30 BARR (GB~:AT). STAFFORDSHIRE. (KELLY'A erected in 1868, at a cost of £x,6s7, will seat 150 persons. 1 and principal landowners. The soil is a stiff lo~m; subsoil, The charities are as follows :-( 1) one-third of the profits of gravel. The chief crops are wheat and roots. The area ia land granted upon trust in 1579 by Thomas Bromwich, of 4,960 acres; rateable value, £"1o,464; in 1891 the population Perry Barr, to the rector of Handsworth and four others, was 1,388. and now administered by nine trustees, including the l'arish Clerk, Charles Jelf. incumbents of Handsworth, Perry Barr and Great Barr PosT OFJ<"ICE.-Thomas Richards, sub-postmaster. Letters (these three being trustees ex-officio), under a scheme from Birmingham arrive at 6.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 10 sanctioned by the Charity Commissioners: the charity, a.m. & 7.25 p.m.; sundays at to a.m. The nearest which, at its present value, yields about £8o a year to Great money order & telegraph office is at Hamstead Barr, is to be applied according to the provisions of the above-mentioned scheme, for the benefit of the poor of the PILLAR LETTER BOXES :- three parishes; (2) the profits of about 66 acres of land Beacon inn, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 6.40 p.m.; sundays, assigned for the repairs of the church; (3) an annual charge 8.3oa.m of £3 t6s. upon two farms for the education of five poor Queslett, 8.15a.m. &6.15p.m.; sundays, 10.15a.m children; (4) an annual charge of £2 12s. upon a farm for Newton road, 9·45 a. m. & 7.10 p.m. ; sundays, 9·55 a..m distribution in bread; (5) Cox's charity, which is distributed Addyes' Free & National School (mixed & infants)t built in in doles of ss. each to ten poor persons, chiefly widows. 1864, includes the school founded & endowed in 1722 by The inhabitants are principally occupied in agricultural Thomas Addyes1 for the education & clothing of 20 boys: pursuits. Barr Beacon, 2 miles north-east, is 700 feet aboye this charity has since been a.ugmented by other bene­ the sea level, and commands an extensive view, including factions, & particularly by a sum of £4oo, bequeathed in the Wrekin and Bardon Hills. Great Barr Ball, the seat of 1807 by Mrs. Ann Scott, for the clothing of 13 boys: the Lady Bateman-Scott, is a spacious modern mansion, in the school will hold 230 children ; average attendance, I6o; Gothic style, in a finely wooded park of 6oo acres, and sur­ Robert Thompson, master ; Mrs. Mary Agnes Thompson, rounded by stately trees and tastefully laid out grounds mistress ; Miss Rose Williams, infants' mistress with lawns and terraces. The trustees of the late Sir Great Barr Railway Station, John Atkinson, station master Arthur Douglas Bateman-Scott bart. are lords of the manor Newton Road Railway Station, Thos. Evans, station master [Marked th1111 o receive their letters through Suter William, Grove Hill house Hodson Thomas, farmer Walsall.] *'rurner John, Park road Horton Charles Rowley, Australian PRIVATE RBSIDRNTS. Warburton Thomas, Barr house Arms P.H Arter William, Barr Hill house 'Vell~ James, The Ivy's Johnson William, farmer Bateman-Scott Lady, Great Barr hall Wilkes Thomas Yates, Hollies Marsh Thomas, Malt Shove}P.H Birch Frederick Yates Fras. Henry, sen. Sundial house Mills William, Beacon inn C!a re J oseph COMMERCIAL. Moore Obadiah, farmer Clarke Rev. Henry James Th.A.K.C.L- Baines Francis, boot & shoe maker Morgan Snsan (Mrs.), farmer [ vicar], Vicarage Banister James William, farmer Moseley Henry, farmer, The Beacon Ellis Mrs. Grove vale *Barrand Eldread, fanner, Shnstoke Oram William, farmer Furmston Edwin, Sycamore house farm, Binningham road Parkes Henry, blacksmith, QuP~~lett Garman Wm. Chancellor, Yew Tree ho Bates Susan (Mrs.), farmer, Queslett Perry Thomas, farmer, Lindens Harrison Wm. Haughton, Selwyn cot Bates William, Horns P.H. Queslett Ryman George, farmer, Old hall *Harvey Frank, Brackenwood Bayliss George, farmer, Chapel farm Savage Walter, fanner *Holden Edward Thomas J.P. Glenelg Berry Ambrose Salisbury, farmer, Smith John, farmer, Crook house Jebb George Robert, Ferryfield Pheasey fann Smith Rich d. farmer, Pear Tree farm *Jones John Kenyan, Park road, Bir- *BoonhamWm.Bell P.H.Birmingham rd Tibbitts Thomas, farmer mingham road Brooks James, Five Ways P.H Timmins J oseph, shopkeeper Proffitt Mrs. The Shrubbery Crew William, beer retailer Towers Frank, farmer Shenton Albert Harry, Grove vale Garman William Chancellor, surgeon, Willner John, shopkeeper *Smith John, Parkfield,Binnin£ham rd Yew Tree house Wistance John, beer retailer Smith Mrs. Rose cottage Hall Henry, wheelwright Yates l<'rancis Henry, jun. farmer :BARTON-UNDER-NEEDWOOD is a remarkably l the property of Col. Robert Henry Fowler-Butler, and Ful­ pretty village, township and parish formed 22nd July, 1881, brook House, a modern mansion in the Gothic style, the n8! miles from London, s! south-west from Burton aqd 8 residence of Lawrence Arden esq. Mrs. Anson-Horton, of north-east from Lichfield, in the Burton division of the Catton Hall, Derbyshire, is lady of the manor. The principal county, civil parish of Tatenhill. North Ofttow hundred, landowne1"8 are Sir Reginald Hardy hart. D.L., J.P. of Dnn­ Burton union, petty sessional division and county court dis- stall Hall; Theophilus John Levett esq_ J.P., D.L. of Wichnor trict, rural deanery of Tutbury, archdeaconry of Stafford Park; and William Richard Holland esq. of St. John's and diocese of Lichfield. The Barton and Walton station on House, Ashborne, Derby: there are several small landowners. the Derby and Birmingham (Midland) railway is about rt The surrounding country, which is exceedingly fertile and miles east, and between it and the village runs the North in a high state of cultivation, is studded with numerous Staffordshire canal. St. James's church, built in 1533 by fannhouses. The soil is red marl and gravelly; a great por· Dr. John Taylor, Master of the Rolls (1527-33), and for- tion is fine pasture and meadow land, bounded by the river merly a chapel of ease to Tatenhill, is an edifice of stone in Trent, which here divides the counties of Derby and Stafford. the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, The crops are wheat, beans and barley. The manufacture aisles, north and south porches and a large embattled of cement is carried on here. The township contains 3,798 western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: acres; rateable value, £17,747; the population in 1891 was it was thoroughly restored, reseated with open benches and 1,765. the aisles widened in 1864 and further restored in 1878 at a Parish Clerk, John Brandrick. co_st of £2,?00: ther_e are seven stained windows, the west PoST, M. 0. & T. 0., Express Office, S. B. & Annuity & wmdow bemg the gift of. W-. R. Holland esq.. and several Insurance Office.-Miss Annie Jervis Holland, sub-post- marble tablets, one of whrch IS dated r6gr : m 1885 a new mistress. Letters received from Burton-on-Trent arrive organ was given by J. C. Grinling esq. J.P. when alterations at 5.45 a. m. & 2.20 p.m.; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & were also made m the chancel: the church affords 650 7.30 p.m. • box closes ro minutes before the departure of sittings, 344 being free. The register dates from the year the mail ' !571 .. The living is a vica~age, ~et yea~ly val~e [379, PILLAR LETTER Box at Barton Turn cleared at 7 & another mcludrng 15 acres of glebe, wrth resrdence, m the gtft of the at Barton Gate cleared at 7.20 p.m Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 188o by the Rev. William Henry Hutchinson Fairclough M.A. of Exeter Col­ PUBLIC OFFICERS :- lege, Oxford. St. James' mission chapel at Barton Turn Collector of Poor Rates & Taxes, Josh. Holdsworth was erected in I88o by Lady Hardy, of Dunstall, in memory Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator for Barton-nnder­ of her son, Lieutenant Henry John Hardy, Rifle Brigade, Needwood District & Burton-on-Trent Union, Clement who died at Natal, 4 Oct. 1879, during the Zulu war: it Palmer L.R.C.P.Edin consists of chancel, nave and south porch, and affords 100 Railway Station, James Collins, station master sittings : services are held under the superintendence of the A School Board of 5 members was formed December 13, vicar. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist 1871 ; Frederick Smith, clerk to the board & school chapels here. The charities for the poor amount to about attendance officer. The board meets the last wednesday £s2 and are distributed yearly. Two fairs were formerly in every month at 6 p.m held here, but both are now discontinued. Gas works were Board School (mixed & infants), erected in 1885-6, at a erected in 1871 by a limited company_ A cottage hospital cost of nearly £3,000, for 120 boys & 215 girls & infants; with six beds was established here in I 879 and is supported average attendance, m6 boys & 170 girls & infants: by public subscription. In the neighbourhood of the village Harry Hamilton, master ; Misg Eliza. Stoker, mistress are several handtJome villa residences, including Barton Hall, CARRIER TO BURTON,-lsaac Holdcroft, tues. thurs. & sat .