History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]

is a township and village in the parish of Cheswardine, four miles N.E. from Market Drayton.  At the census of 1841 there were 30 houses and 70 inhabitants.  The township contains 1,309a. 0r. 10p. of land, which is the property of Thomas Hudson, Esq.  Rateable value, £1,615. 15s. 11d.

The principal residents in Chipnall township are William Adams, farmer, Lipley; Joseph Duckers, farmer, Chipnall Hall; James Goodall, farmer and beerhouse keeper; John Moreton, farmer, Lipley; Matthew Plant, farmer and corn miller; John Taylor, blacksmith; Thomas Birbeck Wakefield, farmer, Lipley; Henry Yates, farmer.

ELLERTON

township is situated three miles from Cheswardine church, and contains 448a. 2r. 0p. of land, the whole of which is the property of Robert Masefield, Esq.  At the census in 1841 there was no separate return for Ellerton as a distinct township, but the inhabitants were included in the returns for Cheswardine.  Ellerton Hall, a handsome modern mansion, the residence of Robert Masefield, Esq., was built in 1836, on the site of an ancient house composed of timber and plaster.  The hall is delightfully situated on an acclivity near the verge of the county, and commands a beautiful prospect of great extent over the counties of Salop and Stafford.  The county is here separated from Staffordshire by a small stream, which meanders in the front of the hall.  Not far from the hall is a fine sheet of water, which covers upwards of six acres, near to which is a corn mill.  Rateable value of the township, £732. 4s. 1d.

The residents are Robert Masefield, Esq., Ellerton Hall, John Challenor, farmer and corn miller; and William Challenor, farmer.

GOLDSTON

is a township and small village pleasantly situated on the declivity of a hill about a mile and a half west by south from Cheswardine church.  The township contains 452a. 1r. 16p. of land, and at the census of 1841 there were 14 houses and 75 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £598. 1s. 6d.  There are only three farms in this township, two of which are the property of William Vardon, Esq., and the other is possessed by Mrs. Charlotte Masefield.  Goldston Hall is a neat brick house, the occasional residence of William Vardon, Esq.  Near to the hall is an antique house, chiefly composed of timber and plaster, which was most probably erected about the middle of the fifteenth century; it is now the residence of Mr. Alfred Holden, farmer.  On the banks of the Shropshire union canal, which passes about half a mile from the village, there is a wharf where coal is sold, called the Goldston wharf.

The resident farmers in this township are Thomas Beeston, Alfred Holden, and Ann Lea; William Vardon, Esq., The Hall; Thomas Finn, gardener to W. Vardon, Esq.

SAMBROOK

is a small rural village, partly in the parish of Cheswardine, and partly in that of Chetwynd, three and a half miles south from Cheswardine, and three miles north from Chetwynd church.  At the census of 1841 there were 22 houses and 96 inhabitants in the former parish, and 15 houses and 80 inhabitants in the latter.  John Charles Burton Boroughs, Esq., is the principal landowner; Dr. Swanwick is also a proprietor.  A small chapel of ease was erected here in the year 1839.  The turnpike road from Newport to Market Drayton intersects the township; and at Stamford Bridge there is a respectable inn, kept by Mr. Cordwell.

SOWDLEY GREAT

is a township and scattered village in the parish of Cheswardine, situated about three quarters of a mile south-east from the church.  The township contains 1,497a. 3r. 22p. of land, and in 1841 there were 75 houses and 333 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £2,280. 3s. 8d.  The principal landowners are Robert Masefield, Esq.; Thomas Addison, Esq.; George Addison, Esq.; Mr. Thomas Buckley; Mr. William Buckley; Mr. William Manley; Mr. Stanley; and Mr. William Brian.  The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel in Great Sowdley, built in the year 1837, on land given by Mr. John Butterton.  The poor of the several townships in this parish participate in the general charities noticed with the township of Cheswardine.

Allen Sarah, farmer

Arkinstall Henry, farmer

Ashley John, farmer, Little Sowdley

Beeston Joseph, tailor

Benbow James, farmer, Sowdley park

Brian William, farmer

Buckley Thomas, shopkeeper

Hamner George, farmer

Hayward John, carpenter, wheelwright, and beerhouse keeper, Hopshort

Hazledine Thomas, farmer, Sowdley park

Hughes James, shoemaker, Hopshort

Jackson Thomas, farmer

Lea John, farmer

Lee Philip, farmer, Little Sowdley

Pointon George, farmer

Robinson William, beerhouse

Simkin Thomas, farmer, Little Sowdley

Stanley Henry, farmer, Hanwood House

Swinnerton William, blacksmith and farmer

Walton John, farmer

Whittall John, schoolmaster

Worrall John, farmer

Worrall William, brickmaker

DRAYTON-IN-HALES, OR MARKET DRAYTON,

The New Church, situated on Little Drayton Common, is dedicated to our Saviour, and was built in 1846.  It is a neat structure, in the early English style of architecture, with nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower at the north-west corner.  The interior has a chaste and pleasing appearance, and will accommodate about six hundred worshippers.  The sittings are uniform in character, and are all free, with the exception of forty.  The total cost of the structure was £2,600, of which Mrs. Nonelly gave the munificent sum of £500, and a like sum towards the erection of a residence for the minister.  The parsonage stands a little south from the church, and was built in 1847, on the five acres of land given for the site of the church and parsonage.  About an acre and a half has been enclosed for a burial ground, and the rest is appropriated as gardens and pleasure grounds to the parsonage.  The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Drayton; incumbent, Rev. Edward Cheere, M.A.  The district of this church comprises Little Drayton, the township of Sutton, and part of Woodseaves.

The Independent Chapel, a plain brick structure, situated in Back-lane, was built in the year 1778.  It is neatly fitted up and provided with galleries.  The congregation had no settled pastor when our agent visited Drayton.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, situated in Shropshire-street, within the bounds of the township of Little Drayton, was built in the year 1808.  The structure is plain, is provided with a gallery, and will accommodate between four and five hundred people.

The Baptist Chapel, a small structure, situate at Little Drayton, has a residence attached.  There is no baptist minister residing here, but members of this persuasion meet for worship every alternate Sunday.

The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel, situated a little back from Cheshire-street.  This is the only place of worship in the town,—too small for the number of hearers who attend religious service.  It is expected a new chapel will shortly be built.

The Parochial and National School is a neat brick structure in the Elizabethan style of architecture, situated on a bold eminence a short distance west from the church.  It was built in the year 1835, and is supported by annual subscriptions, and small weekly payments received from the children.  There are one hundred and sixty boys and one hundred and thirty girls now educated in the school.  William Scott is the teacher.

The Market Drayton Poor-law Union comprehends twelve parishes, embracing 61,637 acres of land, and an area of 91 square miles, with a population returned at the census of 1841 of 13,925 souls.  The Union House, situated in Shropshire-street, was formerly used as the parish workhouse; it was enlarged by the poor-law guardians in the year 1839; the average number of inmates is usually about one hundred.  A new Union House will shortly be built upon Little Drayton Common, which will accommodate about 350 inmates.  The district comprised within the union is the same as that of the county court, the several places of which are stated here below:—Chairman of the Guardians: Thomas Twemlow, Esq.  Vice Chairman: Walter Minor, Esq.  Clerks: Messrs. Wilkinsons.  Chaplain: Rev. Robert Upton.  Surgeons: William W. Saxton, Market Drayton district; John Hopkins, Moreton Say district; John Walmsley, Hodnet district; Edward Bayley, Cheswardine district; and Michael Ryan, Ashley district.  Master: William Crutchley.  Matron: Mary Crutchley.  Schoolmistress: Martha Crutchley.

The County Court Offices, situated in Cheshire-street, is a neat structure of brick with stone finishings, and was built in the year 1850, at the expense of Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq.  The lower part of the building is used as offices for the despatch of business connected with the county court, and above is a large room capable of holding upwards of 400 people, which is used for magisterial purposes.  The court embraces within its jurisdiction the following townships and places, viz.:—Adderley, Almington, Ashley, Aston, Bearston, Betchley, Betton, Blore, Bolas Parva, Cheswardine, Childs Ercall, Chipnall, Dorrington, Drayton Magna, Drayton Parva, Eaton, Ellerton, Goldstone, Gravenhanger, Hales, Hinstock, Hodnet, Hopton and Espley, Howle, Hungary Hatton, Kenstone and Hopley, Knighton, Langford, Longslow, Losford, Marchamley, Moreton Say, Muckleston, Norton-in-Hales, Ollerton, Peplow, Pickstock, Sambrook, Shavington, Sowdley, Spoonley, Stoke-upon-Tern, Stych and Woodlands, Sutton, Tittenley, Wistanswick, Woodseaves, Woolerton, and Woore.  Judge: Uvedale Corbett, Esq.  Clerk: Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., The Lodge.  Bailiff: Mr. William Darbyshire Green, Cheshire-st.

The Police Office is situated in Cheshire-street nearly opposite the county court office.  It was built in 1850, and has two cells, where prisoners are confined before committal by the magistrates.  In which case they are sent to Shrewsbury if the offence has been committed in this county, and to Stafford if committed in Staffordshire.  Attached to the cells is a residence for the constable; William Hemming is the police officer.

The Market Drayton Society for the Acquirement of Useful Knowledge was established in September, 1850.  The objects of the institution are to extend to all classes aid for cultivating, and occasion for exercising their mental powers; to afford to its members the powerful advantages and incitement of association for prosecuting their several studies in the various branches of useful knowledge, and to secure to them opportunity for engaging in such pursuits as shall tend to their moral as well as intellectual advancement.  For these objects the society has taken convenient premises situate in the beast market; classes for mutual improvement have been formed, a library and news room have been established, and it is intended to have lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, and the fine arts, as occasion may occur; the news room is furnished with the principal London and provincial journals and the most popular periodicals of the day; and the library, although only recently established, contains many valuable and standard works.  Persons are admitted to all the privileges of the institution on the payment of 8s. per annum.  An annual subscription of 21s. per annum constitutes an honorary member, and any person giving the sum of £10. 10s., or books, or apparatus to that amount, or a course of not less than ten lectures, is considered an honorary member for life.  The honorary members have the exclusive use of the reading room from nine o’clock in the morning till six o’clock in the evening.  The institution has the patronage and active support of the principal gentry and clergy of the town and neighbourhood.  Patrons: Henry Bayley Clive, Esq., M.P.; John Whitehall Dod, Esq., M.P.  President: Thomas Twemlow, Esq.  Treasurer: W. M. Wilkinson, Esq.  Secretary: Mr. William Crutchley.

A News Room has been established by the gentry and tradesmen in the town, at Mrs. Barnett’s, High-street.  It is supported by subscriptions of 21s. per annum.

The Gas Works are situated in the outskirts of the southern side of the town, near the river Tern; they were established by a company of shareholders, who reside in Staffordshire, and the town is expected to be lighted with gas during the autumn of the present year (1851).

Provident Societies.—There are in this town several societies or clubs, the members of which pay small contributions to their respective funds, from which they are relieved in case of sickness, infirmity, or superannuation, and from which the friends of deceased members receive a sufficient sum for their decent interment.  Among these are the Market Drayton Tradesmen Club, and the fraternities or sacred Orders of Oddfellows, M.U.; Ancient Forresters, and Female Societies, &c.

The Grove is a handsome brick mansion, a quarter of a mile east from the church, the residence and property of John E. Wilson, Esq.—Spring Fields, a good house a little west from the church, situated on elevated ground, commands fine prospects of the country, and is the residence and property of Thomas Whitfield, Esq.

“There Dutton Dutton kills; a Done doth kill a Done;
A Booth a Booth; and Leigh by Leigh is overthrown;
A Venables against a Venables doth stand,
A Troutbeck fighteth with a Troutbeck hand to hand;
There Molineux doth make a Molineux to die,
And Egerton the strength of Egerton doth try.
O Cheshire! wert thou mad of thine own native gore,
So much until this day thou never shedd’st before;
Above two thousand men upon the earth were thrown,
Of whom the greater part were naturally thine own.”

Thomas Whitfield, Esq., of Drayton, has in his possession the crest of the Egertons, a sword handle, and a brass stirrup, richly ornamented and in good preservation, which were found about thirty years ago on the field of battle.  During the struggles between Charles I. and the parliament, a skirmish took place in the neighbourhood of Drayton, between the King’s party, under the command of Prince Rupert, and the parliamentary forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, when the royal cause gained a temporary success.

The Market Drayton Savings’ Bank, on November 20th, 1850, had a capital stock of £29,004. 3s., invested with the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, at which period there were 866 separate accounts, of which ten were charitable societies, with deposits amounting to £260. 12s. 1d.; and ten friendly societies, with deposits amounting to £1,706. 2s. 6d.  Of the total number of deposits, there were 449 whose respective balances did not exceed £20; 218 were above £20 and not exceeding £50; 109 above £50 and not exceeding £100; 36 above £100 and not exceeding £150; and 29 between that sum and £200.  John Moore is the secretary.

Charities.—Frances Hill, in 1557, gave a rent charge of 29s. per annum, out of premises in Castle Donnington, and directed 2s. to be paid yearly to the vicar or priest of Drayton to say mass in the parish church, or such divine service as should be lawful to be observed there; 8d. to the parish clerk, and 16d. to the bell ringers; 2s. 8d. for two wax tapers; 8d. to her heirs for the trouble of payment; and the residue to be given to the poorest inhabitants of Drayton.  Out of this gift 2s. is paid to the minister, 2s. to the clerk, and to the two churchwardens 8d. each, and the remainder is distributed among the poor, in groats, on Trinity Sunday.

John Wright left the yearly sum of 10s., to be given in bread on the feast of St. John the Baptist, and the feast of St. John the Evangelist: he also left the like sum yearly for the poor of Tyrley quarter.  In respect of this charity, 20s. per annum is received from certain premises at Stoke-upon-Tern, which is applied according to the donor’s intentions.  Lawrence Thompson left 20s. per annum to the poor of Drayton, to be given on St. Lawrence’s day.  Ralph Kendrirk gave an annual sum of 20s. to the poor, and Mr. Cooke, a yearly sum of 3s. 4d.  These several sums are carried to the poor’s account, and bread distributed to the amount on New Year’s Day.

The Rev. Richard Price, by will 1730, devised certain lands and houses in and near Drayton to the poor of Drayton and Hodnet; viz., £5 per annum, for a distribution of bread every Lord’s-day, and the remainder for the schooling of poor children of each place.  The premises now held by the parish officers of Drayton, as derived from the Rev. R. Price, consist of a building in Little Drayton, formerly used as a poor house.  This building was probably erected upon the site of the five messuages conveyed in trust by the Rev. R. Price; but it does not appear how the parish of Drayton became entitled to the whole, as part was allotted to the parish of Hodnet.  The are also two pieces of land, called the Town Field and Crab Tree Field, and a small plot of land in Longslow lane, which produce a yearly rental altogether of £19. 11s.  This sum is carried to the general account, kept by the churchwardens, entitled the Poors’ Account.

It appears from a schedule of benefactions, that a great number of legacies have been left for the benefit of the poor of this parish.  Among the donors is Stephen Denstone, who gave £100 in 1705, and directed the yearly produce to be distributed among the poorest widows and housekeepers of Great and Little Drayton.  Richard Heeley gave £100, and directed half the interest to be expended in bread, and the other half as the minister and churchwardens of Drayton should think fit.  Margaret Blest gave £50, the interest to be distributed among fifty poor housekeepers.  Various other legacies, 36 in number, amounting in the whole, with the above gifts, to £577. 13s. 4d., have been laid out at different periods in the purchase of land, situate at Hinstock, Ightfield, Drayton, and Cheswardine.  The income derived from these rents, with the interest on the money laid out on the school, amounting altogether to £114. 11s., is carried to one account, with the produce of other charities, entitled the “Poors’ Account;” and after defraying some few incidental expenses, there is paid thereout the following sums:—£7 in sums of 6d. each on St. Stephen’s day; £2. 10s. in small sums on St. Margaret’s day; bread to the amount of 5s. for the poor of Tyrley; bread to the amount of 19s. to the poor of Drayton on Easter Sunday; £4 to a schoolmistress; 2s. worth of bread is given away every Sunday, amounting to £5. 4s. per annum; and 5s. worth is given in addition on one Sunday in every month, amounting to £3; making a total of £22. 18s.  The residue of these funds is applied principally in purchasing blankets and clothing, which are given to poor persons of the parish who have met with accidents or occasional distress, in sums of money, varying from 6d. to 5s.  We cannot but observe that the small sums given away on St. Stephen’s and St. Margaret’s days, as applications are made to the churchwardens, appear to be too small to be of any real benefit to the parties receiving them.

The Rev. Robert Adams, in 1719, devised certain lands at Winnington upon trust to pay £13. 12s. yearly (the then value thereof) as follows:—£8 to the rector, vicar, and churchwardens of Muccleston, Drayton, and Adderley, alternately, on the 25th of March, every year, for putting forth a poor boy or girl apprentice; 30s. for the education of poor children in Adderley, and a like sum for educational purposes at Muccleston; and the sum of 52s. residue thereof to be expended in bread for the poor of Adderley.  The estate is now let for £35. 12s. per annum, and the rents are applied to the charitable uses above mentioned.

Clara Church, by will 1753, bequeathed £150, and directed the officiating minister to distribute 2s. weekly, except in the months of June, July, and August, among poor people frequenting the church on prayer days, and who should come into the church at the beginning, and behave with decency during the time of divine service; to pay 16s. to the minister for visiting poor sick people in the parish, and distribute the residue of the interest among poor members of society visited with sickness.  It appears that the amount of Mrs. Church’s legacy was not invested in the funds until December, 1823, when £174 was laid out in the purchase of certain stock in the four per cent. annuities.  In 1825 part of the stock, and of another sum of £21. 4s., purchased with a legacy of £20 left by J. Grosvenor, for an addition to the organist’s salary, appear to have been improperly sold out, so as to leave £150 stock for this charity, and £20 stock for the organist.  The dividends of the £150 stock amount to £5. 5s. per annum; and during forty weeks in the year 2s. are regularly distributed to the poor, and the sum of 16s. per annum is paid to the vicar.  The residue of the dividends is appropriated with the proceeds of the church rate.

Mrs. Lawrence left £500 in the five per cents, to purchase coals to be distributed to the poor inhabitants of the parish during the winter season; and she left a further sum of £100, the interest thereof for the Sunday school of the established church.  In respect of the first legacy, there is £525 new four per cents, the dividends of which, amounting to £20 per annum, are received by the churchwardens, and laid out in coals, which are sold to the poor at about 3d. per cwt. under the cost price; and the produce of the sale is laid out in like manner, till the fund is exhausted.  The interest of the sum of £100 is applied for the benefit of the Sunday school.

Sophia Grosvenor, in 1816 bequeathed £100, and directed the amount to be invested in government security, and the dividends distributed among the poor of Drayton.  Lucina Riddlesden bequeathed £100, and directed the yearly proceeds to be applied in the purchase of warm stockings and shoes, to be given among poor boys and girls who should attend the National School.  These two gifts, after deducting the legacy duty, were invested in the purchase of £200 three and a half per cent. stock, which now stands in the names of certain trustees, and of the dividends, amounting to £7 per annum, £3. 10s. is divided among twenty-eight poor old persons, men and women, belonging to the parish; the remaining £3. 10s. is laid out according to the donor’s intentions, in worm stockings and shoes.

Charles-Grooby, by his will bearing date 6th October, 1810, gave to Sir Corbet Corbet, the Rev. William Judgson, and the vicar and churchwardens of Drayton, £1,200 three per cent. bank annuities, upon trust that they should lay out the dividends on the 7th of May, yearly, being the birth day of the testator, towards clothing six poor men and six poor women of the parish of Drayton.  The sum of £1,200 stock now stands in the names of certain trustees, and the dividends, amounting to £36 per annum, are received by the churchwardens, and they provide clothing to that amount, which they divide among six poor men and twelve poor women of the parish of Drayton.

Post Office.—At Mr. Richard Grant’s, Beast Market.  Letters arrive from the Whitmore railway station at a quarter past four o’clock in the morning, and are despatched at half-past nine in the evening.

Adams Richard, draper and silk mercer, (Adams and Powell) Shropshire street

Adams & Powell, linen and woollen drapers, silk mercers and hatters, Shropshire street

Allen John, tailor, Beast market

Andrews George, gentleman, Stafford street

Arkinstall Mr. John, The Sitch

Arkinstall the Misses, boarding school, Shropshire street

Arkinstall William, tailor, Shropshire street

Barker John, butcher, Beast market

Barnett John, vict., Wheat Sheaf, Old wharf

Barnett Lydia, spirit vaults, High street

Barnett Martha, vict., George Inn, Beast mrkt

Barratt Thomas, builder & timber merchant, Stafford street

Basford Joseph, gardener, Tinkers’ lane

Bate Mary, shopkeeper, Shropshire street

Beeston Mr. Benjamin, Summer hill

Bennion Thomas Platt, bookseller, printer, stationer, bookbinder, circulating library, and depôt of Christian Knowledge Society, High street

Bonell Samuel, pump maker, Stafford street

Boulton Henry, vict., Crown Inn, Stafford st

Bowker George, watch and clock maker, Cheshire street

Bradbury John, agricultural implement maker, and wheelwright, Longslow lane

Bradbury John, boot & shoe mkr, Shropshire st

Bradbury Maria, bonnet maker, Shropshire st

Bradbury Walter, linen and woollen draper, silk mercer and hatter, High street

Bradshaw John, cabinet maker, and provision dealer, Beast market

Brasnell Thomas, beerhouse keeper, Little Drayton

Bratton John, land agent, Beast market

Brayn Joseph, linen and woollen draper, silk mercer and hatter, High street

Brayn Samuel, gentleman, Stafford street

Brookshaw Benjamin, blacksmith, and beerhouse keeper, Old Wharf

Brookshaw William, blacksmith, Beast markt

Brown Thomas, carpenter and beerhouse keeper, Cheshire street

Burd George, Esq., solicitor, Stafford street

Cartwright Martha, milliner, Shropshire st

Carver Hugh, cheesefactor, Shropshire street

Cash Philip, paper dealer, and trunk maker, Shropshire street

Cheere Rev. Edward, M.A., Parsonage, Little Drayton

Chritchley Cornelius, coach builder, Beast market

Cockayne Edward, coach and house painter, Stafford street

Cooke Rev. Charles, M.A., head master at Grammar School, Church yard side

Corfield Joseph, boot and shoe maker, Cheshire street

Craston Edward, hatter, and shoe warehouse, High street

Crutchley William, master of Union House, Shropshire street

Cutler Joseph, shopkeeper, Little Drayton

Dale Mary, butcher, Stafford street

Dale, Sarah, victualler, Elephant and Castle, Shropshire street

Davenport James, grocer, tea dealer, and tallow chandler, High street

Davies Richard, farmer and corn miller, Almington

Davies Thomas, hair dresser, Stafford street

Davies Thomas, shopkeeper, Stafford street

Deakin Peter, baker and confectioner, Shropshire street

Dickin Miss Rachael, Shropshire street

Done Robert, shoe maker, Stafford street

Drury Thomas, cooper, Shropshire street

Eaton George, schoolmaster, Shropshire st

Eaton William, tailor, Shropshire street

Edge Robert, timber merchant, wheelwright, and victualler, Stag’s Head, Beast market

Elock Frances, boarding school, Stafford st

Embrey Thomas, grazier, Stafford street

Evans George, maltster and vict., Red Lion, Beast market

Farnell John, tailor, Bell lane

Farnell Zacharia, tailor, Cheshire street

Fell Robert, agent to Hazledine and Co., coal merchants, Old Wharf

Fielding Henry, patten and clog maker, Cheshire street

Frith Joseph, land agent, Stafford street

Fletcher Joseph, maltster, Cheshire street

Fletcher Elizabeth, beerhouse, Cheshire street

Foden James, victualler, Corbet Arms Hotel, Posting house, and Excise office, High st

Fox James, plumber & glazier, Shropshire st

Frith John, hair dresser, Shropshire street

Gad Thomas, chair maker, Shropshire street

Godwin William, grocer, and chemist & druggist, Shropshire street, hair seating manufacturer, and nurseryman, Kiln bank

Goodall George, maltster, Cheshire street

Goodall John, chemist and druggist, glass dealer, Stamp Office, and agent to Salop Fire Office, Cheshire street

Gower Andrew Woodgate & Son, agricultural implement manufacturers, Stafford street

Graham Robert, currier, Little Drayton

Grant Mr. Richard, postmaster, Beast markt

Green George, solicitor’s clerk, Terrace cottage

Green William Darbyshire, auctioneer, and high bailiff of County court, Cheshire st

Grimley Henry, Esq., solicitor, Stafford street

Griffith Benjamin, brazier and tin plate worker, Beast market

Griffith Isaac, builder, cabinet maker, and registrar of marriages, Stafford street

Griffith Thomas, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Cheshire street

Griffith William, hair dresser, Shropshire st

Groom Thomas, leather cutter and provision dealer, Stafford street

Grosvenor Mary Ann, bonnet maker, Shropshire street

Grosvenor Robert, watch and clock maker, registrar of births and deaths, and parish clerk, Church street

Hall Thomas, cooper and beerhouse keeper, Shropshire street

Harding Miss Sarah, Shropshire street

Harper George, shopkeeper and cabinet maker, Shropshire street

Harper William, farmer, corn miller, provision and british wine dealer, High street

Haslam Joseph, hair seating manufacturer, Stafford street

Haslam Joseph N., surgeon, Shropshire street

Hawley William ap Richard, professor of music, Back lane

Hayward Charles, butcher, Shropshire street

Haywood Richard, hosier, Stafford street

Heatley Thomas, linen and woollen draper, silk mercer and hatter, High street

Hemming William, police officer, Cheshire st

Herbert John, coal agent, Victoria Wharf

Hill Ann, vict., Royal Oak, Cheshire street

Hill Mrs. Ann, Church street

Hill Henry, saddler & harness maker, High st

Hill Robert, saddler & harness maker, High st

Hill Thomas, tanner and currier, Cheshire st

Hinton Robert, plumber, glazier, and beerhouse keeper, Shropshire street

Holdcroft Mrs. Susannah B., The Sitch

Horner, Captain John, Cheshire street

Hope Thomas, provision dealer, Shropshire st

Hopkins Eliza, milliner, Beast market

Hopkins John, surgeon, Shropshire street

Hopkinson James, shopkeeper, Cheshire st

Hopwood John, saddler and harness maker, Stafford street

Hughes Enoch, blacksmith, Bell lane

Hughes Maria, bonnet maker, Shropshire st

Jackson John, porter agent, Shropshire street

Jarvis Joseph, butcher, Cheshire street

Jones John, nail maker, Shropshire street

Jones John, hatter and provision dealer, Shropshire street

Jones Josiah, joiner and builder, Cheshire st

Jones Richard, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Jones Samuel, shoemaker, Bell lane

Jones William, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Key John Sayers, malster and vict., Star Inn, Stafford street

Kirkham William, vic., Old Cheshire Cheese, High street

Lee Rev. John, M.A., vicar, Vicarage

Leigh Emily and Fanny, dress makers, Cheshire street

Lewis George, provision dealer and currier, Little Drayton

Liseter John, letter carrier, Beast Market

Lloyd Edmund, linen and woollen draper, silk mercer and hatter, Shropshire street

Lockett John, bookseller, printer, &c., (Silvester and Lockett), High street

Lockett George, butcher, Cheshire street

Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Shropshire street; open on Wednesday; Samuel Walter Moore, manager

Massey Mary Ann, bonnet maker, Stafford st

Massie Thomas, grocer, tallow chandler, and hop dealer, Cheshire street

Matthews James, vict., Lamb Inn, Stafford st

Matthews Miles, farmer and veterinary surgeon, Cheshire street

Mc. Manus Chas., shopkeeper, Shropshire st

Minor Mrs. Elizabeth, Shropshire street

Montford Thomas, builder, cabinet maker, and upholsterer, Church street

Moody Hy., bone merchant, Victoria Wharf

Moore Ann, milliner, High street

Moore John, baker, provision dealer, and actuary at Savings’ Bank, Cheshire street

Moore Thomas, grocer and tea dealer, Cheshire street

Morris William, shoemaker, Stafford street

Noden William, carpenter, Cheshire street

Noneley Mrs. Margerette, Beast Market

Oldcroft Eliza, glass & china dealer, High st

Painter Richard, butcher, Kiln Bank

Parsonage Frederick, plumber and glazier, Stafford street

Peake Thomas, plumber and glazier and beerhouse keeper, Little Drayton

Pegg John, beerhouse keeper, Little Drayton

Pigott Creswell, Esq., solicitor, Stafford st

Pimlett Joshua, veterinary surgeon, Stafford street

Poole Thomas, butcher, Little Drayton

Povell James, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Powell William, draper and silk mercer, (Adams & Powell,) Shropshire street

Preston Geo., beerhousekeeper, Little Drayton

Preston Mrs. Dorothy, Back Lane

Ralphes Joseph, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Ridgway William, (executors of), grocers, chemists and druggists, and glass dealers, High street

Roberts Jane, dressmaker, Shropshire st

Roberts Samuel, gardener and seedsman, Beast market

Roberts Mr. Thomas, Church street

Robson James, stone mason, Beast Market

Roden Adam, carrier, Little Drayton

Roden William, pig dealer and beerhouse keeper, Cheshire street

Rodenhurst William and John, ironmongers, agricultural implement makers, grocers, and hop and seed dealers, Cheshire street

Rogers George, jeweller, silversmith, and watch and clock maker, High street

Roylance Thomas, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Ryder George, blacksmith, Little Drayton

Salter Samuel Colley, linen and woollen draper, and silk mercer, Shropshire street

Salter Sarah, shopkeeper, Shropshire street

Sandells Thomas, maltster and vict., Unicorn Inn, Stafford street

Sandbrook Benjamin Bayley, wine & spirit merchant, Shropshire street

Sandbrook William and Son, wine and spirit merchants, Shropshire street

Sandbrook William, hair seating manufacturer, Walk Mill

Saxton William Waring, Esq., banker and surgeon, Stafford street

Scott William, schoolmaster, (National), Shropshire street

Sergeant Matthew, butcher, Stafford street

Shaw John, tailor, Stafford street

Sherwin Harry John, woollen draper, tailor, and hatter, High street

Sherwin Margery, stay maker, Shropshire st

Shuker John, bricklayer, Back lane

Sillitoe Aaron, saddler and harness maker, Beast Market

Sillitoe Purney, Esq., Pell Wall House

Silvester and Lockett, booksellers, printers, stationers, bookbinders, and circulating library, High street

Silvester Samuel, bookseller, &c., (Silvester and Lockett), High street

Simester John, rope maker, Shropshire st

Simester William, rope maker, Cheshire st

Slaney Thomas, plumber, glazier, & painter, Cheshire street

Smith Henry Jn., solicitors’ clerk, Church st

Snow Thomas, furnishing ironmonger, brazier and tin plate worker, grocer, and hop, seed, and colour merchant, High st

Spencer Mr. Walter, The Mount

Spendelow William, grocer, chemist and druggist, and hop merchant, Shropshire st

Stevens Thomas, hatter and woollen draper and tailor, Shropshire street

Steventon John, shoemaker, Little Drayton

Steventon Wm., shoemaker, Little Drayton

Stubbs Elizabeth, beerhouse, Bell lane

Swinchett George Williamson, brazier and tin plate worker, High street

Swinnerton Samuel, surgeon, Shropshire st

Tayleur Mrs. Frances, The Fields

Taylor Mr. William, Stafford street

Taylor William, cooper, Stafford street

Tomlinson William, guano, corn, and salt dealer, Old Wharf

Trueman Charles, dyer, Cheshire street

Wade Hill, beerhouse keeper, Little Drayton

Walsh Joseph, brazier and tin plate worker, Shropshire street

Warren Charles, Esq., solicitor, Shropshire st

Warren Joseph Loxdale, Esq., solicitor, clerk to magistrates, clerk to county court, and deputy-lieutenant, The Lodge

Whitfield George, ironmonger, grocer and tea dealer, and hop and seed merchant, High street

Whitfield Thomas, Esq., Spring Field

Whittington Margt., schoolmistress, Cheshire street

Wilkes Jane, dressmaker, Church street

Wilkinson Joseph Edmund, Esq., solicitor, Shropshire street

Wilkinson William Manley, Esq., solicitor and superintendent registrar, Shropshire street

Williams Mrs. Elizabeth, Stafford street

Williams John, shoemaker.  Little Drayton

Williams Sarah, bonnet maker, Shropshire st

Williamson James, boot and shoemaker, Shropshire street

Wilson John Edwards, Esq., The Grove

Woodcock Thos., beerhouse, Little Drayton

Woodhouse Thomas, tailor, Little Drayton

Wright Nathaniel, beerhouse & shopkeeper Shropshire street

Wycherley Samuel, wheelwright, Beast Market

Arkinstall The Misses, (boarding), Beast Market

Bratton Miss, (boarding), Beast Market

Eaton George, Cheshire st

Bratton Mary, Back lane

Elcock Frances, Stafford st

Grammar School, Churchyard side; head master, Rev. Charles Cooke, M.A.; second master, C. F. King

National, William Scott and Eliza Green, Back lane

Whittingham Margaret, Cheshire street

Wigley Henry William, (boarding), Shropshire st

Agricultural Implement Manufacturers.

Bradbury John, Longslow lane

Gower and Son, Stafford st

Rodenhurst William & John Cheshire street

Ale & Porter Merchants.

Foden James, High street

Jackson John, Shropshire st

Rogers George, (Burton ales) High street

Sandalls Thomas, Stafford st

Attornies.

Grimley Henry, Stafford st

Pigott Creswell, Stafford st

Warren Charles, Shropshire street

Warren & Burd, Cheshire st

Wilkinson William M. and Joseph E., Shropshire st

Auctioneer.

Green William Darbyshire, Cheshire street

Banks.

Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Shropshire street, open on Wednesday, Samuel Walker Moore, manager

Savings’ Bank, Shropshire st.; John Moore, actuary

Saxton Brothers, High-st., draw upon Williams and Co., London

Blacksmiths.

Brookshaw Benjamin, Stafford street

Brookshaw William, Beast Market

Hughes Enock, Bell lane

Ryder George, Little Drayton

Bone Merchant.

Moody Henry Church, Victoria Wharf

Booksellers, Printers, Stationers, Bookbinders, and Circulating Libraries.

Bennion Thomas Platt, High

Silvester & Lockett, High st

Boot and Shoemakers.

Bradbury John, Cheshire st.

Corfield Joseph, Cheshire st.

Oraston Edward (dealer), High street

Done Robert, Stafford street

Jones Richard, Little Drayton

Jones Samuel, Bell lane

Jones Wm., Little Drayton

Morris William, Stafford st.

Povell James, Little Drayton

Ralphes Joseph, Little Drayton

Roylance Thomas, Little Drayton

Steventon John, Little Drayton

Steventon William, Little Drayton

Williams John, Little Drayton

Williamson James, Shropshire street

Braziers and Tin Plate Workers.

Griffith Benjamin, Beast market

Snow Thomas, High street

Swinchatt Geo. Williamson, High street

Walsh Joseph, Shropshire street

Butchers.

Barker John, Beast market

Dale Mary, Stafford street

Hayward Charles, Shropshire street

Jarvis Joseph, Cheshire st.

Lockett George, Cheshire st.

Painter Richard, Kiln Bank

Poole Thomas, Little Drayton

Sergeant Matthew, Stafford street

Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers.

Bradshaw John, Beast Market

Griffith Isaac, Stafford street

Griffith Thos., Cheshire street

Harper George, Shropshire street

Montford Thomas, Church street

Carpenters and Builders.

Barratt Thomas, Stafford st.

Brown Thomas, Cheshire st.

Griffith Isaac, Stafford street

Jones Josiah, Shropshire st.

Montford Thomas, Church street

Noden Wm., Cheshire street

Chemists and Druggists.

Godwin William, Shropshire street

Goodall John, Cheshire street

Ridgway William (executors of), High street

Spendelow Richard William, Shropshire street

Coach Builder.

Critchley Cornelius, Beast Market

Coal Merchants.