550 MUNSLOW HUNDRED. butcher and shopkeeper; Edward Farmer, farmer and shopkeeper; John Hotchkiss, farmer, Woodlands; Ann Oseley, Proprietary School. Downton: Sir William Edward Rouse Bough tou, Bart., Downton Hall ; Thomas Hotchkiss, farmer. Hayton Lower: Richard Coston, farmer; Sarah Coston, farmer; Samuel Weaver, farmer; and Samuel Weaver, beer house keeper. Hayton Upper: Edward M. Burgess, farmer; Rev. Lancelot Dixon; William Price, farmer; and Thomas Smout, farmer. Rock: Mr. Wm. Gardener; James Harding, vict., The Raven; James Hince, timber merchant; John Price, manager at Gas Works; Elias Rollings, coach and jobbing smith; William Russeii, governor of Union House; William Thompson, vict., Greyhound; James Watkins, stone and marble mason. - Wootton: William Blakeway, farmer, The White House; Josiah Meredith, corn miller. East Hamlet: Wiiiiam Patrick, fanner. West Hamlet: Thomas Lloyd, farmer, Langley; John Mellings, farmer, The Pools; Deborah Sanders, farmer, Ruckley; John Sanders, farmer ; and Wiiiiam Small, farmer, Aintree. STANTON LONG is a parish and small rural village in the lower division of the Mnnslow hundred, seven miles S.S.W. from Much Wenlock, and ten west from Bridgnorth. At the census of 1801 there was a population of 206 souls; 1831,278; and in 1841, fifty-three houses and 327 inhabitants Acres, 1,710A. lB. lOP. Rateable value, £2,636. 4s. 6d. The parish extends about four miles in length and one in breadth, and is adjacent to the parishes of Holdgate, Shipton, Monk Hopton, and Ditton Priors. The soil on the north side of the river Corve is weii adapted for the growth of turnips and barley; on the south side it is of a stiffer nature, and better suited for wheat. The prin­ cipal landowners are the Duke of Cleveland; Rev. R. H. G. More; J. Deighton, Esq.; and J. Corser, Esq.; there are also several other proprietors. Mrs. Thursby is lady of the manor. BaocKToN and PATTON are two small townships for highway purposes in this parish, the former containing 376 acres, and the latter 697 acres. THE CHURcH, situated at the south-western extremity of the parish, is a neat edifice dedicated to St. Michael; the interior, however, contains litHe of interest, except a handsomely-carved oak pulpit, and there are some fine Gothic windows. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's book at £7, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £95. 6s. lOd. ; and there is a good vicarage house and 66A. 3a. 3p. of glebe land attached, commanding a pleasing prospect of the Corve Dale. The rectoral tithes are commuted for £133. 17s. 5d., of which £7. 12s. 7d. is paid to the rector of Holdgate. The Rev. Thomas P. Williams is the cm·ate. There is a National School at Brockton, capable of containing 120 children. The interest of a sum of £20, left by an unknown donor, is expended in bread and given to the poor. The principal residents are Charles Acton, farmer, Brockton; Thomas Bywater, farmer, Brockton; Thomas Chatham, farmer, Stanton Long; Edward Corks, farmer and maltster, Stanton Long; William Crudington, shoemaker, Brockton; Isaac Day, black­ smith, Stanton Long; Evan Davies, farmer, Patton; Thomas Downes, farmer, Patton; James Edwards, wheelwright, Stanton Long; Edward Esp, farmer, Stanton Long; Edward In stone, farmer, Brockton house ; Thomas Mancell, blacksmith, Brockton ; Edward Philpot, vict., Feathers; John Pope, carpenter, Stanton Long; Rev. Thomas P. Williams, curate. STOKE ST. MILBOROUGH is a parish in the lower division or the Munslow humlred, comprising 4,400 acres of land, and is divided for highway purposes into the townships of Clee Downton, Clee Stanton, and Stoke, and the chapelry of Heatli. At the census of 1841 there were 110 houses and 553 inhabitants exclusive of the cbapelry of Heath, which contained ten houses and a population of sixty-three souls. Rateable value, £!,454. Ss. The viiiage of Stoke is delightfully situated in a romantic district, near the .