WESTMORLAND. [K:ELLY's Exhibitions at This College Which Are of the Value of A.M

WESTMORLAND. [K:ELLY's Exhibitions at This College Which Are of the Value of A.M

60 HEVERSHAM:. WESTMORLAND. [K:ELLY'S exhibitions at this college which are of the value of a.m. & are collected by postman for dispatch at about £95 yearly for 5 years. 'Iha school also has two 4 p.m. Sedgwick is the nearest money order & tele- Argles exhibitions of £80 a year, founded by the late gl'3ph office F. A. Argles esq. of Evel"8ley, tenable at any eollege Preston Richard is 8 township, partly in the parish at Oxford or Cambridge, & further shares with Leeds of Hevershamand partly in the parishes of Crosscrake and & Halifax schools in four Milner scholarships of £80 Preston Patrick on the Kendal and Lancaster canal, 21 a. year for 4 years at Magdalene College, Cambridge. miles east from Milnthorpe station, and 6t north.west The new school buildings with head master's house, from Kirkby Lonsdale. The kennels of the Oxenholme erected in 1875 at a cost of about £10,000, are charm- harriers are situated at Endmoor, near Gatebeek, in this ingly situated near the village, about 5 minutes' walk township; C. Wilson esq. master. Here is 11. bobbin fal!­ from Heversham station, & two miles from Miln- tory,now in the occupation of Messrs. Bagley and Wright, thorpe station. The head master's house is substan- and at Gate Beck are the powder mills of Messrs. W. H. tially built of slone, comprising boys' dining hall, Wakefield and Co. Summerlands, the propertyand resi­ studies, dormitories, infirmary &c. & communicates dence of Henry Miles Radcliffe esq. is a noble mansion, with the school by means of a covered way. The with good grounds, delightfully situated on an eminenee school possesses a very fine gymnasium, carpenters' in a park, about, 5 miles from Kendal, and commanding workshop, chemical laboratory & a cricket field of an extensive view of the surrounding country. Old about 14 acres. The school library, founded in 1766, Hall, a fine building, pleasantly situated, is the property now (1894) consists of about 300 volumes. Among and residence of Mrs. Keightley. Enyeat, the pro­ the eminent men educated here may be mentioned perty and residence of John Wakefield 'Veston esq. J.P. William Preston D.D. bishop of Killala (1784-7) & of is a mansion in the Gothic style, well situated on an Ferns (1787-9), Richard 'Watson, professor of divinity eminence affording a pleasant view. IH. Miles Radcliffe .at Cambridge, archdeacon of Ely & bishop of Llan-! and Jacob Wakefield esqrs. are the chief landowners. daff (1782-1816) whose father was head master here CROOKLANDS and END MOOR are hamlets in this township. from 1698 for about 40 years, & Ephraim Chambers The area is 2,134 acres; rateable nlue, £4,288. The F.R.S. compiler of a famous" Dictionary of the Arts population in 1891 was 718. & Sciences," he died 15 :May, 1740; the late learned POST, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Dr. Whewell, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, End Mool'.-Joseph Valentine King, sub-postmaster. from 1841, attended this school for some time, he Letters through Kendal, except where marked other- died 6 March. 1866. There were in 1893 90 boys, wise, arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 4.45 p.m including 74 boarders. The school was reconstituted Church of England School, End Moor (mixed), erected. under a scheme of the Endowed Schools Commis- in 1862 & since enlarged for 160 children; average sioners in 1875, & is now controlled by a body of 15 attendance, 120; Miss Alice McKneale, mistress j Miss governors; T. A. Argles esq. D.L. J.P. chairman; J. Jessie Stephens, assistant mistress Holme esq. vice-chairman. Rev.William Hart M.A.,LL.D. Sedgwick is a township on the river Kent, in the civil St. John's College, Cambs. head master; Rev. Charles parish of Heversham, but for ecclesiastical purposes in George Dewberry M.A. Corpus Christi college, Cam- the parish of Crosscrake, and is 2~ miles south-by-west bridge, second master, & there are several assistant from Oxenholme junction station on the London and masters. Sergeant T. Doherty, Staff barracks, Lan- North Western railway, 4 north from Milnthorpe station caster, drill master on the same line, and 4 south from Kendal. The Rendal Mixed School, built in 1891, for 60 girls; average and Lancaster canal runs through the township. Sedg- attendance, 42; l'Yliss Annie Wood, mistress wick House, the seat of Jacob Wakefield esq. D.L., J.P. RAILWAY STATION.-Joseph Brown, station master High Sheriff (1893), is a fine mansion of Lancaster free Hincaster is a township in Heversham parish, on the stone, surrounded by about 7 acros of well laid out plea­ Lancaster and Kendal Canal and 2 miles north from sure grounds. The area is 484 acres; rateable value, Milnthorpe station on the London and North Western £2,586. The population in 1891 was 216. railway. This place, as its name suggests, wa.s the site POST, M. O. & T. 0., S.B.& Annuity & Insurance Office.- of 8 Homan station. Henry Swinglehurst esg. D.L., J.P. James Trotter, sub-postmaster. Letters through Ken- of Hinclster House and R. T. Barker esq. are the princi- dal arrive at 8 a. m. & 4.35 p.m.; dispatched at 5 pal landowners. The area is 675 acres; rateable value, p. m £3,458 10S. The population in 1891 was 141. National School (girls & infants), for about 60 children; Lt:tters through Milnthorpe R.S.O. arrive at about 8 average attendance, 55 j Miss Mary Kelland, mistress PRIVATE ReSIDENTS. Atkinson Thomas,farmer, Woodhouse Smith Christable (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Argles Mrs. E"'ersley Barnes Anthony, farmer. Park house Leasgill Argles Thomas Atkinson M.A., D.L., Bell John, farmer, Haverflatts Varley William, blacksmith J.P. Eversley Bennett Thos. farmer, l'Ylabbin hall WilsonThomas,joiner & wheelwright, :Bond Mrs. Yew Tree house, Leasgill Bibby John, shoe maker Lane cottage :Burrow Misses, Hevershll.m cottage Bradshaw Thomas, farmer, Low ho Hincaster. Chapman Thos. farmer, Church farm Clark Anthony, Bridge ho.Woodhouse Rogers Thomas, Greenside Cragg James, Woodhouse Cornthwaite John, farmer, Rowell Swinglehurst Henry D.L., J.P. Hin­ Dobson William, farm bailiff to T. Critchley Mrs. He.ersham house caster house M.A A. Argles esq. J.P. Eversley farIU Dewberry Rev. Charles George Barker Roger Thomas, farmer, Brad- }'orest :Miss, Leas Gill house Dowker Thomas, farmer, Rowell ley farm Gilbert Rev. Thomas Morrell M.A. Downing John, Eagle & Child P. H. ; Bindloss Robert, farmer, Greenside [hon. canon of Carlisle, rural dean good accommodation for cyclists, Crewdson Thomas, shoe maker & surrogate], Vicarage tourists &c. ; posting done Handley John, farmer, Groenhead Harrison Misses, Woodhouse Germain John & John, tailors & Prickett Thos. farmer, Hincaster hall Hart Rev. William M.A., LL.D. (head drapers, Leasgill Rooks James, farmer, High barn master), Grammar school Graham Agnes (Mrs.), fancy reposi­ Hibbert Percy John X.A.• J.P. Plum- tory, Leasgill Preston Richard. tree hall Grammar School (Rev. William Hart (Marked thUll t should be addressed vill. Jackson William, Leasgill M. A., LL.D. head master; Rev. Chas. Milnthorpe R.S. 0.] Kitchen Edmund, Leas Gill house George Dewberry M.A.second mast) Currie John, End moor Ruttlidge William Whitehead, Elm Handley John, farmer, Heversham tKeightley Mrs. The Old Hall cottage, Leasgill hall tMcGowan Alexander, Kid side Selkeld Miss, Leas~ill cottage Haston William, cowkeeper, Rowell tNelson l'Ylrs. Woodlands Squire Robert, Leasgilllodge Kidd Abraham, grocer, tea dealer, Radcliffe Henry Miles, Summerlands Tattersall William J.P. St. A.nthony's confectioner & postmaster tRead GrosvenorMiles, Crooklands ho Woods Misses, Elm lawn Kidd John, farmer, Haverflatls Ridley Mrs. Low park COMMERCIAL. Lancaster Ja.mes, farmer, College gm Weston John Wakefield J.P. Enyeat Addison Joseph, farmer, Rowell Mashiter James. farmer,Deepthwaite COMMBRCIAL. Atkinson Isabella (Mrs.), farmer, Robinson John, farmer, Moss side AddisonEdwd.farmr.LowBirkrigg pk Woodhouse Rudham Robert, Blue Bell p.n tBagley & Wright, bobbin & spool AtkinBOn Rt.farmer.Over Woodhouse Sill80n Rd. joiner&wheelwt. Lea..sgill manufacturers, Crooklands mill.

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