NEWPORT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Reading edition
Newport is a borough corporate, market-town and parish, in the Newport division of the hundred of Bradford South; 139 miles N.W. by W. from London, and 19 E.N.E. from Shrewsbury; situated near the line of the Roman Watling street, at the north-eastern border of the county, on a branch of the Liverpool and Birmingham Junction Canal. The Shropshire Union Railway passes through the upper end of the town, from Stafford to Shrewsbury; it is a branch held on lease by the London and North Western, and was opened for traffic in June, 1849. The town, which is seated in a delightful part of the country, sustained, in the year 1665, damage by fire to the amount of upwards of £30,000.—a very large sum at that period. Its appearance now is respectable, having many handsome dwellings, two proprietary banking establishments, a bank for savings, a spacious market-hall, and good inns; the principal is the ‘Royal Victoria Hotel’ (and posting house), in Saint Mary street, which as a commercial and family house can be classed amongst the first in Shropshire. The ‘Raven and Bell’ in the High street, is also a most respectable inn, affording excellent accommodation. The principal manufactories are one belonging to William Scott Underhill, agricultural implement manufacturer, in Saint Mary street, and another of the same to Jones & Aston, of Salters lane; there is also an extensive iron and brass foundry, and two manufactories for bend ware, and various turnery, hair sieves, &c. of the most approved description. A newspaper is published weekly, by H. P. & C. Sylvester, entitled ‘the Newport and North Shropshire Advertiser,’ and enjoys a large circulation.
The liberties and privileges of the town commenced by grants, as early as Henry I, and they have been confirmed by succeeding monarchs. The corporation comprises a high steward, deputy steward, two bailiffs and about twenty-five burgesses, who are entitled to certain property within the parish, the rents arising from which, are chiefly applied to defray the expense of keeping in repair a water-course and pipes, by which, from a spring about a mile distance, the inhabitants are supplied with water—this is conveyed into five large cisterns, placed in different parts of the town, four of which were erected and beautified under the direction of the corporation, at a considerable expense, and are rendered an ornament, as well as a convenience to the inhabitants. There is also derived from a large tract of land, a fund which is applied, amongst other purposes, to the repairs of the streets, lighting the town, and apprenticing poor children. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland is lord of the manor, and holds courts leet annually. Petty sessions, for the Newport division of the hundred, are held here by the magistrates, and the County Court, under the new acts, sits one a month in the town hall, for the recovery of debts to any amount not exceeding £50.
The parish Church of Saint Nicholas, formerly belonged to the abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in Shrewsbury, and was alienated by permission of Henry VI, to Thomas Draper and his heirs, by whom it was made collegiate for a warden and four lay chaplains. The church is principally in the ancient style of English architecture with a square tower, and was repaired and beautified in 1827, at a cost exceeding £3,000, and again in 1835; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Crown; the present incumbent is the Rev. William Sandford, A.M. There are places of worship for Independents, Roman Catholics, and Methodists—both Primitive and Wesleyan. The school here was founded, and amply endowed, in 1656, by William Adams, Esq. a native of Newport, who assigned certain lands for the support of a master and an usher, for the endowment of four exhibitions at any of the colleges in Oxford or Cambridge, for the erection and support of four almshouses for that number of that number of poor persons, for annually apprenticing three poor children, and for other purposes. This school also enjoys the benefit of four other exhibitions, founded by Mr. Careswell. The land belonging to this charity yields an annual income of nearly £1,000. There are the town’s almshouses for four poor females, founded and erected in 1446, by William Glover, of this town; a national school, originating from a free grammar school of very ancient foundation, and several other charities and funds vested in trustees. Newport under the new Poor Law, is the centre of an Union, comprising sixteen parishes; and a new and commodious workhouse has been erected. The town is indebted to the same gentleman who so munificently endowed the free school, for its market hall. The country around here is very fertile, the prospects beautiful, and enriched by many seats of note; and among other subjects worthy of observation in the neighbourhood, are the ruins of Saint John’s abbey at Lilleshall, about three miles hence. The market is held on Saturday; cattle and sheep fairs (or markets), every alternate Tuesday, and annual fairs on the first Tuesday after Candlemas, the Saturday before Palm-Sunday, May 28th, July 27th, Sept. 25th, and December 10th, principally for live stock. The parish contained, by the returns rendered in 1841, 2,497 inhabitants, and by those in 1851, 2,906.
POST OFFICE, High street, Maria J. Stillitoe, Post Mistress.—Letters from London, and all parts arrive at ten minutes before three in the morning, and three in the afternoon, and from Shrewsbury and Wellington at eleven in the morning, and twenty minutes before eleven at night, and are despatched to London, and all parts at ten in the morning, and twenty-five minutes past ten at night, and to Shrewsbury, and Wellington, at two in the afternoon, and half-past one in the morning.
A Mail Cart is despatched to Market Drayton, at three in the morning, and to Bridgnorth, and Shiffnal, at four in the morning.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
Adams Joseph Harrison, Esq. High st
Baddeley the Misses —, Chetwynd Aston
Barber Mrs. Sarah, High st, Wellington rd
Bill Mrs. —, Chetwynd Aston
Borough John Charles Barton, Esq. Chetwynd Hall
Boughey Robert, Esq. Park Farm
Boughey Sir Thomas F. F. Bart., Aqualate Hall, Staffordshire
Brookes Mr. Ambrose, Aston
Brown Right Rev. Dr. Salter’s Hall
Brown Mr. Charles B. Church Aston
Buckworth Rev. T. A. Norbury
Bunsen Rev. H. G. Lilleshall Old Hall
Burne Rev. T. H. Moreton
Burne T. H. Esq. Summer Hill
Burne Thomas Higgins, Esq. Loynton Hall
Charlton Rev. J. K. Rectory, Brockton
Clarke Rev. S. Sambroook
Cobb Mrs. Sarah, High st
Collier Mr. Thomas, Beech hill
Cooper Mrs. Mary Ann, Old Hall, Aston
Cotes John, Esq. Woodcote Hall
Crump Mr. Thos., Chetwynd Aston
Derrington Mr. Thomas, Chetwynd end
Ellershaw Thomas Phillips, High st
Emery Mrs. Ann, Summer hill House
Eyton Capt. William, Aston Hall
Heakin the Misses —, Edgmond
Heatley Miss —, Chetwynd
Higgins Mr. Robt. Chetwynd end
Hill the Honourable Maria Noel, Meertown
Hughes Mrs. Mary, High st
Humphreys Mrs. Elizbth. Stafford rd
Jellicorse Rev. W. Chetwynd end
Justice Mr. Henry, Hinstock Hall
Keeling Mrs. Sarah, High st
Kyffin Mr. Robert, High st
Leach Rev. W. B. Chetwynd Aston
Make Ralph, Esq. Longford Hall
Masefield Mr John, Chetwynd Aston
Morgan Miss Elizabeth, High st
Musselwhite Rev. T. R. Wellington rd
Norris Mrs. Martha, Chetwynd Aston
Oakes Miss —, Meeson Hall
O’Regan Rev. T. Donnington
Palin Mrs. Jemima, Chetwynd-end
Parr Rev. J. O. Hinstock
Pigot Rev. John Dryden, Rectory, Edgmond
Pigott Miss Charlotte, Chetwynd Aston
Rylands Mrs. Jane, Chetwynd Villa
Rylands Thomas, Esq. Banshee Hse
Sandford Rev. William, High st
Saxton Rev. Charles, D.D. High st
Scott Mr. Robert, High st
Sillitoe Mr. William, Chetwynd end
Smith Mrs. Ann, Aston Villa
Smith Mr. Edward, High st
Steevens Miss Mary Ann, Chetwynd end
Stoneley Mr. James, Chetwynd Aston
Sutherland His Grace the Duke of, Lilleshall Hall
Trovell Rev. Michael, Salter’s lane
Twemlow Rev. Francis C. Forton
Vickers Valentine, Esq. Ellerton Grange
Whately Rev. Thomas, Vicarage, Chetwynd
Wright Mrs. —, Chetwynd end
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS.
Not otherwise described are Day Schools
Atkinson & Cooke (ladies’ boarding and day), High st
Bradbury Helen Louisa (boarding and day), Upper Bar
Free Grammar School, High st—Rev. Charles Saxton, D.D. first master; John Benifold, second master; Richard Crowther, third master
Independent School, Wellington road—Elizabeth Johnson, mistress
Lees John, High st
National Schools:
Lilleshall—William Diggins, master; Eliza Arnold, mistress
Church Aston—Joseph Collier, master; Sophia Collier, mistrss
Workhouse lane—Martha Ball, mistress
Forton—G. F. Warman master; Martha Warman, mistress
Pritchard Mary Ann (boarding and day), Chetwynd end
Roman Catholic Charity School, Salters’s lace—Agnes Bailie, mistress
AGENTS.
(See also Fire, &c. Office Agents.)
Bott John (to Lilleshall Lime Works), Lilleshall
Bradbury Charles (ale, porter and cider), High st
Cheadle James (to the Lilleshall Coal and Lime Works), Pave lane
Holland John (general), St. Mary st
Jones Edward (to the Lilleshall Iron Bar Co), Donnington Wood
Marsh John (house), High st
Smith William (to His Grace the Duke of Sutherland), Lilleshall
ARCHITECTS.
See under the head Carpenters and Builders.
ATTORNEYS.
Marked thus * are Commissioners for taking acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women.
Baddeley Thomas B. High st
* Fisher Henry (and deputy steward of Newport), High st
* Heane Henry (and clerk to the commissioners of taxes), High st
Liddle William (and clerk to the magistrates and to the comity court), High st
Smallwood Brook Hector, High st
AUCTIONEERS.
Fieldhouse Thomas, High st
Holland John, St. Mary st
BAKERS & CONFECTIONERS.
Griffiths John, High st
Rogers Stephen, St. Mary st
Sargeant Peter, High st
Tomkinson John, Stafford road
Williams Henry, Upper Bar
BANKERS.
National Provincial Bank of England, High street (draws on the London Joint Stock Bank)—Alexander Fowler, manager
Shropshire Banking Company, High street,—(draws on the Union Bank of London), William Silvester, manager
Savings’ Bank, High st—(open every alternate Saturday from 10 till 1)—Charles Silvester, actuary
BLACKSMITHS.
Allman John, Chetwynd Aston
Cook Joseph, Salters lane
Dawes James, Stafford st
Littleton John, Edgmond
Rowley James, High st
Whitmore Thomas, Forton
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & PRINTERS.
Icke Thomas George, High st
Silvester Henry Price & Charles (binders, and publishers of the Newport Advertiser), High st
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
Allman John, Chetwynd Aston
Beeston John, Lower Bar
Blest David, Chetwynd Aston
Bolas Benjamin, Edgmond
Bolas William, St. Mary st
Griffiths William, High st
Holt William, Upper Bar
Marsh Thomas High st
Pigott David, Edgmond
Plant Stephen, St. Mary st
Stewart Robert, High st
BRAZIERS & TIN-PLATE WORKERS.
Davies Owen, High st
Underhill William Scott, High st
Watkin John, High st
BRICK MAKERS.
Cobb John, Chetwynd end
Pooler John, Adney
Silliter Thomas, Edgmond
Ward George Joseph (and tile merchant), Water lane
BRICKLAYERS.
Hurd Thomas, Water lane
Williams John, High st
BUTCHERS.
Barber Charles, High st
Bruckshaw Freeman, High st
Cornmell Benjamin, Marsh lane
Cornmell George, Marsh lane
Cornmell John, Stafford road
Cornmell William, Marsh lane
Doody George, High st
Gosnell John, Lower Bar
Harper John, Salters lane
Lockley James, High st
Morris Samuel, Stafford road
Rees Philip, jun. High st
Steventon Charles, High st
Steventon John, High st
Yeomans John, Vauxhall
CABINET MAKERS.
Cobb Samuel, High st
Jenkins William, St. Mary st
Sargeant Peter, High st
Slaney Ann Jane, St. Mary st
CARPENTERS & BUILDERS.
Marked thus * are also Architects.
* Cobb John, Chetwynd end
* Doody Joseph, Lower bar
* Treasure John, Aston villa
Whitmore Thomas, Forton
Whittingham Joseph, High st
Williams William, High st
CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS.
Brittain William, High st
Chalmers Henry, High st
Icke & Yates, High st
Jones & Aston, Lower bar
Oastler Eliza, High st
Watkin & Co. High st
CHINA, GLASS, &c. DEALERS.
Bradley James, High st
Griffiths John, High st
COOPERS.
Allen Charles, Church Aston
Allkins Lewis (and bendware turnery, & hair sieve manufactory), Mill Works
Boughey Thomas (and bendware turnery, and hair sieve manufacturer), Church Aston
Eccleshall John, High st
James John, St. Mary st
Tomkinson James, High st
FANCY REPOSITORIES.
Barlow James, High st
Veitch Susan, High st
FIRE &c. OFFICE AGENTS.
Birmingham, Richard G. Lowe, St. Mary street
Crown (life), Hy. Chalmers, High st
Farmers & Cottagers’ (cattle), Joseph Doody, High st
Law (life), Henry Heane, High st
Norwich Union, Thomas George Icke, High st
Palladium (life) & Phœnix (fire), Alexander Fowler, High st
Professional (life), Henry Chalmers, High st
Royal Farmers’, Joseph Doody, Lower bar
Salop (fire), Henry Chalmers, High st
Shropshire & North Wales (fire) Thomas Fieldhouse, High st
Sun, John Holland, St. Mary’s st
FISHMONGERS.
Rowring Thomas, St. Mary st
Thompson John (& dealer in game), High street
GROCERS & TEA DEALERS.
(See also Shopkeepers, &c.)
Brittain William, High st
Doody James, High st
Fieldhouse William, High st
Foxall Henry, High st
Howls & Co. Lilleshall
Huxley John, High st
Icke & Yates, High st
Jones & Aston, Lower bar
Lockley James, High st
Norton George, Lower bar
Slaney William, High st
Wild William, St. Mary st
HAIR DRESSERS.
Adderley Charles, High st
Harvey Robert, High st
HATTERS.
Edwards David, High st
Keeling John, High st
Warner John, High st
HOP MERCHANTS.
Brittain William, High st
Doody James, High st
Hall Joseph, St. Mary st
Icke & Yates, High st
Jones & Aston, Lower bar
HORSES & GIGS, OWNERS OF FOR HIRE.
Allen Harry (and hearse and job coaches), St. Mary st
Franklin John Robt. Chetwynd end
Sherry Richard, High st
HOSIERS.
Icke R. & S. High st
Lowe Elizabeth, St. Mary st
Lowe Richard Gooldin, High st
Thomas Alexander, High st
Warner John, High st
INNS—COMMERCIAL.
(See also Taverns & Public Houses)
Raven & Bell, Fanny Ward, High st
Royal Victoria (and family and posting house), Harry Allen, St. Mary st
IRON MASTERS.
Lilleshall Co., Donington Wood
IRONMONGERS & IRON MERCHANTS.
Brittain William, High st
Jones & Aston (and hurdle manufacturers), Lower bar
Underhill William Scott (and agricultural implement maker), High street
Watkin John, High st
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
Edwards David, High st
Icke R. & S. High st
Warner John, High st
Wiggin William, High st
MALTSTERS.
Bailey Robert, Forton
Barber Charles, High st
Barlow George, High st
Derrington Thomas, Chetwynd end
Doody George, High st
Fieldhouse John, Forton
Fieldhouse Thomas, High st
Lockley James, High st
Meddings John, Chatwell
Parton Benjamin, High st
Sherry Thomas, High st
Stokes William, High st
Talbot John, Forton
Ward Fanny, High st
Ward George, High st
Yeomans John, Longford
MILLERS.
Brittain Thomas, Chetwynd end
Lockley James, High st
Paddock William John & George, Caynton
MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS.
Armstrong Elizabeth, High st
Barber Sarah & Emma, High st
Belcher Sarah, High st
Bruckshaw Elizabeth, High st
Crowther Mary, High st
Gater Mary Ann, High st
Hutchinson Mary Ann, High st
Lee Alicia Harper, High st
Leech Ann & Betsy, High st
Plant Ellen, St. Mary st
Tomkinson Emma, High st
Smith Sarah Ann, High st
Sturges Sarah, High st
Veitch Susan, High st
Ward Martha & Elizabeth, High st
MILLWRIGHT & ENGINEER.
Massey William (and iron and brass founder), Lower bar
NAIL MAKERS.
Jones & Aston, Lower bar
Underhill William Scott, High st
NEWSPAPER.
Newport Advertiser (published weekly)—Henry Price & Charles Silvester, publishers
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS.
Brown Walter, High st
Griffiths Job, St. Mary st
Howle Henry, High st
Sturgess George, High st
SADDLERS.
Dodd George, High st
Eardley Thomas, High st
Fishwick William, High st
Plant Thomas, Chetwynd end
Rees John, High st
SEED MERCHANTS.
Brittain William, High st
Clarke Mary Ann, St. Mary st
Felton John, St. Mary st
Icke & Yates (& guauo), High st
Morris Thomas, Chetwynd end
Wagg James, Upper bar
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES.
Appleby Martha, High st
Bott John, Donnington wood
Dawes James, Stafford st
Icke Susanna, Edgmond
James John, Edgmond
Jones Martha, Stafford st
Littleton Mary, Edgmond
Mancell Margaret, High st
Prentice Thomas, Stafford st
Steventon Jane, High st
Sturgess George, High st
Swallow Isabella, Water lane
Tomkinson Charlotte, High st
Tomkinson John, Water lane
West Samuel, Chetwynd end
Weston & Co. High st
Williams Jobs, High st
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
Crowther Mary, High st
Edwards David, High st
Lowe Emma, High st
Sturgess Sarah, High st
Warner John, High st
SURGEONS.
Baddeley William Edward, High st
Godby Augustus H. High st
Lindop William, St. Mary st
SURVEYORS & LAND AGENTS.
Doody Joseph (building), Lower bar
Doody Thomas, High st
Treasure John (and civil engineer), Aston villa
TAILORS.
Marked thus * are also Drapers.
* Bradbury Charles, High st
Bratton Thomas, High st
Breeze John, St. Mary st
Doody Charles. High st
* Gater Charles, High st
Gater William, St. Mary st
Hodson James, Stafford road
Jervis William, Upper bar
Johnson Moses, Lower bar
* Keeling James, Stafford road
Latham John, Edgmond
Morris William, Chetwynd end
* Pidgeon Thomas, High st
Tidesley John, Forton
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
Brittain William, High st
Fieldhouse William, High st
Wilde William, St. Mary st
TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Barleymow, George Ward, High st
Bell, William Lockley, High st
Bridge, Thos. Plant, Chetwynd end
Bull’s Head, Geo. Blagg, St. Mary st
Feathers, George Barlow, High st
Fox & Duck, Walter Mancell, Pave lane
Fox & Grapes, William Fox, Saint Mary st
George & Dragon, Joseph Parsons, St. Mary st
Horse & Jockey, Joseph Waldron, St. Mary st
Horse & Jockey, Katherine Mancell, Pave lane
King’s Arms, Jas. Lockley, High st
King’s Head, John Robert Franklin, Chetwynd end
Last Inn, Robert Steveson, Church Aston
Lion, John Harper, Edgmond
New Inn, John Price, Stafford road
Old Crow, Benjamin Parton, High st
Old Lamb, Thos. Wiggin, Edgmond
Old Plough, John Talbot, Forton
Pheasant, Richard Sherry, High st
Plough, John Dawson, High st
Red House, Emma Edwards, Lilles hall
Shakspere, Elizabeth Stokes, High st
Star, William Bassage, High st
Swan, James Fieldhouse, Forton
Swan, George Lamonby, High st
Sunderland Arms, George Pearce, Muxton
Unicorn, William Walker, High st
Wharf Tavern, Elizabeth Ward, Water lane
White Horse, John Wakefield, St. Mary st
RETAILERS OF BEER.
Birks Thomas, Chetwynd Aston
Cornmell Benjamin, Water lane
Edwards Joseph, High st
Glover Alfred, St. Mary st
Harper John, Lower bar
O‘Shaughansey Manus, High st
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
Allkins Lewis, Mill Works
Boughey Thomas, Church Aston
Cobb John, Chetwynd end
Ward George Joseph, Upper bar
Whitmore Thomas, Forton
TURNERS IN WOOD.
Allen Charles, Church Aston
Allkins Lewis (turners of bendware), Mill Works
Boughey Thomas, Church Aston
WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS.
Norris William, High st
Northwood James, High st
Whiston Joseph, High st
Whiston Thomas, High st
WHEELWRIGHTS.
Goodwin George, Chetwynd Aston
Miles Joseph, Chetwynd end
Shaw John, Water lane
Whitmore Thomas, Forton
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Allen Harry, High st
Bradbury Charles, High st
Walker William, High st
Ward Fanny, High st
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bradbury Chas. soda water manufr. High st
Chettter John, rope mater, Upper Bar
Dawson John, basket maker, High st
Ford & Thompson, woolstaplrs, Stafford rd
Matthews Charles, veterinary surgeon, Chetwynd end
Rogers Eliz. tanner, Water lane
Sergeant Wm. carrier and leather cutter, High st
Tipping Richard, gun maker, Upper Bar
Trubshaw William, stone mason, Forton
Woods William B. accountant, High st
PLACES OF WORSHIP AND THEIR MINISTERS.
St. Nicholas’ Church, High street—Rev. William Sandford, incumbent
St. Andrew’s Church, Church Aston—Rev. John Dryden Pigott, incumbent; Rev. T. R. Musselwhite, curate
St. Michael’s Church, Lilleshall—Rev. Henry H. Bunsen, rector
St. Peter’s Church, Edgmond—Rev. John Dryden Pigott, Incumbent; Rev. John Jeffrey Lambert, curate
All Saints’ Church, Forton—Rev. Francis C. Twemlow, rector
Chetwynd Rectory Church, Chetwynd—Rev. Thomas Whateley, rector; Rev. W. Jellicorse, curate
Independent Chapel, Wellington road
Methodist (Wesleyan) Chapel, High st
Methodist (Primitive) Chapels, Stafford road and Edgmond
Roman Catholic Chapel, Salters lane Rev. Michael Trovell, priest
POOR LAW UNION, Workhouse, Workhouse-lane.
Master—Samuel Binnell
Matron—Emma Welling
Clerk to the Board of Guardians—Henry Heane
Relieving Officer—Benjamin Rees
REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES.
Superintendent—Henry Heane
Registrar of Marriages—John Stokes
Registrar of Births & Deaths—Benj. Rees
COUNTY COURT OFFICE AT THE TOWN HALL.
Judge—Uvedale Corbett, Esq.
High Bailiff—George Hill Townsend
Clerk—William Liddle
Assistant Clerk—F. T. Adams
Dispensary, High st—Henry Chalmers; dispenser
Gas Works, the Marsh—John Stokes, manager
Inland Revenue Office, High st—William Gott, supervisor
Mechanics’ Institution, High street—William Fieldhouse, secretary
Police Office, Stafford road—William Harris, keeper
Religious Tract Society’s Depository, High st—Charles Silvester agent
Stamp Office, Post Office, High st—Maria J. Sillitoe, distributer
Town Hall, High street
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND SHROPSHIRE UNION LINES.
An Omnibus, from the Royal Victoria Hotel, awaits the arrival and departure of each train
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To LONDON, BIRMINGHAM & WOLVERHAMPTON, and forward to all parts of England, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Compy. from their wharf, daily—Pickford & Co. agents
To MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, CHESTER AND MONTGOMERYSHIRE, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Co. from their wharf, Water lane, three times a week
To THE POTTERIES, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Co. three times a week—Pickford & Co. agents
To SHREWSBURY, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Co. three times & week