Piggott Rev. Wm., (Wesleyan) St. John’s st

Pinches Wm., maltster, (Taylor & Pinches), St. John’s street

Plant Robert, shoemaker, King street

Poble John, blacksmith, Watling street

Pointon Henry, painter, plumber, and provision dealer, Crown street

Poole William, butcher, Dun Cow lane

Pooler William, tailor and draper, New st

Price Jane, shopkeeper, Church street

Price Edward, schoolmaster (National), Churchyard side

Price Richard, beerhouse, Park street

Price Robert, wheelwright, timber merchant, and vict., Queen’s Head, Walker street

Pritchard Mrs. Ann, Mill Bank

Randles Richard, beerhouse, Park street

Robinson James, shopkeeper, Watling street

Robinson John, tea dealer, Watling street

Roe Richard, cab maker, Swine market

Rogers Mary, shopkeeper, New street

Roper George, carpenter, Wrekin road

Ridding Mrs. Lettice, the Mount

Richards Richard, butcher, St. John’s street

Rimmer Henry, manager of goods department at Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway, St. John street

Russell John, sexton, Church street

Ryder John, surgeon, Crescent house, Park street

Sagah Mrs. Sarah, Park street

Sambrook William, beerhouse, Park street

Sandels John, maltster, porter merchant, and vict., Groom and Horses, Walker st.

Shakeshaft Benjamin, plumber, glazier, and painter, and beerhouse, Church street

Shakeshaft Helen and Ann, braziers and victs., Fox and Grapes, Market street

Shaw Benjamin, bricklayer, Newtown

Shaw John, vict., Charlton Arms, Church st.

Shelton Annette, vict., Duke of Wellington, New street

Shelton Edward, vict., Raven Inn, Walker street

Shelton Robert, farmer and saddler, Watling street

Shepard James, maltster, Park street

Sheppard John Henry, tailor and draper, New street

Shepherd Abraham, vict., Queen’s Head, New street

Shepherd Isaac, beerhouse, King street

Shepperd Robert, chair maker, New street

Shropshire Banking Company, John Benson, Esq., manager, Church street

Simpson Charles, smallware dealer, New street

Slaney John, wine and spirit merchant, Church street

Smith John, shopkeeper, Park street

Smith Benjamin, postmaster, bookseller, printer, stationer, and bookbinder, New street

Smith Henry, hairdresser, New street

Smith Peter, travelling draper, Mill Bank

Smith William, travelling draper, Mill Bank

Snook George, maltster and road surveyor, Tan bank

Stamper John, supervisor of inland revenue, Spring street

Stean Jane, dressmaker, Park street

Steedman John Francis, surgeon, Park street

Steel James, farmer, Buckatree hall

Stephens Richard, shoemaker, Dun Cow lane

Stokes James, vict., Holly Bush, Street lane

Stones Francis, furniture broker, New street

Summers Richard Dickson, currier and vict., Duke’s Head, New street

Swift Martha, schoolmistress, Church street

Tarbitt David K., tea dealer (travelling), Watling street

Taylor William Muchall, solicitor, and agent to general life office, and law fire office, Church street

Thompson Emanuel, shoemaker, Summer row

Thompson Thomas, shoemaker, Dun Cow ln

Titley Joseph, butcher, Pump street

Turner John, joiner, Foundry lane

Turner James, saddler, Dun Cow lane

Turner Thomas, Esq., clerk to magistrates and actuary at Saving’s Bank, Walker st

Turner Thomas, cabinet maker and butcher, New street

Turner Thomas, grocer & bricklayer, New st

Turner William, Esq., solicitor, Walker st.; residence, Field House

Vaughan James, hair dresser and toy dealer, New street

Vaughan Thomas, hair dresser & toy dealer, New street

Venables Charles, draper and silk mercer, Church street

Vickers Thomas, beerhouse, Pump street

Warren Robert, beerhouse, New street

Wase John, solicitor, and agent to law fire office, Church street

Webb Charles, confectioner, New street

Webb Henry, confectioner, New street

Webb James, draper & silk mercer, Market square

Webb Thomas, ironmonger, Crown street

Webb William and Co., grocers, chandlers, and hop, seed, and guano merchants, Market square

Welsh Robert, travelling tea dealer, Hope Cottage

West Marshall, beerhouse, New street

West Thomas, butcher, Market street

Weston Emma, boarding school, Watling st

Weston Robert, surgeon, St. John street

Whittall Thomas, beerhouse, King street

Whittall William, maltster, King street

Whitfield John, grocer, tea dealer, and ironmonger, Market square

Williams Thomas, shopkeeper, Watling st

Winnall Richard, shopkeeper, New street

Winter Simon, watch & clock maker, New st

Wood Richard, tailor, Mill Bank

Wood William, wheelwright, Summer row

York James, baker, New street

York William Henry, plumber, glazier, and vict., George and Dragon, New street

CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROFESSIONS, MANUFACTURES, AND TRADES IN THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON.

Academies.

Beetlestone Misses, New st

Binnell Jane, Rose hill

Catholic, William Thomas Arthur, Mill Bank

Cranage Joseph Edward, (boarding), The Old Hall

Hussey John, Church street

National, Edward Price and Mary Fox, Church yard side

Swift Martha, Church street

Weston Emma, (boarding), Watling street

Agricultural Implement Makers.

Baddeley Thos., Market sq

Price Robert, Walker street

Attornies.

Buckle Frederick, New street

Greatwood Robert, Parville

Farmer Jas. Bayley, New st

Newill Robert Daniel, New st

Knowles Isaac, Church st

Marcy George, and clerk to poor law union, and superintendent registrar, Watling street

Nock William, Church st

Palin Richard, Church st., and Shrewsbury

Taylor William Muchall, Church street

Turner William, Walker st

Wase John, Church street

Auctioneers.

Barber John, Church street

Houlston John, office over county court

Bakers.

Austin William, New street

Berks Mary Ann, New street

Broom Isaac, Walker street

York James, Church street

Banks.

Shropshire Banking Co., John Benson, Esq., manager, (draw on Hanburg, Tailor, Lloyd, & Company.)

Basket Maker.

Chapman Martin, New street

Blacksmiths.

Baddeley Thos., Market sq

Corbett Samuel, and whitesmith, King street

Cotton Robert, Walker street

Lockley Richard, Jarrat’s ln

Lloyd Richard, Wrekin road

Griffiths John, Swine market

Poble John, Watling street

Booksellers, &c.

Hobson Robert, Market sq

Keay James, New street

Leake Thomas, New street

Smith Benjamin, New street

Boot and Shoemakers.

Barnes John, King street

Brookes George, New street

Brown Thomas, New town

Corbett Thomas, Watling st

Edwards Jane, New street

Edwards Thomas, New st

Gough James, Crown street

Griffiths Charles, Mill Bank

Harris George, New street

Harris George, Church st

Holland Ann, Church street

Keay Charlotte, Market sq

Lawson Charles, New st

Liggatt John, New street

Lloyd Wm., Fields cottages

Lloyd William, New street

Morgan John, New street

Plant Robert, King street

Stephens Rd., Dun Cow ln

Thompson Emanuel, Summer row

Thompson Thos., Dun Cow lane

Braziers.

Baddeley Thomas, Market sq

Brookes William, New street

Gill Robert, New street

Lloyd Thomas, New street

Shakeshaft Helen and Ann, Market street

Bricklayer.

Shaw Benjamin, New town

Corbett John, Wrekin road

Turner Thomas, Market sq

Builder.

Downes John, Church street

Butchers.

Clay Thomas, New town

Cartwright William, New st

Davies James, New street

Dolphin Joseph, Butchers row

Espley George, (pork), New street

Poole William, Dun Cow ln

Richards Rd., St. John street

Titley Joseph, Pump street

West Thomas, Market street

Cabinet Makers & Furniture Brokers.

Delveccio and Dotti, New st

Groom John, New street

Page Francis, New street

Parton William, New street

Roe Richard, Swine market

Stones Francis, New street

Turner Thomas, New street

Chair Maker.

Shepperd Robert, New street

Chemists & Druggists.

Bradbury Charles, New st

Edwards William, Market sq

Ison John, New street

Moore Samuel, Market sq

Morgan Henry, New street

Clog and Patten Maker.

Mawdsley George, New st

Clothiers.

Jacobs Maurice, Crown st

Morris George, New street

Morris John, New street

Pooler William, New street

Coach Builder.

Botwood William, Tan bank

Confectioners.

Austin William, New street

Holland Ann, Church street

Webb Charles, New street

Webb Henry, New street

Coopers.

Davies William, New street

Edwards Thomas, New st

Vickers Richard, New street

Corn Millers.

Cooke Henry, Wind mill

Reynolds Stephen, King st

Corn, Seed, and Hay Dealer.

Peake Richard, King street

Curriers & Leather Cutters.

Haynes John, New street

Summers Richard Dixon, New street

Fire and Life Offices.

Anchor, Richard Peplow, Charlton place, Church st

Guardian Assurance Office, William Nock, Church st

Law Fire Office, William M. Taylor, Church street

Law Fire Office, John Wase, Church street

Minerva, John Barber, Church street

Phœnix, John Barber, Church street

Royal Exchange, William Edwards, Market square

Salop, John Danby, Walker street

Shropshire and North Wales, Richard Lawrence, New st

Solicitors’ and General Life, Wm. M. Taylor, Church st

Star Life Office, Benjamin Smith, New street

Fishmonger.

Bowring Robert, New street

Fruiterer.

Mc.Cabe Peter, New street

Green Grocer.

Brown John, Park street

Grocers and Tea Dealers.

Cotterill Wm., Church st

Danby John, Walker street

Edwards William, Market sq

Ison John, New street

Moore Samuel, Market sq

Morgan Henry, New street

Turner Thomas, Market sq

Webb Wm. & Co., Market sq

Whitfield John, Church st

Hair Dressers.

Clayton Richard, New street

Davies John, New street & Crown street

Heighway Thomas, New st

Morris John, Church street

Smith Henry, New street

Vaughan James, New street

Vaughan Thomas, New st

Hatters.

Davies David, New street

Green Miles, Church street

Lewis John, Market square

Morris John, New street

Peplow Richard, Charlton pl

Hop, Seed, and Guano Merchants.

Jones John, Park street

Webb William & Company, Market square

Hosiers.

Evans Jane, New street

Butler Joseph, and rag and bone dealer, New street

Hotels, Inns, and Taverns.

Bell Inn, John Dax, New st

Brittannia, John Crowder, King street

Bull’s Head, John Goodman, New street

Charlton Arms, John Shaw, Church street

Cock Inn, Anne Hodkiss, Watling street

Crown Inn, Rebecca Hampton, Crown street

Duke’s Head, Richard Dixon Summers, New street

Duke of Wellington, Annette Shelton, New street

Dun Cow, John Brown, Dun Cow lane

Fox and Grapes, Helen and Ann Shakeshaft, Market st

George and Dragon, Wm. Henry York, New street

Groom and Horses, John Sandells, Walker street

Holly Bush, James Stokes, Street lane

King’s Head, John Espley, New street

Odd Fellows’ Arms, Richard Hamlett, New street

Market Tavern, John Davies, Crown street

Nelson Inn, John Morgan, New street

Queen’s Head, Robert Price, Walker street

Queen’s Head, Abraham Shepherd, New street

Raven Inn, Edward Shelton, Walker street

Red Lion, Samuel Nickless, Park street

Red Lion, Edward Grainger, Street lane

Shakespere, Thomas Jones, New street

Sun Inn, Robert Irwin, Walker street

White Lion, Thomas Capsey, Crown street

Wickett William Birch, Street lane

Beerhouses.

Cartwright Thomas, Street ln

Corbett John, New street

Corbett Thomas, King st

Dabbs Moses, Park street

Davies Evan, New street

Davies Henry, New street

Dolphin William, Watling st

Evans Thomas, Pump street

Farmer Edward, New street

France Robert, Gerrard’s ln

Griffiths John, Mill Bank

Hartley Henry, New street

Heaford Mary, New street

Houlston John, Watling st

Hughes Robert, New street

Ison John, Watling street

Jackson William, New st

Jones Richard, Church st

Mansell William, New st

Milward Cornelius, New st

Park George, New street

Parker James, New street

Perry Samuel, King street

Randles Richard, Park street

Sambrook William Jones, Park street

Shakeshaft Benjamin, Church street

Shepperd Isaac, King street

Vickers Thomas, Pump st

Warren Robert, New street

West Marshall, New street

Whittall Thomas, King st

Ironmongers.

Baddeley Thomas, Market sq

Moore Samuel, Market sq

Webb Thomas, Crown street

Whitfield John, Church st

Iron and Brass Founders.

Edwards William and Son, Tan Bank

Mansell William, Foundry ln

Joiners and Builders.

Groom John, New street

Jones Thomas, Vineyard yd

Large John, Church street

Roper George, Wrekin road

Turner John, Foundry lane

Linen and Woollen Drapers.

Allwood William, Church st

Bratton Thomas Benjamin, Market square

Danby John, Church street

Dax John, New street

Juckes Charles, New street

Lewis John, Church street

Lockitt John, New street

Venables Charles, Church st

Webb, James Market square

Maltsters.

Child John, Church street

Espley John, New street

Jones John, Park street

Jones Charles, Vineyard rd

Morgan John, New street

Parton Thomas, Church st

Pinches William, (Taylor & Pinches) New street

Snook George, Tan Bank

Sandells John, Walker street

Shepard James, Park street

Summers Richard D., New st

Whittall William, King st

Milliners and Dress Makers.

Binns and Smith, Church st

Hall Catherine, Park terrace

Lloyd Emma, New street

Phillips Elizabeth, Walker st

Phillips Ann, St. John street

Pugh Margaret, Springhill

Roden Eliza, Rose hill

Stean Jane, Park terrace

Nail Makers.

Baddeley Thomas, Market sq

Griffiths John, Mill Bank

Luckcock Richard, New st

Webb Thomas, Crown street

Nurseryman.

Espley John, New street

Pawnbrokers.

Laurence Richard, New st

Morris George, New street

Porter Merchants.

Jones John, Park street

Jones Thomas, New street

Jones Charles, Vineyard road

Sandells John, Walker st

Plumbers, Glaziers, & Painters.

Davies John, Crown street

Davies John, Walker street

Groom William, New street

Lewis James, Watling street

Poynton Henry, Crown street

Shakeshaft Benj., Church st

Rope and Twine Maker.

Heywood Charles, New st

Saddlers.

Griffiths William, Walker st

Harper William, New street

Morris Henry, Church street

Shelton Robert, Watling st

Turner James, Dun Cow ln

Barnes John, King street

Gibson John, Park street

Leah Edward, Park street

Shopkeepers.

Austin William, New street

Bagshaw Joseph, Crown st.

Bird Francis, Crown street

Buttery John, salt dealer, New street

Cartwright Edward, sen., New street

Cartwright Edward, jun., New street

Fieldhouse John, New street

Hughes William, New street

Jones Joseph, Watling street

Lloyd Joseph, New street

Morgan Francis, New street

Poynton Henry, Crown street

Price Jane, Church street

Robinson James, Watling st

Rogers Mary, New street

Smith John, Park street

Williams Thos., Watling st.

Winnall Richard, New street

Smallware and General Dealers.

Bellingham Wm., New street

Butler Joseph, New street

Simpson Charles, New street

Vaughan James, New street

Vaughan Thos., New street

Stone Masons.

Downes Vincent, Church st.

Snook George, Tan Bank

Straw Bonnet Makers.

Atkins Elizabeth, Church st.

Evans Hannah, New street

Matthews Mary Ann, Park terrace

Surgeons.

Beeston John, New street

Howlett William, Park street

Hayes Henry, Vineyard road

Jones Samuel Haden, New street

Ryder John, Crescent house, Park street

Steedman John Francis, Park street

Weston Robert P., St. John’s street

Surveyors.

Barber John, Church street

Hutchinson John, Park st.

Tailors.

Marked * are woollen drapers.

* Alltree Thomas, Crown st.

Bennett Samuel, New street

Birch John, New street

* Corbet John, New street

* Davies Charles, New street

* Green Miles, Church street

Hall Michael, Park street

Jones Richard, Church street

Jacobs Maurice, New street

* Lawrence Richard, New street

* Morris John, New street

* Peplow Richard, Charlton Place

* Peplow William, Watling street

* Pooler William, New street

Sheppard John Henry, King street

Sheppard Joseph, New street

Swift Joseph, Wrekin road

Wood Richard, Mill Bank

Tallow Chandlers.

Moore Samuel, Market square

Webb William and Co., Market square

Tanners.

Adney George and Edward, the Grove

Tea Dealers and Drapers (Travelling).

Allinson John, Watling st.

Farries Alexander, Watling street

Dod Agnew, St. John street

Grant Alexander, Mill Bank

Grant William, Mill Bank

M’Crea James, Mill Bank

Robinson John, Watling st.

Smith Peter, Mill Bank

Smith William, Mill Bank

Tarbitt David K., Watling street

Welsh Robert, Hope Cottage

Wilson William, Jarrat’s lane

Timber merchants.

Crowder John, King street

Groom and Sons, New street

Paterson Peter, Mill Bank

Price Robert, Walker street

Umbrella Makers.

Brannan Michael, Walker st.

Jones John, New street

Veterinary Surgeons.

Lane John, Swine market

Matthew Edward, Walker st.

Watch and Clock Makers.

Delvecchio and Dotti, New street

Lawley Joseph, Swine market

Lawrence Richard, New st.

Peplow William, New street

Winter Simon, New street

Wheelwrights.

Corbett Thomas, King street

Wood William, Summer row

Price Robert, Walker street

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

Downing Mary, Church st.

Jones Thomas (retail only), New street

Slaney John, Church street

Conveyance by Railway.

To all parts of the kingdom by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shropshire Union Railways, from the Railway Station, near the Market square

Omnibus.

An omnibus leaves the Bull’s Head Hotel for Ironbridge, at 2 P.M., and 8 P.M., and arrives from thence at 9 A.M. and 5 P.M.

is a email township in the parish of Wellington, which comprises 612a. 3r. 3p. of land, and in 1841 had 33 houses and 181 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £1,525. 10s.  This township is the property of Lord Forester, and situated about a mile and a half south-east from Wellington; the houses are scattered; a commodious house in the village, composed of brick and timber, is the residence of Mr. John Poole, farmer.  Newdale is a hamlet about two miles from Wellington, returned as having 37 houses and 196 inhabitants, at the census of 1841.  The population of this hamlet is chiefly employed in the collieries in the immediate vicinity.

Directory.—Richard Brown, tailor; John Garbitt, beerhouse keeper; Francis Groome, farmer; Edmund Oliver, joiner and cabinet maker; John Poole, farmer; Enoch Upton, farmer; Edward Williams, farmer and shopkeeper, Newdale.

APLEY

is a township a mile and a quarter north from Wellington, embracing 382 acres of land, which is the property of St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq.  Rateable value, £790. 2s.  Apley Castle is a handsome mansion embosomed in foliage, the seat of St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and situated in a park of considerable extent.  The principal front of the mansion is ornamented with a noble portico, and not far from the entrance is a fine sheet of water.  On the south-west side of the house is the conservatory and flower garden, tastefully laid out, and kept in the most beautiful order.  About a hundred and fifty yards from the mansion are the remains of the ancient castle, which was in early times the manor house of the Charltons, Lords of Powis, of which family the first we find mentioned is John de Charlton, who, in the first year of Edward II., obtained a charter of free warren in all his demesne lands; and in the tenth year of the same reign procured a licence to make a castle of his manor house here.  The old castle was moated, part of which still remains; some small fragmentary portions of the walls are also still to be seen.  The site is now occupied by a range of stables.  The rectoral tithes of Apley Dothill are commuted for £49. 4s.

The residents are St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., Apley Castle; John Mitchell, gardener; and Joseph Walker, farm bailiff.

ASTON

is a township in the parish of Wellington, with a scattered population, three miles south-west by south from the parish church, comprising 1,389a. 3r. 22p. of land, which is the property of the Duke of Cleveland and Mrs. Cludde.  In 1841 here were 15 houses and 84 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £1,420. 10s.  The tithes have been commuted, and £178. 10s. apportioned to St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and £48. 8s. to the vicar of Wellington.

The principal residents are Robert Dickin, farmer; George Dodsworth, builder; John Edwards, farmer, Wrekin farm; John Keay, farmer, Wrekin; Miss Abigail Rider, farmer, the Hall; Joseph Steele, farmer.

DOTHILL

is a small township in the parish of Wellington, comprising 323a. 3r. 14p. of land, which is the property of Lord Forester.  Rateable value, £710. 18s.  Dothill Park, a good house pleasantly situated about a mile north from Wellington, is the only residence in the township, and is occupied by William Wyley, Esq.

HADLEY

Thorneycroft George Benjamin, Esq., the Hall

Bennoin Charles, farmer and maltster, Hadley Park

Brown Joseph, farmer, maltster, and vict., King’s Head

Brown Robert, shoemaker

Brown William Henry, maltster and shopkeeper

Bullock Thomas, maltster and beerhouse

Clayton John, maltster and farmer

Collier George, Esq.

Davies Joseph, shopkeeper

Draycott Elizabeth, dressmaker and shopkeeper

Dunn William, farmer

Evans Thomas, tailor

Getley William, crown, sheet, and plate glass merchant

Ireland Philip Henry, vict., Bush Inn

Jones Benjamin, agent to Wombridge coal works

Jones George, schoolmaster

Jones Henry Windsor, station master

Jones John, farmer, Hadley lodge

Jones Richard, farmer and shopkeeper

Jones Thomas, bricklayer

Jones Thomas, farmer, the Manor House

Jones Thomas, vict., Cross Keys

Jones Whitmore, butcher

Lawrence Elizabeth, beerhouse

Lloyd William, shoemaker

Lover John, sergeant-major in yeomanry cavalry

Medlington Benjamin, blacksmith

Nickleys Thomas, farmer and beerhouse

Palin John, farmer

Pearce John, corn miller, Hadley mill

Pooley Thomas, Esq., iron master

Poyner Henry, Esq.

Siddens Mrs. Emma

Shuker William, shopkeeper

Thomas Robert, cattle dealer

Tomlinson John, corn miller, Leegomery

Turner Samuel, shopkeeper

Ward James, joiner, builder, and cabinet maker

Webb Matthew, Esq. surgeon, Haybridge

Whittingham Samuel, Esq., Haybridge

Worrall Timothy, shopkeeper and shoemaker

HORTON,

a small township and scattered village in the parish of Wellington, comprises 354a. 1r. 15p. of land, which is principally the property of Mrs. Icke.  The village is situated about three miles north from Wellington, and in 1841 there were 27 houses and 117 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £706. 6s.  St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., is the impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £81. 18s.; the vicarial tithes are commuted for £15. 2s.

The chief residents in Horton are James Barge, maltster; Thomas Barker, black smith and vict., Horse Shoe Inn; Thomas Blest, boot and shoemaker; Thomas Chilton, bricklayer; John Doody, tailor; John France, farmer; Richard Griffiths, carpenter and joiner; Elizabeth Icke, farmer; Samuel Middleton, shopkeeper

is a township and populous district in the parish of Wellington, situated in the great Prœtorian road of the Romans called the Watling Street, two miles east from Wellington.  The township contains 774a. 3r. 2p. of land, which is chiefly the property of the Duke of Sutherland; the Rev. Thompson Stoneham, and others, are also proprietors.  At the census of 1841, there were 498 houses, and 2,642 inhabitants, most of whom are employed in the extensive iron works, collieries, and ironstone mines, situated in this and the adjoining townships.  Rateable value, £3,033, 4s.  St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., is the impropriator of the large tithes, which are commuted for £92; the vicarial tithes are commuted for £31. 10s.  The commercial intercourse of Ketley is facilitated by the Shropshire union canal, and the railway in the immediate vicinity, by which the valuable mineral productions with which this locality abounds are conveyed to distant parts.  The Ketley Company (Messrs. Lawley, Ogle, Williams, Hombersley, Cope and Cope) have an extensive establishment for the manufacture of pig and bar iron, and are also the proprietors of extensive collieries, which are held in lease under the Duke of Sutherland.  The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, a neat cruciform structure, exhibiting the lancet style of architecture, was built and endowed in 1838, by his grace George Granville, Duke of Sutherland.  Upon the organ is an inscription, from which we learn that the inhabitants of Ketley and the neighbourhood, “under a deep sense of gratitude, have caused the organ to be erected as a thank offering to Almighty God, for having thus disposed the heart of his servant.”  The situation of the church is judiciously chosen, elevated and central, and the churchyard commands most extensive views of the surrounding counties.  The home views embrace a fine extent of the fertile plains of Shropshire, the celebrated Wrekin, and the far-famed iron works of the neighbourhood.  The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Lichfield, and patronage of the Duke of Sutherland; incumbent, Rev. Thompson Stoneham, M.A., who resides at the Parsonage, a good and commodious residence, also the gift of his grace.  The Parochial Schools, situated near the church, were built by his grace the Duke of Sutherland, by whose liberality they are also chiefly supported.  There is an average attendance of about one hundred and fifty scholars.  The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel, built in 1823; there is also a commodious Wesleyan Chapel at Ketley Bank, built in 1823.  Ketley Bank is a scattered but populous district, partly in this township and partly in the parish of Wombridge.  The Wesleyan chapel above mentioned is in the latter parish.  Many interesting varieties of fossils and petrifactions are found in this neighbourhood.

Post Office.—At Mrs. Ann Williams’.  Letters arrive at 7 A.M., and are dispatched at 6 P.M.

Marked 1 are in Ketley Bank, 2 in Ketley Sands, and the rest in the village of Ketley.

Adams Geo., cabinet maker

1 Allen George, schoolmaster (parochial)

1 Blakemore Thomas, tailor

Bourne Maria, maltster and shopkeeper

Bourne William James, grocer, tea dealer, and draper

Bradbury George, Esq., Spring grove

1 Chunn Enoch, shoemaker

Conniff Robert, hair dresser

Cooke Joseph, maltster, residence Shrewsbury

Dickson Mr., Bank house

2 Dorset William, beerhouse

Dunning Roger, vict., Lord Hill

Gallier Charles, butcher

Gallier William, vict., Stars Inn

1 Gittins John, blacksmith

1 Guy Roland, shopkeeper

1 Hazledine John, shopkeepr

Hughes John, cashier to Ketley Iron Works

Jeffs Henry, tailor

1 Jones James and Jeffry, farmers

1 Jones James, farmer and shopkeeper

1 Jones James, farmer

1 Keay Elizabeth, shopkeepr

1 Keay Richard, shoemaker

1 Light Robert, joiner

Lloyd John, shoemaker

1 Lloyd Sarah, beerhouse

Mackay John, agent to the Duke of Sutherland

Macknight George, surgeon, Mossy Green Cottage

Macknight James, farmer, Mossy Green Cottage

1 Morley Thomas, grocer and draper

1 Maddocks John, blacksmth

Moore William, beerhouse

Morris John, vict., Horse Shoes

1 Ollerenshaw Rev. H., (Independent)

1 Onions William, shoemaker

Onions William, vict., Red Lion

2 Palin Richard, boot and shoemaker

Pearce Mr. Thomas

Perry William, vic., Stafford Arms

Picken Richard, beerhouse

Pinches John, shoemaker

1 Pocock Robert, schoolmast

Price Aaron, grocer and tea dealer

Price Thomas, beerhouse

Ravenscroft William, tailor

1 Shepherd William, vict., Sun Inn

Stoneham Rev. Thompson, M.A., incumbent, The Parsonage

1 Teague John, shopkeeper and beerhouse

Tipton Mark, agent to Beriah Botfield, Esq., and vict., Wheat Sheaf, Mossy Green

Turner Elizabeth, beerhouse

Vickers Edward, relieving officer

Williams Ann, postmistress

Williams Ann, schoolmistrss

Williams Emanuel, shoemkr

Williams John, Esq., iron master, Ketley Hill

Woodall Peter, shoemaker

LAWLEY

is a township in the parish of Wellington, with a scattered population chiefly engaged in the extensive collieries and iron works in the immediate vicinity.  The village is situated three miles south-east from Wellington, and five miles west by north from Shiffnal.  The township contains 708a. 0r. 1p. of land, and at the census of 1841 there were 33 houses and 173 inhabitants.  Rateable value £3,033. 4s.  The rectoral tithes are commuted for £78.  St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq. is the impropriator.  The vicarial tithes are commuted for £25. 4s.  The Wesleyan New Connexion have a commodious chapel, situate at Lawley Bank, erected in the year 1838.

The following are the principal residents:—Those with * affixed are at Lawley Bank.  Robert Bailey, cashier, Spring cottage; * William Dunning, vict., Bull’s Head; * Mary Ann Garbitt, farmer; Richard Garbitt, farmer and land agent; * Elizabeth Hart, vict., King’s Head; Susannah Hewlett, farmer; William Ison, manager to Coalbrook Dale company; * James Jones, farmer and shopkeeper; * Thomas Jones, farmer, shopkeeper, and maltster; * Robert Lloyd, boot and shoemaker; * Enoch Morgan, shopkeeper; Mr. Edward Rowlands; * George Shepherd, grocer and draper; John Williams, farmer; Joseph Williams, farmer, butcher, and vict., White Horse.

WALCOT, OR WALCOTT,

a small township in the parish of Wellington, comprising 408a. 3r. 27p. of land, at the census in 1841 had nine scattered houses and forty-three inhabitants, chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits.  The township is situated four miles south-west by south from Wellington.  The landowners are Lord Berwick, Miss Cludde, Mr. George Walmsley, and Mrs. Ann Walmsley.  The soil in this locality is a mixture of sand loam, with a portion of gravel.  The river Tern bounds the township, and is crossed by a stone bridge of three arches, built by subscription in 1782; and the Shrewsbury and Wellington line of railway intersects the township, and has a station here.

The chief residents are Susannah Cotterill, farmer; William Cotterill, farmer and corn miller; Thomas Plant, farmer, the Grove; Ann Walmsley, farmer; John Walmsley, the Cottage.

WAPPENSHALL AND LEEGOMERY

WITHINGTON

is a parish and small rural village in a retired part of the county, six miles W. from Wellington; which comprises 1,135a. 0r. 13p. of land, the principal owners of which are Andrew William Corbet, Esq., R. D. Edwards, Esq., Rev. Thomas Husband, and Mr. Bernard Hiles.  At the census in 1801 the parish had a population of 170 souls; 1831, 193, and in 1841 there were 44 houses and 219 inhabitants.  Rateable value, £1,694. 12s.  The Church is a plain structure, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, consisting of nave and chancel, with a tower in which are two bells.  The chancel, which is the most ancient part of the building, is of stone, and the body of the church of brick.  The interior has a neglected appearance.  Upon a stone in the nave, there is a brass plate, with the figure of a person in priestly habiliments, with the following inscription in old English characters:—“Here lieth buried Mr. Adam Graffton, the most worshipful priest living in his days, sometime chaplain to the famous princes, King Edward V. and Prince Arthur; Archdeacon of Stafford, Warden of the Battlefield, Dean of St. Mary’s College, in Salop, and parson of this church: deceased the 20th of June, A.D. one thousand five hundred and thirty, whose soul God keep.”  Another brass plate, with the figure of a man and a woman and seven children, remembers John de Onley and family, and is dated 1500.  There are neat marble tablets to the memory of Peter Blakeway, who died in 1808; to Elizabeth Browne, who died in 1788; and to the Rev. Corbet Browne, rector of this parish and Upton Magna, who died in the year 1807, aged 80 years.  The living is a perpetual curacy, subordinate to the rectory of Upton Magna.  The Rev. Corbet Browne is the incumbent: Rev. Thomas Honeyman, curate.  This township is intersected by the Shrewsbury Canal.  A sum of £16 mentioned in the charity returns of 1786, as given by Andrew Peplow in 1728, appears to have been lost many years ago, by the insolvency of the person in whose hands it was placed.

Browne Rev. Corbet, rector, The Rectory

Browne Corbet, jun., farmer

Edwards Rann Dolphin, Esq.

Evans Richard, tailor and shopkeeper

Hiles Bernard, farmer

Honeyman Rev. Thomas, curate

James Edward Topham, farmer

Milward Frederick, saddler

Moore Helen, dressmaker

Pain Thomas, farmer