THE OSWESTRY HUNDRED. (continued 2)

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:—