JIIIGTORY.] .WORCESTERSHIRE. LANGLEY. 129 :Eeynolds Samuel, farmer, High hall ISmallman George, Talbot P.:O:. & far-/ Wyer Thomas, farmer, Stoneycross Beynolds Thomas, farmer mer, Newnham Yarnold Charles, farmer, Deepcroft DIGHTWICK is a village and parish, with a station amount to about £3 a year. A house is now (1892) in on the Bromyard branch of the Great Western railway, 9 course of erection at the cost of J. F. Greswolde-Williams miles west from Worcester, 5 east from Bromyard, 4 south· esq. for the residence of a trained nurse who works in the west from Martley and 122 from London, in the Western parish. John Francis Gres,volde-Williams esq. of Henwick 6ivision of the county, hundred of Lower Oswaldslow, union 'Grange, Hallow, is lord of the manor and principal land­ .of Martley, Worcester petty sessional division and county owner. About one mile from Knight wick station is Anker­ .eonn district, western division of the rnral deanery of dme Hill, a great resort for pleasure parties ; the finely )Vorcester and archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. The wooded heights, between which the Teme here flows, lend -village i1; on the borders of Herefordshire, on the south bank to tpe spot one of its greatest charms, and Knightsford of the river Teme (over which is a bridge of two arche.5 Bridge, close by, is a favourite resort for anglers and picmc connecting the parish with Doddenham), and is surrounded parties. The soil is loam, clay and marl. The chief crops by beautiful scenery. The church of St. Mary, for the two are wheat, beans, fruit and hops. The area is 700 acres ; parishes of Knightwick and Doddenham, erected in 18.56, is rateable value, £1,377; the population in 1891 was I43· at Knightsford Bridge, in the parish of Doddenham: on the Parish Clerk, Philip Grubham. site of the chancel~f the old church of St. Mary a mortuary Letters through Worcester arrive at 7· The telegraph office chapel w~s.erected m x879, at the expense of J. F. Gres- is at the Knightwick railway station, & the nearest wolde-Wdhams esq. : on the floor of the nave was a stone money order office is at Knightsford Bridge inscribed to Grace Lane, ob. 1721, niece of Jane Lane, who . assisted in the escape of Charles II. The register, including Church School, erected m, x8,88, With bo~e. for mistress, at a Kenswick, dates from the year 1539, and has recently been cos~ of £ 1,400. by J .. F. Greswolde-Wilhams esq. f?r t~e published. The livin~ is a rectory, with the chapelry of parishes of. Kmg~twiCk, Doddenha.m & L~lsle~: It 'Yill Doddenha.m annexed, JOint tithe rent-charge £291, average ho~d Bo .children' average attendance, 69' Mtss Selma [227, joint net yearly value £2o8, including 38 acres of PriCe, mtstress glebe, with·residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Railway Stations, Knightwick (in Lulsley parish), William Worcester, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Joseph Bowstead Christopher, station master; Suckley (in Knightwick :Wilson M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge. The charities parish), Frederick Price, station master Bellet Miss, Grange cottage Lewis Henry M. wheelwright PorterGeo.farmer&hop grwr.Grovefrm .Samson Ernest, The Hoo Lewis James, farmer & butcher Walker Thomas Lawson, farmer & hop· Southall Mrs. Woodrord Osborne John, miller (water) grower, Manor house Wilson Rev. J sph.Bows tead M. A. Rectory Porter Chas. frmr.&hop growr.Brick hall W illiamsJn. frmr. &hop growr. Hig hfield · Gardener Margaret (Mrs.), coal agent KYRE PARVA (or LITTLE KYRE) is a hamlet, 6 miles Letters through Tenbury, the nearest money order & tek• south-east from Tenbury, 5 north-by-west from Bromyard graph office, arrive at 9 a.m atation on the Worcester and Bromyard branch of the Great National School (mixed), Kyre Parva, erected, with master's Western railway, in Upper Doddingtree hundred and on the residence, in 1873, by subscription, at a cost of about extreme border of the Western division of the county, in the £1,200, for the parishos of Stoke Bliss, Kyre Wyard, lfenbury union, petty sessional division and county court Kyre Parva, Hanley Child & part of Collington, to hold district, forming part of the parish of Stoke Bliss, the re­ 100 children ; average attendance, 6o; William Brown maindet of which is in Herefordshire. The inhabitants Gunn, certificated master, xst class; Mrs. Rhoda. Gunn, a~tend the church at Stoke Bliss. The soil is clayey ; sub­ assistant mistress soil, sandstone. The chief crops are hops, fruit and cereals. CARRIERs.-Peter Powles, to Tenbury, tues. ; to Bromyard, Area, 930 acres; rateable value, £905; the population in thurs. ; William Oliver, to Bromyard, thurs. & to Ten­ t8gt was II2. bury, tues Bevan Josepb, farmer, Little Bannals Hughes Joseph, farm bailiff to the Rev, Smith William, farmer, Bannals Cooper Edward, farmer, The Hall PrebendaryEdward George Baldwyn· Tuwn William, farmer, Hursley Finney Benj. Benbow, farmer, Great hi Childe, The Grove Wheal Peter, farmer Hill Alfred, Worcestershire Arms P.H Powles Peter, blacksmith & carrier KYRE WYARD (KYRE MAGNA, or GREAT KY:aE) is a College, Cambridge, prebendary of Hereford and J.P. Here parish 4 miles south-east from Tenbury station on the are almshouses for eight widows for this and seven adjoining Shrewsbury, 'l'enbury and Hereford section of the London parishes and townships, viz., Collington, Edwin Ralph, Stoke and North Western and Great Western joint railway, and Bliss and Thornbury (parishes), Butterley, Kyre Parva. 7 north-by-west from Bromyard, in the Western division of (townships), and Hanley Child (township and chapelry). the county, Upper Doddingtree hundred, Tenbury union, Kyre P~rk is the seat of the Rev. Prebendary Edward George petty sessional division and county court district, western Childe-Baldwyn M.A., J.P. lord of the manor and principal division of the· rural deanery of Burford, archdeaconry of landowner : the estate is remarkable for possessing some Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Mary of the finest timber in England. The soil is clayey loam ; is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting subsoil, sandstone. The chief crops are corn, grass, hops of chancel with side chapel, nave and a western turret con- and fruit. The area is 1,481 acres; rateable value, £1,415; taining 3 bells : there is a mural tablet to the Rev. Hugo the population in 1891 was 109. ~hornas, 6o years rector of this parish, d. 21 Oct. 1693, in Parish Clerk, George Stead. his I07th year: there are 122 sittings. The register dates PosT o~·FICE.-Mrs. Fripp, receiver. Letters through from the year 1694. The living is a rectory, average tithe Tenbury, received at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4.25 p.m. rent-charge £131, net yearly value £129, including 42 acres The nearest money order& telegraph office is at Tenbury. (I{ glebe and residence, in the gift of and held since 1892 by Postal orders are issued here, but not paid 'the Rev. Edward George· Childe-Baldwyn llr.A. of Trinity The children of this place attend Kyre and Stoke Bliss sc3ools Childe-Baldwyn Rev: Edward George Caldecott Nathaniel, farmer, Pigeon Fripp Charles, gamekeeper to Rev. ll.A., J.P. [rector, prebend of Here- house Prebendary Edward George Childe- ford], Kyre park . Colley Samuel, farmer, The Firs Baldwyn M.A., ;r,p lndrus Rev. William [curate in charge], .Harding William, farmer Skyrme Thomas, farmer, Gate house Rectory LANGLEY is an ecclesiastical parish, formed out of cester alternately, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Michael H&lesowen parish January 16, 1846, and is 5 miles west from Pryor M.A. of Christ Church College, Oxford. The church Birmingham and 3 south-east from Dudley, with a station of St. Michael and All Angels, erected 1890-91 at a cost of at Langley Green on the Birmingham and Wolverhampton £s,soo, is a cruciform edifice of red brick, with stone drcss­ se<,1.ion of the Great Western railway, in the Northern division ings, in the Early English Lancet style, consisting of chancel .r the county, union of West Bromwich, petty sessional with a chapel on the south and organ chamber and vestries division and county court district of Old bury, rural deanery on the north, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, baptistery ef D11dleyand archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. Holy and western porch, at the north-west angle of which is & Trinity church, consecrated August 9th, 1852, is an edifice turret containing one small bell: there are 700 sittings: the tf stone in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, handsome stained east window is a memorial to Dr. Philpott, uve, north aisle, south porch and a western bell gable con- late Bishop of Worcester. A chapel of ease is now ( 1892) in taining one bell: there are 420 sittings. 'fhe register of course of erection at Round's Green. Here are Congrega­ baptisrns dates from 1848; and of marriages and burials tional, Methodist New Connexion and Primitive Methodist 1rom 1852. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £273, chapels, and an Evangelical Church Mission: Messrs. Chance 'With residence, in the gi{t of the Crown and Bishop of Wor- Brothers ha,·c also a mission room at 59 Titford road. The WORCS. 9 .