DIREC fOR 'i. J STAFFORDSHIRE. CASTLECHURCH. 127 Taylor George, boot repairer, lo5 Mill street Westwood Ja.mes, draper, Chadsmoor Taylor Samuel, baker, Blackfords Wheatman Thomas, draper, Heath Hayes Tennant Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer, Heath Hayes Whistance Jabez, draper, Chadsmoor Thornley William, shopkeeper, 29 Mill street Whitehouse Brothers, manufactrs. of edge tools & ham­ Titley Joseph, shopkeeper, r 13 Mill street mers, contractors to His Majesty's Government,lBridg­ Titley Joseph, shopkeeper, Chadsmoor towu; telephone No. 3 Cannock Tolefree Jane Ann (Miss), china dlr.4 Wolverhampton rd Whit;ehouse Cornelius & Sons Limited, edge tool manu- 'fomkinson Charles, farm bailiff to Cannock Urban Dis- facturers, Bridgtown trid Council, Sewage farm Whitehouse Albert, cycle agent, Bridgtown Tomlinson Samuel, beer retailer, Wolverhampton road Whitehouse .A.rthur, shopkeeper, Bridgtown TDnks George, shopkeeper, Heath Hayes Whitehouse Handel, coal dealer, Bridgtown Tooth Charles William, fried fish dealer, Bridgtown Whitehouse J esse, outfitter, Bridgtown Townsend John, beer retailer, Shoal hill Whitebouse Julian, cycle manufr. Cannock wrks. Bridgtwn Tranter William, draper, Heath Hayes Whitehouse Thomas, district superintendent Britannia Trawford Allam, shoplreeper, 54 Wolverhampton road Assurance Go. Limited, Market place Troman Albert, shopkeeper, Heath Hayes Willcox Thomas, draper, Bridgtown Trubshaw Edward, shopkeeper, 76 Wolverhampton road Willetts Samuel, watch maker & confectioner,Chadsmoor Turberville Ann (Mrs.), grocer, Chadsmoor Williams David, beer retailer, 70 Walsall road Turner & Richardson, hatters & outfitters, Walsall 1'0ad Williams Frederick John, baker, 2 Mill street Turner John, greengrocer, Heath Hayes Williams John, haulier, Stafford road Turner Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 34 St. John's road Williams Thomas, beer retailer, 75 Hednesford road *Tu.rnock Daniel, shopkeeper, Pye green Williamson John Thomas, mining engineer, Manor house Turton John, sanitary inspector to Urban District Council Willington Cressy Robert, ladies' outfitter, 22 Market pl Vernon Joseph, dTaper & furniture dealer, Heath Hayes Wilson Thomas, insuranee agent, 2.1 New Hall street Waite Edward, beer retailer, Bridgtown Wilson William Henry, turncock to the South Stafford- Walker Simeon, shopkeeper, Bridgtown shire Water Works Co. Rose villa, Cbadsmoor Walker Thomas Arthur, morrumental mason, Stafford rd Wiltshire 'l'homas, farmer, Sylv~ster bridge, Leacrof~ Waiters James, shopkeeper, Chadsmoor Withington .A. stationer & printer, 71 Market place Ward Frederick Charles, shopkeeper, Blackfords Withington Harry, ~offee house, 57 Market place Ward Joseph, Royal Exchange P.H. Bridgtown Withington Jabez, boot maker, 62 Walsall road Watkins Waiter, shopkeeper, Broom hill Woodward William, draper & fancy dealer, Bridgtown Watkiss Samuel & George, wine & spirit merchants 16, Woolams James Aston, tank & boiler maker, Bridgtown & grocers r8, Market place W ootton Abraham & Sons Ltd. timber mers. Bridgtown Watkiss Albert J. draper & outfitter, 19 & 21 Market pi Workhouse (Alfred G. Spire, master) Watson Thomas, farmer, New Hall farm, Leacroft Wright Richard, butcher, 2 Market place Webb Thomas, beer retailer, 4 Mill street Wright Thomas, general dealer, Chadsmoor W ebster Frederick, shopkeeper, Blackfords Yates Elizabeth (Miss), boarding & day schl.Hednesford rd Webster Waiter, butcher, Market place & Chadsmoor Young Men's Institute (Benjamin Bennett, hon. sec.). Wenlock Eliza (Mrs.), hosier & fancy draper, Church 11t New Hall street West Staffordshire Mining District Unionist Federation Young Samuel James, farmer, Leacroft (C. H. Beaman, sec.), Church street HUNTINGTON. COMMERCIAL. Gripe Henry. manager to the South Phillipps Charles, farmer Bancroft Thomas, shopkeeper [ Staffordshire Water Works Co Pickerill Charles, farmer Chilton William, farmen Heath William Henry, iarmer Wall Emma (Mrs.), farmer Emery Laura (Miss), shopkeeper, & Littleton Collieries Limih•d c"Arthur post office I. James, agent; Daniel Rogers, certificated manager) CANWELL is a parish extending to the borders of the of stone, situate in a finely timbe~d park and having county,s! miles south-west-by-west from Tamworth ami o some tastefully laid out grounds, and is the seat of south-east from Lichfield, in the Lichfield division of the Philip Staveley Foster esq. M.P., J.P. lord of the manot­ county, South Offlow hundred, Tamworth petty sessional and sole landowner. The soil is ric4 loam; subsoil~ division, union and county court district, by an Order in gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and Council, x8g6, a portion of Drayton Bassett parish was turnips. The area is 560 acres; rateable v.alue, £ r,o7o; included for civil purposes. Here was anciently a Bene- the population in rgu was 141. dictine monastery, founded by Geoffrey Ride], temp. Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Henry Morrell, sub-postmaster. Henry I., or by Lady Geva, in 1142, and dedicated to SS. Letters received from Birmingham at 7_30 a.m. & .5 Mary and Giles and· All hSaints; someS remains may still bed p.m.; sund ays, 8 .30 a.m.; d"1spatc h e d at 7.20 a.m. .,.."- trace d . The pnvate c apel of t. Mary, St. Gi1 es, an _ p.m.: sundays, 8 a.m All Saints, built in rgu, by Philip Staveley Foster esq. 5 40 M.P., J.P. from desig-ns by Mr. Templemore, architect, Public Elementary School, erected by the late Sir Francfs is a handsome building of white Hollington stone in the Lawley bart. (d. 30 Jan. r851) & enlarged 1895, is. 14th century Gothic style: there are sittings for So partly supported by Philip Staveley Foster esq. of persons. The Rev. Christopher Cameron Wilson is Can well Hall; it will hold 6o children ;' average curate in charge. Canwell Hall is a spacious ma!.!.sion attendance, 40; Miss Mills, mistress Foster Philip Staveley M.P., J.P. COMMERCIAL. Glover John Townshend, land agent Canwell hall; & Carlton, Junior Anderson Joseph, head gamekeeper to to P. S. Foster esq. M.P ' Carlton, White's & Royal Automo- P. S. Foster esq Hancock Charles, Bassett'~ Pole inn bile clubs S W, London Gallop Frederick, head gardener to Waiters Walt.Rt. frmr. Old House fm P. S. Foster esq. M.P Waiters Wm. Stanley, frmr.Lamb fm CASTLECHURCH is a parish on the west and south sittings for 200 persons. The churchyard is singularly sides of the river Sowe, opposite to Stafford, and on the beautiful, and was enlarged about 1895 by a gift of land' road from Stafford to Shrewsbury, in the Western division from Lord Stafford. The registers date from the year of the county, hundred of Cuttlestone, Stafford union, 1567. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £rgo~ petty sessional division and county court district, and in including 26 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since I 894 by the of Lichfi.eld. The church of St. Mary, situated near Staf­ Rev. Melville Scott B.D. of Christ's College, Cambridge. ford Castle, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, Stafford Castle, erected in xSro-15 on the site of the nave, south pDrch and an embattled western towsr con­ ancient fortress by Sir George William Jerningham, 7th taining 3 bells :• the modern nave is in th~ Norman hart. and 8th Baron Stafford (ob. 4 Oct. r85r), was never !tyle, the chanc~l Early English (r844): tJhe tower completed, and is now partly in ruiD!!!I. Lord Stafford is dates from 1425 ; the building was largely re­ lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil built in 1844 from designs by tb.e late Sir G. G. Scott varies from a light loam to a rich marl; subsoil, rock R.A. at a cost of £4,000, raised by private eubscription; and sandstone. The chief crops are wheat and oats. the organ was erected in 1847 at a cost, with subsequent The parish oomprises t!he places of Burton and Rickel's­ improvements, of [220: in r8g8 a north aisle was added cote and Hyde Lea. Queensville, SilkmOTe and Rowley and the organ enlarged, at a cost of £t,25o, in memory Park are in the civil parish of Castlechurch, and, of the Revs. Edward and William Alien : the window& although situated outside the Stafford borough boun­ are filled with modern stained glass, and there are dary, are included amongst the names of that borough. .