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PRESTON-UPON-THE-WILD-MOORS
is a parish and small rural village, three miles N.E. of Wellington, comprising 1,153a. 4r. 30p. of land, and in 1801 had 170 inhabitants; 1831, 218; and in 1841 there were 80 houses and a population of 389 souls. Rateable value, £1,422. 1s. 10d. The village is retired, but pleasantly situated, and contains some good farm residences. St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and the Trustees of Preston Hospital are the landowners. The Church is a small brick structure, consisting of nave and chancel, with a tower, in which are two bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £3, now returned £198, in the patronage of the Trustees of Preston Hospital and St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., alternately; incumbent, Rev. William Taylor Bird, M.A. The tithes are commuted for £119, and there are 23 acres of glebe land.
Preston Hospital.—Lady Catherine Herbert, widow of Henry Lord Herbert, by her will, bearing date 11th April, 1716, gave the sum of £6,000, in trust, to be laid out in the purchase of lands, in the county of Salop, and building an almshouse thereon, for the reception of 12 poor women and 12 poor girls; the patronage to be vested in the Earl and Countess of Bradford. Thomas Lord Torrington, by will, 1718, devised his real estate in Preston-upon-the-Wild-Moors, subject to certain annuities, in trust, to apply the rents and profits to the same use as Lady Herbert’s gift; and directed the almshouse to be built upon such part of the estate at Preston as his trustees should think proper; and he gave £1,000, then due to him from his nephew, the Earl of Bradford, to the trustees, to be laid out in building a hall in the middle of the hospital. The property belonging the hospital, when the Charity Commissioners published their report in the year 1828, consisted of the sum of £9,621. 4s. 6d., three per cent. consols; certain lands, chiefly situated in the parish of Preston, comprising 1,077a. 0r. 31p. of land, let at a yearly rental of £1,301. 5s. 6d.; and the dividends of £5,539. 12s. three per cent. consols, producing £166. 3s. 4d. per annum. The latter stock is in respect of a legacy of £4,000, bequeathed in 1802 by Charles Henry Coote, Earl of Montrath, to be applied by the trustees in the augmentation of the poor widows’ stipends.
The hospital is a spacious and elegant brick structure, with stone finishings, and was originally built so as to form three sides of a square, with a large hall in the centre, used both as a chapel and as a school. The old buildings contain apartments for 20 widows, and sufficient accommodation for 20 girls and the matron who superintends the school, together with a kitchen and other offices. There are also apartments for the receiver, who has occasion frequently to attend on business connected with the trust. Under an order of the Court of Chancery, made 27th March, 1827, new buildings have been erected as wings at each end. These comprise eight apartments, for an additional number of widows. Each of the widows has for her own use a small garden. There are also three meadows and a large garden, which are kept in hand, and stocked for the general use of’ the hospital. Since the erection of the wings, the number of widows have been increased from 20 to 27. The widows are selected by the trustees, without any restriction as to the place of birth or residence. Twenty inmates receive £26 per annum, and seven have £18 a-year; in addition they have two tons of coal each, and are provided with beds, bedding, and other necessary articles of furniture. They were formerly supplied with medicine and medical attendance from the funds of the charity; but some years ago this expense was found to be so great that it was thought expedient that every almswoman that should be appointed after that time should deposit a sum of £10 in a savings’ bank, for the purpose of providing herself with such medical assistance as she might require during her residence in the hospital. When a widow dies, £5 is allowed for the expense of her funeral. The twenty widows who have the largest income receive the additional allowance under the bequest of the Earl of Montrath. Upon this establishment there are also 20 girls appointed by the trustees. They are provided with board and lodging, and are clothed and fed without any expense whatever to their parents; and at 16 years of age, when they leave the hospital, they receive £5 to supply them with clothing. The matron who instructs the girls, and has the management of this branch of the establishment, as well as the superintendence of the widows, receives a salary of £30 a-year in addition to her board and lodgings.
Bird Rev. William Taylor, M.A., rector
Brown Henry, farmer
Chilton Thomas, farmer
Colley Ann, shopkeeper and beerhouse
Getley Edward, farmer, The Wich Farm
Hartley John, farmer
Hawkins Richard, farmer, Preston Farm
Hawkins Richard, farmer, Preston Hall
Higgins Mrs. Jane, Preston Cottage
Higgins Thomas, farmer
Hughes Jas., carpenter, joiner, & shopkeeper
Kirkham Mary Ann, farmer
M’Lean Mrs. Ann, governess of Preston Hospital
Pritchard Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Wood George, parish clerk
RODINGTON, OR RODDINGTON,
a parish and scattered village, which derives its name from its situation on the river Roden, is pleasantly situated five miles N.N. by W. from Wellington. The parish also includes the township of Sugdon, which together contain 1,615a. 0r. 8p. of land. In 1801 the parish contained 372 inhabitants; 1831, 423; and in 1841 there were 106 houses and 466 inhabitants. Rateable value, £2,717. 4s. 2d. The landowners are the Duke of Cleveland, John Tayleur, Esq., Mr. S. Pain, and Mr. S. Smith. The township of Roddington, at the census in 1841, contained 88 houses and 365 inhabitants. It is intersected by the river Roden and the Shrewsbury Canal. There are some good farms here, the farm-houses are respectable, and there is a good inn in the village. The Church, dedicated St. George, is a brick structure, consisting of nave and chancel, and a tower in which are two small bells. There is a small gallery at the west end. A memorial, with the date of 1737, remembers John Tayleur, Esq., formerly a resident in Roddington. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £6. 13s. 4d., in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and enjoyed by the Rev. Henry Thomas Whateley, The tithes have been commuted for £296, and there are thirty acres of glebe land. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel built in 1834. The National School, a neat brick structure, is situated a little south from the church; fifty-six children now attend.
Sugdon is a small township in Roddington parish, situated about a mile from the church, which at the census in 1801 contained 18 houses and 101 inhabitants. The land is all the property of the Duke of Cleveland. Longwaist is a hamlet in Sugdon township.
Poors Land.—In the parliamentary returns of 1786 it is stated that Walter Davies, by will, gave to the poor of this parish £50 in the year 1674, and that William Tayleur, Esq., in 1722, left £30 for the like purposes, and that those legacies were then laid out in land. The premises referred to consist of two enclosures containing 4a. 2r. 25p. of land. There is also an allotment of 3a. 8p. set out thereto on an enclosure about the year 1805. The land was let for £17. 17s. per annum when the charity commissioners published their report. The amount is distributed to the poor in December and Easter, in sums varying from 2s. to 10s.
Post Office.—At Mr. John Prices’s, Bull’s Head. Letters arrive at 9 A.M., and are despatched at 5 P.M.
Rodington Directory.—Robert Allen, boot and shoemaker; Thomas Belcher, wharfinger; John Hodges, farmer; George Hulse, butcher and farmer; Thomas Jukes, farmer, Rodington Hall; Samuel Pain, farmer; John Price, farmer and vict., Bull’s Head.; Mrs. Elizabeth Ralphs, The Grove; Edward Rogers, parish clerk; George Shinglar, farmer, Somerwood; Hugh Shinglar, farmer; Samuel Smith, farmer, Rodington Villa; Edward and Arabella Wainwright, teachers; Rev. Henry Thomas Whately, The Rectory.
The residents in Sugdon are Wm. Thomas Davies, farmer; James Powis, bricklayer; Longwaist Hamlet, John Bourne, brick and tile agent for the Duke of Cleveland; Jane Dunn, schoolmistress; James Dyke, coal agent; William Lockley, blacksmith; James Reeves, shopkeeper; Thomas Tudor, coal agent, The Wharf.
STIRCHLEY
is a small parish and village five miles S. E. from Wellington, and three miles W. from Shiffnal, which in 1801 contained 189 inhabitants; 1831, 271, and in 1841, 301; at the latter period there were 61 houses, which are mostly scattered; there are a number of cottages in the immediate vicinity of the church, which are small, ill ventilated, and most miserable hovels; this, however, is not the character of cottages generally in this locality, or indeed in the county, for on the whole we conceive them to be far superior to cottage residences in most other counties. The parish contains 833a. 0r. 36p. of land, the principal owner of which is R. H. Cheney, Esq.; the Duke of Cleveland, Robert Burton, Esq., and Beriah Botfield, Esq., are also proprietors. A considerable part of land is held in lease by Beriah Botfield, Esq., who has extensive collieries and ironworks in the parish. The Church is a small fabric dedicated to St. Mary, and consists of nave, chancel, and north transept, with a gallery over it built by the Botfield family, for the use of their own workmen. There are ten pews in the body of the church, and two in the chancel,—the whole has a very primitive appearance. The church was formerly lighted with small pointed windows, but these have all been made up, and a large window void of taste and of unmeaning character has been added to the east end to supply their place. The chancel is divided from the nave by a Saxon arch of exquisite workmanship, which modern renovators have attempted to improve by adding sundry coats of lime wash. A neat marble tablet has been erected in memory of Thomas Botfield, Esq., who died in 1801, and of his wife, Margaret, who died in 1803. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s book at £6. 5s. 10d., now returned at £274, in the patronage of the Phillips family, and enjoyed by the Rev. Hugo Moreton Phillips, M.A., who resides at the rectory, situated near the church, and has 45a. 3r. 38p. of glebe. There is a parochial school which is chiefly supported by B. Botfield, Esq., and the rector. There is a Wesleyan Chapel on the Dawley road, which is just within the bounds of Dawley Magna township. The Shropshire union canal intersects this parish. Gross estimated rental of the parish, £2,500. 15s. 6d.; rateable value, £2,364. 8s. 6d. Stirchley Hall is a good residence a little west from the church.
Thomas Clowes, in 1748, gave to the poor of this parish the sum of £20 per annum, to be disposed at the discretion of the churchwarden and overseer. This annuity has long been paid by the tenant of Stirchley Hall estate, formerly the property of Mr. Clowes, and which he charged with the payment of the same.
Richard Cookes, in 1799, demised certain premises in Stirchley for the term of 1,000 years, at the yearly rent of 17s., payable to the lessor, his heirs and assigns. This rent has for a great many years been paid to the overseers of this parish for the use of the poor, and it is supposed to have been assigned for their benefit by Richard Cookes, the lessor, but at what time or under what circumstances they first became entitled to it there is no evidence to show. The term is at present invested in Mr. Darral, who has improved the premises by building to the annual value of £13.
Botfield Beriah, Esq., iron master and colliery proprietor
Barnard Richard, vict., Rose and Crown
Blakemore Thomas, farmer
Blocksidge John, schoolmaster and parish clerk
Hayward Sarah, shopkeeper
Onions Thomas, agent to B. Botfield, Esq.
Phillips Rev. Hugo Moreton, The Rectory
Smith George, farmer, The Hall
Smith William, farmer
Tipton Mark, agent to B. Botfield, Esq.; residence, Mossy Green
Trigger Robert, farmer
UPPINGTON
is a parish and township in the Wellington division of the South Bradford hundred, four miles S.W. by S. from Wellington, which contains 747a. 0r. 36p. of land. In 1801 there were 107 inhabitants, 1831, 117, and in 1841 18 houses and 96 inhabitants. Rateable value, £937. 10s. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and proprietor of the whole parish. The village is delightfully situated in a salubrious country, pleasingly beautified with rural scenery, and commands a fine view of the majestic Wrekin. An avenue of trees extends nearly through the length of the village, which gives it an air of quiet retirement. There are several good houses, with pleasure grounds neatly laid out, and tastefully planted with shrubs. The Church has a venerable appearance, it is built of brick and rough cast, and dated 1678; it consists of nave and chancel, with a turret containing two bells. The interior underwent a complete reparation in 1844, at a cost of about £120, raised by subscriptions and a grant from the Diocesan and Incorporated Societies,—the whole has now a tasteful and orderly appearance. A brass plate which remembers John Stanier and family is dated 1691. A neat marble tablet dated 1793 has been erected to the memory of Rich aid Boycott, Esq. A tablet very chastely designed, of coloured marble, and dated 1789, records the death of Charles Stainer and several members of that family. An altar tomb to Silvanus Boycott is dated 1686. There is also a beautiful marble scroll, exquisitely executed, in memory of John Middleton Ashdown, Esq., agent to the Duke of Cleveland, which was put up at the expense of the Duke’s Shropshire tenantry. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland, and enjoyed by the Rev. John Meredith, M.A. In the church-yard are two yew trees of immense girth, one of which is completely hollow, and will admit of twelve persons standing within the trunk at the same time; although nothing remains of the trunk at the bottom but a shell, yet the tree shows vigorous signs of life, and the branches cover a large surface of ground. The tithes have been commuted for £155. 2s., when £115. 2s. was apportioned to the Duke of Cleveland, and £40 to the incumbent of the parish.
The Grammar School at Donnington, in the parish of Wroxeter, appears to have been founded for the benefit of the parish of Uppington, as well as that of Wroxeter. An account of the foundation will be found noticed with Wroxeter.
Post Office.—At Mary Wood’s. Letters arrive from Wellington by foot post at 8 A.M. and are despatched at 6 P.M.
Directory.—William Allen, farmer; Samuel Harding Ashdown, Esq., land and estate agent; John Bagley, shopkeeper; John Boore, gentleman; Richard Boore, farmer; Charles Durnell, parish clerk, agricultural implement maker, and blacksmith; Richard Jones, wheelwright; Charles Stanier, Esq.; Mary Wood, post office.
UPTON MAGNA
is a parish and village, pleasantly situated five miles east from Shrewsbury and seven west from Wellington, having the facilities of railway communication to both places, by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway, which intersects the parish. At the census of 1801 there were 482 inhabitants; 1831, 512; and in 1841, 99 houses and 494 souls. The parish comprises the townships of Upton Magna, Downton, Haughton, Hunkington, and Preston Boats, which together have an area of 3,260a. 3r. 25p. of land. Rateable value, £4,171. 2s. 6d. The principal landowners are Andrew William Corbet, Esq.; the Duke of Cleveland; and Robert Burton, Esq.; besides whom there are a few small freeholders.
The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an antique structure, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower, in which are four bells; the body of the church is built of red sand stone, and the tower of a white stone, which it is said was brought from an ancient moated mansion at Hunkington; the seats and pulpit are of oak, over the latter is the date of 1591; there is a gallery at the west end, and an ancient stone font. The church has been greatly beautified within the last ten years by the munificence of Miss Arabella Pigott, who has added a new organ and altar-piece, adorned the windows with stained glass, and made other additions. There is a book chained to a desk near the pulpit entitled, “An answer to a certeine booke lately set forth by Mr. Harding, entitled a confutation of the apology of the Church of England.” An altar tomb in the chancel, with full length figures in chain armour, remembers Waiter Barker, Esq., who died in 1644. There is also a handsome marble memorial to the memory of Mary Elizabeth Pigott, who died in 1837, and of Frances Pigott, who died in 1829, daughters of the Rev. William Pigott, rector of Edgmond and Chetwynd. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s book at £12, now returned at £546, in the patronage of Andrew William Corbett, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Corbet Brown. The School is situated in the church-yard; forty-three children attend, eight of which are educated free; the school has the liberal support and assiduous attention of Miss Pigott. Upton Magna Cottage was built about forty years ago, and is the delightful residence of Miss Arabella Pigott; it is tastefully furnished, the walls are decorated with some choice paintings, and there is a good library containing many valuable standard works. The pleasure grounds are very beautifully laid out, and command fine views of the surrounding country, and of the majestic Wrekin.
Downton is a small township in Upton Magna parish, situated about a mile W. from the church. Of the townships in this parish there were no separate returns made of the population and acres at the census of 1841, they are therefore included with Upton Magna. Andrew William Corbet, Esq., is the landowner.
Haughton, another small township, is situated about three miles N. from Upton Magna. The Duke of Cleveland and A. W. Corbet, Esq., are the landowners.
Hunkington is situated about a mile N.E. from the church, and is the property of Andrew William Corbet, Esq. There was formerly a moated mansion here, but of which we possess no historical record; not a vestige of the building now remains, but the moat may still be traced.
Preston Boats is a village and township two miles S.W. from Upton, on the banks of the river Severn, over which there is a ferry for passengers. The land is the property of Robert Burton, Esq.
Charities.—Thomas Blakeway, in 1767, bequeathed £300 upon trust to apply one-third part of the yearly proceeds thereof in relieving the necessities of poor housekeepers, and the residue for the instruction of children belonging to poor parishioners. He also bequeathed £20 to be laid out in the repairs of the school. As the produce of this bequest there is now £322 stock, three and half per cents., the dividends of which amount to £11. 5s. 4d., two thirds of which are applied in the education of youth, and one-third is distributed among the poor. The Rev. Richard Andrews, in 1726, left £10 to the use of the poor. Mrs. Ann Peploe, in 1728, gave £16 to buy a garment for the poor. Ann Barker gave £20, and Thomas Jewkes £20 for the benefit of the poor. These several sums, amounting in the whole to £71, were laid out in building a parish work-house, which was subsequently sold, and the charity money was laid out in 1813, in the purchase of £80. 0s. 7d. stock in the navy five per cents., and there is now in respect of the charity money £84. 0s. 7d. standing in the names of certain trustees in the new four per cents. Out of the dividends 5s. is given away in bread, 16s. laid out in the purchase of two garments for poor persons, and the residue is distributed in small sums on St. Stephen’s-day.
Upton Magna, Downton, Hunkington, Haughton, & Preston Boats Directories.
Pigott Miss Arabella, The Cottage, Upton Magna
Allen Thomas, station master
Allen William, farmer, Hunkington
Barber Richard, farmer, The Sales, Upton Magna
Bladon John, wheelwright, Upton Magna
Brisbourne Thomas, farmer, Haughton
Bowen Wm., farmer, Somer Wood, Upton Magna
Brown Edmund, farmer, Upton Magna
Burroughs Daniel, tailor, Upton Magna
Davies James, farmer, Downton
Davies Robert, farmer, Preston Boats, Ferry
Davies John, shoemaker, Upton Magna
Elkes John, shoemaker, Haughton
Elsmere Colley, farmer, Upton Magna
Gregory Mary Ann, farmer, Preston Boats
Humphries Mary, schoolmistress, Upton Magna
Humphries Nathaniel, schoolmaster, Upton Magna
Humphries Richard, farmer, Rae House, Upton Magna
Humphry John, farmer and vict., Corbet Arms, Upton Magna
Jervis Robert, farmer, Upton Magna
Jones Hannah, farmer, Preston Boats
Jones John, farmer, Preston Boats
Jones Richard, farmer, Downton
Keay Henry, parish clerk, Upton Magna
Keay Walter, basket maker, Upton Magna
Leeke John, farmer, Haughton
Lockley Henry, blacksmith, Upton Magna
Matthews William, farmer, Preston Boats
Pickin Helen, shopkeeper, Upton Magna
Ralphs Henry, wheelwright, Upton Magna
Rogers Joseph, tailor, Upton Magna
Tart Thos. Sharratt, farmer, Upton Magna
UPTON WATERS, OR PARVA,
is a small parish, township, and pleasantly situated village, five and a half miles N. from Wellington, in the Wellington division of the South Bradford hundred. The parish contains 732a. 3r. 35p. of land, and in 1801 had 169 inhabitants, 1831, 193, and in 1841, 43 houses and 228 souls. Gross estimated rental, £1,346. 18s.; rateable value, £1,256. 0s. 11d. The principal landowners are Thomas Whitfield, Esq., Miss Ann Dickin, Mrs. Elizabeth Groucock, Mrs. Rider, Mr. William Boycott, and Mr. John Williams, besides whom there are several small freeholders. The village is pleasantly situated on elevated ground, and commands an extensive view of the surrounding country; on the western verge of the parish is the river Tern, which separates Upton Waters from the parish of Ercall.
The Church is a small unpresuming structure, dedicated to Saint Michael, consisting of nave and chancel, with a small belfry at the west end; the interior of the fabric corresponds with its architectural simplicity. A brass plate in the aisle remembers the Reverend William Jones, formerly rector of this parish for 62 years, and died in the year 1691, aged 82 years. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s book at £3. 17s. 3½d., now returned at £204, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Richard Corfield, a non-resident; curate, Rev. Sidney Philip Robertson, B.A. The rectory is a good residence a little west from the church. The Hall, the residence and property of Miss Ann Dickin, is a neat brick house a little north-west from the church. About a quarter of a mile north-west from the church is a large brick structure, originally built as a workhouse for Ercall Magna parish. It is now used for the reception of the children belonging the Wellington Poor-law Union, and will accommodate about one hundred; the average number is about fifty. The building stands on the banks of the river Tern, and is just within the bounds of the parish of Ercall, the river here dividing the two parishes.
Bennett Thomas, shoemaker
Davies John, schoolmaster, Union House
Dickin Miss Ann, the Hall
Edwards Rd., wheelwright
Gregory James, tailor
Groucock Elizabeth, farmer
Icke William, maltster and vict., the Swan
Leighton Robert, farmer
Matthews William, farmer
Morgan John, surgeon
Ridgway James, blacksmith
Roberson Rev. Sidney Philip, curate, the Rectory
Titley John, butcher
Tudor Samuel, bricklayer and shopkeeper
Whitfield Thomas, farmer
WELLINGTON
is a considerable parish and flourishing market town, pleasantly situated eleven miles E. from Shrewsbury, and 142 N.W. from London, and by railway 11 miles from Shrewsbury, 7½ miles S.W. from Newport, 31 miles from Birmingham, and seven miles W. by N. from Shiffnal. The parish contains the townships and hamlets of Arleston, Aston, Apley, Dothill, Hadley, Horton, Ketley, Lawley, Newdale, Walcott, Wellington, Wapenshall, and Lee Gomery, and part of Preston and Eyton, together embracing an area of 9,184a. 1r. 7p. of land. Gross estimated rental, £36,120. 19s. 3d. Rateable value, £32,656. 7s. 7d. The joint railway companies are rated at £776. 18s. The tithes have been commuted, and £1,484 awarded to St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., the impropriator, and to the vicar, £470. 6s. Population in 1801, 7,531; 1831, 9,671; and in 1841, 11,099. The township of Wellington contains 727a. 1r. 16p. of land; and in 1841 had a population of 6,084 souls, of whom 3,104 were males and 2,980 females; at the same period there were 1,181 inhabited houses, 101 uninhabited, and 18 houses building. Wellington is a well-built town, of considerable importance, and from its contiguity to the great seat of the iron and coal works in this county, it has a much frequented market. It is also the centre of a rich agricultural district, has ample communication by railway to all parts of the kingdom, and the Shropshire Union Canal, in its immediate vicinity, opens a water communication with the Severn and distant parts of the country. The town contains many good houses, with shops in all the different branches of the retail trade; there are also several good inns. The malting business is extensively carried on; the establishment of Mr. James Shepard is on a large scale. There are also an iron foundry, a tannery, and several establishments for the manufacture of nails; agricultural implements are also made. Hugh Burnel, in the reign of Edward I., obtained the grant of a market (to be held on Thursdays), and of two fairs in the year—the first to be held on the day after the feast of St. Barnabas, and the second on the eve, the day, and the day after the decollation of St. John the Baptist. The market is still held on the Thursday, and the fairs are held March 29th, June 22nd, September 29th, November 17th, Monday week before Christmas day, and the last Monday in each of the other months. At these fairs large quantities of farm and dairy produce, as also horses, horned cattle, and sheep, are usually sold. The magistrates of the county hold petty sessions monthly. William and Thomas Turner, Esqrs., are clerks to the magistrates. A Court of Record was formerly held for debts not exceeding £20, but this has been superseded by the New County Court Act. The lord of the manor holds a Court Leet annually in November, at which officers are appointed for the government of the town, and constables for the different townships within this division of the hundred.
The Church, dedicated to All Saints, a commodious and elegant structure of freestone, was erected, M,DCCXC., and consists of nave, side aisles, and bay, with a square tower crowned with a dome, gilt cross, and vane. The galleries are supported by cast-iron pillars. At the west end is a handsome and fine-toned organ, and over the bay is a glory. The roof is lofty, and the whole has a very beautiful and chaste appearance. At the east end of the south aisle is an elegant marble memorial, executed by Hollins, in memory of Martha Elizabeth Oliver, who died June 20th, aged 26 years. Another marble monument remembers Richard Emery, Esq., who died April 13th, 1839, aged 65 years, and several other members of that family. The interior of the church was painted, and the gas-fittings added, in the year 1847, chiefly at the expense of the vicar and St. John C. Charlton, Esq.; the cost was upwards of £300. In the tower of the church is a peal of six musical bells. The church is surrounded with a large burial ground, which, with the site of the church, contains upwards of three acres. It contains numerous tombs, some of which are of elaborate workmanship, and have been erected in memory of some of the principal families of the parish. The church formerly belonged to the abbey of Shrewsbury. The living is a vicarage annexed to the rectory of Eyton, valued in the king’s book at £9. 5s., in the patronage of Thomas Eyton, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Benjamin Banning, M.A., who resides at The Vicarage, a spacious and handsome residence, about a quarter of a mile south from the church. The house commands a fine view of the Wrekin, and is surrounded with pleasure grounds and shrubberies. In the 15th of Henry VI. the guild of the Holy Trinity and of the Virgin Mary in the church of All Saints, in Wellington, obtained a pardon from the king, for having acquired twenty messuages, ten acres of heath, and six acres of meadow in Wellington, without license.
The New Church is dedicated to our Saviour, and is pleasantly situated on elevated ground, at the southern outskirts of the town. It was built by subscription and grants from the church building societies, at a cost of £3,600. The structure is of white brick, with a lofty square tower, ornamented with four crocketted pinnacles. The interior consists of nave and side aisles, with spacious galleries. Over the side aisles and at the west end, upon the latter, is a small organ, erected at a cost of £170. On each side of the church are seven narrow windows, in the lancet style. The roof is of groined timber, and the pews are painted in imitation of oak, which gives the whole a neat and light appearance. There are 1,144 sittings: of which 744 are declared free and unappropriated for ever. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Wellington: incumbent, Rev. Charles Campe. The church is surrounded with a spacious cemetery; and on the west side is the Parsonage House—a neat brick structure, erected shortly after the Church was built.
The Particular Baptist Chapel, situated in King-street, is a neat brick structure, which will accommodate about 500 hearers. It was built in 1828, on the site of a former edifice, that had been erected about half a century. The Rev. William Keay has been the pastor of the congregation worshipping here for the last 30 years. The Rev. Henry Gabriel Granger has recently been appointed to assist Mr. Keay in the pastorate. A small burial ground adjoins the chapel.
The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is a lofty brick fabric, situate in New street, and was built in 1836. It has galleries on three sides, and is capable of holding five hundred worshippers. A small organ was added in 1851, at a cost of £80. The Old Methodist Chapel, which stood in Chapel Lane, has been taken down. The Primitive Methodist Chapel, situate near the Tan Bank, was built in 1837.
The Catholic Chapel, a plain brick structure, has been built about fifteen years. It has a gallery at the end, and will hold about 400 persons. A painting of our Saviour is placed over the altar. There is no resident priest in Wellington at the present time, but the Rev. William Molloy, of Madeley, officiates at stated periods.
The Independent Chapel is a good brick structure, situate on the Tan Bank. The congregation worshipping here have no settled minister at the present time.
The National School is a spacious brick building on the north side of the churchyard. It is supported by voluntary subscriptions, charity sermons, and a small weekly charge from each scholar. One hundred and sixty-eight boys, and one hundred and twenty girls attend. The teacher receives £4. 0s. 10d. from the receiver of the Crown rents.
The Catholic School, situate at the back of the catholic chapel, on Mill Bank, is also supported by subscriptions and a small charge from each scholar. The Savings’ Bank, situate in Walker street, was established in 1818. On November 20th, 1850, the capital stock of the bank amounted to £27,623, at which period there were 692 depositors. Mr. Thomas Turner is the actuary.
The County Court Office is situate near the Market Hall. All pleas of personal action, where the debt or damage claimed is not more than £50, may be heard and determined by the County Court. The jurisdiction of the Wellington Court embraces the parishes of Bolas Magna, Ercall Magna, Eyton, Kinnersley, Longdon, Preston, Rodington, Waters Upton, Wellington, Wombridge, and Wrockwardine. Judge: Uvedale Corbett, Esq., Aston Hall, near Shiffnal. Clerk: Frederick Buckle, Esq., New street, Wellington.
The Market Hall is a brick building, stuccoed, and situated a little back from the Market-square. A spacious room, measuring sixty feet by twenty feet, is used for magisterial purposes, public meetings, assemblies, musical concerts, &c. Under it is an open area, provided with benches, where the butter market is held. The hall was built by a company of shareholders, established in 1842, with a capital stock of £5,000, of which £2,000 was raised by the shareholders, and the rest was borrowed on a mortgage of the premises. The company have purchased the tolls of the market for the sum of £700 from the lord of the manor; and they are now held on lease by Mr. John Sandals, at a yearly rental of £140.
The Union House, a plain brick building, situate in Walker street, is capable of holding one hundred and sixty inmates. From the report for the half year, ending March 25, 1850, we learn that the total expenditure was £4,028. 19s. 1½d: the number of out-paupers for that period was 2,033, and of in-door paupers 184: the average weekly cost per head of the latter was 2s. 11d. The Union embraces the parishes of Bolas Magna, Ercall Magna, Eyton-on-the-Wild Moors, Kinnersley, Longdon-upon-Tern, Preston-on-the Wild Moors, Rodington, Waters Upton, Wellington, Wombridge, and Wrockwardine, for which nineteen guardians are chosen, to whom John Whitfield, Esq. is chairman. The medical officers are, Charles Harwood Greene, Robert Plowden Weston, and John Francis Steedman. Relieving Officers: Edward Vickers, Ketley; and George Marcy, Watling street. Master and Matron: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. The Old Workhouse is situated about a mile and a half south-west from the town, and is now converted into cottages.
The Wellington Mechanics’ Institute, situated in New street, has been established with the object of affording tradesmen, mechanics, and others, opportunities of acquiring, at their leisure hours, the principles of science and the arts, and for the cultivation of literature. Persons subscribing ten shillings per annum are entitled to all the privileges of the institution; and persons under eighteen years of age subscribing five shillings a-year, are deemed students of the society. There is a good library of about eight hundred volumes, which have been chiefly contributed by a few gentlemen. A news-room has been established, which is furnished with some of the most popular periodicals, and the principal London and provincial journals; lectures are also occasionally given on interesting and useful scientific subjects. There are now about seventy members. The institution has the patronage and support of the principal gentry and clergy in the neighbourhood. Mr. John Haynes and Mr. William M. Taylor are the honorary secretaries.
The News-room.—The news-room was established in 1846, by a number of gentlemen and tradesmen of the town. It is held at Mr. Edwards’s, in the Market square, and is supported by annual subscriptions of 21s. There is also a billiard-room for the use of the subscribers. There are forty-five members.
The Gas Works.—The Gas Works are situated upon the Tanbank, and were established in 1823, by Mr. William Edwards. In consequence of some dispute with reference to lighting the streets, an Act of Parliament has been obtained during the present year (1851) for the establishment of a joint stock company, to be called “The Wellington Coal and Gas-light Company.” The company will have a capital of £3,000, raised in three hundred shares of £10 each. The site chosen for the erection of the necessary works is the garden-ground lying between the top of Tanbank and the Wrekin road. Estimated cost of the works, £2,000. R. D. Newell, Esq., is the solicitor and secretary.
The Water Works.—The Wellington Water Works were provisionally registered in 1851, under 7 and 8 Vic. c. 110. The imperfect supply of water, both as respects quantity and quality, has long been felt in the town of Wellington; and it is to remedy this defect in the condition of the town, as well as to afford other supplies which local interest may require, that the company has been established. It is a well ascertained fact that many of the houses, particularly those where water is most needed, are so ill supplied, that the occupants are obliged, throughout the year, to procure it from a distance, at a considerable cost in both time and money; or, in many instances, especially among the poor, to be content with a supply totally inadequate to the ordinary necessaries of life. It is proposed to raise the requisite supplies from the Ercall Pools, which afford every natural facility for conveying water to any part of the town, without materially interfering with private interests. The water is free from deleterious matter, and considered excellent for culinary and household purposes. It is proposed to have a capital stock of £3,000, to be raised in three hundred ten pound shares. F. Buckle, Esq., is the solicitor to the company.
The County Constabulary Office is situated in Walker street, Mr. John M’Michael is the superintendent, under whose directions are twelve police constables. There is a small lock-up on the north-west side of the church-yard.
The Horticultural Society was established in 1850, and is supported by the principal gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood. The exhibitions are held in the Market Hall.
The Old Hall, an ancient structure mantled with ivy, situated on the Watling street road, is the property of Lord Forester, the lord of the manor. One of the rooms is wainscotted with oak, which remains in good preservation. The hall is now converted into a boarding-school establishment, conducted by Joseph Edward Cranage. A road which runs past the Old Hall leads to a few scattered cottages and some extensive lime-works, called Steeraway, which is about a mile and a half south from the town.
It was in Wellington and the vicinity that Charles I. mustered his forces, and, after issuing orders for the maintenance of strict discipline, made a solemn protestation that he would defend the established religion, govern by law, and preserve the liberty of his subjects, and that if he conquered he would uphold the privileges of parliament. It is to be lamented that he should have found it necessary to make a protestation of his adherence to the duties of an English monarch; had he earlier practised them, he would have avoided the contentions between himself and his parliament. The celebrated Dr. Withering, author of the “Botanical Arrangements of British Plants,” was born at Wellington, in the year 1741. His father was a physician, and the family had resided during many generations on a small patrimony in this county. Dr. Withering in his early years seems to have received a good classical education; and in the autumn of 1762 he was matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself by pursuing his studies with the greatest diligence and attention. Whilst he was unwearied in the pursuit of academic learning, as well as in all those branches of knowledge which belong more immediately to the medical profession for which he was intended, he did not neglect the cultivation of the lighter and more elegant accomplishments. In the year 1766, Dr. Withering finished his academical studies with great credit to himself, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Physic. He first settled at Stafford, and here he attended the accomplished lady who became the partner of his future life; and it is not improbable that this attachment produced that botanical turn which has since rendered his name so conspicuous in this department of science. She drew beautifully; and he appears to have gathered wild plants as subjects for her pencil. This soon became a favourite pursuit; and possessing at this time a good deal of leisure, he collected specimens for that herbarium which he afterwards rendered so complete. Dr. Withering removed to Birmingham in the year 1775, and notwithstanding the time he continued to devote to chemistry and botany, he soon realised £1,000 per annum by his professional labours. During the following summer he presented the public with the first edition of his English Botany, a work which claims the attention of every botanical student; and is, perhaps, exceeded by none for the facility it offers to the inquirer, and for the copiousness and correctness of its selection. His philosophical attention extended to chemistry, mineralogy, and every branch of natural philosophy connected with his profession occupied him in succession. In the year 1791, in the month of July, he and his family suffered much alarm and some injury in the riot at Birmingham. He died in 1799. Before his death, he directed no ostentatious display to be made at his funeral, and ordered his body to be carried to church by six honest peasants. Dr. Withering, besides his Botanical Arrangement of British Plants, gave to the world several medical works.
The Wrekin, situated about two miles S. from Wellington, is said to be the highest hill in Europe for the circumference of its base. This proud monarch of the plain rises to the altitude of 1,320 feet, and being in the heart of Shropshire forms a conspicuous feature in the landscape from all parts of the surrounding country. The distance is about a mile from the London road to the summit of the hill; about half way up the ascent is a neat cottage, where numerous parties, after luxuriating in the enjoyment of prospects of unparalleled magnificence, assemble for social repast. This huge mountain is covered with thriving plantations, but the trees as they gradually ascend towards the summit appear of more stunted growth. From the cottage a broad pathway covered with rich verdure leads to the summit, from which seventeen counties can be seen; in every direction the most extensive, varied, and magnificent prospects open to view. The Wrekin is regarded by the residents in Shropshire as the centre towards which the best wishes and affections of the heart converge in that well known convivial sentiment, unchanged by time and never out of place, “All Friends Round the Wrekin.” The Rev. Richard Corfield thus beautifully describes the scenery around the lofty mount:—
“The summit gained, the weary toil’s repaid,
By prospects varied—mountain, wood, and glade;
O’er Salop’s plains with beauteous verdure drest,
The Cambrian mountains stretch along the west.
Turn to the north and Hawkstone’s hill you see,
With Cheshire prospects reaching to the Dee;
When to the east you lend th’ admiring gaze,
The barren Peak your startled thoughts amaze;
More eastward still you ken in distant view
Edge Hill, where Charles his faithful followers drew.
This fairy circle let us onward trace
O’er Brecon’s beacons, Radnor’s forest chase,
And as the outline may be further known,
So past its limits may our love be shown—
Love to our country and to all held dear
By ties of kindred, friendship’s off’ring bear—
Love to our country, and to all friends round
The Wrekin’s circle may our love resound—
Such wishes these all Shropshire hearts inspire,
In social converse round the winter’s fire.”
Watling Street is a populous hamlet forming the eastern suburb to the town of Wellington, from which it is distant about half a mile. It is called Watling street from being situated on the great Prœtorian highway of the Romans, which enters this county at Boningale, and terminates in the county of Cardigan. It is now the Shrewsbury and Birmingham highway, and before the establishment of railways was a road of immense traffic. There are several respectable houses and a good inn and posting house. The names of the principal residents will be found incorporated in the Wellington directory. At the census of 1841 there were 66 houses and 299 inhabitants. Acres, 1,096a. 0r. 31p. of land. Rateable value, 2,194. 4s. The rectoral tithes are commuted for £125. 3s., and the vicarial for £29. 5s.
Charities.—Almshouses.—There are on the north side of the church-yard six small tenements erected at the expense of the parish about the year 1790, in lieu of some almshouses in the old church-yard which were then pulled down. The old almshouses appear to have had no endowment, and were occupied by parish paupers, and the present are occupied in the same manner, the inmates being selected by the vicar and church-wardens. Three of the inmates have 1s. 6d. per week, and the other three receive 2s. weekly. There are also four or five small tenements called almshouses opposite the pound, supposed to have been built about a century ago by a person of the name of Ick, or some person related to that family. There is no endowment to them, and the persons residing in them when the charity commissioners published their report claimed them as their own.
Richard Stevington, by will, bearing date 23rd March, 1658, devised a rent charge of £10 per annum to certain trustees for the use of the poor of the parish of Wellington, to be paid out of certain land called the Bury Yards. These lands are situate near the town of Wellington, and consist of two fields, one of which was sold by Lord Forester about thirty years ago. The other is still held by his lordship, and his agent pays the sum of £10 annually, which is laid out in cloth coats for poor men, and warm gowns for poor women.
Paviour’s Charity.—The yearly sum of £4 is paid by the agent of the Marquis of Cleveland, the owner of lands in Garmson, in the parish of Leighton; and in the churchwardens book there is entered a copy of a receipt, given 29th March, 1772, to John Newport, Esq., for the like sum as one year’s annuity, due at Lady-day then last, to the honest poor of the parish of Wellington. This is paid yearly to the churchwardens, and distributed on Easter Monday in sixpences among the aged poor of the parish. We have not been able to obtain any account of the origin of this charity.
Phillip’s Charity.—The only account of the origin of this charity we have met with is a statement in the charity book of the parish of Great Ness, from which it appears that William Phillips gave 20s. yearly to this parish, payable out of the same estate as was charged with the payment of 5s. yearly to the poor of Great Ness. The payment is charged upon a copyhold estate in the parish of Wem, belonging to Mr. Nunnerley and others. The amount is distributed in small sums on Good Friday.
Post Office—At Mr. Benjamin Smith’s, New street. Letters arrive from London and the south at 2.30 A.M. and 3 P.M., and from Shrewsbury and the north at 6.25 A.M. and 10.25 P.M.; and are despatched at 6.25 A.M. and 10.25 P.M. to all parts of the kingdom.
LIST OF STREETS, ROADS, LANES, &c., IN WELLINGTON.
Butcher’s lane, Market square
Chapel lane, New street
Chapel house, Church street
Charlton place, Church st
Church street, Market square
Dun Cow lane, Market sqre
Field Cottages, Wrekin road
Foundry lane, Tan bank
Fountain place, New street
Jarrat’s lane, Tan bank
King street, Park street
Mill bank, New street
Nailor’s row, New street
Park street, Church street
Park terrace, Park street
Parville, Vineyard road
Pump street, New street
Rose hill, King street
St. John street, New street
Street lane, Wrekin road
Summer row, King street
Swine market, Crown street
The Mount, Wrekin road
Tan bank, Swine market
Vineyard road, Church street
Walker street, Market street
Wrekin road, Walker street
ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF NAMES, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, AND RESIDENCES, IN WELLINGTON.
Adney George and Edward, tanners, The Grove, Park street
Agnew David, travelling draper, St. John st
Allinson John, tea dealer, Watling street
Alltree Thomas, tailor and draper, Crown st
Allwood William, linen draper, Church street
Anslow Mrs. Mary Ann, Vineyard road
Anslow Edward, farmer, King street
Archer Wm. John, schoolmaster, (Catholic) Mill bank
Atkins Elizabeth, bonnet-maker, Church st
Austin Wm., baker & confectioner, New st
Baddeley Thomas, ironmonger, iron and steel merchant, and nail and agricultural implement manufacturer, Market square
Bagshaw Joseph, provision dealer and seedsman, Crown street
Banning Rev. Benjamin, vicar, The Vicarage
Barber John, auctioneer and land and engineering surveyor, Church street, residence Mill Bank
Barnes John, shoemaker, King street
Becall Andrew, farmer, Watling street
Beeston John, surgeon, New street
Beeston Miss Tabitha, Rose Hill
Beetlestone Misses, academy, New street
Bellingham Wm., smallware dealer, New st
Bennett Samuel, tailor, New street
Benson John Esq., bank manager, Church st
Berks Mary Ann, New street
Betton Mr. William Howard, Mill Bank
Binns and Smith, milliners and dressmakers, Church street
Birch John, tailor, New street
Birch William, vict., The Wicketts, Street Lane
Bird Francis, provision dealer, Crown street
Botwood William, coach builder, Tan Bank
Bowring Robert, fishmonger, New street
Bradbury Charles, chemist, druggist, and grocer, New street
Brannan Michael, umbrella maker, Walker st
Bratton Thomas Benjamin, draper and silk mercer, Market square
Brookes George, provision dealer, and boot and shoemaker, New street
Brookes John, clerk, New street
Brookes Wm., brazier, New street
Burton Mr. John, Watling street
Butler Joseph, smallware dealer, New street
Butterey John, provision and salt dealer, New street
Brown John, shopkeeper, Park street
Brown John, vict., Dun Cow, Dun Cow Lane
Brown Thomas, shoemaker, New Town
Buckle Fredk., solicitor and clerk to County Court, New street
Campe Rev. Charles, incumbent of Christ Church, The Parsonage
Capsey Thomas, vict., White Lion, Crown st
Carrane John, old clothes dealer, New st
Cartwright Edw. senr., provision dealer, New street
Cartwright Edward, junr., provision dealer, New street
Cartwright Thomas, beerhouse, Street Lane
Cartwright William, butcher, New street
Chalmers Alex. W., draper, Church street
Chapman Martin, basket maker, New street
Childs John, maltster, Church street
Clay Thomas, butcher, Newtown
Clayton Richard, hair dresser, Newtown
Collier Mrs., Vineyard row
Cooke Henry, corn miller, Wind Mill road, Dawley Green
Corbett John, beerhouse, Wrekin road
Corbett John, tailor and beerhouse keeper, New street
Corbett Samuel, blacksmith, King street
Corbett Thomas, wheelwright and beerhouse, King street
Corbett Thomas, shoemaker, Watling street
Cotterill William, grocer and tea dealer, Church street
Cotton Robert, blacksmith, Walker street
Cranage Joseph Edward, boarding school, The Old Hall
Crowder John, timber merchant, and vict., Britannia, King street
Dabbs Moses, beerhouse, Park street
Dale Wm., station master to joint committees of Shrewsbury and Birmingham & Shropshire Union Railways, The Station
Danby John, grocer and tea dealer, Stamp Office, and agent to Salop Fire Office, Walker street
Davies Charles, tailor and draper, New street
Davies David, hatter, New street
Davies Evan, beerhouse, New street
Davies Henry, beerhouse, New street
Davies James, butcher, New street
Davies John, plumber and glazier, New st
Davies John, hair dresser, New street and Crown street
Davies John, painter, plumber, and vict., Market Tavern, Crown street
Davies William, cooper, New street
Dax John, linen draper, and vict., Bell Inn, New street
Delvecchio and Dotti, jewellers, and furniture brokers, New street
Dickin Mrs. Elizabeth, Vineyard road
Dolphin Joseph, butcher, Butcher’s row
Dolphin William, beerhouse, Watling street
Downing Mary, wine & spirit vaults, Church it
Downes John, bricklayer & builder, Church st
Downes Vincent, stone mason, Church st
Edward Jane, shoemaker, New street
Edwards Thomas, agent, King street
Edwards Thomas, cooper, New street
Edwards Thomas, shoemaker, New street
Edwards Wm., chemist and druggist, and hop merchant, Market square
Edwards Wm. and Son, brass and iron founders, Tan Bank
Ellis Gertrude, dress maker, Church street
Espley George, pork butcher, New street
Espley John, malster, nurseryman and vict., King’s Head, New street
Evans Hannah, bonnet maker, New street
Evans Jane, hosier, New street
Evans Thomas, beerhouse, Pump street
Evans Thomas, tea dealer, New street
Evett Mrs. Ann, Chapel House
Eyton Thomas Campbell, Esq., The Vineyard
Farmer Edward, beerhouse keeper, New street
Farmer James Bayley, solicitor, New street, office, Crown street
Farries Alexander, tea dealer, Watling street
Fieldhouse John, shopkeeper, New street
Foulkes James, agent to Mr. Taylor, brick and tile maker, Gerrard’s lane
Fox Mary, schoolmistress (National) Church yard side
France William, beerhouse, Jarrat’s lane
Gawthrop Rev. Thomas, M.A., curate, Prospect House, Park street
Gibson John, seedsman, Park street
Gill Robert, brazier, New street
Goodman John, vict., Bull’s Head, New street
Goodall Peter, gentleman, Parville
Gough James, shoemaker, Crown street
Grant Alex., travelling draper, Mill Bank
Grant Wm., travelling draper, Mill Bank
Grainger Rev. Henry Gabriel, (Baptist) Fountain Place
Grainger Edward, vict., Red Lion, Street lane
Greatwood Robert, solicitor, Parville
Green Miles, tailor, woollen draper & hatter, Church street
Griffiths Charles, shoemaker, Mill Bank
Griffiths John, beerhouse and shopkeeper, Mill Bank
Griffiths John, blacksmith, Swine Market
Griffiths Mr. James, Vineyard road
Griffiths William, saddler, Walker street
Groom & Sons, timber merchants, New street
Groom Isaac, baker, Walker street
Groom John, joiner and cabinet maker, New street
Groom William, painter, glazier, paper hanger, and provision dealer, New street
Hall Catherine, dress maker, Park street
Hall Michael, tailor, Park street
Hampton Rebecca, vict., Crown Inn, Crown street
Hamlet Richard, vict., Odd Fellows’ Arms, New street
Harper William, saddler, New street
Hartley Henry, beerhouse, New street
Harris George, shoemaker, Church street
Harris George, shoemaker, New street
Hayes Henry, surgeon, Vineyard road
Hayley Sedgley, gentleman, Park street
Haynes John, currier and leather cutter, New street
Haynes John, scripture reader, Church st
Hayward Thomas, professor of music, Church street
Heaford Mary, beerhouse, New street
Heighway Thomas, hair dresser, New street
Heywood Charles, rope and twine maker, New street
Hobson Robert, printer, stationer, bookseller, and bookbinder, and publisher of the Wellington Advertiser (monthly), and honorary secretary of the London Art Union, Market square
Hodgkiss Anne, vict., Cock Inn, Watling street
Holland Ann, confectioner, Church street
Houlston Edward, beerhouse, Watling street
Houlston John, auctioneer, office over the County Court Office, Market square, residence Oaken Gates
Howlet William, surgeon, Park street
Hughes Robert, beerhouse, New street
Hughes William, shopkeeper, New street
Hutchinson John, surveyor of highways, New street
Hussey John, schoolmaster, Church street
Irwin Robert, vict., Sun Inn, Walker street
Ison John, chemist, druggist, and grocer, New street
Ison John, beerhouse, Watling street
Jackson William, beerhouse, New street
Jacobs Maurice, clothier, Crown street
Jonathan William, agent to London bone and guano company, Wrekin road
Jones Charles, maltster and porter merchant, Vineyard road
Jones John, butcher, New street
Jones John, farmer, maltster, hop, seed, and porter merchant, Park street
Jones John, tailor & beerhouse, Church st
Jones John, umbrella maker, New street
Jones Joseph, shopkeeper, Watling street
Jones Samuel Haden, surgeon, New street
Jones Thomas, carpenter, Vineyard road
Jones Thomas, wine & spirit vaults, New st
Jones Thomas William, high bailiff to county court, King street
Juckes Charles, linen draper, New street
Keay Charlotte, shoemaker, Market square
Keay James, printer, bookseller, & stationer, New street
Keay Rev. William, (Baptist), Spring field house, King street
Kimberley Mrs. Mary, Vineyard road
Knowles Isaac, solicitor, Church street
Lane John, veterinary surgeon, Swine market
Large John, joiner, Church street
Lawley Joseph, watch maker, Swine market
Lawrence Richard, tailor, draper, and pawnbroker, New street
Lawson Charles, shoemaker, New street
Leah Edward, seedsman, Park street
Leake Thomas, bookseller, printer, bookbinder, and stationer, New street