316 OADBY. LEICESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S Stacey Charles, greengrocer Summerland George Wm. tailor &:; drpr Weston John, grazier & cattle dealer Strange Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Summerland John, shopkeeper Weston Thomas,cattle dealer &; grazier Sturgess Ann (Miss), baker, beer Turtou Harry, boot dealer Worley John, beer retailer retailer &; shopkeeper Walton Thomas, White Horse hotelP.B Yates John, general stores Sturgess J ames Edward, hair dresser Ward John, carrier OAKS-IN-CHARNWOOD is an ecclesiastical parish, reooence and 80 acres of glebe, and held since 1879 by formed from the parishes of Charley, Shepshed and Whit­ the Rev. William Robert Tagart B.A. of Trinity College, wick, 29 June, 1852, 11 miles south from Shepshed station Dublin, who is also vicar of Copt Oak. There is a Re­ on the Loughborough and Nuneaton branch of the London formed Wesleyan chapel in Iveshead road, built in 1879. and North Western railway, 4 north-east from Coalville and seating 200. The owners of the manor an4 the prin­ tltation on the Leicester and Burton branch of the cipal landowners are Everard March-Phillipps-De Lisle Midland railway, and 6 west from Loughborough, in the esq. J.P. of Grace Dieu, Loughborough, and Mrs. Perry­ Mid division of the county, West Goscote hundred, Lough­ Herrick, of Beaumanor Park. The soil is light loam;. borough petty sessional division, union and county court subsoil, rocky. The chief crops are oats, barley and district, rural d€Qnery of Akeley (southern division), arch­ roots. The population in 18g1 was 576. deaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. The Sexton, Charles Bradbury, Shepshed. church of St. James, erected in 1815, is a building of Letters from Shepshed, Loughborough, arrive at 9 a.m. forest stone, in the Early English style, consisting of Shepshed is the nearest money order &; telegraph office. chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower 2! miles distant containing 6 bells: the church was completely rebuilt in WaU Letter Box, Church road, cleared at 4.40 p.m_ week 1883 (when it was first dedicated),at a cost of £4,230,solely days only defrayed by Mrs. Perry-Berrkk, of Beaumanor, and has 180 sittings: there is a lych gate at the entrance h the Wall Letter Box, Ashby road, cleared 9.15 a.m. &; 5.30 churchyard. The register dates from the year 1816. The p.m. week days only living is a vicarage, in the gift of the six lords of the National Sohool (mixed), erected in 1851, for 56 children; manor of Charnwood Forest, net yearly value £Bo, with average attendance, 30; Miss Martha Davis, mistress Tagart Rev. WilIiam Roben B.A. Oaks Knight Robt. market gardnr.Ashby rd Stableford Wm.brick ma.Brick Kiln la vicarage (postal address,Loughboro') La.wrence Wm. grazier, Iveshead I'd Taylor Samuel. butcher. Ashby road Mee Hy. market gardnr. Iveshead I'd Tebbutt Step hen, market gardener. COMMERCIAL. Mee James, farmer, Fenney springs Fenney springs Brown George, grazier, Iveshead road Mee StoreI', market. gdnr.lveshead rd Thompson George Henry, grazier. Collins George, carman, Iveshead road Merriman James, Jolly Farmers P.R. Charnwood heath Crofts Geo. market gardener,Ashby rd Iveshead road Thompson Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer. Crofts Jas. market gardener, Ashby rd Newbold Ann (Mrs.),carman,Ashby rd Oaks farm Crowson Alfd. cowkpr. Brick Kiln la Pickering Charles, fa.rmer, Shortcliffe Tomlin Tom, farmer, Iveshead road Doleman Peter, White Horse inn, Pickworth Thomas, farmer, Lubeland Toone David, grazier, Brick Kiln lane Ashby road (postal address, Loughborough) Warner Geo. grazier, Blackbrook DraperRy.miller (wind),Fenney spring Richardson Susannah (Mrs.), dress Wright Henry, cowkeeper, Ashby rd GrimIey William, carman, Ashby road maker, Iveshead r~ad ORTON-ON-THE-HILL is 8 parish and scattered the south aisle: there are 250 sittings, 85 being free. The village, on the borders of Warwickshire, 7 miles west from I register dates from the year 1656. The living is a vicar­ Market Boswol'th sootion on the Ashby and Nuneaton age, net ye'nly value £120, including 156 acres of glebe, section of the Midland railway, 6 north from .A.therstone, value £125, with residence, in the Igift of the Bishop of 7 north-west from Tamworth, and 9 south-west frum Peterborough, and held since 1894 by the Rev. Charles Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the Western division of the county, Isa.ac Stephen M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge_ The hundred of Sparkenhoe, Market Bosworth petty sessional charities include £100 left by John Steele in 1728 and division and union, Atherstone county court district, rural £20 left by Theodosia (Steele), wife of Sir Charles Ih'om­ deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion), archdeaconry of field bart. in 1733. Orton Ball, pleasantly "ituute in a Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. By a Local small park, is the seat of Duncombe Steele Perkins esq. Government Order of March 25, 1885, three detached J.P. who is lord of the manor_ The principal landowners portions of Merivale, in Atherstone union, were amalga- are D. S. Perkins esq. Earl Howe G.C.V.O.,C.B. and Miss mated with this parish. The church of St. Edith, for- GreO'g. The soil is red marl on a bed of sandstone. The merly the church of Twycross and GopsaU in Leicestershire crops are wheat and beans and some pasture land. The and Baxterley in Warwickshire, is So large buil~jng ?f area is 2,032 acres; rateable value, £2,216; the popula­ stone dating from the 12th century, but now claefly m tion in 18g1 was 238 in the civil and 210 in the ecclesias­ the Early Decorated style, the chancel being of later date: tical parish. it consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch ond an embatt~ed western tower containing 4 bells, dated 1595 Parish Clerk, Charles N ewman. and 1701, and there was formerly a north aisle: in the 80uth aisle is a stone coffin lid of a priest, with carving Post Office.-Letters arrive through Atherstone at 7 a.m. of a cross and a chalice: there is also a stone coffin, sup­ Box closes at 6.15 p.m. The nearest money {)rder &. posed to be that of the founder of the church: the telegraph offilce is at Twycross, about 2 miles distant chancel retains a piscina and several tablets to the Perkins National School (mixed), erected in 1839, for 50 children; family, and there is a. hagioscope in one of the piers of anrage attendance, 25; Miss E. Marriott, mistress (Marked thus * letters through Twy- Bradford Emanuel, Perkins Armsp.Bloldacres James, farmer . cross.) CoIlins Charles, farmer *Patrick John &. Charles, farmers Perkins Duncom'beSteeleJ.P.Orton hall *Fewkes Cha.rles, farmer, Lea grange *Patrick Mary (Mrs. ).assistant oversr Perkins Col. George D. Orton hall Heath William. farmer Stanyer Joseph, farmer Jinks George, farmer Toon William, farmer Stephen Rev. Chas. IsaacM.A. Vicarage Lea J ames, farmer Walker George, farmer COYlIlERCIAL_ *Lord George, farmer Wilcox John, tailor Bassett Frederick (exors. of), farmer Morris George, farmer OSBASTON is a township, in the parishes of Cadeby principal landowners are T. Cope esg. the trustees of the and Market Bosworth, pleasantly situated 21 miles north- Rev. Wm. Moore and Sir ehas. Edwd. Cradock-Hartopp 9ast from Market Bosworth station on the Loughborough bart. of 8 Seymour street, Portman square, London W. and Nuneaton branch of the London and North Western The soil is mostly light; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops railway, 4! west from Desford station on the Leicester are turnips and barley. The area is 1,325 acres; rateable and Burton branch of the Midland railway, in the value, £1,855; the population in 1891 was 226. Western division of the county, Sparkenhoe hundred, Letter Box cleared at 7.30 a.m. &; 6,40 p.m. Letters Market Bosworth petty sessional division, union and through Nuneaton. The nearest money order & tele­ county court district. The church here has long since graph office is at Market Bosworth been destroyed; the inhabitants attend the churches at The childTen of this place attend the schools at Ba.rle­ Market Bosworth and Cadeby. A rent-charge of £70 is stone, Bosworth &; Cadeby paid to Market Bosworth and £40 yearly to Cadeby. Osbaston Hall, a large brick mansion, in the Queen Anne Carrier to:- Atyle. with lawn and a lake of 2 acres, is the seat of Hinckley-William Wardle, mon Thomas Cope esq. M.A., J.P. lord of the manor. The Leicester-William Wardle, wed. & sat .