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.
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.
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.
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.
Directory.—Thomas Beddall, mason; John Cordwell, timber merchant, Oak Cottage; Thomas Cordwell, timber merchant and vict., Talbot Inn, Stamford Bridge; Thomas Dix, blacksmith; Joseph Goodwin, blacksmith and beerhouse keeper; William Jones, farmer; Joseph Lockley, wheelwright; Miss Stanley, The Cottage; George Stokes, farmer; Joseph Wainwright, farmer.
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
is a parish and considerable market town, in the Drayton division of the North Bradford Hundred, 153 miles N.W. by N. from London, 19 miles N.E. by N. from Shrewsbury, 11 miles N. from Newport, and 12 miles S.E. from Whitchurch. The town is pleasantly situated on the north-east extremity of the county, and is watered by the river Tern. It is a place of great antiquity; and, according to Nennius, was one of the principal cities of the ancient Britons. From the discovery of foundations, and other traces of buildings in the fields adjoining the town, it is probable that its extent was once more considerable than at present; and though no coins, pavements, or other monuments of antiquity have been discovered here, it is nevertheless strongly conjectured that this town was the Roman Station, Mediolanum. It is still a place of importance, and the head of a division of the county, in which the petty sessions are held. It contains several good inns, and many respectable shops in all the different branches of the retail trade. There are three firms engaged in the manufacture of hair seating, which together employ about two hundred operatives. The manufacture of paper was formerly carried on to some extent, but was discontinued about five years ago. Here is a tannery, ironfoundery, and agricultural implements are extensively made. The various handicraft trades, in which a considerable number of the population are employed, will be seen on reference to the directory. The general traffic of this locality is facilitated by the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which passes on the eastern side of the town. Drayton is twice mentioned in the Domesday survey, and it was then held by knights’ service under Earl Roger. In the 30th of Henry III. the Abbot of Combermere had a grant of a market here on a Wednesday, and a fair on the eve, the day, and the day after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The market is still held on Wednesdays, and numerously attended by the farmers who reside in the surrounding district, when considerable quantities of grain are sold. Fairs are held on the first Wednesday in February, Wednesday before Palm Sunday, first Wednesday in May, Wednesday before June 22nd, first Wednesday in August, September 19th, October 24th, and the last Wednesday in November. The parish comprehends the townships of Betton, Drayton Magna, Drayton Parva, Longslow, Sutton and Woodseaves, in this county; it also extends into the Pirehill hundred, in the county of Stafford, and is divided into four quarters for parochial purposes, viz.:—Church quarter, containing Drayton Magna and Drayton Parva; the north quarter, containing Betton, Ridgewardine, and Tunstall; south quarter, Longslow, Sutton, and Woodseaves; and Tirley quarter, containing Almington, Blore, Hales, and Tirley. The entire parish, in 1801, contained a population of 3,162 souls; 1831, 3,882; and in 1841, 4,680 souls. It embraces 7,726a. 3r. 11p. of land. The township of Drayton Magna contains 678a. 2r. 35p. of land, and at the census of 1841 had 361 houses and 1,699 inhabitants. The principal landowners are Richard Corbet, Esq., P. Sillitoe, Esq., the Earl of Powis, William Church Norcop, Esq., Thomas Whitfield, Esq., and John E. Wilson, Esq. The former is lord of the manor, and impropriator of the rectoral tithes, which are commuted for £51. 5s. 9d. The vicarial tithes are commuted for £40. 19s. 9d. Drayton Parva is a populous district, forming a western suburb to the town, chiefly consisting of cottage residences, many of which are small, ill-ventilated, and have a miserable appearance. At the census of 1841 there were 352 houses and 1,462 inhabitants. The township contains 520a. 2r. 32p. of land. Among the principal landowners are Thomas Whitfield, Esq., and Mr. Brocklehurst. Richard Corbet, Esq., and Peter Broughton, Esq., are joint lords of the manor. Mr. Benjamin Beeston, Mr. William Godwin, and Mr. Samuel Swinnerton, are also landowners; besides whom there are upwards of one hundred and fifty small freeholders. Little Drayton Common, containing 97a. 0r. 36p., was enclosed in 1850, when five acres were allotted for the site of the new church, the parsonage, and the burial ground. The rectoral tithes have been commuted for £54. 19s. 7d., and the vicarial for £21. 13s. 1d.
The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a massive structure, void of architectural beauty, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a castellated tower, supported by butresses. It was built in the reign of King Stephen, and underwent a complete reparation in 1786, when it was stripped of its gothic honours. But little of the original structure remains; the pillars and arches which separate the nave from the side aisles are undoubtedly the most ancient part of the building. The approach is at the west end, under a tower, by a Norman doorway, ornamented in the zig-zag style; the ornaments and clustered pillars are, however, much corroded by time. The tower, with the exception of a small portion at the bottom, appears to have been wholly rebuilt. On a beam in the belfry there is the date 1590, but there is no historical record to show that the tower was rebuilt in that year. There are six musical bells; the tenor bell, weighing 17½ cwt., was added about five years ago. The interior is spacious and lofty, and provided with commodious galleries. Upon the gallery at the west end is a small organ. Each side aisle is divided from the nave by five pointed arches rising from octagonal pillars, the ornamental portions of which have been defaced. In the centre aisle is a capacious font, of an octagonal form. The east window is richly beautified with stained glass, which was added about twenty-five years ago, at the expense of Sir Andrew Corbet. An antique tablet remembers Dame Anne Corbet, who died in 1682, aged 80 years. “She was the mother of ten sons and ten daughters, whereof seventeen lived to be men and women.” The walls of the chancel and side aisles are ornamented with numerous other tablets in memory of members of some of the principal families resident in this neighbourhood, but which our limits will not allow us to notice; several of modern erection are very beautifully designed. There was a chantery in this church, founded by Ralph de Basset in the 14th of Edward I., for three chaplains, who had three acres of land here. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £12. 10s. 7½d., now returned at £173, in the patronage of Richard Corbet, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. James Lee, M.A. The Vicarage, a neat residence a little west from the church, was erected in 1837, at a cost of £1,000, by the present incumbent. The old vicarage stood near the west end of the church, and was taken down when the present edifice was built. The site and the garden, measuring about half an acre, were sold by the vicar to the parishioners for the sum of £400, and were added to the church-yard. The church stands considerably elevated, and is a conspicuous and imposing object when seen from the Newport road, the southern approach to the town. The church-yard commands a fine prospect towards the south. Immediately before you is an abrupt declevity, with cottages nestling under the cliff; the meanderings of the Tern water the fertile meadows beneath; and on the opposite acclivity is seen the beautiful seat of Purney Sillitoe, Esq., embosomed in thriving plantations with a fine extent of richly-wooded country extending into Staffordshire.
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 Free Grammar School, situated on the south-east side of the church yard, was founded by Sir Rowland Hill, in 1554, who charged the manor at Wellington Hey, with the lands thereto belonging, with the payment of £22 per annum, for the support of the said school. The churchwardens of the parish were incorporated governors of the school, and were directed to pay twenty marks yearly out of the above sum to the master, to the usher £6. 13s. 4d., and the yearly sum of 40s. residue thereof should be kept as a fund for the reparations of the school. The governors covenanted for themselves and their successors that the hall or tenement on the south side of the church yard at Drayton, commonly called St. Mary’s Hall, wherein a grammar school was then kept, or such other house as should be thereafter erected on the site, should be for ever used for the said grammar school. The school was to be free for all children whose parents should place them there for learning to read English, the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, and that neither the master nor the usher should agree for any recompense for such instruction. Sir Thomas Lake, in 1662, gave a rent charge issuing out of certain lands in the parish of Baschurch, amounting to £9. 19s. per annum, £6. 12s. 8d. thereof to the schoolmaster, and £3. 6s. 4d. to the usher. By an order in the Court of Chancery made 22nd January, 1816, on a petition presented by the governors it was ordered that the offices of master and usher should be consolidated, and that the office of usher should be abolished. That the governors should be at liberty to expend a sum not exceeding £191 in repairing the school house and other buildings belonging to the school; and that such sum should be raised by a mortgage of the said premises. That the governors should let the house then occupied by the usher. That a salary of £25 should be paid to the master, and that the residue of the annual revenues of the school should be applied in discharge of the principal money to be borrowed for the said repairs, and of the necessary repairs that might from time to time be wanted. The income of the school consists of the two rent charges above mentioned, and £7 per annum arising from the rent of the house formerly occupied by the usher. Out of the income amounting to £38 19s. there is paid a salary of £25 to the master, £9. 2s. as interest on the £182 laid out in the repairs of the school premises, and some small sums annually for repairs and incidental expenses. The Rev. Charles Cooke, M.A., is the master.
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.
Petty Sessions are held on the last Saturday in every month, in the spacious room above the county court offices, when prisoners are committed to Shrewsbury or Stafford, as the case may occur, in which county the offence is committed, the magistrates having jurisdiction in both counties.
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.
Near this town, during the desolating wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, a desperate conflict took place at Blore Heath, on the borders of Staffordshire, which proved very disastrous to numbers of the Cheshire gentry, and many of the principal families of the adjoining district. The battle took place on the 23rd of September, 1459, when Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, commanded the forces of the white rose, and had an army of 5,000 men encamped on a hill near Market Drayton. He was opposed by James Touchet, Lord Audley, on the part of the red rose, with an army of 10,000. Though so disproportionate in numbers, the army of Salisbury proved victorious: 2,400 men are said to have been slain in this bloody conflict, together with their brave and loyal chief, who fell by the hand of Robert Kynaston, Esq., of Hordley, a zealous partizan of the house of York. In a field adjoining the turnpike road from Market Drayton to Newcastle, a stone has been set up to mark the spot where Lord Audley fell. What rendered the battle more calamitous was, that the principal families ranged nearly in equal numbers on the side of each of the contending parties. The old English poet, Michael Drayton, in his “Polyalbion,” represents the conflict as partaking of the form of a duel, in which one relative falls a sacrifice to the resentment of the other:—
“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.
Elizabeth Wetenhall, by her will, bearing date 19th December, 1693, devised to Robert Clive and John Gardner, and their heirs, two parcels of land at Drayton, called the Gallow Tree Field and the Clay Pits, which then produced a rental of £6. 16s. per annum; also a yearly rent of £4, issuing out a messuage and lands at Winstanwick; and a yearly rent of 8s. 4d. out of a farm at Childs Ercall. And she also bequeathed to the same persons £60, to be laid out in the purchase of land, or a rent charge, and out of the yearly proceeds, £4 to be paid in apprenticing one poor boy of the parish of Drayton to some useful trade; 40s. to be equally distributed among forty poor widows, or old decayed workmen of Drayton; 20s. to the vicar of the parish, provided he should preach a sermon on St. Thomas’s day; £6. to be paid to Gabriel Wetenhall and George Dodd, and their heirs and assignees; £4 for the purpose of putting forth a poor boy of the parish of Audlem, in Cheshire, apprentice; and 40s. to be distributed among forty of the poorest widows or decayed labourers of the said parish. In 1811, an information was filed against Robert Farbeck and Samuel Redshaw, as the representatives of the co-heiresses of Robert Clive, the surviving trustee, and against Richard Grant, who acted as the trustee of the charity by the attorney-general, at the relation of the Rev. William Cotton and others. On the 21st of July, 1848, a new scheme for the administration of the charity and distribution of the income thereof, was made, and certain trustees appointed. In this scheme the trustees are ordered, after paying any expenses incident to the administration of the charity, to divide the income into thirteen parts, and apply the same in the following manner, viz., four-thirteenths thereof in apprenticing a poor boy of the parish of Drayton, selected by the majority of the trustees; two-thirteenths to be distributed in money, or laid out in the purchase of coals, blankets, provisions, or clothing, at the discretion of the trustees, and distributed among forty poor widows, and old decayed workmen of the parish of Drayton; one-thirteenth to be paid to the vicar of Drayton, provided he shall have preached, or cause to be preached, two sermons on St. Thomas’s day, in Drayton church; four-thirteenths in apprenticing poor boys of the parish of Audlam, in Cheshire; and the remaining two thirteenths to be distributed in money or clothes, among forty poor widows or decayed labourers of the said parish of Audlem. From certain technicalities not yet complied with by the legal gentlemen, and which few can see the reasonableness of but a lawyer, the charity yet remains in abeyance. The accumulations amount to upwards of £1,400, out of which between £400 and £500 had been expended in the prosecution of the suit up to December, 1850. The trustees appointed for the administration of the charity by the attorney-general, July, 1848, are the Rev. George Pitt; Richard Corbet, Esq.; Henry Clive, Esq.; William Tayleur, Esq.; Thomas Twemlow, Esq.; William Wilkinson, Esq.; and Richard Grant, Esq.
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.
John Bill left £240, the interest to be disposed of in the Shropshire part of the parish. In 1781 the sum of £240 was lent to Thomas H. Alcock, on his bond, but he subsequently failing, a dividend of £106 was received from the bankrupt’s estate. In 1819 a sum of £190 was advanced by the churchwardens for the repairs of the Grammar School, for which interest was to be paid at the rate of five per cent. It is stated in a memorandum, entered in the churchwardens’ book, that £118, part of this money was left by Mr. Bill for the purpose of a charity school in Little Drayton, and apprenticing poor children, at the discretion of the churchwardens. Interest is now paid on £182 from the school funds, and the amount is carried to the poors’ account; but it may be observed, that in the application of those funds, only £4 is disposed of annually for the education of poor children of Little Drayton, which sum falls short of the income of Price’s charity before mentioned, which is also applicable to this purpose, and nothing whatever is applied in binding out apprentices.
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.
Joseph Williams, by will 1796, bequeathed to the minister and churchwardens of Drayton £250, invested in the four per cent. consols, to pay out of the yearly dividends the sum of 20s. to the minister of the parish, for preaching a sermon on Midsummer day; 5s. each to twenty poor widows or widowers, and twelve pennyworth of bread, on Midsummer day; to the ringers, to ring from six to eight o’clock on the same day, 15s.; to an eligible person for receiving the dividends and paying the same to the parish officers, 10s.; to the clerk of the parish, for keeping an inscription of his donations clean, 5s.; and 30s. to the overseers, for distributing his donations. He also gave a further sum of £20 to have an inscription placed in Drayton church, containing the above donations. The dividends, amounting to £8. 15s. per annum, are received by the churchwardens, and applied in the proportions directed by the testator.
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
Boughey and Woodcock, bonnet makers, Church 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 John, tailor, Shropshire 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
Ray Uriah, chair maker, Cheshire street
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
Bradbury John, Longslow lane
Gower and Son, Stafford st
Rodenhurst William & John Cheshire street
Foden James, High street
Jackson John, Shropshire st
Rogers George, (Burton ales) High street
Sandalls Thomas, Stafford st
Grimley Henry, Stafford st
Pigott Creswell, Stafford st
Warren Charles, Shropshire street
Warren & Burd, Cheshire st
Wilkinson William M. and Joseph E., Shropshire st
Green William Darbyshire, Cheshire street
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
Brookshaw Benjamin, Stafford street
Brookshaw William, Beast Market
Hughes Enock, Bell lane
Ryder George, Little Drayton
Moody Henry Church, Victoria Wharf
Bennion Thomas Platt, High
Silvester & Lockett, High st
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
Griffith Benjamin, Beast market
Snow Thomas, High street
Swinchatt Geo. Williamson, High street
Walsh Joseph, Shropshire street
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
Bradshaw John, Beast Market
Griffith Isaac, Stafford street
Griffith Thos., Cheshire street
Harper George, Shropshire street
Montford Thomas, Church street
Barratt Thomas, Stafford st.
Brown Thomas, Cheshire st.
Griffith Isaac, Stafford street
Jones Josiah, Shropshire st.
Montford Thomas, Church street
Noden Wm., Cheshire street
Godwin William, Shropshire street
Goodall John, Cheshire street
Ridgway William (executors of), High street
Spendelow Richard William, Shropshire street
Critchley Cornelius, Beast Market