DIRECTORY.) . '. 31 Hiles Thos. farmer, Stanwardine park WAI.FORD. Wakeman Sir Offie'y bart. M.A., D.L., Kirkham Benjamin, cowkeeper Eyton Wm. Chas. C. Walford manor J.P. (chairman of quarter sessions), Kirkham Edward, cowkeeper Umfre,·ille Capt. S. Charles J.P. Yeaton-Peverey Onions Annie (Miss), farmer . Walford hall Boswell H. W. & Son, shopkeepers Onions Samuel, farmer Adams George, farmer Bubb John, farm bailiff to Sir Offiey Onions Thomas, farmer, Berth Wadlow Charles, farmer Wakeman hart Reeves 'fh'lmas, farmer Davies John, farmer, Manor farm Smith Edmund, haulier YEATON. Dorricotf; William, builder Smith J oseph, cow keeper Eyton William Charles Campbell, Williams Job, miller (water) &; Walton William, cowkeeper Yeaton house farmer, Lower mill :BATTLEFIELD is a pleasant village and parish. Grindrod M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. The prin­ taldng its name from being the site of the battle of cipal landowners are Hugh Dryden Corbet esq. of Down­ , fought July 23, qo3, between Hen. IV. and ton, , Shrewsbury, whc. is lord of the the insurgents under Henry Percy, the famoul "Hot­ manor, and William Arthur Sparrow esq. of Albrighton spur," who was slain, and Thomas Percy, Earl of Wor­ Hall. The soil is strong loam and clay; subsoil, clay cester, executed at Shrewsbury after the fight; it is 2 and sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips miles south from station, on the London and and a small portion peas. The area is 1,022 acres of North Western railway, and about 3 north-by-east from land and 3 of water; rateable value, £,1,709; the popu­ Shrewsbury, in the Northern division of the county, lation in 19II wa-s 105 in the ()ivil and 221 in the Albrighton petty sessional division, . union, ecclesiastical parish (which includes part of St. Alk­ Shrewsbury county court district and in the rural deanery mond, Shrewsbury). of S'hrewsbury, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Sexton, William Roberts. Lichfield. The church of St. Mary Magd.alen, formerly Collegiate, is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Early Po»t Office.-Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, sub-postmistress. English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel Letters through Shrewsbury delivered at 6.50 a.m. & and nave and a fine embattled western tower, with 5.10 p.m.; dispatched 8.Io a.m. & 5.10 & 8.20 p.m.; pinnacles, containing one bell: it was Testored in :~863 no delivery on sundays, but a dispatch at 8.10 p.m. mainly through the munificence of the late Lady Hadnal is the nearest money order office & Broadoak, Brinckm.an, of Sundorne Castle: the-re 8'1'9 lOO sittings. 2 miles distant, the nearest telegraph office The registers date from the year r6oo. The living is a Wall Letter Box, Harlescott, cleared at 8.20 p.m. week vicarage, net yearly value £250, with residence, in the days & sundays gift of Hugh Dryden Corbet esq. of Downton, Upton The children of this plate attend Sundorne school, Magna, and held since 1912 by the Rev. Francis Lloyd Uffington COMMERCIAL. Frank Joseph, farmer, Harlescott PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cassells Richard T. farmor Jones John Pryce, farmer, Old Heath Barber Mrs. Heath gates Crowther James, farmer Minton Richard, jun. farmer Grindrod Rev. Francis Lloyd M.A. Davies Robert, Lion inn Preece E. Goodwin, farmer, Cross hill (vicar), Vicarage Downs Richd. farmer,Albright Hussey Randles Ernest, farmer, Old Heath Hughes Maurice, Battlefield house Evans Francis, farmer Rodgers William,farmer,Albright Lee Thomas Edward, Mount house Everall Daniel, farmer, Harlescott Thomas Edward (Mrs.), shopkeeper : is an ecclesiastical parish, with the gTegational and Primitive Methodist chapels. Lythwood adjunct of Lythwood Hall, formed in 1844 from the IHall, I mHe south-west, is a large stone mansi()n, the parishes of St. Julian, ShrewsbuTy and ; it is property of William Edward Montagu Hulton-Harrop zl miles north from Condover station on the Shrewsbury esq. D.L., J.P. who, with the trustees of the late W. and Hereford, Great Western and London and North Hall esq. of Shre~sl:mry, are the principal landowners. Western joint railway, and 2! south from Shrewsbury, in The area is 582 acFes; the population in 1911 was 66o. the Western division of t;he . county, Atch'!'"' uni_o~, Parish Cle:rk Job Griffi.ths. Shrewsbury county court- district, petty sessiOnal d1vt- • sion of Condover, rural deanery of Shrewsbury, arch- Post, M. 0., T. & Telephone Call (within a limited deaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield. Christ distance) Office.-Miss Ada Alice Lovett, sub-post- Church, erected in 1843• is a building of stone, in the mistress. Letters arrive through Shrewsbury at 4·45 Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a ._ d" t hed ._ · k d b ll a.m. "" 2. 30 p.m. ; tspa c at I 001 8 .25 p.m sm 'll western turret contaming a c 1oc an one e : Pillar Box, Upper Pulley, cleared at . a.m. & . 5 there! are five stained windows: in 1886 the chancel was 7 45 7 4 ·~, Bhod J "f f tlh p.m.; sundays, 7-45 p.m en1 arge d , as a memor1- t;o a ane, Wl e Q e Rev. F. W. Kittermaster M.A. vicar here I879-19o6. Public Elementary School (mixed), built, with tescher's The register dates from the year 1846. The living is residence, in 1849, & since twice enlarged; it will now a vicarage, net yearly value £zoo, including 50 acres of hold 145 children; average attendance, I 10; & sup- glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of St. ported in part by a benefaction given by the late Miss Julian's, Shrewsbury, and held since 1906 by the Rev. I Flavel of about £35 12s. yearly; William Northwood, Silas Edge ~.A. of Durham University. Here are Con- maste1· Hulton-Harrop W11liam Edwa'l'd Mon- Butcher Edward, builder PRIVATE RESIDENTS. tagu D.L., J.P. Lythwuod hall Butcuer Elizabeth (Mr3.), dress makr A.tcherley Miss, Myrtle villa lHyde Robert K. CollingwO'od Cornes Thomas, farmer, Lythwood Bnrton Cec1l, Lynfield Johnstone Thomas Davic:11 Henry, butcher Camp Henry Lee Mrs. Sunnyside Davies John, maltster Colley George Lewis William, Granville Haddock William, shoe maker Cornock Mrs Lowe Thomas F . .Alpha lodge Higgs Thomas B.S.S. blacksmith D:xon Mr::s Posten George Henry Howells Annie (Mrs.), beer retailer Edge Rev. Silas M.A. Vicarage Parry Frank Henry Jones John, farmer Edmunds Miss, Lythfield road Parry Miss Lock Charles Edward, proprietor of Evans Rees, Hope villas Parry Mrs Bayston quarries, Tankerville villa Everall Mrs. Alspath Pendrill Waiter, Brereton Lovett William, shopkeeper Forrest Herbe'l't Edward, Hillside Richards Robert .Arthur, The Yews Norris John, Fox inn Greenfield William Wateridge Frederick W. White house Owen Charles, grocer Hartwell James White Prof.ErnestWm. M.D.B€~Jey ho Phillips Andrew, grocer IIeyne Ferdinaud, Fairfield Wood John Oliver Price John, builder Hoole Herbert Henry, Tankerville COMMERCIAL. Stanhope Joseph William, farmer, Hughes Arthur, Waverley Bayley Ernest J. commercial traveller Lythwood Billing Geo. cowkeeper, The Grove Young Elizh. (Mrs.), Compasses inn BECKBUBY is a township, parish and village, on the sandstone, in the Early English style, consisting of river Worfe, 5 miles south from station and 4 chancel, clerestoried nave of six bays, aisle.s, north porch south-east from Albrighton station on the Wolverhampton and a western tower containing a clock and 3 bells: and Wellington secti{)n of the Great Western railway, there is a curious monument of the 13th century to the si south-east from Madeley, 22 south-east from Shrew!!- Haughton family: the south aisle was added in 1856 bury, in the Northern division of the county, borough and the north aisle in 1879: the chancel was restored and liberty of Wenlock, Shifnal union and petty sessional in 1884 at a co.st of about £soo, when it was raised division, Madeley county court district, 'l'Ural O.eanery 4 feet and a new arCh and a stone screen erected end of Shifna.l, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lich- new stalls provided, under the directi()n of .Mr. F. H. field. The church of St. :Milburga is a building of Ted Fleeming, architect, Wolverhampton: theTe i! a low-