[KELLY'S 242 CONGLETO~. CHESHIRE. sall, Hulme WaLfield, Kermincham, Leese, Marton, Rural DisLrict Council. Morelfon, Moston, Mow Cop (Cheshire), Odd Rode, Meets at the 'Yorkhouse, Arclid, on alternate fridays-, ~• Radnor, Sandbach, Scholar Green, Sm.allw'ood, Somer­ 12 noon. ford, Somerford Booths, Swettenham, Tetton, Twem­ Clerk, Harr,· Ferrand, Sandbach low & 'iVheelock. Courts are held at Sandbach Treasurer, Thomas Marston, Manchester & Liverpool Dis­ quarterly trict Bank, Congleton The district of the court is "'"ithin Macclesfield Bank­ Medical Officer of Health, Christopher Henry 'iV. Bennett ruptcy district, A. C. Procter, 23 King Edward street, Macclesfield, official receiver L.R.C.P.Lond. Sandbach Certified Bailiffs appointed under the "Law of Distress Sanitary Insrector, Wm. Hill, Lawton, Stoke-on-Trent Amendment Act," John Latham, Moodv street; James PUBLIC OFFICERS. Hilditch, I 8 Moody street.; J a bez Booth, Bradley green Certifying Surgeon under Factory Act, James Thomson & William Bailey, Biddulph Moor Wil8on Baird l\LB. West street Fire Engine Stations, Corporation, Market square (George Collector of Poor Rates, Samuel Lancaster, Park view Banks, capt.); Volunteer, Back Park street (John Clerk to the Trustees of Congleton Inclosure, Georg& Ea-ton, capt) Sproston, Chapel street Public Park, Joseph Amson, park keeper Inland Revenue Officer, John Kehoe, 1Vest road Town Hall, High street, William Sproston, hall keeper Town Crier, George Swindells Yeomanry Cavalry. PLACES OF WORSHIP. St. _Pe~er's Chap~l street, Rev. Thomas Twistington Cheshire (Earl ofChester's)Yeomanry Cavalry (G Troop of Htggms M. A. vtcar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m D Squadron), Hon. Major 1V.B.Brocklehurst, command­ St. .Jame,;:', 'Yest street, Rev. Waiter Tavlor '''arburton ing; Troop-Sergeant-Major Ager, drill instructor • • ~LA. vwar; 7·45 & 10.30 a. m. & 6.30 p.m Volunteers. Holy Trinity, Mossley Moss, Rev. J ames Darid Griffibhs B.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m sth Volunteer B·tttnlion Cheshire Regiment (comprising St. Stephen's, Brook street, Rev. James Macleod Banner­ A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I & K companies); head man M.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m quarters, Town hall; Lieut.-Col. W. G. Shakerley, St. Mary's Oat.holic, ·west road, Rev. Hugh Donlevy,priest commanding; Hon. Lieut.-Col. ,J. W. H. Thorp Y.D. Congregational, Antrobus street, Re>. Edward R. Hayton & R. Cohbett, majors; Capt. I,awrence Parkes, ad­ B.~-\.. minister jutant; Charle-s Russe11 Hall, quartermaster; Surgeon­ Primiti>e Methodist, Kinsey st. Rrv.Adam Glegg,minister Major P. M. Davidsrm, Surgeon-Major W. D. Dambrill Methodist New Connexion, Queen street, Rev. W. P. Davies; Sergeant-Major Jeffs ~ ewsam, of Burslem, superintendent Wesleyan Methodist, Wagg street, Brook street & Rood Congleton Cnion. lane, Revs. Robert Simpson & William Thompson Unitarian, Cross street, Rev. John Christien LL.D Board day on alternate fridays, at the Workhouse at Salvation Army, Park street Arclid, at 10.30 a.m. • The Union comprises the following places :-Alsager, SOHOOLS. Arclid, Astbury or :Kewbold Astbury, Betchton, Black­ Free Grammar School, near St. Peter's church, was den, Bradwall, Brere-ton-cum-Smethwick, Buglawton, founded before the Reformation, the earliest existin" Church Hulme or Holmes Chapel, Church Lawbon, Con­ record relating to repairs in 1553, & the position of th~ gleton, Cotton, Crana2;e, Davenport, Elton, Goostrey­ old school house on one corner of the churchyard of St. cum-Barnshaw, Hassall, Hulme 'iValfield, Kermincham, Peter's would imply that the first master was a resident Leese, Moreton-cum-Alcumlow, Moston, Odd Rode, priest & the school a chantry for chorister boys. The Radnor, Sandbach, Smallwood, Somerford, Somerford corporation did all the repairs of the premises & claimed Booths, Swettenham, Tetton, Twemlow, Wheelock. a genera~ control over the institution until they were The area is 56,167 acres; rateable value in 18~1, checked m 1643 by the Rev. Andrew Bowrey, then £196,632; the population in 1891 was 37,657 master, who refused to aclmowledge their dismissal of Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Harry him. During the Commonwealth a cordwainer namecl Ferrand, Sandbach Hall was appointed the master, on the ground of his Treasurer, Thoma.9 Marston. Manchester & Liverpool Dis­ being, as stated in the records, a "scoller & godly trict Bank, Congleton man." The present school WlliS built in 1814, & has an Collector to the Guardinns, Thomas Clarke, Sandbach endowment of £I6 yearly, being a fixed charge on the. School Fees Inquiry Officers, Congle-ton district, 1Yilliam revenues of the corporation : there is also a special en­ Henry Proctor, Congleton; Church Hulme district, Eli dowment of £soo, the result of a general subscription in Pickstock, Holmes Chapel honour of the late Randle Wilbraham esq. on his com­ ltelieving & Vaccination Officers, Congleton district, ·wm. pletion, in 1848, of the soth year of high stewardship of J. Skelland, West street, Congleton; Church Hulme the borough, the income derived from which is devoted d~str~ct, John Brocklehurst, Holmes Chapel ; SanJbach to the free instruction of three boys for ever, to be dtstriCt, Thomas Clarke, 1Yelles street, S:mdbach selected by the owner of Rode Hall for the time beinO' L MetEcal Officers, Church Hulme district, Charles Fredk. J.:r is paid under the will of Dr. Hulme; & ~"ll.tuo~ S, tton, Holrnes Chapel; Congleton district, Hugh Miss Malbua, of Oxford, apothecary, & son of a former ~,f .D. Moody street, CDnrrleton · Sandbach district mas~er, left in 1789 a field worth £6 yer,rly for the Charles Latham, Sandbach0 ' ' master's use. All sons of burgesses are taught classics Public _Vaccinators, Congleton district, Francis William free, but fees are charged for other ordinarv subjects, 1Varrmgton, Lawton street, Congleton • Sandbach dis­ & the master is allowed to take boarders. • The Rev. trict, William Henry Latham, Sandbach'· other disllricts W~lliam Bevern Grix M.A. of Queen's College, Cam· same as medical officers ' brtdge, head ::naster, & also chaplain of the donative Superintendent Registrar, Henry Latham, Moody street chapelry of Somerford, & a surrogate Congleton; deputy, William Henry Carter, Antrobu~ A School Board of 7 members was formed Nov. 30, 1870 street, Congleton Clerk, Henry Latham, Moody street Registrars of Births & Deaths, Church Hulme sub-dis­ Visiting Officer, William Henry Proctor, Wagg street trict, John Brocklehur:st, Holmes Chapel; Congleton T~e Board meets at the Town hall on the first thursday sub-district, John Broadhurst, Wagg street, Congleton; m each month Sandbach sub-district, Richard V. Latham St. Peter's, Chapel street (mixe l & infants), erected in Registrar of Marriages, Congleton district, John Latham, 1828, for soo children; average attendance, 200 mixed Moody street, Congleton & 98 infants; E. H. Davis, master; l\Iisl! Mary Jane Workhouse, Arclid, i;; a. building of red brick of consider­ Green, mistress able extent, capable of holding 354 inmates; it was St. James', North street (boys), for 250 children; average erected in 1844, and oonsists of a centre & two wings; attendance, 16o; Isaac Hickson, master Joh:a Young, master; Rev. S. H . .Armitstead, chaplain; St. James', North street (infants), built for r6o children Ch:arles Lath am, medical o:fll.cer; Mrs. Young,matron; & enlarged in 1895 for 250; attendance, 120; Miss Harriet Hall. infants' mistress Mtss Mary Clarke, schoolmii!tress St. James', AstbuTy street (girls). erected in r844-5, for School Attendance Committee. 250 children; average att~ndance, q6; Mi8s Deborah .indrew, girls' mistress Meets at the Workhouse at Arclid on Ist friday in month, St. Stephen's, Spragg street (mixed, 320 & infants), 200; at 12.30. average attendance, 160 mixed &i 150 infants; William Clerk, Henry Farrand, Sandbach 1Villiams, master; Miss Ellen Ford, girls' & infants' mist Attendance Officers, Congleton district, William Henry Holy Trinity, ~Iossley Moss, built in I 845, for 250 chil­ Procter, Congleton; Sandbach district, Eli Pickstock, dren; average attendance, r86 : Thom~s Eccleston, Holmes Ch-apel master; Mr~:. Berisford, mistress