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Glaze Samuel, beerret&iler, High street' Little Rose Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Smith Major, baker, New street Goodwin John, grocer, New street High street SmithEdwin,wardrbe.dlr.&drpr.Highst GoringWilliam,haberdashr.Maughan st Mason John, beer retailer, Bower lane Smith Samuel, draper, High street Gough JosephB.shopkeeper,High street Mason Maria (Mrs. ),Thorns P.H. Thorns Southall l<'elix, shopkeeper, East street Gough Sarah(Mrs. ),shopkeeper,High st road Stevens Ernest, gal\·aniz;er & iron plate Green Charlotte( Mrs. ),shopkpr. High st Mobberley Thos.BlueBallP.H, Merry hill worker Grice Edwin, shopkeeper, New street Mountford&Co. chain & anchor makers, Stevens Martha(Mrs. ), dress ma,New st Griffiths John Pitt, grocer, & agent for Thorns works Stevens Mary (i\1rs.), Cottage in the W. & A. Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit Newnam Thomas, shopkeeper, Bower la Bower P.H. Ma.ughan street merchants, Post office, High street Nock Geo. Hope & Anchor P.H. Bower la Stevens Moses, The New inn, High st Grosvenor Jsph.earthenware dlr.New st Pargeter Brothers, beer bottlers, Z st Stevens Thomas, undertaker, Thorns rd Grove Ann Elizabeth (Miss), dress Parker William, plasterer, Maughan st Street James, beer retailer, Maughan st maker, Evers street Paskin John Edward, Royal Oak p.H. & Stringer William, shopkeeper, New st Grove Thomas, haulier, Sheffield street maltster, High. sLreet Symonds Joseph, carpenter, Queen at Harbach Henry, boot maker, High st Pea.rson E. J. & J. fire clay masters & Tandy Alfred, builder, see Brooks & Hartland Ed ward, wardrobe dlr.New st fire brick mnfrs. Tintam Abbey works Tandy Hawkeswood Joseph, ironmonger & Pearson Hezekiah, greengrocer, New st Thomas Charlfls, butcher, High street nail manufacturer, High street Pearson HumphreyJsph.grocr,Merry hi Thomas James, hair dresser, High st HazlehurstElizabeth(Miss),grcr.High st Pegg Jame~, beer retailer, New street Timmins Samuel,shopkpr.Brick Kiln st Higgs John, pawnbroker, High street Pitcbford Jonas, clothier, IJigh street Tipper Benjamin, coal dealer, New st Hill Edward, shopkeeper, Queen street Price Moses, cowkeeper, Amblecote rd Tranter Wm. Pitt, White Horse P.H. Hill Priscilla (Mrs.), Staffordshire ProctorFrancis,shopkeeper,Maughanst New street House P.H. Caledonia Pugh Thomas, tinplate worker, Eversst Turner Noah, charter master Hill Samuel, boot & shoe dealer, High st Radford Benjamin, shopkeeper, New st Warwick Jn. tinplate worker, Merry hi Hingley Edward, baker, High street Randle Joseph, shopkeeper, Evers street Weaver Edward, greengrocer, High st HollandEdwd.carpentr.Mount Pleasant H.aybouldEdwin,shpkpr.MountPleasant Weaver William, greengrocer, High st Homer David, shopkeeper, Stour hill Raybould Joseph, milliner, High street Webb Arthur, carpenter, High street Homer George Hy.seedsman,Merry hill Raybould Timothy, shopkeeper, High st Webb Frank, maltster, Mount Pleasant Homer William, shopkeeper, High st Rogers Francis, butcher, High street j Webb Jesse, furniture dealer, Higq st Hubbold Joseph William, Elephant & Rutter George, general dealer, High st j Westwood John, Queen's Head P.H. Castle P.H. High street Shaw Albert, aerated water manufac- High street • HughesWm.RobinHoodinn,Merryhill turer, High street & New street Westwood Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer, Humphreys James, grocer, High street Sha.w Benjamin, blacksmith, Merry hi Cradley forge Humphreys William,shopkeepr. High st Shaw David, carter, Thorns road Willetts Levi,Churcb tavern, Church st Humphries Caroline(Mrs.),shopkeeper, Shaw Elijah, 5eedsman, Thorns r0ad Williams Ann (Mrll.), shopkpr. New st Maughan street Shaw James, house decorator, High st Williams George, general dlr. High st Ingley Alfred, boot maker, High street Shaw Sa.rah(Mrs.),shpkpr.Amblecote rd Willis Mary Anne (Mrs.), grocer,Highst Ingley Edward, greengrocer, High st Sidaway Thomas & Samuel, spade, WoodEnochStevens,shopkeeper,High st Ingley George, shopkeeper, New street shovel & nail makers, Bower lane Woodcock Thomas,confectioner,High st Ingley Issacher, boot & shoe ma. High st Sida way Artbur Henry, surveyor & Wootton Henry, general dealer, High st Ingley Sarah Ann(Miss),confnr.High st collector to Quarry llank urban dis- wootton Henry, general dlr. Merry hill Jones Llavid,furn.removr.Mnt.Pleasant trict council, Bower lane Worton Israel, farmer & horse dealer, Keudrick Noah, jun. horse nail maker, Sidaway David, sanitary inspector to Thorns farm Thorns road Quarry Bank urban district council Yardley John, shopkeeper, Caledonia Ketley Benjamin, shopkeeper, New st Sidaway William, draper, High street Yardley Samuel, fruiterer, Queen st Lavender George, fishmonger, High st Smith Edward, general dealer, High st Yardley Samuel, jUIL corn dlr, High st BROWN EDGE is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 14th Goodwin Young, of St. Bees. There are Wesleyan and Primi­ September, r844, from the north-east part of the parish of ti,•e Methodist chapels. Sums of £6 yearly for the bell­ Norton. It is ~ miles from station on the North ringers and £r4 yearly for the widows and necessitous Staffordshire railway, 4 from Burslem and 5 from Leek, poor of the parish were bequeathed by Hugh H. Williamson. in the North Western division of the county, Pirehill North The population in r8gr was r,o5o. hundred and petty sessional division, Leek union, Burslem Parish Clerk, James Basnet. county court district, rnral deanery of Leek, archdeaconry PosT OFFICB.-Joseph Bratt, sub-postmaster. Letters of Stoke-on-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. The church of arrive from Stoke-on-Trent via Sma.llthorne on w~ek days St. Anne, erected in 1845, is a building of stone in the only at 8 a.m. : dispatched at 6.~ p.m_ Postal orders Italian style, consisting of chancel, nave and a north-we»t are issued here, but not paid. The5 nearest money order tower with spire containing 6 bells: in 1874 a stained east nffice is at Norton & the nearest telegraph office is at window was inserted in memory of William Heath esq. and Endon railway station alterations and improvements were carried out at a cost of nearly £r,ooo: there are 350 sittings. The register dates School (National & infant), endowed by the late H. H. Wit- from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly liamson esq. & built in 1852, for 240 boys & girls & 97 in- vallle £204, net £195. with residence, in the gift of the fants; average attendance, 212 boys & girls &56 infants; Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1871 by the Rev. Robert William Jones, master; Miss Alcock, infants' mistress Heaton Mrs. Poole fields Chadwick Benj. blac~smith, Sandy lane Knowles Francis, Holly Bush P.H Young Rev. Robert Goodwin, Vicarage Cumberlidge Mrs. farmer, Tounge lane Lees Daniel, farmer & miller (wa.tEll' & Davi.s Jn. wheelwright, Stockton brook steam), Knypersley mill COMMERCIAL. Dawson Samuel, shopkeeper Lomas John, beer retailer Ainsworth Thomas, farmer, Barnfields Forroster John, farmer, Woodhouse frm Mountford Wm. farmer, Fernihough Basnett James, parish clerk Frost Charles, beer retailer &; joiner Sheldon Richard, beer retailer,Sandy la Berrisford Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Goodwin Arthur & Joseph, farmers Sheldon Thomas, butcher, Sandy lane Bratt J oseph,road surveyor,shopkeeper, Goodwin Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer Sherratt John, beer retailer & post office HeathLevi,frmr.Fold frm.Woodhonse la Shirley Rowland, farmer, Stone house Rratt Samuel, butcher Heath Samuel, farmer, Woodhouse la Tomkinson Daniel, beer retailer Bratt ~'illiam, farmer, Singlett house Homer Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, The Ferns Wilsha w William, farmer Carp Hugh, farmer, Ball Edge Key Frederick, grocer, Sandy lane

BROWNHILLS, see 0GLEY HAY. BUCXNALL-cum-BAG N ALL is a parish, formed sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and an embattled in 1856 from the civil parish of Stoke-on-Trent and consist- tower on the south side containing 6 bells: in 1883 three ing of the townships of BucKNALL, BAGNALL and BuCKNALL stained windows, the gift of the late rector, Rev. S. H. EAVES, in the union of Stoke-upon-Trent and county court Owen, and in 1892 a. beautiful iron chancel screen, were district of Hanley, North Western division of the county, added : the church was restored during the period 1887-91 North Pirehill hundred and petty sessional division, rural at a cost of [,50CJ, and affords 500 s~ttings. The register deanery and archdeaconry of Stoke-upon-Trent and diocese dates from the year 1760. The living is a rectory, average of Lichfield. The village of Bucknall has a station on the tithe rent charge £413, net yearly value £361, including 8o Stoke and Leek branch of the North Staffordshire railway. acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of and is 1 mile east from Hanley and 2 north-east from the late Rev. S. H. Owen, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Stoke. The church of St. Mary, at Bucknall, built in 1856, George Thomas Birch li.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. in place of an earlier structure, erected, according to tradi- Here are Wesleyan, Methodist New Connexion and Primitive tion, with materials from the neighbouring Abbey of Hatton Met bodist chapels, and there are several collieries. The in 1718, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, con- prir.cipal landowners are Ralph Sneyd esq. of Keele Ball;