32 BISHOP'S CASTLE. . [KELLY'S rural deanery of , archdeaconry of and dio­ orders are granted &; paid from 8 1\0 8; telegrams, cese of Hereford. The first charter incorporating the 8 till 8; sundays, 8 to ID a.m . borough is dated 1572. The government of the town, County Magistrates for Clun &; Petty Sessional formerly vested in fifteen aldermen or capital burgesses, Division. two of whom were annually appointed bailiff and re­ Powis Earl of, Powis cast:e, Welshpool corder respectively, is now administered by a Cor­ Ripley Sir Edward bart. D.L. house, Buck. poration constituted by the "Municipal Corporations nell R.S.O Act, 1883" (46 &; 47 Vict. c. 18), under the provisions Bowen Benjamin esq. High street, Bishop's Castle R.8.0 of the" Municipal Corporations Act, 1835" (5 &; 6 Wm. Brown Rev. Joseph Henry M.A. Rectory, Bedstone, IV. c. 76). Under the present charter the Corpo:-ation con­ Bucknell RS.O sists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve counCIllors, who Child John George esq. Oak bank, Whitchurch. also act as the Sanitary Authority. The church of et. Garnett-Botfield Rev. William Bishton M.A. Decker John the Baptist, erected about 1648 in pla~e of the Hill, earlier church which was burnt when servmg as a Garnett-BotfieId William Egerton esq. The Hut, near place of defende in the Parliamentary wars, is an edifice BIShop's Castle RS.O of stone, in the Early English geometric sty:e, consist­ Harley Robert Wil:iam Dacre esq. The Hall, lllc.mpton ing of chancel with aisle, clerestoried nave, aisles, Brian R.8.0 north porch, and an embattled western ~ower, con­ Hurt-Sitwell Wm. Willoughby G. esq. Ferney hall, taininO' a clock and 6 bells:. the church, WIth the ex­ ceptio~ Craven ArlDs R.S.O of the tower, was rebuilt in 1860: most of Hurt-Sitwell Willoughby Harford esq. The Cottage, the windows are stained. The register dates from the Bucknell RS.O year 1559. The living is a vicarage, avera~e tith.e rent­ More Robert Jasper e,sq. M.P., M.A., D.L. Larden Cottage, charge £377, net yearly value £316, mcludmg 10 Long Stanton acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Earl Oakeley John esq. Oakeley house, Lydham, Bishop's of Powis, who is impropriator of the great tithes, and Castle RS.O held since 1842 by the Rev. William Morgan Row:and Plowden William Francis esq. D.L. P;owden ha], I~yd. M.A. of St. J{)hn's College, Oambridge, prebendary of bury North RS.O Hereford, rural dean oDf Clun, and surrogate. Here are Rocka"' John Charles Leveson esq. CIungun[f)rd ho~se, ConO'regat,ional, Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Aston-on-Clun RS.O chapels. The Town Hall, High street, erected in the Rogers Charles Coltman esq. Stanage park, Br:lmpton year 1745, is a plain building of brick, and contains Brian RS.O on the first floor a council chamber and committee Whitaker William Henry esq. Totterton hall, Lydbury room; the lower portion is used for the market. There North RS.O is a police station in Church street. The old market Clerk to the Magistrates, H. W. Green, Ludlow hall is now used as a reading-room, caaed the "Powis Petty sessions are held at the Town hall, Bishop's Castle, Institute," which is supplied with the daily and other the first friday in every month at 12.30 p.m. &; at papers and periodicals, and is supported by members' Purslow Hundred house every third thursday 12 noon fees; there are now (1895) about 70 members. The The parishes in the division are :-Bishop's Castle, Bed­ workhouse for the Clun union, which comprises nineteen stone, Bettws, Bucknell, CIun, , , parishes is at Bishop's Castle, and was erected in the , , Hopton Ca.stle, Llanvairwaterdine, year 1842 at a cost of £3,485; it is a structure of Lydbury North, Lydham, Mainstone, Mindtown, More, Acton stone, and will hold 103 inmates. There are Norbury, Rattlinghope, Sibdon, Stowe,Shelve &; branches here of the Birmingham, District and Counties Petty sessions for the borough are held on fi~st tue~~ay Bank and of the North and South Wales Bank. A in month by the mayor and the ex-mayor m additIOn market is held here every Friday, for the supp~y of a to sOlDe of the above magistrates wide a 17ricultural district.. Important 'stock fairs are Clerk to the Magistrates, E. Griffiths, Castle street, held in"the town on the second Friday in every month, Bishop's Castle with the exception of March, which is always held on Corporation. the 26th of that month, and May fair, for the hiring 1894-95. of servants, which is held on the first Friday after :M:ay Day. As the stock in the neighbourhood is cele­ Mayor, Benjamin Bowen. brated for its purity of breed, these fairs are attended Aldermen. by graziers and feeders of stock from distant c?unties tHenry S. Newill I~TGeorge Bowen of Eng:and. Wright's charity produces a yearly IDcome tWo E. Garnett-Botfield ,-Howard Greellhous of £64, of which £30 is given in relief of school pence Councillors. and £25 in prizes. The Castle Inn stands on the site *George Straw-son tGeorg-e Edwards of the ancient castle of the Bishops of Hereford; and *George Fletcher tThomas J ones from the bowling green there is a fine view of the *Henry Howard tBenjamin Bowen nei17hbourhood. The Earl of Powis is lord of the *Maurice Pugh tWo C. Bright ma~or, and holds a court leet once a year. The prin­ tArthur Greenhous tWalter James cipal landowners are the Rev. William Bishton Garnett­ tJohn Roberts tThomas JalDes lJotfield RA. of Decker Hill, John Oakeley esq. and Marked thus * retire in 1895. the Earl of Powis. The soil is light loam; subsoil, Marked, thus t retire in 1896. rather clayey. The chief crops are wheat, oats and Marked thus ~ retire in 1897. barley. The population of the parish in IS91 was Marked thus ~ retire in 1900. 1,793, of which 1,586 are in the borough, and 49 offic~rs and inmates of the workhouse; the area of the parIsh Officers of the Corporation. is 5,872 acres; rateable value, £10,430. The area of Town Clerk, Ernest Griffiths the boroug-h is 1,779 acres; rateable value £6,600. Treasurer, Francis Temple, North &; South Wales Bank Parish Clerk, James Grimster. Medical Officer of Health, W. N. Thursfield M.D., D.P.H. Colebatch is Il miles south on the road to Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, Aaron Hamar Knighton, Lea township 2 miles east, Oakeley township District Rate Collector, Edwin J. Thomas :I mile south-east. Hall Keeper, Edward Francis . . Woodbatch township is 2 miles west. Ordinary meetings of Councd, the first tuesday In Broughton is a township 2 miles north-west, on the December, January, March, April, June, July,September .Montgomeryshire border; it is supposed to have been a &; October, at 11 a.m. quarterly meetings, first tuesday Roman town. The Moat hill, now inclosed, is the • • in February, May, August, at II a.m. &; November 9th, property of the burgesses, and commands extenSIve at 12 noon views of the We:sh scenery on the west toward CIee, Public Establishments. and the Worcestershire hills on the east. The United County Oourt (hours, 10 till 4), His Honor George Harris pack of foxhounds are kept here, new k~nnels having Lea M.A. judge; H. S. Newill, registrar &; high bailiff; been built for them by the Earl of POWlil; the. pack the court is held at the Town hall every two months at is hunted by J. M. Curre esq. under the commIttee; 10 a.m. The district comprises the following places :­ hon. sec. and treasurer, R. H. Newill esq. , Acton, Adston, Argoed, Aston, Asterton, Ashbed, Post, M. O. & Jr. 0., S. R &; Annuity, Express Delivery , Basford, Bechjay, Bicton,Blue Bell, Bogmines, et Insurance Office (Railway Sub-Office. Letters Brampton (Little), Brand Hill, Bridges, Brinkin, Broad­ should have R.S.O. Salop added).-Alfred Bore, po~t­ ward, Broadway, Brocton, Brombridge, Broom, Brough­ master. Letter.s arrive at 6 a.m. &; 3.35 p.m.; dIS­ ton, Brunslow, Brynoch, Carwood, Cefn-Inion, Chapel patched at 9.1~ a.m. &; 6.45 p.m. .&; 5.20 p.m. for Lawn, ChouIton, Church Bank, Church Stoke, Church parcels; dispatched at 6 p.m. on sundays. Money Old, CIun, Clunbury, Clungunford, , Clunton