History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]

Birkmire William, Waterloo terrace

Lewis John, East Castle st

Long Henry, High street, and dealer in british wines

Roberts Wm., St. John’s st

Southwell George, High st

Coopers.

Gwynn Charles, and wood turner, Cartway street

Gwynn Edwin John, St. Mary’s street

Jones William, Mill street

Yardley Daniel, Whitburne st

Corn Factors & Seed Merchants.

Bangham Benjamin, Oldbury Wells

Bangham Thos., Granary steps

Nock & Wilson, warehouse, Underhill street

Ridley Edward Wm., Mill st

Ridley Messrs. Samuel and Edward, Severn warehouse

Cow keepers.

Barker Edward, Newtown

Barker George, Whitburn st

Jones John, Northgate

Newall Richard, Underhill st

Perry William, Salop road

Preece William, Mill street

Southwell George, High st

Cutlery Dealers.

Baker Jas. (working), Listley street

Doharty Martin, Listley street

Williamson Thos., Waterloo Terrace

Curriers and Leather Cutters.

Clarke Messrs, Listley street

Lello William, High street

Lewis Francis, Underhill st

M’Michael Charles Edward, West Castle street

Summers John, Underhill st

Dyers.

Lowe Edward (wool), Bernard’s Hill

Rogers Mary (silk), North gate

Engravers.

Broadfield Thos. Underhill st

Gower Jas. (stone), Newtown

Fish-tackle Dealers and Net Makers.

Ball Thomas, High street

Broadbent John, Underhill st

Williamson Thos., Waterloo Terrace

Farmers.

Adams John, Friars’ road

Ball Thomas, High street

Bishop William, Mill street

Garbett Thos., Oldbury road

Newell Richard, Willow Tree House

Nock Thos., Cross lane head

Ridley Saml. & Miss, Low town

Wiar John, Oldbury lane Villa

Fellmongers, Skinners, and Wool Dealers.

Milner William, Robert, and Thomas, Pound street

Wheeler Jos. (executors of) Newtown

Fire and Life Office Agents.

Atlas—John Jacob Smith, solicitor, St. Leonard’s

Birmingham—Mrs. Macmichael & Son, High st

Crown—Richard Boycott, Waterloo Terrace

Horse and Cattle Insurance—Mrs. Macmichael & Son, High street

Legal and Commercial and British Guarantee Insurance—John Lacon Bennet, St. Mary’s street

Minerva—Clement Edkins, High street

Phœnix—Miss Partridge, Waterloo Terrace

Royal Exchange—Mr. Smith, Cantern Bank

Shropshire and North Wales—Clement Edkins, High street

Fishmonger & Dealer in Game.

Davies Edward (& fruiterer), High street

Flour Dealers.

Instone Thos., Whitburne st

Jones John, St. Mary street

Meredith Richard, High st

Norcop Henry, Listley street

Furniture Dealers and Paper Hangers.

Cartwright Richard, High st

Edwards John, High street

Jones Dodo Davies, High st

Norwood Samuel, High st

Perry & Phillips, Postern gt

Gardeners & Seedsmen.

Bromage Thos., Mill street

Maun John, Newtown Nursery

Smith Jas., West Castle st

Smith Thomas, Listley st

Thomason Thos., North gate

Woodhouse Wm., High st

Glass & China Dealers.

Brown Thomas, High street

Liner William, Bridge street

Meredith Sarah Broadfoot, High street

Glover.

Bower Wm., Underhill street

Grocers & Tea Dealers.

Callant George, High street

Callant Wm., St. Mary’s st

Coley William, Mill street

Cooke Richard, High street

Crockett George, High street

Fisher George, High street

Hall Thomas, Underhill st

Jeffries Henry, High street

Lewis Francis, Underhill st

Macmichael Elizabeth & Son, High street

Morris William, High street

Pearson Benjamin, Bridge st

Saloway Benjamin, Bridge st

Southwell Ellen, High street

Southwell Robert Baker, West Castle street

Yate Josh., Waterloo terrace Gun Maker

Williamson Thos., Waterloo terrace

Hair Dressers and Perfumers.

Botwood Beriah, Listley st

Botwood Benjamin, High st

Botwood Benjamin, Mill st

Brickley John, High street

Curtis Thomas, Bridge street

Evanson Edw., St. Mary’s st

Milner Thomas, Cartway st

Ellis Langslow, High street

Gething Thomas, High street

Whatmore Joseph Lloyd, High street

Wollatt John Thos., High st

Hop Merchants.

Deighton Thos., Castle terrace

Mapp Thomas, warehouse, Underhill street

Hosiers.

Edwards Matthew, High st

Whatmore Joseph Lloyd, High street

Hotels, Inns and Taverns.

Ball, James Lowe, East Castle street

Bandon Arms, Wm. Bishop, Mill street

Bear, Jno. Bishop, North gate

Bell, George Evans, High st

Bell and Talbot, Richard Evans, Salop road

Bird-in-Hand, Thomas Piper, West Castle street

Black Horse & Commercial Inn, John Maun, Bridge street, Low Town

Bricklayer’s Arms, Susan Piper, Listley street

Bull, Thomas Southwell, Bridge street

Bull’s Head, Elizabeth Matthews, Listley street

Castle Inn, Samuel Willcox, High street

Castle (Old), Richd. Pinner, West Castle street

Commercial, William Davies, Salop street

Cross Keys, John Reynolds, High street

Eagle, Francis Smith, St. Mary’s street

Falcon, Commercial & Posting house, William Preece, Mill street, Low Town

Fox, Elizabeth Rutter, St. John’s street

Friar, John Adams, Friars road

Golden Lion, Charles Austin, High street

Greyhound, Robert Milner, Listley street

Harp, John Price, High st

Hen & Chickens, John Hudson Munday, St. Mary’s street

King’s Head, and Railway Coach Office and Posting House, George Edwards, Whitburne street

Leopard, Joseph Mason, Salop road

Lion, James Cooper, West Castle street

New Inn, James Andrews, St. Mary’s street

New Inn, William Davies, Salop road

Pheasant, John Churns, High street

Plough, Mary Salt, St. John’s street

Prince of Wales, John Shipman, Friars road

Raven Hotel, Commercial Inn and Posting House, Thomas Whitefoot, Whitburne and Raven street

Red Lion, Henry Longmore, Underhill street

Rein Deer, Thos. Dallaway, North gate

Rose and Crown, Walter Phillips, Stoneway

Royal Oak, George Perry, High street

Royal Hotel and Crown Inn, Commercial and Posting House, Joseph Bateman, High street

Shakspere, Francis Foxall, East Castle street

Ship and Anchor, William Walford, Cartway street

Squirrel Inn & Commercial, Thomas Charles Burrows, Newtown

Star Inn and Commercial, Thomas Ross Southwell, Bridge street

Swan Inn, James Rennell Atcherley, High street

Tumbling Sailors, Thomas Reece, Underhill street

White Hart, John Martin, Cartway street

Woodman’s Inn, Ed. Elcock, Newtown

United Kingdom, Samuel Walters, Mill street

Vine Tavern, Thos. Maun, Mill street

Beerhouses.

Bennett James, Underhill st

Broadfield John Holloway, Underhill street

Brown Edmund, St. Mary’s st

Brown Wm., Underhill st

Brown Wm., Bernard’s hill

Collins Rd., Whitburne st

Evans Addison, Cartway st

Felton John, High street

Foxall James, Cartway st

Gower Thomas, Newtown

Hall Thos., Shiffnal road

Hayward Michael, Bernard’s hill

Jones Eliza Ann, Severn side

Jordan Edward, Underhill st

Lane Francis, St. John’s st

Lowe Edward, Bernard’s hill

Mason Joseph, Salop road

Page William, Newtown

Parker John, Whitburne st

Perry William, Salop road

Preece William, Cartway

Roberts Sarah, Listley st

Roberts Wm., Underhill st

Rutter Solomon, Listley st

Tench Edward, St. Mary’s st

Tipton Benj., St. John’s st

Wellings Elizabeth Hannah, West Castle street

Ironfounders.

Barker Hannah, Underhill st

Pope Alexander, Mill street

Pope William, Mill street

Irondealers.

Glase Jos. Minton, High st

Hill W. Whitehouse, High st

Lee Charles, High street

Pope Alexander and Son, Mill street

Glase Jos. Minton, High st

Hill William Whitehouse, High street

Lee Charles, High street

Joiners and Builders.

Andrew John, Newtown

Baker John, West Castle st

Gower Edward, High street

Hall Henry, St. John’s st

Holding Wm., East Castle st

Lewis John, West Castle st

Lewis Richard, High street

Moore John, for T. C. Whitmore, Esq.

Overton W., St. Mary’s steps

Page Wm., Yew Tree Cotge.

Penzer Ezer, St. Mary’s st

Perry & Phillips, Postern gt.

Pickard John, Whitburne st

Rea William, Listley street

Lacemen.

Edwards Matthew, High st

Nock Edwin, High street

Land and Estate Agents.

Hall, J. Claude, East Castle street

Parsons George, to Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esq., Whitburne street

Linen Drapers and Silk Mercers.

Bowen Henry, High street

Bromwich & Oakes, High st

Grierson James Brown, Waterloo terrace

Pidduck William, High st

Locksmiths.

Binnall John, Whitburne st

Hardy John, Underhill street

Hardy John, Bernards hill

Piper Thomas, Cartway st

Livery Stable Keepers.

Bateman Josh., Royal Hotel

Edwards Geo., Kings Arms

Machine Makers.

Gittons Richard, Salop road

Perry William, Spital street

Maltsters and Dealers in Hops.

Boucher Benj., St. Mary’s st

Bowen John, High street

Deighton Thos., Postern gt

Edkins Clement, High st

Jones Wm., Underhill street

Lewis John, Listley street

Lewis John, East Castle st

Mapp Thomas, Cartway st

Maun John, Bridge street

Morris Richard, High street

Newell John, Whitburne st

Oakes Francis, Underhill st

Oakes John, Underhill st

Price John, High street

Ridley Samuel and Edward, Mill street

Salt William, Bernard’s hill

Southwell Josiah, St. Mary’s street

Summers John, Underhill st

Weston Elias, Mill street

Whitefoot Thos., Whitburne street

Market Gardeners.

Maun John, Newtown Nursy.

Power Edward, St. Mary’s st

Woodhouse Wm., High st

Millers.

Crowther John, St. Mary’s st

Ridley Messrs. S. and E., Steam Mill

Milliners and Dress Makers.

Baker Mrs. West Castle st

Edwards Mary, Newtown

Haines Hannah, St. Mary’s st

Lawley Ann, Bridge street

Maddocks Mary, West Castle street

Nock Harriett, High street

Onians Edith, The Square

Ree Elizabeth, Listley street

Rushton Susannah, Underhill street

Whatmore Sarah Ann, High street

Nail Makers.

Dodd Joseph, Underhill st

Hill William, High street

Oil and Faint Dealer.

Lee Charles, High street

Painters, Plumbers, and Glaziers.

Brown and Crump, Whitburne street

Corser Thos., West Castle st

Hughes Wm., Bridge street

Hunter Thomas, High street

Lees Charles, West Gate Cottage

Nicholas Henry, North gate

Patent Medicine Dealers.

Edkins Mrs., High street

Leake Robert, High street

Partridge Charlotte, Waterloo Terrace

Rowley Wm. J., High street

Yate Joseph, Waterloo Ter.

Pawnbroker.

Edwards Mary, St. Leonard’s lane

Physician.

Strange William, High st

Porter Agents.

Jones Wm., (Stone), Stoneway

Lewis Ann, High street

Whitefoot Thomas, Raven st

Post Horses.  For Hire.

Boatman Joseph, High st

Edwards Geo., Whitburne st

Price John, High street

Southwell George, High st

Tench Edward, St. Mary’s st

Professors and Teachers.

Mercerot Wm., (dancing), Shiffnal road Villa

Sewell Wm., (music), St. Leonard’s lane

Williams Edward Vaughan, (astronomy), Bank st

Rope and Twine Makers.

Baker Joseph, Whitburne st

Roberts Thomas, Listley st

Saddlers and Harness Makers.

Clayton Charles, High st

Evans Henry, Listley street

Garbett Thos., Whitburne st

Giles John, Whitburne st

Jehu William, High street

Munday John Hudson, St. Mary’s street

Salt Dealers.
Fine and Agriculture.

Doughty Benjamin, Underhill street

Doughty Richard, Underhill street

Ridley Samuel and Edward, Riddleford Mills

Shopkeepers.
Dealers in provisions & sundries.

Armstrong George, Newtown

Bates & Pearce, St. Mary’s st

Case James, Newtown

Cheese Mary, Bridge street

Cox John, Listley street

Foxall James, Cartway st

Garbett Maria, Whitburne st

Giles Joseph, St. Mary’s st

Hall John, Cartway street

Jenkins Mary, Whitburne st

Jones John, North Gate

Lawley John, Bridge street

Lay Thomas, Friars lane

Lee Richard, Underhill st

Matthews Thos., Listley st

Owen Thomas, Ebenezer pl

Page Wm., Whitburne st

Page Elizth., Whitburne st

Pearce Jane, St. Mary’s st

Phillips Ann, Friars lane

Ravenscroft Wm., Spital st

Sanders Alexander, West Castle street

Scott Gabriel, St. John’s st

Stowers Henry, Library steps

Townsend Thos., North gt.

Wellings William, Mill st

Whittingham Danl., Underhill street

Winsley Thomas, Newtown

Spirit Vaults.

Downes John, High street

Jones William, Stoneway

Lewis Ann, High street

Stay Maker.

Sharp Mary, Whitburne st

Stone Masons and Slaters.

Collins Rd., Whitburne st

Nuttall Thos., Whitburne st

Gower Thomas, Newtown

Gower William, Newtown

Straw Bonnet Makers.

Ball Mary Ann, High st

Nock Harriet, High street

Rogers Mary, North Gate

Southwell Maria St. Mary’s st

Surgeons.

Martin & Burleigh, Mill st

Mathias Alfred, Mill street

Newall James Edward, West Castle street

Phillips John, Whitburne st

Smith Steadman, Listley st

Thursfield Wm., High st

Surveyors.

Brown John, (road), St. Mary’s street

Hall Claude, (land), East Castle street

Taylor Richard, (land), Vine Cottage

Tailors.

Marked * are Woollen Drapers.

* Bache John, East Castle st

Brown Richard, Whitburne

Dudley Richard, Listley st

* Gething Thomas, High st

Hall George, High street

Hall Thos., Underhill street

* Hughes Wm., St. Leonard’s Walk

Lyster Thos., West Castle st

Pinner Ezekiah, West Castle street

Pursall Jas., West Castle st

Roberts Thos., St. Mary’s st

Sharpe Charles Jas., Whitburne street

Swayne James, Cartway st

Swayne Wm., Whitburne st

Tench John, West Castle st

* Tonkiss Richd., Whitburne street

Walford Wm., Cartway st

Walton John, Whitburne st

* Williams David, High st

Tallow Chandler.

Morris Benj., Listley street

Tanners.

Clarke Messrs. Joseph and Brother, Listley street

Sing Joshua, Mill street

Tea and Coffee Dealers.

Long Henry, High street

Macmichael Chas. Edward, West Castle street

Southwell George, High st

Timber Merchants.

Elcock Thomas, Newtown

Lewis Richard, North gate

Oakes William, Underhill st

Penzer Ezer, Underhill st

Perry & Phillips, Postern gt

Richard John, Whitburne st

Tobacco Pipe Makers.

Phillips Danl., The Foundry

Southern Thomas, Pound st

Toy & Fancy Repository.

Evanson Ed., St. Mary’s st

Wilmott & Bickley, High st

Veterinary Surgeons.

Atcherley James Rennell, High street

Bradshaw Henry Ainsworth, Castle Terrace

Churns John, High street

Pope John, West Castle st

Watch and Clock Makers.

Addison John, High street

Glase Thomas, High street

Pearson James M., (gilder and dentist), St. Mary’s street

Wharfingers.

Doughty Rd., Underhill st

Doughty Wm., Underhill st

Jones Wm., Underhill st

Ridley Messrs. J. and E., Underhill street

Wheelwrights.

Gittons John, Salop street

Lay Thomas, Friars lane

Lloyd John, Salop street

Pearce Wm., West Castle st

Perry John, Bernard’s hill

Preece Benj., East Castle st

Price Benjamin, Newtown

Whitesmiths & Bell hangers.

Binnall John, Whitburne st

Downes Jane, Underhill st

Lewis John, West Castle st

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

Downes John, (vaults) High street

Lewis Ann, High street

Wood Turners.

Gwynn Charles, Cartway st

Langford Ed., North gate

Langford Henry Thomas, North gate

Worsted Spinners.

Law & Grierson, Spital works

Wool Staplers.

Grierson & Law, Spital works

Grierson Thos., Grove house

Southwell Messrs. Josiah, William, and Joseph, Pendleston Mills

Whitcombe Thomas, Underhill street

Woollen Drapers.

Ball Thomas, High street

Brown Henry, High street

Bromwich & Oakes, High st

Gething Sophia, High street

Grierson James Brown, Waterloo house

Pidduck William, High st

Wager James, High street

Coaches.

To Birmingham—Ryl. Htl., at 7-45 A.M., dly., Sun ex.

To Shrewsbury—Ryl. Htl., Mon. Wed. & Fdy., 2-30 P.M.

Omnibuses.

To Shiffnal—Twice a day from the King’s Head

To Wolverhampton—From the Leopard Inn on Monday, Wednes., & Friday

Carriers.

The market carriers leave the several inns on Saturday afternoon, except when specified

To Billingsly—A van from the Ball

To Stottesden—A van from the Ball

To Stourbridge—Eliza Gough, from the Bell

To Much Wenlock—Wm. Clayton, from the Bell

To London, Birmingham, &c.—Crowley and Co., from the Cross Keys every Monday, Tuesday, Wed. and Friday, and to Ironbridge and Broseley on Tuesday and Friday; T, Moseley, agent

To London, Birmingham, &c.—Pickford and Co., from the Cross Keys daily

To Crofton—John Beddoes, from the King’s Head

To Stoke & Ludlow—T. Colton, from the King’s Head

To Corve Dale—Edward Hopkins, from the King’s Head

To Church Stretton—J. Jones, from the Bell

To Kidderminster—Saml. Hill, from the Black Horse

To Ludlow Hall—From the Squirrel, Monday

To Ludlow & Kidderminster—Samuel Breakwell, from the New Inn

To Munslow—J. Edwards, from the Raven

To Stottesden—Edward Bytheway, from the Ball

To Wolverhampton—Rd. Beeston, from the Fox, on Tuesday, Thurs., & Sat.

BURWARTON

is a parish and village in the Cleobury division of the Stottesden hundred, on the turnpike road from Bridgnorth to Ludlow, nine miles south-west from the former, and ten miles north-east from the latter.  The parish contains 1,236 acres of land, and in 1801 there were 107 inhabitants; 1831, 112; and in 1841, 27 houses and a population of 151 souls.  Rateable value, £1,115. 11s. 6d.  The Hon. G. F. H. Russell is the principal landowner, and occasionally resides at Burwarton Hall, an elegant free stone mansion, in the Italian style of architecture, delightfully situated in a park richly clothed with sylvan beauty, and watered by several mountain streams.  There are some fine lakes of water, and to the north-west of the park is the majestic Brown Clee Hill, which adds much to the picturesque beauty of the scenery.  The pleasure grounds and shrubberies are laid out with a pleasing variety, and kept in the most admirable order.  The Church, a small structure dedicated to St. Lawrence, has recently been repaired and beautified by the Hamilton family; the east window is ornamented with stained glass, and cost upwards of £50, which was defrayed by Lady Hamilton, who also presented the communion table.  The pulpit and seats are of oak, elaborately carved, and there is accommodation for about ninety persons.  The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £4. 6s. 8d.; gross income, £140; patron, Rev. John Churton; incumbent, Rev. T. Theodosius.  The tithes have been commuted for £90.  The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel at Burwarton.  The Hamilton Russell Arms Hotel and posting house is a commodious inn, and the post office for a wide district.  Letters arrive from Bridgnorth at 11 30 A.M., and are despatched at 3 P.M.

CAINHAM

is an extensive parish and scattered village three miles south-east from Ludlow, comprising upwards of 3,040 acres of land.  At the census of 1801 there were 711 inhabitants; 1831, 1,005; 1841, 973.  Gross estimated rental, £3,730.  Rateable value, £3,333. 5s.  The principal landowners are Major Calcott, Hon. R. H. Clive, and Sir W. R. Broughton; the former is lord of the manor.  Cainham Court, an elegant mansion surrounded by plantations and shrubberies, was formerly the residence of the Calcott family; it is now unoccupied.  Not far from the above mansion is the site of an ancient castle, noticed by Leland, who observes, “Kainsham or Kensham Castle, clene down, stood within two miles of Ludloe, on a hill top.”  The place is now known by the name of Castle Fields, in which is a deep and wide entrenchment.  Tradition says that this was a depository of the military stores of Cromwell, during the siege of Ludlow Castle.  In the neighbourhood of Cainham apples are extensively grown for making cider.  The Church, a venerable structure, picturesquely situated, and dedicated to St. Mary, has a massive low tower containing three bells.  It consists of nave, chancel, and north transept, the latter having been recently added at a cost of £140, of which sum the Hereford Diocesan Society contributed £60.  The interior has a neat appearance.  The beautiful altar was added at the expense of the late vicar.  The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £4. 13s. 4d., in the patronage of Charles K. Mainwaring, Esq.: incumbent, Rev. Charles Adams.  There are upwards of 240 acres of glebe land.  The Methodists have a small chapel here.

The District of St. Paul’s Knowbury is partly in this parish and partly in that of Bitterley.  A considerable portion of the scattered district called Bennett’s End is in the former parish.  In 1839 a church was erected at a cost of £1,200, which is dedicated to St. Paul.  The structure is built in a simple style of architecture, and has a square tower.  The living is a perpetual curacy; and the patronage is vested in the Bishop of Hereford: incumbent, Rev. Burleigh James.  In connexion with the church, spacious schools have been erected, by the Hon. R. H. Clive, who also munificently supports the same: upwards of one hundred children are educated in them.  The Methodists and Primitive Methodists have small meeting houses.  The labouring population of this locality are chiefly employed in collieries and brick works.  The chief landowners are the Hon. R. H. Clive, Sir W. R. Broughton, and William Poyser, Esq.

CAINHAM DIRECTORY.

Adams Rev. Charles, vicar

Bozwood Thos., wheelwright

Corbett Thomas, shoemaker

Gould Mary, farmer

Grosvenor William, farmer

Harding William, blacksmith

Langston Captain, Poughnill

Medlicott Sarah, farmer, Pervin

Morris Benjamin, farmer

Small Edward, farmer

Small Elizabeth, farmer

Small William, farmer

Swift George, farmer, Camp farm

Ricketts Gregory, farmer

Turley Benjamin, miller

Turley Samuel, farmer, Poughnill

KNOWBURY DIRECTORY.

Bate Wm., vict., Golden cross

James Rev. Burleigh, incmbt.

Lewis James, agent to Hon. R. H. Clive, and Sir W. R. Broughton

Meyrick Thos., vict., Crown

Meyrick Wm., vict., the Oak

Poyser William, coal & lime master, and manufacturer of bricks, tiles, drainage pipes and earthenware

Price, B. J., schoolmaster

CHELMARSH

Post Office—At George Dudley’s.  Letters arrive at 9 A.M., and are despatched to Bridgnorth at 4.30 P.M.

Ball Thomas, woollen draper, tailor, & farmer

Barker Thomas, blacksmith

Bishop Francis, farmer, The Hall

Blathwayt Rev. Charles Welfitt, B.A., vicar, The Vicarage

Corfield William, farmer, Spadeley

Detton Richard, tailor, The Common

Detton William, tailor, Hempton’s Load

Dovey William, joiner and carpenter

Draper George, farmer, Hempton’s Load

Draper John, farmer, Sutton

Dudley George, postmaster and parish clerk

Evans John, beerhouse-keeper, The Common

Fellows Wm., blacksmith, Hempton’s Load

Gwyn Richard Hodges, Esq., Astbury Hall

Hughes Edward, farmer, Hempton’s Load

Jordin John, farmer

Jordin Thomas, shoemaker

Lewis Thomas, shoemaker, Hempton’s Load

Mapp Thos., maltster & hop merchant, Sutton

Mapp William, maltster and farmer, Sutton

Martin John, farmer and ferryman and vict., The Unicorn, Hempton’s Load

Page John, blacksmith

Page Thomas, corn miller

Perry John, beerhousekpr. & bricklayer, The Common

Powell Richard, wheelwright and carpenter

Radner William, beerhouse and shopkeeper, The Common

Scoffham Henry Francis, butcher and shopkeeper

Spare Mary, schoolmistress (national)

Weaver James, farmer, Hempton’s Load

Williams Richard, cooper, The Common

Wyer Richard, farmer, New House

Wylde John Fewtrell, Esq., The Uplands

Wylde Rev. Charles Edmund, The Uplands

CHETTON

The celebrated Wheatland hounds, belonging to John Baker, Esq., are kennelled in this parish.  The country over which they hunt embraces the Wrekin and surrounding district.  The hounds have been in the possession of the present proprietor for eight years, and were principally bred from the packs of Lord Yarborough, the Belvoir, the Shropshire, and Mr. Hellier’s.  There is a small colliery and also a brick manufactory in this parish.

The Church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a stone structure, with square tower, containing six bells, recast in 1829, at which time the tower was rebuilt.  The interior consists of nave, chancel, and gallery, on which is a small organ.  The church has a chaste appearance, and has been recently repaired at the joint expense of the parish and the late Venerable Archdeacon Vickers, formerly rector of Chetton.  The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £11, in the patronage of T. W. Wylde Browne, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Herbert.  The National School is a neat brick building, erected in 1820.  The average attendance of boys and girls is about forty.  Mrs. Ann Adams is schoolmistress.  Faintree, Favon-tree, or Fanonia-tree, is a township in Chetton parish, five miles S.W. of Bridgnorth.  The name signifies the western town.  The township is situated on elevated ground, facing the west, or Favonian wind, and hence its name.  This manorial estate was formerly the property of the Briggs family, from whom it was purchased by the ancient family of the Pardoes of Cleeton, in Bitterley parish, whose descendant, Thomas Pardoe, Esq., died, leaving an only child, Esther, with whom this manor passed in marriage to John Purton, Esq., of Eudon Burnall, in whose family it now continues, Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq., being its present proprietor, who resides at Faintree Hall, a neat brick residence, erected in the year 1802, upon the site of an ancient edifice.  Eudon Burnall and Eudon George are small townships situated about a mile from the church.

Charities.—Dorothy Holland, by will, dated 1723, bequeathed to the poor of this parish the sum of £20, in trust, to be placed out at interest, and distributed to twelve poor people of the parish in bread, on Easter days and Christmas days.

Richard Pardoe, by will, dated 1760, bequeathed the sum of £100, to be placed out at interest, which was to be divided into forty parts, one of which should be paid in bread every week to the poor and indigent persons of the parish, in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, November, and December, for ever.

Henry Aston, who died in 1736, bequeathed the sum of £20, the interest thereof to be applied in teaching the poorest children in the parish to read.

Thomas Pardoe, by will proved in 1802, gave the sum of £50, the interest thereof to be applied in the teaching of poor children to read whose parents were not rated either to the church or poor.

Sarah Pardoe also gave the sum of £50 in the year 1805, the interest to be disposed of in the same manner as the preceding charity.

Loughton is a chapelry and village in the parish of Chetton, nine miles north-east from Ludlow, which contains 851a. 3r. 14p. of land, the rateable value of which is £635. 1s.  At the census of 1801 there were 130 inhabitants; 1831, 112; and in 1841, 19 houses and a population of 113 souls.  The duke of Cleveland and Viscountess Boyne are the principal landowners.  The chapel is a small fabric of free stone of unpretending appearance, exhibiting the style of architecture prevalent in the sixteenth century.  The living is a curacy, subordinate to the rectory of Chetton.

Adams Ann, schoolmistress

Baker John, Esq., Walsbatch

Broom George, shoemaker, Eudon Gorge

Corfield Cornelius, farmer, Eudon Gorge

Corfield Thomas, farmer and cider shop, Tedstill

Dallewy John, Esq., Lower House

Davies James, farmer, Hollicott and Cockshutt

Edmonds Joseph, farmer, Down House

Farmer Thomas, farmer, Lower Faintree

Fletcher Benjamin, farmer, The Bush

Foxall Harry Smith, farmer, Lower Faintree

Gordon Alexander, farmer, Eudon Burnall

Gratton John, miller, Eudon Gorge

Griffin Geo., relieving officer

Hall Edward, jun., farmer, The Drales

Harley Edw., farmer, Eudon Gorge

Herbert Rev. Richard, rector, The Rectory

Hinsley John, farmer, Little Cockshutt

Jones Thomas, shopkeeper

Jones William, shoemaker and beerseller, Old Field