DTREC'IO.lf'.f.j . STOWE. 271 Public Elementarv School, Stottesdon (mixed), with Carriers. residence for master, built in 1872, for 134 Children i Kidderminst~r-Thomas Burton, David Webst~r & Mrs. average attendance, 74; Frederick William Rogers, Lawley, from Oreton, on thurs master ; :Mrs. Rogers, mistress -George Poyner, from Oreton, on mon

STOTTESDO~. .BARDLEY. Lawley Thomas (Mrs.), grocer, corn Murcott Rev. Walter M.A. (vicar), Lewis Herbert farmer Bardley court dealer & confectioner Vicarage Preece James (Mrs.), frmr. Myers fm Link Edward, farmer COMMERCIAL. Poyner George, farmer Bed does Elizabeth Hannah (Mrs.), OBORLEY. Price William, carpen~e: farmer, The Hall . Routledge George Wllham, farmer, Bray William, farmer, Dayhouse Cartwright Jn. cott3ge frmr. Stanley Upper House farm Bridgwater William, cottage farmer Duppa Norman, farmel'; The Scotts Rudd Charles, farmer Broome Alice Ann (Mrs.), Fox & Evan.s Evan1 farmer, The Rays Sutton William, wheelwright Hounds P.H Home Charles, farme.- Wall Sydney, carpenter Edwards William, tailor Jones Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper & Webster David, shopkeeper Fox Harry, farmer, Blundell farmer, Post office Wellinos George beer retailer steam Hooper Allan, S'hoe maker Lee Abraham, blacksmith haulier & contracto-:- ' Jones Albert James, grocer & sub- Preece William, farmer,_ Stanley Wellings ·Martha (Mrs.) & Sons, postmaster Wall Thomas, beer retailer blacksmiths & lime burners Kinnish Robert, farmer, Mass farm Layton Joseph, farmer, Wooding grn DUDLICK. OVERTON. Link Minnie (Mrs.), farmer, Manor ho Dorrell George Henry, farmer Rose Isaac Greener, farmer Lloyd Harry, butcher Dorrell John Ernest, farmer Williams Thomas, farmer Miller Jane Helen (Mrs.), farmer, Burnt pitt H.AROOURT. PRESCOT. Millington Henry, farmer, Pickthorn Reynolds Wm. farmer, Bragginsley Kinnish Richard P. farmer & miller Millman Thomas, Cock inn Scott William, farmer (water) Millman W illiam, farmer Moss Henry, farmer, New House frm HIN'l'ON. f) WALTON. Pain John, farmer, Malt House farm Gittms Sophia (Mrs.) ( exors. 0 Parton Arthur, wheelwright farmers, Hinton house ' Derricutt John, farmer & income tax Powell John (Mrs.), farmer, Hard wick collector for Chelmarsh, Bighley, Reynolds Lydia (Miss),farmer & land- NEWTON. Billingsley & Sidbury owner Hughes Arthur A. farmer Wellings Humphrey (Mrs.), farrier WRICKTON. Wellings William, blacksmith NORTHWOOD. (Marked thus * postal address Bur­ Whiteman Edward, farmer,Wall Fur- Bryan John, farmer, Northwood farm warton, .) long (postal address Bridgnorth) *Blatherwick Charles William Raikes, Whiteman Thomas, farmer & rate collector for Aston Botterell, ORETON. farmer, Wrickton manor *Edwards Henry, wheelwright Farlow, Neen Savage, Loughton & Page John, The Larches Wheatthill, Hall Orchard Haines Robt.farmer, Walkers-Low fm Yardley Frederick, farmer, Woodhouse COMMERCIAL. Hawkes Lucy (Mrs.), shoeing & Breakwell Thomas, lime burner general smith BAGGIN'S WOOD. Burton Thomas, builder Hayward Wm. farmer, ·walkers-wood Bishop John Giles (Mrs.), Crown P .H Griffith John Davis, shopkeeper Hulland George, farmer, Heath Broadhurst David, beer retailer Harries Thomas, farmer, New house Preece John, cottage farmer Shineton William, farmer H01·ton "\Villiam, farmer, Truckhill Radnor George, farmer Viggars Daniel, farmer Ibbotson John Eaton, farmer, & post *Shingler A1:thur, farmer Wilson William Thomas, farmer office, Little Stocken *Williamson William, farmer, Hall

STOWE (or Stow) ]s a small parish, near the road f TEME RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. from Knighton to , 2 miles north-east from Knigh- 'h d" · · · . t on s t a t wn. on th e craven A rms and B u1"lth R oa d (C en t ra1 'I e 1str1ct compr1ses the followmg parishes. :-Bed- Wales) section of the London and North Western rail- stone, Bett'!s-y-Crwyn, Buck~ell, ~lanva~r-Waterdine way, in the Southern division of the county, Purslow & Sto:we, be1:~1.g the Salop pa;nshes m Kmgbton (Rad- hundred, Clun and Purslow petty sessional division, norshne) umon. The area IS 23,090 acres; r~teab~e Knighton union and county court district rural deanery value, Lady Day, 1913• £ 15•476; the populatwn 1ll of Clun, archdeaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Here- rgn was _r,644 ford. The church of St. Michael is an ancient building The .Council meets at the Board room, Workhouse, of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a Kmghton, on thursday, monthly, at 12 noon small western turret containing 3 bells; the rood loft Chairman, John Beavan, Llanvair-Waterdine, Knighton, remains ; stained glass from the east end of the church Radncrshire has been transferred to windows in the belfry and Vice-Chairman, P. M. Matthews, Turkey hall, Bucknell, north-west wall; the belfry windows are memorials to Salop Frances Harriett, wife of the Rev. Thomas Green, who died January 8, 1859; the present east window is a Officials. memorial to the Rev. John Rogers, of Stanage Park, Clerk, Edwin Hooper Deacon, Hebron, Ludlow road, and vicar of Stowe, who died in 1878, and at the west Kuighton end is. a stained window erected in r887: there are Treasurer, George E. Jones, North & South Wales Bank, sittings for 130 persons. The register dates from the Knight on year 1576. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £180, including 4 acTes of glebe, wij;h residence, Medical Officer of Health, John Alban Kendall Gri:fliths in the gift 'Jf Charles C. Rogers esq. Stanage Park, Rad­ M.B.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. Wylcwm norshire and held since 1878 by the Rev. John James house, Knighton Peglar M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Surveyor, W. A. Roberts, Knighton charities amount to £2 16s. yearly, left in 1856 by John Sanitary Inspector, W. Cadwallader,Victoria rd.Knighton Edwards, of Stowe. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, and Charles Coltman Rogers esq. of Stanage Park, Brampton Brian, and J{lhn Brinton esq. of Moor Hall, .Stourport, are principal landowners. The soil is Letters received through Brampton Brian, Hereford­ gravelly; the subsoil is a loamy clay. '.rhe chief crops shire, by foot post at 7-45 a.m. ; dispatched at 5· 15 are wheat, barley and turnips. 'J,'he area is 2,712 acres p.m. ; no sunday delivery. Knighton is the nearest of land and 14 of water; rateable value, £2>28o; popu­ money order & telegraph office, 2 miles distant lation in rgor, 28~, and in xgu, 270. Letter Box, W eston, Brampton Brian, cleared 4-30 p.m. week day~ Lurkenhope is one mile west. The children of this parish (except those from Lurken­ W eston is one mile east, on the , which hope hamlet, who go to Knighton) attend the Stanage, here nearly divides the county from Radnorshire. Weston & Stowe schools, which are in the lordship of Stanage, Radnorshire · · Parish Clerk, Frederick Lansdown.