address, Pontesbury, STITT. Pinches Thomas, farmer, Marsh ) Cook William John, farmer Rowson George, farmer James Richard, farmer, Near bank Pinches Eleanor (Mrs.), farmer RICHARD'S CASTLE is a parish, comprising the The Lodge, Overton, belonging to Roger Salwey esq. townships of Batchcott and Moor, Overton and and now the residence of Lieut.-Col. Edward Douglas , in the Southern division of the county, Kennedy, stands upon an elevation, skirted by extensive lower division of Munslow hundred, union woods; from the summit of the contiguous mountain. and county court district, rural deanery and arch­ called " Mary's Knoll," or "Marinall," an extensivt> deaconry of LucUow and diocese of , on the view of the surrounding country is obtain~d. The old road from Ludlow to , 3! miles principal landowners are Lady Inchiquin and Roge1· south-west from Ludlow and 2 west from Woofferton Salwey esq. who is lord of the manor. The soil is a station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford section of the light loam; subsoil, gravel and clay. The chief crop• London and N. W. and Great Western joint railway. are wheat, barley, oats, beans, seeds and turnips. Tht> The place takes its name from a castle built here in the area is 2,391 acres of land a.nd r8 of water; assessable time of , by Richard Fitz Scrob, a value, £4,351; population in 19II, 456; the population Norman. Richard's Castle formerly constituted one civil of the ecclesiastical parish in 1911, which comprises the parish in Shropshire and , but the parts two civil parishes, was 674. in each county now form separate parishes, the Hereford­ Letters arrive from Ludlow at about 8 a.m. Letters for shire portion, which comprises the village of Richard's W oofferton arrive from Brimfield, Herefordshire. Castle, being in Leominster Rural District. For eccle­ Orleton, 3 miles distant, is the nearest money order • siastical purposes the parish is still in Shropshire and & telegraph office Herefordshire. The old chureh of St. Bartholomew, now serving only as a mortuary chapel, is in the Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1875, for 130 Herefordshire portion of the ecclesiastical parish children ; average attendance, about 6o ; there is a The church of All Saints, now the parish church, house for the master; Albert John Windle, master 'tas built in r8gr-2, at a total cost of £ r2,ooo, on Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway Station, W oofferton, elevated ground at Batchcott, three-quarters of a mile Thomas Henry Bennion, station master distant from the old church, and was the gift to Carrier to Ludlow.-Morris, 'Globe,' mon. & sat the parish of Mrs. J ohnston Foster and her twc> daughters, the Lady Inchiquin and the Marchiones~ WOOFFERTON, 4 miles south from Ludlow, is a ham­ of Normanby, in memory of the late Johnston Jonas let with a junction station of the Tenbury branch of the Foster esq. and of his eldest daughter, Katharine with the Shrewsbury and Here­ Laetitia; the building is of local stone, with dressings ford joint railway. .Adjoining the railway station are of white Grinshill stone, in the Early Decorated style, timber yards, for which the district is celebrated. The from designs by the late R. Norman Shaw esq. R.A. mission room here, opened in r8go, is a building of black architect, of London : it affords sittings for 300 persons and white oak framing on a brick foundation and affords The register dates from rs.c:o. The living is a rectory, sittings for r6o persons. The western portion of the net yearly value £668, including 32 acres of glebe, with building is arranged so as to be used as a working men's residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and club; the site and building were the sole gift of Lady held since x8g.z by the Rev. Timothy George Watton Inchiquin, of Moor Park. M . .A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who is also Wall Letter Box, Railway station, cleared at 7.25 p.m vicar of Ashford Bowdler. Moor Park, the property· of Wall Letter Box, , Salwey Arms,' cleared at _ p.m Lady Inchiquin, is the residence of Mrs. Johnston 7 35 Foster; the mansion is a handsome structure of reil Overton is a , 2! miles south from Ludlow, brick in the Queen Anne style, and stands in a park and was a Roman settlement. of 133 acres; Overton Grange, the property and resi- Wall Letter Box, cleared at 6.35 p.m. week days only dence of Richard Betton Betton-Foster esq. has been Batchcott and Moor are 3 miles south from Ludlow. partially rebuilt and enlarged by the present owner. Roger Salwey esq. is lord of the manor.

RICHARD'S CASTLE. I Gazey William, head gardener to Lt.- Pugh James, farmer, Woodcroft Helyar Lieut.Percy Jn. R.N.Manor ho Col. Edward Douglas Kennedy Stepple William, carpenter George James, farmer, The Leys Kilvington William, farm bailiff to ' (letters through Ashford Bowdler) I P. F. Hunter esq WOOFFERTON. Jones William, farmer & assistant! Mantle Richard, farmer COMMERCUL. overseer, Mitnell Neil James, stud groom to Lieut.-Col. Clarke Edwd.Jsph. shpkpr. Rly. statu Norton Emmanuel, farmer, Mitnell 1 Edward Douglas Kennedy Davies Melvin Hy.coal mer. Rly. statn OlivPr Jn. frmr. The Wheat Common Woodcock Frederick William, farm Faulkner & Bostron, timber mer· Randle Thomas, farmer, Mitnell bailiff to Lieut.-Col. Edward chants, Railway station Stevens John, farmer Douglas Kennedy Gittins George ,James, Salwey Arm:> OVERTON. hotel & farmer, Woofferton & Betton-Foster Richard Betton, Over- BATCHCOTT & MOOR. refreshment rms. Railway station ton grange Bright Mrs. Hanway lodge Openshaw John Watts, farmer Hunter Patrick Francis, Overton lo Foster Mrs. Johnston, Moor park Pound Benjamin Waiter, miller Kennedy Lieut.-Col. Edward Douglas, Watton Rev. Timothy George M.A. (water) &; corn merchant The Lodge (rector), The Rectory Rawlings Thomas, farmer Salwey Roger J.P. Overton Bayliss Charles Henry, carpenter South Wales Coal Co. (Chas. Hogan, Bright John, head gardener to Vis- Haggard Alex. head gardener to Mrs. agent), Railway station countess Hereford, of Ashford hall, Johnston Foster Taylor Geo.corn & flouT mer.Twyford :\farlbrook cottage Ho\\'ells Francis, cowkeeper Whittle .Arth. boot repr. Railway stn

RODINGTON is a village and parish, 2 miles north and diocese of Lichfi.eld. The river Roden and the from Walcot station and 3 miles from Upton Magna Shropshire canal run by the village. The ancient church station, on the London and North Western and Great of St. George, cased in brick with stone facings, in 1751, Western Joint Railway, 7 north-east from Shrewsbury, is an edifice in the Early English style, consisting of and 6 north-west from Wellington, in the Northern apsidal chancel, nave, south porch, north aisle and a division of the county, Wellington division of South western turret containing 2 bells. The register dates Bradford hundred, Wellington union and county court from the year 1678. The living is a rectory, net yearly district, petty sessional division ('){ Bradford Welling-ton, value [250, including 36 acres of glebe, with residence, rural deanery of Wrockwardine, archdeaconry of Salop in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held ::sine'