DIRECTORY. ] . NEEXTON. 149 PEN SAVAGE, or Upper Neen, is a parish consist­ 6s. 8d. to the clergyman for preaching a sermon annually ing of scattered dwellings, pleasantly seated on the river on the 7th of August, and 1380. 4d. to be distributed in Rea, 2! miles north-west from sta­ bread to poor widows; the- death of a man by tion on the Tenlbury and Bewdley branch of the Great sunstroke while harvesting on a Sunday is said to have Western railway, in the Southern division of the county, been the occasion of the gift, which is derived from a. Cleobury division of Stottesdon hundred, Cleobury :Mor­ charge on Detton :Mill; Hill's charity consists of the timer union, petty sessional division and county court interest of £150, left in 1877, and is distributed district, rural deanery of Stottesdon, arehdeaconry of annually; Somers Cocks left £250, 2£ per Cent. and diocese of Hllll'eford. The church of St. Consols, to be distributed annually in blankets and Mary, standing on the east bank of the Rea, is aIL ancient flannel. The principal landowners are Capt. Rdbert Wood­ building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, ward C.B., R.N. of Hopton Court, Mrs. Oocks, Oapt. consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an cm­ Charles Baldwin Childe J.P. of Kinlet, Miss Hall and battled western tower containing 2 bells; the spire, which Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker esq. of Hardwicke Court, was of wood, was destroyed by lightning in 1825, and has Gloucester, who is also lord of the manor. The soil is not been re-placed; the east windows are stained, and schist, or cornstone; and the subsoil clay. ThllJ chillJf there is a beautifully carved oak screen between the nave crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. The and chancel; the church was restored in 1882 under area is 3,779 acres; rateable value, £3,267; the population the direction of Mr. Thomas Gordan, architect, of London, in 1891 was J19. at a. cost of £1,3°0, raised by subscription, and an organ Baveney Wood, 2 miles north-east, and Overwood, I! W3S erected in 1885; there, are sittings for 17~ persons. north, are hamlets of this parish. The register dates from the year 1575. The living is a Parish Clerk, Thomas Bond. vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £343, net yearly value Letters are received by foot post from Cleobury :Mor­ £275, including 5 acres of glebe, with residence, in the ~he timer; arrive at 8.15 a.m. Cleobury Mortimer is the gift of the Lo.rd Chancellor, and held since 1877 by nearest money order & telegraph office Rev. Frederick Burd M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, and rural dean of Stottesdon. Charities : John Longmore, Wall Letter Box, near the school, cleared at 5.40 p.m. in 1835, left £753 3s. 3d. to be invested in Government week days only SecuritAies, and the interest to be expended in brBlad and National School (mixed), with residence for teacher, built distributed to the poor every Sunday; it was invested in in 1876, for 70 children; average attendance, 45; the 1839 in the' name of the vicar and churchwardens, and <)n schools are partly endowed by the Edwards and Hinckes­ January 12th, 1871, £214 16s. Id. was sold out, which man families with land producing- £40 yearly; Henry now leaves £538 7s. 2d. Richard Hinckesman esq. left William Clissold, master; Mrs. Mary Clissold, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gwilt Thomas, farmer, Little Stepple Simper Charles,gamekeeper toHoward Burd Rev. Frederick M.A., J.P.(vicar H~ywood. J.n.Edmd.farmer,Detton hall Jobson e~q. Maxfield & rural dean & commissioner of land HICks WIlham, farmer, Rose cottage Southall Rwhd. farmer, Up. Baveney &; income taxes), Vicarage Horton ~illiam, farmer, Stone house Stead John, farmer, Overwood Tomkinson Michael Ohilton Lane JosIah, carpenter Summers John, farmer, Wyer farm , Lawley James, farmer, Shunesley Tedstill John, farmer & landowner &; COMMERCIAL. Lee Louisa (Mrs.), farmer, Broom pk overseer, 'Valltown Bishop James, gardener to Michael Link Reuben, farmer, Lower Baveney Walker Geo.frmr.& Indownr.Overwood Tomkin!lon e!lq. Chilton Link Thomas, farmer, Upper Elcott Whatmore Arthur, farmer Bowen Benjamin, mason Link Thomas, farmer, Lodge farm Whatmore George, farmer Corbett Michael, farmer, Nethercott Merrick George Penney, farmer, Nash Whatmore Wm.farmer, Baveney wood Corbett Albert, farmer, Raeside farm & Wyer common Wheeler William, £armer & miller Gittons Thos. farmer, Baveney wood Palmer Thomas, farmer, Neen farm & (water), Detton mill Griffiths Maria (Mrs.), farmer, Lower Bank top Willaims John Henry, blacksmith Elcott Phillpot Francis, farmer, Stepple hall

NEEN SOLARS, or Solars, or Lower Neen, is a town· for keeping the church and churchyard in repair, and also ship, parish and village, intersected by the river Rea and £700 for the erection of a. reredoS' and east window; of the Tenbury and Bewdley branch of the Great Western this latter sum £450 has been expended in the decoration railway, which has a station close to the village, 145 of the chancel and £250 remains in the hands of the miles from London, and is 12 east-by-south from Ludlow, Charity Commissioners; also the interest of £217 stock, 12~ south-west from Kidderminster, 9~ south-west from distributed yearly amongst the poor at Christmas, and Bewdley, 3 south-by-east from Cleobury Mortimer, in the £500 left by Thomas Pennell Cook, in 1885, the dividends Southern division of the county, Overs hundred, Cleobury to be distributed in clothing, blankets, money or coal Mortimer petty sessional division, union and county court amongst the deserving poor. Lady Northwick is lady of district, rural deanery of Burford west division, arch- the manor and Charles Wigley Wicksted esq. J.P. of deaconry of Ludlow and . The church Shakenhurst, Tenbury, and the representatives of the of All Saints is aIL ancient cruciform building of stone, Blount family are the chief landowners. The soil is chiefly consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, s(lUth porch and an day; subsoil, gravel and rock. The chief crops are octagonal wood shingled tower with spire, containing 3 wheat, beans, turnips and So hop plantation, and also bells: in the church is' a handsome monument to Hum- fruit orchards. The area is 1,779 acres; rateable value, phrey Conyngsby esq. a great traveller and formerly lord £1,854; the population in 1891 was 183. of the manor, who wa.s born in 15 67: the church was Letter~, unless expressly addressed otherwise, are re- restored and re-seated in 1859 and later years. The re- ceived by foot post from Cleobury Mortimer S.O. at gister of burials dates from the year 1678 : baptisms, 10 a.ID. Cleobury Mortimer is the nearest money order 17°7; marriages, 1754· The living is a rectory, with & telegraph office. Wall Letter Box, in the village, chapelry of Milson annexed, joint average yearly value cleared at 4.5 p.m. week days only from tithe rent-charge £364, including 93 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Worcester College, Oxford, National School (mixed), for the parishes -0£ Neen &; Mil- and held since 1894 by the Rev. Arthur Henry Gorton, son, for 40 children; average attendance, 35; & is par- late exhibitioner of Worcester College, Oxford. There tially supported by Miss Baker; Mrs. Wrigglesworth, are charities, /}eft in 1882, by Miss Elizabeth Ann Cook" mistress consisting of £547, invested by the Charity Commission, Railway Station, Thomas Wheeler, station master . , Cook John, Birch hill BIshop Harry, farmer & breeder of Davies James, farmer, The Knapp Gorton Rev. ArtJhur Henry (rector), pedigree stock & shire horses, English William, blacksmith The Rectory Haughton & Neen farms Evans Thomas Eli, farmer, Hill top Kenrick John Arthur Blunt Edward, cowkeeper, Lock ho Jones Martha (Mrs.) &; Thomas, far- Brown George, Rae side mers, Lane end COMMERCIAL. Butler Charles, cowkeeper ~oore William, farmer &; landowner, .Amphlett William, farmer, The Wood Cook John, farmer, Wharf farm The Court Barker Thomas, cowkeeper, Keens hI Cooper Thomas Edwin,farmer &; miller Whiteland Wm. beer ret. Neens hill Bishop John, Railway tavern (water), hopgrower & breeder of Wright William, farmer, Bank farm Bishop William E. farmer & miller Herefords, Stirts mill Wyer Bennett, cowkeeper (water), Tetstill mill Crowe William, coal dealer Yarnold Wm. farmer, Marlbrook

NEENTON is a township and parish, consisting chiefly south-west from station on the Great Western of scattered farms and dwellings, on the river Rea, and is railway, in the Southern division of the county, Chelmarsh intersected by the Ludlow and Bridgnorth road, 61 miles division of Stottesdon hundred, Bridgnorth union and