History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]

Salt Merchants.

Henshall and Co., Castle Foregate

Rogers William, Frankwell

Tilston and Co., Canal wharf

Shopkeepers.

Dealers in Provisions, Sundries, and Groceries.

Allen Sarah, Coton hill

Arthur Richard, Princess st

Badger Samuel, Coleham

Bates Ann, Castle Foregate

Blower Thomas Joseph, Coleham

Bromley Elizth., Frankwell

Brown John, Castle Foregt

Cooper George, Abbey Foregate

Corbet Walton, Frankwell

Davies Edward, Bellevue

Davies Edward, Coleham

Davies John, Wyle cop

Dyas Edward, Castle street

Dyas Jane, Frankwell

Evans Ann, Abbey Foregate

Evans Joseph, Frankwell

Evans Thomas, Longden, Coleham

Fallowes Richard, Frankwell

Fenna John, Castle gates

Ferrett Elizabeth, Frankwell

Fletcher Francis, Claremont street

Ford Joseph, Barker street

Giles Jane, St. Alkmund’s pl

Griffiths Hugh, St. Austin st

Griffiths Thomas, Castle st

Groves Joseph, Castle gates

Harris John Kent, Hill’s lane

Hassall John, St. Michael’s street

Healing William, Frankwell

Hewlett George, St. Michael’s street

Hitchcock Richard, Mardol

Holmes Joshua, Chester st

Hughes Henry, Coleham

Humphries William, Claremont street

Humphreson Thomas, St Michael’s street

James John, Abbey Foregate

Jones Evan, St. Michael’s st

Jones Evan, Coleham

Jones John, Castle Foregate

Jones Margaret, Castle gates

Jones Richard, Chester street

Jones William, Mardol

Joseph Thomas, Longden, Coleham

Kirkham John, Castle Foregt

Leach Thomas, Castle Foregt

Molineux Jane, Wyle cop

Morgan Evan, St. Michael’s street

Morgan Morgan, Frankwell

Morris Ann, Bridge street

Oliver John, Longden, Coleham

Parry David, Abbey Foregt

Parry David, Frankwell

Perrott John, Claremont st

Phayre John, Mardol

Price George, Frankwell

Price Sarah, Coton hill

Price Thomas, Abbey Foregate

Rees John, Coleham

Richards Thomas, Abbey Foregate

Roberts Edward, Chester st

Roberts Henry, Abbey Foregt

Rogers William, Castle st

Salter & Rogers, St. Mary’s st

Shorland John, Longden, Coleham

Speake John, Coleham

Swain Richard, Mardol

Tanswell John, (flour), Shoplatch

Taylor Robert, Spring Gardens

Taylor Richard, Old heath

Thomas Ann, Longden, Coleham

Thomas Edward, The mount

Tisdale Elizabeth, Frankwell

Vaughan Hannah, Shoplatch

Watkins John H., Coton hill

Wilkes James, Castle fields

Williams Frederick Edward, Barker street

Worrall Mary, Frankwell

Skinners & Fellmongers.

Beddoes John, Frankwell

Hales Richard, Chester st

Soda Water Manufacturers.

Blunt Thomas and Henry, Wyle cop

Edwards Richard, Mardol

Louch Charles, Claremont st

Slate and Tile Merchants.

Chune George and Joseph, Chester street

Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars

Tilstone and Co., Canal wharf

Silversmiths, Jewellers, and Cutlers.

Baker William, Corn market

Bowdler & Barnett, Market st

Moore William, (working), Mardol

Sharp Alexander (working), Milk street

Stained Glass Manufacturer.

Evans David, Wyle cop

Stay Makers.

Driver Ann, St. Alkmund’s place

Ellis Mary, Coleham

Fenn James, Castle street

Fenton Elizabeth, Benbow place

Gordon Elizabeth, Coleham

Smith Thomas, Castle street

Stone and Marble Masons.

Birch John, Coleham

Carline John, Abbey Foregt

Cross James, Raven road

Dodson Rd., Abbey Foregate

Eccleston Thos., Frankwell

Groves Thomas and John, St. Austin’s priory

Jones Arthur, Abbey Foregt

Straw Bonnet Makers.

Barnaby Isabel, Market sq

Blount Mary, Princess st

Davies Ellen, Frankwell

Ehn and Co., 38, High st

Elias Hannah, Barker st

Forrester Elizabeth, Claremont street

Gwynn Mary Ann, Pride hill

Hickman Mary, Wyle cop

Hughes Maria, Peacock pas

Jones Misses, Pride hill

Muckleston Maria, Bellevue

Rushton Julia, Dogpole

Steadman Mary, Castle gates

Weatherby Harriet, Frankwell

Surgeons.

Arrowsmith and Stephens, College hill

Bratton James, Claremont st

Burd and Fenton, Belmont

Clarke Charles Thomas Hughes, Castle street

Clement William Jones, Council house

Crawford David, St. John’s hill

Dickin John, St. John’s hill

Fenton Henry, High street

Foulkes Edwin, Castle st

Gill George Philip, Milk st

Glover Samuel, Coton hill

Griffiths William, Claremont hill

Heathcote John Nigel, Council house court

Humphreys John Robert, Infirmary

Keate Henry, Claremont hill

O’Hara Henry Lewis, Dogpole

Onions William, Broom villa

Pidduck Thomas, Pride hill

Walmsley John, Abbey ter

Whitwell Francis, St. Mary’s street

Williams Edward, Mardol

Wood Samuel, The abbey

Surgeon Dentists.

Jones Henry Nicholls, Mardol head

Jones Horatio, St. John’s hill

Surveyors.

Burd & Son, Hatton house, Abbey Foregate

Chune George and Joseph (timber), Chester street

Groves Thomas and John, St. Austin’s priory

Haycock Edward, (county), St. Austin’s priory

Preece William Goodwin, Corn market

Tisdale Thos., Mardol head

Tailors.

See also Tailors and Woollen Drapers.

Allart George, Frankwell

Armstrong John, Coleham

Barton Thomas, Bellevue

Blair Wm. H., Welsh bridge

Blount Walter, Princess st

Breeze Edward, Frankwell

Chester George, Shoplatch

Davies Rd., St. John’s hill

Evans James, Market street

Evans John, Gullett passage

Geary Henry, Swan hill

Green Robert, St. John’s hill

Haynes John, Wyle cop

Hewlett George, St. Michael’s street

Hodges Thomas Cross hill

James Benjamin, Hill’s lane

Jones Andrew, Meol road

Jones David, St. Mary’s st

Jones Joseph, Frankwell

Jones Thomas, Frankwell

Keeling Henry, Barker st

Lloyd John, Abbey Foregate

Lloyd Thomas, New street

Manning John, St. Mary’s pl

Manning Josiah, Castle street

Morgan William and Son, Princess street

Morris Richard, The mount

Peplow William, Wyle cop

Phillips Edward, St. Alkmund’s place

Prune John, Frankwell

Pugh John, Frankwell

Roberts Edward, Abbey Foregate

Rowland William, Roushill

Thatcher Abraham, Frankwell

Watkins Mathew, Claremont street

Williams John, Marine ter

Williams John, Castle Foregt

Wilson John, Abbey Foregt

Tailors and Woollen Drapers.

Alcock Thomas and Sons, Claremont street

Armstrong William, High st

Breeze Richard, High street

Clayton George, Claremont hill

Heath John, Pride hill

Howell Henry, 42, High st

Humphreys John, Shoplatch

Jones David, St. Mary’s st

Jones Thomas, Mardol head

Owen John Ingram, Mardol head

Phillips James, High street

Roberts Edward, Butcher’s row

Saxelby Charles, and agent to Syrian paletot, Castle st

Wilkes Richard, Wyle cop

Williams John, Dogpole

Woodall John, Mardol head

Tallow Chandlers.

Asterley Samuel, Frankwell

Bromley John, Wyle cop

Jones Maurice, Mardol

Meredith Lewis & Co., Wyle cop

Tanners.

Brayne John Gregory, The priory

Sheppard Joseph, St. Austin street

Done Robert & Co., Mardol head

White Sarah Ann, Wyle Cop

Tea Dealers and Drapers [Travelling].

Andrew James, Wyle Cop

Andrew John, Wyle Cop

Andrew Robert, Coleham

Andrew William, Wyle Cop

Fraser John, Coleham

Gordon Thomas, Coleham

Hanney Thomas, St. Alkmund’s place

Lawson Stewart, Abbey Foregate

Ross Peter, Coleham

Smith William, Cross hill

Taggart Walter, Wyle cop

Timber Merchants.

Blockley William, Longden, Coleham

Chune George and Joseph, Chester street

Drayton John, New street, Frankwell

Hall John, Abbey Foregate

Stant Joseph, St. Julian’s friars

Wilson John, Raven road

Tobacco and Snuff Manufacturer.

Harries George, Mardol

Tobacconists.

Evans James, Market street

Harries George, Mardol

Parsons Mary, Market street

Shaw John, Wyle cop

Stewart Penelope, Wyle cop

Tobacco Pipe Manufacturer.

Taylor William, Longden Coleham

Toy Dealers.

Evans John, Market street

France John, and general dealer, Mardol

Morris Richard, Princess st

Nightingale John Thomas, and fancy repository, High street

Richards Henry, Wyle cop

Walker William, Mardol

Trunk and Portmanteau Makers.

Edson John, Wyle cop

Jones William, High street

Tanner John, High street

Turners in Wood, &c.

Nichols Thomas, Castle st

Stevens George, Barker st

Stevens William, Mardol

Westall Thomas, Fire office court, High street

Veterinary Surgeons.

Breeze Charles, Coton hill

Clay Joseph, Wyle cop

Crowe Henry, Castle street

Jones Edward, Claremont st

Langley & Son, Dogpole

Richards Evan, Castle gates

Skitt James, Old heath

Tomkins Henry, Coleham

Watch and Clock Makers.

Davies Daniel, Mardol

Evans Mary, Wyle cop

Fesser Andrew, Mardol

Giles Richard, Shoplatch

Hay Thomas William, High street

Hanny James, Wyle cop

Kelvey Rebecca, Mardol

Walker William, Market sq

Wharfingers.

Crowley and Co., Canal wharf

Henshall & Co., Canal wharf

Lowe Edward Henry, Mardol quay

Rogers William, Frankwell

Shropshire Union Canal Company, Canal wharf

Wheelwrights.

Davies Edward, Coleham

Drayton Edward, Welsh bridge

Griffiths Benjamin, Frankwell

Jones Thomas, Frankwell

Jones William, Castle Foregt

Owen Thomas, Coton hill

Price William, Abbey Foregt

Whitesmiths and Bellhangers.

Alltree Jemima and Henry, Corn market

Easthope William, High st

France James, Castle gates lane

Gittins William, Mardol

Holland Richard, Shoplatch

Howells Thomas, Castle Foregate

Linell and Jenks, Wyle cop

Rowland James, The mount

Wine & Spirit Merchants, & Spirit Vaults.

Beck Peter and William, Claremont street

Cadwallader William, Castle gates

Cartwright Ann, Theatre buildings

Cripps Gordon H., Claremont street

Cripps Lewis G., High st

Drinkwater Richard, High st

Hughes Edward, Corn markt

Humphreys John, St. Mary’s street

Morley Henry, Castle street

Niccolls William Owen, Mardol

Simpson Deborah, Mardol

Southam Thomas, jun., (spirit), Wyle cop

Vaughan John, High street

Wire Workers.

Lawson William, Frankwell

Phillips & Jones, Shoplatch

Woollen Drapers.

See also Linen and Woollen Drapers, & Tailors & Drapers.

Meara John Augustin, High street

Wool Merchants.

Bains Thomas, David Smith, agent, Hill’s lane

Drinkwater Rchd., Frankwell

Simpson Hortensius Coates, Hill’s lane & St. John’s hill.

Taylor Samuel, Hill’s lane

Wilding William, Circus yd

To Aberystwith—The Royal Mail, from the Lion Hotel, every morning, at four o’clock.

To Aberystwith—The Greyhound, from the Lion Hotel, every morning, at ten o’clock (Sundays excepted); goes through Welshpool, Newtown, &c.

To Aberystwith—The Prince of Wales, from the George Hotel, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at ten o’clock in the morning; goes through Welshpool, Newtown, &c.

To Hereford—The Engineer, from the Lion Hotel, at a quarter to two in the afternoon daily (Sundays excepted); goes through Church Stretton, Leominster, &c.

To Ludlow—The Royal Mail, from the Lion Hotel, daily, at a quarter to five o’clock in the morning.

To Whitmore—The Victoria, to the Railway Station, daily (Sundays excepted), from the George Hotel.

Omnibuses from the Lion, the Raven, the George, and the Raven and Bell Hotels, await the arrival and departure of the trains.

CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.

On the Shrewsbury & Chester, the Shrewsbury & Birmingham, and on the Shrewsbury and Stafford Branch of the Shropshire Union Railways.  Station: Castle Gates; William Patchett, station master.

OMNIBUSES.

To Ironbridge, from the Unicorn Inn, Benjamin Wright, on Saturday.

To Llandisio, from the Mermaid, John Williams, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

To Much Wenlock, from the Unicorn Inn, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

CARRIERS BY RAILWAY.

To London, Birmingham, and all parts of the kingdom, Pickford & Co., Canal Wharf; James Elledge, agent.

To London, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, &c., Crowley, Hicklin, & Co., from their Warehouse, Welsh Bridge; John Brazier, agent.

Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co., General Carriers to all parts of the kingdom.  Goods Depôt, Castle Foregate; James Smith, agent.

CONVEYANCES BY WATER.

To London, Dover, Liverpool, Hull, &c., Pickford and Co., from the Canal Wharf; James Elledge, agent.

To London, Birmingham, &c., Crowley, Hicklin, & Co., Welsh Bridge; John Brazier, agent.

To Bristol, and all the intermediate places, Henry Lowe, Mardol Quay.

To Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, and all intermediate places, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, from Commercial Wharf; James Smith, agent.

To London, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, and all intermediate places; Wm. Rogers, wharfinger, Frankwell.

CARRIERS FROM THE INNS.

To Aberystwith—Richard Morgan, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell, Tuesdays and Fridays.

To Acton Burnell—Richard Onions, from the Barge Inn, on Saturday; and Richard Pascall, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturday.

To Baschurch—John Taylor, from the Mermaid, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

To Berriew—David Davies, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays; and John Pugh, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell.

To Berrington—William Mallett, from the Lion and Pheasant, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Bilston—William Davey, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays.

To Bishops Castle—John Nightingale, from the White Horse, on Fridays; Richard Preese, from the Old Trumpet, Wednesdays and Saturdays; William Hindley, from the Bell, Saturdays; John Bright, from the Red Lion, Wednesdays and Fridays; and Thos. Black, from the Red Lion, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

To Broseley and Ironbridge—Richard Thomas, Abbey Foregate, Tuesdays and Fridays; and William Williams, Wyle Cop, on Mondays and Fridays.

To Buddington—John Jones, from the Mermaid, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Cardington—John Perks and Ellen Corfield, from the Swan, on Saturdays.

To Condover—Huffer, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Cound—Geo. Taylor, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Dawley Green—Thomas Mansell, from the Old Trumpet, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Dorrington—John Blaney, from the Barge Inn, Saturdays.

To Ellesmere—Richard Williams, from the Prince of Wales, Tuesdays and Fridays.

To Grinshill and Yorton—Thomas Gregory, from the Bell Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Habberley—Thomas Bromley, from the Mermaid, Saturdays; and Edw. Houghton, from the Queen’s Head, Saturdays.

To Hadnal and Preston Brockhurst—William Eccleston, from the Bell, Saturdays.

To Hawkestone—Edward Tudor, from the Bull’s Head, Saturdays.

To Hereford—By the carriers to Ludlow.

To High Ercall—John Bates, from the Bull’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Kerry and Newtown—David Jones, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays.

To Lebotwood—John Williams, from the Lion and Pheasant, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Llanfair—Evan Reese, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell, Wednesdays.

To Llanidloes—Richard Morgan, from Rogers’ Wharf, Frankwell, Tuesdays and Fridays.

To Llanymynech—William Morris, from the Elephant and Castle, Saturdays.

To Ludlow—David Jones, from the Barge Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays; and John Lea, from his house, Coleham, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Loppington—Charles Brown, from the London Apprentice, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Minsterley—S. Madox, from the White Hart, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; and Samuel Swan and Joseph Hill, from the Castle and Falcon, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Montgomery—Ann Jones, from the Britannia, Wednesdays; John Oliver, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays; and R. Evans, on Wednesdays, from Lowe’s Warehouse, Mardol.

To Much Wenlock—Richard Thomas, from his house, Abbey Foregate, Mondays; Richard Nicklin, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays; Jeremiah Aston, from the Sun Tavern, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Newtown, Llanidloes, & Aberystwith—Evan Reece, on Wednesdays, and Richard Morgan, on Thursday, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell.

To Picklescott—James Wild, from the Barge Inn, Wednesdays and Saturdays; Wm. Griffith, from the Seven Stars, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Poole—R. Jones, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from Circus Yard.

To Pontesbury & Minsterley—Thos. Everall, from Rogers’ Warehouse, Frankwell; Thomas Davies, from the Queen’s Head, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

To Preston Brochhurst—Trevor, from the Bull’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Pulverbatch—Richard Dovaston and Philip Morris, from the Spread Eagle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Shawbury—Thomas Richards, from the Mermaid, Saturdays; Thos. Humphreys, from the Bell, on Saturdays.

To Stretford Bridge—Thos. Humphreys, from the Bell, on Saturday.

To Trewerne and Welshpool—Thos. Williams, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Uffington—Elizabeth Davies, from the White Hart, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Wellington—Edward Thomas, from the Barge Inn, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; and Jackson, from the Lion and Pheasant, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

To Welshpool, and Newtown—Robert Sackett, from Rogers’ and Crowley’s Warehouses, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and Edward Harris, from the Queen’s Head, on Wednesdays.

To Weston & Hawkstone—John Phillips, from the Queen’s Head, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Withington—Thomas Leary, from the Yorkshire House, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

To Wolverhampton—Frederick Worthington, from the White Hart, Saturdays.

To Worthen—William Downes, from the Elephant and Castle, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

THE ALBRIGHTON DIVISION.

The Albrighton division was formed into a separate jurisdiction for magisterial purposes under the authority of an Act of parliament, passed in the 4th of William IV.  It comprises the following places:—The parishes of Battlefield, Broughton, Fitz, Grinshill, Preston Gubballs, and Uffington; the chapelries of Albrighton, Astley, Clive, and Hadnal; and the township of Acton Reynold, Albrightlee, Harlscott, Hencott, Longner, Berwick, Leaton, Merrington, Newton and Wollascot; and the extra-parochial liberty of Haughmond.  It may be necessary to observe, that the arrangement of this work being by hundreds, the townships, or chapelries, comprised in the several hundreds, will be found alphabetically arranged, under the head of the respective town or village, in which the parish church is situated.

ALBRIGHTLEE,

a small township in St. Mary’s parish three miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, containing 742a. 2r. 21p. of land, is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq.  At the census of 1841 there were 8 houses and 45 inhabitants.  The principal residence is an antique house of timber and plaster, occupied by Mr. John Minton, who farms a considerable portion of the land in the township, and is also a maltster.

HARLSCOTT

township, situated two and a half miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, is partly in St. Alkmund, and partly in that of St. Mary’s.  In 1841 there were 8 houses and 41 inhabitants returned as in the former parish, and 6 houses and 28 inhabitants in the latter.  The land owners are Andrew William Corbet, Esq., and Scarlett LLoyd Parry, Esq.

The principal residents are Thomas Briscoe Barber, farmer; Scarlett LLoyd Parry, Esq., solicitor; John Ralphs, carpenter; and William Hewlett, shoemaker.

HENCOTT,

a small township with a scattered population, is about one and three quarter miles N. from Shrewsbury.  Colonel Wingfield is the only proprietor in this township, which in 1841 had 14 scattered houses and a population of 84 souls.  The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects this township.  The soil for the most part is a fertile loam.

The following are the principal farmers, viz.:—Robert Legh, Cross Hall; Ann Bromley, Hencott farm, Robert Parry, manager; Edward Randles, Old Heath; and Joseph Yates, Old Heath.

is a small parish, pleasantly situated three and a quarter miles N.N.E. from Shrewsbury, which contains 1,008a. 0r. 3p. of land, the whole of which is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle.  In 1801 there was a population of 83 souls; in 1831, 70; and in 1841 there were 14 houses and 64 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £1,008. 6s. 8d.  The name is derived from the battle fought here on the 21st of July, 1403, between Henry IV. and the forces under Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and generally denominated the battle of Shrewsbury, which will be found noticed in a preceding page.  The king afterwards built a collegiate church for secular canons, upon the spot where the battle was fought, and “endowed it with a piece of ground, with all the buildings on it, within the lordship of Albrighton Husee, in the field called Battlefield, which piece of ground was ditched in, and contained in length and breadth two acres of land, together with two inlets and outlets along the lands of Richard Husee, one twenty feet wide and the other fifteen feet wide.”  No doubt appropriate buildings for the residence of the canons and servants of the establishment were erected on the land inside this ditch: these probably were demolished at the period of the dissolution of monasteries, but no remains of them are now to be seen.

The Church, a venerable fabric dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, consists of nave, chancel, and embattled tower ornamented with pinnacles; the nave, however, has long been roofless, the windows are destroyed, and the tower is in a dilapidated state.  Divine worship is now performed in the chancel, which has been neatly fitted up, and a new font recently added.  The fine east window was formerly richly adorned with stained glass.  In a recess on the south side of the altar is a mutilated carving of the Virgin Mary, with a small figure of the dead Saviour on her lap.  A beautiful monument of the white Grinshill freestone, enriched with Gothic tracery, remembers John Corbet, Esq., Emma Elizabeth, his wife, and John Kynaston Corbet, their son.  About half a century ago, when the vault was made in which rest the remains of Mr. Corbet, the workmen discovered an ancient stirrup and bridle bit, which had lain among the ashes of the slain since the period of the battle which gave origin to the church.  Near the chancel wall, surrounded by pallisades, is the tomb of the Rev. Edward Williams, incumbent of this parish and Uffington, who died on January 3, 1833, aged 70 years.  The living is a perpetual curacy, returned at £233, in the patronage of A. W. Corbet, Esq.; incumbent, Rev. J. O. Hopkins, who is also the perpetual curate of Uffington.

Albright Hussey, an ancient moated residence, situated about half a mile from Battlefield church, was formerly the seat of the Husseys, a family of consequence in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.  The mansion, in the reign of Charles I., became the seat of the Corbets, who resided there for more than one hundred years.  One of the rooms has a fine oak chimney piece, most elaborately carved.  Near to the mansion formerly stood a chapel, the remains of which, and the old font, are still to be seen.  Roger Roe, rector of the chapel of St. John the Baptist, at Albrighton Husee, by his will, dated 1444, ordered his body to be buried near the high altar of Battlefield church, and bequeathed to the five chaplains in the college three silver chalices, one paxbrede of silver gilt, two silver cruets, three brass bells hanging in the belfry, two cases after the manner of Sarum, otherwise called lyggers, three gilt copper crosses, two new missals, two new graduals, three old missals covered with old leather, one old case, one processional, one executor of the office, one book of collects, four placebo and dirage, one pair of vestments of red velvet, one red velvet cope, two velvet dalmatics, one pair of vestments of white silk, one white silk cope, and four pair of other vestments.  Mrs. Margaret Jones, in 1773, left £50, and directed the interest to be given to the poor of the parish on Easter Sunday.

Directory.—Henry Colley, farmer, Huffley; Edward Moreton, farmer, Allbright Hussey; Martha Winnall, farmer, Battlefield farm

a parish and township in the Albrighton division, also contains the township of Yorton, which conjointly contain 878a. 2r. 1p. of land, and in 1841 had 37 houses and 188 inhabitants.  The soil is mostly a stiff loam, and the meadow land is of good quality.  There are 27a. of woods and plantations in the parish.  The principal land owners are Viscount Hill, Spencer Roger Dickin, Esq., Mr. William Teece, and Cornelius Maddocks, the former is lord of the manor.  Rateable value of the parish, £1836. 10s.  The Church is a small ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary, and was formerly subordinate to that of St. Mary, Shrewsbury; it is built of rubble stone, and rough cast, and has nave, chancel, porch, and small turret.  The living is a perpetual curacy returned in £67, in the patronage of Viscount Hill, and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Parkes.  It is related on a late occasion the parish clerk of Broughton was desired to acquaint the congregation during public worship that the then officiating minister would perform divine service at that church and at the Clive alternately, when, not exactly understanding the meaning of the latter term, he very gravely gave notice the Rev. Mr. W. “will preach here and at the Clive to all eternity.”  The tithes are commuted for £105, Henry Lister, Esq., is the impropriator.  In the field where the church stands an attempt has recently been made to open coal works; it appears that coal was found and lime works were also established, but the project was shortly after abandoned.

Directory.—Mr. William Clay, The farm; Mr. Alderton Clay, The hall; Joseph Molynax, blacksmith; Mr. Samuel Sherratt, The villa, William Sutton, wheelwright.

YORTON,

a small scattered township in the parish of Broughton, is situate about one mile from the church.  The population and acres are included in the returns for Broughton.  Viscount Hill is lord of the manor, Robert Panting Gardener, Esq., Mrs. Sarah Bayley and others are land owners.  The greatest portion of the township is in the hands of R. P. Gardner, Esq.

Yorton Villa, the residence of the Rev. William Jaudwine, M.A., is a square stuccoed house pleasantly situated, and beautified with pleasure grounds, and shrubberies laid out with great taste.  The following are the principal residents in this township:—Those with † affixed reside at Yorton Heath, Rev. William Jaudwine, M.A., The villa; † Thomas George, shopkeeper; † George Lea, farmer; † Joseph Lea, farmer; Lucy Martin, farmer; † Benjamin Shuker, farmer, Black Birch.  Thomas Gregory carrier to Shrewsbury on Wednesday and Saturday.

LONGNER

is an isolated portion of the parish of St. Chad, situated three miles south east from Shrewsbury.  Robert Burton, Esq., of Longner hall, is owner of the whole township, which in 1841 is returned as containing four houses and 13 inhabitants.  The hall is a handsome and commodious mansion, with projecting gables ornamented with turrets and pinnacles, and fronted with the beautiful white Grinshill free stone; it stands on an acclivity commanding a rich view of the surrounding country, and of the Severn, which rolls immediately beneath it.  The views up and down the river and over the adjoining highly cultivated and well wooded country are peculiarly picturesque and beautiful, affording a great variety of landscape scenery.  An extensive and finely timbered park surrounds the hall, the immediate vicinity of which is tastefully ornamented with pleasure grounds and shrubberies.  The interior of the mansion is elegantly furnished, and contains some beautiful paintings; a fine portrait of Queen Elizabeth is supposed to have been presented by her Majesty to the ancestors of the present proprietor.  A magnificent gothic window of stained glass ornamented with figures of different members of the family, lights the entrance hall.

“Was’t for denying Christ, or some notorious fact,
That this man’s body Christian burial lack’d?
Oh no! his faithful true profession,
Was the chief cause, which was then held transgression;
When popery here did reign, the See of Rome,
Would not admit to any such a tomb,
Within their idol temple walls; but he
Truly professing Christianity,
Was like Christ Jesus in a garden laid,
Where he shall rest in peace till it be said—
Come faithful servant, come, receive with me,
A just reward for thy integrity.”—1614.

There is a free school at Longner, situated in the park, which is supported by R. Burton, Esq.; 42 children are now taught in the school.

The principal residents at Longner are Robert Burton, Esq., Longner hall, and Robert Weatherby, schoolmaster.

FITZ

is a parish and village delightfully situated on a gentle eminence 5¾ miles N.W. from Shrewsbury; the country around is fertile, and pleasingly diversified with graceful undulations; the scenery is very beautiful, and includes the picturesque windings of the river Severn.  The parish contains 1512a. 1r. 32p. of land; in 1801 there were 236 inhabitants; in 1831, 211, and in 1841 fifty houses and a population of 246 souls.  Rateable value, £2,774. 6s.  The river Perry intersects the township, and has its confluence with the Severn a little below Mytton.  The soil is rich, producing good wheat and barley, and there is some rich pasture land.  The Shrewsbury and Chester railway passes this township over Leaton Heath, where there is a station, about a mile and a half from Fitz.

The Hall, a handsome stuccoed mansion, pleasantly situated and beautified with pleasure grounds, is the residence and property of Richard Middleton, Esq.  Among the land owners in the parish are John A. Lloyd, Esq.; Robert A. Slaney, Esq., M.P.; Richard Middleton, Esq.; Mr. Joseph Hignett, Mrs. Morris, Mr. Richard Vaughan, Rev. Edward H. Dymock, Mr. Richard Lloyd, James Payne, Esq., Mr. James Davies, Devisees of late Sir John Betton, and others.  The Duke of Cleveland is the lord of the manor.

MYTTON

is a scattered village in the parish of Fitz, salubriously situated, containing some good residences, and surrounded with picturesque scenery.  Mytton is celebrated as the birth place of Edward Waring, M.D., whose mathematical publications prove the extent and profundity of his knowledge.  He was born in the year 1734, and after being educated at Shrewsbury free school, was sent on one of Millington’s exhibitions to Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he applied himself with such assiduity to the study of Mathematics, that when he left the university he carried with him the credit of being one of the most able mathematicians that ever filled the professor’s chair.  In 1776 he entered into a matrimonial connection with Miss Oswell, and not many years after retired from the university, first to a house in Shrewsbury, and at length to his own estate at Plealey, near Pontesbury, where he died on the 15th of August, 1798, in the 64th year of his age.—Grafton is another small village in the parish of Fitz.  Here are several good farms, and Grafton Lodge, a good house pleasantly situated, the residence of John Henry Denston, Esq.

Fitz Directory.—John Bather, Esq., Richard Middleton, Esq., The hall; Rev. Daniel Nihill, M.A., The Rectory; Farmers, Joshua Burroughs, Leaton Heath; Richard Middleton, Samuel Onions, Leaton Heath; Thomas Vaughan, corn miller; John Walmsley, Leaton Heath; Alban Davies, fisherman; Maria Davies, schoolmistress; William France, farm bailiff; John Vaughan, butcher.—Grafton Directory: Mrs. Ann Denston, John Henry Denston, Esq.; Edward Davies, farmer; John Davies shopkeeper; Richard Davies, blacksmith; Richard Lloyd, wheelwright; John Pugh, farmer; and Thomas Vaughan, farmer.—Mytton Directory: William Davies, farmer; John Evans, farm bailiff; Mrs. Jemima Hopkins; John Litttlehales, basket maker; Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, farmer; William Rowland, farmer and corn miller; Richard Wildig, farmer.

GRINSHILL

is a parish and township seven miles N. from Shrewsbury, which contains 872a. 0r. 34p. of land, the chief owners of which are Viscount Hill, Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart., trustees of Shrewsbury School; Rev. John Wood; Mr. Richard Kilvert; P. Gardner, Esq.; Mr. William Embrey Wood; Mr. John Williams; and the devisees of the late John Kilvert.  Viscount Hill is Lord of the Manor.  The beautiful and romantic village of Grinshill is delightfully situated, and contains many good residences, occupied by respectable families.  In 1801 there was a population of 179 souls, and in 1841 there were 56 houses and 255 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £587. 5s. 6d.

The Quarries, where the beautiful white Grinshill freestone is got, are very extensive, and give employment to a considerable number of hands.  Many of the churches and public buildings in the county are built of this stone, which is of a fine close quality, and superior to most others for carving and ornamental purposes.

Charities.—Major Richard Corbet bequeathed £20, and Mrs. Judith Corbet a like sum, and directed the interest to be expended in books and the education of poor children; Eleanor Allen and Thomas, her sons, left £20 for the poor.  William Key left £50, the interest to be given to the minister of this parish, if approved of by his trustees, if not to the poor.  Thomas Embrey left £10.  John Kilvert, £5; and an unknown donor £9, for the benefit of the poor.  The Rev. Mr. Price left £12. for the instruction of two children.  The above moneys were laid out in the purchase of 10a. 2r. 20p. of land, at Coton, which was let on lease in 1757, for the term of 100 years, at the yearly rent of £4. 18s.  The premises are stated now to be worth £20 a year.  Of the rent, £1. 10s. is paid to the minister, £2. 2s. to the schoolmaster, and the residue is distributed among the poor.  Sir Andrew Corbet, in 1830, gave £15. 15s. to the poor of this parish.

Barkley Richard, boarding school, The Grove

Blantarn Robert, farmer

Boora Charles, farmer

Carline John, quarry master and contractor

Cureton Edward, quarry master & stonemason

Downes Andrew, quarry master & stonemason

Downes Mrs. N., dress maker

Downes Nathaniel, tailor and draper

Griffiths William, parish clerk

Higgins John, farmer

Huffa William, blacksmith and vict., Barley Corn Inn

Jessop Francis, butcher and salesman

Jessop John, farmer, Hill farm

Killan John, butcher and horse breaker

Kilvert Mrs. Catherine

Matthews John, farmer

Naylor Miss, school teacher

Nelson Arthur, farmer

Onslow Mrs. M., boarding house and vict., Elephant and Castle

Onslow Margaret, farmer and maltster

Phillips William, shopkeeper & shoemaker

Smith Thomas, quarry master and mason

Williams Henry Parton, farmer

Williams Joseph, wheelwright

Wood Rev. John, M.A., the Parsonage

Wood William Embrey, Esq., the Vineyard