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Title: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851] Author: Samuel Bagshaw Release date: May 27, 2020 [eBook #62250] Most recently updated: October 18, 2024 Language: English Credits: Transcribed from the 1851 Samuel Harrison edition by David Price *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SHROPSHIRE [1851] *** Transcribed from the 1851 Samuel Harrison edition by David Price, email ccx074@pgaf.org [Picture: Book cover] HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SHROPSHIRE; COMPRISING A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, WITH A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION: SHEWING THE SITUATION, EXTENT, AND POPULATION OF ALL _THE TOWNS_, _PARISHES_, _CHAPELRIES_, _TOWNSHIPS_, _VILLAGES_, _HAMLETS_, _AND EXTRA-PAROCHIAL LIBERTIES_; THEIR AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS; THE LORDS OF THE MANORS AND OWNERS OF THE SOIL; THEIR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CHARITIES, ANTIQUITIES, & HISTORICAL EVENTS; WITH A LIST OF MAGISTRATES, PUBLIC OFFICERS, & CORPORATE BODIES; AND THE SEATS OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY: IN ONE VOLUME, WITH A LARGE COLOURED SHEET MAP OF THE COUNTY: BY SAMUEL BAGSHAW, Author of similar Works for Derbyshire, Kent, Cheshire, &c. * * * * * SHEFFIELD: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY SAMUEL HARRISON, 5, HIGH-STREET, AND SOLD BY SAMUEL BAGSHAW, WENTWORTH TERRACE, SHEFFIELD Price to Subscribers, 14s. 6d. 1851 PREFACE. IN presenting the Public with a popular History and Topography of the County of Salop, with a Directory of its Inhabitants, the author has to acknowledge his great obligations to the literary and official gentlemen of the county, who have so freely furnished his agents with valuable information, as well as to those who have honoured the publisher with immediate communications; and also to the numerous subscribers who have so liberally patronised the work. As authenticity is the grand desideratum of Topography, all possible care has been taken to avoid errors. Every Parish, Township, Village, and Hamlet, with all the principal Residences and Farm Houses in the county have been visited for the addresses, and to authenticate the necessary information. It is, therefore, hoped that the great variety of subjects compressed within its pages will be found complete and satisfactory to its numerous patrons, and that the volume will be found an acquisition either to the library or the office. The Plan of the Work embraces a General History and Description of Shropshire, containing the spirit of all that has been previously written on the subject, extracted from ancient and modern authors, and from the voluminous Parliamentary Reports of Public Charities, Population, &c., &c., together with a variety of Agricultural, Commercial, Statistical, Biographical, and Topographical Information; and comprehending a Survey of Antiquities, Roads, Rivers, Railroads, Minerals, Public Buildings, Charities; together with a Chronology of Remarkable Events, from the earliest period to the present time. The Topography of the County commences at page 132, with an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Parishes in their respective Hundreds, and of the Towns, Townships, and Villages, under their respective Parishes; shewing the Situation, Extent, and Population of each Parish, Township, Chapelry, and Extra-Parochial Liberty; the Owners of the Soil and the Lords of the Manors; the Nature and Value of the Church Livings, with their Patrons and Incumbents; the Places of Worship, Public Buildings, Public Charities, and Institutions; Trade and Commerce; Local Occurrences, and Objects of Interest and Curiosity, &c. Each Township is followed by the Addresses of the Gentry, and other principal Residents, with a Classification of Trades and Professions. The Directories of Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and other principal places, in addition to a Classification of Trades and Professions, are accompanied by an Alphabetical List of Persons, so that the address and occupation of any individual may be instantly referred to. The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry are appended to the General History of the County; and the whole is preceded by a copious Index of Places, Persons, and Subjects, affording an easy reference to the page at which every Parish, Township, and Hamlet is to be found; thus giving to the Volume all the advantages of an Alphabetical Gazetteer. The extracts from the voluminous Parliamentary Reports of Public Charities, we trust will be found a useful and valuable portion of the publication. The standard works of Owen and Blakeway, and Phillips, Histories of Shrewsbury, Duke’s Antiquities, Hulbert’s History and Gregory’s Gazetteer of the County, as well as various Local Histories and Guides to the more interesting parts of Shropshire, have been frequently referred to in the compilation of the historical notices. The Work is accompanied with a large Coloured Sheet Map of the County, engraved expressly for this Publication. {ii} SAMUEL BAGSHAW. _Sheffield_, _October_ 25_th_, 1851. GENERAL INDEX. Abbeys, Monasteries, and Priories, 24 — Alberbury, 671 — Buildwas, 371 — Bromfield, 520 — Chirbury, 688 — Haughmond, 137 — Lilleshall, 395 — Malinslee, 376 — Shrewsbury, 72 — Wenlock, 583 — Wombridge, 440 Abcott, 700 Abdon, 517 Abertannat, 153 Ackleton, 494 Acton, 702 — Burnell, 498 — Castle, 498 — Pigott, 499 — Reynald, 310 — Round, 610 — Scott, 547 Adcott Hall, 217 Acton-on-the-Hill, 517 Adderley, 256 Adeney, 381 Adston, 706 Alderton, 143 Admaston, 445 — Spa, 445 Agricultural Improvements, 23 — Produce, 22 Alberbury, 670 — Abbey, 671 Albrighton, 452 — (St. Mary’s), 138 — Division, 132 Albright Hussey, 133 Albrightlee, 131 Albynes, 614 Alcaston, 519 Aldenham, 649 Alderton, 144 — (Great Ness), 241 Aldon, 553 Alkington, 355 Alkmere, 499 Allscott, 495 All Stretton, 530 Alveley, 611 Amaston, 671 Ancient Britons, 9, 12, 34, 213, 535, 449, 702 — Land Measures, 16 Antiquities, 157, 450, 568, 678 Apley, 436 — Castle, 436 — Park, 484 Argoed, 148 Arleston, 436 Arscott, 680 Asbaston, 389 Ashfield, 590 Ashford Bowdler, 519 — Carbonell, 519 — Hall, 519 Ash Magna, 355 — Parva, 356 Asterley, 680 Asterton, 704 Astley, 329 — (St. Mary’s), 139 — Abbots, 613 Aston (Chetwynd), 382 — Church, 382 — Hall, 476 — (Hopesay), 701 — (Munslow), 541 — (Wellington), 436 — (Wem), 329 — (Claverley), 467 — Botterel, 614 — (Oswestry), 190 — (Shiffnal), 476 — Eyre, 649 — Pigott, 693 — Rogers, 693 Asylum, 674 Atcham, 364 Atterley, 588 Attingham, 364 Bach and Norton, 532 Bach Mill, 541 Badger, 456 Bagginswood, 657 Bagley, 244 Balasley, 671 Balderton, 251 Balswardyne Hall, 505 Bannister Ralph, 332 Bardley, 659 Barkers Green, 329 Barlow, 701 Barnsley, 494 Barnwell George, 519 Barrow, 554 — Hall, 554 Baschurch, 212 Batchcott, 544 Battlefield, 133 Battle of Shrewsbury, 36 Bausley, 671 Baxter Richard, 390 Bayston Hill, 501 Beachfield, 693 Beach Mill, 541 Bearston, 297 Beckbury, 457 Beckjay, 700 Bedstone, 696 Bellaport House, 300 Belmont, 210 Bentley, 494 Bennett’s End, 635 Benthall, 555 — (Alberbury), 671 Bentley, 494 Beobridge, 467 Berghill, 209 Berrington, 499 Berwick, 140 — House, 140 — Mavaston, 366 Besford, 311 Betchcott, 514 Betchley, 296 Betton & Alkmere, 499 — (Berrington), 500 — (Drayton) 277 — Little, 499 Bettws-y-crwyn, 712 Bicton, 674 — (Clun) 709 Billingsley, 615 Birch, 215 Birch and Lythe, 231 Birches, 559 Bishop Heber, 282 Bishop’s Castle, 696 Bitterley, 664 Black Mere, 357 Black Park, 357 Blodwell, 154 Blore Heath, (Battle) 298 Bobbington, 458 Bolas Great, 368 — Parva, 285 Bomere Heath, 145 Boninghall, 458 — Albrighton Kennels, 458 Booley, 316 Boreatton, 215 Boraston, 667 Boreton, 503 Boscobel, 459 — White Ladies, 463 Boscobel, King Chas.’s Retreat, 460 — Royal Oak, 463 Botvylle, 524 Bouldon, 538 Bowdler, 519 Bowley, 316 Boycott, 680 Brace Meole, 511 Bradley, 494, 588 Bradney, 494 Bratton, 215, 446 British Encampments, 393, 212 Bridgnorth, 615 Brimstree Hundred, 452 Broadstone, 542 Broadward, 700 Brockton, (Worthen), 693 — (Longford), 400 — (Long Stanton) 550 — (Lydbury), 703 Bromfield, 520 — Priory, 520 Bromley, 594 Bromlow, 693 Brompton, (Berrington) 500 — Little, 701 Brompton-with-Rhiston, 691 Broncroft, 534 Bronygarth, 162 Brookhampton, 538 Broom, (Cardington), 523 Broom & Rowton, 701 Broomfield, 446 Broseley, 556 — Tobacco Pipes, 556 Broughall, 357 Broughton, (Bishop’s Castle), 698 — (Albrighton), 134 — (Claverley), 467 — (Shrewsbury), 134 Brown Clee Hill, 589 Brunslow, 701 Bryna Castle, 210 Bryngwyla, 159 Brynn, 155 Bryntanat Hall, 155 Buckingham, Duke of, 332 Bucknell, 699 Buildwas, 370 Buildwas Abbey, 371 Bulthey, 671 Buntingsdale Hall, 278 Burcot, (Worfield), 494 — (Wrockwardine) 446 Burford, 666 Burley, 532 Burlington, 476 Burlton, 247 Burncote, 494 Burton, 588 Burwarton, 634 Bury Ditches, 702 Butterey, 381 Button Oak, 660 Bynweston, 693 Caer Caradoc, 525 — Battle at, 10 Cainham, 635 Calcott, 674 Calloughton, 588 Calverhall, 305 — Hall, 305 Calvington, 381 Canals, 20 Cantlop, 500 Caractacus, 10 Cardiston, 676 Cardington, 521 Careswell Exhibitions, 478 Carwood, 701 Castle Pulverbach, 507 Castles, Acton Burnell, 498 — Bishop’s, 697 — Bridgnorth, 617 — Cause, 684 — Charlton, 447 — Church Stretton, 525 — Chirbury, 687 — Clun, 708 — Ellesmere, 219 — Knockin, 153 — Ludlow, 594 — Middle, 249 — Moreton Corbet, 294 — Oswestry, 167 — Quatford, 652 — Rowton, 672 — Sibdon, 705 — Shrawardine, 254 — Shrewsbury, 75 — Sundorne, 138 — Tong, 487 — Stoke St. Milborough, 552 —Wattlesborough, 672 — Whittington, 207 Catstree, 495 Cause, 684 Causton, 700 Caynton, 381 Caynton House, 381 Chantries, 24 Chapel Lawn, 710 Charlton, 447 Chatford, 503 Chatwall, 523 Chelmarsh, 635 Chelmick, 539 Cheney Longville, 707 Cherrington, 381 Chesterton, 494 — Roman Encampment, 494 Cheswardine, 259 Chetton, 636 Chetwynd, 372 — Aston, 382 Childs Ercall, 278 Chilton, 366 China Works, 569 Chinnel, 358 Chipnall, 261 Chirbury, 687 — Hundred, 687 Chorley, 659 Choulton, 703 Church Aston, 312 Church Preen, 506 Chrch. Pulverbatch, 506 Church Stretton, 524 Civil Wars, 38 Claverley, 464 Clee Downton, 551 Clee Hill, 551 Clee St. Margaret, 531 Clee Stanton, 551 Cleeton, 665 Cleobury Mortimer, 638 Cleobury Foreign, 641 Cleobury North, 643 — Hall, 644 Clewilsey, 713 Clive, 140 — Hall, 141 — Sansaw Hall, 141 Climate, 22 Clotley, 446 Cloverley, 305 Cluddley, 446 Clun, 707 Clunbury, 699 Clungunford, 700 Clunton, 700 Clurton, 506 Coad-y-Gaer Tower, 193 Coed-y-Rallt, 234 Coalbrookdale, 569 — Company, 374 — Ironworks, 569 Coalmoor, 566 Coalport, 569 — China Works, 569 Cold Hatton, 387 Cold Weston, 531 Colebatch, 698 Colemere, 232 Collieries, 374, 375, 398, 418, 439, 441 Comley, 524 Condover, 501 — Hall, 501 — Hundred, 498 Coppice Green, 476 Copthorne House, 675 Coptiviney, 239 Coreley, 644 Corfton, 533 Corve Dale, 532 Cothercutt, 507 Coton, (Alveley), 611 Cotton, (Ruyton), 198 — (Wem), 329 Cotwall, 388 Cound, 504 Court of Hill, 667 Coxheadford, 531 Crackley Bank, 476 Cranmere Heath, 494 Creamore House, 331 Cressage, 505 Crickett, 232 Crickheath, 190 Criggion, 672 Cronkhill, 366 Crosemere, 231 Cross Green, 446 Crow Meol, 675 Cruckmeole, 680 Cruckton, 680 Crudgington, 388 Culmington, 531 Cynynion, 190 Dalicott, 467 Darliston, 306 Davenport House, 492 Dawley Magna, 374 — Green, 375 — Parva, 375 Daywell, 210 Deckerhill, 476 Delbury Hall, 533 Derwen, The, 200 Deuxhill, 644 Diddlebury, 532 Dinmore, 704 Dinthill, 684 Ditches, 333 Ditton Priors, 589 Dodington, 358 — Liberty, 640 Donington, 398 — Wood, 398 — (Wroxeter), 451 — Shiffnal, 470 — House, 471 Doomsday Book, 16 Dorrington, (Muckleston), 298 — (Condover), 503 Dothill, 436 Dovaston, 149 Dowles, 644 Downton, (Stanton Lacy), 549 — (Upton Magna), 420 Drayton-in-Hales, 262 Druids, The, 9 Dryton, 451 Dudleston, 233 Dudston 688 Duddlewick, 659 Dudmaston Hall, 655 Dunvall House, 614 Dyffryd House, 151 Eardington, 654 Eardiston, 198 Earnastry Park, 534 Earthenware Manufactories, 555, 556, 557 East Foreign Liberty, 641 East Hamlet, 549 Easthope, 535 Eastwall, 537 — (Rushbury), 546 Eastwick, 235 Eaton-under-Haywood, 536 Eaton and Choulton, 703 Eaton Constantine, 378 Eaton by Stoke, 313 Eaton Mascott, 500 Ecclesiastical Revenues, 25 Ebnall, 210 Eddicliff, 709 Edge, 681 Edenhope, 714 Edgbold, 512 Edgebolton, 311 Edgeley, 361 — Moss, 361 Edgerley, 150 Edgmond, 379 — Hall, 380 Edgton, Brunslow and Horderley, 701 Edstaston, 330 Ellerdine, 388 — Oak House, 388 Ellerton, 261 — Hall, 261 Ellesmere, 219 — Castle, 219 — Chapels, 222 — Charities, 223 — Church, 220 — Court Leet, 222 — Fairs, 219 — Mechanics’ Institute, 222 — Savings’ Bank, 222 — Union House, 223 Elson & Greenhill, 235 Eminent Men, 136, 141, 205, 237, 282, 301, 315, 323, 330, 343, 344, 390, 464, 468, 475, 601, 669, 687 Emstrey, 366 Enchmarsh, 524 Ensdon, 252 — House, 253 Ercall Magna, 384 — Hall, 385 — Park, 385 — Lodge, 385 — Sherlow, 385 Ercall Childs, 278 Erway The, 233 Espley, 289 Eudon Burnell, 637 — Gorge, 637 Ewdness, 495 Evelith, 476 Eyton, (Alberbury), 672 Eyton & Plowden, 703 Eyton-on-the Wild-Moors, 392 — Hall, 393 — (Baschurch), 215 Eyton-on-Severn, 451 Exeter, Marquis of, 369 Faintree, 637 Farley, 681, 588 Farlow, 664 Farmcott, 468 Fauls, 306 Felhampton, 707 Felton Butler, 241 Fenn Gate, 495 Fennemere, 216 Fernhill, 211 Field Aston, 382 Finger Lane, 375 Fires, 405 First Fruits & Tenths, 25 Fitz, 135 — Hall, 136 Fletcher, Rev. Jno., 570 Ford, 676 — Hundred, 670 Forester, Lord, 591 Forton, 253 Frankton (English) 235 Frankfort (Welsh), 211 Friars, 24 Frodesley, 508 — Hall, 508 Funnanvair, 713 Gabowen, 210 Garmstone, 394 Gatacre, 468 General History of County, 7 Gentlemen’s Seats, 27 Glaseley, 645 Giant’s Grave, 157 Glanyrafon House, 155 Golding, 504 Goldston, 261 Grafton, 136 — Lodge, 136 Gravehanger, 298 Great Ness, 240 Greenhill, 235 Greet, 668, 667 Gretton, 546 Grimmer, 693 Grimpo, 205 Grindley Brook, 361 Grinshill, 136 Grove, 707 Guilden Down, 709 Guilds, 24 Habberley, 677 Habberley Office, 693 Hadley, 436 Hadnall, 142 Halford, 537 Hallon, 495 Halston, 147, 681 Hamlets, The, 514 Hampton Wood, 236 — Welsh, 255 Hanwood Great, 677 — Little, 681 Harcourt, 316 Harcourt, 659 Hardwick, 144, 236, 704 Harley by Wenlock, 589 — (Condover), 509 Harlscott, 132 Harmer Hill, 248, 251 Harnage, 504 Hartleberry, 495 Haston, 144 Hatton Cold, 387 Hatton by Eaton, 537 — Shiffnal, 476 Haughmond, 137 Haughton, 204 — (High Ercall), 389 — (Shiffnal), 477 — Hall, 477 — (Upton Magna), 420 Hawkstone, 285 Hayes, 693 Hayton Lower, 549 Hayton Upper, 549 Heath, 551 — Upper, 694 — Nether, 694 Heathton, 468 Heber Bishop, 281 Hem, 476 Hempton Load, 636 Hencott, 132 Hengoed Upper, 210 Henley, 665 Hentley or Henlle, 211 Henwicks Wood, 237 Herbert Lewd, 392 High Ercall, 384 — Hatton, 316 Highley, 645 Hill Cop Bank, 320 — Lord, 287, 301 — General Lord, 301 Hill-upon-Cott, 664 Hilton, 495 Hindford, 211 Hinnington, 476 Hinstock, 279 Hinton (Pontesbury), 681 — (Stottesden), 660 — (Whitchurch), 361 Hisland, 191 Hoccom, 495 Hockham, 495 Hockleton, 688 Hodnet, 280 Holdgate, 537 Holloway Ville, 542 Hollyhurst, 362 Holt Preen, 524 Holy Cross, 93 Holywell Lane, 375 Home 706 Homer, 589 Hooker Gate, 676 Hope, 694 — Baggot, 646 — Bendrid, 710 — Bowdler, 538 Hopesay, 701 Hopstone, 468 Hopton Castle, 702 — Cangeford, 539 — Court, 646 — and Espley, 289 — (Great Ness), 242 Hopton-in-the-Hole, 539 — Wafers, 646 Horderley, 701 Hordley, 244 Horton (St. Chad’s), 676 — (Wellington), 437 — (Wem), 332 Hospitals, 24 Howle, 374 Hughley, 564 Hundred of Albrighton, 132 — Bradford North, 256 — South, 364 — Brimstree, 452 — Chirbury, 687 — Clun, 707 — Condover, 498 — Ford, 670 — Munslow, 517 — Oswestry, 147 — Overs, 664 — Pimhill, 212 — Purslow, 696 — Stottesden, 610 — Wenlock Franchise, 554 Hungary Hatton, 270 Hungerford, 537 Hunkington, 420 Huntington, 566 Idsall, 476 Ifton Heath, 159 Ightfield, 292 Ingwardine, 660 Inwood, 680 Irelands Cross, 298 Iron Bridge, 568 Ironworks, 375, 438, 411, 654 Isle (The), 674 Isombridge, 389 Jackfield, 557 Jack of Corra, 305 Kemberton, 471 Kempton, 700 Kenley, 509 Kenstone, 289 Kenwick, 236 Kenwicks Wood, 337 Ketley, 438 Kevancalanog, 712 Kilhendre, 233 Kingslow, 495 Kingswood, 660 Kinlet, 647 Kinnerley, 148 Kinnersley 393 Kinnerley Argoed, 148 Kinnerton, 706 Kinton, 242 Knockin, 152 Knuck, 714 Knowbury St. Pauls, 635 Kynaston, 150 Lacon, 333 Lakes, 21 Langley, 499 Lawley, 439 Lawnt, 191 Lawton, 534 Lea and Oakley, 698 Lea, 681 Leasowes (The), 662 Leaton Knolls, 140 Leaton, 446 — (St. Mary’s) 141 Lee, 237 — Lee Bridge, 293 Leebotwood, 510 Lee Brockhurst, 293 — Gomery, 439 Leigh, 694 Leighton, 393, 694 Lilleshall, 394 — Abbey, 395 — House, 397 — Monument, 395 Lineal, 237 Linley (More), 703 — (Wenlock), 565 Little Betton, 499 — Brompton, 701 — Gane, 495 — Hanwood, 681 — Sutton, 534 — Shrawardine, 671 — Stretton, 530 — Wenlock, 565 Lizard Grange, 476 Llanvair Waterdine, 713 Llanforda, 191 Llanyblodwell, 153 Llanymyneck, 156 Llanytidman, 157 Llynck-lis-pool, 155 Llynclys, 155 Lodge The, 161 Longden, 681 Longden-upon-Tern, 399 Longford, 297, 399 Long Lane, 447 Longner, 134, 510 Longslow, 277 Longville, 537 Longwaist, 417 Loppington, 245 Lossford, 289 Lowe and Ditches, 333 Lowe, 660 Lower Down, 703 — Park, 534 Ludford, 540 Ludlow, 592 Ludstone, 468 Lurkinghope, 705 Lushcott, 537 Lutwyche Hall, 536 Ludbury North, 702 Lydham, 703 Lydley Heys, 524 Lyth, 503 Lythe (The), 231 Madeley, 567 Maesbrook Ucha, 151 — Issa, 150 Maesbury, 192 Magistrates, List of, 27 Mainstone, 714 Malins Lee, 375 Maneythesney, 713 Manufactures, 21 Manutton, 710 Marchamley, 290 Market Drayton, 262 Marrington, 688 Marsh, 685 Marsh Green, 389 Marton (Chirbury), 688 — (Middle), 251 — (Ellesmere), 237 Marton Old, 211 Mawley Manor House, 641 Meadow Town, 694 Medlicott, 706 Meeson, 370 — Hall, 370 Melverley, 162 Meole Brace, 511 Merehouse, 216 Merrington, 145 Messon, 370 Mickley, 306 Middle, 248 Middlehope, 534 Middleton (Alberbury), 672 — (Bitterley), 665 — (Chirbury), 689 — (Oswestry), 192 — Priors, 590 — Scriven, 648 Milford Hall, 217 Millen Heath, 307 Millichope, 537 — (Munslow), 542 Milson, 669 Mines, 21 Minsterley, 678 Minton, 530 Monasteries, see Abbeys Monastic Institutions, 23 Monk Hopton, 579 Montford, 252 Mooretown, 388 Moore & Batchcot, 544 Moore, 544 Moot Hall, 68 Morton, 192 More, 703 Moreton Corbet, 293 Moreton Say, 295 Moretown, 89 Morewood, 704 Morrey, The, 258 Morville, 649 Moston, 316 Much Wenlock, 579 Muckleton, 312 Mucklewick, 691 Munslow, 541 — Hundred, 517 Muxton, 398 Myndtown, 704 Mytton, 136 Nash, 667 Neen Savage, 650 Neen Solars, 669 Neenton, 651 Nesscliff, 242 Ness Great, 240 — Little, 216 Netley, 515 Newcastle, 710 Newnes, 238 Newnham, 681 New Marton, 237 Newport, 400 Newton & Edgbold, 512 — and Spoonhill, 239 Newton, 142 — (Ellesmere) 239 — (Stottesden), 660 Newton on-the-Hill, 251 — (Worfield), 495 — (Westbury), 685 Newtown (Baschurch), 212 — (Wem), 333 Nobold, 512 Noneley, 248 Norbury, 704 Nordley Regis, 611 North Bradford Hundred, 256 Northwood (Ellesmere) 238 Northwood (Stottesden), 660 — (Wem), 334 Norton (Wroxeter), 451 — (Culmington), 532 Norton in Hales, 299 Nox, 682 Nursery, The, 205 Oaken Gates, 205 Oakes, 682 Oakley Park, 520 Obarris, 710 Obley, 700 Offa’s Dyke, 14, 210 Oldington, 495 Old Marlon, 211 Old Parr, 672 Old Oswestry, 169 Ollerton, 313 Onibury, 542 Onslow, 675 Oreton, 660 Orleton, 444 Osbaston, 151, 389 Oswestry, 163 — Hundred, 147 Oteley, 239 Overton, 545 — (Stottesden), 660 Overs, Hundred of, 664 Overton & Woofferton, 545 Oxen, 687 Palms Hill, 336 Pant, 190 Parish Registers, 26 Parr Old, 672 Patton, 550 Pave Lane, 382 Peaton, 534 Peerlogue, 710 Pentre Coed, 234 — (Edgerley), 150 Pentregaer, 193 Pentrehodrey, 710 Pentre Pant Hall, 200 — Ucha Hall, 151 — Shannel House, 194 Peplow, 290 Perthy Bank, 236 Petton, 253 Picklescott, 514 Pickstock, 383 Pickthorn, 660 Pimhill, 248 — Hundred, 212 Pimley House, 146 Pipegate, 298 Pitchford, 513 Pixley, 280 Plaish, 524 Plas-Yollen, 233 Plas-Warren, 233 Plealey, 682 Plowden, 703 Pontesbury, 679 Pontesford, 682 Population, 23 Porkington, 200 Porthywaen, 156 Posenhall, 556 Poston, 534 Poston Lower, 542 Poynton, 389 Preceptories, 24 Prees, 301 Prees-gwene House, 161 Prescott, 217 — (Stottesden), 660 Presthorpe, 589 Preston Brockhurst, 295 — Gobalds, 145 Preston-upon-the-Wild Moors, 415 — Montford, 684 — Boats, 420 — Wood, 295 Priestweston, 689 Priors Ditton, 589 Priors Lee, 476 Priories, 24 Providence Grove, 143 Pully, 512 Purslow Hundred, 696 Queen Anne’s Bounty, 25 Quatford, 652 Quatt, 654 — Jarvis, 654 — Malvern, 654 Quinta, The, 161 Ragdon, 539 Railways, 21 Ratlinghope, 704 Redcastle Hill, 288 Rednal, 204 Reilth, 714 Rhiston, 691 Rhos Goch, 694 Rhuddleford, 495 Richards Castle, 543 Ridge Higher, 239 — Lower, 239 Rindleford, 495 Ritton, 706 Rivers, 19 Roads, 21 Rock, 549 Rodington, 417 Roden, 390 Rodney’s Pillar, 672 Roman Invasion, 9 Romsley, 611 Roowood, 336 Rorrington, 689 Rossal, 674 Roughton, 495 Round Acton, 610 Rowley, 495 Rowton, 390 Rowton, 672 — (Stokesay), 553 Royal Oak, 463 Ruckley, 499 Rudge, 656 Rugantine, 712 Rushbury, 545 Roman Stations, 449, 545, 518, 654, 671, 694 Rushton, 451 Rushmore, 446 Ruthall, 590 Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns, 196 Ryton, 472, 503 Sambrook, 261 Sandford, 204 — (Prees), 307 Sascott, 682 Saxon Gods, 14 Scrimage, 531 Selattyn, 199 Selley, 713 Severn, The, 19 Shadwell, 710 Shavington, 258 Shawbury, 309 Sheet, 540 Sheinton, 657 Shelbrook, 234 Shelderton, 700 Shelton & Oxon, 686 Shelve, 691 Shelvock, 198 Sheriff Hales, 397 Sherlowe, 385 Shiffnal, 473 Shineton, 657 Shipley, 469 Shipton, 547 Shotton, 144 Shooters Hill, 141 Shotatton, 199 Shrawardine, 254 — Little, 671 Shrewsbury, from 33 to 132 — Abbey, 49 and 72 — Abbots of, 74 — Almshouses, 85 — Annals, 79 — Anct. Mansions, 78 — Antiquarian and Nat. His. Society, 64 — Aquatic Excur., 72 — Assembly Rooms, 72 — Asylum, 66 — Barons of, 36 — Battle of, 36 & 133 — Baths Royal, 66 — Billiard Rooms, 72 — Bridges, 68 — Canal, 65 — Cattle Market, 68 — Chapels Ancient, 55 — Chapels Dissent, 55 — Charities, 82 to 93 — Charters, 44 — Coleham, 93 — Corporation, 42 — Council House, 78 — County Constab., 43 — County and Town Gaol, 63 — County Hall, 62 — Drapers Hall, 70 — Directory, 95 — Dispensary, 62 — Early Gov. of, 41 — Earls of, 35, 73 — Eye & Ear Dispensary, 62 — Frankwell, 93 — Fairs, 68 — Floods, 81 — Gaol, 63 — Gas Works, 67 — Gates & Posterns, 77 — Glass Staining, 71 — Great Parlia., 36 — Holy Cross and St. Giles, 93 — Hospital, St. Giles, 51 — Hill’s Mansion, 79 — House of Indus., 65 — House of Correc., 65 — Infirmary, 61 — Ireland’s Mansion, 79 — Jones’s Mansion, 79 — Kingsland, 72 — Library Subscription, 65 — Lord Hill’s Column, 67 — Markets, 68 — Market Hall, 63 — Market House, 63 — Mechanics’ Institute, 65 — Meole Brace, 93 — Mercer’s Hall, 71 — Monastic Foundation, 72 — Monks of, 73 — Municipal Act, 42 — Music Hall, 64 — Newspapers, 64 — News Room, 65 — Parishes of, 92 — Parliament at, 36 — Population, 34 — Public Buildings, 61 — Quarry The, 71 — Races, 72 — Railway Station, 67 — Savings’ Bank, 66 — Schools, 57 to 61 — Severn River, 33 — Show, 71 — — Cakes, 71 — — Brawn, 71 — Simnell Cake, 71 — Streets, 94 — Subscrip. Library, 65 — Tailors’ Hall, 71 — Theatre, 64 — Town Hall, 62 — Town Walls, 77 — Trade, 69 — Trade Directy., 115 — Water Works, 66 — St. Alkmund’s Parish, 92 — St. Chad’s Parish, 93 — St. Julian’s Parish, 93 — St. Mary’s Parish, 93 Shropshire Giant, 240 Siberscott, 682 Sibdon Carwood, 705 — Castle, 705 Sidbury, 657 Siefton, 532 Silvington, 670 Skeletons, 157 Skyborry, 714 Sleap, (Ercall), 388 Sleap, (Wem), 335 Smethcott, 144 Smethcott, 513 Snailbeach Mine, 678 Snedshill, 477 — Ironworks and Collieries, 477 Snitton, 665 Sodylt Hall, 234 Soil and Produce, 22 Sowdley Great, 262 Soulton, 335 South Bradford Hundred, 364 Spoad, 710 Spoonhill, 239 Spoonley, 258 Spray Hill, 384 Stableford, 495 St. Almund’s, 92 St. Chad’s, 93 St. Paul’s, Knowbury, 635 Stanford, 672 Stanmore, 495 Stanton-upon-Hine Heath, 314 — Lacy, 548 — Long, 550 — Shiffnal, 476 Stanwardine-in-the-Fields, 217 — in-the Woods, 217 Stanway, 547 Stapleton, 515 Steele, 307 Stiperstone Hill, 507 Stirchley, 418 — Hall, 418 — Ironworks, 418 St. Julian’s, 93 St. Martin’s, 158 St. Bryngwyla School, 159 St. Mary’s, 93 St. Winefred’s Well, 206 Stitt and Gatten, 705 Stocks and Coptiviney, 239 Stockett, 236 Stockton, 484 — Park, 485 Stockton-by-Newport, 400 Stockton-by-Chirbury, 689 Stoke-by-Burford, 667 Stoke-upon-Terne, 312 Stoke, St. Milborough, 550 Stoke, Say, 552 Stone Acton, 547 Stottesden, 657 — Hundred, 610 Stowe, 705 Strefford, 707 Stretton, 685 — All, 530 — Church, 524 — Little, 530 Styche & Woodlands, 297 Sundorne Castle, 138 Sugdon, 407 Sutherland, 1st Duke of, 394 Sutton, (Claverley) 469 — (Drayton), 278 Sutton-by-Chelmarsh, 636 Sutton-by-Shrewsbury, 515 — Spa, 516 Sutton-by-West Felton, 204 — Maddock, 486 — Little, 534 — Great, 535 — Court, 534 Swancote, 495 Swerney, 193 — Hall, 194 Sychtyn, 201 Sylattin, 199 Tan-coed-y-gaer, 193 Talbot John, 338 & 357 Tasley, 662 Tedsmere, 205 Tern, 392 — House, 392 Tetchill, 239 Thanes, 521 Thoughlands, 542 Ticklerton, 537 Tibberton, 384 Tilley, 336 — Green, 336 Tilsop, 667 Tilstock, 362 Timberth, 689 Tir-y-coed, 152 Tobacco Pipes Manufactory, 556 Tonge, 486 — Castle, 487 Totterton, 703 Trebert, 714 Trebrodier, 712 Trefarclawdd, 194 Treflach, 194 Trefnant, 672 Trefonnen, 195 Trelystan, 694 Trench, 240 Trench-by-Wem, 336 — Lane, 448 Treprenal, 157 Treverward, 710 Triptych, 666 Tugford, 553 Twyford, 205 Tylsoer Dr., 343 Tyn-y-rhos, 162 Uckington, 367 Uffington, 145 Uppington, 418 Uppington, 672 Upton Cresset, 662 — Magna, 419 — Parva, or Waters Upton, 421 Vennington, 685 Wackley Lodge, 232 Walcot-by-Chirbury, 689 Walcot-by-Wellington, 439 Walcot Hall, 702 Walford, 218 Walker’s Lowe, 661 Wallop, 685 Wall-under-Haywood, 547 Walton-by-Ercall, 392 Walton-by-Onibury, 543 Walton-by-Wenlock, 588 Walton-by-Worthen, 695 Walton-by-Stottesden, 661 Wappenshall, 439 Wars, 9 Waters Upton, 421 Watling Street, 426 Watts Dyke, 210 Wattlesborough, 672 Wellington, 421 — Fairs, 422 — Gas Works, 424 — History, 422 to 425 — Horticultural Society, 425 — Market Hall, 423 — News Room, 424 — Old Hall, 425 — Schools, 423 — Streets, 427 Welsh Frankton, 211 — Hampton, 255 Wem, 317 Wenlock Much, 579 — Edge, 589 — Franchise, 554 — Little, 565 Wentnor, 705 Westbury, 684 West Felton, 202 — Foreign Libty., 641 — Hamlet, 549 Westhope, 535 Westley, 503 Westley, 685 Weston-by-Clun, 709 Weston-by-Burford, 667 Weston Cotton, 195 Weston-by-Hopton, 579 Weston Lullingfield, 218 —Rhyn, 161 — Coalworks, 161 — Under Red Castle, 290 — Stowe, 705 Wettleton, 553 Whattall, 236 Wheathill, 663 Wheathall, 503 Wheel Green, 496 Whetmore, 667 Whitchurch, 337 Whitcott & Hardwick, 704 Whitcott Evan, 710 Whitcott Keysett, 711 White Ladies, 463 Whitley, 676 Whittington, 207 Whitton-by-Westbury, 685 Whitton-by-Burford, 667 Wicherley Hall, 218 Whixall, 307 Whigmore, 685 Whigwig, 589 Wikey, 199 Wilcott, 244 Wilderhope, 547 Wilderley, 508 Willaston, 308 Willey, 591 Wilmington, 689 Willstone, 524 Winnington, 672 Winsbury, 689 Winscote, 496 Winsley, 685 Wirswall, 364 Wistanstow, 706 Wistanswick, 373 Withington, 440 Wittingslow, 707 Wixhall, 291 Wollascott, 142 Wollaston, 672 Wollerton, 291 Wolf’s Head, 242 Wolverley, 336 Wombridge, 440 — Priory, 441 Woodbatch, 698 Woodcote, 442 Woodcote-by-St. Chad’s, 676 Woodhall, 681 Woodhouse, 477 Woodhouse, 204 Woodhouses New, 363 Woodhouses Old, 363 Woodlands, 297 Woodseaves, 278 Woodside, 477 Woofferton, 545 Woolstaston, 516 Woolston, 206 Woolston, 707 Woore, 298 Wooton, 196 Wootton, 549 Worfield, 491 Worthen, 692 Wotherton, 689 Woundale, 469 Wrentnall, 508 Wrickton, 661 Wrockwardine, 443 — Wood, 447 Wroxeter, 448 Wycherley The Poet, 141 Wyke, 476 Wyke-by-Wenlock, 558 Wyken, 496 Wykey, 199 Wytheford Magna, 312 Wytheford Parva, 312 Yeaton, 219 Yockleton, 685 Yorton, 134 GENERAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF SHROPSHIRE. SHROPSHIRE is an inland county on the borders of Wales, bounded on the north by Denbighshire, Cheshire, and a detached part of Flintshire: on the east by Staffordshire: on the south by Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Radnorshire: and on the west by Montgomery and Denbighshire. In length, from north to south, it is about forty-five miles, and its extreme breadth thirty-five. Its circumference is computed at 200 miles; and it comprises an area of 1,343 square statute miles, and, consequently, 859,520 acres. The county, in Saxon annals, is called _Scrobbesbyrig_ and _Scrobbescire_, and by Latin authors, _Comitates Salopiensis_. It is one of the shires, which, in the time of the Romans, was inhabited by the Cornavii, whose province comprehended the counties of Cheshire, Salop, Stafford, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. At the census of 1801, the county embraced a population of 167,639 souls: 1831, 222,800: 1841, 239,048, of whom 119,355 were males, and 119,693 females. At the same period, there were 47,208 inhabited houses, 2,086 uninhabited, and 293 houses building. The number of persons born in the county in these returns was 203,689: in other counties, 3,240: in Scotland, 391: in Ireland, 1,199: in the British colonies, 14: foreigners in the county, 161: not specified where born, 1,144. Of the total population, 55,645 males, and 54,624 females, were under 20 years of age: 12,189 were between sixty and seventy years of age: 6,006 between seventy and eighty: 1,905 between eighty and ninety: 139 between ninety and one hundred: and the age of 5 persons exceeded one hundred years. The total population of the fifteen unions, into which the county of Shropshire is divided, at the census of 1851, are returned as containing 245,019 inhabitants, of whom 122,122 were males, and 122,997 females. Shropshire is divided into the hundreds of Albrighton, Bradford, Brimstree, Chirbury, Clun, Condover, Ford, Munslow, Oswestry, Overs, Pimhill, Purslow, Stottesden, and Wenlock franchise, and contains 224 parishes, and 5 extra-parochial places. By the recent Reform and Division of Counties’ Acts, this county is divided into the northern and southern divisions, each of which returns two members to Parliament. The boroughs of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, and Wenlock also return two members each. The expenditure of the county for the year ending December, 1850, was £12,156. 17s. 4¼d., of which £3,587. 10s. 2d. was expended on the Gaol and House of Correction; £2,257. 10s. 7d. in prosecutions; £605. 17s. 5d. on bridges and roads; £562. 13s. 4d. on the Lunatic Asylum; coroners, £501. 1s. 2d., and Clerk of the Peace, £436. 4s. 9d. Judge Blackstone says:—England was first divided into counties, hundreds, and tithings by Alfred the Great, for the protection of property and the execution of justice. Tithings were so called because ten freeholders formed one. Ten of these tithings were supposed to form a hundred or wapentake, from an ancient ceremony, in which the governor of a hundred met all the aldermen of his district, and holding up his spear, they all touched it with theirs, in token of subjection and union to one common interest. An indifferent number of these wapentakes, or hundreds, form a county or shire, for the civil government of which a shire-reeve or sheriff is elected annually. The magistrate above the hundredry was called the trithingman or lathgrieve, presided over three, four, or more, hundreds, formed into what was called a trithing, in some places a lathe, and in others a rape; hence the lathes of Kent, the rapes of Sussex, the parts of Lincoln, and trithings or ridings of Yorkshire. The kingdom was divided into parishes soon after the introduction of Christianity, by Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the year 636, and the boundaries of them, as marked in Doomsday book, agree very nearly with the present division. The custom, which still continues, of making the hundreds responsible for the excesses of a lawless mob, is an appendage of the Saxon system of tithing. As the extreme ignorance of the age made deeds and writings very rare, the County or Hundred Court was the place where the most remarkable civil transactions, were finished, and, in order to preserve a memorial of them, and prevent all future disputes, here testaments were promulgated, slaves manumitted, bargains of sale concluded, and, sometimes, for greater security, the most considerable of these deeds were inserted in the blank leaves of the parish Bible, which thus became a kind of register, too sacred to be falsified. It was not unusual to add to the deed an imprecation on all such as should be guilty of that crime. In the County Court or shiremotes, all the freeholders were assembled twice a year, and received appeals from the other inferior courts. They there decided all causes, ecclesiastical as well as civil, and the Bishop, together with the Alderman or Earl, presided over them. All affairs were determined without much pleading, formality, or delay, by a majority of voices, and the Bishop or Alderman had no further authority than to order among the freeholders. Where justice was denied during three sessions by the Hundred, and then by the County Court, there lay an appeal to the King’s Court; but this was not practised on slight occasions. Two-thirds of the fines levied in these Courts went to the King, and made no contemptible share of the public revenue. Historians all agree that the Aborigines of Britain were a tribe of Gauls, who emigrated from the continent, probably a thousand years before the Christian era. Previous to the Roman conquest, the ancient Britons inhabiting the southern parts of the island had made some little progress towards civilization, but those in the north were wild and uncultivated, and subsisted chiefly by hunting and the spontaneous productions of the earth, wearing for their clothing the skins of animals killed in the chase, and dwelling in habitations formed of the interwoven branches of the forest. They were divided into small nations or tribes. Each state was divided into factions within itself, and was agitated with emulation towards the neighbouring states; and while the arts of peace were yet unknown, wars were their chief occupation, and formed the principal object of ambition among the people. Their religion was Druidical, but its origin is not known. Some assert that the Druids accompanied the Gauls in early ages, and others that Druidism was first introduced into England by the Phœnicians, who were the first merchants that traded to this island, and for a considerable time monopolized a profitable trade in tin and other useful metals. Their government, (according to Diodorus Siculus, the ancient historian,) though monarchical, was free, and their religion, which formed one part of their government, was Druidical. Justice was dispensed, not under any written code of laws, but on equitable principles; and on difference of opinion in the assembled congress, appeal was made to the Arch-Druid, whose decision was final. Their religious ceremonies were performed in high places and in deep groves, and consisted in worshipping the God of nature, and rendering him praise on the yearly accession of the seasons. The priests possessed great authority among them, besides ministering at the altar, and directing all religious duties; they enjoyed an immunity from wars and taxes; they possessed both the civil and criminal jurisdiction; they decided all controversies among estates, as well as among private persons, and whoever refused to submit to their decree, was exposed to the most severe penalties; the sentence of excommunication was denounced against him; he was forbidden access to the sacrifices of public worship; he was debarred all intercourse with his tribe, even in the common affairs of life; he was refused the protection of law, and death itself became an acceptable relief from the misery and infamy to which he was exposed. The means by which religion was supported was by voluntary offerings and tithes, and in this respect we find a similarity with all nations of antiquity. Despite the corruptions and philosophical atheism in which the Druidical religion became involved, candour demands of us that the Druids were in possession of learning as extensive and more useful than some of their Christian posterity, who, from the eighth century to the Reformation, were almost wholly employed in scholastic divinity, metaphysical or chronological disputes, legends, miracles, and martyrologies, and Dr. Kennedy informs us that in St. Patrick’s time no fewer than 300 volumes of their books were burnt, and no doubt the same was practised so long as a volume could be found. By this destruction a wide chasm has been made in the historical details of this country. Julius Cæsar, in his “_Commentarii de Bello Gallico_,” informs us that the Druids inculcated the doctrine of the immortality and transmigration of the soul, and discoursed with the “Youth about the heavenly bodies, their motion, the size of the heavens and the earth, the nature of things, and the influence and power of the immortal Gods.” The misletoe was their chief specific in medicine, and nothing was held so sacred as the misletoe of the oak, which, being scarce, was gathered with great ceremony on a certain day appointed for their general festival. In the civil government of this ancient people capital offenders were sentenced to death, and sacrificed in the most solemn manner. The spoils of war were often devoted to their divinities on the altars of their temples. At the time of the Roman invasion the British Druids exerted their utmost zeal in opposing the usurpation of that foreign power. The invaders on the other hand fired with equal resentment, endeavoured to establish their security by the extermination of the Druidic order, and its priests were sacrificed to this barbarous policy; many fled to the island of Anglesey, and afterwards perished in the flames by the orders of Seutonius, and great numbers were cut off in an unsuccessful revolt of the Britons, under Queen Boadicea, after which the power and splendour of the Druids rapidly declined. No species of superstition was ever more terrible than that of the Druids; no idolatrous worship ever attained such an ascendant over mankind; and the Romans after their conquest finding it impossible to reconcile those notions to the laws and institutions of their masters, while it maintained its authority, were at last obliged to abolish it by penal statutes—a violence which had never in any other instance been practised by these tolerating conquerors. The Britons had long remained in a rude and independent state, when Cæsar, having overrun all Gaul by his victories, first cast his eye on this island, and being ambitious of carrying his arms into a new world then mostly unknown, he took advantage of a short interval in his continental wars, and made an invasion in Britain fifty-five years before the birth of Christ. In his first expedition the Kentish Britons immediately opposed him, and compelled him to fight in the vicinity of Dover, combating even amongst the waves with singular courage; and, although Cæsar, observing his troops to be dispirited by the attacks of the enemy, ordered up his vessels with his artillery, and poured from their sides stones, arrows, and missiles; yet the natives sustained these unusual discharges with unshaken intrepidity, and the invaders made no impression until the standard bearer of the 10th legion rushed forward, exclaiming, “Follow me, unless you mean to betray your standard to your enemies.” Upon which the Roman legions were incited to that desperate and close battle, which at length forced back the Britons and secured a landing. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood then sent a message of peace, but four days afterwards a tempest dispersing the enemy’s fleet they attacked the Romans afresh. Cæsar’s invasion in the ensuing summer was more formidable: it was made with five well appointed legions, and two thousand cavalry, amounting in the whole to thirty thousand of the best disciplined troops then known, and under the ablest commanders. Terrified at the menacing approach of such a force, the inhabitants retired among the hills, and Cæsar having effected a landing without opposition, and chosen a proper place for the security of his fleet, (supposed to be where the town of Deal, in Kent, now stands), hastened on to the scene of conflict, and found the Britons had assembled in great numbers from all parts, who continued an unequal contest with the Roman legions for several days, but were at length utterly routed, and great numbers of them slain, nor did the Britons ever after this engage the Romans with their united forces. Cæsar then led his army to the river Thames, towards the territories of Cassivellaunus, the principal leader of the defeated Britons, on the submission of whom, and having imposed an annual tribute on the vanquished, and received the hostages which he demanded, marched back to the sea shore, and shortly after took his final leave of Britain. The civil wars which ensued, and which ended in the establishment of an absolute monarchy at Rome, saved the Britons from that yoke which was about to be imposed on them, the conquerors having little force to spare for the preservation of distant conquests; the Britons were therefore left to themselves, and for nearly a century after the invasion of Cæsar, enjoyed unmolested their own civil and religious institutions. In the interval between the first and second invasion of Britain by the Romans, the founder of the Christian religion had accomplished his divine mission, in a province of the Roman empire, but almost without observation at Rome. In the reign of Claudius the Romans began to think seriously of reducing the Britons under their dominion, and Plautius, an able general, sent over A.D. 43, gained some victories, and made considerable progress in subduing the inhabitants. Claudius himself finding matters sufficiently prepared for his reception, made a journey into Britain, and received the submission of several British states, among which were the Cantic, Antrebates, Regni, and Trinobantes, who inhabited the south-east part of the island. The other Britons under the command of Caractacus still maintained an obstinate resistance, and the Romans made little progress against them till Ostorious Scapula was sent over, in the year 50, to command the armies. This general rapidly advanced the Roman conquests over the Britons, pierced into the country of the Silures—a warlike tribe who inhabited the banks of the Severn, and fought a great battle with Caractaeus upon the hill called Caer Caradoc, not far from Clun, on which are the remains of an ancient fortification still to be seen. In this battle the British leader artfully availed himself of his knowledge of the country, and posted himself on a spot, the approaches and retreats of which were as advantageous to his own party as they were perplexing to the enemy. Caractacus running from one part of the camp to another, animated them by the valorous deeds of their ancestors, and told them that the work of that day would be the beginning of new liberty or of eternal slavery. The people received these animated harangues with loud acclamations, and engaged according to the solemn rites of their religion, never to yield to weapons or wounds. Their resolution astonished the Roman general, and the river which flows at the foot of the hill, together with the ramparts and steeps, presented to the assailants a formidable and resolute appearance. The Britons, who had no armour or helmets to shelter them, were at length thrown into confusion, and great numbers of them perished by the broad swords and javelins of the legionaries, who obtained an illustrious victory. The wife and daughter of Caractacus were taken prisoners, and his brother submitted to the conqueror. Caractacus threw himself upon the protection of the Queen of Brigantes, and was treacherously delivered up to the Romans shortly after. The fame of Caractacus had reached Rome, and the people were assembled as to some great sight when the British prisoners arrived there. First in the procession we are informed came the king’s dependants and retinue, and the trappings and collars and trophies which he had won in war; next his brothers, his wife and daughter, and last himself was presented to public view; his body was mostly naked and painted with figures of beasts; he wore a chain of iron about his neck, and another about his middle; the hair on his head hanging down in curled locks covered his back and shoulders. Caractacus neither by his looks nor language pleaded for mercy, and when he came before the Emperor’s seat expressed himself in these terms:—“Had I made that prudent use of my prosperity, which my rank and fortune would have enabled me to make, I had come hither rather as a friend, than as a prisoner; nor would you have disdained the alliance of one descended from illustrious ancestors, and sovereign over many nations. My present condition, disgraceful as it is to myself, reflects glory on you. Possessed as I once was of horses, men, arms, and wealth, what wonder is it if I parted from them with reluctance. Had I sooner been betrayed, I had neither been distinguished by misfortune nor you by glory. But if you now save my life I shall be an eternal monument of your clemency.” The Emperor generously granted the pardon of Caractacus, his wife, and brothers, who remained at Rome in the highest esteem. At this time Christianity was preached in the imperial city, and Brennus with others of his family became Christians. At the expiration of seven years they were permitted to return, and were thus furnished with a favourable opportunity of introducing the Gospel into their own country, and were instrumental in reclaiming many of the Britons from their ancient superstitions. It does not appear that Caractacus was converted to Christianity at Rome, but his son Cyllin, and his daughter Eigen, are both ranked among the British saints. Eigen bestowed her hand on a British chieftain, and Claudia, one of her sisters, is supposed to have become the wife of Pudens, a Roman senator. Notwithstanding the misfortunes that befel Caractacus, the Britons were not subdued; and this island was regarded by the ambitious Romans as a field in which military honor might still be acquired. During the reign of Nero, Suetonius Paulinus was invested with the command, and prepared to signalise his name by victories over these barbarians. Finding that the island of Mona, (now Anglesey), was the chief seat of the Druids, he resolved to attack it, and to subject a place which was the centre of superstition, and which afforded protection to all their baffled forces. The Britons endeavoured to obstruct his landing on this sacred island, both by the force of arms and the terrors of their religion. The women and priests were intermingled with the soldiers upon the shore, and running about with flaming torches in their hands, and tossing their dishevelled hair; they struck greater terror into the astonished Romans by their howlings, cries, and execrations, than the real danger from the armed forces. But Suetonius exhorting his troops to contemn a superstition which they despised, impelled them to the attack, drove the Britons off the field, burned the Druids in the same fires which they had prepared for their captive enemies, destroyed all the consecrated groves and altars, and, having thus triumphed over the religion of the Britons, he thought his future progress would be easy in reducing the people to subjection. The Britons, taking advantage of the absence of Suetonius, were shortly after in arms, headed by Boadicea, the Queen of the Iceni, who had been treated in the most ignominious manner by the Roman tribunes, and had already attacked with success several settlements of their insulting conquerors; the Romans, and all strangers, to the number of 70,000, resident in London, are said to have been massacred: thus determined were the British to cut off all hopes of peace or compromise with the enemy. But this cruelty was revenged by Suetonius, in a great and decisive battle, where 80,000 Britons perished, and Boadicea herself, rather than fall into the hands of the enraged victor, put an end to her own life by poison. But the dominion of the Romans was not finally established till A.D. 80, when the Roman legions were placed under the command of Julius Agricola. This celebrated commander formed a regular plan of subduing Britain, and rendering the acquisition useful to the conquerors. He carried his victorious arms northward, defeated the Britons in every encounter, pierced into the forests and mountains of Caledonia, reduced everything to subjection in the southern parts of the island and chased before him all the men of fiercer and more intractable spirits, who deemed war and death itself less tolerable than servitude under the victors. Agricola endeavoured to secure his conquest by erecting a chain of forts across the isthmus between the Frith of Forth and the Clyde, and in the year 84 he extended a chain of stations from Solway Frith to Tynemouth. He introduced laws and civilization among the Britons, taught them to desire and raise all the conveniences of life, reconciled them to the Roman language and manners, instructed them in letters and science, and employed every expedient to render those chains which he had forged both easy and agreeable to them. The inhabitants having experienced how unequal their own force was to resist that of the Romans, acquiesced in the dominion of their masters, and were gradually incorporated as a part of that mighty empire. The chain of stations erected by Agricola was afterwards connected by an earthen rampart, raised by the Emperor Adrian as an obstruction to the Caledonians, who frequently descended and committed the most dreadful ravages in the Roman territories. The early commerce of the ancient Britons was carried on by barter, without the aid of money, but about the commencement of the Christian era a mint master was invited over to Britain from the continent. A mint was erected at Colchester, and money of gold, silver and copper was coined in that city; about forty different specimens have reached our times. Mines both of silver and gold were worked in the island during the reigns of Augustus and Trajan. The Romans drew their revenues from various sources; commerce, mines, legacies, houses, and lands all contributed to supply their exactions; and as they had suggested to the natives the mode of making money, they did not fail to supply the exhausted treasury of Rome from the industry of Britain. A succession of ages had almost identified the Britains with the Roman conquerors; and when the Emperors, pressed by difficulties at home, and weakened by their possessions abroad, began to withdraw their legions from this island, the inhabitants importuned them to remain, to protect them from the incursions of the Picts and Scots. The wall of Severus was no longer a barrier to these semi-barbarians. During the residence of the Romans in this island, comprehending a period of 400 years, many great public works were accomplished, and they left behind them numerous monuments of their skill and industry. The conquered country was divided into six provinces, each of them governed by a prætor and præstor, the former charged with the general administration of government, and the latter with the management of finances. In the year 450, two years after the last Roman legion had quitted England, Hengist and Horsa, two brothers, reputed descendants in the fourth generation from Wodin, one of the principal gods of the Saxons, embarked their army, to the number of 1,600, on board three vessels, and landing in the Isle of Thanet, immediately marched to the defence of the Britons, who had invited them over to protect them against their northern invaders. Having expelled the enemy, the fertility and richness of the country presented a temptation too strong to be resisted by the ambition of these newly acquired friends, who soon began to aspire to the possession of the island. The Saxons of Germany soon after reinforced Hengist and Horsa with 5,000 men, who came over in seventeen vessels. Roused by this display of treachery, the native inhabitants flew to arms, and fought many battles under Vortimer with their enemies; the victories, however, in these actions are disputed by the British and Saxon annalist, but the progress made by the Saxons proves that the advantage was commonly on their side. It was about the year 455 the Hengists aiming at an independent sovereignty in Britain, began the conquest of the territory, and a series of battles ensued between Hengist and Horsa on the one side, and Vortimer and Catigern, two sons of Vortigern, on the other. The battle of Aylesford is memorable for the death of Horsa on the side of the Saxons, and of Catigern on that of the Britons. But Hengist, continually reinforced by fresh numbers from Germany, carried devastation into the most remote corners of Britain; and being chiefly anxious to spread the terrors of his arms, he spared neither age, sex, nor condition, wherever he marched with his victorious forces. The private and public edifices of the Britons were reduced to ashes, the priests were slaughtered on the altars; others deserted their native country and took shelter in Armorica, where, being charitably received by a people of the same language and manners, they settled in great numbers, and gave the country the name of Brittany. King Arthur, in the year 518, almost expelled the Saxons from the island; but after the death of this monarch, the Saxons again prevailed under various leaders, and the island was divided into seven kingdoms. Thus was established the Heptarchy, Shropshire being included in the kingdom of Mercia, which reached from London to the Mersey. In the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, an exact rule of succession was either unknown or not strictly observed, and thence the reigning prince was continually agitated with jealousy against all the princes of the blood, whom he still considered as rivals, and whose death alone could give him entire security in his possession of the throne. From this fatal cause, together with the admiration of the monastic life, and the opinion of merit attending the preservation of chastity, even in a married state, the royal families had been entirely extinguished in all the kingdoms except that of Wessex; and Egbert was the sole descendant of those first conquerors who subdued Britain, and who enhanced their authority by claiming a pedigree from Woden, the supreme divinity of their ancestors. The Mercians, before the accession of Egbert, had very nearly attained the absolute sovereignty over the Heptarchy. He had reduced the East Angles under subjection, and established tributary princes in the kingdoms of Kent and Essex. Northumberland was involved in anarchy, and no state of any consequence remained but that of Wessex, which, being much inferior in extent to Mercia, was supported by the great qualities alone of its sovereign. Egbert led his army against the invaders, obtained a complete victory, and, by the slaughter executed on them in their flight, gave a mortal blow to the power of the Mercians. Egbert, however, allowed Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumberland the power of electing a King, who paid him tribute, and was dependent on him. Thus were united all the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, in the year 823, in one great state, near 400 years after the first arrival of the Saxons in Britain. The fortunate arms and prudent policy of Egbert at last effected what had been so often attempted in vain, by other princes. Union in the government gave the people hopes of settled tranquillity, but these fair expectations were speedily blasted by the re-appearance of the Danes, who for some ages had kept the Anglo-Saxons in a state of perpetual alarm. For upwards of forty years, and through five successive reigns, the Danes continued the struggle, and, at the death of Etheldred, his brother Alfred, the successor to the throne, was obliged to abandon the field, and seek an asylum as a swine-herd. Emerging afterwards from his retreat, he expelled the invaders, and contributed essentially to lay the foundations of those institutions on which the glorious superstructure of English liberty, was finally erected. Alfred soon perceived that an army without a maritime force, must ever be at the mercy of every piratical plunderer, determined to store his ports with shipping; and vessels larger than those in use in the surrounding nations were built, many of which carried sixty oars. The unremitting attention of this illustrious prince to the navy, contributed to increase the blessings of his reign, and has obtained for him the title of “Father of the British Navy.” Of the Saxon system of government it may be observed, that it had in it the germ of freedom, if it did not always exhibit the fruit. In religion they were idolators, and their idols, altars, and temples, soon overspread the country. They had a god for every day of the week. _Thor_, the God of thunder, represented Thursday; _Woden_, the God of battle, represented Wednesday; _Friga_, the God of love, presided over Friday; _Seater_, the God of Saturday, had influence over the fruits of the earth; _Tuyse_, the God of the Dutch, conferred his name on Tuesday; they also worshipped the sun and the moon, each conferring a name on one of the days of the week; _Sunnan_, on Sunday; and _Monan_, on Monday. The merit of eradicating this baneful superstition, by the introduction of Christianity, was reserved for a Roman Pontiff. Gregory, surnamed the Great, who, in the year 597, sent Augustine, a monk, into the south, and Paulinus into the north of England, by whose preaching the Christian religion made such rapid progress, that it soon became the prevailing faith, and Augustine was elevated to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, and Paulinus was made Archbishop of York. He was the first to preach Christianity in Mercia, where he followed the victorious arms of Edwin, King of Northumbria. The greater part of this country was inhabited by the Cornavii and Ordovices, the first of which occupied the eastern side of the Severn, whose capital was Uriconium, now Wroxeter, and the latter were confined to the western side of the Severn. Though the troops of the Cornavii were registered in the declension of the empire, it is supposed that they submitted to the Roman yoke upon easier terms than their neighbours, who held out some time ere their liberty was wrested from them. The Romans allotted one side of the Severn, eastward, to Britannia Prima, and the western side to Britannia Secunda. The Saxons made Watling street, that runs through the middle of the county, the boundary between them and the Danes, but when the compact with the Danes was broken, it returned to the former division of England and Wales. After the Romans had abandoned the Island, part of Shropshire was included in the kingdom of Powis, which comprised portions of the counties of Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Radnor, and Brecon, and the whole of Montgomeryshire, of which Pengwern (Shrewsbury) was the capital. For near two centuries this section of Powisland was the theatre of frequent and sanguinary contests between the Britons and the Saxons; it was finally subdued and incorporated with Mercia, the most powerful of the seven kingdoms forming the Saxon Heptarchy. When the Danes invaded this island, and, by their formidable incursions, seemed to threaten its total subjection, this part of the kingdom of Mercia, though it suffered less than others, came in for a share of the general calamity, and its chief city, Uriconium, was destroyed. About the year 777, the seat of the Prince of Powis was removed from Pengwern to Mantraval, in Montgomeryshire. The Britons, who had made incursions into Mercia, were forced not only to abandon all their conquests there, but also that part of their country which lay between the Severn and OFFA’S DYKE, which that King threw up as a new boundary between them and Mercia, instead of Severn, their former boundary. The Britons had made their incursions into Offa’s territories, while he was employed in subduing the Saxon kings, and having no opposition, they were very successful, till at length Offa, being obliged to conclude a peace with the English, that he might dispossess them of their new acquisitions, in which he proved so successful as to force their retreat, and to prevent their ever returning, threw up the before-mentioned ditch. This ditch extended from the river Wye along the counties of Hereford and Radnor, to Montgomeryshire, and thence near the road between Bishop’s Castle and Newtown. It then passed by Mellington Hall, where there is an encampment, and on to Leighton Hall, not far from which it is lost for upwards of five miles, the channel of the Severn probably serving for that space, as a continuation of the boundary. It is again seen at Llandysilio and Llanymynech, from whence it runs to Tref-y-clawdd, and below the race course, at Oswestry. It then passes above Selattyn, whence it descends to the Ceriog, and goes by Chirk Castle, and crosses the Dee and Rhuabon road, near Plas Madoc, and being continued through Flintshire, ends a little below Holywell. Offa, after having carried his arms over most parts of Flintshire, and vainly imagined that his labours would restrain the Cambrian inroads, and prevent incursions beyond the limits which he had decreed to be the boundaries of his conquests. It is observable, says Pennant, that in all parts the ditch is on the Welsh side, and that there are numbers of small artificial mounds, the sites of small forts along its course. These were garrisoned, and seem intended for the same purpose as the towers in the famous Chinese wall, to watch the motions of their neighbours, and to repel hostile incursions. The folly of this great work appeared on the death of Offa, for the Welsh, with irresistible fury, carried their ravages far and wide in the English marshes. Harold made an ordinance that all Welshmen found beyond Offa’s Dyke, within the English pale, with a weapon about him, was to have his right hand cut off by the King’s officers. In the year 1013, Seneyn, King of Denmark, landed with an army in this country to revenge a cruel massacre of the Danes, which had taken place a short time before; having brought his fleet up the Trent to Gainsborough, and landed his forces, it created such a terror that the whole kingdom was soon brought under his yoke; he, however, did not long enjoy his success, for he died the following year, and was succeeded by his son Canute, between whom and Edmund, the Saxon, several sanguinary engagements took place, and the kingdom was for a short time divided. In 1041, Edward the Confessor was by the unanimous voice of the people raised to the throne; having reigned twenty-five years he died, and with him ended both the Saxon and Danish rule in this kingdom. Harold, the son of Godwin, was the next to take possession of the throne, but he was opposed by his brother Tosti, who formed a confederacy with Harfrager, King of Norway; he entered the Humber with a considerable force, and landed his troops in Yorkshire, where, in a deadly conflict, they were completely overthrown by Harold, who left his brother and Harfrager among the slain. Harold having retired to York to rejoice over his victory, received information that William Duke of Normandy had landed with a numerous and warlike army at Ravensey, in Sussex, to meet this unexpected foe. Harold immediately marched his forces to Hastings, where in an unsuccessful battle he lost his life. William the Conqueror had no sooner taken possession of the throne, than he set up various claims to his new possessions, but his principal right was that of conquest, and if his sword had not been stronger than his titles, so many English estates would not have been placed at his disposal. William brought in his train a large body of Norman adventurers, and the roll of Battle Abbey, given by Ralph Holinshead, contains the names of 629 Normans, who all became claimants upon the fair territory of Britain, and the Saxon lords were forced to resign their possessions. The landed property in this county was chiefly given to Roger de Montgomery, his kinsman, whom he created Earl of Shrewsbury, and of him, it was mostly held by knights’ service; to William Pantulf he granted 29 lordships, of which Wem was the principal, and he therefore made it the head of his barony. Ralph de Mortimer had fifty manors, of which nineteen were held under Roger de Montgomery; Roger Lacy had 23 manors: Roger Fitz Corbet 24 manors; Osborne Fitz Richard nine; and Guarine de Meez one manor. After so great an agitation as that produced by the conquest, some years were necessary to restore a calm. A violent struggle was made to expel the Normans, and York was the rallying point of the patriot army. To suppress this formidable insurrection, William the Conqueror repaired in person into the north at the head of a powerful army, swearing by the “splendour of God,” his usual oath, that not a soul of his enemies should be left alive. According to William of Malmesbury, confirmed by others, the whole of the country was laid waste from the Humber to the Tees, and for nine years neither spade nor plough was put in the ground, which was the reason why _vasta_ so often occurs in Doomsday book. Knowing the detestation in which he was held, the Norman Bastard, as historians designate him, entertained a constant jealousy of the English, and he obliged them every night at eight o’clock to extinguish their fires and candles at the toll of a bell which obtained the name of “Curfew.” Having by these sanguinary atrocities reduced the country to repose, the Conqueror, in 1080, caused a survey to be taken of all the lands in the kingdom, on the model of the book at Winchester, compiled by order of Alfred the Great. This survey was registered in the national record called the _Doomsday Book_, in which is the extent of the land in each district, the state it was in, whether meadow, pasture, wood, or arable, the name of the proprietor, the tenure by which it was held, and the value at which it was estimated, were all duly entered. In order to make this document complete, and its authority perpetual, commissioners were appointed to superintend the survey, and the returns were made under the sanction of juries of all orders of freemen in each district. After a labour of six years the business was accomplished, and this important document, the best memorial of the Conqueror, written in Roman, with a mixture of Saxon, is still preserved in the Chapter House, Westminster. For many years Doomsday Book remained unprinted, but in the 40th of the reign of George III. his Majesty, by the recommendation of Parliament, and with a proper regard to public interest, directed that it should be printed for the use of the Members of Parliament, and also be deposited in all the public libraries in the kingdom. The counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Durham, are not described in Doomsday Book, probably owing to the desolation in which they were at that time involved. Through all ages this “book of judicial verdict” will be held in estimation, not only for its antiquity, but also for its intrinsic value. At the time it was completed, it afforded the king an exact knowledge of his own land and revenue; while the rights of his subjects in all disputed cases were settled by it; and to the present day, it serves to show what manor is, and what is not ancient demesne. As the various parish histories of this county contains frequent extracts from this document, it may be necessary to explain the land measures and other obsolete feudal terms used at the time to which it refers. A _perch_, five yards and a half; an _acre_, 160 square perches; an _ox gauge_, or _bovate_, as much as an ox can till, or 28 acres; a _virgate or yard of land_, 40 acres; a _carucate_, _carve_, or _plough land_, generally eight ox gangs; a _hide_, as much as one plough would cultivate in one year; a _knight’s fee_, five hides, or 200 acres of land; _berewicks_ are manors within manors; _merchet_, or _maiden’s rent_, a fine anciently paid by inferior tenants for the liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage; a _heriot_, a fine paid to the lord on the death of a landholder; _tol_, a tribute for liberty to buy and sell; _theane_, a liberty to a lord of a manor for judging bondmen and villeins in his own court; _infangtheof_, a privilege of certain lords of manors to pass judgment of theft, committed by the servants within their district; _thelonia_, a writ lying for one who has the king’s demesne in fee-farm to recover reasonable toll; _sockmen_, tenants who hold by servile tenure; _borderers_, cottagers; _villein_, a member belonging to a manor. In the time of the Conqueror _Earls_ began to be _feudal_, _hereditary_ and _patrimonial_; and these, as appear by Doomsday, were styled simple Earls, as Earl Hugh, Earl Roger, &c. Afterwards Earls were created with an addition of the name of the place over which they had jurisdiction, or of the principal seat where they resided; and they had, as had been customary, the _third penny_ from the county where they resided for their support. Soon after the conquest they began to be created by charter, without any ceremony further than the delivery of it. King John is the first mentioned who used the girding of the sword, by which they were said to be invested with this honour. Thereupon the Sheriff had command to make livery unto them the third penny of the plea of the county, after which the Earl had a certain sum only allowed him out of the profits of his county, as expressed in the patent for his better support and dignity, and sometimes great possessions were given in lands for the same purpose. In the reign of William III., Hugh de Montgomery, second son of Earl Roger, and who succeeded him in the Earldom of Shrewsbury, with the Earl of Chester and Owen, a Welsh Lord, made an unexpected attack upon Wales, and committed great atrocities upon the inhabitants. Many of the Welsh fled into Ireland, and left their country to the mercy of the English. Their flight gave their enemies an opportunity of continuing their march, and they penetrated into Anglesey, where they destroyed all before them with fire and sword. While they were thus exercising their cruelties, Magnus, King of Norway, who had lately made himself master of the Isle of Man, advanced as far as Anglesey. On the English endeavouring to hinder him, the Earl of Shrewsbury was slain in the skirmish. His death was looked upon as a just judgment for the cruelties committed by him in that isle. The Earl’s death caused some disorder among the English troops, and constrained them to abandon the shore; when Magnus landed, and finding the English had left nothing to plunder, he shortly after re-embarked. Earl Roger, who succeeded his brother Hugh in the Earldom of Shrewsbury, being of a rash and discontented spirit, was among those who favoured the claims of Duke Robert, in place of Henry I. On the accession of Henry I. he rebelled, and fortified his castles in Shropshire, and at Shrewsbury built and fortified a flank wall from each side of the castle, across the isthmus, down to the Severn side; hereupon the king declared him a traitor, and marched with a considerable force against him. The earl perceiving that he had no forces to withstand the attack of the king, confessed his treason, and was shortly after banished to Normandy; but again appearing in arms, he was taken prisoner, and ended a miserable life in close confinement at Wareham. About this period the king sent several of his council to Shrewsbury, among whom were Richard de Belmarsh, bishop of London, warden of the Marches, and governor of the county of Salop, and others, to meet there Jorweth ap Blithyn, on pretence of consulting with him about the king’s affairs; but when he came there, contrary to all equity, he was condemned for treason and committed to prison. The Marches of Wales are supposed to have been settled by the Saxons, to prevent the incursions of the Welsh. The Lords of the Marches claimed to provide silver spears, and support the canopy of purple silk at the coronation of Queen Eleanor, consort of King Henry III. The court of the Lord’s Marches was held at Ludlow, and the jurisdiction extended from Chester to Bristol. All the country between Offa’s Dyke and England was called the Marches, the Lords of which had the power of life and death in their respective courts. In every frontier manor a gallows was erected, and if any Welshmen came over the boundary they were taken up and hanged; and if any Englishman was caught on the Welsh side, he suffered the same fate. The houses were frequently moated round, and palisades set round the edge of the moat, into which place the inhabitants every night drove their cattle for better security. If a Welshman got a cow or a horse over the bar he cried out “my own,” and any person pursuing them further would be at the risk of his life. After the death of the Earl of Macclesfield, the last lord president, the court was dissolved. Shropshire being the frontier between England and Wales, had more castles in it than any other county in England; on the west side they stood so thick, says Dr. Fuller, “that it might seem divided from Wales with a wall of continued castles.” Speed tells us, “that besides several towns strongly walled, there were two and thirty castles in this shire.” In the year 1233, Richard, Earl of Pembroke, and several other noblemen, being disgusted with the conduct of the King, broke out into open rebellion, and taking advantage of the animosities subsisting between the English and the Welsh, fled into Wales and joined Llewellyn, Prince of Wales. Having collected an army, they laid waste all the Marches between Wales and Shrewsbury, which town they plundered and put the inhabitants to the sword. The King being then at Gloucester, called a council there, when it was determined that the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of Chester and Rochester, should be sent into Wales with offers of pardon for all past injuries, and proposals of peace if they would return to their obedience, which being accepted, peace was restored; notwithstanding, soon after this the Earl was treacherously drawn away into Ireland, and there killed, being stabbed in the back with a dagger. The peace with the Welsh had but a short continuance, for in the year 1241 the King marched with his army from Gloucester to Shrewsbury, designing from thence to have proceeded into Wales against David ap Llewellyn, but during his residence here, a submission being made by David, he stopped his march. In 1267, Henry again appeared in Shrewsbury at the head of his army, designing to march against Llewellyn, whose restless temper created new disturbances; but by the mediation of the Pope’s Legate, and upon Llewellyn’s submission, a peace was concluded. In the reign of Edward I. we find the disturbances of the Welsh still continued; upon which account the courts of exchequer and king’s bench were removed to Shrewsbury, that the Welsh might be awed into submission. The situation of the inhabitants of Shropshire at this period was peculiarly distressing: they were continually subject to the depredations and incursions of the Welsh, their hostile and unmerciful neighbours; and the wolves inhabiting the desolate mountains of that country, frequently came down in herds, and ravaged whole districts. A commission was given to Peter Corbet to destroy all he could find; and by offering a sum of money to those who killed a certain number, and brought their heads to Shrewsbury, they were in a short time considerably reduced. Bishop Burnell was Chancellor in the year 1283, and the Lords and Commons assembled at his seat at Acton Burnell, the Lords sitting in the castle, and the Commons in a barn belonging to the monastery of Shrewsbury. On this occasion, the famous statute of Acton Burnell was made, called the statute merchant, by which act debtors in London, York, and Bristol were obliged to appear before the different mayors, and agree upon a certain day for payment, otherwise an execution was issued against their goods, for imprisonment for debt did not take place till some hundred years after this time. The Parliament was again summoned to meet at Shrewsbury, on the morrow after Michaelmas day, to consult what course should be taken with David, Prince of Wales, whom the King declares he had received in his banishment, had nursed while an orphan, and enriched out of his possessions. David, having fled from his brother Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, who had imprisoned his two brothers, Owen and Roderick, the King received him into his service, created him Earl of Denbigh, and gave him land to the yearly value of a thousand marks, in lieu of those possessions he ought to have had in Anglesey, and, to attach him to the interests of England, gave him to wife a rich English heiress; David, however, never ceased to excite his brother Llewellyn, to free himself from the English yoke, because, as his brother had no children, he was his presumptive successor. Llewellyn took up arms, and penetrated into the territories of the English, where he defeated two of their armies. Edward, in hopes of being more fortunate, marched, at the head of a numerous army, when Llewellyn retired to Snowdon Hill, where he could not be attacked, but at length, regardless of the inequalities of his forces, he descended into the plain, to fight the English. The English proved victorious, Llewellyn was slain on the spot, and his army entirely routed, and David, his brother, after some time roving about the country, was taken by the English, and, with his wife, two sons, and seven daughters, sent to Rhyddlan Castle, where the King then was. As he was the last of the race of the Welsh Princes, Edward was inclined to secure his late conquest by his death; accordingly, after having been for some time kept prisoner, he was brought to Shrewsbury, where he was tried by the Parliament, and, by their advice, on the 30th September, 1283, he was condemned to die. Thus the last of the ancient British princes was ignominously drawn at a horse’s tail about the town, then hanged, afterwards beheaded, his body quartered, and his bowels burnt; his head was fixed near that of his brother, on the tower of London, and his four quarters were sent to York, Bristol, Northampton, and Winchester. This barbarous execution is said to have been the first of the kind, and it was afterwards usually inflicted upon traitors. An account of the Great Parliament, held in Shrewsbury, in the time of Richard II., and of the famous battle of Shrewsbury, will be found noticed at a subsequent page. RIVERS.—The Severn is the principal river in the county. This magnificent stream ranks next to the Thames in point of celebrity, for the extent of its course, the distance for which it is navigable, and the commerce it sustains. It has its rise on the mountain of Plynlimmon, on the verge of Montgomeryshire, and enters Shropshire, near Melverley, and at Cymmeran Ferry receives the waters of the river Vernieu. Between Montford Bridge and Fitz, the river Perry falls into the Severn, which here makes a great bend, and encloses a fine estate, of five miles in circuit, called the Isle, the property of the Rev. H. Sandford. It then passes Berwick House, and speedily arrives at Shrewsbury, from whence it takes a circuitous route to the rural village of Uffington, and passes by Longnor Hall, to Atcham, where it is crossed by a noble stone bridge, not far from which it receives the waters of the Tern. Winding its devious way, the Severn skirts the village of Cound, and near the ruins of Buildwas Abbey, is crossed by a neat iron bridge. It shortly after passes by Coalbrook dale, near to which it is crossed by a second iron bridge, which gives name to the populous district surrounding it. Two miles below is Coalport, celebrated for the extensive porcelain manufactures. The river, having passed here, proceeds to Apley Castle, and shortly after reaches the town of Bridgnorth, and is here crossed by a magnificent stone bridge. Thence proceeding to the south-east, it passes by Quatt, and leaves this county by the parish of Alveley, passing through a narrow slip of the county of Stafford, it arrives at Bewdley, in Worcestershire. From its source in Plynlimmon Hill to the sea, the Severn runs about 220 miles. It is navigable to Shrewsbury, but few vessels, however, proceed further than Ironbridge, the navigation being interrupted by shallows, and the great irregularities of the water. By means of numerous canals the navigation is extended into every part of the kingdom, being united with the Thames on the east, and with the Trent, the Humber, and the Mersey, towards the north; thus forming the grand outlet and channel for the commerce of the kingdom on the south east. The river takes its name from _Sabi_ and _Sabrin_, sandy; in Latin _Sabrina_; in Welsh, _Haurian_, signifying the queen or chief of rivers. By the statute of 23rd of Henry VIII., it is enacted, that no person shall ask or demand any toll for going on the path, by the side of the said river, upon pain to forfeit forty shillings. These statutes were to supersede all patents and commissions granted to particular persons by the prerogative of the Crown. Excellent fish are caught in this river, particularly salmon, trout, pike, shad, flounders, and carp. Among the waters which contribute to swell the current of the Severn, in addition to the Vernieu and Perry, already noticed, is the Meole-brook, a considerable stream, which enters the river at Coleham. The Meole is increased by the Rea, before it joins the Meole, the former receiving upwards of a dozen smaller streams, before it has its confluence with the Meole. The Tern has its rise from a large pool in Staffordshire. At Willow Bridge, it first takes the name of Tern, and, from this place to within a short distance of Drayton, divides the counties of Salop and Stafford. A little below Ternhill, it crosses the turnpike road, where there is a stone bridge, called Tern Bridge; it then proceeds by Stoke, Bolas, Upton Waters, and has its junction with the Severn a little below Atcham Bridge. This river has a course of about thirty miles, and receives the Cherrington brook, the Strine, the Roden, and several other nameless streams, on its route. Between Cound and Bridgnorth the Severn receives five or six small brooks, which flow from the western part of the county, and two small streams join it from the east. Below Bridgnorth the river Worfe and several small brooks, add their influence to swell the current of the majestic Severn. The streams that irrigate Shropshire, north of the Severn, and do not fall into it, are the Morles, which rises in Sellatyn, and runs into the Ceiriog, which joins the Dee near Chirk. Shel-brook runs into the Dee from near Welsh Hampton. Elf-brook, near Whitchurch, and the Weever, with three contributary streams, become a considerable river through Cheshire. South of the Severn, and not far from the course of the Camlet, we meet with the Clun, which joins the Teme, near Leintwardine, in Herefordshire. Kemp brook, and four others, fall into the Clun. The Ony joins the Teme near Oakley Park. This river, for some distance, runs parallel with the Camlet, which, in its course, has a fall of about 300 feet. Stadbrook, and another small stream, having joined the Ony, have their confluence with the Teme, and at Ludlow the Teme is augmented by the Corve, which flows for many miles through a valley, to which it gives name. The Corve is augmented by two brooks, one of which is a junction of three small streams. Ledwick brook, with three contributary streams, and the Rea, with five, joins the Teme, which, having formed the boundary of the county, finally leaves it near Tenbury, in Worcestershire, and falls into the Severn below the capital of that county. The Rodon is formed by the confluence of three streams, which, in very dry summers, lose their currents. The first of these rises on Whixall Moss; the second, on Bettesfield Heath, in Flintshire; and the third proceeds from the White Meer, in the township of Lee. The three rivulets meet on Wolverly meadows, and passing by Loppington, runs on to Wem, and thence by Shawbury, to Roddington, and has its confluence with the Tern not far from Withington. CANALS.—The first canal in Shropshire was formed by William Reynolds, Esq., in 1788, for the purpose of conveying ironstone and coal from the Oaken Gates to Ketley. Shortly after an act of parliament was obtained for the SHROPSHIRE CANAL, which was finished in 1792. It commences at Donington Wood, and proceeds about one hundred yards on a level; it then descends one hundred and twenty feet, by an inclined plane of three hundred and twenty yards from the top of this inclined plane, which is the highest level of the canal; it proceeds by Wrockwardine and Snedshill, and near to Oaken Gates, where it is joined by the Ketley canal. From this junction it is continued to Southall Bank, where a branch strikes off to the right, and terminates at Brierly Hill. The main line, turning to the Southall Bank, goes on to the Windmill farm, and passes to the east of Madeley, until it reaches the banks of the Severn; here it descends 207 feet by an inclined plane, which is 350 yards in length, from whence it proceeds parallel with the river to Coalport, where it terminates. Immediately after the completion of this, the SHROPSHIRE CANAL was projected. The Company, having purchased about a mile of the north end of the canal cut by Mr. Reynolds, erected an inclined plane of 233 yards in length, and 75 feet of fall. From the termination of this plane the canal passes on by Eyton Mill, to Long lane, where it traverses a valley of considerable length, and crosses the river Tern, 16 feet above the surface of the Meadow, by means of an aqueduct and an embankment. Near this place it crosses the turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Wellington, then passing on to Rodington, and over the river Roden, through Wellington, to Atcham, it enters a tunnel of 970 yards in length. Thence it passes at the base of Haughmond Hill, and along the banks of the Severn, it terminates in a large basin, near the Castle Foregate, at Shrewsbury. The Ellesmere navigation, or the Shropshire Union railway and canal company may be called a system of canals extending through the large and fertile tract of country which lies between the banks of the Severn and those of the Mersey, and between the confines of North Wales on the west and the borders of Staffordshire on the east—a space of fifty miles in length, and more than twenty in breadth, exclusive of the valleys which open into North Wales. Its grand object is to unite the Severn, the Dee, and the Mersey, and by that means to open a communication from the above mentioned districts to the ports of Liverpool and Bristol. There is a short canal formed by the Marquis of Stafford, which commences at Donington Wood and proceeds to Pave-lane, near Newport, a distance of nearly seven miles, with a branch to his lordship’s lime works at Lilleshall, This canal was made for conveying coal to the latter place from the works at Donington, now held on lease by the Lilleshall company. The Montgomeryshire canal, a branch of Ellesmere, also passes through a portion of this county. LAKES OF SHROPSHIRE.—The lakes of this county are neither numerous nor extensive. At Marton, near Baschurch, is the Marton and Fennymere pool, covering 96A. 2R. 15P. At Marton, near Chirbury, is a pool covering 40A. 2R. 37P., from which issue three streams running in different directions. At Ellesmere is a magnificent sheet of water covering 116 acres; Colemere 87 acres; Crosemere 44 acres; Whitemere 62 acres; Blackmere and Newtonmere are in the same neighbourhood. A fine sheet of water at Shrawardine covers 40 acres. South of the Severn are a few small lakes, but not of any considerable extent. Thus the part of the country which abounds most in running water has the fewest pools. At Walcot and Hawkstone are lakes of considerable extent, the latter stretches two miles in length. Sundorne, Halston, and Tong, have embellishments of the same kind. ROADS AND RAILWAYS.—The principal line of road crossing this county is the London and Holyhead parliamentary mail road, which between Wolverhampton and Shiffnal, runs through Shrewsbury and enters Denbighshire, near Chirk. The traffic on this road has been much diminished since the opening of the railways between London and Liverpool. The Chester, Shrewsbury, and Bristol road enters near Whitchurch, and runs southward by Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, and Ludlow, into Herefordshire. A branch leads from Ludlow to Bishop’s Castle and Montgomery. Mail and other roads run between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth, Ludlow, and Birmingham, across the Clee Hills, Ludlow, Wenlock, and Coalbrook-dale, and Ludlow and Bridgnorth. There are also various other communications between Newport, Drayton, and Wellington, &c. The principal railroads are the Shrewsbury and Chester, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shropshire Union. The former on leaving the station at Shrewsbury crosses the Castle Foregate by a cast iron bridge, and proceeding by Leaton Heath, Baschurch, and Whittington, passes on to Gabowen, where there is a short branch to Oswestry, having ten trains running daily. The trunk line then proceeds to Preesgwene, where there is a station, and shortly after passes into the county of Denbigh, and on to Chester. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Stafford branch of the Shropshire union railways have a line formed by the joint companies, extending from Shrewsbury to a little beyond Wellington, where one branches off to Shiffnal and Wolverhampton, and the other to Newport, and from thence to Stafford. An act of parliament has been obtained for a railway from Shrewsbury to Hereford, which will open a communication with the southern parts of the county of Shropshire. The works between Shrewsbury and Ludlow are in a rapid state of progress, and the line to the latter place is expected to be open for traffic in December, 1851. The length of this railway will be fifty miles, and the estimated cost £354,822. The line from Ludlow to Hereford is expected to be completed in 1852. It is to Shropshire, and some of its intelligent and enterprising natives that the all absorbing system of railways, which now intersect Great Britain, and cover its surface like net-work, owes its discovery and establishment. It was adopted in the year 1767, by that celebrated firm of iron masters, the Coalbrook-dale Company, who hit upon the expedient of laying the pig iron upon the wood rails throughout their extensive works, bearing in mind that in the event of a rise in the price of iron, the rails could easily be taken up and vended as pig iron. Thus, to this somewhat accidental appropriation of iron, and the facilities it rendered to the easy and safe carriage of heavy materials, coupled with the important discovery of steam power, and the general improvement in engineering incident to railroad travelling, this important discovery and attainment of modern times may justly be ascribed. MINES AND MANUFACTURES.—The minerals of this county are of great importance. Its rich coal formations, and the limestone and ironstone associated with them, afford employment to thousands. There are coal pits in many parts of the county, but more particularly in the east, at the several places of Lilleshall, Stirchley, Dawley, and the neighbourhood. An immense quantity of the coal is consumed in the iron furnaces, the principal of which are at Coalbrook-dale, Horse-hay, Old-park, Ketley, Snedshill, and Oakengates. About seven per cent. of the iron manufactured in the whole kingdom is raised from the mines in this district. Lead is got in considerable quantities on the western verge of the county, but is chiefly confined to the hundred of Ford. The Snailbeach, Gravels, and Bathole mines, are the most productive; the lead ore got is usually of very superior quality. Calamine is also met with, and the rock at Pimhill is strongly tinctured with copper. Symptoms of both copper and lead appear in the Cardington hills, and at Pitchford a mineral pitch exudes from the red sandstone. Freestone, slate, and pipe-clay are found. At Ashford, on the banks of the Tern below Ludlow, is the Salt-moor Spring, where salt was made at the period of the Norman Conquest. China, of great excellence and exquisite workmanship, is made at Coalport; earthenware is also manufactured, particularly Wedgewood-ware, at Coalport and Broseley. Carpets are extensively made at Bridgnorth, and there are three establishments for the manufacture of hair seating at Market Drayton. There is an extensive factory at Shrewsbury where linen thread is made, and woollens of a coarse texture are made at Church Stretton. Nails are made in several places. At the Coalbrook-dale Company all kinds of castings and almost every article in which iron is used is there manufactured. Paper is made at two or three places in the county. The chief manufacture of the county is that of iron. The beautiful art of glass staining has been brought to great perfection by Mr. David Evans, of Shrewsbury. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—The whole country is in general well cultivated, yielding good crops of all kinds of grain, turnips, peas, and potatoes. There are many fine orchards scattered throughout the county, particularly in the southern division, and hops are cultivated on a small scale on the southern border. The meadows near the Severn are extremely fertile, being frequently enriched by the overflowing of that river; but the grass land receives less attention from the farmer than the arable. The northern part of the county is remarkable for its dairy produce, the cheese being equal to the most celebrated dairies of the adjoining county of Chester. The sizes of the farms are various, but large farms of from 400 to 800 acres are much more numerous than in the adjoining counties. In many parts of the county five or six small holdings have been taken from the humbler class of farmers and let to one tenant. In one township visited by our agent the land held by fourteen different tenants, within memory of man, is now held by three farmers. Barley and wheat in many parts are grown to a considerable extent. The arable and pasture lands are found in about equal proportions. The cattle are mostly of a fine breed, many of the farmers being noted for the superiority of their stock, but there does not appear any peculiar breed which can be affirmed as exclusively belonging to this county. In the northern division of the county and on the western borders large flocks of sheep are kept, in some parts the old Shropshire breed may frequently be observed; they are distinguished by their black mottled faces and legs, and are in size nearly as large as the south-down. About half a century ago a breed of neat cattle prevailed very much, resembling the Lancashire long-horns. The old Shropshire ox was remarkable for a large dewlap. This county was formerly famous for a breed of pigs which is now almost extinct. CLIMATE, SOIL, AND ASPECT. The climate of this county is in general very salubrious; but, from the irregularity of its soil and surface, it varies in dryness and geniality. On the east, where the land is warm and flat, the harvest is frequently ripe sooner than in the middle of the county, where the vales are extensive, but the surface light, and the bottom often clayey. But hay and grain are both gathered earlier in the middle of the county than on the western side, where the vales are narrow, and the high lands frequent and extensive, although the ground in general is not so stiff, and lies for the most part on the rock. The easterly winds prevail in spring, and westerly in autumn. Few counties are possessed of a greater variety of soil than this, as will be seen on reference to the respective parishes. Divided into nearly two equal parts by the Severn, its southern portion assumes the mountainous character peculiar to the counties of Montgomery and Denbigh, whilst the north half approaches more nearly to a level, agreeably relieved by bold swells, and romantic valleys finely wooded. The landscape possesses every variety of natural charms, the bold and lofty mountain, the woody and secluded valley, the fertile and widely cultured plain, the majestic river, and the sequestered lake; and is no less rich in those remains of ancient times which awaken a thousand enthusiastic reflections by engaging us in the contemplation of the memorable events of our history. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS. Great improvements by draining, enclosure, and superior management have been progressing for the last half century in most parts of the county. This has been accomplished on many estates by the united efforts of the landlords and tenants; the former finding tiles and materials, and the latter performing all the draught work at their own expense. The farms in Shropshire were formerly much smaller than they now are, which was found a great obstacle to improvement. They did not invite men of capital, and to manage a farm successfully, like any other occupation or business, it is necessary that the occupant should possess sufficient capital; for without it, it is useless to expect improvement or profitable cultivation. The want of it is unfortunately too common among farmers. Wanting it in the onset, they have not been able to acquire any, and thus have gone on from year to year with difficulty, perhaps deteriorating the soil, and reducing the little capital they possessed. The farmers’ clubs, established for the discussion of practical husbandry, have had a tendency to develop many hidden facts, and to dispel deep-rooted prejudices by friendly argument and interchange of thought. Farmers seldom meet to exchange ideas but at these associations, which may be considered in the character of Normal schools, where the old and young may impart and receive information on many things connected with their occupation. On the whole Shropshire is before many other counties in agricultural improvements. The judicious application of capital, superintended by men of true practical science, will make it one of the finest agricultural counties in England. The farm houses are mostly composed of brick, and have been greatly improved within the last thirty years, particular attention having been paid to the conveniency of the outbuildings and farm yards, which in many instances are of great extent and admirably contrived. The following returns of the population of the fifteen Unions into which the county of Shropshire is divided, are copied from the Parliamentary reports of the census taken March 31st, 1851; viz:—Atcham Union, 19,318 inhabitants, 3,767 inhabited houses, and 125 uninhabited; Bridgnorth, 15,590 inhabitants, 3,164 inhabited houses, and 248 uninhabited; Church Stretton, 6,160 inhabitants, 1,192 inhabited houses, and 43 uninhabited; Cleobury Mortimer, 8,632 inhabitants, 1,771 inhabited houses, and 131 uninhabited; Clun, 10,118 inhabitants, 2,054 inhabited houses, and 125 uninhabited; Ellesmere 15,667 inhabitants, 3,148 inhabited houses, and 125 uninhabited; Ludlow, 17,045 inhabitants, 3,420 inhabited houses, and 172 uninhabited; Madeley, 27,626 inhabitants, 5,545 inhabited houses, and 154 uninhabited; Market Drayton, 14,160 inhabitants, 2,774 inhabited houses, and 131 uninhabited; Newport, 15,623 inhabitants, 3,018 inhabited houses, and 69 uninhabited; Oswestry, 22,795 inhabitants, 4,618 inhabited houses, and 228 uninhabited; Shiffnal, 11,482 inhabitants, 2,239 inhabited houses, and 99 uninhabited; Shrewsbury, 23,095 inhabitants, 4,574 inhabited houses, and 252 uninhabited; Wellington, 20,760 inhabitants, 4,089 inhabited houses, and 156 uninhabited; Wem, 16,948 inhabitants, 3,469 inhabited houses, and 146 uninhabited. At the same period there were 112 houses building in the various Unions throughout the county. MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. The following is a list of the religious houses and monastic institutions which formerly existed in Shropshire, with their annual value as returned at their suppression. The Benedictine monks had a great Abbey at Shrewsbury, returned as of the annual value of £132. 4s. 10d. Haughmond Abbey, £259. 13s. 7¼d. Buildwas Abbey, £110. 19s. 3d. Wombridge Priory, £65. 7s. 4d. Battlefield College, £54. 1s. 10d. Tong College, £22. 8s. 1d. Lilleshall Abbey, £229. 3s. l½d. Bridgnorth Hospital, £4. Ludlow Hospital, £17. 13s. 3d. Wenlock Priory, £401. 0s. 7¼d. St. Chad’s College, Shrewsbury, £14. 14s. 4d. St. Mary’s College, £13. 1s. 8d. According to Speed there was also a Monastery of Black Monks at Bromfield, a Priory at Chirbury, with various cells and chantries, which will be found noticed in the several parishes in which they were respectively situated. It was one of the singular characteristics of the Roman Catholic Church, that it gave scope to partial reformation. What among Protestants would be called a new sect, became in that church merely a new order. From time to time, men arose to recall attention to some doctrine or practice, which had fallen into disuse, and for a revival of which a necessity was felt. The church gave scope to their zeal, and benefited by their efforts till they, in turn, became rich and corrupt, and other reformers were needed. About the year 1120, the rule of St. Augustine was reformed by St. Norbet. He professed that the Virgin Mary had pointed out the site on which he was to found a new church, and that she had prescribed the white habits the monks were to wear. ABBEYS.—In a society of religious persons, whether male or female, where an abbot or abbess presided, it was styled an abbey. The governor had the sole power over the convent, could appoint or discharge any officer at pleasure, and prescribe what rules the monks or nuns should be obliged to observe. The abbots have enjoyed the privilege of conferring the lower orders of priesthood, but in the essential points of jurisdiction they were everywhere subject to the diocesan bishop. The consequence of the abbots grew with the wealth of their monasteries, several received episcopal titles and privileges, all held rank next to that of a bishop, and had a vote in the ecclesiastical councils. Equal privileges and rights appertained to the abbesses, as the superior of the nunneries, except that they were not allowed to vote at synods. When the society of religious persons consisted of men, it was called a monastery. There is reason to believe that there were monasteries in Britain before the end of the 4th century. In the course of the 7th century many monasteries were founded in all parts of England. These monasteries were designed in some places for the seats of the bishops and their clergy; in others, for their secular priests, who preached and administered the sacraments over the neighbouring country, and in most instances, they were seminaries of learning for the education of youth. If a monastery or nunnery was subject to another, it was called a CELL. The great English abbeys had many such cells in distant places. PRIORIES.—When the chief person in a Monastery bore the name of Prior, it was styled a Priory. These religious houses were of two sorts—either they were such whose prior was independent, or they were such as depended upon some great abbey, from which they received their Prior, and to which they were often obliged to pay a small pension or annual acknowledgment. Whenever the Convent to which they belonged was beyond the seas, then it was styled an alien Priory. These last transmitted their revenues to their foreign superior, for which reason their estates were generally seized to carry on the wars between England and France. PRECEPTORIES.—Whenever the Knights Templars, or Hospitallers, had any considerable manors or farms, they erected a church for the service of God, and built a convenient house of habitation, to which they sent out their fraternity, under the command of a Preceptor. CHANTRIES were chapels erected and endowed for the singing of masses for the souls of the deceased. Chantry rents are still paid to the Crown by the purchaser of their lands. HOSPITALS were small convents, occupied by a few monks, for the entertainment of all who went any pilgrimage on religious pretence. GUILDS were societies of lay brethren, who lived together like monks, but were of no professed order. THE GREY FRIARS were at first called _Franciscans_, from the name of their founder, St. Francis: they were likewise called _Minorites_, from their being the lowest and most humble of all orders; and _Observants_, from their great strictness to the rules of their order. They were styled mendicants, from their professing wilful poverty, subsisting chiefly upon alms, which they used to ask from door to door, by which they were distinguished from monks, who kept at home within their convents, and lived in common upon their substance. Their habit was a long grey coat down to their heels, with a cowl or hood, and a cord about their loins, instead of a girdle. Many privileges were granted them, and many of high degree were ambitious of living, dying, and being interred in the habit of these Franciscans. The _Black Friars_, so called from their habit, a black cope and cowl over a white coat, were likewise called _Dominicans_, from their having been founded by St. Dominick; and black preaching friars, because they were the only preachers of all the friars. These monks obtained extensive grants of land, and had many persons of note within their convents. The _White Friars_ took their name from the dress they wore. They came into England in 1325, and first settled at Canterbury. ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES.—The Ecclesiastical Commissioners were appointed under an act passed in the 6th and 7th of William IV., for the general improvement and equalization of the dioceses, for the dividing of extensive parishes, and augmenting small livings, and the adopting such other measures as may conduce to the efficiency of the Established Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Lord High Chancellor, the President of the Council, the Lord High Treasurer, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with others, form a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England,” for the purpose of the said act. The Commissioners reported, in 1835, that the total amount of the gross annual revenues of the several Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees of England and Wales was £181,631. The total amount of the net annual revenues of the several cathedral and collegiate churches in England and Wales was £284,241; and the total amount of the net revenues of the same, £208,209. The total amount of the gross annual separate revenues of the several dignitaries and other spiritual persons, members of the cathedrals and other collegiate churches, in England and Wales, was £75,854. The total number of benefices, with and without cure of souls, the incumbents whereof have made enquiries to the returns of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, omitting those which are permanently or occasionally annexed to superior preferments, are 10,540; the gross annual revenue of these benefices is £3,197,225; giving an average income of £303. The total number of benefices, with and without cure of souls, in England and Wales, including those not returned, but exclusive of those annexed to other preferments, (about 24 in number) is 10,718; the total gross income of which, calculated upon the average of those returned, amounts to £3,251,159; and the net income thereof, £3,055,451. The number of curates returned, as employed by resident incumbents, was 1000, whose annual stipends or payments in money amounted to £87,075; affording an average of £86, Those employed by non-residents were 4,124; the amount of their stipends, £337,620; average, £79: and the average of the whole of the curates’ stipends, £81. In concluding their report, the commissioners state that the archbishops and bishops in possession of their preferments, are subject to heavy expenses, and that the charges for first fruits and fees generally exceed the amount of their receipts for the first two or three years, after entering office. QUEEN ANNE’S BOUNTY; FIRST FRUITS AND TENTHS.—From the earliest periods every bishop and clergyman has been required to pay the amount of his first year’s incumbency into a fund, and every succeeding year one tenth. These first fruits and tenths were formerly collected at their full value, and applied to the use of the pope, as early as the time of Pope Nicholas (A.D. 1200). For this purpose a valuation was made of all the livings in England, which is still preserved in the Remembrancer’s office, and designated, “Valor of Pope Nicholas IV.” At the time of the Reformation, King Henry VIII. passed a law, with the sanction of Parliament, declaring that the first fruits and tenths should be appropriated to the use of the state; and he caused an accurate and full valuation to be made of all the ecclesiastical livings in England and Wales, which were accordingly paid into the public exchequer, till the reign of Queen Anne, with the exception of a short period in the reign of Philip and Mary. Queen Anne, deploring the wretched condition in which many of the clergy were placed, owing to the insufficiency of their livings, came to the determination that the first fruits and tenths should be paid into a fund, called _Queen Anne’s Bounty_, and that the amount should be appropriated to the livings of the poor clergy. No fresh valuation has been made since 1535, and registered in what is now called the _King’s Book_, till that made by order of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in 1835, on which the payments are now regulated. That the payments might not operate oppressively, the first year’s income was to be paid in four annual instalments; and livings of small value were entirely exempt, and hence, called “_Discharged livings_.” During the time of Popery, a large portion of the tithes had been alienated from the parishes, for the endowment of religious houses, or for chantries, to say masses for the dead. These endowments, at the Reformation, being seized by Henry VIII., left the greater part of the parochial livings very poor. The governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, sometimes aided by benefactions, and at others by Parliamentary grants, for the endowment of churches, have been able to augment many of the poorest livings, and now the resources at the command of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, by various reductions in cathedral and collegiate churches, will cause the church livings, in a few years, to be considerably equalized: The receipts for the year 1846, amounted to £206,502. CHARITIES.—The parochial accounts of the posthumous charities are given from the voluminous reports of the commissioners deputed by parliament to enquire into the state and appropriation of public charities in England. This commission commenced in 1817, and was not finished till the year 1839. The charities bequeathed by numerous individuals for the education and relief of the poor of this county, produce collectively the large sum of £21,578. 6s. 4d. In addition to this a very large amount is subscribed by the benevolent inhabitants, for the support of the various charitable institutions, among which are free schools, hospitals, dispensaries, lunatic asylums, and various societies for relieving the poor, &c. The summary of the reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into charities show that in England there are 442,915 acres, or about 690 square miles, belonging to charities, which is little less than the area of Worcestershire. The rent of these lands is £874,313 per annum. The amount of rent charge is near £80,000 per annum, a great part of which is made up of very small sums. The interest of the money (above £6,000,000) which belongs to charities is £255,151 per annum; the whole income of the charity property inquired into by the commissioners is £1,209,395 per annum. Now all this is not derived from one plain single source, but from all the counties of England; from numerous rent charges, money in the funds, mortgages, personal and turnpike securities, &c. Further, this only includes the charities inquired into by the commissioners. We believe that the commissioners have here and there missed a few charities. New charities are daily increasing, and those not included in the inquiry are very numerous. PARISH REGISTERS.—The earliest of the parish registers date from the establishment of the Church of England, injunctions to this effect having been issued by Cromwell, Henry’s vicegerent in ecclesiastical matters in 1538. The canons now in force date their authority from the beginning of the reign of James I., A.D. 1603. One of these prescribes minutely the manner entries are to be made in the parish registers, and contains a respective clause, appointing that the ancient registers, as far as they could be procured, should be copied in a parchment book. This new regulation appears to have been carried into effect, so that the only parish registers now extant are transcripts commencing with Queen Elizabeth’s reign. The parish register act of 1812 obviated some of the previous sources of error, and insured the further usefulness of the registers of that period. But a satisfactory system of registration was not established until the year 1837, when the act for registering births, deaths, and marriages came into operation in England and Wales. The registration of births is considerably more complete than the old parochial registers of baptism, and the register of deaths is believed to be very complete. A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SEATS & RESIDENCES OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, & CLERGY, IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE. *** _To avoid increasing this List_, _the Villa Residences in the suburbs of the Towns are not inserted_, _but will be found in the Directories of the respective Parishes in which they are situated_. * * * * * THOSE WITH * AFFIXED ARE ACTING MAGISTRATES. Abertannat Hall, 1½ mile S.E. of Blodwell, John Edwards, Esq. Acton Burnell Hall, 8 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury, * Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart. Acton Reynald, 7 miles N.E. by N. of Shrewsbury, * Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart. Adderley Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Drayton, * Richard Corbet, Esq. Admaston Hall, 1½ mile N.W. of Wellington, The Hon. Charles Noel Hill; Philip Buchannan, Esq. Albrighton, 4½ miles S.E. of Shiffnal, Rev. George Woodhouse, The Vicarage; Thomas Plowden Presland, Esq. Aldenham Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Bridgnorth, Sir John E. D. Acton, Bart. Apley Castle, 1¼ mile N. of Wellington, * St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq. Apley Park, 4 miles N. of Bridgnorth, * Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esq., M.P. Argoed Hall, 7 miles S.E. of Oswestry, Edward Downes, Esq. Ash Magna, 2 miles S.E. of Whitchurch, The Rev. William Bryans. Ashford Hall, 3 miles S.W. by S. of Ludlow, * Major General Russell, C.B. Astley House, 5 miles N.N. by E. of Shrewsbury, John Bishton Minor, Esq. Aston Hall, 1 mile N.E. of Shiffnal, * Uvedale Corbet, Esq. Aston, 2 Miles S.E. of Oswestry, * Edward Harvey Lloyd, Esq., The Hall; Mrs. Lloyd. Aston, 9 miles N. of Ludlow, * Francis Marston, Esq. Atcham, 3 miles S.E. by E. of Shrewsbury, * Rev. Henry Burton. Attingham Hall, 4 miles S.E. of Shrewsbury, The Right Honourable Lord Berwick. Badger, 5 miles S.E. by S. of Shiffnal, * Robert Henry Cheney, Esq., The Hall; The Rev. Thomas T. Boddington, The Rectory. Balswardyne Hall, 8½ miles S.E. of Shrewsbury, Sir George Harnage, Bart. Baschurch, 8 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Edward Birch, Esq.; Rev. William Jones. Beckbury, 4 miles S.E. by S. of Shiffnal, Walter Stubbs, Esq.; Rev. Walter Ralph Smythe. Bellaport House, 4 miles N.E. of Drayton, Rev. Hugh Ker Cockburne. Belleview, 1½ mile S.W. by S. of Oswestry, William Banning, Esq. Belmont, near Oswestry, * Joseph Venables Lovett, Esq. Berrington, 4½ miles S.E. by S. of Shrewsbury, The Hon. and Rev. T. H. Noel Hill; Charles Arthur Williams, Esq., Eaton Mascott. Berwick Upper House, 2½ miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, The Hon. Henry Wentworth Powys. Berwick House, 2 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, * Thomas Henry Hope, Esq. Besford, 3 miles S.E. of Wem, Joseph Taylor Reynolds, Esq. Betton Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Drayton, William Church Norcop, Esq. Bewdley, 8 miles E. of Cleobury Mortimer, * William Lacon Childe, Esq., Jun.; * Slade Baker, Esq.; * Arthur Lyttleton Annesley, Esq., Arley Castle. Birch Hall, 1 mile S.E. of Ellesmere, * Richard George Jebb, Esq. Bishop’s Castle, 20 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury, * Rev. John Bright, Totterton; * Rev. John Rogers, The Home. Bitterley, 4 miles N.E. of Ludlow, * Rev. Charles Walcot; Sir Charles Cuyler. Blodwell, 6 miles S.S. by W. of Oswestry, Rev. John Parker; William Lyons, Esq. Bobbington, 8½ miles S.W. of Wolverhampton, Rev. Henry Pennant Cooke. Boningale Hall, 5 miles S.E. by S. of Shiffnal, George Taylor, Esq. Boreatton Park, 9½ miles N.W. by N. of Shrewsbury, Rowland Hunt, Esq. Bridgnorth, 8 miles S.E. of Much Wenlock, Rev. George Bellett, St. Leonards; Rev. Wm. K. Marshall, St. Mary’s Rectory; J. Baker, Esq., Walsbatch. (See also p. 626.) Broadway, near Shrewsbury, * John Owen, Esq. Bromfield, 2 miles N.W. of Ludlow, The Hon. Robert Henry Clive, Oakeley Park. Broseley, 4 miles E. of Wenlock, The Hon. and Rev. O. W. W. Forester, The Rectory; * George Pritchard, Esq.; John Pritchard, Esq.; John Onions, Esq., White Hall; * Richard Thursfield, Esq. Bryn Harford near Oswestry, Charles Scarlett Andrews, Esq. Brynn, 1½ mile N.W. of Blodwell, John Hamor, Esq. Bryntanat Hall, 2¼ miles W. of Blodwell, William Henry Perry, Esq. Buildwas Park, 4½ miles N.E. of Much Wenlock, Walter Moseley, Esq. Buntingsdale Hall, near Drayton, John Tayleur, Esq. Burcott, near Wellington, Charles Emery, Esq., The Hall; John Stanier, Esq., Leaton Hall. Burford, near Tenbury, * George Rushout, Esq., M.P., The Hall; * Rev. James Wayland Joyce, The Rectory; Rev. Herbert MacLaughlin, Boraston Rectory; Rev. Caleb Whiteford, Whitton Rectory. Burleigh Villa, 7 miles W. by N. of Wellington, Thomas Taylor, Esq. Burlton, 5 miles S.W. of Wem, Robert Chambre Vaughan, Esq., The Hall; Edward Goldsborough Chambre Vaughan, Esq., Wood Gate. Burwarton, 9 miles S.W. of Bridgnorth, The Hon. G. F. H. Russell, The Hall. Calverhall, 3 miles N.E. of Prees, John Whitehall Dod, Esq., Jun., Rev. Edw. Mainwaring. Cheswardine, near Market Drayton, Thomas Hudson, Esq., The Hall; Rev. Charles Miller. Cheshire Coppice, 3 miles N. of Wellington, William Henry Dickinson, Esq. Chetwynd, near Newport, * John Charles Burton Boroughs, Esq.; Thomas Collier, Esq., Beech Hill; Robert Fisher, Esq., The Lodge; William Washbourne, Esq.; Rev. Thomas Whately, The Rectory. Childs Ercall, 6½ miles N.W. of Newport, Rev. B. E. Johnson. Chirbury, 2½ miles E. of Montgomery, Rev. James Wilding, The Vicarage; Edward Humphries, Esq., Walcot. Chorley, near Stottesden, Thomas Crump, Esq., The Hall. Church Aston, near Newport, Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esq., The Hall. Church Preen, 5½ miles W. by S. of Wenlock, Frederick Thomas Webster, Esq. Church Stretton, 13 miles S.W. by S. of Shrewsbury, Duppa Duppa, Esq., Kington; Rev. Hugh Owen Wilson, The Rectory. Citadel (The), near Hodnet, Reverend John Hill. Claverley, 6 miles E. of Bridgnorth, Rev. George Hilder Betterton Gabert, The Vicarage: William Wilson, Esq., Beobridge; * Farmer Taylor, Esq., Chykenell. Cleobury North, 8 miles S.W. of Bridgnorth, Henry George Mytton, Esq., The Hall; The Misses Mytton. Clive Hall, 3½ miles S. of Wem, George Harding, Esq. Cloverley Hall, 6 miles S.E. of Whitchurch, * John Whitehall Dod, Esq., M.P. Clungunford, 8 miles S.E. of Bishop’s Castle, John Rocke, Esq., The House. Copthorne House, 2 miles W. from Shrewsbury, Thomas Brocas, Esq. Condover, 4¾ miles S. of Shrewsbury, * Edward William Smythe Owen, Esq., The Hall; Rev. J. W. Harden, John Loxdale, Esq., The Lyth; Robert Steward, Esq., Ryton Grove. Coreley, 4½ miles N.N.E. of Tenbury, Rev. Walter Haliburton, The Rectory. Coton, 3 miles N. of Wem, * George Bowen, Esq. Cotsbrook House, near Bridgnorth, Orlando Jack Bridgman, Esq. Cound, 6 miles S.E. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Henry Thursby, The Hall. Court of Hill, near Tenbury, * Major Arthur Charles Lowe. Creamore House, near Wem, John Unsworth, Esq. Cruck Meole, 4½ miles S.W. of Shrewsbury, * Henry Diggory Warter, Esq. Cruckton Hall, 4 miles S.W. by W. of Shrewsbury, * Francis Harries, Esq. Dalicott House, near Claverley, George Mackenzie Kettle, Esq. Davenport House, near Bridgnorth, * William Sharington Davenport, Esq. Daywell, near Oswestry, * Joseph Venables Lovett, Esq. Diddlebury, 8 miles N. of Ludlow, Henry Wood, Esq., The Hall. Dodington, near Whitchurch, George Brookes, Esq.; William Lee Brookes, Esq.; George Harper, Esq., Mossfield House; John Faulkner Wood, Esq. Donington, 5 miles S.E. of Shiffnal, The Rev. Henry John Howard, The Rectory; George Jones, Esq., Shakerley. Dorrington, 6½ miles N. of Church Stretton, John Thomas Hope, Esq., Netley House. Drayton in Hales, 18 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury, Rev. John Lee; John Edward Wilson, Esq., The Grove; Thomas Whitfield, Esq. Dudleston, 4½ miles N.W. of Ellesmere, George Bennett, Esq., Sodylt Hall; Edward Morrall, Esq., Plas Warren; Robert Morrall, Esq., Plas Yollen; Richard Ellerton, Esq., The Erway. Dudmaston Hall, near Bridgnorth, * William Wolryche Whitmore, Esq. Eardington, near Bridgnorth, John Henry Cooper, Esq., The Knowle Sands; Mr. Thomas Austin Jackson, The Forge; Rev. George Leigh Wasey, The Knowle Sands. Easthope, 5 miles S.W. of Much Wenlock, Moses George Benson, Esq., Lutwyche Hall; Rev. Robert Armitage, The Rectory Edgeley House, near Whitchurch, John Lowe, Esq. Edgmond, near Newport, Captain Clement Hill; Rev. John Dryden Pigott. Edstaston, near Wem, Daniel Boote, Esq., The Hall; Rev. John Stewart, The Rectory. Ellerton Hall, 4½ miles N.W. by N. of Newport, Robert Masefield, Esq. Ellesmere, 16 miles N.N.W. of Shrewsbury, William Aldrick Cotton, Esq.; Rev. John David Day, The Vicarage. Elm Lodge, near Ludlow, James Davies, Esq. Ensden House, 5½ miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Evan Bowen, Esq. Ercall High, 8 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Robert Townsend Forester, The Vicarage; George Townsend Forester, Esq., Sherlowe; William Holt Midgley, Esq., The Park; Edward Blakeway Steedman, Esq., The Hall. Eyton on the Wildmoors, near Wellington, Thomas Eyton, Esq., The Hall. Faintree, 5 miles S.W. of Bridgnorth, Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq., The Hall. Fern Hill, near Whittington, * Thomas Lovett, Esq., The Hall. Fitz, 5¾ miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, R. Middleton, Esq., The Hall; * Rev. Daniel Nihill. Frodsley, 9 miles S. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Peter Downward, Longnor Green; Rev. T. L. Gleadow, The Rectory. Gatacre Hall, 5 miles S.E. of Bridgnorth, * Edward Lloyd Gatacre, Esq. Gatacre Park, 5½ miles S.E. from Bridgnorth, * Edward Farrer Acton, Esq. Grafton Lodge, 5½ miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, John Henry Denston, Esq. Great Ness, near Baschurch, George Edwards, Esq., The Hall; Rev. Mr. Kenyon, The Vicarage; Thomas Justice Bather, Esq. Gredington Park, near Whitchurch, * The Right Hon. Lord Kenyon. Greet, 5 miles S.E. of Ludlow, Rev. Joseph C. Bradney, The Rectory. Grinshill, 7 miles N. of Shrewsbury, Rev. John Wood, The Rectory; William Embrey Wood, Esq., The Vineyard. Hadley, near Wellington, Mrs. Thorneycroft, The Hall; Matthew Webb, Esq. Halston, near Whittington, Edmund Wright, Esq., The Hall. Hardwick Grange, 6 miles N. of Shrewsbury, The Misses Hill. Hardwick Hall, 2 miles W. of Ellesmere, * Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart. Hawkstone, 4 miles N.E. of Wem, * The Right Honourable Viscount Lord Hill. Highley, 7 miles S.S.E. of Bridgnorth, William Jordin, Esq.; Rev. Samuel Dupre. Hinstock, 5 miles S.E. by S. of Market Drayton, * Henry Justice, Esq. Hodnet, 6 miles E. of Wem, * Algernon Charles Heber Percy, The Hall; Rev. Samuel Herrick Macauley, The Rectory. Hopesay, 6 miles S. by E. of Bishop’s Castle, Rev. Philip B. Adams, The Rectory. Hopton Wafers, nr Cleobury Mortimer, Mrs. Lucy Botfield, The Court; Rev. S. Woodward Hopton Castle, 9 miles S. of Bishop’s Castle, Rev. George D. Pardoe. Hurst, near Ludlow, * Philip Morris, Esq. Ightfield, 4 miles S.E. of Whitchurch, Rev. John Justice. Isle The, near Shrewsbury, Rev. Humphrey Sandford. Kemberton, 2 miles S.W. by S. of Shiffnal, Rev. George Whitmore, The Rectory. Ketley, 2 miles E. of Wellington, Rev. Thompson Stoneham; John Williams, Esq.; George Bradbury, Esq., The Grove. Kilhendre, near Dudleston, Captain Johnson. Kingsland, near Shrewsbury, * Richard Frederick Hill, Esq. Kinlet Hall, 5 miles N.E. of Cleobury Mortimer, * William Lacon Childe, Esq. Kinnerley, 7 miles S.E. of Oswestry, Rev. Edmund W. O. Bridgman. Kinnerley, 4 miles N.E. by N. of Wellington, Rev. Andrew Burn. Knockin Hall, 6½ miles S.S.E. of Oswestry, The Hon. Captain Charles Orlando Bridgman. Leaton Knolls, 4½ miles W.W. by N. of Shrewsbury, * Jonathan Arthur Lloyd, Esq. Leegomery House, near Wellington, William Shakeshaft Lawley, Esq. Leighton Park, 3½ miles N. of Much Wenlock, Sir George Harnage, Bart Leighton, 1½ mile S.E. by S. of Welshpool, John Naylor, Esq. Leighton, 9 miles S.E. of Shrewsbury, * Robert Gardner, Esq., The Hall. Lilleshall House, 4 miles S.W. of Newport, * The Marquis of Stafford. Lilleshall, 3 miles S.W. of Newport, Rev. Henry George Bunsen, vicar, The Old Hall. Linley Hall, 5 miles N. of Bishop’s Castle, R. B. More, Esq. Llwyny-groes Hall, 6¼ miles S. of Oswestry, R. N. Broughton, Esq. Longford, near Newport, * Ralph Merrick Leeke, Esq., The Hall; Rev. John K. Charlton. Longford Hall, near Shrewsbury, Rev. Waties Corbet. Longnor Hall, 3½ miles E. of Shrewsbury, * Robert Burton, Esq. Longnor Hall, 5 miles N. of Church Stretton, * Panton Corbet, Esq. Longnor Hall, near Shrewsbury, * Edward Corbett, Esq. Loppington House, 3 miles W. of Wem, * Thomas Dickin, Esq. Loton Park, 8 miles W. of Shrewsbury, * Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart. Ludford House, near Ludlow, Francis Lechmere Charlton, Esq. Ludlow, * Rev. George Dansey Pardoe; * Richard Betton, Esq., Overton House; James Baxter, Esq., (see also Directory, page 605.) Lydham, 2 miles N.E. of Bishop’s Castle, Rev. Arthur Oakeley, The Rectory. Marnwood, near Ironbridge, Rev. John Bartlett. Marsh Hall, near Shrewsbury, John Wood, Esq. Marton, near Middle, David Francis Atcherley, Esq., The Hall. Mawley Hall, near Cleobury Mortimer, Sir Edward Blount, Bart. Melverley, 9 miles S.E. by S. of Oswestry, Rev. Henry Rogers, The Rectory. Middle, 7 miles N.W. by N. of Shrewsbury, Rev. George Henry Egerton, The Rectory; Sir John Majorbanks, Bart. Middleton Scriven, 5 miles S.W. of Bridgnorth, Rev. Thomas Rowley, D.D., The Rectory. Millichope Park, near Munslow, Charles Orlando Childe Pemberton, Esq. Milson, 3 miles S.W. of Cleobury Mortimer, Rev. Thomas Hardwicke, D.D., The Rectory. Moreton Corbet, 4½ miles S.E. of Wem, Rev. Robert F. Wood, The Rectory. Moreton Say, 3 miles N.W. by W. of Drayton, Rev. Robert Upton. Munslow, 6 miles S. of Church Stretton, Rev. Thomas C. Powell; John Downes, Esq. Nash Court, 6 miles S.E. of Ludlow, * George Pardoe, Esq. Neachley, near Donington, * George Holyoake, Esq. Neen Savage, near Cleobury Mortimer, * Rev. Charles R. Somers Cocks. Netley Hall, 6½ miles S.W. by W. of Shrewsbury, * John Thomas Hope Esq. Newport, 18 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury, (see Directory, page 409.) Norbury, 4 miles N.E. of Ludlow, * Rev. William Henry Cynric Lloyd. Norton-in-Hales, 3½ miles N.E. by N. of Drayton, Rev. Frederick Silver, The Rectory. Nursery The, 4½ miles S. of Oswestry, John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. Oakley House, two miles E. of Bishop’s Castle, William Oakeley, Esq. Oakley Park, 2 miles N.W. of Ludlow, * The Right Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P. Oldbury, 1 mile S.S.W. of Bridgnorth, Mrs. Margaret Wynne Jones, The Lodge. Onslow Hall, 4 miles W. from Shrewsbury, Colonel Wingfield. Osbaston House, 5½ miles S. of Oswestry, Captain Thomas Evans, R.N. Oswestry, 17½ miles N.W. from Shrewsbury, Richard Jones Croxon, Esq.; Rev. Thomas Salway, The Vicarage; Thomas Longueville Longueville, Esq. Oteley Park, near Ellesmere, * Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq. Oxon, near Shrewsbury, * Edward Morris, Esq. Park Hall, near Oswestry, * Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq. Peatswood, near Market Drayton, * Thomas Twemlow, Esq. Pell Wall, near Market Drayton, * Purney Sillitoe, Esq. Pentra Ucha Hall, 2½ miles W. of Kinnerley, Frederick Alexander Payne, Esq. Peplow, 7½ miles N.W. of Newport, * George Staveley Hill, Esq.; Captain George Hill, The Hall. Petton Hall, 6 miles S.E. of Ellesmere, * William Sparling, Esq. Pitchford, 7 miles S. of Shrewsbury, * The Right Hon. Earl of Liverpool; Rev. Charles Powell Peters, The Rectory. Pontesbury, 7½ miles S.W. of Shrewsbury, * Rev. Charles Drury; Rev. William Harrison; Rev. William Vaughan; Frederick Jones, Esq., The Hall. Porkington, near Oswestry, William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. Powis Castle, near Welshpool, * The Right Hon. Earl Powis. Pradoe, 5 miles S.E. of Oswestry, * The Hon. Thomas Kenyon. Prees, 5 miles S. of Whitchurch, * Sir Robert Chambre Hill, K.C.B., The Hall; The Ven. Archdeacon Allen, The Vicarage. Prees Gwene House, 2½ miles from St. Martins, Richard Powell, Esq. Preston Gubbals, 4½ miles N. of Shrewsbury, Rev. William Stevens. Preston Montford, 4 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Miss Wingfield, The Cottage; Mrs. Wingfield, The Hall. Priors Lee Hall, near Shiffnal, John Horton, Esq. Quatt, 4½ miles S.E. of Bridgnorth, * Rev. Edmund Carr, The Rectory. Quatford, 1½ mile S. of Bridgnorth, John Smalman, Esq., The Castle; John Clayton, Esq., The House; John Sing, Esq., The Hall; Stephen Wolryche, Esq., The Villa. Quarry Place, near Shrewsbury, * John Thomas Smitheman Edwards, Esq. Quinta, 3 miles W. of Saint Martins, Rowland Jones Venables, Esq. Rednal, near West Felton, William Mostyn Owen, Esq. Reilth, near Mainstone, Richard Sankey, Esq. Rossal, 3 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Dowager Countess Fielding. Rowton Castle, 7 miles W. of Shrewsbury, Henry Lyster, Esq. Rudge Hall, 8 miles S.W. by S. of Bridgnorth, Thomas Boycott, Esq., The Hall; Rev. W. G. Greenstreet, The Vicarage. Ruyton, 10 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Rev. George Evans; Rev. Leonard Slater. Ryton, 3½ miles S.E. by S. of Shiffnal, Rev. Robert William Eyton, The Rectory. Saint Martins, 5 miles N.E. of Oswestry, Rev. William Hurst, The Vicarage. Sandford, 5½ miles N.E. of Wem, * Thomas Hugh Sandford, Esq. Sansaw Hall, 4 miles S.E. of Wem, Captain Martin. Selattyn, 3 miles N.N.W. of Oswestry, Rev. Gerald Carew, Pentre Pant Hall; Rev. Albany Rosendale Lloyd, The Rectory; William Williams Edward Wynne, Esq., Sion House. Shavington Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Drayton, The Right Hon. Earl of Kilmorey. Shawbury, 6 miles S.S.E. of Wem, Rev. W. S. Marvin, The Vicarage. Shineton, 2¾ miles N.N.W. of Much Wenlock, Rev. Henry Bagnall, The Rectory. Shipton Hall, 7 miles S.W. of Much Wenlock, * Thomas Mytton, Esq. Sibdon Castle, 8 miles S.S.E. of Bishop’s Castle, James Baxter, Esq. Sion, near Oswestry, William Williams Edward Wynne, Esq. Shiffnal, 7½ miles S. of Newport, Mrs. Botfield, Decker Hill Hall; Rev. John Brooke, Haughton Hall; Rev. Townshend Brooke, Idsal Vicarage; William Cope, Esq., Park House; John Eyke Esq., Stanton House; Michael Goodall, Esq., Evileth; Rev. T. O. Durant, Evileth Hall; William Henry Slaney, Esq., Hatton Grange. Smethcott, 5½ miles N. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Robert Joseph Buddicom, The Rectory. Stanage Park, near Ludlow, * Edward Rogers, Esq. Stanton-upon-Hine-Heath, 5 miles S.E. of Wem, Rev. James Thomas Holloway, D.D., The Vicarage; Thomas Faulkner Wood, Esq., The Woodlands. Stapleton, 5½ miles S.W. by S. of Shrewsbury, The Hon. and Rev. E. R. B. Fielding. Stirchley, 5 miles S.E. of Wellington, Rev. Hugo Moreton Phillips, The Rectory. Stockton, 4½ miles N. of Bridgnorth, Rev. Charles Blaney Cavendish Whitmore; Wm. Hazledine Austin, Esq., South Lodge; Richard S. Darby, Esq., Crow Greaves. Stoke Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Burford, Philip Henry Williams, Esq. Stoke-upon-Tern, 4½ miles S.W. of Drayton, Rev. John Gladstone, The Rectory. Stottesden, 8 miles S.W. by S. of Bridgnorth, Rev. Charles John Maddison, The Vicarage. Styche, 2½ miles N.W. of Market Drayton, Henry B. Clive, Esq., M.P., The Hall. Sundorne Castle, 3 miles N.E. of Shrewsbury, * Andrew William Corbet, Esq. Sutton Hall, 4½ miles S.E. of Oswestry, Geo. Dawes Brittain, Esq.; Jas. Hargreaves, Esq. Sutton, 5 miles N.E. by N. of Ludlow, Charles Powell, Esq. Sweeney Hall, 2 miles S. of Oswestry, * Rev. John Parker; Mrs. Parker. Tedsmere Hall, near West Felton, Thomas B. B. Owen, Esq. Tern House, 2 miles S.E. of High Ercall, Thomas Jukes, Esq. Terrick Hall, near Whitchurch, William Halstead Poole, Esq. Tilstock, 2½ miles S. of Whitchurch, Rev. Wm. Renton, Rectory; Danl. Kempster, Ivy House. Tong Castle, 3 miles E. of Shiffnal, G. C. S. Durant, Esq., Rev. G. S. Harding, The Rectory. Trefarclawdd House, 2½ miles S.W. by S. of Oswestry, John Croxon, Esq. Trefonen, 4 miles S.W. of Oswestry, Rev. Daniel Lloyd. Tunstall Hall, near Market Drayton, * Peter Broughton, Esq. Tyn-y-Rhos, 4 miles W.W. by N. of St. Martin’s, Rev. John Crozon Phillips. Uffington, 3 miles N.E. by E. of Shrewsbury, * Rev. John Oliver Hopkins. Uppington, 7 miles S.E. by E. of Shrewsbury, S. H. Ashdown, Esq.; Chas. Stanier, Esq. Upton Magna, 4 miles E. of Shrewsbury, Miss Arabella Pigott, The Cottage. Vineyard The, near Wellington, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Esq. Walcott Hall, 4 miles S. of Bishop’s Castle, The Right Honourable Earl of Powis. Walford Manor, 6½ miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, * Robert Aglionby Slaney, Esq. Wallop Hall, near Westbury, * John Michael Severne, Esq. Westbury, 9 miles S.W. by S. of Shrewsbury, Joseph Dickinson, Esq.; Rev. Wm. Cureton. Welsh Hampton, 2¾ miles N.E. by E. of Ellesmere, Rev. George S. Master, The Rectory. Wellington, 8 miles S.W. of Newport, Rev. Benjamin Banning, The Vicarage; Rev. Charles Campe; William Wyley, Esq., Dothill Park. (See also directory). Wem, 11 miles N. of Shrewsbury. John Henry Barker, Esq.; Thomas Dickin Brown, Esq.; Roger Spencer Dickin, Esq.; Rev. J. W. D. Merest, The Rectory; Sir John Beckerton Williams, Knt., The Hall; Charles Oldham, Esq.; J. H. Walford, Esq. West Felton, 13 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Thomas Hunt; Rev. Peter Geo. Bentley. Whitchurch, 20 miles N. of Shrewsbury, Thomas Burgess, Esq.; Rev. William Henry Egerton, The Rectory; Sir John Hanmer, Bart., Bettisfield Hall; Richard Parry Jones, Esq.; Robert Darwin Vaughan, Esq. Whittington, 2½ miles N.E. by E. of Oswestry, Rev. Charles Arthur Albany Lloyd, The Rectory; Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq., Park Hall. Whitton, 9½ miles S.W. by W. of Shrewsbury, * Rev. Charles Leicester. Whixall, 4 miles N. of Wem, Rev. John Evans, The Rectory. Willey Park, 3 miles E. of Much Wenlock, the Right Honourable Lord Forester. Winsley Hall, near Westbury, John Phillips, Esq. Withington, 5½ miles E. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Corbet Browne, The Rectory; Rann Dolphin Edwards, Esq. Woodcote, 3 miles S.E. by S. of Newport, * John Cotes, Esq. Wood Hill, 4 miles S.W. by W. of Shrewsbury, Lazarus Jones Venables, Esq. Woodhouses, 2½ miles S.E. of Whitchurch, James Goulbourn Etches, Esq. Woodlands, 3 miles S.S.W. of Bridgnorth, Thomas Whitmore Wylde Browne, Esq. Worfield, 3½ miles N.E. by E. of Bridgnorth, Rev. Cornelius Broadbent, The Rectory; Captain Brazier, Bradney; John Bach, Esq., Chesterton; George Smith Dorset, Esq., Hilton House; Thomas Wilson, Esq., Stanlow; Joseph Parkes, Esq., Wyken. Worthen, 9 miles N.E. of Montgomery, * Rev. Charles Awdry. Wrockwardine, 2½ miles W. of Wellington, Miss Anne Maria Cludde, The Hall; Mrs. Cludde, Orleton Hall; Rev. George L. Yate, The Vicarage. Wroxeter, 5¾ miles S.E. by S. of Shrewsbury, Rev. Edward Egremont, The Vicarage; Wm. Henry Oatley, Esq.; Edward Stanier, Esq., The Hall. Yockleton, 2 miles N.E. of Westbury, Thomas Nicholls, Esq., The Hall. Yorton Villa, near Broughton, Rev. William Jeudwine. ERRATA. {32} Page 145, fourth line from top, for R. R. Slaney, Esq., M.P., read R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P. Page 172, sixteen lines from bottom, for two trains read ten trains. Page 251, eleventh line from top, for Maxton read Marton. Page 329, seventeenth line from top, for excelent read excellent. Page 337, sixth line from top, for in the year 1804 read 1404. Page 346, tenth line from top, for Breveton read Brereton. Page 365, twenty-ninth line from top, for Buxton read Burton. Page 372, fourth line from top, for exort read extort. Page 445, fifth line from bottom, for Nowell read Noel. Page 491, twenty-fourth line from top, for Kingleford read Ringleford. Page 500, sixteenth line from top, for Burner read Burnel. HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. SHREWSBURY is a market town, and borough corporate and parliamentary, situate 153 miles N.W. of London, 40 miles S. from Chester, 40 miles W. from Lichfield, 44 miles W.N.W. from Birmingham, 53 miles N. from Hereford, 58 miles S. from Liverpool, 109 miles N. from Bristol, and 108 miles S.E. from Holyhead. The town stands nearly in the centre of the county of which it is the capital, and occupies two hills of gentle ascent, which gradually rise from the bed of the river Severn, whose stream gracefully bends its course around three sides of the town; thus forming a peninsula, having a narrow isthmus, not more than three hundred yards across, to the north east. Shrewsbury covers nearly the whole peninsula, excepting a narrow margin of meadow and garden grounds, which runs between the walls and the river. It has gradually extended beyond the boundaries of the river, forming the populous suburbs of Abbey Foregate and Coleham on the east, Frankwell on the west, and Castle Foregate, beyond the neck of the isthmus, stretching towards the north. The bold situation of the town, rising amidst a vast plain, backed with mountains—the frowning castle—the elegant towers and tapering spires of the churches—the noble bridges, and picturesque buildings, produce, altogether, a scene of singular beauty and grandeur. The delightful prospects from every side of the town, over a rich and finely wooded country, adorned by the meanderings of the Severn, are surpassed by none, and equalled but by few other towns of our island. The streets, in common with those of almost all our old towns, are irregularly disposed, some of them steep and narrow, and indifferently paved. In this respect, however, considerable improvements have been made in some of the principal thoroughfares. Many of the houses have the characteristics of high antiquity impressed upon them; and the domestic architecture of former days, with projecting gables, is often intermixed with that of modern erection, and of elegant appearance. The close wooden-built alley, called a “shutt” in the provincial dialect of the place, is everywhere seen connecting the principal streets with each other. Although the gravelly banks on which the town stands afford a fall in every direction, by which it might easily be kept from filth and damp, yet the peculiarly pleasant situation was for a long period but little regarded. Many important alterations have, however, been made under the provisions of an Act of Parliament obtained in 1821, for removing obstructions, watching, lighting, and the general improvement of the town; the powers of which are vested in trustees, who must be persons occupying property rated at £50 per annum, or worth £2,000. The streets are now lighted with gas, and the town is supplied with an abundance of excellent water. Its elevated situation, the natural dryness of the soil, and its pure water, contribute, doubtless, to the salubrity for which it is so remarkable. Speed quaintly observes:—“Wholsom is the aire, delectable and goode, yeelding the springe, and the autumne, seed time and harveste, in a temperate condition, and affoordeth health to the inhabitants in all seasons of the yeere.” The ancient Britons gave the place the name of _Pengwern_, the Saxons, _Scrobbes-byrig_; both of which imply a fenced eminence planted with shrubs. The poet and antiquary, Leland, thus beautifully accounts for its name:— Built on a hill, fair Salop greets the eye, While Severn forms a crescent gliding by; Two bridges cross the navigable stream, And British alders gave the town a name. At the census in 1801, the borough of Shrewsbury contained a population of 14,739 souls. In 1841 there were 18,285 souls; of whom 8,444 were males, and 9,841 females. Of the former, 3,589, and of the latter, 3,803 were under the age of twenty years. Of the entire population, 14,341 persons were born in this county, and 3,944 elsewhere. At the same period, there were 3,727 inhabited houses, 342 uninhabited, and 23 building. Shrewsbury is supposed to have been built by the Britons, between the years 520 and 594, as a refuge from the Saxons, who levelled their ancient fortress of Wroxeter with the ground, and forced them to retreat beyond the Severn; which river then became the boundary of the kingdom of Mercia, the most considerable of all the kingdoms of the Heptarchy. On this subject, the celebrated historians of Shrewsbury, Messrs. Owen and Blakeway, observe: We conceive that our town was built after the Saxon invasion; but that it owed its foundation to the Britons. We cannot claim any pretensions to the dignity of a Roman station. No vestige of that imperial people has ever been discovered within its circuit. But a few miles lower down the river, at the present village of Wroxeter, was the flourishing town of _Uriconium_; and here, doubtless, after the Romans had finally withdrawn their forces from the island, the Britons continued to occupy the seats deserted by their ancient masters, until they were driven from them by superior force, to the time of which we may approximate within no very wide range of years. We are in possession of the valuable poems of Llywarc Hên,—valuable, notwithstanding their great obscurity, for the few rays of light which they scatter over the darkest period of our history. He was a prince of the Cambrian Britons; who, pressed by the Northumbrian Saxon, retired towards the end of the sixth century to his countrymen in Powis, among whom he is said to have protracted his life to the unusual extent of 145 years, deriving thence the epithet of _hen_ or the _old_. His writings contain several proofs of his acquaintance with the district now called Shropshire. Its streams, Severn, and Morlas, and Tern; its mountains, Digoll, Nescliff, and Digon; its towns, Baschurch, Ercall, Hodnet, all appear in his poems. And when he speaks also of _Pengwern_, and when it is known that this was the Welsh name for Shrewsbury, we need not doubt that he designed by that to mark our town, and consequently that it had then arisen. At the time the Britons abandoned Wroxeter, the situation of Pengwern was one of eminent natural strength. We must not estimate the degree of protection imparted to the place by the Severn from our ideas by the condition of the river in the present advanced state of cultivation. Whenever any country is thinly inhabited, trees and shrubs spring up in the uncultivated fields, and, spreading by degrees, form large forests, which, confining the exhalations of the soil and obstructing the course of streams, cause the rivers to overflow and stagnate into lakes and marshes. The Severn, on the eastern side of Shrewsbury, formerly ran in five channels, and spread into a marshy lake from the foot of Wyle Cop as far as the site of the Abbey. Thus the fugitives were protected by the deep bed of the river, its sinuous windings, and the morasses of its banks, where they might shroud themselves in the underwood which hid the foot, and the thickets which crowned the summit of the lofty and peninsular knoll now covered by the capital of Shropshire. How long the fugitives remained in possession of their new seat it is vain to enquire. But they were followed hither by the Saxons, who reduced the place to ashes, and the elegy of Llywarc calls upon the maidens of Pengwern “To quit their dwellings, and behold the habitation of Cynddylan, the royal palace of Pengwern, wrapped in flames.” The importance of the peninsular situation of Pengwern could not long remain without an occupant; and a few years after its destruction under Cynddylan, we find it inhabited by a king of Powis, the capital of his kingdom, and even ranking among the twenty-eight cities of Britain. The kingdom of Powis at this time comprised the south-western parts of the counties of Cheshire, Flint, and Denbigh, the whole of Montgomeryshire, with portions of the counties of Radnor, Brecon, and the adjoining parts of Shropshire, as far as the river Severn. Of the state of the town, under its native princes, we possess no information. The arts of civil life, which the Britons had cultivated under their Roman masters, had totally disappeared in the course of three centuries of uninterrupted warfare. A ditch, or a rude rampart of unhewn logs, inclosing a few hovels for the residence of the prince and the offices of religion, some wattled huts, with a fold or two for sheep and cattle, probably composed the whole of Pengwern Powis. On the invasion of the Saxons, the new possessors gave it the appellation of _Scrobbes-byrig_—a fenced eminence, but overgrown with shrubs. King Ethelred, in the year 1006, kept his court at Shrewsbury; and in 1016 the inhabitants revolted to the Danish chief, Canute. They were afterwards compelled to return to their allegiance, and were severely punished for their defection by Prince Edmund, son of Ethelred. Alphelm, a prince of the blood, having been invited by Edric, duke of Mercia, and son-in-law to Ethelred, to a banquet at Shrewsbury, and afterwards to a hunting party, was treacherously murdered during the chase by one Godwin, a butcher of the town, whom Edric had hired for the purpose. This circumstance probably gave rise to a custom prevalent during the reign of Edward the Confessor, of twelve of the principal persons keeping guard over the king’s person when he came down to Shrewsbury, and the same number attending him whenever he went out a hunting. In this reign Shrewsbury had two hundred and fifty-two houses, besides the mint, which was under the direction of three officers, who were compelled to pay into the royal treasury twenty shillings at the end of every fifteen days, while the money was current. After the Norman conquest, Owen Gwynedd, Prince of Wales, laid siege to Shrewsbury; but William the Conqueror, who had just returned from a visit to his native country, in order to quell the rising tumults which everywhere began to threaten his British dominions, soon raised the siege, and punished the English chiefs, while he took ample vengeance on the Welsh. In this reign, Roger de Montgomery, the relation and favourite of the Conqueror, was created Earl of Shrewsbury, Arundle, and Chichester, and had a grant of nearly the whole of the county of Shropshire, besides a hundred and fifty manors or lordships in other parts of the kingdom. In one of the deeds transferring these manorial grants, Roger styles himself _Rogerius_, _Dei gratia_, _Scrobesburiensis Comes_—Roger, by the grace of God, Earl of Shrewsbury. At the Doomsday survey, 1086, Shrewsbury is styled a city, and the Abbey is said to have been founded where the parish church of the city stood. This book also contains a summary of several municipal laws, customs, and usages, for the internal regulation of the place, and for increasing the king’s revenues. The amount of taxes at this period was £20, of which the king had two-thirds and the sheriff one, Hugh de Montgomery, who had succeeded his father Roger in the earldom of Shrewsbury, having been shot by an arrow from the skilful hand of Magnus, King of Norway, was succeeded by his brother, Robert de Belesme. Earl Robert united with the party who opposed the pretensions of Prince Henry, son of William Rufus, and espoused the claims of Robert, Duke of Normandy. He afterwards broke out into open rebellion, strengthened his castles in Shropshire, and at Shrewsbury built and fortified a flank wall, from each side of the castle across the isthmus, down to the side of the Severn. Upon this, the earl was publicly declared a traitor, and King Henry marched against him with a considerable force. The surrender of Bridgnorth to Henry induced the earl to quit Shrewsbury, and to commit its defence to three generals and eighty soldiers hired expressly for the purpose. With the assistance of a few Welsh, with whom he had made peace, he frequently disturbed the royal forces, till, being much harassed, he was compelled to return to Shrewsbury. Soon afterwards, the town was surrounded with an army of 60,000 men; and Robert de Belesme had scarcely seated himself in the castle, when the king demanded the immediate surrender of the place, threatening, in case of refusal, in three days to besiege the town, and hang every one found in the castle. The earl, perceiving that he had no forces to withstand the attack of the king, confessed his treason, implored the royal clemency, and sent the keys of the castle by the hands of Ralph, Abbot of Seez, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, which the king accepted, and banished the restless earl to Normandy. The spirit of revenge and ambition, however, rekindled in his breast, and he contrived once more to appear in arms against Henry; but was at length taken prisoner, and ignominously conveyed in chains to England, where he ended a miserable life a close prisoner at Wareham. In 1139, William Fitz Allan, a powerful baron, was governor of the town and sheriff of the county. During the wars between Stephen and the Empress Maude, this baron espoused the cause of the empress, and with several noblemen opposed the forces of the king. He left the castle, which he had strongly fortified, under the command of a deputy governor, whom he compelled to swear never to deliver his trust to the king. This, however, did not prevent the monarch from taking the castle: after which the king hanged several of the garrison for their contumacy. In 1260 the English army rendezvoused at Shrewsbury, and shortly after the town and castle fell once more into the hands of the rebels. They soon after reverted to their former owners, and the government of the town and castle was conferred by the king on his eldest son Edward. In 1277 the Courts of Exchequer and King’s Bench, during the reign of Edward I., were removed to Shrewsbury, in which place they appear to have been held at least for some months. David, Prince of Wales, the last of the princes of the ancient Britons, having at length become a prisoner in the hands of Edward, in 1283, was sent in chains to Shrewsbury. A writ having been issued for assembling the parliament on September 30th at this place, for the express purpose of taking into consideration the measures necessary to be adopted with respect to this rebellious prince. This is remarkable, as “_the first national convention in which the commons had any share by legal authority_.” Twenty cities and towns, Shrewsbury being one, were directed to send two deputies, and every high sheriff to send two knights. The parliament met in the chapter house, or refectory of the abbey, where David was condemned to be drawn about the town at the tail of a horse, then hanged, afterwards quartered, his bowels burnt, his four quarters sent to York, Bristol, Northampton, and Winchester, and his head fixed near that of his brother Llewelyn, on the Tower of London. Thus, with the death of the last of the ancient British princes, commenced a mode of execution, usually exercised on traitors, disgraceful to humanity, and barbarous in its example. In the 20th of Richard II. the parliament was adjourned from Westminster to Shrewsbury. On the king’s arrival, he gave a sumptuous feast to the peers and commons in the abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul. The parliament was held in the Chapter House, and so numerous were the members and their retinues that Speed calls this “THE GREAT PARLIAMENT.” It was certainly an important one. Chester was on this occasion made a principality, and among the articles of accusation afterwards brought against the king by Henry Bolingbroke were the oppressive laws which it enacted. The next account on record relative to this place is the memorable BATTLE of SHREWSBURY; the skirmishing of which began under the walls of the castle gates, but the principal scene of action was at Battlefield. This engagement between Henry IV. and the Earl of Northumberland, fought on the plains and heaths of Battlefield and Albright Hussey, was one of the most important recorded in English history. The origin of the quarrel was a mandate from the monarch to the earl not to ransom his Scottish prisoners taken at Homedon, which that nobleman deemed an infringement of his rights. The jealous policy of Henry in this proceeding, and his ingratitude for the services which raised him to the throne, roused the indignation of Northumberland, and inflamed the high soul of his son, Lord Henry Percy, whose warlike disposition had gained him the characteristic appellation of Hotspur. Thomas, Earl of Worcester, younger brother to Northumberland, participated in their discontents, entered into their views of revenge, and offered his assistance to overthrow the usurper whom they had united to establish. Hotspur, who was the life of the conspiracy, released and made a friend of his valiant rival, Douglas, entered into a correspondence with Glyndwr, and reared the standard of rebellion, around which all his vassals and adherents rallied. He was joined by a powerful army from Scotland, under Earl Douglas and other chiefs, who, impelled by a rooted animosity to the King of England, warmly espoused the cause of the conspirators. Henry, who was apprised of their movements, placed himself at the head of a body of troops, and hurried into Shropshire, having previously ordered his sons, the Prince of Wales and Lord John of Lancaster, and his steady adherent, the Earl of Westmorland, to meet him with reinforcements at Bridgnorth. Aware that every thing depended on celerity of movement, he took possession of Shrewsbury, just as the forces of Lord Percy were preparing to assail it. Owen Glyndwr having mustered a numerous levy of Welshmen at Oswestry, sent off a detachment of 4,000, but, on being apprised of the king’s success, thought proper to suspend the march of his main body. Had the valour of Hotspur been tempered by discretion, he would have paused until the junction of his ally had given him better assurance of success. His army consisted of 14,000 chosen men; but the king’s army is said to have been nearly double that number. Had Glyndwr made good his engagements, the armies would have been about equal. Percy, however, had confidence in his own prowess, and his experience of that of his compeer, Douglas, banished every doubt of victory from his mind. His ardour received a momentary check from the following incident, which strikingly exemplifies the universal superstition of the times:—In preparing for the field, he called for his favourite sword, when he was informed that he had left it at the village of Berwick the preceding night. The name of the place startled him, and heaving a sigh, he exclaimed, “Alas! then, my death is near at hand; for a wizard once told me that I should not live long after I had been at Berwick, which I thought was a town in the north so called. Yet, I will not be cheaply won.” The abbot of Shrewsbury and one of the clerks of the privy seal, were sent by the King to offer pardon to Hotspur if he would lay down his arms, but to no purpose. Percy completed all his military arrangements, and stationed his troops in a field still called the Hateleys—the royal forces occupying ground immediately opposite. A flourish of trumpets, mingling with the contending shouts of “St. George and victory,” and “Esperance Percy,” was the signal of onset, which was answered by a tremendous discharge of arrows from both sides. The Scots, who were too impatient to fight at a distance, rushed with great fury upon the centre of the royal army, and threw it into disorder; but the King hastening with fresh succour rallied his broken troops and recovered their ground. He frequently exposed himself in the thickest of the battle, which indeed he might the more safely do, since he had diminished the chances of personal danger, by investing several of his knights in regal habiliments. Events soon proved the prudence of the stratagem. Percy sought him in every part of the field, and Douglas with equal impetuosity slew three of these mock-monarchs with his own hand. The fight extended from Berwick westward, to the vicinity of Haughmond Abbey in the east, and continued for three hours with various success. The bravery of the King was nobly seconded by the valour of his son, Prince Henry, who that day performed his noviciate in arms, and gave earnest of the future glory of Agincourt. The Scottish champion, seconded by Hotspur, made another furious attack on the royal station—slew the standard bearer, and came within a sword’s point of the king, who fled for his life. In one of these charges Hotspur was shot through the brain by an arrow, and fell gloriously in the midst of his foes. Shortly after his army gave way on all sides, and a total rout ensued. Douglas fled, and being hotly pursued, he was thrown down from his horse while taking a desperate leap on Haughmond-hill, and seized by the enemy. Phillips, the historian, says, “1,600 royalists were slain, and 3,000 wounded; on the side of Percy 6,000 were killed, among whom were Lord Percy and most of the knights and gentlemen of Cheshire; there fell on that day 2,291 men of note.” Henry having put a period to the slaughter, halted to return thanks on the field of battle, and decreed the erection of a collegiate church at Battlefield. The pious gratitude of the victorious monarch but ill accorded with the punishment he subsequently inflicted on the vanquished. The Earl of Worcester, Sir Theobald Trussel, and Sir Richard Vernon, were executed at the high cross of Shrewsbury, and their heads exposed to public view on London bridge. Hotspur’s body, which was found among the slain, was placed between two mill stones, in the market place, after which it was quartered, and hung on the gates of Shrewsbury, and other places in the kingdom. The King released Douglas without ransom, because he feared the Scots would avenge the death of a man so dear to them, and from similar motives he afterwards accepted the submission of Northumberland. During the contest between the houses of York and Lancaster, which deluged England with blood, almost to the total extinction of her ancient nobility, the town of Shrewsbury espoused the party of the White Rose. In the records of the corporation is preserved a letter from Richard, Duke of York, requesting the burgesses to assist him with men in the enterprise he meditated of removing his rival, Somerset, from power. After his defeat and death at Wakefield, his son Edward, Earl of March, went to Shrewsbury, and obtained in its neighbourhood a powerful levy, which enabled him to revenge his father’s cause, in the great victory of Mortimer’s Cross. He was shortly after proclaimed king. The attachment of the inhabitants, and the great strength of the town, induced him to choose it as the asylum for his queen during the subsequent vicissitudes of the war. Whilst she resided here she had two sons, Richard and George Plantagenet; the latter died young, and the former, with his elder brother, Prince Edward, was, according to history, murdered in the Tower, at the instigation of their uncle, the Protector. On the usurpation of the crown by Richard III. his agent, the Duke of Buckingham, deserted him and fled into Wales, where he took up arms, and endeavoured to excite a general insurrection against the tyrant whom he had formerly served. Being abandoned by his followers, he fled in disguise into Shropshire, and concealed himself in the house of his steward, who, tempted by the price offered for his apprehension, betrayed him to John Mytton, sheriff of the county. He was immediately taken to Shrewsbury, where, by the king’s peremptory order, and without trial, he was executed on a scaffold erected before the High Cross. The despotisms of Richard soon alienated the hearts of his subjects, and disposed them to receive his rival, the Earl of Richmond, with open arms. That prince, afterwards King Henry VII., landed at Milford Haven in August, 1485, with a force of about 2,000 men. The Welsh, who regarded him as their countryman, flocked to his standard and gave him every assurance of support. Having mustered his army he determined to march for Shrewsbury. On arriving at the Welsh bridge, he found the place in a posture of defence; and on summoning the town he was unexpectedly refused admittance by the head bailiff; a curious conference ensued, of which an account is given in a manuscript belonging to the school library. “The head-bailey Maister Myttoon, being a stout wyse gentilman, on demand being made of entrance, answered, sayinge that he knew no kynge but only kynge Richard, whose lyffetenants he and his fellows were; and before he should entir there, he should go over his belly, meaning thereby, that he should be slayne to the ground, and that he protested vehemently on the othe he had tacken; but on better advice Maister Myttoon permitted the kynge to pass; but to save hys othe, the sayd Myttoon lay along the ground, and his belly upwards, and soe the said erle stepped over hym and saved his othe.” The earl was first proclaimed king on his entrance into Shrewsbury; the inhabitants testifying their joy at his coming, and their vows for his success. He is said to have lodged in a house in the Wyle Cop, three doors below the Lion Inn. In 1488, when quietly established on the throne, he paid a visit to Shrewsbury, in testimony of his gratitude for its services to his cause; and in 1490, he, with his Queen and Prince Arthur, were present at a solemn festival, and attended mass in the collegiate church of St. Chad. Five years after, Henry again visited the town, and was nobly entertained in the castle by the corporation. The spring of the year 1551 was fatally distinguished by the commencement of a dreadful epidemic in this town called the “sweating sickness.” In the year 1642, the ill-fated Charles I. came hither from Nottingham, at the head of his army, which was here amply reinforced and provisioned. The King was joined by Prince Rupert, Prince Charles, and the Duke of York, and many other noblemen and gentlemen of the neighbouring counties. Charles set up a mint here, at which was coined money for his own use, from the voluntary contributions of plate which were sent by the inhabitants and others. The corporation about this time filed a bill in Chancery against Richard Gibbons, late mayor, and Thomas Challoner, schoolmaster, who kept the keys of the free school chest, to recover the sum of £600, which they had surreptitiously taken from the funds of the charity, and lent to his Majesty. It appears the bill was dismissed without any relief, but it took the right honourable the Commissioners of the Great Seal eleven years before they could decide on its rejection. What, however, of justice was wanting to the plaintiffs in this cause was made up in assurances of thankfulness, and gracious promises by the royal receiver, who had given his note of hand, to refund the money whenever it should be called for. Some time after the king’s arrival he summoned the gentlemen and freeholders of the county, and addressed them in the following terms, on a plot of land called the Soldiers’ Piece, now converted into a race course:—“It is some benefit to me, from the insolence and misfortunes which have driven me about, that they have brought me to so good a part of my kingdom, and so faithful a part of my people. I hope neither you nor I shall repent my coming hither; I will do my part that you may not; and of you I was confident before I came. The residence of an army is not usually pleasant to any place, and mine may carry more fear with it, since it may be thought (being robbed and spoiled of all my own, and such terror used to fright and keep all men from supplying me), I must only live upon the aid and relief of my people. But be not afraid, I would to God my poor subjects suffered no more by the insolence and violence of that army raised against me (though they have made themselves wanton even with plenty), than you shall do by mine. And yet I fear I cannot prevent all disorders; I will do my best; and this I promise you, no man shall be a loser by me, if I can help it. I have sent hither for a mint; I will melt down my own plate, and expose all my land to sale or mortgage, that if it be possible, I may not bring the least pressure upon you. In the meantime, I have summoned you hither to do that for me and yourselves, for the maintenance of your religion, and the law of the land (by which you enjoy all that you have) which other men do against me. Do not suffer so good a cause to be lost, for want of supplying me with that, which will be taken from you by those who pursue me with violence. And whilst these ill men sacrifice their money, plate, and utmost industry to destroy, be you no less liberal to preserve. Assure yourselves, if it please God to bless me with success, I shall remember the assistance that every particular man here gives me to his advantage. However, it will hereafter (how furiously soever the minds of men are now possessed) be honour and comfort to you, that with some charge and trouble to yourselves, you did your part to support your king and preserve the kingdom.” During the king’s residence here he kept his court at the Council House. The Princes Rupert and Morris were stationed with the army, which exercised in the fields near the Hall. The king caused the castle gates to be repaired, pulled down many houses near the castle, and brought the water from the Severn up to the gate, by means of a draw bridge. He also built a strong fort at the upper end of Frankwell, in which he planted cannon. Sir Michael Earnley was governor of the castle in 1644, and during the storming of the town by the parliamentary forces had command of the garrison. At this time, Colonel Mytton, a soldier of great valour, was governor of a small garrison at Wem, and general of Cromwell’s army in this county. Having made two unsuccessful attempts, on the night of the 3rd of February, he came with his forces consisting of two hundred and fifty foot, and the same number of horse, and marched towards Shrewsbury, where they arrived about three o’clock on Saturday morning. Eight carpenters went up the river in a little boat, and landed within the enemy’s breast work, under the castle hill on the east side. The sentinels, after some pause fired upon them, but they very soon sawed down so many of the palasades as gave the men a free passage. The first that stormed were forty-two troopers dismounted, with their pistols, and about as many firelocks. They were led on by Mr. Huson, a puritan preacher, Captain Willers, and Lieutenant Benbow; then followed some other musqueteers along the side of the Severn, under the Castle Hill, and entered the town at the Water-lane Gate; after these marched three hundred and fifty infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Rinking. Having entered the streets of the town they marched to the market place, surprised the guard, and put the captain to death; the rest marched to the castle Foregate, which was also soon gained; the guard having basely deserted it. The town being in possession of the parliamentary forces, they let down the draw bridge, near the castle, and the horse immediately entered under the command of Colonel Mytton and Bowyer. It was now about break of day, and the inhabitants were filled with consternation and surprise at beholding the enemy in the very heart of the town, which, on retiring to rest the preceding night, they thought the most secure in the island. About twelve o’clock the castle after a feeble resistance surrendered, on condition that the English part of it should march to Ludlow, but the Irish were delivered up to the conquerors. At the time of the assault the governor, Sir Michael Earnley, was confined by sickness to his bed; but waked by the noise of the tumult, he sprang up at the moment the enemy were rushing into his chamber, and with great courage refused to submit to the conquerors, rejecting all quarter, he wantonly perished, covered more with wounds than with glory. The loss in killed and wounded was inconsiderable; but the prisoners and property seized by the victors was of great importance, for here were taken eight knights and baronets, forty colonels, majors, captains, and others of quality, besides the common soldiers, also fifteen pieces of ordnance, several hundred stand of arms and powder, &c. For these important services the general received the thanks of parliament, and was made governor of the castle. The late lieutenant governor was tried by a court martial at Gloucester, and afterwards hanged, for negligence and cowardice, in suffering the place to be surprised without his having made a suitable resistance. Prince Maurice made his escape before the castle surrendered, but the whole of his magazine fell into the hands of the victors. In the contest between the king and the parliament, Colonel John Benbow, uncle to the celebrated Admiral Benbow, united with the parliament forces; but afterwards deserted his principles, and espoused the cause of the monarch. He distinguished himself by opposing his former associates at the taking of Shrewsbury, for which vacillating conduct he was condemned by the parliament, and shot on the green before the castle, October 15th, 1651. At the same time the parliament in order to strike terror into those who favoured royalty, adjudged the Earl of Derby to suffer at Bolton. Several other gentlemen of the first families in England were also sentenced to death at the same period. An attempt was made to reduce the town to loyal obedience, after the death of the protector Cromwell, but the governor of the castle secured the place in the interest of parliament. At the restoration, notwithstanding the joy which was diffused through the kingdom, it is probable there were some in every county who still sighed for the Commonwealth. The municipal bodies of the realm, terrified by the example of London, made haste to surrender the charters they had received from former monarchs into the hands of the sovereign. The corporation, however, of Shrewsbury stood out for a twelvemonth. At length, on the 13th of June, 1684, it was agreed unanimously, that the charter of the town should be surrendered and yielded up to his majesty, when his pleasure should require it. On the 20th of August, it was “Ordered that the mayor and committee attend the Lord Chief Justice Jones, to discourse him, touching the renewing of the charter, and unanimously agreed, that in the new charter there shall be only twelve aldermen and twenty-four assistants.” The king’s death prevented this instrument from passing the great seal in his name. Within a week after that event, the corporation sent up an address to their new sovereign, expressive of “their joyfulness in his succession, and humbly thanking him for his gracious declaration in preferring the Protestant religion;” no obscure intimation of their wishes on that momentous subject, which engaged all ranks with an intensity of interest difficult to be conceived by the present generation. On the 17th of March, 1684, the corporation received their new charter, in which the king expresses his gracious affection for the melioration of the town of Salop, and hopes that, if the burgesses and inhabitants have more ample liberties and privileges, they will be the better enabled and the more bound to render him the more special service. He grants that the town shall be “a free town of itself, and the burgesses and inhabitants shall be a body corporate, and sue and be sued; that there shall be one good and discreet man of the aldermen of the town who shall be mayor; twelve good and discreet men (the mayor being one) who shall be aldermen; and twenty-four good and discreet men, assistants.” Then follow various other officers, and a clause empowering the corporation to supply vacancies occasioned by death, &c. When James II. made a progress through this part of his dominions, the corporation resolved to expend £200 in entertaining and making a present to the king. They despatched two gentlemen to Gloucester and Worcester for the purpose of ascertaining the manner in which the royal traveller was entertained in those cities. They resolved that the conduits should run with wine on the day of his majesty’s entrance, and that the corporated companies should appear with their drums, colours, flags, and streamers. The king arrived on the 24th of August, and took up his abode at the Council House, where the corporation presented him with a purse of gold containing one hundred guineas. On the following morning, he exercised the gift of healing, by touching several persons for the king’s evil. The king issued a proclamation on the 17th of October for restoring corporations to their ancient charters and franchises, and orders were the same day made in council for removing all corporate officers, who had been put in by the crown since 1679. Richard Mickleston was at this time mayor of Shrewsbury; under the new charter of 1685 he was discharged from his office, and John Hill, Esq., elected in his room, under the charter of 1638. The various “compositions” which the burgesses of Shrewsbury appear to have entered into amongst themselves for the government of this borough, clearly indicate that a large share of power was exercised by “the commons” in its municipal institutions. The liberties and customs of the burgesses or commons were confirmed by the charter of Henry II., and by various others granted before and after the date of the compositions alluded to. But the constitution of the borough was materially altered by a charter of the 14th of Charles I., transferring to a select body the functions previously exercised by the commons. This charter continued to be the governing one till the passing of the new municipal act, in 1835. The corporation by it was appointed to consist of a mayor, twenty-four aldermen, and forty-eight assistants, with an indefinite number of burgesses or freemen, under the style of the “mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the town of Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop,” instead of the “bailiffs and burgesses,” as in the old charter. The ministerial officers named in the charter were, the recorder and his deputy, the steward, town clerk, two coroners, four auditors, two chamberlains, a sword bearer, three serjeants-at-mace, and three serjeants-yeomen. Exclusive jurisdiction in the borough was granted, the magistrates being the mayor and ex-mayor, the bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, the chancellor of the diocese, the recorder, steward, and three senior aldermen. Few of them, however, continued to act. Petty sessions were authorised to be held weekly, quarter sessions for all criminal actions not capital, a weekly court of record for all personal suits to any amount, and for ejectments, and a court leet, with view of frank-pledge. A court of requests was established in the 23rd of George III. for the recovery of debts under 40s., which was held every alternate week. The number of suits in the court in 1839 was 1011. This court has been superseded by the new county court act. Under the new municipal act, the borough is included in schedule A, amongst boroughs to have a commission of the peace, which has accordingly been granted, and the court of quarter sessions and recorder re-appointed; and in section I. of that schedule among those the parliamentary boundaries of which were to be taken till altered by parliament. The limits of the borough extend considerably beyond the ancient boundaries, and now include the whole town and its suburbs. It has been divided into five wards, and appointed to be governed by ten aldermen and thirty councillors under the usual corporate style. The income of the corporation in 1840, was £1903. 10s. 8d. The income for the year ending September 1st, 1850, was £3184. 6s. 9d. of which £515. 11s. 3d. arose from the rental of premises; £1750. 1s. 11d. from the borough rate; and the remainder from miscellaneous sources. The principal items of expenditure for the same period are—police, £832. 1s. 4d.; salaries, £346. 14s.; rent and taxes, £42. 8s.; reparations, £187. 6s. 5d.; turns in the quarry and other annual payments, £267. 19s. 2d.; prosecutions, £217. 19s. 5d.; maintenance and removal of prisoners, £245. 17s. 11d.; expenses at sessions, including fees, &c., £395. 1s. 4d.; inquests and coroners expenses, £72. 4s. 6d. There was also a balance of £265. 0s. 9d. in the treasurer’s hands. Shrewsbury has regularly returned two members to parliament since the reign of Edward I. Previous to the passing of the reform act the franchise was in the burgesses inhabiting within the ancient limits of the borough, paying scot and lot, and not receiving alms or charity. The county assizes, and quarter sessions, are held here; petty sessions are held every Tuesday, and the borough magistrates sit daily. The following is a list of the members of parliament, the corporate body, and the municipal officers of the borough of Shrewsbury for the year 1851:— MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Robert Anglionby Slaney, Esq., and Edward Holmes Baldock, Esq. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. Edward Hughes, Esq., mayor; Joseph Birch, Esq., ex-mayor; Robert Burton, Esq.; Edward Haycock, Esq.; William Henry Perry, Esq.; James Watkins, Esq.; T. G. Gwyn, Esq.; Edward Morris, Esq., John Hazledine, Esq. MAYOR—Edward Hughes, Esq. ALDERMEN—John Thomas Smitheman, Esq.; Edward Haycock, Esq.; William Wyburgh How, Esq.; John Loxdale, Esq.; James Watkins, Esq.; John Bowen, Esq.; Robert Burton, Esq.; Thomas Groves, Esq.; John Legh, Esq.; Charles Lloyd, Esq. COUNCILLORS. _Castle Ward Within_—William James Clement, Joseph Birch, William Henry Perry, Edwin Foulkes, Thomas Hall, Richard Jeffreys Mulckleston. _Castle Ward Without_—James Smith, Thomas Birch, John Bishton Minor, Joseph Chune, Benjamin Birch, James Moore. _Stone Ward Within_—Thomas Campbell Eyton, William Richard Stokes, David Evans, James Burrey, Edward Hughes, Lewis Meredith. _Stone Ward Without_—William Burr, Charles Bowen Teece, John Hazledine, George Harper, Richard Taylor, William Butler Lloyd. _Welsh Ward_—Thomas William Trouncer, Robert Mortimer Healing, Robert Baugh Blakemore, William Onions, Robert Haycock, Henry Keate. _Recorder_, Charles Harwood, Esq. _Coroner_ (_borough_), Henry Keate, Esq. _Town Clerk_, J. J. Peel, Esq. _Clerk of the Peace_, G. Gordon, Esq. _Magistrates’ Clerk_, W. H. Cooper, Esq. _Chief Constable_, Captain Mayne. _Borough Treasurer_, Mr. Henry Pidgeon. _Surveyor_, Mr. Thomas Tisdale. _Governor of the Gaol_, Mr. John Sheppard, _Town Marshall and senior Serjeant_, S. Farlow. _Chief Constable_, William Harper. _Serjeant of Mace_, John Thomas. _Town Crier_, George Rowe. THE BOROUGH POLICE FORCE consists of a chief constable, two superintendents, two inspectors, and thirteen constables. THE COUNTY CONSTABULARY consists of a chief constable, two first class superintendents, four second class superintendents, ten first class constables, and forty second class constables. IN the year 1756, thirty-seven colliers were brought to gaol for rioting and committing outrages in the county, it being a time of scarcity for all kinds of provisions. The trial took place at the spring assizes of the following year. Ten of the rioters were left for execution; but the judge sent his report express to the attorney-general, with an intimation fixed for the day of execution, and the individuals two in number, who, as he deemed it should suffer the sentence of the law. The report having been transmitted to Mr. Pitt, then secretary of state, it lay there untouched, and was never laid before the king. The day of execution arrived, without any reprieve, and Mr. Leek, the deputy sheriff, was advised by several of the principal gentlemen in the town to leave the prisoners to their fate. But he was so much shocked at the thought of executing so large a number, which he was convinced could not be the intention of the judge, that he ventured to postpone the execution, and sent off an express to London, on the return of which he had the satisfaction of finding that his conduct was highly approved of, and still more, the consciousness that he had saved eight lives. The following is part of a letter written to him on the occasion by Lord Chief Justice Willes:—“Till I saw your letter I was under the greatest uneasiness,—for I took it for granted that all the ten rioters had been executed on Saturday last; and, upon my return from the Home Circuit, on Thursday last, I found that by a shameful neglect in one of the secretary of state’s officers, no reprieve had been sent down; and, as it was then too late to send one down, I saw no reason to hope that their execution would be deferred to a longer time. But though, to be sure, you have acted contrary to your duty, you have acted a wise, prudent, and most humane part; and you have not only my thanks, but the thanks of some of the greatest men in the kingdom, for the part you have acted on this occasion.” In a letter from Mr. Leek’s agent in town it is stated, “My Lord Commissioner Willes was so afflicted . . . that it really made him ill; and he did not for two days go into the king’s closet, so much he feared the effect it might have upon the king’s mind, if the affair was communicated to his majesty while it was under that state of uncertainty. Thank God, your prudent and well judged respite has prevented all the uneasiness and mischiefs that might have happened; and I have the pleasure to assure you that no step was ever taken that has given more satisfaction, than this of yours has done. My Lord Commissioner Willes waited this day upon the king with your letter, and has directed me to acquaint you, by his majesty’s orders, that his majesty entirely approves of what you have done.” CHURCHES. ST. MARY’S CHURCH stands in a commanding position in St. Mary’s street, and is one of the most interesting ecclesiastical edifices in the country. This fine structure is cruciform, and consists of nave, side aisles, transept, chancel, two side chapels, and a tower, crowned with a lofty and beautiful spire. In common with most of our early churches there is no opportunity of ascertaining the precise date of its erection; it is said to owe its foundation to Edgar, who, at the suggestion of Archbishop Dunstan, placed in it a dean, seven prebends, and a parish priest, with a stipend of £6. 6s. 8d. per annum. There is, however, every probability that the foundation was antecedent to his reign. In the time of Edward the Confessor, this college possessed a landed estate of about 1300 acres, which it continued to hold at the Domesday survey, but of which it was soon after deprived. From a very early period this church enjoyed the privilege of a royal free chapel, and was therefore exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishops. These privileges formed a frequent ground of contest between the sovereign pontiffs and the kings of England. A particular instance relates to the church now under consideration. About the year 1270, the dean had a dispute with the Abbot of Salop, touching the right of presentation to the Church of Fittes, or as it was then written, Fitesho, to which one Robert de Acton had been instituted by the Bishop of Lichfield, and forcibly ejected by the dean. Acton, being a crusader, was under the especial protection of the pope, whose officer called “the Executor of the Cross,” sent an order to the Abbot of Shrewsbury to restore the incumbent to his benefice. This being done the king’s attorney-general filed an information against the abbot, requiring him to answer ‘whereof he exercised jurisdiction in the Chapel of Fitesho,’ appertaining to the King’s Free Chapel of St. Mary, of Salop, which is exempt, so that neither our lord “the pope, nor any other ecclesiastical judge hath jurisdiction therein.” Judgment passed against the abbot, and he was sentenced to pay damages to the king and to suffer imprisonment. The Dean of St. Mary’s, had, from time immemorial, the power of collecting and paying into the king’s exchequer, the tenths or other subsidies arising from the deanery and prebends. Edward the first confirmed this privilege; and his grandson, in the eighteenth year of his reign, recognized by directing the sheriffs of Salop and Hereford not to enter the jurisdiction of the royal chapel, or to levy a distress on the possessions thereof, for any subsidies or tenths, unless the dean should neglect to make a due return. At the dissolution of collegiate churches 1. of Edward VI., the revenues which consisted chiefly of tithe, amounted to £42, the greatest portion of which was granted by that monarch towards the endowment of the Free Schools. According to Leland it had a dean and nine poor prebendaries, also vicars choral, two chauntry priests, a parish priest, and a clerk or assistant. The peculiar jurisdiction of the Royal Free Chapel remained till the recent act of parliament restored it to the bishop of the diocese, and was held in lease at an annual rent of £1. 6s. 8d., of the corporation to whom Queen Elizabeth granted it by charter, dated 23rd May, 1571. The usual style of the minister was “ordinary and official, principal of the peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of the Free Royal Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” In his courts wills were proved, letters of administration were granted, and all ecclesiastical matters, arising within the parish and its subordinate chapelries, adjudicated. In 1632, King Charles I., during his residence at the council house, attended divine service here, received the sacraments, and made solemn protestations of his fidelity to the principles of the reformed religion. This venerable edifice exhibits various styles of architecture: the Anglo-Norman of the 12th century in the basement of the nave and most of the doors; the lancet style of the 13th century, in the chancel and transept, and the obtuse arch of the 15th century in the side aisles and chapels. The basement of the tower is of red sand stone, and the upper portion of grey, and in the Anglo-Norman and early pointed styles of architecture. The dimensions of the church are—length from east to west 160 feet—breadth of nave and side aisles 53 feet—transept 90 feet, and height of tower and steeple 223 feet; the height of the steeple from the bed of the river 300 feet. The beautifully proportioned octagonal spire which rises from a tower of noble proportions, is a conspicuous ornament to the town, and is seen from the adjacent country to a considerable distance. The nave and side aisles externally, in the pointed style of the 15th century, are of the Grinshill free stone, and entered on the north and south-west by beautiful semi-circular arches, adorned with chevron, lozenged and foliated mouldings; the south-west porch is in the Anglo-Norman style, having zigzag mouldings, issuing from clustered columns, with foliated capitals. On each side is a small pointed window, exhibiting specimens of the earliest rudiments of the millioned Gothic architecture, in which has lately been placed some highly interesting painted glass, of German execution, on which are depicted various incidents, chiefly from the Apocrypha. A stone porch, entered by a pointed arch, had recently been erected before the corresponding door on the north side. The interior of this venerable edifice is spacious, lofty, and strikingly noble; the nave is separated from the side aisles by four semicircular arches, resting on elegant clustered columns, with foliated capitals of varied and beautiful designs. Above is a clerestory, which is continued along the walls of the chancel, lighted by a short double window, bluntly pointed and bisected by single mullions. The ceiling of the nave is of panelled oak, richly studded with elegant and exquisitely carved pendants and foliated bosses, and merits attention not only on account of its elaborate workmanship, but as being one of the richest and most highly preserved specimens of its kind now in existence. A lofty pointed arch, including in its span the entire breadth of the nave, rises from richly clustered piers, with foliated capitals, and divides the nave from the ancient choir. Eastward is a similar arch of like dimensions, springing from the same pier. From these, the wings of the transept, corresponding in size, branch off to the north and south. At each extremity of the transept is a fine triple lancet window, highly enriched with slender shafts, foliated capitals, and delicate mouldings, filled with beautiful stained glass, illustrative of Scripture history; the most prominent figures are those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Apostles and Evangelists, and an escutcheon of the arms of George III., executed by Mr. David Evans, of Shrewsbury. The chancel is elevated above the rest of the church. The ceiling, like that of the transept, is excellently painted, and adorned with some of the rich fret work removed from the wreck of the churches of St. Chad and St. Alkmund. On the north side of the altar is a beautiful triple lancet window, with arches remarkably acute, resting on two insulated columns, with capitals adorned with foliage. This window contains some fine stained glass, representing the history of the life of St. Bernard. The great east window occupies the whole extremity of the chancel, and exhibits the debased style of English architecture of the Elizabethan era. In this window is the curious and beautiful ancient stained glass which filled the window of the old St. Chad’s church, prior to its demolition, and which was presented to this church in 1791. The subject is the genealogy of Christ from the root of Jesse. Jesse is represented reclining in sleep, from his loins spring a vine, which overspreads the whole window, enclosed in his branches the several kings, his descendants—the series of which is finished by the husband of the Virgin Mary in a devotional posture at the feet of his progenitor. Many of the figures are depicted with their peculiar emblems, the ground of the whole is exquisitely beautiful, and the clusters of grapes, and the bright verdure of the vine leaves, are displayed with great effect. Underneath is an inscription requesting our prayers for “Mons. John de Charlton, and Dame Hawis, his companion,” from which, and from the armorial bearings, we learn that this beautiful piece of ancient art was set up by the great Sir John de Charlton, lord of Powis, and must have been executed about the middle of the fourteenth century. It has been conjectured the glass was presented to the grey friars of this town, to which religious house Sir John and his wife were great benefactors, and that it was removed to St. Chad’s at the dissolution. This is a singular circumstance of so fragile a material surviving the destruction of two vast and substantial edifices. Within the last few years the window has been judiciously restored. The organ is a powerful and fine toned instrument, erected by Harris and Byfield, in 1729. By the munificence of the present incumbent, the west end has been enriched by an elegant organ screen of the most elaborate workmanship, executed by Mr. John Carline. On the south side of the chancel is the Trinity or “Leybourne chapel,” which communicates with the south transept by a fine Norman arch, and with the chancel with an arch in the pointed style. It is said to have been founded about the year 1300, by one of the Leybournes, of Berwick, as a place of sepulture for the family, and was subsequently enlarged into its present form by the Draper’s company. In the south east wall are three stone sedilia, with canopied arches, and near the north east wall is an altar tomb (probably of Simon de Leybourne, lord of Berwick, who died between 1300 and 1315), the sides of which are adorned with canopied niches formerly containing figures; and on the tomb reclines a figure of a knight cross-legged, and in chain armour. In this tomb the headless corpse of Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, and beheaded, is believed to have been interred. Underneath the south window is a neatly executed gothic monument in memory of Heathcoate Wigram, of Woodhouse, in the county of Essex; he was a pupil to the Royal Free Grammar School, of this town, and was drowned whilst bathing in the Severn, on September 1st, 1838, aged 14 years. The monument was erected by the masters and pupils in memory of him whom they loved and lamented. Against the east wall are monuments to John Jendine, Esq., and Thomas Sutton, Esq., and between them is the statue of Bishop Butler, erected by his pupils at the cost of eight hundred guineas. The figure is full length, sitting in an easy and graceful position, clothed in the episcopal robes; the right hand hanging over the chair, and the left hand supporting the head, which is leaning in thought. The figure is of the purest statuary marble, and the pedestal which supports the statue of dove coloured marble from the Clee Hill; it was sculptured by F. H. Baily, Esq., R.A. On the north side of the chancel is the vestry, recently erected in the Norman style, the windows of which are ornamented with antique German and Flemish glass; immediately adjoining is the chauntry chapel of St. Catherine; these windows are also beautified with stained glass, illustrating various portions of Scripture history. This chapel is now used as a baptistry, and the ancient stone font, which is beautifully carved, stands in the centre, on a rich pavement of encaustic tile. An alabaster slab, against the north wall, engraved with figures of a warrior and a lady, commemorates Nicholas Stafford, Esq., and Catherine, his wife, who died in 1643. A white marble monument, recently erected by subscription, over the door leading into the vestry, remembers the brave admiral Benbow, a native of the parish. It represents an obtuse pyramid of black marble, against which leans an oval medallion bust of the admiral, surrounded with anchors, flags, and cannon, and below a delicately sculptured representation in bas relief of a naval fight. In the north transept is placed a most beautiful free stone monument to the late Rev. J. B. Blakeway, which for elegance of design, and beauty of execution, has rarely been surpassed in modern times; it is upwards of 12 feet in length and 16 feet in height, and is divided into three compartments by clustered buttresses, which sustain richly crocheted pinnacles. The centre compartment comprises a large pointed arch canopied and crocheted, the back of which is deeply recessed, and contains the following inscription in ornamental Roman capitals:— To the Memory of the Reverend JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A., F.A.S., Thirty-one years ordinary and official, And thirty-two years Minister of this Parish. This Monument is erected By the voluntary subscription of his parishioners, As a tribute of respect for his talents, Esteem for his virtues, And gratitude for his long and faithful services, As their friend and pastor. He died the tenth day of March, MDCCCXXVI, Aged sixty years. As a preacher, Mr. Blakeway was admired for his forcible illustration of Holy writ, and the valuable admonitions which his discourses generally contained. As an author he was known to the world by the publication of several sermons, and controversial tracts; and as an historian his name will be immortalized in the elaborate History of Shrewsbury, which he commenced in 1820, in conjunction with the venerable Archdeacon Owen, and just lived to see the general history and ecclesiastical portions published in two quarto volumes. There are other memorials, exquisite specimens of monumental skill, unrivalled in elegance of design and richness of execution, in various parts of the same edifice, which our limits will not allow us to notice. On the exterior wall of the tower are the following quaint verses to the memory of Robert Cadman, who, on February 2nd, 1793, lost his life in an attempt to descend from the top of the spire of St. Mary’s along a rope which he had fixed to its highest part, and extended to a field on the opposite side of the river. In the midst of his passage the rope broke, as he was passing over St. Mary’s Friars, and he fell lifeless on the ice-bound earth:— Let this small monument record the name Of Cadman, and to future times proclaim, How from a bold attempt to fly from this high spire, Across the Sabrine stream he did acquire His fatal end! ’Twas not for want of skill, Or courage, to perform the task, he fell; No, no, a faulty cord, being drawn too tight Hurried his soul on high to take his flight, Which hid the body here beneath; good night. The patronage of St. Mary’s church is vested in five trustees, the living is returned at £312, and is enjoyed by the Rev. W. G. Rowland; the Rev. V. B. Johnstone and T. G. Galway are the curates. ST. CHAD’S CHURCH.—The old collegiate church of St. Chad, of which only a small part, called the Lady Chapel, is standing, occupies the eminence between College Hill and Belmont. The collegiate establishment consisted of a dean, ten secular canons, and two vicars choral; and was founded soon after the subjugation of Pengwern, in the 8th century, by Offa, King of Mercia, who, as tradition states, converted the palace of the kings of Powis into his first church. In the time of Edward the Confessor, this church held twelve hides of land, which it retained at the Domesday survey. Subsequently other considerable possessions were acquired by the college, so that at the dissolution the yearly revenues amounted to £49. 13s. The college was dissolved in the 2nd Edward IV., and the crown leased the collegiate property for a term of twenty-one years, and a few years afterwards it was appropriated to the Free School of Shrewsbury, in which it is now vested. Respecting the various changes which this ancient edifice must have undergone during a period of nearly 1,000 years, few notices have been preserved. In the year 1393, a considerable part of it was consumed by fire, occasioned by the carelessness of a plumber, who, alarmed at the conflagration, endeavoured to escape over the ford of the Severn, and was drowned. The damage was so extensive, that the inhabitants of the town obtained from Richard II. a remission of certain taxes to enable them to rebuild it. In this church, at a very early period, the doctrines of the Reformation were promulgated. William Thorpe, a priest, obtained leave in the year 1407 to deliver a sermon before the principal inhabitants. On this occasion he boldly exposed the corruptions of the Romish church, in consequence of which the bailiffs of the town preferred charges of heresy and sedition against him to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who brought him to trial. In his examination, he candidly admitted the charges laid against him, but adhered to his opinions with manly and unshrinking steadiness, when he was remanded to prison; but of his subsequent fate we possess no account. The progress of the Reformation effected a wonderful change in the minds of men. In the 1st of Edward VI. the bailiffs of Shrewsbury, whose predecessors had denounced one of its boldest champions as a heretic, ordered the pictures and superstitious ornaments of St. Chad’s to be publicly burnt; and in the 26th of Elizabeth, the service of the Church of England was solemnly established there. The old church was a majestic edifice, and from its situation, on a commanding eminence, presented from a distance a cathedral-like appearance. It was cruciform, with a central tower, and chiefly in the Anglo-Norman and lancet styles of architecture, with subsequent additions, having the characteristics of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The misfortune which befel this venerable edifice in 1788 is a striking proof of the mischiefs occasioned by the interment of the dead in the interior of places of worship. Early in the year, one of the four pillars, which supported the tower in the centre of the church, shrunk in so alarming a manner as to endanger the safety of the fabric. An architect of the town advised that the whole tower should be taken down, but the parish vestry, rejecting this advice, employed a mason in the rash attempt of underbuilding the pillar. The second morning after the work had commenced, July 9th, when the clock had struck four, the decayed pillar gave way, the tower was instantly rent asunder, and falling with its heavy peal of bells on the roof of the nave and transepts, sunk, with a great part of the building, in one tremendous crash to the ground. The ruins, on the following day, presented an awful spectacle; and pews, pulpit, organ, monuments, and bells, were seen broken and dispersed in a thousand forms. Among the rubbish were found pieces of Saxon sculpture, which had probably belonged to the ancient church, and had been used in the repairs after the calamitous fire which happened in 1393. Any attempt at rebuilding the edifice being now deemed inadvisable, the remaining fragments were taken down, except the Lady Chancel, to prevent further mischief. The fine stained glass of the west window having fortunately escaped destruction, was carefully preserved, and afterwards placed in the chancel of St. Mary’s church. The figure of St. Chad, in his episcopal vestments, which stood on the summit of the organ, was also preserved, and is now placed in the vestry of the new church. Such funeral monuments as could be rescued from the ruins, were placed at the disposal of the families to whom they belonged, and others were removed to the chapel before mentioned. This chapel, originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was rebuilt in 1571, by Humphrey Onslow, Esq., being the burial place of his family, and is now solely used for reading the funeral service over those who are buried in the ancient cemetery. One of the monuments now removed to the Abbey Church remembered Richard Onslow, an eminent lawyer, and speaker of the House of Commons in the 8th of Queen Elizabeth. He was the ancestor of Sir Richard, afterwards Lord Onslow, who filled the chair of the House of Commons in the 8th of Queen Anne; and also of Arthur Onslow, Esq., who so ably exercised the office of speaker during many successive parliaments. There is a small tablet to the Rev. Job Orton, who was interred in the same grave as Mr. Bryan, a former minister of this church, who quitted his benefice on the act of uniformity. THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. CHAD.—From the site of the old edifice being deemed ineligible, the new church was built on a commanding eminence bordering on the Quarry. It is constructed of the beautiful white free stone brought from Grinshill. The body of the church forms a circle one hundred feet in diameter, and externally consists of a rustic basement, with square windows, on which reposes a superstructure, containing a series of large arched windows, between each of which are coupled Ionic pilasters, resting on the basement and supporting a bold cornice, crowned with an open balustrade. Attached to the main edifice is a small circular building with similar enrichments; and beyond which is the steeple, consisting of three stories. Upon a square rustic basement rises an octagonal belfry, enriched with Ionic pilasters, and above, a small cupola supported on a heavy cylinder, surrounded by eight slender Corinthian pillars. A heavy cross and vane crowns the summit. On each side of the tower is a plain square wing, which are used as vestries. Before the front is a handsome portico, elevated on a flight of steps, and supported by four Doric columns. The exterior beauty of this church consists more in the fineness of its materials, and the splendour of its ornaments, than in the harmonious proportion and disposition of its several parts. The interior is handsomely and conveniently arranged; and though possessing much of the theatrical air, yet, by the ingenuity of the circular arrangement, all the congregation can distinctly hear and see the officiating clergyman. A capacious gallery, ornamented in front with a handsome balustrade, surrounds the whole church except the chancel, and reposes on a double row of short pillars with Ionic capitals. From these a corresponding tier of slender fluted shafts rises to the ceiling, which is adorned with a glory in the centre, and a rich cornice of angels and wings interlaced. The chancel, contrary to general custom, is towards the north, and is separated from the body of the church by a handsome arch, springing from an entablature supported by composite columns, with capitals richly gilt. Over the chief entrance is a powerful and fine-toned organ, built by Gray, of London, in 1794, and enlarged and improved in 1848. The font formerly belonged to the parish of Malpas, and is that in which the late Bishop Heber was baptized. The principal monuments are, a handsome panelled marble tablet, with a fine bust by Chantrey, commemorative of Mr. John Simpson, an eminent architect, and builder of this church. A similar tablet and bust, by Chantrey, to William Hazledine, Esq., the builder of the Menai bridge; an oblong Grecian tablet, with an elegant latin inscription, to the Rev. Francis Leighton, his lady, and two grandchildren; and in the vestibule an elegant marble mural monument to the officers and privates of the 53rd, or Shropshire Regiment, who were killed on the 10th of February, 1846, in the battles of Subraon, Aliwal, and Loodhiana, on the Sutluj. The window above the altar is ornamented with painted glass, representing the descent from the cross, after Rubens, the Salutation and Representation in the Temple, executed by Mr. Evans, of this town, whose skill has also been exercised in four other windows of this church, of which the subjects are, the raising of Lazarus, Christ receiving little children, healing of the sick, and the tribute money, the whole of which were presented by the Rev. R. Scott. The church was commenced building March 2nd, 1790, and consecrated August 20th, 1792; there is accommodation for a congregation of 2200 persons. The total cost, including site, organ, and bells, £19,352. The living is a vicarage, returned at £350, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor; incumbent, Rev. John Yardley, M.A. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, commonly called the _Abbey Church_, is situated in the Abbey Foregate. It is built of red sand stone, and consists of nave, side aisles, and a massive tower at the west end. Though the beauty of the church has suffered both from dilapidation and mutilation, yet it displays many interesting features of ancient Norman architecture, combined with the earlier pointed style. It originally formed part of the richly endowed monastery founded by Roger de Montgomery, the first Earl of Shrewsbury, and was built on the site of a small wooden church dedicated to St. Peter, which it is said was erected in the time of Edward the Confessor, by Siward, a Saxon gentleman, then resident in Shropshire. The nave or great western aisle, was in very early times appropriated to the use of the neighbouring inhabitants, who were in general servants of the Abbey. It was called the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, within the monastery of St. Peter’s, of Salop. For this reason it was spared in the general destruction of the Abbey, and being now one of the parochial churches of the town, retains the name of Holy Cross. When entire it was a stately cruciform building, equal in size to some of our cathedrals, but two-thirds of the structure was destroyed at the dissolution of monasteries in the time of Henry VIII. The principal entrance is at the west end under the tower, through a pointed doorway, with mouldings skilfully inserted within a deeply recessed semi-circular arch, the exterior rib of which springs on each side from a Norman pillar, with indented capital. Above this rises a magnificent and elegantly proportioned window, divided horizontally by embattled transoms, and perpendicularly by six upright mullions into seven compartments; the arched head is gracefully pointed and filled with a profusion of the most delicate tracery. On each side of the window is a canopied niche, containing statues of St. Peter and St. Paul, the tutelar saints of the Abbey. The nave is separated from the side aisles by the semi-circular arches, resting on short mosaic pillars in the Anglo-Norman style. The western portion has two pointed arches in the Gothic style, rising from clustered pillars, with capitals composed of small horizontal mouldings; a lofty and graceful arch opens from the nave of the tower, and affords a view of the fine west window, the upper part of which is filled with armorial bearings. The fine eastern window filled with stained glass was executed by Evans, of Shrewsbury, with his usual taste. Underneath this window is a beautifully executed stone altar screen, composed of an arcade of five Norman arches, with varied mouldings, surrounded by a pierced balustrade. The communion table is fenced by stone railing uniform in style, the whole of which was designed and executed by Messrs. Carline and Dodson, of this town, through the liberality of the late Rev. R. Scott. The north east window of the north aisle contains a figure of St. Peter, the arms of the see of Lichfield, of Lord Berwick, the donor, and of thirteen incumbents since the reformation. In the south aisle is a beautiful mosaic window of stained glass, containing the armorial bearings, of the families connected with the Rev. John Roche. At the west end of the church is a spacious gallery, and an excellent organ, erected in 1806, at the cost of 365 guineas. There are several ancient monuments which have been removed hither on the demolition of other sacred edifices in the town and county, which are preserved in the ample side aisles. The oldest in the church is in the south aisle, a mutilated figure of a warrior in the costume of the reign of King John, and supposed to represent the founder of the Abbey, Earl Roger de Montgomery, who died in the year 1094. In the north aisle is the recumbent figure of a person in the robes and coif of a judge brought from St. Chad’s. In the south aisle is a monument brought from St. Giles’s church, with a figure in priestly vestments. Opposite the last is the effigy of a knight in linked armour, removed from the priory church of Wombridge, conjectured to commemorate Sir Walter de Dunstanville, who died in the 25th of Henry III., 1240. In the south aisle an alabaster altar tomb, bearing the recumbent figures of a man (in the habiliments of war) and his wife, remembers William Charlton, who died in 1524. This monument was originally erected in Wellington church. An altar tomb in the north porch, in the style of the fifteenth century, has a figure of a knight in plate armour, partly covered with a monastic dress, and another figure in the dress of a hermit of the Romish church. Near the east end of the north aisle, is a large altar tomb with full length figures, to the memory of Richard Onslow, Esq., speaker of the House of Commons, in the 8th of Elizabeth, who died 1571, and his lady. This memorial was formerly placed in the chancel of old St. Chad’s church. Above this is a mural monument brought from St. Chad’s, representing a gentleman in a ruff, and a lady with long veil thrown back, kneeling under two arches; above, a lady in a habit and coif, and a little girl kneeling, to the memory of Thomas Edwardes, Esq., who died 1634, and of Mary, the wife of his son, Thomas Edwardes, Esq., who died 1641. In the south aisle is an alabaster altar tomb, in the Grecian style, bearing the figure of an alderman in his civic robe, and a lady in the scarlet gown formerly worn by the lady mayoresses of Shrewsbury, commemorative of William Jones, Esq., who died 1612, and his wife, who died in 1623. The monument was originally placed in St. Alkmund’s church. There are numerous other mural monuments, of more modern dates, which are elegantly designed, in memory of deceased members of some of the principal families of the parish. In the vestry is an old painting of the Crucifixion, which in 1728 occasioned much strife between the minister and his flock. In that year Mr. Latham, who had been lately inducted to the vicarage, presented a petition to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, praying that a picture representing our Saviour upon the cross might be removed out of the church. A counter petition was also presented by the parishioners, but the wardens shortly after received an order from the bishop for the removal of the picture. It was afterwards long possessed by the family of Hilton, by whom it was again restored to the parishioners of the Holy Cross. The living is a vicarage with St. Giles annexed, valued in the king’s book at £8. The small tithes are commuted for £363, and the impropriator, Lord Berwick, receives £110. The patronage is vested in the Right Hon. Lord Berwick, who received it in exchange for three small livings in Suffolk; incumbent, Rev. Robert L. Burton, M.A. The vicarage of the Holy Cross is a small fabric of wood and plaster situated in the Abbey Foregate, now converted into two cottages. From time immemorial certain lands have been vested in the churchwardens and their successors; they now produce an income of £250 per annum. “The vicar and churchwardens are a corporation with power of making leases of the landed possessions, &c., and have a common seal which is appended to such documents. The seal is kept in a chest secured by three locks, and the keys are severally in the possession of the vicar and two churchwardens. It is of brass of the _visica piscis_ form, and has in the centre a baton or mace, and on each side a clothed arm projecting towards the centre, that on the dexter side holding a pastoral crook, that on the sinister side a naked sword; the ground work studded with stars, and around the margin this inscription:—S.COMMVNE DE FFORYATE MONACHOR.” The space of ground on the east side of the church, containing 7300 yards, whereon formerly stood the choir and Lady Chapel of the monastery, was in 1840 converted into a public cemetery. THE CHURCH OF ST. GILES stands at the eastern extremity of the suburb of the Abbey Foregate, the living of which is annexed to that of Holy Cross. It is a small plain building consisting of nave, chancel, and north, aisle, with a small bell turret at the west end. Of its foundation we possess no record, but the structure is doubtless as old as the early part of the twelfth century, and some confirmation is afforded to this conjecture by the arches of the northern and southern doors, having the characteristics of that era. The nave is divided from the side aisle by three pointed arches, sustained on plain round pillars. It is highly probable that the north aisle was made for the accommodation of persons afflicted with leprosy—the hospital of which formerly stood near the church, and from which they had access by a pointed doorway, when they might hear the offices of religion without endangering other worshippers with their contagious malady. A lofty pointed arch separates the nave from the chancel, which is terminated by a flat arched eastern window, which is exquisitely beautified with stained glass, executed by Mr. Evans. The four lower compartments have full length figures of the Evangelists, standing upon hexagonal pedestals. Over each figure is a beautiful canopy of tabernacle work, and the intersections of the tracery contain the symbols of the Evangelists. In the three principal compartments of the upper division, are fine representations of the salutation, the wise men’s offering, and the presentation in the temple. The small lancet window on the north side, contains a figure of the patron saint, St. Giles, exquisitely executed. On the floor are several ancient stones bearing crosses, probably denoting the interment of some of the masters of the old hospital. From an entry in the parish registrar of the date 1655, it appears this church formerly possessed a steeple at the west end. In the steeple was a great bell and two smaller ones, which were taken down in 1672, and used in the following year, with four lesser bells, and the great “Wenefrede bell,” in the recasting of the present ring of bells in the Abbey church. For a long period this venerable edifice exhibited a rude appearance of damp and neglect, and divine service was celebrated only on two Sunday evenings during the year. In 1827, however, the Rev. W. G. Rowland, the liberal donor of the beautiful east window, thoroughly repaired and happily rescued it from the ruin and decay to which in its previous condition it was fast hastening. Subsequently the massive oak benches were removed, and replaced with new ones; a new pulpit and altar screen of oak, beautifully carved in unison with the architecture were added, and the whole building fitted up for divine service by the munificence of the Rev. Richard Scott, who also gave £500 towards augmenting the salary of the officiating minister. Since June, 1836, divine service has regularly been performed on the Sabbath. The Rev. Joseph Simpson, M.A., is the officiating minister. In the parish book is the following memorandum:—“1585, paid Barnett and his sonne for pulling down the crosse of St. Gyles, xviij d.” This cross formerly stood in the church yard, and was curiously sculptured. A large stone which now lies in the church yard, with a cavity on the upper side, was most probably the base and socket of the cross. It is now termed the _pest basin_, which tradition states to have been used during the time of the plague for holding water, in which to avoid the spread of the disease the people deposited their money in their bargains for provisions with the country folk. ST. ALKMUND’S CHURCH, situated in St. Alkmund’s Square, is a neat structure of freestone, erected in 1795, with the exception of the tower and spire, which fortunately escaped the fate of a former edifice, inconsiderately destroyed under a mistaken apprehension of its stability. The original church was founded by Ethelfleda, daughter of Offa, King of Mercia, who governed that kingdom at the beginning of the ninth century. King Edgar, by the advice of St. Dunstan, gave other lands and possessions, and placed here a dean and ten prebends. Its patron saint was a prince of the Northumbrian family, who is said to have been buried at Lilleshall. At the Doomsday survey, this church had possession of nine manors, in all about 4,020 acres, out of which 620 were in demesne, and a rent of £8. 8s. 8d., which, with other rents, produced a revenue of £500 per annum. The manner in which it lost this appendage, as recorded in Dugdale, is an example of the fluctuations to which, in those days of turbulence, even the most sacred property was liable. King Edward the Confessor wrested these lands from one Spirtes, a canon of St. Alkmund’s, and gave them to Godfrey Wiffesune. On his death, about two years after the conquest, Nigel, an ecclesiastic, obtained them. After his decease, one Gilbert de Cundore, a layman, had possession of them, and retained them till he was excommunicated by the bishop. In order to obtain absolution, he and his knights submitted to do penance, and were flogged by the canons at the altar of St. Alkmund’s church. The property finally centred in Roger, Earl of Hereford, who held it by force of arms. “The superior and dean of this collegiate church had, in common with those of other Saxon foundations, the right of hereditary succession, and even claimed a privilege of alienating the property to other than religious uses. In the year 1150, when monastic institutions were universally popular, and the colleges of the secular clergy had fallen into disrepute, Richard de Belesme, then dean of St. Alkmund’s, voluntarily surrendered the estates of the deanery, which lay at Lilleshall, towards the endowment of an abbey of canons regular of St. Augustine, about to be erected on that spot made sacred by the sepulchre of the patron saint of his church; and so great was his zeal for this new institution, that he solicited and obtained the consent of the Pope and King Stephen for dissolving the college entirely, and for transferring all its estates to the new abbey. Thus stripped of all its landed property, the benefice sank from a collegiate establishment to a poor vicarage, which continued in the patronage of the monks of Lilleshall till the dissolution, when it became vested in the crown.” The old church was a spacious structure, exhibiting various styles of architecture, from the Anglo-Norman period to the middle of the sixteenth century. Of its antiquity, however, few features remain; for the panic caused by the sudden fall of St. Chad’s church, induced the parishioners of St. Alkmund to petition parliament to pull down the body of the old church, and erect a new one on its site. The modern building is in the ancient pointed style of architecture; an oblong square, eighty-two feet by forty-four feet, with a recess for the altar. The ancient tower, terminated with crochetted pinnacles, remains, and is seventy feet high, surmounted with a chaste and elegantly proportioned spire, one hundred and fourteen feet—making a total of 184 feet from the ground. Over the altar is a window of painted glass, executed about fifty years ago by Eginton, representing Evangelical Faith, in a female figure as large as life kneeling on a cross, with the eyes elevated and the arms extended towards a celestial crown, which appears amidst the opening clouds, This window was erected at a cost of two hundred guineas. The church is handsomely fitted up, and will accommodate a congregation of 800 persons. Upon the gallery, at the west end, is a good organ, erected by subscription in 1823. The tower contains a peal of eight bells, recast in 1813. The sound of church bells was supposed to be very efficacious in chasing away the spirit of darkness by our superstitious ancestors. The following curious notice will shew that they were not at all times proof against infernal agency:— “This yere, (1533) upon twelfe daye, in Shrowsbury, the dyvyll appearyd in St. Alkmund’s churche, there when the preest was at high masse, with great tempeste and darknesse, so that as he passyd through the churche he mountyd up the steeple in the saide churche, tering the wyers of the saide clocke, and put the print of his clawes upon the 4th bell, and took one of the pinnacles away with him, and for the time stayed all the bells in the churches within the saide towne, that they could neyther toll nor ringe.” Of the ancient tombs and mural monuments which abounded in the old edifice, none were preserved in the present structure worthy of notice, with the exception of a tablet to Chief Justice Jones, who died in 1692. Several tablets of a modern date adorn the walls. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £6, now returned at £219. Patron, the Lord Chancellor; incumbent, the Rev. Charles Edward Leopold Wightman, M.A. ST. JULIAN’S CHURCH is situated upon elevated ground, at the top of the Wyle-cop, near to St. Alkmund’s church. Of its early foundation in Saxon times we possess no particulars. It was distinguished through several reigns as a rectory and a royal free chapel, with a peculiar jurisdiction. According to Tanner, at a very early period it was annexed to the free chapel of St. Michael, within the castle, and so continued until the reign of Henry IV., when they were both resigned into the king’s hands. Subsequently, the rectory was granted, among other things, to augment the new foundation of Battlefield College, and thenceforth the living became a mere stipendiary curacy. On the dissolution of that college, the living was granted by the crown to John Capper and Richard Trevor; and after many subsequent transfers, passed into the family of Prince, from whom it has descended to the present patron, the Earl of Tankerville. The present church, built in 1749 on the site of a former edifice, which had become ruinous, is an oblong structure in the Grecian style, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower at the west end. This tower is the only existing portion of the old church which remains, and is crowned with eight crochetted pinnacles. It has an excellent illuminated clock; and a peal of six bells, which were recast in 1706. The interior has a handsome appearance: four Doric pillars on each side the nave support the ceiling, which is carved and decorated with the fret-work of the old church. Over the side aisles and west end are commodious galleries, in the latter of which is a superior organ, erected by subscription in 1834. The east window contains a figure of St. James, in ancient stained glass, which was purchased from a splendid collection brought from Rouen in 1804. Several of the other windows are ornamented with armorial bearings. There is only one monument of any antiquity: a coarse marble slab, inscribed in Longobaric capitals to a member of the Trumwin family. Among the memorials of a modern date is one to the memory of Mr. John Allatt, the benevolent founder of Allatt’s Free School. The south aisle contains a neat memorial, of the Grinshill freestone, to commemorate the liberality of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D., who expended upwards of £1,500 in the reparations of this church, and other improvements connected with the fabric. It contains the following inscription, dated 1847, in reference to the improvements made by Mr. Scott: “Who, in Christian love, and a desire to honour God with his substance, has caused an effective architectural character to be given to the exterior of the south side of this sacred edifice, which, from the limited funds raised for its re-edification in 1750, necessarily induced brick as a material, and a design possessing little claim to taste; stone piers are now set at each end of the building and between the lower windows, which have been lengthened. Above, on a block cornice, are Roman Doric pilasters which sustain an entablature, crowned by an open balustrade and vase-shaped acroteria. Fretted console tables have been added to the upper windows, the architecture entirely renewed, and, like those below, re-glazed with metallic frame-work. A new portal and door at the eastern end of the south aisle, and the surface of this portion of the church and chancel, covered with stucco; the apex of the gable being finished with an appropriate ornament.” In the north aisle is a similar memorial, inscribed to the same individual for his munificent beneficence “In erecting an ornamental stone wall and parapet round the church-yard, flagging the foot-path underneath and that on the eastern side, and likewise along the basement of the church, renewing the steps at the south-east thoroughfare, and lowering, repairing, and enclosing those which form the main approach from the street to the cemetery; also for a new pavement in the area leading to and from before the south door, rebuilding the steps of the portico with the addition thereto of a continuous pedestal, painting the north side of the church, and cleaning the stone work, roofing the chancel, and placing thereon a stone cornice and blocking course, with a foliated cone at each angle, as well as for other useful improvements connected with the fabric.” The living of St. Julian’s is a perpetual curacy, returned at £159, in the patronage of Earl Tankerville, and incumbency of the Rev. James Jardine Rogerson, M.A. The chapel of Ford was formerly an appendent of this church. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH, situated at Frankwell, is a neat cruciform structure, in the Gothic style, with a short tower at the west end, ornamented with four pinnacles. It is built of the beautiful Grinshill freestone, from a design by Mr. Haycock. The cost was nearly £4,000, raised by voluntary subscription. It was consecrated for divine service on January 30th, 1832. The interior has a chaste and elegant appearance, and will contain a congregation of 750 persons. Of the sittings, 460 are free and unappropriated. By the liberality of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D., the chancel has been beautified with an altar screen, the gallery with a small organ, and the triple lancet windows filled with splendid stained glass. The centre window contains a full-length figure of Isaiah, clothed in a brilliant vest of purple, over which is thrown a green robe lined with ermine, denoting his royal descent. The windows on each side have spirited figures of St. Matthew and St. Mark. The former exhibits deep and serious meditation, and holds a manuscript in his left hand; and the latter, a venerable figure, is pointing to an open gospel, which he holds in his left hand. The windows in the north and south transepts are also embellished with glass of a rich and elaborate mosaic pattern, which contributes to the imposing effect of the splendid east window. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £118, in the patronage of the vicar of St. Chad; incumbent, the Rev. John Harding, M.A. ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, situated in the populous suburb of Castle Foregate, is a neat brick structure, in the Grecian style of architecture, consisting of nave, side aisles, and elliptical recess for the communion, with an octagonal tower in three divisions, rising to the height of seventy feet, over the side aisles are galleries which are free; there is also a spacious gallery in the west end for the use of the school children, in which stands a small organ the gift of the Rev. W. G. Rowland, M.A. The pulpit and reading desk are octagonal, and placed on opposite sides of the church; the roof is panelled in large square compartments, and painted in imitation of oak. Three windows of stained glass which decorate the chancel are the exquisite productions of Mr. David Evans. The centre one is illustrative of the Nativity, from the celebrated “La Notte” of Correggio. The windows on each side represent the Annunciation, and the Presentation in the Temple; the former from a picture by Guido, and the latter from a celebrated painting by Rubens. These windows were the gift of the Rev. W. G. Rowland, M.A., to whose liberality the parishioners are also indebted for the service of communion plate, the peal of six bells, which hang in the tower, and the erection of the adjacent school rooms, for the education of the poor children of this populous portion of the parish of St. Mary’s. The church was erected at an expense of £2000, raised by subscription, and consecrated on the 24th August, 1830, as a chapel of ease to St. Mary’s church. The edifice contains 800 sittings, of which 600 are free and unappropriated. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, situated on the Meole-road, was erected in 1837, for the accommodation of the inhabitants of the populous suburb of Coleham. It was built at a cost of nearly £1900, raised by subscription, aided by the grant of £600, from the Lichfield Diocesan Society, and a further grant of £150, from the Incorporated Church Building Society. The structure is a neat fabric of brick with a short tower; the body of the church has five windows on each side, and an elliptical recess for the communion, separated, internally, from the nave by a circular arch. The church contains 812 sittings, of which 504 are free. The window over the altar contains beautifully executed figures in stained glass, of the Evangelists, and St. Peter and St. Paul; several of the other windows are beautified with scriptural medallions, in stained glass, which together with a handsome service of communion plate, were presented by the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D. This place of worship was formed into a district parish church in 1841. The living is a perpetual curacy enjoyed by the Rev. James Colley, M.A. ANCIENT CHAPELS.—Several ancient chapels formerly stood in various parts of the town, the most considerable of which seems to have been the collegiate chapel of ST. MICHAEL, within the castle. No vestige of its site now remains, though it probably existed, at least in a ruinous state, in the reign of James II., for, it appears at that time, an order was made by the corporation, “that enquiry should he made after the stones taken away from the ruins of St. Michael’s chapel within the castle.” Part of the CHAPEL OF ST. NICHOLAS, on the left hand entrance to the council house, is still standing; it is of the early Norman era, and most probably was built by the first Norman, Earl of Shrewsbury, for the use of such of his retainers as resided in the outer works of the castle. The only portions of this edifice at present remaining are the nave, a massive arch formerly opening into the chancel, and two similar side arches. The building is now converted into a stable. ST. CATHERINE’S CHAPEL is stated to have occupied an elevated site upon Coton-hill. The CHAPEL OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, a site near Trinity Church. ST. BLASE’S CHAPEL was situated in the Murivance. A tea garden near the site of the Belle-vue, was formerly called the Hermitage. These and other ecclesiastical edifices which once adorned this eminent town, have now disappeared; yet their faint traces still afford matter of interesting speculation for the antiquary. DISSENTING CHAPELS. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHAPEL, situated in High-street, as the first dissenting place of worship established in the town, claims our first attention. To the act of uniformity, which, on St. Bartholomew’s day, 1662, drove from their livings upwards of two thousand clergymen of the church of England, Shrewsbury is indebted for its first dissenting church. It was formed by the Rev. John Bryan, M.A., and the Rev. Francis Tallants, M.A., ejected from the livings of St. Chad’s and St. Mary’s. Their meetings were first held in the house of Mrs. Hunt, and after experiencing various alternations of suffering and indulgence during the unsettled times that followed the act of uniformity, in 1683 their meetings were suppressed, and these eminent preachers of the gospel were forced into obscurity. On King James II. allowing liberty to Dissenters to meet for worship, they assembled as before in Mrs. Hunt’s house. In 1691, they built a chapel in High-street, and Mr. Tallants caused the following (with the latter sentence the Hugonists, of France, usually began their worship,) to be painted on the walls:—“_This place was not built for a faction or a party_, _but to promote repentance and faith in communion with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity_. ‘_Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth_.’” The year 1715 was particularly unfortunate for Protestant Dissenters; mobs and riots arose in various places, particularly in Lancashire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire—among the chapels pulled down in Shropshire were those of Wem, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury. The chapel, in High-street, was soon after rebuilt by the government, and the liberties of Dissenters confirmed and fixed upon a solid foundation. In 1839 the venerable chapel was almost entirely taken down, owing to the building being considered unsafe, and because the commissioners under the street act required a part of the premises. It was rebuilt nearly on the old site, and re-opened for public worship in July, 1840. The interior has a simple and primitive appearance, the fittings are of old oak; there is accommodation for about 300 worshippers. The Rev. Richard Astley has been the respected pastor of the congregation since the year 1831. For a more extended and very pleasing account of this place of worship, we beg to refer our readers to the “History of the Presbyterian Meeting House of Shrewsbury,” published by the present minister in 1847. THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, situated on Swan-hill, had, its origin in some unhappy disputes which arose in the congregation worshipping in High-street chapel, relative to the invitation of a minister being invited to settle among them. The chapel is a substantial brick edifice, with a neatly furnished interior, and contains six hundred sittings. On a stone tablet in the front is the following inscription:—“This building was erected in the year 1767, for the public worship of God, and in defence of the rights of majorities in Protestant Dissenting congregations, to choose their own ministers.” There is a cemetery adjoining the chapel. The Rev. Thomas Weaver has been the pastor of the congregation worshipping here for 52 years. THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, Castle-gates, a handsome building of free stone, is the most imposing structure in connection with the nonconformists in the town of Shrewsbury. It was erected in 1845, at a cost (including the site) of £3000. The interior has a very chaste, and beautiful appearance; it will hold six hundred persons. The Rev. Edward Hill is the minister. THE CATHOLIC CHAPEL is situated in Beeche’s-lane, near the southern portion of the town walls. It is a neat building erected in 1776, and enlarged in 1825; the front is stuccoed, and surmounted by a plain cross. The interior has a tasteful and elegant appearance; the altar rests on a sarcophagus, on the front of which is a painting of the last supper, above is a figure of Christ on the cross. On the gallery is a small organ, and on each side the entrance an elegant marble shell for the holy water. The chapel will hold about three hundred worshippers. The Rev. Eugene Egan is the priest. A plot of land, extending from Belmont to the southern walls, has been purchased, with the intention of erecting a new Catholic church, on a scale commensurate with the wants of an increasing congregation. The Catholics formerly met for worship in an upper room of an old house in St. Alkmund’s-square. THE BAPTIST CHAPEL, situated in Claremont-street, a plain brick building, was opened for divine worship in 1780, and enlarged in 1810. A society of this persuasion is stated to have existed in this town, in the time of the Commonwealth. In the chapel is a small memorial, of Mr. Palmer, who was pastor of the congregation for twenty-seven years. THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL is a commodious building, on St. John’s-hill, erected in 1804, and subsequently enlarged and decorated. It is neatly fitted up, and surrounded with galleries, in which is a small organ. It is calculated to hold 700. The Methodists have also small places of worship in the Castle Foregate and New-street, Frankwell. THE WESLEYAN NEW CONNEXION CHAPEL, (EBENEZER,) situated at Tower-place, is a handsome building, having two entrances, with a Doric portico to each. The cost of the structure was £1500, and it was opened for divine worship, June 13th, 1834. The interior has a light and pleasing appearance; it is without galleries; in the centre of the chapel are two rows of pews, with a row on each of the sides, which ascend gradually from the floor; the blank walls display arches and pilasters, supporting a frieze and cornice. THE FRIENDS’ MEETING HOUSE, a plain brick structure, in a retired situation, on St. John’s-hill, is fitted up with much simplicity and neatness. It was erected in 1746, and enlarged in 1807. THE WELSH CALVINISTIC CHAPEL, a brick structure, erected on the site of a former edifice, is situated in Hill’s-lane. It is calculated to accommodate about 400, and was opened for divine worship in December, 1826. The Dissenters of this persuasion have also a small chapel, situated in the Wagon and Horses passage, Pride-hill. The service in both these chapels is in the Welsh language. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have a place of worship to accommodate about four hundred, situated in Castle-court. They have also a small chapel, at the Old Heath. SCHOOLS. THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, situated near the Castle gates, is a noble institution for the education of youth, founded by King Edward VI., in 1552, and endowed with the greater portion of the revenues of the two dissolved colleges of St. Mary and St. Chad. Queen Elizabeth greatly augmented the endowment, in 1571, by adding the rectory of Chirbury, with additional tithes and estates in St. Mary’s parish. The structure is large and lofty, and occupies two sides of a quadrangle, with a square pinnacled tower at the angle, partly rebuilt in 1831. The original school was of timber, and the present tower, chapel, and library, were added in 1595. The wooden building was taken down in 1630, and its place supplied by the present stately edifice of Grinshill free stone. In the centre is a gateway, adorned on each side by a rude Corinthian column, supporting statues of a scholar and a graduate bareheaded, in the costume of the times. Over the arch is an inscription in Greek, importing that a love of literature is essential to the formation of a scholar. The whole structure exhibits an incongruous mode of building, and that mixture of styles, “where the Grecian and the pointed, however discordant and irreconcilable, are jumbled together, and compose a fantastic species, hardly assignable to any class or name.” The principal school room, which occupies the upper story, was originally divided by three partitions with folding doors, but these being removed, it forms a very spacious and noble apartment. The chapel, in which prayers are read by the head master every morning, occupies the ground floor, and is divided from the ante-chapel by a very handsome oak screen carved in the grotesque manner prevalent in the days of Elizabeth. The ceiling is adorned with fret work, preserved from the ruins of St. Alkmund’s church. Above the chapel is the library, which was rebuilt at considerable expense in 1815. It contains a valuable collection of manuscripts and books—one side being occupied by the library of the late Dr. Taylor. Two large pointed windows, with mullioned tracery, afford light to this apartment;—in the northern window are the arms of Edward VI., Queen Elizabeth, St. John’s College, Cambridge; the See of Lichfield and Coventry impaling Cornwallis, and those of the town;—in the south windows are the arms of the four principal benefactors, with appropriate inscriptions in Latin. Around the walls are portraits of Henry VIII., Edward VI., an Admiral in the costume of the time of Charles II., and several of the former head masters. Among the curiosities in the library are three sepulchral stones, discovered in ploughing a field near Wroxeter. The largest has on its summit, a pine-cone between two lions, and beneath the pediment a rose. The first is taken from the _Picea_, called by Pliny, _Feralis Arbor_, expressive of its melancholy subject, and not unfrequent on memorials of this kind; the inscription denotes the death of _C. Mannivus Secundus_, of the town of Polentia, a _beneficiarius_, or veteran of the twentieth legion, who had served his time, and was called again into the service by the entreaties of the chief legate. The second stone has, on the upper part, a human face, two dolphins, and two serpents. The third is inscribed to M. Petronius, sigifer, or standard bearer, to the _Legio quatuor-decima gemina_, the fourteenth double legion, or a legion formed from two. As this legion never was in Britain, the learned Dr. Ward supposes that Petronius only came for his health and died here. There are also various other interesting antiquities, chiefly found at Wroxeter, and a small collection of fossils and natural curiosities. In front and at the back of the schools are play grounds, contiguous to which are houses for the master and the assistant-masters, with ample accommodation for boarders who come from all parts of the kingdom. The grammar school has long maintained a pre-eminent rank among the public seminaries of sound learning and religious education in this country, and has sent forth numerous individuals who have been distinguished for their eminent classical attainments. Under the care of its first master, Thomas Ashton, we learn there were two hundred and ninety scholars, among whom were the sons of many of the first families in England. Camden, when he wrote, says—“it was the best filled in all England, being indebted for their flourishinge state to provision made by the excellent and worthie Thomas Ashton”—who was a munificent contributor to the school himself, and was instrumental in procuring the grant of augmentation from Queen Elizabeth. Mr. Ashton resigned his office some years before his death, but he continued to cherish the seminary over which he had presided with paternal care. He drew up the code of laws by which it was governed for more than two centuries; and one of his last acts was to visit the school, when he preached a farewell sermon to the inhabitants of the town, after which that “Godlie father,” accompanied with the tears and blessings of the people, returned to Cambridge, near which he died at the end of a fortnight, 1578. The school is open for the gratuitous instruction of burgesses of Shrewsbury, who are not under six nor more than sixteen years of age, provided they are qualified to begin the Latin accidence. By act of parliament, 38th George III., the whole management of the school and revenue was vested in the Bishop of Lichfield, as visitor, and thirteen governors and trustees. The appointment of head master rests with the Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The under master is appointed by the head master. Among the many persons of eminence who have received their education in this school, we may enumerate Sir Philip Sidney; Sir Fulke Greville; Lord Brook; Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York; Judge Jeffries; Lord Chief Justice Jones; Dr. Bowers; Bishop of Chichester; Dr. Thomas Bishop, Salisbury; Dr. Taylor, editor of _Lysias and Demosthenes_; James Harrington, the author of _Oceana_; Wycherley, the dramatist; Ambrose Phillips, the poet; and the Rev. J. B. Blakeway and the Venerable Archdeacon Owen, the learned historians of Shrewsbury. Through the exertions and learning of the late venerable head master, Dr. Butler (late Bishop of Lichfield), the school attained to unrivalled celebrity, and the learned prelate observed, on resigning his arduous duties to his talented successor, “That he considered Dr. Kennedy as the most brilliant scholar he had ever sent forth, as the brightest star in that galaxy of distinguished pupils whose names adorn the ‘boards’ of Shrewsbury school. That from Dr. Kennedy’s experience of his system, both as a pupil and assistant master at Shrewsbury school, from his constant practice as a lecturer and private tutor at College, and as an assistant master for six years or more at Harrow, as well as from his own unrivalled talents and high literary distinction, from his fine taste and sound learning, there was not a shadow of doubt but that he would fully maintain the reputation which Shrewsbury school had already acquired, and would add at least as many distinguished names to its ‘boards,’ during his superintendence of this important foundation, as had been inscribed there by himself in an equal period.” We are happy to observe that the bright anticipations of the venerable bishop have been already realised. By an act of parliament, passed 33rd George III., for the better government and regulation of the Free Grammar School in Shrewsbury, it was ordered, that, after the payment of all taxes, salaries, scholarships, exhibitions, and repairs of the school, and all expenses about the necessary business of the school, the surplus should be employed in founding and maintaining exhibitions in the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, as the governors and the bishop of the diocese for the time being should think fit; and that such surplus should, when and as often as it should amount to £100 or upwards, be laid out in the purchase of lands and tenements, or in the purchase of stock, or in such other way as the governors and bishop should deem advisable. At this period the annual income of the school amounted to £900. From the Charity Commissioners’ Report, published in 1830, we learn that the total income of the school property for the year ending December 31st, 1828, amounted to £2,740. 2s. 9d. The following will show the particulars of the property held by the governors:—The tithes of Albrighton, in the parish of St. Mary, £101. 15s. 6d.; the tithes of Chirbury, £1,045. 13s. 4d.; tithes of Clive, in the parish of St. Mary, £347. 13s.; tithes of Astley, £221. 15s.; tithes of Oxon and Shelton, £71. 4s.; tithes of Frankwell, £56. 14s.; tithes of Betton, £129. 1s.; tithes of Whitley and Welbatch, £99.; tithes of Leaton, £150; tithes of Wollascot, £13.; tithes of Woodcote, Horton, Bicton, and Calcot, £397.; tithes of Almond Park, Berwick, and Newton, £52. 10s.; tithes from Castle Foregate, £18. 18s.; schoolhouse at Grinshill, built in pursuance of one of the orders of Thomas Ashton, for the scholars to retire to in case of infectious disorders, let for £4. 4s.; spiritual jurisdiction of St. Mary’s, demised by the corporation to the Rev. W. G. Rowland, the office of the said ecclesiastical, spiritual, peculiar, and exempt jurisdiction, with all the profits thereto belonging, and the seal of office for twenty-one years, at the yearly rent of £1. 6s. 8d., payable to the governors and trustees of the Free Grammar School, dated 29th January, 1828; Chief rents at Astley and Sansaw, 18s. 3d.; for encroachments on school garden, 3s.; and £30 per annum arising from the sum of £1,000 invested in the three per cent. consols, purchased in 1828. In January, 1829, the amount of stock was £14,570. 10s. 4d. three per cent consols. This was subsequently reduced by sales, made under the directions of the Court of Chancery, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of repairs on the estates, to £13,311. 19s. 6d. The income arising from the school property now (1851) amounts to upwards of £3,000 per annum, which is appropriated in the payment of the salaries of the masters, the maintenance of scholarships and exhibitions in the universities, the stipend of the Vicar of Chirbury, and the curates of St. Mary’s, Clive, and Astley, and the necessary repairs of the school buildings. The surplus is employed in founding additional exhibitions in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The following list will show the great advantage presented to meritorious scholars of Shrewsbury School:—Four exhibitions, of £63 each, founded by James Millington, D.D., in 1724, at Magdalen College, Cambridge, tenable during residence till M.A.; two exhibitions of £40 each, founded by the same donor, for sons of burgesses born in Frankwell, and who have been educated at the school, in Millington’s Hospital, founded by the testator; also one fellowship of £126 per annum at Magdalen College, tenable during residence till M.A.; one exhibition, of £23 per annum, founded by the Rev. John Taylor, D.D., in 1766, open to any college. The scholars chosen are allowed to enjoy the exhibition for the term of six years, provided they reside in the college the greater part of each term. One exhibition of £10 per annum, the gift of Mr. Noneley; one of £30 per annum, founded by Mr. Podmore. There are also four foundation exhibitions of £70 per annum each; one Butler foundation of £100 per annum; and one of £66 per annum;—all limited to the sons of burgesses of Shrewsbury. Two exhibitions, founded by Oswald Smith, of £25 per annum; four exhibitions to Christ Church, Oxford, founded by Mr. Careswell, in 1689, for natives of Shropshire, of £60 per annum. _Head Master_: Rev. Benjamin Hall Kennedy, D.D.—_Second Master_: Rev. William Burbury, M.A.—_Assistant Master_: Rev. John Mort Wakefield, M.A.—_Mathematical Teacher_: Rev. Alfred Tolver Paget, M.A.—_Assistant Master_: Rev. Vanden Bempde Johnstone, M.A.—_Modern Languages_: Mr. Thomas Amand Bentley.—_Writing Master_: Mr. Thomas Northage Henshaw. The head master has a salary of £300 per annum, and the second master £150. BOWDLER’S, or THE BLUE SCHOOL, situated in Beeches-lane, a plain brick building with a cupola, was founded in 1724, pursuant to the will of Mr. Thomas Bowdler, alderman and draper, for the instruction, clothing, and apprenticeing poor children of St. Julian’s parish. Twenty-five boys and an equal number of girls are now educated and clothed; the dress of the children is blue, whence the school is called “The Blue School.” The master has a salary of £40 per annum, and the privilege of taking twenty day scholars, and the mistress £20 per annum. Robert Rogerson and Mary Ann Sharrat are the teachers. The foundation of the several charity schools will be more particularly noticed with the general charities of the borough. ALLATT’S CHARITY SCHOOL, situate in St. John’s-row, is a neat structure of free stone, comprising commodious houses for the master and mistress, connected by arcades, with spacious school rooms. The school was built in 1800, pursuant to the will of Mr. John Allatt, who bequeathed his property for the educating and clothing of the children of the more respectable class of poor persons resident in the town. There are forty boys and forty girls educated, clothed once a year, and a certain number at a proper age apprenticed. The funds of the school consist of a capital stock of £14,200, of which £10,800 are invested in three per cents, as the educational fund, and £3,400 as a clothing fund. Thomas Bagley and Frances Buttery are the teachers. MILLINGTON’S SCHOOL stands in the rear of the hospital, and was founded by the munificence of Mr. Millington, for the instruction of twenty-five boys, and as many girls, natives of Frankwell. The children are completely clothed twice in every year, and at the age of fourteen apprenticed with a small premium; on producing a certificate of good conduct during their apprenticeship they are rewarded with a gratuity. Two exhibitions of £40 a year each, in Magdalen College, Cambridge, are founded, to which scholars originally on the hospital foundation have the preference, or in default of such, two born in Frankwell, educated at the free schools. Sarah Bishop and Francis Cullis are the teachers. SHREWSBURY NATIONAL SCHOOL, situated in the Abbey Fore gate, is also called the “Brown School,” from the brown dress of the children. The schools are commodious, and there is a convenient residence for the teachers. It is supported by subscriptions, and sermons annually preached in aid of its funds. There are now 190 boys and 96 girls educated in this school. Joseph Barker Molynaux and Mary Ann Williamson are the teachers. The annual income amounts to £250 per annum. ST. CHAD’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL is a plain substantial edifice, situated in Barker-street. It is supported by subscriptions and donations, and a small weekly sum contributed by the children. The average number of children that attend the school may be calculated at a hundred boys and an equal number of girls. Edward Evans and Jane E. Turner are teachers. HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL is a spacious building of brick, situated in the rear of the Holy Trinity Church, at Coleham; a residence for the teachers adjoins the school. There are about 100 boys and girls, and 120 infants, receiving instructions in these schools. James Owen and Martha Clarke are the teachers. ST. MARY’S AND ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOLS, situated in St. Michael-street, owe their origin in a great measure to the Rev. W. G. Rowland, the incumbent of St. Mary’s, who was a munificent contributor towards their erection. The schools were built in 1832, in the old English style of architecture. They are supported by voluntary subscriptions, and the scholars are provided with books, and gratuitously educated, with the exception of a number of the children from the extensive factory of Messrs. Marshall and Co., whose instruction is paid for by the proprietors of the mill. Richard Jones and Sophia Evans are the teachers. About 120 boys and 100 girls attend. Adjoining the school premises are ten neat cottages, built by the Rev. W. G. Rowland, the income arising from which is expended in bread, and distributed amongst the necessitous poor, in St. Mary’s and St. Michael’s churches. THE DIOCESAN SCHOOLS, Swan hill, in connection with the Lichfield Board of Education, was established in 1842. This is an institution for the general education of youth, ably conducted by Mr. Henry Newsham. Particular attention is paid to the mathematical education of the youth of this establishment. A limited number of boarders are taken. THE BRITISH or LANCASTERIAN SCHOOLS were first established in Shrewsbury in 1812, when a commodious school was built opposite the county gaol, for conducting education on the plan suggested by Mr. Joseph Lancaster. Subsequently the premises were taken down, and the site is now occupied as a railway station. A building was afterwards taken in Watery-lane, where the school was conducted till the present year (1851), when a neat school-house, measuring forty-eight feet by twenty-eight, was erected at the rear of the county gaol, at an estimated cost of £700. About 150 boys and 100 girls attend the school. Mr. Thomas Harris is the teacher. ST. ALKMUND’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, situated between St. Mary’s-street and St. Alkmund’s-place, is numerously attended both by boys and girls. The teachers are William Donellan and Martha Badger. INFANT SCHOOLS.—_St. Chad’s Infant School_ is situated in Barker-street, not far from the National School. One hundred and twenty attend the school, which is conducted by Segismunda Roberts. The _Infant School_, Castle Foregate, has an attendance of eighty. Ann Townsend is the teacher. There is also an infant school in Frankwell, which was built by the late Dr. Darwin, and is now chiefly supported by Miss Darwin. These are interesting institutions for giving an early moral bias to the mind, and calculated to effect much good. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—The Sunday schools of Shrewsbury have existed nearly from the earliest formation of such institutions. Schools are connected with the established churches, and the different congregations of dissenters, which are very numerously attended. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE SALOP INFIRMARY.—This excellent institution, situated near St. Mary’s churchyard, was established in 1747, and has the honour of being one of the earliest of these Samaritan institutions in the kingdom. The building, which preceded the present stately fabric, was a plain brick structure, designed for a private residence; although repeatedly enlarged, it was found too small for the additional number of patients consequent upon an increasing population, and at a meeting held on November 16th, 1826, it was resolved that a new infirmary should be built on the site of the old one. The present building was erected in 1830, from a design by Mr. Haycock, at the cost of £18,735. 18s. 10., of which £12,994. 1s. 3d. was raised by subscriptions, and the remainder disbursed from the funded property of the charity. The structure has a noble appearance, and stands in a commanding position on the verge of an eminence overlooking the Severn; it is 170 feet in length, by 80 feet in height, having a handsome Doric portico in the centre. There is ample accommodation for 150 patients, and the internal arrangements are admirably adapted for the purpose they are designed to fulfil. The principal floor is appropriated to the board room, dispensary, waiting room for patients, with private apartments for the house surgeon and matron; the first floor has seven wards for male patients, with day room, scullery, and baths; the upper room contains a spacious operation room, with wards for females; in the attics above are four other wards with nurses’ room, &c. A staircase at each end communicates with spacious galleries extending the length of each story. The whole is thoroughly ventilated, and an uniform temperature preserved by a patent hot water apparatus. A spacious terrace has been constructed on the eastern side, that such of the patients as are able may possess every benefit resulting from pure air and exercise. From this the eye commands an uninterrupted view of an extensive and finely wooded country, bounded by the long ridge of Haughmond Hill, the Wrekin, and the Stretton Hills. The pecuniary concerns of the institution are superintended by a board of directors; a treasurer is also appointed annually, who, on the anniversary day in the hunt week, is accompanied to church by the subscribers and patrons of this charity, where, after a sermon, a collection is made in aid of the funds. From its establishment to midsummer, 1849, the sum of £219,934. 16s. 7¼d. has been received for its support; 60,077 in-patients admitted, and 117,747 out-patients recommended as fit objects for its benefits. The weekly average number of patients in the house during the year ending midsummer, 1849, was 103; out-patients on the books, 603. The total receipts for the year ending at the same period was £3,237. 7s. 5d., of which £1,669. 11s. was received from yearly subscriptions; £355. 2s. 6d. from benefactions and legacies; £627. 6s. 11d., the interest and dividends of funded stock, and £585. 7s. 6d. from miscellaneous sources, which includes £183 8s. 6d. collected at the anniversary sermon in St. Chad’s church. Of this stock £16,400 is secured in the three per cent consols, £3,449. 10s. new 3¼ per cents; £100 on the Watling-street road, and £150 on the Bridgnorth-road. Subscriptions have been made amounting to £1,227. 6s. 8d., as a “Chaplain’s Endowment Fund.” “The house surgeon is allowed to take three pupils at a premium of twenty guineas to himself, and 200 guineas to the infirmary, which entitles the pupil to board and residence for five years.” Attendance at this hospital is recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons, and the apothecaries’ company, London.—_Physicians_: Henry Johnson, M.D., Thomas James Drury, M.D., Henry Parker, M.D.—_Surgeons_: H. E. Burd, J. Dickin, and J. Y. Arrowsmith.—_House Surgeon_: John Robert Humphreys. _Secretary_: Henry Bevan. THE DISPENSARY, like most other institutions of this kind, is supported by annual subscriptions and benefactions. It was established in 1843, and although the funds do not allow the full extent of usefulness which the charity is capable of, yet it is pleasing to observe from the annual reports that it is making steady progress in the estimation of the public. It appears from the report ending September, 1849, that the total number of patients have been 3,391. The receipts for the year ending at the same period were £160. During the year 560 cases received attention, of which 403 were cured, 123 relieved, 30 died, and 4 were dismissed.—_Patron_: His Grace the Duke of Sutherland.—_Surgeon_: Mr. G. P. Gill,—_Hon. Secretary_: Folliott Sandford, Esq.—_Dispenser_: Mr. G. S. Whitney. THE EYE AND EAR ESTABLISHMENT, Castle-street, was established in 1818, under the management of a committee of gentlemen, for the special object of affording relief to the humbler members of society, who may be suffering from any calamity incident to those delicate organs of the human frame, the eye and ear. The number of patients admitted from the opening of this institution has been 6,224.—_President_: Viscount Hill.—_Surgeon_: Edwin Foulkes. The institution is open every Wednesday and Saturday mornings. THE COUNTY HALL, situated in the Market-square, is a handsome and commodious building, completed in 1837, at the cost of about £13,000. It is built from a design of Sir Robert Smirke, of beautiful white free stone, the principal front measuring 112 feet in length, and exhibits the Italian style of architecture. In the interior of the structure the different apartments are convenient, lofty, and well adapted to the various purposes for which they are intended. On the ground floor is a commodious vestibule, which communicates with rooms on each side, for the mayor, and counsel at assizes and witnesses. Opposite the entrance door is a noble staircase; on the first landing, the centre one leading to the judge’s room, and those on each side to the respective courts, which are of equal dimensions, forty-two feet by thirty-six feet. The bench is elevated three feet above the floor, on each side is accommodation for the magistrates; immediately before the judge is a large table, with seats provided for the councillors. In each court is a gallery for the public, and the ceiling is panelled and ornamented. From this division the staircase leads to another large room, adapted for a third court, or other public purpose; above it are offices for the clerk of the peace, and for the town clerk. The ancient Guild or Shire Hall was a low timbered fabric, with a high clock turret, erected in the reign of Henry VIII., and stood across the market square. The lower part was appropriated to retail shops, and the upper story contained the rooms in which the business of the town was transacted, and the assizes held. The municipal records were preserved in a strong square tower near the south east side, erected in 1490. At the summer assizes, in 1783, in consequence of the pressing remonstrance of the judge, enforced by the threat of a fine upon the county, an act of parliament was obtained the following year for this purpose. To render the new building more handsome and commodious, and to remove the inconvenience occasioned by the old one standing across the street of the greatest resort, several houses, together with the ancient tower of the Exchequer, were taken down, and various other improvements made, in the adjacent parts. The new hall was completed in 1785, at an expense of £11,000, raised by a county rate. In consequence of sinkings having in 1832 been observed in different parts of the structure, the building was surveyed by different architects and pronounced unsafe and dangerous. The proper authorities immediately determined to take down the whole edifice, and erect a more commodious one on its site. For this purpose some adjoining premises were purchased, and the present substantial structure, admirably adapted for the purposes intended, was completed, as already noticed, by Messrs. Birch, builders, in 1837. THE TOWN AND COUNTY GAOL stands on a salubrious cliff of gravel, a short distance from the castle, and contiguous to the railway station. The building was erected in 1793, on the principles of the benevolent Howard, at an expense of £30,000. The front of the prison displays a bold and massive appearance, having two rusticated stone lodges and a gateway in the centre, over which is a fine bust of Howard, by Bacon. The building is of brick, and is spacious, airy, and well supplied with water, by means of a pump worked by the prisoners. Immediately in front of the gateway is the governor’s house, which, with certain offices, forms the southern front of the building. The chapel is an octagonal structure in the centre of the prison, and is contrived so as to separate every class of prisoners, yet, so that the minister may be seen by all the congregation. The remainder of the structure is divided into four principal courts, with several smaller ones, around which are cloisters, with sleeping rooms above for the prisoners, and cells for the refractory. A regard to the gradation of vice is strictly observed in the classification of the prisoners, many of whom are employed in some useful trade, such as shoemakers, tailors, blacksmiths, &c., others are employed in picking oakum and wool. The galling and disgraceful restraints of irons are altogether dispensed with, except in cases of capital and very refractory offenders. Great attention is paid to the moral culture of the inmates by the assiduous chaplain, in order to reclaim the wanderer. Divine service is performed twice every day, except Saturday; and the prisoners are all separately catechised several times during the week. The water to supply the gaol is pumped from the Severn into a large reservoir, which will hold 2,000 gallons. The gaol is calculated to accommodate 300 prisoners, and there are 135 separate cells. During the year ending September, 1849, there was a total of 1,291 prisoners; greatest number of prisoners at any one time in the year, 203; daily average of criminals, 147; daily average of debtors, 9. Gross expenditure for the same period, £3,337. 17s. 8d. Mr. John Shepherd is the governor; and the Rev. David Winstone, chaplain. The corporate magistrates are entitled, under the act for erecting this gaol, to send to it prisoners, both criminal and civil, for whose maintenance, of course, the borough pays. THE MARKET HOUSE, situated in the Market Square, an antique and interesting fabric, is one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the kingdom. In Dr. Taylor’s MSS. is the following account of the first Market House in this town of which any record remains:—“This yere, 1567, Maister John Dawes, of Shrosbery, an alderman of the sayde towne, began and buylded two fayre houses in the Corne Market there, for the saffe placinge of corne from wether, so that the owners thereof may stand saffe and drye, the which buildings was at his own coste and charge, which place servyth for the inhabitantes as also strangers to walke in, and the loft above for soondry profitable purposes.” To these timber buildings others were added in 1571, for the like purpose. In 1595 the whole was removed, and the present structure built on the site. The principal front is towards the west, and has in the centre a spacious portal, over which are sculptured the arms of Elizabeth. On each side of the portal is an open arcade of three round arches, supported by massive pillars, over which a range of square mullioned windows lights the upper story. Large open arches occupy the north and south ends, which are terminated with pointed gables. Above the northern arch is a tabernacled niche, containing a statue of Richard, Duke of York, in complete armour, with his armorial bearings, removed from the tower of the old Welsh Bridge, on its demolition in 1791. At the south end is the figure of an angel, in a canopied niche, bearing a shield of the arms of France and England. This fragment of antiquity formerly stood in the southern tower of the Castle, or North Gate, and was removed here in 1825, when that building was taken down to widen the street. The basement of the Market House is 105 feet long, and 24 feet wide. The upper story is devoted to the purposes of a Mechanics’ Institution. The market is held on Saturday, is numerously attended by farmers from the surrounding district, and considerable quantities of corn are sold, chiefly by sample. THE MUSIC HALL AND PUBLIC ROOMS occupy the southern side of the Market Square, and form a handsome pile of building, erected in 1840 from a design by Mr. Haycock. On the ground floor is the Post Office; and immediately above, the Public News Room, which is supported by annual subscription. The Music Hall, a noble apartment, occupies the remaining portion of the second floor. It measures 90 feet in length, 42 feet wide, and 38 feet high. The orchestra, which is situated at the south end, contains a fine-toned and powerful organ, the munificent gift of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D., to the Choral Society of the town. On the third story are Billiard Rooms, &c. THE THEATRE, situated in the Shoplatch, has a lofty stuccoed front, with three niches, containing statues of the immortal Shakspere, and of the comic and tragic muses, which give it a bold and imposing effect. The lower part consists of a rusticated base, one hundred feet in length, comprising a range of good shops, and a dwelling for the manager. The interior is conveniently arranged, and handsomely decorated with appropriate devices. It will accommodate a numerous audience; and was opened September 8th, 1834. It stands on the site of a former Theatre, which, if we may credit the affirmation of Phillips, was part of the ancient palace of the Princes of Powisland, who, in their frequent transactions with the sovereigns of England, often resided in Shrewsbury. The ancient boundary wall of this mansion inclosed all the space contained between Cross Hill, St. John’s Hill, Murivance, Swan Hill, and Shoplatch. It is probable that the old edifice was part of the great chamber, appropriated, according to the usage of the times, for receiving company, and occasionally for exhibiting shows and dramatic interludes. THE SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY was established on the 26th of June, 1835. The Museum, situated in Dogpole, is principally designed to illustrate the natural history of the district in its various branches of geology, mineralogy, zoology, and botany, by the gradual formation of complete and systematic arrangements of its productions in each of these departments. It is also open to other objects of scientific interest, and in particular is a suitable repository for such remains of antiquity as are found within the district, or illustrate its general history. The library contains many valuable books, illustrative of natural history and antiquities. It is deeply to be regretted, that hitherto the council have been able to do little more than maintain the museum in existence. Had they been entrusted with a larger amount of funds, they might have very considerably enlarged its collection, and extended its interests. Many donations are still in store for exhibition, whenever a more commodious building can be procured. It is, therefore, hoped that a district of so much scientific and antiquarian resource may, before long, be furnished with a building, in which specimens of its own productions may be placed for inspection, and which may also be a repository for objects of general interest and national importance. _President_: The Right Hon. the Earl of Powis.—_Treasurer_: Thomas Eyton, Esq.—_Honorary Secretary_: Henry Johnson, M.D. THE MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION was originally established in 1825, and in the year 1833 a building was erected for their meetings, in Howard Street. The committee of management subsequently took the Corn Market chambers, which are found admirably adapted for the objects of the institution, which affords to mechanics, artisans, and others, opportunities of acquiring, at their leisure hours, the principles of science and the arts; and for the cultivation of literature. The library comprises upwards of 2,000 volumes, and the reading-room is supplied with the leading London and provincial newspapers and magazines. There are classes for the English and French languages, arithmetic, mathematics, writing, drawing, music, and modelling. The present number of members is two hundred. The income for the year ending September, 1849, was £110. 15s. 10d. _President_: Mr. Edward Elsmere.—_Honorary Secretaries_: Mr. W. P. Scoltock and Mr. Robert France, jun. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION was established in 1850, under the patronage of the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Its general object is to afford the young men of the town of Shrewsbury the means of spending their leisure hours in a rational and profitable manner, and of acquiring useful knowledge on literary and scientific subjects, in subservience to the doctrines and precepts of revealed religion. A library and reading room have been established, and competent persons employed to deliver lectures on various interesting and scientific subjects. All persons subscribing twelve shillings and sixpence annually, or five guineas in one donation, to the funds of the institution, are members; and all persons elected by the committee, on the payment of six shillings per annum, have the advantages of the institution. _Treasurer_, W. B. Lloyd, Esq. _Honorary Secretary_, Mr. Henry Newham. THE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY, on St. John’s hill, contains a valuable collection of books in the various department of literature and science, numbering upwards of nine thousand volumes. It was established in 1785. Proprietary members pay one guinea admission, and an annual subscription of a guinea and a half. Elinor Urwick is the librarian. THE NEWS ROOM.—The public News Room in the Corn-market, immediately above the Post Office, is supported by annual subscriptions; the members have the advantage of perusing the principal London and provincial newspapers, magazines, and journals, &c. The walls are adorned with some fine pictures, presented at various periods to the corporation of the town, among which are Charles I., Charles II., William III., George I., George II., George III., Admiral Benbow, Lord Hill, and others. THE CIRCUS, a spacious building situated near the Welsh bridge, was formerly used for equestrian performances. It is now used as a depot for the immense quantities of butter and cheese which are brought to the town for sale at the monthly fairs; considerable quantities of these commodities are brought from Wales. THE BUTTER AND POULTRY MARKET, situated at the top of Pride-hill, was erected in 1819 by voluntary contributions amounting to £2000. It is not at all commensurate with the wants of the town, and of the ample produce brought to its weekly markets large quantities are exposed for sale in the streets. THE NEW BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET, situated in Howard-street, is a spacious building containing an area of 5400 feet. The exterior consists of a centre and two wings, and has a handsome appearance; the roof is supported by four rows of cast iron pillars—and there is ample room to dispose of the large quantities of butter and cheese which are brought for sale on the Wednesdays following the first fair in each month. THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY was originally built as an asylum for the reception of orphans from the Foundling Hospital in London. This spacious structure is situated at Kingsland, and crowns the steep eminence above the river, whence a most delightful and picturesque view of the town and country is obtained. The governor of the Foundling Hospital began the building in 1760, and finished it in five years, at an expense of £12,000. Children were sent down from London in great numbers, and put out to nurse with the neighbouring cottagers, under the inspection of the gentlemen in the vicinity. At a proper age they were taken into the house, where they were employed in the manufacture of wool, and afterwards placed out as apprentices. At one time there were more than four hundred orphans in the hospital; but the funds of the institution not proving adequate to the plan of sending children to provincial hospitals, it was discontinued in 1774. After being shut up several years, it was converted into a place of confinement for the Dutch prisoners taken in the American war. It was afterwards used as an infirmary, whilst the present noble structure was building. The rapid increase of the parochial rates, of Shrewsbury, induced the inhabitants to petition parliament for an act to incorporate the five parishes of the Town and Meole Brace, so far as concerned the poor, and to establish a general House of Industry. In 1784, they purchased the orphan hospital from the governors of the foundling charity, for the admission of the poor, who, in their declining years, here find an appropriate shelter, and are supplied with decent and comfortable necessaries of life. The situation is highly salubrious, and the terrace in front of the house commands a fine view of the quarry, the town, its suburbs, and the whole range of mountains in Salop, Montgomery, and Denbigh. The internal arrangements have a clean and orderly appearance, and the kind attention of the governor and guardians to the wants of the inmates, who are chiefly the aged, infirm, and helpless poor children, is highly creditable. [When we visited the house there were six old women of the age of 75 and upwards, one had reached the age of 95 years.] There is accommodation for 350 inmates, exclusive of that portion of the building which has been let off as a private asylum; the inmates are now 75. The infirmary and vagrant ward are in the rear, as are the schools, which are held in a building formerly used for hand-loom weaving; adjoining which are four acres of land, cultivated by the scholars; it is chiefly used in raising green crops, and is highly productive. The union embraces the parishes of St. Chad, St. Mary, St. Alkmund, St. Julian, Holy Cross, and Meole Brace, for which ten guardians are appointed. _Chairman_, Mr. Charles Lloyd. _Surgeon_, Henry Keate. _Chaplain_, Rev. W. J. James. _Governor_, Mr. William N. Kindellon. THE SAVINGS’ BANK, situated on College-hill, was erected in 1838, at a cost of £2000, which includes a sum of £600 given for the site. The capital stock of the bank, on November 20th, 1849, amounted to £179,990. 6s., at which time 4461 depositors, 56 Charitable societies, and 42 Friendly societies had accounts with the bank. Of the depositors there were 2329 whose respective balances did not exceed £20; 1138 were above £20 and not exceeding £50; 587 were above £50 and not exceeding £100; 253, not exceeding £150; 134 not exceeding £200; and 20 exceeding the latter amount. The bank is open on Monday and Saturday, from 11.30, a.m. to 1.30, p.m. Mr. Charles Blount, _Actuary_. The gross amount of the capital invested by the Charitable Societies, amounts to £307. 14s. 5d.; and of the Friendly Societies, to £18,362. 5s. 4d. THE ROYAL BATHS, situated at Benbow-place, were established in 1831, by Mr. William Onions. The front of the building exhibits a chaste design, being ornamented by a portico, supported by two Ionic pillars, and two pilasters. The conveniences, are varied and ample, and such as are only to be met with in the first rate establishments in the kingdom. The moderate charges and strict attention to cleanliness and comfort will, no doubt, insure to them an extensive patronage. The swimming bath is of sufficient dimensions to enable persons to learn or practice the art of swimming; there are also hot, air, vapour, shower, warm, medicated, salt, and fresh water baths in constant readiness. A charge of 21s. per annum is made for the use of the swimming bath, and sixpence for a single bath. THE SHREWSBURY WATERWORKS were established, by a company of shareholders, under an act of parliament, obtained in 1830, for the purpose of affording the inhabitants a constant supply of water from the Severn. The works are situated in Chester-street, and the water is raised by means of a steam engine, capable of throwing up 20,000 gallons per hour, into a large reservoir near the top of Pride-hill, and thence distributed in pipes to all parts of the town. The town is also gratuitously supplied with excellent water from a fine spring called Broadwell, near Crow Meole, distant about two miles, being conducted thence to conduits placed in different parts of the town for the convenience of the inhabitants. Few towns have such an excellent and abundant supply of this fine beverage of nature. THE GAS WORKS are situated in the Castle Foregate, near the goods depôt of the Shrewsbury and Ellesmere canal. They were established in 1820 by a company of shareholders with a capital stock of £10,000 raised in £10 shares. The luminous vapour is supplied from three gasometers which will hold together 80,000 cubic feet of gas. THE RAILWAY STATION.—The united station of the Shrewsbury and Chester, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury and Stafford branch of the Shropshire Union Railway, is a magnificent structure in the perpendicular style of architecture, situated near the Castle-gates. It exhibits a frontage of 150 feet in length, and two stories in height, with a square tower in the centre, ornamented with a richly carved battlement, with octagonal turrets of considerable elevation, at the corners. On each side of the tower extends a large wing, divided into four equal spaces by projecting turrets. The ridge of the roof is finished with an ornamental cast iron crest, and the windows are divided by stone transoms and mullions. The total cost of the station-house, offices, and engineering works, was £51,000; the goods, engine-station, and other necessary works £20,000. The gross cost of the above works, including the viaduct of the Severn, contiguous to the station, and the bridge over Castle Foregate, exceeded £100,000. The ground floor is appropriated to booking offices, waiting rooms, and a large refreshment room; above are the offices for the clerks, and other offices. The platforms respectively measure 600 feet, and 450 in length, and 16 feet wide. A wrought iron roof, beautifully designed, of 70 feet span, covers the platforms and lines of rails for a space of 450 feet. The goods and coal depots are situated between the station and Coton-hill, with convenient access from Castle Foregate-street: here an abundance of coal, lime, and slates is always on hand. Near the station is the _Viaduct_ over the Severn, consisting of seven elliptical arches, 45 feet span. The rails are 36 feet above the ordinary level of the river. A cast iron bridge of sixty-four feet span, from the Brymbo iron works, carries the Shrewsbury and Chester railway over the Castle Foregate. The whole of the works were executed by Mr. Brassey, the contractor, under the direction of Mr. James Baylis, the resident engineer, at the joint expense of the several companies whose lines unite in Shrewsbury. LORD HILL’S COLUMN, erected to commemorate the brilliant victories and achievements of that distinguished warrior, stands on rising ground near the entrance of Abbey Foregate, from the London road, and forms a conspicuous and interesting object to the surrounding country. This fine Doric pillar, considered to be the largest in the world, was completed on the 18th of June, 1816, at a cost of £5,973. 13s. 2d. The pedestal, which is square, has a buttress at each angle, on which is a lion couchant, worked out of Grinshill free stone, of which material is the column. The chastely fluted shaft is surmounted by a cylindrical pedestal, supporting a statue of his lordship, of colossal proportions, executed in artificial stone, by Messrs. Coade and Sealey, London. The statue is 17 feet high, and the height of the pillar 116 feet, making a total height of 133 feet from the ground to the top of the statue. A beautiful spiral staircase, the munificent donation of the builder, Mr. Straphen, winds round the interior of the shaft, and opens on the summit, at the base of the pedestal of the statue, whence the visitor will enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of Shrewsbury and the fertile plains of Shropshire, unrivalled in extent and splendour. On the sides of the pedestal are inscriptions, recording the victories of the gallant general, to whose honour this voluntary tribute of Salopian esteem was erected. THE ARMOURY, situated near to St. Giles’ church, is a spacious brick edifice, built by government in 1806, at an expense of £10,000, and intended as a depôt for containing the arms of the volunteer corps of this and the adjoining counties. The principal building is 135 feet long by 39 feet wide, divided into an upper and lower story, capable of containing 25,000 stand of arms; at each angle is a small residence, and within the enclosure are two magazines for ammunition. The arms having been removed to Chester, the premises have remained unoccupied ever since. The structure now presents a dilapidated appearance; it has become by purchase the property of Lord Berwick. THE COUNTY COURT OFFICES for the recovery of debts not exceeding £20 are situate in Wyle Cop. The court contains within its jurisdiction the following parishes and places, viz.:—Acton Burnell, Alberbury, Albrighton, Astley, Atcham, Baschurch, Battlefield, Berrington, Cardington, Cardiston, Church Preen, Church Pulverbatch, Church Stretton, Condover, Cound, Cressage, Easthope, Eaton-under-Haywood, Eaton Constantine, Fitz, Ford, Frodesley, Great Harwood, Great Ness, Habberley, Hadnal, Harley, Haughmond Demesne, Hope Bowdler, Hughley, Kenley, Leebotwood, Leighton, Little Ness, Longnor, Melverley, Meole Brace, Middle, Minsterley, Montford, Petton, Pitchford, Pontesbury, Preston Gubballs, Ruckley and Langley, Rushbury, Shineton, Shipton, Shrawardine, Shrewsbury—viz.: St. Chad, St. Julian, St. Mary except Clive, and Holy Cross and St. Giles, and Smethcott, Stapleton, Sutton, Uffington, Uppington, Upton Magna, Westbury, Withington, Wolstaston, Wollaston and Wroxeter.—_Judge_: Uvedale Corbett, Esq., Aston Hall.—_Clerk_: Joshua John Peele, Esq., Murivance.—_High Bailiff_: Mr. Henry Bloxham, St. Mary’s square.—_Bailiffs_: Edward Bury and Richard Prinn. THE CATTLE MARKET or NEW SMITHFIELD, situated near the banks of the Severn, on a plot of land called Raven Meadow, is approached from the lower part of Mardol, and the Castle gates nearly opposite the railway station. This market covers four acres of land, and is not surpassed by any provincial market in England for the conveniences it affords, and its adaptation to the purposes intended. It was opened on November 19th, 1850. The total cost has been £15,000, of which £2500 was expended in raising the ground. A lofty brick wall surrounds the market, which is capable of affording accommodation for 700 horses, 1400 cattle, 5000 sheep, and 1000 pigs, with suitable trial ground for the horses, appropriate pens for the sheep and pigs, and a long range of sheds under the north wall for the cattle. If the tolls are not sufficient to pay the interest of the money borrowed for the formation of the market, the act of parliament authorizes a rate upon the town to meet the deficiency. The market or fair is held every alternate Tuesday, when stock of all kinds is brought in very considerable quantities for sale. FAIRS for cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, and fat stock are held every alternate Tuesday. The following will be the dates for the year 1851, viz.:—January 14, 28; February 11, 25; March 11, 25; April 8, 22; May 6, 20; June 3, 17; July 1, 15, 29; August 12, 26; September 9, 23; October 7, 21; November 4, 18; December 2, 16, 30. BUTTER AND CHEESE FAIR is held on the Wednesday following the first fair in each month. THE WOOL FAIR takes place on July 1 and August 26. THE ENGLISH BRIDGE is a substantial and elegant structure, 400 feet in length, and composed of seven arches, crowned by a bold balustrade. It was erected in 1774, at an expense of £15,710, of which £11,494 was raised by voluntary subscriptions. The central arch is sixty feet in width, and forty in height, which is double the height of the end arches, and consequently disagreeably steep; the breadth of the thoroughfare is also inconveniently narrow (only twenty-five feet) for the innumerable carriages and passengers which are continually passing over it. The object in its construction was to contrive as much space as possible for the water during floods. With the exception of this defect, its architectural beauty is surpassed by few bridges in the kingdom; it is highly ornamental to the town, and an equally noble monument of the public spirit of the gentry of the county. The keystone of the central arch is adorned with a fine head of Sabrina, “goddess of the river,” and that on the opposite side with a head of Neptune, the “father of fountains.” The keystones of the other arches are worked into a shell; on the central piers of the arches are finely carved dolphins. The old English bridge, built probably by the abbots and burgesses conjointly, was taken down on the completion of the present structure. It was constructed on seventeen arches, and extended over the main stream, also an arm of the river now filled up which flowed into the Meole Brook; its length was 864 feet, and the breadth only 12 feet, being greatly encumbered with houses. Near the eastern extremity was a gate and a strong embattled tower, with chamber and portcullis, and beyond a draw-bridge. THE WELSH BRIDGE, so called on account of the road from Shrewsbury to a considerable part of North Wales lying over it, is situated at the foot of Mardol, and crosses the river into the populous suburb of Frankwell. It is a bold and substantial structure, consisting of five arches, the length being 266 feet and the breadth 30 feet, completed in 1795, at an expense of £8000, raised by subscriptions. The old Welsh bridge taken down on the erection of the above structure, was situated a few yards higher up the stream than the present fabric. It was a most interesting monument of antiquity, and consisted of seven arches, with massive gate towers at each extremity, in the finest style of castellated building. Leland, who visited Shrewsbury in 1539, in describing this bridge says:—“It is the greatest, faynest, and highest upon the stream, having six great arches of stone; it standeth on the west syde of the towne, and hath at the one end of it a great gate to enter by into the towne; and at the other end towardes Wales a mighty stronge towre to prohibit enemies to enter on the bridge.” Above one of the gates stood an armed statue of a knight, which was removed in 1791, and placed in a niche in front of the Market-house. This effigy was an important object of attraction to the Welshmen, from a tradition, that it represented Llewelyn, Prince of Wales. Antiquaries, from its attendant embellishments, state it represented Richard Duke of York. The tolls arising from marketable goods over this bridge were abolished by the payment of £6000 to the corporation, which sum was raised by public subscriptions. THE RAILWAY VIADUCT over the Severn, situated a little east from the station, consists of seven elliptical arches, forty-five span, and thirty-six feet above the ordinary level of the river. The whole has a bold, massive, and elegant appearance.—A BRIDGE of cast iron of sixty-four feet span, crosses the Castle Foregate, and carries the four lines of rails of the Chester and Shrewsbury railway.—A WOODEN BRIDGE, consisting of two timber arches, eighty-five feet span each, on the bow and spring principle, leads from the public walk called the Dana, over the railway station, to the front of the county gaol. TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.—The trade of this town was once esteemed of great importance to the kingdom, and though its consequence has been eclipsed by the subsequent increase of other places, yet it has never been destitute of a considerable share of internal commerce. In early times it was distinguished for its glove cloth, and shoe manufactories, but its ancient traffic in Welsh woollens was in a great measure the cause of the former opulence of Shrewsbury. Camden, in his account of the town in 1586, observes:—“It is a fine city, and of good commerce; and by the industry of the citizens and their cloth manufacture, and their trade with the Welsh, is very rich, for hither the Welsh commodities are brought as to the common mart.” Pennant, who wrote more than half a century ago, says:—“From very early days this place possessed almost exclusively the trade with Wales, in a coarse kind of woollen cloth called Welsh webs, which were brought from Merinoth and Montgomeryshire to a market held here weekly on Thursday. They were afterwards dressed, that is, the wool raised on one side, by a set of people called shearmen. At the time of Queen Elizabeth the trade was so great, that not fewer than 600 persons maintained themselves by this occupation. The cloth was sent chiefly to America to clothe the negroes, or to Flanders, where it is used by the peasants. At present the greatest part of this traffic is diverted into other channels, and not more than four or five hundred thousand yards are brought to the ancient mart.” The stout Welshmen were accustomed to come to the market, with troops of hardy ponies, each with a halter of twisted straw, and laden with bales of cloth. It was a practice of the drapers and shearmen to assemble at the Market-house at two o’clock, and according to ancient usage proceed up stairs in seniority. The traffic was a ready money business, and as the Welshmen left much of their cash behind them, in exchange for groceries, malt, and other commodities, the loss of such a trade may easily be conceived, when it is said that more than six hundred pieces of web have been sold in one day. The Welsh flannels were formerly made by the rural population, and the small farmers employed their female domestics at leisure hours in this business. These seldom made more than four or five pieces during the year, and those from the wool of their own flocks. The principal manufacturers were farmers, who maintained servants solely for that purpose, and hired weavers by the year. They produced forty or fifty pieces annually at market, each measuring from 100 to 150 yards; and, as it was a ready money trade, many of them made considerable sums. At present, chiefly from the introduction of spinning mills and the power loom, this ancient domestic manufacture is almost swept away. The market, formerly held here every Thursday, is now removed to Welshpool, Newton, and Llanidloes, which has nearly caused the total extinction of this branch of local commerce. There are now only two flannel merchants in the town, and they visit the different localities in which the flannels are manufactured to purchase their goods. The general trade and prosperity of Shrewsbury are said to have been very much injured by the exactions of its guilds or incorporated companies, the most considerable of which are the drapers and the mercers. The former were incorporated by Edward IV., and united with an ancient guild or fraternity of the Holy Trinity, founded in the church of St. Mary. Their company is recognised by several subsequent acts of parliament. They have now a considerable estate, originally purchased by the voluntary contributions of the members, which is expended in the support of the inmates of St. Mary’s almshouses, in liberal subscriptions to the charitable institutions of the town, and in relief to widows and families of deceased members. On the south-west side of St. Mary’s church is the Drapers’ Hall, a curious half-timbered building, erected, probably, about the time of Elizabeth. The large room, finely wainscotted with old oak, contains two massive oak tables, and a fine old chest, with richly carved ornaments. Portraits of the royal founder of the company, and of Degory Watur and his spouse, decorate the wainscot. Among the records of the Drapers’ Company are the following:—“25 Elizabeth, 1583, ordered that no draper set out for Oswestry on Monday before six o’clock, on forfeiture of 6s. 8d., and that they should wear their weapons all the way, and go in company. Not to go over the Welsh Bridge before the bell tolls six.”—“27 of Elizabeth, 1585, a market was held at Knocking, and a halfpenny paid by the drapers for every piece of cloth bought.”—“1621, agreed to buy no more cloth in Oswestry.” The Mercers were incorporated by Edward IV., on condition that they should maintain a priest to sing at the altar of St. Michael in the collegiate church of St. Chad; that they should give a penny a week to thirteen poor men, to pray for the good estate of the king, his family, and themselves; and also find a wax taper to be carried before the holy sacrament on the procession of Corpus Christi, on the celebration of which day it was customary for all the companies to unite as their grand anniversary, and preceded by their masters and wardens, ornamented with colours and curious devices they attended the bailiffs and members of the corporation, who, with the friars of the convents and the parochial clergy, followed the holy sacrament, which was borne by priests under a rich canopy of velvet, to a stone cross without the town (probably that now called the Weeping Cross). Here all joined in bewailing their sins, and in chanting forth petitions for a plentiful harvest; they then returned in the same order to the church of St. Chad, when a grand mass was celebrated. Three days of unbounded jollity and recreation followed this magnificent festival. These were held on a piece of ground called “KINGSLAND,” where each company had its “arbour,” and the several incorporated communities, accompanied by bands of music, flags, and devices emblematical of their craft, preceded by a “King” or some other principal personage, assembled at their respective arbours and spent the time with much festivity. After the reformation the religions ceremony was abolished, but one day of entertainment is still observed under the denomination of the SHREWSBURY SHOW, now held on the second Monday after Trinity Sunday. Each company has still its arbour or pavilion, adorned with the arms of the company, in which refreshments are provided. These are visited by the mayor and corporation, who used formerly to wear their robes of office upon this occasion. The following is an entry from the books kept by the bailiffs, dated 1521:—“Wine to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, president of our lord the king’s council in the marches of Wales at the general procession of Corpus Christi, 3s. 8d.” The show was revived and kept up with much pageantry in 1850. The ancient _Tailors’ Hall_ formerly stood on College Hill; the _Weavers’ Hall_ on Wyle Cop; the _Cloth Workers’ Hall_ in High-street, and the _Mercers’ Hall_ in the King’s Head Shutt. The chief manufactories at the present time in Shrewsbury are the extensive establishment of Messrs. Marshall and Co., for flax spinning and the manufacture of linen thread, where upwards of 800 operatives are employed. The factory is a spacious and lofty building, situated in St. Michael-street; the aggregate amount of steam power employed is equal to 116 horses. Linen was formerly extensively manufactured here; a linen and flax mill was taken down about fifteen years ago; there are now only about half a dozen hands employed in weaving linen. The cotton manufacture was introduced into Shrewsbury in 1790, when several factories were built at Coleham, and the trade was carried on in a spirited manner. In 1817 the proprietor, in consequence of a great depression in trade, declined business, since which the mills have been closed, and some portion of them converted into cottage tenements. _Malting_ is very extensively carried on, as will be seen in reference to the trades’ list, which will show thirty different firms. _Glass Staining_ has been brought to the highest state of perfection by Mr. David Evans, whose ingenious talents and consummate skill have raised the art to a degree of perfection unequalled in modern times. The beautiful specimens visible in the restorations of Winchester and Lichfield cathedrals, in most of the churches of Shrewsbury, and in churches almost in all parts of the kingdom, will compare with some of the finest works of the ancient masters, and speak his merits more forcibly to the refined taste than whole volumes of feeble encomiums. There are several _Iron-founderies_, and the manufacture of _Agricultural Implements_ is carried onto a considerable extent, with _Tanning_ and other branches of trade as will be seen on reference to the trades’ directory. Among the delicacies for which the town is noted is the _Shrewsbury Cake_, a delicious sweet cake, which the poet Shenstone speaks of as “Rend’ring through Britain’s isle Salopian’s praises known.” The _Simnel Cake_ is also much admired, and great quantities are made about the season of Christmas. It consists of an exterior crust or shell deeply tinged with saffron, enclosing a compound of rich fruit. _The Shrewsbury Brawn_ is highly celebrated among the connoisseurs of this ancient Christmas dish. THE QUARRY.—This fine public promenade occupies a rich sloping meadow of about twenty acres, on the west side of the town, and derives its name from a disused stone quarry nearly in the centre, which supplied a considerable part of the red sand stone visible in the older portions of the walls and churches of Shrewsbury. An avenue of lofty lime trees, more than five hundred yards in length, follows the windings of the Severn; to the middle and at each end of which, three other shaded walks lead from various parts of the town. “The still retirement and pleasing gloom of this delightful grove, from which the noise of the busy town, and even a prospect of its buildings, are almost entirely excluded—the refreshing coolness of its shade—the rich verdure which ever clothes its meadow—the fine sweep of its umbrageous arch—and the majestic flow of the river, which here combine to render it the favourite and constant resort of the inhabitants, and a principal attraction to the stranger.” The opposite bank of the Severn rises abruptly, and is crowned with the House of Industry, an extensive and handsome building, and some modern plantations, contribute greatly to embellish the scene, and render it one of the finest public walks in the kingdom. The ground was planted and laid out during the mayoralty of Henry Jenks, Esq., in the year, 1719, previous to which it was a waste plot of land, where the inhabitants were used to indulge in feats of wrestling, tilting and other sports. In a place called the Dingle, planted with a clump of magnificent trees, are the remains of a rude amphitheatre, with ascending seats cut in the bank, where the friars of the adjacent convent entertained the Salopians with those ancient, sacred dramas, called mysteries or Whitsun plays, so famous in the days of our ancestors. Here, also, during the reign of Elizabeth, many plays were exhibited, in which the scholars of the free school sustained the principal characters; among which, in 1565, was a play called Julian the Apostate, and two years afterwards was exhibited the passion of Christ. It is said that the Queen herself intended to have honoured the last with her presence, and had even arrived as far as Coventry on her way, but hearing that it was over she returned to London. The corporation in the year 1569 leased the quarry to three persons for ten years, for the consideration of a red rose yearly, on condition that they should bring the water from Broadwell, near Crow Meole, in leaden pipes as high as it would run into the town of Shrewsbury. By this means the water was first brought into the town; the work was completed in the year 1574, and then the conduits were first opened. THE HORSE RACES are held annually in the second week in May, and continue for two days; they attract a considerable influx of visitors to the town, but are not so celebrated as they were in former times. The race course is situated a quarter of a mile N.N.E. from the Abbey Church, on the road leading to Monk Moor. It also bears the name of “the soldiers’ piece,” and is pointed out by tradition as the spot on which the unfortunate Charles I., when at Shrewsbury in 1642, drew up his army and addressed the assembled gentry of the county on the subject of his distresses. THE ASSEMBLY ROOM was erected in 1777, at the back of the Lion Hotel; the room is commodious and suitably decorated, and the balls are usually attended by the rank and fashion of the county. THE BILLIARD ROOMS are situated in the Market-square; the third story of the Music Hall has been divided into convenient apartments, which are now occupied as billiard rooms, of which Mr. Edward Vaughan is the proprietor. AQUATIC EXCURSIONS.—Much pleasure and healthy exercise is afforded on the Severn during the summer months, and an emulation of skill is frequently excited among the rowers. Boats may be hired at a moderate charge, and pleasure parties frequently take an excursion up the river to the picturesque and shady banks of Berwick and the Isle, or to the rural village of Uffington. The Severn also affords much pleasure to the votaries of the “gentle craft,” the river being celebrated for the excellency of its salmon, besides which trout, pike, grayling, perch, and many other sorts of fish are caught. KINGSLAND is a plot of ground covering twenty-seven acres on the south west side of the town, the common property of the burgesses, thirty of whom in rotation receive annually 4s. 6d. from its produce, in lieu for a “turn for their kine.” It is studded with small enclosures and “arbours,” to which the several incorporated trading companies of the town annually resort in procession on the Monday after Trinity Sunday, accompanied by bands of music and devices emblematical of their craft; a more particular account of which has been noticed with the various guilds. MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS.—_The Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul_, which stood on the eastern banks of the Severn, in the suburb which still bears its name, owes its foundation to Roger de Montgomery, the first Norman Earl of Shrewsbury. In the time of the Saxons it is said a church stood on or near this spot, and a community of monks was in all probability united to it. The Danes, during their ravages in the ninth century, plundered and depopulated monastic institutions, and this it is conjectured fell with the rest. The kingdom becoming more settled under the reign of Edgar, many of the abbey churches which had till then laid desolate were taken possession of by secular priests, who, swerving from the strictness of monastic life, engaged in the active concerns of society. Such, apparently, was the state of the monastery of Shrewsbury at the time of the Norman invasion. The church, then a rude edifice of wood, was governed by Odelirius, a priest, who as archpresbyter, presided over a college of married secular clergy. Its district was called the parish of the city. From the fact that the portion of each prebend, at the death of the incumbent, should revert to the monks of a new abbey, there can be no doubt that at this period it was collegiate. This was the cause of much litigation, it being customary for ecclesiastical livings to descend as by inheritance to the next of blood. These claims were, however, abolished during the reign of Henry I. In the seminary belonging to this ancient church, a priest named Seward is mentioned as an eminent teacher, and to him the historian Ordericus Vitalis owed his education. When Roger de Montgomery took possession of his territories in Shropshire, he determined to refound the monastery, and to introduce into it the monks of his favourite order, St. Benedict, whom he invited over from a religious house founded on the estates of Mabel, his first Countess, at Sees, in Normandy. He obtained the land on which the monastery of Shrewsbury stood from Siward, a Saxon nobleman, and in 1083 laid the foundation of a magnificent abbey, which, when finished, was re-dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, the patrons of the ancient monastery. With the consent of his Countess, Adelaisa, he retired to the holy solitude of his monastery and received the tonsure and habit of a monk, on which occasion he presented the fraternity with the tunic of Hugh, the sainted abbot of Clugin, in Burgundy, which vestment he occasionally wore, doubtless in anxious hope of its communicating some portion of the sanctity of its former possessor. In the immediate prospect of his dissolution he invested himself with this precious relic, thus exemplifying the pitiable superstition of those who “put on the weeds of Dominic or Franciscan and think to pass disguised.” He was buried in the Lady Chapel, between the two altars. His second son, Hugh, succeeded to the Earldom of Shrewsbury, soon after which he paid a solemn visit to the abbey, to do homage to the tomb of his father, on which occasion, though of a profligate and cruel character, he added greatly to the endowments of the institution; and, among other things, conferred on the monks the tithe of all the venison of his forests in Shropshire, that of Wenlock excepted. The barons who attended Earl Hugh, imitated his munificence and conferred large estates on the abbey. By these and other acquisitions the revenues of the house were greatly enriched, and the abbot obtained the honour of ranking among those spiritual barons who sat and voted in parliament, had the authority of bishops within their houses, wore the mitre, sandals, and gloves, carried silver crosiers in their hands, gave their episcopal benediction, conferred the lesser orders, and in some instances were exempt from all authority of the diocesan. It is uncertain when these high functions were first exercised, but the abbot of Shrewsbury is mentioned among the spiritual lords who voted in parliament in the 49th of Henry III. In the days of King Stephen, when the popular passion for relics had attained an unbounded extravagance, the monks of Shrewsbury determined not to be behindhand with their brethren in availing themselves of so fruitful a source of opulence; therefore, during the abbacy of Herbert, the third abbot, they commenced business on their own account. After ransacking the legends of Wales for a subject, they at length had the good fortune to pitch upon one sufficiently absurd for their purpose, in the bones of the martyred Virgin St. Wenefrede, which lay interred in the churchyard at Gwytherin, in Denbighshire. After much fruitless negotiation with the priest and the people of Gwytherin, the abbot of Shrewsbury procured an order from Henry I. for the translation of the sacred dust to his monastery. The Welshmen honoured their saint more than their king, and turned a deaf ear alike to entreaties and menace. The Salopian monks persevering in their purpose, held a chapter, in which Robert Pennant, their prior, a Denbighshire man, who is supposed to have fabricated the legend, was commissioned to make a pilgrimage to Gwytherin, and to leave no expedients untried for obtaining possession of the relics. Assisted by a priest in Wales, two clever monks of his abbey, and the prior of Chester, he practised on the credulity of the Welsh by pretended visions and divine warnings. The prize was given up, and the delegates returned with it in triumph to Shrewsbury, where it was enshrined with great pomp and solemnity, near the high altar of St. Peter and St. Paul. The speculation of the monks was completely successful; multitudes of pilgrims flocked with gifts to the shrine, and even nobles contended who should offer the richest donations. In addition to these treasured bones the monks in after times appear to have possessed a most extensive and varied assortment of other relics, doubtless of equal value and efficacy. In 1486 the abbot Thomas Mynde incorporated the devotees of St. Wenefrede into a religions guild or fraternity, founded by him in her honour. A great bell was also dedicated to her memory. One of the most remarkable persons this house produced was Robert of Shrewsbury, a monk, who was promoted to the see of Bangor, in the reign of Henry II. His influence in Wales excited the jealously of King John, who imprisoned him in his own cathedral, and for his ransom obliged him to pay three hundred hawks. This eminent prelate, it is said by his will, ordered his body to be buried, not in his cathedral church, but in the middle of the market place of Shrewsbury. At the various visits with which the English sovereigns honoured Shrewsbury, it is highly probable that they took up their residence in the abbey, and there can be little doubt that the parliament of Edward I., 1283, and that of Richard II., 1398, called the Great Parliament, were held within the monastery. At the dissolution of 1513, when the property and possessions of this monastery fell to the crown, the burgesses of Shrewsbury presented a petition that the abbey might be converted into a college or free school, to which request Henry refused to accede, alleging as a reason his intention of erecting Shrewsbury into a bishopric, the diocese of which was to include the counties of Salop and Staffordshire, and the endowments to consist of the monastic revenues. Dr. Bouchier, the last abbot of Leicester, was actually nominated Bishop of Shrewsbury, and hence it is said arose the appellation “Proud Salopians,” founded on the tradition that the inhabitants rejected the offer of having their borough converted into a city. The bailiffs and principal inhabitants of the city in vain petitioned their monarch to spare the buildings of the monastery. On the 22nd of July, 1546, Henry VIII. granted the site of the dissolved abbey to Edward Watson and Henry Henderson, who the next day conveyed the same to William Langley, a tailor, in whose family it continued for five generations, until 1701, when Jonathan Langley, Esq., devised it to Edward Baldwyn, Esq., and he in like manner in 1726 passed it to his sister Bridget, wife of Thomas Powys, Esq. In 1810 the premises were sold by the trustees of the wife of Thomas Jelf Powys, Esq., to Mr. Simon Hiles, in whose devisees they are now vested. The property with which the abbey had been endowed at various periods, comprised seventy manors, twenty-four churches, and the tithes of thirty-seven parishes, besides very extensive and valuable privileges and immunities of various kinds. In 26 Henry VIII., their possessions were found of the yearly value of £572. 15s. 5¾d., equal to £4700 in the present day. Pensions were assigned to the late abbot, Thomas Boteler, and the seventeen monks. The abbey presents few features of its ancient grandeur, the chapter house, cloister, and refectory are entirely destroyed. In the stately chapter house occurred the early authorised assembly of that popular representation in the constitution of this kingdom, to which, under Providence, Englishmen have been indebted for much of their subsequent prosperity. From the important state affairs which were transacted here in 1307–8 it was denominated the Great Parliament. The cross of Canterbury was brought here, upon which the lords spiritual and temporal were sworn to observe and keep all the statutes which were then made. Here too, Richard II., attended by a numerous guard of Cheshire men, entertained the members of his parliament with a sumptuous feast. The site of the abbey embraced upwards of ten acres, but it is no longer possible to trace the wide circuit of the ancient embattled walls. In 1836, on excavating near the site of the chapter house, a leaden seal was found, which had once been appended to a bull from the pope, whose name is thus inscribed on it:—INNOCENTUS. P.P. IIII. The most interesting portions of the ruins is a little octagonal structure, six feet in diameter, which is generally called the Stone Pulpit, the admiration of every antiquary and person of taste. Some broken steps lead to the interior through a narrow flat arched door on each side. The south part stands upon a portion of a ruined wall, and originally looked into one of the outer courts. The corresponding moiety projected considerably within the hall, and rests upon a single corbel, terminating in a head. From this point it gradually spreads, with a variety of delicately ribbed mouldings, until it forms the basement under the floor. The whole is crowned with a dome of stone work, at about eight feet from the base, supported on six narrow pointed arches, rising from pillars similar to the mullions of the windows. One of the remaining sides of the octagon is a solid blank wall, and the other contains the door. The roof within is vaulted on eight delicate ribs springing out of the wall, and adorned at their intersection in the centre, by a boss representing an open flower, on which is displayed a delicate sculpture of the crucifixion. The spaces between the divisions of the three northern arches, are filled up four feet above the base, with stone panels, over which they are entirely open, and the light thus introduced is productive of a beautiful effect. On the centre panel is a rich piece of sculpture designed to represent the annunciation. The right hand panel bears the images of St. Peter and St. Paul; that on the left St. Wenefrede and the abbot Beuno. The architecture of this interesting structure is referred to the time of Henry VIII. Much conjecture has arisen among antiquaries respecting its probable use, but there can be little doubt that it originally projected from the wall of the refectory, and was used as a pulpit, from which one of the junior brethren of the monastery, in compliance with the rule of the Benedictine order, daily read or recited aloud, during meal times, a subject of divinity to the monks during dinner. Southward from the pulpit is a range of red sand stone building, now incorporated with the abbey house. To the south east is the abbot lodge, of which the only remnant is a portion of the cloister, consisting of three pointed arches. The dormitory was cut through on the formation of a new line of road in 1836. SHREWSBURY CASTLE.—The events which belong to the Castle are intimately connected with the history of the town, where they are more fully noticed. Its founder, Roger de Montgomery, made it his residence soon after the Conquest, and it became the chief seat of his baronial power. As his new possessions had been acquired by the sword, Earl Roger considered the inhabitants as his property; therefore, to afford an eligible site for his new buildings, he is stated to have destroyed fifty houses; a fifth part of the town at that period. After the fall of the great house of Montgomery, in the reign of Henry I., on the forfeiture of Earl Robert de Belesme, the Castle became a royal fortress. Its defence was entrusted to a constable, usually the sheriff, who maintained the prison of the county within its walls; and the vast possessions annexed to it were parcelled out among various knights, on the condition of their keeping castle-ward for a certain number of days during war. During the turbulent reign of Henry III. the castle fell into great dilapidation; but his son, Edward I., immediately on his accession, almost entirely rebuilt the structure. The stronger portion of the castle now remaining was probably erected by direction of that monarch, being in the style generally adopted during his reign. It was at this time considered rather as a place of great consequence in protecting the country from the invasions of the Welsh, than as a royal or baronial residence. By the union with Wales all apprehensions on this ground vanished, and the importance of the castle as a fortress ceased. In the time of Henry VIII. it seems to have been rapidly hastening to decay. Leland, who then saw it, observes that it had been a “stronge thynge, but now much in mine.” In the reign of Elizabeth, a grant was made of its site and buildings to Richard Onslow, Esq., who subsequently transferred his interest in it to the corporation. During the civil war, in the reign of Charles I., the Castle resumed some share of its former importance, and was garrisoned for the royal party. The dilapidated walls were repaired, and its gates strongly fortified. After its surrender to the parliamentary forces, in 1645, it escaped the destruction that fell upon many other castles, owing to the circumstance of its being entrusted by the House of Commons to the government of Colonel Mitton, a native of the county, who, displeased with the virulent persecution of the king, soon after resigned his commission. Colonel Mackworth was then appointed governor, and he was succeeded by Colonel Hunt. On the restoration of Charles II., the property of the Castle returned to the burgesses, who in 1663 surrendered it to the king. That monarch shortly afterwards presented it to Viscount Newport, afterwards Earl of Bradford. The garrison at this time consisted of two companies with their officers; the daily expenses of which, as given in an old record, are stated at £8. 17s., or £3,230. 5s. per annum. The Castle continued in a fortified state, and had a large magazine of arms, which was not removed till the reign of James II. It is probable that the out-works were in a great measure destroyed, and its ancient chapel demolished, about this period. The part still remaining was leased by the Earl of Bradford to Mr. Gosnell. About the year 1730, this gentleman converted it into a gloomy habitation, in which state it remained until Sir William Pulteney repaired and greatly improved it. The outer walls of the Castle are now undergoing a complete reparation by the present proprietor, the Duke of Cleveland. The Castle stands boldly elevated on a considerable eminence on the narrow isthmus formed by the windings of the Severn, which in every other part, by surrounding Shrewsbury, formed a portion of its defence. It has undergone so many changes, and has suffered so much from the dilapidations of time, that it is not easy to form any correct notion of its original state. Its appearance does not convey an adequate idea of the size, stateliness, or the strength of a great baronial fortress, placed in so important a position as Shrewsbury was once esteemed. The present buildings are of red free stone, and consist of the keep, the walls of the inner court, and the great arch of the interior gate. How far the original fortifications extended cannot now be absolutely determined. It is probable that the usual appendages of feudal castles, the outer court or ballium, with its strong gate, portcullis, and towers, once made part of the fortress, and extended, perhaps, beyond the Council House. The keep is a square building of great strength, connected with two round towers, embattled and pierced, and originally consisted of one great apartment on each of the upper floors. The interior as well as the exterior has been greatly altered. In the vestibule is a statue of the founder, Roger de Montgomery. A handsome stone staircase, of modern construction, leads from the vestibule to the principal apartments. The drawing room, a spacious and handsome apartment, was used as a guard chamber in the time of Charles I. A narrow stone staircase within the wall, lighted by chinks, leads to an apartment in the western tower, in which was a recess, with a strong groined ceiling, and small sharp pointed windows. This building does not appear older than the time of Henry III.; the beams are of an immense size, and the walls are ten feet in thickness. The battlements of the walls are pierced with narrow cruciform openings, called loops or oilets, which were intended for the convenience of the cross-bowmen. The noble arch of the gateway is the only existing part of the original Norman fortress of Roger de Montgomery. It is eighteen feet high, semi-circular, and with plain round facings; and its walls appear to have sustained a tower, from which hung the portcullis. On the east side of the court is a postern, built probably in the time of Charles I., when the fortress was restored; and near it are the massive foundations of an ancient tower. The Castle still retains one mark of its ancient dignity, for in the area of the inner court the knights of the shire are nominated, and from time immemorial have been girt with their swords by the sheriff. On the south side of the court is a lofty mount, which rises abruptly from the Severn, the summit of which is crowned with ruinous walls, and an ancient watch tower for the purpose of descrying an enemy at a distance. This was rebuilt about thirty years ago, and converted into a beautiful summer room, commanding a fine panoramic view, and now called Laura’s Tower. From the above mount there is also a view of uncommon grandeur and beauty—the sides of the mount are richly clothed with foliage, the Severn winds majestically below—the eye of the spectator beholds in succession, the town, with its spires and turrets, its beautiful suburbs, and a wide sweep of finely wooded and diversified country, with the most extensive amphitheatre of mountains of which perhaps the island can boast. The majestic Wrekin is connected by the hills of Acton Burnell and Frodesley with the towering heights of the Lawley and Caradoc, from whence the Long Mynd, Stiperstones, and Long Mountain, form an uninterrupted chain, with the bold and precipitous cliffs of Kefn-y-Castyr and Breddyn;—thence the horizon is bounded by the stupendous Berwin range, losing its blue summit in the clouds,—while the northern prospect is terminated by the humbler eminences of Grinshill, Pymhill, Hawkstone, and Haughmond. When the frontier situation of Shrewsbury is considered, and that for four centuries it was, perhaps, the most important station on the marches of Wales, it is extraordinary that, though it has several times fallen into the enemies’ power by treachery and surprise, yet it never sustained more than two sieges, and those in rather early periods of its history. This circumstance may partly be attributed to the slender hopes an adverse army must have entertained of reducing by regular approaches a place so strongly fortified both by nature and art; for it was not only defended by its castle, but by the river, and a wall which completely surrounded it. THE TOWN WALLS.—The following account of the ancient walls of Shrewsbury is chiefly taken from Phillip’s history of the town:—The walls were built across the isthmus, from the castle down to the river on each side, by Robert de Belesme, son of Roger de Montgomery. The other part of the walls surrounding the town was built in the reign of Henry III., who earnestly pressed the inhabitants to fortify and strengthen their borough, lest the enemy should surprise them unawares. This part of the wall was thirty-two years in building; it was finished in 1252, to defray the charge of which the king, at sundry times, granted the burgesses leases of the tolls of the town, and other favours; among which, every barge laded with merchandise upon the river had to pay the charge of fourpence. That part from the north end of the above-mentioned wall to the Welsh bridge, called Roushill, was built by Oliver Cromwell in the year 1645, the stone of which was brought from Shrawardine Castle. The more accessible parts of the town walls, particularly on the south and south-western sides, were formerly strengthened by towers, which are now demolished, excepting one, situated near the Murivance; it is square, embattled, and of two stories high, lighted by narrow loop holes, the entrance of the upper story being from the top wall. The only portions of the ancient walls now left standing are those on the north side of the town, extending from the Castle gates towards the Welsh bridge, and on the south-west side, where they stretch to a considerable distance. Although reduced in height, and stripped of the battlements, they form an agreeable walk to the inhabitants of the town. GATES AND POSTERNS.—In an exchequer manuscript, without date, several gates or posterns are mentioned, to the keepers of which the coroners of the town delivered bolts and locks for their security. Those at Shepelache and at Kaymeplace no traces of the names remain. That called Bulgerlode was under the place formerly called the Gulph, at the bottom of the Wyle Cop, and Cleremont, on the top of Claremont Hill. There were also gates in Milk Street, Barker Street, and Water Lane. The latter only remains, and is memorable as the avenue through which the parliamentary forces were treacherously admitted into the town, at the siege of Shrewsbury, on February 22nd, 1644. STREETS, &c. The following are some of the ancient names of the principal streets given in Phillips’ History of Shrewsbury, many of which have become obsolete. _Mardol_, anciently written Marlesford, Mardefoie, and Mardvoll. It had the name of Marlesford from the ford through the Severn at the bottom of the street, near the welsh bridge. _Chepynges-street_.—An ancient name probably of the street leading from the Corn Market to Murivance. _Stalles_.—The street leading from Mardol head to High-street. _High-street_, formerly called Baxter’s-row, also Barker’s-row. _Ickeslode_.—A lane that went from Dogpole to the Walls. _The Sextry_ was the Shutt from the passage from Kiln-lane to High-street. _Frankwell_, anciently Frankvill; the Frank’s Vill, probably inhabited by the Franks, for in Doomsday book it is recorded that a part of the town containing 45 Burgase were inhabited by those people, who are there called _Francigence_.—This place seems to have been regarded as unconnected with the other part of the town; they had a strong work erected there for their defence, which at the time Shrewsbury was taken by the parliamentary forces surrendered upon bare quarter; and in the year 1640, when the plague began there, the inhabitants made an attempt to come into the town, but were beaten back by the bailiffs and townsmen. _Cheddelode_.—A lane that went to the Severn, by Stury’s Close. _Bulgerlode_.—A place at the bottom of the Wyle Cop, taken down in 1766. _Murivance_.—A name of French extraction signifying before the walls, or within the walls. _Murivance-lane_, led from the town wall down to the river. _Sheteplace_, in old records written Sotteplace, and Soetteplace, is now called Shoplatch. _Behind the Walls_, from its situation behind the walls, now the Quarry. _Priest’s-lane_, led from the walls near the tower, to Murivance, now inclosed. _Romboldesham_, now called Barber-street. _The Bailey_.—That part of the town which lies before the castle. _Hound-street_.—A street leading from the playhouse to Barber-street. _Grope-lane_.—A narrow “shutt” leading from High-street to Fish street. _Corvisor’s-row_.—The same as that which is now called Pride-hill. _Shoemakers’-row_.—In Speed’s map the lower part of Pride-hill. _Hawmon-strete_.—Probably that now called Castle-street, or Raven-street. _Merival_.—At the east end of the New bridge. Early in the 16th century, Merival was separated from the jurisdiction of the corporation, and considered a hamlet within the liberty of the town. _Altus Vicus_.—The high pavement, near the Cross made in 1570. ANCIENT MANSIONS.—THE COUNCIL HOUSE, was so called from having been the residence of the Council of the Marches of Wales, during their occasional visits to Shrewsbury. It is situated in the precincts of the Castle, on a bold acclivity which rises abruptly from the Severn, and commands a most delightful prospect of the surrounding country. The house has been modernized, and divided into several tenements; that portion which comprises the hall and the great chamber over it, includes nearly the whole of the building which retains any resemblance of its original features. It was built about the year 1501. The unhappy Charles I. resided here for six weeks, upon the commencement of his troubles in 1642. James II. on his visit to the town 24th August, 1687, held his court here. These once magnificent apartments have been subdivided and despoiled of their rich furniture and beautiful stained glass. A fine old porch, and the entrance hall with other relics have been carefully preserved. The present proprietor, William James Clement, Esq., has furnished several of the apartments with antique oak furniture, elaborately carved. The gateway of the council house is an interesting specimen of the style of architecture which prevailed in the early part of the 15th century. THE WHITE HALL, situated near the Abbey Foregate, is a stately mansion, and exhibits a fine specimen of the Elizabethan style of architecture. It is a lofty structure with numerous pointed gables; the roof is adorned with ornamental chimnies, and crowned with a central octagonal turret. At the back of the mansion is a magnificent walnut tree, probably coeval with the house. It was formerly the manorial seat of Richard Prince, Esq., by whom it was built in 1758. ROWLEY’S, on HILL’S MANSION, said to have been the first brick building erected in Shrewsbury, was built in 1618, by William Rowley, Esq. He amassed great wealth by fortunate speculations in Barbadoes. His son, Roger Rowley, Esq., was the first person in this town who kept his carriage. The daughter and heiress of the latter married John Hill, Esq., who lived in this mansion, from whom the street received the appellation of _Hill’s-lane_, instead of Knuckin-street. The house has been unoccupied some time, it now presents a dilapidated appearance. IRELAND’S MANSION, situated in High-street, a noble timbered residence four stories high, terminating in pointed gables, was formerly the town residence of the ancient family of Ireland, long seated at Albrighton. When entire it must have presented an imposing appearance; it is now divided into three excellent tenements. JONES’S MANSION, situate near St. Mary’s Church, was built by Thomas Jones, Esq., who was appointed by Charles I. in 1638 the first mayor of Shrewsbury. Subsequently the mansion became the residence of Chief Justice Jones. The Duke of York was lodged here in 1624, during the stay of Charles I. in Shrewsbury, and Prince Rupert made it his residence after the battle of Worcester. THE JUDGES’ LODGINGS, situated at Belmont, is a spacious residence purchased by the county in 1821, for providing suitable accommodation for the Judges during their attendance at the assizes. In various parts of the town are seen many curious old timbered houses, interesting as specimens of the domestic architecture of the honest burghers of former days. Nearly opposite the Butter Cross stood the mansion of the Prides, who gave their name to the street. This house has been greatly modernized, and partly rebuilt. In the Butchers’-row, is one of the largest, and supposed to be one of the oldest timber houses in the town. History is silent as to the time or by whom it was erected. It may have been the town mansion of the Abbot of Lilleshall, who had a residence in this part of the parish, and to which monastery the patronage of this church belonged. ANNALS OF THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY. The following is a brief chronological sketch of the most remarkable events which have at different periods taken place in the town of Shrewsbury:— A.D. 961—Land about Shrewsbury sold for one shilling per acre. The price of an ox was 2s. 6d., a cow 2s., a sheep 1s., a pig 8d. 1110.—A great earthquake, and great mortality among men and cattle. 1225.—Three gallons of ale sold for one penny in the town, and four out of town. 1315.—The price of provisions settled by the bailiffs.—A corn fed ox 24s., a grass fed ox 16s., a cow 12s., a fat sheep 1s. 8d., a fat hog 3s. 4d., a goose 2d., a hen 1d., a capon 2d., four pigeons 1d., twenty-four eggs 1d. 1347.—A fine horse 6s. 8d., an ox 4s., a sheep 4d., a lamb 2d. 1349.—The sweating sickness desolated the town. 1421.—Rees-ap-Doe, a Welsh Esquire, was hanged, drawn, and quartered here for treason. 1454.—Wheat sold for 14d. a quarter (eight strikes). 1490.—Wheat sold for one shilling and eightpence a bushel. 1509.—Provision made for building upon waste land and repairing decayed houses, by an Act of Parliament. 1519.—A general Chapter of the Grey Friars held here. 1520.—Griffith Wickham drawn through the town and afterwards hanged. 1532.—George Goldsmith drawn through the town and afterwards hanged, for coining money. 1537.—The plague raged frightfully during this year. 1542.—Rowland Lee, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, burned before the high altar of St. Chad’s church. 1563.—The bailiffs agree that no foreigner should be a freeman of the town without paying £10 and the usual fees. 1570.—Two men killed by the falling of the clapper out of St. Wenefrede’s bell, in the Abbey Church. 1571.—Humphrey Onslow built the chapel of our Lady in St. Chad’s church, and paved the causeway from the Lord’s place, (the Council House) to the cross, at his own cost. 1575.—That fearful malady, the plague, again visited Shrewsbury. 1581.—John Capper, clerk of the Abbey Church, was hanged at Kingsland for treason. 1582.—John Prestige was hanged upon a gibbet near the abbey mill, for the murder of his wife. 1588.—Richard Reynolds was put into the pillory and had both his ears cut off, for setting fire to a sheep-cote. 1591.—After the assizes in September, eight men were hanged at the Old Heath, one of whom was hung in chains there. 1596.—Wheat sold for 20s. a bushel, rye for 16s. a bushel. 1630.—Great numbers died of the plague. In 1632 and 1634—many fell victims to the same malady. 1647.—December 23rd. A woman was burnt in the dingle of the quarry for poisoning her husband. 1683.—An earthquake felt here, February 7; a dreadful fire in the Abbey Foregate. 1708.—Wheat sold for 9s. a bushel, muncorn 8s., rye 7. 1715.—It being the time of the rebellion new gates were made to the walls and the trained band called together. 1726.—Lamps were put up in several parts of the town, at the expense of the several parishes. 1727.—An earthquake felt here. A great meeting of quakers from all parts of England. The judges of the assize were refused the usual compliments by the mayor, on which account the next assize was held at Bridgnorth. 1756.—Thirty-seven colliers brought to gaol for rioting and committing outrages in the county; four died in gaol, and two were executed. 1758.—The country butchers were again admitted to sell meat in the town, and shambles were erected for them near St. Alkmund’s church. 1762.—A great fire happened in New-street, Frankwell, on the 23rd February. 1766.—February 12th, 13th, and 14th, there fell a great snow in Shrewsbury, which lay on the ground several days, eighteen inches deep. 1772.—A smart shock of an earthquake was felt, which occasioned much terror and consternation. 1774.—On Good Friday, April 1st, a fire broke out in the Abbey Foregate, by which forty-seven houses were burnt down, and several others much damaged. 1775.—September 8th, the inhabitants were much alarmed with the shock of an earthquake; in the midst of a calm a rumbling noise much like that of a strong wind was heard; this was soon followed by two tremulous motions of the earth, succeeding each other instantaneously. 1778.—The Shropshire militia marched from Shrewsbury on May 7 to Bridgnorth, where they were reviewed; from thence they marched into Kent. 1780.—A stage coach began to run between Shrewsbury and Holyhead. 1782.—Baron Hotham laid a fine of £2000 upon the county, till they should build a new Shire Hall; the new hall was built 1786. 1789.—July 23rd, T. Phipps, a lawer, and his son, just twenty years of age, were executed at the old heath for forgery; Mr. Phipps had an income of about £300 a year from landed property. 1793.—May 13th, the first stone of the new Welsh bridge was laid. 1794.—April 28th, John Pritchard died in Frankwell in the 101st year of his age; he had ten children by the first wife, and twenty-two by the second. 1795.—February 7th to 11th, one of the greatest floods ever remembered in the Severn; Mr. Johnson and his man were both drowned in endeavouring to recover a large barrel. 1802.—A sturgeon eight feet six inches long, three feet four inches in girth, and weighing 192lbs. was caught near the wear below the castle. 1809.—February 7. The suburbs of the town deeply inundated by the Severn. 1811.—May 27th. An extraordinary flood in the Meole Brook, which inundated all the houses in Coleham, situated near the confluence of the brook with the river Severn, and caused the latter river to rise four feet in less than ten minutes; although the Meole Brook is an inconsiderable stream, the rush of water actually turned the current of the Severn at its confluence with that river. 1811.—August 24th. Four persons executed on the new drop for a burglary at Betton, near Market Drayton. 1814.—June 30th. Lord Hill paid a visit to Shrewsbury after the peace of Paris. The day was one of general festivity among the inhabitants; thousands went out to meet him, and in the evening partook of tea in the quarry. On the 17th of December the first stone was laid of the column in honour of Lord Hill. 1827.—July 19th. First stone of the new infirmary laid by General Lord Hill; opened for the reception of patients September, 1830. 1828.—August 4th. Three persons executed on the new drop of the county gaol for murder. On the 24th of the same month Ann Harris was executed for the same offence. 1831.—February 10th. In consequence of the sudden melting of the snow, the suburbs of the town were deeply inundated. Though the flood in 1831 was considered a very high one, according to evidence of brass plates affixed to the inside of the window jambs of a house in Frankwell, the Severn at that end of the town was 3½ inches lower than the great flood in 1795. The lowest plate bears the following inscription:— “This is to let you know The Severn up to me did flow. December 21, anno 1672.” A second plate two inches above the preceding, records— “To this line flowed Severn. November 8, 1770.” On the third plate six inches higher than the second is inscribed— “This plate is fixed to let you know That Severn to this line did flow. February 11, 1795.” 1832.—The cholera morbus in its destructive career through the kingdom visited Shrewsbury, when about a hundred persons fell victims to that direful malady. 1849.—The cholera again made its appearance in Shrewsbury; the fatal cases were fewer than in 1832. CHARITIES. _Sir Thomas White_, in 1566, bequeathed certain monies for charitable uses, in respect of which £100 is annually paid to twenty-four corporate towns in rotation (Salop being one), to be lent out, without interest, for a period of ten years, to poor young men of the said towns. _Robert Allen_, by will 24th August, 1568, bequeathed £200 to be lent out to the poor inhabitants of the town of Salop, in sums of £10, to be held for three years; each recipient to find a bondsman for the repayment of the same at the expiration of the term, and to pay 4d. per annum, to be divided among the inmates of the almshouses of St. Mary and St. Chad. _Paul Clarke_, April 15th, 1606, bequeathed £20 to be lent out, in sums of £10, to persons of his name and kindred only for the space of two years, and then to be returned to the bailiffs of the town, to be again put forth by the said bailiffs, from time to time, on sufficient security being given for the repayment of the same. _Sir Samuel Jones_, by will, dated 10th March, 1670, gave to the town of Shrewsbury £500, to be employed for the setting poor people on work there, which sum he directed should he paid to the mayor and corporation of the said town, and should be by them, from time to time, lent on good security, without interest, to young tradesmen who should set up there. _Rev. John Hilton_, in 1697, bequeathed £50 in trust to the mayor and corporation, to be lent out to five young tradesmen of the town, £10 to each, for the term of five years, interest free. The foregoing abstracts are taken from the recitals in a decree of the Court of Chancery, made in the year 1772, in a cause between the attorney-general and the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the town of Shrewsbury. By this decree it was ordered that the sum of £2,404. 14s. 6d., found to be in the hands of the corporation, should be apportioned to the preceding charities, in a ratio proportionate to their several bequests. It appears that shortly after these proceedings in Chancery, the whole of the funds of these charities were lost; that a sum exceeding £3,000 was raised by subscription to replace the money so lost, which was subsequently repaid to the subscribers by the corporation. In addition to the above sum found to be in the hands of the corporation, two sums of £100 each have been since received from Sir Thomas White’s charity, leaving £2,596. 5s. 3d. in the hands of the corporation to be accounted for. In lending out the different sums of money, particular attention is paid to the directions of the several donors. No applications for loans are refused, provided the parties are properly qualified, and sufficient securities are proposed. _David Lloyd ap Rogers_, by will, bearing date May 1st, 1623, devised certain premises at Frankwell, in trust to the bailiffs and burgesses of the town of Shrewsbury, and directed out of the yearly income thereof, 10s. to be paid to the minister of St. Chad, 10s. to be employed in repairing the bridges in Shrewsbury, 10s. to be expended in repairing Buttington bridge, in the county of Montgomery, and the residue thereof to be distributed to the poor of the parish of St. Chad. The premises now consist of two tenements, the estimated value of which is upwards of £30 per annum. _Henry Smith’s Charity_.—The corporation are in possession of an estate in Chelmick, purchased with part of the personal property given by Henry Smith for charitable uses. It consists of a farm house, outbuildings, and 129A. 2R. 15P. of land. In 1805, upon the enclosure of the waste lands, an allotment was set out to the corporation; but the situation was remote from the remainder of the farm, and it was accordingly sold for £201. 10s.; £100 of which was subsequently laid out in improving the farm, and the residue put out at interest. The income arising from the above sources amounts to £85. 1s. 6d., which is carried to the Burlton estate account. In an old book of accounts, belonging to the corporation of Shrewsbury, there is an entry stating that gifts and legacies had been given to the poor of the town of Shrewsbury previously to the year 1663, amounting in the whole to £1,301. 11s. 11d. The principal legacy is one of £300, left by William Spurstow. Six other donors left legacies of £100 each, and the remainder is made up of smaller items. In the whole there are names given of twenty-four several donors. The sum of £1,200 was laid out in the purchase of an estate at Burlton. In 1796 a sum of £925, which arose from the sale of timber on the estate, was laid out in the purchase of the tithes of corn, grain, and hay, in the said parish. In 1829, the sum of £264. 12s. was received for timber cut on the estate; and in the same year £266. 9s. was expended in rebuilding and improving the farm premises, £50 of which had been advanced by the tenant. The income derived from the Burlton estate and the farm at Chelmick, belonging to the charity of Henry Smith, amounts to £297. 7s. 6d. per annum. The principal part of this income is applied in putting out apprentices, with a premium of £10 each, and in distributing coals among the necessitous poor. _James Phillips_, _Esq._, of London, in 1661, devised certain tenements in the borough of Southwark, in trust to the corporation of Shrewsbury, out of the rents and profits thereof, to maintain a lecture on the Thursday in every week in the year, in the parish churches of Ellesmere, Oswestry, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury; such lectures to be delivered by able and orthodox divines. The residue of the said rents to be expended in gowns or clothes for the poor people of the said parishes. In 1825, the corporation sold two tenements, situated in the parish of St. Saviour, left by the same donor, for the sum of £1,685, which was laid out in the purchase of £2,146. 10s. three per cent. consols. Out of the income, amounting to £232. 7s. 10d. per annum, there has been appropriated for many years £10 per annum to the officiating ministers of Ellesmere, Oswestry, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury; and the residue is expended in flannel, and distributed among the poor of the above-mentioned parishes. _Edward Donne_, in 1668, bequeathed £200, and directed his executors to dispose of the same in the purchase of lands, and lay out the yearly proceeds in apprentice fees, upon poor children born in the parishes of St. Chad, St. Mary, St. Alkmund, and St. Julian. It appears the amount was invested in a rent charge of £10 per annum, arising from certain lands situated at Bulchey, Bryn-y-Koppall, and Wollaston. Dr. Gardiner took possession of this property under the will of his father, in 1801, and considerable arrears were allowed to accumulate in his hands. He, however, in March, 1801, offered to discharge the arrears by paying £60 a-year till the whole were liquidated, and to pay the amount of the rent charge in future to the corporation. _William Jones_.—From an entry in one of the books of the Company of Drapers, in the town of Shrewsbury, under the date of March, 1653, we learn that William Jones conveyed the manor of Wigmore, in the parish of Westbury, upon trust, that there should yearly be paid out of the said premises £11. 6s. 8d. to the master warden and assistants; £10 thereof to be yearly distributed among the most necessitous poor of the town of Salop, more especially those dwelling in the parishes of St. Mary and St. Alkmund. The residue, £1. 6s. 8d., to be paid to the Vicar of St. Alkmund, for reading morning prayers. _Widow Baugh_ bequeathed twenty marks per annum; one-third thereof for the better maintenance of the minister of St. Chad, and the other two parts to the relief of the poor of Shrewsbury. Certain lands in Preston Montford are charged with the payment of the twenty marks, or £13. 6s. 8d., one-third of which has been paid to the minister of St. Chad, and two-thirds thereof to the directors of the House of Industry for the united parishes of the town of Shrewsbury. [We conceive that the two-thirds of the annuity which has usually been paid to the directors of the House of Industry, in aid of the parish rates, ought to be discontinued; and the amount distributed among proper objects of charity in the town of Shrewsbury, according to the intentions of the donor.] _John Allatt_, by will, bearing date 7th April, 1792, after bequeathing certain legacies directed all his personal estate, not specifically disposed of, to be held in trust, to apply such sums as the trustees should think proper in the erection of a school house and residences for the teachers; and the residue to be invested in government stock, to be applied in support of the school. By a codicil to his will, dated October 31st, 1796, he directed £1,600 to be invested in the three per cent. consols, the dividends thereof to be expended in the purchase of gowns for poor widows, poor single women not less than the age of 40 years, and coats for poor men of the age of 50 years and upwards. The testator died in 1796, and the school buildings were erected in 1800, at an expense of upwards of £1,500. In addition to the sum laid out in erecting the school premises, £4,497. 4s. was laid out in the purchase of three per cent. consols, and also the sum of £1,600 left for the purpose of providing clothing for the poor. With the former, £8,743 stock was purchased; and with the latter, £3,257. Subsequent purchases have been made with the surplus of the income; and a legacy of £45 left for the same use, by the will of _Sarah Mason_, in 1809. There is, therefore, now a capital of £14,000, of which the dividends of £10,800 are appropriated as the educational fund, and £3,400 as the clothing fund. _Sarah Darley_, by will, 29th January, 1821, bequeathed £100 upon trust, and directed the yearly produce should be applied in the purchase of four tons of coals, for the use and benefit of all the prisoners who might be confined in the county gaol of Shrewsbury; and that the residue should be applied in aid of the prison charity. And she further bequeathed £500, to be placed out at interest by her executors, and the interest applied in releasing one or more debtor or debtors who should be confined in the gaol of Shrewsbury, but who, through misfortune, is forced into confinement; and that particular regard should he paid to those whose families should be suffering from their confinement. _Esther Jones_, by will, dated 2nd July, 1823, bequeathed to the treasurer for the time being of the county of Salop, £300 three per cent. consols, upon trust, to apply the dividends towards the relief of the industrious poor prisoners, who should, from time to time, be confined in Salop gaol. Upon a table, containing the benefactions to poor prisoners, it is stated that _Isaac Hawkins_, _Esq._, bequeathed £100, in 1803; _Rowland Hunt_, _Esq._, in 1810, gave £25; and that _Mrs. Knight_ gave £25. In respect of Hawkins’ gift, there is a sum of £189. 11s. 6d. three per cent. consols, the dividends of which amount to £5. 13s. 8d.; and in respect of the two latter benefactions, the sum of £75. 3s. 9d., three per cent. consols, producing £2. 5s. yearly. The amount of these subscriptions is paid over to the treasurer of the prison charities, and is added to subscriptions raised for the purpose of enabling debtors to gain a livelihood while in confinement, to reward them for good behaviour, and to furnish them with implements on quitting prison to support themselves and their families; and also to encourage industry and good behaviour in criminal prisoners, and to furnish them with the means of returning home. The subscriptions usually amount to upwards of £70 per annum, and the whole is applied under the direction of the visiting magistrates. _Samuel Shuker_, by will, 18th June, 1821, gave to John Edwards, Esq., £1,200, upon trust, to purchase therewith a government annuity, determinable on the death of Mary Watkins; and if she should marry, or dispose of the said annuity, the proceeds should thenceforth be applied for the benefit of the Infirmary of Shrewsbury. The testator also devised to another person a copyhold messuage and premises in Twickenham for her life. And upon her marrying, or disposing of her life interest, he directed his trustees to sell the same, and stand possessed of the monies arising from the sale thereof, for the benefit of the said Infirmary. PARISH OF ST. ALKMUND. CHARITIES.—_Robert Owen_, by will, bearing date 14th March, 1603, gave £40, and directed the interest to be distributed to the poor; _William Williams_, and _Sarah Street_, each gave £5 for the same purpose; _George Lyndon_, in 1706, bequeathed £50 for the benefit of the poor; _Esther Hill_ gave £5; _Honour Dryden_, in 1715, gave £20; _Edward Donne_ directed the interest of £20 to be given among poor housekeepers receiving no alms; _Elizabeth Hanmer_ gave £20, the yearly proceeds to be expended in bread for the poor; _Lucy Minors_, in 1692, gave £10, the interest to be distributed in bread among the poor of the parish, on St. Luke’s day, yearly; _Thomas Jones_, _Esq._, gave to the parish of St. Alkmund £50, out of the yearly proceeds the clerk of the parish to have 10s. yearly for his care in looking after the testator’s tomb in the church, and the residue to be distributed among the poor parishioners; _Thomas Lloyd_, in 1721, bequeathed £20 to the minister and churchwardens of St. Alkmund, on trust, to place the same out at interest, and to pay 10s. yearly to the minister for preaching a sermon in the parish church on the 1st of November, yearly; 9d. to the sexton and clerk for officiating on that day, and the remainder to be distributed in twopenny loaves immediately after the sermon on the 1st of November. Of the several legacies above-mentioned amounting to £245, it appears that certain lands were purchased in Meole Brace and Coton, with part of the money, and the residue invested in the purchase of £175 three per cent. consols. The stock was subsequently sold, and there is now a sum of £200 secured on bond, the interest of which £10 per annum, and the yearly sum of £5. 5s., to which is added £2 10s., arising from the charity of Jane Brooks; with these sums bread is purchased, and sixty-three penny loaves are given away on the Sunday after St. Thomas’s day, and on every succeeding Sunday till the whole is exhausted. The rents of the land above-mentioned, amounting to £35 per annum, are given away every St. Thomas’s day, among the most necessitous poor of the parish, in sums varying from 3s. to 12s., a preference being given to those not receiving parish relief. _Sarah Brook_, in 1760, left a rent charge of £5 per annum, issuing out of certain lands in Uffington, the amount to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Alkmund, and St. Julian, in Shrewsbury, to each parish 50s., to be by them respectively laid out in twopenny loaves, and given among poor, old, and decayed people of honest life. _Ann Parry_ gave to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Alkmund £20 to be placed out at interest, and the proceeds to be paid to four widows of the said parish yearly at Christmas. _Francis Wingfield_, in 1813 bequeathed £20, the interest to be distributed to poor persons of the parish on St. Thomas’s day yearly. These two legacies are held by the churchwardens, for which £2 yearly is paid as interest; the churchwardens and overseers distribute the interest according to the donors’ intentions. _Josina Pemberton_, by a codicil to her will, bearing date 17th September, 1817, desired that her sister would pay yearly, during her life, the sum of two guineas, to the churchwardens for the time being of each of the parishes of St. Mary, St. Julian, and St. Alkmund, to be by them respectively laid out in coals, and distributed among the poor of the respective parishes, and she requested that her nephew, Robert N. Pemberton, would continue the annual payment during his life. The amount is laid out in coal, and distributed among thirty poor housekeepers on new year’s day. PARISH OF ST. CHAD. CHARITIES.—MILLINGTON’S HOSPITAL.—_James Millington_, by his will, bearing date 8th February, 1734, devised the greater part of his ample fortune for the erection and endowment of an hospital and free school. The hospital is pleasantly situated upon elevated ground in Frankwell, and consists of a handsome pedimented front with a stone portico; the central portion comprises the chapel and school room, and the houses of the master and mistress, and in the wings on each side are the apartments of the hospitallers. The property purchased by the trustees in 1753 and 1794 is wholly situated in the parish of Llanvair Waterdine, in the county of Salop, and in the parish of Beguildy, in the county of Radnor, except an estate of 15A. 0R. 9P., situate in the parish of Kinnerley. The entire property comprises 2,429A. 2R. 9P. of land, and produces a yearly income of £1227. The hospital consists of twelve in-hospitallers and ten out-hospitallers. These persons are appointed by the trustees as vacancies occur. They are required to be parishioners of St. Chad, and inhabitants of that part of the parish called Frankwell. No persons are selected except poor decayed housekeepers, and the preference has usually been given to females. Each of the in-hospitallers has a dwelling house in the hospital, consisting of a room above and another below, with a small garden, and other conveniences. The four senior of the out-hospitallers are allowed to occupy four sets of apartments over the schools, and they generally succeed as vacancies occur to the situation of in-hospitallers. Each of the inmates receives £10 10s. a year by quarterly payments, and three tons of coals, and a sixpenny loaf every Wednesday and Saturday. They are also supplied with a certain quantity of clothing. The out-hospitallers receive £4 per annum, and each has a like allowance of bread and clothing. A clergyman of the church of England is paid a salary of £50 a year as chaplain. He attends at the hospital every school day and reads prayers to the scholars and in-hospitallers, and the first Thursday in every month catechises the children. The minister in addition to his yearly stipend receives one guinea for preaching a sermon on the 12th of August. In the schools twenty-five boys and twenty-five girls are instructed. The schoolmaster receives £50 a year, and the mistress of the girls’ school £42 per annum, and each of them has an allowance of coal. The scholars are the children of parishioners of St. Chad’s, living in Frankwell, and are appointed by the trustees. They are admitted between six and nine years of age, and are allowed to remain till they are fourteen. During their stay in the school they are completely clothed and supplied with books and stationery; and when they are of sufficient age, the boys are bound out to trades, and the girls placed out in service. A premium of £10 is allowed with each apprentice, and £5 is paid to them when they have completed their time. The girls are allowed £3 when going out to service, and a like sum as a reward for good behaviour afterwards. There is a good garden for the schoolmaster and mistress, and a plot of garden ground for each of the twelve hospitallers, which they generally let for their own benefit, being worth about £2 per annum. _St. Chad’s Almshouses_, situated on the east side of old St. Chad’s church yard, consist of eleven miserable tenements, containing one room each. They are extremely dilapidated, there being no fund for keeping them in repair. It is stated that they were founded in 1409, by one Bennet Tupton, a common brewer, and that there were formerly thirteen tenements, but that two fell down. They were endowed in 1640, by David Ireland, with a rent charge of £4 per annum, issuing out of land in Lythwood, and a further rent charge of £3. 18s., the gift of the widow of Mr. Ireland, which is also payable out of land in the same place. There is also a yearly sum of £1 6s., payable out of a piece of land in Sutton Lane, left by Robert Owen, and a small payment of 2s. 2d. yearly, made by the Mercers’ company. These several sums amounting in the whole to £9. 6s. 2d. are distributed in equal proportions among the inmates. The Rev. Richard Scott, B.D., bequeathed £150 in 1848, and directed the interest to be expended in coals for the poor of St. Chad’s almshouses. _Richard Lleweylln_, who was bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1637, devised certain lands in the township of Shelton, and directed the yearly income to be employed in binding out poor children apprentices born in the parish of St. Chad; the children of his kindred to be preferred. The property left by the testator produces an income of about £12. 12s. per annum. _Thomas Owen_, one of the justices of the court of common pleas in 1598, devised to the bailiffs and commonalty of the town of Salop the yearly rent of his farm at Calcott, and directed that they should employ the profits thereof in giving assistance to poor decayed householders of the parish of St. Chad. This gift in after times merged into a rent charge of £20 per annum. The amount is now received by the chamberlain of the corporation, and distributed with the produce of the following charity. _Edward Owen_, by will, dated 25th November, 1612, gave to the bailiff and burgesses of the town of Salop a rent charge of £10 per annum, issuing out of his lands in Kilgurgan, in the county of Montgomery, the same to be distributed among 200 of the poorest holders in the parish of St. Chad, wherein he was born. This sum of £10 is carried to one account with that of £20 derived from Thomas Owen’s charity, and £1 10s. from the gift of David Lloyd ap Rogers, and distributed on the first Thursday in the year to poor persons in the parish of St. Chad. _Thomas Edwards_, in 1641, charged certain lands in the parish of Middle, with the payment of £12 per annum, 20s. thereof annually to be given to poor maidens at their marriage, £10 to be distributed among the poor of the town, and £2 to be paid to the curate of St. Chad. _Richard Winne_, in 1679, gave £100 to the Haberdashery Company, London, on their giving a covenant to pay £5 yearly to the minister and churchwarden of the parish of St. Chad, for the benefit of the poor. This gift is distributed by the churchwardens among twenty poor widows. _Hester Farmer_, by will, 1691, devised a parcel of land in Castle Foregate, and directed the rents to be paid successively to the several parishes of St. Chad, Guilsfield, Kinnerley, and Great Ness. The land produces £23 per annum, and once in four years the amount is distributed in small sums among the poor of St. Chad’s parish. _Elizabeth Williams_, in 1712, charged certain lands at Llansianfraid, in the county of Montgomery, with the payment of 40s, yearly, to the minister of St. Chad, upon trust, to dispose of 20s. thereof yearly, for clothing two of the poorest boys in the parish of St. Chad, and the remaining 20s. in buying coats or gowns for three poor women. _Francis Swift_, in 1717, bequeathed £100 to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish. This gift was laid out in the purchase of three tenements, in Shrewsbury, for a workhouse; together with £100 arising from the charity of Gabriel Rogers; £10 the charity of John Lloyd; £10 given for a distribution of bread, and £100 given to the parish officers for the general benefit of the inhabitants. This workhouse was sold about the year 1799, and out of the sale £220, the amount of the several sums given for charitable uses, with the further sum of £40, the gift of John Lloyd, was lent on the security of the Shrewsbury House of Industry, bearing interest at five per cent. In respect of Swift’s gift, £5 is given among poor persons in sums varying from 2s. 6d. to 5s. each. _Martha and Mary Harwood’s Charities_.—There is an annual sum of upwards of £80 arising from an estate, at Faxley, and a dwelling house situated in Belmont, Shrewsbury, which is distributed among poor decayed housekeepers and aged widows, chiefly parishioners of St. Chad, excepting £5 per annum which is used as a clothing fund for poor widows. There were two houses in Belmont, devised by Mary Harwood in 1734; but they were subsequently converted into one. _Josena Pemberton_, by a codicil to her will, dated 10th December, 1817, desired that her sister would pay yearly during her life the sum of five guineas, to be laid out in coals for the poor; and she further desired that her nephew, Rev. Robert N. Pemberton, would, within one month of her sister’s decease, lay out the sum of £100 in the names of the trustees, or some other safe security, and apply the annual income in purchasing coals for poor needy persons of the parish of St. Chad. When the Charity Commissioners published their report, Miss Pemberton and her nephew were both living, and the annual sum of £5. 5s. was paid to the churchwardens. _Easter Jones_, in 1823, bequeathed to the minister and churchwardens of the parish of St. Chad £400 three per cent consols, in trust, to distribute the yearly dividends every Easter Monday, in proportions of 10s. each, to twenty-four poor women of the said parish. _Mary Jukes_, by will, in 1700, devised certain premises on Claremont Hill, and directed the yearly income to be appropriated to charitable uses. The property consists of four houses, producing a yearly rental of £46; out of which 10s. is paid to the vicar for an annual sermon, one moiety paid in apprentice fees, and the residue distributed among the poor. _Edward Tomkis_, by will bearing date 24th January, 1771, bequeathed £400 upon trust, that the interest should be annually spent in buying twelve blue coats for men, and twelve gowns and petticoats of the same colour for an equal number of women. In respect of this Charity, there is a sum of £717. 10s. three per cent. consols, the dividends of which amount to £21. 10s. 6d. The amount is expended in coats and gowns, except a yearly sum of £5 which has been given to the Vicar of Meole Brace for clothing poor boys, belonging to St. Chad’s, but resident in Meole Brace. _Hopton Estate Charity_.—The following legacies were noticed on a table of benefactions put up in the Church in 1640, viz.:—Sarah Giles, £50; John Hill, £50; Henry Swinnerton, £50; Stephen Rogers, £50; Thomas Phillips, £10; John Cotton, £50; Hester Lloyd, £100; Thomas Cotton, £10; John Hall, £20; Richard Lloyd, £10. These several sums may have formed the purchase money of the Hopton estate, as it is stated it was purchased with the proper money of the poor of the parish of St. Chad; but it does not state the source from whence the money was obtained. The estate consists of 83A. 1R. 37P. of land, with farm house and out-buildings, the whole of which was let on lease in 1748, for 99 years, at a yearly rental of £15. The farm is valued at upwards of £100 a-year. Of the rent one moiety has been paid in aid of the National Schools, and the other to the general fund of the poor. _Astley Estate Charities_.—The estate at Astley consists of a farm house with outbuildings and lands, containing together 120A. 3R. 27P., let at a yearly rental of £100. The following legacies are mentioned in a book containing an account of the Charities of the parish, as having been laid out on the estate. Benjamin Muckleston gave £40, the interest to be expended in coats for poor boys; Susanah Loxon £200, for a weekly distribution of bread; Elias Evans, £20; William Peers, £20; and Elizabeth Hamer, £20, also for a distribution of bread. Thomas Bright, in 1730, gave £20 per annum, payable to the minister of Astley, for preaching every Lord’s day throughout the year. There is a sum of £260, the produce of the sale of timber cut on the Astley estate in 1804, which is secured on the Shrewsbury House of Industry, and for which interest is paid at the rate of five per cent. Out of the rents and interest above mentioned, being £113 per annum, there is paid £20 to the chapelwardens of Astley; £3 for the repairs of the chapel; £3. 9s. 5d. for land tax and chief rent; £2 for purchasing four coats for poor boys, and the remainder is carried to the general charity account for a distribution of bread. _William Spurtson_ bequeathed £100 which was expended in the purchase of a rent charge of £6 per annum, issuing out of certain messuages in Burleton. The amount is carried to the general charity account hereafter mentioned. Rowland Newett bequeathed £10; John Lloyd, £10; Richard Mather, £20; John Dodd, £20, for a distribution of bread—and a further sum of £10, given by an unknown donor, with the above is carried to the general charity account. There is also a sum of £200 secured on the Church of St. Chad, which was lent from an accumulation of charity money. The surplus of the produce of the several charities before mentioned, not specifically applied, is carried to one general account, and disposed of chiefly in bread. There is also, occasionally, a sum of money distributed by the churchwardens. _Nathaniel Tench_, in 1674, conveyed the lands and tithes of the farm and grange of Crow Meole, in trust, to pay the yearly proceeds to the minister of St. Chad’s, on condition that he preached an anniversary sermon on the 6th of June, yearly, being the birth-day of the said N. Tench; and in case the minister should refuse or neglect to preach the said sermon, or should not reside, or not personally officiate in the said parish, then the rents and profits thereof should be distributed among the poor of St. Chad’s parish. The value is about £160 per annum. _Lost Charities_.—Eleanor Griffith gave £40; John Atkins, £20; Thomas Clemson, £10; Elizabeth Forster, £30; Mary Bowdewin, £20; and Mrs. Pigott, £20. Up to the year 1747, the interest of the several benefactions above mentioned was paid out of the churchwardens’ account. Subsequent to the year 1747, a considerable sum was for many years disposed of annually in bread, but it does not appear from what benefactions such bread was provided; and from this period there is no distinct trace of the several gifts above mentioned. Mary Pelton left £2. 10s., yearly, and Hester Lloyd bequeathed £100; it appears that formerly apprentice fees were paid from the interest of this money, the last was in the year 1755. There is now no evidence to shew how the capital has been appropriated. _John Evans_, in 1844, bequeathed £150, in trust, to the minister and churchwardens of St. Chad’s, and directed the interest to be distributed among poor persons, not receiving parochial relief. _The Rev. Richard Scott_, _B.D._, in 1848, bequeathed £300, in trust, to the minister of St. Chad’s, to apply the interest yearly, in purchasing coals for the necessitous poor of the parish. PARISH OF HOLY CROSS. CHARITIES.—ST. GILES’ HOSPITAL, situated near St. Giles’ Church, was originally established for the reception of persons afflicted with leprosy. Henry II., for the support of the hospitallers, granted 30s. yearly out of the rent of the county of Salop, and a handful of two hands of every sack of corn, and a handful of one hand of every sack of flour exposed for sale in Shrewsbury market. Henry III., in 1232, gave a horse load of wood, daily, from his wood of Lythwood. The right of nominating the inmates of the hospital is exercised by the Earl of Tankerville, and the following payments are made to them by one of his lordship’s agents:—To each of the four inmates, 1s. 6d. per week; 3s. at midsummer for coals; and 12s. 6d. at Christmas for a garment _Peter Langley_, in 1650, gave £200 for charitable uses, and _John_ and _Jonathan Langley_ bequeathed £100 for the same purpose. These gifts were laid out in the purchase of lands and premises in Castle Foregate, which produced an income of £82 per annum at the time the Charity Commissioners published their report. The amount is distributed in sums, varying from 2s. to 10s., among the most aged and needy parishioners. _Mathusalem Jones_ charged an estate at Underdale with the payment of so much money, as should furnish five coats for men and five garments for women, to be given to ten paupers every 5th of November. _Elizabeth Prynce_, in 1711, bequeathed £100, and directed the same to be laid out in lands or hereditaments, the yearly produce thereof to be distributed among the poorest inhabitants of the parish. There are no deeds in the parish relating to the laying out of this bequest; but the property supposed to have been purchased therewith consists of four cottages in the Abbey Foregate, producing a yearly rental of £4. 10s. each. _Thomas Doughty_ bequeathed £50, the interest thereof to be laid out in bread. This bequest, and five others, amounting in the whole to £85, were probably carried to the church account, as the interest, £3. 18s., has been considered as a charge upon the estate held by the parish. The amount is expended in bread, which is given away every Sunday. _Thomas Jenkins_, _Esq._, in 1730, directed that six poor people, parishioners of Holy Cross, should be clothed once in every year. Three poor men and three poor women are supplied with coats and gowns at the expense of R. Jenkins, Esq., of Bicton. _Thomas Talbot Gorsuch_, by a codicil to his will, bearing date 4th June, 1819, gave to the vicar and churchwardens of the parish of Holy Cross and St. Giles, £300 three per cent. reduced annuities, upon trust, to distribute the interest to such poor persons of the said parish as should be most regular in attendance at divine service in the parish there, and be the most deserving objects of charity. Not less than ten shillings to be given to each poor person. There is an entry in the old churchwardens’ book, under the date of 1634, reciting that divers lands and messuages had been formerly given to the repair of the churches of Holy Cross and St. Giles, and so decreed by commission of charitable uses, James II. The amount of these rents, £127. 4s. 10d., with such payments as are received for opening graves and for pew rents, the two latter amounting to about £20 per annum, supply the place of a church rate, and are sufficient for the repairs and ornaments of the two churches in this parish. ST. MARY’S PARISH. CHARITIES.—ST. MARY’S ALMSHOUSES were founded by the Company of Drapers, at a very early period, and are usually called the Drapers’ Almshouses. They appear to have been remodelled in 1461, during the wardenship of Degory Watur, a draper of Shrewsbury, who devoted a portion of his substance towards their endowment. This beneficent man is said to have “dwellyd in the almeshouse hall amongst the poor,” and when deprived of sight, and bowed with the weight of ninety-six years, he daily accompanied the participators of his bounty to the “church of our lady,” where he “wold kneele amongst them in a fayre longe pewe made for them and hym selfe.” In his will, dated 28th July, 1477, he devised certain lands to the wardens of the Drapers’ Company, to “sufficientlie susteyne poore people in St. Mary Allmeshouse.” Other charitable individuals have made subsequent additions to the endowment, which are under the management of the Drapers’ Company. The old almshouses stood on the west side of St. Mary’s church-yard, and having become much dilapidated, were taken down in 1825, when the stun of £476. 16s. was awarded to the Company of Drapers, as a compensation for the site and materials for the purpose of improving the town. The company then purchased a piece of ground on the opposite side of the street, for £750, and they have since built sixteen tenements, at an expense of about £2,000. The inmates receive about £6 per annum, and are appointed by the Drapers’ Company from amongst the poor parishioners of St. Mary’s. _Elizabeth Lord_, in 1696, bequeathed £100, and directed the profits to be employed in clothing ten poor persons. This sum is in the hands of the corporation, and £5 annually is paid as the interest thereof, which is laid out in warm clothing for poor women. _Sarah Bolles_, in 1747, bequeathed £100, the yearly income to be given to eight poor housekeepers. On account of this charity there is £132. 0s. 2d. new four per cents. standing in the names of certain trustees, who receive the dividends, amounting to £5. 5s. 6d. _Ann Parry_, in 1755, gave £60, being a benefaction intended by her sister, Mary Tench, deceased, the interest to be given to eight poor housekeepers, not burthensome to the parish; and in 1776 bequeathed £20, the interest to be given annually to four poor widows. These two sums were laid out in the year 1790 in pewing the church, and since that period £4 has been annually paid out of the church rate. _Elizabeth Price_, in 1780, bequeathed £50, the interest to be given in bread to the poor of the parish. This money is lent to the guardians of the house of industry. _Edward Lloyd_, in 1789, left £190, the interest to be given to ten poor housekeepers. This sum is secured by a bond given in pursuance of an act of parliament passed for the rebuilding of the church of St. Chads, and £4 10s. is paid annually as the interest thereof. _Richard Lister_, in 1793, bequeathed £100, and directed the interest to be laid out in bread and given to the poor after divine service every Sunday morning. In respect of this gift there is the sum of £154 14s. 10d. three per cent consols, producing annually dividends to the amount of £4. 12s. 8d. _Pemberton’s Charity_. The particulars of this charity will be found amongst those for the parish of St. Alkmund. The sum of £2. 2s. is expended annually in coal, and distributed amongst poor housekeepers. _Lost Charities_. In the parliamentary returns of 1786 there is mentioned a legacy left by Madam Honor Dryden, and several others, amounting in the whole to £180. This sum was in the hands of a person who became insolvent, and only £19 9s. was received from his estate. Nothing is now known even of this sum. PARISH OF ST. JULIAN. CHARITIES.—_Thomas Bowdler_, in 1733, bequeathed £100, to be placed out at interest, the profit to be given away in twopenny loaves every Lord’s day. He also gave his executors the sum of £1000 upon trust, to lay out such part thereof as they should think fit, in purchasing or building a school-house and residence for the teachers, and the residue to be invested in land, the yearly profits thereof to be applied in maintaining a master and mistress to teach poor children born in the parish of St. Julian, and in clothing them and putting some of them out apprentices, or such useful occupation as the trustees should think proper. The property now vested in the trustees consists of an estate at Treffnant and Llanercrockwell, in the parish of Guilsfield, consisting of 168A. 3R. 22P. of land, with suitable house and outbuildings, producing a rental of £150 per annum. On the enclosure of commons in 1788 an allotment was made to the trustees, which was conveyed to Thomas Loxdale, Esq., for a term of 500 years, in consideration of which Mr. Loxdale paid the sum of £200 to the trustees; this amount was subsequently employed in the reparations of farm buildings, and other improvements on the school estate. The school is situated in Beeche’s lane, and twenty-five boys and an equal number of girls are clothed and educated from the funds of the charity. _Catherine Smith_, in 1621, left a rent charge of £4 per annum, to be distributed among four poor widows of this parish. The amount is paid from the property of the corporation, and they appoint the poor widows. _Thomas Davies_, in 1668, directed his trustees to raise the sum of £300, and dispose of the same in the purchase of a rent charge, to be disposed of as follows:—40s. to the minister of the parish for preaching four sermons, one on the 3rd September and the other three sermons quarterly; 20s. yearly among poor housekeepers; £4 to eight poor widows; £4 for maintaining two scholars at the university, and £4 to be paid in apprentice fees. In 1689 a rent charge of £12. 5s. was purchased with £250, but it does not appear how the remaining £50 was disposed of. The estate is situate at Sutton, from which the rent charge issues, and was the property of the late John Hiles. _Richard Williams_, in 1576, left £50, and directed the interest to be distributed among poor householders of this parish on Christmas day. He also bequeathed the residue of his personal estate, after payment of his debts and legacies to the executors, to be held in trust, and to dispose of the yearly income in clothing poor men or women or in putting out apprentices. It appears that the produce of the testator’s residuary estate amounted to £266. 18s., and that £6. 18s. was distributed to the poor, and £260 was placed out at interest secured on bond given by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses. GENERAL CHARITIES.—The sum of £308 17s. was expended in the purchase of an estate at Ellesmere, in 1726, which consists of 19A. 3R. 22P., producing a yearly rental of £45. Of the said purchase money £200 was the gift of Thomas Baker, in 1685; £30 the gift of Thomas Cotton, in 1683; £50 the bequest of Stephen Rogers; and £20 the gift of Richard Presland. The rent is received by the churchwardens, and carried to one account with the produce of several other charities, and disposed of in bread, and small sums of money, to deserving objects of charity. The sum of £1. 6s. is received every alternate year from a farm in Willstone, which was bought subject to this payment, about forty years ago. This is known by the name of _Diana Robert’s Charity_, the like payment being made every alternate year to the parish of Cardington. _Brook’s Charity_. The particulars of this charity will he found noticed with those of St. Alkmund. The yearly sum of £2. 10s. is received on account of this parish, and carried to the general charity account noticed above. _The Rev. Samuel Presland_, by will, in 1750, as appears from an entry in the book of charities, gave £10 to be placed out by the overseers, and the interest to be distributed to the poor. In the same book it is stated that _Thomas Presland_ gave £20, and directed the interest to be given among poor housekeepers. These two sums, with £50, the legacy of Richard Williams, are placed out on the security of the house of industry, and the interest carried to the general charity account. _Mary Griffith_, in 1781, left £50 to the churchwardens and overseers, the interest to be distributed every Sunday in twopenny loaves. This sum is placed out on the security of the tolls of the Leighton turnpike road, and £2. 10s. annually received as the interest thereof. _The Rev. Philemon Hayes_ left to the minister of the parish 10s. for a lecture on Candlemas day, and the same sum to be distributed to poor people by the churchwardens. John Bryan by his will made an addition to Mr. Hayes’s gift of 10s. for the said sermon and 10s. to the poor. In respect of these charities the sum of £2 is charged upon land called the Tenter Field, near the Quarry, Shrewsbury. _Elizabeth Hanmer_, in 1755, left £20, the interest to be distributed in bread; she also left a house on the stone bridge, the rent to be paid to the clerk of the parish. The stone bridge above-mentioned with the house thereon has since been taken down, and a sum of money was awarded to the clerk as compensation for it, with which sum, and the £20 left to be distributed in bread, another house was bought for him. The house is now let by the clerk, and he receives the rent and pays thereout 20s. yearly, as the interest of the legacy of £20. _Richard Breathen_ gave to the churchwardens and overseers the sum of £20, the interest to be given to the poor. This money was placed in the hands of a person who died insolvent, and after a lapse of some years his son repaid the principal, and in 1820 it was carried to the general charity account. _Josina Pemberton_. The particulars of this charity will be found noticed with the charities of St. Alkmund parish. The yearly sum of £2. 2s. is divided among thirty poor housekeepers. The average annual income of the Charities of Shrewsbury amounts to about £2,000, exclusive of the Loan Charities, which produce no income, being gifts of sums of money to be lent out for limited periods to young tradesmen and others, free of interest. The Loan Charities amount to £840. 8s. 4d. In 1837 the High Court of Chancery appointed certain trustees to administer the charities of which the Corporations of Shrewsbury were previously the trustees. The following is a list of the trustees:—The Right Hon. Lord Berwick, Sir F. Brian Hill, John Bather, Esq., Mr. R. Beacall, Peter Beck, Esq., Robert Burton, Esq., W. J. Clement, Esq., T. G. Gwyn, Esq., J. Hazledine, Esq., Rev. C. Leicester, Rev. W. G. Rowland, A. Spearman, Esq., W. R. Ward, Esq., R.N., John Wingfield, Esq., Mr. John Woodward, William Butler Lloyd, Esq., John Whitehurst, Esq., Mr. Thomas Woodward, Mr. Richard Jeffreys Muckleston, and Mr. J. G. Brayne. Treasurer and Solicitor, William Cooper, Esq. Clerk and Secretary, Mr. William Poole, Scoltock-offices, Guild-hall and Corn-market Chambers. The liberties of Shrewsbury were abolished by the municipal boundary act, and now form part of the county of Salop. The several parishes which they comprised are now returned in the Albrighton Division, in the Wem Division of North Bradford Hundred in the Condover Division, Condover Hundred, and in the Ford and Pontesbury Divisions, of Ford Hundred. The following are places included within the liberties of the borough, the residents of which are included in the Shrewsbury Directory:— ALKMUND ST.—A parish partly returned in the Albrighton Division, and partly in Ford Division of the Ford Hundred. The parish, in 1841, contained 303 houses and 1641 inhabitants, of whom 1396 were included within the parliamentary borough. The rateable value of the parish is £9,041. 11s. CHAD ST.—The parish of St. Chads is partly returned in the Albrighton Division, partly in Condover Hundred, and partly in the Ford Division, of the Ford Hundred. The entire parish, in 1841, contained 7625 inhabitants, of whom 4524 persons resided within the boundaries of the borough, exclusive of those residing in Frankwell. There were also 912 inhabited houses, 80 uninhabited, and 4 houses building. FRANKWELL is a populous township in St. Chad’s parish, forming a suburb on the north-west side of Shrewsbury, from which it is approached by the Welsh bridge. In 1841 it was returned as containing 413 inhabited houses, 37 uninhabited and 2 building, with a population of 1895 souls, of whom 902 were males and 993 females. HOLY CROSS AND ST. GILES forms the eastern suburb to the town of Shrewsbury, and contains the township of Abbey Foregate and part of Coleham. Abbey Foregate stretches from the English bridge to Lord Hill’s column, upwards of a mile in length; the street is wide and for some distance planted on each side with trees; it contains many genteel residences, and is by far the handsomest approach to the town. In 1841 the township was returned as containing 358 inhabited houses, 22 uninhabited, and 14 building, and 1638 inhabitants—of whom 701 were males and 937 females. That part of Coleham, returned as in the parish of Holy Cross and St. Giles, contained 30 houses and 104 souls. ST. JULIAN’S parish is partly in the Condover Hundred and partly in the Ford Division of the Ford Hundred. The entire parish, in 1841, contained 3252 inhabitants, of whom 2902 were in the limits of the borough of Shrewsbury, of the latter number 986 persons were resident in Coleham. In 1841 there were 387 inhabited houses and 22 uninhabited. Rateable value of the parish £12,890. COLEHAM is a township, partly in St. Julian’s parish and partly in that of Holy Cross and St. Giles; in 1840 there were 332 houses and 1090 souls—of whom 986 were in the parish of St. Julian and 104 in the parish of Holy Cross and St. Giles. Coleham lies on the south bank of the river Severn and forms the southern suburb to the town of Shrewsbury. Here the manufacture of cotton goods was formerly carried on to some extent; the factories are now unoccupied. The houses are for the most part small, and occupied as cottage residences. A neat church has been built here which is noticed at a preceding page. ST. MARY’S parish is partly in the Albrighton Division, and, in 1841, contained a population of 6684 souls—of whom 6684 were returned as in the borough of Shrewsbury. The return includes the Castle, extra-parochial, containing 7 persons; 168 in the County Gaol, 186 in the County Infirmary, 94 in the Shrewsbury Free Grammar School, and 35 persons in boats. At the same period there were 1048 inhabited houses, 112 uninhabited, and 2 building. MEOL BRACE parish is chiefly in the Condover Hundred, the entire parish contained, in 1841, 1195 inhabitants—of whom 361 persons were returned as in the liberty of the borough of Shrewsbury. A LIST OF STREETS, COURTS, GATES, ROWS, PLACES, SQUARES, &c., IN THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY. Abbey foregate, English bdge Abbey terrace, Abbey foregate Ann’s hill, St. Michael’s st Backlane, Belmont Barker street, Shoplatch Barrack passage, Wyle cop Baschurch road, Coton hill Beckbury terrace, London rd Beeches lane, Wyle cop Belmont, Milk-street Belmont bank, Belmont Bellevue, Meol road Benbow terrace, Chester st Benbow place, Benbow ter Bridge court, Wyle cop Bridge street, Barker street Butter market, Pride hill Butcher’s row, Pride hill Cadogan row, The mount Canal buildings, Spring fields Canal wharf, Castle foregate Cardan place, Castle fields Castle fields, Castle foregate Castle gates, Castle street Castle gates lane, Castle gates Castle street, Pride hill Chester street, Castle gates Church st., St. Alkmund sq Circus yard, Bridge street Claremont bank, The priory Claremont blds, Claremont bk Claremont ct., St. Austin’s Claremont-hill, Barker-st Claremont street, Mardol Coffee house pas., Corn mar Coleham, English bridge Column ter., Abbey foregate College hill ct., College hill College hill, Swan hill Copthorne crescent, Copthorne road Corn market, Market square Council house ct., Castle st Coton hill, Chester street Coton terrace, Coton hill Crescent, Belmont Crescent fields, Water lane Cross hill, St. John’s hill Cross street, Castle foregate Dana, Castle gates Derfold court, St. Michael st Ditherington, Old heath Dog pole st., St. Mary street Double btchrs’ rw., Pride hill English bridge, Foot of Wyle Cop Fish street, High street Frankwell, Welsh bridge Gashouse ln., Castle foregate Golden cross pas., High st Gullett passage, Corn market Hazledine’s blds., Coleham High-street, Market square Hill’s lane, Mardol Holywell terrace, Abbey fore Howard St., Castle foregate Islington, Abbey foregate John’s row, St. Michael’s st Judith’s Butts, nr race course London rd., Abbey foregate Mardol head, High street Mardol, Shoplatch Marine terrace, Wyle cop Market street, Corn market Market square, High street Meadow pl., Castle gates ln Meol road, Coleham Milk street, High street Monk’s well ter., Abbey fore Mount fields, Frankwell Mount pleasant, Old heath Nackin street, Bridge street Old heath, St. Michael’s st Pound close, Coleham Pride hill, High street Priory street, Austin’s friars Princess street, Corn market Quarry place, St. John’s hill Quarry terrace, St. John’s hill Quarry view buildings, New St. Frankwell Railway station, Castle foregte Raven road, Mardol Reabrook place, Coleham Reabrook view, Abbey foregte Roushill bank, Pride hill School court, Castle street School lane, Coleham Severn place, Mardol Shoplatch, Mardol head Smithfield market, Mardol Spring gardens, Castle foregte Spring terrace, Meol road Stamp office, Market square St. Alkmund’s sq., Dog pole St. Alkmund’s place, St Alkmund’s square St. Austin’s ct., St. Austin’s priory St. Austin’s priory, St. Austin’s street St. Austin’s st., Barker st St. George’s place, Frankwell St. John’s blds., Shoplatch St. John’s court, Tower pl St. John’s hill, Shoplatch St. John’s row, St. John’s hill St. Julian’s friars, Wyle cop St. Mary’s court, Dogpole St. Mary’s pl., St. Mary’s st St. Michael’s gardens, St. Michael’s street St. Michael’s st., Castle foregt Sutton road, Coleham Swan hill, Market street Swan hill court, Swan hill Theatre blds., Shoplatch The mount, Frankwell Tower place, Belmont Trinity terrace, Meol road Water lane, Windsor place Welsh bridge, Mardol Whitehall place, Abbey foregt Whitehall st., Abbey foregate Whitehall ter., Abbey foregte Windsor place, Castle street Wyle cop, High street POST OFFICE, CORN MARKET. MR. JOHN WILLIAM TOWERS, POST MASTER. Letters from London, Birmingham, and the midland counties, Wolverhampton, Shiffnal, Wellington, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston, Bristol, the south and west of England, Liverpool, Manchester, and the north of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, arrive at 3 a.m. and 4 p.m., and are despatched 6 a.m. and 9.51 p.m. Letters from Aberystwith, Newtown, Welshpool, Llanidloes, Westbury Ford, Alberbury, Chirbury, and Montgomery, arrive at 9.1 p.m., and are despatched at 4.1 a.m. Letters from Bishop’s Castle, Pontesbury, Minsterley, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Wem, &c., arrive at 8 30 p.m. and are despatched at 4 45 a.m. Letters from Church Stretton, Dorrington, Ludlow, Munslow, and Wistanston, arrive at 8 30 a.m. and are despatched at 4 30 p.m. Letters from Oswestry, Nesscliff, West Felton, and Montford bridge, arrive at 8 40 p.m. and are despatched at 4 35 a.m. Letters from Acton Burnell, Ruyton, Baschurch, Shawbury, Middle, Wroxeter, and the adjacent district, arrive by foot posts at 7 30 a.m., and are despatched at 5 30 p.m. RECEIVING HOUSES at Frankwell, Castle Foregate, Abbey Foregate, and Coleham, for the reception of stamped letters only. MONEY ORDERS granted and paid from 10 a.m. until 4 30 p.m. TOWN DELIVERY, by letter carriers, at 7 a.m. and 4 30 p.m. SHREWSBURY ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF NAMES, TRADES, PROFESSIONS, AND RESIDENCES. Adams William Henry, professor of music, College hill Alcock John, beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Allcock Thos. & Sons, tailors, Claremont st. Allart George, tailor, Frankwell Allen and Benson, druggists, Wyle Cop Allen Mary, vict. Bird in Hand, Coton hill Allen Sarah, shopkeeper, Coton hill Allnatt Charles Blake, Esq., barrister-at-law, the Crescent Alltree Ann & Amelia, milliners, Windsor place Alltree Jemima and Henry, ironmongers, bell hangers, gas fitters, stovegrate manufacturers, and zinc and tin plate workers, Corn market Ambler Misses Emma and Mary Castle st Amphlett James, newspaper editor, Mardol Andrew Jas, travelling tea dealer, Wyle cop Andrew John, travelling tea dealer, Wyle cop Andrew Robt., travelling tea dealer, Coleham Andrew Wm., travelling tea dealer, Wyle cop Antlett Jas., beerhouse keeper, Spring gardens Arblaster Charles Jas., chemist and druggist, Castle street Armstrong John, tailor, Coleham Armstrong Wm., tailor & woln. draper, High st Arrowsmith John Y., surgeon, Swan hill court Arrowsmith Louisa Ann, boarding school, Belmont Arrowsmith Mary Elizabeth, boarding school, College hill Court Arrowsmith & Stephens, surgs., College hill Arthur Richard, shopkeeper, Princess st. Arthur Wm., travelling tea dealer, Wyle cop Ash Mr. Richard, Whitehall place Ashley Geo. beerhouse keeper, Barrck. passage Asterly Samuel, grocer, tallow chandler, and seed and hop merchant, Frankwell Astley Rev. Richard (Presbyn.) Claremont hill Atcherly John, gentleman, Summer house, the Mount. Atcherly the Misses, College hill Atkin Henry, agent to Allsop & Co., (Burton ales,) Golden cross passage Atkin Joseph, accountant, Column villa Atkinson William, supervisor of inland revenue, Sutton lane Attfield George, clerk inland revenue office, Barker street Badger John, shoemaker, Marine terrace Badger Joseph, beerhouse keeper, Kingsland Badger Samuel, beerhouse and shopkeeper, Coleham Badger Thos. vestry clerk & assistant overseer of St. Alkmund’s, St. Alkmund’s place Bagley John, herbalist, Theatre buildings Bagley Thomas, school master, St. John’s rd. Bagnell John, grocer and tea dealer, Pride hill Barker Mr. John, Monk’s well terrace Baker Wm., silversmith, jeweller and cutler, Corn market Ball Mrs. Mary Ann, Chester street Ballham James, baker, Coleham Ball William, brush manufacturer, Wyle Cop Barcley Wm. Jas., grocer, tea dealer, hop merchant, and agent for Guiness’s Dublin porter, 1, High street Barnaby Isabel, milliner and bonnet maker, Market square Barnaby Wm. W., law stationer, Market sq. Barnett Emma, dress maker, Frankwell Barnett George Shuttleworth, silversmith and jeweller, Market street Barron Mrs. Ann, Swan hill court Barron Anthony, linen draper and silk mercer, Pride hill Barton Thos., tailor and beerhouse keeper, Bellevue Bates Ann, shopkeeper, Castle Foregate Bates Richard, butcher, Chester street Bates Richard, jun., butcher, Shoplatch Bather, Mrs. Elizabeth, The Abbey Bather Wm., boot and shoemaker, Coton hill Batho John, vict., Robin Hood, St. Michael st Batho Thos., vict., Old Anchor, Frankwell Baxter Mary, green grocer, Gullett passage Bayley, Misses Ann and Mary, Quarry terrace Bayley Edward, baker, Castle Foregate Bayley Wm., gentleman, Claremont buildings Baylis James, civil engineer, Claremont bank Baylis James, nail maker, New street Bazeley John, linen draper, silk mercer, and milliner, High street and Pride hill Beacall Ann and Eliza, booksellers and stationers, Mardol head Beacall Henry, currier and leather cutter, Castle street Beacall Misses Mary and Eliz., Castle street Beacall Rd., ironmonger & nail manr., Mardol Beacall Sarah, currier and leather cutter, Castle street Beck, Mrs. Margaret Susannah, Benbow ter. Beck, Peter and William, wine and spirit mer., Claremont st., residence St. John’s h. Beddoes Jn., skinner & wool stap., Frankwell Beddow Richard, hair dresser, Barker street Beetlestone Geo., boarding school, Hills lane Bell Misses, mill, & dress makers, Wyle Cop Bentley Thos. Amand, professor of languages, Castle street Betton Nathaniel, Esq., Abbey Foregate Betton William, shoe maker, Frankwell Bevan Henry, accountant and law stationer, Abbey Foregate Bickerton Richard, corn merch., Severn place Bickley Thomas, hair dresser, Castle Forgate Birch Benj., architect, surveyor, and builder, Castle gate, residence Upper Green Fields Birch James, blacksmith and victualler, Buck’s Head, Frankwell Birch John, stone mason, Coleham Birch Jh., arch., surveyor & builder, Castleg. Birch Thomas, painter and glazier, Belmont Bishop John, cabinet maker, Wyle Cop Blake Lieut. Edward and John, Bellevue Blair Wm. H., wheelwright, Welsh Bridge Blair Chas., boot & shoe m., Abbey Foregate Blakemore Robert Baugh, confectioner and baker, Mardol Blakeway Richard and William, corn millers and dealers, Castle Foregate Blanchard Joseph, cabinet maker, Frankwell Blent Charles, chair maker, St. John’s build. Blockley William, timber merchant, Longden Coleham Blount Chas., actuary, Savings Bk., College h. Blount Chas., shoe maker, Claremont hill Blount Mary, dress maker, Princess street Blount Walter, tailor, Princess street Blower John, cabinet maker, upholsterer, and general furnishing warehouse, Pride hill Blower Tim., corn and cheese fac., Wyle Cop Blower, Thos. Jh., prov. & corn deal., Coleham Bloxham Henry, Esq., solicitor and high bailiff to County Court, St. Mary’s place Blunt Henry, chemist and druggist, Wyle Cop, residence Meol road Blunt Thomas, chemist and druggist, Wyle Cop, residence Abbey Foregate Blythe Mr., draper & silk mercer, Market sq. Bodenham Thos., Esq., Column terrace Bond John, bricklayer and beerhouse keeper, Claremont hill Boodle John, brickmaker, Coleham Boodle Mary, dress maker, Coleham Botevyle Mr. Thomas, Hills lane Bottwood, George, hair dresser, Castle street Boucher Geo., musical repository, Castle st. Boulton Samuel, shoe maker, Chester street Bourlay Wm. V., dancing master, Castle st. Bowen John, painter & glazier, St. Mary’s pl. Bowen Mr. William, Judith’s Butts Bowman Mrs. Catherine, Belmont Bank Bowdler, Mrs. Ann, Dogpole Bowdler and Barnett, silversmiths, jewellers and cutlers, market street Bowdler Mrs. Jane, silversmith, Market st Bowdler Thomas, hair dresser and perfumer, High street Bowdler William, carpenter and victualler, Shrewsbury Arms, Church street Boyce Thos., register for St. Chad’s district, Claremont street Boycott Richard, baker, Spring gardens Branscomb Fred. A., news agent, Church st. Bratton James, surgeon, Claremont hill Bratton Richard, cabinet maker, Wyle Cop Bratton Richard, victualler, Dog and Partridge, St. Mary’s place Brayne John Gregory, tanner and maltster, Abbey Foregate Brayne William (executors of), braziers and tin plate workers, Mardol head Brazier John, agent to Cowley and Co., general carriers, Castle Fields Breeze Charles, veter. surgeon, Coton Hill Breeze Edward, tailor, Frankwell Breeze Henry, painter and glazier, Castle st. Breeze James, blacksmith, Abbey Foregate Breeze Richard, victualler, Anchor, Hills lane Breeze Richard, tailor and clothes dealer, High street Breeze Sarah, baker, Coton Hill Brereton James, cabinet maker, Castle street Brightwell William, boarding school, Belmont bank Brighty Margt., vict., Nag’s Head, Wyle Cop Broadbent Miss Jane, The Abbey Bromfield Jacob, Spring Cottage, Meol road Bromley Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Frankwell Bromley John, grocer and tallow chandler, Wyle Cop Bromley Joseph, butcher, Castle Foregate Bromley Marg., butcher, Double Butchers’ row Bromley Sml., butcher, Double Butchers’ row Bromley, Wm., butcher, Double Butchers’ row Broughall Jno., Esq., solicitor, St. John’s hill Brown Ann, beerhouse keeper, Coleham Brown Mrs. Catherine, Benbow place Brown Mr. David, Claremont bank Brown Edwin, carver and gilder, Wyle Cop Brown Edward, cabinet maker, Mardol Brown Jacob, butcher, Pride hill Brown John, shopkeeper, Castle Foregate Brown Philip, artist, Castle street Brown Sarah, butcher, Pride hill Brown Captain Valentine, White Hall terrace Brown William, confectioner, Castle street Brown Wm., painter & glaz., Abbey Foregate Broxton Rd., chemist and druggist, Mardol Bryan Henry, haberdasher, Princess street Bryan William, dyer, Coton hill Bryant Wm., boot and shoe maker, Mardol Budgett Wm., grocer & tea dealer, Pride hill Burbury, Rev. Wm., M.A., second master of Grammar School Bull John, butcher, Pride hill Bullock Saml., carpentr. & builder, Frankwell Burd Edward, physician, Corn market Burd, Timotheus and Son, land and estate agents, Abbey Foregate Burnett Ann and Harriet, Swan hill court Burr Brothers, lead merchants and manufacturers of white, red, and sheet lead, Wyle Cop Burr Geo., lead mer, Wyle Cop r. Kingsland Burr Thos. Wm., lead mer., &c., Wyle Cop, residence Kingsland Burrey James, cabinet maker, upholsterer, auctioneer and appraiser, College hill Burrey and White, cabinet maters and upholsterers, College hill and Pride hill Burrows John, nail maker, Roushill bank Burton Adam, victualler, Bear, Fish street Burton Miss Anna, Abbey Foregate Burton Miss Helen, Claremont buildings Burton Rev. Rob. L., vicar of Holy Cross, Abbey Foregate Butler Jane, hosier, Castle Foregate Butler James, hairdresser & hosier, Coleham Butler Thos., hosier & gen. dealer, Castle st. Butler William, shoe maker, Castle Foregate Buttriss Robt., maltster and victualler, Elephant and Castle, Mardol Buttriss Richard, maltster, Frankwell Bythell Thos., chemist & druggist, Pride hill Cadwallader Ann, vict., Wagon and Horses, Pride Hill Cadwallader John, bookseller, printer, and stationer, 3, High street Cadwallader Wm., spirit vaults, Castle gates Calcott John, boot and shoemak., 4, High st. Canadine J., shopkeeper, Longden Coleham Carden Robt., linen & woollen drap., Mardol Carline John, architect and stone and marble mason, Abbey Foregate Cartwright Ann, wine and spirit vaults, Theatre buildings Cartwright Francis, market gardener, New street, Frankwell Cartwright John, engineer and agricultural implt. maker, Castle Foreg., res. Castle st. Caswell James, cheese factor, Mardol Cavell Henry, shoe maker, School lane Cawthron Wm., painter, plumber, glazier, and glass dealer, Frankwell Charlton Charles W., solicitors’ clerk, Islington cottage Chester George, tailor, Shoplatch Chester Geo., boot & shoe mak., Shoplatch Chidlow Wm., boot & shoemak., Castle Fds. Chipp Mr. Samuel, Trinity terrace Cholton Samuel, butcher, Coleham Chune Geo. & Jph., timber mer., Chester st. Clarke Chas. Thos. Hughes, surg., Chester st. Clarke Gavin, sheriff’s officer, Crescent Fields Clarke John, gentleman, Town Walls House Clark Rd., registrar of marriages and agent to the Sun fire office, Swan hill Clarke William, maltster, Frankwell Clay Joseph, veterinary surgeon, Wyle Cop Clayton Geo., wool. drap. & tailor, Clement hill Clayton John, farmer, Old Heath Clayton Mr. Jas., St. Alkmund place Claxton William Dickson, chemist & druggist, High street Cleaver John, coffee house keeper, Castle gates Clement Wm., gentleman, St. John’s row Clement Wm. Jas., surgeon, Council house Climie Daniel, civil engineer, Spring terrace Clinton Henry, baker, Abbey Foregate Clorley S., blacksmith, St. Austin’s street Cock John, baker, Longden Coleham Cock John, shoe maker, Abbey Foregate Coggin Jabez, shoe maker, Chester street Cohen Louis, clothes dealer, Mardol Cole Thomas, painter and glazier, Wyle Cop Colley Rev. James, M.A., incumbent Holy Trinity, Belmont Collier, brazier & tin plate worker, Wyle Cop Cooke Henry, painter, Cross hill Cooke Jn., dyer & scourer, St. Alkmund’s pl. Cooke Joseph, corn merchant, maltster, and corn miller, Abbey Foregate Cooke Mary, schoolmistress, Swan hill Cooke Wm. Hy., hatter & hosier, Pride hill Cooper George, shopkeeper, Abbey Foregate Cooper Richard, coach proprietor, Meol road Cooper Wm., Esq., Claremont buildings Cooper Wm. Henry, Esq., solicitor, St. John’s hill, residence Claremont buildings Cooper William, rope maker, Castle street Cooper & Broughall, solicitors, St. John’s hill Corbet Miss Josepha, St. Mary’s place Corbet Philip, artist, Belmont Corbet Walton, shopkeeper, Frankwell Corfield, Mrs. Jane, White Hall place Corfield Rd., engineer (water wks.), Chester st. Corser George Sandforth, Esq., solicitor, Market street, residence Abbey Foregate Cottrell Mrs. Elizabeth, Belmont Cotton Ann & Sarah, milliners, Princess st County Constabulary office, Corn market Cox John, shoemaker, Longden, Coleham Craig Alex. Samuel, Esq., sol., The crescent Craig Charles Dixon, Esq., solicitor, The crescent, residence Claremont bank Crane Mrs. Mary, White hall place Craston Edward and Co., hat manufacturers, Pride hill Crawford David, surgeon, St. John’s hill Cripps Gordon H., wine & spirit merchant, Claremont street Cripps Lewis G., wine & spirit mer., High st Cross James, stone mason, Raven road Cross Sarah and Ann, milliners, Mardol head Cross W. Gowen, chemist & druggist, Mardol Crowe Henry, veterinary surgeon, Castle st Crowley Hicklin and Co., general carriers, Welsh bridge Crump Vincent, confectioner, by special appointment to her Majesty, Wyle cop Crumpton James, baker, Frankwell Crumpton Jonathan, brazier and tin plate worker, Wyle cop Crumpton Joseph, bookseller, printer, stationer, and bookbinder, and agent for the sale of poor law books, Mardol Crwys William, dyer and scourer, Swan hill Curtis, the Misses, Skelton road Dakin John, cooper, Chester street Dale Samuel, vict., Bell Inn, Princess street Dales Rd., saddler & harness maker, Wyle cop Dance Sarah, Raven hotel (posting house), Castle street Daniel John, vict., Spread Eagle, Wyle cop Darwin the Misses, The mount Davenhall John, hair dresser, Shoplatch Davis Mrs. Ann, St. Julian’s friars Davis Edward, mathematical and optical instrument manufacturer, 43, High street Davies Brothers, cabinet makers, Wyle cop Davies Charles, shoemaker, and grindery dealer, Barker street Davies Mr. Daniel, White hall place Davies Daniel, confectioner, baker, and British wine dealer, Castle gates Davies Daniel, clock maker, Mardol Davis David, news agent, Mardol Davies Edward, shopkeeper and wheelwright, Coleham Davies Edward, shopkeeper, Meol road Davies Ellen, straw bonnet maker, Frankwell Davies Emma, milliner, Pride hill Davies Evan, carver and gilder, Pride hill Davies Mrs. Harriett, Tower place Davies Harriett, dress maker, Marine terrace Davies Helen, dress maker, Dogpole Davies Henry, boot and shoemaker, St. John’s hill Davies James, millwright, Chester street Davies James and Son, ironmongers, nail manufacturers, and saddlers’ ironmongers, Wyle cop Davies John, bookseller, printer, stationer, and bookbinder, 15, High street Davies John, ale and porter brewer, Chester street; residence, Castle gates Davies John, supervisor of inland revenue, Frankwell Davies, John, shopkeeper, Wyle cop Davies John, agent to Black Park coal works, Castle foregate Davies John, butcher, Fish street Davies John, cooper, Mardol Davies John, vict., White Hart, Mardol Davies John and Charles, drapers and silk mercers, 26, High street Davies Joseph, street inspector and collector of rates, Claremont hill Davies Joseph, coal agent, Wyle cop Davies Joseph, boot & shoemaker, Mardol Davies Joseph, vict., Three Tuns, Longden Coleham Davies and Hortins, eating house, Pride hill Davies Margaret, vict., Swan, Frankwell Davies Mrs. Mary, Abbey foregate Davies Miss Mary Eleanor, Bellevue Davies Mary, dressmaker, Barker street Davies and Oldroyd, milliners, Pride hill Davies Misses Sarah and Eliza, London rd Davies Richard, bookseller, printer, and stationer, &c., 7, High-street Davies Richard, tailor, St. John’s hill Davies Richard, cow keeper, Frankwell Davies Robert, bankers’ clerk, Princess street Davies Robert, rope maker, Frankwell Davies and Son, confectioners, Corn market Davies Walton, baker, St. Mary’s place Davies William, currier, Pride hill Davies William, currier, Bridge street Davies Wm., boot and shoe maker, Wyle cop Davies William, book binder, Meol road Davies Winefrede, dressmaker, Barker street Day Wm., grocer and tea dealer, Pride hill Deakin Edward, baker and beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Deakin Thomas, confectioner and baker, Market street Deaves James, clothes dealer, Princess street Deaves George, bookseller (old), Shoplatch Deaves Hannah, milliner, Shoplatch Denston, Mrs. Elizabeth, Belmont Deshormes Francis U. G., professor of languages, Crescent fields Dibbin James, butcher, Double butcher’s row Dickin John, surgeon, St. John’s hill Dixon Miss Betsy, Abbey foregate Dixon John, malster and vict., Dun Cow, Abbey foregate Dodson Richard, builder and statuary, Abbey foregate Done Robert and Co., wholesale tea and coffee merchants, Mardol head and Castle foregate Donnellan James, hatter, Barker street Donnellan William, schoolmaster, Barker st Downing Enoch and Elijah, glass, china, and earthenware dealer, Pride hill Downward Rev. George Richard, The castle Drakewood William, shoemaker, Abbey fore Drayton Edward, wheelwright, Welsh bdge Drayton Geo., bookseller, printer, and stationer, Shoplatch Drayton John, timber merchant, New street, Frankwell Drinkwater Rd., woolstapler, St. Austin friars Drury, Miss Eliza Ann, Claremont street Drury John (executor of), grocer and tea dealer, Pride hill Drury Thomas James, M.D., Quarry place Dugard Mrs. Mary Ann, Column terrace Dukes Mrs. Elizabeth, Windsor place Durnford, Mrs. Ann, College hill court Dyas Edward, shopkeeper, Castle street Dyas Edward, butcher, Wyle cop Dyas Jane, shopkeeper, Frankwell Dyas William, shoemaker, Abbey foregate Easthope William, cooking apparatus manufacturer, High street Eaton, Misses Emily and Susannah, Claremont buildings Ebrall Samuel, gun maker, Wyle cop Eccleston John, grocer & tea dealer, Frankwell Eccleston Thomas, stone mason, Frankwell Eddowes George, linen and woollen draper, Mardol Eddowes, Mrs. Martha, newspaper proprietor, Bellevue Edgerley Henry, cheese factor and paper warehouse, Pride hill Edisbury Thos., beerhouse keeper, Castle frgt Edson John, saddler and harness maker, & brush & portmanteau manufac., Wyle cop Edwards Ann, plumber, Claremont street Edwards Ann, cow keeper, Coleham Edwards Ann, vict., Hen & Chickens, Dogpole Edwards Edward, bookseller, printer, and bookbinder, Dogpole, and vict., Bull Inn, Abbey foregate Edwards Edward, hosier, Mardol Edwards Edward, beerhouse keeper, Castle foregate Edwards Emma, vict., Britannia Inn, Mardol Edwards John, bookbinder, Coton hill Edwards John, plumber, Mardol; residence, Hill’s lane Edwards John, boot & shoemaker, Market sq Edwards John Hawley, Esq., solicitor, Pride hill; residence, Belvedere Edwards, Miss Mary, Abbey foregate Edwards John Thomas S., Esq., Quarry place Edwards, Mr. Robert, Holywell terrace Edwards Rd., vict., Falcon & Castle, Mardol Edward Richard, baker, St. Michael’s street Edward Samuel, vict., Grapes, Castle foregate Edward Thomas, auctioneer, appraiser, and accountant, Mardol head; residence, Coton hill Edward Thos. & Son, bricklyrs, St. John’s ct Edward William, beerhouse, Chester street Egan, Rev. Eugene, catholic priest, Beeches ln Ehn Henry and Co., furriers and straw bonnet manufacturers, 38, High street Ehn Jane, milliner, 38, High street Elias Hannah, bonnet maker, Barker street Elkes Edward, confec. and baker, Pride hill Elledge James, agent to Pickford and Co., general carriers, Castle foregate Elliott, Mrs. Charlotte, The Priory Ellis Mary, stay maker, Coleham Elsmere Edward, managing director to Shropshire & North Wales Fire Office, High st Elsmere Peter, grocer & tea dealer, Wyle cop Elton James, register office, Dogpole Embrey John, beerseller, Frankwell Evans, Mrs. Ann, Whitehall terrace Evans Ann, shopkeeper, Abbey foregate Evans Arthur, clothes dealer, Princess street Evans Benjamin, confec. and baker, High st Evans David, stained glass manufacturer, Wyle cop Evans Edward, cooper, Abbey foregate Evans Edward, inspector of weights and measures for South Salop Evans Edward, cow keeper, Coleham Evans Edward, accountant, Claremont hill Evans Edward, schoolmaster, Barker street Evans Fred., butcher, Double butchers’ row Evans George, shoemaker and beerhouse keeper, Barker street Evans George, shoemaker, Abbey foregate Evans James, tailor and tobacconist, Market street Evans Jane, vict., Bell Inn, Mardol Evans John, carpenter and joiner, Kingsland Evans John, jun., carpenter, builder, brick & tile merchant, & boat builder, Frankwell Evans John, grocer & tea dealer, Abbey fore Evans John, tailor, Gullett passage Evans John, baker and shopkeeper, Double butchers’ row Evans John, hair dresser and perfumer, and toy dealer, Market street Evans Joseph, shopkeeper, Frankwell Evans Margaret, vict., King’s Head, Mardol Evans Margt., paint. & glaz., St. Julian’s friars Evans Mary, watch & clock maker, Wyle cop Evans and Marston, paint. & glaz., High st Evans Oliver, vict., Bull and Pump, Meol rd Evans Richard, bricklayer and builder, St. Austin’s priory Evans Sophia, schoolmistress, St. Michael’s st Evans, Mr. Thomas, Beckbury terrace Evans Thomas, shopkeeper, Coleham Evans Thomas, superintendent registrar, clerk to Atcham union and to lunatic asylum, St. John’s hill Evans William, vict., Butchers’ Arms, Double butchers’ row Evans William, cow keeper, Abbey foregate Fagg Ann, dress maker, Claremont hill Fallows Richard, shopkeeper, Frankwell Farlow Samuel, fruiterer & market gardener, Theatre buildings Farlow Samuel, town marshal and superintendent police officer, Shoplatch Farmer Edward, plumber, painter, and glazier, Old heath Farmer, Mrs. Mary, The mount Farnell Joseph Kirby, draper & silk mercer, Pride hill Farr Henry, coach builder, High street Fenna John, shopkeeper, Castle gates Fenton Elizabeth, stay maker, Benbow pl Fenton Henry, surgeon, High street Ferrett Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Frankwell Fesser Andrew, clock maker, Mardol Field Francis and Mary, school teachers, St Alkmund’s place Field Mr., Swan hill Fletcher Francis, prov. dealer, Claremont st Fletcher, Rev. Henry, curate of St. Chad’s Claremont bank Fletcher John, vict., Moulders’ Arms, Castle gates lane Fletcher, Mrs. Martha, Dogpole Fletcher William, beerhouse keeper, Double butchers’ row Flexton Priscilla, victualler, Bridge House, Frankwell Forcham Thomas, shoemaker, Frankwell Forcham Richard, Abbey foregate Ford John, painter and glazier, Barker street Ford Geo., malster & shopkeeper, Barker st Forester Eliz., bonnet maker, Claremont st Forester, Miss Matilda, St. John’s hill Foulkes Edwin, surgeon, Castle street Foulkes, Mr. Thomas, Abbey foregate Forman, Captain George, Bellevue Fox George, vict., George Hotel, Market st Frail Mr. John, Claremont hill France Henry, beerhouse keeper, Castle foregate France James, whitesmith, Castle gates lane France John, letter-press printer and general dealer, Mardol Francis, Mr. James, Bellevue gardens Franklin George Benjamin, agent to Mottram and Co., hop mer. and brewers, Mardol Franklin William, hair dresser, bird preserver, and dealer in fishing tackle, Mardol Fulcher George, schoolmaster (Shrewsbury union), Kingsland Gabriel James, cabinet maker, Mardol Gatacre, Mrs. Harriet, Severn bank house Gates William, butcher, Butchers’ row Geary, Mrs. Elizabeth, Holywell terrace Geary Henry, tailor, Swan hill George William, china warehouse, Wyle cop, agent to Rose and Co., manufacturers Giles Jane, shopkeeper, St. Alkmund’s place Giles Rd., watch & clock maker, Shoplatch Gill George Phillip, surgeon, Milk street Gill John, market gardener, Beckbury cottage Girling George, inland rev. officer, Abbey pl Gittins Ann, grocer & tea dealer, Theatre blds Gittins Francis, dressmaker, Wyle cop Gittins Henry, butcher, Mardol Gittins John, chemist and drug., Wyle cop Gittins Margt., vict., Swan Inn, Frankwell Gittins Sarah, schoolmistress, Abbey fore Gittins Thomas, butcher, Abbey foregate Gittins William, ironmonger, whitesmith, and brazier, and tin plate worker, Mardol Gittings William, butcher, Frankwell Glover Robt., sad. & harness maker, Castle st Glover Samuel, surgeon, Coton hill Goodby Hy., vict., Eagle, St. Michael’s st Gordon George, Esq., solicitor; office, Dogpole; residence, College hill Goucher George, boot and shoe maker and hosier, Shoplatch Goucher William, carpenter, Mardol Gough John, butcher, Pride hill Gough, Miss Mary Ann, Islington Gough William, currier and leather cutter, Theatre buildings Grafton Samuel, cooper, Wyle cop Grafton Thomas, butcher, Pride hill Gray Harriet & Caroline, milliners, Cross hill Gray Richard, hatter, Pride hill Green Robert, tailor, St. John’s hill Green Thomas, paviour and clerk to water works company, Old heath Green Thomas, jun., printer, Old heath Griffin William, corn merchant, Mardol quay Griffith Elizabeth, eating house, Castle gates Griffith Joseph, cabinet maker, Abbey foregt Griffith William, surgeon, Claremont hill Griffiths Benjamin, wheelwright, Frankwell Griffiths Hugh, provision dealer, St. Austin st Griffiths Jane, schoolmistress, Abbey foregt Griffiths Mary, beerhouse keeper, Canal blds Griffiths Samuel, blacksmith, Coton hill Griffiths Thomas, shopkeeper, Castle gates Griffiths Thomas, shoemaker, Frankwell Grindley John, vict., Crown Inn, St. Mary’s st Grindley Martha, cow keeper, Abbey foregt Groves John, builder, The Priory; residence, Crescent cottage Groves Joseph, shopkeeper, Castle gates Groves Thomas, builder, The priory Gwynn John, clerk, Chester street Gwynn Richard, basket maker, Pride hill Gwyn Thomas Girdler, Esq., The Elms Hackney Jas., glass & china dealer, Pride hl Halbrook Thomas, shoemaker, Hill’s lane Hales Richard, skinner, Chester street Halford Sarah, dyer, Barker street Hall John, timber merchant, Abbey foregate Hall Thomas, silk mercer & draper, High st Hall William, auctioneer, appraiser, and house agent, Milk street Hammond Fred., fishmonger, Castle foregate Hammond Richard, beerhouse, Castle gates Hammonds Henry, butcher, Frankwell Hammonds Thomas, butcher, Abbey foregt Hammonds William, butcher, Frankwell Hams, Mr. William, Abbey foregate Hand Anne, vict., Peacock, Islington Hand Paul, cattle dealer, Quarry place Hand Sarah, butcher, Butchers’ row Hanley James, butcher, Castle foregate Hanmer Chs. Js., boot & shoe mkr., Wyle cop Hanny James, watch maker, Wyle cop Hanny Thomas, tea dealer (travelling) St. Alkmund’s place Harding, Rev. John, incumbent of St. George’s, Mount cottage Harley, Miss Sarah, The Priory Harley Mr., Tower place Harper Wm., chief constable, Claremont st Harries George, tobacco and snuff manufacturer, and paper dealer, Mardol Harries George, horse breaker, Coleham Harris James, boot and shoe maker, New st Harris John, butcher, Coleham Harris John Kent, shopkeeper, Hill’s lane Harris Joseph, pork butcher, Wyle cop Harris Samuel, agricultural implement maker, Barker street Harris Thomas, hosier, and agent to Scotland Life Association, Pride hill Harris Thomas, confec. and baker, Castle st Harris Wm., draper & silk mercer, Pride hill Harris Mr. William, Kingsland Harrison John, saddler and harness maker, Shoplatch Harrison Samuel, baker, Castle Foregate Harrison and Kempster, saddler and harness makers, Shoplatch Harrison, Mrs. Elizabeth, Monk’s well ter Harker George, pump maker, Belvedere cottage Hartshorn James, accountant, Dogpole Harvey Thomas, patten and last maker, Barker street Harvey Susanh., vict., Talbot Top, Swan hill Harvey William, boot, shoe, and last manu., Pride hill Harwood, Miss Ann, Frankwell Harwood Thomas, vestry clerk, accountant, and house agent, Abbey foregate Harwood, Mr. Thomas, St. George’s place Hassall John, shopkeeper, St. Michael’s st Hasswell James, furniture broker and copper plate printer, Hill’s lane Hatton Charles, market gardener, Abbey fore Hay George E., professor of music, Hill’s ln Hay Thomas William, watch & clock maker, High street Haycock Edward, Esq., architect and county surveyor, The Priory Haycock Jas., vict., Golden Lion, Frankwell Haycock Robert, coal, slate, & lime merchant Castle foregate; residence, Dogpole Haynes Francis Mason, baker and confec., Wyle cop Haynes John Edward, tailor, Wyle cop Hayward Samuel, vict., Raven and Bell, and posting house, Wyle cop Harwood Thomas, shoemaker, Gullet passage Hazledine John, Esq., coal merchant, Wyle cop; residence, Moreton villa, Coleham Hazleton Mr. John, St. Julian’s friars Healing Robert M., grocer and tea dealer, Frankwell Healing William, provision dealer, Frankwell Heath John, tailor and Woollen draper, Pride hill Heath Mrs. Margaret, Castle street Heathcoate John Nigel, surgeon, Council house court Heighway Mrs. Ann, Spring terrace Heighway Martha and Son, grocers, tea dealers, and hop and seed merchants, Castle street Hemmings Henry, grazier, Dorsett’s barn Henshall and Co., salt merchants, John Brown, agent, Castle Foregate Henshaw Thomas Northage, writing master, Grammar school, Pride hill Herbert Daniel, coachman, Abbey Foregate Herbert Mr. Mark, Abbey foregate Hewett James, accountant, St. Julian’s friars Hewlett George, tailor & shopkeeper, St. Michael’s street Hewlett Martha and Elizabeth, coffee and dining rooms, High street Hewlett William and Son, cabinet makers, Milk street Hicks Christopher, Esq., solicitor Wyle cop Hicks Henry, Esq., solicitor, Trinity terrace Hickman Mary, milliner, Wyle cop Higgins Corbett, shoemaker, Chester street Higgins Wm., Esq., solicitor, Claremont hill Higley Samuel, boot & shoemaker, Coleham Hilditch Miss, Bellevue Hilditch Thomas, grocer and cheese factor, Pride hill Hiles John, professor of music, Swan hill Hill Rev. Edward, (Independent), Benbow terrace Hill Mrs. Hannah, Monks’ well terrace Hill John baker, Longden Coleham Hill Hon. William Noel, Reabrook lodge Hilton Rev. John, Wesley an new connexion, Claremont street Hinmers Elizabeth, schoolmistress, Cross hill Hinton Richard, patten maker, Mardol Hitchcock Richard, shopkeeper, Mardol Hitchins Joseph, corkcutter, High street Hodges Thomas, tailor, Cross hill Holbrook James, basket maker, Coleham Holland Richard, locksmith and bellhanger, Shoplatch Holmes Joshua, shopkeeper, Chester street Holmes Wm., beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Home Mr. Samuel, Cross hill Homer Mr. William, Kingsland Horton Ed., boot & shoemaker, Claremont st Horton Rebecca, milliner, High street Hotchkiss William, farmer, Meol road How Misses Mary and Christiana, Monk’s well terrace How William Wybergh, Esq., solicitor, Near well house, Abbey Foregate How Rev. William, Near well house Howell Henry, boot & shoemaker, Mardol Howell Henry, tailor and draper, High street, residence Abbey Foregate Howell Thomas, gentleman, High fields Howell Thos., vict., Dolphin, Dolphin road Howell Thos., beerhouse keeper, St. Mchl. st Howells Thos., blacksmith, Castle Foregate Howells Thos., whitesmith, Castle Foregate Hudson Wm., brush manufacturer, Mardol Hughes Edward, Esq., solicitor, Dogpole Hughes Edward, wine and spirit merchant, Corn market, residence Belmont Hughes Edward C., butcher, Fish street, residence Princess street Hughes Henry, shoemaker and shopkeeper, Coleham Hughes John, Esq., Dogpole house Hughes John, maltster, corn miller, and seed & corn mercht., The Glen, Frankwell Hughes John, hair dresser, Frankwell Hughes John, shoemaker, Bridge street Hughes John, shoemaker, St. John’s row Hughes Maria, bonnet maker, Peacock pas. Hughes Richard, shoemaker, St. John’s hill Hughes Robert, clothes dealer, Princess st Hughes Robert, blacksmith, Abbey Foregate Hughes & Son, boot & shoemakers, Shoplatch Hughes Thomas, painter & glazier, Dogpole Hughes Thomas, bricklayer, Frankwell Hughes Thomas, boot and shoemaker, and beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Hughes Thomas, shoemaker, Frankwell Hughes Wm., grocer & tea dealer, Pride hill Hughes Wm., maltster, St. Julian’s Friars Hulett, victualler, Unicorn Inn and posting house, Wyle cop Hulme Edward, hairdresser, Castle gates Hulme Henry, painter, Castle foregate Hulme Samuel, hair dresser and perfumer, High street Hulme Mr. William Lang, Abbey Foregate Humphreys Elizabeth, circulating library, St. Alkmund’s place Humphreys John, wine and spirit merchant, St. Mary’s street Humphreys John, tailor & draper, Shoplatch Humphreys John R., house surgeon, Infirmy. Humphreys Joseph, bookseller & stationer, &c., Pride hill Humphreys Mary, grocer, tea dealer, chemist and druggist, hop and seed merchant, and cheese factor, Mardol Humphreys Wm., shopkeeper, Claremont st Humphreys T., shopkeeper, St. Michael’s st Hunt Miss, Council house court Hunt Mary, coach builder, Wyle cop Hunt William Morgan Clerk, St. Michael st Icke James, grocer and tea dealer, Market st Instone and Son, nurserymen, Sutton lane Jackson John, carpenter, Abbey Foregate Jackson Rebecca, dressmaker, Abbey Foregt Jackson Wm. Simes, Esq., sol., College hill James Benjamin, tailor, Hill’s lane James David, cow keeper, Coleham James Humphrey, farmer, Meol road James John, baker & shopkeeper, Abbey Frgt. James Joseph, shoemaker, Frankwell James Richard, plasterer, Windsor place Jeffreys Edward Alex., engineer, Coton hill Jeffreys Dr. Thomas, Castle house Jeffreys William Egerton, Esq., solicitor, clerk to magistrates and to commissioners for the hundred of Ford, office Castle st., residence Coton hill Jeffreys Mr. William, Dog pole Jenks George, ironmonger, Wyle cop Jenks Sarah, dressmaker, Abbey Foregate Jennings Mrs. Sarah, Castle street Jennings Thomas, Esq., Column terrace Jervis Charles, carpenter, Frankwell Jervis Elizabeth, dressmaker, Bridge street Jervis John, vict., White Horse, Frankwell Jobson Joseph, corn mercht., St. John’s hill Johnson Rev. Frederick P., Abbey Foregate Johnson Henry, M.D., Dog pole Johnson Henry, corn dealer, Wyle cop Johnson Mrs. Mary, Tower place Johnstone Rev. Vanden Bempde, M.A., assistant master Free Grammar school Jones Andrew, farmer, Meol road Jones Benjamin, shoemaker, Castle Foregt. Jones Catherine, hosier, Shoplatch Jones Charles, linen and woollen draper, Mardol Jones Chas. Griffiths, conf. & baker, Mardol Jones David, vict., Bull’s head, Castle gates Jones David, tailor & drap., St. Mary’s st Jones David, cheese factor and victualler Woodman inn, Coton hill Jones David and Son, cheesefactrs, New market hall Jones Edward, hatter, Pride hill Jones Edward, veterinary surg., Claremont st Jones Edward, cooper, Mardol Jones Edward, blacksmith, Beeches lane Jones Edw., shoemaker, Hazledine’s buildgs. Jones Eliza, ironmonger and nail manufacturer, Mardol head Jones Evan, provision dealer, Coleham Jones Evan, shoemaker, Princess street Jones Evan, shopkeeper, St. Michael’s st Jones Frances, dressmaker, Frankwell Jones Fredk. A., letter press printer, Wyle cop Jones Griffith, boot & shoemaker, Hills lane Jones Henry, boot & shoemaker, Coleham Jones Henry Micholls, surgeon dentist, Mardol head Jones Mrs. Hannah, Swan hill Jones Horatio, surgeon dentist, St. John’s hill Jones James, butcher, Pride hill Jones James, grocer & tea dlr., Castle gates Jones James, cooper, Wyle cop Jones James, brick & tile maker, Kingsland Jones John, schoolmaster, St. Julian’s Friars Jones John, cheese factor, New market hall, residence Chester street Jones John, shopkeeper, Castle Foregate Jones John, blacksmith, Raven road Jones John, carpenter, Swan hill Jones John, coach builder, Circus yard, residence, Peacock passage Jones John, victualler, Gullett inn, Hill’s lane Jones Jos., vict., Barley Mow, Abbey Forgt. Jones Joseph, vic., Red Lion, Castle Foregate Jones Joseph, tailor, Frankwell Jones Joseph, brickmaker, Coleham Jones Lewis, farmer, Castle Foregate Jones Louisa, victualler, Leopard, Pride hill Jones Maurice, grocer, tea dealer, cheese factor, and seedsman, Mardol Jones Margaret, clothes cleaner, Claremt. st Jones Margaret, shopkeeper, Castle gates Jones Margaret, dressmaker, Dog pole Jones Mrs. Mary, Reabrook view Jones Misses, bonnet makers, Pride hill Jones Mrs. B., Abbey Foregate Jones Mrs. Price, Bellevue Jones Robert, grocer & cheese monger, Mardol Jones Richard, schoolmaster (St. Michael’s), St. Michael’s street Jones Richard, baker, Frankwell Jones Richard, butcher, Pride hill Jones Richard, boot & shoemaker, Pride hill Jones Richard, blacksmith, Frankwell Jones Richard, confectioner & baker, Milk st Jones Richard, beerhouse keeper, Meadow pl Jones Richard, shopkeeper, Chester street Jones Richard, blacksmith, Bridge street Jones Samuel, wire worker, Shoplatch Jones Sarah, cow keeper, Abbey Foregate Jones Thos., commercial, dining, and coffee rooms, Shoplatch Jones Thomas, linen & woollen draper, tailor and clothier, Mardol head Jones Thos., victualler, Nelson’s Arms, St. Austin’s street Jones Thomas, carpenter & joiner, Pride hill Jones Thomas, cooper, Mardol Jones Thos., brazier & tin plate worker, Mardol Jones Thomas, tailor, Frankwell Jones Thomas, butcher, Fish street road, Frankwell Jones Thomas, shoemaker, Claremont st Jones Thos. Wm., shoemaker, Castle fields Jones Wm., saddler and harness maker, and trunk and portmanteau manufacturer, 5, High street Jones William, victller., Sun tavern, Milk st Jones William, provision dealer, Mardol Jones William, carpenter, Castle Foregate Joseph Ths., provn. dealr., Longden, Coleham Juckes Samuel, ironmonger & nail manufacturer, Mardol Juson Richard, gentleman, Spring terrace Keate Henry, surgeon, Claremont hill Keeling Henry, tailor and victualler, Odd Fellows’ Arms, Barker street Keeling Joshua, beerhouse k., Castle gates Kelvey Rebecca, watchmaker, Mardol Kempster E., saddler & harness maker, Shoplatch Kennedy Rev. Benjamin Hall, D.D., head master, Grammar school Kent John, pawnbroker, Shoplatch Kent Rev. Manoah (Baptist), Abbey Foregt. Kerry Christina, hosier High st Ketler John, rag & bone dealer, St. Austin’s st Kindellon William N., governor of house of industry, Kingsland Kirkham John, baker & shopk., Castle fore Knight Mr. James, Holywell cottage Kough Thomas Harley, Esq., solicitor, Swan hill Lacy John, gas fitter and brass founder, Fire office court, High street Lacy John William, printing and writing ink manufacturer, Castle fields Lambert Henry, corn miller, Kingsland Langford William Henry, vict., Golden Harp, Claremont st Lawrence, Mrs. Mary, St. John’s row Lawson Elizabeth, infant school teacher, New street Lawson, Mrs. Mary, Wyle cop Lawson Stewart, travelling draper, Abbey Foregate Lawson William, wire worker, Frankwell Leach Thomas, shopkeeper, Castle Foregate Leake Charles W. and George E., painters and glaziers, Wyle cop Leake John Hasleham, bookseller, printer, and stationer, &c., Corn market Leake Thomas, beerhouse keeper, Castle st Lee Edward, corn dealer, Mardol Lee George, cabinet maker, Castle street Lee George, shoemaker, Abbey Foregate Legh Edward, agent to Shrewsbury and Shropshire coal company, Canal wharf; residence, Abbey Foregate Legh John, butcher, Pride hill Leighton, Rev. William Alport, Luciefelde, Coleham Le Mercier Nicholas Robert, teacher of dancing, St. Julian’s Friars Lewin Samuel Lucas, registrar of marriages, Swan hill Lewis David, printer and beerhouse keeper, Gullet passage Lewis Edward, vict., Lion Hotel, and posting house, Wyle cop Lewis Elizabeth, dressmaker, Frankwell Lewis Francis B., beerhouse, Abbey Foregate Lewis John, blacksmith, Frankwell Lewis Rd., grocer & tea dealer, Shoplatch Lewis Rd., grocer and tea dealer, High st Lewis Richard, carpenter, Castle Foregate Lewis William, professor of music, High st Lewis and Ward, grocers & hop merchants, High street Linell John, ironmonger, Wyle cop., residence Abbey Foregate Linell and Jenks, ironmongers and cooking apparatus manufacturers, Wyle cop Linley Jas., green grocer, Castle Foregate Lloyd Charles, malster and vict., Plough Inn, Market square Lloyd Chas., beerhouse keeper, St. Michael’s street Lloyd George, painter and glazier, Roushill Lloyd Henry, plumber, Chester street Lloyd John, silk mercer and draper, Market square; residence, Swan hill court Lloyd John, vict., Hill’s Arms, Hill’s lane Lloyd John, vict., Old Trumpet, Mardol Lloyd John, tailor, Abbey Foregate Lloyd John, newspaper reporter, Monk’s well terrace Lloyd John, shoemaker, Hill’s lane Lloyd Lydia, hair dresser, Castle Foregate Lloyd Richard, butcher, Fish street; residence, St. Alkmund’s place Lloyd Thos., carpenter, New st., Frankwell Lloyd Thomas, tailor, Frankwell Lloyd Thomas, tailor, Frankwell Lloyd Thomas, cow keeper, Meol road Lloyd Wm. Butler, Esq., banker, White hall Lloyd Wm., painter and glazier, Coleham Locke Mr. Edward, Milk street Lockley Mrs. Mary, St. Julian’s Friars Lomax Mrs., Bellevue Longmore Rebecca, fancy repository, High st Lott John, vict., Crow Inn, Abbey Foregate Louch Chas., soda water manu., Claremont st Lowe Edward Henry, wharfinger, Severn pl Loxdale John, Esq., clerk of the peace for the county of Salop, and clerk to lieutenancy of county. Office Shire hall, residence College hill Loxdale Richard, Esq., solicitor, clerk to magistrates, and clerk to commissioners of assessed property and income taxes. Office Corn market, residence Claremont Lister Thomas, boot & shoemaker, Castle st Littlehales, George, engraver & copperplate printer, Dogpole Lucas Mrs. Martha, Roushill bank Maddox Edward, vict., Swan Inn, Coleham Maddox R., linen dra. & silk mercer, Castle st Maddox Mrs. Theodosia, Quarry view cottage Maddox Mrs., Green fields Mallard Edward, paper hanger, Mardol Manning John, boot & shoemaker, Wyle cop Manning Josiah, tailor, Castle street Mansell Mrs. Elizabeth, College hill Mansell George, beerhouse, Castle Foregate Mansell John, beerhouse keeper, and boot and shoemaker, Castle Foregate Mansell Sophia, painter, Mardol Mansell Wm., vict., Angel inn, Abbey Foregt. Marsh Chas., agricultural implement maker, Castle fields Marshall Ann, victualler, Woolpack, Longden, Coleham Marshall Thomas, accountant, Judith’s Butts Marston Richard, painter, glazier, and agent to Temperance Provident Institution, Market street Marston Samuel, gunsmith, Claremont hill Marston Thos., chemist & druggist, Wyle cop Martin James, butcher, Fish street Martin Martha, butcher, Fish street Martin Mary, farmer, Robertsford Martin Samuel, butcher, Fish street, residence Belmont Matthews Chas., beerhouse, Butchers’ row Matthews John, beerhouse, Chester street Matthews Joseph, beerhouse, Spring gardens Mayfield John, inland revenue officer, Bellevue cottage Mayne Captain D., Woodfield Meara John Augustine, woollen draper, High street Mc.Cann Charles, inland revenue officer, Abbey Foregate Mc.Credie John, cabinet maker, St. Julian’s Friars Medlicott Wm., vict., Royal Oak, Coton hill Menlove, Mrs. Harriet, Coton hill Meredith, Lewis, & Co., grocers, tallow chandlers, & hop & seed merchants, Wyle Cop Merick John, shoe maker, Grope lane Merifield John, fly proprietor, Beeche’s lane Middleton, Miss Anna Maria, Crescent Miller John, butcher, Butchers’ row Millward Edward, blacksmith, Meol road Millward John, blacksmith, and parish clerk of Holy Cross, Coleham Milnes Edward, assistant surveyor of taxes, White Hall place Minn Rob., linen manufacturer, Castle Fields Minshall Geo., vict., Old Wherry, Wyle Cop Minshall Wm., fishmonger, Pride hill Minton Thomas, maltster, Beeches lane Mitton Geo., boot & shoe maker, Castle gates Mitton John, cooper, Castle gates Molinaux Jph. B., schoolmaster, Abbey Fore. Molineux Jane, shopkeeper, Wyle Cop Molineux Thos., painter & glazier, Wyle Cop Moody Thomas B., inspector & collector tolls, New Smithfield Moore James, Esq., solicitor, Dogpole Moore Marius Salvator, professor of languages, Cross hill Moore Wm., working jeweller, Mardol Moreton Wm. inspector of Shrewsbury and Chester railway, Benbow terrace Morgan Mrs. Elizabeth, St. John’s hill Morgan Evan, shopkeeper, St. Michael st Morgan Mr. Joseph, Barker street Morgan Mrs., Claremont hill Morgan Martha Ann, milliner, Barker street Morgan Morgan, shopkeeper, Frankwell Morgan Thomas, saddler and harness maker, and licensed to let post horses, Mardol Morgan Thomas, butcher and vict., Comet, Old Heath Morgan Wm. Esq., solicitor, Pride hill Morgan Wm. & Sons, tailors and clothes dealers, Princess street Morley Hy., wine & spirit mer., Castle street Morris Ann, vict., Dun Cow, Abbey Foregate Morris Ann, shopkeeper, Bridge street Morris Charles, beerhouse, Butchers’ row Morris Mrs. Emily, St. John’s hill Morris George, cashier, Old Bank, St. John’s hill Morris Henry, bankers’ clerk, Corn market Morris John, carpenter, St. Austin street Morris Joseph, accountant, St. John’s hill Morris Richard, hair dresser, Princess street Morris Richard, shoe maker, School lane Morris Richard, tailor, The Mount Morris Stephen, plumber, Castle street Mottram Geo. & Co., ale and porter brewers, Hills lane, residence St. George’s place Mottram Jn., hop & seed merchant, Mardol, residence Mount Mottram Sarah, rope & brush manuf., Mardol Mountford Thos., coach builder, Dogpole Muckleston Captain Edward, Quarry place Muckleston Jn., groc. & tea dealer, Wyle Cop Muckleston Mrs. Margt., St. Alkmund’s sq. Muckleston Rd. J., boot & shoe mk., Pride h. Muckleston Wm., linen and woollen draper, Pride hill Muir Robert, bank manager, Barker street Mullinex William, leather cutter & grindery dealer, Milk street Millinix William, gunsmith, Princess street Mullins John, dyer, Frankwell Munday Joseph, painter, Shoplatch Munford Ed., vict., White Lion, St. John’s h. Mytton Mrs. Mary, Bellevue gardens National Provincial Bank of England, Barker street, Robert Muir, manager Needham Mrs. Francis, Bellevue Nevett Francis, boot & shoe wareh., High st. Nevett John, butcher, Butchers’ row Newcome Miss Elizabeth, Benbow place Newham Henry, boarding school (diocesan), Swan hill Newling Mrs. Elizabeth, Abbey Foregate News Chas., vict., Three Fishes, Fish street Newton Catherine, schoolmistress, Barker st. Newton Hy., ale & porter brewer, Circus yard Niccolls Wm. Owen, wine & spirit merchant, Mardol Nicholls Charles, Esq., Heath Lodge Nicholls Charles Barron, flannel merchant, Chester street, residence Quarry Terrace Nicholls Thomas, wood turner, Castle street Nickson Miss Elizabeth, boarding school, Cadogan House, The Mount Nightingale John Thomas, hair dresser & perfumer, High street Nightingale Richard, linen draper and parish clerk of St. Julian’s, Wyle Cop North Thos., vict., Mermaid, Shoplatch Norton Francis Collings, Esq., St. Mary’s ct Norton Thomas, Esq., solicitor, Dogpole Oakley Robert, maltster & hop dealer, Castle Foregate Oare John, butcher, Mount pleasant O’Hanlan Mrs. Ann, Claremont bank O’Hara Henry Lewis, surgeon, Dogpole Oldroyd Henry John, nuseryman & seedsman High street Oldroyd Margaret, milliner, Pride hill Oliver George, shoemaker, Abbey Foregate Oliver John, shopkeeper, Longden Coleham Onions Thomas, accountant and collector of taxes, Cross hill Onions William, surgeon, Broom villa Ousley Thos. John, editor and prop. of the _Shropshire Conservative_, Head of Pride hill. Owen Ebenezer, dyer, Swan hill Owen Edward, carpenter, Abbey Foregate Owen James, school master (Holy Trinity), Coleham Owen James, shoe maker, Castle Foregate Owen John Ingram, woollen draper, tailor, and hatter, Mardol Head Owen John, shoemaker, Claremont hill Owen Mr. Joseph, Bellevue Owen Mary, din. & coffee rooms, High street Owen Owen, baker, Castle Foregate Owen Samuel, accountant, Claremont place, residence Mount Pleasant Owen Sarah, vict., London Coffee House, Dog pole Owen Thos., shoemaker, Longden Coleham Owen Thos., baker and confec., Castle street Owen Wm., vict., Bugle Horn, Nackin street Owen Wm., vict., Compass Inn, Frankwell Owen William, tin plate worker and brazier, Castle street Paget Rev. Alfred T., Grammar school Palin Richard, Esq., solicitor, Dogpole Palmer Edward, baker, Frankwell Palmer Edward and Son, butchers, Mardol Palmer Joseph, gentleman, Abbey Foregate Palmer Thomas Fras., gentleman, Abbey Foregate Pardey Capt. John, Reabrook cottage Pardon James, artist, College hill Parker Edward, vict., Seven Stars, Coleham Parker James, farmer, Weir hill Parker John, shoemaker, Claremont street Parker Thomas, butcher, Fish street, residence St. Alkmund’s place Parker Wm., vict., Park Inn, Abbey Foregate Parkes Z., mill maker, Frankwell Parry David, shopkeeper, Abbey Foregate Parry David, shopkeeper, Frankland Parry Ed. (manager of Marshall’s factory), St. Michael’s street Parry Hugh, vict., Bell Inn, Frankwell Parry Robt., plasterer & modeller, Cross hill Parry Scarlet LLoyd, Esq., solicitor, Swan hl Parsons John, manager of goods department of Chester and Shrewsbury rail., Coton hill Parsons Mary, grocer and tea dealer, Market street Patchett Wm., station master, Enon cottage Peach John, grocer and tea dealer, High st Pearce Ann, butcher, Butchers’ row Pearson Benjamin, upholsterer and paper hanger, Princess street Peele Joshua John, Esq., solicitor, treasurer, and deputy clerk of the peace of the county; under sheriff of Shropshire; town clerk of Shrewsbury; sub-division clerk and bailiff of the Royal Free Grammar School, office Guildhall, residence Murivance Perkins John, shoemaker, St. Austin street Perrott John, shopkeeper, Claremont street Perry Wm. Henry, Esq., Pride hill Peplow Mary Ann & Co., hop, seed, corn and cheese mer., Claremont st, r. Claremont h Peplow Wm., tailor, Wyle Cop Phayre John, provision dealer, Mardol Phillips Chas., Esq., New hall, Abbey Foreg. Phillips Edward, tailor, St. Alkmund square Phillips Ed. Benj., wire worker, Shoplatch Phillips Edwin, confec. and baker, Shoplatch Phillips James, tailor & wool. drap., High st Phillips & Jones, wire workers and fancy bird cage manufacturers, Shoplatch Phillips Mr. John, St. Julian’s Friars Phillips Thomas, chemist, druggist, and ink manufacturer, Mardol Phillips Thomas, bricklayer and beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Phillips Wm., beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Pickering Jas. Richard, vict., Old Thrashers, Castle Foregate Pidduck Thomas, surgeon, Pride hill Pidgeon Henry, chemist and druggist, 45, High street Pierce John, painter & glaz., Castle Foregate Pierce Richard, cowkeeper, Holywell Farm Pigott Mrs. Frances, Castle street Poole Benjamin, shoemaker, Castle gates Poole James, boarding school, Rose Mount Poole John & Son, grocers, tea dealers, and seedsmen, Castle street Poole Thomas and Samuel, drapers and silk mercers, 9, High street Poole Thos. Francis, grocer and tea dealer, Castle street Pool Robert, currier, Mardol Polehampton Rev. Henry Steadman, curate of St. Chads, Belmont Powell Benjamin, malt and coffee mill maker, Frankwell Powell, Mrs. Elizabeth, Benbow place Powell, Mr. John, Coton hill Powell Timothy, baker and confec., Mardol Powell William, linen draper, Mardol Price David, carpenter, Castle gates Price Edward, butcher, Abbey Foregate Price Emily, milliner, Castle street Price George, pump maker, Frankwell Price John, solicitor, Wyle cop, residence Coton terrace Price, Mrs. Margaret, Coton terrace Price Richard, registrar of births and deaths, & vestry clerk of St. Mary’s, Castle street Price Sarah, shopkeeper, Coton hill Price Sylvanus, tobacco pipe manufacturer, Longden, Coleham Price Thos., vict., The Glove, St. John’s blds Price Thomas, provision dealer, Abbey Fore Price Theodore, basket maker, Coleham Price Watkin, baker, Abbey Foregate Price William, blacksmith and beerhouse keeper, Abbey Foregate Price William, wheelwright, Abbey Foregate Price Mr. William, Mount Field Prim John, hair dresser, Abbey Foregate Prinn Richard, shoemaker, Cross hill Pritchard Ann, baker, Meol road Pritchard Ann, milliner, Princess street Pritchard Ann, butcher, Butchers’ row Pritchard Dan., grocer & tea dealer, Dogpole Prosser Rev. William, curate of St. Alkmund’s, Belmont Probert Henry, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Shoplatch Prune John, tailor, Frankwell Pugh Edward, carver and gilder, Frankwell Pughe, Mrs. Elizabeth, Dogpole Pugh Elizabeth, schoolmistress, Castle Fore Pugh James, malster and vict., Plough and Harrow, Coleham Pugh John, baker, Abbey Foregate Pugh John, tailor, Frankwell Pugh Robt., painter & glazier, Castle Foregt Pugh Robert, beerhouse, Castle Foregate Pugh Sarah, vict., Market Tavern, Pride hill Pugh Thomas, vict., Fighting Cocks, Castle Foregate Pugh Wm., painter & glazier, Abbey Foregate Pursell, Mrs. Ann, Old heath Purslow Edward, hair dresser and umbrella maker, St. Julian’s friars Purslow Henry, clothier and furniture broker, Corn market Purslow William, painter, Barker street Pyefinch John, chemist & drug., Shoplatch Randles John, maltster and vict., Cock Inn, Butchers’ row Randles Robert, beerhouse keeper, Swan hill Rawlins Gabriel, adjutant South Salopian yeomanry, School court Rees David, fly proprietor, Coffee house pas Rees Evan, shoemaker and green grocer, Gullett passage Rees John, provision dealer, Coleham Rees, Mrs. Mary, College hill Rees William, grocer and maltster, Wyle cop Renolds Thomas, cow keeper, Old heath Revel Champ, clothes dealer, Princess st Richard Evans, vet. surgeon, Abbey Fore Richards Hy., hosier & stay dealer, Wyle cop Richards, Rev. John, Crescent place Richards Richard, butcher, Castle gates Richards Thomas, shopkeeper, Abbey Foregt Rigby Richard, butcher, Butchers’ row Roberts Charles, boot & shoe maker, Pride hill Roberts David & Co., clothes dealers, Pride hl Roberts Edward, tailor and woollen draper, Butchers’ row Roberts Edward, shoemaker, Castle Foregate Roberts Edward, tailor, Abbey Foregate Roberts Edwards, shopkeeper, Chester st Roberts Frederick, superintendent of asylum, Kingsland Roberts Henry, shopkeeper, Abbey Foregate Roberts John shoemaker, Abbey Foregate Roberts Joseph, furniture broker, Bridge st Roberts Mary, baker, Castle Foregate Roberts Sigismunda, school teacher, Barker st Roberts Thos., victualler, Plough Inn, Castle Foregate Roberts William, fishmonger, Shoplatch Robinson Ann, pawnbroker, Roushill bank Roden Samuel, brick and tile maker, John Wilson, agent, Raven road Rogers Missses Ann & Eliz., Abbey Foregate Rogers Mrs. Eleanor, Abbey Foregate Rogers Eliz., provision dealer, St. Mary’s st Rogers George, vict., Sun Inn, Milk street Rogers George, gentleman, St. Julian’s friars Rogers Joseph, grocer and temperance coffee house, Mardol Rogers William, painter and glazier, St. Alkmund’s place Rogers William, wharfinger, salt dealer and vict., Seven Stars Inn, Frankwell Rogerson, Rev. James Jardine, M.A., incumbent of St. Julian’s, Glansevern lodge Rogerson Robert, schoolmaster (Bowdler’s free school), Beeches lane Rooke, Mr. Charles, Swan hill court Rose and Co., china warehouse, William George, agent, Wyle cop Rowe George, town crier, Roushill bank Rowland James, whitesmith and beerhouse keeper, The mount Rowland John L., solicitor, Monk’s well ter Rowland Misses, milliners, St. Mary’s st Rowland, Rev. William Gorsuch, incumbent of St. Mary’s, Abbey Foregate Rowland William, tailor, Roushill Rushton and Bowdler, joiners & carpenters, Pride hill Rushton Julia, bonnet maker, Dogpole Rushton Wm., carpenter, Pride hill, r Dogpole Ryder Ed., malster and butcher, Old heath Ryder Elizabeth, hair dresser, Wyle cop Ryder George H., beerhouse keep., Old heath Ryder Henry, victualler, Yorkshire House, St. Mary’s Place Ryder Captain Wm., R. N., Benbow house Salop Bank (Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, Salt, and How), Princess street Salt George Moultrice, Esq., solicitor, Belmont; residence, Coton hill Salt Thomas, Esq., solicitor, Belmont; residence, Quarry place Salter and Rogers, provision dealers, St. Mary’s street Salter Hannah, provision dealer, St. Mary’s street Sandford Folliott, Esq., solicitor, Dogpole Sandford Humphrey, Esq., councillor at law, Wyle cop Sandford James Oakes, bookseller, printer, bookbinder, and stationer, 25, High street Sandys Captain Thomas, Claremont blds Saunders Joseph Green, hatter, Market st Savage Mrs., Reabrook view Saxelby George, woollen draper and tailor, & agent for the Syrian paletot, Castle st Scammell Uphemia, bordng. school, Wyle cop Scarth Jonathan, Esq., solicitor, College hill Scarth Jonathan, gentleman, The Flash Scoltock Mary, grocer and italian warehouse, Princess street Scoltock William Poole, secretary and clerk to charity trustees, Offices Guild hall, and Corn market chambers Selley Matthew, malster, Frankwell Shakeshaft Mr. John, White Hall place Sharp Alexander, working jeweller, Milk st Shaw Elijah, umbrella maker, Castle Foregate Shaw Mrs. Elizabeth, Dogpole Shaw Henry, fishing tackle manufacturer and ornithologist, Shoplatch Shaw John, fishing tackle manufacturer and ornithologist, Wyle cop Shaw Joseph, glass, china, and earthenware dealer, Wyle cop Shepherd John, governor of county gaol, The gaol Sheppard Joseph, tanner, St. Austin street Sherry Thomas, shoemaker, Abbey Foregate Shorland John, shopk., Longden Coleham Shrewsbury & Ludlow Bank, Messrs. Roche, Eytons, Campbell, and Bayleys, Market sq Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Messrs. Beck, Downward, Scarth, and Bowen, High street Shropshire and North Wales Fire Office, High street, Edward Elsmere, managing director Shuker Mr. Joseph, Monks’ well terrace Simmonds John, vict., Old Wheat Sheaf, High street Simons John, builder and china dealer, Pride hill Simpson Deborah, wine and spirit merchant, Mardol Simpson Hortensius Coates, wool merchant, Hill’s lane and St. John’s hill; residence, College hill Simpson Rev. Joseph, Abbey Foregate Simpson Thomas, coach proprietor, Abbey Foregate Skitt James, veterinary surgeon, Old heath Small John, bricklayer and builder, Butchers’ row Smart Mary, fruiterer and fish and game dealer, High street Smith Andrew, rag and bone merchant, Howard street Smith Edward, farmer, Fox bank Smith Edward, registrar office, Barker street Smith George, carpenter & joiner, Swan hill Smith James, gentleman, Benbow terrace Smith John P., manager of goods department for Shropshire union railway, Portland house, Abbey Foregate Smith Mr. Joseph, Coleham Smith Rd., painter & glazier, St. John’s hill Smith Richard, vict., Lion and Pheasant Inn, Wyle cop Smith Samuel, Esq., Column terrace Smith Samuel Pountney, architect and surveyor, Severn cottage Smith Sarah, vict., Golden Cross, Golden cross passage Smith Miss Sarah, Sutton lane Smith and Preece, auctioneers, Corn market Smith Thos., glass & china dealer, Wyle cop Smith Thomas, stay manufacturer, Castle st Smith Thos., blacksmith, New st., Frankwell Smith William, auctioneer, Church street; residence, Trinity terrace, Coleham Smith Wm., draper (travelling), Cross hill Smitheman Miss Caroline, Beauchamp Smout Edward, seedsman and market gardener, Gullett passage Snook Richard Seymour, road surveyor, Copthorne road Southam Mr. Thomas, Spring terrace Southam Thomas, jun., ale, porter, and spirit merchant, and agent to Bass and Co., (Burton ales), Wyle cop Speake John, shopkeeper, Coleham Spence James George, ironmonger, &c., Canal wharf house Stamp Office, Corn market, Edward B. Tipton, distributor Stanley Mr. Samuel, White hall street Stant Joseph, builder, timber merchant, stone and marble mason, and brick and tile maker, St. Julian’s friars Stanton James, hair dresser, Shoplatch Stanway Mary, malster and vict., Old Bell, Abbey Foregate St. Albans, Mr. Edwd. Francis, St. John’s hill Stedman George, painter, Castle gates Stedman, Mrs. Jane, White hall place Stedman, Mrs. Jane, Belmont Stedman Mary, bonnet maker, Castle gates Stephens John, surgeon, College hill Stephens Richard, boot and shoe manufacturer, Mardol head Stevens George, wood turner, Barker st Stevens William, wood turner, Mardol Stewart Penelope, tobacconist, Wyle cop Stinton Henry, baker, Frankwell Stockdale William, blacksmith, Roushill Stokes William, Esq., St. John’s row Stone Richard, shoemaker, St. Austin’s st Story Wm., solicitor’s clerk, Holy well terrace Strange Alice, vict., Fox Inn, Princess street Stuttle William, iron and brass founder, Longden Coleham Sutton Mrs., Ellen, St. Mary’s court Swain John, malster, Mardol, and farmer, Coton grange Swain Richard, malster & shopkeeper, Mardol Swain Wm., maltster & ironmonger, Mardol Swallow Chas., beerhouse keeper, Castle Fields Swinburne, Miss Charlotte Marie, Belmont Swinnerton Elizabeth, baker, Castle Foregate Symcock John, vict., Crown and Anchor, Castle Foregate Taggart Walter, tea dealer (travelling), Wyle cop Tanner John, saddler and harness maker, and trunk and portmanteau manufacturer, High street Tanswell James, painter and glazier, St. John’s hill Tanswell John, carpenter, joiner, and flour dealer, Shoplatch Tanswell Thos., painter & glazier, Castle st Taylor George, shoemaker, Frankwell Taylor George, sieve maker and rag and bone dealer, Chester street Taylor Isaac, farmer, Monk moor Taylor John, vict., Nag’s Head, Castle gates Taylor Robert, shopkeeper, Spring gardens Taylor Richard, malster and corn merchant, Abbey Foregate Taylor Richard, jun., hop and seed merchant, Princess street, residence Abbey Foregate Taylor Richard, painter & glazier, Hills lane Taylor Rich., maltster & butcher, Old Heath Taylor Samuel, woolstapler, Hills lane Taylor Wm., boot and shoe maker, Castle st. Taylor Wm., tobacco pipe maker, Longden Coleham Teckoe Ed., vict., Queen’s Head, Mardol Teece Charles Bowen, Esq., solicitor, and superintendent registrar, Swan Hill, residence St. Austin’s Priory Teece Miss Jane, St. John’s hill Tennant Henry, butcher, Fish street Thacker Mary, vict., London Apprentice, Coton hill Thacker Abraham, tailor, Frankwell Thomas Ann, shopkeeper, Longden Coleham Thomas Charles, linen and woollen draper, Mardol Thomas David, beerhouse, New st., Frankwell Thomas Rev. David (Independent Welsh chapel), Mardol Thomas Edward, shopkeeper, The Mount Thomas Edward, baker, Abbey Foregate Thomas Elizabeth, vict., Ship Inn, Bridge st. Thomas Henry, builder, St. Austin Friars Thomas James, millwright, Cross street Thomas John, shoemaker, Coton hill Thomas John, shoemaker, Abbey Foregate Thomas John, grocer and tea dealer, Mardol and Pride hill Thomas John, carpenter, Barker street Thomas John, superin. of police, Barker st. Thomas Robert, shoemaker, Frankwell Thomas Richard, beerhouse, Spring gardens Thomas Samuel, beerhouse, Raven street Thomas Wm., shoemaker, St. Michael’s st. Thomas Mr. William, Islington Thomas Wm., boot & shoe maker, Castle st. Thomas William, shoemaker, New street Thompson James, vict., Cross Guns, New street, Frankwell Thornes Mrs. Charlotte, Holywell terrace Thornton Mr. George, Abbey Foregate Tibnam Wm., bookseller, printer, stationer, bookbinder, and religious tract depository, Wyle cop Tilston and Co., salt and slate merchants, Canal wharf Tindall Rev. John (Wesleyan), Swan hill Timbs Richard, victualler, Eagle and Tun, Castle Foregate Tipton Miss Anna Catherine, Claremont hill Tipton Edward Blakeway, stamp distributor and secretary to Salop Fire Office, Corn market Tisdale Eliz., shopkeeper, New street, Frankwell Tisdale John, baker, Bridge street Tisdale Thomas, auctioneer and land and estate agent, Quarry terrace Tisdale Thomas, civil engineer and architect, and surveyor, office Mardol head, residence Mount Field Tisdale Wm., hardware dealer and market gardener, Castle Foregate Tisdale William, cooper, Frankwell Tittensor John and Richard, cabinet makers and upholsterers, St. Mary’s street Tombs, Susannah, hosier, Corn market Tomkins Henry, farrier, Coleham Tomlins John, basket maker, Castle Foregate Towers Mr. John, gentleman, Swan hill Towers Mr. John, postmaster, Sutton cottage Townsend Mary Ann, schoolmistress, Castle Foregate Tract Depository, at Mr. William Tibnam’s, Wyle Cop Trail Dewar, farmer, Coton hill farm Tregortha Thos., circulating library, Meol road Troughton Mr. Thomas, Abbey Foregate Trouncer and Son, ale and porter brewers, Old Brewery, Coleham Trouncer Thomas William, brewer, Coleham, residence St. John’s hill Trouncer Wm. Henry, maltster, Frankwell Tudor Dinah, cooper, Shoplatch Tudor Miss Elizabeth, Islington Turner Anna Maria, maltster, Frankwell Taylor James, shoemaker, Castle Fields Urwick Miss Ann, The Mount Urwick Elenor, librarian, St. John’s hill Upton Mr. Edward, Abbey Foregate Vane Mrs. Sarah, Benbow terrace Vaughan Edward, vict., King’s Arms Inn, Claremont street, and proprietor of billiard rooms, Corn market Vaughan Hannah, shopkeeper, Shoplatch Vaughan John, carpenter and builder, Claremont street Vaughan John, vict., Cross Keys, High street Vaughan Richard, beerhouse keeper, Castle Foregate Vickers George, coach builder, College hill, residence Coton hill Wace George George, Esq., solicitor, College hill, residence Bellevue Wace Hy. Thos., Esq., solicitor, College hill Wace Richard, Esq., College hill Wade George, cabinet maker, Wyle Cop Wade Mrs. Anna Maria, Kingsland villa Wade Geo., beerhouse keeper, Chester street Wade James, accountant, Market square, residence Castle gates Wakefield Rev. John Mort, M.A., assistant master, Grammar School Walker Geo., hair dresser, St. Mary’s street Walker George, butcher, Butcher’s row Walker Wm., hair dresser & toy dealer, Mardol Walker William, watch and clock maker, Market square Wall Benjamin, news agent, Mardol Walmsley John, surgeon, Abbey terrace Walmsley John, vict., Red Lion, Hadnal road Walton John, gentleman, Claremont hill Ward Rev. Anth., (Wesleyan), Benbow place Ward Rob., confectioner and baker, Wyle Cop Ward Thos. Cooke, gentleman, Quarry terrace Ward Thos., grocer & tea dealer, High street Ward Wm., vict., Wheat Sheaf, Wyle Cop Ward William Robert, R.N., manager of gas works, Castle place Wardle William, bookseller, printer, and stationer, Mardol Warren John, vict., Boar’s Head, Meol road Wastall Thomas, wood turner, Fire Office court, High street Watkins, James, Esq., Mardol Watkins John, baker, Barker street Watkins John H., baker and shopkeeper, Coton hill Watkins Matthew, tailor and hosier, Claremont street Watkis Mrs. Elizabeth, St. John’s hill Watkis James Buckley, Esq., solicitor, Belmont, residence Abbey Foregate Watkis Richard, cabinet maker, Hills lane Watson Joseph, vict., Buckley’s Arms, Abbey Foregate Watton John, printer, bookseller, bookbinder, stationer, patent medicine vender, and newspaper publisher, St. John’s hill Weaver Mary Ann, boarding school, Belmont Weaver Rev. Thos. (Independent), Swan hill Weaver Wm., vict., Sun Inn, Roushill Webster James, vestry clerk of St. Chads, Belmont Westwood Henry, vict., Barge Inn, Wyle Cop Werter Mr. Thomas, Abbey Foregate White John, auctioneer, Corn market White Joshua Pugh, cabinet maker and upholsterer, College hill and Pride hill White Sarah, tea dealer, Wyle Cop White Timothy, inspector of weights and measures for borough, and assistant overseer of St. Julian’s, Wyle Cop Whitehurst John, gentleman, Mount house Whitfield Christopher, market gardener, Castle Foregate Whitmore John, refreshment rooms, railway station, residence Castle street Whitney George & Son, chemist and druggist, High street Whitney James, bookseller, printer, and stationer, Pride hill Whitaker Francis, inspector of weights and measures for North Bradford Hundred Whitwell Francis, surgeon, St. Mary’s street Whitwell Francis, furrier, St. John’s hill Whitwell Jas., commer. traveller, New park Wicks Mary Ann, livery stables, Cross hill, residence St. John’s hill Wigginton James, paviour, Coton hill Wightman Rev. Charles Edward Leopold, vicar of St. Alkmund’s, St. Alkmund’s sq. Wigley Charles, accountant, St. John’s row Wigley Joseph, banker’s clerk, Princess street Wigley The Misses, Quarry place Wilde Peter, bookseller, printer, stationer, and bookbinder, and agent to Anchor Assurance Office, Pride hill Wilde Thomas, glass & china dealer, Market street Wildig Henry and Mary, glass, china, and earthenware dealer, Pride hill Wilding Elizabeth, grocer and tea dealer, Corn market Wilding James, butcher, Mardol Wilding Richard, butcher, Pride hill Wilding William, wool merchant, College hill Wilkes Clement, grocer and tea dealer, and hosiery manufacturer, Princess street Wilkes James, shopkeeper, Castle Fields Wilkes Rd., tailor & woollen draper, Wyle Cop Wilkes Richard, butcher, Fish street Wilkins Mary, fly proprietor, Milk street Wilkinson Robert, flannel merchant, Claremont hill, residence The Mount Wilkinson Thomas, ironmonger, High street Williams Edward, surgeon, Mardol Williams Fred. Ed., shopkeeper, Barker street Williams John, grocer and tea dealer, and cheese factor, Mardol Williams Johns, tailor, Castle Foregate Williams John, tailor, Marine Terrace Williams John, vict., Coopers’ Arms, New street, Frankwell Williams John, tailor and woollen draper, Dogpole Williams John, beerhouse, Barker street Williams John, shoemaker, Frankwell Williams Joseph, tripe dealer, Wyle cop Williams, Mrs. Mary, Abbey Foregate Williams Mary, clothes dealer, Princess st Williams Richard, vict., Waterloo house, Abbey Foregate Williams Richard, beerhouse, Hill’s lane Williams Richard, beerhouse, Frankwell Williams Thomas, corn dealer, The mount Williams Thomas, pump maker, Coleham Williams William, grocer, tea dealer, cheese and bacon factor, Mardol Williams William, vict., Crow Inn, Frankwell Williams William, carrier to Ironbridge and Broseley, Monday and Friday, Wyle cop Wills George, accountant, White hall place Wilson Mrs. Harriet, Quarry place Wilson John, timber merchant, Raven road Wilson John, tailor, Abbey Foregate Wilson The Misses, St. Julian’s friars Wilson Samuel, beerhouse, Roushill Winstone, Rev. David, chaplain to county gaol, Castle street Withers Thomas, surveyor of taxes, office, Wyle cop; residence, Oakley cottage Witts, Miss Aphia, Claremont bank Wollaston, Mrs. Beatrice, St. John’s hill Wollaston Chas., gentleman, Claremont hill Wood Miss Elizabeth, Tower place Wood Mrs. Elizabeth, Abbey Foregate Wood Francis, butcher, Frankwell Wood Samuel, surgeon, The abbey Wood William, physician, Castle street Wood Wm. Henry, assistant clerk, County court office, Holywell terrace Wood William Seward, Esq., Severn cottage Woodall John, woollen draper and clothier, Mardol head Woodruff Richard, shoemaker, St. Alkmund’s place Woodward Chas., brazier & tin plate worker, Pride hill Woodward Charles, butcher, Butchers’ row Woodward Mr. Henry, St. Austin’s priory Woodward John, hop and porter merchant, Bridge street Woodward Robert, malster and beerhouse keeper, Frankwell Woodward, Mr. Thomas, Green hill cottage, Frankwell Worth Fred, Hy., coach builder, Bridge st Worrall Mary, shopkeeper, Frankwell Woosnam Elizabeth, milliner, Pride hill Wycherley George, carpenter, St. Alkmund’s place Wylie David, engineer, Coton hill Wynne John, Esq., College hill court Yardley Rev. Edward, Claremont bank Yardley Rev. John M.A., incumbent of St. Chad’s Claremont house Yates Mrs. Sophia, Column villa Yeomans Thos. Roger, artist, Abbey Foregate Yerbury Charles, coach builder, College hill Yerbury and Vickers, coach builders, College hill Young George, ironmonger and coal merchant, Canal wharf; residence, Abbey Foregate Young and Spence, ironmongers, brass founders, iron merchants, and agricultural implement makers, Canal wharf CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROFESSIONS, MANUFACTURES, AND TRADES IN THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY. Academies. _Marked * Boarding Schools_. _Allatt’s Free School_, St. John’s row, Thos. Bagley, master; Frances Buttery, mistress * Arrowsmith Louisa Ann, Belmont * Arrowsmith Mary Elisabeth, College hill court * Beetlestone George, Hill’s lane _Blue Coat_ (Bowdler’s) Beeche’s lane, Robert Rogerson, master; & Mary Ann Sharratt, mistress * Brightwell William, Belmont bank _British_, Castle Fields, Thos. Harris Cooke Mary, Swan hill * _Diocesan School_, Swan hill, Henry Newham Field Francis and Mary, St. Alkmund’s place Green Ann, Old Heath Gittins Sarah, Abbey Foregt Griffiths Jane, Abbey Foregt Hinmers Elizabeth, Cross hill _Holy Trinity Schools_, Coleham, Jas. Owen, master; Martha Clarke, mistress Hunt Mary Ann, Church st _Infants_ (St. Chads), Barker street, Sigismunda Roberts _Infants_ (Castle Foregate), Mary A. Townsend _Infants_ (Frankwell), Elizth. Lawson * Jones Jn., St. Julian’s Friars Knight Clement, Cross hill _National Shrewsbury_, Abbey Foregate, Joseph B. Molynaux, master; Mary Ann Williamson, mistress Newton Catherine, Barker st _Millington School_ (Frankwell) Francis Cullis, master; Sarah Bishop, mistress Morris Mary, Swan hill * Nickson Elizabeth, Cadogan House, The Mount * Poole James, Rose Mount Pugh Elizabeth, Castle Foregate Roberts Ann, Castle Fields _Royal Free Grammar School_, Castle gates, Rev. Ben. Hall Kennedy, D.D., head master; Rev. William Burbury, M.A., second master; Rev. John Mort Wakefield, M.A., assistant master; Rev. Alfred Tolver Paget, M.A., teacher of mathematics; Rev. Vanden Bempde Johnstone, M.A. assistant master; Mr. Thos. Amand Bentley, teacher of modern languages; Mr. Thos. Northage Henshaw, writing master * Scammell, Euphemia, Wyle Cop _St. Alkmund’s_, William Donnellan and Martha Badger, St. Alkmund’s pl _St. Chad’s School_, Barker street, Edward Evans, master; Jane E. Tanner, mistress _St. Michael’s School_, St. Michael’s street, Richard Jones, master; Sophia Evans, mistress * Weaver Mary Ann Belmont Accountants. Bevan Henry, Abbey Foregt Edwards Thomas, Mardol head Evans Edward, Claremont hl Harwood Thomas, Abbey Foregate Hartshorn James, Dogpole Hewett James, St. Julian’s Friars Marshall Thomas, Judith’s Butts Morris Joseph, St. John’s hill Onions Thomas, Cross hill Owen Samuel, Claremont hill Wade James, Market square Wigley Charles, St. John’s road Wills George, White Hall pl Agents. _See also Fire and Life Office Agents_. Atkin Henry (to Allsop and Co’s. Burton ale), Golden cross passage Barcley Wm. Jas. (Guiness’ Dublin porter), High st Burd and Son (land & estate), Abbey Foregate Davies John (coal), Castle Foregate Franklin George Benjamin (Mottram & Co., brewers), Frankwell Haycock Robert (Brymbo Company), Castle Foregate Legh Edward (Shrewsbury and Shropshire coal company), Canal wharf Southam Thomas, jun. (Bass and Co.’s Burton ale), Wyle Cop Agricultural Implement Makers. Cartwright John, Castle Foregate Harris Samuel, Barker street Marsh Charles, Castle Fields Young and Spence, Canal wharf Architects and Surveyors. Birch Benjamin, Castle gates Carline John, Abbey Foregate Haycock Edward (county), The Priory Smith Samuel Pountney, Severn cottage Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s Friars Tisdale Thos., Mardol head Artists. Brown Philip, Castle street Corbel Philip, Belmont Pardon James, College hill Yeoman’s Thomas Roger, Abbey Foregate Attorneys. Badger Thomas Jeffreys, Swan hill Bloxham Henry, St. Mary’s place Cooper and Broughall, St John’s hill Corser George Sandford, Market street Craig C. & S., The Crescent Edwards John Hawley, Pride hill Gordon George, Dog pole Hicks and Son, Wyle Cop Higgins William, Claremont hill How and Son, Swan hill Hughes Edward, Dog pole Jeffreys William Egerton, Castle street Kough Thomas Harley, Swan hill Loxdale John, Guild hall Loxdale Richard, Corn markt Moore James, Dog pole Morgan William, Pride hill Norton Thomas, Dog pole Palin Richard, Dog pole Parry Scarlet Lloyd, Swan hill Peele Joshua John, Guild hall Price John, Wyle cop Rowland John Leeche, Monks’ well terrace Salt and Son, Belmont Sandford Folliott, Dogpole Scarth and Jackson, College hill Teece Charles Bowen, Swan hill Wace Henry Thomas & George, College hill Watkis James Buckley, Belmont Auctioneers, Appraisers, and House and Estate Agents. Burrey James, College hill Edwards Thomas, Mardol head Hall William, Milk street Smith and Preece, corn market Tisdale Thos., Quarry terrace, & Shoplatch White John, Corn market Bakers. Ballham James, Coleham Bayley Edward, Castle Foregate Blakemore Robert B., Mardol Boycott Rd., St. Michael’s st Breeze Sarah, Coton hill Clinton Henry, Abbey Foregt Cock John, Coleham Coggin Jabez, Chester street Crumpton James, Frankwell Deakin Edward, Frankwell Deakin Thomas, Market st Dean Thomas, Frankwell Davies Daniel, Castle gates Davies Walton, St. Mary’s place Edwards Thomas, Abbey Foregate Elkes Edward, Pride hill Evans Benjamin, High st Evans John, Butchers’ row Harris Thomas, Castle street Harrison Samuel, Castle Foregate Haynes Francis M., Wyle cop Hill John, Longden, Coleham James John, Abbey Foregate Jones Charles Griffiths, Mardol Jones Richard, Frankwell Jones Richard, Milk street Kirkham John, Castle Foregate Owen Owen, Castle Foregate Owen Thomas, Castle street Palmer Edward, Frankwell Phillips Edwin, Shoplatch Powell Timothy, Mardol Price Watkins, Abbey Foregt Pritchard Ann, Meol road Pugh John, Abbey Foregate Roberts Mary, Castle Foregt Stinton Henry, Frankwell Swinnerton Elizabeth, Castle Foregate Tisdale John, Bridge street Ward Robert, Wyle cop Watkins John, Barker street Watkins John H. Coton hill Bankers. _National Provincial Bank of England_, Barker street, Robert Muir, manager _Salop Bank_, Princess St., (Messrs. Burton, Lloyd, Salt, and How), draw on Glyn, Halifax, and Co., London _Savings’ Bank_, College hill, open on Monday and Saturday, from 11 30 a.m., to 1 30 p.m., Chas. Blount, actuary _Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank_, Market sq., (Messrs. Roche, Eytons, Campbell, and Bayleys), draw on Roberts, Curtis, and Co., London _Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank_, High st., (Messrs. Beck, Downward, Scarth, & Bowen), draw on Masterman, and Co., London Barristers. Allnatt Charles Blake, The crescent Sandford Humphrey, Dogpole Basket Makers. Gwynn Richard, Pride hill Halbrook James, Coleham Price Theodore, Coleham Tomlins John, Castle Foregt Williams Richard, Abbey Foregate Blacksmiths. Birch James, Frankwell Breeze James, Abbey Foregt Clorley S., St. Austin’s street Crome Henry, Castle st Griffiths Samuel, Coton hill Harris Samuel, Barker street Howells Thomas, Castle Foregate Hughes Robert, Abbey Foregate Jones Edward, Beeche’s lane Jones John, Raven road Jones Richard, Circus place Lewis John, Frankwell Millward John and Edward, Coleham Price William, Abbey Foregt Smith and Jones, Frankwell Stockdale William, Roushill Booksellers, Printers, Bookbinders, and Stationers. Beacall Ann & Eliza, Mardol head Cadwallader John, 3, High st Crumpton Joseph, (agent for the sale of poor law books), Mardol Davies John, 15, High st Davies Richard, 7, High st Deaves George (old bookseller only), Shoplatch Drayton George, Shoplatch Eddowes and Leake, Corn market Edwards Edward, Dogpole Humphreys Joseph, Pride hill Sandford James Oakes, 25, High street Tibnam William, Wyle cop Wardle William, Mardol Walton John, St. John’s hill Whitney James D., Pride hill Wilde Peter, (wholesale), Pride hill Boot and Shoemakers. Badger John, Marine terrace Bather William, Coton hill Betton William, Frankwell Blair Charles, Abbey Foregt Blount Charles, Claremont hill Boulton Samuel, Chester st Bryant William, Mardol Butler William, Castle Foregate Calcott, John, 4, High street Cavell Henry, School lane Chester George, Shoplatch Chidlow William, Castle fields Cock John, Abbey Foregate Cox John, School lane Davies Charles, Barker st Davies Henry, St. John’s hill Davies Joseph, Mardol Davies William, Wyle cop Drakewood William, Abbey Foregate Dyas William, Abbey Foregt Evans George, Abbey Foregt Evans George, Barker street Evans John, Market square Forcham Richard, Abbey Foregate Forcham Thomas, Frankwell Goucher George, Market st Griffiths Thomas, Frankwell Halbrook Thomas, Hill’s ln Hanmer Charles James, Wyle cop Harris James, New street Harvey William, and last maker, Pride hill Hayward Thomas, Gullet passage Higgins Corbet, Chester st Higley Samuel, Coleham Higley Thomas, Ann’s hill Horton Edward, Claremont street Howell Henry, Mardol Hughes Henry, Coleham Hughes John, St. John’s hill Hughes John, Bridge street Hughes Richard, Claremont road Hughes Richard, St. John’s hill Hughes and Son, Shoplatch Hughes Thomas, Mardol Hughes Thomas, New street James Joseph, Frankwell Jones Benjamin, Castle Foregate Jones Edward, Hazledine’s buildings Jones Evan, Princess street Jones Griffith, Hill’s lane Jones Henry, Coleham Jones Richard, Princess st Jones Thomas, Castle fields Jones Thomas, Claremont st Lee George, Abbey Foregate Lister Thomas, Castle street Lloyd John, Hill’s lane Manning John, Wyle cop Mansell John, Castle Foregt Medlicott William, Coton hill Meric John, Grope lane Mitton George, Castle gates Morris Richard, School lane Muckleston Rd. J., Pride hill Nevett Francis, High street Oliver Geo., Abbey Foregt Owen James, Castle Foregt Owen John, Claremont hill Owen Thomas, Longden, Coleham Parker John, Claremont st Perkins John, St. Austin’s st Poole Benjamin, Castle gates Prinn Richard, Cross hill Rees Evan, Gullet passage Roberts Charles, Pride hill Roberts Edward, Castle Foregate Roberts John, Abbey Foregt Sherry Henry, Abbey Foregt Speake John, Coleham Stephens Richard, (manufacturer), Mardol head Stone Richard, St. Austin’s street Taylor George, Frankwell Taylor William, Castle street Thomas John, Abbey Foregt Thomas Robert, Frankwell Thomas William, Castle st Thomas Wm., St. Michael street Thomas William, New street Tyler James, Castle fields Williams John, Frankwell Woodruff Richard, St. Alkmund’s place Braziers & Tin-plate Workers. Brayne William, (Executors of), Mardol head Collier William, Wyle cop Crumpton Jonathan, Wyle cop Gittins William, Mardol Jones Thomas, Mardol Owen William, Castle st Linell and Jenks, Wyle cop Woodward Charles, Pride hl Brewers. Davies John, Chester street Mottram George and Co., Hill’s lane Newton Henry, Circus yard Trouncer and Son, Coleham Bricklayers. _See also Builders_. Bond John, Claremont hill Edwards Thomas and Son, St. John’s court Evans Richard, St. Austin’s priory Hughes Thomas, Frankwell Phillips Thomas, Frankwell Small John, Butchers’ row Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Williams John, St. Austin’s street Brick and Tile Makers. Boodle and Jones, Belvedere lane Birch Joseph, Castle gates Evans John, jun., (dealer), Frankwell Groves Thomas, White hall place Jones James, Kingsland Roden Samuel (John Wilson, agent), Raven road Stanley Thomas, White hall place Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Williams John, St. Austin’s street Brush Manufacturers. Ball William, Wyle cop Hudson William, Mardol Mottram Sarah, Mardol Builders. _See also Joiners & Carpenters_, _& Stone & Marble Masons_. Birch Benjamin and Joseph, Castle gates Carline John, Abbey Terrace Dodson Richard, Abbey Foregate Evans John, jun., Frankwell Groves Thomas and John, The priory Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Butchers. _Those with_ †_ affixed are country butchers who attend on market days_. Bates Richard, Shoplatch Bates Richard, Chester street Bromley Joseph, Castle Foregate Bromley Margaret, Butchers’ row Bromley Samuel, Butchers’ row Bromley Samuel, Fish street Bromley William, Butchers’ row † Bromley William, Fish st Brown Jacob, Pride hill Brown Sarah, Pride hill Bull John, Pride hill † Burgess Thomas, Fish st Cholton Samuel, Coleham † Davies Charles, Fish street † Davies George, Fish street Davies John, Fish street † Davies Richard, Fish street † Davies Thomas, Fish street † Davies William, Fish street † Deakin James, Fish street Dibbin James, Butchers’ row † Dolphin Edward, Fish st Dyas Edward, Wyle Cop Evans Frederick, Butchers’ row Gates William, Butchers’ row Gittins Henry, Mardol Gittins Thomas, Abbey Foregate Gittins William, Frankwell Gough John, Pride hill Grafton Thomas, Pride hill † Gregory Richard, Fish st † Griffiths Thomas, Fish st Hammonds Hy., Frankwell Hammonds Thomas, Abbey Foregate Hammonds Wm., Frankwell Hand Sarah, Butchers’ row Hanley James, Castle Foregt Harris John, Coleham Harris Joseph, (pork), Wyle cop † Horton Robert, Fish street Hughes Edward C., Fish st † Jessop Francis, Fish street Jones James, Fish street † Jones John, Fish street † Jones Joseph, Fish street Jones Richard, Pride hill Jones Richard, jun., Wyle cop Jones Thomas, Fish street † Lee Joseph, Fish street Legh John, Pride hill Lloyd Richard, Fish street † Marsh John, Fish street Martin James, Fish street Martin Martha, Fish street Martin Samuel, Fish street Matthews Sarah, Fish street Miller John, Butchers’ row † Morgan Thomas, Fish st † Moreton Ann, Fish street † Moreton Thomas, Fish st † Moreton Richard, Fish st † Morris Thomas, Fish street Nevitt John, Butchers’ row † Nicholas Henry, Fish street † Oare John, Fish street † Owen Martha, Fish street Palmer Edward and Son, Mardol † Parks Edward, Fish street Parker Thomas, Fish street Pearce Ann, Butchers’ row † Pigg John, Fish street Powell John, Fish street Price Edward, Abbey Foregt † Price Thomas, Fish street † Price William, Fish street Pritchard Ann, Butchers’ row Rigby Richard, Butchers’ row Richards Richard, Castle gates † Roberts Hannah, Fish st † Ryder Edward, Fish street † Ryder George, Fish street † Taylor Richard, Fish street Tennant Henry, Fish street † Tudor John, Fish street † Vaughan Edward, Fish st † Vaughan John, Fish street Walker George, Butcher’s row Wilding James, Mardol Wilding Richard, Pride hill Wilkes Richard, Fish street Wood Francis, Fish street Woodward Charles, Butchers’ row Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers, & Paper Hangers. Bishop John, Wyle cop Blanchard Joseph, Frankwell Blower John, Pride hill Bratton Richard, Wyle cop Brereton James, Castle street Brown Edward, Mardol Burrey and White, College hill, and Pride hill Davies Brothers, Wyle cop Evans John, Frankwell Gabriel James, Mardol Griffiths Joseph, Abbey Foregate Hewlett James, Abbey Foregate Hewlett William and Son, Milk street Lee George, Castle street Mallard Edward, (paper hanger,) Mardol M‘Crede John, St. Julian’s friars Pearson Benjamin, Princess street Probert Henry, Shoplatch Tittensor John and Richard, St. Mary’s place Wade George, Wyle cop Watkis Richard, Hill’s lane Carpenters. _See Joiners and Builders_. Carvers & Guilders. Brown Edwin, Wyle cop Davies Evan, Wyle cop Pugh Edward, Milk street Cheese Factors. Blower Timothy, Wyle cop Caswell James, Mardol Edgerley Henry, Pride hill Eccleston John, Frankwell Hilditch John, Frankwell Humphreys Mary, Mardol Jones David and Son, New market house, Howard st Jones Maurice, Mardol Jones Robert D., Mardol Peplow & Co., Claremont st Rogers William, Castle st Williams John, Mardol Williams William, Mardol Chemists & Druggists. Allen and Benson, Wyle Cop Arblaster Charles James, Castle street Blunt Thomas and Henry, Wyle Cop Broxton Richard, Mardol Bythell Thomas, Pride hill Claxton William Dixon, 13, High street Cross Wm. Gowen, Mardol Gittins John, Wyle Cop Humphreys Mary, Mardol Marston Thomas, Wyle Cop Phillips Thomas, Mardol Pidgeon Henry, High street Pyefinch John, Shoplatch Whitney George and Son, High street Clog & Patten Makers. Butler Wm., Castle Foregate Griffiths Thomas, Frankwell Harvey William, Pride hill Hinton Jane, Mardol Hudson William, Mardol Clothes Dealers. Breeze Richard, High street Cohen Louis, Mardol Deaves James, Princess street Evans Arthur, Princess street Evans John, Gullett passage Hayward Thomas, Gullett passage Hughes Robert, Princess st. Jones Thomas, Mardol head Morgan & Son, Princess st. Purslow Henry, Corn market Revell Champ, Princess st. Roberts David & Co., Pride hill Williams Mary, Princess st. Woodall John, Mardol head Coach Builders. Farr Henry, High street Hunt Mary, Beeches lane Jones John, Circus yard Mountford Thos., Dog pole Worth Frederick Henry, Bridge street Yerbury and Vickers, College hill Coach & Car Proprietors. Merifield John, Beeches lane Morgan Thomas, Mardol Mountford Thos., Dog pole Rees David, Coffee house passage Salmon Edward, Princess street Taylor & Son (Stage Coach), Lion yard Williams Mary, Milk street Coal Agents. Davies John (Black park coal), Castle Foregate Haycock Robert (Brymbo company,) Castle Foregate Legh Edward (Shrewsbury and Shropshire coal company), Canal wharf Coal Merchants. Hazledine & Co., Wyle Cop Young George, Canal wharf Coffee & Dining Rooms. Evans Margaret, Mardol Griffiths Elizabeth, Castle gates Hewlett Martha and Eliza, High street Jones Thomas (Commercial), Shoplatch Owen Mary, High street Rogers Joseph (Temperance), Mardol White John, Corn market Confectioners. Blakemore Robert B., Mardol Brown William, Castle street Clinton Henry, Abbey Foregate Crump Vincent, Wyle Cop Davies Daniel, Castle gates Davies & Son, Corn market Deakin Thomas, Market st. Elkes Edward, Pride hill Evans Benjamin, High street Fallowes Richard, Frankwell Harris Thomas, Castle street Haynes Francis M., Wyle Cop Jones Charles Griffiths, Mardol Jones Richard, Milk street Owen Thomas, Castle street Palmer Edward, Frankwell Phillips Edwin, Shoplatch Powell Timothy, Mardol Ward Robert, Wyle Cop Watkins John, Barker street Cooking Apparatus Manufacturers. Easthope William, High st. Linell and Jenks, Wyle Cop Coopers. Davies John, Mardol Deakin John, Chester street Evans Edward, Abbey Foreg Grafton Samuel, Wyle Cop Jones Edward, Mardol Jones James, Wyle Cop Jones Thomas, Mardol Mansell George, Mardol Mitton John, Castle gates Tisdale William, Frankwell Tudor Dinah, Shoplatch Copper Plate Printers. Haswell James, Hill’s lane Littlehales George, Dogpole Cork Cutter. Hitchins Joseph, High street Corn Factors. Bickerston Richard, Severn place Blakeway Richard & William, Castle Foregate Blower Timothy, Wyle Cop Cooke Joseph, Abbey Foregt Griffin William, Mardol quay Hughes John, The Glen, Frankwell Jobson Joseph, St. John’s hill Johnson Henry, Wyle Cop Lee Edward, Mardol Peplow Mary Ann and Co., Claremont street Taylor Richd., Abbey Foregt Williams Thomas, Frankwell Corn Millers. Blakeway Richard & William, Castle Foregate Cooke Joseph, Abbey Foregat Hughes John, Abbey Foregt Lambert Henry, Kingsland Cow Keepers. Davies Richard, Frankwell Edwards Ann, Coleham Evans Edward, Coleham Evans William, Abbey Foregt Grindley Martha, Abbey Foregate James David, Coleham Jones Sarah, Abbey Foregate Lloyd Thomas, Meol road Pierce Richd., Holywell farm Reynolds Thos., Old Heath Curriers & Leather Cutters. Beacall Henry and Sarah, Castle street Davies William, Bridge st. Davies William, Pride hill Gough William, Theatre buildings Mullinex William, Milk street Pool Robert, Mardol Dyers & Scourers. Bryan William, Coton hill Cooke John, St. Alkmund’s place Crwys William, Swan hill Halford Sarah, Barker street Jones Margaret, Claremont st. Mullins John, Frankwell Owen Ebenezer, Swan hill Engineers. Climie Daniel, Coleham Jeffreys Edward Alexander, Coton hill Tisdale Thos., Mardol head Wylie David, Coton hill Engraver & Copper Plate Printer. Littlehales George, Dogpole Farmers. Clayton John, Old Heath Hemming’s Henry (grazier), Dorsett’s barn Hotchkiss William, Meol road James Humphrey, Meol road Jones Lewis, Castle Foregt Martin Mary, Robertsford Parker James, Wair hill Smith Edward, Fox bank Swain John, Coton grange Taylor Isaac, Monk’s moor Trail Dewar, Coton hill farm Fellmongers. _See Skinners_. Fancy Repositories. Longmore Rebecca, High st. Nightingale John Thomas, High street Fire & Life Office Agents. Alliance, Joseph Stant, St. Julian’s Friars Anchor, Peter Wilde, Pride hill Argus, George Whitney and Son, High street Atlas, John Walton, St. John’s hill Clerical, Medical, and General, John Poole and Son, Castle street Corporation of London, Thos. Tisdale, Quarry ter. Crown, Richard Palin, Dogpole Eagle, Thos. Tisdale, Quarry terrace Globe, Richard Price, Castle street Guardian, Henry Pidgeon, High street Indisputable, James Oakes Sandford, High street Law, John L. Rowland, Monk’s Well terrace Legal and General, How and Son, Swan hill Medical Invalid, Thos. Henry Wace, College hill North of England, H. C. Simpson, College hill Norwich Union, Thos. Birch, Belmont Pelican, Charles B. Teece, Swan hill Phœnix, John William Bythell, Guildhall Railway, James Oakes Sandford, 25, High street Rock, George S. Corser, Market street Royal Exchange, William Henry Cooper, St. John’s hill Salop Fire, head office, Corn market, Thos. B. Tipton, secretary Scotland Life Association, Thomas Harris, Pride hill Shropshire and North Wales, head office, High street, Edward Elsemere, managing director Sun, Richard Clarke, Swan hill Temperance Providence Institution, Richd. Marston, Market street Yorkshire, Henry Bevan, Abbey Foregate Fishmongers, Game Dealers, & Fruiterers. Hammond Frederick, Castle Foregate Minshall William, Pride hill Roberts William, Shoplatch Smart Mary, High street Fishing Tackle Manufacturers. Franklin William, Mardol Shaw Henry, Shoplatch Shaw John, Wyle Cop Flannel Merchants. Nicholls Charles Barron, Chester street Wilkinson Robt., Claremont hill Flax Spinners and Linen Thread Manufacturers. Marshall & Company—The Factory Fruiterers & Green Grocers. Baxter Mary, Gullett passage Brown William, Castle street Cartwright James, Frankwell Farlow Samuel, Theatre buildings Gill John, Beckbury cottage Hatton Chas., Abbey Foregt Instone Henry and Son, Sutton lane Linley James, Castle Foregt Munshall William, Pride hill Rees Evan, Gullett passage Roberts William, Shoplatch Smart Mary, High street Smout Edward, (and seedsman) Gullett passage Tisdale Wm., Castle Foregat Whitfield Christopher, Castle Foregate Furniture Brokers. _See also Cabinet Makers_. Blower John, Pride hill Bratton Richard, Wyle Cop Hasswell James, Hill’s lane Hotchkiss Robert, Wyle Cop Purslow Henry, Corn market Roberts Joseph, Bridge st. Glass, China, & Earthenware Dealers. Downing Enoch and Elijah, Pride hill Hackney James, Pride hill Harley Margaret, St. Mary’s street Littlehales Wm., St. Mary’s street Rose and Co., Wyle Cop, William George, agent Shaw Joseph, Mardol Simons John, Pride hill Smith Thomas, Wyle Cop Wild Thomas, Market street Wildig Henry and Mary, Pride hill Williams William, Wyle Cop Grocers, & Tea Dealers. Asterley Samuel, Frankwell Barcley William James (and British wine dealer, &c.) High street Bagnell John, Pride hill Bromley John, Wyle Cop Budgett William, Pride hill Day William, Pride hill Done Robert & Co. (wholesale tea and coffee merchants), Mardol head and Castle Foregate Drury John (executors of), Pride hill Eccleston John, Frankwell Elesmere and Co., Wyle Cop Evans John, Abbey Foregate Gittins Ann, Theatre buildings Healing Robert M., Frankwell Heighway & Son, Castle st. Hilditch Thomas, Pride hill Hughes William, Pride hill Humphreys Mary, Mardol Icke James, Market street Jones James, Castle gates Jones Maurice, Mardol Jones Robert D., Mardol Lewis Richard, Shoplatch Lewis & Ward, 17, High st. Meredith, Lewis and Co., Wyle Cop and Howard st. Muckleston John, Wyle Cop Parsons Mary, Market street Peach John, 14, High street Poole John and Son, Castle street Rees William, Wyle Cop Rogers Joseph, Mardol Rushton Daniel, Dogpole Scoltock Mary (and Italian warehouse), Princess st. Thomas John, Mardol and Pride hill White Sarah Ann (tea), Wyle Cop Wilding Elizabeth, Corn market Wilkes Clement, Princess st. Williams John, Mardol Williams William, Mardol Gunsmiths. Ebrall Samuel (maker), Wyle Cop Marston Samuel, Claremont hill Mullinix William, Princess street Hair Dressers. _Those with_ † _affixed are perfumers_. Beddow Richard, Barker st. Bickley Thos., Castle Foregt Bottwood George, Castle st. † Bowdler Thomas, High st. Butler James, Coleham Davenhall John, Shoplatch † Evans John, Market street Franklin William, Mardol Hughes John, Frankwell Hulme Edward, Castle gates † Hulme Samuel, High street Lloyd Lydia, Castle Foregate Morris Richard, Princess st. † Nightingale John Thomas, 41, High street Prinn John, Abbey Foregate Purslow Edward, St. Julian’s Friars Ryder Elizabeth, Wyle Cop Stanton James, Shoplatch Walker Geo., St. Mary’s st. Walker William, Mardol Hardware & General Dealers. France John, Mardol Tisdale Wm., Castle Foregt Hatters. Cooke Wm. Henry, Pride hill Craston Ed. & Co., Pride hill Donellan James, Barker st. Gray Richard, Pride hill Jones Edward, Pride hill Saunders Joseph Green, Market street Hop and Seed Merchants. Asterley Samuel, Frankwell Barcley and Co., High street Heighway and Son, Castle st. Hughes John, Frankwell Humphreys Mary, Mardol Jones Maurice, Mardol Lewis and Ward, High street Meredith and Co., Wyle Cop Mottram John, Mardol Oakley Robert, Castle Foregt Peplow and Co., Claremont street Poole & Son, Castle street Richards David, Roushill Scoltock Mary, Princess st. Taylor Richard, jun., Princess street Woodward John, Bridge st. Hosiers & Smallware Dealers. Butler James, Coleham Butler Jane, Castle Foregate Butler Thomas, Castle street Cooke Wm. Henry, Pride hill Edwards Edward, Mardol Goucher George, Market st. Harris Thomas, Pride hill Jones Catherine, Shoplatch Kerry Christiana, High street Richards Henry, Wyle Cop Tombs Susannah, Corn mar. Watkins Matthew, Claremont street Wilkes Clement, Princess st. Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Anchor, Richard Breeze, Hills lane Angel, William Mansell, Abbey Foregate Barge, Henry Westwood, Wyle Cop Barley Mow, Joseph Jones, Abbey Foregate Bear, Adam Burton, Fish st. Bell, Hugh Parry, Frankwell Bell, Jane Evans, Mardol Bell, Samuel Dale, Princess street Bird-in-Hand, Mary Allen, Coton hill Boar’s Head, John Warren, Meol road Bricklayer’s Arms, Joseph Watson, Abbey Foregate Bridge House, Priscilla Flexton, Frankwell Britannia, Emma Edwards, Mardol Buck’s Head, James Birch, Frankwell Bugle Horn, William Owen, Nackin street Bull, Edward Edwards, Abbey Foregate Bull’s Head, David Jones, Castle gates Bull & Pump, Oliver Evans, Meol road Butcher’s Arms, William Evan’s, Butcher’s row Castle and Falcon, Richard Edwards, Mardol Cock, John Randles, Butcher’s row Comet, Thomas, Morgan, Old Heath Compasses, Owen Williams, Frankwell Coopers’ Arms, Jn. Williams, Frankwell Cross Guns, James Thompson, New street, Frankwell Cross Keys, John Vaughan, High street Crow, John Lott, Abbey Foregate Crow, William Edwards, Frankwell Crown, John Grindley, St. Mary’s street Crown and Anchor, John Symcock, Castle Foregate Dog and Partridge, Richard Bratton, St. Mary’s place Dolphin, Thomas Howell, Dolphin’s row Dun Cow, Ann Morris, Abbey Foregate Eagle, Henry Goodby, St. Michael’s street Eagle and Tun, Richard Timbs, Castle Foregate Elephant and Castle, Robert Buttriss, Mardol Fighting Cocks, Thomas Pugh, Castle Foregate Fox Inn, Alice Strange, Princess street George Hotel, George Fox, Market street Glove Thomas Price, St. John’s buildings Golden Cross, Sarah Smith, Golden Cross passage Golden Hart, William Henry Langford, Claremont st. Golden Lion, Jas. Haycock, Frankwell Grapes, Samuel Edwards, Castle Foregate Gullett Inn, John Jones, Hills lane Hen and Chickens, Ann Edwards, Dogpole Hill’s Arms, John Lloyd, Hill’s lane King’s Arms, Ed. Vaughan, Claremont street King’s Head, Margt. Evans, Mardol Leopard, Louisa Jones, Pride hill Lion and Pheasant Inn, Richard Smith, Wyle Cop London Apprentice, Mary Thacker, Coton hill London Coffee House, Sarah Owen, Dogpole Market Tavern, Sarah Pugh, Pride hill Mason’s Arms, Geo. Wade, Chester street Mermaid, Thomas North, Shoplatch Moulders’ Arms, John Fletcher, Castle gates lane Nag’s Head, John Taylor, Castle Gates Nag’s Head, Margt. Brightey, Wyle Cop Nelson Arms, Thomas Jones, St. Austin street New Inn, Margaret Gittins, Frankwell Oddfellows’ Arms, Henry Keeling, Barker street Old Anchor, Thomas Batho, Frankwell Old Bell, Mary Stanway, Abbey foregate Old Bush, John Dixon, Abbey foregate Old Post Office, Geo. Rogers, Milk street Old Thrasher, Jas. Richard Pickering, Abbey foregt Old Trumpet, John Lloyd Mardol Old Wheat Sheaf, John Simmonds, High street Old Wherry, Geo. Minshull Wyle cop Park Inn, William Parker Abbey foregate Peacock, Anne Hand, Islington Plough, Chas. Lloyd, Market square Plough, Thomas Roberts, Castle foregate Plough and Harrow, John Pugh, Coleham Queen’s Head, Edw. Teckoe, Mardol Raven and Bell Hotel (and posting house), Samuel Hayward, Wyle cop Raven Hotel (and posting house), Sarah Dance, Castle street Red Lion, Joseph Jones, Castle foregate Red Lion, John Walmsley Hadnal road Refreshment Rooms, Railway Station, John Whitmore, Castle foregate Robin Hood, John Batho, St. Michael’s street Royal Oak, Wm. Medlicott, Coton hill Seven Stars, William Rogers, Frankwell Seven Stars, Edward Parker, Coleham Shrewsbury Arms, William Bowdler, Church street Ship, Elizabeth Thomas, Bridge street Spread Eagle, John Daniel, Wyle cop Sun, William Jones, Milk st Sun, William Weaver, Roushill Swan, Edward Maddox, Coleham Swan, Margaret Davies, Frankwell Talbot Tap, Susannah Harvey, Swan hill Theatre Tavern, Ann Cartwright, Theatre buildings Three Fishes, Charles News, Fish street Three Tuns, Joseph Davis, Coleham Unicorn, John Hulett, Wyle cop Wagon and Horses, Ann Cadwallader, Pride hill Waterloo House, Richard Williams, Abbey foregate Wheat Sheaf, William Ward, Wyle cop White Hart, John Davies, Mardol White Horse, John Jervise, Frankwell White Lion, Edward Munford, St. John’s hill Woodman, David Jones, Coton hill Wool Pack, Martha Marshall, Coleham Yorkshire House, Henry Ryder, St. Mary’s place Beerhouses. Alcock John, Frankwell Artlett James, Spring gardns Ashley Geo., Barrack passage Badger Joseph, Kingsland Badger Samuel, Coleham Barton Thomas, Bellevue Bond John, Claremont hill Brown Ann, Coleham Deakin Edward, Frankwell Edisbury Thomas, Castle foregate Edwards Edward, Castle foregate Edwards William, Chester st Embrey John, Frankwell Fletcher William, Butchers’ row France Henry, Cattle foregt Griffiths Mary, Canal buildings Hammond Richard, Castle gates Holmes William, Frankwell Howell Thomas, St. Michl’s street Hughes Thomas, Mardol Jones Richard, Meadow place Keeling Joshua, Castle gates Leake Thomas, Castle street Lloyd Charles, St. Michael’s street Lewis David, Gullett passage Lewis Francis B., Abbey foregate Mansell George, Castle foregt Mansell John, Castle foregt Matthews Charles, Butchers’ row Matthews John, Chester st Matthews Joseph, Spring gardens Morris Charles, Butchers’ row Phillips Thomas, Frankwell Phillips William, Frankwell Price William, Abbey foregt Pugh John, Castle foregate Pugh Joseph, Wyle cop Randles Robert, Swan hill Rowlands James, The Mount Ryder George H., Old heath Swallow Charles, Castle fields Thomas David, Frankwell Thomas Richard, Spring gardens Thomas Samuel, Raven road Vaughan Richard, Castle foregate Williams John, St. Austin’s street Williams Richard, Hill’s lane Williams Richard, Frankwell Wilson Samuel, Roushill Woodward Robert, Frankwell Ink Manufacturers. Lacy John William (printing and writing), Castle fields Phillips Thomas, Mardol Iron and Brass Founders. Lacy John (brass), Fire office court, High street Stuttle William, Longden, Coleham Young and Spence, Canal wharf Iron Merchants. Young and Spence, Canal wharf Ironmongers. Alltree Jemima and Henry, Corn market Beacall Richard, Mardol Bullock Samuel, Frankwell Davies James and Son, Wyle cop Gittins William, Mardol Jones Eliza, Mardol head Juckes Samuel, Mardol Linell and Jenks, Wyle cop Swain William, Mardol Wilkinson Thomas, High st Young and Spence, Canal wharf Joiners and Builders. Birch Benjamin and Joseph, Castle gates Evans John, Kingsland Evans John, jun., Frankwell Goucher, William, Mardol Groves Thomas and John, St. Austin friars Jackson John, Abbey foregt Jarvis Charles, Frankwell Jones John, Swan hill Jones Thomas, Pride hill Jones William, Castle foregt Lewis Richard, Castle foregt Lloyd Thomas, New street, Frankwell Morris John, St. Austin st Owen Edward, Abbey foregt Price David, Castle gates lane Rushton & Bowdler, Pride hill Simons John, Pride hill Smith John, Swan hill Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Tanswell John, Shoplatch Thomas Henry, St. Austin street Thomas John, Barker street Vaughan John, Claremont st Wycherley George, St. Alkmund’s place Lead Merchants. Burr Brothers, and manufacturers of red, sheet, and pig lead, Wyle cop Libraries [Circulating]. Davies John, High street Humphreys, Elizabeth, St. Alkmund’s place Leake, J. H. Market square Subscription, St. John’s hill; Elinor Urwick, librarian Linen Manufacturer. Minn Robert, Castle fields Linen and Woollen Drapers and Silk Mercers. Barron Anthony, Pride hill Bazeley John, High street and Pride hill Carden Robert, Mardol Davies John and Charles, 26, High street Eddowes George, Mardol Farnell and Company, Pride hill Hall Thomas, High street Harris William, Pride hill Jones Charles, Mardol Jones Thomas, Mardol head Lloyd & Blythe, Market sqre Maddox Richard, Castle st Meara John Augustin (woollen), High street Muckleston William, Pride hill Nightingale Richard, Wyle cop Poole Thomas and Samuel, Wyle cop Powell William, Mardol Thomas Charles, Mardol Livery Stables. Wicks Mary Ann, Cross hill Maltsters. Asterley Samuel, Frankwell Brayne John Gregory, Abbey foregate Buttriss Richard, Frankwell Clarke William, Frankwell Cooke Joseph, Abbey foregt Davies John, Chester street Dixon John, Abbey foregt Ford George, Barker street Hughes John, Frankwell Hughes William, St. Julian’s friars Lloyd Charles, Market square Minton Thos., Beeches lane Oakley Robert, Castle foregt Pugh John, Coleham Randles John, Butchers’ row Rees John, Coleham Rees William, Wyle cop Ryder Edward, Old heath Selley Matthew, Frankwell Stanway Mary, Abbey foregt Swain John, Mardol Swain Richard, Mardol Swain William, Mardol Taylor Richard, Abbey foregt Taylor Richard, Old heath Trouncer and Son, Coleham Trouncer William, Frankwell Turner Anne Maria, Frankwell Woodword Robert, Frankwell Malt & Coffee Mill Makers. Parkes Z., Frankwell Powell Benjamin, Frankwell Milliners & Dress Makers. Alltree Ann and Amelia, Windsor place Barnaby Isabel, Market sqre Barnett Emma, Frankwell Bazeley John (silk mercer), High street Bell The Misses, Wyle cop Blount Mary, Princess street Boodle Mary, Reabrook place, Coleham Burnett Ann and Harriet, Swan hill court Cotton Ann and Sarah, Princess street Cross Sarah & Ann, Mardol head Davies Harriet, Marine terrce Davies Helen, Dogpole Davies Mary, Barker street Davies and Oldroyd, Pride hill Davies Winifred, Barker st Deaves Hannah, Shoplatch Ehn Jane, 38, High street Gittins Frances, Wyle cop Gray Harriet and Caroline, Cross hill Hickman Mary, Wyle cop Horton Rebecca, High street Jackson Rebecca, Abbey foregate Jenks Sarah, Abbey foregate Jervis Elizabeth, Bridge st Jones Frances, Frankwell Jones Margaret, Dogpole Lewis Elizabeth, Frankwell Morgan Martha Ann, Barker street Price Emily, Castle street Pritchard Ann, Princess st Rowlands Jane, St. Alkmund’s place Rowland Misses, St. Mary’s street Tagg Ann, Claremont hill Woosnam Elizabeth, Pride hl Millwrights. Davies James, Chester street Thomas James, Cross street Musical Repository. Boucher George, Castle st Nail Makers. Bayliss James, Frankwell Beacall Richard, Mardol Burrows John, Roushill bank Davies James and Son, Wyle cop Jones Eliza, Mardol head Juckes Samuel, Mardol Young & Spence, Canal wharf News Agents. _See also Booksellers and Stationers_. Davies David, Mardol Wall Benjamin, Mardol Newspaper Publishers and Proprietors. _Eddowes’ Journal_ (Wednesday), Martha Eddowes, Corn market _Shrewsbury Chronicle_ (Friday), John Watton, St. John’s hill _Shropshire Conservative_ (Saturday), Thomas John Ousley, head of Pride hill Nurserymen & Seedsmen. Instone Henry and Son, Wyle cop Oldroyd Henry John, High st Optician. Davies Edward, High street Painters & Glaziers. Birch Thomas, Belmont Bower John, St. Mary’s place Breeze Henry, Castle street Brown William, Abbey foregt Cawthorn Wm., Frankwell Cole Thomas, Wyle cop Cooke Henry, Cross hill Evans and Marston, High st Farmer Edward, Old heath Ford, John, Barker street Hughes Thomas, Dogpole Hulme Henry, Castle foregt Leake Charles W. and Geo. E., Wyle cop Lloyd George, Roushill Lloyd William, Coleham Mansell Emma, Mardol Molineux Thos., Bridge court Munday Joseph, Shoplatch Pierce John, Hill’s lane Pugh Robert, Castle foregate Pugh William, Abbey foregt Purslow William, Barker st Rogers Wm., St. Alkmund’s place Smith Richard, St. John’s hill Steadman George, Castle gts Tanswell James, St. John’s hill Tanswell Thos., Castle street Taylor Richard, Hill’s lane Paper Dealers. Edgerley Henry, Pride hill Harries George, Mardol Pawnbrokers. Kent John, Shoplatch Robinson Ann, Roushill bank Patten & Clog Makers. Harvey Thomas, Barker st Hinton Richard, Mardol Perfumers. Bowdler Thomas, High st Evans John, Market street Hulme Samuel, High street Nightingale John Thomas, High street Physicians. Burd Edward, Belmont Drury Thomas James, Quarry place Jeffreys Thos., Castle house Johnson Henry, Dogpole Wood William, Castle street Plasterers. Hughes Thomas, Frankwell James Richard, Windsor pl Parry Robert, Cross hill Small John, Butchers’ row Plumbers. Cawthron Wm., Frankwell Edwards Ann, Claremont st Edwards John, Mardol Edwards Richard, Hill’s ln Farmer Edwards, Old heath Hartshorn Henry, St. John’s hill Jones David, Castle Foregt Lloyd Henry, Chester street Morris Stephen, Castle st Printers [Letter Press]. _See also Booksellers and Newspaper Publishers_ France John, Mardol Jones Fred. A., Wyle cop Lewis David, Gullett passage Professors & Teachers. _Those with_ * _affixed teach music_, _thus_ † _languages_, _and thus_ ‡ _dancing_. * Adams William Hay, College hill † Bentley Thomas Amand, Castle street † Bourley William V., Castle street * Brown Philip, Castle st † Deshormes Francis, U.G., Crescent fields * Hay George E., Hill’s lane * Hiles John, Swan hill ‡ Le Mercier Nicholas Robt., St. Julian’s friars * Lewis William, High street ‡ Mercerot Emma, Abbey Foregate † Moore Marius Salvator, Cross hill Pump Makers. Harper George, Abbey Foregt Price George, Frankwell Williams Thomas & Robert, Coleham Rag and Bone Dealers. France John, Hill’s lane Ketler John, St. Austin’s st Smith Andrew, Canal wharf Taylor George, and sieve maker, Chester street Rope Makers. Cooper William, Castle st Davies Robert, Frankwell Mottram Sarah, Mardol Saddlers & Harness Makers. Dales Richard, Wyle cop Edson John, & trunk & portmanteau maker, Wyle cop Glover Robert, Castle street Harrison and Kempster, Shoplatch Jones William, & trunk and portmanteau maker, 5, High street Morgan Thomas, Mardol Tanner John, & trunk and portmanteau maker, High street Salt Merchants. Henshall and Co., Castle Foregate Rogers William, Frankwell Tilston and Co., Canal wharf Shopkeepers. _Dealers in Provisions_, _Sundries_, _and Groceries_. Allen Sarah, Coton hill Arthur Richard, Princess st Badger Samuel, Coleham Bates Ann, Castle Foregate Blower Thomas Joseph, Coleham Bromley Elizth., Frankwell Brown John, Castle Foregt Cooper George, Abbey Foregate Corbet Walton, Frankwell Davies Edward, Bellevue Davies Edward, Coleham Davies John, Wyle cop Dyas Edward, Castle street Dyas Jane, Frankwell Evans Ann, Abbey Foregate Evans Joseph, Frankwell Evans Thomas, Longden, Coleham Fallowes Richard, Frankwell Fenna John, Castle gates Ferrett Elizabeth, Frankwell Fletcher Francis, Claremont street Ford Joseph, Barker street Giles Jane, St. Alkmund’s pl Griffiths Hugh, St. Austin st Griffiths Thomas, Castle st Groves Joseph, Castle gates Harris John Kent, Hill’s lane Hassall John, St. Michael’s street Healing William, Frankwell Hewlett George, St. Michael’s street Hitchcock Richard, Mardol Holmes Joshua, Chester st Hughes Henry, Coleham Humphries William, Claremont street Humphreson Thomas, St Michael’s street James John, Abbey Foregate Jones Evan, St. Michael’s st Jones Evan, Coleham Jones John, Castle Foregate Jones Margaret, Castle gates Jones Richard, Chester street Jones William, Mardol Joseph Thomas, Longden, Coleham Kirkham John, Castle Foregt Leach Thomas, Castle Foregt Molineux Jane, Wyle cop Morgan Evan, St. Michael’s street Morgan Morgan, Frankwell Morris Ann, Bridge street Oliver John, Longden, Coleham Parry David, Abbey Foregt Parry David, Frankwell Perrott John, Claremont st Phayre John, Mardol Price George, Frankwell Price Sarah, Coton hill Price Thomas, Abbey Foregate Rees John, Coleham Richards Thomas, Abbey Foregate Roberts Edward, Chester st Roberts Henry, Abbey Foregt Rogers William, Castle st Salter & Rogers, St. Mary’s st Shorland John, Longden, Coleham Speake John, Coleham Swain Richard, Mardol Tanswell John, (flour), Shoplatch Taylor Robert, Spring Gardens Taylor Richard, Old heath Thomas Ann, Longden, Coleham Thomas Edward, The mount Tisdale Elizabeth, Frankwell Vaughan Hannah, Shoplatch Watkins John H., Coton hill Wilkes James, Castle fields Williams Frederick Edward, Barker street Worrall Mary, Frankwell Skinners & Fellmongers. Beddoes John, Frankwell Hales Richard, Chester st Soda Water Manufacturers. Blunt Thomas and Henry, Wyle cop Edwards Richard, Mardol Louch Charles, Claremont st Slate and Tile Merchants. Chune George and Joseph, Chester street Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Tilstone and Co., Canal wharf Silversmiths, Jewellers, and Cutlers. Baker William, Corn market Bowdler & Barnett, Market st Moore William, (working), Mardol Sharp Alexander (working), Milk street Stained Glass Manufacturer. Evans David, Wyle cop Stay Makers. Driver Ann, St. Alkmund’s place Ellis Mary, Coleham Fenn James, Castle street Fenton Elizabeth, Benbow place Gordon Elizabeth, Coleham Smith Thomas, Castle street Stone and Marble Masons. Birch John, Coleham Carline John, Abbey Foregt Cross James, Raven road Dodson Rd., Abbey Foregate Eccleston Thos., Frankwell Groves Thomas and John, St. Austin’s priory Jones Arthur, Abbey Foregt Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Straw Bonnet Makers. Barnaby Isabel, Market sq Blount Mary, Princess st Davies Ellen, Frankwell Ehn and Co., 38, High st Elias Hannah, Barker st Forrester Elizabeth, Claremont street Gwynn Mary Ann, Pride hill Hickman Mary, Wyle cop Hughes Maria, Peacock pas Jones Misses, Pride hill Muckleston Maria, Bellevue Rushton Julia, Dogpole Steadman Mary, Castle gates Weatherby Harriet, Frankwell Surgeons. Arrowsmith and Stephens, College hill Bratton James, Claremont st Burd and Fenton, Belmont Clarke Charles Thomas Hughes, Castle street Clement William Jones, Council house Crawford David, St. John’s hill Dickin John, St. John’s hill Fenton Henry, High street Foulkes Edwin, Castle st Gill George Philip, Milk st Glover Samuel, Coton hill Griffiths William, Claremont hill Heathcote John Nigel, Council house court Humphreys John Robert, Infirmary Keate Henry, Claremont hill O’Hara Henry Lewis, Dogpole Onions William, Broom villa Pidduck Thomas, Pride hill Walmsley John, Abbey ter Whitwell Francis, St. Mary’s street Williams Edward, Mardol Wood Samuel, The abbey Surgeon Dentists. Jones Henry Nicholls, Mardol head Jones Horatio, St. John’s hill Surveyors. Burd & Son, Hatton house, Abbey Foregate Chune George and Joseph (timber), Chester street Groves Thomas and John, St. Austin’s priory Haycock Edward, (county), St. Austin’s priory Preece William Goodwin, Corn market Tisdale Thos., Mardol head Tailors. _See also Tailors and Woollen Drapers_. Allart George, Frankwell Armstrong John, Coleham Barton Thomas, Bellevue Blair Wm. H., Welsh bridge Blount Walter, Princess st Breeze Edward, Frankwell Chester George, Shoplatch Davies Rd., St. John’s hill Evans James, Market street Evans John, Gullett passage Geary Henry, Swan hill Green Robert, St. John’s hill Haynes John, Wyle cop Hewlett George, St. Michael’s street Hodges Thomas Cross hill James Benjamin, Hill’s lane Jones Andrew, Meol road Jones David, St. Mary’s st Jones Joseph, Frankwell Jones Thomas, Frankwell Keeling Henry, Barker st Lloyd John, Abbey Foregate Lloyd Thomas, New street Manning John, St. Mary’s pl Manning Josiah, Castle street Morgan William and Son, Princess street Morris Richard, The mount Peplow William, Wyle cop Phillips Edward, St. Alkmund’s place Prune John, Frankwell Pugh John, Frankwell Roberts Edward, Abbey Foregate Rowland William, Roushill Thatcher Abraham, Frankwell Watkins Mathew, Claremont street Williams John, Marine ter Williams John, Castle Foregt Wilson John, Abbey Foregt Tailors and Woollen Drapers. Alcock Thomas and Sons, Claremont street Armstrong William, High st Breeze Richard, High street Clayton George, Claremont hill Heath John, Pride hill Howell Henry, 42, High st Humphreys John, Shoplatch Jones David, St. Mary’s st Jones Thomas, Mardol head Owen John Ingram, Mardol head Phillips James, High street Roberts Edward, Butcher’s row Saxelby Charles, and agent to Syrian paletot, Castle st Wilkes Richard, Wyle cop Williams John, Dogpole Woodall John, Mardol head Tallow Chandlers. Asterley Samuel, Frankwell Bromley John, Wyle cop Jones Maurice, Mardol Meredith Lewis & Co., Wyle cop Tanners. Brayne John Gregory, The priory Sheppard Joseph, St. Austin street Tea Dealers. Done Robert & Co., Mardol head White Sarah Ann, Wyle Cop Tea Dealers and Drapers [Travelling]. Andrew James, Wyle Cop Andrew John, Wyle Cop Andrew Robert, Coleham Andrew William, Wyle Cop Fraser John, Coleham Gordon Thomas, Coleham Hanney Thomas, St. Alkmund’s place Lawson Stewart, Abbey Foregate Ross Peter, Coleham Smith William, Cross hill Taggart Walter, Wyle cop Timber Merchants. Blockley William, Longden, Coleham Chune George and Joseph, Chester street Drayton John, New street, Frankwell Hall John, Abbey Foregate Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars Wilson John, Raven road Tobacco and Snuff Manufacturer. Harries George, Mardol Tobacconists. Evans James, Market street Harries George, Mardol Parsons Mary, Market street Shaw John, Wyle cop Stewart Penelope, Wyle cop Tobacco Pipe Manufacturer. Taylor William, Longden Coleham Toy Dealers. Evans John, Market street France John, and general dealer, Mardol Morris Richard, Princess st Nightingale John Thomas, and fancy repository, High street Richards Henry, Wyle cop Walker William, Mardol Trunk and Portmanteau Makers. Edson John, Wyle cop Jones William, High street Tanner John, High street Turners in Wood, &c. Nichols Thomas, Castle st Stevens George, Barker st Stevens William, Mardol Westall Thomas, Fire office court, High street Veterinary Surgeons. Breeze Charles, Coton hill Clay Joseph, Wyle cop Crowe Henry, Castle street Jones Edward, Claremont st Langley & Son, Dogpole Richards Evan, Castle gates Skitt James, Old heath Tomkins Henry, Coleham Watch and Clock Makers. Davies Daniel, Mardol Evans Mary, Wyle cop Fesser Andrew, Mardol Giles Richard, Shoplatch Hay Thomas William, High street Hanny James, Wyle cop Kelvey Rebecca, Mardol Walker William, Market sq Wharfingers. Crowley and Co., Canal wharf Henshall & Co., Canal wharf Lowe Edward Henry, Mardol quay Rogers William, Frankwell Shropshire Union Canal Company, Canal wharf Wheelwrights. Davies Edward, Coleham Drayton Edward, Welsh bridge Griffiths Benjamin, Frankwell Jones Thomas, Frankwell Jones William, Castle Foregt Owen Thomas, Coton hill Price William, Abbey Foregt Whitesmiths and Bellhangers. Alltree Jemima and Henry, Corn market Easthope William, High st France James, Castle gates lane Gittins William, Mardol Holland Richard, Shoplatch Howells Thomas, Castle Foregate Linell and Jenks, Wyle cop Rowland James, The mount Wine & Spirit Merchants, & Spirit Vaults. Beck Peter and William, Claremont street Cadwallader William, Castle gates Cartwright Ann, Theatre buildings Cripps Gordon H., Claremont street Cripps Lewis G., High st Drinkwater Richard, High st Hughes Edward, Corn markt Humphreys John, St. Mary’s street Morley Henry, Castle street Niccolls William Owen, Mardol Simpson Deborah, Mardol Southam Thomas, jun., (spirit), Wyle cop Vaughan John, High street Wire Workers. Lawson William, Frankwell Phillips & Jones, Shoplatch Woollen Drapers. _See also Linen and Woollen Drapers_, _& Tailors & Drapers_. Meara John Augustin, High street Wool Merchants. Bains Thomas, David Smith, agent, Hill’s lane Drinkwater Rchd., Frankwell Simpson Hortensius Coates, Hill’s lane & St. John’s hill. Taylor Samuel, Hill’s lane Wilding William, Circus yd COACHES. To ABERYSTWITH—_The Royal Mail_, from the Lion Hotel, every morning, at four o’clock. To ABERYSTWITH—_The Greyhound_, from the Lion Hotel, every morning, at ten o’clock (Sundays excepted); goes through Welshpool, Newtown, &c. To ABERYSTWITH—_The Prince of Wales_, from the George Hotel, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at ten o’clock in the morning; goes through Welshpool, Newtown, &c. To HEREFORD—_The Engineer_, from the Lion Hotel, at a quarter to two in the afternoon daily (Sundays excepted); goes through Church Stretton, Leominster, &c. To LUDLOW—_The Royal Mail_, from the Lion Hotel, daily, at a quarter to five o’clock in the morning. To WHITMORE—_The Victoria_, to the Railway Station, daily (Sundays excepted), from the George Hotel. _Omnibuses_ from the Lion, the Raven, the George, and the Raven and Bell Hotels, await the arrival and departure of the trains. CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY. On the Shrewsbury & Chester, the Shrewsbury & Birmingham, and on the Shrewsbury and Stafford Branch of the Shropshire Union Railways. _Station_: Castle Gates; William Patchett, station master. OMNIBUSES. To IRONBRIDGE, from the Unicorn Inn, Benjamin Wright, on Saturday. To LLANDISIO, from the Mermaid, John Williams, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. To MUCH WENLOCK, from the Unicorn Inn, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. CARRIERS BY RAILWAY. To LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and all parts of the kingdom, Pickford & Co., Canal Wharf; James Elledge, agent. To LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and WOLVERHAMPTON, &c., Crowley, Hicklin, & Co., from their Warehouse, Welsh Bridge; John Brazier, agent. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY & CANAL CO., General Carriers to all parts of the kingdom. Goods Depôt, Castle Foregate; James Smith, agent. CONVEYANCES BY WATER. To LONDON, DOVER, LIVERPOOL, HULL, &c., Pickford and Co., from the Canal Wharf; James Elledge, agent. To LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, &c., Crowley, Hicklin, & Co., Welsh Bridge; John Brazier, agent. To BRISTOL, and all the intermediate places, Henry Lowe, Mardol Quay. To CHESTER, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and all intermediate places, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, from Commercial Wharf; James Smith, agent. To LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and WOLVERHAMPTON, and all intermediate places; Wm. Rogers, wharfinger, Frankwell. CARRIERS FROM THE INNS. To ABERYSTWITH—Richard Morgan, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell, Tuesdays and Fridays. To ACTON BURNELL—Richard Onions, from the Barge Inn, on Saturday; and Richard Pascall, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturday. To BASCHURCH—John Taylor, from the Mermaid, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. To BERRIEW—David Davies, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays; and John Pugh, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell. To BERRINGTON—William Mallett, from the Lion and Pheasant, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To BILSTON—William Davey, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays. To BISHOPS CASTLE—John Nightingale, from the White Horse, on Fridays; Richard Preese, from the Old Trumpet, Wednesdays and Saturdays; William Hindley, from the Bell, Saturdays; John Bright, from the Red Lion, Wednesdays and Fridays; and Thos. Black, from the Red Lion, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To BROSELEY AND IRONBRIDGE—Richard Thomas, Abbey Foregate, Tuesdays and Fridays; and William Williams, Wyle Cop, on Mondays and Fridays. To BUDDINGTON—John Jones, from the Mermaid, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To CARDINGTON—John Perks and Ellen Corfield, from the Swan, on Saturdays. To CHURCH STRETTON—Benjamin Jones, from the Old Trumpet, Saturdays; William Harley, from the Barge Inn, Saturdays; and John Lea, from his house, Coleham, on Tuesdays and Fridays. To CONDOVER—Huffer, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To COUND—Geo. Taylor, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To DAWLEY GREEN—Thomas Mansell, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To DORRINGTON—John Blaney, from the Barge Inn, Saturdays. To ELLESMERE—Richard Williams, from the Prince of Wales, Tuesdays and Fridays. To GRINSHILL AND YORTON—Thomas Gregory, from the Bell Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To HABBERLEY—Thomas Bromley, from the Mermaid, Saturdays; and Edw. Houghton, from the Queen’s Head, Saturdays. To HADNAL AND PRESTON BROCKHURST—William Eccleston, from the Bell, Saturdays. To HAWKESTONE—Edward Tudor, from the Bull’s Head, Saturdays. To HEREFORD—By the carriers to Ludlow. To HIGH ERCALL—John Bates, from the Bull’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To KERRY AND NEWTOWN—David Jones, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays. To LEBOTWOOD—John Williams, from the Lion and Pheasant, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To LLANFAIR—Evan Reese, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell, Wednesdays. To LLANIDLOES—Richard Morgan, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell, Tuesdays and Fridays. To LLANYMYNECH—William Morris, from the Elephant and Castle, Saturdays. To LUDLOW—David Jones, from the Barge Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays; and John Lea, from his house, Coleham, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To LOPPINGTON—Charles Brown, from the London Apprentice, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To MINSTERLEY—S. Madox, from the White Hart, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; and Samuel Swan and Joseph Hill, from the Castle and Falcon, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To MONTGOMERY—Ann Jones, from the Britannia, Wednesdays; John Oliver, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays; and R. Evans, on Wednesdays, from Lowe’s Warehouse, Mardol. To MUCH WENLOCK—Richard Thomas, from his house, Abbey Foregate, Mondays; Richard Nicklin, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays; Jeremiah Aston, from the Sun Tavern, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To NEWTOWN, LLANIDLOES, & ABERYSTWITH—Evan Reece, on Wednesdays, and Richard Morgan, on Thursday, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell. To PICKLESCOTT—James Wild, from the Barge Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays; Wm. Griffith, from the Seven Stars, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To POOLE—R. Jones, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from Circus Yard. To PONTESBURY & MINSTERLEY—Thos. Everall, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell; Thomas Davies, from the Queen’s Head, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. To PRESTON BROCHHURST—Trevor, from the Bull’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To PULVERBATCH—Richard Dovaston and Philip Morris, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To SHAWBURY—Thomas Richards, from the Mermaid, Saturdays; Thos. Humphreys, from the Bell, on Saturdays. To STRETFORD BRIDGE—Thos. Humphreys, from the Bell, on Saturday. To TREWERNE AND WELSHPOOL—Thos. Williams, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To UFFINGTON—Elizabeth Davies, from the White Hart, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To WELLINGTON—Edward Thomas, from the Barge Inn, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; and Jackson, from the Lion and Pheasant, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. To WELSHPOOL, AND NEWTOWN—Robert Sackett, from Rogers’ and Crowley’s Warehouses, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and Edward Harris, from the Queen’s Head, on Wednesdays. To WESTBURY—John Handley, from the Mermaid, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To WESTON & HAWKSTONE—John Phillips, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To WITHINGTON—Thomas Leary, from the Yorkshire House, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To WOLVERHAMPTON—Frederick Worthington, from the White Hart, Saturdays. To WORTHEN—William Downes, from the Elephant and Castle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. THE ALBRIGHTON DIVISION. The Albrighton division was formed into a separate jurisdiction for magisterial purposes under the authority of an Act of parliament, passed in the 4th of William IV. It comprises the following places:—The parishes of Battlefield, Broughton, Fitz, Grinshill, Preston Gubballs, and Uffington; the chapelries of Albrighton, Astley, Clive, and Hadnal; and the township of Acton Reynold, Albrightlee, Harlscott, Hencott, Longner, Berwick, Leaton, Merrington, Newton and Wollascot; and the extra-parochial liberty of Haughmond. It may be necessary to observe, that the arrangement of this work being by hundreds, the townships, or chapelries, comprised in the several hundreds, will be found alphabetically arranged, under the head of the respective town or village, in which the parish church is situated. ALBRIGHTLEE, a small township in St. Mary’s parish three miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, containing 742A. 2R. 21P. of land, is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq. At the census of 1841 there were 8 houses and 45 inhabitants. The principal residence is an antique house of timber and plaster, occupied by Mr. John Minton, who farms a considerable portion of the land in the township, and is also a maltster. HARLSCOTT township, situated two and a half miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, is partly in St. Alkmund, and partly in that of St. Mary’s. In 1841 there were 8 houses and 41 inhabitants returned as in the former parish, and 6 houses and 28 inhabitants in the latter. The land owners are Andrew William Corbet, Esq., and Scarlett LLoyd Parry, Esq. The principal residents are Thomas Briscoe Barber, farmer; Scarlett LLoyd Parry, Esq., solicitor; John Ralphs, carpenter; and William Hewlett, shoemaker. HENCOTT, a small township with a scattered population, is about one and three quarter miles N. from Shrewsbury. Colonel Wingfield is the only proprietor in this township, which in 1841 had 14 scattered houses and a population of 84 souls. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects this township. The soil for the most part is a fertile loam. The following are the principal farmers, viz.:—Robert Legh, Cross Hall; Ann Bromley, Hencott farm, Robert Parry, manager; Edward Randles, Old Heath; and Joseph Yates, Old Heath. BATTLEFIELD is a small parish, pleasantly situated three and a quarter miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, which contains 1,008A. 0R. 3P. of land, the whole of which is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle. In 1801 there was a population of 83 souls; in 1831, 70; and in 1841 there were 14 houses and 64 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,008. 6s. 8d. The name is derived from the battle fought here on the 21st of July, 1403, between Henry IV. and the forces under Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and generally denominated the battle of Shrewsbury, which will be found noticed in a preceding page. The king afterwards built a collegiate church for secular canons, upon the spot where the battle was fought, and “endowed it with a piece of ground, with all the buildings on it, within the lordship of Albrighton Husee, in the field called Battlefield, which piece of ground was ditched in, and contained in length and breadth two acres of land, together with two inlets and outlets along the lands of Richard Husee, one twenty feet wide and the other fifteen feet wide.” No doubt appropriate buildings for the residence of the canons and servants of the establishment were erected on the land inside this ditch: these probably were demolished at the period of the dissolution of monasteries, but no remains of them are now to be seen. THE CHURCH, a venerable fabric dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, consists of nave, chancel, and embattled tower ornamented with pinnacles; the nave, however, has long been roofless, the windows are destroyed, and the tower is in a dilapidated state. Divine worship is now performed in the chancel, which has been neatly fitted up, and a new font recently added. The fine east window was formerly richly adorned with stained glass. In a recess on the south side of the altar is a mutilated carving of the Virgin Mary, with a small figure of the dead Saviour on her lap. A beautiful monument of the white Grinshill freestone, enriched with Gothic tracery, remembers John Corbet, Esq., Emma Elizabeth, his wife, and John Kynaston Corbet, their son. About half a century ago, when the vault was made in which rest the remains of Mr. Corbet, the workmen discovered an ancient stirrup and bridle bit, which had lain among the ashes of the slain since the period of the battle which gave origin to the church. Near the chancel wall, surrounded by pallisades, is the tomb of the Rev. Edward Williams, incumbent of this parish and Uffington, who died on January 3, 1833, aged 70 years. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £233, in the patronage of A. W. Corbet, Esq.; incumbent, Rev. J. O. Hopkins, who is also the perpetual curate of Uffington. ALBRIGHT HUSSEY, an ancient moated residence, situated about half a mile from Battlefield church, was formerly the seat of the Husseys, a family of consequence in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The mansion, in the reign of Charles I., became the seat of the Corbets, who resided there for more than one hundred years. One of the rooms has a fine oak chimney piece, most elaborately carved. Near to the mansion formerly stood a chapel, the remains of which, and the old font, are still to be seen. Roger Roe, rector of the chapel of St. John the Baptist, at Albrighton Husee, by his will, dated 1444, ordered his body to be buried near the high altar of Battlefield church, and bequeathed to the five chaplains in the college three silver chalices, one paxbrede of silver gilt, two silver cruets, three brass bells hanging in the belfry, two cases after the manner of Sarum, otherwise called lyggers, three gilt copper crosses, two new missals, two new graduals, three old missals covered with old leather, one old case, one processional, one executor of the office, one book of collects, four placebo and dirage, one pair of vestments of red velvet, one red velvet cope, two velvet dalmatics, one pair of vestments of white silk, one white silk cope, and four pair of other vestments. Mrs. Margaret Jones, in 1773, left £50, and directed the interest to be given to the poor of the parish on Easter Sunday. DIRECTORY.—Henry Colley, farmer, Huffley; Edward Moreton, farmer, Allbright Hussey; Martha Winnall, farmer, Battlefield farm BROUGHTON, a parish and township in the Albrighton division, also contains the township of Yorton, which conjointly contain 878A. 2R. 1P. of land, and in 1841 had 37 houses and 188 inhabitants. The soil is mostly a stiff loam, and the meadow land is of good quality. There are 27A. of woods and plantations in the parish. The principal land owners are Viscount Hill, Spencer Roger Dickin, Esq., Mr. William Teece, and Cornelius Maddocks, the former is lord of the manor. Rateable value of the parish, £1836. 10s. THE CHURCH is a small ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary, and was formerly subordinate to that of St. Mary, Shrewsbury; it is built of rubble stone, and rough cast, and has nave, chancel, porch, and small turret. The living is a perpetual curacy returned in £67, in the patronage of Viscount Hill, and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Parkes. It is related on a late occasion the parish clerk of Broughton was desired to acquaint the congregation during public worship that the then officiating minister would perform divine service at that church and at the Clive _alternately_, when, not exactly understanding the meaning of the latter term, he very gravely gave notice the Rev. Mr. W. “will preach here and at the Clive to _all eternity_.” The tithes are commuted for £105, Henry Lister, Esq., is the impropriator. In the field where the church stands an attempt has recently been made to open coal works; it appears that coal was found and lime works were also established, but the project was shortly after abandoned. DIRECTORY.—Mr. William Clay, The farm; Mr. Alderton Clay, The hall; Joseph Molynax, blacksmith; Mr. Samuel Sherratt, The villa, William Sutton, wheelwright. YORTON, a small scattered township in the parish of Broughton, is situate about one mile from the church. The population and acres are included in the returns for Broughton. Viscount Hill is lord of the manor, Robert Panting Gardener, Esq., Mrs. Sarah Bayley and others are land owners. The greatest portion of the township is in the hands of R. P. Gardner, Esq. YORTON VILLA, the residence of the Rev. William Jaudwine, M.A., is a square stuccoed house pleasantly situated, and beautified with pleasure grounds, and shrubberies laid out with great taste. The following are the principal residents in this township:—Those with † affixed reside at Yorton Heath, Rev. William Jaudwine, M.A., The villa; † Thomas George, shopkeeper; † George Lea, farmer; † Joseph Lea, farmer; Lucy Martin, farmer; † Benjamin Shuker, farmer, Black Birch. Thomas Gregory carrier to Shrewsbury on Wednesday and Saturday. LONGNER is an isolated portion of the parish of St. Chad, situated three miles south east from Shrewsbury. Robert Burton, Esq., of Longner hall, is owner of the whole township, which in 1841 is returned as containing four houses and 13 inhabitants. The hall is a handsome and commodious mansion, with projecting gables ornamented with turrets and pinnacles, and fronted with the beautiful white Grinshill free stone; it stands on an acclivity commanding a rich view of the surrounding country, and of the Severn, which rolls immediately beneath it. The views up and down the river and over the adjoining highly cultivated and well wooded country are peculiarly picturesque and beautiful, affording a great variety of landscape scenery. An extensive and finely timbered park surrounds the hall, the immediate vicinity of which is tastefully ornamented with pleasure grounds and shrubberies. The interior of the mansion is elegantly furnished, and contains some beautiful paintings; a fine portrait of Queen Elizabeth is supposed to have been presented by her Majesty to the ancestors of the present proprietor. A magnificent gothic window of stained glass ornamented with figures of different members of the family, lights the entrance hall. In the garden is a tomb placed over the body of Edward Burton, Esq., a zealous protestant in Queen Mary’s days, and is by Fox, in his Acts and Monuments, named among those who by various means escaped persecution. He one day sitting in his parlour alone, meditating on the troubles of the times, and the deliverances he and others had found; and whilst thus reflecting heard a general ring of bells in Shrewsbury, which he concluded must be for the accession of the Lady Elizabeth to the throne. Anxious to know the truth, and not daring to send any of his servants to inquire, he sent his eldest son—a youth about sixteen years of age, ordering him if the bells rang for the Lady Elizabeth’s accession to throw his hat up into the air on his arrival at a certain place where he could he seen from the hall. The young man finding it as was expected, threw up his hat, which his father seeing, was suddenly affected with a transport of joy, that he with difficulty reached a chair, and immediately expired. By his will he ordered that his body should be buried in the parish church of St. Chad, in Shrewsbury, and that no mass monger should be present at his interment. His friends designing to execute his will in this respect, brought his corpse to the church, and were there met by the curate, who said that “Mr. Burton was an heretic and should not be buried in his church.” His friends were therefore obliged to carry his body back again, and bury it in his own garden. A monument was set over him, which, being injured and defaced with the weather, Edward Burton, Esq., his grandson, in the year 1614, re-edified the tomb. The following is the epitaph placed on the tomb, written by Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart.:— “Was’t for denying Christ, or some notorious fact, That this man’s body Christian burial lack’d? Oh no! his faithful true profession, Was the chief cause, which was then held transgression; When popery here did reign, the See of Rome, Would not admit to any such a tomb, Within their idol temple walls; but he Truly professing Christianity, Was like Christ Jesus in a garden laid, Where he shall rest in peace till it be said— Come faithful servant, come, receive with me, A just reward for thy integrity.”—1614. There is a free school at Longner, situated in the park, which is supported by R. Burton, Esq.; 42 children are now taught in the school. The principal residents at Longner are Robert Burton, Esq., Longner hall, and Robert Weatherby, schoolmaster. FITZ is a parish and village delightfully situated on a gentle eminence 5¾ miles N.W. from Shrewsbury; the country around is fertile, and pleasingly diversified with graceful undulations; the scenery is very beautiful, and includes the picturesque windings of the river Severn. The parish contains 1512A. 1R. 32P. of land; in 1801 there were 236 inhabitants; in 1831, 211, and in 1841 fifty houses and a population of 246 souls. Rateable value, £2,774. 6s. The river Perry intersects the township, and has its confluence with the Severn a little below Mytton. The soil is rich, producing good wheat and barley, and there is some rich pasture land. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway passes this township over Leaton Heath, where there is a station, about a mile and a half from Fitz. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Paul, is situated on an eminence, and consists of nave and chancel, with a lofty square tower, in which is one bell. It is a birch fabric with stone finishings, and contains a fine toned organ; the pews are of oak, and there are some interesting monuments within its sacred walls to the families of Wood, Powell, Lloyd, Jones, Denstons, Hopkins, Pytons and others; it is also beautified with two finely executed stained glass windows. Twenty-two free sittings were added in 1842, at the expense of the Rev. William Hopkins, then rector of this parish. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s books at £5. 5s. 8d., now returned at £272 in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Daniel Nihill, M.A., who resides at the rectory, a pleasantly situated mansion near the church. There are 34A. 2R. 1P. of glebe land, and the tithes were commuted in 1839 for £266. There is a neat school in the village, built in 1850, at the cost of near £100, which was raised by subscriptions, and a collection in the church; 45 children are instructed. A residence has been provided for the master near the school. THE HALL, a handsome stuccoed mansion, pleasantly situated and beautified with pleasure grounds, is the residence and property of Richard Middleton, Esq. Among the land owners in the parish are John A. Lloyd, Esq.; Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; Richard Middleton, Esq.; Mr. Joseph Hignett, Mrs. Morris, Mr. Richard Vaughan, Rev. Edward H. Dymock, Mr. Richard Lloyd, James Payne, Esq., Mr. James Davies, Devisees of late Sir John Betton, and others. The Duke of Cleveland is the lord of the manor. MYTTON is a scattered village in the parish of Fitz, salubriously situated, containing some good residences, and surrounded with picturesque scenery. Mytton is celebrated as the birth place of Edward Waring, M.D., whose mathematical publications prove the extent and profundity of his knowledge. He was born in the year 1734, and after being educated at Shrewsbury free school, was sent on one of Millington’s exhibitions to Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he applied himself with such assiduity to the study of Mathematics, that when he left the university he carried with him the credit of being one of the most able mathematicians that ever filled the professor’s chair. In 1776 he entered into a matrimonial connection with Miss Oswell, and not many years after retired from the university, first to a house in Shrewsbury, and at length to his own estate at Plealey, near Pontesbury, where he died on the 15th of August, 1798, in the 64th year of his age.—GRAFTON is another small village in the parish of Fitz. Here are several good farms, and Grafton Lodge, a good house pleasantly situated, the residence of John Henry Denston, Esq. FITZ DIRECTORY.—John Bather, Esq., Richard Middleton, Esq., The hall; Rev. Daniel Nihill, M.A., The Rectory; _Farmers_, Joshua Burroughs, Leaton Heath; Richard Middleton, Samuel Onions, Leaton Heath; Thomas Vaughan, corn miller; John Walmsley, Leaton Heath; Alban Davies, fisherman; Maria Davies, schoolmistress; William France, farm bailiff; John Vaughan, butcher.—GRAFTON DIRECTORY: Mrs. Ann Denston, John Henry Denston, Esq.; Edward Davies, farmer; John Davies shopkeeper; Richard Davies, blacksmith; Richard Lloyd, wheelwright; John Pugh, farmer; and Thomas Vaughan, farmer.—MYTTON DIRECTORY: William Davies, farmer; John Evans, farm bailiff; Mrs. Jemima Hopkins; John Litttlehales, basket maker; Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, farmer; William Rowland, farmer and corn miller; Richard Wildig, farmer. GRINSHILL is a parish and township seven miles N. from Shrewsbury, which contains 872A. 0R. 34P. of land, the chief owners of which are Viscount Hill, Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart., trustees of Shrewsbury School; Rev. John Wood; Mr. Richard Kilvert; P. Gardner, Esq.; Mr. William Embrey Wood; Mr. John Williams; and the devisees of the late John Kilvert. Viscount Hill is Lord of the Manor. The beautiful and romantic village of Grinshill is delightfully situated, and contains many good residences, occupied by respectable families. In 1801 there was a population of 179 souls, and in 1841 there were 56 houses and 255 inhabitants. Rateable value, £587. 5s. 6d. THE CHURCH, dedicated to All Saints, has a neat, light, and beautiful appearance, and exhibits the decorative style of English architecture; it is built of the Grinshill free stone, and ornamented with a square tower. The interior consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles: a neat mural tablet remembers Robert Embrey, and other members of that family. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £82, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. John Wood. The parsonage, near the church, is pleasantly situated, and the grounds neatly ornamented with shrubberies. THE INDEPENDENT METHODISTS have a small stone chapel, built in 1843. The Free School in connection with the church was built by, and is supported by, Sir A. V. Corbet. There are 56 scholars attending the day school. The spacious building occupied by Mr. Barkley as a classical and commercial school, was built about half a century after the Shrewsbury Free School, for the safety of the masters and scholars of that seminary, in case any contagious disease should prevail in that town. THE QUARRIES, where the beautiful white Grinshill freestone is got, are very extensive, and give employment to a considerable number of hands. Many of the churches and public buildings in the county are built of this stone, which is of a fine close quality, and superior to most others for carving and ornamental purposes. CHARITIES.—_Major Richard Corbet_ bequeathed £20, and _Mrs. Judith Corbet_ a like sum, and directed the interest to be expended in books and the education of poor children; _Eleanor Allen_ and _Thomas_, her sons, left £20 for the poor. _William Key_ left £50, the interest to be given to the minister of this parish, if approved of by his trustees, if not to the poor. _Thomas Embrey_ left £10. _John Kilvert_, £5; and an unknown donor £9, for the benefit of the poor. _The Rev. Mr. Price_ left £12. for the instruction of two children. The above moneys were laid out in the purchase of 10A. 2R. 20P. of land, at Coton, which was let on lease in 1757, for the term of 100 years, at the yearly rent of £4. 18s. The premises are stated now to be worth £20 a year. Of the rent, £1. 10s. is paid to the minister, £2. 2s. to the schoolmaster, and the residue is distributed among the poor. _Sir Andrew Corbet_, in 1830, gave £15. 15s. to the poor of this parish. Barkley Richard, boarding school, The Grove Blantarn Robert, farmer Boora Charles, farmer Carline John, quarry master and contractor Cureton Edward, quarry master & stonemason Downes Andrew, quarry master & stonemason Downes Mrs. N., dress maker Downes Nathaniel, tailor and draper Griffiths William, parish clerk Higgins John, farmer Huffa William, blacksmith and vict., Barley Corn Inn Jessop Francis, butcher and salesman Jessop John, farmer, Hill farm Killan John, butcher and horse breaker Kilvert Mrs. Catherine Matthews John, farmer Naylor Miss, school teacher Nelson Arthur, farmer Onslow Mrs. M., boarding house and vict., Elephant and Castle Onslow Margaret, farmer and maltster Phillips William, shopkeeper & shoemaker Smith Thomas, quarry master and mason Williams Henry Parton, farmer Williams Joseph, wheelwright Wood Rev. John, M.A., the Parsonage Wood William Embrey, Esq., the Vineyard HAUGHMOND, an Extra-parochial Liberty, three and a half miles N.E. from Shrewsbury, contains 1,564A. 0R. 3P. of land, and at the census of 1841 had 27 houses and 169 souls. This place forms a portion of the Sundorne demesne, which comprises 8,634A. 1R. 26P., and is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq. The stately pile of HAUGHMOND ABBEY is now fallen into almost total decay, but the magnificent ruins have an imposing appearance; they stand on rising ground, backed by woods, and command an extended view the plain of Shrewsbury, its town, and castle, and the fine demesne of Sundorne. From the extent of the ruins it must have been a place of great magnitude. Of the Abbey Church few remains exist: the south door of the nave, which opened into the cloister, exhibits an elegant specimen of Anglo-Norman architecture. The outer walls of the chapter house are in a perfect state of preservation. The entrance is by a finely ornamented round arch, with a window on each side, divided into small lights. Southward of the chapter house are the remains of the refectory, and beyond it the shell of a noble hall, measuring eighty-one feet by thirty-six feet. The windows were formerly filled with Gothic tracery. The ruins of the cloister and abbots’ lodging may also still be traced. The monastery was founded in the year 1110, by William Fitz Alan, for canons of the order of St. Augustine. It was richly endowed with lands by the founder, and other individuals, and had many valuable privileges and immunities granted by the Popes Honorus III., Nicholas III., Boniface IX., and Martin IV. The yearly revenues of the abbey at the dissolution were £269. 13s. 7d., according to Dugdale, and £294. 13s. 9d. according to Speed. Leland says, “There were an hermitage and chapel on this spot before the abbey was built.” William Fitz Alan and other members of the family were buried here. SUNDORNE CASTLE, a spacious and splendid Gothic mansion, adorned with battlements and turrets, is situated on a beautiful lawn, amidst the rich verdure of the adjoining grounds, which are pleasingly diversified with shrubberies and pleasant walks, and ornamented with a fine sheet of water, covering upwards of sixty acres. The interior of the mansion is superbly furnished. The chairs in the drawing room are of ebony, most elaborately carved. It also contains a remarkably fine antique statue of Venus. There are some exquisite paintings by Titian, Salvator Rosa, Rembrandt, Guido, Raphael, Rubens, Wouvermans, and Van Huysum, among which is the original design for the altar-piece at Antwerp, by Rubens, and the Holy Family, exquisitely executed by Raphael. The library contains a valuable and extensive collection of rare books, and the windows are ornamented with stained glass. Amongst a collection of antiquities is the chapter roll of Haughmond Abbey, and the seal of the abbot: the latter was found about thirty years ago, near the ruins of the abbey. A beautiful sequestered carriage drive, of five miles in length, leads through the woods of the Sundorne demesne. The kitchen gardens and vineries are situated at the back of the castle, and cover an extent of about four acres. The Corbets of Lee removed to Albright Hussey in the reign of Charles I., and to Sundorne Castle in the middle of the last century. DIRECTORY.—Andrew William Corbet, Esq., Sundorne Castle and Pimley House; Henry Jarvis, butler; Martin King, gardener; John Metcalf, bailiff. Richard Ford, farmer, Home barns; Elizabeth Latham, farmer; Samuel Whitehouse, farmer, Haughmond hill. ALBRIGHTON, a township and chapelry in St. Mary’s parish, pleasantly situated on the Shrewsbury and Whitchurch road, three miles N. from the former place, contains 800 acres of land, of which 90 acres are in woods and plantations; rateable value, £883. In 1801, there were 58 inhabitants; and in 1841, 12 houses and 85 souls. Colonel Studd owns all the land in this township, about two-thirds of which is arable. The soil is various: in some places a rich loam prevails, in other parts it is not so fertile. THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL, a neat structure in the Elizabethan style, situated on elevated ground, near the turnpike road, is built of red sand stone, and has a neat porch on the south side, and a small belfry at the west end. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £52 per annum. The income arises from a farm in Wales, which, since the return was made, has augmented in value. The Rev. George H. Moller is the incumbent, and the Rev. John D. Letts, B.A., officiating curate. The magistrates hold a petty session for the Albrighton division the second week in every month, at the Fox Inn. The Hall, a spacious brick mansion, formerly the seat of the Ireland family, is now unoccupied. The principal residents in this township are:—Charles Smallman, farmer, Perrill farm; Richard Yates, farmer; Ann Brown, victualler, Fox Inn; and Richard Gough, blacksmith. ASTLEY, a township, chapelry, and scattered village, five miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury. In 1801 had 141 inhabitants, and in 1841, a population of 264 souls, and 55 houses. The township contains 1181A. 3R. 3P. of land, more than two-thirds of which is the property of John Bishton Minor, Esq., of Astley House; besides whom, Mr. Richard Minton and Mrs. Wildig are proprietors. There is also a farm belonging to the trustees of the charities for St. Chad’s parish. Gross rental £1,936. 13s. 5d. Rateable value, £1,763. 13s. THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL, a neat stone fabric in the Gothic style, was repaired and beautified in 1837, when a new tower was added at the west end. The entrance, formerly on the south side, exhibits the Saxon style of architecture. In the interior is a neat marble tablet, in memory of the Minor family, of Astley House. A new font was added at the time the tower was built. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £56, in the patronage of the corporation of Shrewsbury, and enjoyed by the Rev. William Vaughan. In the church yard are the following lines, on a grave stone in memory of Rowland Deakin, who died in 1751, aged 95 years:— “Many years I’ve seen, and Many things I’ve known: Five kings, two queens, And a usurper on the throne; But now lie sleeping in the dust. As you, the reader, shortly must.” The governors of the Free Grammar School, in Shrewsbury, are the impropriators of the tithes, which are commuted for £211. ASTLEY HOUSE, a handsome mansion, beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies, and pleasantly situated a short distance from the church, is the residence and property of John Bishton Minor, Esq. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have a chapel in this township, situated on the Hadnal road. The particulars of the several charities, founded by the will of _Joseph Jones_, in 1729, will be found noticed with the parish of Atcham. Out of the residuary rents of the estates, held in trust for the purposes mentioned in the testator’s will, £10 per annum is applied in educating poor children of this chapelry, and £6 per annum paid to the minister of Astley chapel, for reading prayers and preaching in the said chapel every first and last Sunday in the month, and administering the sacrament four times during the year. It appears when Mr. Jones made this bequest, that divine service in Astley chapel was only held every third Sunday in the month. Minor John Bishton, Esq., Astley House Adams Edward, farmer Adams James, farmer Barker James, shoemaker Birch William, farmer, Braidway House Davies Charles, butcher Dodd William, blacksmith Hughes John, shoemaker Minton John, farmer Minton Richard, farmer Minton Samuel, farmer Minton Thomas, farmer Moreton Ann, butcher Morgan John, farmer Oliver Rev. William, Astley Lodge Powell John, farmer, New House Stanley Thomas and Richard, brick and tile makers Williams Richard, provision dealer and victualler, Dog Inn BERWICK, a township pleasantly situated two miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury; at the census of 1841 had 67 houses, and a population of 271 souls. Here the country has an undulating surface, richly clothed with timber, and presents many interesting views of picturesque beauty. The estate is now the property of the Honourable Henry Wentworth Powys. Berwick House is a handsome mansion, of considerable extent, composed of brick with stone finishings. It is delightfully situated in a spacious and finely wooded park; and the immediate vicinity of the house is richly beautified with shrubberies and pleasure grounds. The iron gates, at the entrance of the park, are of the most elaborate workmanship; they have a noble and magnificent appearance, and are said to have cost £1,000. Berwick House is now the temporary residence of Thomas Hope, Esq.; and Upper Berwick House, a neat brick structure, is the occasional seat of the Hon. Henry Wentworth Powys. A short distance from the hall are the almshouses, erected and endowed in 1672 by _Sir Samuel Jones_. They consist of sixteen tenements, and a small room for the use of the chaplain, with gardens attached thereto, and are surrounded by a lofty wall. The yearly income amounts to about £183. 7s. 6d. per annum, and arises from the following sources:—Nine acres of land in Castle Foregate, let for £36 per annum; the several sums of £20, £40, and £80 per annum charged on the Berwick estate; and the dividends on £245. 18s. 3d. South Sea Annuities. From the sources above mentioned, each inmate receives about £5. 8s. annually, besides clothing and coal. The emoluments of the chaplain amount to about £54. 9s. per annum. Between the almshouses and the hall is the chapel appropriated to the use of the inmates of the adjacent almshouses. It is a small fabric, of a primitive appearance, with a tower at the west end, and was built in 1762, on the site of a former edifice which had become ruinous. There is a free school in the township, supported by the Hon. Henry W. Powys, where forty scholars are educated. Leaton Knolls, the delightful residence of John Arthur Lloyd, Esq., is just within the bounds of this township, situated in a picturesque glen, and surrounded with beautiful shrubberies and thriving plantations. Powys Honourable Henry Wentworth, Upper Berwick House Hope Thomas, Esq., Berwick House Lloyd John Arthur, Esq., Leaton Knolls Briscoe, Mrs. Mary Davies John, blacksmith Davies Samuel, farmer, Cross Green Gough Edward, farmer Jones John, wheelwright Maddox Martha, schoolmistress Morris Jeremiah, shoemaker Oakley Thomas, farm bailiff Roberts Mary, farmer Roberts Thomas, farmer, Great Berwick Slinn John, gamekeeper Vaughan Richard, farmer, Almond Park CLIVE is a chapelry in the parish of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, 3½ miles south from Wem, and eight miles north from Shrewsbury. In 1801 there was a population of 289 souls, and in 1841 there were 61 houses and 273 inhabitants. The township contains 1370 acres of land, mostly highly productive; the soil is a mixture of sand and loam, and considered good turnip land. Rateable value, £2,546 10s. The Duke of Cleveland is the principal owner and lord of the manor; Mr. Joshua Holmes, George Harding, Esq., Mrs. Nickson, Mrs. Griffith, and others, are also freeholders. The village is pleasantly situated on high ground, and commands some pleasing views of the romantic and rural scenery by which it is surrounded. THE CHURCH is a plain stone fabric, dedicated to All Saints, and consists of nave and chancel, with a small turret containing two bells; it is neatly pewed, and the roof is of groined timber. The pulpit is of white free stone exquisitely carved, and a new front has recently been added. The windows on the south side and at the west end were beautified, and had new mullions introduced in 1849, when other alterations and improvements were made by the incumbent. The living is a perpetual curacy returned at £66 in the patronage of the corporation of Shrewsbury; incumbent, Rev. William Jaudwine, M.A. THE INDEPENDENTS have a small chapel built in 1844; the congregation is under the pastoral care of the Rev. David Jones. CLIVE HALL, a plain substantial stone edifice in the Elizabethan style, was built by Daniel Wycherley, father of the poet William Wycherley; it is now the property of George Harding, Esq. SANSAW HALL, the residence of Captain Martin, a handsome and commodious brick residence, is delightfully situated in park-like grounds, and surrounded by lawns and shrubberies laid out with great taste and beauty. SHOOTERS’ HILL, another good house delightfully situated, is the property and residence of Mrs. Griffiths. Clive is said to have been the birth place of the poet Wycherley, though some affirm that he was born at Wem. Wycherley was one of the wits and poets of Charles II., and was born about the year 1640. After receiving an education at school, he was sent to France, where he embraced the Roman Catholic religion. A little before the restoration he returned to England, and entered as a gentleman commoner at Queen’s College, Oxford; but, being never matriculated, he quitted the university without a degree, and took chambers in the middle temple. He soon, however, deserted the law, and following the taste of that dissipated age, devoted himself to the composition of comedies. His first piece, “Love in a wood, or St. James’ Park,” made its first appearance in 1672, and quickly brought its author into notice. He was much esteemed by Villiers, the witty Duke of Buckingham, and was honoured with the attentions of his Majesty. His marriage with the Countess of Drogheda proved an unhappy one. His lady was excessively jealous of him, and though on her death a few years after, she settled her whole estate on her husband, the title was disputed, and he became so involved in his circumstances by law expenses and other incumbrances, that he was thrown into prison. He remained in confinement about seven years, when James II., going to see his comedy of “The Plain Dealer,” was so much delighted with it that he gave orders for the payment of the author’s debts, and granted him a pension of £200 a year. Wycherley died in 1675, at the age of 75. His posthumous works in prose and verse were published in 1728. Abbot James, carrier to Shrewsbury Cartwright Margaret, schoolmistress Done Richard, quarry master and bricklayer Green Hannah, shopkeeper Griffiths Mrs., Shooters Hill House Groom William, farmer Harding Miss Elizabeth, The Hall Harding Geo., farmer, Hall Farm Hill Ann, schoolmistress Huffa George, blacksmith Huffa Sarah, vict., Three Horse Shoes. Jones John, grocer, builder, and quarry master Lea George, farmer, Sansaw farm Lee Francis, farmer, Hopes. Martin Capt. Murrey, Sansaw Hall Massey Thomas Harris, farmer, The Wood Needham John, farmer Northwood Richard, farmer Parker Thomas, shopkeeper and cattle salesman Parr Lawrence, farmer, Clive farm Peters Edward, shoemaker Peters George, tailor Puliston Mrs. Charlotte Puliston Francis, farmer Smith Thomas, quarry master and stone mason Williams William, wheelwright Yeomans William, farmer, Holbrook LEATON township, four and a half miles N.W. by N. from Shrewsbury, in 1841 contained 60 houses and 245 inhabitants. John Arthur Lloyd, Esq., is the proprietor of the whole township, and resides at LEATON KNOLLS, a beautiful modern mansion, which has been erected about thirty years. The house stands on the acclivity of a hill, overlooking a romantic glen, planted with thriving plantations. The grounds are beautifully diversified with shrubberies and pleasant walks; and in no place in the county is there to be seen such a fine collection of rare shrubs and choice forest trees as are to be met at Leaton Knolls. Among the more remarkable objects is an extensive and valuable collection of the conifera tribe, with their curious and varied foliage. A short distance from the house a large plot of ground has been enclosed with a lofty brick wall, for a kitchen garden, which is now in course of formation. The house and a portion of the pleasure grounds stand within the bounds of Berwick township. There is also a neat free school, at the cross of roads, built in 1828, by John A. Lloyd, Esq., who also pays for the education of the children, of whom 35 attend. Leaton Hall, now a good farm residence, was built in 1683. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects the township, and has a station here. Bomere Heath is partly in this township and partly in Preston Gobalds. DIRECTORY.—John Arthur Lloyd, Esq., Leaton Knolls; Thomas Daighton, land agent, Leaton Lodge; Charles Kynaston, carpenter and beerhouse keeper, Bomere Heath; Richard Littlehales, shoemaker; John Morgan, schoolmaster; William Nevett, farmer, Leaton Hall; Oliver Francis, farm bailiff; Sarah Legh, farmer; John Wilson, gardener to J. H. Lloyd, Esq.; and William Withers, carpenter. NEWTON, a small township, comprising two farms only, is the property of the Hon. Henry Wentworth Powys, and Richard Betton, Esq., and is situated three and a half miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. At the census of 1841 there were 2 houses, and a population of 21 souls. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway passes through the township. The farm premises of Samuel Davies, at Cross Green, Berwick, are situated within the bounds of this parish. The resident farmers are Samuel Davies and Charles Kent. WOLLASCOTT, another small township in the parish of St. Mary’s, is situated four miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. In 1841 there were 4 houses and 23 inhabitants. John Arthur Lloyd, Esq., and Lady Tyrwhitt are the land owners. The occupants of the farms are James Teece and Richard Tonkies. HADNAL, OR HADNAL EASE, is a township and chapelry in the parish of Middle, five miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury. The village is pleasantly situated on the turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Chester, and contains some good farm houses and a commodious and respectable inn. The township contains 814A. 2R. 19P. of land. Viscount Hill is the principal land owner; besides whom Sir Andrew V. Corbet, Mr. Charles Woodward, Mr. Joseph Morris, Mrs. Wildig, and others, are also owners. The population in 1801 was 362; and in 1841 there were 92 houses and 429 souls in the chapelry, and 221 in the township. Rateable value, £1,119. 16s. 8d. Rent charge, £107. 18s. THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL is a neat stone edifice, mantled with ivy; it has a square castellated tower, ornamented with a clock, and the chapel is surrounded with a spacious cemetery, the margin of which is fringed with flourishing limes, yews, and fir trees, which give it a pleasing and rural appearance. In the east window are several fragments of stained glass, apparently of the date of the erection—the sixteenth century. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the rector of Middle, and enjoyed by the Rev. William Oliver, of Astley Lodge. In the Liber Ecclesiasticus the living is returned at £55. The annual value, however, now is upwards of £70, arising from the sum of £400, royal bounty, and the moiety of the rent of a farm in the township of Criggion, which was purchased with money belonging to the livings of Preston Gubbals, Hanwood, and Hadnal, by the then incumbent, who, in consequence of enjoying several benefices, was denominated “St. John of the Seven Churches.” The chapelry contains the townships of Alderton, Hardwick, Haston, Shotton, and Sneethcott. Rateable value of the chapelry, £5,614. 17s. 9d; acres, 2,418 0R. 20P. The Banasters, a family of considerable note in former times, had an estate and seat at Hadnal as early as the time of William the Conqueror. The hall was a spacious mansion of chequered timber work, and occupied a site near the episcopal chapel. The moat may still be traced, adjoining the turnpike road. Mr. Hulbert is of opinion that Hadnal Hall was the place where the Duke of Buckingham was betrayed by Humphrey Banaster, in 1483, from whence he was taken to Shrewsbury, and, without trial, beheaded, by command of Richard III. Thomas Banaster, of Hadnal, was sheriff of the county in 1403. PROVIDENCE GROVE is a neat house, the residence and property of Mr. Charles Hulbert, the author and publisher of an elaborate history of the county, and numerous other publications. On the 7th of January, 1839, an awfully destructive fire occurred at Providence Grove, and so rapid was the progress of the devouring element, that all the valuable property, consisting of a library of more than 3,000 volumes, manuscripts, curiosities, paintings, furniture, a large stock of new books and engravings, with the whole of the house, and a great portion of the houses adjoining, were consumed. The loss to the proprietor was irreparable, as only the premises were insured, and those at one half of their value. Mr. Hulbert has now arrived at a good old age, and is publishing an account of his own life, which he entitles “Seventy Years of an eventful Life.” THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, a neat stone fabric, was built in 1832. The congregation is under the pastoral care of the Rev. David James. THE FREE SCHOOL is endowed with £300, bequeathed by Dame Mary Hill, in 1787, who at the same time made the following bequests, viz., £30 towards building a school-house in Hadnal, £100 to the treasurer of the Salop Infirmary, the interest of £100 to be distributed among poor persons residing in Hadnal, the same amount for the benefit of the poor of Middle, and the residue of her personal estate for such charitable purposes as she by a codicil to her will should direct. The residue of the personal estate amounted to £1,305 2s. 5d., in respect of which £30 per annum is paid to a dissenting minister at Hadnal, £14 towards the support of the school, and £10 to Prees school. These several sums appear to be the interest of £1,200, at 4½ per cent.; it is stated the balance, £105. 2s. 5d. was applied in building the school at Weston. In respect of the £300 bequeathed to Hadnal school, £12 per annum as the interest thereof is paid to the teacher. It does not appear that any new trustees have been appointed for carrying into effect the trusts declared in the will of Dame Mary Hill. The management has therefore continued in that family. It is stated in the parliamentary returns of 1786, that Mr. Watkins gave £15 for the use of the poor of Hadnal. About thirty years ago Sir Andrew Corbet gave £10, on the marriage of his son, for the same purpose. These two sums are in the hands of Viscount Hill, and he pays 20s. annually as the interest thereof. Birch William, provision dealer Brittain Mr. Thomas Brookes Benjamin, farmer Cooper the Misses, the Academy Davies John, farmer Dodd Samuel, blacksmith Ellis William, farmer Heath Thomas, provision dealer and boot and shoe maker Hulbert Charles, author and publisher, Providence grove James David, Independent minister Lee William, farmer Leech John, farmer Leech Sarah, schoolmistress Payne Stephen, farmer Powell John, wheelwright Preston John, farmer Walton Ann, vict., Saracen’s head ALDERTON, a township and village in the chapelry of Hadnal, three miles N.N.W. from the latter place, contains 239A. 3R. 37P. of land, the owners of which are Mrs. Minor, Miss Corbett, and Mr. William Teece. Population in 1841, twenty-five. Rateable value, £410. 6s. 8d. Rent charge, £54. 5s. The resident farmers are John Clay, Cornelius Maddocks, and Richard Williams. The following are resident in the village of Alderton, but situated within the boundaries of the parish of Broughton, viz.: Joseph Mullinex, blacksmith; William Sutton, wheelwright; and Richard Williams, blacksmith. HARDWICK, is a small township about a mile north from Hadnal, which comprises 372A. 2R. 1P. of land, the rateable value of which is £551. 6s. 2d. Inhabitants in 1841, thirteen. Rent charge, £23. HARDWICK HALL, a handsome mansion delightfully situated in a well wooded park, was the country seat of that distinguished warrior, the late General Lord Hill, who greatly improved the hall and pleasure grounds, and erected a handsome lodge of Grinshill free stone, at the entrance from the Shrewsbury turnpike road. A more detailed account of this illustrious commander, who spent his last years amidst the rural beauties of Hardwick, has been given at a preceding page. The property is now vested in Viscount Hill, and the Misses Hill reside at Hardwick Hall. Robert Blantern, Hardwick Grange, is the only resident farmer in this township. HASTON township, situated one mile W.W. by N. from Hadnal, contains about 400 acres of good land, the owners of which are Viscount Hill, Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., and Messrs. Richard and William Boodle Pickstock. Rateable value of the township, £574. 18s. 6d. Population in 1841, 78, Rent charge, £62. There are two respectable farm residences in this place, one of which has recently been built by the Messrs. Pickstock. The resident farmers are Mr. George Blantern and Messrs. Richard and William Boodle Pickstock. SHOTTON, a small township pleasantly situated on elevated ground, two miles N.W. from Hadnal, contains 230A. 2R. 13P. of land, the rateable value of which is £417. 4s. 6d. Colonel Watkins owns the whole township. The number of inhabitants at the census in 1841 were twenty-two, at which period the land was divided into two farms. Within the last few years the two farms have been united, and the whole township is now farmed by Mr. John Groome. The tithes are commuted for £54. 5s. SMETHCOTT township, situated a mile and a half W. by N. from Hadnal, in 1841 had a population of seventy souls. The houses are scattered, and the land is well timbered, which gives the whole a pleasing and rural appearance. The township contains 588A. 0R. 28P. of land, the owners of which are Mrs. Sarah Bayley and the two Mr. Edward Groomes. Rent charge, £92. 3s. 6d. Rateable value, £767. 9s. 1d. The Black Birches is a handsome and pleasantly situated house, the property and residence of Mrs. Sarah Bayley; besides whom, Mr. Francis Lloyd Bayley, Mr. Edward Groome, farmer, and Mr. Edward Groome, farmer, are residents in this township. PRESTON GUBBALS OR GOBALDS is a parish township, and small village 4½ miles N. from Shrewsbury, on the turnpike road from that town to Chester. The township contains 1350A. 3R. 5P. of land, the principal owner of which is Lady Tyrwhitt; R. R. Slaney, Esq., M.P., is a small proprietor, and there are also a few small freeholders. The former is lady of the manor and impropriatoress. Population in 1801, 313, and in 1841, 388. Rateable value, £1,386. This place is said to have derived its name from one Godebalte, a clerk to Roger de Montgomery, and was anciently called the priests town of Godebalte, which eventually became corrupted to Preston Gubbals. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Martin, is a small fabric of primitive simplicity, with a porch on the south side, composed of massive oak timber; the living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Prees, and is endowed with a farm at Criggion, in Montgomeryshire, of 58A. 3R., with a sheep walk of about 28 acres; the Rev. William Stephens Burd, M.A., is the incumbent, and resides at a neat residence near the church, which has been built with the intention of attaching it to the living. There is a small library, of standard divinity, in the vestry of the church, which was given by Charles Mather, Esq., for the use of the officiating clergyman. The tithes are commuted for £170. This township includes a portion of Bomere Heath, where there are a number of small cottages, and a Wesleyan New Connexion chapel within the bounds of it. In the parliamentary returns of 1786 it is stated that Richard Brethens in 1777 bequeathed £100 for the benefit of the poor of Preston Gobalds; the interest is usually laid out in coals, and distributed among the most deserving poor of the parish. Besides the farmers given in the directory, John B. Minor, Esq., holds the Lea Hall farm in the township. There are 220 acres of wood land in the parish. DIRECTORY.—Rev. William Stevens Burd, M.A.; _Farmers_, Edward Acton, Robert Hales, and Richard Poole; William Littlehales, wheelwright; William Thompson, wood bailiff to Lady Tyrwhitt. MERRINGTON township, 1¼ miles N.W. from Preston Gobalds, and 5½ N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, contains 898A. 1R. 26P. of land, which is the property of Lady Tyrwhitt, except one farm held by R. R. Slaney, Esq., M.P. The population in 1841 was returned at 188 souls, at which time there were 46 houses. Rateable value, £1073 5s. 6d. This township comprises a considerable portion of BOMERE HEATH, which was enclosed upwards of forty years ago; it is now the most densely populated part of the township, and consists chiefly of small detached cottages, with a few acres of land or a garden plot attached to each cottage. Here is an Independent chapel, a Wesleyan chapel, and a Wesleyan New Connexion chapel, not far from each other, the two former are in this township, and the latter in Preston Gobalds township. There is also a free school for all the children in the parish, which is supported by R. R. Slaney. About two-thirds of the land in Merrington is arable, a deep loamy soil prevails in some places, and in other parts a cold clay. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_, John Jones, Joseph Kent, William Kent, John Shore, and William Shore; William Dodd, blacksmith; the rest are at Bomere Heath, Richard Ellis, shoemaker; James Holmes, contractor; Martha Owen, butcher; John Price shopkeeper; and John Wright, schoolmaster. UFFINGTON is a parish and small village delightfully situated on the banks of the Severn, three miles E.N.E. from Shrewsbury. The parish contains 1309A. 3R. 9P. of land, and forms a part of the Sundorne domain, which is the property of Andrew William Corbett, Esq. At the census of 1801 the population was returned at 120 souls and in 1841 there were 32 houses and 163 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1804. 19s. The picturesque beauty of the village, surrounded by a lovely and fertile country, and its contiguity to Haughmond Hill, which commands a most delightful view of the surrounding district, causes this to be a place of much attraction in the summer season for pleasure parties from Shrewsbury and other places. There is a good inn, with a spacious bowling green, which is kept in admirable order, where parties may recreate themselves and have every attention and comfort at a moderate charge, from the worthy host of the “Corbet Arms.” A spacious room which opens upon the bowling green will accommodate nearly a hundred persons. About half a mile east from Uffington is HAUGHMOND HILL, from the summit of which is seen a most beautiful, panoramic view of the fertile plains of Shropshire, the lofty steeples of its ancient capital, the windings of the graceful Severn, and in the distance the blue mountains of Wales, whilst in the foreground is seen the stately mansion of Sundorne Castle, adorned with battlements and turrets, which forcibly reminds us of the beautiful lines of Mrs. Hemans:— The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O’er all the pleasant land. Upon the summit of the hill has been built a castellated tower, which is a conspicuous object for many miles around. Near the tower is a steep crag, down which the Earl of Douglas leaped with his horse, on being closely pursued, after his escape from the battle of Shrewsbury. He was seriously injured by this daring act, and on his being taken prisoner, the king set him at liberty, in admiration of his valour. THE CHURCH, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a small fabric of venerable appearance, with a porch on the south side, and a small belfry. The interior harmonizes with the simplicity of the structure. The font is large and circular. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £49, in the patronage of Andrew William Corbett, Esq.; incumbent, Rev. John Oliver Hopkins, M.A. In the churchyard are several fine old yew trees. PIMLEY HOUSE is a handsome residence, pleasantly situated about a quarter of a mile from the village. It stands on a gentle acclivity rising from the Severn, and commands some fine prospects. The house was completed in 1849; it is of brick, with stone finishings, exhibiting the Elizabethan style of architecture. Pimley House is the occasional residence of Andrew William Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle. A NEAT SCHOOLHOUSE and residence for the teachers was built in 1849, on the turnpike road leading to Shrewsbury, by A. W. Corbet, Esq., who also munificently supports the institution, which is free to all the children of the tenants upon the Sundorne estate. There is also a good Sunday school nearly opposite the church. This parish is intersected by the river Severn, and the Shropshire union canal. Corbet Andrew William, Esq., Sundorne Castle, and Pimley House Allen John, farmer, corn miller, and brick and tile makers Bullock Richard, blacksmith Davies John, farm bailiff, Pimley Evans John, farmer Evans Robert Lloyd, gentleman Grice Thomas, vict., Corbet Arms Hazledine John and Co., coal merchants; John Mabury, agent Heath Thomas, shoemaker Hopkins Rev. John Oliver, M.A., Parsonage Jarratt Stephen, schoolmaster Ralphs Samuel, carpenter and clerk Sproston Edward, tailor THE OSWESTRY HUNDRED. The Oswestry hundred is bounded on the east by the hundred of Pimhill, on the north and west by Denbighshire, and on the south-west by Montgomeryshire. The river Ceiriog bounds the hundred at the northern extremity, and the Vernieu and the Severn form the southern boundary. The population of this hundred in 1821 was 17,189; and in 1841, 19,858, of whom 3,956 were in the lower division of the hundred, and 15,902 in the upper division. Of the total number of inhabitants at the latter period, 9,805 were males, and 10,054 females. The lower division of the hundred contains the following parishes and townships, viz., Cotton, Dovaston, Eardiston, Edgerley, Felton West, Haughton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Kynaston, Maesbrook Issa, Maesbrook Ucha, Melverley, Osbaston, Rednal, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Sandford, Shelvock, Shotatton, Sutton, Tedsmore, Twyford, Tyricoed, Woolston, and Wykey. The upper division contains Aston Abertanatt, Berghill, Blodwell, Bryn, Cynynion, Crickheath, Daywell, Ebnall, Fernhill, Frankton, Halston, Henlle, Hindford, Hisland, Ifton Rhyn, Llanvorda, Llanyblodwell, Llanytidman, Llanymyneck, Lynclys, Maesburg, Marton Old, Martin St., Middleton, Morton, Oswestry, Pentregaer, Porkington, Selattyn, Sychtyn, Sweeney, Treprenal, Trefarclawdd, Treflach, Trefonen, Weston Cotton, Weston Rhyn, Whittington, and Wootton. HALSTON, an Extra-parochial Liberty, three-quarters of a mile east from Whittington, and three and a quarter miles E.N.E. from Oswestry, contains upwards of 500 acres of land, which is the property of Edmund Wright, Esq., of Halston Hall. This place formerly belonged to the Knights Templars, or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. It is called in deeds Halystone, or Holystone, and was formerly a sanctuary. Meyrick Lloyd, lord of some part of Uwch Ales, in the reign of Richard I., would not submit to the English government, to which the hundred of Dyffryn Clwydd, and several others, were at that time subject; and having seized some English officers, who came there to execute the laws, put several of them to death. From this fact the lands were forfeited to the king, and Lloyd fled and took sanctuary at Halston, where its possessor, John Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, received him under his protection. It was given by this family to the Knights Templars, and in the 26th of Henry VIII. we find the commandary valued at £160. 14s. 10d. a-year. On the abolition of this religious order, King Henry VIII. empowered John Sewster, Esq., to dispose of this manor to Alan Horde, who made an exchange with Edward Mytton, Esq., which alienation was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth. Halston was the birth place of the celebrated General Mytton, who was born in 1608. By his courage and conduct many strongholds in North Wales and Shropshire were subdued, and he greatly distinguished himself in several battles. An ardent love of liberty, it seems, was the motive which governed his conduct; for finding that Cromwell’s views were ambitious, he resigned his command and retired. General Mytton died in London, in 1656: his remains were conveyed to Shrewsbury, and interred in St. Chad’s church. The church or chapel is a small fabric, situated in the park, about five hundred yards from the south front of the hall. The interior is neatly fitted up, and contains an ancient font, of an octagonal shape, rudely carved; an old stone coffin which has been dug up, lies near the tower. The living is a donative, without any other revenue than what the chaplain is allowed by the owner. The Halston estate, after being held by the Myttons from the time of Henry VIII. to the present century was sold in 1817 to Edmund Wright, Esq., the present proprietor. The hall, a spacious and elegant mansion of brick with a stone portico, has been greatly improved by the present owner. It is beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies, and opens into a beautiful and finely-timbered park of about 200 acres. Near the front of the hall is a fine sheet of water, and the river Perry, a small stream, takes its course through the park. The kitchen gardens are in a sheltered situation a little west from the hall, and cover upwards of five acres. Pineries and greenhouses are now in course of erection. At the census of 1841, Halston is returned as containing three houses and thirty-four inhabitants. DIRECTORY.—Edmund Wright, Esq., Halston Hall; Charles Galloway, gardener, the Hall; Thomas Ward, farmer, Kinsall. KINNERLEY parish contains the townships of Kinnerley and Argoed, Dovaston, Edgerley, Kynaston, Maesbrook Issa, Maesbrook Ucha, Osbaston, and Tyrycoed, which together have an area of 5,891A. 2R. 28P. of land. Rateable value, £7,761. 9s. 9d. Rent charge, £942. 1s., of which £170 is apportioned to the vicar, and £772. 1s. to the impropriators. Population in 1801, 1,110; in 1841, 1,286. KINNERLEY AND ARGOED, a township and pleasantly situated village, seven miles S.E. from Oswestry, and twelve miles N.W. by W. from Shrewsbury, contains 848A. 0R. 9P. of land, mostly an undulating district, producing good wheat and barley. The principal land owners are Edward Downes, Esq.; John Morris, Esq.; Mr. John Doune; Rev. Thomas Frank; Mr. John Hilton; Mr. William Parkes; Mr. John Lewis; Mr. Thomas Barlow; Mr. Henry Bowman; Mr. Edward Baddow; Mr. John Pugh; Mr. Edward Evans; the vicar of Kinnerley; Mr. Jones; Mr. Griffiths; and others. George Edwards, Esq., is lord of the manor, and holds a court, the jurisdiction of which extends over Kinnerley Argoed and Edgerley. It is stated in ancient records that Kinnerley Castle was plundered and destroyed by Llewellyn, prince of Wales, during the early part of the reign of Henry III. We afterwards find that he was compelled to promise to make satisfaction for the injury he had done; but it appears the restoration of the castle never took place. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, is built of red sandstone, and has a square tower, with the date of 1600. The nave and chancel were enlarged and beautified in 1755. There are several beautiful monuments in the church, one of which remembers the Rev. John Bridgeman, D.D., bishop of Chester, who died in 1719. In the tower are three fine-toned bells, which were re-cast at Kinnerley. It is related that a farmer returning from Shrewsbury fair, where he had sold two cows named Dobbin and Golden, passing the furnace, was asked what he would give towards the new bells, when he jocularly replied that he would give Dobbin and Golden, at the same time emptying a large handkerchief of silver coin into the furnace. From this circumstance the bells have ever since been called Dobbin and Golden. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £7. 6s. 8d.; now returned at £114; in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Edmund Wolryche Orlando Bridgeman. The vicarial tithes of this township are commuted for £18. 12s. 2d.; and £103. 4s. 6d. are paid to Mrs. Tayleur, and £2. 16s. 6d. to other impropriators. There are 30A. 1R. of glebe land. The tithes formerly belonged to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, in whom the patronage of the living was also vested. CHARITIES.—_John Payne_ left £6, _Edward Payne_ a yearly sum of 4s., and _Richard Payne_ the sum of 10s. yearly, for the benefit of the poor. These sums are secured upon a piece of land in Lwynygo. _Nicholas Thornes_ bequeathed £10, _Roger Thornes_ a like sum, and _Thomas Thornes_ £5, which gifts are secured upon land in Edgerley township, called Brokist. _Mr. Kynaston_ gave the interest of £10 to the poor; _Elizabeth Morgan_ bequeathed £50. _Henry Morgan_ a rent charge of 10s. per annum. The three last bequests are secured on land in Melverley. A yearly sum of £2 is paid to the churchwardens from land which was formerly the property of the Hanmer family. There are two pieces of land in Edgerley, the rent of which, £2. 17s. 6d. per annum, is received by the churchwardens, but from whom it was derived is not known. The amount of these rents, with the produce of the several charities above mentioned, being £11. 7s. 6d. per annum, are distributed in small sums on Good Friday. _Roger Gethin_ left £40, which was laid out in the purchase of two small crofts in Tyr-y-coed, for the benefit of the poor. The land produces £3. 10s. yearly. _John Hickin_ left a rent charge of 10s. yearly, and the poor have a like sum yearly from the bequest of _Margaret Dyos_—noticed with Great Ness. _Hester Farmer_, in 1691, gave the rent of a close every fourth year, to be distributed among the poor of Kinnerley. The field is now let for £23 per annum:—See the charities of St. Chad, Shrewsbury. POST OFFICE—_At Mr. Jonathan Rodgers_. Letters arrive from Oswestry at 11.30, and are despatched at 2 40 P.M. Barrett Richard, grocer and provision dealer Bather Thomas, grocer, druggist and seedsman, wholesale and retail Beddow Thomas, carrier to Oswestry and Shrewsbury Bevan Edward, thrashing machine and drill man Bridgeman Rev. Edmund W. O., vicarage Croft William, farmer Davies Thomas, blacksmith Davies William, shoemaker Downes Edward, Esq., Argoed hall Glover Timothy, carrier to Oswestry and Shrewsbury Griffiths Edward, carpenter Griffiths Joseph, wheelwright Hanmer John, corn miller Jones Richard, shoemaker, Argoed Morgan John, farmer Morris John, farmer Morris Richard, shoemaker Parkes William, grocer and vict., Cross Keys Pugh John, maltster and farmer Roberts Edward, cooper Rodgers Elizabeth, boarding and day school Rodgers Henry, painter and glazier Rodgers Henry, farmer Rodgers Jonathan, vestry and parish clerk and assistant overseer Rodgers Jonathan, vict., Swan Inn Thornes Mr. Henry, Argoed farm DOVASTON township is pleasantly situated one mile and a half N.E. from Kinnerley, and seven and a half S.E. from Oswestry, and contains 353A. 2R. 10P. of land. In 1841 there were 39 houses and 157 inhabitants. Rateable value, £725. 8s. 6d. The soil is good pasture land, and, being a mixture of peat and loam, produces good barley. The Earl of Bradford is the lord of the manor; and the principal landowners are J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq., Mr. Richard Candlin, Mr. John Frank, Mr. John Hilton, Mr. James Jones, Mr. Joseph Lloyd, Mr. John Mansell, the Vicar of Kinnerley, Millington Hospital, Mrs. Thornes, Mr. Thomas Pugh, and Mr. Henry Whitford. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £6. 17s. 8d., and the rectorial for £36. 3s. 1d. Bennion John and Edward, carpenters Bevan John, farmer and carrier Butler Samuel, farmer Cambage George, farmer Davies David, carpenter, The Heath Davies Thomas, sawyer Davis William, carrier Edwards Richard, stone-mason Griffiths Edward, sawyer, Knuckin Heath Griffiths Samuel, carpenter Grindley George, farmer Jones Thomas, shoemaker Jones Thomas, farmer Lloyd John, wheelwright, The Heath Mansell John, farmer EDGERLEY, a scattered village and township in the parish of Kinnerley, three miles and a quarter S. from Kinnerley church, contains 1383A. 0R. 9P. of land, and in 1841 had a population of 265 souls and 64 houses. Rateable value, £1,694, 4s. 8d. The rectorial tithes are commuted for £120. 18s. 4d., and the vicarial for £44. 9s. 9d. The following are the chief landowners:—The Earl of Bradford, Mr. Thomas Bather, Mr. James Candlin, E. H. Dymock, Esq., Mr. John Comberbach, Sir B. Leighton, Bart., Thomas Mansell, Esq., Mr. Owens, Mr. Parker, Messrs. Rogers, Rev. William Thomas, and others. George Edwards, Esq., is lord of the manor. PENTRE is a small scattered hamlet, in the township of Edgerley, where is a venerable ash tree of immense girth, remarkable as standing upon a site where the dioceses of Hereford, Lichfield and Coventry, and St. Asaph, all unite. It also marks the division of the parishes of Great Ness and Kinnerley. Croxen Richard Jones, Esq. Davies Mrs. Elizabeth, Edgerley Hall Davies John, farmer Davies Richard R., butcher Edwards Richard, tailor Evans Robert, mason Heatley E., Brookhouse farm Higginson Saml., victualler, Royal Hill Inn Hopkins Richard, gardener Jones John, farmer and butcher Jones Thomas, farmer Jones William, farmer Lloyd John, wheelwright Lloyd Samuel, farmer Newall Thomas, farmer Owens Robert, farmer Price Jeremiah, farmer Pritchard Thomas, horse breaker Rigley Smith, beerhouse & shopkeeper Rodgers William, farmer Roberts William, farmer Williams John, bricklayer Williams William, farmer & grazier KYNASTON is a small township, mostly an undulating district, with a fertile soil, one mile and a half S.E. by S. from Kinnerley, and nine miles from Oswestry. In 1841 here were 32 houses and 135 inhabitants. The township contains 517A. 1R. 39P. of land, of which 245 acres are arable, 240 meadow, 11 woodland, and the remainder in gardens and homesteads. The landowners are the Earl of Bradford, Mrs. Eleanor Bather, Rev. S. S. Burroughs, Mr. John Candlin, John Hilton, Esq., Mr. William Duckett, Mr. Thomas N. Parker, and Mrs. Thornes. The tithes were commuted in 1836, when £11 was apportioned to the vicar, and £61 to the impropriators. The Independents and the Primitive Methodists have each a small chapel in this township. DIRECTORY.—Farmers: John Candlin, John Mansell, William Probert, William Rodgers, and William Rodgers, jun. William Davies, tailor. MAESBROOK ISSA, a township situated two miles S.W. by S. from Kinnerley, and seven and a quarter miles from Oswestry, contains 864A. 3R. 28P. of land, and in 1841 had 19 houses and a population of 101 souls. Rateable value, £1,226. 17s. 2d. Of the land, 254A. 1R. 27P. are arable, 584A. 0R. 33P. rich meadow land, and the remainder 24A. 2R. 12P. are in homesteads. The land has an undulating surface, and the soil is a stiff loam, producing good wheat and barley. The land owners are the Earl of Bradford, Mr. Richard Bennett, Mr. R. J. Croxon, Mr. John Edmunds, Mr. John Frank, The Earl of Liverpool, Mr. James Payne, Mr. Richard Savage, Mr. Hugh Skelhorn, the executors of William Shuker, and the Vicar of Kinnerley. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor. The vicarial tithes were commuted in 1845 for £25, and the large tithes for £103. 2s. 6d. The freeholders are the impropriators. PENTREHEYLIN HALL, a delightfully situated residence commanding beautiful views of the country, is the property of Richard Jones Croxen, Esq., and residence of Mr. John Edwards. The farm premises are spacious and admirably arranged. The cattle are chiefly stall fed; there are stalls for feeding 90 head of cattle, besides accommodation for upwards of fifty milk cows. The cheese made is of a superior quality. Bennett Catherine, farmer Brown Mrs. Elizabeth, Pentre Parva House Brown Joseph, farmer Davies John, farmer and corn miller Edwards John, farmer, Pentreheylin Edwards John and Sons, cattle dealers Howells Samuel, wheelwright Jones Edward, grocer, draper, and general provision dealer Lloyd John, farmer, The Grove Pritchard Samuel, farmer Skelhorn Hugh, farmer MAESBROOK UCHA is a pleasant village and township, containing some genteel residences, two miles and a half W. from Kinnerley and seven miles S. from Oswestry. The township contains 1060A. 3R. 36P. of superior land; the meadows producing an abundance of vegetation, on which large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle are grazed. The land stretches to the extreme western verge of the county, and is separated from Montgomeryshire by the river Vernieu. The up-land has a gravelly soil, and produces wheat, barley, and oats. In 1841 here were 49 houses and 264 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,461. 4s. 1d. The land owners are the Earl of Bradford, Richard Croxen, Esq., George Edwards, Esq., the Earl of Liverpool, James Payne, Esq., Mr. Evan Arthur, Mr. William Shuker, William Taylor, Esq., John William Thornes, Esq., Rev. Mr. Thomas, Samuel Ward, Esq., and others are also proprietors. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £37 was apportioned to the Vicar of Kinnerley, £146. 19s. 9d. to Mrs. Tayleure, and £9. 2s. 6d. to Samuel Ward, Esq. PENTRA UCHA HALL, the residence of Frederic Alexander Payne, Esq., is a handsome stuccoed mansion, commanding beautiful views of the surrounding country. DYFFRYD HOUSE is the property and residence of William Taylor, Esq., celebrated as a breeder and feeder of superior stock. The house is pleasantly situated near the banks of the Vernieu, and the farm premises exhibit a pattern of completeness. The turnpike road from Burlton to Llanymyneck crosses the township. The Baptists and the Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship here. Adams John, painter, plumber, and glazier Breadley Richard, wheelwright Davies Edmund, butcher Davies John, gentleman, Greenfield House Davies John, farmer Davies Thomas, farmer Davies Thomas, farmer and carrier Dean Thomas, painter, plumber, and glazier Grindley John, farmer Hayes George, grocer and vict., Black Horse Lawrence Samuel, farmer Lewis John, farmer Lloyd John, farmer Payne Frederick Alexander, Esq., Pentra Ucha Hall Perry Edward, farmer, The Wood Ridge Mrs., farmer, The Field Rodgers John, farmer Taylor William, farmer and grazier, Dyffryd House Tudor John, blacksmith Ward Charlotte, farmer Ward Samuel, gentleman, The Wood OSBASTON township, two miles N.W. by W. from Kennerley, and 5½ miles S. from Oswestry, contains 558A. 3R. 11P. of land, and in 1841 had 23 houses and 125 inhabitants. Rateable value, £757 18s. 6d., of the land; 259A. are meadows and pasture 267 areable, and 8 acres are in wood and homesteads. The soil is a mixture of marl and sand; the farmhouses are well built and provided with convenient out premises. The principal landowners are the Earl of Bradford; Mr. Thomas Clemson; J. F. M. Doveston, Esq., Mrs. Ann Williams; John Jones, Esq.; Mrs. Jones; Mr. James Knight; Rev. E. H. Dymock; J. J. Thomas, Esq.; and Mr. Samuel Ward. The tithes were commuted in 1848, when £120 was apportioned to John E. Pugh, Esq., the impropriator, and £17 5s. to the vicar of Kennerley. The following are the principal residents, viz.: Capt. Thomas Evans, R.N., Osbaston Wood; _Farmers_, Thomas Griffiths, James Knight, Edward Pugh, and George Peacock; George Bate, gardener; John Lloyd, blacksmith; and John Rogers, tailor and clothier. TIR-Y-COED, a scattered township 1½ mile S.W. from Kennerley, and 8½ S.S. by W. from Oswestry, in 1841 had 7 houses and 29 inhabitants, and has 305A. 0R. 3P. of land, of which 105 are arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture. The soil is chiefly a strong loam. Rateable value, £363 9s. 6d. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £9 was appropriated to the vicar and £51. 9s. to the impropriators. The chief landowners are Sir Edward C. Disbrowe Knt., Mr. David Adams, Mr. Richard Downes, Trustees of Millington Hospital, Mr. William Downes, Mr. William Duckett, Rev. E. Dymock, Mr. John Edmunds, Mr. John Jones, Mr. James Payne, Mrs. Thornes, Mr. John Suckley and others. The residents are John Gittins, gentleman; William Richards, farmer, The Field; Joseph Evans, bricklayer; and William Rogers, basket maker. KNOCKIN, a parish and pleasant rural village, contains several genteel residences, and is situated six miles S.S.E. from Oswestry, and twelve miles N.W. by W. from Shrewsbury. It has 1389A. 3R. 16P. of land, and had in 1801 210 inhabitants, in 1831 311, and in 1841 54 houses and 271 souls. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam. The returns of 1841 include Heath Farm an extra parochial liberty, having two houses and seven persons. Rateable value, £1,982. 1s. The principal land owners are the Earl of Bradford; Joseph Lloyd, Esq.; Mrs. Sarah Jones; Richard Hilton, Esq.; John Hilton, Esq.; Mrs. Ann Williams; Mr. Thomas Higginson; Mr. William Thomas; Edware Downes, Esq.; Edward Parry, Esq.; and lady Tyrhwitt. There are also several smaller freeholders. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor, and holds a court at the Bradford Arms. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, a small handsome structure in the early English style of architecture, was re-built in 1847 of red sand stone. The interior has a very chaste and elegant appearance, and the fabric exhibits some fine specimens of decorated workmanship. The living is a rectory in the patronage of the Earl of Bradford, enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Ridsdale, a non-resident. The Rev. F. B. Foulkes is the officiating minister. The tithes are commuted for £325. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL and residence for the teacher is a neat building, erected by the Earl of Bradford. It is supported by subscriptions and a small charge from each scholar. The income is about £60 per annum. KNOCKIN HALL, situate on the east side of the village, a spacious mansion of brick, is the seat of the Hon. Captain Charles Orlando Bridgeman. It stands on a gentle eminence commanding delightful views into Wales. The interior is finely adorned with antique carved furniture, and the walls are ornamented with valuable and beautifully executed paintings. The park is small, but pleasingly diversified with graceful undulations, and enriched with fine timber. A beautiful avenue leads to the hall. THE KNOCKIN HEATH FARM, situated about two miles S.E. from the church, contains 350A., and is the residence of John Cooke, Esq. THE HALL FARM, an extensive range of premises a short distance from the village, is the residence of Richard Hilton, Esq. Knockin is said to have given name to the ancient family of L’Estrange, who built KNOCKIN CASTLE, and fixed their seat here. Guy L’Estrange had three sons, Guy, Hamon, and John, all of whom held lands in Shropshire by gift of Henry II. The younger, Guy, was sheriff of this county from the 2nd to the 11th of Henry II.; other branches of the family were subsequently appointed knights of the shire. Ralph, son of the above Guy, gave the chapel of Knockin to the canons of Haughmond. John L’Estrange, in the 33rd of Henry III., procured a market for the town on Tuesday, and a fair on the eve, day, and day after the anniversary of the decollation of St. John Baptist. Madoc, who was at the head of an insurrection against the king’s officers of North Wales, marched against Lord L’Estrange and defeated him at Knockin. The male line of the family failing in John L’Estrange in the 17th of Edward IV., who leaving an only daughter Joan, she married George Stanley, who was created Earl of Derby by Henry VIII. The title of Knockin is still kept up, though the family is extinct; the eldest son of the Derby family being styled Lord Strange. The castle was demolished during the civil wars in the time of King John. At present there is scarcely a vestige remaining. Some of the stones were used to build the churchyard walls, and a bridge over the brook, and a large quantity of them were carried away to mend the roads. The fairs and market have long been obsolete. Bridgeman The Hon. Capt. Charles Orlando, R.N., Knockin Hall Adams Mr., painter, plumber, and glazier Barrett Thomas, farmer and vict., Bradford Arms Barneby Alban M., schoolmaster Burroughs John, vict., Cross Keys Cooke John, farmer, Heath house Davies Edward, farmer Davies Edward, farmer, Heath Farm Evans John, butler Evans Mrs., shopkeeper and baker Foulkes Rev. F. B., The Wain Griffiths Alice, farmer Griffiths Edward, farmer and land agent Griffiths Edward, builder and contractor Gwynne George, cooper Haustin William, tailor Hilton John, Esq., farmer, Knockin House Hilton Richard, farmer, Hall Farm Jones John, joiner and carpenter Jones John, surveyor and collector Lloyd Joseph, builder and contractor Lloyd William, farmer Maddox John, veterinary surgeon Maddox William, blacksmith Maddox William, assistant overseer and collector Morris John, tailor Morris Samuel, grazier and butcher Price William, butcher Price S. M., shopkeeper Ratcliffe James, shopkeeper Ratcliffe Richard, saddler and harness maker Roberts Thomas, boot and shoemaker Thomas William, farmer * * * * * LLANYBLODWELL is a parish on the western verge of Shropshire, adjoining the county of Denbigh, comprising the townships of Abertannat, Blodwell, Bryn, and Lynclys, which together, at the census of 1841, contained a population of 961 souls and 200 houses. The parish is bounded on the east by Offa’s-dyke, noticed at the preceding page. ABERTANNAT, a village and township one mile S.E. from Blodwell, contains 1073A. 3R. 17P. of land, 19 houses, and 102 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,135. 12s 5d. The land has mostly a strong soil, upon the limestone, considered good for grazing purposes. The proprietors are Lord Godolphin and John Hamor, Esq. Earl Powis is lord of the manor. The tithes have been commuted for £90. 2s. 2d., of which £39. 7s. has been apportioned to the Rev. R. Williams; £13. 9s. 10d. to the Rev. R. M. H. Hughes; and £37. 5s. 4d. to the Rev. John Parker. ABERTANNAT HALL is the pleasantly situated mansion of John Edwards, Esq. The scenery in the vicinity is most beautiful and picturesque. Upon the towering heights of some of the hills are seen prospects of unbounded extent. The lands abound with game, and the rippling stream of the Tanat meanders at the foot of the hills, well stocked with trout and other fish. DIRECTORY.—John Edwards, Esq., The hall; James Davies, farmer, Llan; Robert Edwards, farmer, Cafn; Thomas Jones, shopkeeper; Charles Jones, gamekeeper; John Jones, farmer, Garth-issa; William Jones, farmer, Gath-ucha; Richard Jones, gamekeeper; William Lloyd, blacksmith and vict., Horse Shoe Inn; Richard Lewis, farmer, Tynycoed; John Morgan, huntsman; William Pritchard, farmer, Cafn; Matthew Roberts, schoolmaster. BLODWELL is a pleasant village in a hilly and romantic country, six miles S.S.W. from Oswestry, having 87 houses and 384 inhabitants. The township contains 1677A. 1R. 18P. of land. Rateable value, £1777, 1s. 9d. Gross estimated rental, £1989 18s. 9d. The principal landowners are the Earl of Powis, Earl of Bradford, Mrs. Aubrey, Rev. John Parker, John Bonner, Esq.; John Edwards, Esq.; and John George Edwards, Esq.; the former is lord of the manor. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Michael, is a venerable fabric, the exterior of which is now undergoing a complete reparation at the expense of the present incumbent. The body of the church is divided into two compartments, and has a pitched roof, supported by columns and arches in the Norman style of architecture. The chancel is tastefully decorated, and contains a splendid stained glass window; it is fitted up with stalls, and separated from the body of the church by an antique oak screen, richly carved. The church has had additions and alterations made at several different periods; in 1835 the accommodation of the church was increased by the addition of 47 sittings. The chancel contains several handsome memorials, one of which remembers the Bridgemans, of Blodwell; another very elegantly designed is commemorative of the late Sir John Bridgeman, Bart.; there are also monuments to the Godolphins, Matthews, and others. The living is a vicarage valued in the king’s books at £7. 12s. 6d., and now returned at £271 in the patronage of the bishop of St. Asaph, and incumbency of the Rev. John Parker, M.A. Divine service is performed alternately in the Welsh and English languages. The vicarage is a modern and commodious erection of brick, in the decorative style, with ornamental chimneys, and is situated a short distance from the church; a considerable portion of the house has been built by the present incumbent. The bishop of St. Asaph is the impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £211 9s. 6d., and the small tithes payable to the vicar are commuted for £36. 9s. 3d. BLODWELL HALL, a modern stuccoed mansion delightfully situated, is the residence of William Lyons, Esq. The hills above the hall command a scene of sublimity and beauty, perhaps unsurpassed in any part of Wales. The summits of innumerable mountains are seen at once, rising in every variety of ridge, the distant in softest azure, and the near clothed in the richest verdure, with hanging woods, fertile meadows, and the bright rivers, Vernieu and Tanat, meandering at the foot of the hills, on their way to join the sunny waters of the magnificent Severn. Turning towards England, a perfect contrast is presented, in the fertile and expansive plains of Shropshire, richly wooded, and profuse in luxuriant vegetation, terminated on the south by the noble Wrekin, and on the north and east by the faint outline of the distant hills of Cheshire and Stafford. The river Tanat is crossed by a stone bridge at the point of separation of this township and that of Abertannat; at the Grove about a mile and a half below Blodwell it has its confluence with the river Vernieu, which here separates Shropshire and Denbighshire. THE SCHOOL is endowed with £100 bequeathed by Ursula Bridgeman in 1713; £100 the gift of Sir John Bridgeman in 1739; and £100 given by Judith Bridgeman. In 1825 it was discovered that there was £300 stock in the old south sea annuities standing in the names of trustees, but that no dividends had been received thereon since the 6th April, 1801. In September, 1825, £211. 10s. was received for the arrears of dividends, out of which sum £57. 10s. 6d. was paid for the expense of recovering them, of transferring the stock, and of the new trust deed, and £123. 7s. 2d. was expended in 1826 and 1827 in re-building the school. Out of the dividends amounting to £9 per annum, £7 is paid to the schoolmaster, the residue having hitherto been reserved for repairs. According to the deed of 1753 the master is entitled to three-fourths of the dividends; 50 scholars attend the school, which is partly supported by the vicar. _Edward ap Thomas_, by his will bearing date 13th October, 1657, gave a rent charge of £2. 12s. yearly to the poor of Llanyblodwell and Llansilin, in equal portions. DIRECTORY.—William Lyons, Esq., The hall; Rev. John Parker, The vicarage; _Farmers_, John Davies, Sarah Ellis, Richard Hughes, Edward Morris, Thomas Owen, Mary Roberts, and Edward Wall, The hall farm; Matthew Roberts, schoolmaster. BRYNN, a small village and township 1¼ mile N.W. from Blodwell, has 1118A. 0R. 35P. of land, 37 houses and 200 inhabitants. The country around Brynn is bold and mountainous, and the uplands are cold and exposed. The farms are in general small. Rateable value, £1063. 15s. The principal landowners are John Wynn Eyton, Esq.; John Hamor, Esq.; Mrs. Owens; Rev. John Parker; and the Earl of Powis; there are also several other freeholders. The tithes are commuted for £176. 16s. 10d., of which £85. 8s. 5d. is apportioned to the vicar of Blodwell, £27 7s. 1d. to the Rev. Maurice Jones, and £64. 1s. 4d. to the bishop of St. Asaph. GLANYRAFON HOUSE, the seat of John Hamer, Esq., is situated on an eminence, on the line of road leading into North Wales; it is surrounded with park-like grounds finely timbered and studded with thriving plantations, and from the elevated position of the mansion it has an imposing appearance. It commands views of great diversity and picturesque beauty; the meanderings of the Tanat giving an additional charm to the fairy scene. BRYNTANAT HALL, the occasional residence or hunting box of William Henry Perry, Esq., is picturesquely seated on the knoll of a hill, the foot of which is washed by the rippling stream of the Tanat. Although the hall is situate near to Bryan, it stands within the bounds of the county of Denbigh. DIRECTORY.—John Hamor, Esq., Glanyrafon Hall; William Henry Perry, Bryntanat Hall; _Farmers_, Walter Davies, Edward Edwards, Richard Edwards, Richard Griffiths, Robert Hughes, Edward Jones, William Jones, Richard Kilner, Richard Phillips, and Richard Richards. LLYNCLYS, a village and small township, four miles S.W. by S. from Oswestry, contains 608A. 0R. 3P. of land; and in 1841 there were 57 houses and 275 inhabitants. Rateable value, £917. 4s. 3d.; gross estimated rental, £1,013. 11s. 10d. The Earl of Bradford; Earl Powis; Rowland Hunt, Esq.; Philip Jennings, Esq.; Hon. Thomas Kenyon; Rev. John Parker; Mr. Humphrey, and others, are land owners. The township is crossed at right angles by the Oswestry and Welshpool and the Knockin and Llansilin turnpike roads. There are extensive lime works in this township: a considerable quantity of that commodity is used by the farmers on the western borders of Shropshire and in Wales for agricultural purposes. LLYNCK LYS POOL is a small but beautiful lake of great depth, of which strange and superstitious tales prevailed in former times. It is stated that the lake was formerly the site of a royal palace, which in fairy times was sunken below the earth by a fairy spell. The late Mr. Dovaston, of the Nursery, in a ballad entitled “Llynch Lys,” thus beautifully introduces the tradition:— “Still the villagers near, when the lake is clear, Show the towers of the palace below, And of _Croes Willin_ there, will the traveller hear, And the cave called the grim _Ogo_. And oft from our boat of a summer’s eve, Sweet music is heard to flow, As we push from the side of the blue lake’s tide, Where the long green rushes grow.” The rushes and reeds which grow on the margin are of extraordinary length; some have been drawn upwards of eighteen feet in length. The water lily here flourishes with the greatest luxuriance, and throws out a profusion of blossoms upon the surface of the crystal waters. PORTHY-WAEN is a populous hamlet in Llynclys township. _Those with * affixed are at Llynclys_, _and the rest at Porthy-Waen_. Davies Thos., vict., Red Lion * Evans Thomas, farmer * Griffiths Ann, farmer, Nut Tree Bank Griffiths Francis, shopkeeper and baker Griffiths Mary, farmer Hughes Thos., toll collector Hughes John, shopkeeper Howell John, schoolmaster Jones Edward, beerhouse * Jones Mary, farmer Jones David, shoemaker * Lawrence Edward, farmer Lewis Mary Ann, lime works Lewis John, beerhouse * Lloyd William, beerhouse keeper and lime works Martin Maria, beerhouse Newal Mrs., quarry owner Pryce William, shopkeeper Parkes Edward, blacksmith Probert Edward, assistant overseer and collector Roberts John, Dolgorth lime works Savin Mary, lime works Williams John, lime works Williams John, jun., lime works LLANYMYNECH is a parish which contains the townships of Llanymynech-Llanytidman and Treprenal, partly situated in this county, and partly in the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, in Wales. The entire parish in 1801 had 596 inhabitants; in 1831, 887; and in 1841, 954. Rateable value, £3,987. The village of Llanymynech is pleasantly situated, six miles south from Oswestry, and ten miles N.W. by S.S. from Shrewsbury. It has attained its present importance from the extensive quarries of limestone with which the vicinity abounds. Considerable quantities of the stone are sent to the Staffordshire iron works, for fluxing the metals. It is also burnt into lime. The Chester, Ellesmere, and Newtown canal affords facilities for carrying the material to distant parts. Copper ore was formerly found in considerable quantities, but the mines have not been worked for some time. There are 1,281 acres of land, the principal owners of which are the Earl of Bradford; Earl Powis; John Lloyd, Esq.; Richard Nightingale Broughton, Esq.; Rev. William Evans; Rev. John Luxmoore; Robert Wall, Esq.; Mr. Parker; Philip Jennings, Esq.; R. W. Kynaston, Esq.; T. W. Thomas, Esq.; Robert Wall, Esq.; Rev. William Thomas; Mrs. Evans; Hon. Francis West; Thomas West, Esq.; and Robert West, Esq. Earl Powis is lord of the manor. The soil is various in this parish. The meadow lands on the banks of the Vernieu are enriched by that river frequently overflowing its banks. The river is here crossed by a substantial stone bridge of three arches; and about a mile and a half from the village a branch of the Ellesmere canal is conducted over the river by an aqueduct of five arches, near which it is joined by the Montgomeryshire canal. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Agatha, consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and a square tower with one bell. It was rebuilt in 1845, in the decorative style of English architecture, and exhibits some fine chiselling and ornamental workmanship. The interior is neatly pewed, and has a very chaste appearance. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £12. 13s. 4d., now returned at £394, in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and enjoyed by the Rev. John Luxmore, M.A. The rectory, a neat stuccoed residence a short distance from the church, has been much improved by the present incumbent. The tithes are commuted for £380. The National School stands near the churchyard, and is supported by subscriptions and a small charge from the scholars: about sixty children are educated. There is a school for girls in the village. Fairs are held on April 1st, May 29th, and September 23rd, and are generally well attended. A coach leaves the Red Lion Inn for Shrewsbury and Welshpool daily. On Llanymynech hill is an artificial cave of considerable length, called _Ogo_ (from the Welsh word _Ogof_, signifying a cave), supposed to have been worked by the Romans as a copper mine. It contains many sinuosities, and is generally about three yards wide, having many turnings and passages connected with each other. Some years ago, all the passages of this subterraneous labyrinth were explored by J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq., when none of the paths were found to extend more than two hundred yards from the entrance. The passages are cut through the rock, which is of limestone, whereon frequently appear the marks of chisels, and the various ramifications have no doubt been made in quest of the rich veins of ore. Subsequent to the Romans, it probably became either a place of refuge after battle, or a depository for the dead, for human skeletons, culinary vessels, hatchets, and Roman coins have been found in this cavern. A finger-bone was picked up with a ring on it. One of the skeletons had a curious battle-axe beneath his arm, and not far from it were the bones of a man, woman, a child, a dog, and a cat. Some time ago several Roman coins, mostly of Constantine, were found in the earth which was washed down the side of the hill. The water which drops in some parts of the cave is of a petrifying quality, and forms stalactites; the drops of water hanging on the points of each, catch the light of the candle, and give the surrounding space a glittering illumination extremely beautiful. It is probable that a battle has been fought here in disputing for this mine, or that the large entrenchments, that run parallel with the Clawdd Offa eastwardly, were made to defend it. Not far from this cave is a Cromlech, called the GIANT’S GRAVE. At the north-east end are four large stones, which formerly supported a fifth flat stone on their points, in form of a Brandart, called in Welsh _Trwbad_; but these are now thrown down. Towards the south-west proceed two rows of flat stones, six feet asunder, and thirty-six in length. On digging here a Druid’s celt was found, and several other things, with human bones, the teeth very perfect. There is a sum of £26 in the hands of the churchwardens, the origin of which is not known. It was received from the executors of the late incumbent, who died in 1829. The interest is distributed among poor women of the parish at Christmas. LLANYTIDMAN is a township with a scattered population, five and a half miles south from Oswestry, having in 1841, 113 houses and 545 inhabitants. Here are extensive stone quarries and lime works, and the township is intersected by the Ellesmere and Llanymynech canal, and the Oswestry and Llanymynech turnpike road. TREPRENAL is a small township in Llanymynech parish, comprising three houses and 21 inhabitants. Here is LLWYNYGROES HALL, the residence of R. N. Broughton, Esq., delightfully situated, commanding fine views of the surrounding country. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. John Lloyd’s_. Letters arrive by gig mail from Oswestry at 9.30 A.M., and are despatched 4 P.M. _Those marked_ 1 _reside at Llanytidman_, 2 _at Treprenal_. 2 Asterley Thomas, farmer Asterley William Lloyd, Esq. Batterbee Charles, brazier, plumber, painter, and beerhouse keeper Baugh Margaret, vict., Cross Keys 1 Bothell Mary, farmer Bower William, wool agent 2 Broughton Richard Nightingale, woolstapler and maltster, Llwynygroes hall Broughton and Asterley, grocers, drapers, and general dealers Davies Mrs., gentlewoman 1 Davies John, farmer and miller Dovaston Edward Milward, surgeon 1 Dyke Isaac, farmer Ellis Letia, tailor and draper 1 Evans John, farmer, gardener, and rate collector Griffiths Richard, blacksmith Griffiths Richard, draper and grocer 1 Griffiths Jn., quarry master Gwynne George, cooper Gwynne George, shoemaker Hackett John, tallow chander 1 Harris Geo., quarry master 1 Harrison John, farmer Hughes Edward, shoemaker 1 Humphreys James, vict., Cross Guns Jeffreys John, weaver Jones Edward., saddler and harness maker 1 Jones Thomas, farmer Leak Francis, toll collector Lloyd John, farmer, timber merchant, builder, and vict., Lion Inn Lloyd Richard, vict., Dolphin Luxmoore Rev. John, the Rectory Morgan Edward, saddler and dealer Morris John, shoemaker Parkins Charles, shoemaker Poole Mrs., gentlewoman 1 Price Elizabeth, farmer Price Hugh, seedsman 1 Pryce William, gentleman, Holly Bush Pugh Henry, seedsman and druggist Pugh James Owen, grocer and draper Ratcliffe Samuel, farmer Richards Richard, farmer, maltster, and vict., Bradford Arms 1 Roberts William, gentleman, Prospect cottage Rodgers Edward, farmer 1 Savage Elizabeth, farmer 2 Sheldon Wm., gentleman Thomas Thomas, farmer Thomas Robert, schoolmaster and parish clerk Watson Miss, post office Whitticose Mary, gentlewoman Williams Sarah, schoolmistress CARRIER.—Hugh Price, to Oswestry on Wednesdays and on Mondays, Saturdays, and Welshpool on Mondays. ST. MARTIN is a parish, and small but pleasantly situated village, five miles N.E. from Oswestry, and about the same distance W. from Ellesmere. The parish comprises the townships of Bronygarth, Ifton Rhyn, and Weston Rhyn, containing together 5,314A. 2R. 25P. of land, and had in 1801, 1,476 inhabitants; in 1831, 2,099; and in 1841, 2,200. The village of St. Martin is included in IFTON RHYN township, which contains 2,813A. 2R. 33P. of land; and at the census of 1841 had 217 houses and 1,620 souls. Rateable value, £4,570. The principal land owners are the Right Hon. Arthur Trevor Viscount Dungannon, of Bryn-Kinalt Castle, the Hon. W. M. B. Nugent, Dean and Chapter of Winchester, R. G. Jebb, Esq., J. Haslam, Esq., Joshua Jones, Esq., Mrs. Fallows, and Edward H. Dymock, Esq. This township lies on the N.W. confines of the county, and has some fine grazing land. It is separated from Denbighshire by the Ceiriog river. The Morlass brook here turns several corn mills, and has its confluence with the Ceiriog about a mile from the Erewescob corn mill. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Martin, stands on an eminence, and is a conspicuous object for many miles around. It consists of nave, north aisle, chancel, and a massive square tower at the west end. The side aisle is separated from the nave by five pointed arches rising from octagonal pillars. The east end of the church and the east window have recently been rebuilt; the lower part of the window is divided into three compartments, and the upper part is foliated, and ornamented with stained glass. The windows on the south side of the church are also richly adorned with stained glass. The one near the pulpit has beautiful representations of St. Peter and St. Paul; another has the armorial bearings of the bishop of the diocese, the rural dean, and the vicar. There are also the armorial bearings of Viscount Dungannon, by whose munificence the church has been renovated; and these beautiful decorations have been added within these last twenty years. The old font, which is of stone, has been re-hewn and modernized. A beautiful mural marble monument remembers Richard Phillips, Esq., of Thyn-y-rhos, who died in 1824, and his second son, Richard, ensign of the 17th regiment of the Hon. East India Company’s service, who died at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope, on his return from India in 1832. There are also several other neat tablets in the church. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £5. 2s. 3½d., now returned at £320, in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph, and enjoyed by the Rev. William Hurst, M.A. The Vicarage is a neat residence, a little W. by S. from the church. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £261, and the rectorial for £862. On the west side of the churchyard is a lofty and finely proportioned elm tree, which is seen at a great distance; and about a quarter of a mile west from the church, near the toll-gate, stands a magnificent oak tree of considerable magnitude. IFTON HEATH is a scattered district, chiefly of detached cottages, half a mile N.W. from the church. Here the Primitive Methodists and the Wesleyan Association have each a small chapel. The Primitive Methodists have also a chapel on ST. MARTIN’S MOOR, a scattered district of houses near a mile, W. by S. from the church. CHARITIES.—BRYNGWYLA SCHOOL, situated about a mile W.W. by S. from the church, was founded in 1705 by _Edward Phillips_, for the instruction of twelve poor boys of the parish of St. Martin to read and write. Mr. Phillips also endowed the school with the sum of £100, and directed £3. 12s. yearly to be paid to the schoolmaster, who was to occupy the school-house rent free, on condition of his keeping the premises in repair. The donor also directed 4d. to be given to each boy every Ascension day for his encouragement; and 5s. to be expended by the vicar, trustees, and schoolmaster, in remembrance of the benefactor. The master now receives £4. 13s. 6d. per annum, from which 5s. is paid to the trustees, but nothing is paid to the children. The master receives 25s. yearly in respect of John Price’s charity hereafter mentioned. ALMSHOUSES.—The almshouses are situated near the west side of the churchyard. They consist of six tenements, mantled with ivy, and are supported by _Lord Dungannon_. The inmates are clothed, receive 15s. a quarter, a loaf of bread on Fridays, and two tons of coal yearly. There is also a school, where twelve children are clothed and educated. _Arthur Trevor_, of Kay Mark, left £2 a-year; one half to be given to the poor on St. Thomas’s day, and the other half on Good Friday. The amount is paid by the agent of Lord Dungannon. _Thomas Abellis_ left 21s. per annum, payable out of a piece of land called Cae-Rhoes. In 1812, Edward Birch, a mortgagee, and Edward Jones, in consideration of £220. 10s., conveyed to the Ellesmere Canal Company a parcel of land called Cae Rhoes, and the said Edward Jones covenanted that he would indemnify the said company from a rent-charge of 20s., payable out of the said premises. The property is still in the possession of the Ellesmere Canal Company, but nothing had been paid thereout to the poor for a period of twelve years when the Charity Commissioners published their report. Application had been made to Mr. Price, of Felton Butler, who married the heiress of Mr. Jones, and he promised to continue the payment of this rent-charge. _Edward Phillips_ charged a piece of land with the payment of 4s. yearly for the benefit of the poor. _John Price_ bequeathed £100, and directed the interest of £25 to be applied in the education of youth, and the interest of £75 to be bestowed in clothing for some of the poorest parishioners. The amount is secured on a piece of land in Weston Rhynn, from which £5 are paid yearly. There are two cottages in the township of Soutley, in the parish of March Weil, Denbighshire, adjoining premises purchased by the governors of Queen Ann’s Bounty, for the augmentation of the vicarage of St. Martin’s. These cottages have for a length of time been let for the benefit of the poor; but it is not known when or how the rents became thus appropriated. They were repaired some time ago at an expense of £30, which was borrowed for this purpose, and they are now let for £6 a-year. Of the rent, £3 is applied in paying off the debt, and the remaining £3 is given among the poor on St. Thomas’s day. _Hugh Lloyd_ left a rent-charge of 16s. per annum, issuing out of certain lands, called Cae Dickin, in Weston Rhynn, and directed the amount to be expended in sixteen dozen of bread, to be distributed on St. Thomas’s day. It is stated on the table of benefactions, that “Richard Berkley, for Hugh Lloyd, pays for ten dozen of bread on St. Thomas’s day for ever.” The gift of _Edward Edwards_, of 20s. per annum to the poor of St. Martin’s, is void under the statute of 9 George II. It is stated in the parliamentary returns of 1786, that _David Hughes_ left £10 for the benefit of the poor; and among the parish documents there is a bond, dated in 1746, from Thomas Phillips, of Trehowell, for the payment of this money. Nothing, however, has been paid on this account for many years. POST OFFICE—_At Esther Edwards_. Letters despatched at 2.30 P.M. Beckitt Godfrey, butcher Beckitt John, victualler, Cross Keys Beckitt Roger, farmer, and land and timber valuer, Cadwagans Palace Boodle William, shopkeeper Dodd Richard, farmer, Pennybank Dodd William, farmer and corn miller Edwards David, tailor Edwards Esther, farmer and shopkeeper Edwards Mary, farmer, Peny-bryn Edwards William, farmer Griffiths Richard, schoolmaster Harrison Francis, tailor Hughes, Mrs. Jane Hughes John, farmer, Erewescob Hughes Robert, shopkeeper Hughes Sarah, farmer and corn miller, Erewescob Mill Hurst Rev. William, M.A., vicar Isaac Jane, farmer, Rhosyllan Jones Edward, wheelwright Jones Elizabeth, farmer Jones George, shoemaker Jones Jane, shopkeeper Jones Joshua, Esq., Wigginton Hall Jones Richard, bricklayer, Glynmorlass Jones Thomas, farmer, Wigginton Jones William, provision dealer, St. Martin’s Moor Jones William, shoemaker Kynaston William, farmer, Wigginton Lee Richard, farmer, Ifton Hall Lee William, parish clerk Lewis Thomas, grazier, Brook House Matthews George, schoolmaster Newnes Peter, shoemaker Owen Richard, farmer, Glanywern Parry Joseph, cooper Powell Frances, schoolmistress Powell Thomas, wheelwright Powell William, wheelwright Poynton John, farmer, Glenrid Price John, farmer Prynallt William, farmer Randles Elizabeth, farmer Roberts Edward, farmer, Wigginton Roberts Joseph, tailor Roberts Mary, farmer Roberts Samuel, victualler, Crown Inn Rogers Jane, schoolmistress Rogers John, farmer and maltster, Ifton Rogers Joseph, registrar & assistant overseer Rogers Richard, shoemaker Rogers Robert, stonemason Rowland Elizabeth, farmer Williams Daniel, farmer Williams Jane, farmer Williams John, farmer, Wigginton Woodvill Thomas, farmer and maltster, Pine Bryn Woollam Charles, farmer Woollam John, farmer WESTON RHYN is a township and scattered village from two to three miles W. from St. Martin’s Church, containing 1850A. 2R. 4P. of land, and in 1841 here were 195 houses and 856 inhabitants. Rateable value, £4,053. The principal land owners are Frederick Richard West, Esq.; Rev. John C. Phillips; John Richard Powell, Esq.; Mr. James Edwards; E. H. Dymoch, Esq.; T. E. Ward, Esq.; Mr. John Pritchard, and Mrs. Dickin, Mr. Edward Heys, and others are also proprietors. A neat and ornamental school, in the early English style of architecture, was built in the year 1850 at the Lodge. The structure is of stone got from the neighbouring quarries, with the Cafn hewn stone for the windows and ornamental portions of the building; it measures 20 feet by 40 feet, and has a pitched roof with a neat belfry. The cost of the structure was £700, of which £40 was given by the National Society and £130 by the Privy Council on Education, the rest was raised by voluntary subscriptions. A residence for the teacher adjoins the school. The Calvinistic Methodists have a chapel at the lodge, built in 1811, the services of which are conducted in the Welsh language. Coal of a good quality is found upon the estate of John R. Powell, Esq.; a steam engine is now in course of erection to clear the mines of water. THE QUINTA, a handsome castellated residence built of lime stone, stands on a gentle acclivity, and commands some pleasing views to the south. It is surrounded with shrubberies and park-like grounds, and is the residence of Rowland Jones Venables, Esq., and the property of F. R. West, Esq. On the knoll of a hill a short distance from the hall, the owner of the estate about ten years ago caused immense blocks of stone to be reared up in the exact form of the celebrated Druidical Temple at Stonehenge. From this eminence a most beautiful panoramic view of the surrounding country is seen. PREES-GWENE HOUSE, the residence and property of John Richard Powell, Esq., stands in a sheltered situation embosomed in foliage. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects this township, and has a station at Preesgwene, 1½ mile from Gabowen, and 22 miles from Chester. The large tithes of Weston Rhyn are commuted for £270. Calcott William, corn miller Davies William, butcher Duckett Mary, corn miller, New mill Duckett Mrs. Tamar, Weston villa Edwards Moses, maltster & vict., The Lodge Inn Evans David, boot and shoe maker, The Lodge Evans William, farmer, Berllan-deg Griffiths Francis, wheelwrigt Griffiths Thomas, colliery owner and shopkeeper Hayes Mr. Ed., The Lodge Hughes Hugh, farmer Hughes John, inland revenue officer, The Lodge Hughes John, carpenter Hughes William, carpenter Jackson Richard, butcher, The Lodge Johnson William, maltster and vict., New Inn Jones John, blacksmith Jones Peter, saddler and shopkeeper Jones Thomas, paper manufacturer, Morda Jones Thomas, farmer Lewis Richard, farmer Lloyd Elizabeth, blacksmith Peate Martha, farmer and maltster, Moreton hall Phillips Rev. John Croxon, Tryn-y-rhos Powell John Richard, Esq., Prees-gwene house Poynton Thomas, farmer, Weston hall Richards Thomas Anderson, station master, Prys-gwane Roberts Daniel, provision dealer, The Lodge Roberts Hugh, farmer Roberts Thomas, farrier Rogers John, farmer Rogers Walter, farmer Scudamore Mr. John, Moreton hall Smith Frederick William, Esq., Green field lodge Thomas David, farmer, The Vron Turner Joseph, beerhouse & shopkeeper, The Lodge Usher John, butcher Vaughan William, tailor Venables Rowland Jones, Esq., The Quinta Williams Ann, farmer Williams Edward, farmer Williams John, farmer Williams John, shoemaker and shopkeeper Williams John, carpenter Williams Thos., corn miller BRONYGARTH, a small township in St. Martin’s parish, with 645A. 1R. 28P. of land, lies on the verge of the county, and is separated from Denbighshire by the Ceireog river. It lies about four miles W.W. by N. from the parish church, and in 1841 had 71 houses and 164 inhabitants. Frederick Richard West, Esq., and the Rev. John Croxon Phillips, are the land owners and impropriators; to the former was apportioned £36, and to the latter £56, when the tithes were commuted. The rateable value of the township is £1168. TYN-Y-RHOS is a good house pleasantly situated, the residence and property of the Rev. John C. Phillips. The scenery in this township is bold and romantic, and some of the land is cold and exposed. Lime works have been established on the northern confines of the township, bordering on Wales; lime is extensively used by the farmers as a fertilizer, particularly in the north-west parts of the county. DIRECTORY.—Rev. John Croxon Phillips, Tyn-y-rhos; Moses Edwards, lime burner; John Hughes, carpenter; John Jones, blacksmith; William Lloyd, blacksmith; William Mason, shoemaker; Richard Orford, vict., Britannia, John Owen, farmer; Thomas Owen, farmer; Robert Roberts, butcher; Jane Williams, shopkeeper. MELVERLEY, a parish and township with a scattered population, 12 miles W.W. by N. from Shrewsbury, and 9 miles S.S. by E. from Oswestry, is situated on the western verge of the county, and is separated from Montgomeryshire by the river Vernieu and the Severn; the former having its confluence with the Severn at the Cymmeran Ferry. The parish contains 1,445A. 2R. 22P. of land, which from its low situation is frequently inundated by the overflowing of the Severn, thus enriching the meadows and producing the greatest luxuriance; large herds of cattle are usually fed upon the meadows. In 1801 here was a population of 218 souls; in 1831, 216; and in 1841, 229. Rateable value, £2,317 5s. The manor in the time of the confessor was held by one Edric, in whose family it continued till the 9th of Elizabeth, when Henry Earl of Arundle sold it to Young, from whom it subsequently passed to the Willastons. Lord Craven was afterwards lord of the manor, and it is now vested in George Edwards, Esq. The freeholders are Colonel Desbrow, Hon. Thomas Kenyon, Mrs. E. Bather, Mr. Henry Adams, Mr. William Parkes, Mr. Edward Williams, Rev. Mr. Maddocks, Mr. A. D. Benyon, Mr. James Jones, Mr. Stephen Matthews, Mr. William Cooper, Mr. Thomas Bromley, Mr. James Payn, Rev. Mr. Dimmock, Mr. William Downes, Mr. Oswell, Mr. Betta, Mr. John Edmunds, Thomas Justice Bather, Esq., Mr. Owen Owens, Mr. Jones, Mr. Manford, Mr. Duckett, and others. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Peter, a large fabric of very primitive appearance, built of wood, stands on an elevated piece of ground near the banks of the Vernieu; part of it was swept away subsequent to the year 1478. Although the workmanship is of the rudest description, yet the magnitude of the building and the fine old porch, give it an attractive and venerable appearance. The windows are small and admit of very little light. It contains several ancient memorials, and was fitted up with oak pews in 1718, previous to which it was provided with massive benches. The living is a rectory annexed to Llandrinio, in the patronage of the bishop of St. Asaph, and enjoyed by the Rev. Henry Rogers. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for £177. 11s., and there are five acres of glebe. The parsonage is a neat residence of brick in the Elizabethan style of architecture, built during the years 1846–7. THE INDEPENDENTS have a small chapel with a residence annexed, built in the year 1842. CHARITIES.—There is a field called the Poor’s Croft, in the upper division of Melverley, containing 2R. 2P., and another piece of land containing about an acre and a half, in the township of Tir-y-coed, in respect of which W. B. Price has for many years paid a rent of 12s. a year. The premises are stated to be worth £3 per annum, and notice has been given to the parties holding the lands to give up possession to the parish. There is also a small piece of ground in Melverley, about one and a quarter acre, producing a yearly rent of £3. 3s., which for many years has been carried to the account of the poor’s rate. Henry Morgen gave a rent charge of 10s. yearly, which is given to the poor on Good Friday. The poor have also a yearly sum of 5s., left by Mrs. Prees. The charities of Richard Lloyd and Elizabeth Lloyd are lost; the former left a rent charge of 20s. per annum in 1780, and the latter bequeathed the sum of £20 for the benefit of the poor. Bather Mrs. Eleanor, Cross lane house Bill Edward, farmer Brown Edward, farmer Davies William, farmer, Melverley hall Gittings Benjamin, farmer Jones David, farmer Jones Ed., grocer & beerhse Jones Richard, blacksmith Jones William, farmer Lewis John, shoemaker and parish clerk Lewis Thomas, farmer Lloyd William, farmer Manford Thomas, farmer, The green Morgan William, farmer & cattle dealer Morris Edward, farmer, Cross lane Owens John, farmer Pugh John, shopkeeper & beerhouse Richards John, grocer and cattle salesman Rodgers Rev. Henry, The parsonage Rodgers John, assistant overseer and rate collector Vaughan Richard, farmer Vaughan Thomas, saddler Wild John, butcher Wild John, farmer Wild Richard, vict., New Inn Williams Edward, farmer, The green house OSWESTRY is a parish, borough, and considerable market town, locally situated in the hundred to which it gives name, seventeen miles and a half N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 179 miles N.W. from London. The name of Oswestry is connected with some of our earliest historical recollections. On this spot, on August 5th, 652, was fought the battle between the Christian Oswald, king of the Northumbrians, and the Pagan Penda, king of the Mercians. Oswald was defeated, and lost his life. The battle began about four hundred yards west of the church. The assailant appears to have driven Penda’s forces to a field near the town, called Cae Nef, where Oswald fell, and Penda, with a savage barbarity, caused the breathless body to be cut to pieces, and stuck on poles as so many trophies of his victory. Oswald’s strict virtue, and zeal for the religion he had embraced, gained him the esteem of his subjects, and his character was so much revered by the monks, that a short time after his death he was canonized. The importance of the situation, which rendered it one of the keys to the principality of Wales, soon attracted the attention of the political monarch, whose prowess annexed that territory to his dominion. This place was called by the ancient Britons Tre’r-cadeirian, literally the town of chairs or seats commanding an extensive view. Notwithstanding the place was Welsh, and continued so above a century after the death of King Oswald, yet it has since gone under his name, and for some time was famed for the miracles wrought there through his intercession. An ancient poet in noticing Oswald and the fate of Penda says: “Three gibbets raised, at Penda’s dire commands, Bore Oswald’s royal head and mangled hands; The tenor of the fact, and Oswald’s fate, Were things of moment to the Mercian state. Vain policy! for what the victor got Proved to the vanquished king the happier lot; For now the martyred saint in glory views, How Oswy with success the war renews; And Penda scarcely can maintain his own, Whilst Oswald wears a never fading crown.” Oswestry is one of the principal towns on the Welsh borders, and is now the most flourishing and prosperous of any in the county. In 1801 there were 2,672 inhabitants; in 1831, 4,478; and in 1841, 987 houses and 4,566 souls; of whom 2,121 were males, and 2,445 females. The entire parish of Oswestry, including the town and liberties of Oswestry in 1841, contained 8,843 inhabitants. The town is situated on a gentle eminence, the streets are in general spacious, and there are many good houses, and retail shops in all the different branches of trade; yet vestiges of its antiquity, timbered buildings with projecting gables, are still to be seen in various parts of the town. The beautiful prospects from the high ground above the town are perhaps not surpassed by any in the county. The rich and luxuriant vale of Shropshire lies as it were a map beneath the feet; while the Staffordshire hills, Nesscliff, the Wrekin, and the Styperstones, are seen in the distance. Towards Wales, the alpine heights and lovely vales are seen in rich profusion; and here the beholder glances upon a country which was eminently distinguished as the birth-place and residence of the children of freedom—a people, who, by their independent spirit and martial prowess, for centuries chastised rapacity and injustice, and made oppression and tyranny tremble upon the throne. The parish of Oswestry contains the townships of Aston, Cynyion, Crickheath, Hisland, Llanvorda, Maesbury, Middleton, Morton, Oswestry, Pentregaer, Sweeney Trefraclawdd, Trevlock, Trefonen, Weston Cotton, and Wootton. The Britons were in the possession of Oswestry till the latter part of the eighth century, when the warlike King Offa, passing the Severn with a mighty force, expelled them from their fruitful seats on the plains, and reduced the kingdom of Powis to the western side of the celebrated ditch still known by his name. The princes of Powis were then constrained to quit their ancient residence at Pengwern and remove to Mathrafel, in the vale of Myfod, and the plains of Shropshire became a confirmed part of the kingdom of Mercia. The Britons shortly after entered into an alliance with the king of Sussex and Northumberland, and, having made a breach in the rampart, passed the boundary at early dawn, attacked the camp of Offa in an unprepared state, and put great numbers to the sword. In the middle of the following century, we find Roderic, Prince of Wales, added Powisland to his dominions. He, according to the custom of gavel-kind, divided his principality among his children. To Anarawd he gave North Wales; to Cadell, South Wales; to Mervyn, Powisland. Each wore a talaith, or diamond of gold, set with precious stones; whence they were styled Y Tri Tywysog Taleithiog, or the three crowned princes. Bleddyn ap Cynoyn, who ruled Wales jointly with his brother, at the Conquest re-united the kingdoms of North Wales and Powis. The latter, however, eventually devolved to his eldest son, Meredydd, and Oswestry was called Trefred, in honour of this prince. He made the division, which finally destroyed the potent kingdom of Powis. To his eldest son, Madog, he gave the part which bore afterwards the name of Powis Madog. Madog’s chief residence was at Oswestry, where, according to Welsh historians, he built the castle about the year 1140. He died at Winchester, and his body was honourably conveyed to Powis, and buried at Myfod. His widow married Fitzalan, Lord of Clun; who, in right of his wife, obtained the town and castle of Oswestry. This William was a descendant of Alan, who came into England with the Conqueror, and was the first of the Fitzalans that was baron of Oswestry. This honourable distinction was possessed by the Fitzalans, a powerful race, that existed with fewer checks than common to dignity for more than five hundred years. The title of Baron of “Oswaldestre” is now held by the Duke of Norfolk. His ancestor, Thomas Duke of Norfolk, married Lady Mary, daughter of Henry, the last Earl of Arundel, of the name of Fitzalan, in the 13th of Elizabeth, when the lordship of Oswestry was conveyed to the duke. The Powis family subsequently became possessed of the manor. Powisland extended from the Broxton hills, in Cheshire, to Pengwerne Powis, or Shrewsbury, including a large tract of land in both those counties, and also comprehended a considerable portion of Wales. This part of England, previous to the reign of Edward II., was termed the Northern Marches, and was governed by a Lord President, who kept his court at Ludlow Castle, and lived in a style little inferior to that of royalty. The town of Oswestry had various immunities and privileges granted by different monarchs. In the 12th of Henry III. John Fitzalan obtained the grant of a fair at his manor of Blancminster, upon the eve, the day, and the day after the feast of St. Andrew, and for two days following. Edward I. surrounded Oswestry with walls, that it might be less liable to plundering excursions, and as a key to his intended conquest of Wales. A murage or toll was imposed upon the whole county (except the burgesses of Shrewsbury) for the building of the same for a period of six years. The walls were about a mile in circumference, with an entrenchment on the outside, which could be filled with water from the numerous springs in the vicinity. The remains of this fortification may still be traced. There were also four gates, the only inlets into the town. These gates, in process of time, became exceedingly inconvenient for the passage of carriages and merchandise, and the Blackgate was taken down in 1766, by the consent of Earl Powis, the lord of the manor. In 1782, the corporation entered into an agreement for the demolition of the three remaining gates, and appropriating the materials to the erecting of a prison. This was carried into effect, and pillars substituted in their stead. The New Gate was built in the reign of Edward II. It was used as a prison and guard-room for the soldiers. _Beatrice Gate_ is said to have been named in compliment to Beatrice, wife of Henry IV., and was probably erected in that king’s reign. _Willow Gate_ or _Wallia Gate_ took its name from being the thoroughfare into Wales. The governing charter, previous to the date of the municipal act, was one of 25th Charles II., styling the corporation the “Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Burgesses, of the Borough of Oswestry, in the County of Salop,” and appointing a mayor, fifteen aldermen, fifteen common councilmen, a steward of the lord of the manor, recorder, coroner, or old mayor, town clerk, &c. The mayor, steward, coroner, and recorder, were appointed to act as justices of peace for the borough. A court of quarter sessions for the criminal jurisdiction within the borough was appointed to be held by the mayor, as president, and one to three of the magistrates. The boundaries were from the beginning restricted to a certain district within the parish, and in the maps of the municipal boundary commissioners they are still further restricted to the more immediate vicinity of the town. Under the new municipal act, the borough is divided into two wards, and appointed to be governed by six aldermen and eighteen councillors, under the usual corporate style. It is included in schedule A among the boroughs to have a commission of the peace, which has accordingly been granted. The following is a list of persons who have served the office of mayor since the new municipal act came into operation:—1835, John Croxon, Esq.; 1836, Francis Campbell, Esq.; 1837, Charles Thomas Jones, Esq.; 1838, George Dorsett Owen, Esq.; 1839, Griffith Evans, Esq.; 1840, Thomas Penson, Esq.; 1841, John Hayward, Esq.; 1842–3, William Williams, Esq.; 1844, William Price, Esq.; 1845, Thomas Rogers, Esq.; 1846, John Miles Hales, Esq.; 1847, Thomas Hill, Esq.; 1848, John Jones, Esq.; 1849–50, Edward Morris, Esq. The magistrates who act in the Oswestry district are Joseph V. Lovett, Esq., Thomas Lovett, Esq., Richard H. Kinchant, Esq., W. W. E. Wynne, Esq., the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, and Viscount Dungannon. _Recorder_: John Robert Kenyon, Esq. _Coroner_: John Miles Hayes, Esq. _Town Clerk and Clerk to Magistrates_: Richard Jones Croxon, Esq. _Clerk of the Peace_: Robert Simon, Esq. _Surveyor_: Mr. Thomas Hughes. _Treasurer_: Mr. George Cooper. _Superintendent of Police and Clerk and Inspector of Markets_: Mr. Jacob Smith. The police force consists of a superintendent and six constables. The income of the borough for the year ending September, 1st, 1850, was £706. 8s. 5d. The principal items of expenditure were for salaries, £180; police constables and watchmen, £143; prosecutions, £65; gaol expenses, £144; conveyance of prisoners, £29; and miscellaneous expenses, £152. For upwards of two hundred years the Welsh webs were brought to Oswestry, as the common market, and there bought by the Shrewsbury drapers. The Welsh wished to draw the trade more into their own country, but the English purchaser could not be persuaded to follow them, on account of the unsettled state of the Principality; and thus Oswestry was constituted an emporium of merchandise, in consequence of its contiguity to Wales. The “Company of Drapers” in Shrewsbury made a weekly visit to Oswestry to purchase the cloths. The peril attending these pilgrimages must have been considerable, if we may judge from an order appearing in the records of the Shrewsbury corporation, where, in the 25th of Elizabeth, 1583, it was ordered, that “no draper set out for Oswestry on Mondays before six o’clock, on forfeiture of 6s. 8d., and that they shall wear their weapons all the way, and go in company.” The corporation paid yearly the sum of £20 to the vicar of St. Alkmund for reading prayers; 6s. 8d. for the light; and 6s. 8d. to the clerk for ringing the bell on Monday mornings, before the drapers set out for Oswestry market. In 1621, it was agreed by the drapers to buy no more cloths in Oswestry. The then recorder of Oswestry regarded this withdrawment as inevitably ruinous, and says, “Oswestry flourished and was happy indeed by reason of the market of Welsh cottons. A thousand pounds in ready money was left in the town every week, sometimes more; but now, since the staple of cloth is removed to Shrewsbury, the town is much decayed and impoverished, Shrewsbury having engrossed the said market.” For the defence of the rights secured to the burgesses by the various municipal charters, the members of each trade formed themselves into a guild or company, whose duties it was to guard the monopolies of the brotherhood. Thus we have notices of the company of hatters, glovers, butchers, corvsers, bakers, hucksters, and ale sellers. The charter of Richard II. directs “that the bailiff should treat as well the poor as the rich, and that the burgesses within the town and liberty should be quit of tolls and stallage. That none but burgesses should buy any fresh hides or new cloth in the borough. That they should not be bound to keep any fugitive coming to the church or churchyard, except only for one day and one night next after such flight, within which time they should give notice to the bailiff of the hundred, who should take such fugitive into custody. That the burgesses should be discharged from all fees of the constable, usher, and door-keeper of the castle, for any felonies committed within the town, for which such burgesses might be imprisoned in the castle, except that the constable at the feast of St. Stephen should receive from every mansion of the burgesses one loaf, from every hall one penny, and from every cottage one halfpenny. That the penalty of 6s. 8d. should be imposed for selling Shrewsbury ale in the town, half of such fine to go to the burgesses, and half to the lord. That no such ale should be sold in the town of Chirkslound, Melverdeley, and Kinnardeley, except in the town of Chirk, under the like penalty. That none of the inhabitants of those lordships, or of Oswestry, Edgerley, and Ruyton, should take any cattle, corn, victuals, or other articles to any foreign fair or market, until the same had been exposed for sale in the town of Oswestry, under the penalty of 6s. 8d.” Philip, Earl of Arundel, in the year 1581, affected an uncommon concern for the well doing of the town, and in a charter of that date he states “that by the misconstruction of certain words of the charters theretofore given to the town, several acts which ought to have been passed by the common council, had been done and proceeded in by the general voice of all the co-burgesses, whereby contentions and suits of law were occasioned by such popular governments. Therefore for the quiet and better ordering of the said town,” he arbitrarily appoints the mode of election, directs an oath to be taken by all the burgesses to be loyal and faithful to the Queen’s Majesty, and to be loving and dutiful to the said earl and his heirs, grants them a number of privileges, which had been enjoyed, as he states, from time immemorial, and, with true baronial modesty, not till the close does he discover the secret of all this paternal affection, by the significant clause,—“In consideration of all which agreements, and to the intent that the said bailiffs and burgesses may show their loyalty and good will to the said noble earl, they do undertake to pay him one bundled pounds.” In the year 1400 Oswestry was burnt during an insurrection of the Welsh. After a peaceable submission of upwards of a century, they made an attempt to regain their ancient independence under the renowned Owain Glyndwr. Lord Grey had unjustly seized upon some part of Glyndwr’s estates, which lay between Llangolen and Corwen. Owain sought satisfaction without having recourse to parliament, but he met with no redress. He, therefore, animated by his descent from the ancient line of British princes, caused himself to be proclaimed Prince of Wales on September 20th, 1400, and commenced his warlike career by attacking his enemy, Lord Grey, from whom he immediately recovered the lands which that nobleman had deprived him of. Relying on the valour of his soldiers and the inaccessible mountains of his country, he set at defiance the whole power of England. He assembled his forces at Oswestry, in order to join Lord Percy against the king. The Welsh chieftain sent off his first division of 4,000 men (an account of which has been noticed in a preceding page), and at the head of 12,000 men had the mortification of being obliged to remain inactive at Oswestry. Gough observes, that about two miles from Shrewsbury, where the Welshpool road diverges from that which leads to Oswestry, there stands an ancient decayed oak tree, of which there is a tradition, that Glyndwr ascended it to reconnoitre; but finding that the king was in great force, and that the Earl of Northumberland had not joined his son, Percy, he fell back to Oswestry, and immediately after the battle retreated precipitately into Wales. In 1409 Glyndwr made great devastations in the Marches, and the estates of Lord Powis suffered greatly. Several of the officers of the lords of the Marches, for the sake of preserving their country from the fury of the Welsh, by their own authority formed a truce with Glyndwr and his partizans. King Henry, highly indignant at these agreements, immediately issued writs to the lords of Knockin, Ellesmere, and other bordering manors, to cause such illegal compacts to be rescinded, and Glyndwr and his adherents to be pursued and attacked with the utmost vigour. Owain appears after this to have secured himself in the mountainous districts of Wales, and to have acted entirely upon the defensive. He died on the 20th of December, 1415. That dreadful scourge the plague raged in Oswestry in 1559, and continued throughout the principal part of the year, during which time upwards of five hundred persons were swept away. About half a mile from the town, on the Welshpool road, is CROES WYLAN, where a cross formerly stood, the base of which still remains. During the time of the plague, the market is said to have been held at this cross, lest the country people by coming into the town should be infected. The plague again appeared in Oswestry in 1585, which the parish register states began in March, and continued until July, when three score and four persons died. The market for the sale of the flannel webs was held at Knockin until the calamity abated. In 1542 there was a fire in the town, by which two long streets, with extensive property, were consumed. In 1567 a fire again broke out and burnt two hundred houses. The houses were then principally built of timber. Leland, who passed through Oswestry in the time of Henry VIII., says, “There be within the town X notable streates: the iii. most notable streates be the Cross streate, the Bayly streate, and Newgate streate. with barns for corn and hay to the number VII. score several barns. There is a castelle set on a mont, be likelihood made by hand, and ditched by south west, betwixt Beatrice streate and Willow gate, to which the wall commith. The towne standeth most by sale of cloth made in Wales. There goeth thro’ the towne by the Crosse a broke, comming from a place caullid Simon’s well, a bow-shot without the waulle by N.W. This broke commith in by the waulle betwixt Willow gate and New-gate, and so renning through the towne, goith out under the Black-gate. There be no towers on the waulles beside the gates. The towne is dicked about, and brokettes ren ynto it. The chirch of St. Oswalde is a very fair leddid church, with a great tourrid steple, and it standeth without the New-gate; so that no church is there within the towne.” THE CASTLE.—The remains of the cattle consist only of an artificial mount on the north side of the town. It had a deep ditch extending to Beatrice gate on the one side and Willow gate on the other. According to Caradoc, the Welsh historian, the castle was founded in 1149, by Madoc, Prince of Powis. Leland says a tower went by the name of Madoc’s tower, which seems to confirm the account respecting the founder of the castle. The English historians, however, assign to it a more ancient date, and inform us that it was in being before the Norman conquest, and that Alan had the town and castle bestowed upon him by William the Conqueror soon after his accession. In the 15th of John, John, nephew of William Mareschall, Earl of Pembroke, being guardian of the Marches of Wales, was at that time constituted governor of the castles of Blancminster and Shrawarden, in the county of Salop. Llewellin, son of Griffin, son of Madoc, made his complaint to the archbishop of Canterbury against this constable of Oswestry, for disturbing him in the possession of the third part of the ville of Ledrot, and who had compelled him to send two young noblemen to be put to death in an ignominious manner, in derogation of their birth and extraction, which disgrace their parents would not have undergone for £300 sterling; also that the constable had twice imprisoned sixty of his men, for which they were forced to pay 10s. a man for their liberty; also that when the Welsh came to Oswestry fair, the constable would seize their cattle by driving them into the castle, and refusing to pay for the same. The castle and manor continued in the possession of the Fitzalans, with little interruption until the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The square now called Bailey-head was the _ballium_ or yard of the castle. A mount in the castle field outside the great ditch is the site of the Barbican, or the outer gate at which the halt and blind were usually relieved, and is still called the cripple gate. Within the precincts of the castle there stood a chapel, dedicated to St. Nicholas, wherein during troublous times religious services were performed. The castle was garrisoned for Charles I. in the beginning of the civil wars; a Colonel Lloyd was governor, Sir A. Shipman succeeded him, and continued in that post until the town and castle surrendered to the parliamentary forces under the Earl of Denbigh and General Mytton, the 22nd June, 1644. Gough, in his manuscript history of Middle, relates, in his own quaint manner, the assault and capture of Oswestry. “I will speak of some things that have happened here in my time. The governor of this town, when it was a garrison for the king, pulled down many houses that were without the walls, lest they might shelter an enemy; the church also being without the walls was pulled down, and the top of the steeple only leaving where the bell frame stood; the bells were brought into the town and the organs were embezzled after. The town was well fortified, and the castle, which is but small, yet very strong, built by a Prince of Wales, A.D., 1149. General Mitton, with parliament forces, came and besieged it; he planted his cannon near that part of the steeple which was left; he battered the gate, called Church gate in such sort, that the garrison of soldiers could not stay at it. General Mitton supposing it was so, but not being sure of it, sent George Cranage, a bold and daring young man, to see whether it were so, who took a hatchet in his hand and went to the drawbridge, and found that the soldiers were gone, and the gate was open, for the cannon had broken the doors, and this Cranage broke the chains of the draw bridge with the hatchet, and let it down, so that the soldiers made haste to enter the town, but those who were within made like haste to meet them, which Cranage perceiving, and seeing a box of drakes standing within the gate ready charged, he turned the box of drakes towards those in the town, and one of Cranage’s partners came with a fire lock and gave fire to them, which made such slaughter amongst the garrison that they retreated and fled to the castle. Cranage was well rewarded, and being well filled with sack, was persuaded by the general to hang a battau on the castle gate; now a battau is an iron shell as big as an iron pot; it was filled with powder and wild fire balls, and had a handle with a hole in it, by which it might be fastened with a nail to any place. Cranage takes this battau, with a cart nail and a hammer, and got from house to house into the house next the castle, and then stepping to the castle gate he fixt his battau, and stepping nimbly back again escaped without any hurt. The battau burst open the gate.” The inmates were granted quarter, but the royalists failed notwithstanding several attempts to regain the town. The castle was shortly afterwards demolished, and nothing is now to be seen of it but a lofty circular mount. About half a mile N.W. from the town of Oswestry is an insulated eminence of an oblong form, surrounded by two ramparts and fosses of great height and depth, which in former days was known by the name of _Caer Ogyrfan_ and _Hen Dinas_, but now recognized by the title of OLD OSWESTRY. This elevation bears the strongest marks of having been at some time a place of defence; the top is an extensive area containing 15A. 3R. 0P., and the fortifications which encompass it cannot be less than forty or fifty acres. A gentleman who visited this spot in 1797 says that a well and pavement had been discovered here. Some pieces of iron supposed to be armour had been dug up. The original entrance to this fortification appears to have been on the opposite side of the hill from the great Holyhead road. There is strong ground for the belief that this eminence was the original site of the town, which afterwards took and now bears the name of Oswestry, and that it was planted there by the ancient Britons at a very remote period. That it was known to the Britons will appear evident from the fact of both the names we have mentioned as having been applied to it being British or Welsh, Caer Ogyrfan signifying “The Field of Ogyrfan,” who was contemporary with King Arthur, and Hen Dinas signifying “The Old City.” It is evident that this magnificent work was not a sudden operation like that of a camp, but that it was a work of immense labour and ample security. The character of the elevation answers to the description given of the position of ancient British towns. They are said almost always to have been placed on a hill, and Speed tells us that the Britons “gave the name of townes to certain combersome woods which they had fortified with ramparts and ditches, whither they resort and retreat, to eschue the invasion of their enemies, which stand them in good stead, for when they have by felling trees mounted and fenced therewith a spacious plot of ground, there they build for themselves houses and cottages.” In 1767 as much timber was cut down from the ramparts as sold for £17,000. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, is a fine old fabric of considerable magnitude, ornamented with a massive square tower at the west end, in which are eight musical bells. The structure was enlarged and beautified in 1807, and since that period it has undergone great improvements. A handsome organ was erected by subscription in 1812; it is stated that the old organ, a fine toned instrument, is now in one of the churches in London. The chancel, commonly called St. Mary’s, was destroyed in 1616, and the tower and part of the body of the church were demolished in the civil wars of 1644. The vicarage house, which stood on a piece of ground adjoining the churchyard, with many other buildings, were burnt to the ground at the same period, in consequence of the town being besieged. The church contains many handsome tablets and monumental inscriptions, among which is a beautiful canopy of elaborate workmanship, and underneath it two figures in the attitude of prayer, in memory of Hugh Yale, alderman of this town, and Dorothy, his wife, whose bodies were interred within the chancel of this church, before its demolition in 1616. On the north side of the chancel is an elegant mural monument, with a latin inscription, commemorative of Richard Maurice, who died in 1700, and other members of the family who died at a subsequent period. A superb monument at the east end of the chancel remembers Robert Powell Lloyd, who died in 1769, aged five years; Sarah Lloyd, mother of the above, who died in 1790; and Robert Lloyd, Esq., the father, who died in 1793. A neat tablet at the same end records the death of the Rev. Thomas Trevor, in 1784, vicar of this parish 50 years, and of Rhuabon 15 years, chaplain to W. W. Wynne, Bart., and one of his Majesty’s justices of the peace for the counties of Salop and Denbigh. There are various other marble tablets, some of them beautifully executed, which our limits will not allow us to notice. The living is a vicarage valued in the king’s book at £23. 15s. 7½d., now returned at £507, in the patronage of the Earl of Powis, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Salway. The iron gates facing the town were put up in 1738 at the expense of the parish, at a cost of £46 1s. 4d. The churchyard was enlarged in 1817. The elm trees were planted between the years 1707 and 1713. The vicarial tithes upon 1,832A. 2R. 23P. of land in the town and liberties of Oswestry are commuted for £70 1s. 6d., and the rectorial for £211. £13s. 6d. There are 82A. 2R. 7P. of land tithe free. Earl Powis is the impropriator and lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Earl Powis, W. W. Wynn, Bart.; Earl of Bradford; Richard Jones Croxon, Esq.; William Ormsby Gore, M.P.; Mrs. Lloyd, Thomas L. Longueville, Esq.; and Mr. Williams, besides whom are several other proprietors. TRINITY CHURCH, situate in the Salop road, a neat fabric built of free stone in the decorative style of English architecture, was erected in 1837; it consists of nave and chancel, and the roof is of groined timber, which gives it a very interesting appearance. There are 670 sittings, of which 400 are declared free and unappropriated for ever, in consequence of a grant from the Incorporated Society, for building and enlarging churches. There are 28 pews in the body of the church, 29 in the gallery, and the free sittings are open benches. The gallery contains a small organ, which was presented to the church, on the condition that the incumbent for the time being be allowed to receive the rent of the six pews in front of the communion table, in lieu of the pews in the gallery, partly taken up by the organ, and partly thrown open as free sittings. The chancel exhibits some fine chiselling and decorative workmanship; the east window is also richly adorned with stained glass. The living is a perpetual curacy returned at £450, in the gift of the vicar of Oswestry, and is enjoyed by the Rev. John Jones. THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, situate in Arthur-street, is a commodious and well built brick structure, with stone finishings, and a portico of the Doric order, which gives it a chaste appearance. The pews are arranged in a semicircular form, and there is a gallery; it will accommodate about 600 hearers. There is a flourishing society and a Sunday school in connection with the chapel. THE BAPTIST CHAPEL, situated in Smithfield, was built in 1805, and enlarged in 1818; it is provided with galleries, and will hold 300 persons. THE METHODIST CHAPEL is a good brick structure, erected in 1811, in the Salop road, and will accommodate 400 worshippers. THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, built in 1801, and situated in Castle Fields, is a brick building cemented; it is neatly pewed and calculated to hold 600 hearers. There is a small burial ground annexed to the chapel, and a house has been built for the resident minister. THE WELSH INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, a small fabric, is situated in Castle Fields. Divine service is performed in the Welsh language. THE WELSH CALVINISTIC CHAPEL (ZION), a good building of brick with a stuccoed front, is situated in Gateacre place, and was erected in 1836. The interior arrangements have a neat appearance. The service of this chapel is also in the Welsh language. THE WELSH METHODISTS meet for worship in a room near the Welsh walls. The society contemplate building a chapel in a short period. THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN assemble for worship in a large room on the premises of Mrs. Macdongall, in Bailey street. THE INDEPENDENT METHODISTS have a small chapel in Castle Terrace, built in 1848, which will hold about 150 hearers. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL, situate at Pentrepoeth, is a handsome building, in the Elizabethan style of architecture, with a convenient residence for the teacher. The centre of the building is occupied by the girls, and the wings on each side are for the accommodation of the boys and the infants. The school is pleasantly situated, has a play ground attached, and the whole is enclosed by a wall. The institution is supported by subscription, and a small charge from each scholar. THE BRITISH SCHOOL, a substantial and commodious building in Arthur Street, was built by subscription and a grant from the School Society. The building is ornamented with stone quoins and cornices; the upper room is occupied by the girls, and the lower room by the boys. THE YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE was established in October, 1850, with the object of extending the moral and intellectual culture of the young men of the town of Oswestry. We are happy to observe that many of the young men in the town have enrolled themselves as members, a library has been established, and the news room is furnished with papers, and some of the most popular periodicals of the day. The ordinary members pay 1s. 6d. per quarter, honorary members pay an annual subscription of 10s. 6d., or a donation of £10 or upwards. The corporation have kindly granted a room in the Council Hall for the accommodation of the members. THE SAVINGS BANK, in Bailey Square, was established in 1818. The capital stock of the bank on November 20th, 1850, amounted to £50,973. 6s. 1d., at which time there were 1463 separate accounts; of which 23 were charitable societies, having deposits amounting to £851. 8s. 10d., and 31 friendly societies, with deposits amounting to £5,884. 0s. 8d. Of the individual depositors, there were 697 whose respective balances did not exceed £20; 442 were above £20, and not exceeding £50; 180 were above that sum, and not exceeding £100; 62 above £100, and less than £150; 26 did not exceed £200, and two accounts were above that sum. The bank is open on Wednesdays, from twelve to two o’clock. Thomas L. Longueville, Esq., is treasurer, and Mr. John Hughes, secretary. THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY is an extensive range of building, composed of brick, pleasantly situated about a mile from the town. It was erected by the joint subscription of the town and parish of Oswestry, the several parishes of Whittington, West Felton, St. Martin’s, Chirk, Selattyn, Knockin, Kinnerley, Ruyton, Llansilin, Llanyblodwell, and the township of Llwytidman, in the parish of Llanymynech. The house will accommodate 600 inmates; the average number is about 190. It was built under Gilbert’s Act. The respective parishes appoint the officers, who collect the rates, and pay the out-poor. The board days are every Monday. Richard Nightingale Broughton, Esq., is the chairman, Mr. John Hughes, clerk, Mr. Thomas Morris, governor, Mr. Thomas Davies, relieving officer, and Edward and Ann Jones, schoolteachers. THE DISPENSARY, in Lower Brook Street, under the superintendence of Mr. Hales, is supported by annual subscriptions and donations. It is worthy of increased support from the charitable and humane; for since its establishment hundreds have partaken of the healing benefits of this Samaritan institution, the object of which is to check, and ameliorate suffering humanity, in whatever form it is found. THE TOWN HALL is situated near the site of the Castle, and forms one side of the square called Bailey-head. It is a plain stone building, comprising a large room (where the sessions and public affairs of the town are transacted) and offices for the clerks, &c. The front is enclosed by an iron palisade. Near the centre of the building is a figure of King Oswald, carved in stone. At the back of the hall is the police establishment, built in 1830, and residence of Mr. Jacob Smith, clerk of the market and superintendent of police. THE BOROUGH GAOL, in Castle Fields, is a brick structure, erected in 1826, which contains three cells and two airing yards. It is now used as a lock-up, under the control of the borough and county magistrates. THE COUNTY COURT OFFICE adjoins the Town Hall, at Bailey-head. The jurisdiction of the court embraces the following parishes and places, viz.:—Knockin, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, West Felton, Kinnerley Llanymynech, except Carreghova township, Llansilin, part of Soughton township, part of Selattyn, Llanblodwell, Oswestry town and liberties, St. Martin’s, Chirk, Ellesmere, except Penley, Welsh Hampton, and Hordley. Judge: Edward Lewis Richards, Esq. Clerk: William Simons, Esq. Assistant Clerk: Thomas Askew Davies. High Bailiff: Mr. Charles Scarlett Andrews. Bailiff; Mr. Ellis Hughes. Broker: Mr. Edward Evans. THE POWIS MARKET HALL forms one side of the spacious area of the Bailey Square, and is a plain stone building, with a high clock turret. The front part of the structure was formerly used as the Guild Hall, at the back of which additional erections have been made of brick, chiefly through the instrumentality of P. Cartwright, Esq., and a few other resident gentlemen. It is a spacious structure, partly covered with glass. Here the corn market is held on Wednesdays, and is very numerously attended by the farmers in the surrounding district. THE FAIRS at Oswestry are held on the first Wednesday in each month, for the sale of butter, cheese, and other commodities, which take place in the Powis Market Hall. The North Shropshire and North Wales yeomen are justly proud of their fine dairies of cheese and butter, and the market is unrivalled in Shropshire for the extent of business that is transacted in these commodities. The day preceding the above is for the sale of cattle, sheep, and pigs, which takes place in the Smithfield Market. THE MARKET held on Wednesdays for butter, poultry, and butchers’ meat, is very numerously attended. The meat and provisions brought to the market are abundant in quantity and excellent in quality. Considerable quantities of poultry (geese, ducks, as well as the small Welsh mutton) are brought here weekly for sale. The shambles are in Willow Street and Bailey Street; and the butter and poultry market is conveniently arranged and covered in. THE GAS WORKS, situated near Gallows Tree Gate, on the Salop road, were established in 1842. The premises are conveniently arranged, and from 8s. to 10s. are charged per 1,000 cubic feet for the luminous vapour. Mr. Robert Roberts is the proprietor. THE THEATRE, a small building in Willow Street, is usually open for a few weeks in the year by a company of comedians. THE RACES are held at Cen-y-bwch, a beautiful piece of ground situated on an eminence to the west of the town. The races of late years have not commanded that attention and support which they formerly did, and they were altogether discontinued last year. It is expected, however, they will again take place during the present year about the usual time, in the autumn of the year. THE RAILWAY STATION is situated on the north-east side of the town. There are ten trains arrive and depart during the day to Gabowen, where the branch from Oswestry joins the trunk line of the Shrewsbury and Chester railway. Mr. E. Jones is the station-master. THE ASSEMBLY ROOM and BOWLING GREEN are at the Wynstay Arms. The STAMP OFFICE is in Willow Street. THE EXCISE OFFICE is at the Cross Keys Inn. THE NEWS ROOM is at the Court House, Bailey Square. THE CRICKET GROUND is in Lower Brook Street. _The Oswestry Advertiser_, a small publication which makes its appearance on the first Wednesday in each month, is extensively patronised as an advertising medium, and is worthy of support for the interesting local information which it furnishes. Mr. John A. Roberts is the publisher and proprietor. CHARITIES.—THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL is pleasantly situated on the west side of the town. It was founded as early as the reign of Henry IV. by David Hobech, who granted, for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, and the reparation of the school-house there, certain lands in Sweeney, Treflach, Maesbury, and Crickheath. By an inquisition, under a commission of charitable uses, taken at Oswestry, and dated 10th April, 1634, it is stated that although the bailiffs of Oswestry had the ordering and disposing of the school and the school lands, they had done the same without any just authority, and that if they had been trusted they had manifestly abused the trust, in making leases at an under value and for secret rewards for themselves. The said commissioners therefore decreed, that the bailiffs of the said town should be for ever discharged and excluded from any trust or intermeddling with the school lands, that the schoolmaster for the time being should let the premises in possession, and not in reversion, for the term of seven years, with the consent of the bishop and chancellor of the diocese. The commissioners further ordered that the schoolmaster should have an usher, to be allowed £10 a year; and the master for the time being to keep the school premises in repair. The property now held by the master consists of 34A. 3R. 18P. of land at Crickheath, let for £30 per annum; three closes of land in Treflach, containing 23A. 1R. 7P., producing a yearly rental of £36; land in the township of Sweeney, containing altogether 68A. 3R. 10P., let for £134 per annum. There was also a small piece of land in Sweeney, of about half an acre, of which the master had lost possession. It was surrounded by property belonging to Sir W. W. Wynne, and had in fact been sold by him. The master having established his title thereto, a small piece of land adjoining the school premises was given up to him in lieu thereof. Four closes of land in Weston Cotton, containing 19A. 2R. 9P., producing £40 per annum; and an allotment in the same township of 1A. 2R. 9P., let for £3 yearly; land in the township of Maesbury consisting of 16A. 0R. 18P. producing an annual sum of £24; and the yearly sum of £1. 6s. 8d. as a free farm rent, issuing out of a corn mill in Maesbury. The rents of the above premises amount in the whole to £271. 10s. 2d., and are received by the master of the school. In addition to the premises already noticed, there is a school and school-house, and seven acres of land in the town of Oswestry, held under lease from Sir W. W. Wynne, bearing date 22nd September, 1815, for 10,000 years, at the clear yearly rent of £12. The school now existing was built by Dr. Donne, the expenses of which amounted to about £1,400. The school is open to all boys born in the parish of Oswestry, for instruction in English, Latin, and Greek; but it is expected that they should be able to read before they are admitted. No payment is demanded of the scholars, except 7s. 6d. for entrance, and 2s. a-year for fire money. The course of instruction in the school is chiefly classical; but algebra, geometry, history, and writing are also taught. For the latter a separate charge is made. In addition to the scholars on the foundation, the master takes a limited number of boarders. We cannot but observe on the inconveniences that have occurred, and are likely to occur, for want of trustees. It is true that Dr. Donne recovered possession of a great part of the school property, or an equivalent for it, at his own expense; but few persons in his situation would have undertaken the same risk; and the necessity for such proceedings was probably owing to the reluctance felt by former masters to involving themselves in litigation with the tenants. The Rev. Stephen Donne, M.A., is the head master. _Thomas Owen_, in 1713, left £20 for the use of the charity school. _Daniel Poole_, in 1716, left the interest of £20 for the same use. In 1737, £32 was laid out on the poor house in Church street, which sum was paid out of the above legacies; and it was ordered at a vestry that a yearly sum of 40s. should be paid towards the support of the charity school. Nothing, however, has been paid in respect of these charities for many years. The poor house in Church street has been sold, and the produce applied to the general purposes of the town. THE ALMSHOUSES.—_Dame Ellen_, widow of Sir Francis Eure, by will bearing date 20th August, 1626, devised six tenements in William street, to the bailiffs and burgesses of Oswestry, and their successors, to be used and employed for the habitation of six poor men and six poor women, to be appointed by the said bailiffs and their successors. _Jane Owen_, in 1732, bequeathed to the twelve poor persons, inmates of the almshouse commonly called Porkington almshouses, the sum of 18s., to be paid to them yearly for ever; and she ordered her executor to charge her real and personal estate with the payment thereof. It does not appear that this gift was ever in any way settled to the use of the almspeople, _Mrs. S. Ormsby_, by her will in 1805, requested her daughter (now the wife of W. Ormsby Gore, Esq.), and those who should succeed her in the Porkington estate, would pay, “as she had done,” the poor people in the almshouse for ever. _Mrs. Gore_ distributes £3 among the inmates on Christmas day, that being the sum her mother had previously given. The almshouses are kept in repair by Mrs. Gore, and she appoints the inmates. _Margaret Godolphin_, in 1748, gave a messuage and shop, and other premises to the use of the vicar of Oswestry for the time being, provided he should live in the said house; and if the vicar should not reside in the said dwelling, the same should be let yearly, and the rents paid to the churchwardens, to be applied in placing out poor fatherless children apprentices. The premises above were exchanged in the year 1823, for other premises situate in Brook street. Before this exchange took place the house originally devised was not occupied by the vicar, but was let by the overseers, and the rent improperly carried to the general account of the poor’s rate. _Owen Morgan_, in 1604, gave certain property to the Haberdashers’ Company, London, subject to the payment of £20 yearly, for the relief of the poor people of the parish of Oswestry, to be distributed where most need should appear, by the parson, curate, and the churchwardens of the said parish. The yearly sum of £20 is received from the Haberdashers’ Company, through the Oswestry bank. This forms part of a general fund, which is distributed as hereafter mentioned. _Hugh Yale_, by his will bearing date 2nd January, 1605, gave a messuage and garden adjoining the churchyard of Oswestry, with a croft near the Chapel Fields, and the reversion of a house and garden adjoining the school, in trust, to bestow the rents among the necessitous poor of the town; and he directed that if any preacher, lawfully licensed, should upon that day preach in the Welsh tongue in the parish church of Oswestry, he should receive 6s. 8d. out of the rents. The property belonging to Yale’s charity consists of a field called the Poor’s Croft, let for £8 per annum; two small tenements in Upper Brook street, producing a rental of £5 yearly; two plots of ground near the churchyard, demised to Richard Price for a term of 99 years, from 1st May, 1809, at a yearly rent of £2. 12s. 6d.; a piece of ground near the churchyard, let on lease in 1808 for a term of 99 years, to Thomas Davies, Esq., for 20s. per annum; two small cottages adjoining the churchyard, one let for £2 a year, and the other for £3 a year. A garden, for which a yearly rent of 2s. 6d. from the year 1688 till 1825 was received, when the party holding it disputed the right of the claim; the churchwardens, however, intended to take proceedings for possession of the land. In 1782, 10s. is entered as received of Thomas Griffith, for one year’s rent for a yard and a saw-pit adjoining the Lawn House. The same rent was afterwards paid by the Rev. Mr. Maurice, and, in 1804, by John Bonner, Esq., who succeeded to Mr. Maurice’s property. Nothing, however, has been paid since 1806, and the piece of ground could not be satisfactorily identified when the charity commissioners published their report. The income of this charity is added to the general fund, disposed of as hereafter mentioned. There seems to have been great negligence in the management of this charity, in admitting tenants who were unable to pay the rent; in not keeping up the boundaries of the land; and in not preserving the counterparts of those leases which appear to have been granted. _John Morris_ gave an annual payment of £1. 10s., issuing out of lands at Crickheath, for the use of the poor of the town of Oswestry. The amount is paid by the agent of W. Eyton, Esq., as the owner of the land upon which the payment is charged. _Richard Witcherley_ gave a parcel of land in Beatrice street, and directed 1s. per week to be expended in bread out of the rent thereof, and the overplus to be applied in apprentice fees. The premises consist of a croft, containing 1A. 2R., let at a yearly rent of £7. _Mrs. Dorothy Southey’s Charity_.—A yearly sum of £2. 12s. is paid from a field in the liberties of the town of Oswestry, as the gift of _Mrs. Southey_, for a distribution of bread. _William Gough_, in 1669, left a rent charge of £5. 6s. 8d., charged on certain lands in Trevlach, and directed £5 per annum to be applied in placing out poor children apprentice, born in the parish of Oswestry, and the remaining 6s. 8d. to be paid to the minister for a sermon on St. Stephen’s day. A donor unknown gave a small plot of land for the use of the poor of Oswestry. A yearly payment of 5s. is made by _William Ormsby Gore_, _Esq._, out of a piece of land near Llwyn gate, in respect of this charity. There is also a yearly payment of 5s. issuing out of a house and premises in Cross street, the property of D. O. Cooper, which is distributed in bread among the poor. _Winifred Matthews_, in 1709, left a yearly sum of £2. 10s., payable out of a piece of land in Trefonen, called Maes-y-Benglog, towards putting apprentice one poor child of the town of Oswestry one year, and the next year from Trefonon, Treflach, Sweeney, or Trever clawdd. The property from which this payment is made belongs to Sir W. W. Wynne, and the amount is paid by his agent. _Mary Lloyd_, in 1727, bequeathed £100, and directed the yearly interest thereof to be laid out in woollen cloth for the poor of the town of Oswestry, and apprenticing a poor boy of the said town alternately. _Mrs. Peacock_, in 1732 gave £5, the interest to be distributed among poor decayed housekeepers. These two sums are laid out upon the security of the tolls of the turnpike road leading from Oswestry to Selattyn, called the Willow Gate Trust; and £5. 5s. is paid as the interest. _Thomas Turner_, by his will, 1777, bequeathed £20, the interest thereof to be distributed among the poor of the parish of Oswestry. The produce of the eleven charities last mentioned, amounting to £55. 11s., are brought to one account, kept by the churchwardens appointed for the town of Oswestry, and disposed of for the benefit of the poor of the town, exclusive of the rest of the parish. Six shillings worth of bread is given away in the church every alternate Sunday, and the residue is given away at different times of the year, in bread, clothing, or shoes, according to the discretion of the churchwardens for the time being. As it appeared the churchwardens had frequently selected for distribution such articles as they themselves dealt in, the charity commissioners strongly recommended that some regular mode of distributing these charities should be adopted, and that the directions of the respective donors should be followed as far as they could be ascertained, and circumstances would admit. _Sir John Swinnerton_, by will 1616, charged his lands with the payment of £5. 4s. for bread, which, by the sale of the lands, was increased to £7. 4s. per annum. The money for which the land was sold was in the hands of T. Kynaston, Esq., nearly fifty years, and subsequently of Mr. Lloyd, for which interest was regularly paid till 1781, when this money was called in, for the purpose of enabling the town to purchase and repair certain premises near the churchyard, intended for a workhouse. The money was probably applied accordingly; but in 1808 this workhouse was sold for £280, by the directors of the Oswestry house of industry, under the powers of an act of parliament, passed 31 George III. We are informed, however, that the produce of this sale was not added to the funds of the house of industry, but was applied in obtaining an act of parliament for lighting and paving the town of Oswestry. It appears, therefore, the inhabitants of the town of Oswestry have appropriated to their own use a sum of £120 applicable to charitable uses, without making the poor any compensation in lieu thereof. _Richard Muckleston_, in 1638, gave 40s. per annum to be distributed in bread to the poor of Oswestry, charged on premises in the parish of Kilgurran, and at Llandrau. The amount is expended in bread and distributed on Good Friday. _Francis Shore_, in 1691, charged his mansion house in Oswestry, with the payment of 20s. yearly, to be distributed among the poor. Mr. Jones, the owner of the house, gives 20s. yearly among poor persons, according to his own discretion, on St. Thomas’s day. _Margaret Lloyd_, by will 1694, charged her house and croft in the parish of Oswestry, with the annual payment of 20s., to be given among twenty poor labourers or decayed tradesmen. _Elizabeth Williams_, in 1703, left to poor housekeepers 40s. per annum, to be distributed by the churchwardens on Palm Monday, for ever, which money was to be paid out of the Mixen Hall estate. _Rebecca Lloyd_, by will 1733, gave £20, which was afterwards secured on premises in Cross street. The amount is paid by Mr. Penson, the owner of a house and garden in Cross street, and distributed by the churchwardens among forty poor persons on New Year’s day. _Sir William Williams_, by his will, 7th September, 1734, bequeathed £200, the annual produce thereof to be distributed among poor persons of the town and parish of Oswestry. This money is in the hands of Sir Watkin W. Wynne, whose agent pays the yearly sum of £10 as the interest thereof. One half of this money is distributed by the churchwardens of the town, in sums of 6d. and 1s. each. The other half is divided between the upper and lower divisions of the parish. _Sir Nathaniel Lloyd’s Charity_.—In the will of Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, bearing date All Souls day, 1740, there is the following clause:—“I give to some of the meaner inhabitants of Oswestry and Whittington a yearly benefit, equally among them, as shall arise out of my South Sea Stock and old annuities; the first putting in of such persons to be in the heir of Aston, of the family of my grandfather, Andrew Lloyd, Esq., and the nomination to any vacancy to be in the bishop of that diocese and the heir of Aston alternately.” Soon after the death of the testator, proceedings were instituted in the Court of Chancery, and by a decree made 14th November, 1743, it was referred to the master to inquire of what South Sea Stock and Old South Sea annuities the testator died possessed; to appoint trustees, to whose names the same should be transferred, and to approve of a scheme for the application of the charity; and it was declared that the bequest to the meaner inhabitants of Oswestry and Whittington was a perpetual charity, and ought to be distributed among the meaner inhabitants, who should not receive alms. The master, by his report, made 15th May 1745, certified that the testator was possessed of £660. 16s. 9d. South Sea Stock, and £2,623. 16s. Old South Sea annuities; and he approved of a scheme, whereby it was provided that the charity should be extended to the whole town and liberty of Oswestry; and that three-fifths of the dividends should be paid among the meaner inhabitants, not receiving alms, and two-fifths among the like persons in Whittington; and that twelve persons of the town and liberty of Oswestry, and eight persons of Whittington, be nominated alternately by the heir of Aston, and the bishop of St. Asaph, should be allowed £4 each yearly, by quarterly payments. That a power should be vested in seven trustees thereinafter named, to make orders for the better management of the charity; and that on the death of any of the trustees, the survivors should within six weeks appoint another. The master’s report was confirmed, and the stock and annuities duly transferred into their names. The dividends, amounting to £97 19s. 8d. per annum, are received by Messrs. Child, and £50 is transmitted every Christmas, and £45 every Midsummer, to Mr. Lloyd, who pays to twenty poor persons of the parishes of Oswestry and Whittington, £4. 10s. per annum, by half-yearly payments. No persons are appointed unless at the time they reside in one of the parishes above mentioned; but if they afterwards cease to reside there, the allowance is not taken away from them. The parties receiving the charity are generally such as have been reduced from better circumstances. OSWESTRY DIRECTORY A LIST OF STREETS, COURTS, SQUARES, AND PLACES IN THE BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY Albert place, Beatrice street Albion hill, Bailey head Arthur street, Bailey head Bailey head, Bailey street Bailey street, Cross street Bailey square, Bailey head Beatrice street, Legge street Black gate, Legge street Borough gaol, Bailey head Brook st., Lower, Pool road Brook st., Upper, Church st. Butter market, Cross street Butter and cheese mart, Powis hall Castle buildings, Willow st. Castle fields, Up. Bailey sq. Castle street, Castle fields Castle terrace, Beatrice street Church street, Cross street Church st., Upper, Pool road Clawddu street, Willow street to Cross street Coney green, Salop road Corn market, Powis market hall County court, Bailey square County hall, Bailey square Cross street, Church street Croxon’s square, Smithfield road Dispensary, Lower Brook st. English Walls, Smithfield rd Excise office, Legge street Gatacre place, Welsh walls Horse fair, Castle fields Kent place, Salop road Legge street, Salop road Londonderry, Upper Willow street Love lane, Church street Middleton road, Salop road Oswell’s place, Pool road Paradise row, Salop road Pentropoath, Pool road Police office, Bailey head Poultry and fruit market, Clawddu street Pool road, Church street Porkington terrace, Willow street Post office, Willow street Powis market hall, Castle fields Quadrant place, Legge street Race course, two miles W.W by N. of the borough Railway station, Lower Beatrice street Salop road, Legge street Shambles, Willow street Shoe and merchandise market, Bailey square Smithfield road, Salop road Smithfield beast, sheep, and pig market, English walls Stamp office, Willow street Theatre, Upper Willow street Union place, Beatrice street Victoria place, Smithfield rd Warrington place, Upper Willow street Welsh walls, from Brook street to Willow street Willow street, Cross street Willow street, Upper, Welsh walls ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF NAMES, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, AND RESIDENCES OF THE INHABITANTS OF OSWESTRY. Allen Thomas, market gardener, Kent place Andrews Charles Scarlett, Esq., high bailiff Arthur Evan, provision dealer, Cross street Asterley Catherine, seminary, Castle buildings Aubrey Mrs., Broom hall Barnett Henry, surgeon, Willow street Barrett James, vict., Coach and Horses, Legge street Basnett Miss, Salop road Bassett Joseph, solicitors’ clerk, Salop road Bate Mrs. Mary, Salop road Batchelor and Grindley, maltsters, Beatrice street Batten William, veterinary surgeon, Upper Brook street Batterbee William, brazier and glazier, Legge street Baverstock John, tailor, Salop road Bayley Charles, glass and china dealer, Cross street Beard Hannah Jemima, dress maker, Willow street Beckett James, vict., Fighting Cocks, Beatrice street Bentley John, parish clerk, Upper Church street Bennion and Meredith, surgery, Welsh walls Bickerton George Morrel, hardware dealer, Willow street Bill Mrs. Jane, Bailey street Blaikei Robert, surgeon, Church street Bowen John, painter, Legge street Bowyer Thomas, cooper, Beatrice street Brayne Mrs. Elizabeth, maltster, Beatrice st. Brayne Thomas, accountant, Beatrice street Breese John, vict., Victoria, Willow street Bridden Mary, confectioner, Albion hill Brocklehurst Rev. T. H., Brook street Buffey Mr. Samuel, Brook street Bull Mrs. Elizabeth, Kent place Bull William Isaac, solicitor, Church street Cadwallader Thos., basket maker, Salop road Carry Mrs. Mary Ann, Kent place Cartwright Peploe, Esq., Church street Cash Thomas, slater, Beatrice street Churchill Benjamin, Esq., Lime house Churton Joseph, provision dealer, Beatrice street Clayton Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Upper Brook street Collier Henry, teacher of dancing, Coney green cottage Cooke Ann, dress maker, Pool road Coombs Samuel, boot and shoe warehouse, Church street Cooper George, bank manager, Willow st. Corken Archibald, watch and clock dealer, Cross street Corney William, confectioner, Cross street Corney and Jones, wine merchants, Church street Cowdell John, book stationer, Legge street Cross Thomas, bird and animal preserver, Brook street Croxon Mrs., Church street Croxon Richard Jones, Esq., Church street Davies Mrs. Catherine, Beatrice street Davies David Christopher, tin plate worker, Legge street Davies Edward, mail contractor, Coney green Davies Edward, lets post horses, Salop road Davies Edward, cheese factor, Church street Davies Edward, confectioner, Cross street Davies Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker, Cross street Davies Ellen, confectioner, Cross street Davies Francis, blacksmith, Willow street Davies Henry, solicitor, Willow street Davies James, beerhouse, Bailey street Davies John, vict., Three Tuns, Bailey head Davies John, mercer & draper, Cross street Davies John, saddler and harness maker, Bailey street Davies John, tailor, Cross street Davies Mary, confectioner, Albion hill Davies Richard and William, mercers and drapers, Cross street Davies Robert, beerhouse, Upper Brook st. Davies Sarah, straw bonnet maker, Church st. Davies Susannah, shopkeeper, Willow street Davies Thomas, vict., Red Lion, Bailey head Davies Thomas, plumber and glazier, Albert place Davies Thomas, glazier, Beatrice street Davies Thomas, machine maker, Bailey sq. Davies Thomas Askew, county court clerk, Cross street Davies William Morris, mercer and draper, Cross street Dempster Thomas, upholsterer, Legge street Dicker Philip, surgeon, Arthur street Dodd Edward, vict., The Eagles, Bailey sqre. Donne Rev. Stephen, Brook street house Doughty William, baker, &c., Willow street Edmunds Griffith, tailor and draper, Albion hill Edmunds John, Esq., Porkington terrace Edmunds Mrs. Martha, Union place Edwards Mr. David, Beatrice street Edwards David, basket maker, Brook street Edwards Edward, vict., Unicorn, Albion hill Edwards Edward, butcher, Willow street Edwards Edward, vict., Five Bells, Willow street Edwards George, boot and shoe dealer, Cross street Edwards John, boot and shoe maker, Croxon’s square Edwards John, butcher, Bailey street Edwards James, Esq., Upper Brook street Edwards Luke, vict., Swan, Beatrice street Edwards Richard, tailor, Salop road Edwards Richard, lets post horses, Londonderry Edwards Thomas, Esq., Porkington terrace Edwards Thomas, tallow chandler, Cross st. Edwards Thomas, bricklayer, Willow street Edwards Thomas, currier, Beatrice street Edwards Walter, chemist and druggist, Church street Edwards William, spirit merchant, Legge st. Edwards William, nurseryman, Welsh walls Edwards William, vict., Star, Bailey street Edwards William, hairdresser, Church street Ellis Henry, attorney’s clerk, Smithfield cottage Ellis Thomas, tallow chandler, Brick kilns Ellis Thomas, glazier, Croxon’s square Evans Edward, auctioneer, Legge street Evans Edward, builder, Lower Brook street Evans Evan, butcher, Poole road Evans Francis, saddler and harness maker, Cross street Evans George, boot and shoe maker, Upper Brook street Evans John, provision store, Pool road Evans John, cow keeper, Beatrice street Evans Lydia, milliner, Quadrant Evans Richard, chemist and druggist, Willow street Evans Robert, tanner, Legge street Evans Samuel, news agent Evans Mrs. Selina Clementia, Salop road Evans Thomas, shopkeeper, Pool road Evans William, dyer, Pool road Eyeley Charles, painter, Lower Brook street Eyeley and Son, painter, Upper Brook street Farmer Charles, saddler and harness maker, Willow street Farr Thomas, coach builder, Salop road Faulkes Edward, beerhouse, Legge street Faulkes Robert, draper and mercer, Church street Fisher John Edward, ironmonger, Cross street Fitzgerald Samuel, attorney’s clerk Fox John, accountant, Upper Brook street Fox Ralph, shopkeeper, Upper Brook street France George, commercial school, Beatrice street Franklin Mrs. Elizabeth, Willow street Fuller William, surgeon, Salop road Gee Margaret, vict., Albion, Church street Gerrard William, hairdresser, Legge road Gilpin Mrs. Mary, Union place Gittins Samuel, maltster, Beatrice street Gough John, glazier, Beatrice street Gough Mrs. Maria, Church street Gregory Thomas, silversmith, Cross street Griffith William, boot and shoemaker, Willow street Griffith William, surgeon, Church street Grindley and Co., maltsters, Beatrice street Hales John Miles, gentleman, Lower Brook street Hammons Edward, farrier, Church street Hamor Mrs., The Cottage Hardy Mary, baby linen repository, Church street Hardy Thomas, slater, Church street Haswell Charles, beerhouse, Legge street Hawkins Henry George, agent, Union place Hayward William, Esq., Willow street Hayward and Davies, solicitors, Bailey head Hill Thomas, auctioneer, Upper Brook street Hilditch George, auctioneer; office, Church street Hingham George, gunsmith, Cross street Hodges Richard, corn factor, Willow street Hodges William, seed factor, Bailey street Holbrook Sarah, seminary, Salop road Holden Richard, vict., Horse Shoe, Legge street Holland Isaac, builder, Beatrice street Hughes Edward, whitesmith, Beatrice street Hughes Edward, wheelwright, Salop road Hughes Elizabeth, bonnet maker, Willow st. Hughes Ellis, county court bailiff Hughes Hannah, straw bonnet maker, Beatrice street Hughes John, bank manager, Bailey square Hughes John, beerhouse, Salop road Hughes John, shopkeeper, Beatrice street Hughes Mary, shopkeeper, Salop road Hughes Price, butcher, Willow street Hughes Richard, butcher, Upper Brook street Hughes Thomas, wine merchant, Church st. Hughes Thomas, bricklayer, Upper Brook street Hughes Thomas, beerhouse, Willow street Hughes Thomas, tailor, Willow street Hughes William, tanner, Willow street Hurdman John, temperance house, Bailey sq. Humphreys Clara, clothes dealer, Legge street Jackson George, butcher, Bailey street Jackson Joseph, beerhouse, Church street Jackson Mary Ann, seminary, Willow street Jackson Thomas, butcher, Willow street Jameson David, provision store, Bailey street Jarvis James, painter, Church street Jarvis Ann M., bonnet maker, Bailey street Jarvis Miss, milliner, Cross street Jennings R. W., commercial traveller Johnson James, grocer and dealer, Bailey st. Johnson Joseph, butcher, Albion hill Jones Charles, engraver, Pool road Jones Charles, shopkeeper, Upper Brook st. Jones and Corney, wine and spirit merchants, Church street Jones David, baker, Willow street Jones David, shopkeeper, Beatrice street Jones David, boot and shoe warehouse, Church street Jones Edward, tailor, Pool road Jones Edward, shopkeeper, Beatrice street Jones Edward, boot & shoemaker, Bailey st Jones Edward, vict., George, Bailey head Jones Edward, attorney’s clerk, Arthur street Jones Edwin, station master, Beatrice street Jones Elizabeth, dress maker, Welsh walls Jones Evan, wheelwright, Pool road Jones Evan, butcher, Upper Brook street Jones Frederick, grocer & tea dealer, Legge st Jones Gwen, glass & china dealer, Cross st. Jones Miss Harriet, Salop road Jones Henry, butcher, Willow street Jones Hugh, shopkeeper, Willow street Jones James Thomas, bank manager, Willow street Jones John, gentleman, Lower Brook street Jones Rev. John, the Cross Jones John, vict., White Horse, Church street Jones John, Esq., Plasffynnon Jones John, gentleman, Willow street Jones John, pawnbroker, Bailey street Jones John, butcher, Bailey street Jones John, cabinet maker, Church street Jones John, butcher, Beatrice street Jones John, lets post horses, Willow street Jones John, shopkeeper, Brook street Jones John, slater, Upper Brook street Jones John, upholsterer, Church street Jones John, hairdresser, Legge street Jones John, hat manufacturer, Church street Jones John, shopkeeper, Legge street Jones John, shopkeeper, Church street Jones John clothes dealer, Bailey head Jones John blacksmith, Legge street Jones John, blacksmith, Lower Brook street Jones Jonathan, bricklayer, Corneabrun Jones Leonard, beerhouse, Salop road Jones the Misses, Willow street Jones Miss Elizabeth, Lower Brook street Jones Morris, blacksmith, Middleton road Jones Richard, hat manufacturer, Bailey st Jones Richard, shopkeeper, Cross street Jones Richard, skinner, Willow street Jones Robert, wheelwright, Willow street Jones Robert, butcher, Church street Jones Thos., vict., Plough, Beatrice street Jones Thomas, wheelwright, Beatrice street Jones Thomas, pipe manufacturer, Pentrapoath Jones Thomas, grocer and dealer, Willow st. Jones Thomas, gentleman, Church street Jones Thomas, merchant, Low Willow street Jones Watkin, grocer and dealer, Cross street Jones William, blacksmith, Beatrice street Jones William, shopkeeper, Willow street Jones William, lets post horses, Beatrice st. Jones William, plasterer, Beatrice street Jones William, farmer & grazier, Hays farm Jones Wynne the Rev., Upper Brook street Kiffin Mrs. Elizabeth, Salop road King Francis the Rev., Upper Brook street King John Edward, vict., the Cross Keys Hotel, commercial and posting house, Legge street Killon John, tailor, Beatrice street Lacon John, iron merchant, Legge street Large Joseph, surgeon, Union place Lawford William Robinson, Esq., Orley hall Leeke Thomas, soda water manufacturer, Welsh walls Leeke Thos., lets post horses, Willow street Leigh Mrs. Mary, Willow street Lewis George, stamp office, Willow street Lewis John, hairdresser, Albion hill Lewis Margaret, dressmaker, Beatrice street Lewis Mary, dressmaker, Bailey street Lewis Martin, butcher, Cross street Lewis Thomas, vict., Bear Inn, Legge street Lewis William, painter, Beatrice street Lloyd David, vict., Wynnstay Arms Hotel, commercial and posting house, Church st. Lloyd Eleanor, hosier, Legge street Lloyd John, beerhouse, Willow street Lloyd Joseph, bricklayer, Willow street Longueville Thomas Longueville, Esq. Mount Pleasant Longueville & Williams, solicitors, Brook st Lowe James, vict., Butchers’ Arms, Willow st Lowther William, broker, Beatrice street Lucas Francis, agent, Salop road Lucas Miss, Salop road Lucas Mr. Francis, Salop road Macdougall Mary, victualler, Osbourn’s Hotel, Commercial and Posting House, Legge st Mackiernin Thomas, flax dresser, Bailey st Mansell Richard, gentleman, Rod Meadows Marriott Edward Birch, Esq., Willow street Mathews Richard, watch and clock maker, Bailey street Mellor William, glass & earthenware dealer, Bailey Head Menlove Richard, Esq., Upper Brook street Meredith John, surgeon, Willow street Minshill & Dale, ironmongers, Bailey street Minshill John, gentleman, Salop road Minshill Rebecca, Castle fields Minshill Sarah, Porkington terrace Minshill Thomas and Charles, solicitors, Arthur street Milnes Richard, gentleman, Pool road Milnes Richard, stone mason and builder, Pool road Mine John, maltster, Pool road Minett Sarah, Pickton house Mitton George, boot & shoe dealer, Willow st Mitton Sarah, milliner, Willow street Moreaton Ann, vict., Boar’s head, Willow st Moreaton Wm., butcher, Willow street Morgan Abraham, hair dresser, Cross street Morris Edward, Esq., Salop road Morris Edward, maltster, Willow street Morris Edward, commission agent: office, Albion Inn Morris Edward, beerhouse, Warrington place Morris Griffith, timber merchant, Salop road Morris Mrs. Mary, Pool road Morris James, plasterer, Oswall’s place Morris John, cooper, Legge street Morris Mrs. Price, Willow street Morris Richard Esq., Salop road Morris Richard, glazier, Willow street Morris Robert, bricklayer, Upper Brook st Morris and Savin, mercers and drapers, Legge street Morris Thomas, butcher, Bailey street Moses Edward, lime burner, Bronygarth Oliver John, cooper, Legge street Oswell Edward, Esq., Derwen house Oswell Edward, solicitor, Church street Owen Arthur, butcher, Bailey street Owen Edward, tailor, Bailey street Owen Mrs. Jane Emma, wine & spirit dealer Legge street Owen Mrs. and Miss, Brook street Owen Wm., watch & clock maker, Cross st Painter Mary, shopkeeper, Beatrice street Parry James, currier, Legge street Parry Mary, skinner, Willow street Parry Thomas, woolstapler, Londonderry Parry Thomas, skinner, Willow street Payne John, cooper, Willow street Peat the Misses, Union place Peate & Teece, mercers & drapers, Cross st Penson Richard Kyrke, architect, Willow st Penson Thomas, general architect, Willow st Phillips Elias, whitesmith, Pool road Phillips John, mercer and draper, Cross st Pickstock Ann, dressmaker, Pool road Pierce Edward, shopkeeper, Church street Pierce Robert, maltster, Beatrice street Pierce Robert, shopkeeper, Castle terrace Pierce Richard, maltster, Beatrice street Poole Emma, straw bonnet maker, Cross st Poole Edward, tailor, Salop road Poole Richard, maltster, Cross street Poole William, painter, Upper Brook street Pope Ann, shopkeeper, Church street Porter Isaac, surveyor, Salop road Powell Richard, hosier, &c., Church street Price Ann, confectioner, Bailey street Price David, nurseryman, Pool road Price Jane, stay maker, Willow street Price Mary, spirit vaults, Cross street Price Richard, soot dealer, Upper Brook st Price William, printer & stationer, Cross st Price Mrs. William, The Cross Price William, gentleman, Cross street Pritchard Margaret, victualler, King’s Head, Church street Probett Ann, dressmaker, Kynaston lane Pryce Thomas, ironmonger, Church street Prynailt Rchrd., vict., Feathers, Albion hill Pugh Mrs. Elizabeth, Pool road Pugh Thomas, boot & shoemaker, Willow st Ralphs Samuel, governor of borough gaol Redrobe James, slater, Upper Brook street Rees John, butcher, Beatrice street Rees John, Temp. Coffee House, Bailey st Rees John, vict., Victoria Bailey sheet Richards Elizabeth shopkeeper Willow st Richards James, saddler, &c., Bailey street Richards Martha Paynter, milliner & dressmaker, Willow street Richards Rchd., commercial school, Brook st Richards Richard, assistant overseer and collector of poors’ rates, Victoria place Richards William, land surveyor, Beatrice st Ridge Mary, shopkeeper, Beatrice street Roberts Ann, dressmaker, Salop road Roberts David, shopkeeper, Legge street Roberts Edward, provision store, Bailey st Roberts Edward, shoemaker, Legge street Roberts Edward, butcher, Willow street Roberts Eleanor, vict., Grapes, Willow st Roberts Elizabeth, Upper Brook street Roberts Frank, bank manager, Willow street Roberts Hugh, vict., White Lion, Willow st Roberts John, shopkeeper, Londonderry Roberts John, fruiterer, Willow street Roberts John Askew, bookseller, printer, stationer, &c., _Advertiser_ office, Bailey Head Roberts John, gentleman, Cross street Roberts John, beerhouse, Warrington place Roberts John, saddler, Bailey street Roberts Margaret, bonnet maker, Beatrice st Roberts Miss, seminary, Castle fields Roberts Miss, dressmaker, Beatrice street Roberts Mrs. Mary, Lower Brook street Roberts Richard, butcher, Bailey street Roberts Robert, maltster, Salop road Roberts Robert, hydraulic engineer, plumber, glazier, and gas-fitter, Brook street Roberts Sarah, baker, Church street Roberts Thomas, bookkeeper, Canal Compy. Roberts William, joiner, Beatrice street Roberts Thomas, shopkeeper, Middleton rd Roberts William, solicitor, Brook street Robley Isaac, maltster, Salop road Rodgers Edward, fish-tackle maker, Cross st Rodgers Edward, beerhouse, Willow street Rogers Jones Raura, draper, Cross street Rogers John, tanner, Lower Brook street Rogers John, solicitor, Willow street Rogers Mary, confectioner, Church street Rogers Sarah, dressmaker, Willow street Rogers Thomas, wine, spirit, and porter merchant, Stone House, Cross street Rowland Thomas, flour dealer, Bailey street Russell Frederick, mercer & draper, Bailey st Sabine Charles, Esq., Salop road Salter Jackson, printer & stationer, Church st Salter Richard, toy and fancy repository, Bailey Head Salter Richard, glass & china dealer, Bailey st Salter Thomas, gentleman, Salop road Salwey the Rev. Thomas, M.A., The Vicarage, Brook street Saunders George James, chemist & druggist, Cross street Sheaf Samuel, bank clerk, Victoria place Shone Lazarus, provision store, Cross street Sides Mary, staysmaker, Upper Brook street Simon Robert, Esq., clerk of the peace, Church street Simons William, Esq., chief clerk county crt. Smale William, chemist & druggist, Cross st Smith Jacob, clerk of the markets, Bailey Head Smith Mr., inland revenue officer, Willow st Southall John, fishmonger, Legge street Stanton Robert and John, gun makers Bailey street Stennett Eliza, berlin repository, Church st Stevens Mary, vict., Royal Oak, Church st Teece & Peate, mercers and drapers, Cross st Thaxter Chas., vict., Railway Inn, Beatrice st Thomas Charles, beerhouse, Upper Brook st Thomas David, gentleman, Willow street Thomas David, bricklayer, Legge street Thomas Edward, woolstapler, Castle street Thomas Edward Wynne, draper and mercer, Cross street Thomas Henry, plumber, &c., Salop road Thomas John, builder, Legge street Thomas John, gentleman, Cross street Thomas John, beerhouse, Bailey street Thomas John, maltster, Beatrice street Thomas John, woolstapler, Willow street Thomas John and Peter, grocers and tea dealers, Cross street Thomas Jeremiah, solicitor, Salop road Thomas Mary, vict., Coach & Dogs, Church st Thomas Mary, dressmaker, Upper Willow st Thomas Richard, carrier, Church street Thomas Samuel, shopkeeper, Pool road Thomas Mr. Stephen, Salop road Tomkies John, shoemaker & dealer, Bailey st Thompson John, dyer, Legge street Titley Charles, seedsman, Willow street Turner John, shopkeeper, Salop road Tyley Thomas, vict., Sun, Church street Varty William N., gentleman, Salop road Vaughan Edward, painter, Beatrice street Vaughan John, butcher, Bailey street Vaughan James, timber merchant, builder and joiner, Beatrice street Vaughan James, upholsterer, Beatrice street Vaughan Jas., tailor & draper, The Quadrant Vaughan Richard, boot & shoemaker, Pool rd Vaughan Samuel, slater, Bailey street Vaughan William, whitesmith, Welsh walls Walker Charles, shopkeeper, Church street Warren John, Esq., Porkington Terrace Watson Miss Elizabeth, Church street Weaver James, chemist & druggist, Bailey st Weston Geo., chemist & druggist, Church st Whitaker Mary, lets post horses, Legge st Whitridge Miss, Arthur street Wildblood Hugh, bank clerk, Victoria place Williams Edward, solicitor, Upper Brook st Williams David, shoemaker, Willow street Williams Edward, Esq., Lawrea House Williams Edw., surveyor of stamps, Willow st Williams Evan, grocer & dealer, Bailey street Williams Harvey, surgeon, Church street Williams John, tailor, Pool road Williams John, bricklayer, Upper Church st Williams John, vict., Golden Lion, Pool road Williams John, beerhouse, Pool road Williams Margaret, shopkeeper, Up. Brook st Williams Mary, milliner, &c., Willow street Williams Richard, tailor, Upper Brook street Williams Robert, mercer & draper, Church st Williams Thomas, butcher, Willow street Williams William, Esq., Willow street Williams William, Esq., Castle buildings Williams William, vict., Bell, Church street Windsor John, agricultural implement maker, wire worker, and dealer, Beatrice street Wood Jane, upholsteress, Upper Brook street Wood Richard, victualler, Britannia, Brook st Worton Harriet, stay maker, Willow street Worton Richard, staymaker, Upper Brook st Wright Mrs., Willow street Wright Edward, tailor, Victoria place Wynn John, surgeon, Willow street CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROFESSIONS, MANUFACTURES, AND TRADES IN THE BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY. Academies. _Marked * are Boarding Schools_. * Asterley Catherine, Castle buildings Bentley John, Church street _British School_, Arthur street, Richard Orton, master; Mary Jones, mistress France George, Lower Brook street * _Grammar School or College_, Brook street, Rev. Stephen Donne, M.A., head master * Holbrook Sarah, Salop rd _Infant School_, Welsh walls, Ann Pearce, mistress * Jackson Mary Ann, Willow street Jones Elizabeth, Beatrice st _National School_, Welsh walls, Edward Wynne, master; Fanny Whitfield, mistress Richards Richard, Willow st Roberts Ann, Castle fields Wynne Edward, Black gates Accountants. Brayne Thomas, Beatrice st Fox John, Upper Brook st Agricultural Implement Makers. Davies Thomas, Bailey head Windsor John, Beatrice st Architects. Penson Thomas, Willow st Penson Richard Kyrke, Willow street Porter Isaac, Salop road Attorneys. Bull Wm. Isaac, Church st Croxton Richard Jones, and town clerk, Church street Hayward & Davies, Arthur st Longueville and Williams, Upper Brook street Minshall Thos. and Charles, Arthur street Oswell Edward, Church st Roberts William, Cross st Rogers John, Willow street Sabine Charles, Salop road Thomas Jeremiah Jones, Cross street Auctioneers & Valuers. Evans Edward, Legge street Hilditch George, office, Wynnstay Hotel Hill Thomas, Upper Brook street Bakers & Flour Dealers. Arthur Evan, Cross street Clurton Joseph, Beatrice st Corney William, Cross street Davies Edward, Cross street Jones David, Willow street Roberts Sarah, Church street Rowland Thomas, Bailey st Bankers. _The Old Bank_, Willow street, Croxton, Longueville, & Co.; draw on Masterman and Co., London; Geo. Cooper, Esq., manager _North and South Wales Banking Company_, Willow street; draw on London and Westminster Bank; Frank Roberts, manager. _Savings’ Bank_, Bailey head, open on Wednesday from ten to four; John Hughes, secretary Basket Makers. Cadwallader Thomas, Salop road Edwards David, Upper Brook street Blacksmiths. Davies Francis, Willow st Jones John, Lower Brook st Jones Morris, Middleton rd Jones William, Legge street Jones William, Beatrice st Phillips Elias, Pentrapoath Booksellers, Printers, Stationers & Bookbinders. Bayley Chas. George, Cross street Cowdell John, Legge street Jarvis James, Cross street Price William, Cross street Roberts John Askew, Bailey street Roberts Samuel, _Advertiser Office_, Bailey head Salter Jackson, Church st Boot & Shoemakers. Clayton Thomas, Upper Brook street Combs Samuel Howard, Church street Edge Wm., Upper Church st Edwards George, Cross st Edwards John, Croxon’s sq Evans George, Upper Brook street Griffith’s Wm., Willow st Jones David, Church street Jones Edward, Bailey street Mitton George, Willow st Pugh Thomas, Willow st Roberts Edward, Legge st Taylor John, Cross street Tomkins John, Bailey st Turner Richard, Beatrice st Vaughan Richard, Pool road Williams David, Willow st Braziers & Tin Plate Workers. Batterbee John, Legge street Bickerton George Morrell, Willow street Davies David Christopher, Legge street Minshall and Dale, Bailey street Price Thomas, Cross street Bricklayers. Edwards Thomas, Willow st Hughes Thomas, Upper Brook street Jones Jonathan, Corneabrun Lloyd Joseph, Willow street Morris Robert, Lower Brook street Thomas David, Legge street Williams John, Upper Church street Brick & Tile Makers. Holland Isaac, Beatrice st Jones John, Salop road Morris Griffith, Salop road Rogers Thomas, Cross st Thackster Charles, Beatrice street, agent to W. O. Gore, Esq. Vaughan James, Beatrice st Builders. Evans Edward, Lower Brook street Holland Isaac, Beatrice st Morris Griffith, Salop road Thomas John, Legge street Vaughan James, Beatrice st Butchers. _Marked * only attend the weekly market_. * Davies Edward, Market Davies James, Bailey street Edwards Edward, Willow st Edwards John, Bailey street Evans Evan, Pool road * Finsley David, Market Hughes Price, Willow street Hughes Richard, Upper Brook street Jackson George, Bailey st * Jacks John, Market Jackson Thomas, Willow st * Jackson William, Market Johnson Joseph, Albion hill * Jones Edward, Market Jones Evan, Upper Brook street Jones Henry, Willow street Jones John, Bailey street Jones John, Beatrice street * Jones Robert, Market Jones Robert, Church street * Jones William, Market Lewis Margaret, Cross street * Lloyd Charles, Market * Llewellyan Charles, Market * Morris Thomas, Market Morris Thomas, Bailey st Moreton William, Willow st Owen Arthur, Bailey street Poole Richard, Cross street * Pratt Charles, Market Reese John, Beatrice street * Reese John, Market Roberts Edward, Willow st Roberts Richard, Bailey st * Simpson Charles, Mardol Vaughan John, Bailey street Williams Thomas, Willow st * Williams William, Market Cabinet Makers. Holland Isaac, Beatrice st Jones John, Church street Vaughan James, Beatrice st Cheese & Butter Factors. Arthur Evan, Cross street Davies Edward, Church st Thomas Edward, Castle st Chemists & Druggists. Edwards Walter, Church st Evans Richard, Willow st Roderick Wm., Legge st Saunders George James, Cross street Smales William, Cross street Weaver James, Bailey st Weston George, Church st China & Glass Dealers. _Marked * are only glass dealers_. * Bailey Charles George, Cross street Gregory Thomas, Church st Jones Gwen, Cross street Mellor William, Bailey st * Salter Richard, Bailey street Coach Builders. Farr Thomas and Brother, Salop road Coal, Slate, & Lime Agents. Evans Edward, Legge street Hawkins Henry George, Plasmadoc coal Jones Thomas, Blackpark coal Lucas Francis, South Sea coal Roberts Frank, Ruabon and Cefn coal; offices at the Railway wharf Confectioners. Bridden Mary, Albion hill Corney William, Cross st Davies Edward, Cross street Davies E. and Mary, Bailey street Davies Mary, Albion hill Price Mary, Cross street Rogers Mary, Church street Walker Charles, Church st Coopers. Bowyer Thomas, Beatrice st Morris John, Legge street Oliver John, Legge street Payne John, Willow street Corn Dealers. Arthur Evan, Cross street Hodges Richard, (merchant) Bailey street Jameson David, Bailey st Roberts Edward, Bailey st Curriers and Leather Cutters. Edwards David, Beatrice st Evans Robert, Legge street Hughes William, Willow st Thomas Richard, Church st Dyers. Evans William, Pool road France George, Brook street, agent to Mr. Booth, of Chester Thompson John, Legge st Eating Houses. Hardman John, Bayley st Lloyd John, Willow street Rees John, Bailey street Richards Elizth., Willow st Engineers. Penson Thomas, Willow st Penson Rd. Kyrke, Willow street Roberts Robert, (hydraulic) Brook street Engraver. Jones Charles, Pool road Farmers. Edwards William, Legge st Jackson Thomas, Willow st Jones William, Hays farm King John Edward, Legge st Lloyd David, Church street Poole Richard, Cross street Fire and Life Office Agents. _Birmingham_, Thomas Hill, Upper Brook street _Clerical_, _Medical_, _& General_, George Cooper, Salop road _Crown_, William Hayward, Willow street _Eagle_, Samuel Roberts, Bailey head _English & Scottish_, William Hayward, Arthur street _European_, George Lewis, Willow street _General_, James Vaughan, Beatrice street _Guardian_, Mr. John Bentley _Hand-in-hand_, Mr. Hayward, Arthur street _Law_, Mr. Haywood, Arthur street _Norwich Union_, William Roberts, Cross street _Phœnix_, Mr. George Cooper, The Bank _Royal Exchange_, Thomas Hughes, Church street _Salop Union_, William Price, Cross street _Scottish Equitable_, John Minshall, Bailey street _Scottish Union_, Wm. Isaac Bull, Church street _Shropshire & North Wales_, John Lacon, Legge street _Temperance Provident_, John Windsor, Bailey street Fishmonger. Southall John, Legge street Fishing Tackle Maker. Rogers Edward, Cross street Fruiterers. Jones Thomas, Willow street Roberts John, Willow street Furniture Brokers. Holland Isaac, Beatrice st Jones John, Bailey head Lowther William, Beatrice st Game Dealer. Poole Richard, Cross street Grocers & Tea Dealers. Davies John, Cross street Davies Richard and William, Cross street Foulkes Robert, Church st Fisher John Edward, Cross street Jameson David, Bailey street Johnson James, Beatrice st Jones Edward David, Legge street Jones David, Beatrice street Jones Frederick, Willow st Jones Mary, Cross street Jones Thomas, Willow st Jones Mary Watkin, Cross st Lacon John, Legge street Morris & Savin, Legge street Phillips John, Cross street Roberts Edward, Bailey st Shone Lazarus, Cross street Teece & Peate, Cross street Thomas John and Peter, Cross street Williams Evan, Bailey street Wynne Thomas Edward, Cross street Gun Makers and Cutlers. Higham George, Cross street Staunton Robert & Son, Bailey street Gutta Percha Dealer. Roberts John Asknew, Bailey head Hair Dressers. Edwards William, Church st Gerrard William, Legge st Jones John, Legge street Lewis John, Albion hill Morgan Abraham, Cross st Hatters. Hardy Thomas, Church st Jones John, Church street Jones Richard (and furrier), Bailey street Hop Dealers. Fisher John Ed., Cross st Hodges William, Bailey st Jameson David, Bailey st Jones Thomas, Willow st Minshall John, Smithfield rd Saunders George, Cross st Weaver James, Bailey street Hosiers. Lloyd Eleanor, Legge street Powell Richard, Church st Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Albion, Margt. Gee, Church street Bear, Thos. Lewis, Legge st Bell, William Williams, Church street Boar’s Head, Ann Moreaton, Willow street Britannia, Richard Wood, Brook street Butchers’ Arms, Jas. Lowe, Willow street Coach and Dogs, Mary Thomas, Church st Coach and Horses, James Barratt, Legge street Commercial Hotel and Posting House, Mary Macdougall, Legge street and Bailey street Cross Keys Commercial and Posting House, John Edward King, Legge st Duke of York, Geo. M. Bickerton, Willow street Eagles, Edward Dodd, Bailey square Feathers, Richard Prynallt Fighting Cocks, James Beckett, Beatrice street Five Bells, Edward Edwards, Willow street George Edward Jones, Bailey head Golden Lion, John Williams, Pool road Grapes, Eleanor Roberts, Willow street Horse Shoe, Richard Holden, Legge street King’s Head, Margaret Pritchard, Church street Plough, Thomas Jones, Beatrice street Queen’s Head Commercial and Posting House, Wm. Edwards, Legge street Railway Inn, Charles Thaxter, Lower Beatrice st Red Lion, Thomas Davies, Bailey head Royal Oak, Mary Stephens, Church street Star, William Edwards, Bailey street Sun, Thos. Tyley, Church st Swan, Luke Edwards, Beatrice street Three Tuns, John Davies, Bailey street Unicorn, Edward Edwards, Albion hill Victoria, John Reece, Bailey street White Horse, John Jones, Church street White Lion, Hugh Roberts, Willow street Woolpack, John Preese, Willow street Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Commercial and Posting House, David Lloyd, Church street Beerhouses. Davies James, Bailey street Davies Robert, Upper Brook street Foulkes Edward, Legge st Haswell Charles, Legge st Hughes John, Salop road Hughes Thomas, Willow st Jackson George, Bailey st Jackson Joseph, Church st Jones Leonard, Salop road Jones Thomas, Beatrice st Lloyd John, Willow street Morris Ed., Warrington pl Pierce Edward, Church st Roberts John, Londonderry Rogers Edward, Willow st Thomas Charles, Upper Brook street Thomas John, Bailey street Williams John, Pool road Iron Merchants. Lacon John, Legge street Minshall and Dale, Smithfield road Ironmongers. Bickerton George Morral, Willow street Brown Robert, Bailey street Fisher John Edward, Cross street Lacon John, Legge street Minshall & Dale, Bailey st Price Thomas, Church street Joiners and Builders. Evans Edward, Low Brook st Holland Isaac, Beatrice st Jones Evan, Pool road Morris Griffith, Salop road Roberts William, Beatrice st Thomas John, Legge street Vaughan James, Beatrice st Libraries [Circulating.] Price William, Cross street Salter Jackson, Church street Roberts John Askew, Bailey Head Linen and Woollen Drapers. Davies John, Cross street Davies Rchd. & Wm., Cross st Davies Wm. Morris, Cross st Faulkes Robert, Church st Morris & Savin, Legge street Phillips John, Cross street Powell Richard, Cross street Rogers Jones L., Cross street Russell Frederick, Bailey st Teece and Peate, Cross st Thomas Edw. Wynne, Cross st Williams Robert, Church st Livery Stable Keepers. _Those marked * are Licensed to Let Post Horses_. * Davies Edward, Salop road * Edwards Richard, Londonderry Edwards Wm., Queen’s Head Hotel * Jones John, Bailey street * Jones William, Beatrice st King John Edward, Cross Keys Hotel * Leeke Thomas, Willow st Lloyd David, Wynnstay Arms Hotel Macdougall Mary, Osbourn’s Hotel * Whitaker Mary, Legge st Maltsters [Licensed]. Brayne Elizabeth, Beatrice street Edwards Edward, Albion hill Gittins Samuel, Beatrice st Grindley & Co., Beatrice st Hughes John, Salop road Jameson David, Bailey street Jones John, Bailey street Jones William, Welsh walls Mine John, Pool road Morris Edward, Willow street Pierce Robert & Son, Beatrice street Poole Richard, Cross street Roberts Robert, Salop road Robley Isaac, Salop road Rogers Thomas, Church st. Thomas John, Beatrice street Tyley Thomas, Upper Brook street Milliners and Dress Makers. Beard Hannah Jemima, Willow street Cooke Ann, Pool road Evans Lydia, Quadrant Hughes Elizabeth, Willow st Jarvis Miss, Cross street Jones Elizabeth, Welsh walls Lewis Margaret, Beatrice st. Lewis Mary, Bailey street Mitton Sarah, Willow street Pickstock Ann, Pool road Probert Ann, Kynastone lane Richards Martha, Willow st. Roberts Ann, Salop road Rogers Sarah, Willow street Stanton Margaret, Bailey st. Taylor Mary, Pool road Thomas Mary, Willow street Williams Mary, Willow street Nursery and Seedsmen. (_See also Seedsmen_.) Edwards Wm., Welsh walls Price David, Pool road Titley Charles, Willow street Painters. Batterbee John, Beatrice st Brown John, Legge street Eyeley Charles, Lower Brook street Eyeley and Son, Upper Brook street Lewis William, Beatrice st. Poole William, Upper Brook street Vaughan Edward, Beatrice st. Vaughan James, Beatrice st. Pawnbroker. Jones John, Bailey street Plumbers and Glaziers. Batterbee John, Legge street Davies Thomas, Beatrice st. Davies Thomas, Albert place Ellis Thomas, Croxon square Gough John, Beatrice street Morris Richard, Willow st. Roberts Robert, Brook street Thomas Henry, Salop road Porter Dealers. Corney & Jones, Church st. Edwards Wm., Legge street Hawkins Henry George, Union place Rogers Thomas, Stone house Rope Maker & Flax Dresser. Mac Kiernin Thomas, Bailey street Saddlers & Harness Makers. Davies John, Bailey street Evans Francis, Cross street Farmer Charles, Willow st. Richards James, Bailey street Roberts John, Bailey street Throstle Mr., Cross street Salt Dealers. Hawkins Henry George, Low Beatrice street Roberts Edward, Bailey st. Seedsmen. Allen Thomas, Kent place Edwards Wm., Welsh walls Evans Richard, Cross street Hodges William, Bailey st. Jameson David, Bailey street Jones Thomas, Willow street Roberts John, Willow street Salter Richard, Bailey street Saunders George, Cross st. Weaver James, Bailey street Weston George, Church st. Shopkeepers and Dealers in Provisions and Sundries. Arthur Evan, Legge street Churton Joseph, Beatrice st. Davies Susannah, Willow st. Davies Thomas, Beatrice st. Doughty William, Willow st. Evans John, Pool road Evans Thomas, Pool road Fox Ralph, Upper Brook st. Hughes John, Beatrice street Hughes Mary, Salop road Hughes Price, Willow street Jones Charles, Upper Brook street Jones Edward, Beatrice st. Jones Hugh, Willow street Jones John, Upper Brook st Jones John, Church street Jones John, Legge street Jones Richard, Salop road Jones William, Willow street Painter Mary, Beatrice street Pierce Edward, Church street Pierce Robert, Beatrice street Pope Ann, Church street Richards Elizabeth and Ann, Willow street Ridge Mary, Beatrice street Roberts David, Legge street Roberts Edward, Bailey st. Roberts John, Londonderry Roberts Thomas, Middleton road Shone Lazarus, Cross street Southall John, Legge street Thomas Samuel, Pool road Turner John, Salop road Walker Charles, Church st. Williams Margaret, Upper Brook street Worton Richard, Upper Brook street Silversmith and Cutler. Gregory Thomas, Cross st. Skinners & Leather Dressers. Jones Richard, Willow street Parry Thomas, Willow street Slaters and Plasterers. Cash Thomas, Beatrice street Jones John, Lower Brook street Jones Wm., Beatrice street Morris James, Oswell’s place Redrobe James, Upper Brook street Vaughan Samuel, Bailey st. Soda Water Manufacturers. Edwards Walter, St. Oswald’s well Leek Thomas, Welsh walls Staymakers. Price Ann Jane, Willow st. Sides Mary, Upper Brook st. Worton Harriet, Willow street Worton Richard, Upper Brook street Stone Mason and Builder. Milnes Richard, Pool road Straw Bonnet Makers. Davies Elizabeth, Cross st. Davies Sarah, Church street Davies William Morris, Cross street Hughes Hannah, Beatrice street Jarvis Ann Margaret, Bailey street Poole Hannah, Cross street Roberts Margaret, Beatrice street Surgeons. Barnett Henry, Willow street Blaikei Robert, Church street Bennion and Meredith, Welsh walls Cartwright Peploe, Church street Dicker Philip, Arthur street, Bailey head Fuller William, Salop road Griffith Wm., Church street Large Joseph, Union place Roderick William, Legge st. Williams Harvey, Church st. Wynne John, Willow street Surveyors. Jones Joseph, Church street Penson Richard Kyrke, Willow street Penson Thomas, Willow st. Porter Isaac, Salop road Richards Richard, Upper Brook street Richards William, Beatrice street Tailors. Baverstock John, Salop road Davies John, Cross street Edmunds Griffith, Bailey head Edwards Richard, Salop road Hughes Thomas, Willow st. Jones Edward, Pool road Killon John, Beatrice street Owen Edward (and clothier), Bailey street Poole Edward, Salop road Vaughan James (& clothier), Quadrant Williams John, Pool road Williams Richards, Upper Brook street Wright Ed., Victoria place Tallow Chandlers. Ellis John, Brick hills Edwards Thomas, Cross st. Fisher John Edward, Cross street Tanners. Evans Robert, Legge street Hughes William, Willow st. Rogers John, Lower Brook street Timber Merchants. Evans Edward, Smithfield road Holland Isaac, Beatrice st. Morris Griffith, Salop road Porter Isaac, Salop road Thomas John, Salop road Vaughan James, Beatrice st. Tobacco Pipe Maker. Jones Thomas, Pentrapoath, Pool road Veterinary Surgeons. Batten William, Upper Brook street Hales John Miles, Lower Brook street Upholsterers. Dempster Thomas, Legge st. Holland Isaac, Beatrice street Jones John, Church street Vaughan James, Beatrice st. Watch and Clock Makers. Corken Archibald, Cross st. Matthews Richard, Bailey street Owen William, Cross street Wheelwrights. Hughes Edward, Salop road Jones David, Beatrice street Jones Edward, Beatrice street Jones Evan, Pool road Jones Robert, Willow street Jones Thomas, Beatrice st. Whitesmiths and Bell Hangers. Hughes Edward, Beatrice st. Phillips Elias, Pentrapoath Vaughan Wm., Welsh walls Wine and Spirit Merchants. _Marked * are retail dealers only_. Edwards William, Legge st. * Hughes Thomas, Cross st. Jones and Corney, Cross st. Owen Jane Emma, Legge st. * Price Mary, Cross street Rogers Thomas, Cross street Wire Workers. Davies Thos., Bailey square Windsor John, Beatrice st. Woolstaplers. Parry Thomas, Londonderry Thomas Edward, Castle st. Thomas John, Willow street CARRIERS FROM THE INNS. To BALA—J. Jones, from the King’s Head, Tuesdays. To CEFN—Jones, from the Swan; and Edwards, from the Crown, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To ELLESMERE—Pearce, from the George, Wednesdays. To FELTON—Fox, from the Horse Shoe, and Jones, from the Barley Mow, Wednesdays. To KNOCKIN AND KINNERLEY—Beddoes, from the King’s Head, and Glover, from the Three Tuns, Wednesday. To LLANDRINIO—Williams, the Albion; Lewis, the Grapes; Richards, Coach and Dogs; Bagley, Green Dragon, Wednesdays. To LLANFYLLIN—Davies, Coney Green, daily; Lloyd, Macdougall Hotel; Davies, Bell, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. To LLANGOLLEN—Thomas, the Boar’s Head; and Evans, the Horse Shoe, Wednesdays. To LLANGEDWIN—Davies, George Inn, Wednesdays. To LLANRHAIADR—Hughes and Davies, Boar’s Head; Evans, Three Tuns, Wednesdays. To LLANSAINTFFRAID—Edwards, the Fox, Wednesdays. To LLANSILIN—Evans, the Boar’s Head; and Ellis, the Five Bells, Wednesdays. To LLANYBLODWEL—Mason, the Star, on Wednesdays. To LLANYMYNECH—Price, King’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays. To MAESBROOK—Briggs, White Horse, Wednesdays. To MAESBURY—Kenthric, Barley Mow, Wednesdays and Fridays. To MERFORD—Roberts, the Sun, Wednesdays. To NESSCLIFF—Benyon, White Horse, Wednesdays. To RHOSYMEDRE—Jones, the Swan; Edwards, the Crown, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. ASTON is a small township in the parish of Oswestry, comprising 860A. 2R. 17P. of land, which is the property of Mrs. Louisa Lloyd, who is also lady of the manor. The township is two miles S.E. from Oswestry, and in 1841 had 12 houses and 68 inhabitants. The tithes are commuted for £197. 19s., of which £138. 12s. 1d. is apportioned to Mrs. Lloyd, £42. 8s. 11d. to Lady Tyrwhitt, and £16. 8s. to the Vicar of Oswestry. ASTON HALL, the seat of Mrs. Lloyd, is a handsome mansion of brick, with stone finishings. It is surrounded with a park of upwards of 100 acres, with a fine undulating surface, and richly timbered. Some of the beech trees are of immense size; and opposite the front of the hall is a large sheet of water. A little south from the hall is the _Domestic Chapel_, a neat structure of brick, with a square tower. It is stated, on the table of benefactions of 1792, in Oswestry church, that Mr. Thomas gave by will an annual payment of £2. 12s., to be distributed every Sunday at Aston chapel. A quantity of bread was formerly supplied by he owners of the Aston estate, now belonging to Mrs. Lloyd, and given after divine service in Aston chapel among the poor of the township. Divine service having been discontinued in this chapel, Mrs. Lloyd usually distributes a quantity of beef and bread on St. Thomas’s day. DIRECTORY.—Mrs. Louisa Lloyd, Aston Hall; Edward Harvey Lloyd, Esq., Aston Hall; Ann Evans, farmer, Bromwich Park; Sarah Hughes, farmer; Richard Legh, farmer, Fox Hall; Zachariah Larkin, farm bailiff and gardener, The Hall; John Roberts, agent to Black Park Coal Works, Queen’s Head Wharf. CRICKHEATH, a village and township four miles S. from Oswestry, has 1,286A. 2R. of land, and at the census of 1841, 89 houses and 370 inhabitants. The landowners are the Earl of Bradford, Earl Powis, W. Eaton, Esq., Mr. Thomas, Miss Wheeler, and Mr. Thomas Jones. The tithes are commuted for £246. 1s. 6d., of which £225 are paid to Earl Powis, and £21. 1s. 6d. to the Vicar of Oswestry. The soil is various. The meadow land is subject to be flooded by the Morda overflowing its banks. It is the opinion of many that minerals abound in this township. A party of gentlemen have commenced works in search of copper ore, but none had been found when our agent visited the township. PANT is a hamlet in this township, in a mountainous district, where there are several immense quarries of limestone. A number of persons are employed in working the quarries and burning lime. DIRECTORY.—_Those with_ * _affixed reside at the Pant_.—* John Griffiths, blacksmith; Thomas Jones, farmer; * Robert Llwyd, wheelwright; John Murray, blacksmith; Hugh Pugh, farmer; * Samuel Pugh, shopkeeper and coal dealer; John Rogers, farmer, The Hall; * Robert Roberts, victualler, Powis Arms; * Robert Roberts, jun., farmer and quarry master; William Rowland, blacksmith; Edward Sockett, farmer; Thomas Ward, farmer; John Williams, farmer. CYNYNION is a township and scattered village, three miles and a half S.W. by W. from Oswestry, which contains 760A. 1R. 6P. of land, mostly a bleak, mountainous district. The village is situate at the verge of the range of limestone rock, near the borders of Denbighshire, and had in 1841, 27 houses and 68 inhabitants. Sir Watkin W. Wynne, Bart., is lord of the manor, owner of the whole township, and impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £14. 15s. 6d. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £13. 13s. 5d. THE CHURCH, situated at the Lawnt, is a small fabric of stone, with a square tower. Divine service is performed both in English and Welsh. The Rev. Robert Williams is the incumbent, and resides at the Parsonage, a good residence a short distance from the church. Mr. Williams receives a limited number of scholars as hoarders. A school was built in the village in 1850. The lime works in this township are extensively worked by Messrs. Croxon and Co. LAWNT is a small hamlet in this township. Croxon & Jones, lime works & quarry masters Edwards John, farmer Evans Robert, farmer, Pandy Evans Wm., farmer & quarry master, Lawnt Evans William, victualler, Cross Foxes Inn Evans William, blacksmith Jones Humphrey, shoemaker Jones Thomas, farmer and lime agent Jones William, farmer Lloyd John, farmer Owens Edward, farmer, Cafn-byrlallt Thomas Thos., gentleman, Cynynion House Williams David, farmer Williams Rev. Robert, M.A., incumbent, and boarding school proprietor, Parsonage House. Lawnt HISLAND, a small township, with 571A. 1R. 36P. of land, two miles and a quarter S.E. from Oswestry; had in 1841, 14 houses and 66 inhabitants. Mrs. Lloyd is owner of the whole township. The tithes have been commuted for £165. 18s. 8d., of which £113. 6s. 8d. is paid to Mrs. Lloyd, £41. 1s. 10d. to Lady Tyrwhitt, and £11. 10s. 11d. to the Vicar of Oswestry. The residents in this township are Henry Legh, farmer, Buckley; Edward Parry, farmer; Thos. Briscoe, blacksmith; and Mary Williams, schoolmistress. LLANFORDA, OR LLANVORDA, a pleasantly situated village, one mile and a half W. by S. from Oswestry, at the census of 1841 had 61 houses and 304 inhabitants. The township contains 1,278 acres of lands, mostly elevated, from which are seen some fine views over the fertile plains of Shropshire, and into the mountainous district of Wales. Sir Watkin William Wynne, Bart., is the landowner, lord of the manor, and impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £87. 19s. 6d.; the vicarial tithes are commuted for £23. 11s. LLANVORDA HALL is a handsome mansion, delight fully situated on a gentle acclivity, commanding picturesque views over a luxuriant country of great beauty. The park is spacious, and studded with thriving plantations. There are several genteel residences in this township, which our limits will not allow us to notice in detail. A MSS. of John Davies, Esq., of 1635, says, “Rynerus, bishop of St. Asaph, suppreesed the old church of the Mercians, called Llanvorda.” _Elizabeth Williams_ gave, by will, an annual payment of 30s., issuing out of a croft in Croes Willyn, to buy clothes for poor people of this township. The amount is paid out of a plot of land, about two-thirds of an acre, called The Poor’s Croft, and expended in suitable clothes for the poor. Andrews Chas. Scarlett, Esq., Bryn Haford Aubrey Mrs. Llanforda House Bennion Edwd. David, Esq., Summer-hill House Croxon Captain John, Llanforda Issa Davies Hugh, slater and farmer Davies Mary, farmer Ellis Robert, Bwlch farm Evans Joseph, farmer Francis Thomas, farmer Hayward Peter, Esq., Llanforda Hall Jones William, Hayes farm Kilbrook John, gamekeeper Knox William, gardener Lawfoot William R., Esq., land and estate agent, Ordley Hall Leeke Thos., tailor & farmer Lloyd David, Llywn-y-maan farm Llongueville Mrs., Penylan Hall Morris Elizabeth, farmer Parker John, farmer and wood ranger Price Edward, Tynycoed farm Thomas Sarah, farmer Thomas Thomas, farmer MAESBURY is a pleasant village, in a bold undulating country, three miles S.E. from Oswestry, having in 1841, 107 houses and 414 inhabitants. This township and that of Sweeney contain together 3,164A. 3R. 35P. of land, chiefly a productive soil. The meadow lands on the banks of the Morda Dyke are occasionally flooded by those waters overflowing their banks. The principal landowners are Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Parker, George W. Edwards, Esq., John Pickstock, Esq., Mr. John Davies, Mr. John Furmston, Mr. Thomas Jones, Mr. Edward Peat, J. F. M. Doveston, Esq., Mrs. Wildblood, Mrs. Hughes, Mr. John Frances, Mrs. Edwards, and the executors of Thomas Basnitt, Esq. The township is intersected by the Oswestry and Llanymyneck turnpike road and the Shropshire Union Canal. The latter has a wharf at Maesbury Marsh, which affords every facility for forwarding merchandise to the inland counties. The tithes of the above land are commuted for the sum of £674, of which £80. 3s. are apportioned to the vicar, £30 to J. A. Lloyd, Esq., £11 to L. J. Venables, Esq., £3. 15s. to Rowland Hunt, Esq., £520 to T. N. Barker, Esq., £16 to Mr. J. Davies, and £13 to L. Bentley, Esq. Davies John, farmer, The Fields Duncon John, farmer Edwards Mrs., farmer Evans Edward, farmer Evans Mrs., jun., farmer Fardoe William, shoemaker Frances John, maltster and farmer Frank Edward, farmer, The Dairy Hughes John, farmer, Pentrecoed Humphreys Joseph, farmer Jones Thomas, corn miller Lea John, miller & corn factor Leeke Catherine, beerhouse keeper Minett William, farmer Peat Edward, miller and corn factor Pickstock John, Esq. Price Morris, victualler, Navigation Inn Wildblood Mrs. Williams John, beerhouse keeper MIDDLETON, a small township, one mile and a half S.E. by E. from Oswestry, contains 650A. 1R. 16P. of land, the owners of which are William Ormsby Gore, Esq., Mrs. Lloyd, Mr. Thomas Humphreys, Mr. John Tomley, John Jones, Esq., Mrs. Webster, and Shrewsbury Free Grammar School. Earl Powis is the impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £110. 5s., and the small tithes, £13, are paid to the Vicar of Oswestry. In 1841, here were 41 houses and 98 inhabitants. This township has generally a level surface, the soil is various, some of it highly productive. _The Farmers_ are Thomas Humphreys, Margaret Jones, Nathaniel Jones, John Manford, John Tomley, and Samuel Williams. Mrs. Jane Humphreys, Middleton Cottage, is also a resident here. MORTON, a chapelry and township pleasantly situated 3½ miles S. from Oswestry, and at the census of 1841 had 28 houses and 147 inhabitants; the township contains 685A. 1R. 18P. of land; the Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor. Morton chapel is situated within the bounds of Llanyblodwell parish; it was built by Mrs. Bridgman in 1774, who endowed it with funds to the annual value of £47; with this property, and a grant of £200 obtained from Queen Anne’s bounty, certain lands were purchased in Staffordshire. Some time after the lands so purchased were found to contain a valuable bed of coal, and they were ultimately sold for the sum of £19,000, when the amount was invested for the benefit of the incumbent. The living was formerly presented to by the Earl of Bradford, who neglecting to appoint, it became vested in the bishop of the diocese, who is now patron; incumbent, Rev. John Henry M. Luxmore; officiating minister, Rev. David Lewis. The church is a plain brick fabric, with nave and transepts; the parsonage house is a neat modern erection, a short distance from the church. The tithes have been commuted for £211, of which £190 are apportioned to the Earl of Bradford, and £21 to the vicar of Oswestry. The living of the church is returned at £669. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel at Morton Common, built in 1838. The poor of Morton, Maesbury, and Crickheath, are entitled to one-third of the rent of an estate at Osbaston, left by Mr. Jeffreys, and now amounting to £4. 8s. per annum. The donor directed that out of every 10s. of the rent, 4s. should be distributed in Morton, 3s. in Maesbury, and 3s. in Crickheath. DIRECTORY.—Croxon Jones and Co., Coal and Mine Wharf; Samuel Davies, shoemaker; Edward Edwards, farmer, Ley; John Jones, farmer, Lower Farm; Thomas Jones, tailor and draper; Rev. Mr. Lewis, curate; Richard Lloyd, dealer in coal, fire bricks, and flagstones, &c.; Redwith, Old Wharf; John Peirce, beerhouse; William Thomas, farmer. PENTREGAER township has 512A. 2R. 28P. of land, and is situated 5 miles W.W. by S. from Oswestry; in 1841 here were 17 houses and 98 inhabitants; the township lies on the borders of Denbigh; the scenery is varied and romantic, and the whole district mountainous; a strong soil prevails, which is mostly upon the limestone; upon the hills the land is cold and bleak, but in the valleys there is some fine grazing and arable land. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., is the impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £24. 1s. 11d., and the small tithes which are commuted for £10. 16s. 6d. are paid to the vicar of Oswestry. COAD-Y-GAER TOWER, the occasional summer residence of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., is a square lofty structure, situated on a bold eminence, commanding most extensive and delightful views into the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, the western borders of Shropshire and the lovely vale of Llansilin. Near the tower is a large pool of water covering several acres, which is well stocked with fish. TAN-COED-Y-GAER, a hamlet returned as a separate township on the commutation map, but of which there is no return for 1841, contains 357 acres of land, the principal owner of which is Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., who is also lord of the manor; when the tithes were apportioned £12 was awarded to Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., to the vicar of Oswestry £1. 7s. 6d., to the vicar of Llansilin £14. 15s., and to the parish clerk of Llansilin 5s. Edwards John, farmer Ellis Robert, Tan-y-coad-y-gaer farm Evans T., Nant-y-gollan farm Hughes Allen, farmer Hughes John, Tan-y-coad-y-gaer farm James John, farmer and wheelwright Jones John, farmer Jones Richard, Tan-y-coad-y-gaer farm Lewis David, Warnydeuon farm Lewis Thomas, farmer Morris Hugh, Tan-y-coad-gaer farm Morris Robert, farmer Thomas John, Pennybrin farm SWEENEY is a village and township 2½ miles S. from Oswestry, having conjointly with Maesbury 3,164 acres of land, and in 1841 had 105 houses and 513 inhabitants. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, the chief freeholders are Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Haines, Mrs. Jennings, Thomas Jones, Esq., Mr. Thomas Evans, Miss Oldnall, Miss Dymoch, the Vicar of Oswestry, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Owen, Charles Clay, Esq., Mr. James O. Pugh, William Roberts, Esq., Colonel Wynn, and others. In this township are immense heights and rocks called the Sweeney Mountains: here coal is found in considerable quantities, which is conveyed to distant parts by the Hordly Aston Moor and Llanymynech canal. There is a wharf here where Messrs. Croxon Jones and Co. have on sale coal and lime, Edward Jones, manager; coal, slate, and fire bricks are also sold by Richard Lloyd, at the Old Wharf. SWEENEY HALL, the seat of Mrs. Parker, is a handsome mansion of free stone, delightfully situated in a well timbered park near the Welshpool turnpike road; the pleasure grounds and shrubberies are laid out with great taste; the interior of the mansion is elegantly furnished, and contains some fine paintings and statuary. In the grounds near the hall are the vestiges of a burial ground, adopted as such in the turbulent period of the Commonwealth. Thomas Barker, Esq., who died in 1675, was buried here; he served the office of high sheriff for the county, A.D. 1649, the first year of Oliver Cromwell’s usurpation, and in the parliament of 1653 he was summoned by Cromwell, with John Brown, of Little Ness, as a knight of the shire. Mr. Pierce gave one moiety of the rent of land called Cae Mark to the poor of Sweeney. The amount is paid out of certain land in Llanyblodwell, the property of Mrs. Oliver, and she distributes 10s. in money and 10s. worth of bread yearly among the poor. The same property is considered as charged with 6s. 8d. yearly for a sermon in the Welsh language, but the payment has not been made of late years, no sermon having been preached at Sweeney in Welsh. British Coal Company, Croxon, Jones, and Company, coal and lime masters, Drilth, Sweeney, and Coed-y-goe Collieries Davies Thomas, farmer Edwards Thomas, farmer Evans Thomas, farmer Evans Thomas, jun., farmer Haines Elizabeth, vict., The Drill Inn Jennings Mrs., farmer Jones and Co., coal masters Jones David, farmer Jones Edward, Esq., Llwynymapsis House Lloyd William, blacksmith Owens John, blacksmith Parker Mrs., gentlewoman, The Hall Pugh Thomas, farmer and miller Rogers George, bookkeeper, Colliery Rogers Mary, beerhouse Rogers Richard, grocer and collector Savin John, farmer and lime master Savin Mary, farmer Wainwright Richard, farmer Wall William, farmer Watkin Edward, wheelwright Williams John, tailor Yorke Thomas, farmer, and lets thrashing machine. TREFARCLAWDD, a village and township, lies about 2¼ miles W.W. by S. from Oswestry; the township comprises 934 acres of land, the owners of which are Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., and John Croxon, Esq.; the Earl of Powis is lord of the manor; here were 94 houses and 435 inhabitants when the census was taken in 1841. There are extensive collieries in this township, which are worked by Messrs. Jones and Co.; fire bricks and ornamental tiles are also manufactured here by Mr. John Howell, of Trefonen Cottage. The tithes were commuted in 1837, for £49. 3s. 2d., of which £33. 3s. 1d. were appropriated to Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., and £16. 0s. 1d. to the vicar of Oswestry. TREFARCLAWDD HOUSE, the residence of John Croxon, Esq., is a handsome stuccoed mansion, embosomed in foliage, and beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies. PENTRE SHANNEL HOUSE is a good residence with extensive premises attached, now in the occupation of Mr. William Hughes, farmer. DIRECTORY.—British Coal Company’s Coal Works, Coed-y-Goe; Croxon John, Esq., Trefarclawdd House; Thomas Davies, farmer; John Howell, fire brick and fancy tile manufacturer; Mr. William Hughes, Pentre Shannel House; Jane Hughes, farmer, Ty-tan-y-myn-ydd; Edward Price, blacksmith; Godfrey Roberts, farmer and corn miller; John Thomas, farmer; John Williams, farmer, Vron. TREFLACH OR TREVLACH, a scattered village three and a half miles S.W. by S. from Oswestry, in 1841 had 103 houses and 396 inhabitants; the township contains 1,098A. 0R. 31P. of land, mostly a poor soil, in a bleak and mountainous district. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, L. J. Venables, Esq., and Rowland Hunt, Esq., are land owners and impropriators: to the former 5s. were apportioned, and to the latter £13. 10s.; the tithes payable to the vicar are commuted for £13. 10s. THE WOOD HILL HALL, the property and residence of Lazarus Jones Venables. Esq., is a pleasantly situated house in park-like grounds, which are studded with thriving plantations. THE HALL is an ancient residence, in the occupancy of George Hilditch, estate agent. At Treflach Wood are several extensive quarries of stone, which is used for building purposes, blocks of immense size are frequently raised; there is also a small stone got here which is burnt into lime. The Independents have a small chapel at Treflach Wood. David Jones, relieving officer Edwards Jane, quarry owner Edwards John, quarry mastr Hilditch George, auctioneer & estate agent, The Hall Jones David, beerhouse and shopkeeper Jones David, lime burner Jones John, higgler Jones Thomas, blacksmith Jones John & Owen, farmers Jones Richard, shopkeeper Lloyd William, farmer Moreton Edward, farmer Roberts John, quarry master Stoakes Walter, beerhouse and shopkeeper Tudor Thomas, farmer Venables Lazarus Jones, Esq., Wood hill Hall Williams Edward, higgler Williams Walter, shoemaker TREFONEN, a township and village with a scattered population, four miles S.W. from Oswestry, in 1841 contained 146 houses and 632 souls; there are 953A. 3R. 9P. of land, with a strong soil lying upon the limestone; the land rises into bold swelling hills. The tithes are commuted for £82. 15s. 8d., of which £74. 5s. 8d. are apportioned to the bishop and dean of St. Asaph, £5. 13s. 4d. to the vicar of Llansilin, and £2. 16s. 8d. to the vicar of Oswestry. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., is the principal land owner. The church, a plain structure of stone, was built in 1821, and enlarged in the year 1828, when 95 additional sittings were obtained. The service is performed alternately in the Welsh and English languages. The living is a perpetual curacy returned at £85 in the patronage of Earl Powis and incumbency of the Rev. David Lloyd, M.A. In the last thirty years 836 burials have been registered here. The parochial school has an attendance of 65 children. It is supported by subscriptions, charity sermons, and a small charge from each scholar attending the school. THE INDEPENDENTS have a neat chapel here built in 1832. THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS have also a chapel built of stone called “Carmel.” There are Sunday schools connected with the several places of worship, which are numerously attended. Davies Edward, farmer, lime master, and maltster Davies Morris, shopkeeper Dolbey Mrs., gentlewoman Ginder John, Esq. Gittins Edward, farmer Howel John, brick and tile maker, The Cottage Hughes Evan, vict., The Eel Inn and charter master, Coal Works Hughes John, schoolmaster and parish clerk Lloyd Rev. David, M.A., incumbent Probert John, farmer and lime master Smout Jane, farmer Stoakes Edward, farmer and maltster Thomas Mary, farmer Thomas John, farmer Thomas William, farmer Tudor Samuel, farmer Watkins Thomas, shoemaker Williams John, farmer and lime master WESTON COTTON, situated one and a half mile S.S. by E. from Oswestry, is a small township, having in 1841 49 houses and 361 inhabitants. The turnpike road from Oswestry to Welshpool, and the Morda Stream intersects the township; the latter is here crossed by a stone bridge. The land owners are Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.; Mrs. Lloyd; John Croxon, Esq.; Mrs. Parker; Henry Warren, Esq.; Mr. Edward Peat, and Mr. John Warren. Earl Powis claims the manorial rights. Belle View, the residence of William Banning, Esq., is a neat and pleasantly situated mansion in this township. The House of Industry will be found noticed at a preceding page. Banning William, Esq., Belle View Davies Francis, shopkeeper Griffiths, Jones and Co., corn millers and factors, Morda Hayward Joseph, farmer Hayward Joseph, jun., farmr Hughes John, Paper Mills, agent, Morda Jones Thomas, paper manufacturer, Morda Minnitt Mr. Thomas, bookkeeper, Morda Morris Edward, corn factor and commission agent Morris Mr. Thomas, Morda House Morris Thomas, wheelwright Lea Job, Weston corn mills Peate Ed., miller & farmer Phillips Griffiths, shopkeepr Poole Richard, farmer and butcher Price William, schoolmaster Roberts Benjamin, Morda corn mills WOOTON is a small village and township, three and a quarter miles S.E. from Oswestry, bounded on the east by the Shropshire union canal; there is a wharf near the Queen’s Head Inn, not far from which the townships of Ashton, Wooton, and Twyford converge. At the census of 1841 here were 29 houses and 162 inhabitants. The tithes are commuted for £167. 2s. 4d., the impropriators Mrs. Lloyd receives £136. 1s. 3d., and Lady Tyrwhitt £19. To the vicar of Oswestry was also apportioned £12. 1s. 1d. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_: John Jones, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Williams, and Wm. Windsor; Francis Dodd, beerhouse; John Evans, blacksmith; John James, vict., Queen’s Head; John Jones, provision and coal dealer; Richard Jones, shoemaker; Thomas Lacon, shoemaker; Edward Kynaston, wheelwright; Richard Thomas, gamekeeper to Mrs. Lloyd. * * * * * RUYTON OF THE ELEVEN TOWNS is a parish, containing the six townships of Cotton, Eardiston, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shelvock, Shotatton, and Wikey, all situated in the lower division of the hundred of Oswestry, and altogether comprising an area of 3,991 acres of land. In 1801, the number of inhabitants was 720; in 1831, 933; and in 1841, 1,083, and 216 houses. George Edwards, Esq. is lord of the manor. The soil is a mixture of loam and sand, producing good wheat and barley. There is also some fertile grazing land. The farms are in some instances of considerable extent, and are provided with good houses and commodious outbuildings. RUYTON OF THE ELEVEN TOWNS is a place of great antiquity, and though now considered as a village only, it was formerly a borough of honourable account. “Edmund, Earl of Arundel, in the 5th of Edward II., obtained a grant of a market on a Wednesday at his manor of Ruiton, in the Marches of Wales, and a fair to be kept yearly, on the eve of the day of St. John the Baptist, and for three days following.” The charter is confirmed by Richard II. and Henry VI., and grants that the burgesses may have certain customs and laws as freely as the burgesses of Shrewsbury. Fairs are held the second Monday in April, July 5th, and second Monday in November. The market has long been obsolete. Ruyton is pleasantly situated two and a half miles west from the Baschurch railway station, ten miles N.W. from Shrewsbury, and nine miles S.E. from Oswestry. The township contains 1,717A. 3R. 22P. of land, and in 1841 there were 142 houses and 658 souls. Rateable value, £1,865. 4s. 5d. The land rises into bold swelling hills, thickly studded with plantations, and watered by the river Perry. The following are the freeholders in this township:—Samuel Bickerton, Esq.; Robert Broughton, Esq.; Robert S. Comberbach; John Comberbach; George Davies; Edward Davies; Mrs. Edwards; Rev. George Evans; Richard Griffiths; Thomas Griffiths; David Hiles; Thomas Hall; the Hon. Ths. Kenyon; John Kough, Esq.; Henry Kent; Edward Leeke; Miss Middleton; Saml. Minton; Richard Minton; Robert Peel; John Price; William Rodgers; John Thomas; and John Walford, Esq. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has been built at different periods. The chancel is very ancient, and the tower is massive and lofty. The south side of the fabric was built about the year 1696, and the north side was re-built and enlarged in 1845, when 96 additional sittings were obtained, which, in consequence of a grant from the Incorporated Society for building and enlarging churches, the whole are declared free and unappropriated for ever. Previous to the alterations there were 294 sittings, of which 30 were free. The body of the church has a double pitched roof, supported by lofty pointed arches, and the ceiling is of dark oak, which gives the interior of the edifice a very interesting appearance. There are several neat mural monuments to the families of Kinaston, Hunt, Evans, and others. The Kinastons were formerly numerous in the parish. In the churchyard are some fine tombs, beautifully chiselled, remembering some of the principal families who were formerly residents in the parish. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £5. 18s., now returned at £313. The patronage is vested in the Lord Chancellor. Rev. George Evans, M.A., is the incumbent, and resides at the vicarage, which is pleasantly situated on an eminence. The tithes were commuted in 1839, when £94 was apportioned to the vicar, and £105 to the impropriators. There are 44A. 1R. 11P. of glebe land. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL, a good building, with a residence for the teacher, was built in 1819, by subscription, and a grant of £60 from the National Society. It is endowed with £438. 11s. 10d., of which £200 is secured on the Oswestry House of Industry, and £238. 11s. 10d. are invested in government securities, Mrs. Margaret and Mrs. Anne Kinaston gave the site, and left £20 towards the repairs of the school. THE INDEPENDENTS have a neat chapel and a residence for the minister, built in 1833. The congregation is under the pastoral care of the Rev. David Harris. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have also a chapel here. There is a small Lock-up in the village. The following are the principal houses in the township:—RUYTON PARK, the residence of the Hon. Charles Nowell Hill; the VILLA, a modern erection of brick, the residence of Robert Broughton, Esq.; west from the church is the residence of R. S. Comberbach, Esq.; the HALL, a pleasantly situated house with projecting gables, is occupied by the Rev. L. Slater, the officiating minister; the residence and boarding school of the Rev. David Harris, lies nearly a mile north-west from the church; the residence of Samuel Harmon, Esq., is also a good house. POST OFFICE.—_At Mary Cooper’s_. Letters arrive from Shrewsbury at 9.45 A.M., and are despatched at 4 P.M. Alexander Elizabeth, farmer Benbow Joseph, vict., Admiral Benbow Inn Bickerton Samuel, farmer, Park Bickley Miss, dress maker Broughton Robert, surgeon, The Villa Bullock Richard, corn miller and baker Brown John, farmer Comberbach Charles, farmer Comberbach John, corn miller, New Mills Comberbach Robert Suker, Esq. Comberbach Thomas R., grocer and draper Cooper James and Mrs., National School teachers Cooper Mary, postmistress Cooper Sarah, farmer Cooper William, saddler and harness maker Cooper William, bailiff Corden Thomas, farmer, The Lawn Croft John M., surgeon, The Cottage Davies George, shoemaker Davies Robert, butcher Evans Rev. George, M.A., The Vicarage Evans Mrs., gentlewoman Fisher Charles, inland revenue officer Foulkes Joseph, joiner and cabinet maker Foulkes Joseph, farrier and horse breaker Griffiths David, blacksmith Griffiths Richard, farmer Griffiths Richard, maltster and shopkeeper Harmon Samuel, Esq. Harris Rev. David, boarding school Harris John, farmer, The Hill Hiles Richard, maltster Hill Hon. Charles Nowell, Ruyton Park Jones George, farmer Jones John, wheelwright Jones Mrs., dressmaker Jones Robert, saddler and harness maker Jones Robert, quarry master, Queen’s court Leek Edward, shoemaker Llawalling Mary, vict., Talbot Inn Lloyd John and Son, blacksmiths Maddocks Thomas, farmer Minton Mr., assistant overseer Minton Thomas Rowland, butcher Minton William Rowland, machine manufacturer Morris Edward, shoemaker Morris John, shoemaker Morris Thomas, farmer Parry William, mason Pickering Miss Price John, brazier and painter Price Mary, draper and bonnet maker Price William, tailor and draper Roberts John, farmer Slater Rev. Leonard, M.A., The Hall Stant Thomas, builder and contractor Thomas John, bricklayer Stokes Joseph, cooper and undertaker Tanswell Henry, hairdresser Taylor John, carrier to Shrewsbury Tomlinson Edward, wheelwright Tomlinson Edward, farmer Tomlinson Miss, dress maker Timmis Lydia, vict., Commercial Inn Timmis Thomas, farmer and maltster Timmis Thomas, jun., farmer, The Hill Vaughan William, farmer, The Lodge Wace Charles R., solicitor, office, Powis Arms Wilde Robert M., tailor, Blackbow hill COTTON (usually called COTON), a small township, salubriously situated, one and a quarter mile S.W. from Ruyton, contains 233A. 2R. 9P. of land, and at the census of 1841 had one house and 14 inhabitants. Rateable value, £181. 15s. 9d. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £10. 15s. was apportioned to the vicar, and £40 to the impropriator, George Edwards, Esq. Mr. Thomas Thomas is the principal landowner, and occupies all the land in the township. EARDISTON, a village pleasantly situated two and a half miles west from Ruyton, contains some good residences. The township is bounded by the London and Holyhead turnpike road, and has 705A. 0R. 25P. of land, the soil of which is mostly a stiff loam, with a portion of sand. In 1841 here were 26 houses and 160 inhabitants. Rateable value, £977. 4s. 6d. The landowners are the Hon. Thomas Kenyon; Thomas Basnett Oswell, Esq.; Mr. Thomas Wilkinson; Mr. John Wilkinson; Mrs. Cureton; Mr. Menlove; and a few smaller proprietors. The vicarial tithes were commuted for £61 in 1847, when £120 was apportioned to the impropriators. There is a school here, where about thirty children attend. The Hon. Thomas Kenyon gives a yearly sum of £15 towards the support of the school, in consideration of which twenty children are taught free. DIRECTORY.—The Hon. Thomas Kenyon, The Pradoe; William Dovaston, tailor; John Edwards, farmer; Joseph Edwards, grocer and vict., Barley Mow; Joseph Evans, jun., mole catcher; William Gydvill, butcher; John Jones, farmer; Thomas Basnett Oswell, Esq., Eardiston House; John Pearce, blacksmith; Thomas Williams, maltster and farmer; Thomas Wilkinson, farmer. SHELVOCK township contains 324A. 3R. 30P. of land, and is situated two miles and a quarter S.W. by W. from Ruyton. Buckley Owen, Esq., is the land owner and impropriator. In 1841 here were two houses and sixteen inhabitants. Rateable value, £341. 7s. 9d. The principal residents here are Buckley Owen, Esq., John Morris, farmer, and John Hughes, farm bailiff and woodranger to B. Owen, Esq. SHOTATTON, a scattered village in the parish of Ruyton, two miles and a quarter S.W. by W. from the church, in 1841 had 14 houses and 84 inhabitants. The township has 850A. 3R. 1P. of land, of which 730A. 1R. 37P. are arable, 101A. 1R. 6P. meadow, and 26A. 3R. 38P. are in woods and plantations. The soil is of a light sandy nature. Rateable value, £748. 15s. 5d. John Arthur Lloyd, Esq., owns the whole township. The tithes were commuted in 1838, when £30. 18s. were apportioned to the Vicar of Great Ness, £15. 9s. to the Vicar of Ruyton, £93 to the late Countess of Bridgewater, £11. 17s. 6d. to R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P., £33. 10s. to J. A. Lloyd, Esq., and £1. 17s. 6d. to several smaller impropriators. The principal residents are Samuel Bickerton, Esq.; Joseph Humphreys, farmer, Handley Hall; Robert Lee, farmer; Robert Wall, farmer; Samuel and Joseph Briscoe, blacksmiths and agricultural implement makers; Samuel Briscoe, registrar for the Knockin district; and John Lloyd, wheelwright. WIKEY, OR WYKEY, a township, two miles west from Ruyton, has 869A. 1R. 38P. of land, 31 scattered houses, and 151 inhabitants. The soil is a mixture of peat and loamy sand. Rateable value, £800. 4s. 3d. The landowners are John Basnett, Esq.; Richard Oswell, Esq.; T. B. Oswell, Esq.; Mrs. Richards; Mrs. Cureton; William Price, Esq.; and the devisees of the late Mr. Humphreys. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £50. 8s. were awarded to the Vicar of Ruyton, £20 to John Basnett, £3. 10s. to Thomas B. Oswell, Esq., £25 to William B. Oswell, Esq., and £25 to Richard B. Oswell, Esq. The Chester and Shrewsbury railway intersects the township. The residents are John Basnett, Esq., The Hall; John Humphreys, farmer; Richard B. Oswell, Esq.; Thomas B. Oswell, Esq.; Edward Jones, blacksmith; and William Morgan, shoemaker. SELATTYN is a parish on the N.W. verge of the county, bordering on Shropshire, comprising the townships of Upper and Lower Porkington, and containing 5,437 acres of land. In 1801 the parish embraced a population of 701 souls; in 1831, 1,143; and in 1841 there were 241 houses and 1,128 inhabitants, of whom 556 were males, and 572 females. The village of Selattyn lies on an acclivity, three miles N.N.W. from Oswestry, and consists of a few detached houses near to the church. The rest of the population reside in dwellings which are scattered throughout the parish. To the north and west of the village, a bleak and mountainous district stretches to the extremity of the county. The principal landowners are William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.; Thos. George Warrington Carew, Esq.; John Wynn Eyton, Esq.; John Povey, Esq.; Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq.; Mrs. Lloyd; Richard Lewis, Esq.; Thos. Jones, Esq.; Thomas Lovett, Esq.; Mr. John Williams; Mr. John Edwards; Mr. Richard Jones; Messrs. Gilpin and Owen; and the trustees of Shrewsbury Grammar School; besides whom are several other proprietors. THE CHURCH is a plain cruciform structure, with a square tower, and is dedicated to St. Mary. A small organ was added in 1847, at a cost of £70. The Rev. Thomas Edwards, who died in the year 1800, is remembered on a neat tablet. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £12. 9s. 7d., in the patronage of Mrs. Lloyd, and enjoyed by the Rev. Albany Rosendale Lloyd, M.A. The tithes were commuted in 1840 for £813. James Wildig, one of the assembly of divines, and the Rev. Henry Sacheverall, D.D., remarkable for their different principles, were rectors of Selattyn. A CHAPEL OF EASE, dedicated to St. Barnabas, was opened for divine service on June 11th, 1850, at Hengoed. It is a small edifice, in the early English style, with nave and chancel, and has a chaste and neat appearance. The cost of the structure was about £500, which was raised by subscription, to which the rector was a liberal contributor. The Rev. Thomas Lewis Lewis is the officiating minister. Previous to the erection of this chapel there was a small place of worship here, which has since been converted into a school, where about fifty children are educated. THE FREE or PAROCHIAL SCHOOL is situated a short distance from the parish church, where about 100 boys are educated. There is also a girls’ school, where 40 children are instructed. Mr. William Cullis, the teacher, is writing master to the juvenile branches of the royal family, and has published a small school book, which has had a large circulation. (For the endowment, see “_Charities_.”) The village is supplied with an abundance of excellent water, by means of a _Water Ram Fountain_, which was placed on the road side, at the sole expense of the rector, in the year 1847. The water is brought from a distance of about 1,000 feet, and rises 100 feet in perpendicular height. There are lime works on the western verge of the parish. About half a mile W. by N. from the church is a tower, upon the lofty summit of a hill, which is a conspicuous object for many miles. It was built by the Rev. Gerald Carew, and has the following inscription:— GORSEDD ORWYNION. It is recorded in the poems of the aged Prince and Bard, Llywarch-hen, that in the 7th century, from this spot he saw his son Gwen slain in a battle between the Britons and Saxons, on the brook Morlas below. Oedd gwr-vy-mâb oedd ddysgywen hawl Ar ryd Vorlâs-y-llass Gwen. A sepulchral urn, containing bones, was found underneath this tower, A.D. 1847. From the tower a most beautiful panoramic view of the fertile plains of Shropshire is seen towards the south-east, and in the opposite direction the bold and picturesque scenery of the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery open to view. PORKINGTON, the seat of William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., lies about a mile N.W. from Oswestry. This plane takes its name from _Brogyntyn_, an old castle of the Welsh princes, which stood in the neighbouring grounds, and was surrounded by a deep fosse, which may still be traced. Porkington is a Grecian edifice, with an elegant portico. The park is extensive, and has a fine undulating surface, richly adorned with timber, and the prospects are extensive, varied, and beautiful. PENTRE-PANT HALL is a handsome residence, in a sequestered situation about two miles south from Selattyn; the hall is elegantly furnished, and the grounds beautifully wooded. It is the property of Thomas George Warrington Carew, Esq., and residence of the Rev. Gerald Carew. THE DERWEN is a neat house, S.E. from Selattyn, the residence and property of John Povey, Esq. THE RECTORY is a pleasantly situated house, a little south from the church. CHARITIES.—_John Hanmer_, D.D., bishop of St. Asaph, by will, 1628, gave the inheritance and fee-simple of his tenement in Selattyn to the use of the poor of the parish. _Charles Morris_, in 1721, bequeathed £500 in trust, and directed the amount to be laid out in the purchase of lands, and out of the yearly proceeds thereof 20s. to be paid yearly for a sermon on Candlemas-day, and the residue to be employed for the maintenance of the poor charity children and other poor persons of this parish. The legacy was laid out in the purchase of land soon after the death of the testator, but there are no title deeds now to be found in the parish relating thereto, and that it is so intermixed with the property devised by Bishop Hanmer that it would now be difficult to distinguish them. The whole estate consists of 53A. 3R., including 18 acres of allotment, and about one rood of ground, obtained by exchange with Mr. John Edwards. The estate produces £60. 5s. per annum, to which is added 4s. yearly, the moiety of rent due to this parish from certain land left by J. R. Powell. There is a school and school-house on the premises, devised by Bishop Hanmer, the former of which was built in 1812. The Rev. G. N. K. Lloyd, the rector, contributed £100 towards this building, on condition that he, and the successors to his property in this parish, should have the privilege of sending to the school six poor children resident in, though not belonging to, the parish, to be taught free. The school at Hengoed was built upon land given by G. H. Carew, Esq., principally at the expense of the rector, who gave £200, expressly upon the condition that the children of all poor residents in the parish should be admitted to both the schools. _Colonel Owen_ charged certain lands, which now form part of the Porkington estate, with the payment of £6 yearly to the poor of this parish. A yearly sum of £10 is now paid by Mrs. Gore to the rector, who distributes the amount in sums varying from 5s. to 10s. _Mrs. Margaret Ormsby_, by her will, dated 25th February, 1805, requested those who should succeed her in the Porkington estate, to distribute £20 annually among poor persons in the neighbourhood. In compliance with this request, the daughter of the testatrix gives £20 yearly among the most deserving poor. Carew Rev. Gerald, Pentre-pant Hall Cullis William, schoolmaster Drury Richard, farmer, Mardon Edwards Mr. John, Tower hill Edwards John, farmer, Fron Edwards Richard, farmer, Pentre David Edwards Richard, farmer, Underhill Edwards Richard, corn miller, Oak Mill Evans John, farmer, Paradwys Evans John, farmer, Ty-cock Fenna Richard, farmer, Gyrn Gore William Ormsby, Esq., M.P., Porkington Hall Hales Sarah, farmer, Cerny-bwch Harding Mr. Frederick, Fron Lodge Holland James, carpenter, builder & farmer, Peny-bont Hughes Edward, farmer, Park Farm Jackson George, farmer and butcher, Pentre-clawdd Jones Isaac, blacksmith, Pant-glass Jones John, farmer, Birch House Jones John, farmer, Forrest Jones John, farmer, Five Cross Lanes Jones John, blacksmith, Pentrewerne Jones John, wheelwright Jones Thomas, farmer, White House Kenrick Elizabeth, vict., Hart and Trumpet Lewis Mrs. Letitia Lewis Margaret, shopkeeper Lewis Richard, farmer, Pentrewerne Cottage Lewis Rev. Thomas Lewis, curate, Hengoed Lloyd Mrs. Ann, Nant Issa Lloyd Rev. Albany Rosendale, M.A., Rectory M’Kie W. H., agent to W. O. Gore, Esq., Scybar Issa Meredith Humphrey, farmer, Pentre David Morgan George, farmer, Springs Morgan Joseph, farmer, Tyng-drain Newstead Mary, school teacher, Hengoed Nicholas Thomas, parish clerk, assistant overseer, and collector of assessed taxes Peate Robert, farmer, Pentre clawdd Povey John, Esq., The Derwen Roberts Edward, farmer Roberts John, maltster & vict., Cross Keys Roberts Robert, shopkeeper Sands Hugh, farmer, Cross lanes Sands Thomas, farmer, Craignant Thomas David, farmer, Llawry-pant, Ucha Thomas John, corn miller Thomas John, farmer, Penrhos Thompson Thomas, farmer, Crown house Vaughan Edward, farmer, Nantucha Williams David, farmer, Pentrewerne Williams Edmund & Thos., corn millers Williams Richard, farmer, New Barn Williams Samuel, farmer, Fron Williams George, farmer, Grouse Lodge Williams Peter, farmer, Selattyn Lodge Williams Richard, blacksmith & beerhouse Whitehurst John, Esq., Marddu Wynn William Williams Edward, Esq., Sion House SYCHTYN is a township in the parish of Llansilin, with a scattered population, in a bleak and mountainous district, five miles S.S. by W. from Oswestry. The rest of this parish is included in the county of Denbigh. The township contains 1,414 acres of land, and in 1841 had 55 houses and 251 inhabitants. Rateable value, £907. 1s. 6d. The principal landowners are Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.; John Wynn Eyton, Esq.; the Earl of Liverpool; Thomas Fitzhough, Esq.; Richard Morris, Esq.; and Messrs. Poole and Haslam. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor. The tithes have been commuted, and £96. 15s. awarded to the Bishop of St. Asaph, to whom Robert Owen Tudor, Esq., is the lessee; £2 to the vicar of Llansilin, and £1. 7s. to the parish clerk of Llansilin. There are extensive limestone quarries in this township, and large quantities are annually burnt into lime, and used for agricultural purposes. The Independents and Welsh Methodists have each a small chapel in this township. Davies Edward, farmer Davies Edward, collector of rates Davies Evan, farmer Davies Richard, farmer Edwards Edward, farmer Griffiths John, farmer Hughes Margaret, farmer Jones Edward, lime burner and victualler, New Inn Jones John, farmer and lime burner Morris Richard, Esq., Pentre-cefn Rees John, butcher Richards Hugh, farmer and lime burner Roberts Thomas, blacksmith Roberts William, farmer Rodenhurst John, farmer Tudor Thomas, farmer Williams John, farmer * * * * * WEST FELTON parish includes the townships of West Felton, Haughton, Rednall, Sandford, Sutton, Tedsmore, Twyford, and Woolston, together comprising 5,989A. 2R. 9P. of land, the soil of which is a mixture of sand and loam. The meadows produce a fine herbage, and being intersected by the river Perry, which, frequently overflowing its banks, and covering hundreds of acres, produces the greatest fertility and luxuriance. In 1801 the parish contained 926 inhabitants; in 1831, 1,093; and in 1841, 1,087. Rateable value, £8,314. 14s. George Edwards, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted in 1838 for the sum of £1,008. WEST FELTON is a well built village and township, intersected by the Holyhead and London turnpike road, five miles S.E. from Oswestry and thirteen N.W. from Shrewsbury. In the village are some good houses, and the immediate vicinity is a rich farming district, in which are scattered several neat villa residences. The township contains 800A. 3R. 15P. of productive arable and pasture land, having a loamy soil with a mixture of sand. In 1841 here were 43 houses and 214 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,285. 10s. The principal landowners are John Freeman Dovaston, Esq.; Rev. Peter George Bentley; Edward Frank, Esq.; Thomas Frank, Esq.; Rev. Thomas Hunt; executors of the late R. L. Murray, Esq.; Mrs. Duckett; Mr. Richard Fardoe; Mr. John Brookfield; George Withers Edwards, Esq.; Mr. John Hopkin; Mr. Edward Rodgers; and Messrs. Sides. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Michael, a handsome structure in the decorative style of English architecture, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisle, the latter being separated from the nave by lofty Norman arches, rising from circular pillars; the floor of the nave and chancel are ornamented with encaustic tiles of beautiful design, and the communion table and two chairs are of oak, elaborately carved. In 1842 the structure was enlarged and renovated at a cost of upwards of £600, which was raised by subscriptions and grants from the diocesan and incorporated societies, in consequence of which 202 additional sittings were added, and 58 were declared free and unappropriated for ever. The east end of the sacred building is beautified by two stained glass windows, one the gift of the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, and the other the gift of the Hon. Mrs. Kenyon and the junior members of the family. They exhibit a masterly display of workmanship, and were executed by Evans, of Shrewsbury. The stone work was the gift of the Rev. Mr. Hunt. The window on the north side, over the entrance door, has fine representations of Moses and Aaron, and was the gift of Viscount Dungannon. The roof of the church is of dark oak, beautifully designed; and the whole has a chaste and elegant appearance. It is ornamented with a square tower, in which are three bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £20. 12s. 6d., now returned at £1,032. The patronage is vested in the Earl of Craven. The Rev. Thomas Hunt, M.A., is the incumbent. The tithes of this township are commuted for £127. 5s. 3d. The Rectory, a commodious brick edifice near the east end of the church, beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies, has been much improved by the present incumbent. There is a free school near the church. WEST FELTON HOUSE, the residence of the Rev. P. G. Bentley, M.A., is a delightful mansion, pleasantly situated and ornamented with pleasure grounds tastefully laid out. THE MANOR HOUSE is a commodious mansion of great antiquity, the property and residence of Mr. Thomas Frank. Near the house is a mound, surrounded by a deep moat; tradition says a building formerly stood on the summit. The Shropshire union canal intersects the township, and there is a railway station at Rednal, about two miles from West Felton. The county constabulary have a station here: Mr. Robert Jones is the superintendent, and there are eight constables stationed in the adjacent district. CHARITIES.—_George Iveson_, in 1616, bequeathed a rent charge of 40s. per annum for the use of the poor. _John Edwards_ gave 20s. per annum for the same object in 1686. These two gifts are paid from land at Osbaston, belonging to Mr. Price. _Joseph Withers_, in 1731, directed a yearly sum of £2 to be paid out of the rent of his tenement in Moreton, to the poor of this parish. A sum of £125, derived from different benefactors, is secured upon the tolls of the Holyhead road, by an instrument bearing date 18th January, 1762. The interest, £6. 5s. per annum, with 5s. yearly paid by a farmer at Llan Rhaiadyr for an encroachment, are carried to one account with the produce of the preceding charities, making in the whole £11. 7s. 10d. The amount is given one year to the poor residing in the township, and the next year to the poor residing out of it. _Mary Jones_, in 1758, charged certain lands in Tedsmere with the payment of £5 per annum for the benefit of the poor, and a further sum of 10s. 6d. yearly to the minister, provided he preach a sermon in the parish church of Felton on the 12th of September. _Sarah Owen_, by will 1764, gave to the minister and churchwardens £200 in trust, to distribute the interest (with the approbation of the owner of Woodhouse for the time being) among poor and indigent persons. This legacy is secured on the Oswestry house of industry. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. Thomas Roberts’s_. Letters arrive at 6.30 A.M., and are despatched at 6.40 P.M. Bentley Rev. Peter George, Felton house Davies George, farmer and butcher Davies John, saddler and harness maker Duckett Mrs., The Villa Edwards William, farmer Evans John, farmer Evans Mrs. Margaret, Hall farm Evans Thomas, farmer Fardoe Richard, farmer Fox Thomas, farmer and carrier Frank Thomas, farmer, Manor house Hampton William, farmer Hollis Edward, farmer Hopkin John, shopkeeper Howell William, farmer and road surveyor Hunt Rev. Thomas, M.A., The Rectory Jones Edward, farmer and maltster Jones John, farmer, The Cross Lloyd Edward, vict., Fox and Hounds Lloyd Edward, blacksmith Murray Miss Lathrop, Felton hall Pugh John, shoemaker Roberts Thomas, overseer and vict., the Lion Roberts Thomas, farmer & assistant overseer Rogers Edward, farmer and tailor Vaughan William, builder and stone mason HAUGHTON, a township two miles N.E. from West Felton, contains 1,010A. 3R. 22P. of land, chiefly low fertile meadows, frequently flooded by the river Perry overflowing its banks. In 1841 here were 38 houses and 212 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,482. 3s. The principle landowners are Mr. Thomas Austin, Mr. Thomas Briscoe, Mr. William Prue, Mr. John Roberts, Mr. John Vaughan, and Mr. Thomas Vaughan; besides whom are several other freeholders. The tithes are commuted for £163. 16s. 4d. The Chester and Shrewsbury railway intersects the township. A superior freestone for building purposes is got here. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel in the village. The _Farmers_ in Haughton are William Humphreys, Robert Large, Thomas Minshall, Charles Peacock, William Prue, and Joseph Vaughan. There is also a farm held by the family of the late Robert Rogers. The other residents are Thomas Austin, tailor; John Kynaston, wheelwright; and John Vaughan, blacksmith. REDNAL, OR REDNALL, a township two and a quarter miles from West Felton, with a scattered population, contains 1,566A. 1R. 23P. of land, and in 1841 had 24 houses and 140 inhabitants. The soil is chiefly a strong fertile loam, with a mixture of clay, producing good wheat and barley. On the low lands, near the banks of the river Perry, which forms the boundary of the township, is some good grazing land, some parts of which are occasionally flooded. William Mostyn Owen, Esq., owns the land. The tithes are commuted for £233. 4s. The Ellesmere and Queenshead turnpike road crosses the township, and the Shrewsbury and Chester railway has a station here, which is two miles distant from West Felton. WOODHOUSE is a beautiful mansion of white freestone, the seat of William Mostyn Owen, Esq., delightfully situated on a gentle eminence, commanding fine views, and surrounded by park-like grounds beautifully wooded. The mansion is approached by a noble portico, supported by four circular columns; and there is a fine avenue of beech and other trees on the south side of the park. DIRECTORY.—William Mostyn Owen, Esq., Woodhouse. _Farmers_: Thomas Cartwright, the Buildings; Edward Humphreys, the Old Mill; Edward Meredith; William Meredith; John Thomas, the Leys; and Robert Williams, Lower Lees. James Adams, station master; Paul Briscoe, blacksmith; Robert Brookfield, slater; Moses Tomlinson, shopkeeper. SANDFORD, a small township comprising 719A. 0R. 34P., of land, situate one and a half mile from West Felton, in 1841 had 18 houses and 92 inhabitants; the soil is of a light nature, producing good wheat, barley, and turnips. The chief landowners are Samuel Bickerton, Esq., Mr. Thomas Beamand, and Mr. Abraham Hancox. Rateable value of the township, £876. 15s. The tithes are commuted for the sum of £132. 15s. SANDFORD HALL is a well built modern erection of brick, the present occupier of which is highly respected as a spirited farmer and grazier, and noted for his zeal in advocating the cause of protection to native industry. Near to the hall is a large pool of water. There is a fox cover in the township. The principal residents are Thomas Beamand, gentleman; Samuel Bickerton, Esq., The Hall; Edward Goff, farmer; Abraham Hancox, farmer; Edward Kent, farmer; Richard Clarke, wheelwright; Edward Evans, corn miller. SUTTON township lies four and a half miles S.E. from Oswestry, and one and a half mile from Weston Felton, near the Rednal railway station. In 1841 here were 31 houses and 135 inhabitants; the township comprises 664A. 3R. 22P. of land, the owners of which are Mr. Edward Edwards, Mr. John Edwards, Messrs. Sides, Mr. John Manford, Mr. William Duckett, and the executors of late Mr. Croxon. The tithes were commuted in 1838 for £116. 7s. 9d. Rateable value of the township, £810. 17s. SUTTON HALL, an ancient edifice pleasantly situated on an eminence, has had additions from time to time made, and of late years has been much modernized. GRIMPO is a hamlet consisting of well built houses, and being near the parish of Weston Felton, a commodious school has been erected, with a residence for the teacher; it was built by subscriptions, and the site was given by William Mostyn Owen, Esq.; it is supported by a few benevolent individuals, and a small charge from each of the scholars; the average attendance is about eighty scholars. The Independents have a chapel at Grimpo, built in 1831. SUTTON AND GRIMPO DIRECTORY.—George Dawes Brittain, The Hall; James Hargreaves, Esq., The Hall; Edward Furmston, farmer, Grimpo; William Manford, farmer, Sutton farm; Thomas Morgan, farmer; John Morgan, farmer and parish clerk; William Walton, farmer; John Morgan, schoolmaster; Edward Parkes, butcher; Edward Vaughan, builder and farmer. TEDSMERE, one mile east from West Felton, is a township with 383A. 3R. 39P. of land, having in 1841 17 houses and 87 inhabitants; the chief part of the land is grass, and in large enclosures. Rateable value, £551. 18s. The tithes are commuted for £63. 10s. 6d. T. B. B. Owen, Esq., and Joseph Pemberton, are the landowners. TEDSMERE HALL, the seat of Thomas Bulkeley Bulkeley Owen, Esq., is a handsome stone structure, on a considerable elevation, commanding a fine view of the vale beneath, and of the bold mountainous district of North Wales. The front and portico of the hall are now being rebuilt of white free stone. A superior quality of free stone found in this township is much used for ornamental building, the quarries are extensively worked, and blocks of immense size are frequently raised. The principal residents here are Thomas Bulkeley Bulkeley Owen, Esq., The Hall; John Cureton, farmer; John Thrumpston, farmer; John Williams, farmer, Bentley marsh; and John Smith, butcher. TWYFORD, a small township adjoining West Felton, and four and a half miles south from Oswestry, intersected by the Holyhead turnpike road, and the Shropshire union canal, contains 341A. 3R. 9P. of land, and in 1841 had 29 houses and 110 inhabitants. The freeholders are J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq.; Mr. Edward Downes, Mr. John Brookfield, Mr. Richard Lloyd, Mr. William Manford, and Mr. Isaac Ratcliff. The land is of good quality, an undulating district, and well wooded. Rateable value, £598. 3s. Rent charge, £56. 16s. 7d. THE NURSERY is the elegant seat of John Freeman Milward Dovaston, Esq., barrister, a gentleman of classical learning, high genius, ardent benevolence, and indeed possessed of every estimable quality which adorns the mind. It is deeply to be regretted that Mr. Dovaston has not been able to leave his bed for several years. It may be said that he has inherited the virtues of his father, John Dovaston, Esq., a gentleman of learning, science, and ingenuity, who died March 31st, 1808. He was born of humble parents, who lived on their small estate at West Felton. “He was taught to read by an old woman in the village, and that was the whole of his education; every other acquirement which he afterwards possessed in so eminent a degree was entirely his own. He was the eldest son of seven, all of whom he brought up to respectable professions. From his father he received his little estate, swallowed up by mortgages, which he redeemed at a very early period of life, by two voyages to the West Indies, and afterwards considerably increased by prudence and industry. Though he left scarcely any science untouched, his turn of mind was principally directed to antiquities, natural philosophy, music, mechanics, and planting; of the first he left a large collection of manuscripts, historical observations relating to Shropshire and the Welsh borders; on druidical relics, tracing traditional vulgar errors from the remote times of superstition. In mechanics he left a set of philosophical and musical instruments made by his own hands, and just before his death he projected an orrery to show the satellites on a new method. In planting he has clothed the country around him with forest and fruit trees, all raised and grafted with his own hands; and his villa (which from his fondness for planting he called “The Nursery”), is laid out with much taste and rural elegance. He was well versed in the Hebrew, Anglo-Saxon, and Latin tongues, and had some knowledge of Greek. His reading was very extensive, his mind vigorous, and his application intense. He was remarked for the plainness of his dress, yet his person always appeared dignified, and his manners were courteous and gentlemanly. He was fond of a cheerful glass, remarkably communicative and sociable, full of facetious anecdote, which he had a singularly agreeable manner of imparting. To the very last day of his life he rose at five, it being one of his maxims always to get start of the sun. Though he lived to the age of 68 years, it was the opinion of his medical friends that his excessive and laborious application of mind and body brought a somewhat premature decay. In his youth he was the close friend of Shenstone, to whose memory he was always much attached. On his death bed he spoke to his son these remarkable words:—‘Jack, I believe in my soul it has pleased God to prosper all my undertakings; my lad, be honest, and you will be independent; be liberal, and you will be esteemed; deserve God’s blessing, and you will be happy.’” Dovaston John Freeman Milward, Esq., The Nursery Brookfield John, painter, plumber, & glazier Davies John, farmer Downes Edward, Esq., Twyford House Duckett William, Esq., The Cottage Edwards Edward, farmer Edwards John, farmer Foulkes William, shoemaker Howell William, grocer and draper Jones Robert, superintendent of police Lloyd Richard, vict., Punch Bowl Morris Rev. John (Independent) Phillips Ann, shopkeeper Savin William, farmer, Ford’s & Hey’s farm WOOLSTON, a small village and township two miles and a half S.W. from Felton, has 501A. 2R. 14P. of undulating land, and in 1841 had 15 houses and 77 inhabitants. Rateable value, £748. 13s. Rent charge, £106. 4s. The landowners are Lady Tyrwhitt; Edward Beamand, Esq.; George W. Edwards, Esq.; and Mr. Samuel H. Burrows. There are several well built and pleasantly situated farm residences in this township. Coal is found here; and several years ago a party of miners opened coal works, but finding the seams of small thickness, and the water breaking in upon them, the works were abandoned. There is a well here called ST. WINEFRED’S WELL, which was formerly in great repute for its medicinal properties. The baths are walled in, and the water filters through a red grit stone rock; they are now in a delapidated and neglected state. WOOLSTON HOUSE, a modern erection of brick, pleasantly situated, is the residence of George W. Edwards, Esq. DIRECTORY.—Edward Beamand, gentleman; George Withers Edwards, Esq., Woolston House; Richard Clarke, farmer; Richard Drury, farmer; John Sides, farmer; Richard Williams, farmer. WHITTINGTON is a parish and village, pleasantly situated on the turnpike road from Oswestry to Ellesmere, two miles and a half E.E. by N. from the former town, and sixteen miles N.N. by W. by railway from Shrewsbury. The parish comprises the townships of Berghill, Daywell, Ebnall, Fernhill, Frankton, Henlle, Hindford, Old Marton, and Whittington, which, together, in 1801 contained a population of 1,398 souls; 1831, 1,788; and in 1841, 1,919. The tithes of the whole parish are commuted for £1,000. The township of Whittington, in 1841, contained 164 houses and 808 inhabitants. The principal landowners are Edmund Wright, Esq.; Mrs. Lloyd; Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq.; William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Lovett, Esq.; Thomas Broughall, Esq.; Rev. John Davies; and Mr. Hugh Davies. Extent of parish, 3157A. 3R. 23P. Rateable value, £2,736. THE CHURCH is a plain brick fabric, rebuilt in 1806, at a cost of £1,500. The exterior is partially covered with inscriptions from the Holy Bible. The original fabric was of stone, and is said to have been built by the first Fulk Fitz Warine, out of the refuse of the materials when the castle was built. A commission was directed from the council in the Marches of Wales, A.D. 1630, to John Trevor and Richard Lloyd, gentlemen, to make a terrier of the glebe land of this church, as also to return an inventory of the utensils belonging to the same, amongst which there were three pairs of armour, furnished with two pikes and two head pieces. These are supposed to have been employed by the rector for the defence of the castle against the Welsh. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £25. 4s. 2d., now returned at £1,224, in the patronage of Mrs. Lloyd, who is also lady of the manor. Incumbent, Rev. Charles Arthur Albany Lloyd, M.A. There are 58A. 1R. 3P. of glebe land in this township. The chief object of attraction at Whittington are the ruins of THE CASTLE. It is supposed to have been built in the year 843, by a British nobleman, who was succeeded by his son, Tudor Trevor, who, though possessed of many houses with rich and extensive domains, made this his chief residence. The descendants of Tudor continued possessed of the castle for several generations, and many families in this neighbourhood and North Wales boast their origin from him. At the Domesday survey this place is called _Wititone_, and consisted at that time of eight corn farms, twelve ox-stalls, and a very extensive wood; the cows yielding five shillings per annum, and all Welsh residents were obliged to pay twenty shillings among them. The Castle of Whittington next passed into the hands of Hugh, and afterwards of his brother Robert, sons of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Upon the defeat of Robert by Henry I. it was restored to the Peverels. William de Peverel had two daughters, the younger of whom was named Mellet, and being a valiant knight himself resolved to marry his daughter Mellet to none but a knight of consummate valour. Her father promised the Castle of Whittington as her dower. Several distinguished combatants assembled at Peverel’s Castle, in the Peak of Derbyshire, to contend for the fair prize. When Guarine de Metz, then Lord of Aldberbury, went there, and fighting with a son of the king of Scotland, and a Baron of Burgoine, overthrew his rivals, and obtained the beautiful Mellet. The posterity of this great man, for nine generations, assumed the Christian name of Fulk. They continued possessed of the castle from the end of the reign of Henry I. till the time of Henry VIII., a period of nearly four hundred years. On the rebellion of the barons against King John, Fulk joined with them, for we find his name among the number that were excommunicated by the Pope for extorting from John that firm basis of English liberty called MAGNA CHARTA. In the reign of Henry III., Fitz Guarine procured a grant of his estates to him and his heirs for ever; for which he gave the king two coursers and two hundred and sixty-two pounds,—an enormous sum in that age, and gives some idea of the wealth of Fitz Guarine. The same monarch granted him the liberty of a fair on St. Luke’s day, and a market on Wednesday, at Whittington; but on account of its proximity to Ellesmere and Oswestry, both market and fair have long been obsolete. Subsequently fairs were held on the last Thursday in April, July and November, but these have also been discontinued. After the castle passed into the hands of Henry VIII. we hear nothing further respecting it till the following reign, when the king presented it to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, who forfeited it in consequence of being convicted of high treason. Shortly after, Queen Mary granted the castle to Fitz Alan, the last Earl of Arundel. He mortgaged it to several persons, who obtained the place in default of payment from him. William Albany, a chief man among the number, was, by the joint consent and approbation of the rest, put into sole possession of it. By the marriage of his great granddaughter with Thomas Lloyd, Esq., of Aston, Whittington passed into the hands of that family, and is now the property of Mrs. Lloyd. The castle was fortified with five round towers, each forty feet in diameter, and a hundred feet in height, and the walls were twelve feet in thickness. It was surrounded by a moat, part of which still remains, and the fosses and intrenchments may yet be traced to a considerable distance. About the year 1760, the eastern tower fell into the moat; and some years afterwards one of the northern towers and the western wall were taken down to repair the roads leading from Whittington to Halston-bridge. The towers of the gate-house are still entire; and some portions of the ancient building have been modernised, and converted into a dwelling, which is inhabited by Thomas Broughall, Esq. THE FREE SCHOOL is endowed with a farm and two cottages, producing about £47 per annum. The school is taught in the Old Tithe Barn, a long brick building of considerable antiquity; about 90 children attend. There is also a girls’ school, where about 60 scholars attend. The rector is a liberal contributor towards the support of the schools. THE INDEPENDENTS have a small chapel here, built in 1844. BRABINS WOOD consists of a number of cottages and a Primitive Methodist chapel, about a mile S.E. from the church. The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company have a station about a quarter of a mile west from the church. PARK HALL, an ancient mansion with projecting gables, chiefly composed of timber, and situated near the Oswestry road, about one mile and a quarter W. from Whittington, is the residence and property of Richard Henry Kinchant, Esq. The entrance hall is wainscotted, ornamented with paintings, banners, &c., and contains a massive oak table, cut from one plank, measuring 23 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2½ inches thick. Several of the apartments contain antique oak furniture elaborately carved, and the ceilings are of curious workmanship. There are also some fine paintings, chiefly family portraits. On the west side of the hall is the domestic chapel, which was probably erected in the time of Henry VIII. CHARITIES.—_Robert Jones_, in 1679, devised all his lands and houses in Whittington, for the support of an “honest ingenious schoolmaster.” The premises consist of 5A. 2R. 28P. of land, and two dwelling houses built thereon. The land is stated to be worth about £11 per annum. _Griffith Hughes_, in 1706, devised certain lands and a dwelling house, at Rhuabon, and directed out of the yearly proceeds 20s. to be paid for teaching poor children to read, in Aston township, and the residue of the rents and profits to be appropriated for educational purposes in Whittington and Rhuabon. The estate islet for £28 per annum. In 1813, a sum of £142, the produce of some timber cut and sold from the estate, was laid out in the purchase of a piece of land in Whittington, containing 2A. 1R. 15P., which produces a yearly sum of £5. _Elizabeth ap Robert_, in 1675, devised two pieces of land in Pentrewerne, containing 7A. 1R. 18P., for the benefit of the poor of this parish. The rents were formerly applied in apprenticing children, but for some time they have been paid to the mistress of the girls’ school in Whittington. In the year 1822, a sum of £146 was laid out in the purchase of 1A. 3R. 16P. of land, in the township of Whittington. Of this sum, £5 was a legacy left to the poor by Richard Evans; £15 was the produce of timber cut and sold from the lands belonging to Trustan’s charity; £31. 16s. was money which had been paid for the property tax for several of the charity estates, but which was returned, and the residue was made up by the rector. The land is let for £5 per annum, which is paid to the schoolmistress. _John Trustan_, in 1659, gave certain lands, and directed the yearly proceeds to be expended in bread, and distributed every Sabbath day for ever. The land devised, in eluding an allotment awarded in 1781, consists of 11A. 0R. 36P., and is let at a yearly rent of £12. _Walter Rogers_, in 1685, left a rent charge of 40s. per annum, issuing out of land called Bryn Rhig. The amount is expended in flannel, and given away on St. Thomas’s day. _Elizabeth Lloyd_, by will, 1696, bequeathed £200 to be laid out in the purchase of land, the yearly rent to be divided among twelve of the poorest families of the township of Whittington. It appears this sum was placed out at interest, and the principal and interest in 1837 amounted to £350, which sum was laid out in the purchasing of a rent charge of £14 per annum, issuing out of a farm in Whittington. _Robert Conway_, in 1727, charged his lands in the parish of St. Martin with the payment of 20s. yearly, for the benefit of the poor of Whittington parish. The particulars of Sir Nathaniel Lloyd’s charity will be found noticed with Oswestry. _Mrs. Frances_ has recently left £200, the interest to be divided among six poor widows of Whittington and Dudleston in equal proportions. The amount is invested in the three per cent. stock. Broughall Mrs. Elizabeth Broughall Mrs. Sarah, Penny-bryn Broughall Thomas, Esq., The Castle Hargreaves Mr. James, horse trainer Jones John, station master Kinchant Richard Henry, Esq., Park Hall Lloyd Rev. Charles Arthur Albany, M.A., The Rectory Lunt Mrs. Peate Mr. Richard Perkins Francis, post office Thomas Mrs., Rose hill Woods Rev. Robert M‘Clure, curate Yates Richard, valuer and land surveyor, The Mount Academies. Jones Eliza Roberts William Henry Spencer John Blacksmiths. Briscoe John Tudor John Boot & Shoemakers. Bickley Joseph Grinley Joseph Lea Richard, & rate collector Butchers. Haycock Thomas Llewelyn John Carpenters, &c. Bowyer William Griffiths John (wheelwright) Mansell Edward Marsh John Nicholas Samuel Farmers. Davies David Davies Robert Holland George Hughes Edward Foulkes, Park Farm Jervis George Jones Edward, Perry Moor Jones Rd., Tinkers’ Green Jones Thos., Brabins’ Wood Munslow Rd., & maltster Ward John, Donnet Farm Inns & Taverns. Boot Inn, George Jervis Lion, Ann Venables Beerhouses. Davies David Evans Nathaniel Shopkeepers. Davies John, and saddler and harness maker French Ann Parry Elizabeth Venables Elizabeth Watkin Henry Tailors. Price Richard Williams Richard BERGHILL is a small township two and a half miles east from Whittington, comprising 688 acres of land, and had in 1841 six houses and 46 inhabitants. Rateable value, £592. 8s. 6d. Edmund Wright, Esq., of Halston, is the owner of the land in this township, which is intersected by the river Perry and the Shropshire union canal. _The Farmers_ are Jonathan Grindley, Thomas Jones, Thomas Lee, John Morris, and Thomas Evans Thomas; Charles Sykes, gamekeeper to E. Wright, Esq. DAYWELL is a village and township two and a half miles north from Oswestry, and two and a half miles N.N.W. from Whittington, having in 1841 71 houses and 328 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,212. 4s. 6d. There are 1,134A. 2R. 18P. of land in the township, of which Joseph Venables Lovett, Esq., is a considerable owner; the other principal owners are John Wynn Eyton, Esq., Rev. E. Edwards, Mr. Joseph Bickerton, Mr. John Gardener, and Mr. Robins. The celebrated Watts Dyke makes its appearance at Gabowen in this township, and may be traced from thence into the parish of St. Martin. The extent between this dyke and Dyke Offa’s, which crosses the hills above Selattyn, is about four miles. The intervening space between these dykes is said to have been a common mart, where the English and Welsh met to carry on commercial intercourse with each other; but if either party transgressed these bounds, they were exposed to the severities of war. Upon Watts Dyke at a place called Bryna Castle, near to Gabowen, is the site of an old _Watchfort_, and another a little further on towards St. Martin’s. BRYNA CASTLE consists of a few cottages a quarter of a mile N.E. from Gabowen; here the Independents built a small chapel in the year 1831. BELMONT is a delightfully situated mansion in a fine park, the seat and property of J. V. Lovett, Esq. At GABOWEN there is a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Chester line of rails, which is 18 miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 24 miles S.E. from Chester. There is also a branch railway from here to Oswestry. UPPER HENGOED is a scattered district of houses at the north extremity of the township. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here, built in 1839. _Those with * affixed reside at Upper Hengoed_. Bickerton Joseph, farmer, Rose Cottage Cartwright Eli, shopkeeper * Cound Thomas, shoemaker Edwards David, farmer, Preese Henlle Evans Thomas, farmer Figg Francis Fowler, station master, Gabowen Furmstone Mrs. Amelia, Rose Cottage Gardener John, farmer, Bark House Haycock Thomas, farmer Howell Thomas, farmer Jones Thomas, farmer Jones Thomas, shopkeeper Lovett Joseph Venables, Esq., Belmont Morgan Richard, shoemaker * Morris Thomas, maltster * Phillips Mrs. Mary, Stone Cottage Philips Philip, tailor Price John, maltster and vict., Cross Foxes, Gabowen Roberts Edward, farmer, Pentre Kenrick Stewart Mrs. Alexander Taylor Mr. Peter Poole, Green Bank Cottage * Weston Edward, beerhouse keeper Weston Owen, farmer Williams Edward, farmer EBNALL township contains 1,033A. 2R. 32P. of land, and is situated four miles N.N.E. from Oswestry, and twenty-three and a quarter miles north from Whittington; in 1841 here were 51 scattered houses and 240 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,000. 2s. The principal landowners are John Venables Lovett, Esq.; Thomas Broughall, Esq.; Thomas George Warrington Carew, Esq.; Mr. Robins, Mrs. Ann Owen, Mr. Edward Griffiths, and others, are also proprietors. _The Farmers_ are James Boodle, William Croft, Prees Henlle; Josiah Holland, Ann Owen, Elizabeth Owen, John Owen, Mary Price, and William Woollam; Thomas Davies, carpenter and wheelwright; John Eaton, blacksmith; Mr. Edward Griffith, Moor Wharf Cottage; John Jones, shoemaker. FERNHILL, a small township one and a quarter mile north from Whittington, contains 274A. 3R. 4P. of land, and in 1841 had nine houses and 65 inhabitants. Rateable value, £265. 18s. Thomas Lovett, Esq., is sole proprietor in this township, and resides at FERNHILL HALL, a neat mansion of free stone, which stands on the knoll of a hill, and commands some beautiful views of the surrounding country; the hall is surrounded with pleasure grounds and shrubberries, and the park is beautifully wooded with thriving plantations. The river Perry flows through this township; it is formed of several small streams which have their rise in the high grounds of Selattyn, and have their confluence in this township. The principal residents are Thomas Lovett, Esq., Fern Hill Hall; Edmund Edmunds, farmer; William Broughall, farmer; and Richard Edwards, corn miller, Oak Mill. FRANKTON, commonly called WELSH FRANKTON, is situated three miles east from Whittington; the township contains 931A. 1R. 14P. of land, and in 1841 here were 54 houses and 275 persons. Rateable value, £85. 14s. 6d. The chief land owners are Edmund Wright, Esq., Thomas Broughall, Esq.; Joseph Dutton, Esq.; William Francis Oswell, Esq.; Mr. Landford and Mr. Thomas Danily. The high grounds in this township command a most extensive and delightful view of the fertile plains of Shropshire. A small chapel of ease stands on the road side leading from Oswestry to Ellesmere; there is a school adjoining, and a little higher up the road near the summit of the hill is a neat Independent chapel. The Shropshire union canal takes its course on the eastern verge of this township, where there are four locks, and a fall of about forty feet. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_, Thomas Danily, William Drury, John Nicholas, Stephen Walley; William Edwards, beerhouse and shopkeeper; Elizabeth Hodnet, schoolmistress; William Jenks, boat builder; William Francis Oswell, Esq.; Edward Teggin, blacksmith; Thomas Teggin, beerhouse keeper; Thomas Williams, provision dealer. HENLLE, usually called HENTLEY, is situated one mile and a half north from Whittington, and four and a half miles N.E. from Oswestry. The township is returned as having nine houses, 43 inhabitants, and 396A. 1R. 13P. of land. Rateable value, £340. 9s. 6d. The land owners are Thomas Lovett, Esq.; Mr. John Duckett, Mr. John Jones, and Mr. Thomas Hughes. _Farmers_, Thomas Brookfield, John Danily, and maltster, Edward Davies, and Walter Munslow; Mr. John Duckett is also a resident here. HINDFORD, a small township with 196A. 2R. 10P. of land, lies a little more than a mile north from Whittington, and has 20 houses and 91 inhabitants. Rateable value, £241. 1s. 6d. Edmund Wright, Esq., and Mr. Broughall are the principal proprietors. The Chester and Shrewsbury railway intersects the township, and is crossed by a bridge on the road leading to Old Marton. The resident farmers are Edward Edwards, William Jackson, and Thomas Parry; William Jackson, butcher. OLD MARTON township, three miles N.E. from Whittington, has four houses, 23 inhabitants, and 496A. 2R. 3P. of land, which is the property of Richard James Griffiths, Esq., Rev. George Salt, and Mr. Jones. Mr. John Pridden, who was born at Old Marton Hall, was one of the many instances in which integrity and perseverance have introduced their votaries to ease and affluence. His father dying when he was only twelve years old, and his mother marrying again, he was subjected to the most unmerciful and cruel treatment of a step-father. Having endured his unmerited sufferings for several years, he bade adieu to his unpropitious home, and arrived in London in March, 1748, where he soon found protectors in Mr. Nourse and Mr. Manley, the latter of whom he succeeded in business as a bookseller, where he soon found himself supported by a numerous and respectable set of friends, and eventually rose to wealth and affluence. To do good was his delight; to communicate happiness to all around him was his unceasing aim. He died in 1807, and left two sons and three daughters. The resident farmers in Old Marton are Thomas Brayne, Stephen Burrows, and Amelia Jones. PIMHILL HUNDRED. The Hundred Pimhill is bounded on the north by Flintshire, on the west by the Oswestry Hundred, on the east by the Albrighton division and the Bradford Hundred, and on the south by the Hundred of Ford and the Albrighton division. The population of this hundred in 1801 was 11,874; the number of inhabited houses 2,112. In 1841 there was a population of 11,857 souls, of whom 5,900 were males., and 5,857 females. At the same period there were 2,297 inhabited houses, 48 uninhabited, and 10 houses building. This hundred comprehends the Baschurch and Ellesmere divisions. The former contains the following townships and chapelries, viz., Alderton, Baschurch, Birch, Boreatton or Bratton, Ensdon, Eyton, Felton Butler, Fennemere, Hopton, Kinton, Merehouse, Montford, Ness Cliff, Ness Great, Ness Little, Newtown, Petton, Prescott, Shrawardine, Stanwardine-in-the-Fields, Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, Walford, Weston Lullingfield, Wilcott, and Yeaton. The Ellesmere division contains Balderton, Birch and Lythe, Burlton, Cockshutt and Crosemere, Colemere, Crickett, Criftins, Dudleston, Eastwick, Ellesmere, Elson and Greenhill, Frankton, Hampton Welsh, Hampton Wood, Hardwick, Hordley, Kenwick Stockett and Whattall, Kenwicks Park, Kenwicks Wood, Lee, Lineal, Loppington, Marton, Middle, New Marton, Newnes, Newton, Noneley, Northwood, Oteley, Newton and Spoonhill, Sleap (part of), Stocks and Coptiviney, Tetchill, Trench. BASCHURCH is a respectable village, pleasantly situated about half a mile west of the Baschurch railway station, and eight miles N.W. from Shrewsbury. The parish contains the several townships of Baschurch, Birch, Boreatton, Eyton, Fennemere, Merehouse, Newtown, Prescott, Stanwardine-in-the-Fields, Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, Walford, Weston and Yeaton, which together have an area of 10,758 acres of land. Rateable value, £11,470. 11s. 6d. Population in 1801, 1,059; in 1831, 1,321; and in 1841, 1,491. Baschuch is a place of great antiquity. Cynddylan, the British prince, slain at Whittington by the Saxons, about the year 570, was interred here. The parish church is one of the eighteen churches found in the county at the Doomsday survey, at which time Baschurch was the head of a hundred. About a mile from the village is a remarkable British fortress, or hold, the remains of which are very distinct, and an object of great attraction to the antiquary. It consists of two positions, one a natural eminence about forty-five feet high, surrounded at the bottom by a circular vallum; the other an elliptical entrenchment, on which more pains have been bestowed, very much lower than the other, and perfect on three sides, the fourth being open, and apparently extended into a wider and more irregular form. The vallum of this elliptical entrenchment, where it faces the eminence described above, is thrice the height of any other part of it. These two positions are surrounded, on one side by a deep pool, on the other sides by an extensive tract of black peaty soil, which was probably at an early period covered with water. The works are connected by a low road, made, by incredible labour, of small stones heaped together; and both are connected with the main land by a similar road leading across the morass in a curve. If this road was covered with water, as probably it was to the depth of a few inches, strangers would not know where it was; and the loftier fortress had a farther defence in an interruption of the roads, which do not reach all the way to it, but cease within a few feet of the point of juncture, and thus act as a kind of rude draw-bridge, where those in the fortress might lay down a plank for those without to pass over. At the point where this interruption of the road exists, was evidently the road into the fort, which is there defended by two outworks; one on each side. It was in this fastness that Cynddylan, imitating his aboriginal forefathers, who fortified themselves in woods and marshes, sought an asylum after his expulsion from Pengwern (Shrewsbury). No reason can be assigned why he should be buried at Baschurch, but that his residence was in the immediate vicinity. THE CHURCH is an ancient structure, dedicated to All Saints, and consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower, in which are four bells. There is a gallery at the west end, upon which is a fine-toned organ. The south side of the church was built about the year 1615, and the north side in the year 1790. It contains several handsome tablets and memorials to some of the principal families in the neighbourhood; one of which, a handsome pyramidal monument of elegant and costly workmanship, executed in marble, records the death of William Basnett, Esq., of London, a native of Baschurch, whose nephew and adopted heir, William Birch, assumed the name of Basnett. Another memorial remembers Rowland Hunt, Esq., and there are others to the Preslands, Slaneys, Mucklestons, and Corbets. There is an ancient Bible chained to the reading desk. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £10. 16s., in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and enjoyed by the Rev. William Jones. The church stands on the site of a former edifice, which was burnt down in the year 1404. Divine service was performed in the Manor House, at Walford, till a new church was built. A stone in the churchyard remembers William Green, who died at the age of ninety years; and about fifteen years ago Mrs. Jones Hill Green died at the age of ninety-nine years. The tithes were commuted in 1844 for £285. The vicarage is a good residence, pleasantly situated, and stands a little east from the church. It has been considerably improved by the present incumbent NEWTOWN may be considered to form a part of Baschurch. It is a separate township, situated between the railway station and the village, the Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersecting the eastern side of the township. In 1841 here were 25 houses and 131 inhabitants. There are two neat and capacious schools at Newtown, and a preparatory school at Weston, supported from the funds of Mrs. Harris’s charity. In consequence of the advantages of gratuitous education, the village is constantly improving. The salubrity of the air, the facilities of railway communication, and the general order and quiet retirement, render it a desirable place for the erection of villa residences. A commodious inn has recently been built at the railway station, which is conducted by Mr. Thomas Wilkinson. A market has been established on Friday, for the sale of corn, butter, and poultry, which is held near the railway station. There is a bowling green at the Admiral Duncan, and a female benefit society, which is well supported. Rowland Hunt, Esq., is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the lord of the manor; the Rev. William Jones; Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; Richard Edwards, Esq.; Frederick Edwards, Esq.; Edward Edwards, Esq.; William Sparling, Esq.; Mary Pickstock; and others are also proprietors. The soil is a mixture of gravel and loam, highly productive, and about one half may be considerable arable. The river Perry divides Baschurch from Ruyton, and skirts Boreatton Park. CHARITIES.—_Eleanor Harris_, by will, bearing date 17th May, 1709, devised certain land and tenements, at Stanwardine-in-the-Fields, in trust, to pay certain annuities therein mentioned, and to dispose of the residue for the providing of schooling for the boys and girls of such of the lowest rank of inhabitants within the parish of Baschurch as should not be able to give them a proper schooling; and she directed that such children should be taught to read and spell well, and to write fair hands and cast accounts, so as to fit the boys for ordinary trades; and that when the profits of the trust estate should be sufficient her trustees should apply a reasonable part thereof for putting out the boys apprentices, and for providing portions for the girls, to be given them on marriage; and she further directed that her trustees should pay yearly 20s. to the officiating minister of the parish for a sermon in the church, on the afternoon of the Sunday next after the anniversary of her death, at which time she desired such minister to declare publicly the principal directions of her will, to the intent that the same might never be concealed or suppressed; and that the trustees should lay out 20s. for a dinner for themselves. The property belonging this charity consists of 267A. 2R. 36P. of land and certain houses, besides 7A. 2R. 31P., which was planted about fifty years ago with oaks, and the school premises, consisting of 1A. 1R. 32P., at Newtown. When the Charity Commissioners published their report the yearly income amounted to £323. 10s. The boys are taught reading, writing, and accounts, and the girls reading and needlework. They are all supplied with every article of clothing, except linen, once a year, and with books and all school requisites; and they are permitted to remain in the school till they are of sufficient age to go out to service, or to be bound apprentice. When the children go out to service they receive a complete suit of clothing, and a Bible and a Prayer Book; and if they continue in the same place with credit for five years, they receive a gratuity of £3; and if for seven years, £5. In this respect no difference is made between the boys and girls. The boys are occasionally placed out apprentice, with a premium of £6 each. Nothing is paid out of the fund for marriage portions. There is also a dame school supported out of the funds, for teaching the younger children of poor persons residing at Weston. The present trustees are R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; William Matthews, Esq.; Richard Wall, Esq.; and Mr. John Jebb. _Thomas Baker_, in 1839, gave a rent charge of £4 per annum, to be expended in bread, and given to the poor of the parish on Sundays for ever. _Edward Tomkies_, by will, in 1771, bequeathed to the poor of the parish of Baschurch £100. The interest to be laid out in sixpenny loaves of good bread, and given to the poor over and above their usual allowance on Christmas days and Easter Sundays. _Richard Wilkins_ gave £20, the interest to be distributed by the vicar and churchwardens to such poor people as should not receive relief. _Rev. John Barnet_ gave £20, and directed the interest to be distributed to the poor. A yearly sum of £4. 11s. 2d. is paid to a schoolmaster, as the interest of £114 in the hands of R. Hunt, Esq. It does not appear from whose benefaction this money was derived; but it appears it was formerly laid out on turnpike security, with £130 belonging to two other charities, making altogether £244; which sum was afterwards placed in the hands of R. Hunt, Esq. _Sarah Atcherley_ gave £30 to the poor, the interest to be given in bread on Christmas days. _Thomas Presland_, in 1779, gave £20, the interest to be distributed yearly to poor distressed housekeepers. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. John Morris’s_. Letters arrive at 8.45 A.M., and are despatched at 4 45 P.M. _Those marked_ 1 _reside at Baschurch_; 2 _New town_; 3 _Railway Station_. 1 Birch Edward, Esq., The Hall 2 Birch Miss M. A., boarding school 1 Buckley and Davies, milliners and bonnet makers 1 Carr William, tailor 2 Crookenden Mrs., schoolmistress 1 Davies Richard, baker and parish clerk 3 Haycock Robert, agent to the Brymbo Company, dealer in coal, lime, slate, &c. 1 Hinksman John, shoemaker 2 Humphreys Mary, provision dealer 2 Jebb John, station master 2 Jones Joseph, farmer and maltster 2 Jones Joseph, butcher 2 Jones Mary, farmer 2 Jones Thomas, farmer 2 Jones William P. schoolmaster, and collector of rates 1 Jones Rev. William, The Vicarage 1 Leek Thomas, wheelwright 1 Matthews William, farmer 2 Morris Charles, licensed to let post horses 3 Morris Charles, agent to Mr. Ward for the Black Park Coal, dealer in lime, slate, &c. 1 Morris John, grocer and innkeeper 2 Mullinex John, blacksmith 2 Oliver Joseph, shoemaker 1 Pickstock Henry, farmer 1 Poole Edward, tailor 2 Poole Sarah, beerhouse-keeper 1 Pugh John, shoemaker 1 Pugh Thomas, farmer 1 Roberts Thomas, blacksmith 1 Simpson John, joiner and builder 2 Throckmorton J. Esq. 1 Thomas John, shoemaker 3 Thomas William, agent to G. Young for the Cefn coal, and dealer in lime and bricks, &c. 3 Wilkinson Thomas, victualler, Station Inn and Posting House, and Admiral Duncan Inn BIRCH is a small township in the parish of Baschurch, two miles N.W. from the Baschurch Railway Station, which in 1841 was returned as containing two houses and twenty-two inhabitants. The river Perry divides this township from Ruyton, and is skirted on the east by Boreatton Park. Rowland Hunt, Esq., is the landowner, and lord of the manor. The township contains 432 acres of land. Rateable value, £439. The Birch Park farm is occupied by John Vaughan. BOREATTON, OR BRATTON, is a township pleasantly situated nine miles and a half N.W. by N. from Shrewsbury, and about two miles from the Baschurch Railway Station. In 1841 there were seven houses and 32 inhabitants. (The acres are given with the parish.) Rateable value, £708. 5s. The soil is of a superior quality, producing good wheat and barley. Large flocks of sheep are kept in this neighbourhood. BOREATON HALL, an elegant mansion of brick in the Elizabethan style of architecture, is the seat and property of Rowland Hunt, Esq. The mansion is approached by a handsome portico of free stone, supported by four circular pillars. The grounds are tastefully laid out with pleasure grounds and shrubberies; and the Park, though not of great extent, is richly wooded, and beautified with some fine avenues of beech and other trees. The principal residents are Rowland Hunt, Esq., Boreatton Hall; Miss Hunt, Boreatton Park House; John Grant, farm bailiff; George and Henry Hunt, farmers and corn millers, Platt Mills, Thomas Payne, gamekeeper. EYTON, a small township and sequestered village, is situated about two miles N.E. by E. from Baschurch. At the census of 1841 there were 11 houses and 56 inhabitants. The township is intersected by the railroad from Shrewsbury to Chester. Here are several large pools of water, covering many acres of land, and are well stocked with fish. The land has an undulating surface, and the soil is a mixture of loam and clay. The principal landowners are the Duke of Cleveland, and D. F. Atcherley, Esq.; besides whom there are several smaller proprietors. THE BIRCH GROVE HOUSE, the residence of John Evans, Esq., is a neat edifice, stuccoed, and is surrounded with pleasure grounds tastefully laid out. Near it is a fine sheet of water. _Elizabeth Waring_ bequeathed £20, and directed the interest to be distributed among the poor of this township on the Sunday before Christmas day. The farmers in Eyton are Richard Cutt, Samuel Price, Ann Teece, John Weston, and Thomas Whittingham. John Mason, blacksmith. FENNEMERE, another small township in Baschurch parish, had six houses and 43 inhabitants at the census of 1841. It is situated two miles and a quarter from Baschurch, and five miles S.W. of Wem. (The acres are returned with the parish.) The land presents gentle undulations and inequalities on the surface, and the soil is in general heavy, producing good crops of wheat and barley. The Duke of Cleveland is the sole proprietor. In this township there is a fine sheet of water, covering a considerable extent of land. The farms are extensive, and the houses and out-buildings are conveniently arranged. The resident farmers are Edward Kent, Joseph Lee, and Charles Wood. MEREHOUSE is a township intersected by the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, situated about a quarter of a mile from the Baschurch station, and eight miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. The township contained one house and sixteen persons in 1841. Rateable value, £200. 5s. Rowland Hunt, Esq., is the lord of the manor, but the land is the property of Richard Wall, Esq., who resides on the estate, having erected a pleasantly situated house to the east of Baschurch station, with commodious and conveniently arranged farm buildings. In this township is situated the British Fortress, previously noticed with Baschurch, as the retreat of Cynddylan, a British Prince, after being driven by the Saxon invader from the city of Pengwerne (Shrewsbury). It is protected by a pool of water of considerable extent, called the Berth, and a morass. Richard Wall, Esq., of Merehouse Hall, is the only resident. NESS LITTLE, OR NESS CLIFF, is a chapelry and village, consisting chiefly of respectable farm houses, in the parish of Baschurch, pleasantly situated two miles and a half S.W. from the Baschurch station, and seven miles and a half N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. In 1801 the population was 202, and at the census of 1841 there were 46 houses and 238 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted in 1847 for £232. 10s. The rectoral tithes of this township are paid to the Rev. David Birds, except those of the Milford and Adcott Hall estates. The incumbent of Baschurch receives the small tithes. The township contains 1,348 acres of land. The soil is generally a stiff sandy loam, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and beans. About two-thirds of the land is arable. Rateable value, £1,326. 13s. Earl of Powis is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Henry Dickinson, Esq.; George Edwards, Esq.; R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; Edward Brayne, Esq.; William Matthews, Esq.; Mrs. Jones; and Samuel Bickerton, Esq. Henry Dickinson, Esq., has recently purchased an estate from the Earl of Powis, and is now erecting an extensive and costly range of farm premises on the most approved principles. THE CHURCH is an ancient structure, paved with encaustic tiles, and was new pewed in 1835, the expense of which was defrayed by public subscription. It contains a fine old font, with the date of 1565. The communion cup, which is of silver, exhibits a curious piece of handicraft, and has the date 1565 upon it. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Baschurch. ADCOTT HALL, the residence of Thomas Mansell, Esq., is an ancient erection, with extensive farm premises, conveniently arranged, connected with it. MILFORD HALL, an ancient timbered residence in good preservation, exhibits a fine specimen of the domestic architecture of by-gone days. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_: Edward Brayne, and maltster; Thomas Brookfield, Adcott Mills; Andrew Mansell; Thomas Mansell, Adcott Hall; James Payne, Milford House; Abraham Powell, Milford Mill; Alice Smith, Milford Hall; Abraham Woolrich; Thomas Gilston, farm bailiff to Henry Dickinson, Esq. Edward Griffiths, shoemaker; William Hughes, parish clerk; William Jones, shopkeeper, Vale lane; Edward Pugh, wheelwright. PRESCOTT is a township and pleasantly situated village on the Shrewsbury and Baschurch turnpike road, seven and a half miles N.E. by N. from the former place, and one mile south from the latter. In 1841 there were 23 houses and 103 inhabitants. The principal landowners are Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; John Bromley, Esq.; and Mrs. Barrett; besides whom there are several other freeholders. The land has an undulating surface, with a strong loamy soil. DIRECTORY.—John Bromley, Esq.; Andrew Mellor Needham, Esq.; Thomas Pearce, blacksmith; John Poole, tailor; Richard Smith, farmer; William Thomas, grocer and provision dealer; David Vaughan, farmer; Griffith Windsor, builder. STANWARDINE-IN-THE-FIELDS is a township and well-built village, near the line of the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, one and a half mile N.W. from Baschurch, and nine miles N.W. by N. from Shrewsbury. The railway is here crossed by a substantial stone bridge. At the census of 1841 there were 30 houses and 160 inhabitants. The land in this township is generally good, and produces fine crops of wheat and turnips. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor; and the trustees of Mrs. Eleanor Harris’s charily, Mrs. Phillips, Mr. Hilton, Sir John R. Kynaston, Bart., Miss Emma Jones, and the vicar of Baschurch, are the principal landowners. THE PARK HOUSE, a good residence of brick, stands about half a mile north-west from the village, and is the residence of Mr. Richard Hiles. It was built two years ago. The farm premises are admirably contrived, and replete with every convenience. The residents are—_Farmers_: Thomas Atcherley, Edward Corden, Thomas Davies, the Beith; Richard Hiles, Stanwardine Park; John Pembrey, Thomas Perry, and James Windsor. Edward Griffiths, blacksmith; Richard Parbutt, shopkeeper. STANWARDINE-IN-THE-WOOD is a small township and secluded village with a scattered population, four and a quarter miles north from Baschurch, and 12 miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. In 1841 there were 9 houses and 69 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,037. 8s. THE HALL is an antique mansion, built about the year 1681, and occupied by Stephen Denston, Esq. It is approached by a flight of steps and a portico; the sides of the great hall are of panelled oak, enriched with carved work, and upon one of the scrolls is the date 1588. The apartments are decorated with some fine paintings and costly prints; the steps of the staircase are of solid blocks of oak, and the floors are laid with oaken planks four inches thick. In the front of the hall is a pedestal of stone, upon which is affixed a sun-dial; on the plate, which is of silver, is a beautiful engraving and some fine tracery, bearing the arms of the Corbets and the Wynns, and the date 1560. The ancient hall of Stanwardine was a moated mansion, and stood a little south from the present structure. It was in early times the seat of a branch of the ancient family of Corbet, and subsequently of the Wynns. In the front of the present hall are the family arms of the Corbets and the Wynne, exhibiting a beautiful specimen of chiselling. WICHERLRY HALL, an ancient structure chiefly composed of timber, has recently undergone considerable reparations, and a new front has been added. It is the property of C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., and occupied by Mr. George Belliss, who farms upwards of 200 acres of the land in this township. William Sparling Esq., is the principal landowner; Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq., and others, are also proprietors. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_, George Belliss, Wicherley Hall; John Williams, Stanwardine Hall; Mary Jones, Andrew Jones, and John Young. WALFORD, a small township with a scattered population, is situated two and a half miles S.E. from Baschurch, and six miles and a half N.W. by N. from Shrewsbury. In 1841 there were 74 inhabitants. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor; Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P., is a considerable land owner. The land has generally a fertile soil. The turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Baschurch intersects the township. WALFORD MANOR is a handsome mansion of modern erection, the seat and property of Robert Aglionby Slaney, Esq., M.P. for Shrewsbury; Mr. Slaney has been a member of parliament for thirty years, devoting himself to the advancement of the people, labouring to disclose and have removed the causes injurious to the public health, and to increase the means of instruction and healthful recreation of the working classes. Free trade and political reforms have had his constant support. He has also published several works, on subjects identical with those which have busied him in public life—an “Essay on the employment of the poor,” (to this was awarded a silver medal from the Board of Agriculture); an “Essay on the beneficial direction of rural expenditure;” a “Plea to power and parliament for the working classes,” &c. The old Manor House is an ancient dilapidated structure, now occupied as a farm dwelling. Slaney Robert Aglionby, Esq., M.P., Walford Manor Burroughs Joshua, farmer, The Heath Davies John, blacksmith Griffiths Richard, shoemaker Jennings Thomas, beerhouse Jones Isaac, wheelwright Jones John, farmer Jones Mary, farmer Jones William, gamekeeper Lee Wm. farmer, The Heath Price Thos. farmer, Leasows Price Thomas, jun., butcher Shore Thomas, farmer and maltster Smith Richard, farmer, bailiff, The Manor Speake Samuel, joiner and carpenter Williams William, tailor Wycherley John., farmer, The Hayes WESTON LULLINGFIELD is a township and straggling village two and a half miles north from Baschurch, and ten and a half miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury. There are several good farm houses here, with commodious and conveniently arranged out premises. The chief landowners are the trustees of Mrs. Harris’s charity, Mrs. Bowman, William Birch, Esq.; the Earl of Bradford, the Vicar of Baschurch, Thomas Tisdale, Esq.; William Sparling, Esq.; D. F. Atcherley, Esq.; C. K. Mainwaring; Esq.; Sir John R. Kynaston, Bart.; Mrs. Mary Parton, and Mr. Hilton. The Primitive Methodists have a neat stone chapel here. The Free School for the junior children of the parish is a branch in connection with the school at Newtown, under the management of the trustees of Mrs. Eleanor Harris’s charity. The master receives a progressive payment according to the number of children instructed. This place is returned at the census of 1841 as having a population of 213 souls, at which time there were 46 houses. A branch of the Chester and Ellesmere canal runs into this township. Adams John, farmer Adams William, farmer Birch William, farmer Boliver Edward, cooper Boliver Richard, shopkeeper Boliver William, tailor Cotton Thomas, farmer Griffiths Wm., wheelwright Haycocks John, blacksmith Higgins John, farmer Jones Thomas, farmer Jones Thomas, wheelwright Lee George, tailor Lee John, shoemaker Lee John, farmer Parton Thomas, shoemaker Price Richard, shopkeeper & vict., Boat Inn Trevor William, farmer and tailor Williams Edward, agent to Richards & Co., Ruabon, coal and lime merchants, Canal Wharf. YEATON is a village and township two and a half miles S.E. from Baschurch, and six and a half miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, returned in 1841 as having 37 houses and 195 inhabitants. The principal landowners are Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; J. A. Lloyd, Esq.; Captain James Parry, Mr. Richard Williams, and John Smith, Esq.; the former is lord of the manor and impropriator. The hall, a handsome stuccoed residence occupied by George Wade, Esq., is pleasantly situated near the turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Baschurch. There are also several neat villas of modern erection. The principal residents are Miss Beech, The Hall; Captain James Parry, The Grove; George Wade, Esq., The Hall. _Farmers_, Richard Cotton, William Cotterhill, Upper Corn Mills; Samuel Onions, Medley Farm; James Perry, The Grove Farm; William Turner, and corn miller, and Richard Williams, The Flour Mills. ELLESMERE is a respectable market town and extensive parish, partly in the hundred of Maylor, in the county of Flint, but chiefly in the Ellesmere division of the Pimhill hundred, in the county of Salop, sixteen miles N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, and eight miles N.N.E. from Oswestry. The parish contains the following townships in this county, viz.:—Birch and Lythe, Cockshutt and Crosmere, Crickett, Dudleston, Eastwick, Ellesmere, Elson and Greenhill, Frankton, Hampton’s Wood, Hardwick, Kenwick Stockett and Whattall, Kenwick’s Park, Kenwicks Wood, Lee, Lineal, New Marton, Northwood, Oteley Newton and Spoonhill, Stocks and Coptiviney, Tetchill, and Trench, which together contain 25,676A. 0R. 20P. of land. Rateable value, £42,341. In 1801 there were 5,909 inhabitants; 1831, 7,057, and in 1841, 7,080. The rectoral tithes have been commuted for £2,351, when £1,576 were apportioned to the trustees of the Earl of Bridgewater, £515 to C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., £174 to J. Dickin, Esq., £46 to Richard Wynn, Esq., and £15 to Mr. Benyon. The vicarial tithes were commuted for £430. Ellesmere, formerly written Aelsmere, is a place of considerable antiquity, and derives it name from a fine sheet of water or mere on the east side of the town, which covers one hundred and sixteen acres. Leland describes the town in his day as having four streets, while Camden speaks of it, “as a small tract of rich fertile ground, together with a small castle, which King John settled on Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales, when he made up the match between him and Joan, his natural daughter.” The town now contains several respectable inns, and many good houses and shops, in all the different branches of the retail trade. The malting business is extensively carried on. Mr. John Frumston’s is one of the largest establishments in the county. The cultivation of barley being particularly attended to in the neighbouring country, causes the farmers usually to attend the market here, which is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held on the first Tuesday after February 2nd, third Tuesday in April, Whit Tuesday, first Tuesday in July, last Tuesday in August, and the third Tuesday in October and November for horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. The castle of Ellesmere stood on an artificial mount, near to the church. At the present time there are no vestiges of it to be seen, the top of the mount being formed into a bowling green, which is kept in admirable order, and supported by the gentry and tradesmen of the town. From this eminence a most extensive and delightful panoramic view of the fertile plains of Shropshire is seen; the fine mere and the beautiful residence of C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., are charming objects in the vicinity. History is silent as to the time and by whom the castle was built. In the 6th of King John, the king gave the castle and manor of Ellesmere in marriage with his daughter Joan to Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales; in the 10th of that reign Bartholomew Turve, the governor, he having turned his arms against the English, was commanded upon his allegiance to put the place into the possession of William, Earl of Shrewsbury, the king’s natural brother, and Thomas de Edginton. In the 4th of Henry III., Roger L’Estrange held this castle, and it continued to his successors for a long period. In the 25th of Henry III., David, son of Llewellyn, late Prince of Wales, by his charter, surrendered up Ellesmere and Englefend to the crown of England, and after that we hear no more of its being in the hands of the Welsh. This being a frontier town and of some importance to the marches, and consequently not to be left in the power of the Prince of Wales. The continued skirmishes between the English and the Welsh, made the tenure of the latter very uncertain; and though King Henry II. and King John, being embroiled in foreign wars, gave the town and castle in dower, the first with his sister and the latter with his daughter, in order to conciliate the ancient animosities of both people; yet upon the least appearance of a rupture those kings might and did resume at pleasure, or gave what recompense they thought fit upon the seizure, and such as the Prince of Wales holding upon their good behaviour were glad to receive. On the 12th of Edward II., Roger L. Estrange, with the king’s approbation, granted several parcels of land, part of the demesnes of the manor, to several persons in fee, at which time the wastes and the commons of the manor were enclosed, and converted into freeholds. Two years after Oliver de Ingeham, who adhered so firmly to the king, upon the insurrection of the Earl of Lancaster and other lords, was governor of this castle. In the following reign a writ was issued, to inquire concerning the encroachments made by the tenants of the neighbouring manors, and to settle the boundaries, which being performed, the king gave the castle and manor of Ellesmere to Eubule L. Estrange, a younger son of the baron of Knockin. In the reign of Elizabeth we find Thomas Egerton, an ancient lawyer, created Baron Ellesmere; in the 23rd of Elizabeth he was made Solicitor-General, and afterwards Attorney-General, from which advancement he was soon after promoted to the Mastership of the Rolls and the office of Keeper of the Great Seal, which he held till that queen’s death. The Duke of Bridgewater is deserving of notice in this place, as having been possessed of large estates in Ellesmere and its neighbourhood, and as being distinguished for his public spirit, and for the vast plans he formed and executed for the improvement of his estates. He died in 1803, and the dukedom became extinct. On the death of the late Countess of Bridgewater the estates became vested in Viscount Alford, and he dying in the autumn of the year 1850, they are now vested in trustees. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Mary, stands on a considerable elevation, overlooking the Mere, and presents a fine specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, for the most part in the decorative style. It is a spacious cruciform structure, comprising nave, chancel, side aisles, transepts, two side chapels, and a handsome square tower, adorned with pinnacles. The sacred edifice underwent a thorough restoration during the year 1849, when an entirely new nave and side aisles were built, at a cost of upwards of £8,000, from a design of George G. Scott, Esq., architect. The original nave bore marks of being the most ancient part of the building, and presented traces of the old Norman style. One of the pillars which stands near the pulpit on the north side of the western arch of the tower is the only part of the old nave remaining. On entering the church at either of the transept doors the spectator cannot fail to admire the bold span of the central arches on which the tower rests. The exterior of the eastern end remains as it was, the work of enlargement being confined to the western side. The roof is of open timber work of very high pitch, and the curve of the beams according so exactly with the form of the central arches, renders the vista of the church singularly fine. The same character of roof is extended over the side aisles. This part of the building receives the bulk of the congregation, and is neatly fitted up with open seats of oak, uniform in their character, with their facings relieved by tracery of various patterns, and affording about 900 appropriated sittings. The transepts have been provided with benches, thereby affording room for more than 300 sittings. On the north side of the western arch of the tower stands the pulpit, which is of stone, and richly carved. On the opposite side is the desk for reading prayers; and under the central part of the tower is placed the lectern, from which the lessons are read. The chancel has been thoroughly restored and altered, and the old screens which separated it from the side chapels renovated, and decorated with highly-finished tracery. On each side are stalls with carved finials, and otherwise ornamented, containing seats for the clergy and the choir. The paving is composed of encaustic tiles, in patterns which increase in richness as they approach the east. The altar stands on an elevation of five steps from the level of the entrance of the chancel, and is backed by a reredos of encaustic tiles. The three sedilia on the south side, which were in good preservation, have been restored to their original use. By means of a separate subscription a new organ, which cost 300 guineas, built by Holditch, of London, has been placed in the south chapel: the instrument is of great power and sweetness, and finely contributes to the musical part of the services. A new octagonal font of carved stone—an exact representation of the old one—has been placed in the south aisle. The south chapel, commonly called the Otely chapel, is distinguished by a curious oak roof, with carved panels, and though it cannot lay claim to a date earlier than the 16th century, yet it forms one of the most beautiful features in the old part of the church. This chapel contains a fine altar tomb, elaborately ornamented, on which are recumbent figures cut in marble, to the memory of Francis Kynaston and his wife, with the date 1790. Other decorations, in various parts, are not wanting to help the effect and beauty of the restoration. Besides the rich carving in stone on the corbels and doors, and the wood tracery and highly-finished screen work, eighteen of the windows are richly ornamented with stained glass, by the liberality of various donors. The magnificent east window, the gift of Robert Clarke, Esq., late agent to the Bridgewater estates, was executed by Evans, of Shrewsbury, some twenty years ago. In the different compartments of the window are the four evangelists; the arms of David Prince of Wales; Llewellyn Prince of Wales; Sir Roger le Strange, who in the reign of Edward III., granted the second charter to the town; Lord Chancellor Egerton, &c., &c. The west window, a beautiful specimen of the decorated Gothic, is conceived and executed in the highest taste, and is illustrative of the four Christian graces of Faith, Hope, and Charity. It was the joint presentation of J. and G. Stanton, Esqs., in memory of Thomas Stanton, Esq., and was executed by Warrington of London. In the south transept is a fine window by Wailes of Newcastle, in memory of the late vicar, the Rev. J. A. Cotton, added by his surviving family. The three windows in the south aisle are by the same artist, and all gifts to the church. The first, representing the crucifixion of our Lord, was presented by the widow of the late Captain Fowler; the next, the gift of the Oswell family, is illustrative of our Saviour’s ascension into heaven; the third represents infant and adult baptism, and was presented by Colonel Salisbury. Some of the other windows are filled with ornamental glass, with a light pattern foliage upon each square, and scrolls containing texts of scripture running obliquely through them. One of the same sort, but more richly ornamented, is placed in the Oteley chapel, in memory of some of the faithful retainers of the household of C. K. Mainwaring, Esq. The church has thus been rendered one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical edifices in the county, by the liberality of the parishioners and other donors, under the skill and taste of its able architect. The extreme length of the church is 140 feet, and width 79 feet. The late Countess of Bridgewater gave the munificent sum of £3,300 towards the restorations; the Diocesan Society, £350; the Incorporated Society for Enlarging and Building Churches, £150; and £227. 2s. 6d. was collected after a sermon preached by the Bishop of Lichfield at the consecration of the church, on the 11th October, 1849. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £17. 18s. l½d.; returned in the Clergy List at £386; in the patronage of the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, and incumbency of the Rev. John David Day, M.A.; curate, Rev. John Peake, B.A. The churchyard was enlarged in 1850, by the addition of near half an acre of land on the west side of the church. The vicarage is pleasantly situated on elevated ground near the south side of the churchyard. Ellesmere is remarkable for the longevity of its inhabitants: in 1767 Jane Holt died, at the age of 108 years; and her husband died in 1757, aged 98 years. Among the various memorials in the churchyard is a remarkable epitaph to William Parks, who died at Lee, in 1746, aged 104 years:— “Interr’d here, lies one hundred years and four; No one knew scripture less and virtue more: Peace his ambition, contentment was his wealth, Honesty his pride,—his passions health, The father’s duty, and the husband’s guide; By nature good, the age’s wonder died.” THE INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, situated in Chapel street, is a plain brick building, erected in 1815; it is provided with galleries, and has accommodation for about 500 worshippers. THE WESLEYAN CHAPEL is a small fabric in Watergate street, erected in the year 1844. There is also a WESLEYAN ASSOCIATION CHAPEL, built in 1835, and a PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, built in 1840, both situated in Scotland street. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL, which stands near the wharf, has an attendance of 160 scholars. The school room is spacious and lofty, and was built at the sole expense of the Countess of Bridgewater, who also gave the sum of £200 towards the support of the school. THE GIRLS’ NATIONAL SCHOOL, situated on St. John’s hill, has an attendance of 85 children. The vicar, with a laudable desire to extend the advantages of education, established what is termed the MIDDLE SCHOOL, in 1848, on St. John’s Hill, where the youths are instructed in the higher branches of learning. The school is built of wood, and covered with thatch, and the interior lined with panelled oak, taken from the old church on its restoration. It was built at the sole expense of the vicar, whose zeal and persevering efforts in the education of youth are worthy of commendation. THE TOWN HALL, a handsome building of freestone, was erected by the munificence of the late Countess of Bridgewater. The lower compartment of the structure is used for the sale of butter, poultry, &c., on the market days; above it is a spacious room for magisterial and other purposes, with suitable offices. The magistrates hold a petty sessions here on the first Monday in the month. The Countess of Bridgewater kindly granted the use of the large room to the MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION, which was established in 1845. There are about forty members, adults paying 6s. per annum, and apprentices 4s. A library has been established, and gratuitous lectures are occasionally given by the clergy and gentlemen in the neighbourhood, on interesting and scientific subjects. G. H. Smith is the secretary. A COURT LEET is held annually, when a coroner and two bailiffs are appointed. The SAVINGS’ BANK is situated in Scotland street. It was established in 1817, and then held in a private house. The present structure was built in 1830, from the surplus funds of the bank, at a cost of £550. The capital stock of the bank on November 20th, 1849, was £29,562. 15s. 2¼d., at which time there were 752 separate accounts, of which eight were charitable societies, having deposits to the amount of £854. 14s. 10½d., and twelve friendly societies, the deposits of which amounted to £3,527. 15s. 2¼d. Of the total depositors there were 392 whose respective balances did not exceed £20; 180 above £20 and not exceeding £50; 90 above that sum and not exceeding £100; 41 not exceeding £150; 21 not exceeding £200; and 8 above £200. Mr. William Lee is the actuary. GAS WORKS have been established in the town by a company of shareholders. The works are situated near the canal wharf. The commercial intercourse of Oswestry is facilitated by the Shropshire union canal, previously noticed. The township of Oswestry, in 1841, comprised 446 houses and 2,326 inhabitants. THE ELLESMERE UNION HOUSE is a spacious brick structure, pleasantly situated about a quarter of a mile from the church, on a gentle acclivity overlooking the Mere. It was built in 1792, and will accommodate 350 inmates. The average number in the house is usually about 150. The internal arrangements are well managed, and have a clean and orderly appearance. The union comprehends eighteen parishes, of which nine are in the county of Flint, and nine in Shropshire, embracing an area of 109 square miles. The parishes are Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Hanmer, Iscoyd, Overton, Penley, Tybroughton, Willington, Baschurch, Ellesmere, Hadnal Ease, Hordley, Middle, Ness Great, Ness Little, Petton, and Welsh Hampton. The south-west wing is occupied by the males, and the north-east wing by the females. In the latter is the Chapel, which is neatly and appropriately fitted up, and set apart for divine worship. In this respect, we think the authorities of the Ellesmere union have set a laudable example, which might be followed by other unions; for the honest poor are scarcely put on a level with the felons of our prisons in chapel accommodation. There are twenty-three guardians appointed by the different parishes. Richard George Jebb, Esq., is chairman; Thomas Wood Lee, Esq., vice-chairman; Rev. George Walker, chaplain. The surgeons are:—Thomas Gwynn, for the house and town district; Thomas Mousley, for Hordley and Dudliston district; Edward Ellis Eyton, Welsh Hampton district; Charles Tomlinson, Hanmer district; John Ellis Eyton, Overton district; Mr. Broughton, Baschurch district; and Andrew M. Needham, for the Middle district. Clerk: Andrew Bickley. Relieving officers: John Wood Jones, Ellesmere district, and John Poycott, Hanmer district. Master: John Pembrey Pritchard. Matron: Sarah Pritchard. Schoolmaster: Edward Jones. Schoolmistress: Mary Pay. CHARITIES.—_Edward Jeffereys_, by his will, bearing date January 4th, 1687, devised a messuage and lands, in Osbaston, to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Oswestry and Ellesmere, upon trust, to dispose of two parts of the yearly profits for the relief of poor inhabitants of Ellesmere, 16s. 8d. at Christmas, and the rest on Good Friday; and 16s. 8d. of the yearly profits to be divided among the poor inhabitants of Maesbury, Moreton, and Crickett—6s. 8d. to the former, and 5s. each to the two latter townships. The property thus devised consists of two cottages and six closes, containing together 5A. 1R. 22P. It is let, from time to time, by the churchwardens of Ellesmere, and now produces a rental of £12. 2s. The following benefactions were probably laid out in the purchase of the Whixall estate, as hereafter noticed:—£10 given by _Jerome Hanmer_, the interest to be applied in apprentice fees; £6 by _Hugh Dod_, for a distribution of bread in Hardwick and about the Perthy; £20 by _William Thorowgood_, for the instruction of poor children; £50 by _John Lyth_, for the use of the poor; £50 by _Catherine Pennant_, the interest to provide twelve blue coats for six poor men and six poor women; £20 by _Catherine Wenlock_, the interest to educate five boys; £10 by _Thomas Pitchford_, for the poor of Trench and Northwood; £5 by _Catherine Higginson_, for a distribution of bread in Ellesmere; £5 by _Edward Teggin_, for bread to be distributed in Hardwick; £7 by _William Pearce_, for charitable uses; £40 by _John Powell_, the interest to be given among poor inhabitants of Ellesmere and Colemere; £20 by _Mrs. Powell_, for the same purpose; £10 by _William Pearce_, for the benefit of the poor of Welsh Northwood; £10 by _John Davies_, for a distribution of bread every Sunday; £10 by _John Higginson_, for the good of the poor; £5 by _Charles Mason_, for charitable uses; £10 by _Margaret Eddowes_, the interest to be given away among the poor of Trench, Northwood, and Hampton’s Wood. These several gifts amount in the whole to the sum of £288. About the year 1733, the several charitable legacies left to the poor of the parish had for some time laid dead, with interest, when the churchwardens purchased an estate at Whixall, for the sum of £320, having borrowed £30 to make up that sum. The estate consists of seven closes in Whixall, containing 22A. 0R. 30P. There is also an allotment of peat ground on Whixall Moss, containing 1A. 2R. 25P. The premises are let at a yearly rent of £28, and after deducting the amount of any incidental expenses that may be incurred, is generally applied in the following manner, viz.:—£10 as a subscription to the National School; £2 to Dudleston School; £4 to Cockshut School; £3. 14s. 9d. for three gowns and three coats for old men and old women; 12s. to the poor of Colemere; 12s. to the poor of Northwood; 12s. to the poor of Trench; £1. 16s. for a distribution of bread; and the residue is distributed by the vicar and the churchwardens in small sums among the most necessitous poor. _William Wenlock_, by will, 1691, charged his tenement, with its appurtenances, in Northop, in the county of Flint, with the payment of £6 per annum, to buy yearly good books, and particularly Bibles, the Whole Duty of Man, and other books of practical divinity, to be distributed in the parish of Northop and Ellesmere—£3 thereof to be expended for each parish. The £3 is annually received by the vicar of Ellesmere, and the amount is laid out in the purchase of Bibles, and other books published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. _Jane Higginson_, by will, 1707, gave to the poorest and most necessitous children of the parish of Ellesmere, the sum of £6, payable out of certain premises once in every five years—20s. thereof to be expended in clothing. The sum of £6 is received by the vicar once in five years, which is generally disposed of in buying different articles of clothing; but occasionally a portion has been paid for their schooling. _Ruth Davies_ left £10, the interest to be given in bread to the poor, every Sunday in Lent. This sum is secured, with other charity money hereafter mentioned, on the Ellesmere House of Industry. The yearly sum of 9s. is paid as interest, and given away in bread. _John Higginson_, in 1771, bequeathed £20 for the benefit of the poor. This sum is also secured on the House of Industry, and 18s. paid as the interest thereof. _Richard Oulton_, by will, 1780, gave to the vicar and churchwardens of Ellesmere £100, to be placed out on good security, and the interest applied in buying coals for the use of poor decayed housekeepers. This sum of £100, with £10 belonging to Davis’s charity, £20 the legacy of John Higginson, and £20 left by the same person to the use of the organist of Ellesmere, making altogether £150, is secured by a bond, bearing date 13th October, 1795, given to the vicar and churchwardens by the directors of the Ellesmere House of Industry, which was established under an act passed 31st George III. _John Whittall_, of East Greenwich, by will, 1798, bequeathed to the parish of Ellesmere £200 five per cent. annuities, the dividends to be paid by the churchwardens and overseers to ten poor housekeepers, on the 24th of December annually. In respect of this legacy there are now £210 new four per cents, standing in the names of certain trustees. The dividends, amounting to £8. 8s. per annum, are distributed by the vicar and overseers every 24th of December equally among ten poor housekeepers; no person being appointed two successive years. _Penelope Vaughan_, who died in 1805, bequeathed to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Ellesmere £100, to be disposed of for the use of the poor of the said parish. The sum of £90, the produce of this legacy after the payment of the duty, was invested on the security of the Ellesmere House of Industry, the bond bearing date 7th January, 1808. The interest, amounting to £4. 1s., at four and a half per cent., is applied by the vicar, partly for the support of different schools, and partly distributed in small sums among the poor of the parish. _Richard Wynn_, _Esq._, who died in 1823, bequeathed £100 to the vicar and church wardens of Ellesmere, upon trust, to place out the same, and pay the interest, on St. Thomas’s day yearly, to poor widows and widowers resident in the township of Crickett, Hardwick, and Upper and Lower Ridge, in such proportions as the owner, for the time being, of the testator’s mansion at Crickett should think fit. The sum of £90, received in respect of this legacy (£10 being deducted for duty), is placed in the Savings’ Bank at Ellesmere. _Lady Bridgewater_ bequeathed £200 for the support of the National School at Ellesmere POST OFFICE, Scotland street; Andrew Bickley, postmaster. Letters arrive at fifty eight minutes past six in the morning, and are despatched at six o’clock in the evening. Antley John, boot & shoemaker, Birch lane Antley Thos., boot & shoemaker, St. John’s hl Astley Mr. James Lancaster, Sparbridge Atcherley Richard, linen & woollen draper, Cross street Badger John, assistant overseer, Willow st Bailey Thos., supervisor of inland revenue, Sparbridge Barlow Edward, ironmonger and brazier, and tin plate worker, Cross street Barlow John, grocer, tea dealer, and cheese factor, Cross street Bate Edward, corn miller, Mere side Baugh Ann, hair dresser, High street Baugh Edward, bookseller, printer, and stationer, Stamp Office; agent to the Sun Fire Office, and depôt of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Cross street Becket William, saddler & harness maker, Cross street Bennett John, boot & shoemaker, Watergate street Bickley Andrew, post master, and registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the Ellesmere district, Scotland street Bickley Robert, vict., White Hart, Birch ln Birch Miss Amelia, Scotland street Birch Eliza, boarding school, Woodbine Cottage Birds Rev. David, Church street Blackburne Edward, Esq., solicitor, clerk to the magistrates, deputy superintendent registrar, commissioner for taking deeds of acknowledgements of married women, and agent to Crown Life and Law Fire Offices, Town Hall; residence, Trimpley Blackburne Mrs. Jane, Trimpley Boyling John, shoemaker, Charlotte row Brookfield John, slater, St. John’s hill Brotheridge Charles, grocer & tea dealer, Cross street Burrows Rev. Samuel Holinshead, Church st Butler John, currier and leather cutter, Watergate street Butter John, shopkeeper, Sparbridge Butter Robert, farmer and vict., Bull & Dog, Scotland street Chandler Charles, Esq., solicitor, and agent to Shropshire and North Wales Fire Office, The Retreat Clay Edward, butcher, Charlotte row Clay John, blacksmith and vict., Cross Keys Church street Clay John, butcher, Cross street Coffin Mr. Arthur, Watergate street Coffin Thomas, ironmonger, cutler, and locksmith, Scotland street Colemere Ann, provision dealer and baker, Cross street and St. John’s hill Colemere John, parish clerk, St. John’s hill Cooke Charles, grocer, tea dealer, and maltster, Watergate street Cooley Charles E., land agent, and agent to Salop Fire Office, Canal wharf Cooley William Wilson, land surveyor, Canal wharf Cotton William Aldrich, Esq., St. John’s hill Copnall Richard, butcher, Church street Copnall Thomas, vict., Dolphin Inn, Church street Cross William, watch and clock maker, Cross street Cumpstone Joshua, county police officer, St. John’s hill Cumpstone Susannah, school teacher, St. John’s hill Davenport Richard, boot and shoemaker, Scotland street Davies David, blacksmith, Cross street Davies Edward, builder and wood bailiff to Viscount Alford, Canal wharf Davies Martha, vict., Canal Tavern, Canal wharf Davies Mary, nail manufacturer and vict., George and Dragon, St. John’s hill Davies Mary, school teacher, St. John’s hill Davies Richard, hater and confectioner, Swine Market street Davies Thomas, linen and woollen draper and silk mercer, corner of High street Davies Thomas, tailor, Scotland street Davies Thomas, whitesmith and blacksmith, Scotland street Davies William, tailor, Chapel street Day Rev. John David, M.A., vicar, The Vicarage Deighton Mrs. Jane, Church street Dymock Mrs. Mary, The Mount Dymock Robert Middleton, Esq., solicitor, The Mount Edge Rev. George (Independent), Scotland st Edge William, wheelwright, Birch lane Edwards Mr. Edward, Trimpley Edwards Mr. Edward, Scotland street Edwards John, vict., Bull’s Head Inn, Cross street Edwards Miss Mary, Church street Edwards Mary, boarding school, Scotland st Ellis Thomas, plumber, painter, and glazier, Cross street Evans Thomas, hair dresser, St. John’s hill Evans William, blacksmith, Willow street Everett Simon, hair dresser, Swine Market st Fallowes Mrs. Mary, Church street Freeman Edward, cooper, Watergate street Furmston John, maltster and cheese factor, Scotland street Furmston Mrs. Sarah, Trimpley Gibbons Mr. John Gibbons Parry, High st Gough Ann and Mary, boarding school, St John’s hill Gough William, saddler and harness maker, High street Gwynn Thomas, surgeon, St. John’s hill Haley Mary Ann, milliner, Cross street Hampson John, linen and woollen draper and maltster, Cross street; residence, Trimpley Hampson Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Sparbridge Hampson Thomas, spirit vaults, Cross street Hanley Thomas, pump maker, Church st Harris James, baker & confec., Church st Harrison Samuel, baker, confectioner, and shopkeeper, Scotland street Hawkins, Mr. William, Willow street Hewitt John, linen and woollen draper and maltster, Cross street Higginson Sarah & Elizabeth, dressmakers, Watergate street Hollis William, boot and shoemaker, Watergate street Howell Margaret, bonnet maker, Watergate street Howell Rowland, plasterer & slater, Chapel st Hughes Mrs. Mary, Watergate street Humphreys Richard, tailor, Watergate street James Robert, shoemaker, Sandy lane James Thomas, Esq., Higher Grange Jenks Edward, bricklayer, Scotland street Jenks Joseph, builder & vict., spirit vaults, Cross street Jenkins Edward and Son, auctioneers and valuers, Willow street Jones Anna Maria, berlin wool dealer, Scotland street Jones Edward, vict., Black Lion Inn, Scotland street Jones Edward schoolmaster, Union House Jones Elizabeth dressmaker, Scotland street Jones James, butcher, Cross street Jones James, tailor, Scotland road Jones John, coal merchant, Canal wharf; residence, Scotland street Jones John, grocer and tea dealer, confectioner and baker, Scotland street Jones John, cooper, Watergate street Jones John, gardener and seedsman, Swine Market street Jones John Wood, relieving officer for Ellesmere district, Watergate street Jones Jonathan, schoolmaster, St. John’s hl Jones Robert, vict., Talbot Inn, Sparbridge Lacy George, boot & shoemaker, Sparbridge Langford John Davies, Esq., Chapel street Lea John, maltster, Elston Cottage Lea Samuel, grocer and tea dealer, chemist and druggist and hop merchant, Scotland street, and tallow chandler, Canal wharf Lee Helen, milliner and dressmaker, Scotland street Lee William, saddler and harness maker, High street Lee William, actuary at Saving’s Bank, Scotland street Lloyd Edward, plumber, painter, & glazier, St. John’s hill Lloyd Edward, artist, Watergate street Lloyd Mrs. Mary, Trimpley Lloyd Thomas, plumber, painter, & glazier, Watergate street Lloyd Wm., plumber, painter, and glazier, St. John’s hill Lovett Elizabeth, bonnet maker, Willow st Lovett Samuel, tollgate contractor, Willow st Lowe Samuel, chandler, High street Lowe Samuel, butcher, Church street Lowe Thomas, Esq., Church street Maddocks Charles, vict., White Lion, Swine Market street Marsh John, vict., Golden Lion, Watergate st Menlove Joshua Lewis, tanner, Church st Menlove Miss Sarah, Trimpley Menlove William Edward, Esq., solicitor, Church street Morgan Samuel, butcher, Watergate street Morrall Robert, Esq., solicitor, superintendent registrar, and recorder of Viscount Alford’s Court Leet; office, Town Hall Morris Edward, maltster, Trimpley Morris Peter, provision dealer, and depot for British and Foreign Bible Society, High street Morris William, boot & shoe maker, Cross st Mousley Thomas, surgeon, Chapel street Oswell Mrs. Mary Dorothy, Scotland street Oswell Thomas Stephen, Esq., Scotland st Paddock William, wine merchant and vict., Bridgewater Arms, High street Parry John, ropemaker and vict., Unicorn Inn, Cross street Parry Thomas, grocer, tea dealer, baker, and confectioner, Cross street Parry William, grocer, tea dealer, ironmonger and nail manufacturer, High street Pay William, vict., Red Lion Inn, Church st Peake Rev. John, B.A., curate, Sparbridge Pearce Charles, bookkeeper to Shropshire union railway and canal company; office, Canal wharf Pearce Richard, maltster, Sparbridge Pearce Thomas, timber merchant and wheelwright, Swine Market street Pemberton Richard, hatter, St. John’s hill Perkins John, painter, Willow street Phillips William, butcher, Scotland street Platt Frederick, tailor, Willow street Ponton James Batt, Ellesmere Academy, Willow street Povey Francis, grocer & tea dealer, druggist, ironmonger, and seed and hop merchant, High street Povey Thomas, grocer and tea dealer, ironmonger, brazier, and tin plate worker, glass dealer, and nail manufacturer, Market place, and spirit Vaults, Scotland street Povey Thomas, jun., linen and woollen draper and silk mercer, Scotland street Povey William, coal, lime, slate, and brick agent, Market place Powell Richard, boot and shoe maker, Birch lane Price Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Charlotte row Price Mrs. Hannah, Trimpley Pritchard John Pembrey, master of Ellesmere union, The Union House Pritchard Peter, Esq., solicitor, and clerk to commissioners of property and assessed taxes, agent to Farmers’ Royal Insurance Office, and solicitor to Ellesmere union, Chapel street Provis William, Alexander, Esq., The Grange Ralphs James, vict., Eagle Inn, Birch lane Ralphs Edward, bricklayer, bird preserver, and vict., Bricklayers’ Arms, Scotland st Randles Joseph, inland revenue officer, Sparbridge Randles Mary, Elizabeth, and Maria, school teachers, Sparbridge Reay Maria, ladies boarding school, Scotland street Reynolds Mark, tailor, Watergate street Roberts Ann, milliner and dress maker, Swine Market street Roberts Ann, bonnet maker, Scotland street Roberts John, tailor, Scotland street Roberts Robert, earthenware dealer, Scotland street Roberts Robert, tailor, Scotland street Roberts William, grocer, tea dealer, and linen and woollen draper and silk mercer, High street Robinson John, blacksmith and earthenware dealer, Scotland street Rodenhurst Thomas, tailor, St. John’s hill Rodenhurst William, maltster, Cross street Rowland John, cooper, Scotland street Rowland John jun., cooper, Scotland st Rowland Richard, inland revenue officer, Church street Salter George, Esq., solicitor, a commissioner for taking deeds of acknowledgments of married women, Willow street; residence, Prynallt Scott Mr. William, Willow street Sheraton Harry, land agent to Viscount Alford, Church street Sheraton Mrs. Jane, Church street Shuker Mrs. Catherine, Scotland street Stanton John, Esq., The Hollies Stant Richard, vict., Back’s Head, Watergate street Stokes William, schoolmaster, Chapel street Stoker John, vict., Three Tuns, St. John’s hl Thomas Mary, dressmaker, Watergate street Thompson Edward, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Watergate street Thompson Henry, maltster, Watergate street Thompson Robert, tailor, Church street Thompson Thomas, bookseller, printer, and stationer, and agent to Royal Exchange Fire and Life Office, High street Tilston John, maltster, Church street Tomkin’s John, vict., New Inn, Trimpley Towler Samuel, plumber, painter & glazier, and brazier and tin plate worker, High st Townsend Daniel, inland revenue officer, Sparbridge Turner George, boot and shoemaker, High st Turner Wm., boot & shoemaker, Birch lane Varley Elizabeth, bonnet maker, Scotland st Wace Charles Rd., Esq., solicitor, Cross st Walter Rev. George, M.A., Trimpley Watson James Eyton, surgeon, High street Wellings Mary, shoemaker, Chapel street White Captain John, Watergate street Whitechurch and Ellesmere Banking Co., High street, (open on Tuesdays), John Lowe, manager Wilkinson Jones, vict., Swan Inn, Cross st Williams Mr. George, Scotland street Williams John, tailor and woollen draper, Cross street Wilson Elizabeth, school mistress, Willow st Windsor George, maltster, Sparbridge Worrall Mark, gardener & seed dealer, Cross street Wright Henry Joho, currier and leather cutter, Church street Young John, canal inspector, Canal Office. Academies. _Those with * affixed are Boarding Schools_. * Birch Eliza, Woodbine cottage Cumpstone Susannah, St. John’s hill Davies Mary (National), St. John’s hill * Edwards Mary, Scotland st * Gough Ann and Mary, St. John’s hill Grange Elizabeth, Chapel st. Jones Jonathan, St. John’s hill * Ponton James Batt, Willow street Randles Mary Elizabeth and Maria, Sparbridge * Reay Maria, Scotland street Stokes William, Chapel street Wilson Elizabeth, Willow st Attorneys. Blackburne Edward (and clerk to magistrates), Town hall Chandler Charles, The Retreat Dymock Robert Middleton, The Mount Menlove William, Church st. Morrall Robert (and superintendent registrar), Town hall Pritchard Peter, Chapel st. Salter George, Willow street Wace Charles Richard, Cross street Auctioneers. Jenkins Edward and Son, Willow street Bakers and Flour Dealers. Colemere Ann, Cross street and St. John’s hill Davies Richard, Swine market street Harris James, Church street Harrison Samuel, Scotland street Jones John, Scotland street Morris Peter, High street Parry Thomas, Cross street Banks. Shrewsbury Old Bank, High street; open on Tuesdays; draw on Robarts, Curtis, and Company, London Savings’ Bank, Scotland street; open on Tuesdays; William Lee, actuary Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, High street; open on Tuesdays; draw on the Union Bank, London; John Lowe, manager Blacksmiths. Clay John, Church street Davies David, Cross street Davies Thomas (and whitesmith), Scotland street Evans William, Willow street Robinson John, Scotland st. Booksellers, Printers, Bookbinders, and Stationers. Baugh Edward (and stamp office), Cross street Thompson Thomas, High street Boot and Shoe Makers. Antley John, Birch lane Antley Thomas, St. John’s hill Bennett John, Watergate st. Boylin John, Charlotte row Davenport Richard, Scotland street Hollis William, Watergate st. James Robert, Sandy lane Lacy George, Sparbridge Morris William, Cross street Powell Richard, Birch lane Turner George, High street Turner William, Birch lane Wellings William, Chapel st. Braziers and Tin Plate Workers. Barlow Edward, Cross street Povey Thomas, sen., Scotland street Fowler Samuel, High street Builders. Davies Edward (to Viscount Alford), Canal wharf Jenks Joseph, Cross street Bricklayers. Jenks Edward, Scotland st. Jenks Joseph, Cross street Ralphs Edward, Scotland st. Ralphs William, St. John’s hill Butchers. Clay Edward, Charlotte row Clay John, Cross street Copnall Richard, Cross street Jones James, Cross street Lowe Samuel, Church street Morgan Samuel, Watergate street Phillips William, Scotland street Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer. Thompson Edward, Watergate street Cheese Factors. Barlow John, Cross street Furmston John, Scotland st. Chemist and Druggist. Lea Samuel, Scotland street Coal Merchants. Jones John, Canal wharf Povey William, Marketplace Confectioners. Barlow John, Cross street Davies Rich., Swine market Harris James, Church street Harrison Samuel, Scotland street Jones John, Scotland street Parry Thomas, Cross street Coopers. Freeman Edward, Watergate street Jones John, Watergate street Rowland John, Scotland st. Rowland Jn., Jnr., Scotland st Corn Miller. Bate Edward, Mere side Curriers and Leather Cutters. Butler John, Watergate street Wright Henry John, Church street Cutler and Locksmith. Coffin Thomas, Scotland st. Fire and Life Office Agents. Crown, Edward Blackburne, Town hall Eagle, Charles Richard Wace, Cross street Farmers’ Royal Insurance, Peter Pritchard, Chapel street Law, Edward Blackburne, Town hall Metropolitan, Edward Jenkins, Willow street Mutual, Edward Barlow, Cross street Royal Exchange, Thomas Thompson, High street Salop, Charles E. Cooley, Canal wharf Shropshire and North Wales, Charles Chandler, The Retreat Sun, Edward Baugh, Cross street Gardeners and Seedsmen. Jones John, Swine market street Worrall Martha, Cross street China, Class, and Earthenware Dealers. Povey Thomas (glass), Market place Roberts Robert, Cross street Robinson John, Scotland st. Grocers and Tea Dealers. Barlow John, Cross street Brotheridge Charles, Cross street Colemere Ann, Cross street Cooke Charles, Watergate st. Jones John, Scotland street Lea Samuel, Scotland street Morris Peter, High street Parry Thomas, Cross street Parry William, High street Povey Francis, High street Povey Thomas, Market place Roberts William & company, High street Hair Dressers. Baugh Ann, High street Evans Thomas, St. John’s hill Everett Simeon, Swine market street Hatter. (_See also Linendrapers and Hatters_.) Pemberton Richard, St. John’s hill Hop and Seed Dealers. Cooke Charles, Watergate st Lea Samuel, Scotland street Povey Francis, High street Povey Thomas, Market place Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Black Lion, Edward Jones, Scotland street Bricklayers’ Arms, Edward Ralphs, Scotland street Bridgewater Arms (excise office and posting house), William Paddock, High street Buck’s Head, Richard Stant, Watergate street Bull and Dog, Robert Butter, Scotland street Bull’s Head, John Edwards, Cross street Canal Tavern, Martha Davies, Canal wharf Cross Keys, John Clay, Church street Dolphin, Thomas Copnall, Church street Eagles, James Ralphes, Birch lane George and Dragon, Mary Davies, St. John’s hill Golden Lion, John Marsh, Watergate street New Inn, John Tomkin, Trimpley Red Lion, William Pay, Church street Swan, Jonas Wilkinson, Cross street Talbot, Robert Jones, Sparbridge Three Tuns, John Stocker, St. John’s hill Unicorn, John Parry, Cross street White Hart, Robert Bickley, Birch lane White Lion, Charles Maddocks, Swine market st. Wine and Spirit Vaults, Joseph Jenks, Cross street Ironmongers. Barlow Edward, Cross street Coffin Thomas (and cutler and locksmith), Scotland street Parry William, High street Povey Francis, High street Povey Thomas, Market place Linen and Woollen Drapers and Hatters. Atcherley Richard, Cross st. Davies Thomas, High street Hewitt and Hampson, Cross street Povey Thomas, jun., Scotland street Roberts William and Co., High street Milliners and Dress Makers. Haley Mary Ann, Cross st. Higginson Sarah and Elizabeth, Cross street Jones Elizabeth, Scotland street Lee Helen, Scotland street Roberts Ann, Swine market street Thomas Mary, Watergate st. Maltsters. Cooke Charles, Watergate st. Furmston John, Scotland st. Hewitt and Hampson, Cross street Lea John, Elson cottage Morris Edward, Trimpley Pearce Richard, Sparbridge Rodenhurst William, Cross street Thompson Henry, Watergate street Tilston John, Church street Windsor George, Sparbridge Nail Makers. Davies Mary, St. John’s hill Parry William, High street Povey Thomas, Marketplace Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Ellis Thomas, Cross street Lloyd Edward, St. John’s hill Lloyd Thomas, Watergate street Lloyd William, St. John’s hill Perkins John (painter), Willow street Towler Samuel, High street Plasterers and Slaters. Brookfield John, St. John’s hill Howell Rowland, Chapel st. Howell William, Church st. Rope and Twine Maker. Parry John, Cross street Saddlers & Harness Makers. Beckett William, Cross street Gough William, High street Lee William, High street Shopkeepers and Dealers in Groceries and Sundries. Butter John, Sparbridge Harrison Samuel, Scotland street Jones John, Scotland street Price Elizabeth, Charlotte row Wright, Henry John, Church street Spirit Vaults. Hampson Thomas, Cross st. Jenks Joseph, Cross street Povey Thomas, Scotland st. Straw Bonnet Makers. Howell Margaret, Watergate street Lovett Elizabeth, Willow st. Roberts Ann, Scotland street Varley Elizabeth, Scotland street Surgeons. Gwynn Thomas, St. John’s hill Mousley Thomas, Chapel st. Watson James Eyton, High street Surveyor. Cooley William Wilson, Canal wharf Tailors. Davies Thomas, Scotland st. Davies William, Chapel st. Humphreys Richard, Watergate street Jones James, Scotland street Platt Frederick, Willow street Reynolds Mark, Watergate street Roberts John, Scotland st. Roberts Robert, Scotland st. Roberts William, Swine market street Rodenhurst Thomas, St. John’s hill Thompson Robert, Church street Williams John, Cross street Tallow Chandlers. Lea Samuel, Canal wharf Lowe Samuel, High street Tanner. Menlove Joshua Lewis, Church street Veterinary Surgeon. Hampson Thomas, Sparbridge Watch & Clock Maker. Cross William, Cross street Wheelwrights. Edge William, Birch lane Pearce Thomas (and timber merchant), Swine market street Omnibuses. To WREXHAM & CHESTER, from the Red Lion Inn, at 7 o’clock in the morning, returning at 8 in the evening. To RUABON, from the White Lion Inn, at half-past 6 in the morning, returning at 7 o’clock in the evening. To WHITTINGTON STATION, from the White Lion Inn, at 8 o’clock in the morning and 6 in the evening. Carriers. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, general carriers to all parts of the kingdom; Charles Pearce, agent, Canal wharf BIRCH AND LYTHE is a small township, nearly a mile S.E. from Ellesmere, comprising 652A. 2R. 27P. of land, and in 1841 had eleven houses and 65 inhabitants. The township contains some good land, has an undulating surface, and is intersected by the Shropshire Union Canal, on the banks of which are a commodious residence and offices erected by the Canal Company. The landowners are the trustees of the Earl of Bridgewater and Richard George Jebb, Esq. The latter gentleman resides at a neat mansion, pleasantly situated and beautified with pleasure grounds, called THE LYTHE. Birch Hall is a good farm house, with commodious out-buildings, of modern construction. The principal residents in Birch and Lythe are Richard George Jebb, Esq., The Lythe; William Shingler, farmer, Birch Hall; William Whalley, builder; and John Young, canal inspector, Canal-office. COCKSHUT AND CROSEMERE is a township and well-built village on the turnpike road from Ellesmere to Shrewsbury, four miles S.E. from the former town. The village contains some good residences, and is situated in an important and flourishing agricultural district, noted for producing fine cheese. The magistrates hold a petty sessions at the Court-room on the second Thursday in every month, except in the months of April and November, when they are held on the first Thursday in each month. The presiding magistrates are Sir John R. Kynaston, Bart., C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., Richard G. Jebb, Esq., and Wm. Sparling, Esq. The township contains 1,533A. 1R. 19P. of land, and in 1841 there were 93 houses and 434 inhabitants. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater; Mr. Samuel Lee; Mr. Thomas Austin and Mr. John Trevor are also owners. William Sparling, Esq., is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on May 3rd and the last Friday in October for the sale of cattle, sheep, and general merchandise, which are well attended. A Feast is held on the first Sunday after the 25th of October. THE CHURCH is a neat brick structure, erected in 1776, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower containing two bells and a clock. The interior has a neat appearance, and is fitted up with oak sittings. The chancel contains a beautiful altar piece, and a neat mural monument in memory of F. Lloyd, of Crosemere. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Ellesmere, and enjoyed by the Rev. Samuel Hollinsend Burrows. The church was repaired and beautified in 1842. The Primitive Methodists have a neat chapel, ejected in 1847. CROSEMERE is a joint township with Cockshut, about three miles S.E. from Ellesmere, and is noted for the extent of its meres or pools. That of Crosemere covers a surface of 44 acres; and Sweat-mere is also of considerable extent; they are well stocked with different sorts of fish. CROSEMERE HALL is a good house, the residence and property of Mr. Samuel Lee. WACKLEY LODGE, a neat house, with commodious farm premises, is the residence of Richard Hampson. _Francis Lloyd_, _Esq._, in 1691, gave a rent charge of 6s. per annum, issuing out of a croft in Frankton, to be distributed to the poor of Cockshut, Crosemere, and Frankton. _John Parker_, in 1849, bequeathed £200, the interest to be expended in bread for the poor, by the minister and chapel wardens, at such times and in such quantities as they shall think fit. POST OFFICE.—_At John Green’s_. Letters arrive from Ellesmere at 9.10 A.M., and are despatched at 3.20 P.M. _Those marked * reside at Crosemere_. * Austin Thomas, farmer * Belliss Richard, farmer * Birch Edward, farmer * Buckley William, farmer Burlton William, shoemaker Burroughs Thomas, farmer Burroughs William, farmer Butler James, maltster and beerhouse * Cartwright Sml. wheelwright Chester Jeffrey, vict., Lloyd’s Arms and Excise Office Dickin Thomas, butcher Evans John, saddle & harness maker * Faulkes George, farmer Faulkes Richard tailor Green John, schoolmaster and parish clerk Hampson Richard, farmer, Wackley Lodge Haycocks Richard, blacksmith Haycocks Thos., shoemaker Haycocks William, farmer Haycocks William, butcher and salesman * Lee Samuel, farmer, Crosemere Hall Lee Samuel, farmer Maddocks Thos., bricklayer Marsh Richard, farmer Peevar John, shoemaker Read John, shopkeeper and farmer Read John, baker and shopkeeper Read John, blacksmith Shingler Thomas, farmer Thomas Edward, wheelwright * Thomas Edwd., shoemaker Thompson James, tailor Townsend Ann, victualler, Golden Lion Townsend William, glazier Trevor John, farmer & vict., Crown Inn White Edward, farmer Wynn John, farmer COLEMERE is a township, having a scattered population, three miles E.E. by S. from Ellesmere, containing 1,449A. 3R. 8P. of land, of which 1,248 acres are vested in the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. The soil is generally fertile, and produces good crops of wheat and barley. There is a fine mere or pool of water, which covers a considerable surface, within the bounds of this township. At the census in 1841 there were 39 houses and 192 inhabitants. The principal residents in this township are the following _Farmers_, viz.:—William Bate, Thomas Baty, Mary Birch, William Birch, John Clark, Jane Haycock, Richard Jones, and tailor, Thomas Jones, and corn miller, Thomas Thomas, William Wenlock, Hannah Wilkinson, and Catherine Young. Mary Butler, shopkeeper. CRICKETT is a small township, containing 339A. 1R. 12P. of fertile land, situated two miles and a quarter S.W. from the church of Ellesmere. Richard Wynn, Esq., is the proprietor of the whole township. In 1841 the township is returned as containing four houses and 30 inhabitants. DIRECTORY.—Richard Wynn, Esq., Old Crickett; Thomas John Rider, gentleman New Crickett. DUDLESTON, OR DUDLISTON, formerly written DUDDLESTONE, is a township and chapelry in the parish of Ellesmere, four miles and a half N.W. from that town, and eight miles N.N.E. from Oswestry. The chapelry comprises the townships of Pentrecoed, Criftins, Chapel, Coadyrallt, and Dudleston, which together have an area of 4,640A. 1R. 24P. of land, mostly an undulating district, in some parts highly productive, and in other parts of an inferior quality. At the census of 1841 there were 950 houses and 1,207 inhabitants. The houses are in general scattered, and there are a considerable number of detached cottages, which in many instances were originally built upon the unenclosed land; and they have generally a small plot, or a few acres of land attached to each cottage. The principal landowners are Edward Morrall, Esq.; Lord Dungannon; George Harper, Esq.; James Edwards, Esq.; Rev. John Morrall; George Bennett, Esq.; John Owen, Esq.; Charles Brown Owen, Esq.; John Davies, Esq.; William Dickin, Esq.; Hon. William M. B. Nugent; Mr. Richard Edwards; Miss Benyon; Mr. Samuel Lea; Mr. Robert Grindley; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones; Miss Boydell; Mr. Dymock; Mr. John Vaughan; Miss Kynaston; Mr. James Munslow; and Miss Broom; besides whom are several other freeholders. Edward Morrall, Esq., is lord of the manor of Traian, which includes the parish of St. Martin’s and Dudleston chapelry. THE CHAPEL is a neat structure, situated on elevated ground, built of rough stone, with hewn quoins and finishings. It consists of nave and side aisles, with an octagonal tower surmounted with short pinnacles. The body of the church was rebuilt in 1819, at a cost of £431. 13s., towards which the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches gave the sum of £200. It contains several neat mural monuments to the Boydells, of Kilhendre and Sodylt Hall, and the Morralls. The pulpit is of oak, curiously carved. At the west end of the church are three venerable yew trees, now much decayed. The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £238, in the patronage of the Vicar of Ellesmere, and enjoyed by the Rev. David Birds. The Wesleyan Methodists and the Independent Methodists have each a small chapel on Dudleston Heath. The Association Methodists have a chapel at the Gravel Holes. There are two manufactories of bricks, tiles, and brown earthenware, in this township; and coal is got at the Flannag colliery, near to Coed-y-rallt. The pits, however, are within the bounds of St. Martin’s parish, but the underground works extend into this chapelry. The coal is of a superior quality, and the seams are from one foot to three feet in thickness. About a quarter of a mile from the church, on the brow of a hill, overlooking a beautiful valley richly wooded, is KILHENDRE, the residence of Captain Johnson. On the site of the present house, about fifty years ago, stood a very ancient mansion of chequered timber and brick work, the residence of the Edwards, who had been settled there for upwards of six centuries, and possessed considerable estates, in Dudleston, St. Martin’s, and the neighbouring townships. Here Colonel Jones, governor of Dublin, a very active and successful officer during the Commonwealth, for some time found a peaceful asylum after Cromwell’s death. In the centre of the house was a chamber, into which you descended by steps, and the passages to which were hidden by tapestry, evidently intended as a place of concealment in cases of sudden danger. The rooms were low, gloomy, and inconvenient, and a large hall occupied half the house. The house and demesnes were alienated in the year 1800, and soon after purchased by Mr. Boydell, in whose representative, Miss Boydell, they are now vested. PLAS YOLLEN is a handsome and pleasantly situated dwelling, the residence of Robert Morrall, Esq. PLAS-WARREN, an ancient house, the residence and property of Edward Morrall, Esq., who is also the owner of Plas-yollen. THE ERWAY is a handsome house of modern construction, and the residence of Richard Ellerton, Esq. SODYLT HALL is a pleasantly situated house, with tasteful pleasure grounds, the residence of George Bennett, Esq. SHELBROOK is a good house, the residence and property of John Jones, Esq. PENTRE-COED is the residence and property of William Dickin, Esq. DUDLESTON HALL, a modern brick house, stands about 100 yards south from the site of the old hall, and is the residence and property of John Davies, Esq. At the northern extremity of the chapelry of Dudleston the county terminates in an elevated and precipitous rock, called COED-Y-RALLT, which commands one of the most beautiful views of bold and romantic scenery that can well be conceived. The shelving precipice is clothed with a thriving plantation; and deep below wind the dark waters of the Dee, which separates this county from Wales. Other features in the scenery are the beautiful grounds and woods of Nant-y-lielan, the aqueducts of Chirk and Ponte-y-cysyllte, Chirk Castle, and Bryn-Kynalt, the beautiful seat of Lord Dungannon, all backed by the bold swells and the Alpine heights of the Welsh mountains. CHARITIES.—_Frances Edwards_, in 1719, conveyed certain premises in Dudleston, and directed them to be converted into a school and residence for a schoolmistress; to be kept in repair by such person as for the time being should be entitled to her capital messuage called Kilhendre; she also gave a rent charge of £10 per annum, issuing out of the great farm in Dudleston; £4. 10s. thereof to be paid to the schoolmistress, who should instruct twenty-four poor children; 10s. to buy books for the children; £3 to be paid in apprentice fees; 20s. for a distribution of bread every Sunday to five poor aged persons; and 20s., the residue thereof, to be expended in flannel, and given to the poor. The school is situated near the church, and occupied by a female, who teaches twenty-four poor children. The rent charge is expended in carrying out the donor’s intentions. _John Jones_, by his will, dated 26th February, 1725, directed his executors to pay £100 to the incumbent, chapelwardens, and overseers, of the poor of Dudleston, to purchase land for the benefit of the poor. This gift, with £20 given by a servant, £10 by Roger Jennings, and £5 by Mr. Roberts, were laid out in 1740 in the purchase of 6A. 0R. 21P. of land. There is also an allotment of about a quarter of an acre set out on the enclosure of Dudleston common, the whole of which is let for £8. 12s. 6d., and distributed to the poor on St. Thomas’s day. The sum of £10, left by a servant man in 1735, and £10 left by another servant man in 1739, are charged upon the Sodylt estate, and the interest, 20s. per annum, is distributed with the above charity. _Thomas Kynaston_, in 1761, left £200, the interest to be annually distributed to the poor. This money is invested on the security of the turnpike road from Wem to Bron-y-Garth. _William Challnor_, in 1791, bequeathed £100, the interest to be applied in the relief of twenty of the poorest inhabitants of the chapelry. _Elizabeth Challnor_, by will, 1807, bequeathed £100 to augment the charity of her father-in-law, William Challnor. The first bequest is secured on the tolls of the road from Wem to Bron-y-Garth; and the latter is secured on the Ellesmere House of Industry. The interest, £9. 1s., is distributed on New Year’s day among the most necessitous poor. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. Richard Evan’s_, _the Griffin Inn_. Letters are despatched to Chirk at two o’clock in the afternoon. Bennett George, Esq., barrister, Sodylt Hall Davies Edward, blacksmith, Criftins Davies John, Esq., Dudleston Hall Davies Richard, colliery proprietor, Flannag Colliery Davies Thomas, wheelwright Ellerton Richard, Esq., Erway Evans Richard, victualler, Griffin Inn Evans Joshua, wheelwright Furmston Mrs. Emma, Criftins Handley William, brick, tile, earthenware manufacturer, and victualler, The Grapes, Criftins Humphreys Thomas, blacksmith Jones John, Esq., Shelbrook Jones John, shoemaker, Criftins Jones Walter, shoemaker, Gravel Holes Johnson Captain Robert, Kilhendre Kilvert Joseph, shopkeeper and victualler, Fox Inn, Criftins Morrall Edward, Esq., Plas-warren Morrall Robert, Esq., solicitor, Plas-yollen Newnes William, shoemaker Owen Richard, farmer and victualler, Three Pigeons Inn Phillips Robert, blacksmith Preston Samuel, shoemaker, Gravel Holes Spencer Thomas, brick, tile, flower pot, and black earthenware manufacturer Winter Rev. John Bowyer, curate FARMERS. Belmont Charles, The Pant, Pentrecoed Boote Joseph (executors of), Gadless Corns Richard, Criftins Darlington Thomas, Plas-Thomas, Coadyrallt Davies John, Dudliston Hall Dickin William, Pentrecoed Edwards Richard, Rock House, Coadyrallt Foulkes John, The Vron, Coadyrallt Garner Benjamin, Coadyrallt Gough Edward, Pentre-Morgan Hampson Daniel, Coadyrallt Hampson Jane, The Castle Hampson John, Chapel Hughes Arthur, Pentrecoed Hughes James, and corn miller, Pant Mill Hughes Thomas, and butcher, Chapel Humphreys John, Chapel Jones Elizabeth, New Hall, Chapel Jones John, Shelbrook, Coadyrallt Jones Roger, Cross lanes, Pentrecoed Jones Richard, Dudleston Grove Lee Richard, Cross lanes, Coadyrallt Manford John, Coadyrallt Manford Martha, Pit House Murslow James, Chapel Owen Charles Brown, Dee Field Owen Thomas, Pentrecoed Parry John, Sodylt Lodge Pay Margaret, Chapel Roberts Robert, Pentrecoed Rogers Henry, Chapel Rutter Ann, Pentrecoed Shone Thomas, Coadyrallt Steen John, Criftins Strange David, Pentre-madoc Teggin John, Coadyrallt Thomas Joseph, Plas-warren EASTWICK, a small township, two miles and a half N.W. from Ellesmere, contains 503A. 2R. 33P. of land, and in 1841 had 18 houses and 87 inhabitants. The principal landowners in this township are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Samuel Y. Kenyon, Esq., Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, Miss Kynaston, and Mrs. Broom. The chief residents in Eastwick are Edward Broughall, farmer, Gadless; Josiah Hughes, tailor; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, farmer and tanner, Gadless; Joseph Strange, blacksmith; Francis Thomas, farmer; and Mrs. Mary Wall, farmer, Pleasant Grove. ELSON AND GREENHILL, a township, a mile and a half N.W. from Ellesmere, contains 547A. 0R. 18P. of land; the most considerable owner of which is Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq. The other owners are Miss Kynaston, Mr. Joshua Lewis Menlove, Mr. John Furmston, and Mrs. Broom. This township has a scattered population; in 1841 there were 11 houses and 65 inhabitants. DIRECTORY.—Daniel Boote, farmer, Elson; John Boote, farmer, Greenhill; John Lea, maltster, Elson Cottage; Joshua Lewis Menlove, farmer, land agent, and brick and tile maker, Elson; Thomas Williams, farmer, Greenhill, and Mrs. Ann Williams, Elson. FRANKTON, OR ENGLISH FRANKTON, is so called to distinguish it from Frankton, in Whittington parish, which is sometimes called Welsh Frankton. The village is pleasantly situated on high ground, four miles and a half south from Ellesmere, and in 1841 contained 41 houses and 199 inhabitants. The houses are in general straggling, and there are a considerable number of small cottages. The township contains 956A. 0R. 34P. of land; the principal owners of which are John Povey, Esq., Mrs. Jane Griffiths, Nicholson Robinson, Esq., and Mr. William Downes. The principal residents are Mr. John Borne Oekley; William Downes, farmer, Frankton Grove; William Downes, jun., farmer; William Foulkes, farmer; Elias Puleston, farmer; Thomas Stanyer, farmer; Thomas Smith, blacksmith; and John Williams, wheelwright. HAMPTON WOOD is a small township, with 703A. 0R. 18P. of land, situated three miles from Ellesmere, and in 1841 had 37 houses and 175 inhabitants. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Lord Kenyon, C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., and Joshua Lewis Menlove, Esq. The resident farmers are William Boughey; Mary Boyling; Robert Jacks; James Price, and corn miller; Thomas Reeves; John Rodenhurst; and John Smith. HARDWICK is a township, containing 449A. 3R. 17P. of land, and in 1841 had 27 houses and 441 inhabitants. The whole township is the property of Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., who resides at HARDWICK HALL, an elegant mansion, delightfully situated in a park, with a fine undulating surface, richly wooded with noble timber. The south front of the hall opens upon a terrace, ornamented with flowers, vases, and an open balustrade, which leads into the park. On the west side of the hall are the pleasure grounds and shrubberies, which contain some rare shrubs of remarkably fine growth; the arra-caxia imbricata is upwards of sixteen feet high, and one of the finest specimens in the country. The cedar deodora is also a beautiful specimen. There are upwards of thirty varieties of the pinus tribe planted in different parts of the grounds. Adjoining the west side of the hall, a new conservatory has just been completed, which is chiefly used as an orangery. The vineries adjoin the kitchen gardens, which cover about an acre and a half of land. About two hundred yards from the south front of the hall is a magnificent specimen of the cedar of Lebanon, which measures fourteen feet and a half in circumference. A portion of the top was broken off about three years ago with the weight of snow that fell upon it. PERTHY BANK, or THE BROW, consists of a public house and a few cottages, partly in this township and partly in Tetchill, situated on the brow of a hill, on the turnpike road leading from Ellesmere to Oswestry. HARDWICK COTTAGE is a neat residence, pleasantly situated near the turnpike road, occupied by Lovett Ferrall, Esq. DIRECTORY.—Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., Hardwick; Lovett Ferrall, Esq., Hardwick Cottage; John Cureton, farmer; Samuel Carsley, blacksmith; Edward Heyes, victualler, Green Man Inn, The Brow; Samuel Stockton, gamekeeper; Mrs. Martha Thomas; Richard Woolf, farmer, Old Hardwick. KENWICK STOCKETT AND WHATTALL, a township three miles south from Ellesmere, contains 874A. 3R. 29P. of land; the owners of which are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Thomas Buckley Buckley Owen, Esq., and the Rev. William Thomas. In 1841 the township had nine houses and a population of 55 souls. The principal residents are Samuel Burrows, farmer; Richard Gough, farmer, Whattall; Thomas Furmston, farmer, Lower Kenwick; John Stoakes, farmer, Higher Kenwick; and Joseph Stoakes, farmer, The Springs. KENWICKS PARK is a small village and township, three miles and a quarter south from Ellesmere, having 1,054A. 3R. 26P. of land, which is the property of the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. At the census in 1841 there were 22 houses and 120 inhabitants. The resident _Farmers_ are Edward Colemere; William Gough, The Lodge; Thomas Hamson, Kenwick Park; Ann Harrison, Top House; Jane Harrison, Old Cast; Lazarus Harrison, Lower House; John Hassall; Thomas Jacks; John Reynolds; and James Williams. HENWICKS WOOD is a township, situated four miles south from Ellesmere, embracing 865A. 3R. 16P. of land; an undulating district, the high ground of which commands a most beautiful view of the fertile plains of Shropshire and of the mountainous district of Wales. In 1841 there were 23 houses and 137 inhabitants. The principal landowners are William Sparling, Esq.; Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart.; Thomas Buckley Buckley Owen, Esq.; Mrs. Sutton; and Mr. Joseph Hignett. The following are the chief resident _Farmers_, viz.:—Stephen Burrows, Edward Hayward, Sarah Nickson, John Shingler, and Edward Stoakes. LEE is a pleasant little village and township, a mile and a half south from Ellesmere, which contains 815A. 1R. 30P. of land, the whole of which is the property of Thomas Buckley Buckley Owen, Esq. This is a fine agricultural district; the land produces good crops of all kinds of grain, and many of the farms are of considerable extent THE OLD HALL, the residence of Mr. Thomas Lewis, is an antique structure of timber and plaster, with projecting gables, and has the date of 1594 on the front. One of the rooms is wainscotted with oak, and has the date of 1657 over the fire place. A fine old yew tree stands in front of the house. The resident _Farmers_ in Lee are Thomas Burrows; Thomas Gough; Thomas Hollis; Joseph Jones, John Lewis, John Price, and Richard Williams; Mr. John Lewis, Old Hall. John Morgan, blacksmith. LINEAL is a village and township, three miles S.E. from Ellesmere, which contains 1,897A. 3R. 3P. of land, of which 1,620 acres are vested in the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. The township is intersected by the Shropshire Union Canal and the turnpike road from Ellesmere to Wem. There are lime works here which were formerly carried on to a very considerable extent, the canal affording facilities for sending that commodity to distant parts of the country. At the census of 1841 there were 44 houses in the township and 247 inhabitants. DIRECTORY.—Andrew Bickley, farmer; Samuel Hignett Bickley, farmer; Isaac Birch, boot and shoemaker; Richard Bright, farmer; William Clay, engineer, blacksmith, and ironfounder; Mary Darlington, farmer; Francis Dickin, farmer; John Medeley, farmer; Hannah Mercer, victualler, New Inn, Hampton Bank; Robert Parry, farmer; Mary Peak, farmer and shopkeeper, Hampton Bank; William Rogers, farmer; John Wilkinson, victualler, Blue Dog; William Youd, farmer. NEW MARTON, a small village pleasantly situated four miles W. by S. from Ellesmere, is returned as having 21 houses and 106 inhabitants at the census of 1841; the landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater; the township contains 587A. 0R. 14P. of land, mostly an undulating surface, having a fertile soil, which produces good crops of grain. Dr. Thomas Bray, an eminent, learned, and pious divine of the seventeenth century, was born at Marton, in Shropshire, in 1656. He was educated at Oswestry Grammar School, and was the principal promoter of the Missionary Society denominated _The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts_. Dr. Bray was instrumental in raising lending libraries in many parts of England and Wales, in connection with episcopal places of worship, out of which the neighbouring clergy might borrow the books they had occasion for, and where they might consult upon matters relating to their function and learning; similar libraries were also established in the American colonies for the use of the missionaries, which were subsequently secured to posterity by an act of parliament passed for that purpose in 1708. In the year 1712 the Dr. printed his “Martyrology, or Papal Usurpation,” in folio. This work consists of some choice and learned treatises of celebrated authors, which were grown very scarce, ranged and digested into a regular history. He proposed to compile a second volume, and had, at no small expense and pains, furnished himself with materials for it, but he was afterwards obliged to lay the prosecution of his design aside, and bequeathed by will his valuable collection of martyrological memoirs, both printed and manuscript, to Zion College. In the year 1726 he was employed in composing and printing his Directorium Missionarium, and his Primordia Bibliothecaria. About this time he also wrote a short account of Mr. Rawlet, the author of the Christian Monitor, and reprinted the life of Mr. Gilpin. Some of these were calculated for the use of missionaries, and in one of these he has endeavoured to show that civilizing the Indians must be the first step in any successful attempt for their conversion. As the furnishing the parochial clergy with the means of instruction would be an effectual method to promote Christian knowledge, so another expedient manifestly subservient to the same end would be, he thought, to imprint on the minds of those who are designed for the ministry, previously to their admission, a just sense of its various duties, and their great importance. With a view to this he reprinted the Ecclesiastes of Erasmus, a name of great authority in the republic of letters, and to whom the re-establishment of polite literature was principally owing. Dr. Bray was a frequent visitor of the prisons, the inmates of which always excited the highest degree of compassion in his breast, and to the temporal benefits which he munificently bestowed, he always subjoined spiritual comforts. He died on the 15th February, 1730, in the 73rd year of his age. DIRECTORY.—John Bate, farmer and maltster; John Cooke, farmer; John Gabriel, wheelwright; Edward Lewis, maltster and shopkeeper; John Lewis, farmer; John Powell, blacksmith; William Williams, boot and shoemaker. NEWNES is a very small township on the turnpike road from Ellesmere to Oswestry, about a mile S.S. by W. from the former town. It contains 333A. 2R. 36P. of land, of which 310 acres are now vested in the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. In 1841 there were six houses and 46 inhabitants. The resident farmers are Henry Pearce and James Thomas; Edward Lloyd, nurseryman. There is an erroneous tradition that the celebrated Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, was born at Newnes. NORTHWOOD, a village and township on the verge of the county, two and a half miles N. from Ellesmere, is separated from the county of Flint by a small stream, on the banks of which is a corn mill. The township is well wooded, has an undulating surface, and contains 1,321A. 3R. 5P. of land, the principal owners of which are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. Mr. Richard Evans and Mrs. Sarah Lindop are also proprietors. In 1841 there were 29 houses and 150 inhabitants. The resident farmers are John Cooke, Richard Evans, Mary Hassall, Sarah Lindop, Thomas Madeley, and Andrew Wycherley; Charles Reeves, corn miller. When our agent visited Northwood there were two farms unoccupied. OTELEY, NEWTON, AND SPOONHILL, a township with a scattered population, extending from half a mile to a mile and a half E. from Ellesmere, contains, 1,221A. 1R. 24P. of land, the whole of which is the property of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq., who resides at OTELEY PARK, an elegant mansion built of the Cafn free stone in 1827, and exhibiting a fine specimen of the florid English style of architecture, which prevailed during the reign of Henry VII. The mansion is most delightfully situated upon an elevated plot of ground, overlooking a magnificent sheet of water covering a surface of one hundred and sixty acres. In the front of the hall is one of the finest terraces in the country, it is surrounded with ornamental vases, filled with scarlet geraniums, which have a most beautiful appearance during the summer months, and give an additional charm to the fairy scene. The interior of the mansion is most superbly furnished, and contains an extensive and costly collection of antique, china, and curious ornaments of the most elaborate workmanship. There is a fine collection of family portraits, executed by the most celebrated Italian, Dutch, Flemish, and English masters. The library contains a fine collection of books, and is richly ornamented with carved oak. The entrance to the corridor is of stained glass, tracing the royal tribes of Wales, and the window of the hall traces the pedigree of the family: these are beautifully executed by Evans, of Shrewsbury. A little north from the hall is the billiard room, the interior of which is ornamented with Flemish tapestry. The shrubberies and pleasure grounds, which cover upwards of eighteen acres, are kept in the most admirable order, and beautified with rockeries, rustic bridges, and a very tastefully designed Swiss cottage. The grounds contain some fine shrubs, and the cyprus and the arbavitus, which are very numerous, exhibit the greatest luxuriance of growth. The park has a fine undulating surface, and is stocked with deer. This township at the census of 1841 contained 14 houses and 87 inhabitants. DIRECTORY.—Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq., Oteley Park; Robert Butter, farmer and maltster and vict., Dog Inn, Ellesmere; Edward Edwards, farmer, Crimps; George Foulkes, farmer and carpenter; Edward Groom, gardener to C. K. Mainwaring, Esq.; Elizabeth Price, farmer; Mary Whitfield, farmer; Thomas Whitfield, farmer, Spoonhill. RIDGE HIGHER AND LOWER, a township and village situated S.W. from Ellesmere, contains 1,625A. 2R. 13P. of land, the principal owners of which are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater; Mr. Menlove and Mrs. Jones are also owners. At the census of 1841 there were 31 houses and 157 inhabitants. Higher Ridge is situated about three miles from Ellesmere, on elevated ground, which commands a most extensive and delightful view of the country. Lower Ridge, about a mile further from Ellesmere, consists of two good farms. The principal residents are Thomas Brayne, farmer, Higher Ridge; Edward Jones, farmer, Lower Ridge; John Matthews, farmer, Lower Ridge; Edward Price, farmer, Higher Ridge, and John Urion, farmer, Ridge. STOCKS AND COPTIVINEY, a small township two miles N.E. from Ellesmere, comprising 455A. 2R. 7P. of land, in 1841 is returned as having five houses and 48 inhabitants. The whole of the land is the property of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq. The principal residents are Ambrose Nixon, farmer, Stocks; George Rodenhurst, farmer, Stocks, and Thomas Whitfield, farmer, Coptiveney. TETCHILL is a township and village situated three miles S. from Ellesmere, which contains 1,735A. 0R. 20P. of land, the whole of which is the property of the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, except one farm, the property of Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart. In 1841 there were 63 houses and 333 inhabitants—the houses are for the most part scattered. George Salter, Esq., resides at a neat residence called Prynallt, near the western verge of the township; the house stands on high ground, and commands a fine view of the country. “This village is celebrated as the birth place of William Fromston, the Shropshire giant; he died at Tetchill, in 1795, aged 77 years; he is said to have been remarkably active for his age and surprising height; his coffin measured eight feet two inches inside.” The principal residents are Ann Boodle, farmer, Winstone; Edward Boylin, farmer; William Carsley, blacksmith; William Cooke, farmer, Tetchill Moor; William Cox, shoemaker; Elizabeth Davies, farmer; John Davies, maltster and tailor; Thomas Davies, maltster; Thomas Foulkes, farmer, Tetchill Moor; Thomas Harrison, wheelwright and shopkeeper; Samuel Higginson, tailor; Joseph Jones, farmer; Thomas Jones, tailor; Richard Lee, farmer, Onston; Henry Legh, farmer, The Buildings; Elizabeth Mathers, farmer, Tetchill Moor; William Morgan, shopkeeper and boot and shoe maker; William Price, farmer, The Wood; George Salter, Esq., solicitor, Prynallt; Wm. Sheraton, farmer, Broom Farm; Henry Townsend, farmer, Tetchill Moor. TRENCH, a township on the northern verge of the county, situated about two miles N.N. by W. from Ellesmere, contains 854A. 0R. 6P. of land, the principal owners of which are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater; Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, Esq.; and Rev. John Phillips, are also proprietors. In 1841 the township contained 28 houses and a population of 65 souls. The resident farmers are Thomas Cross, John Evans, John Groom, William Higginson, William Nunnerley, William Paddock, and Thomas Pearce. GREAT NESS is a considerable parish and pleasantly situated village in the lower division of the Pimhill hundred, four miles S.W. from Baschurch, ten S.E. by S. from Oswestry, and seven and a half miles N.W. by N. from Shrewsbury. The parish embraces the townships of Alderton, Felton Butler, Great Ness, Hopton, Kinton, Nesscliffe, and Wilcott, which together contain 3,865A. 3R. 30P. of land, and in 1801 had 732 inhabitants, 1831, 850, and in 1841, 143 houses and a population of 876 souls. Rateable value, £4,431. 5s. 4d. The village of Great Ness contains several good houses, and is surrounded with an undulating district, which commands some fine views of great diversity and picturesque beauty. The township contains 856A. 3R. 37P. of land, and in 1841 there were 16 houses and 84 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,198. 1s. 5½d. The principal landowners are the Earl of Bradford; George Edwards, Esq.; Henry Calveley Cotton; and Thomas Justice Bather, Esq. The former is lord of the manor. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam, producing good wheat and barley. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower, in which are three bells. It contains several neat tablets to the families of Perry, Prosser, Payne, and Gittins. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £9, now returned at £345, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor; incumbent, Rev. Henry Calveley Cotton. The vicarage is a neat residence a little west from the church. The vicarial tithes of Great Ness are commuted for £47. 10s. THE HALL, the residence of George Edwards, Esq., is a handsome house of brick, in the Tudor style of architecture, rendered conspicuous by a tier of rooms with semi-octagonal projections. The grounds are tastefully laid out, and the park, though not extensive, is densely wooded. North-west from the hall are the lofty heights and plantations of Nesscliffe hills. This township is intersected by the Holyhead turnpike road. CHARITIES.—By indenture, dated 8th September, 1753, _John Edwards_, _Esq._ conveyed a plot of land called the Chapel Yard, at Nesscliffe, to the Rev. William Parry, then vicar of Great Ness, for the erection of a school and residence for the teacher. The following benefactions are stated to have been given towards the support of the school, viz., _Sir Orlando Bridgeman_, £20; _Sir John Langham_, £10; _Mrs. Pridie_, £20; the _Rev. William Parry_, £25; and _Mrs. Parry_, £25. This sum, amounting to £100, was in the hands of John Edwards, Esq., when the charity commissioners published their report, and he paid interest for it at the rate of five per cent. The master resides in a house built on the land, containing about an acre in the whole, and in consideration of the above emoluments is required to teach six poor children in reading, writing, and accounts, without any charge. _Samuel Shuker_, by will bearing date June 18th, 1821, devised two leasehold estates, then let at a yearly rent of £148. 15s., to John Edwards, Esq., upon trust to sell the same, and to invest the proceeds of such sale in the public funds, and out of the first year’s dividends to improve the present school house, and afterwards to pay the dividends yearly, in promoting the views of the said school, by causing so many poor children of indigent parents, not exceeding the age of twelve years, nor under the age of six years, to be properly instructed in reading, writing, and the four first rules of arithmetic, and finding them in books, pens, ink, and paper; the proportions of such children to be admitted into the said school being two boys and one girl. The property above mentioned was sold by John Edwards, Esq., to whom the testator left the residue of his personal estate, not otherwise disposed of, the bequest to the charity being void under the statute of 9 George II., c. 36. The produce of the sale of the above estates was about £1,070. Mr. Edwards proposed settling this property ultimately upon the school, but retaining the disposal of the produce thereof for his life. _Margaret Dyos_, by will 1729, bequeathed £10, and directed the proceeds to be distributed to the poor of Great Ness for the first three years, and the fourth year to the poor of Kinnerley, and so on in rotation from four years to four years. This gift and £5 in the hands of the parish officers was laid out in the purchase of a piece of land in Melverley, which now produces a yearly rent of £1. 10s. _William Phillip_ left a rent-charge of 5s. yearly, to be distributed among twenty poor housekeepers. The sum of 5s. is paid yearly to the churchwardens of Great Ness, as charged upon the Plough Inn, at Wellington, by Mr. Leeke, the owner of those premises. DIRECTORY.—Thomas Justice Bather, Esq.; Rev. Henry Calverley Cotton; George Edwards, Esq., the Hall; James Jones, gentleman. _Farmers_: William Davies, grazier, William Hughes, Samuel Smith, John Sides, John Wildblood. Thomas Davies, butcher. ALDERTON is a small township one and a half mile from Great Ness, having one house, 13 inhabitants, and 196A. 3R. 10P. of land, with an undulating surface and light sandy soil. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor, and sole proprietor. The tithes have been commuted, and £17. 15s. apportioned to the impropriator, and £7. 7s. 6d to the vicar of Great Ness. ALDERTON HALL is a neat brick residence, occupied by Mr. Thomas Jones. The farm buildings are extensive, and near to the hall is a pool of water of considerable extent. The rateable value of this township is £234. FELTON BUTLER is a pleasantly situated township, with a scattered population, one and a half miles S.W. by S. from Great Ness, having at the census of 1841 twelve houses and 65 inhabitants. It contains 534A. 3R. 3P. of land of a light sandy nature, about two-thirds of which is arable. Rateable value, £642. 18s. 9d. The Earl of Powis and Thomas Justice Bather, Esq., are the landowners. The former is lord of the manor. One half of the rectoral tithes are apportioned to the vicar of Great Ness, and the other moiety of £28. 17s. 6d. to the prebend of Holgate. The vicar receives £46. 15s. Mr. Thomas Harris resides at a very neat house, with grounds tastefully laid out. The farm premises are of considerable extent and conveniently arranged. The principal residents are Thomas Harris, farmer and grazier; John Lewis, jun., farmer; Thomas Lewis, farmer; and Robert Jones, shoemaker. HOPTON, a township in Great Ness parish, near to the Holyhead turnpike road, contains 653A. 2R. 5P. of land, the soil of which is a mixture of peat and sand, upon which rye, turnips, and some little wheat are grown. There is some good pasture land below the cliffs. The village is divided into what may be considered Higher and Lower Hopton, and is pleasantly situated a mile and a quarter N.W. by N. from Great Ness, and eight and a half miles N.W. from Shrewsbury. To the north-east of the village are the Nesscliffe hills, which rise four hundred feet above the level of the village. In 1841 there were 38 houses and 179 inhabitants. Rateable value, £607. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor. The freeholders are Mr. Richard Minton; Mr. Samuel Minton; Thomas Justice Bather, Esq.; Mr. Richard Wildblood; the Earl of Bradford; Mr. Thos. Bather; Mrs. Haddy; Mr. John Rodgers; Miss Williams; Mr. James Canlin; Mr. Charles Lloyd; Mr. John Povey; Mr. William Payne; and Mr. James Jones. The rectoral tithes have been commuted for £81. 15s., and apportioned to Thomas I. Bather, Esq. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £32. There are stone quarries here, from which a fine red freestone is procured, in blocks of almost any dimensions. THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS have a neat stone chapel near the village. The principal farmers are Thomas Clayton, Startlewood; Edward Davies; Samuel Minton; Richard Minton; and John Suckley. William Davies, butcher. KINTON is a village pleasantly situated two miles W. from Great Ness, commanding views of great strength and diversity; the township contains 1,163A. 0R. 3P. of land, the soil of which is sandy, upon a strong sub-soil, producing good wheat and barley. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor. The chief landowners are the Earl of Bradford, Mr. Richard Wildblood, Thomas Justice Bather, Esq., Mrs. Haddy, Miss Williams, Mr. Charles Lloyd, Mr. James Canlin, Mr. John Rodgers, Mr. William Payne, and others are also proprietors. At the census of 1841 there were 21 houses and 97 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,115. 2s. 2d. There are several neat villa residences in the village. THE GROVE is a modern erection, the residence of Mr. Robert Suckley, and has conveniently-arranged farm premises attached. THE WOLF’S HEAD FARM, the residence of Mrs. Mary Suckley, was formerly a noted public house, and is situated near to Knockin Heath, on the side of the Holyhead turnpike road. It was the rendezvous of thieves and vagabonds, and robberies were so frequently committed in this locality that the stout-hearted had a dread on passing this road. Canlin Mrs. Maria Canlin James, gentleman Evans Edward, shoemaker Gittins Thomas, blacksmith Higginson William, grocer and provision dealer Jones Richard, shoemaker Lloyd Thomas, farmer Massey James, farmer Mansell Richard, farmer Payne Mrs., gentlewoman Suckley Mrs. Mary Suckley Robert, farmer, The Grove Taylor George, farmer Wildblood Richard, farmer, The Hall NESSCLIFFE is a township in the parish of Great Ness, pleasantly situated on the Holyhead turnpike road, four and a half miles W. by S. from Baschurch, and eight miles N.W. from Shrewsbury. There are 28 houses and 189 inhabitants, and the township contains 86A. 5R. 13P. of land. Rateable value, £157. Thomas Justice Bather, Esq., George Edwards, and the Earl of Bradford, are the landowners; the latter is lord of the manor, and holds a court leet. The village is remarkable for its clean and neat appearance, and there are two respectable and commodious inns. An annual fair is held here on the last Monday in April, and there are meetings in the season for coursing, archery, and steeple chasing. There is a prosperous friendly society in the village, having 267 members and a reserve fund of £1,904. 5s. 9d. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £9, and Mr. Payne and Mr. Bather, the impropriators, receive £3. 11s. 8d. The endowed school, supported with money arising from the benefactions noticed with the general charities of the parish, is situated in this village. The school is capable of accommodating eighty children; there are now 52 receiving instruction. The master receives 20s. per annum for every scholar admitted; John Jones is the teacher. Over the school house door is the following inscription, which has reference to a chapel dedicated to St. Mary, which formerly stood near the site of the school:— “God prosper and prolong this public good, A school erected where a chapel stood.” The school was built in 1753. This village is celebrated for its immense quarries of red sand stone, from which blocks of almost any dimensions can be raised. The red stone of which the castle, town walls, abbey, and most other old buildings in Shrewsbury are formed, was in all probability brought from this place. Nesscliffe hill will amply repay the labour of an ascent, the prospect is most delightful and varied. On the side of the hill is the celebrated KYNASTON’S CAVE, perched like an eagle’s nest upon the brow of an overhanging precipice. Humphrey Kynaston was the keeper or constable of Middle Castle, who from his dissolute and riotous manner of life, was surnamed _The Wild_. The enormous debts he contracted by his conduct caused him to be declared an outlaw, upon which he fled from Middle Castle, and sheltered himself in a cave in Nesscliffe rock, called to this day “Kynaston’s Cave.” It is divided into two rooms by a strong pillar of the rock, upon which is carved, “H. K., 1564.” One of these was the stall for the celebrated outlaw’s horse. The approach was by a flight of broad steps, which have since been partly cut away. Many a deed of daring is rehearsed of this high-born freebooter; among others, his draining to Mr. Lloyd’s health, in that gentleman’s court yard, the great hall tankard of ale; and while some of the retainers were closing him in, and others were securing every way of escape, Kynaston coolly pocketed the silver cup, and clapping spurs to his horse, cleared the gates and the heads of his would-be gaolers at a leap. All his depredations seem more to have been dictated by whim than a desire to plunder, for he supplied the wants of the poor by dispensing the spoils he abstracted from the rich. His grateful pensioners cooked for him in return, and found provender for his elf-like steed; the rich paying him tribute through fear, and the poor from gratitude. Kynaston was never taken, but died, as tradition says, in his cave. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. Richard Minion’s_. Letters arrive at 5.40 A.M., and are despatched at 7.20 P.M. Bickley Andrew, farmer and vict., Nesscliffe Inn Dovestan Thomas, stone mason Evans Robert, maltster, farmer, and vict., The Pigeons Evans Richard, wheelwright Gittins John, blacksmith Gittins Stephen, sawyer Humphreys Thomas, joiner & cabinet maker Jones John, schoolmaster Lloyd Richard, blacksmith Minton John, saddler and harness maker Minton Richard, postmaster Morris John, carpenter Owen John, tailor and draper Randell George, cooper Roberts Elizabeth, shopkeeper WILCOTT, a township and small well-built village in the parish of Great Ness, one and a half mile S.W. by W. from the church, having in 1841 eleven houses and 57 inhabitants. The scenery in the vicinity of Wilcott is bold and romantic; the soil is fertile, producing good wheat and barley. The principal landowners are William Payne, Esq.; John Povey, Esq.; George Edwards, Esq.; Richard Wildblood, Esq.; and Thomas Bather, Esq. At the apportionment of the tithes, £76. 15s. was awarded to the impropriators, John Povey, Esq., Thomas Bather, Esq., and William Payne, Esq., and £25. 15s. to the vicar of Great Ness. There are 374A. 0R. 22P. of land in this township. Rateable value, £477. 2s. 9d. THE INDEPENDENTS have a small chapel, built of stone, and situated between this village and Kinton. DIRECTORY.—Thomas Bather, Esq., The Villa; David Frumstone, blacksmith; Thos. Higginson, farmer and maltster; Owens Owen, farmer, grazier, maltster, and cattle salesman; William Payne, Esq.; Jane Price, gentlewoman. HORDLEY is a parish and pleasantly situated village, three miles south from Ellesmere. The parish comprehends the townships of Hordley and Bagley, and contains 2,417A. 1R. 39P. of land, and in 1801 had a population of 247 souls; 1831, 325; and in 1841 there were 62 houses and 308 inhabitants. The township of Hordley contains 1,211A. 1R. 18P. of land. Rateable value, £1,802. 2s. 6d. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and turnips; but there is a considerable breadth of grazing land in this locality, which has a bold undulating surface. The farm houses have a respectable appearance, and are provided with convenient out-premises. Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., is lord of the manor, and owner of the whole township. A remarkable elm tree, of immense size, stands at the cross roads. The canal to Weston and the Ellesmere turnpike road intersect the township. THE CHURCH, situated at Higher Hordley, is a plain structure, with a small turret, in which there are two bells. It consists of nave and chancel, and contains neat tablets to Sir John Kynaston, Bart., John Kynaston, Esq., and to the family of Cureton. The chancel contains a fine altar-piece of elaborate workmanship; and there is a beautiful stone font. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £3. 19s. 2d.; now returned at £330; in the patronage of Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., and incumbency of the Rev. John Walter Moore; curate, Rev. William Frazer. The tithes are commuted for £358, of which sum £272 are apportioned to the rector of Hordley; £16 to the rector of Baschurch; £40. 10s. to Mrs. Topp; and £29 to other impropriators. THE RECTORY is a commodious and modern erection, situated on a gentle eminence about a quarter of a mile south-east from the church. It was built by the present incumbent, aided by a grant from Queen Anne’s bounty. The old rectory is now occupied as a farm residence. A NATIONAL SCHOOL and residence for the teacher was built at Lower Hordley, near the centre of the parish, in 1844. The average attendance of scholars is about sixty. It is supported by subscription and a small payment from the children. There are 28A. 2R. 24P. of glebe land in the parish. DIRECTORY.—Stephen Burroughs, farmer, Lower Hordley; Mary Cureton, farmer; Rev. William Frazer, curate, the Rectory; John Groom, farmer; Richard Harper, blacksmith; Thomas Hewitt, farmer; Joseph Hignett, farmer; Joseph Hignett, farmer, Dandyford farm; Edward Jones, parish clerk and rate collector; Robert Lewis, farmer, Lower Hordley. BAGLEY is a township and village in the parish of Hordley, the population of which is returned with that village. The township contains 1,206A. 0R. 21P. of land. Rateable value, £1,785. 10s. The landowners are Rowland Hunt, Esq.; Rev. John Walter Moore; John Dodd, Esq.; Mr. John Groom; Mrs. Davies; Mrs. Leigh; Mrs. Topp; Hon. Thomas Kenyon; Mr. Edward Lewis; Mr. Joseph Hignett; Mr. Edward and John Martin; Mrs. Sutton; Mr. John Langford, and others. Rowland Hunt, Esq., is lord of the manor. The township is bounded by the river Perry, and intersected by the Ellesmere and Weston canal. There are several farms here of considerable extent, and the farm premises are extensive and conveniently arranged. DIRECTORY.—Samuel Bickley, farmer and maltster; Jane Davies, farmer; John Davies, farmer, The Oaks; Samuel Cheshire, blacksmith; Stephen Denston, Esq., The Hall; John Dodd, farmer; William Griffiths, farmer; John Higgins, grocer and vict., Fox Inn; Thomas Lea, farmer; Joseph Lea, farmer and butcher; Edward Martin, farmer; Sarah Nickson, farmer; Richard Paddock, farmer, Bromley Green; Robert Pembury, farmer, Bromley House; Edward Stant, farmer; Edward Tomlinson, wheelwright; Edward Wilson, wheelwright. LOPPINGTON is a parish and pleasantly situated village two and a half miles W.W. by S. from Wem. This place, from its contiguity to Wem, was the scene of several skirmishes between the royal and the parliamentary forces in the civil wars. In one of these skirmishes the royal party set fire to the floor and roof of the church, which being covered with shingles was the more easily accomplished, and the parliamentary soldiers who had taken refuge in the church, were compelled to surrender it to the king’s party. The parish of Loppington comprises the townships of Loppington, Burlton, and Noneley, and contains 3,411A. 1R. 36P. of land, of which 97 acres are in woods, plantations, and fox covers. Gross estimated rental, £5,162. 12s.; rateable value, £4,197. 15s. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor, and holds a court. At the census in 1841 there were 612 inhabitants. The township of Loppington contains 1159A. 0R. 33P. of land, and in 1841 had 68 houses and 331 inhabitants. Major Thomas Dicken, is the most considerable landowner; George Wycherley, Harriet Kynaston, Thomas Lloyd Dickin, Esq., The Trustees of the Poor’s Land, Mr. William Williams, Rev. William Thomas, Robert Chambre Vaughan, Esq., and Thomas Windsor, are also proprietors. The soil is in general a strong clay, and a mixture of turf and sand. There is a flat of waste land called the Brown Moss, of which the freeholders are entitled to the herbage; the moss extends into other townships and covers a considerable surface; 7A. 0R. 21P. are within the bounds of Loppington township. THE CHURCH is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Michael, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower, in which are three bells; the nave is lofty, and supported by arches rising from oaken pillars; the body of the church is neatly pewed with oaken sittings, and there is an antique stone font. The north wall was demolished during the civil wars in 1650; it was rebuilt and the interior beautified in 1655. There is a very handsome marble tablet to Richard Marigold Noneley and others of the family; the families of Dickin, Chambre, Wingfield, Payne, Groom, Chester, Griffiths, and others, are also remembered on other mural tablets. The living is a vicarage valued in the king’s book at £6. 12s. 1d., now returned at £270 in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Rev. William Thomas, M.A. The vicarial tithes of Loppington township are commuted for £111. 16s., and the rectoral for £93. Thomas Dickin, Esq., is the impropriator. There are 24A. 1R. 26P. of glebe land. THE VICARAGE is a commodious brick residence, pleasantly situated a little S.W. from the church, with pleasure grounds tastefully laid out. LOPPINGTON HOUSE, the mansion of Thomas Dickin, Esq., J.P., is a handsome and extensive range of building, the front of which is ornamented with a portico; it is surrounded with a park of considerable extent finely wooded; the pleasure grounds and shrubberries are laid out with great taste, and beautified with fine shrubs and choice flowers. THE HALL or Manor House, a good brick residencies is occupied by Mr. James Baddaley, farmer. CHARITIES.—_John Kynaston_, by his will, bearing date 30th May, 1694, devised a house, garden, stable, and croft, in the township of Loppington, to his kinsman, Roger Kynaston, and his heirs, to the use of the then schoolmaster of Loppington, and his successors as a salary, for their pains in teaching to read six of the poorest children within the parish, to be appointed by the said Roger Kynaston and his heirs; and if there should happen to be no schoolmaster, he directed that the profits of the premises should be to the use of Roger Kynaston and his heirs. The property devised by the testator consists of a public house in Loppington, with a stable, garden, and croft, containing altogether half an acre. The property, when the Charity Commissioners published their report, was claimed by Thomas Kynaston, grandson of Richard Kynaston, named in the following conveyance:—“By indenture, bearing date 17th November, 1741, between Roger Kynaston, grandson of Roger Kynaston, the devisee above-mentioned, of the one part, and Richard Kynaston, of Loppington, of the other part, reciting the will as above extracted, the said Roger Kynaston, party thereto, in consideration of £4 conveyed to the said Richard Kynaston and his heirs, the messuage, tenements, and lands, and all other the premises in the said will mentioned, and all his estate and interest therein, subject nevertheless to the trusts in the said will mentioned concerning the same.” The premises are let for £13 per annum, an additional sum of £2 being paid by the tenant for a piece of garden formerly no part of the trust premises. The rent of £13 is received by Thomas Kynaston, and he pays thereout £2 yearly to a schoolmaster for the instruction of six poor children. The residue of the rent Thomas Kynaston reserves to his own use; but it is clear that the whole of the rent above-mentioned is applicable to the charitable uses mentioned in the testator’s will, and that notwithstanding that in the conveyance of 1731, £4 was paid as a consideration, Thomas Kynaston can only be considered as a trustee for such charitable uses. It is stated that within the last twenty years Thomas Kynaston has laid out upwards of £300 in rebuilding and improving the premises, but as he has been in possession between thirty and forty years, and during that time has enjoyed the benefit of all the surplus rent beyond the yearly sum of £2, there seems to be no reason why the schoolmaster should not from the present time receive the benefit of the whole rent. It seems also desirable that new trustees should be appointed; but considering the testator vested the property solely in his kinsman, Richard Kynaston, and his heirs, we apprehend that a conveyance to new trustees would not be enforced in a court of equity, provided the said Thomas Kynaston gives up all claim to any beneficial interest therein. _Jane Manlove_, in 1751, bequeathed £10, and directed the interest to be disposed of in the purchase of clothing for poor widows; the interest to be applied two years to poor widows resident in Loppington township, and the third year to widows of Burlton township. _Thomas Price_, in 1797, bequeathed £50, the interest to be applied in a distribution of bread every Sunday; he also bequeathed the residue of his personal estate, after the payment of certain legacies, for the same purpose. To this legacy of £50 and £30 in augmentation thereof out of personal estate, and the sum of £10 given by Mrs. Menlove, as above-mentioned, £10 was added by the parish to make up £100, which sum was laid out on mortgage of three cottages in Wem, the deed bearing date the 1st August, 1820. The interest, £4, is distributed according to the donor’s intentions. The particulars of Richard Corbet’s charity will be found noticed with Wem. There is a farm of about 63 acres of land in this parish, the rent of which for a great number of years (certainly from 1690) has been considered as applicable to the repairs of the church, the relief of the poor, and such other purposes as the parishioners should direct, and has been so applied at their discretion. _Mary Griffiths_, in 1837, bequeathed £300 in the three per cent. consols, and directed the interest to be distributed in money or clothes for the benefit of the poor. POST OFFICE.—At Elizabeth Matthews. Letters arrive by foot post from Middle at 10 a.m., and are despatched at 3 p.m. Allen William, bricklayer and plasterer Astley Thomas, farmer and shopkeeper Austin John, shoemaker and shopkeeper Baddaley James, farmer, The Hall Barnes Mr. William Bickerley Margaret, farmer Booth Thomas, gentleman Brown Charles, farmer and gamekeeper Capp John, gentleman Cheetwood Samuel, farmer, Stump House Chorley James, schoolmaster and assistant overseer Danks Henry, farrier Dannelly Richard, farmer and vict., Fox Inn Davies Joseph, farmer Dickin Thomas, Esq., Loppington House Dovaston John, farmer and gardener Eaton Richard, wheelwright Eddowes Rev. John, curate Evans Henry, farmer and wheelwright Evans Richard, farmer Harper Hannah, farmer Harper Samuel, farmer Heatley Thomas, farmer Jones John, farmer, Hollywell Moor Kynaston Harriett, corn miller Kynaston Rebecca, vict., Dickin’s Arms Inn Matthews Thomas, farmer Price John, tailor, The Lodge Pugh Joseph, farmer Shingler Miss, gentlewoman Stanway William, farmer Thomas Harwood, solicitor Thomas Rev. William, M.A., The Vicarage Thomas William, surgeon Turner Ann, farmer Vaughan Edward Goldsborough Chambre, Esq., Wood Gate Watson Robert, farmer and shoemaker Williams Robert, gentleman Williams William, blacksmith and vict., Blacksmith’s Arms Wycherley George, gentleman Wycherley Robert, farmer BURLTON is a village and township, intersected by the Shrewsbury and Ellesmere and the Baschurch and Wem turnpike roads, two miles E. from Baschurch, and five miles S.W. from Wem. The township contains 1,324A. 0R. 14P. of land, and in 1841 had 35 houses and 172 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,604. The soil is various; in some parts a cold clay prevails, and in other places there is a loamy soil, with a mixture of gravel. The principal landowners are R. C. Vaughan, Esq., Thomas Woodfield, Samuel Lee, Robert Leeke, John Menlove, Esq., William Sparling, Esq., The Corporation of Shrewsbury, Thomas Dickin, Esq., Mr. John Platt, Mr. Nicholas Robinson, Mr. Peter Shingler, and Mr. Peter Shingler, jun.; besides whom there are several smaller proprietors. BURLTON GREEN is a plot of waste land, containing two acres, the herbage of which is claimed by the freeholders. There is also a considerable tract of woodland in this township. A court leet and baron is held yearly at the Coach and Horses, by the lord of the manor, Robert C. Vaughan, Esq. The jurisdiction of the court embraces the following townships, viz.:—Burlton, Balderton, Eyton, Fennymere, Frankton, Stanwardine-in-the Field, and Walford. About four-fifths of the township is tithe free; the residue has been commuted; the vicarial for £17. 12s., and the rectoral for £50. 19s., of which £28. 8s. are paid to Messrs. Shingler and Son, and £22. 11s. to Thomas Bulkeley Bulkeley Owen, Esq. The manor, tithes, and estate of Burlton were granted by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Shrewsbury, in the possession of which house it remained till the dissolution of monastic institutions in the time of Henry VIII. In the reign of Elizabeth we find it possessed by one Griffith. It then passed to the family of Lawley, of whom was Sir Edward Lawley, K.B., who, dying, left an only daughter, named Ursula. She married, first, Sir Robert Bertie, K.B., and secondly, George Penruddock, Esq., who thus became possessed of Burlton. This gentleman, taking an active part in the wars of King Charles and the Parliament, and being a zealous royalist, his manor, as did many others in the kingdom, changed its owner, and became the property of Captain Arthur Chambre, in whose family it has remained to the present time, and now belongs to his descendant, Robert Chambre Vaughan, Esq., who resides at BURLTON HALL, a very ancient mansion, embosomed in foliage. The greater part of the hall was built about the year 1420; having become much dilapidated, it was thoroughly repaired and beautified during the year 1837. It is handsomely furnished, contains some beautiful paintings, and curious cabinets of the most elaborate workmanship. Adams Edward, farmer Baker Joseph, blacksmith and shopkeeper Baker Robert, beerhouse keeper Beamont Thomas, farmer, The Coppice Brown James, farmer, The Grove Cheshire Thomas, blacksmith Dean George, fish-net maker Desert Joseph P., farm bailiff Dodsworth George, farmer, Wood farm Done William, shoemaker Fletcher Richard, shopkeeper Griffiths Thomas, police officer Moorehouse Henry Charles, tailor & draper, and victualler, Coach and Horses Inn Pearce Robert, farmer and maltster, The Wood Platt John, farmer, The Mill Pickstock Seth, gentleman Sadler James, farm manager Sadler Joseph, farm manager Sadler Thomas, farmer Shingler Peter, farmer, The Grange Vaughan Robert Chambre, Esq., The Hall Williams Joseph, farmer NONELEY, OR NUNNELEY, is a township in Loppington parish, having a scattered population, situated about a mile and a half south from the church. The township contains 931A. 0R. 29P. of land, and in 1841 had 19 houses and 107 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,018. 10s. The tithes have been commuted, and £37. 7s. apportioned to the Vicar of Loppington; £11. 16s. to the Vicar of Baschurch; and £97. 18s. to Peter Shingler, Esq., the impropriator. The principal landowners are Mrs. Margaret Noneley, Rev. John Evans, Thomas Dickin, Esq., Mr. George Clay, Mr. George Harris, Mr. William Groom, Rowland Hunt, Esq., Mr. John Brayne Gregory, Mr. Robert Betton, D. F. Atcherley, Esq., and Vernon Dolphin, Esq. DIRECTORY.—_Farmers_: John Davies Bentley; Robert Betton; Samuel Brayne; Thos. Brown; Thomas Harris, The Hall farm; John Higgins; Evan Jones, and maltster; William Jones; Mary Morgan, Ruewood; George Tunnah; John Vernon; George Wall; Thomas Weaver; and William and Richard Webb, The Shaws. Thomas Astley, boot and shoemaker. Arthur Austin, blacksmith. MIDDLE is a considerable parish, partly in the Ellesmere division of the hundred of Pimhill, and partly in the Albrighton division, the former comprehending within its bounds the townships of Balderton, Marton, Middle, and part of Sleap; and the latter the chapelry of Hadnal, which consists of the several townships of Alderton, Hadnal, Haston, Hardwick, Shotton, and Smethcott. The entire parish contains 6,902A. 3R. 27P. of land. Mostly a fertile soil, it presents a fine agricultural district, with an undulating surface, interspersed with woods and plantations, and every agreeable feature in landscape beauty. The woods and plantations cover 55A. 3R. 19P. of land. The parish includes the celebrated eminences of Pimhill and Harmour Hill, from whence a most delightful and varied prospect of the country is seen. In 1801 there was a population of 1,141 souls; in 1831, 1,205; and in 1841, 1,330 inhabitants. Rateable value, £4,943. The Duke of Cleveland and the trustees of the late Duke of Bridgewater are joint lords of the manor. The village of Middle is pleasantly situated on an acclivity of red sand-stone rock, on the line of the Shrewsbury, Chester, Ellesmere, and Holyhead turnpike roads. These roads are, however, now but little traversed, the railroads having diverted the greatest portion of the traffic. There are some good houses in the village, which has a straggling appearance; and in the immediate vicinity there are several respectable family residences. The township contains 2,179A. 2R. 15P. of land, the soil of which in some parts is a cold clay, in other parts it is more fertile. In 1841 there were 87 houses and 456 inhabitants. Rateable value, £2,240. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Viscount Alford, William Henry Bickerton, Esq., William Teece, Esq., Mr. John Chilton, Mr. Edward Birch, Edward Edwards, Esq., and J. A. Lloyd, Esq. MIDDLE CASTLE.—Of this ancient baronial fortress there are but few vestiges remaining. Lord John L’Estrange, in the time of Edward I., obtained licence to make a castle of his house at Middle, which lay less exposed to the incursions of the Welsh than his castles of Knockin and Ruyton. The castle was two stories high, with a flat roof, and some part of the walls were remaining about the year 1640. These were in a great measure destroyed by an earthquake in 1688. It was a quadrangular structure, with a square court inside, and was surrounded by a moat. The moat is yet very perfect, and filled with water; but the castle is completely demolished, except a tower and a few fragments of the walls. These existing vestiges were recently put in a state of repair, by order of the late Viscount Alford. On the east side of the castle, there was a piece of ground of about half an acre, surrounded by a moat. The entrance to this piece was by a gatehouse, which stood near the north-east corner of the castle moat, and near it was a drawbridge over the moat. In the 3rd of Edward III., John L’Estrange had a grant of free warren, the view of frankpledge and waif, in this manor. A settlement made by Richard L’Estrange may be found in the chancery rolls in the 18th of Henry VI. After the death of this family it descended to the Derby family, and William Dod was appointed constable or keeper; and after him Sir Roger Kynaston was, by commission, keeper of Middle and Knockin castles. Upon the decease of Sir Roger, his son Humphrey (who, from his dissolute and riotous mode of life, was called Wild Humphrey) was tenant here. On his being outlawed, he left Middle Castle, which he had suffered to become ruinous, and went and took up his abode in a cave, near Nesscliff, which to this day is called Kynaston’s cave. THE CHURCH, which is dedicated to St. Peter, was rebuilt about a century ago, with the exception of the tower, which was erected in the year 1634. It consists of two aisles and a chancel, and exhibits the debased style of English architecture. Two handsome windows were put into the chancel about a year ago, in the decorated style, at the expense of Mrs. Egerton, widow of the late rector, the Rev. Thomas Egerton, to whose memory the east one is dedicated. The windows are richly beautified with stained glass, by Wailes, of Newcastle. There are several neat memorials in the church to the Atcherleys, Bickertons, Kynastons, and others. It is neatly pewed with oak sittings, and the whole has a chaste and orderly appearance. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £12. 7s. 3½d., now returned at £1,003, in the patronage of the trustees of the late Viscount Alford, and enjoyed by the Rev. George Henry Egerton, M.A., who resides at the Rectory, a delightfully situated mansion, beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies. The rectory was rebuilt in 1747, by Dr. Egerton Leigh, the then rector. Subsequent additions have from time to time been made. The tithes have been commuted for £345. 19s. 6d. There is a PAROCHIAL AND INFANT SCHOOL in Middle, in which upwards of 100 children are educated. They are chiefly supported by the rector, by whom the infant school was established. The Middle Friendly and Benefit Society has 107 enrolled members, and a capital stock of £675. 15s. 11d.; besides which, there is the Middle Old Friendly Society, and a branch of the Oddfellows, which have a considerable number of members. CHARITIES.—_William Gough_, in 1669, devised his lands, subject to the payment of £5 per annum, on the 25th of December, to the minister and churchwardens of Middle, to be applied in putting forth poor children apprentices. _Richard Newton_ left a rent charge of 12s., issuing out of the Newton estate, to be given in bread to the poor on the second Sunday in the month. This gift, and the yearly sum of 25s., paid out of the poor’s-rate, are applied in the purchase of bread, and distributed every Sunday. This 25s. is supposed to be paid as the interest of some charity money applicable to this purpose, and carried to the account of the parish. The same sum has been paid from the year 1786. _Thomas Atcherley_, by will, 1680, devised a rent charge of 24s. per annum, payable out of certain lands in Baschurch parish, to be given to the poor of Middle on Easter Monday. There is a plot of land, consisting of about three-fourths of an acre, which is let for 30s. per annum, and the amount is distributed by the churchwardens every Easter Monday, with the sum of 16s. 6d., paid from the parish-rates, as the interest of money supposed to have been given for charitable uses, and carried to the account of the parish. There are ten other bequests, which are stated to be vested in the parish, amounting altogether to £70. If the £24 paid for the purchase of the above mentioned land be deducted from that sum, there will remain £46, which is supposed to have been taken to the account of the parish, and for which the two sums of £1. 5s. and 16s. 6d., paid as above stated, would be interest at 4½ per cent. The _Rev. Thomas Watkins_ left to the poor of this parish not receiving parochial relief, the sum of £20. _Richard Watkins_ left £30 for the like purpose. _John Mansell_ gave £10 to the poor. The three sums above mentioned amounting to £60, are secured on the Ellesmere House of Industry, by bond, bearing date 19th February, 1793. The interest is distributed among the most necessitous poor of the parish. The poor are entitled to partake of the benefit of _Dame Mary Hill’s_ charity, noticed with the chapelry of Hadnal. _Francis Henry Earl of Bridgewater_, by his will, bearing date August 29th, 1828, gave to the overseers and churchwardens of the parish of Middle £2,000, to be laid out by them in the public funds, and the dividends thereof to be expended by the rector for the time being for the benefit and relief of the poor of Middle, including Hadnal. The dividends amount to £65 per annum, which is chiefly appropriated by the present rector to a clothing club, the poor receiving the addition of the charity to their savings. POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. William Parry’s_. Letters arrive from Shrewsbury at 8.30 A.M., and are despatched at 5 P.M. Bate Abigail, farmer, Hollins Bickley Joseph, farmer Birch Thomas, farmer Brisbourne William, farmer Cheshire Jane, blacksmith and victualler, Blacksmiths’ Arms Chilton John, wheelwright Davies Thomas, farmer Done John, boot and shoemaker Eaton William, tailor Egerton Rev. George Henry, M.A., The Rectory Fardoe Samuel, boot and shoemaker Fox John, farmer Grice James, shopkeeper and boot and shoemaker Griffiths Mary, dressmaker Hignett Samuel, maltster Hodnett John, tailor Humphreys Sarah, farmer Jones Edward, grocer and provision dealer Majoribanks Sir John, Bart. Majoribanks Miss Mary Majoribanks William, Esq. Madeley Thomas, farmer Marsh Henry, farmer Nisbet Rev. John Majoribanks, curate Paddock Richard, farmer Parry Emma, infant school teacher Parry Sarah, girls’ school teacher Parry William, postmaster and victualler, Lord Alford’s Arms Parry William, parish clerk, registrar, and perpetual overseer Pritchard William, gentleman, Grove Place Rees John, farmer Rogers John, tailor, The Wood Sharrow Jesse, schoolmaster Wilkes Thomas, wheelwright William Richard, farmer BALDERTON is a small township in the parish of Middle, comprising 714A. 2R. 24P. of highly productive land, with an undulating surface, well wooded. It is situated a little to the north-east of Middle, and in 1841 had six houses and 26 inhabitants. Rateable value, £787. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. The principal freeholders are the Rev. Thomas Staniforth; John Arthur Lloyd, Esq.; Thomas Dickin, Esq.; William H. Bickerton, Esq.; the trustees of the late Lord Alford; Mrs. Price; and Peter Shingler, Esq. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have a neat stone chapel at Webscott lane. The tithes of Balderton are commuted for £124. 9s. The principal residents are Francis Lee, farmer; Rev. Thomas Staniforth, The Hall; and James Young, farm bailiff. MARTON is a township in the parish of Middle, one and a half mile north-east of Baschurch, which contains 921A. 0R. 16P. of land, and in 1841 had 28 houses and 134 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,023. The farm houses have here a respectable appearance, and the farms are of considerable extent. The Shrewsbury, Ruyton, Middle, and Loppington turnpike roads intersect the township. The principal landowners are the Duke of Cleveland; the trustees of the late Viscount Alford; David Francis Atcherley, Esq.; Miss Feaston; and Thomas E. Horseman, Esq. The tithes are commuted for £135. 12s. MARTON HALL is an ancient mansion, the residence and property of David F. Atcherley, Esq., whose ancestors were seated here at a very early period. The house is pleasantly situated, and stuccoed; it is surrounded by park-like enclosures, which are richly wooded, and there is a fine pool of water on the verge of the grounds, which covers a surface of 45A. 2R. 15R. There are three outlets from the pool, which are well stocked with fish. Atcherley David Francis, Esq., The Hall Boliver John, cooper Davies Edward, farmer, Martin lane Evans John, land agent Griffiths Geo., clock maker & general dealer Horseman J. F. Esq., The Wood Roberts Thomas, farmer, The Wood Shingler Thomas, farmer Wall George, farmer NEWTON-ON-THE-HILL is a scattered village, salubriously situated on an eminence, seven miles north from Shrewsbury. The township contains 669A. 3R. 2P. of land; and in 1841 there were 63 houses and 265 inhabitants. Rateable value, £893. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Viscount Alford; Richard Palin Bickerton, Esq.; William Henry Bickerton, Esq.; Mr. Richard Whitfield; Edward Edwards, Esq.; and Thomas Watkins, Esq. THE INDEPENDENTS have a neat stone chapel, built in 1833, at a cost of about £700. There is a residence for the minister attached to the chapel. The congregation is under the pastoral care of the Rev. George Rogers, who admits a limited number of youths into his residence as boarding scholars. There is a Sunday school in connection with this place of worship. A small cemetery adjoins the chapel. HARMER HILL is a delightful eminence, which commands a fine view of the rich agricultural district with which it is surrounded. The situation is highly salubrious, and the vicinity is beautified with several respectable residences. Near to this place is PIMHILL, distinguished as having given name to an important section of the county. It is clothed with thriving fir trees to its very summit, and is a conspicuous object for many miles round. _Those names with_ * _affixed reside at Harmer Hill_. * Barlow Thomas, farmer and vict., Bridgewater Arms Bickerton William Henry, Esq., The Hill House * Boliver John, wheelwright * Carr Robert, mason and quarry master * Carr Robert, gamekeeper * Cooke William, mason and quarry master Garmston Seth, farmer * Harris Jane, shopkeeper and vict., Red Castle * Harris Mrs. S., farmer Leech George, shopkeeper * Marsh John, butcher * Pearce John, medicine vendor (Ploughman’s drops) * Rogers Rev. George, Independent minister and boarding school proprietor * Walmsley Robert, farmer MONTFORD is a parish and pleasantly situated village on the banks of the river Severn, five miles N.W. from Shrewsbury. The parish of Montford contains the townships of Montford, Endson, and Forton, having conjointly 2,937 acres of land; and in 1801, 456 inhabitants; 1831, 566; and in 1841, 102 houses and a population of 490 souls. Rateable value, £3,519. 10s. There is a fine sheet of water in this parish, covering 47 acres. The river Severn is crossed by a noble and substantial stone bridge, and hence Montford is usually called Montford Bridge. The London and Holyhead turnpike road intersects the township, which contains 987A. 2R. of land. Rateable value, £1,308. 5s. The soil is a mixture of loam and sand, and highly fertile. At the census of 1841 Montford township is returned as containing 92 houses and 434 inhabitants; but there is no separate return made of the township of Forton, which contains 19 houses. THE CHURCH is a venerable fabric, consisting of nave and chancel, with a square tower, in which are three bells. The chancel and the body of the church were re-built in 1737. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £4. 18s. 6d.; now returned at £246; in the patronage of the Earl of Powis, and incumbency of the Rev. George Arthur Clive, M.A. The vicarage is a good residence of brick, about a quarter of a mile from the church. It was built in 1842, and being lofty, has an imposing appearance. There is a free school in the village, which is chiefly supported by voluntary subscriptions. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor and proprietor of the whole township. The houses on the south side of the river at Montford Bridge are partly in Bicton and partly in Montford. There is a branch post office at Mr. Jones’s, Swan Inn, Montford Bridge. Clive Rev. George Arthur, M.A., The Vicarage Austin Thomas H., farmer Bowen John, constable Davies Richard, basket and fish net maker Davies William, basket maker Dawson Thomas, farmer and vict., Powis Arms Edwards John, basket maker, assistant over-seer, registrar for the Montford district, and collector of rates for the townships of Montford, Shrawardine, Ensdon, and Forton Groom Ann, Post Office Jones William, vict., The Swan, Montford bridge Mansell Timothy, schoolmaster Mathews Stephen, farmer Matthews Thomas, farmer Randles John, blacksmith Thomas John, shopkeeper Till William, farmer Wilding Edward, farmer ENSDON, township in the parish of Montford, six miles W. by N. from Shrewsbury, contains 983 acres of land, and in 1841 had ten houses and 56 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,138. 10s. The soil is a mixture of clay and sand; the whole township is the property of the Earl of Powis. ENSDON HOUSE, the residence of Evan Bowen, Esq., is a handsome and pleasantly situated brick structure, in the Elizabethan style of architecture. The farm premises are conveniently arranged, and of considerable extent. A steam apparatus has been provided to prepare the food for cattle, and various other appliances for economising labour. Mr. Bowen farms more than a thousand acres of land. BEAM HOUSE farm, the residence of George Benjamin Cureton, is provided with extensive out premises, and the farm is of considerable extent. Bowen Evan, Esq., Ensdon House Bowker Samuel, farmer Cureton George Benjamin, farmer, Beam House Edwards John, farmer and farrier Gough Lucy, farmer Gouch Thomas, farmer Hughes William, blacksmith Minton Mrs., farmer Nunnerley John, shoemaker Till Thomas, farmer and gamekeeper FORTON, a township in Montford parish, with a scattered population, six miles N.W. from Shrewsbury, contains 966 acres of land, chiefly arable, the soil of which is a mixture of sandy loam and clay. Rateable value, £1,072. 15s. The Earl of Powis is the principal landowner and lord of the manor. Mrs. Middleton is also a proprietor. The tithes have been commuted, and £76 apportioned to the Earl of Powis, and £61 to the vicar of Montford. There are several large farms here, and the homesteads are provided with conveniently-arranged out-premises. There was no separate return made of this township at the census of 1841. Cadman John, farmer and builder Crane Edward, farmer Edwards John, wheelwright Jones Thomas, wheelwright Middleton Margaret, farmer Mansell John, farm bailiff to Mrs. Middleton Minton Samuel, farmer, Forton Hall Onions John, sawyer and joiner Price Thomas, maltster, The Heath PETTON is a small parish, six miles S.E. by S. from Ellesmere, and twelve miles N.N. by W. from Shrewsbury, comprising 822A. 1R. 16P. of land, and in 1841 had five houses and 39 inhabitants. Rateable value, £978. A century ago the Petton estate was held by John Chambre, Esq., who died in 1752, and left three daughters co-heiresses, Hannah, Rebecca, and Mary. Hannah married a Mr. Corbet, Rebecca died unmarried, and Mary married John Hill, Esq., of Prees, afterwards Sir John Hill, of Hawkstone, and grandfather to the present Viscount Hill. Mrs. Hill’s moiety of the estate was sold to her sister, Mrs. Corbet, by whom and her husband the whole estate was alienated, about the year 1794, to John Sparling, Esq., merchant, of Liverpool, father of the present proprietor, William Sparling, Esq., who resides at PETTON HALL, a handsome stuccoed mansion of considerable extent. It is approached by a lofty portico, supported by stone pillars, and in the front of the mansion are beautiful pleasure grounds and shrubberies, which open into a park of considerable extent, having a fine undulating surface, richly wooded with noble timber, and occasionally studded with thriving plantations. The kitchen gardens and vineries are extensive, and highly productive. THE CHURCH, situated near to the Hall, is a plain brick structure, consisting of nave and chancel. The interior has a chaste and neat appearance. The reading desk and pulpit were the gift of Mrs. Sparling; they are of dark oak and elaborately carved; the altar is also of oak, beautifully carved. There are neat tablets to the Chambre and Morris families, and a beautifully designed memorial to two members of the family of Sparling, who were cut off in their early years. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £3. 4s. 2d.; now returned at £142; in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and enjoyed by the Rev. George Cunliffe, M.A. The Rev. George Walker is the curate. DIRECTORY.—William Sparling, Esq., The Hall; Captain Charles Sparling, The Hall; William Sparling, jun., Esq., The Hall; Miss Sparling, The Hall; Thomas Davies, gardener; Thomas Drury, coachman; Richard Danneley, groom; Henry Smith, house steward. _Farmers_: Edward Johnson, The Grange Farm; Thomas Shingler Wakley. SHRAWARDINE, usually called SHRADEN, is a village and parish in the lower division of the hundred of Pimhill, bounded on the north by the river Severn, six miles N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 13 S.E. from Oswestry. In 1801 there were 186 inhabitants; 1831, 189; and in 1841 there were 34 houses and 196 souls. The parish contains 1,903 acres of land. The Earl of Powis is the landowner. Rateable value, £2,798. THE CHURCH is a plain Gothic structure, dedicated to St. Mary, which stands upon an elevated site, overlooking a fine undulating district, covered with fruitfulness, and richly clothed with timber. It contains a small but fine-toned organ, the gift of Earl Powis, and the Rev. Isaac Frowd, the rector of Shrawardine, in 1832. It is expected ere long that the unsightly tower, which is of wood, will be taken down, and one of stone, of a more ornamental character, added in its place. There are several neat tablets in the chancel to the Newlings, and others; and a brass memorial remembers Martha Botevyle. It also contains an antique old font. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £9. 12s. 6d.; now returned at £380; in the patronage of Earl Powis, and incumbency of the Rev. George Arthur dive, M.A.; curate, Rev. John Norgreave Baker. The following account of Shrawardine is copied from an old parish register book, now in the possession of the curate:—“In the time of our unnatural broil and unhappy wars that were between the king and his parliament, Shrawardine Castle was made a garrison for the king, September 28th, 1644. Sir William Vaughan, colonel, was made governor of it. This garrison was the head quarters of all his forces. Whilst this garrison continued the church and chancel were pulled down; the outbuildings of the castle, the parsonage house, with all edifices thereto belonging, and the greatest, fairest, and best part of the town were burnt, for the safety, as it was pretended, of the garrison. In this firing, the register book, with many books of the minister, were burned. Shrawardine chancel was thrown down on St. Matthias’ day, February 24th, 1644. The church was pulled down on Whit Sunday eve, June 8th, 1645. The town was burnt on Midsummer eve and Midsummer day, 1645. The garrison was cowardly surrendered up to the parliament forces under the command of Colonel Hunt, Colonel Lloyd, and Mr. Charlton, after five days’ siege; and within less than a fortnight after all the timber of the castle, and much goods that were in it, were all consumed with fire, upon a sudden report that Sir William Vaughan was coming to surprise it. Afterwards the stone work was pulled down, and carried to Shrewsbury for the repairing of the castle there, and the making of Rousal wall, standing on the Severn side. The church was re-built by a voluntary collection through the county, in the year 1649. In the meanwhile the parishioners assembled for the worship of God in the castle stables.” The chancel of the church was rebuilt in 1722. Oliver Cromwell, shortly after the castle was taken, ordered its destruction, at which period he dismantled and destroyed a great number of the ancient baronial fortresses. The castle stood near to the church; the remains of it consist of mere fragments of mortar and rough stones. It was anciently the seat of the Fitz Alans, and subsequently of the Bromleys. It is now the property of Earl Powis, who is also a considerable owner of land in this district. THE HALL FARM HOUSE is an ancient structure, occupied by Mr. James Crane. The farm premises have been newly erected, upon a commodious and conveniently arranged plan. SHRAWARDINE CASTLE is a modern building of red freestone, and being situated on elevated ground, commands a most delightful and picturesque view of the adjacent country. There is a fine sheet of water, covering several acres of land, in the vicinity of the castle. The castle farm contains 506 acres. The farm premises are of considerable extent, most admirably arranged, and furnished with all the modern appliances for agricultural purposes. Thomas Bowen, Esq., is now the occupant. _Joseph Jones_, by his will, bearing date 30th September, 1729, reciting that he had in his hands £30 belonging to the poor of Shrawardine, which was intrusted to him by the family of Bromley, of Holt Castle, to be put out to interest, and the amount yearly expended in coals for the poor. Mr. Jones, to secure the legacy, charged certain premises with the payment of 30s. per annum, and this amount is now paid out of an estate which was subsequently given by Mr. Jones to the poor of Atcham, subject to the above rent-charge. Asterley John Nightingale, farmer Baker Rev. John Norgreave Bowen Thomas, farmer, The Castle Bowen Even, farmer, Buckley Bryne Edward, wheelwright Crane James, farmer Edwards John, parish clerk Jones James, shopkeeper and shoemaker Onions Mary, farmer Plimley Henry, farmer Price John, blacksmith WELSH HAMPTON is a parish and village in the Ellesmere division of the Pimhill hundred, pleasantly situated three miles east from Ellesmere. This parish lies on the northern verge of the county, adjoining Flintshire, in Wales. At the census in 1801, there was a population of 373 souls, in 1831, 532; and in 1841 there were 118 inhabited houses, four uninhabited, and 569 inhabitants. The parish contains 2,970 acres of land, the soil of which is various; in some places it is highly fertile, and in other parts of an inferior quality. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Charles K. Mainwaring, Esq., Mr. Samuel Reeves, Mr. Richard Thomas, Mr. James Smith, Mr. Thomas James, Joshua Lewis Menlove, Esq., Mr. Thomas Grindley, Mr. Richard Evans, Mr. William Hewes, Mr. Thomas Williams, Mr. Thomas Baleman, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Thomas Speakman, Lord Kenyon, Mr. William Williams, Mr. William Cartwright, Mr. John Price, and Mr. William Stant; besides whom there are several other small proprietors. The living of the church is a perpetual curacy, valued in the king’s book at £6, now returned at £139; in the patronage of Charles K. Mainwaring, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. George S. Master. Lane Mary, schoolmistress, Hampton Wood Lawrence Mr. Thomas, Hampton House Master Rev. George Streyncham Speakman Thomas, assistant overseer Thomas John, parish clerk Warwick Emma, schoolmistress Windsor Mrs. Jane, Hampton Wood Blacksmith. Marth Clay, Hampton Wood Boot and Shoemakers. Dodd John Harris Edward Kynaston John Ralphs Matthew Sproston William Stant William Butcher. Morgan Thomas Carpenter and Joiner. Hatton Thomas Farmers. Bowen John Brigg John Bishop Cooper John Cook Mary Downward Peter Edge Joseph, The Roe Grindley Mary Harris John Holbrook John Hughes William Jones John Lewis Thomas Lewis William Oakley Edward Pay John Phillips Joseph Price John Speakman Thomas Stant William Williams Edward, The Fields Woodall Mary Grocers & Provision Dealers. Davies John Peate Edward Inns and Taverns. Red Lion, William Sproston Royal Oak, Wm. Williams Sun, Thomas Hatton Maltsters. Edge Joseph Jones John Stay Makers. Hughes Jane Lloyd Sarah Ann Tailors. Deakin Benjamin Trevor Thomas Wheelwrights. Jones John Lloyd William Speake Thomas THE NORTH BRADFORD HUNDRED. The hundred of North Bradford is bounded on the north by Cheshire, on the east by Staffordshire, on the west by the hundred of Pimhill and the Albrighton division, and on the south by the hundred of South Bradford. There is a considerable extent of land in this hundred which is highly fertile, and the cheese, which is extensively made, is said to be quite equal in quality to the celebrated Cheshire cheese in the adjoining county. The soils are various. The meadow lands in general produce a rich herbage, and the arable lands are seen covered with luxuriant crops of grain. The scenery is rich and beautiful, and in some places highly picturesque. The land in most parts is pleasingly diversified with gentle undulations, and in some places there are considerable inequalities of surface and bold swells, interspersed with rising plantations and woody scenery, which add to the beauty of the prospects. In this hundred is found superior clay for making bricks, marl for improving the land, and peat or turf for firing. The hundred is divided into the Drayton Division, Wem Division, and Whitchurch Division, and at the census of 1841 contained 5,428 inhabited houses, 204 uninhabited, and 26 houses building, with a population of 27,971 souls. _The Drayton Division_ contains the parishes and townships of Adderley, Bearstone, Betton, Betchley, Bolas Little, Cheswardine, Chipnall, Childs Ercall, Drayton Magna, Drayton Parva, Dorrington, Eaton, Goldstone, Gravenhanger, Hinstock, Hodnet (part of), Hawkstone, Hopton, Kenstone, Longslow, Losford, Longford, Marchamley, The Morrey, Moreton Say, Norton-in-Hales, Ollerton, Peplow, Sambrook (part of), Sowdley, Spoonley, Sutton, Styche and Woodlands, Stoke-upon-Tern, Woodseaves, Wollerton, Westanswick, and Woore. _The Wem Division_ contains the parishes and townships of Acton Reynold, Aston, Besford, Cotton, Edgbolton, Edstaston, Horton, Lacon, Lowe and Ditches, Moreton Corbet, Muckleton, Newtown, Northwood, Preston Brockhurst, Shawbury, Sleap (part of), Soulton, Tilley and Trench, Weston-under-Redcastle, Wem, Wolverley, Wytheford Magna, and Wytheford Parva. _The Whitchurch Division_ contains Alkington, Ash Magna, Ash Parva, Black Park, Broughall, Booley, Calverhall or Corra, Chinnell, Darliston, Dodington, Edgeley, Fauls, Harcourt, High Hatton, Hinton, Hollyhurst, Ightfield, Lee Brockhurst, Mickley, Millenheath, Moston, Prees, Tilstock, Sandford, Steel, Stanton-upon-Hine-Heath, Whitchurch, Whixall, Willaston, Woodhouses New, and Woodhouses Old. ADDERLEY is a parish and small rural village, four miles N.N.W. from Market Drayton, which contains 3,938A. 2R. 38P. of land, and comprehends the townships of Adderley, The Morrey, Spoonley, and part of Shavington. In 1801 there were 365 inhabitants in the parish; in 1831, 468; and in 1841, 64 houses and 404 inhabitants. The township of Adderley, in 1841, contained 48 houses and 297 inhabitants. Rateable value, £3,096. 10s. Though now an inconsiderable village, it was in early times of sufficient importance to become a market town. In the 9th of Edward II., Bartholomew Badlesmere had a charter for keeping a market on a Thursday, at his manor of Adderley, and a fair on the eve, and the day and the morrow after the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, with the privilege of free warren. The manor and estate were afterwards carried in marriage to William Lord Roos, who died in the Holy Land, without issue. Thomas Lord Roos died on his journey thither. John Lord Roos died on his journey to Jerusalem. His son, Thomas Lord Roos, for his fidelity to the Lancasterian interest, was attainted in the parliament 1st of Edward IV., and the manor was seized by the king. Richard Corbet, Esq., and the Earl of Kilmorey are the principal landowners. THE CHURCH is a neat structure, dedicated to St. Peter, and consists of nave, chancel, transept, and side chapel. The tower is dated 1732, and the body of the church was rebuilt in 1801. On the north side is the Kilmorey chapel and family vault, the windows of which are ornamented with armorial bearings in stained glass. There are several neat tablets in memory of this family, one of which contains the following inscription:— Sacred to the memories of Robert Viscount Kilmorey and Frances Viscountess Kilmorey, daughter of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart., of Combermere Abbey. Their conjugal felicity, during an union of twenty-seven years, knew no interruption, felt no decline. The blow which severed them on earth was mercifully healed by an early reunion in heaven; and their mortal remains were together consigned to the vault beneath, on the 7th day of December, A.D. M,DCCCXVIII. There is also a brass plate, with representations of one of the Earls of Kilmorey, his lady, and the figures of seven boys and two girls, in fine preservation, dated 1556; near to which is another brass plate, with the mutilated figure of a person in priestly vestments. The church-yard is ornamented with several fine yew trees, and the ancient font has been placed in the church-yard, and converted into a sun dial. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Cotton family, and incumbency of the Rev. William Cotton. The Rev. Leonard Slater is the officiating curate, and resides at the Rectory; a good residence, a little north from the church. ADDERLEY HALL, a handsome stuccoed mansion, with centre and wings, is approached by a noble portico, and is the seat and property of Richard Corbet, Esq. It is beautified with pleasure grounds and shrubberies, and stands in a well wooded park, ornamented with a fine sheet of water. CHARITIES.—_The Rev. Robert Adams_, in 1719, devised certain lands, in trust, for charitable uses, which then produced a yearly income of £13. 12s. per annum. The donor directed £8 to be paid by the rector, vicar, and churchwardens of Muccleston, Adderley, and Drayton, alternately, on the 25th of March every year, for the setting a poor boy or girl yearly apprentice; the yearly sum of 30s. to be paid for the instruction of children in Adderley; the same sum for the like purpose in Muccleston; and the sum of 52s. to be expended in bread, and distributed to the poor who should attend divine service in the parish of Adderley. The estate now produces a yearly income of £35. 12s.; and the whole of the clear rents, since 1815, have been applied to the charitable uses mentioned in the will. The same person also bequeathed £20, to be placed out at interest, and distributed among the poor of the parish of Adderley. There is no evidence to show how this legacy has been applied. _Thomas Reynolds_, in 1725, devised a messuage at Walkerton, near Wybunbury, in Cheshire, to apply one moiety of the rents and profits thereof, for the benefit of the poor of Adderley; and the other moiety among the poor of Dodcot-cum-Wilksley, in the parish of Audlem. The premises at Walkerton were subsequently sold for £1,050; and in 1814 the amount was placed in the hands of Sir Corbet Corbet, on the security of a messuage in Staffordshire-street, Market Drayton, and certain lands situated in Betton-lane, subject to redemption on the payment of £1,050, and lawful interest for the same. The yearly sum of £42 is now received from the trustees, under the will of Sir Corbet Corbet, by the churchwardens of Adderley, and one half is transmitted to the overseers of Dodcott-cum-Wilksley; and the other moiety is distributed among the poor of this parish, in sums varying from 5s. to 10s. _Thomas Viscount Kilmorey_, by will, 1766, charged his whole estate with the payment of £1 per month, to be laid out in bread, and distributed among the poor every first Sunday in the month, in the parish church of Adderley. _Thomas Clayton_, in 1760, left £100, and directed the interest to be expended in bread for the benefit of the poor. This money was invested in the purchase of £131. 7s. 3d. three per cent. consols, and the dividends, amounting to £3. 18s. 8d., are applied by the churchwardens in the purchase of bread, which is distributed every third Sunday in the month amongst seven poor widows. Corbet Richard, Esq., Adderley Hall Burgwin William, gardener, The Hall Burrows Hester Maria, boarding school Campell Archibald, farm bailiff, The Hall Duckers John, farmer, The Lees Groucott John, farmer Hudson Thomas Heath, farmer Kemp John, farmer, Pool farm Lee Robert, shoemaker and parish clerk Lowe John, shoemaker Malem Thomas, farmer Massey William, victualler, The Raven Inn Moore George, shopkeeper and blacksmith Moore John, farmer, Adderley Lodge Moore Thomas, farmer Pearce Richard, farmer Roberts John, lime burner; Ellis Wynne, agent Simons John, blacksmith Slater Rev. Leonard, B.A., The Rectory SPOONLEY, a small township two miles N. from Market Drayton, at the census of 1841 contained 12 houses and 82 inhabitants, the acres of which are included in the return of Adderley. Rateable value, £1,421. 1s. Richard Corbet, Esq., is owner of the whole township, and lord of the manor. The poor of this township participate in the benefit of the charities noticed with Adderley. The principal residents are John Hudson, farmer, Castle Hill; William Lewis, farmer; Thomas Mulliner, farmer; and Richard Swan, farmer. SHAVINGTON, OR THE MORREY, is a township four miles N.W. from Market Drayton, partly in this county and partly in that of Cheshire, situated on the northern verge of Shropshire. In 1841 there were three houses and 25 inhabitants returned as within the bounds of this county, and in the parish of Adderley. Rateable value £1,541. 9s.; the acres are given with the parish. The Earl of Kilmorey is owner of the land, and lord of the manor, and occasionally resides at SHAVINGTON HALL—a spacious and elegant mansion of brick, surrounded with a park richly wooded, and beautifully adorned with sylvan beauty, comprising upwards of fifteen hundred acres. The noble owner enlarged the park, and began to enclose the whole with a brick wall several years ago—upwards of five miles of the wall has already been built; the park is about seven miles in circumference. DIRECTORY.—The Earl of Kilmorey, Shavington Hall; John Gregory, Esq., steward, Shavington Hall; James Lunt, farmer, The Morrey; and Richard Vernon, farmer, The Morrey. CHESWARDINE is a parish and village delightfully situated near the N.E. verge of the county, four miles S.S.E. from Market Drayton. The parish comprehends the townships of Cheswardine, Chipnall, Goldstone, Sambrook, and Sowdley, and contains 5,723A. 3R. 4P. of la