DIRECTORY.] STAFFORDSHIRE. 3 Ut£oxeter is a bro.IIICh of the Great Northern railway l The following list gives the several poor law unions, wi1h through Weston-on--Trent to Stafford. The South Stafford- the places contained in each:­ shire communicates firom Burton, by Lichfield to Wal­ Burton-upon-Trent Union. sa.ll. The Great Western line from London, through Ox­ ford a.n.d Warwick, to Birmingham, passes th£mee to Anslow Hoon (Derby) Handsworth, "\Vest Bromwich, Swa.n. Village, Wednesbll.T"Y Ash (hamlet) (Derby) Horninglow and Bilston to Wolverhampton, and to Shrewsbury and Earton Blount (do.) lngleby (Derby) the North. From Birmimgfuam is a. branch line through Barton-under-Needwood Linton (do.) Smethwick, Rowley Regis, Old Hill and Cra.dley to Stmu­ Bearwardcote (Derby) Lullington (do.) bridge. The West !Midlam.d section of the Great Western Branstone Marston-upon-Dove (Derby) has om.other line from London to the North, through Ox­ Bretby (Derby) Mickleover (do.) ford and Woreeste.r to Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Dudley, Burnaston (do.) Newton Solney (do.) Tipton MJd Bilston and Wolverhampton. The Midland Burton Extra Osleston & Thurvaston (do.) railwary skirts the eastern border of the county from Derby Burton-upon-Trent Outwoods by Burto:n-on-Tre.nt am.d Tamworth to Birmingham, with Castle Gresley (Derby) Radbourne tDerby) a line tJh;rough Sutton Goldfield to Wal.sall; this compaJny Catton (do.) Repton (do.) have acquired the line running through Willenhall to Wed­ Caudwell (do.) Rolleston nesfieM. Church Broughton (Derby) Rosliston (Derby) The hundreds a:r~e five, but each of these form two divi­ Church Gresley (do.) Stanton & Newhall (Derby) l!lions-r, Totmonslow, in the north, or North Totmonslow Coton-in-the-Elms (do.) Stapenhall (Derby) (Leek) and South Totmonslow (Cheadle); 2, Pirehill, in Dalbury-with-Lees (do.) Stretton the north-west, or North Pirehill (Potteries) BII!d South Drakelow (do.) Sutton-on-the-Hill (Derby) Pire.hill (Stone); 3, Offiow, in the east, or NOTth Offiow Dunstall Swadlincote (do.) (Eurton-upon-Trent) and South Offiow (Walsall); 4, Cut­ Egginton (Derby) Tatenhill tlestone, in the north-west, or East Cuttlestone (Rugffiey Etwall (do.) Trusley (Derby) and West Cnttlestone (Gnosall); 5, Seisdon, in the south, Find ern (do.) Tutbury m; North Seisdon (Sedgeley) a!Ild South Seisdcm (Kin­ Foremark (do.) Twyford & Stenson (Derlly) fare). Foston & Scropton (partly Walton-upon-Trent (do.) Many of the parishes are very lwge, but acr-e divided for Derby) Wichnor ecclesiastical purposes. There are 235 civil parishes and Hanbury Willington (Derby) parts of fourteen others. The assize town is at Stafford; llatton(Derby) Winshill (do.) the seat of the bishopric and will courts at Lichfield. Hitton & Hargate manor (do.) Staffordshire ihllls one corurt of quarter sessions, rund is Cannock Union divided into twenty petty sessional divisions ; the city of Acton Trussell and Bednall Hatherton Lichfield and the boroughs of Hanley, Newcastle-under­ Brewood Hilton Lyme, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton have Bushbury Huntington commissions of the peace '81Ild separate oou.rts of petty Cannock Kinvaston sessions; and the boroughs of Longton, Stafford 81Ild Tarn­ Cheslyn Hay Lapley and Wheaton Aston worth have commissions of the peace. Church Eaton N orton Canes Staffordshire is in the Oxford circuit, province of Can­ Coppenhall Penkridge tarbury and diocese of Lichfield, divided into the arch­ Dunston Saredon deaconries of Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent; the aTCih­ Essington Sbareshill deaconry of Stafford is Slllb-d.ivided irnto the rural Feathers tone Stretton deaneries of Brewood,Handsworth, Himley, Lichfield,Penk­ Great Wyrley Teddesley Hay ridge, Rugeley, StaffO!l'd, Tamworth, Trysull, Tutbury, Walsall arn.d Wolve.r'hampton. The archdea.c<m.ry of Stoke­ Cbeadle Union. on-Trent is sub-divided into the rura.l deaneries of Alston­ Alton or Alveton Cotton field, Cheadle, Eccleshaill, Leek, Newcastle-"qlllder-Lyme, Bradley-in-the-Moors Denstone Stoke-Ofli-Tnmt, Trentham and Uttoxeter. Caul don Dilhorne The Mumjcipal boroughs are Burslem, population in 1891, Caverswall Draycott-in-the-Mool"8 j·I,999; Burton-on--Trent, 46,047; Hanley, 54,946; Lich­ Cheadle Farley field, 7,864; Longton, 34,327; Newcastle-under-Lyme, Checkley and Tean Ipstones 18,452; Stafford, 20,270; Stoke-on-Trent, 24,027; Tarn­ Cheddleton and Basford Kingsley and Whiston worth, 6,614; Walsall, 71,789; Wednesbury, 25,347; West Consall or Cunsall Bromwich, 59,474 and Wolverhampton, 82,662. Other towns are Bilston, population in 1891, 23,453; Brierley Leek Union )Iill, 11,847; CallliilOCk, 20,613; Darlaston, 14,422; Leek, Biddulph Longsdon 14,128; Rowley Regis, 30,791; Rugeley, 4,1'81; Sedgeley, Bradnop and Cawdry Lowe q,g61; Stone, 5,754; Tipton, 29,314; Tunstall, 15,730; Butterton N orton-in- the-Moors Uttoxeter, 5,516; and Willenhall, 16,852. Endon and Stanley Onccote '! The great city of Birmingham, on the borders, but with­ Fawfieldhead Quarnford In Warwickshire, is the true metroplis of South Stru'ford­ Grind on Rudyard sliire. Liclhfteld is ar clrthedra>l city oo.d shire by itself. Heatby Lee Rushton James Stll.fford and Newcastle 8/I'e arn.cient towns. The nearest Heaton Rushton Spencer college is ail Birwin~gham, nnd there are some good gmm­ Hollins Clougb Sheen mar schoollil. Horton and Horton Hay Smallthorne The .~;:~~ration Distri~ts are;- .. Leek Tittesworth Leekfrith Warslow and Elkston. No. Name. Area. Pop. 1891. Longnor Lichfield Union. Alrewas Longdon 359 Stafford ....•..••..•.••.••... 57,897 30,590 Armitage and Hansacre Ma.vesyn Ridware 36o Stone .......................... 6g,782 31·752 Brereton Ogley Hay 361 Newcastle-under-Lyme .•. 27,271 37.535 Bromley Hayes Pipe Ridware 362 Wolsta.nton ................. 13,938 83,652 Burntwood, Ediall and Wood- Rugeley . 363 Stoke-upon-Trent ..•...... 12,785 121 ·459 houses St. Chad (Lichfield) 364 Leek .......................... 70·351 33.405 Colton St. Mary (do.) 36 5 Chea.dle ..................... 55,160 24,164 Curborough and Elmhurst St. Micha.el (do.) 366 Uttoxeter .~ ................... 65,443 14,616 Elford Shenstone 367 Burton-upon-Trent .... .. 88,208 83,533 Farewell and Chorley Shire Oak 368 Tarnworth •.......•...•..... 45,876 21,804 Fisherwick Streethay 369 Lichfield .................... 76,8go 40,130 l<'reeford Swinfen and Packington 370 Cannock .................... 68,830 40·547 Friary (Lichfield) Tamhorn 371 Wolverhampton .......... .. *55·972 154,864 l<'ulfen (do.) The Close (Lichfield) 372 Walsall ....................... 21,0]9 100,112 Hammerwich Wall 373 West Bromwich .......... .. 19,41 5 142,584 Hamstall Ridware Weeford Haselour Whittington * Seisdon union . .. .. • .. .. .. I King's Bromley Yoxall * Wolverhampton union,, King's Bromley-Hays STAFFS. .