• 382 . . [KELLY S trees, was rebuilt by Thomas Lloyd esq. in 1742, and is an MIDDLETON is a small township, 1! miles south-east from edifice of red brick with stone dressings, consisting of chan" Oswestry, containing 856 acres. Colonel R. T. Lloyd D.L.,. eel, nave and a western tower, with pinnacles- containing r:l 3.P. who is lord of the manor. Lord Harleeb and Mr. Thos. bells: the chapel was restored by Col. R. T. Lloyd in t887, Humphreys, of Oswestry, are the landowners. Rateable. at a cost of between £1,300 and £1,400, as a memorial to value, £1,3u. Lady Frances Lloyd, his wife, when it was new roofed, the floor Lady Lloyd's School (mixed), built in l851, for abOut 45 re-laid with encaustic tiles and the wood-work of the interior children ; average attendance, 35 ; & is supported by renewed in memory of Lady Frances Lloyd, by her friends Col. R. ·T. Lloyd, of Aston Hall; Miss Ann Smith Gelder, and neighbours : there are two stained windows : the chapel mistress services (Church of ) are open to the public. Aston charity consists of a rent-charge of £2 12s. left by the owner SwEENEY is a township, 2 miles south from Oswestry. of the Aston property for bread to be distributed to poor The ground begins to rise here towards the Welsh border persons attending the chapel. The township contains about and is called Sweeney Mountain. Rweeney Hall, the seat of Stanley Leighton esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. is to the left. of the road 928 acres, the property of Col. Richard Thom!ls Lloyd D.L., from Oswestry to Welshpool; the hall was built iu 1805 by I.P. who is lord of the manor. Rateable value, £1,555; Thomas Netherton Parker esq. grandfather of the present population, 94· owner, on the site of an old manor house, and is delightfully The children attend Miss Lloyd's school at Mirldleton situated in a well-timbered park : in the front of the hall HISLAND is a township,~ miles south-east from Oswestry. are the vestiges of a burial ground, adopted as such in the The area is 484 acres; rateable value, £6r.g. turbulent period of the Commonwealth. The Cambrian The children attend Miss Lloyd's school at Middleton railway passes through the lawns at the back of the house. LLANFORDA is a township, Ii miles west from Oswestry. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1871, at Here are several residences and gentlemen's seats; Llanforda Drill, in this township, and here are also brickworks and a Isaf, the seat of Owen Glynd wr Jones esq.; Pen-y-llan Hall, the residence of Miss Longueville ; Broom Hall, of Ed ward coal mine. The Earl of :Powis is lord of the manor, and Williams esq. and Llanforda Hall, of Thomas Longueville 8tanley Leighton esq. M.P., J.P. is chief landowner. The area is 1,325 acres; rateable value, £3,807. esq. .J.P. The area is 1,o63 acres, the property of the trus­ PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, tees of the late Sir W. W. Wynn hart. M.P. who are lords of the manor. Rateable value, £2,604. Drill.-Edmund Jones, receiver. Letters through Oswes­ try delivered at 7 a. m. & a second delivery from Oswestry is a township, 3 miles south-east from Oswes­ try, in a bold undulating country, the soil of which is chiefly at 2.30 p.m.; dispatched at 7.25 p.m. Oswestry is the of a productive nature. The river flows through the nearest telegraph office township. Here are Congregational and Primitive Method­ Church Schools, built in 1876, with master's residence, for ist chapels. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor. The 83 children ; average attendance, 83 ; William Henry principal landowners are Colonel Richard T. Lloyd D.L., W orrall, master WESTON is a small township, about 1! miles south from .J.P. John Pickstock Wellington, John Charles Frank, John Edward Davies and George Withers Edwards esqrs. The Oswestry. The river Morda flows through, on which thre3 Company has wharves and ware­ corn mills are worked. The workhouse for the incorporation houses here. The area is 1,221 acres; rateable value, of Oswestry stands in tbis township, and the chapel of St. £2,848. Anne adjoins. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, and WALL LETTER Box, Maesbury marsh, cleared at 5.40 p.m.; the principal landowners are Colonel R. T. Lloyd D.L._. J.P. M.P.,J.P. sunday, 11 a. m and Stanley Leighton esq. The area is 416 acres; WALL LETTER Box, opposite the Ball inn, cleared at 5.50 rateable value, £1,595. p.m.; sunday, 11.10 a.m The children attend Morda and Oswestry schools SCHOOLS:- WooTTON is a small township, 3l miles south-east from British (mixed), Ma.esbury marsh, for 6o children; average Oswestry and 2 west from Rednal station on the Great attendance, 35; Mrs. Mary Doncaster, mistress Western railway. Queenshead is a hamlet in this township. Church Schools (mixed), Maesbury marsh, built about The ('hief landowners are Colonel R. T. Lloyd D.L., J.P. who 1845, with master's residence, for 81 children; average is lord of the manor, and A. M. Owen esq. 'fhe area is attendance, 37; divine service is held in the school every 771 acres; rateable value, £1,868. · snnday by the curate of Trinity church i Miss Mary Ellen WALL LETTER Box at Queenshea.d, cleared a~ 6.30 p.m. ; Berryman, mistress week days only Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., 8. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Lovett John Henniker esq. D.L. l<'ernhill hall, Oswestry Church street.-Adam Boyd, postmaster. Mostyn-Owen Arthur esq. Woodhouse, West l!'elton R.S.O Letters arrive from London & all parts of England, North & Swete Frederick George Buller esq. The Quarry, Oswestry South Wales, Ireland, Scotland & foreign parts at 3.30 Wood Edmund Burke esq. Moreton hall, Chirk, Roabon a.m. ; delivered at 7 a.m. Letters arrive from London, Wright Charles Henry esq. Halston hall, Oswestry Crewe, Chester, Wrexham &c.; delivered at 2 p.m. Clerk to the Magistrates, George Markey, Guildhall Letters arrive from Chester, Ireland & Scotland at 4.40 Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall the last thursday in p.m. ; delivered at!) p.m. ; there is a 3rd delivery (town every month at 11 a.m. The following places are in- only) at 4.30 p.m.; the box closes at 3.30 a.m. for local cludedin thepettysessionaldivision :-Abertanat, Argoed, posts & 10 a.m. & 8.30 p.m. for all parts, but letters can .Aston, Berghill, Bronygarth, Bryn, Crickhea.th, Cyny- be posted until 8.40 by affixing an extra td. stamp. Let- nion, Daywell, Dovaston, Ebnall, Edgerley, Felton, ters for Llanfyllin & West Felton can be posted until 3 Fernhill, Haughton, Henlle, Hindford, Hisland, Ifton p.m. Letters can be registered until 8 p.m. Money Rhyn, Kinnerley, Knockin. Kynaston~ Llanforda, Llany.. orders are granted & paid from 9 a. m. till 6 p.m. daily; blodwel, Llanymynecb, Llynclys, Llwyntidman, Maes· on saturdays until 8 p.m brook Issa, Ucha, Maesbury, Marton (Old), SuB-PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Melverley (Upper & Lower), Middle_ton, Moreton, Osbas· 6 Beatrice street.-George Bonner, receiver ton, . Oswestry, Pentregaer, Porkmgton, Rednal, St. 3 . Martm, Sandford, Selattyn, Sutton, Sweeney, Sychtyn, County MagJ.strates f~r ~~westry Petty Sessional Tedtlmore, Tiry Coed, Trefarclawdd, Treflach, Trefonen, DJ.Vl.SlOn. Trepreual, Twyford, Welsh Frankton, Weston, West Fel- Lovett Colonel Thomas Heaton, Belmont, Chirk, Ruabon, ton, Weston Rhyn, Whittington, Woolston & WQoton chairman Harlech Lord D. L. Brogyntyn, Oswestry Borough Magistrates. 'frevor Lord, Brynkinalt, Chirk Wynn Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams hart. Wynnstay, THE RECORDER, THE MAYOR AND THE Ex-MAYOR. Ruabon Barnes James R. Brookside, Chirk Barnes James Richardson esq. Brookside, Chirk, Ruabon Bayley Charles George, Oakfield Bulkeley-Owen Rev. Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley B.A Blaikie Robert, Church street Tedsmore hall, West Felton, Oswestry Fuller William, Salop road Corrie Alfred Wynne esq. Park hall, Whittington Owen George, Pa.rk Issa, Salop road Kenyon Robert Lloyd esq. M. A. Pradoe, Oswestry Parry Thomas Pryce, Plas Ffynnon Lees George John Dumville esq. Woodhill, Oswestry Roberts Charles William, Willow street Leighton Stanley esq. M.P., lri.A., F.S.A., D.L. Sweeney ball, Sha.w Edward, Plas Wihnot, Weston lane Oswestry Spaull William Henry, The Poplars, Willow street Leslie Henry David esq. Bryn Tanat, Llanyblodwel, Oswestry Thomas John, Ardmillan Lloyd Col. Richard Thomas D.L. Aston hall, Oswestry Weaver William Henry Gascoigne, Lower Brook street Lloyd Capt. Francis, Aston hall, Oswestry Clerk, George Markey, Guildhall Longneville Thomas esq. Llanforda hall, Oswestry Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall the last Lovett Major Hubert Richard, Belmont, Chirk, Ruabon friday in the month at 10.30 a.m •