'Bought with the income of the Class of 1872 Fund c- HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY, OF WARWICKSHIRE, COMPRISING % General &utbt g of t^e County, WITH A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION; SHEWING THE SITUATION, EXTENT, AND POPULATION OF ALL THE BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PABISHES, CHAPELBIES, TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, AND EXTBA-PABOCHIAL LIBERTIES J THEIR AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS, THE LORDS OF THE MANORS AND OWNERS OF THE SOIL ; THEIR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CHARITIES, MAGISTRATES, AND PUBLIC OFFICERS, AND THE SEATS OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY. En <©ne ©olumr, iintj a large «ToIour«tf Mttt iftflap of tie «Iounti>. BY FRANCIS WHITE & Co., Authors of similar Works for Nottinghamshire, the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland. 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This prompt and munificent patronage shews clearly that works of this description are highly interesting and useful, both in the office and library ; not only to the man of business, vhut also "to the nobility, gentry, clergy, professional men, and public officers; especially in such extensive and populous districts as Warwickshire, where, when faithfully com piled, they are found invaluable as books of local and commercial reference. Authen ticity being the grand requisite of topography, all possible care has been taken to avoid errors : every parish, township, hamlet, and almost every house in the county has been visited, and the information either collected, or verified, on the spot. It is therefore hoped that the following pages will be found as free from error as is compatible with the vast body of information, and the great variety of subjects compressed within their ample limits. The Plan of the Work embraces a copious History and Directory of the Borough of Birmingham ; the general History and Description of Warwickshire, shewing its extent, population, agriculture, manufactures, mines, mineral springs, rivers, canals, antiquities, and historical events ; with the seats of the nobility and gentry, lists of public officers, etc.; followed by Histories and Directories of the Borough of Warwick, and the ancient City of Coventry. These are followed by a History, Topography, and Directory of each of the four Hundreds of the Shire, viz.: — Knightlow, Kineton, Barlichway, and Hem- lingford ; in which the Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Manors, and other Liberties are arranged, under the heads of their respective Parishes, and preceded by general descrip tions of the Hundreds and their divisions ; but a copious Index of places and subjects is subjoined, which gives to the volume all the advantages of an Alphabetical Gazetteer, in conjunction with those afforded by connected Histories and Topographies of the various Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions: to point out which, with the utmost accuracy and precision, is one of the leading objects of this work. The Parish Histories show the situation, extent, and population of every Town, Township, Village, and Hamlet in the County ; with the lords of the manors, and principal land owners ; the nature of the church livings, their patrons and incumbents ; the places of worship ; public charities and institutions ; local events and occurrences ; trade and commerce ; objects of interest and curiosity ; eminent men, &c, &c. ; comprising not only the substance of all that has been written on the various subjects, by ancient and modern authors, but also a vast body of useful and interesting information, never previously published in any connected form ; and one of the most important features iu this class, is the Public Charities, in which Warwickshire is pre-eminently rich, and of which an explicit description is appended to the Parish Histories, as extracted from the voluminous Reports of the Commission of Enquiry, instituted by Parliament, in 1817, and finished in 1830, at an expense to the country of upwards of .£200,000. ; but which will, no doubt, be ultimately counterbalanced by the suppression of many gross and iniquitous abuses of public trust, which had previously existed in various parts of the kingdom. 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Ailston, 722 Alcester, 744 Alderman's Green, 581 Allesley, 564 Allesley Park, 565 Alne Great, 750 Alne Little, 786 Alvecote Priory, 890 Alveston, 776 Amington, 895 Ansley, 810 Ansley Hall, 811 Anstey, 566 Arbury & Hall, 813 Arley, 567 Arlescote, 720 Arrow, 750 Ascote, 714 Ashow, 599 Aspley, 768 & 115 Astley, 568 Astley Castle, 569 Aston, juxtaBinning- ham, History, 71, Directory, 402 Aston Cantlow, 786 Atherstone, 821 Atherstone Hall, 822 Atherstone-upon- Stour, 721 Attleborough, 834 Austrey, 881 Avon Dassett, 715 Baddesley Clinton, 860 - Baddesley Ensor, 883 Bagintoncfe Hall, 599 Bafiards Green, 567 Balsall Temple, 865 Barcheston, 705 Barford, 733 Barlichway Hundred, 744 : Alcester Divi sion, 744; Henley - Division, 761 ; Snit- terfi eldDivision 776; Stratford Division, 786 Barnacle, 576 Barston, 860 Barton, 787 Barton-on-the-Heath 705 Bascote, 689 Baxterley and Hall, 812 Bearley, 778 Beaudesert, 761 Beausal, 781 Bedworth, 569; The Heath, 570 Bell Green. 581 Bentley, 758 Bentley, 841 Berkeswell. 861 Bevington (Cock), 791 Bevington (Wood), 791 Bickenhill, 863 Bickmarsh, 809 Bidford, and Grange. 787 Biggin, 653 Billesley, 788 Billesley Hall, 789 Bilton and Hall and Grange, 649 Binley, 573 Binton, 789 Birdingbury & Hall, 684 Birmingham History, 1, Directory, 79 Bishops' Tachbrook, 739 Bishopton, 798 Blythe & Hall, 841 Bolehall, 895 Bourton-on-Duns- more&Hall, 651 Bordesley, 1 & 73 Bradmore, 711 Brailes, 706 Bramcote Hall, 888 Bramcott, 576 Brandon, 682 Breach Oak, 569 Bretford, 683 Bridgetown, 776 Brinklow, 574 Broad well, 691 Brockhnrst, 588 Bromford, 74 Bromwich Little,His tory, 72, Directory, 404 Broom, 787 Broughton, 733 Brown Lloyd Green, 781 Brownshill, 564 Brownshill green, 587 Brownsover, 653 Bubbenhall, 601 Budbrook, 735 Bulkington, 575 Burmington, 708 Burton Dassett. 716 Burton Hills, 716 Burton Hastings, 578 Bushwood, 798 Butlers Marston, and Manor House, 722 Caldecote,&Hall,812Canley, 645 Cape (The), 467 Castle Bromwich, History, 72 ; Direct ory, 402 Cawston, 655 Chadshunt, 722 Chapel Ascote,684 Charlecote & House, 736 Chelmscote, 706 Cherrington, 709 Chester's Over, 588 Chesterton, 737 Chesterton Little, or Kingston, 737 Chilvers Coton, 812 Church Over, 652 Clarke's Green, 756 Claudon, 495 Claverdon, 762 Claybrook, 579 Cliffe,884Clopton House, 797 Clopton-on-Duns- more, 653 Cloudesley Bush, 588 Cobley, 758 Coleshill, 844 Collycroft, 570 Combe Abbey and Fields, 579 Combrook, 730 C ompton (Fenny),7 1 7 Compton House,710, 711, 723 Compton (Long), 709 Compton Scorpion, 726 Compton Verney,723 Compton Wyniates, 710 Copston Magna, 588 Corley & Hall, 815 Corley Moor, 564, 815, 817 Corley Rock, 815 Cosford, 661 Coton & House, 652 Coughton & House, 751 Coundon, 587 Courthouse Green, 581 Coventry History, 479 Directory, 542 Crabbs Cross, 753 Crimscott, 733 Cryfield, 645 Cubbington, 602 Culcutt, 685 Curdworth. 849 Deritend, 73 Divett's Green, 567 Dodwell, 798 I 'orden, 888 Dorsington, (Little,) 809 DosthiIL884and896 Draycote, 651 Drayton, 798 Duddeston-cum-Ne- chells, 73 Dunchurch, 654 Dunnington, 791 Easonhall, 588 Easton Green, 564 Eathorpe, 703 Eatington, 723 Eatington Lower,723 Eatington Upper, 723 Eaves Green. 872 Edgbaston, 70 Edgehill, 731 Edstone, & Hall, 770 Elmdon, 864 Emscote, 467 Erdington,H istory,73 Directory, 403 Escote, 860 Exhall, juxta Coven try, 580 Exit all, juxta Wicks- ford, 789 Farnborough, 718 Fillongley, 816 Fillongley Hall, 817 Flecknoe, 704 Fletchamstead, 645 Foleshill. 581 Foxcote, 726 Frankton, 658 Freazley, 888 Fullbrook, 778 Fullready, 724 Fynham, 645 Gaydon, 724 Gilson, 845 Glascote, 895 INDEX OF PLACES. Grafton, (Arden), 789 and 809 Grandborough, 685 Gravelly Hill, 74 Grendon, 883 Grendon Lodge, 884 Griff, 813 Grove Park, 735 Gun Hill, 567 Guy's Cliff, 466 Halford, 725 Hall End, 888 Hall Green, 581 Hampton-in- Arden, 864 Hampton-on-the-Hill 735 Hampton Lucy, 778 Hams Hall, 819 Harborough Magna, 585 Harborough (Little) 661 Harbury, 603 Hardwick(Kites,)691 Hard wick (Priors), 686 Hartshill, 821 Haseler, 790 Haseley, 780 Hatton, 780 Hatton Green, 781 Hatton Hill, 781 Hawkesbury Lane, 592 Hawkes End, 564 Headless Cross, 753 Heath End, 813 Hemlingford Green, or Body Moor Heath 884 Hemlingford Hun- dred,8 1 0: Atherstone Division, 810; Bir mingham Division, 844; Solihull Divi sion, 859 ; Tarn worth Division, 881 I-Ienley-in-Arden,771 Henley Green, 581 Hewell Hall, 758 Hill, 645 Hill, 691 Hill, 852 Hillfield Hall, 877 Hillmorton, 668 Hillmorton Hall, 659 Hill Wootton, 639 Hockley, 768 Hodnell Lower, 686 Hodnell Upper, 686 Holbrook Grange,662 Holbrook Lane, 581 Honily, 782 Honington and Hall, 711 Hopsford, 596 Howe Green, 569 Hunningham, 686 Hurley, 884 Hurst, 645 Hyde's Pastures, 687 IdUcote, 711 I lining ton, 725 Ipsley,753 Itchington (Bishop's), 687 Itchington(Long),688 Itchington (Lower), 688 Kenilworth, 603 Kenilwortb Castle, 605 Keresley, 586 Kerns Green, 768 Kineton, 727 Kineton Little, 728 Kineton Hundred: 705 ; BrailesDivision 705; Burton Dassett Division, 715 ; Kine ton Division, 721 ; Warwick Division, 733 Kingsbury, 884 Kingswood, 764 and 767 Kinwalsey, 865 Kinwarton, 754 Knightcote, 716 Knightlow Cross, 676 Knightlow Hundred, 563: Kenilworth Division,599 ; Kirby Division, 563 ; Rug by Division, 649; Southam Division, 684; Constabulary Force, 704 Knowle & Hall, 865 Ladbrooke and Hall, 690 Lambcote, 724 Langley, 763 Lapworth, 764 Lark Stoke, 726 Lawford(Church),660 Lawford (Little), 661 Lawford (Long), 662 Lea Marston, 819 LeamingtonHastings 690 Leamington Priors, 611 Leek Wootton, 639 Lighthorne, 730 Little Britain, 789 Little Dassett, 716 Littleworth Green, 756 Lockhouse Lane, 581 Lodge Green, 872 Longbridge, 467 Longford, 581 Lower Norton, 735 Loxley, 783 Luddington, 798 Lyndon Quarter, 863 Malvern Hall, 877 Mancetter, 820 Maney, 852 MapleboroughGreen, 756 Marcliffe, 786 Market End, 569 Marston, 683 Marston Quarter, 863 Marston Jebbett, 576 Marston (Priors), 692 Marton, 694 Maxstoke, and Cas tie, 831 Mere Green, 852 Merevale, and Hall, 832 Meriden. 871 Meriden Green, 872 Middleton, 886 Milcote, 761 Milverton, 641 Milverton (New), 641 Minworth, 849 Monks Kirby, 587 Mollington, 718 Holly Berry End, 872 Lillington, 640 Monkspath, 768 Morton Bagott, 754 Moreton Morrell, 737 Moreton Hall, 737 Moxhull, and Hall, 859 Myton, 467 Napton-on-th2-HiU, 694 Nechells,73Nethercote, 704 Newbold-on-Avon, 661 Newbold Pacey, 738 Newbold Revel, 588 New Folly, 781 Newnham, 786 Newnham Paddocks, 588 Newnham Regis, 664 Newton, 653 Newton Regis, 887 New Town, 570 No Man's Heath, 887 North End, 716 Norton Lindsey, 738 Nuneaton, 833 Nuthurst, 865 Nutter's Heath, 569 Offchurch, 642 Offchurch Bury, 642 Oldbury, and Hall, 821 Old Folly, 781 Olton Hall, 877 Oscott. 74 Outhill, 756 Oversley, 751 Oxhill, 731 Packington Great, and Hall, 875 PackingtonLittle,876 Packwood, and House 765 Pailtun, 588 Paradise, 581 Pathlow, 786 Peter Hall, 579 Pickford Green, 564 Pillerton Hersey, 712 Pillerton Priors, 712 Pinley, 766 Polesworth,887 Pooley Hall, 888 Preston Baggott, 766 Princethorpe, 677 Radbourne, 696 RadbourneUpper,696Radford, 495 Radford Semele, 643 Radway and Grange, 731 Ragley Hall, 751 Ratley, 719 Redditch, 758 Rowington, 766 Rowley's Green, 581 Rugby, 664 Ryton, 576 Ryton-npon-Duns- moor, 676 St. Denis, 711 Salford (Abbots), 791 Salford (Priors), 790 Salford House, 791 Salter Street, 768 Saltisford, 467 Saltley & Washwood History, 74 ; Direc tory, 404 Sambourne, 752 Sawbridge, 704 Seckington, 890 Sheldon, 850 Shelfield, 786 Shelford, 578 Sherbourne, 738 Shilton, 591 Shipston-on-Stour, Worcestershire, 742 viii. INDEX OF PLACES. Shirley Street, 878 Shotswell, 719 Shottery, 798 Shrewley, 781 Shuckburgh Inferior, 696 Shuckburgh Superior, and Park, 697 Shustock, 840 Shuttington, 890 Sloley Hall, and Hill, 567 Snitterfield, 783 Soho, 71 Sole End, 569 Solihull, 877 Southam, 697 Sowe, 591 Spernall, 755 Springfield Hall, 865 Starton, 645 Stivichall, 593 Stockinford, 834 Stockton, 701 Stoke, 593 Stonedelph, 895 Stoneleigh, and Ab bey, 644 Stoneton, 720 Stonythorpe, 689 Stourton, 714 Stratford-on-Avon, 792 Stratford (Old), 792 Street Aston, 588 Street Field, 588 Stretton Baskerville, 594 Stretton-on-Duns- moor, 677 Stretton-on-Foss,713Stretton-under-Foss, 588 Studley, 755 Studley Castle, 756 Sutton Coldfield, 851 Sutton (Little), 852 Tachbrook (Bishop's) 739 Tachbrook Mallory, 739 T am worth, 891 TamworthCastle,892Tan worth, 767 Tanzy Green, 768 Tardebigg, 758 Temple Grafton, 808 Thornton, 724 Thurlaston, 655 Tiddington, 776 Toft, 655 Tntnall, 758 Tysoe, 731 Ufton, 648 Ullenhall, 775 Umberslade & Hall, 768 Upton & House, 719 Walcott, 790 Walton Little, 588 Walton D'Eivile and Hall, 740 Walton Mauduit,740 Wappenbury, 702 Wardend,History,72 ; Directory, 404 Warings Green, 768 Warmington, 720 Warmley Ash, 852 Warton,888Warwick,History444 Castle, 445, Direct ory, 532 Washwood, 756 Washwood, History, 74, Directory, 404 Wasperton, 740 Waste Green, 781 Water Orton. History 75, Directory, 404 Watergall, 703 Webheath, 758 Weddington, 842 Weethley, 761 Welcome Hill, 798 Welford, 809 Wellsbourne Hast ings, 741 Wellsbourne Mount- ford, 741 Wells Pastures, 686 Weston, 709 Weston-in-Arden576Weston-on- Avon,76 1 Weston-under-Weth- erley, 703 Whatcott, 713 Wheatley, 884 Whichford, 713 Whitacre(Nether)842 Whitacre (Over). 843 Whitchurch, 733 Whitley* Abbey,495 Whitley, 771 Whitmore Park, 495 Whitnash, 648 Whittington, 884 Wibtoft, 579 Wild Green, 852 WillenhalL 495 Willey, 595 Willington, 705 Willoughby, 680 Wilmecote, 786 Wilnecote& Hall,896 Winderton, 706 Wishaw, 858 Withybrook, 595 Witton, History, 75 ; Directory, 404 Wixford, 809 Wolfhamcote, 704 Wolford (Great), 714 Wolford (Little), 714 Wolston, 682 Wolvershill, 576 Wolverton, 784 Wolvey, 596 The Heath, 597 Woodcote, 639 Wood End, 817 Woodlands, 570 Woodshears Green, 581 Woolscott, 685 Wootton Waven, or Wawen, and House, 770 Wormleighton, 721 WroxhaU, & Abbey, 785 Wyken, 599 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Abbeys: Combe, 579; Stoneleigh, 644; Whitley, 495; Wrox- hall, 786 Abbott's Oak, 607 Acres, 405 Agriculturallmprove- ments, 427; Propo sed, 428 Allesley Park, 565 Ancient Britons, 406 Ancient History, 406 Ancient and Modem Mansions, 411 Annual Value, 405 Ansley Hall, 811 Antiquities, 407, 408. 664, 680, 688, 730, 744, 768, 795, 891 Appendix, 905, 906, 907 Arbury Hall, 813 Archdeaconry, 421 Archery, 872 Area, 405 ; England, 428; England, Wales and Scotland, 434 Aspect, 425 Assizes, 465, 486 Astley Castle, 569 Asylum (County),677 Asylums (Lun.), 687, 772, 780, 852 Atherstone Hall, 822 Baginton Hall, 599 Bankruptcy (The New Law of), 441 Bass Rev. Roger, 882 Battles, 407, 409, 414, 605, 719, 727, 821, 890 Baxterly Hall, 812 Beacon, 716 Bidford Grange, 787 Billesley Hall. 789 BiltonHall,&Grange, 649 Birdingbury Hall, 684 Bishops, 405 Blythe Hall, 841 Boroughs Parliamen tary, 405 Bourton Hall, 651 Brownsover Hall,653 Bull Oak, 781 Burton Hills, 716 Butlers Marston Manor House, 722 Caldecote Hall, 812 Camden's description 411 v Camps, 407, 717,719, 737, 772 Canals, 431 to 432 , Carte Thomas, 653 Castles, 411; War wick, 445; Astley, 569 ; Kenilworth, 605; Studley, 756; Tamworth, 892 Cattle, 427 I CaveEdward41 9&653f Cawssey Wm. 875 I Chadshunt House, 722 CharlecoteHouse,736»Charities, 434, [see also the end of the historical account in each parish] Church Building So ciety, 424 ; Pastoral Aid Society, 424 Churches gone, 594, 579, 664, 691, 706 716, 723, 739, 781 798, 834, 877 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Christianity introdu ced, 407 Civil Wars, 413 Climate, 425 Clopton House, 797 to 798 Coffin hewn out of the Trunk of a Tree 721 Collieries, see Min erals, 429 Combe Abbey, 579 Commerce, 430 Compton House, 710, 711, and 723 Coplow Hill, 739 Corley Hall, 815 Coton House, 652 Coughton House, 751 and 752 County Constabulary 436 County Courts (new), 439 to 440; War wick, 466 ; Coventry 494 ; Rugby, 666 Stratford - on -Avon, 797 ; Shipston-on- Stour, 743 ; Alcester 745; Atherstone, 822 Nuneaton, 833 ; Soli- hull,877 j Tarn worth 892 County, divided into, 405 and 406 County Gaol, 465 County Magistrates, 437 to 438 County Officers, 436 County Hall, 465 Courts of Law, 433 Court of Request, 655 852 Courts Spiritual, 421 CoventryHistory,479; Monasteries, 479 to 487; Charters, 479 to 485;trade,482to483; Markets, 483; Fairs. 484; Races, 484; Shew Fair,Lady Go- diva's Procession, & Peeping Tom, 484 Seniority Fund, 485 ; Elective Franchise, 484; Freemen's Pri vilege, & Lammas, * Michaelma s lands, 484; Corporation, 485;Magistrates486 Police Office, 486; Assizes who died at the age of 107. Public Roads. — During the last forty years the public roads had every where in England received the greatest attention. An immensity of capital expended in pro curing turnpike acts and making the roads, to facilitate commerce and improve agricul ture. In 1795, Mr. Hutton says, " twelve roads issue from Birmingham, as from a grand centre, that point to as many towns ;" some of these, within memory, have scarcely been passable. He adds, " all are mended, and though much is done, more is wanted ; and the stranger would be surprised to hear that through most of these twelve roads, he cannot travel in a flood with safety, for want of causeways and bridges." Since this period the roads have been brought into the most excellent state. But not satisfied with gallopping ten or twelve miles in the hour, we must now travel forty, fifty, or sixty. Expedition has no bounds. Canals. — An act was obtained, in 1767, to make a canal between Birmingham and the collieries, about Wednesbury. Coal, before this act, was brought by land, at about 13s. per ton, but afterwards at 8s. 4d. This canal is extended, in the whole, to about twenty-two miles in length, until it unites with the Staffordshire canal, which, crossing the island, communicates with Hull, Bristol, and Liverpool. The expense was about £70,000. divided into shares of £140. each, no person to hold more than ten ; and which, in 1782, sold for about £370. ; and in 1792, for £1,170. The proprietors took a perpetual lease of six acres of land, of Sir Thomas G ooch, at £47. per annum, which is converted into a wharf, upon the front of which, a handsome office was erected. This canal passes over a hill, having six locks to reach the summit, and the same num ber to descend again ; the level of both ends being nearly the same. These locks now, having the competition of railroads, are found very disadvantageous. Bilston Canal. — The profits of the canal company, above noticed, had increased the shares from £140. in 1768, to 400 guineas, in 1782. These emoluments being thought enormous, a rival company sprung up, which, in 1783, petitioned parliament for an act, for a parallel line to proceed along the lower level, and terminate in Dig beth. The new company urged the necessity of another canal, and among other al legations, said — :" That the goods from the Trent would come to their wharf by a run of eighteen miles nearer than to the other." The old company alleged — " that they ventured their property in an uncertain pursuit, which, had it not succeeded, would have ruined many individuals ; therefore the present gains were only a recompense for former hazard, ifec." The new company promised much, for, besides the cut from Wednesbury to Digbeth, they would open another to join the Stafford and Coventry canals, in which a large tract of country was interested. As the old company were the first adventurers, the house gave them the option to perform this herculean labour, which they accepted. Thus the new, by losing, (Hutton says) save £50,000. and the old, by winning, become sufferers. G 50 HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM. Since the above, acts have been obtained to open canals from the town to Wor cester, Fazeley, Warwick, and Stratford. The Birmingham and Fazeley canal opens a water conveyance by Tamworth, Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Coventry, to Oxford ; and hence by the Thames, to London. Thus Birmingham enjoys a most complete canal conveyance to all parts of England. Railways. — The London and Birmingham Railway was first surveyed in 1830, and ultimately constructed at an expense little short of £5,500,000. nearly double the original estimate ; it connects the metropolis with this great manufacturing town, and affords increased capabilities to commerce. The bill, for its formation, was first intro duced to the Commons in February, 1832 ; but in June was lost in the Lords. In the following session, the application was renewed ; and, at last, the act was obtained, at a cost of £72,869. In June, 1834, the works were commenced; and on the 25th July, 1837, about twenty-five miles of the line were opened from London to Boxmoor ; on October, 16th, 1837, it was opened to Tring, 31| miles ; on April 9th, 1838, to Den bigh Hall, 48 miles ; and from Birmingham to Rugby, 29 miles ; and finally, the re maining portion between Denbigh Hall and Rugby, 35£ miles, September, 17th, 1838 ; making the total length 1 1 2 J miles. Originally it was to have eleven, but has now only eight tunnels — viz., the Primrose Hill, 1,164£ yards; Kensal Green, 322 J yards; Watford, 1,791£ yards; North Church, 345J yards; Linslade, 272 yards; Stowe Hill, 418 yards; Kilsby, 2,398 yards ; and Beechwood, about 600 yards. The London ter minus is at Euston Grove, on the New Road. The line passes near the towns of Coventry, Rugby, Weedon, Wolverton, Leighton, Tring, Birkhamstead, Boxmoor, Watford, and Harrow. The Birmingham Station, Curzon-street, of which the entrance fbrmsthe Queen's Hotel, (from London 112^ miles) consists of an establishment occupying several acres of ground. The Repository for Heavy Goods, is an extensive area, excavated out of the new red sand rock, to the left of Curzon-street. On the right is the splendid Facade, adorned with four magnificent Ionic columns. The buildings, of which this is the front, contains the board-room of the directors; the secretary's offices ; the offices of the financial and correspondence departments, a refreshment saloon, &c. To the left of this building, while looking from the front, is the entrance to the booking offices, through which we pass to the London end, and emerge upon the departure parade, under the iron shedding, which covers a space of 217 feet long, and 113 wide; and is admitted to be the first structure of the kind that has ever been erected. At one end of the shedding may be seen the windows of the refreshment saloon ; the entrance to which is on the arrival side, and at a little distance from the other end is the engine house, a large sixteen-sided building. Closely adjacent, is the Grand Junction Station, to which the policemen are ready to conduct passengers, if required. From the arrival parade there are numerous conveyances to all parts of the town. The Bristol and Birmingham Railway is now under the management of the Midland Company. The Station adjoins the London and Birmingham: by this line parties can proceed to all parts of the West of England, Devonshire, Cornwall, and the Southern Coast. Grand Junction Railway, or North Western Line, Curzon Street, is still further on in the long range of building, which composes this general terminus. The royal as sent was given to this railway bill in the year 1833, and the works were immediately commenced under the superintendence of Mr. Locke, the engineer to the company. In July, 1837, the line was opened for the conveyance of passengers. The cost of this railway was about a million and a half sterling. By means of this railway, between Birmingham and Warrington, communication is maintained with Walsall, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, the Potteries, Whitmore, Crewe, Hartford, North- wich, Warrington Manchester, and Liverpool ; and about 800 mail bags are taken up and set down every day on this line. Its whole course, to its junction at Warrington HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM. 51 with the Liverpool and Manchester railway is 82J miles ; the expense of executing it was £18,180. per mile. The principal works on the line are the Birmingham Viaduct, which consists of a range of 28 arches thrown over Lawley Street, and the low grounds adjoining the Station ; the Vale Royal Viaduct, and Dutton Viaduct, were constructed from the design of Mr. Stevenson, under the direction of Mr. Locke. The Birmingham terminus at Liverpool is 371 feet 5 inches above low water mark. The steepest part of the road is between Madeley and Crewe, where the inclination for nearly three miles is one in 180. The Midland Railway Station, Lawley Street, lies in the hollow formed by the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways ; from this station parties may book to Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Scotland. In the summer months, cheap trips are got up on this line to Matlock, and the Peak, in Derbyshire. Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway, to open a communication between the towns of Stone, Rugely, Lichfield, Tarn worth, Atherstone, and Nuneaton, and between all those places and Manchester to the North ; and in conjunction with the Birmingham and Derby Railway, afford a communication between Derby and other places, to the eastward ; and the Potteries, Manchester, Liverpool, and Chester. The length of the main line of this railway is 54 miles and 67 chains, and of the branch, seven miles and 56 chains ; and the amount of the estimate of the costs and expenses to be incurred up to the time of its completion, is £1,158,683. The Birmingham, Gloucester, and Derby Junction Railway is 38^ miles in length, and was opened throughout on the second of August, 1839. The act was ob tained in 1836, but the works were not commenced till 1837. The company was authorised to raise £630,000 , in £100. shares, and further to borrow £200,000., and the works did not exceed the sums thus mentioned. A contract was signed in February, 1845, by Mr. Hudson, chairman of the Midland Company, for leasing the Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester lines. The terms of the agreement are, that the Midland is to pay six per cent, per annum upon the £100. shares of the Birmingham and Gloucester, and to be allowed to purchase the shares at £150. each, any time the Midland like to do so. This arrangement is of immense interest to the Midland company, for it secures to them the whole of the cross traffic from Bristol to Hull, and even to Edinburgh. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, now in progress, with a capital of 700,000., in shares of £20. each ; will have a tunnel in Birmingham, commencing at Northwood street, and ending at Vyse street, and the station at Snow hill ; the length of the whole line 12 miles. Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company, now in progress, with a capital of £1,000,000., in shares of £20.; will have a tunnel iu Birmingham, commencing at Moor street, and ending at Monmouth street ; the station to be on Snow hill ; the en tire length being 43 miles. Electric Telegraph Company's Office, Canal street, James Augustus Goldicutt, agent. Public Accommodation. — The Town Hall, situated at the top of New-street, and at the corner of two converging streets, is the most attractive and splendid building in the town. It was erected by Messrs. Hansome and Welch, from the model of one of the ancient temples of Greece. A rustic basement supports a series of noble Corinthian columns, which extend round the front and two sides of the building. The hall, es teemed the most spacious room in the kingdom, is ornamented with mural pillars, which rise to the elaborately worked roof. In a recess at the end, stands a magnificent organ, erected at an expense of between £3,000. and £4,000. The structure is of brick, faced with Anglesea marble, and was erected in 1833, at a cost of £18,000. The town hall is devoted to the public assemblies of the inhabitants, who frequently meet here in 52 HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM. great numbers, on political and local objects. It is calculated that four thousand persons may assemble in the hall without inconvenience. The triennial musical festivals are held here, and a series of concerts are given in the season, which, from the beauty and extent of the building, the talent of the performers, and the number of well dressed persons who attend, can scarcely be surpassed. The Birmingham Town Hall is a successful attempt to apply to modern uses the most beautiful examples of Grecian and Roman architecture. The following is the principal dimensions and characteristics of the building:— height of the basement, twenty-three feet; height of the columns, thirty-six feet; diameter of the columns, three feet six inches; height of the capital, four feet ; weight of each column, twenty-six tons. Length of the great room, one hundred and forty-five feet ; breadth, sixty-five feet ; and height, sixty-five feet ; making six hundred thousand cubical feet. Besides the principal room, the building contains extensive corridors, a saloon, a grand staircase and ante-rooms, under the gallery, a committee room and several other apartments. The basement of the building forms a promenade, whereon more than one thousand five hundred persons may conveniently stand. The magnificent organ is of the following dimensions: — the organ case is forty feet wide, forty-five feet high, and seventeen feet deep ; the largest wood pipe measures, in the interior, two hundred and twentv-four cubic feet. The bellows contain three hundred square feet of surface, and upwards of three tons weight are required to give the necessary pressure. It is calculated that the trackers in the organ, if laid out in straight line, would reach above five miles. There are seventy-eight draw stops, four sets of keys, and above four thousand pipes. The weight of the instrument is about forty-five tons, and in the depth, power, variety, and sweetness of tone, far surpasses any in Europe. It was built by Mr. Hill, of London. Town Surveyors' Office, Public Office, Moor-street. — These offices were erected by the commissioners of the Birmingham street act, for the purposes of their commission, in 1821, at a cost of £10,000. It is a stone building, presenting a handsome architec tural feature to Moor-street. The general meetings of the commission are held in a room forty-two feet by twenty-five ; there are also a suite of rooms for the convenience of the varions committees, and for general purposes connected with the commission. The offices of the town surveyor and accountant, which are open from nine till five, when all business relating to the maintenance of the streets and roads, and the laying out of new streets and roads, and their levels ; also matters relating to the sewerage, cleansing, paving, and flagging, are transacted. Adjoining to the above offices, are the Magistrates' court, in which the sessions are held, and the various offices connected with the government of the borough ; the office of the clerk of the peace, magistrates' clerks, and the lock-up prison. Birmingham Rate Payers Protection Society. — In the year 1828 the commis sioners of the Birmingham street act applied to parliament for further powers and authorities, for the " better governing and improving of the town and parish of Bir mingham." They succeeded in obtaining the repeal of the Act, 52nd George III. ; and also a new Act, entitled the " Birmingham Improvement Act." By this Act the com missioners were authorized to erect a market house, a corn exchange, and a suitable town hall, for the holding of the meetings of the rate payers, and other public meetings. They were also empowered by the said act, to alter, enlarge, and improve the public offices, to enlarge the market place, enlarge and improve Smithfield market, and to alter, widen, turn, and extend a number of streets, lanes, and passages. By a provision in the commissioners act, power was given to the governors of the general hospital, to put up an organ in the said town hall, the property of which organ to be solely vested in those governors. The commissioners, previous to obtaining their act, stated that they estimated the expense of erecting the town hall, at £20,000. including the purchase of the freehold of the site; but it cost the rate payers upwards of £31,000. In April, 1848, there was remaining a town hall debt of £22,300. Of £100,000. the commissioners HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM. 53 were allowed to borrow on the credit of the highway, and lamp, and scavenger rate ; the sum of £97,257. remains unpaid, making a total of £119,557 unpaid, and no corn exchange was erected by them ; and not a tenth part of the improvements in the parish of Birmingham effected. According to a just principle of taxation, the parish of Birmingham, valued at £500,000. ; the parish of Aston, at £140,000. ; and the parish of Edgbaston, at £75,000.; making a total for the borough, of £715,000. A three shillings rate on this estimate, divided into quarterly payments, would yield a borough income, after deducting twenty per cent, for voids, compounding, Walker Richard, patentee and sole manu facturer of metallic gun wadding, and in ventor of the improved anti-corrosive per cussion caps, 69 and 70 Graham st, and steel pen manufacturer, 1 70, Broad stieet, IsUngton ; h. Camden Cottage, Albion st. Walker Richard, architect and surveyor, 29, Great Hampton row Walker Richard, goods remover, 28,Carver st Walker Rt., lodgings, 199, King Edward's rd Walker Samuel, french plater, brass founder, and manufacturer of brass, japanned, and silver gig apron knobs, brass hinges, &e, back of 29, Park stieet, Bull ring Walker S. and Co., percussion cap makers, 12, Legge street Walker Samuel, gold beater, 62, Hanley st Walker Samuel, chaser and whip mounter, 71, Constitution hill Walker Samuel, junior, manufacturer of rolled metal, brass, & copper wire, tubes,' &e, Lower Fazeley st., & 38, Colmore rw" Walker Sarah, milliner, 45, Graham st. Walker and Showell, cabinet brass founders, 20, St. Mary's row WalkerSarah, boot* shoe mkr., 94,Aston st Walker Sarah, shopkeeper, 60, Dartmouth st Walker Shadrich, dairyman, 91, Hatchett st Walker and Staines, grocers and tea dealers, 31, High street Walker Thomas, mnfr. of the Phoenix self- feedmg stove, ship logs and Sounding ma chines, 58, Oxford street ; h. 1, Fairford place, Bristol road Walker Thomas, maltster, 34, Church st; house, Birch field Walker Thomas, factor and importer of irish linen ; h. 199, Moseley stieet Walker Thomas, carpenter, ct. Harding st. Walker Thos., spectacle mk., Club buUdgs. Walker Thomas and Anna, professors of dancing, 149, Great Charles stieet Walker Thomas Morris, iron and tin plate worker, 17, Lower Priory Walker William, brass founder and lamp manufacturer, 12, King Edward's place Walker Wm., brass snuffer mkr. 43. Lord st Walker WUUam, brass founder, 26. Coles- Mil stieet ; h. 128, Coventry road Walker William, tailor and draper, 50, New street; house, Ryland road Walker William, hat mfr. 75, High stieet Walker Zacchius, merchant ; h. Soho hill Walkinshaw Henry, engraver and copper plate printer, 27, Great Charles stieet Walklate Thomas, manager goods depart- ment,midlandrailway station, Stratford pi. Wall Alfred, grocer, 12, A B row Wall Charles, clerk, Lupin stieet Wall Edward, tailor, 23, Cannon street Wall James Horatio, coffee house, 39tBuUst Wall John Moss, jeweller, 168, Unett at ,' 2M 274 BIRMINGHAM ALPHABETICAL LIST. Wall Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Claverdon st. Wall Timothy, maltster and hop dealer, 9, -Great Colmore stieet Wallace Mary, school, George street, West Wallbank Mrs. Catherine, Hamstead row Wallbank Eliz., metal dealer, 42, Water st. Wallbank John, beerhouse & metal dealer, James street. Harper's MU Wallbank Rd. metal dealer * caster, James st., St. Paul's ; h. 37, George st. Parade Wallbank Wm., green grocer, 91 , Gt. Barrst Wallcroft Joseph, shopkpr., 24, Lichfield st Wallington Geo. perfumer, &e ; h. 1 3, New st Wallls George, gent,, Birmingham heath WallisJane,mllnr.*dressmkr.5,Prospectrw.Wallis John, eating house, 31, Banbury st. Wallis Thos. gent Rose Villa, Nechells gn. Wallis William Jeans, merchant 83$, Great Charles st. and Monument lane WalUs Wm. timber and slate merchant, and saw mills, Dartmouth st. ; h. Erdington Walmsley Thomas, tailor, 53, Blucher st. Walsh John Walsh, soda water, lemonade, &c. manufacturer, mustard mills and cigar warehouse, 31, Paradise street Walsh William, toll contractor, Soho hill Walter Alfred, attorneys clerk, Spring street Walter Chas., wood turner, 23, Latimer st.S. Walter John, screw turner and telescope sliding hearth brush manufr. Bartleft's ct. Walter Wm. shoe maker, 29, Ryland stieet Walters Benjamin, draper, 81, Stafford st. Walters Charles Henry, glass and china dealer. 6, Union passage Walters Hnnh. bleeder with leeches, 4,G as st Walters Isaac, beerhouse, 7. Great Ban st. Walters John, clerk, Canal office, Gas st. Walters Mary Bullivant, matron, Work house, Lichfield street Walters James, baker, Sherbonrne stieet Walters Jrmiah. screw mnfr. 99, Railway ter. Walters John, jeweUer, 75,Constitutionhill Walters Mr. Joseph, 36, Railway tenace Walters Joseph Clemens, british school master ; house, Pigott street Walters Jph., victualler and tailor, Queen's Arms, 212, BeU Barn road Walters Richard, veterinary surgeon and shoeing forge, 29, Pershore stieet Walters Solomon Grosvenor, master Work house, Lichfield street Walters Susannah, japanner, 43, Water st. Wa,ltersWm.inspctng.maUgrd.25,Gopsallst Walters William Joseph, clerk, Old wharf Walthew Ann, dress maker, 10, Lawley st. Walthew Mrs. Hannah, 102, Constitutn. hi Walthew Richard S., architect, surveyor, and auctioneer, 20, Cannon street Walthew Wm.plmbr.putr.&e 10, Lawleyst Walton Edward, cabmet maker and broker, 180, Livery street, and 99. Hampton st. Walton Mrs. EUzabeth, King Edward's rd. Walton Geo., beerhouse, 29, Sheep street Walton George, collector for commissioners of Duddeston & Nechells, 118, Gt. Lister st Walton Henry, tea dealer ; h. 107,Bath rw Walton Isaac, master, KingEdward'sbranch school, Meriden stieet ; house, Seacombe place, Spring stieet Walton James, glass pincher, 154, Great Hampton stieet Walton Job, tailor, 128, Livery stieet Walton John Barker, surgeon, 55, Digbeth Walton John, coal dealer, Old Wharf; house, Wharf stieet Walton Jph., banker's clerk,168,Camden st. Walton & Lampard, tea dealers, York psg. Walton Luke, poulterer and game dealer, 37, Bull stieet Walton Mary Ann,shopkeeper, Gower st. Walton Robert, butcher, 24, Charlotte st. Walton Samuel, shopkpr.,263,Bell Barn rd. Walton Mr. Thomas, 102, Gt. Charles st. Walton WiUiam, french plater and screw gilder, 30, Novascotia stieet Walton WilUam Blakesley, embosser and chaser ; h. 29, Ryland st, IsUngton Walton WilUam, chemist and druggist, 55, Digbeth Walton William, cabinet maker,5, Hurst st. Walton WilUam Davies, shoe maker, court Edward street. Parade Want Edward, bookbinder, ct. 6. Moor st. Warbrick Mrs.EmUy,17,Broad st, IsUngton Warburton, Mrs. Maria, Moseley road Ward Ann, gun polisher, ct. 9, Loveday stieet ; house, Aston New Town Ward Benjamin, inspector ofpoUce,London & Northwestern Railway ,270, Watery M Ward Edward, shoe maker, ct.8,Loveday st Ward Edwin, baker and flour dealer, Prosperity place Ward Frederick, hatter, 48, Bull stieet Ward George, caster, 53, CaroUne stieet Ward George, fishmonger, 50, Livery stieet Ward George A.,upholsterer, cabinet maker, feather merchant, and horse hair manufr., 5, Snow hill ; house, Aston New Town Ward*Ground,enginebui!ders,2,LombardstWard Henry, coal dealer, Old Wharf, and 97, Moor stieet Ward Henry and George Price, bakers and flour dealers, 4, Moor stieet Ward Hy., green grocer, 33, Brearley st, W Ward Hannah, straw hat maker, 21, Coxst Ward James, gun implement maker and engraver, 12, St. Mary's row Ward James, shoe maker, Tennant st Ward James, vict., The Grapes, 81, Aston st Ward James Charles, landscape painter, Balsall heath road WardJane,stiaw hat maker,60,BellBarn rd. Ward John, die sinker, 2, Mary Ann st Ward John, millwright, *e, 203, Aston rd. Ward John, furniture and wood turner, 36, Worcester street BIRMINGHAM ALPHABETICAL LIST. 275 Ward John, farmer, Coventiy road Ward John, grocer & tea dealer,62,Snow hi Ward John Horatio, clerk, 42, Gt. Brook st Ward John, vict, Britannia, 4, Birchall st. Ward John, shopkeeper, 71, Aston road Ward Joseph, surgeon ; h. 25, Steelhouse In Ward Joseph, engine builder ; h. Lower Hurst stieet, East Ward Joseph, baker, 19, Tennant street Ward Richard, shoe maker, 64, Summer In Ward Richard, tailor, 24$, New Church st Ward Robert, furniture broker and gun finisher, 4, Aston street WardRt.,jeweller, 18,St.James' st.,St. Paul's Ward Mrs.Sarah,Poplar Cottage, Aston bk. Ward Sh Rebecca,stiawhat mkr,Garbett st Ward Stephen, general metal caster, 1, Mary Ann stieet Ward Thomas,coach bolt maker, Winson gn Ward Thomas,fishmonger,30,SmaUbrook st Ward Thomas, &. Co., bronze and steel fender makers, 17, Weaman street Ward Thomas, baker and flour dealer, 15, Newton srteet Ward Thomas, shopkeeper,90,New John st Ward Thos.,baker & flour dealer,30,MUk st Ward William, carpenter, Watery lane Ward William, bricklayer, 23, Duke stieet Ward Wm. jun., bricklayer, 159, Moseley rd Ward William, baker and shopkeeper, 27, Bishopgate street Ward William,coal dealer,ct.2, Old Inkleys Ward Wm,car prpretor.,38, Bartholomew st Wardell Joshua, master Bishop Ryder's School, Gem stieet Wardell Wm.,beerhouse,22,Bartholomew st Warden George, boot and shoe maker, 129, Bromsgrove stieet Warden Joseph, iron and steel merchant ; house, Wellington road Warden Joseph & Sons, iron, steel and tin plate merchants, and manufrs. of raUway spikes, naUs, &e, 5*6, Edgbaston st. Warden Joseph, jun., wholesale ironmonger, axletiee, spring, vice, steel mill, spade, shovel, and chain manufacturer, Jamaica row ; house, Green lanes Warden Saml., general factor, Townsend pi Warden Thomas, iron and steel merchant ; house, 169, Bristol street Warden Thomas, tailor, and Eliza, dress maker, 129, Bromsgrove stieet Warden Waples, com dealer, Fox stieet; house, 38, Camp hill Warden WilUam M., iron & steel merchant, house, Hagley road WarderThos.boot&shoemkr. 125,Cregoe st Ware Chas., plmbr. pnti. &e 14, Adderley st Ware Gustavius, glaziers' vice manufr. and diamond dealer, 14, Adderley street Ware Rev. John Middleton, curate, St. George's, 135, Vyse street Wareham George, plumber, painter, *e, 149, High stieet, Bordesley Wareham George and Son, drapers, tailors, hosiers, and glovers, 35, New stieet Wareing Henry, tailor, woollen draper, and clothier, 87, High street Wareing Joseph, hair dresser, 20, Hill st Wareing Joseph, wood turner, 26, Lionel stieet, & coal dealer, Oozells stieet wharf Wareing and Son, drapers, tailors, and haberdashers, 35, New st. and 80, High st Wareing Wm., carver, gilder, picture frame and looking glass manufr. 39, Summer rw Waring Elijah, tobacconist, 10, Congreve st Waring Geo,, brazr. & cpprsmth., 106, Rea st Waring George, joiner, ct. 7, Little Charles stieet ; house, Latimer stieet, South Waring Rd. cunier & leather seller, Milk st Warlow Wm., hosier & lace dlr., 34, Bull st Warlow William, gentleman, 50, Hockleyst Warmingham Thomas, jobbing silversmith, court 32, Lower Tower stieet Wai-mington Geo., school, 73, St. Martin st Warner Chas. gent. Mond Cottage, Bristol rd Warner Henry, beerhouse, 246, Heneage st Warner Henry, die sinker and glass mould maker, 11 J, Cherry st. ; h. Belgrave st Warner Robert, bronze powder mnfr., gold beater and paper dealer, 125, Hospital st Wan Henry, shopkeeper, 49, St. George's st Warren Charles, beerhouse, 57, Summer In Warren Charles, jeweUer, 21, Caroline st Warren Edward Pritchett, surgeon dentist, 34, Temple row Warren James, heavy steel toy and skate maker, 55, Little Charles street Warren Sarah, shopkeeper, 191, Ashted row Wanen Simon, cornel. travlr.,13,IsUngtonrw Wanen Thomas, beerhouse, 91, Summer In Warren Thos., locksmith, 80, Buckingham st Wanen Uriah, (late William Lort,) elastic steel truss and surgical instrument manfr. for aU Mnds of bodily deformities to the General Hospital, 21, Lancaster street Warrillow Edwin P., auctioneer & land sur- veyor,35$.Cannonst.;h.l41,Bromsgrovest Warrillow Frederick and Co., manufrs. Of marbled, morocco, and fancy coloured pa pers, pasteboards, &e, 141, Bromsgrove street ; house, Bristol road Warrillow John, clerk, Lee crescent Warrington Thos., shopkpr., 232, Bristol st Wanis John, tlr. & drpr., 17, Union passage Warten Mr. James, Balsall Heath road Warwick* Birmingham Canal Co.'s Offices, Fazeley stieet ; Charles Lloyd, clerk Warwick Eliz. lodgings, Claremont Cottages WarwickRebecca,dressmkr.54$,Navigatn.stWarwick Rd., boot & shoe mkr., 70, Bath rw Warwick Thomas, manufacturer of plated wares, *e, 21, Bread stieet, Church street Warwick Thomas, watch and clock maker, 32, Cohnore stieet Warwick WiUiam, scale beam and weighing machine maker, 56$, Snow hill ; house, 13, Wellington place 276 BIRMINGHAM ALPHABETICAL LIST. Warwood John, shopkeeper, 1 31, Camden st Wasboren Jph. shoemaker, 9, Coventry st Wasdell Mary, victualler, Golden Eagle, 49, Swallow stieet Wasnidge WilUam, pearl handle maker for dessert knives, forks, &e 1 74, Up. Wndsr. st Wassail Fredk. Hy. shoemkr. 56, Loveday st Wassail Josiah, steel toy manufacturer, court 11, Bartholomew street Wassail WiUiam, fancy steel toy maker, court 53, Cregoe stieet Waterhouse George P. coal mert., Fazeley stieet Wharf ; h. Wellington rd. Edgbaston Waterhouse Mr. Thomas, 3, Wellington rd Waterland Geo. coal dealer, 19, Unett street Waters William, coach-harness furniture plater, and beerhouse, 17, Branston street WatersJno.Whittenbury,druggist,42,Newst Waterson John, druggist, 168. Hockley hill Wathew Henry, cart owner, Nechell's green W atkin TheopMlus Henry, clock & watch maker, 4, Cheapside Watkins Fredk. shoemkr. 114, Up. Tower st Watkins Geo. shoemaker, 13, St. George's st Watkins Geo.boot & shoe mk. 1 7, Howard st Watkins James, plasterer and shopkeeper, 146, Great Hampton row Watkins James, beerhouse, 25, Column st Watkins John, butcher, 55, Constitution hill Watkins John Stickley, church clock, and watch maker, 134, Bromsgrove stieet Watkins Leonard, boot and shoe maker, currier & leather cutter, 54, Constitution hi Watkins Peter, shopkeeper, 186, Camden st Watkins Mrs. Susannah, Hamstead row Watkins Thomas, car owner, 33, Ann street Watkins Thomas, tailor, 14, Lionel stieet Watson Arthur, wood turner and carpenter, court 1, Bristol road Watson Benjamin, percussioner, and shop keeper, 14, Steelhouse lane Watson Charles, printer and publisher of the Birmingham Weekly Diary, 23, Temple street ; h. Witley place, Pershore road Watson Edward, drawmg master, Malvern place, Bristol road Watson Emma & Eliza, school, 1 l,Bckngm. st Watson George, wholesale paper dealer, engraver, copper plate & letter press prin ter, Warwick lis. passage ; h. 13, Crescent Watson George, brass cock manufacturer, court 17, Edmund street Watson George, file and rasp maker, court 2, Edmund st. ; h. 24, Suffolk street WatsonGeo.,grocer & corn dlr., 31,Spring st Watson,Mrs.Hannah,Malvern pl.,Bristol rd Watson Jas. shoe mkr. 9I,Broad st. IsUngton Watson Mr. James, sen., Hagley road Watson James, jun., cheese factor and pro vision merchant, Can's lane, and 100, High stieet ; house, Hagley road Watson James, cabinet carver, ct. 8, Hill st. Watson John, M.D., 99, Ashted row Watson John, brass cock founder, 33, Church st. ; house, Little Charles street Watson John, tallow chandler, 34, and hosier, 5, Smallbrook stieet Watson John, green grocer, 1, Lancaster st Watson Joseph,carver, gilder, picture frame and looking glass manufr.,7, Temple st. Watson Joseph, coach maker, Nechells gn Watson Joseph, grocer & provision dealer, 34, Smallbrook stieet Watson Rt., brass founder, 75,Staniforth st. Watson Sarah, shopkeeper, 41, Aston st WatsonThos.,vict.,TheSalmon,38, Severn st Watson William, manufacturer of gold watch hands and materials, 63,Moor st. Watson WiUiam, clerk, Mill street Watson WiUiam, spoon, fork, &e, plater, 29, Key hill Watson Wm., shopkeeper, 11, LtCharles st Watson & Yelloly, surgeons,38,Ashted row Watt James ife Co., steam engine manufac turers, Soho Works, and Soho Foundry, Smethwick Watt Robert, bookbinder, printer, stationer and machine ruler, pocket book, cabinet and fancy leather case manufacturer, 25, Ann stieet ; house, 34, Parade Waiters John William, jeweller and gold smith, 52, Hill stieet Wattis George, draper, 7, Balsall stieet Wattis Sarah, hosier, 66, Smallbrook st. Watton James Souter, gentleman, Albertpl Watton John, thimble, ferule, and fishing reel manufr., 38$, and victuaUer, St. PhiUp's Tavern, 35, Church stieet Watton John, coal dealer, 8, Wharf street Watton Samuel Clarke, clerk. Villa stieet Watton Thos., hairdresser, 345, Summer In Watton Timothy, master, King Edward's Branch school, Gem stieet; h. Thomas stieet, Aston brook Watton WUUam, printer, 90, HUl stieet Watton WilUam, steel snuffer maker, ct 8, Hill stieet Watton Wm., wholesale butcher,34, Dean st Watts Charles, saddler, 21, Gt. Hampton st., and 86, Gt. Charles stieet Watts Darnel, grocer and provision dealer, 42, Benacre stieet Watts Elizabeth, milliner and dress maker, 15, Upper Priory Watts EUzabeth, grocer, Granville stieet Watts Rev. Francis, theologic tutor, Spring hill, College ; h. Erdington Watts George, victuaUer, Duke of Cumber land, 29, Park street, Bull ring Watts Geo., carriers' agent,40,Cambridge st Watts George, clerk, Victoria Villa Watts Henry, draper, 101, Digbeth Watts James & Co., cigar manufrs. and to bacconists, 26, Lower Temple street Watts John, baker, Villa road Watts John, wood turner, 75, Moland st. BIRMINGHAM ALPHABETICAL LIST. 277 Watts John, beerhouse, 22, Essex street Watts Lawrence, beerhouse, William st. Watts Robert, shopkeeper, 8, Gt. Barr st. Watts Mr. Thomas, 6, Bridge tenace Watts Thomas, bookseller and printer, 20, High stieet, and 14, Snow hill Watts William, baker and flour dealer, Lee Bank road Watts William,carriers' agent, Wellington rd Watts Wm., cattle dealer, 49, Curzon st. Way John, inspector of weights and mea sures, Macdonald stieet Weale Edward, coal dealer, Snow hill Wharf; h. 95, New John street, West Weall Mr. Edward, Grant street Weare Joseph Henry, shopkeeper, 113, Upper Tower street WeatheraU William, hair dresser, 50, Edg baston street Weatley Rd., dairyman, 18, Gt. Colmore st Weaver AntMmy,shoe maker,40,WiUiam st Weaver Ellen, shopkpr., 57, SmaUbrook st. Weaver Frederick, bone button maker, 74, Brearley stieet Weaver Thomas, carpenter, Carver stieet ; house, 34, Pope stieet Webb Alexander, fringe and carpet ware house, 29, Union st. ; h. 13, Russell row Webb Alfred, boot maker, Lee Crescent WebbAnn,pawnbroker,172,Gt.Hamptonrw Webb Edmund, victualler, King's Arms, 123, WilUam st. ; and coal merchant, Oozells street Wharf Webb Edward, tarpauUng manufacturer, 46, Coleshill stieet Webb Edw. Taylor, grocer, 22, Gt. Brook st Webb Edwin,professor of music, 1 ,LeeCrsnt Webb Emma, miUmer and stiaw bonnet maker, 67, Dean street Webb Frederick, jeweller, 74, Vyse stieet Webb George, dispensing apothecary, Dis pensary, 4, Union street WebbGeo.,professor of music,2$, Ludgate hi Webb and Greenway, lock manufacturers and factors, 15, York stieet Webb Henry, boot and shoe maker, 33, Bloomsbury WebbJ as. silver thimble mfr. Timperley bids Webb James, jeweller, 37, Hospital street Webb Jane,strawbonnetmkr.,69,Alcesterst Webb John, builder and retail brewer, 2 and 3, Gt. King stieet Webb John, solicitor ; h. Wellington road Webb John, shopkeeper, 55, WilUam stieet Webb John, gun nipple forger, ct. 12, Steelhouse lane ; h. Aston Webb Mr. John, 64, Gt. Brook stieet Webb John, shoe maker, 23$, Sandy lane Webb Joseph, beerhouse. 23, Navigation st Webb Joseph and WilUam, whitesmiths and jack mkrs.,231,Bishop st,Moseley st Webb Mrs. Mary, lodgings, 33, Gt.Charles st Webb Mary, dress maker, 136, Hampton st Webb Robert WilUam, solicitor, 26, Ann stieet; house, Stratford road, Camp hill Webb Samuel, cut nail maker, Bullock's mill ; h. 87, New John stieet Webb Srh.Walters, school, 81, Ravenhnrstst Webb Sarah, stay & corset mkr., Moseley rd Webb Thomas, bird and animal preserver, 353, Summer lane Webb Thomas, painter, 3, Ryland stieet Webb Thos., jobbingsmith 141, Lionel st. ; house, 24, Mott street Webb Wm. Hy,, factor; house, Wheeler st. WebbWilliam, rag & bone db-., 14, Cheapside Webb William, clerk, 43, Upper Tower st. Webb William, carver, gilder, and picture frame maker, Worcester Wharf Webb Wm., baker & corn dlr., 68, Dale end Webb WiUiam, nickel. and cobalt refiner, ct. 27, New Summer st. ; h. Hamstead row Webb Wm. Lloyd, tin plate woker. ; house, 5, Regent place Webley Frederick, baker, 31, Ruston stieet Webley PhilUp, manfr. of gun implements, locks, nipples, &e, 84, Weaman st. Webster Adie, tailor, Wilton street Webster Elizabeth, lodgings, 13, Lionel st. Webster James, beerhouse, 51, Gt. Ban st. Webster John and Co., manchester ware houseman, 74, High stieet; h. Bedford place, Bristol road Webster Jph., skinner (fetripehs.,25,Balsalls Webster Jph., blow pipe mnfr., 8, Princes st Webster My. Ann, miUiner, 133, Digbeth Webster Mrs. Sarah, Bristol road Webster Thos. tailor* dpr., 61, Church st. Webster William, tailor, 2, Legge street Webster William, hair dresser, 77, Snow MU; h. 149, Hampton st. Weeks Anthony, shoemkr., 106, Tennant st Weeks Thomas, saddler and harness maker, 140, Icknield street, East Weetman Hy. vict. Shakespeare,l 85,Liverys Weetman John, hair drsr., 19,NewMeetingst Weich Samuel, agent, 138 Gt. Charles st. Weight Chas., hosier & laceman, 50, New st Wemtz John, gun stocker, 57, Weaman st Weiss Solomon, merchant, 2 1 , Gt. Charles st Welch Alfred James, factor ; house, Francis stieet, Edgbaston Welch Ann, grocer, 26, Summer lane Welch Charles, (late . WilUam WilMnson,) black ornament and glass toy manufac turer, stamper and piercer, 1, CaroUne st. ; h. Green lanes, SmaU heath Welch Frederick, tanner, 'currier, leather japanner. and patten tie manufacturer, 15, Bromsgrove stieet ; h. Moseley Welch George, assistant overseer* registrar of .births and deaths for All Saints district, Warstone lane Welch George, livery and bait stables, horse and gig letter, 201, Livery stieet Welch Geo., tea* tobacco dlr.,28,Regent pi 278 BIRMINGHAM ALPHABETICAL LI8T. Welch Geo. & Co., manufrs. of patent elec tro plated and nickel silver spoons, forks, candlesticks, cruet frames, &e, 11, Dean stieet ; house, Bristol road Welch James Pimrose, jeweller, 66, Gt. Hampton stieet; house, Vyse street Welch John, fruiterer, 154, Livery stieet Welch John, coal merchant, Oozells st. and Bordesley st. Wharfs ; h. Spring st. Welch John, tailor, 18, Whittall stieet Welch Mrs. Mary, Hagley road Welch Richard, hay, corn and rope dealer, 21, Summer row Welch Mrs. Sarah, Green lanes Welch Mr. Thomas, Bristol road Welch Thomas, railway carriage furniture manufacturer, 82, Gt. Brook street Welch Wm., frmterer, 36, Snow hill Welch Wm.,houseagent.68,NewJohn st., W Welch Wm., eating house, Lr. Temple st. Welch William, pork butcher and eating house, 6, Dale end Welch William, carpenter, 166. Gt. Brook st. ; house, 212, Lawley street Welchman Eliz., milUner, 100,Up.Tower st. Welchman Wm., shopkeeper,30, Camden st. Welden John, gun banel maker, Cecil st, Weldon John, tailor and draper, 67, Bull st Weller Edwd,. vict. Swan with two Necks, 8, St. Martin's lane Weller Geo. Frederick, baker and flour dlr. 15, Great Ban stieet Weller John Richards, clerk, Park road, Nechells green WelUng Edmund, beerhs., 30, Cheapside Welling Eliz., dress maker, 64, Kenion st. WelUngs Jas. split ring mkr., 49, Lister st. Wellings John, tlr, &drpr.,27, Up. Tower st WelUngs Joseph, papier machee manufcti., house, Villa stieet Wellings William, baker and confectioner, 107, Hampton street Wells George, provision dlr. 142, Bath row Wells George, steel pen and holder manfr. house, Lozells lane Wells Henry, gun finisher, Baggot stieet ; house, Aston New Town Wells James, goods remover, Bridge st. W. Wells James, tailor, 81, Loveday stieet Wells James, shoemkr., 14, Ltl. Cannon st. Wells John, lapidary, ct. 15, Mott stieet Wells Joseph, beerhouse, Lodge road Wells Miss Mary Ann, Aston New Town Wells Richd., castor and plater of metals, 65, Edmund stieet Wells Samuel, jeweller, and manfr. of gold and silver guard chains, seals, keys, &e 73, Northwood stieet Wells Samuel, manufr. of bronzed & steel fenders, 59, Oxford st. ; house, Claremont cottage, Balsall heath Wells Thos., vict, Dog and Partridge, 186, Upper Windsor street Wells Thos., cheese & bacon dlr. Market hi Welsh Joseph, furniture brkr., 127$, Great Hampton street Wenslow George, bricklayer, 9, Jennen'srw Wesbury William, shoemaker, 91 Livery st. Wesson John Birt, tin plate and zinc wor ker, 143, Nelson street, West West Isaac, gun rib forger, 4, Price stieet West Robert & Compy., veneer saw mills, Deritend Bridge West Saml., bellows mkr., ct. 6, Sherlock st West Thos., butcher, 90, Lichfield street Westbury Ann, school, 79, Gt. Hampton rw Westbury Donald, cabinet mkr., 25, Hillst Westbury John, beer machine, liquor foun tain, and portable cabinet mangle maker, Hurst stieet Westcombe Thos, nurseryman, Bristol road Westcott Frederick, gentleman, Spring st. Westley Henry, haberdasher and grocer, 33, Price street Westley Ise, formn. japanner, 61, Albion st Westley Mrs. MatUda, 128, Vyse stieet Westley Wm., zinc and galvanised iron worker, Lathner stieet, S. Weston Henry, vict, Earl Grey Inn, Per shore road Weston James, lapidary, 86, Hockley stieet Weston James Francis, steel polisher, 88$, Hockley stieet Weston John, plasterer, ct 11, Gt. Ban st. WestonMark,brass hinge mkr. 23,Newton st Weston Richard Henry, steel pen, &c. mfr. ; house, Islington row Weston Robert, sword grinder, 33, Fazeley stieet; house, ct. 8, Cardigan street Weston Thomas, hosier and haberdasher, 91, High street Westwood Mrs. Ann, refiner and assayer ; house, 96, Great Charles stieet Westwood Edward, coral carver,7,Harford st Westwood Geo., green grcr., 19, Sheepcote st Westwood Henry, refiner and assayer ; h. 128, Great Francis stieet Westwood James, penholder and black lead pencil maker, 61, Ludgate hill Westwood John, vict., Nag's Head, 94, Lichfield stieet Westwood Jno. steel penmkr.61, Caroline st Westwood Josiah, beerhs. |, Suffolk stieet Plumbers'Arms,J.G.Whitfield,12,NewtonstPrivate and Commercial Hotel, Misses J. and H. Allen, 11, Old Square Pump Tavern, T. Wardhaugh, 9, Bull ring Punch Bowl, C. Burbidge, 54, Steelhouse to Queen's Family Hotel & Railway Refresh ment Rooms, R. Bacon, London & North Western Railway Station Queen, Chas. Hobbins, 39, Howard place Queen Adelaide, W. Goodman, 42. Hosptl. st Queen's Arms, Edward Jones, 138, Lionel st Queen's Arms, J. Walters, 212, Bell Barn rd Queen's Head, E. Lawley, 192,New Twn rw Queen's Head Inn, Hy. Price, 153,Camden st Queen's Head. Thos. Ingley, 79, Hockley st Queen's Head, Tbos. Clarke, Handwth. vil. Railway Hotel, .Eliz. Beech, 64, Curzon st. Railway Tavern, E. Groves,23,Manchester st Rainbow, E. Clulee, 160, High st. Bordesley Rainbow* BeeMve, J. Reynolds, 44, Bullst Red Cow, Henry Simons, 110, Dale end Red Cow, Thomas Street, 23, Horse fan- Red House Tavern, Edward Martin, 348, New John stieet, West Red Lion Commercial Inn, Catherine Birch, 20, Bread stieet, Church stieet Red Lion, Wm. Kingsland, Handsworth vil Red Lion, Wm. Davies, 2, Bull ring Red Lion, WilUam Mayner, 6, Bond stieet, Hampton stieet Red Lion, W. Whitehouse, 95, Warstone In Red Lion, E. Gibson, 199, High st. Deritend Red Lion, Thomas Southall, 63, Suffolk st. Red Lion, Thomas Bryan, 30, Lancaster st Red Lion, Edwin Onions, 33, SmaUbrook st Red Lion, Frederick Docker, 64, Cheapside Red Lion, John Shaw, 71, St. Martin st. Reservoir Tavern, John PhilUps, Eyre st. Rising Sun, Wm. Bates, 1, Old Cross stieet Rising Sun, Henry Tailby, 108, Suffolk st. Rodney, Henry Holder, 89, ColeshUl stieet Rodney, Wm. John Bracey, 84, Edmund st Roe Buck, EUas Creed Croft, 10, Cox st. Roe Buck, JuUa Rogers, 140, William st. Roe Buck, Jemima MinshuU, 60, Broad st. IsUngton Roe Buck, George Stevenson, Soho hill Roe Buck, Benj. Burley, 42, Ludgate hill Roe Buck, Geo. Greensall, 65, Lr. Hurst st. Roe Buck, Geo. James Bottely, 19, Moorst Rose, Wm. Jenkins, 68, Edgbaston Rose & Crown, Thomas Harrison, Trent st Rose & Crown, Sml. Smith, 25, Gt. Brook st Rose & Crown, S. Robinson, 71, Weaman st Rose & Crown, Benj. Pope, 37, Moor st. Rose & Crown, Walter Yates,12,Summerrw Rose & Crown, Mary Hendren, 44, Bread stieet, Newhall stieet Rose & Crown, Geo. Currier, 197, Cheapside Rose & Crown, J. Raybould,79$, Lichfield st Rose & Crown, John Aston, 19, Whittall st, Rose & Crown, W.Freeman,135,Brmsgrve. st Rose & Crown, J. Sweeney, 19,New Inkleys Rose & Punch Bowl, Jas."Hughes,41,BuU st Royal Exchange, J. Wiggan,27,WMttaU st Royal George, T. Hodgkins, 350, Summer In Royal Hotel, (Commercial,) F. Dee, 26, Temple row Royal Oak Inn, Susan Radcliffe, 82, Barr st Royal Oak, Samuel Peny, LozeUs Royal Oak, Thomas WilUams, Hanover st. Roy alOak, S. Ottingnon, 62, Little Charles st Royal Oak, John M. Littler, 1, Old Inkleys Ryland Anns, WiUiam Powis, 16, Ryland st Sailor's Return, Sarah Jackson, 2, Watery In St. George's Inn, Mary Smith,38, Harfordst. St. George's Tav.,E.Groves, 18,Up.Towerst. St. PMUp's Tavern, J.Walton, 35, Church st Salmon, Thomas Watson, 38, Severn street Salutation Inn, E. Cartwright, 86, Snow M. Sampson*Lion,W.Marshall,l 15,Gt.Chas. st Sampson and Lion, Ann Marriott, 45, HUl st. Saracen's Head, J. Twist, 20, Edgbaston st. Sea Horse Inn, Wm. Marrian, 20, Buck st Seven Stars, Wm. Saxelby, 48, Lawley st. Seven Stars, Sarah Mayo, 73, Worcester st Shakespeare, Hy ..Weetman, 185, Livery st. Shakespeare, Thos. WUlets, Barker street Shakespeare's Head Inn, John Mousley, 70, Constitution hiU Shakespeare's Head Inn, Wm. Edkins, 23, Kenion stieet Shepherd & Shepherdess, E. Langley, 69, Heneage stieet Shepherd & Shepherdess,T.Withnall, Saltley Shepherd & Shepherdess, Henry Tomlinson, Old Cross stieet Ship, Jas. Smith, 70, Steelhouse lane Ship, Richard Taylor, 148, Camp hill Sir John Falstaff,W.Hildick, 58, Weaman st. SmaUHeathTav.I.Parsonage,264,SmaUhth.Soho Tavern, George Fisher, Gibheath Spotted Dog, Thomas White, 1, Meriden st. Stag's Head, Eliz. Newham, 80, Summer to. Spring Gardens, N. Farmer, 15, Floodgate st Spread Eagle, Wm. Mole, 13, Spiceal street Stag*Pheasant A. He wson,32, Brmsgrove. st Stag * Pheasant, S. Burton, 24, W oodcock st Star, Henry Hollyoake, 1, MUk stieet Star, Samuel Pike, 114, Dale end Star & Garter Inn, A.Leeson,70,Gt Hmptn. st Star&G arterInn,D . Ashmole,58,N w. C anal st Stone Cross, Robert Owen, 60, Dale end BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 295 Stork Commercial Inn,E. &M.Smith,3,01d sq SummerHillTav.W.Edmunds,42,Sumr.hl.ter Sun, WilUam Sutton, 101, Bristol street Swan Comrcl. Inn, P. Wakefield, 93, High st Swan, WilUam Robinson, 24, Weaman st. Swan, John Chapman, Good Knave's end Swan Tavern, Geo. Vincent, 230, Sherlock st Swan, John Lowe, 79, Navigation street Swan-with-Two-Necks, James Archer, 213, Lawley stieet Swan-with-Two-Necks, WUUam Davis, 53, High street, Deritend Swan-with-Two-Necks, William Sheppard, 102, Aston street Swan-with-Two-Necks, Edward Weller, 8, St. Martin's lane Talbot, John Bennett, 10, New Inkleys Talbot, John Craddock, 16, Digbeth Tamworth Arms, Alex. Stammers, 5, Moorst Thatched House Tavern and Commercial Inn. Henry Hewson, 47, Duddeston row Three Crowns Inn, J. Corbett, 82, Suffolk st TMee Crowns, Wm. Jones, 26, Russell st. ThreeCrowns,J.Plevins,221,HighstDeritendTMee Crowns, Wm. Dickin, 109, Steelhs. In. Three Tuns, David Levi, 13, Smallbrook st. TMee Tuns, Wm. Thompson, 37, Snow MU TMee Tuns, Thomas Barns, 32, Digbeth Three Tuns, George Penn, 162, Livery st. Tiger, James Smith, 47, Church stieet TownHallTav.Ann*Eliz.Whiles,41,Annst Train, Thomas Smith, 160, Gt. Francis st. Tree Inn (Old,) M. Tookey, 16, Hockley hill Trees Inn, Thomas HiU, 10, Hockley MU Turk's Head Inn, James Horton, 35, Mount stieet, Newhall stieet Turk's Head, Charles Jones, 46, Duke stieet Turk's Head, Jas. Rennell, Bloomsbury st. Turk's Head, Saml. Stainton, 95, Steelhs. to, Turk's Head, Rowland hill, 27, Lombard st Turk's Head, Wm. Price, 31. Worcester st. Turk's Head, Eliz. Hanold, 56, Edgbaston st Turk's Head, Ann Williams, 31, York st. Turk's Head, Richard Povey, 28, Lench st Unicorn, William Johns, 46, Digbeth Union Family & C ommercial Hotel & Posting House, John Machin, 21, Union stieet Vauxhall Hotel, G. Stewart, Vauxhall road VauxhaU (New) or Galton Arms Hotel, Thomas Hale, Bloomsbury Victoria Tavern, John Athas, Guest street Villa Cross, Samuel Home, Heathfield rd. Villa Tavern, John Robbins, Villa stieet Vine Inn, Edward Lewis, 97, Carver stieet Vine, Watson Langton, 77, Gt. Colmore st. Vine, Sarah Beach, Icknield street, West Vittoria Tavern, J. Robotham, 35, Vittoria st Vulcan Tavern, D. Hands, 20, Lr. Fazeley st Vulcan, John Norton, 37, Barford street Vyse Arms, Wm. Hawksworth,99,Tennant st Waggon*HorsesInn,H.Vaughan,21,Rstn.st Waggon & Horses Inn, Henry Jackaman 29, Adderley stieet Waggon&Horses, O. Hancock,14,Edgbstn.'st Waggon & Horses, Charles Henry Huskin- son, 37, Summer row Waggon & Horses, J .Williams, 209, Livery st Waggon* Horses, T. Howell, 23, Edmund st Waggon*Horses,T.Worley,Handsworthvil.Warwick Arms.W. Sankey, 276, Bradford st Warwick Arms, Joseph Dunn, 58, Snow hill Waterloo Tavern, T. Wilkins, 16, Lr. Priory Welch Harp, M. A. Pugh, 32, Bath stieet WelUngton Tavern, Alfred Robinson, 1, Communication row WelUngton, Edward Swift, 6, Pritchet street WelUngtonTavern,M.Hassall,212,BristolstWheat Sheaf, WiUiam Davis, 1, Bow st. Wheat Sheaf, Jph. Jerome, 43, Suffolk st. Wheel Tavern, Richard Power, 73, Kemonst White Hart, Wm. Kesterton, 18, Baggot st White Hart, James Brown, 24, Sherlock st. White Hart Commercial Hotel, Fras. Bar nard, 139, Digbeth White Hart, John Gibbons, 19, Paradise st. White Horse Commercial Hotel, J. C. Yeo mans, 30, Congreve street White Horse Inn, Rt. Wicks, 203, Livery st. White Horse, Edw.Wild, 107, Steelhouse In. WhiteHorse,Thos.Berks,250, Gt. Colmore st. White Horse, J. Stevens, 219, NewTown row White Horse, John Cobley, 21, Church st. White Horse Cellar, John Davenport, 80, Constitution hill White Horse, Leonard Bower, William st. White House, WilUam Docker, 17, Brickkiln street, Lancaster stieet White House, George Field, 99, Unett st. White Lion, John Wagstaff, 99, Digbeth White Lion, J. Heath, 144,High st. Bordesley White Lion, Thos. Hupton, 113, Bradford st White Lion, J. SmaUwood, 46, Navigation st White Swan Inn, Rd. Drew, 1, Church st. WhiteSwanInn,J.Davenport,l 18, Hospital st White Swan, Thos. Tilsley, 17, Summer row White Swan, John Sheldon, 130, SnowMU White Swan, E. Lockstone, 10, Canal st. White Swan, EUz. Harvey, 1, Islington rw. White Swan, Matthew Smart, 6, Legge st. White Swan, George Stowe, 34, Water st. White Swan, Jph. Harris, 10, Lt. Charles st White Swan, James Chatwin, 13, Cross st. WMte Swan, Chas. Peters, 1 , Summer st. White Swan, WilUam Wild, 184, Moseley st WhiteSwan,T.Mountford,Parkrd. Nchlls. gn White Swan, S. Winchurst, 89, New Johnst White Tower, John Lord, 157, Lawley st. WMttington & His Cat, John Thompson, 14, Great Brook stieet WmsonGreenTavern,E.Buckley, Winson gn. Woodman, J. Hewson, 15 & 16, Lt. Ann st Woodman, AUen Hewson, Cregoe street Woodman, Harriet Chandler, 5, Easy row Woodman, Wm. Littlewood, 74, Cottage to. Woolpack Commercial Inn, Eliz. George, 8, Moor street 296 Retail Brewers. Abbott Richard, 29, Duke st Adams A., Ill, Coventry st Adams Rd., 71, Warstone to Addenbrooke J., 109, Hene age street Aldhouse J. 236, Bradford st Allbut Joseph, 224, Cheapsd Allcock Hy. 45, Bordesley st Allen N. S., 39, Belmont rw Allen Sophia, 92, Gt. Banst Allen Thos. 295, Garrison to Andrews John, 25, Holt st Andrews M.Birminghamhth Ansell Joseph, 35$, Fisher st Arch Joseph, 103, WilUam st Archer J., 179, Heneage st. Archer Thos., 8, Oozells st. AshfordW.,1, Macdonald st. ArmstrongM.38,DuddestonrAshmoreE.182, Dartmouth s. AstonTlios., 12, Fordrough st Avery R., 32, Lr.Windsor st. Bagnall Benjn., 37, Bow st. Baglis G., 33,Washmgton st Baker Edwin, 58, Allison st. Baker Geo. C, 24, Lench st. Baker Geo., 30, Gt. Lister st. Baker Wm., 3, Carver stieet Ball Alfred, ffew Thomas stieet, Charles Henry st. Ball Wm., 48, Dudley street Barister H. 51, Blucher st. Barlow J., 25, Duddeston rw Barnett T., 69, Charlotte st Barton Geo., 24, Pritchet st. Bashford John, 15, Sun st. Bate Jph., 145, Up.Trinity st Bates Jph., 83, Heneage st. Bate George Thomas, 12, PhiUp stieet; High stieet BayUs Charles, 31, Wharf stieet, Suffolk street BayUs Eliz., Ruston st. N. BayUs J. H. Steward stieet Bedworth Wm. 46, Legge st Beech Wm., 12, Cheapside Bennet G., 274, Bradford st. Bothell H., 34, Gough st. Betts T., 125, Gt. Brook st. Bigford R., 31, Bromsgroves Bird EUz., 147, Nelson st. w Bird Joseph, 52, Lawley st Bishop John, Gas stieet Bissell W., 93, Gt. Lister st. Blackwell Joseph, 26, New Canal stieet Blackwell Rd., Nechells gn. Bladon George, 9, Bath rw. Bland T., 83, Parsons' bldgs. Bluck Benj., 71, Pershore st Blunt Jerh., 12, Ruston st. BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Bolton Jno., 178,Tennant s. Bond John, Bond street Boot G., 101, Lr. Tower st. Bower M., 185, Camden st. Bowley Arthur,34,Newton st Boyle A., 38, Nelson st W. Boynton Jas., Morley's bdgs Bradley W., George st.West Bratt Jas. 116, Hockley hill Breeze E.16,High stDeritnd Brewer Ellen, 28, Balsall st BridgewaterJ.113,Coleskl.stBrindley Samuel, Steward st Brittain Ann, Bloomsbury st BrittainW.20,BartholmwrwBroadhurst Wm. Garbutt st Brookes Jas. 82, Ganisonln Brookes John, Cambridge st Brookes Rbt. 46, Skinner to Broom Jph. 33, Up. Towerst j Brown J.C.55,Ravenhurst st Brown John, 117, Livery st Brown Henry, 32, Severn st j BrownT.206, New Townrw ] Brown W. C. Handsworth vl j Brueton Wm.l20,Pritchetst j Bryars John, 62, Hurst st. Buckley Jas. 30, Henrietta st ' Buckley John, Gibheath Burgess My. Ann, Wheeler st Burgran J. 106, Dartmouthst j Burton Wm. 35, Benacre st. Busst Rd. 34, Lichfield st. Butler Joseph, 82, Lawley st Caldecutt E. 32, Hatchett st j Caldecutt Hy. 48, Price st. Carless Samuel, 23, Lease to i CarrierJohn,16, Lawrence st , Canol William, I, Legge st Carter James, I, Barn st [ Carter W. 104, Hockley hill Cartwright J. 141, Summer In Cash C. 61, King Edward's rd Catley Joseph, 43, High st Caughlan Jermh.92, Moorst Charles worth J . Kg. Edw's.rd Chattaway Mark,89,Moor st Cheshire Evan, 5, Freeman st Cheshire T. 95, Hampton st Clare Wm. 122, Pritchet st Claridge T. 2, Kg. Edw.'s pi Clark E. 18, Bread st. New hall stieet Clark John, 36, Caroline st Clayton G. 290, Summer to Clues Geo. 59, Bradford st Clulee Thos. 16, Summer In Clulo W. Birmingham heath ColUer W. 34, Constitution hi Collins Wm. 16, Balloon st Cook James, 32, Digby st Cook Wm. 44 & 45. Ho ward st Cooper Chas. 66, Brierley st Cooper Chas. 251,Sherlockst Cooper Chas. H. Cardigan st Cooper Henry, Smethwick Cooper John, 33, Bishop st. Moseley stieet Cooper M. 1 16,GtHamptnrw Cooper Rd. 1 25, VauxhaUJrd Cooper Wm. 165, Heneage st CorbettSush. 140, Cheapside Corbett W. Handsworth vill Cotterill John, Gibheath Cotton Fdk. 30, Cheny st Cox Thomas, 25, Darwin st Cox WilUam, NewhaU st Crammer J ohn,44, Ashted rw Cranmore Wm. 1, Latimer st Crisp Wm. 62, Aston road Crockett Jas. 4, Gostagreen Crofts WilUam, 12, Beak st Crosby Jph. 11, Regent par. Cross Wm. 17 A, Moat lane Culley Thomas, Oozells st Dakin J. 94, Park st. Bnllrg Dance Geo. 13, Norfolk st Dandy C. 56, Gt. Colmore st Davenport Rbt. 120, Lower Brearley stieet DavenportRt. ll,St.Geo.'sst Davies John,80,Lr. Tower st Davis S. 72, New Summer st Davis Stephen, 46, Brewery stieet, Heneage stieet Davison W. W. 16, Moat In Dawes Joseph, 49, A;Iam st Dawes W. 102, Spring MU Deakin Wm. 52, Dean st Degge Simon,19,Granville st DenniesJohn,l,L*p.GoughstDevy Wm. 27, Watery lane Dicken Thos. 1 14, Pritchet st Dickens W.8, New John st W Dingley Cath. 1, Water st Dipple James, Wilton street; Dixon P. 1, Sherbourne st Dixon Thos. 82, Bradford st Dobbs Thos. Bristol road Dore Nevil, 123, Tennant st Downes Wm. 25, Milk st Downes Wm.l5,Lancasterst Dudley Jas. 13, Lr. Towerst Duggan D. 15, Brasshs. pas. DumelowT.Communicatn. r Duncomb Rd. 157, Moor st Dunn John, jun. 199, New Town row Dutton John, 75, Gt. Ban st Dyer Thomas, Garbett st Eabom Jph. 31, BeUBarnrd Earp Groves, Gt Lister st Earp John, Moseley street EavensF.W. 117, Cheapside Eccleston E. 3, Grovesnor st Edge David, 1 49, Adderley st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 2!J7 ^Edmu'ids Benj. 102,Cheapsd EdwardsAnn,22,Charlotte st Edwards C. 30, Masshouse In Edwards Jas. 162, Darwin st Edwards J. 28, Summer stW Ellis John, 88, Up. Tower st Elson Robert, 183, Lawley st Evans Geo. 164, Tennant st Evans John, 91, Warwick st EvansMichU23,Bradford st Fairfield, J. 19, Barford st. S Field Wm. 30, Staniforth st FifieldJohn, 101, Dale end Fineh John, 69, Wells st Finney J., Charles Henry st Finnis Hy. 12, Duddeston rw Fisher G. 19, Up. Windsor st Fitter Thos.22,Gt.Colmore st Fleming David, 107, Rea st. Fletcher James, 54, Key hUl Ford George, 247, Aston rd. Ford Joseph.2l,01d Cross st Forrest Henry, ViUa stieet Forrest Saml. Gt. Russell st Fonester W. 13, Nelsonst.W Foster Elias, 9, Birchall st Foster Thos.Bordesley green Foxall Jph. 73, Alcester st FrankUn Wm. 54, Hurst st Fulford Edwin. 35, Blews st FuffordJ.jun.362,SummerlnFulford Thos. 1, Ban st. W FusseUJ.A .39,Duddestonrw Garbett John,200, Francis st Garner J., 22, Lt. Charles st Gee Thomas, Summer lane Genders Rd., 36, Stafford st George J., 25, Heathmill to George John, 141, Lionel st Gibson James, 11, Digby st Gibson Richard H. 168, Ick- meld stieet. East Ginders Edwd., 33, Brewery street, Heneage stieet Gill Jph., Villa rd., Soho hi Glover Edward, Gibheath Godwin Hy., 1, Icknield sq Goodhead Wm. Aston Mook Goose W. 9, Communictn.rw Gordon Jph. 5, Gloucester st Gray George, 7, A.B. row Green James, 75, Broad st, IsUngton Green. Joseph, 50, Potter st Green Thos., 52, Curzon st Green William, 36£, Wharf stieet, Suffolk street Greenhill Rd. 8, Lichfield st GrewHanh. 186,Bromsgrv.st Griffiths Saml. 170, Unett st Griffiths T. 266, Bellbarn rd Grigg T. 186, Broinsgrove st Grimley James, 2, Princip st Grimley J. 17, Lr.Brearley st Grindrod John, 60, Holt st Guest William, 26, Barn st Gunn Jph. 38$, Loveday st Haddock N. 10, Gosta green Hall Letitia, 29, Cliveland st Hall Peter, 47, St. Paul's sq Hall Thos. 31, Sherlock st HamlanA.69,NewSummr.st Hampton Chas. 10, Bath pas Hands T. 235, Heneage st Handy Ann, 38, Cross street Hanley Josiah, Key hill Hardy Henry, 60, Hanley st Harris G. 20$, Broad street, Islington Harris Jph. 19, Charlotte st Harrison Henry, 39, John stieet, Dale end Harrison John, 12, Bridge street, Broad street Hart George, Bloomsbury st Hart Henry, Catties grove, Nechells green Hartland W. 101, Suffolk st Harvey Jph. 338, Smallhth Harvey Robert, 5, Cheapsd Hateley John, 1, Henn st Hatfield C. 26, New John st Hatton Jane, 17. Benacre st Hawley WilUam, 18, Buck ingham street Hayday W.,91,NewCanal st Hayes Henry, Bloomsbury Hayes John, 23, Barford st. Haynes W., 98, Spring MU Heath Jph., 204, Lawley st Heath Samuel, Tindal st., Morville stieet Heath Wm., 16, Gough st. Heaton Alfred, 54, Adam st Hemming M., 45, Sherlock st HemmingsW.336,Cheapsid e Heydon G., 33, Birchall st. HickenW.52,NewSummer st Hicks Wm., Aston brook Higgs Jemima,16, Fisher st. Higgs S., 1, Ryland st., N. HiU Jph., 15, Heneage st. Hill Thomas, Stoke stieet Hill W. 62, Dartmouth st Hill Win. 132, Lawley st Hill Wm. 1, Gt. Lister st Hill Wm. John, 149, Moorst Hill Zachei iah, 4, Broad st Hines Thos. 49, Loveday st Hinley James, 17, Essex st Hipkiss J.29,NewTownrow HitchcockM.168,Bradford st Hitchings W. 17, Slaney st Hodges H. 18, Cheapside Hodgetts Joseph, Cheapside Hodgetts Thomas, Gibheath Hodgkins E. Lr. Loveday st Hodson J. 39, Lr. Tower st Hogan J. 35, Garrison lane Hollis R. 53, New Canal st Hollis Wm. 39, Barford st Holloway J. 20, Geo.st,Pd Holme W. 57, Woodcock st Homer Joseph, 21, Brewery street, New Town row Homer T, 18, Balsall stieet Homer W.92,Bromsgrove st Horton J. 41 , St. George's st HortonJ. 15, Grosvenor st.W Hough D. 83, U. Hospital st Howe T. 91, Bradford stieet Howie J. 351, Summer In Hughes C. 146, Lawley st Hulston S. Latimer st. S. Humpherson Jane, 116, Gt. Brook stieet Hunt Jas. 4, Gt. Brook st Hunt J. 88, Carver stieet Hunter H. 1, Moseley st Hunter Jph. 152, Moor st Hunter T.33, St. George's st Ide Wm., 16, New Canal st Inchley Henry, Bissell st Ingram Jph. 39, Lionel st Insley Edward, 7, Witton st Insley John, Gt. King st Irchley J. 137, Bradford st Ireland J. 28, Vauxhall rd Jackson J. 77,Uavenhurst *t JacksonJohn,30,Cliveland st JacksonThos.ll3,Lawley st James Thos. Hockley hill Jarvis Jas. 20,St.George's st Jarvis T.32*33,Essington st Jelliffe W. 65, Ganison In Jenks J. 101, Bishopgate st Jenks Thos. 1 1, York street Johnson Wm. 122, New st Johnson Wm. 63,Cottage In Joice Wm. 4, William st Jones Edw., 59, Rea street Jones Elizabeth, 48, London Prentice stieet Jones Fras., 33, Up. Dean st. Jones George, Lea bank rd. Jones John, St. Peter's pi. Jones J., 25, Bishopgate st. Jones Jph., 42, Hampton st Jones S.,241, New Town rw Jones Th. 9, Lr. Camden st. Jones Thos. 28, Cecil stieet Jones WilUam, 151, Broad street, Islington JonesW., 39, Up. Hospital st Kane Jas., 33, Union pasge. KaneW., 14, Park st.Bullrg. Keeton Henry, Fazeley st. Kelsey D., 133, Gt. Brook st Kemp Thos., 114, Rea st. 2 P 298 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Kendall J., 32, Novascotia s Kidgell Chas., 12, Aston rd. Kinman Rd.,289,Bradford st Knight J., Worcester wharf Lacey Wm., Berkley stieet Lane M., 106, Up. Trinity st Lawrence J., 64, CaroUne st Lawrence S.,36, Gt. Brook st Laylor John, 19, Dale end Lea Sarah, 16, Dudley stieet Lees Wm. 66, Bradford st. Lewis Ed., 49, Gt. Russell st Lewis Eliz., 66, Harding st. Lewis Thos. 25, St.Martin s Lilly Jno., 30, Fordrough st Lloyd W., 12, Blews stieet Locket John, Manchester st Lowe Abm., 72, High street, Bordesley Lowe Rd., 23, Fisher street Lucas T., 77, Allison street Lucas Wm., 39, Harding st. Luckcock B., 94, Pope st. Lynam T. 8, New Church st Macefield W., 83, Grosvenor stieet, West McEwingJ.,43,Smallbrooks ManleyW.,87,NewCanal st. Mannox Edw., Wheeler st. Marlow Chit., Lee Bankrd. Marsh Chas., 25, Cardigan st Martin Chas., Gt. Tindal st. Martin Hy., 10, Jennen's rw Martin Jas., 11, Coleshill st. MasonEdw., 8, Smallbrook s Matthews John. Lozells Matthews T., Latimer st. S. MatthewsW. 57, Loveday st Matthews Wm., Sand pits Matthews Wm. 25, Spring st. Matthewson Jas. G., 146, Hockley hill Maybury J. 52, Howard st. Melling T. 40, Duddeston rw MenziesW. Icknield st.West Meredith H. 25, New Meet ing steet Middleton J., 74, New John stieet, West Middleton J. Nechells green MidwinterE.,159,Hamptons MidwinterW.338,Summer to Millard H.,79, Dartmouthst Millward W., 35, Slaney st. Minott Jph.. 43, Glover st. MolesA.,73. King Edward'sr Molineux S., 73, Park stieet, Bull ring Monslow Jas., 12, Bristol st Moore G., 57, Staniforth st. Moore Mary, 67, Graham st Moran Peter, 17 B, Moat In. MorganW.,KingEdward'srd Morgan R., Gt. Francis rd. Morley Wm., Soho hill Moseley Ann,17,CUveland st Newberry J., 151, New John street, West Newey W., 90, Up.Towerst NewtonS.176,Brearley st. W NichoUs E.,38,Gt. Russell st Nicholls Saml., Winson gn. Nickels Chas. 20, Water st Nixon Joseph, 39, Ruston st Noakes John, 2, Berkley st North G., 27, High street, Deritend Northwood Jno., Sand pits Norton E.CMist's church pg Oakes John, 40, Oxford st Oakley Thomas, 90, Cecil st Orchard W., 14, Warstone st OsbornDavid, 96, Barford st Osborn C. H., Irving stieet Osborn Henry, 85, Rea st. Osborn Wm., 23, Henry st Osborne Jas., 21, Benacre st Oswell Thos., 76, Moland st Owen Jno., 101, Granville st Padmore C.,294, Bradford st Padmore Thos., 41, Dean st Palser Daniel, Gt. Francis st Palser G. 18, Cumberland st Panton J., 64, Bishopgate st Pardoe John, 1, Pmfold st Parker Benj. l,Lt Ann stieet Parker J., 22, Bromsgrove st Parker Thomas, 56, Brewery stieet, Alcester stieet Parker Th., 27, Branston st Parkes W. A. 177, Broad st. IsUngton Parmenter John, Sand pits Parsonage H., 54, Dale end Parsons Geo., Nelson st, S. Parsons Wm., 45, Moland st Parton James, 145, Livery st Pearce R., 148, Hampton st PearmanT.94,G.HamptonstPears Wm., 26, Baggot st Pearsall C. 123, Nelson st.W Pennell Edwin, 43, Mount st PennyA., 366, N. John st.W Perry George, Gt. Francis st Peny T., 15, Sherbourne st PhillipsE.20, New Summer st Phillips Wm., 2, OozeUs st Piper W., 41, Sheepcote st Piatt George, 23, Ludgate hi Plimer John, 3, Oxygen st. Poole Rd., 34, Newhall st. Pooler Wm., 1, Sheepcote In PotterEnoch, 124,Pershore st Potts Henry, 9, Queen st Povey Wm., Ledsam st Po wellRobert, 1 95, L awley st Powers Edward,47, Bathrow Preston Geo. G. Winson gn. Preston John, 5, Sun st. W. Price Edw. 49, New John st Price Hannah, 174, WeUs st PriceJph.l90,Gt Hmptnj w. Price W illiam, 30, Ann stieet PritchetJ.23,BroadstIstogtn Proctor Sarah, 1 03, Moland st ProtheroeA. 179, Nw.Townr Pugh Wm. 169, Coventry rd. PummellRudd,52,Vauxhl.rd PurcocksDavid,121, Moorst Purrott Henry, 32, Potter st Ranshaw T. 86, ColesMUst ReadingJ.120,Constitutn.hlReddell John, 44, Oxford st Reynolds John, 83, Mott st. Richards Ann, Hagley row Richards Ann, 27, Aston rd. Richards B. W. 26, Bishop stieet, Moseley stieet Richards E.2f>, Barthlmw. st RichardsonH.77,Bordesleyst Richards Jno., 10,Hospitalst Richards Joseph, Saltley Richards Peter, Adderley st Richards S. 42, Bradford st. Richards Thos., 40, Broad st Rider Thomas, 102, Smith st RUey Thomas, 79, Allison st Robbins Geo. 12, Watery In. Roberts Edw. 24, Floodgt. st RobertsT.Parkrd.Nchlls.gn. Robins John, 83, Bishopgt. st Robinson M. PMUip's street, Aston brook Robinson WUUam,Camdenst Roper Joseph, 7, Lister st. Roper Wm. 60, Graham st. RoweAnn,79,Parkst. BuUrg Rowland Thomas, 4,Wood st Rowlands J., 1 54, Broad st. Islington Rushton W. 46, New John st Russell WilUam, 48, Broad stieet, IsUngton Ryan Jas., 29, Ashted row Sale Wm. 29, Lancaster st Sanders G. E. 1 1, Old Inkleys Sault Thomas, Hatchett st. Scott Jane,54,NewTownrw. Seal John, 228, Bristol st Scribner Eliz.70,Lancasterst Sergeant Thos., 12, Wellsst Shelley Geo. 222, Camdenst Sheridan Charles, WUton st Sherwood J. Worcester wharf Shettle WilUam, 32, Bell st Shilton J. 77, Buckingham st ShipleyJohn, 156, Moseley st Short Thos. 59, Gt. Lister st Silk Joseph, Soho hill BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 299 Sillitoe Charles, 256, Bishop street, Moseley street Silvey Cath.21, Holloway hd. Simpson E. 3, Lr. Lawley st Simpson Thos. 1, Ryland rd Slater John, 75, Moseley st Sloane Benj. 18, Pritchet st SmaUwood R. Wrcsti. wharf Smith Aaron, Gibheath Smith Geo. 102, Pritchetst. Smith James, 56, Milk stieet Smith J. 87, Northwood st. Smith John, 203, Darwin st Smith Moses, 34, Green st., Birchall stieet Smith Richard. 68, Henry st Smith Wm., 44, Gt. Ban st. Smith Wiliam, Wilton stieet Smith William, 64, Smith st Smith Wm. 48, Heneage st SmitbW.P.27,KingEdwds.pl Smith WUUam, 29, Aston st Snell Lucy, 63,Gt.Hmptn. rw Southam Jph. 90. Hamptn. st Stait Joseph, 48, Lord street Stanley H. 8, Holloway hd. Stanton F. 327, Summer to. Stead Thos. 39, Whittall st. SteedCaroline,234,Cheapsd. Steel Thomas, 53, Moor st. Stenson Stephen, Thirteen locks, Saturday bridge Stevens J. 112, Up.Towerst Stevenson Rt. 1 76, Francis st Stokes Isaac, 104,Warwickst Stokes Jno. Handsworth vil. Swale Thomas, 38, Inge st Sweeney MUes, 17, Thos. st Tarver Wm. Springfield st Taylor George, 9, Park street Bullring Taylor Jas. 13, Jamaica rw Taylor John, Handswth. vil Taylor John, Gibheath Taylor Jph. 57, Fazeley st Taylor Joseph, 119, Digbeth Taylor Saml. 29, Hospital st Taylor W. 42, Duddeston rw Terry Benj. 107, Holt stieet Tew Wm. 33, Hanley stieet Thistlewood G. 110, Gros venor stieet, West Thomas D. 73, Barthlmw. st Thomas John, 58, Howe st. Thomas Sml. 8, Old Cross st Thompson Chas.l2,Henryst Thornton H. Sherbournest Thornton Thos.23,Hanley st Thornton W. 74,Dartinth. st Tilsley John, 32, Summer rw Tinnings Jane, 82, Bath st Timms Wm. Skinner lane Tisdale Rt., Queen street Tompson John N. 112, Ick nield street, East Tonkinson WiUiam, 1 and 2, Buckingham stieet Toye George, Gibheath Trevitt Richard, 6, AlUson st Truman Ezkl. 65 Meriden st Tugley Enoch, 12, Palmer st TunstallG.195,NewJno.stWTurner James, 20, Unett st Turner John, Up. Hockly st Turner Rd. 3, Cambridge st Turner Thos., 8, Harford st Turner Win. Birmgm.heath Twist John, 80, Aston road Twist Jph. 12, Moat row Tysall Benj. 8, Exeter row Upton Sophia, 9, Moat lane Vale Geo. 15, Gt. Russell st Vale WilUam, Steward st WainwrightE.72,Warston In WaldronChas.W.29,Edmd.stWallbank J.James st. St.Pl's Walters Isaac, 7, Gt. Barr st Walton George, 29, Sheep st Wardell Wm. 22, Bartlmw. st Warner Hy. 246, Heneage st Wanen Chas. 57,Suinmerln Warren Thos. 91, Summer In Waters Wm. 17, Branston st Watkins Jas. 25, Coleman st Watts John, 22, Essex ct Watts Lawrence, William st Webb John, 2, Gt. King st Webb Jph. 23, Navigation st Webster Jas. 51, Gt. Barr st WelUng Edmond, 30, Chpsd WeUs Joseph, Lodge road Westwood J. 1 11, Hospital st Whitcomb S1.390, Sumnierln White John, 3, Gas stieet White John, 162, Unett st Whitehouse J.165, Tenant st Whitehouse John, 86, High stieet, Bordesley Wilcox Hiram, Winson gn Wilder Wm. 6, Spencer st Wilden My. 26, Up. Gough st Wilkes Jph. 58, Carver st Wilkinson J. 42, GranviUe st Williams Edw. 3, Brewery street, New Town row Williams T. 56, Weaman st Willmore EUz, 20, Lionel st Wilson Hy. 333, Summer In Wilson John, 1, Loxton st Wilson Jp. 230,Newtownrw Wilson Wm. 4. Prospect riv Windsor Wm.38, Bath st WinklesW .56,Up.Hospital st Wood Benj. 20, Alcester st Wood Jas. 16,Washington st Woodbridge J. Lady Wood In WoolastonW. 16, Gt. Chas. st Woolley Wm. 40, Graham st Worley Wm. Handswth. vilg Worrall J. 137, Gt. Brook st Worsey Thomas, Park road, Nechells green Wright John, 37, Gt. King st Wright Jph. 75, Lombard st Wright Rd. 1, Liverpool st Wright Wm. BellBarnroad Young Thos. 16, Barr st. W Academies. Marked " take Boarders. See also Artists and Professors. Allen Tryphena,10, Sandy to Anderson P. G. 255, Great Colmore stieet Archer S. (weslyn.)Hatcht st Armstrong J .S.2 1 $, W eamn. r ArnoldCath.53,Up.Tower st •Ashwin EUz. Hagley road Ashwin H. 32, Bloomsbury Aston Martha, 81, Ashted rw Aston Thomas, Soho hill Baker Mary, 31, Dean st. Bache Eliza &Phoebe, Lozells Bakewell William, Thorp st Bants Sarah, 88, Coventiy rd BarnesM.A.122,Blmsbry.pl•Barwell Ann & M. A., 65, New Town row Bates L. 101, Ravenhurst st Berridge Sarah, 234, Aston rd Baxter C. 310, Summer to. BlizardA.33,Parkst.Bullrng Blue Coat, St. Philip's Church yard, Geo. Kirkland, head master, & Edmund Benis- ford, second master BoltonS.A.138,BrearleystW BondS.W.(wslyn.) Hatchtst Bourne Sarah, 173, Bristolst Battely H. M. 17, Moot st BraggM. A.& J. Newhallhill Bristow Edward, 4, Old sq. jBrife/s,Severnst.J .C.Walter, master ; Ann street, (girls) Sarah Mount •Brooke Caroline, 21, Broad stieet, Islington Burgess S. 165, Gt. Francis st Brown Geo. 64, Temple pi CallowAnn, 182, Ashtedrow Catholic, St. Chad's, Shadwell street, P. Manan* Sisters of Mercy. St. Peter's St. Peters pi. Fdk. Hemming and Sarah Hanley Chapman Mary, Spring st. *ChaterI.33,Broadst.Islingt Cheatle Eliz. 64, Alcester st 300 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST* Cook Charlotte, Hunter's In Cooke Eliz. 25, Tenby st •Cope Frances,Lady Wood In Corbett Eliza, 9, Weaman rw Corbett Jane and Mary, 8, Lee crescent Cox EUz. 373, Coventiy rd Crompton L. P. 109, Upper Tower stieet Daval A (parochial,) Car penter's road Deaf and Dumb, Church road, Edgbaston ; Arthur Hop- per,mr., & My. Green, mrs Denman SI. (wes) Lawley st Dissenting Charity, Graham street, Eliz. Wilson, mrs. Downing S. & A. 25, Vyse st Downs C. 173, Broad stieet, Islington •Duchemin Miss A. 35, St. Paul's square Durden Haul)., 8. Cannon st •Eckstein George Paul, Soho Commcl. Acad., Soho hill Edwards Jane A. Asylum, Summer lane Edwards E. 148, Bradford st EUisSarah, 117,Up.Towerst English S.A. 103, Heneage st •Ewen Fredk. Gmldfbrd hs Evetts L. Coventry road Evans Sophia, Highgate Fenton EUz. 27, Islington rw Flynn Patrick, Well lane Foley My. Villa rd. Soho hi Fox Susanna, 110, High street, Bordesley Foxall Amelia, 14, Gough st FreeGrammur(King Edward's) New stieet; Head Master, Rev. E. H. Gifford, M.A.; Second, Rev.S.Gedge,M.A. Mathematics, Rev. J.Yates; Classics, H. W. Blandford, B.A., Rev.T.B. Stevenson, M.A.,andRev.C. P.Male, M.A. ; English Literature, Rev.A.K.Thompson,M.A. Rev. C. Gooch, B.A., and Rev. T. Price,B.A.; French, Rev. A. H. Van Dyck; Drawing, T. Clark ; Arith metic, J. Foster and W. Thrower Branches, (King Edward's) Meriden street, Isc.Walton ; Edward st., Parade, Edw. Oxenbould & Ann Corbett ; Gem street, Timothy Wat ton and Sarah Corbett Gjbbs Ellen, 15, Mott street "GoafreyBertha,Is!ingtn.rw •Godfrey J. T. Commercial, Islington row Gooden Eliz. 24,Ravenhst. st •Gould Catherine and Eliz abeth 8, St. Mary's row Goulden Ann, 24,BeIlbarnrd Green Maria, 56, Hockley st Griffiths S. 20, Sun street, W Groves Arm, Heathfield Hs. Heathfield road Halfpenny Sarah, 143, Ash ted parade Hands Sarah, 57, Ashted rw Hart S. & M., Cobourgh pi HathawayRhoda, 1 03Mottst Hawksford D., 94, Upper Tower street Haynes Henry, 13, Grosve nor stieet, West Heaton S. 58, Gt.Hampton st Hill M.L.61, Summer hill tr Hill Thomas, 79, Smith st Hobday E. 73, Ashted row Hobson E.A 120,Tennant st •Hodgkins M. 160,Bristol st *HooperJane,LadyWood to •HopkinsH.30 Summer hl.tr. Home E. Mary and Maria, 197, Bristol stieet Horner Henry.6, Tennant st Horton A. M. 38, Ryland st •Horton E. 3, Anderton st. •Howell Wm. Classical and Commercial, 8, Easy row •Howse James Aston Villa HuntingtonM. A. Hunter's to Hutchinson T. N.90,Ashted r Infant Schools. All SainU,Gibhea,ta, M. Kent Ann Street, Sarah Smith, and Communication row, Mary Banow Aston, George street, LozeUs, Elizabeth Hay don Baptist, Graham st, A. Bell Christ's Church Dist, Ryland st, North, Sarah RatcUffe Dioby st., (Ind.), J. E. Smith Handsworth, Ann Blunt Hockley street, H. WUliams Indepndl., Lozells, A .M.Burns NewMeetingst.(lni)S.llTighes St. George's, Gt. Russell st, EUzabeth Deer St. Mark's, Kmg Edward's road, Elizabeth Shilton St. Mary's, Bathst. E. Trigg St. Matthew's, Lupin street, Mary Ann Howse St. Paul's, Warstone lane, Mary Ann Bostock St. Philip's, 5, Lichfield st., Ann Thomas St. Stephen's, New Town row, A. D. Speakman St. Thomas's, Wood stieet, Frances Garner Unitarian, Lawrence street, Phoebe Messinger Wesleyan, Cherry st. M. Pike Wesleyan, Ruston street, Julia Richards Wesleyan, Lord stieet, Mary Ann Sanders * JamesElizabeth, Aston road Jarvis Emily, 202, Livery st Jerusalem (New,) Summer hi. Rev. £. Madeley and L. Lawrence Jones Eliz. 229, Aston road JonesH.&M.108,Bradford st Jones Susan, Hunter's lane Kain E. & L. Ryland road Keight Sophia, 1, Highgate Kenning S.89,Ravenhnrst st Kite James, 85, Carolme st Lakins John, Camp hill Lancasterian, 102, Tennant st., E. Campbell, mistress Lea S. & M. A., Bloomsbury, •Lean W., Geo. St., IsUngton LereseheH.l,NewMeetingstLe«-isE.,277,Gt Colmore st Lewis Fanny, Monument pi Linnett John, Hockley st •London & Swinburne, Per shore road Lucas John 34, Bath stieet •Mason C, Hamstead row MedwinM.4, Regent parade Moens EUz., 99, Bath row Montgomery A. & C, 63, Abbey place Morecroft A. 2, Ryland road Morley C.T..35,Cambridge st National Schools. AU Saints, AU Saints' street, C. BulUvant & A. AUen Aston, George st. Lozells, W. ElUs & Emma Haydon Bishop Ryder's, Gem street, J. Wardell&A.U.Brookie Bordesley If Deritend, High street, Bordesley, Justice and Emma Smith Christ's Church, Pinfold st., T. Smith &M. J. Perry St. Andrew's, Watery lane, T. Brookes & M. Hollins St. Bartholomew's, Duddes ton row, M.A. Huffer St. George's, Gt. Russell st, J. D. Massingham, & A. E. Wright St. James's, Henry st. D. H. Aultou * M. A. Lucas BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 301 St. John's, High st. Deritend, C. Smith & M. Doughty St. Luke's, Bristol st, John M., & Ann M. Broomhead St. Mark's, St. Mark's stieet, James Camm & A. Penn St. Matthew's, Lupin stieet, T. Izod & L. Mobley St. Mary's, Bath street, C. Srawley & M. Wilkinson St. Paul's, Warstone lane, J. Hooper & M. E. Gray St. Peter's, Dale end, John Henn & Anne Counsel St. Philip's, 5, Lichfield st. W. Adams & M. Barber St. Stephen's, New Town row, F. W. and Oliva Fisher St. Thomas's, Wood street, E. Tearle & J. Lane Nelson C, 76, Unett street Nind H., 192, Heneage st Nock Misses C. & E.,Laurel Cottage, Nursery terrace Norgrove S., 7, Jennen's rw Northwood Jas., 50,Smith st New Meeting street, William Saville & Anna Radcliffe Newey Thos. (wes.), Mottst Orchard M.E.,17,Caroline st OsbornG.&M.(wes.)Cherry s People's Instruction Society, 1, New Meeting st., Rev. J. G. Brooks, president, Rd. Pickering, warden PenyE.A.* E., Hamstead rd Peny EUz., 19, Exeter row Peny Jph., 23, Aston street PhilUps M. A. & L., 45, Hockley MU PhipsonM.A.*E., 129,Hghgt Piggott EUza, 8, Colmore rw Pipe E., 47, Bread stieet, Newhall street •Pitman Edwd.Classicaland Commercial,180,Bristolrd Presbyterian(English),Ooze\ls st., N., Hugh Hossack Price H. 84, Hampton street Ragged Schools. Independent, Digby st. Joseph Clay & EUen Whateley St. Martin's, Welllane, Wm. Hollingsworth* EUza Pitt St. Philip's 19, Lichfield st. David and Ann Thomas Windmill st., J. & Mrs. Clay Raven J. H., 163$, Broad street, IsUngton Rayner E.*E.,66',CaroUne st Reily J., 37, Old Meeting st Roberts Mary, Coburgh pi Ro ivlandsS . 1 29 Brearley st W RowlinsonE.91, Hampton st StephensonS.,Icknield st,W SaundersR.T.,14,Temple rw Scott J. E. 5, Windsor ter race, Hagley road Short Eliz., Hamstead row •Shenfield M., Vicarage rd. Skipp G. sen, Dartmouth st Smith Bassett, 1, CaroUne st Smith Frances J.13,Bathrw Smith Sarah, 27, Parade Smith W. Cambridge street Southall John, Classical and Commercial, 12, Brook st Spittle J.Hy. 231$, Astonrd Spooner Emma. Grant st SprattH.W.,120,U.Tower st Spring Hill College, tutors, Biblical and Classical, Rev T. R. Barker. Philosophy, Rev. Henry Rogers. The ology, Rev. Francis Watts Sutherland J. Regent parade •Stillman W., 129, Camp hi Taylor Ann, Bristol rd. ThrasherE.H. l,Bishopgate s ToUey W., 1, New Meeting st. •Tomlinson Eliz., Hagley rd Towers Irene, 14, Guest st. Tye Ch. Asylum, Summer In TownM issio«,LydiaEdmunds 292, Summer lane Traies E. Monument place Travers M. E. (Independent) Steelhouse lane TreyhemM.,103,Bradford st Tubb John, parish school, Carpenter's road Turnpenny E., 89, Canal st. Turton A. (wes.) Ruston st Underwood Ann, 7, Victoria place, Sand pits Unitarian Free Sewing Schools Park st. & New Meeting st Waldron S.,40, St. Paul's sq Wallace My., George st. W Warmington George, 73, St. Martin stieet Watson E.&E., 11, Bucking ham stieet WebbS.W.,81,Ravenhurst st WestburyA.79,G .Hamptonr Wetton C, ct. 16, Price st. White Frs., 73, Woodcock st •White H., 95, Ashted row Whitfield Sar., Hagley load WMtmore E. 17, Blucher st WilcoxJno.63,Dartmouth st WilcoxM.A.132,GtCharles s WilksJ.,ct.30,Constitution h Wilson C. & E., 102, Dart mouth street W illiamsA..7 1 .Brearlev stW Williams Henry, ct. 6, John stieet, Dale end WittS.,16,Broadst.Islington WoodC.L.*G.E.,l,Pritchet s WoodL.,102,Grosvenor stW Woodroffe Eliz., Soho hill Wood W . (Ind.)Steelhouse In York Thomas, Grant stieet Accountants. Arnold Wm. Hy.,112,New st Barwell Wm. 8, Vyse street Bates W.H. 2, Insurance bg Carfield Richd., Richard St., Spencer street Crosby Saml., 27, Tenby st. Gamman Steph., 19,Easyrw Hatch Samuel, 2, Minories Hodge P.,222,Gt.Colmore st. Horton T.,36,G.Hampton st Hutchings S., 8, Temple st James Wm., 36, Waterloo st Jenkmson Rd., 6, Church st Kain G. J., 5, Bennett's hill Kimberley E. 77, Newhallst KettleW. R., 27,W aterloo st May J. B., 283, Bradford st. McMichaelJ.B.33,ParadisesMinshull C. jun..l04,New st OUis John, 83, Holloway hd Palmer Jno., 2, Sherlock st Payne and Pretty, 22, Ben nett's hill Percivall John, 55, Ann st. Puckle J. W., 2, Waterloo st Ryland Geo., 43, Temple st Scott John, 8, Waterloo st SmithF.B. 106,NevvJohn s.W Smith Saml., 55, Ann stieet SouthallT., 33, Colmore rw Thomas W., 13, Hockley hi. Truss John, Highgate Wilson J. A., 11, Union pas Wright Robt, 17, Temple st Account Book Manufacturers. Allen J. & Son, 3, Colmore r Beilby J. H. Temple buUd- ings; New street Briearley J.L.,104, Dale end Coley, Rogers, and Gough, 9, Exeter row Cooper J., Coach yd. Bull st HaU Benj., 71, High street H odgetts Alfd. 22, Cannon st HuntBenj.*Sons,75,High st Peart Rd. & Son, 38, Bull st. Price Joseph, 38, Cheny st ReynoldsW.H.19$,Dale end Sheldon J. jun. 150, Moorst Solomon G .66, Constitution h Swan Brothers,2, Newhall st 302 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Tomkinson R. C, 12, Edg baston stieet Wadsworth J.25,ColesMU st. Watt Robert, 25, Ann st. Agents, (General.) Allen Isaac, 46, Paradise st Anderson Thos., Easy row Ashwell J., Camden place, Lower Camden stieet BainbridgeT.223,Camden st Baines J., 65,Bartholomew s Betts & Jones, 43, Temple s Broomhead Thomas, 175, High street, Deritend Carr J.W.(Iaw)Hands worth v DowlingG.S.,2,Gt.Charles st Docker Rt, (wine & spirit) VUla road, Soho hill Edwards Wm. Yates stieet Elkington J. 43, Camden st Francis S. 4, Holt stieet Gimblett Hy. 34, Cherry st GuestJas. 66, Summer hill ter Greensill Edw. 88, Aston st Grove Abm., 74, Brearley st Grove C. Parkrd. Nechells g Hands C.W., 11, Union pas Holland Wm., 114, Snow hi Holt Edw. 38*39, Moland st Kinsey Wm. S., (ale & wine) 75, Worcester street Lowe Adrian, 91, New st Lucas J. P., 61, High stieet Mansell Th., 136, Camden st McTurk John, 24, Regent p Mountford J., 13, Cannon st Naden Thos., jun., 188, Li very stieet Pearson T. P. (to Swaine, Boord, & Co. London,) 16, Union passage Roderick J. K., Shakespeare Rooms, 96, New stieet Roderick John, 54, New st Ryland Charles, Mount, Handsworth village ShawG.,(patent)7,Cannon st Taylor Thos., 49, Ann st. Titley E.(ale) 53,NewhaUst TomlinsonW.jun.l, Union st StorerT.(coal)3, Steelhouse 1 Waddell W.H.20,Newhallst Walker Edw. 29, Temple rw Wigham H.. (wine) 44, Ra venhurst street Wagner C. H., (foreign) 18, George stieet, West Agents, (House.) Akerman Hy., 11, Jennens r Ball John, 17, Horse fan- Bate Thos., 3, Icknield ter Beasley Rd., 28, Ladywood 1 Cheatle Jno., Lozells Clarke James, 45, Camp hi Cole Wm. 45, Bristol stieet ColemanJohn,42 StPaul'ssq Collier G.234, Gt. Colmore st Corns Joseph, Spring st. Dawes Wm., Lea Bank rd. Davis J.S.,132, Broad stieet, IsUngton Denston Jas.. 153, High st., Bordesley Docking Jno., 138, Snow hi Duke Rt. jun.lOJ,Whittall st Edmond R.B.41,Gt.Brook st Edwards Hy. 1 55, Francis st Elkington Jph.43,Camden st EngUsh J., 29$, Temple row Gamroan Steph. 19, Easy rw Grimley H. N. 65, Fazeley st Hands C. W. 1 1, Union pas. Magee Thos. 44, Hockley st Mare W. C. 217, Cheapside Mason Robt. C. 37, Lench st May Jph. B. 283, Bradford st Minshull Chas. 153, Highgt Oakley B. 85$, Hospital st OUis John, 83, Holloway hd Palmer John, 2, Sherlock st Pany William, 1, Can's In Pass Joseph, 26, Cherry st Potter Robt. B. 48, Cheny st Price James, (and valuer) 41 , Cheny street Price Thomas, 130, High st Bordesley Probin Samuel, 22, Mottst Richards T. 248, New John street, West Richardson J. 47, Paradise st Robertson S. 124, Well st Rodway J. &S.27,Edgbstnst Sansum Hy. (and land,) 42, Lower Hurst street Simmons J. 27, Nelson st W Skellet & Son, 2$, Edmund st Smart Thomas, 4,Tennant st Starkey Jph. 35, Bradford st Taylor Samuel, 49, Ann st Thornwell T. 57, AlMon st Tilfourd George, Tenby st Walker J. 26, New Town rw Weich S. 138, Gt. Charles st Welch W. 68, New John stW Wynn Chas. 165, Darwin st Agents, Land & Est. Marked * are Surveyors, and f Mining Agents. •Ashwin Jas. 31, Waterloost •Baker Joseph, 67, New st tBates John Joseph, Belle Vue, Handsworth village CaUumW. 14, Bennett'shill •Chesshire B. and Son, 37, Temple row •tCooksey J. 5, Bennett'shill •Cooper George, 1 12, New st *CouchmanC.33,W aterloo st Devis Edwin P. 35, Cherry st Edwards Jph. Lozells grove Elkington Jph.43,Camden st •Fowler Richard & Son, 44, Union passage •Fowler WilUam & Son, 23, Waterloo stieet •Hammond J. 21, Wtiloo. st •Holbeche J. 25, Waterloo st HoUiday C. Gt. Hampton st Houghton D. 20, Paradise st Kempson Sml. 36, Union st Kimberley E. 77, NewhaU st Lea A. & Sons, 39, Cannon st •LucasJas. Phitip,61,Highst •Ludlow Jph. 44, Cherry st •Massey Robt. 6, Temple st Parry WilUam, 1, Cans lane Robertson S. 124, WeUs st •Robins E. & C. and Co. 47, New stieet Rogers John, 135, Francis st •Simcox Howard,32, Pards st SkeUet & Son, 2 %, Edmund st •Walker John. 79, Highst *WarrillowE.P.35$,Cnon.st Whonall J. 31, Bennett's hi Agricultural Imple ment Makers. Mapplebeck & Lowe, Glou cester stieet Nutting Jno. Upper MiU to. Proctor&Ryland 16, Lister st Taylor WilUam, 66, Moorst Upfill Edward, 10. Moat row Upfill Thomas & Son, 157, Great Charles stieet Warden J. jun. Jamaica row Ale & Porter Mchnts. Allsopp Saml. & Sons, 103, High st. T. Turner, agent Bass, RatcUff, & Gretton, 53, Newhall street, Edward Titley agent, & 100, Moor stieet, Hy. Kenway, agent Edmonds Geo. 85, C arohne st Giles Wm. 24,Gt. Hampton st Hemming G. 174, Bristol st Hunt Wm. 57, Newhall st Jones Benj. court 33, Ann st Kenway Henry, 100, Moorst Lant Thomas, 42, Mount st NewhaU street Lea Samuel, 23$, Ann stieet BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 303 Mackie & Gladston, 88, and 89, Dale end Peters G. & Son, 101, Highst Slater Henry, 7, Peck lane Tuke & Co. 7, Lease lane Alkali Manufctrs. Barney J. D. 69, Lvrpool. st Harris Rice,IslingtonWorks, Sheepcote stieet HickUng & Co., Banbury st Analytical Chemists. Woolrich J. S. 12, James stieet, St. Paul's Wrightson F. J amaica row Anvil Makers. HiU C. W. 94, Digbeth UpfiU Edward, 10, Moat rw Upfill Thomas and Son, 157, Great Charles stieet Warden Joseph and Sons, 6, Edgbaston stieet Warden J. jun. Jamaica rw Architects^ Survyrs. Baker W. H. 31, Bennet'shl Bothain J. R. 47, Paradise st Brown H. J. 46, Union pasg Cox Edmd. J. 4, Waterloo st Cutts Joseph, 21, Ann street Deakin James, 70, New st Drury*Bateman,42,Chry. st Edge Chas. 18, Bennet'shill Empson Fdk. 36, Colmore rw Fallows J. 14, Temple row Ford Wm. P. 118, New st Hemming S. 20, Temple rw HillD. R.Christ Church bids Hornblower Jph. 26, Ann st Hornblower J.L.14,Wtrlo. st Horton Jas. 60, NewhaU st Hussey Rd. Chas. 45, Ann st Naden T. jun. 188, Livery st Newey Isaac, 87, New street NeviU &Hanis 43,Temple st NortonW. H. Lady Wood In Orford C. W. 12, Waterloo st Smith C. S. 28, Graham st Thorp Thos. F. 141, Vyse st WalkerR.29,Gt.Hamptonrw Walthew R. 20, Cannon st Artificial Flower, Ribbon, and Feather Dealers. See also Drapers <5f Habrdshrs. DohertyJ.30, Constitution h Lowe J. 53, ParkstBullrng Powell S. H. & Co. 74 High st Artificial Limb mkrs. Best J. & Son, 33,St Paul'ssq ColemanW.42, St. Paul's sq Dutton Saml. 47, Curzon st. Mappin Jno. 61, Newhall st Salt My. & Son, 21, Bull st WanenUriah,(late W.Lort,) 21, Lancaster stieet Artists. * See also Professors. Bassett Wm., I, Guilford pi Chapman James, Wynn st Coleman E. 2, Crescent, W. Cresswell W. 77, Lr. Hurst st Davies G. C. 55, Howard st Docker Charles, junior, 134, Great Hampton stieet Everitt A. E. 66, New street Everitt E. (repstry .)66,Newst Finley Edgar, Wheeley's rd Fox Edwin, 20, Waterloo pi Bloomsbury Green W. 69, Ravenhurst st Greenway C, Hamstead rw Hall William, Hagley road Hanis Henry, 6, Frederick street, Edgbaston Hand John, 24, Lr. Hurst st Henley William, Gower st Henshaw F.H. Green Ins. ctg Ingram J. W. interiordecora- tive, 120, Broad st. Islngtn. Johnson Benj., 43, Bath row King J. C. 7$ Easy row Lomas J. Handsworth vil. Lines&Sons,3,Temple rw.W Lucas Daniel, 37, Cross st. Mills Richard, 56, Bristol st Newmarch George, 159$, Tennant stieet Pettitt J. 45, Summer hill ter PriceWm. 79,Mountpleasnt New John st., West RudgeE. 8, Georgest.Parade SuchWm. Thos., Bernard st Tencate F.27,Broad st.Islgtn Wainwright J., Farm street Ward J. C, Balsall Heath rd Whitlock Jph., 120, Newst. WilsonN. J., 53, Ashted rw Wright Rd., 147, Bath row Artists' Colormen & Material Makers. Morris & Gore, 28,Colmorer Assayers. Assay Office, 3, Little Can non st., Jph. W. Phipson, master, & A. Ryland, so licitor, 40, Cheny st Pearsall W .60, Northwood st Westwood * Son, 96, Great Charles stieet Westwood W. and Son, 375, Summer lane Attorneys. Adams R..183,Bromsgrovest AllcockW. Penn, 5, Union st Amphlett C.,22, Bennett'shl ArnoldW.H.112. Newst Auster C. H. 56, Ann st Baker J. H. 12, Waterloo st Baker Jph. 35, Bennett's hi Balden S. 24, Colmore row Barker and Griffiths, 6, Ben nett's hill Barlow W. & clerk to Boro' Magistrates, 39,W aterloo s Bartleet J. 21, Waterloo st Benson C. 48, Paradise st Benton George, 9, Ann st. BloxhamJ.R. 22,Waterloost Bond J. C. 28, Bennett'shill Bott John, (executors of) 62, Newhall street Bower* Reynolds, 36, Para dise street Bray* Bridges, 20, Temple st CampbellW.K.3,St. Mary'sr Carter Saml. 20, Waterloo st Chaplin J. C. 15, Paradisest Chesshire B. 13,Templerow Chilwell Geo. 14, Old square Collis E.H. 16, Bennett's hUl Colmore & Beale, 30, W ater loo street Corser and Whitecombe, 34, Colmore row CottieU Wm. 34, Cannon st CraneJ.W.H.23,Waterloost Cutler J.W. 13. Bennett's hill Dalby J. F. 2$, Edmund st. Danks Saml. 3, Waterloo st Docker Ralph, 7, Moat row Dolphin Robt. 19, Temple st Edmonds Geo.* clerk of the Peace, 16, Whittall street Fewkes Paul, 9, Lease lane Fowler WilUam, 25, Ann st Fuller J. B. 47, Hockley st. Gem R.W.jun. and William Docker, 50, Ann street Gem Thos. Hy. 32, New st Gem W . H. & clerk to County Magistrates, 18, Moorst. Gilham & Thomas, 25,Tem- ple stieet Gimblett J. H.34, Cannon st Goodbehere S. 77, Newhallst Greatwood Rt. 4, Waterloo st Greensell C. 21, Edmund st 304 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Greves E. T.60, Newhallst Guest J. & clerk to County Court, 34, Waterloo stieet Haines & Arnold, and clerks to commissioners of Bir mingham streets act, 86, New stieet Harding Thos. 148, Moor st HardiugW. S. 32, Waterloost Hare W. 4, Temple row,W. Hanis Frederick, 59, Bath st Hanison Alex. 8, F.dmund st Harrison E.A.31,Waterloo st HawkesH.l. Insurance bldgs Haywood & Webb, 37, Tem ple stieet Hebbert J. B. 2, Temple st HepworthJ.5,Temple rw.W. HillHy.Stephen,48,Chenyst Hill Thos. 16, Union passage Holland Hy .Villa rd. Soho hi Hodgson T.R.T. 2, Cheny st Holden H. A. 1, Cherry st. Ingleby & Wragge, 4, Ben nett's hill Jabet George, 25, Ann st Jagger C. H. 38, Cannon st James T. S. 21, Waterloo st Knowles G. B. junior, 3, St. Paul's square Lee, Pinson, and Best, 69, Newhall stieet Lewis Edw. 2, Bennett's hill Lowe Wm. 77, Newhall st Ludlow Hy. 42, Waterloo st Mason E. F. 67, New street Maudsley Hy. 6, Temple st Mole Francis, 35, Cheny st. Morgan A.F.I, Bennett's hiU Morgan Wm. 37,Waterloo st Motteram, Knight* Emmet, 36, Bennett's hill Nealor Wm. 41. Cheny st Nichols W.M. 41, Temple st OrtonR.N.CornExehng.pas. Pallett James, 16, Moor st Palmer and Seymour, 16, Paradise stieet Parker T. L., 18, Union psg. Partridge J., 47, Union psg. Podmore Wm. H., 26, Ben nett's hill Powell John, 156, Moor st Power Robert, 17, Temple st Rawlins J., 12, Temple row Reece W. H., 104, New st Roberts Rd., 55, Ann stieet RowlinsonDan.T.65, New st Rushworth C.H.40Cannonst Ryland Arthur, 40,Cheiry st Sargent Ebenezer,57,New st Shutt Jph., 16, Chapel st Simcox Alex.,32, Paradise st Simcox John,Thomas, & Ed win W., 1 1, Bull ring SlaneyT.,2, Newhallst SmallwoodH.G.41 Temple st Smith J., 40, Temple street Spencer and Rollings, 15, Waterloo street Standbridge T., 25, Ann st Stubbin J., 25, Edmund st. Stubbs J., 15, Bennett's hill Suckling J., 35, Cheny st Sutton W. S. 14, Colmorerow Tarleton and Newton, 9, Cheny stieet Tarleton Rd.Hy..80, New st Tayler W. M. 20, Newstreet Thomson W.H., 4, Cheny st Tyndall T. & Son, 64, Little Charles street Und2rhill J. M. G., 144, Gt. Charles stieet Underhill Rd.,18, Temple st Unett * Sons, 5, Old square Webb Rt. W., 26, Ann st. Whateley J. W. and G., 41, Waterloo street Wills *01iver,22,Temple rw Wills * Son, 11, Waterloo st Wood Joseph, 137, Snow hi Wright E., 6, Waterloo st. YatesAugustus,44, Cheny st Auctioneers and Ap praisers. Bloore S., jun., 105, New st Bowdidge T., 106, Digbeth Broomhead T., 175, High st Deritend Brown J. K., 46, Union psg Callum W., & broker to the Court of Bankruptcy, 14, Bennett'shill,*l,Cheapsd Cheshire B. and Son, 37, Temple row Clarke Rd., 48, Paradise st Cooksey J., 5, Bennett's hUl Devey Ed., 77,Newhall st. Eastwood Jph., 6, New st. EbblesT.112,Constitution hi Fallows John,14,Temple rw Gilbert Jas.,120,Bordesley st Gimblett H., 34, Cheny st. Goodess A. I. Soho hill Hammond J.,21,Waterloo st Holmes W., 39$, Cheny st., and Wheeler stieet Hornblower Frederick, 14, Waterloo stieet Kempson S., 36, Union st. Latham Ed., 62, Lr.Hurst st Lucas J. P. 61, High stieet Ludlow J., 44, Cherry st Margetts G. B., Corn Ex change passage Massey Rt., 6, Temple st Mayne W. E, 7, Coventiy rd Naden T.,jun.,188,Livery st OUis J., 83, HoUoway head Pickering R., Up. Dean st Puckle J. W., 2,Waterloo st Robins E. & C. & Co., 47, New stieet Roderick J. K., Shakespeare Rooms, 96, New stieet Roderick J., 54, New street Rodway J., 27, Edgbaston st Rollason Jas., 41, Cheny st Smith S., 25, Gt. Brook st. St. Clair G.H.,44,Worcstist Walker Ed., 2, Temple row, and 20, Gt. Colemore st Walker J., 26,NewTownrw Wanillow Edwin, 35$, Ed mund stieet Walthew R., 20, Cannon st WilkinsJ.C, Handsworth vl Wilson J. A., 11, Union psg Auger Makers. Atkins Aaron and Son, 117, Barford stieet Glover Wm., 23, Pritchet st Haden Saml,, 31, Legge st Handy Thos. c. 9, Howard pi Leadbeater T. 40, Barford st Newey J., 112, Bordesley st oadler W., 43, New John st Awl Blade Makers. Banks Fras., 38, Mott st Collins Thos. 96, Coleshill st Powell Jno. 10, New John st Ross WUUam., 7, Howard st Sutton W.,43, U. Hospital st Whitehouse Henry, ct., 23, New John stieet Axletree Makers. Abel* Fisher, 21, Freeman s Adams J., 11, Barford st, S. Briden John, 203, Livery st Eykyn and MUUchap, 50, George street, Parade Gibson T.* 8 & 9,Weamanst Jackson Josiah, 13, George stieet Parade Lawson and Holden, 147, Great Charles street Leadbeater D. 47, Edmund st Lowe John, & H. 34, Ford rough street Plant* Pears, 40, Cheapside Rowlinson Jph., 73, Cecil st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 305 RowUnsonW. 65,Weaman st Warden Joseph and Sons, 6, Edgbaston street Warden J. jun., Jamaica rw Wood Sml , 90,NewCanal st Baby Linen Dealers. Farmer Jane, 2, Howard st Griffiths &Greaves,89,Bull st Holland Susan, 114, Snow h Palmer Ann, 34, Temple rw Pearson My. L., 32, Union st Ryley Fredk. Ball,21,Newst Scattergood Wm., 9, Bull st Shilton Joseph, 99, New st Bagatelle & Billiard Table Makers. Beddows Saml., 119, Broad stieet IsUngton Duggan D. 15, Brasshs. pasg Harris T., 67, Tennant st Manton C, ct. 69, Alcester st Twist S., 1, Broad st Islingtn Whittall Thos., (cue & case only.) 53, Edmund st, Bakers and Flour Dealers. Marked * are Bakers only. Adams E. B. 6, Spiceal st Ainsworth Wm., 356, Chpsd. Albutt Hy., 15, Brickkiln st Aldington W., 36, Exeter rw Allcock WiUiam, Essex st. Allcock W.,68, Lr.Trinity st Lancaster street Allen Alfred, Aston brook AUen Alfrd.25. Gt. Lister st Allen Frederick, Lozells Allen Geo., 32,Warstone to Allen John, 32,Worcester st AUsopJoseph,39,Hospital st Allen Wm.,2,New Meetings Amatt H. A. 83, Edmund st Assinder Jph., Claverdon st Atkins J. 165, High stDeritnd Austin John, 121, Livery st, BadgerJ.*T.34, Summer rw •Bagshaw R.,ll,Ryland rd Bagnall W., 4, Charlotte st Baker Thos., 18, Loveday st Ball Richd., 25, Paradise st Baldwin D., 116, Moland st BalUnger Edw.,132,Digbeth BaUinger Thos.,2, Snow hill Bate Wm., Wellington road BayUs J. G. 126, Gt. Brookst BeU & Chopping, 77, Broad stieet, Islington Bench Rd., 257, Bishop st, Moseley st Berry EUz., 68, Kenion st Bill John, 62, Holloway hd. Birch James, 9, Church'st. Biven Thomas, 41, Vale st Boote John, Farm stieet Bowes Geo., 211, Bristol st Bowier T. ct. 125, Lionel st Bradford J. 147,Dartmonth s Bradley G. 34, Bell Barn rd Brandon A. 153$, Camden st Brooks Richard, 10, Cox st •Browley George, 85, Navi gation street Browning B. Park road, Ne chells green Burton Fras. Nechells green Burton Rd.,1, Richmond ter race, Coventiy road Carter E. 16, Up. Tower st Chesterton C. Holliday st •Childs Wm. 69, Francis st Clarke Thomas, 3, Legge st Cole Wm. 5, Macdonald st Cole Wm. Hy.Lea Bankrd. ColUs Sarah, 16, Meriden st Cook Richard, 30, Lt. Barr st Cooper H. & J. Small heath •Cooper S. 22, Hockley hill CooperW.14,Jno.st Dale end Cotterill E. 20, Prospect row Cotton Mark, 1J, Ludgthill Cotton S. 171, Heneage st Crockett Jph. 225, Bristol st Cm e J. 49, New John st. Dalton Robert, 4, Cannon st Daniels Geo. 90, Moseley st Davis George, 72, Henry st •Dingley Cath. 1, Water st Dixon Thomas, Sherlock st Done Richard, 30, Adam st DudleyR.8,KingEd ward's pi Dunkley Henry, Hatchet st Dunn J. 197, New Townrow •Earl Chpr. 42, Sheepcote st Eaves Eliz. 27, Summer st Emery S. 74, St. Martin st EmeryT.172,High stDeritnd Evans George, 3, Hanley st Fairbairn R. New John st.W. Fawdry J G. 32, Navigatn. st Feneday W. 23, Holland st Fener W . 223, High st Drntd. Fisher Giles, 15, Ruston st •Franklin Rd., 87, Digbeth George Sarah, 31, Fleet st Glover C, 250, Bradford st Glover John, Lea Bank rd. Godfree John, 113, Digbeth Green Edna, 116, Livery st Griffin William, Wheeler st Haltom John, Spring st Hamlin J., 17, New Smr. st Harrison Henry, Hagley rd. Hawksford J. 68,Smalllrk. st Hawkesford J. 8. Dale end HawkesfordW.21, Jamaicar Hawkesford and Birch, 42, Snow hill Hayward J., 54, Benacre st Hazledine James, Phillips st Aston brook Hemming Wm., Cregoe st Hemmings S. 37,High street, Deritend Higgins Peter, 129, High st Bordesley Hodges Wm. 49, Gt. Barr st Holt John, Willis st Holt William, Loxton stieet HoltamWilliam,31, Lench st Hopkins Josh. 39, Dale end HounslowJ.27,NewSmmr.stHowes Joseph, 75, Cheapsd. Humphreys Edw.Wheeler st Humphrey sW .59, L ancstr. st Hunt Geo. 59, Coleshill st Hunt Jas. 138$, Ashted row Hunt John A. 1 0, Ashted row Hutchins Jno. 1 10, William st Hutton J. 277. Bradford st Ingles John, Wheeler street Insley Wm. Great King st Jud Martha, Key hill Jeffis,, William, 155, Unett st •Jelfs Anthony, 14, Barr st Judd Chas. 24, Howard st Judd Edward, Smith street Johnson Fredk. 6, Livery st Johnson Wm. Steward st Kain Thos. 70, Weaman st. Kemp Thomas, Gt. Lister st Kibby C. 246, New Town row Kibby S. 196, New Townrow Lancaster My. 25, Up. Priory Latimer Jas. A. Hagley rd Lord Isaac, 215, Aston road Lord Jph. 215, Heneage st Lord John, 62, Parade Loveridge Rt. 4, Camden st Mackenzie J. 5, Loveday st Mackintosh John, 12, Ingest Mansell T. 44, Edgbaston st Marlow Wm. Latimer st. S. Marsden Sampsn. Clement st •Marsh William, I, Lister st Mason E.136,Gt Hampton st •Matthews Jane, 36, Rea st Mercer Wm. 63, Smallbk. st Mills J. 58, Ravenhurst st •MinshuU Wm. Alfd. Mill st Moore Levi, 106, Steelhs. In Morgan Chas., 34, Brewery street, Heneage stieet •Morley J.B. ct 179, Broad stieet, Islington Morley Thos., 22, Lancstr.st 2Q 306 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Morley E. Aston New Town Morton Geo. 30, Nelson st Mountford H. 66, Coleshl. st Moseley J. 87, Holloway hd. Munn Eli, 133, Suffolk st Nash Wm. 9, Lr. Temple st Nocks John, Wynn stieet North Hanh. 194, Francis st NoakesWilliam, 80, Aston st Oakey Mark, 134, Green Ins. Odams Richard, 24, Sun st Old Union Mill Compy. Holt st ; Jph. Guest, manager Oliver John, 334, Cheapside •Onion Abhm.43, Lr.Hurstst Oram Wm. Lady Wood In. Osborne Hy., 92, Cheapside •Owen William, 22, Canal st ParkerThos.215, Stratfordrd Parkes Samuel, 60, Livery st PearmanT.95,Gt.Hamptn st PearmauW.35, Gt.Russellst Peck Thos. 51, Hanley st Perks Edw. St. Vmcent st Pick William, 10, Bath row Finder B. W. 38, Baggot st Pitchford Thomas, Farm st Pitt Samuel, 35, Stafford st Poulton J. 47, New Canal st Pomfret Edw. 29, Moland st PowellD.43,High stDeritnd. Potter John, 113, Pritchet st •Prince R. 28, Up. Windsor st •Richards H. court 4, Park street, Bull ring RiddulphW.33, Lt.Charlesst Robbins John, 33, Digby st Roberts R. 18, Heneage st Roberts Thos. 59, Francis st Rose Thos. 26, Sherlock st RoweEphrm.,47,Branston st •SavilleW . 79, Bromsgrove st Shayler T. 15, Icknield st. E. Savage J. C. 41, Mount st, 1, Newhall stieet •Scarle Wm. 36, Price st Shorthouse B. 80, Palmer st. SimcoJosh.99,Lr.Camden st NewhaU street Shnpson Charles, 151, High street, Bordesley Sketchley J. 1 15, Hockley hi Skett W. 66, Dartmouth st Smith Geo. 2, Hens walk Smith Isaac, 184, Wells st •Smith Jas. 18, Marshall st •Snow J. 21, Bromsgrove st Southall H. 61, Stafford st Southam S. ct. 17, Weaman s Spencer John, 3, Sheepcote s Spencer T.35, Congreve st Spencer W. Newhall hill Spooner C. 27, Fordrough st Stait Hy. 169, Darwin st Stannah W. 59, Weaman st Sutton Jno, 71, Bishopgate s SuttonW.67,New John st.W Ten-ill J. 22, Ludgate-hill Thomas G. 21, U.Hospitals •Thompson J. 24, Chapel st Thompson T.23, Fazeley st Thurston Ed. ct. 123, Great Francis street Toner T. 90, Gt Hampton st Trakewell Wm. 4, Bridge st. Belmont row TraverW. 14. NewThomas s Trevitt J.52, NewTown row Ward Edwin, Villa stieet Ward Jph. 19, Tennant st. Ward Thos. 15, Newton st Walters Jas. Sherbonrne st WakelinWm. 10, Cottage to. *WardWm.27,Bishopgate st •Walker J. Up. Hospital st Watts J. Villa rd. Soho MU Ward & Price, 4, Moor st Watts W. Lea bank road Ward Thomas, 30, Milk st. Webb Wm. 6, Dale end Webley Frdk.31,Ruston st Weller G. F. 15, Gt. Barr st WellingsW.107, Hampton st WhitelockW.29,Lancaster st Wiggott T. 118, Livery st WilUamsonC.W.91, Lichflds Wilson Timothy, 16, Wharf stieet, Suffolk stieet Winters Wm. 1, Russell st Wright John, 90, ColeshiU st YorkeC.F.10,Bartholomews Band Box Makers. Chester C. 83, Constitution hi Corbutt M. 14, Severn stieet EaglesH. 163, Bromsgrove st Farmer E. 196, Moseley st WisemanD.81,Constitutinhl Bankers. Attwoods, Spooner & Co., 131, New street, (draw on Spooner, Attwood & Co.) Birmingham Banking Com pany, 32, Bennett's hill, (draw on Jones, Loyd & Co., and Glyn and Co.) ; Wm. Beaumont, manager Birmingham and District Bank, 21, Colmore row, (draw on Barclay, Tritton, and Co.); B. Smith. mngr Birmingham and Midland Banking Co., Union st., (draw on the Union Bank); C. Geach,mnging director. Branch Bank of England, 10, Bennett's MU ; Chas. Tindal, agent, and Wm. Chippindale, sub-agent MoilUet & Sons, 7, Cherry stieet, (draw on Sir I. W. Lubbock, Bart., & Co.) National Provincial Bank of England, (Branch of) 8, Bennett's hill, (draw on London and Westminster BanMng Co.) ; Henry Rotton, manager Taylor and Lloyds, 64, and 65, High stieet, (draw on Hanburys, Taylor, and Lloyd) Savings Bank, 9, Temple row; attend Monday, 12 to 2, and 6-30 to 8, P.M. ; Thursday, 12 to 2 ; Satur day, 6-30 to 8; W.Bolton, Esq., secretary, and C. Geach, Esq., actuary Bankruptcy and Pro tective Office. Minshull Charles, sen., pro prietor, 104, New stieet Barometer & Ther mometer Makers - Marked'mk.Thermometers only Brunner I. 66, Edgbaston st Harriman J. 58, Church st •Heath Jas. ct. 7, Essex st , •Holt H. 15, Cardigan st Peverelle J.B.I 6. Pershorest •Rabone J. 61, St. Paul's sq •Rabone T. 172, Hockley hi Barristers. Guest E. Church rd.Edgbstn Jefferys J. 39, Waterloo st Basket Makers. AndersonL.81, Holloway hd Bailey Jas. 16, Coleshill st Bough J. 22, New Townrw Clarke Benj. 42, Digbeth Coleman W. 3, Lancaster st Davis John, 8, Dean stieet Deveux T. ct. 7, Livery st FlattryH.22, Constitution hi Hewitt Geo. 134, Livery st Hooper John, 22, Livery st Howard E.119,Gt.Charles st Hucking Sarah, 3,Pinfold st HutchensC.82,Navigation st Hutchens Mark, 11, New Meeting st. & Market hall Hyde Thos.,6,St.Martin'sln BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 307 Hyde W. 55, SmaUbrook st and Market hall Lewis Thos, 61, Edgbaston stieet, and Market hall L'Hollier N.64, Edgbaston s Martin J. 88, Gt. Charles st Morris Wm. 218, Livery st Parker Hy. 26, Chapel st Skinner Thos. Horse fair, and Market hall Stokes Edward, Woodcock st Vincent Joseph & WilUam 21, High street Wilks John, 26, Horse fair Williams E. 47, Edgbaston s Bath Chair Makers. Boyce M.102, Bromsgrove st Gabriel Mary, Coleshill st Baths. Devis James, 130, New st Flint Wm. Bragg,18,Ann st Monro Geo. LadyWeU walk Shilton Ed. Brougham st Smith John, BalsaU heath Bayonet Manufctrs. Bishop Peter, 12, Queen st Heighington John, Bordes ley Mills Hill Stephen, 35, Pritchet st Newman Lewis, court 95, Lower Tower stieet Osborn T. 105, Up.Trinityst Bed Sacking Makers. Bangham W. 43, Constitn.hl Jones George, Penn stieet Kay John, 26, Navigation st Rose Wm. 29, Congreve st Slater John, 179, Livery st Thorn B. 1, Holloway head Whittle William & Co. 202, Cheapside Bedstead, Chair, &c. Makers. Bolton Rd, Morley's bldgs Bourn John, 112, Rea st Johnson Thos. HoUoway hd LewisW.H.87,Bromsgrove s Gammon Peter, 1, Dale end Paste Wm. 92, Meriden st Sherlock WiUiam, ct. 6, Gt. Hampton stieet Ward Geo. A. 5, Snow hill Wood J. Latimer stieet, S Beer Engine and Liquor Fountain Makers. Baskerfield H.39,BirchaU st Bromwich R.26,Freeman st Cooper T. 25, New Inkleys Emson T. 232, Cheapside Glasgow David, 10, Cross st Haskett Rt. 104, Snow hUl, and 87, Gt. Charles st Harrison S. 52, Park stieet, Bull ring Jones Hy. 60, Stafford st Joseph John, 22, Brewery st New Town row MiUsThos.71,Bromsgrove st Smith Danl. 43,Worcester st Stevens J. 112, U. Tower st Stock & Son, 35, Temple st Stokes T.267,New Town rw Wesbury J. ct. 1, Thorp st Yates and Birch, 39 and 40, Coleshill stieet Beer Houses. See RetaU Brewers, after Hotels, Inns,lfe. Bell Founders- Bagnall James E. 131, Gt. Hampton street Barlow J.& Co. Staniforth st Bartlett and Sons, 126, Gt. Charles street Barwell J.40,Gt. Hampton s Blews William, and Sons, 9, Bartholomew stieet Burgess W. 36, Holloway hd Clews James, 78, Baggot st Clews W. 79, Moland st. Dowler T. 91, Gt. Charles st Evans J. 105, Moland st Fleming T. Barford st. S FullwoodJ.49,NewTown rw Hanis B. H. 198, Livery st Holt Hemy, 15, Cardigan st Powell J.ctl9,U. Windsor st Powell W. 37, Bromsgrove st Bellows Makers. Allda,yW.32$,ConstitutionhlDoody James, 14, Oxford st Doody Jph. 70, Howard pi FletcherGeo.26,MaryAnn st Greathead J.97, Steelhouse In Harrison J. 40, Fazeley st HolUns B. ctl3,Lombard st Moon James, 1, Engine st Onions John C. 63 and 64, Bradford street Onions J. 191, Moseley st Onions J.*Sons,49,Digbeth Partridge Thos.39,Oxford st Showell Thos. 2, Essex st Taylor S. 117, NewCanal st TmleyH.ct.il, Holt st West Saml. ct. 6, Sherlock st Bellows Pipe Makers Johnson R. 17, Loveday st Partiidge T. 39, Oxford st Taylor S. 117, New Canal st WestwoodW.ct.6,Meriden st Wilkms T. ct.5,Lawrence st Berlin Wool, &c. Warehouses. Broadhurst J. Hagley row Jarmans and Jenkins, 271, Bradford street Martin Mary, 39, New st Jevons Solomon, 65 and 66, Worcester street Onion Elizabeth, 27, New st and 38, Broad street Pemberton My. 45, New st Bill Posters, Burton John, 10, Cheapside Chapman C, Coach yard, BuU street Clarke R., 32, Steelhouse to Crowther James, 5, Vine st Hairs Jas., 10, Queen st Wilson John,ct.,10, Hurst st Birds Eye and Bead Makers. MansfieldRd.,16,Bradford st 01dfieldHerbert,36, Queen st Tongue J., (gilt), 78, Parade Bird and Animal Preservers. Cashmore EUz., 12, Steel house lane Griffin Wm., 260, Aston rd Hawkes* Franklin,4,New st Jackson Wm., 9, Benacre st Mansfield R., 16,Bradford st Quiney L., 46, Lichfield st Stagg J., 28, New Church st Birmingham, Lon don and Sheffield Warehouses. Aaronson Saul, 99, Small brook stieet Abrahams & Danziger, 45, Edgbaston street Ashforth R.,2, Jamaica row Burton C, 57, ColesMU st CartwrightC.22,Edgbastn st Darby J., 3, Edgbaston st Heaven George, 159,Moor st JenMns My., 6, Digbeth Lewis P., 94, Smallbrook st Louis*Mier,68,Edgbaston st .308 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Mc Cabc Thomas, sen., 26, Edgbaston stieet Mc Cabe T. 48, Edgl aston st Milner Wm., 13, Union st Moran E., 49, Edgbaston st NcwmanGodwin,22Lease In NewmanH., 51, Edgbaston st Partridge Jas.,98, High st Peverelle L.,28,Edgbaston st Puncia Anthony, 6, Moor st Poncia D., 58, Edgbaston st Poncia J., 54, Worcester st Poncia John, and Son, 50, Pershore street Samuel Charles and Co., 43, Edgbaston street Trainer T. 7, Moor street Salt Richard, 5, Dale end ValentineB.62, Edgbaston st Winchurst Iziah, 21, High st Blackers. Baker J. 23, Buckingham st CarringtonH.18,L.Charles s Jeffery J. 59, Loveday st Jepson J.ct. 30,Up.Tower st Pickin Wm. Summer lane Siddon E. ct.7,Lt.Charles st SimkissR.ct.l l,St.George's s Smith & Asbury, Legge st Taylor J. ct. 1, Edmund st Blacking Makers. Aing worth H. 41, Snow hill Davis Timothy, Bristol rd Baker Ed.&Son, Granville st Farmer Rd. ct. Thorp st Haslam Jph. 6'\ Hurst st Kingham J. 34, Banbury st Lear Jas. 1, Gt. Cohnore st Martin Sarah, 61, Oxford st Ravenscroft E. Market hall R-ivenscroft J. 9, Stafford st SandersH.N.93SteelhouseIn Black Lead Pencil ffi akers. Tubb J. (ever-pointed) 27, Smith street Westwood J. 61, Ludgate hi Black Ornament Makers. Aston Thos. 12, Regent pi Balleny J. 44, St. Paul's sq Bland John, 1, Weaman st DavenportA.148GtCha.rles s Edge Thos. & Co. 3, HaU st HanisonH.* J .4, Howard st Hinley Saml. 17, Essex st Humphries B. 37, Bristol st Kettle Mary, 99, Suffolk st Lea Wm. 29, Edgbaston st Lowe F. ct. 24, Spencer st Monis Thos., 18, Hill st Parkes Jph.88,Gt.Russellst Piarpoint J.ct. 7,Woodcocks Poolton Jas. 44. Horse fair Stokes and Willmott, Att- wood's Mill, Baskerville Stone Chas. 28, Ludgate hill Taylor & Ashmead, Bridge street, Broad stieet Tongue W. 138, Hampton st Welch C. (late Wilkinson) 1, Caroline stieet Wilcox W. 69, Hampton st Withers J. 28,Gt.Hampton s Blacksmiths and Farriers. Marked * are Farriers. Bagg Wm. New Bridge st Baynham William, 96, Park street. Bull ring •Beach Wm. 3, Duke stieet Beardmore R. 82, Hill st Beeson R. Handsworth vil "Belsher Wm. Ashted row Bentley Jph. 7, Oozells st Bodington G. vet. shoeing, 60, Broad street Butcher M. 47, Aston road Butler W. ct.21,Gt.Charles s •Chillingworth J. court 212, Livery stieet Clarke Wm. Aston street CartwrigbtW.l 1 8iHockly hi Earp R. 96, Hockley street Field John, 17, Jamaica row Foden Abraham, Saltley Ford Allen, 6, Bromsgrove st Godwin W. J. vet. shoeing, 31^, New street Goodridge Rt. Lr. Lawley st Goss Alfred, 53$,Howard st GossThomas,Crescent locks Green A. 25, Jamaica row •Jreen Thos. Worcester wrf Green Wm. 55, Pinfold st *GreggW.37, Bartholomews Hailstone Charles, Saltley Hale Benj. ct. 38, Moor st Hales John, Hunter's lane Hanis Jas. 30, Bristol st •Harris Wm. 1, Windmill st Hastie R. Handsworth vil Hobbis J. 24, Sheepcote st Hobday Saml. Hagley road Holmes R. vet. shoeing, 43, Cheny street Hood William, Tennant st. •HumphreysW.76, Lionel st •Hurd John, Spark brook Hunt R. L. vet. shoeing, Cannon st,^, Aston st 1 Parker Henry, 126, High street, Bordesley 1 Reynolds J. 27, Loveday st 1 Rogers C. 61$, Constitn. hi 1 Rollinson Thomas, court 82, Great Charles street 1 Savage T. 361, Summer In 1 Shore Wm. 31, Tanter st 1, 3 Smith S. ct. 2, Edmund st 1,2 Smith W. 21,Henriettast 1 Spratt E. 126, Lancaster st 3 Summerfield J. 33, New Church street 1 Teny Jph. 235, Aston rd lTerryW.82,Bartholomewst 3 Thomas J. ct 1 4,Edmund st 3 Thomas S. ct.2,Lawrencest 2 Wallbank Richd. 4, James street, St. Paul's 1, 2 Ward S. l,Mary Annst Wells R. 65, Edmund stieet 1, 3 Whateley F.C.2,Digbyst 1, 2 Wooton Thomas, 108, Great Charles stieet Caster Top Makers and Silver Mounters. See also Silver Plated and Britannia Metal Ware, tfc. Manufacturers. Cooke John, 5, Fleet stieet Dukes * Clemmens, Hall st Manton H. 1 10, Gt.Charlesst Casting Mould Mkrs Cox Thomas, 60, Broad st 321 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Haywood Joseph, 1, Great Hampton street Simons T. 149, Livery st. & Frederick pi. Northwood st Casting Pot & Muffle Makers. Cartwright W. Cambridge st Fitchett John, 33, Potter st Harper and Moore, 2. Cres cent wharf King J. & W. 27, Lichfield st Simons Thos. 149, Livery st., * Frederick pi. Northwd.st Wright Thos. 48, Old Cross st Cat Gut Manufr. Jones Fredk. 19, Smallbk. st Chain Makers. See also Curb Chain Makers. BeesleyB.*Son,21,Ludgt. hi Busby George, (surveyors,) 19, Aston stieet DunnEdgar.5 Park st. Bullrg Gameson John, 17, Bow st Garratt T. 74, New Inkleys Gilbert Eliz. 18, New Inkleys Hakesley J. 18$, Smallbrk. st Heath Eliz. 70, Hatchet st Knowles Richard, 60, High street, Bordesley Lloyd John, Bradford street Morris Edw. 27, Fleet street Nichols James, 63, Digbeth Shaw*Heely, 54, Pershorest Shaw Hy\ 1 8, Park st. Bullrg ShawWm. 10, ParkstBullrg Thoma s J . ct.9, H igh st.Drtnd Upfill Edw., Smithfield Wks Upfill Thomas and Son, 157, Great Charles street Warden Joseph and Sons, 6, Edgbaston stieet Warden J. jun. Jainaicarow Chair Makers, Mhd. "are Windsor Chair Mks See also Cabinet Makers. Atkins John, 62, Cheapside Beedle My. 61, Hurst stieet •Best Isaac, 2, Milk stieet Cole J.ct. lO.Bartholomew st Coles Hy. ct.2, Fordrough st •ColUns David, 34, Duke st Duggan D. 15, Brass hs. pas Earp Thos. Bridge street, W »FellowsT.ct.22,Lancasterst Field Mth. 96, New Inkleys •Ford James, 99 Rea stieet Fullnck Edmund, 18,Dukest •Grimley William, Kenion st Heath Jph. ct. 12, Cox st Hopkins Thomas, (cabt.) 46, Dean street Ives Charles, 4, Essex street •James C. & G. Sherlock st Langford J. 60, Bradford st LaDgford R. 48. Worcester st •MacklowMth.8 1 ,Birchallst Moody Wm., (cabinet chair,) 11, Bath passage 'Needle James, 2, Vine st •Needle S.ct.29,Bromsgv. st Paste Wm. 92, Meriden st Pearce B. 77, Constitution hi Powell John, 6, Oozells st P ulley T . 32, B artholome w st Reddell Wm. 262, Aston rd. Rogers Thos. 48, Gt Barr st Rogers Wm. 20, Masshs. to Tarplee W. ct. 3, Summer st Waight Chas. 68, Pershore st Chasers&Emfoossers.Adams C. 25, St. Paul's sq Adams T. ct. 2, Ludgate hi Ansty Jno. ct. II, Church st Bayley Chas. ct. 4, ElUs st Beesley T. 58, Ludgate hill Bloxham Wm. 18%, Steel house lane Brewer Thos. Frederick pi. Brown W. ct. 17. Edmund st Collins Chas. 7, Harford st ColUns John, 36, Harford st Corbett G.J. 11, Weaman rw Corbett J. C. 323, New John street, West DoughtyR.109,Constitutn hi Dudley Samuel,8,Newton st Everitt and Walton, court 3, Gt. Charles stieet Fisher W. U%, L.Charles st Fletcher Hy. ct. 51, Barr st Fletcher J. 41, Fisher street Gilbert S. 8, Northampton st Glydon W. 13, Fordrough st Green Jph, 4. Manchester pi Hadden Thos. ct. 1, Fleet st Hall Thomas, 1, Edmund st Hallam Rt. Mary Ann st HillS.26,Breadst,Newhall st HolUns Wm. ct. 5, Mott st Horton F. 29, Mary street, Caroline stieet Jones Jph. 50, CaroUne st Keeling Peter, 61, Great Hampton stieet Kirby Thos. C. Regent row Lawson Rd. C. 2, Oozells st Lister Jermh. Redfcrn's bids Lovett H. N. 23, Harford st Lowe Chas. Warstone lane Middleton and Gilbert, 26, Bread street, Newhall st Morley Oliver, Lr. Tower st Orme Henry, Vittoria st. Parton John, Holland st Partridge and Darby, 14$, Little Charles stieet Perkins John, 113, Unett st Priest Chas. 50, Summer to Ray Hy. Stenbridge, Key hill Redding Wm. 1$, Ludgate hi RichardsJ.44,Constitutionhl Ryland W. H. 23, Howard st Sadler Benj. 40, Weaman st Sadler Ebenezer, ct. 6, Gt. Hampton stieet Sadler Hy. Lr. Tower st Sherriff Jas. 23, Ann stieet Smith Thomas, Albert pi Stevens James, (button) 219, New Town row Taylor T. ct. 5, Henrietta st Taylor Thos. C. Vyse st Unite S.jun,29,Northwoodst Walker S.71 , Constitution hi Wilson G. 153, Hampton st Cheese, Butter, Ham, and Bacon Factors. AUban Jph. 26, Tonk st Ashford Richard, 50, Wharf street, Suffolk stieet Aston S. (ham and bacon) Masshouse lane Badcock T. 6, BalsaU st Bainton WiUiam, 157, Gt Hampton row Banister W. Handsworth vg Bayliss T. 54, Lancaster st Binns C.W.94,Bishopgatest Boulton Hy. 45, BuU stieet Browne John, 111, Digbeth Chamberlain F. 29, Sun st Chambers T. 35, Lt. Ann st Chawner Wm. 77, New st Clarke T. 43, Stafford st Clarkson J. 56, Belmont rw Crane Geo. 13, Inge stieet Dain John, 30, Hospital st Downing J. 347, Cheapside Davenport R. W. 1, Lower Loveday stieet Davis F. J. 4, Summer row FerrerW.223,Highst.DeritndFoulkesJParkrd.NechellsgnField R. J. 121, Digbeth Giles Saml. 382, Summer In Glassey Thos. 77,Birchall st GoughJames, 64, Hockley st Graham Wm. Barker st Guest Rd. 139, Vauxhall rd BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 325 Hadduck C. 1, Belmont row Hallam C. 226, Bristol st Hallam Wm. 15, Bull ring Harper Joseph, (wholesale) 89, Bloomsbury HaywoodJ.50, Constitutn hi Heath James, Loxton st Heywood Geo, 96.J, Digbeth Hodgetts Geo. 22, Digbeth GrantDennis,10,IslmgtonrwHull Geo. 26, Smallbrook st Ireland J. Handsworth vlg James & Son, 34, Dale end Kemp Rd. 10, Spiceal st Lichfield Jph. 40, Snow hill Mee Thos. 1, Hockley hill Nock Henry, 10, Dale end Palmer Wm. 8, Spiceal st Parker S. 238,NewTownrw PearmanW.35, Gt. RusseU st Phillips John, 17, Dale end PhilUps Wm. 5, Spiceal st Phipps W. ct. l3,Coleshill st Proud E. & Co. 52, Digbeth Rhodes W. 21 &22, Aston st Savage Thos. 12, High st Scott J. 105, Steelhouse In ShorthouseW .155,Moseley st Shotton Wm. 8, Stafford st Simons H. 109, Dale end Slaughter Geo. 83, Snow hill Smith E. 3, Constitution hill Suckling J. 94, Dale end Taylor S. J. 49, Bull st Temple W. 163, Hockley hi Thomas E. Ill, Steelhs. to Tomkins T. H. 1, Balsall st Trevor John, 25, Parade Waldron D. H. 96, Broad st. IsUngton Walford EUz. 3, Dale end Watson J. wholesale, Carrs lane, and 100, High street Watson J. 34, SmaUbrook st WeUs Thomas, Market hall White W. 31, Islington row Williams John, 179, Broad street, Islington Williams O. 53, Constitutn.h Wright Eliz. 84, Digbeth Wright S. 88, Smallbrook st Chemists&Druggists. Abbot J. C. 47, Dale end Adcock C. 74, Stafford st Adey A. 37, Harford street Atkins Henry James, 32, Bull stieet Ash Thos. 167, Ashted row Ashmore Jph. Upper MiU In Bagnall John, 52,Ludgate hi Bagnall & Lees, 59, High st Banks Morris, 3, High st Barker Hy. J ohn, Lozells Barnett J. 23, Jamaica row Belton Charles, 43, High st Benson A. 22, Holloway hd Billingham H. 85,Alcester st Bowers Rd. 37, Aston st Bridgewater J. 214, Highst. Deritend Buzyard W. 22, Cheapside Canning W. 1, Prospect row, and 137, Gt. Hampton st Chirm John, 39, Summer In Clarke A. 219, Ashted row Coleman L. 117, Coleshill st Corfield Charles, 11, New st Davis B. 31, Coleshill st Dowell J. 25, Worcester st Ellis Samuel, 4, Bull ring Flewitt C. T. M. 92,, Highst Flewitt Wm. 100, Digbeth Foster A. H. 89, Navigation st. and 35, Lancaster st Gardner John, 189, High st. Deritend Gilman J. 148, Lancaster st Gilman Thos. Gosta green Goodwin J. 110, Suffolk st Grant Jph. 12, Summer In Greensill E. Handswth. vil. Grove G. 77, New Canal st Hadley M. 25, N avigation st Hardy J. D.90, Steelhouse to Harris* Pierce, 9, BuU ring, and wholesl. 1 40, Digbeth Harrison & Scott, l,Easyrw Harvey J. 57, Hampton st H arvey L .97,Broadst.Islngtn H ay wood W.69,Constitutn.h Hinton A. 35, Bishopgate st Hipkins Matth. 35, Bull st Hobday Geo. Summer lane Hull Geo. 77, SmaUbrook st Humphreys T.43, Bull st Jones Owen, 215,Bradfrdst Kemp Thos. 216, Ashted rw Kendrick J. 215, New John stieet, West Knight E.*M.48,Lancasters Leay J . 137, Broad st. Islngtn Marshall Richard, Barker st Martin E. M. 46$, Moorst Martin John J. 69, High st Matthews T. 85, Snow hill Morris John, 26, Snow hill Mott John, 88, Gt. Ban- st Paine F. H. Ill, Snow hUl Parker J. 53, New Townrw Parry Wm. 91, Suffolk st Partiidge Henry, 43, Mount street, Newhall stieet Pegg E. & H. 122, Gt.Chas.st Phillips John, 1, Camden st Phillips T. 45, Smallbrook st Pickering Wm. 92, Snow hill Probert Edward, 19, Digbeth Rhodes W. 21 & 22, Aston rd RobertsS.87,Broadst.Islngtn Robinson Eardley, 166, High street, Deritend Robinson, Palmer, &Palmer, 37, Colmore row Sanders J. 10, SmaUbrook st Scudamore T. 24,Pershore st SharrodJ. 118,Constitutn.hl Shaw Joseph, 65, Stafford st Smith * Churchill,31,New st Smith J. 60, Constitution hill Snape E. 14, Gt. Hampton st Southall T. & W. 17, Bull st Stokes Daniel, 1, Watery In Stokes Edwin, 129, Unett st Sumner William, 21, High st Sylvester, P. Islington row Taylor Saml. 21, Moseley rd Tennant David, 7, Brewery stieet, New Town row Thornley S. jun. 145,Snow hi Tiler Geo. A. 18, Dale end Tompson R. H.58, Suffolk st Turnei-C.6 1 ,Broad.st Islngtn Turner Edward T., Thomas stieet, Dale end Turner W. 121, Digbeth TwistW.J.50,Broadst.Islgtn Walker J. C. 16, Jamaicarw Walton WilUam, 55, Digbeth Waters John W. 42, New st Waterson J. 168. Hockley hi White John, 227, Bristol st White W. Handsworth vilge Wilcox Geo. 7, Prospect row Wilkinson C. 152,Hockley hi Wilkinson Hy. 9, Steelhs. In Yeomans John, 7, Dale end Chemists. (Manuftrng.) Armitage James, Love lane Bird W. 104, Up. Trinity st Bradley W. West Bromwich Brown T. B. Handsworth vU Cooper C. 120, Gt. Charles st Evans & Askin, Icknield sq. Hickling & Co. Banbury st Jutson Henry, Liverpool st Meade EU, 142, Cheapside Mitchell J. 335, Coventry rd Peyton & Son, Lister stieet Phipson Jph.H.37,Lawley st Shorthouse Joseph, 8, New Market st. & ShadweU st Singleton Joseph, Eyre st Smith & Kemp, 165, Brear ley stieet, West Sturge E. & Co. Wheeley's In 326Titterton John T., 6, Snow MU, and Dartmouth street Westwood & Son, 96, Great Charles stieet Chimney Sweeps. Allan W.T.ct 12, Consti tution hill Barton Jas. 27, Hockley hill Bennett Rd. 22, Allison st Cannon John, Brickkiln st. Lancaster stieet Cornwall T. 51, Edmund st. Eccles John, 3, Bow street Fenton WilUam, Brickkiln street, Lancaster stieet Fowler Jas. 170, Tennant st Fox Stephen, ct. 18, Park stieet. Bull ring Howell thos. 69, Weaman st Jenkins John, 10, Milk st Jenkins Rt. Coach yd. Bull st Lawrence Alexander, 36, London Prentice stieet Merreday Jph. 29, Pinfold st Merreday W. 42, Bishopgt. st NichoUs Rt. 16, Windmill st Nicholls Wm. Brickkiln st, Lancaster stieet Nichols T.152, Heath MiU to Waterhouse J.ct.l 14,Moorst Winters T. 4, Lt. Charles st Cigar Manufacturers. Cohen Fras. 42, Smallbrk. st KenwayH.(mert)100MoorstLloyd J. F. &Co. 30, High st Myers & Wolf, 42, Moor st RobertsM. R. 68, Lombard st Simms Alfred, 43, New st Watts James and Co., 26, Lower Temple stieet Clasp Manufacturers. See also Jewellery and Gilt Toy Manufacturers. Allen EUen, Lench stieet AshfordE.ct.3, Bread st.Hill s Barber E.F.46,Northwoodst Biddle John, 4, Fleet street BloxhamWm.44NewJohnstDace W. (book) 379, Sumr.to Dadley A. P. 52, Newhall st Lowell Alf. 44, Cliveland st Parker Chas. 42, Cherry st Phillips Hy. 68, Graham st Clay Merchants. Corbett Hy .Worcester wharf Green Brothers, Easy row Harper and Moore, 2, Cres cent wharf Southan H.Worcester wharf BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Clock Makers. Marked * are Wholesale, and make aU kind of Materials. See also Watch & Clock Makers. AUdridge Edwin, Dean st Ashburey Jph. 53, Regent pi •Bagnall James E. 131, Gt. Hampton street •Baker Thomas, 61, Mott st Baylis John, 17, Summer st Bingham T. 21, Meriden st Dean Peter, ct. 82, Bath st Dean Samuel, 110$, Pope st Doyle Joseph, 61, Snow hill Evans W. F. Handsworth vil Gilbert Wm. ct. 8, Farm st •Jennens John, 52, Key Mil •Knight Henry, 15, Ann st Scriven Jno. 45, CaroUne st •Smith & Harthill, 39, Har ford stieet Smith & Sons. 141, Snow hi StoU Anthy. 11, Woodcock st Tirebnck Thos. & WiUiam, 32, WilUam street, North Zahringer John and Co. 69, Stafford stieet Clock Case Makers. AUdridge Edwin, Dean st Baskerfield H. 39, Birchall st Crump Wm. ct. 14, Price st EUis George, 70, ColeshiUst Flint A. 29, Gt. Hampton st Flint John, 12, Barr stieet Gray Hy. ct. 9, ColesMU st Guest Joseph, 72, Bath st Handy Samuel, Lozells OUver Henry, ct. 16,Ward st Pimm J. 8, Brearley st. W. Smith &Sons, 141, Snow hi NewbrookS.A.5,WeamanrwClock Dial Makers. Baker Samuel, 76, Slaney st Beach J. sen. 9, Woodcock st BeachJ.jun. 13, Woodcock st Crow T. ct. 9, Up. Tower st Finnemore W. 3, Edmund st Fletcher J.W.386,Summerln Howell & Cooke, 62$, SmaU brook stieet Jukes John, 45, Hampton st Swinden Fras. C. 91, Newst Wilkes Saml. 13, Whittall st Cloth Cap Makers. Dowley C. 108, Hampton st Goggins Thos. 18, Tanter st Harrison Robert, 20, Tonk st Marks Henry, 72, Stafford st Marks James, 15, Moat to Nicholls John, 112, Hill st Spiers John, 10, Church st Taylor John, 25. Snow MU Tebbett Eliz. 266,Watery to Viesey & Son, 101, Moor st Clothes Brokers. Ash Joseph, 38, Dudley st Assinder T. 48, Lichfield st Atkins Dan 1. 35, Henrietta st Bayley Chas. 129, Hospital st Bayley Joseph, 28, Essex st Bliss Hy. G. 83, Lichfield st Brown Joseph, 36, Dudley st Bywater Harvey, 1, Tonk st CockbUl M. 43, Dudley st , Cohen M.224,High stDritnd Cox George, 24, Lionel st Cox Sarah, 37, Lichfield st Felton Wm. 34, Dudley st Gough H. 34, Stafford st Gibson Robert, 17, Tonk st Gillman D. 341, Cheapside Hart Lewis, 64, Stafford st Harris Atom. Peck lane Hawks Wm. 66, Lichfield st HughesW.90,Parkst.BuUr Henshaw S. 5, Steelhouse to Johnson W. 7, Hospital st Jones Edw. 43, Lichfield st Jones Sarah, 49, Stafford st Kairns My. 1, Lichfield st Kirkum W. 50, Lichfield st Lambon S. 42$, Dudley st Lawrence Hy. 27, Tonk st Leonard P. 32, Edgbaston st Levi Abrm. 45, Dudley st McCree F. 47, Pershore st Marston S. 9, Old Meeting s Martin E. 5, Old Meeting st Norris Thomas, 93, Moorst O'NeU M. 89, Lichfield st Pinner Rd. 53, Lichfield st Price Wm. 39, Lichfield st Priest John, 93, Livery st Ralph T. 63, Lichfield st Read Ann, 76, Moor st ThomasH.19,JohnstDaleenTodd Wm. 32, Stafford st WigleyH.38,John st.Dale en Coach Builders. See also Railway Carriage Builders. Arthur Fras. 240, Bristol st Baker Thos. Steelhouse In Barlow, Findlater, & Keet- ley, Gas stieet BlackskawWm. Saltley Brown, Owen, and Co. 101, Lichfield street BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 327 Chapman W. F. Carrslane Coach John, 30, Water st Dester Rd. 52, Paradise st Dowell J. 17, Bradford st GreenT. 158 & 20. Gt.Chas. st Hall J. 64, Steelhouse In Hayward John, Coach yard, Coleshill stieet Heeley J. 4, Lr. Essex st Howes F.l,High st. Deritend Iliffe Wm. Hy. 8. Broad st Jenking J. 13, Broad stieet, Islington JenMng W. D. 43, Broad street, Islington Jones Moses, 41, Peck lane Lilly Thomas, 2, Carrs lane Marler A. 72, Summer lane Marler Luke, 112, Unett st Murcott J. 295, Bradford st Newbold J. 57, Hockley hi Pickin T. 253, Bradford st Prosser John, 59, Ludgate hi Reed Wm. 94, Bath st Richardson & Startin, Tay's yard, 20, Great Charles st. and 84$, Edmund st Rowe & Robinson, 86,Digbth Shepherd John, 7, Lionel st Waddell and WiUiams, 26, Pershore stieet Willson W. 191,NewTown r Coach Hame Makers. Dunn E. 5, Park st. Bullring Gibson T. 8 & 9, Weaman st Hakesley J. 18$, Smallbk. st Jones E. ct. 2, Weaman row Lawson & Holden, 147, Gt Charles stieet Lloyd John, Bradford stieet Lloyd John, 19, Kemon st Reed WiUiam, 94, Bath st Sawyer G, 16, Henrietta st Upfill E. Smithfield Works Upfill Thomas & Son, 157, Great Charles street Coacb Harness Makers. See also Saddlers. Brown, Owen, & Co., 101, Lichfield street Bullock Fredk. 25, Livery st Hewitt Wm. 40, Howard st Hunt J. ct. 13, Edmund st Middlemore WilUam, 31, Holloway head Thacker J. ct. 33, Livery st Coach Harness, Furni ture, & Ornament Mkrs. Adams Benj., 28, Cross st Adams Josiah, 77, Suffolk st Clarke Mary, Gerrard st Crossbee T. 13, Coleshill st Dugard B. 57, Dale end Dugard Brothers, 22, Upper Priory Ensall Charles, 39, Livery st Higgs Mary, 10, Smith st Holden Howard Ashton, 96, Suffolk street Holden H. A. 96, Suffolk st Jarvis Hy. 35, Fisher street Keary F. 68£, Tennant st Lawson & Holden, 147, Gt. Charles stieet Lowe WilUam, 12, Castle st Lowe J. & H .34, Fordrough st LyneJohn, 119, Pritchet st Lynox Rd. Lr. Brearley st Oakes John, 6, Exeter row Poller ChrstpM. Belmont rw Salt T. 18, Lady Well walk Sawyer Geo. 16, Henrietta st Sherriff E.(lateM.Mills*Co.) 43, Paradise stieet Simpson Thos., 7, Livery st Terry William, 34, Suffolk st Wilkes Jph. 7, Barr st. West Wootten J. 21, Bordesley st Coach Ironmongers. See Saddlers Ironmongers. Coach Lace & Fringe Makers. Hughes J. & T. 6, Ashted row Marsden Jph., 44, New st. and Balsall heath Onion Mrs. E. 27, New st. and 38, Broad stieet Swann J. 87, Smallbrook st Coach Proprietors. Marked * have Mourning Coaches. Bennett J. 75, Gt. Charles st •Bretherton B. 137, New st ColUns Stephen, Soho MU •Monro G. Lady Well walk Peedle William, 3£, Castle st •Storer T. 3, Steelhouse lane *WaddeU Geo. 130, New st Wharton John, 2, Minories Whittington Thomas, 222, Sherlock stieet Witherington W.H. Coburgh place Coach Smiths &Foundrs Marked t are Founders only, and I Smiths only. J Abel&Fisher, 21, Freeman st Adams Benjmn. 28, Cross st Bowley Benjamin, Victoria Works, Smethwick Gibson T. 8 & 9, Weaman st JGooding David, Long entry Jackson John, ct. 10, High street, Deritend Lawson and Holden, 147, Great Charles stieet Lowe Jno. & H. Fordrough st Poller Christph. Belmont rw RowUnson W.65,Weaman st Simpson Thos. 7, Livery st fSmith T . ct. 4, Bartholmw. st tSumner John, Bradford st Coach Spring Mkrs. Farmer Jno. Bordesley st Gibson T. 8 & 9. Weaman st Hare James, Hamstead st Hopwood Edw., Pershore st Lawson and Holden, 147, Great Charles stieet Lowe John & Hy. Clarence Works, 34, Fordrough st Parsons A. ct. 16, Digbeth Roberts WilUam, 12, Rea st RowUnson W. 65,Weaman st RustonHy.214,NewTownrwSumner John, Bradford st Taylor WilUam, Coach yard, 27, Sheep stieet Warden J. jun. Jamaicarow Wood SI. 90, New Canal st Coal Merts. & Dealers. Adams T. 91, Hospital st Allsop Wm. Heneage st. whf Arch Thomas, Old wharf Archer Jas. 15, Hockley st Ashford Hy. 93, Charlotte st Aston Chas. Oozells st. whf. Atkins Jno. 91, Brearley st Bailey Jno. Lancaster stwhf Ball John, 17, Horse Fair, and Tindal Bridge wharf Barnett Joshua, Peck lane Barnett Richard, Old wharf Barnewell Thos. Old wharf Bateman Wm. Cecil stieet Bates Wm. 1, Old Cross st Batt John, Berkley st. whf. Beck Humptoey, Bordesley stieet wharf Beedleson Wm. Old wharf Berkeley John, Lr. Loveday st. & 44, Cliveland street Billingham Edw. Vine place Billingham Hy. Old wharf Bissell Brothers, Water st Bladon George, Old wharf Bladon * Cockshut, Oozells stieet wharf BoedlesonW.17,Washigtn.st 328 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Bolton Win. 10, Broad st Bond John, Bond stieet Bonson Thomas, Old wharf Booth Wm. New Town row Boston Thomas, Old wharf Bott Jno. Berkley st. wharf Bourne Thomas, Old wharf Bradley Wm. Eyre st. wharf Bradbury Jas. 49, Smith st BradburyT.Oozells st. wharf BretteU'Wm. Oozell st. whf. Bromage Geo. 26, Severn st Brown Hy. 32, Severn street Cadby Thos. St. Paul's whf. Canter Benj. 4, St. James' pi Cattle Bennet, Banbury st. and Nechells green Cardall S.Old Baggot st.wrf Chinn Richard, Old wharf Clark Geo. Hatchett stieet Clay J. S. Lawley stieet, T. Gee, agent Clive Wm. Bordesley st. wf Cooke T. J. Oozells st. wharf Cooper John, Newhallst. wf Coney John, 75, Stafford st Cotterill Ed. Soho wharf Cotterill Fielding, Soho wrf Cotterill John, Soho wharf CotteriU T. Shadwell st. wrf and Soho wharf Cotton Fredk. Old wharf Cox Thos. 60, Broad street Crockett T. Tividale wharf, Cambridge stieet Culley J. Sherboume st. wf Currier Geo. Old wharf CutlerJ.Sherbourne st. wharf Davis J. 99, Lichfield stieet Davis Samuel, 4, Skinner st Day John, Heneage street Deakin T. ct. 6, Lt. Bow st Dent Hy. Oozells st. wharf Dingley William, Old wharf Dipple J. Oozells st wharf Dixon Wm. H. Old wharf Dowler S. Oozells st. wharf Downes William, Bordesley street wharf Dumbelton C. Fisher stieet Fellows C. Saltley lane Fitter Jph. 78, Steelhouse In Forster John, Walsall wharf Fox Charles, Aston wharf Freeman T.296,Bell barn rd Froggatt E. Holt st. wharf' Fulford H. Aston rd. wharf Gardner Jas. Lr. Pershore st Gilbert J. Snow MU wharf GilUbrand John, Old Wharf Gosling Jas. Oozells st. wf Graham John, Oozells st. wf Green Brothers, Easy row GreensiU and Marston, Bor desley street wharf Griffith R. Snow hill wharf Grove D. B. and Co. Old wharf,*151J,Gt.Charles s Hadley J. 14, Washington s Hanks J. Charlotte st. wrf Hanks S. Snow hill wharf Hanks W. ct. 1, Charlotte st Harcourt Chas. Old wharf Harcourt Mary, Old wharf Harris J. Bordesley st. wrf HarrisonT.&S.Bordesley s w Harrison Jas. Icknield st. E Hartell E. 84,Buckingham st Heath Jas. ct 7, Church st Heaton Geo. F. Albert place Heely E. Sherbourne wharf Henn J. Easy row wharf Higgison J. Oozells st. wrf HiU Benj. Oozells st. wrf Hilliar John, Old wharf Hipkiss M. Lr. Brearley st Hipkiss S. C. Old wharf HobbisJohn,29, Sheepcote st Hobson F. E. Fazeley st. wf Hodson Wm. Duke street Holloway B. Edward st. Prd Hooper W. Oozells st. wharf Horton B. 79, Hatchett st Howe Jas. Holloway head Howell F. 32, Aston road Howell T.Pritchett st. wharf Jackson T. R. Easy row whf Jackson Wm. 9, Benacre st Jacomb J. ct.I, Vauxhall rd James J. Oozells st. wharf Jenmngs George, Meriden st Johnson J. Britannia wharf Jones E. Bordesley st. wrf Jones Jas. 67, Hampton st Jones S. Sherbourne st. wrf Jones Wm. 64, Mott stieet 'Jones Wm. 39,U.Hospital st Jordan G. Bordesley st. wrf Kendrick Stephen, Old wrf Kent J. Gt. Tindal st. wharf Kent Thos. 90, Lionel st Key Joseph, Old wharf Kidgen J. 2, Bishopgate ti King Thos. 11, Weaman st Kingston John, Old wharf Kinman J. Bordesley st. wf Kinman M. 37, Bordesley st Knight T. 83, U.Hospital st Lane John, 6, Tonk street Lane John, jun. Old wharf Latham Rd. Brueton's walk Law Jph. Sherbourne st. wf Lea J. Bordesley st. wharf Lee Ann, Essington street Lee Geo. Oozells st. wharf Lee Henry, Berkley st. wrf Lee Thos. Oozells st wharf Lightwood S. Baggot st. wrf Lilly John, Old wharf Little John, Old wharf Lloyd Chas. sen. Old wharf Lloyd H. 14, New Church st Lloyd Thos. Princip street Loach C. Oozells st. wharf Loader Wm. Old wharf Lovitt T. Oozells st. wharf Lowe John, Villa stieet Lynall H. Sherbourne st. wf Maclaren James, Old wharf Mahn George, Old wharf Mannox J. 28, Hampton st Malin George, Old wharf Manton Thomas, 7$,Vine st Mare WiUiam C. Gt Charles st. and 217, Cheapside Marshall I. and Sons, Bor desley stieet wharf MatthewsD.27,L. Brearley s Matthews S. Walsall wharf Morecroft G. St. Paul's wrf MorganJ.20,New Thomas st Morgan and Co. Sherbourne stieet wharf Morgan W. ct. 2, Thorp st Morris J. St. Paul's wharf Morris WiUiam, Old wharf Moseley J. 89, Allison street Mosley Jas. Old wharf Mosley R. and Son, Oozells- street wharf Mould T. 9, St. George's st Neale Thos. 42, WilUam st New Union Mill Company, MU1 st. J. Harris, sec Nickels Chas. 20, Water st Nixon J. 28, New Thomas st Nock Thos. St. Paul's wharf Norris J. Newhall st. wharf Oakes J. Bordesley st. wharf OUver Edward, Old wharf Osborn Wm. H. Old wharf Palmer Jas. Old wharf Parish S. Oozells st. wharf Parker Wm. Gt. Barr stieet Parkes Eliza. Soho wharf ParkesJ. Bordesley st. wrf Parmentor John, Sand pits Partiidge C. Novascotia st Pauluci Wm. 15, Skinner st Pemberton Thos. Old wharf Pitman E. 6, WiUiam st. N. Plastins Saml. 55, Blucher st Powell J. Sherbourne st. wrf Powell James, Ruston st. N Pratt WilUam, Old wharf Quinton S. Oozells st. wharf Radclyffe Thomas, jun. Old wharf, and 108, New st Radford J. Sherbourne st wrf BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 329 Radford Wm. 18, Lionel st Raven Geo. 12, Hospital st Reeves Frederick, Allison st Reynolds Thomas, 173, Up per Windsor street Robinson Aston rd. wrf Rocks and Blakemore, 143, « Great Charles stieet Rose Fras. 166, Heneage st RolUnson P. 73, Moland st RowUnson A. 92, Hampton st Ryland J.W. NewSummer st Routter W. Bordesley st. wrf Sadler James, Old wharf Sargent Joseph, Old wharf Sayes Abraham, Old wharf Shale Jph. Lady Well walk Shargool Henry, Old wharf Shilton J. 32, Bishopgate st Shread W. St. Paul's wharf Siddons C.&W.18,Loveday st Simpson G. H. 77, Suffolk st Simpson J. 61, Belmont row Skidmore J. Handsworth vilg Smart Pti. Oozells st. wharf Smith Ann. Old wharf Smith, Fisher, & Co. Nile st Smith Geo. Oozells st wharf Smith J. Bordesley st. wharf Smith Samuel* Co. Bordes ley stieet wharf Smith T. Bordesley st. wharf Smith Timothy, Oxford st Smith Wm. 47, Oxford stieet Southall E. Baggot st. wharf Southall Joseph, Old wharf Southall Thomas, Old wharf Steele W. Oozells st. wharf Stephens WilUam, Wynn st Stephenson G. & Co. Lawley street ; T. D. Clare, agent Stevenson W. Oozells st wrf Stokes Alfred, Old wharf Stokes G. Oozells st wharf Sunderland C.W. sen. Old wrf Swift T. Bordesley st wharf Taitoy James, 27i Inge st Tay Thomas, Old Wharf Taylor Alfred, Old Wharf Taylor G. Oozells st. Wharf Taylor James, Nile stieet Taylor Saml. 192, Lawleyst Tearn*Bedlow,St.Paul'sWf Thomas Thomas, Old Bag- got street wharf Tildesley C.Sherbournestwf TomaUn Job, Adam stieet TomUnson I. 3, Vauxhall st Tonks Thos. 88, Lawley st Thornton R., Oozells st. whf Toy Thomas, Old wharf Tnbb W. Lady Wood wharf Turner Edw. Palmer, Old wf Twist John and Edwin, Bor desley stieet wharf Underhill B. Oozells st. whf Union Company, 150, Great Charles st; J. Green, agt Vaughan Wm. (& old timber) Vaughan's wharf Wade George, Pershore st Walford E. ct. 2, Dartmth. st Walker Geo. L. Baggot stwf Walton John, Old wharf Ward Henry, Old wharf Wareing J. Oozells st. wharf Waterhouse G. P., Fazeley stieet wharf Waterland Geo. 19, Unett st Watton John, 8, Wharf st, Suffolk stieet Weale Edw. Snow HiU whf Webb Edm. Oozells st. whf. Welch John, Oozels, Broad, and Bordesley sts. wharfs While Joseph, Broad street Brewery whf.36,C ambdg.st WMte Jno. Gt. Hampton rw White Rbt. B. Holt st. whf. Whittall G. 148, Dartmth. st Wilson Rt. S. Spring hill whf Winfield R. W. Cambridge st Wood Joshua, Latimer st. S Woodfield W. ct. 18, Gros venor street, West Wright J. Old UmonMill wf Cock Founders. Baker Thomas, (and plum bers,) 63, Hampton stieet Barlow J. & Co. Staniforth st BarwellJ.40.Gt. Hampton st BlythE.V. Edward st. Parade Brown J. 14, Woodcock st Chambers Ab. 20, Lichfld. st Coudrill Joseph, Inge stieet Crisp Wm. 62, Aston road EUis Jno. 88, Up. Tower st Emson Thos. 47, Edmund st Emson Thos. 232, Cheapside Fleming T, Barford street, S Harris B. H. 198, Livery st Hickman J. 34, WilUam stN HoUand Joseph, 28, Lower Trinity street Martineau&Smith, 65,Hill st Parker Jno. 102, GranviUest ParkesWm.62,Navigation st Sheppard Samuel, James st. Harper's hill Smith T. 152, Up. Windsor st Spratt Wm. 23. Woodcock st Walker Jph. 61, Meriden st Watson G. ct. 17, Edmund st Watson John, 33, Church st Yates and Birch, 39 and 40, Coleshill street Coffee House Keepers. Allday Mrs. A. Corn Exchngs Coffee Rooms, 35, Union st Bradshaw Abbott, 1 5 Liveryst Coleman Eliz. 3, Livery st Cox Edward, 78, Livery st CurtisT.Coach yd.21,Bullst DaViesDorothy,ll,Churchst NortonE.Christ's Churchpas Onions Wm. 25, Summer In PMpps My. A. 183, Liveryst Pye John, 21, Duddeston rw Pye Thos. 22, Duddeston rw Vale James, 8, Livery stieet Wall J. Horatio, 39, BuU st WUktos Job,47&48, Moor st Coffee Mill Makers. See Malt tf Steel Mill Makers. Coffee Boasters. See also Grocers. Blissitt & Reynolds, Upper Windsor stieet Crathorne E. 39, Barr stW. Hayward J. & Co. 6, Liveryst Coffin Furniture Makers Butler S. & Co.38,Summerrw Caldicott O. George st. Pard Cooksey H. R. 148, High st. Bordesley Corfield Rd. 17, Newton st Dawes R. B. (Executors of) 5, Great Brook stieet Hands J. 8 & 9, Prospect row Hickman & CUve, 34.$, Wil liam stieet, North Lingard Geo. 67, Snow hill NeviU Edw. 48, Weaman st Wigley Reuben and Son, 99, Lombard stieet Collar Makers, Crook Thos. 9, Little Hillst Jackson Chas. 13, Church st Shorter J. Harford's buildgs Colour Makers. Badams William, Eyre st Barratt!.* Co.218,Bradfd.st BrookeW.*Co.354,Cheapsd. MitcheU J. 335, Coventry rd Parrish Hy. ct. 1 , Heneage st Titterton John T. 6, Snow MU, and Dartmouth stieet Comb Manufacturers. Marked * are Iiantern Lea] Manufacturers also. Andrews Hy. S. 57, Bull st Collins Nathl. ct. 17, Digbeth 2 T 330 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Gaskin Jph. 44, Edmund st l J ill Wm. & Son, 14, Phillip street, High street Harmer John, (lantern leaf only,) court 1 1, Inge street Harrold R. 23, Ballsall heath Heaven Geo., 159, Moor st Heynes Hy. 42, Pershore st •Hill Saml. 49, Fordrough st Hill Samuel, ct. 3, Inge st Lowe Wm. 48, Northwood st Mutlow E. 10, Gt. Russell st Rogers John, 125, Snow hill Stephenson Fdk. York pas Vaughan T. 54, Coleshill st •Windor Richard and Son, 100, Suffolk street WrigM Wm. 16, Fordrough st Compass Makers. Bedington J. 10, Russell st Bedington Jno. 40, Digbeth ParkesJ*Son,5,StMary's rw Shuttleworth J. P. 2, New hall stieet Confectioners, Marked * deal in British wine. Badger John, 3, Coleshill st *BakewellThos.76,Dale end Ball Richard, 25, Paradise st BaUinger Thos. 2, Snow hi Bedington R.107,Lancaster s Benson Mary E. 98, BuU st Birch Isaac, 204, Bristol st BrecknellC.98,Northwood st •Bryan Susan, 1, Congreve stieet, and 42, Ann st Chesterton Geo. 13, Parade •Chew Jas. 55, Snow hill Clarke John, 97, Digbeth Clay J. 18, Jamaica row Cohen A. 23, Lr. Temple st Cook Jas. 50, Dale end Cooper S. 46, Duddeston rw Dawes A. 108, Hockley hill Day Ann and M.l 53,Moor st Dennison John,10, Jamaica row and Market hall •Doidge Rd. 10, BuU ring •Dyson E. T. 121, Broad st. Islington •EdwardsJ.95,Gt.HamptonsEdwardsM.A.164Hockleyhl Egginton W. 15, Ludgate hi •Gammon E. (wholesale) 5, Constitution hill Greatwood E. & J.90,Bullst Hancox E. 117, Hampton st Hancox William, Park rd. Nechells green HarrisSaml. 58, Lancaster st Harrison Hy. Hagley road l-IearnshawF.23,Cnstitutn hi HeslingtonW. 106, Bristolst Hind M. A. 121, Snow hill Hind Thos. 106, Hampton st Howe H.W. 12, Ashted row Johnson John, 220, High stieet, Deritend Jones D. 31, Smallbrook st •Jones Ed. 32, Snow hill Kendall J. 1, Coventiy st King C. 61, Hospital stieet King Thomas, Hagley row Lacey Henry D. 70, Stafford stieet, and Market haU Latimer J. A. Hagley road •Lisseter Thos.Ed.53,Newst Lord John, 62, Parade Lucas S.W.*Co.(wholesale) 2, Little Charles stieet MalinW. 160, Bromsgrovest Masefield Wm. 76, Snow hill Mole Jph. 43, Church stieet OatiidgeW.91, Steelhouse to Parkes T. 119, Broad stieet, Islington Patrick Joseph, Markethall •Pattison W. 55, High street, and 5, New stieet PattisonWm.jun. 104, Bull st Phillips W. 26, IsUngton rw Pittaway J. Handsworth vlg Read J. & C. 138, Digbeth, and 36, Dale end Reeves Wm. 117, Digbeth Richards T. 1 , Duddeston rw Sampson Eliz. Market hall Silk Samuel, 12, Balsall st «Silk Rt. 110, Steelhouse to •Simpson Charles, 151, High street, Bordesley .Trevitt J.52, NewTown rw .Upton Ed. 32, Ann stieet •Upton G.63,Constitution hi Upton John, E. 7, Bristol st Upton Wm. Moseley road WellingsW. 107, Hampton st Willscomb E. 47, Horse fair WoodhUl EUz. Markethall WormsL.7,Lower Temple st •Wright Jane, 29, Horse fr Consuls, (Vice). Collis Geo. R. France, Prus- sia,Portugal, Norway and Sweden, Russian commer cial agency; Turkish con- sulate,*c.passports grant ed to persons visiting France, Church street Lloyd W. R. for the king doms of Naples and the SicUies, 7, Newhall st UnderhiU J. M. G. United States of America, 144, Gt. Charles stieet Van den Honert D. J. Ne- therlands,31,Gt.Hamptn s Villanueva Fernando, Spam, 47, Broad street Coopers, Packing Case, and Box Makers. Marked f are Coopers only. t Adams Thos. 91, Hospital st Armstiong J. C. and W. 174, Livery st. & 76, Suffolk st Ashmore J. 36, Barthlmw. st tBrassington J. 27, N.Town r Brooks Aaron, 3, Edmund st Chilton T. 14, MontpeUer st Clifford W. VUla rd. Soho hi Clulee Henry, 56, Lionel st Clulee Thos. 16, Summer to tCrump John, 79, New st Dean Wm. 15, Weaman st Denham F. 61, Ludgate hill Denham W. 139, Lionel st Eglington WiUiam M. 70, Loveday stieet Elcox W. 1 06, GtHampton st Evans John, 27, Congreve st Fell H. 56, Park st. Bull ring Fell M. 20, High st. Deritend Garner E. Handsworth vilg Garner W. 21, St. Paul's sq Gosling Sml. 66, NewhaU st Gossage T. Cumberland st Griffin Charles, NewhaU st Haden C. ct. 4, Cliveland st Hall Benjamin, 8, Livery st Hayes Edwd. 32, Ludgate hi Haywood Chas. Stafford st Hines John, 25, WilUam st Horton John, 11, Gas street Jones Jph. 42, Hampton st Jones WilUam, 31, Balsall street, and 9, Bell stieet Lee &Livesey,7 l,North wd.st Morgan William, Mill lane Digbeth, and 1, Steelhs. to tPerks Benj. 39, Hockley hi tPettitt Thomas, Small hth Phillips Wm. 189, Lawley st tPooleJ.24,Johnst.Daleend Purrott Henry, 76, Aston st Sanders L. Gt. Hampton rw tSanders R. 89, Woodcock st Scott J. 15, James st.StPaul's Sherwood J . W orcester wharf Smith Joseph, Barr st.West Smith Mary. 7, Hurst street Smith Thos. 187, Ashted rw Smith William, 24, Aston rd Spare Thomas, 1, Princes st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 33] Thomas Saml. 95, Suffolk st Thorley Jph. ct. 16, Wharf st Turner James, Parade Turner J.2 1 J,Ne wThomas st Wadley Jas. 143, Tennant st WilUams E. 19, Horse fair WingroveW.15,Lt.Charlesst Copper Companies and Sealers. British and Foreign Copper Co., 7, Newhall street; W. R. Lloyd, agent Cheadle Copper & Brass Co. 31, Edmund st. ; William Henry Wragge, agent Crawley* Co. 45, Edmund st Freeman J. & Copper Co. 59, Broad st. ; J. Kempson, agt Grenfell Pascoe & Sons, 27, Temple st. ; C. M. Evans, agent Hartfords and Bristol Brass and Copper Co. 23, Con greve st. ; E. Barker, agent Wilkes John, Liverpool st Williams, Foster, & Crown Copper Company, 23, Con greve st. ; E. Barker, agt. Copper Roller BSmufrs. Attwood G. & T. Baskerville Copper Sasb Makers. Bridgewater J. 287, Sumr. In Bridgewater J. 387, Sumr. In Clark Thomas, 55, Lionelst Coppersmiths. BradburnG.*T.18,Alcesters Breese Geo. (plate manufr.) 127, Vyse stieet Chappie Wm. 40, Trent st Davis & Lee, 19, Freeman st Dukes W. ct. 1, Sherlock st Fenton W. ct. 6, Prospect rw Goodby Saml. 6, Birchall st Keyte Samuel, 14, Digbeth Legge Samuel, 80, Allison st Pemberton Jas. 97, Rea st Radclyffe T. & Son, (plate manufactis.) 108, New st. Shaw B. F. 1 16, Constitutn.hl SoutterW.10, New Market st Turner Thomas, 18, Buckst Tye Joseph, 33, Meriden st Waring George, 106, Rea st Wilkes E. V. 12, Lr. Priory Copying Press Manufrs. Hiron Saml. 52, St Paul's sq MarrianJ. Pratt,69,S laney st Coral Dealers. See Jewellers. Cork Cutters. Cantrill Jph. 158, Moor st Chapman Wm. 4, Moat In Dyer Mary, 5. Jamaica row Egginton W. 33, Masshs. In Hawkesford J. 2, Freeman st Jameson C. 26, Hampton st Wright Thomas, Peck lane Corkscrew Makers. Coney John, 75, Stafford st. Cotterill Ed win, 1 0 1 ,Henry st Dowler T. 91, Gt. Charles st Heeley Jas. & Sons, Mount stieet, Graham street Howard T. 11, Lawrence st Jackson T. 9, Barford st. S. Jones R. & Son, 105, Cheapsd Jones Thos. Fras. 12, Cecil st Marklew C. 29, Garrison In Osborne Emma, 33,Waterst Page Joseph, 8, Mott street Corn Chandlers. Marked • deal in four also. •Atkins J. 165, HigstDeritd *BainesJ.65,Bartholomew st •Ball Mark, 61, Duke stieet Barton Jas. 21, Gt. Brook st •Bramich Thos., junr. 122, Great Hampton street •Breedon T. 1, Victoria ter race, Hockley hill •Bridge John, Bloomsbury BurbidgeW. 136, Bromsgv. st •Calder & Co. 56, Lichfield stieet, and 2, Easy row Chattaway Rd. 73, Suffolk st Clarkson J. 56, Belmont rw Corbett Hy.Worcester wharf FawdryJ.G.32,Navigation st Fulford Richard, Aston road Green Edna, 116, Livery st Grigg Samuel, 2, Gas stieet HarrisW.*Son,57, Snow MU •Henshaw J. 181, Heneage st •Hipkis Jonah, 90, Sumr. to •HipkissE.T.122, Hockley hi Martin J. 6, Gt. Hamptonrw Paddy J, 41, Bartholomew st HamlynH.W.50,Lombard st HopkinsJoshua,39,Dale end Howe Henry, 191, High st. Deritend •James R. 48,NewTownrw Jones John,87,Navigation st Power Hy. 223, Aston road Proffitt W. 162, Hockley hi •Rayner Wm. 87, Snow hill •Reay Wm. corner of Clive land st. New Town row "RhodesW.21 & 22,Astou rd Rogers Wm. 60, Coleshill st Savery T. A. Worcester wrf Sherwood J. Worcester wrf •Siddell John, 5, Bristol st •Simpson Edwin, 73, Broad stieet, Islington Simkin William 204. High street, Deritend Stibbs Thos. 2, Gloucester st •Smith E.3, Constitution hill Tabberer J. 68, Broad st. IsUngton Tyler Thos. jun. 56, Aston st •Tyler Wm. 26, Summer rw Wheeler W. 100, WilUam st •Williamson Charles Wm. 91, Lichfield stieet Welch Rd. 21, Summer row Wright John, 90, Coleshill st Corn Merchants. For Dealers see Chandlers. Allday E. 39, Worcester st Arculus G. 75, Lionel street Barton Thos. Belmont row Bodington Joseph, Princip st Bodington Mary and Sons, Britannia Flour Mills, Princip street Burbidge H. 291, Bradford st Burbidge Thos. 16, High st Calder E. & Co. 149, Lan caster st. and 2, Easy row Cattell Thomas, Ashted row Cox WiUiam, 37, Broad st Davenport E. Burton wharf Elmore H. Cambridge st. wf Evans Johu,2,Dartmouth st Freer E. & Son, 28, Digbeth Fulford Richard, Astomlroad Gibbs Rt. 37, Broad street Gomm Ed. 112, New stieet Gough George, 36,s Digbeth Griffith&Blore, Snow hillwf GuesU .2 1 0,High st.Deritend Holcroft H. 33£, Horse fan- Holmes and Son,17,Jamaica row, and Holt stieet Jackson Thomas, Love lane Jasper Thomas, Farm stieet Jones Wm. Worcester wharf Lamb Henry, 17, Moor st Miles Rd. 81, Bradford'st Nock Henry, 44, Dale end PhilUps W.59,Ravenhurst st Phillpots & Co. 49,jNew st Rayner Wm. 87, Snow MU ReayWilliam,cornerofClive- land st. New Town row Reeve William, 53,Aston rd Sheldon J. 151, Dartmouth s Snow Edward, 56, High st 332 Sturge Joseph and Charles, 194, Broad st. Islington Tabberer Wm.NewBridge st Warden Waples, Fox street Wright J. OldUnion Mill wf Corn Millers, Badger John and Thomas, 34, Summer row BealeT.*W.F.266BradfordsBodington Mary and Sons, Brittanma Flour Mills, Princip stieet Coalder E. & Co. Lancas ter stieet Com Mill Elmore WiUiam, 4,LioneI st Evans John, 2, Dartmouth st Evans Robt. Duddeston Mill Flecknoe Jph. Pebble MiU, Pershore road Kempson Isaac, 82, Lionel st Lees J. & F., 19 B, Summer row, and Smethwick Mills Lucy C.&Son, NewBridge st New Union MU1 Company, Mill st. ; J. Harris, secreta ry, and J. Gibbs, manager Old Union Company, Holt stieet ; J. Guest, manager PhilUps John, Bridge st W. Powell Thomas, jun. Aston Brook Mill Rayner Wm. 87, Snow hill Reay Wm. Honduras Wharf MiU, Snow hiU Roper Wm. Hy. Pershore rd Sheldon and Fardon, Wor cester wharf Wright John, 90, Coleshill st Cornice and Cornice Pole Manufactrs, Billing M. Charles Henry st Burn Jas. 96, New John st Home T. \2%, Temple row Keey Saml. 274, Bradford st Neal Thomas, 25, Sun stieet Whitfield Sml. 38, Oxford st Winfield R. W., Cambridge street Works Crate Makers. Avins Charles and Sons, 36, Worcester wharf Blakemore J. 22, Ludgate hi Sherwood J.Worcester wharf CrimpingMachineMkrs Barlow J.& Co. Staniforth st ColUns T. 55, Up. Tower st Price Joshua, 74,Warwick st Winchurst W. 135, Lionel st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Cruet and Liquor Frame Makers. See alsoJapanners, Papier Ma chee, Silver, British Plate, and Britannia Metal Mnfrs. Bradbury F. 2, Prospect row Cooke John, 5, Fleet stieet Hewson Ann, 103, Lionel st Price John, 10, Parade Sanders C.ct.8,Nw.Summr.st Sheldon J. 55.G t.H ampton st Welch G. & Co. 11, Deanst WMtehouse John, 22, HUl st Curb Chain Makers. Banks John, 85,Woodcock st Swingler J. 1 55, Heneage st Swingler W. 52, Stamforth st Wilkes J. ct. 3, Lawrence st Curriers& Zithr.Cutters. Marked * are Cutters only. AUeay Wm. ct. Essex stieet •Anthony Jno,32,Hospital st Baylis Thos. 5, Stafford st Cain & Maxwell 11£, Pros pect row •Collett G. 35, Constitute!, hi Craigh James, 17, Cherry st Craigh J. 18, Smallbrook st •Dunn WUUam, 152, Broad stieet, Islington Edwards Geo. 29, Dale end Edwards Wm. 21, Essex st Elliott John, 57, Stafford st •Fineher J. R. 11, Spiceal st Foster C. 12, Prospect row French W. 6, Smallbrook st •GroveW. 115, Constitutn.hl HarperR.13,Gt.Hampton st Horton & Grundy, 43, Brad ford stieet •Horton W. 20, BalsaU street Hudson G. 35,Parkst.Bullrg •Jesson C. 28, Navigation st Macdonald J. 16, Park street, BuU ring MadeleyT.*J.Y.137.DigbthMiddlemoreW.3I, Holwy.hd Mogridge Edward, 6, Bell st Mott I. R. 8, Worcester st Nerwick S. 35, Bromsgrove st Oram G. 61, Smallbrook st Osborne Joseph, Garrison to Osborne Thomas WilUam, 173£, Broad st. IsUngton Owen John, 39, Digbeth Palmer John, 91, Aston st Parkes Joseph, 120, Liveryst PountneyJ.K.21,Worcstr. st RawUnsS.jun.l00,Weamn.st Robbins Chas. 124, Digbeth Roberts John, 53, Belmont row, & Lower Windsor st Robinson Jno. 158, Liveryst •SmaUwood William Henry, 5, Lower Windsor stieet Spence Hy., 129, Snow MU, and 12, High st. Deritend Stiff John, 51, Digbeth Taylor Jno. 90, Moor stieet Taylor Jph. 28, Coleshill st Trepearn Henry, 68, BuU st •Waring Richard, Milk st WatkinsL.54, Constitution hi Welch Fredk. 15, Bromsgv.st Wilson John, 88, Slaney st Curry Comb Makers. AUen James, 99, Bradford st AUen John, 99, Bradfoid st Curtain Ring Makers. Billing M. Charles Henry st Burn Jas., 96, New John st BurtonJ. ct. 34, Lr. Brearly st ColUns J. 215, New Town rw Cox Henry, (and steel key ring,) 125, Gt Hampton st CrossbeeThos.l3,ColesMU st Lucas & Co. (andcarpet,) 1 1, Bartholomew row NeviU Edw. 48, Warwick st Pitt Sarah, 86, CaroUne st Winfield R. W. Cambridge street Works Cutlers. Bradney Wm. 41 , Stafford st Clarkson John, 35, Livery st Dale WilUam,175, Livery st Davis Wuliam, 34, New st Edwards & Ball, 82, High st Horton S. J. & R. 29, High st HUl WiUiam R.34,UMon st Mappin John. 61, NewhaU st Mapplebeek & Lowe, 6*7, BuU ring Newman 1 1 .5 1 , Edgbaston st Osborn and Sons,(wholesale) 16, Bennett's MU Room Herbert 16, Bull ring Salt Joseph, 44, HaU stieet Salt Mary & Son, 21, Bull st Salt Richard, 5, Dale end TarbottonJ.C.104,Steelhs to WiUetts John, 10, PMlUpst. High stieet Dairymen. Ancutt Wm. 60, Francis st Baker W. 122, Up. Tower st Ballard W. Springfld. Lodge Bartlett John, 4, Tauter st Bevins Thos. 26, Adderley s BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 333 Bishton M. 324, Summer lu Bladen F. Edward st. Parade Bradbury J. 100, Tennant st Bradford Jas. 5, Blucher st Bromley B. Icknield st.W est Brown Jas. 28, Hampton st Brown Jno. 34, Sheep stieet Burbidge A. Bloomsbury st Bur on John, 77, Barr street Butler Abrhm. HeathmiU In Butler Thomas, Farm stieet Butler WUUam, Nechells gn CamweU G . 79, Essington st Capenhurst E. 19, Brearley stieet, West Chapman Rd. 30, Barford st ChesshireW.Coachyd.Bullst Clement M . 65,N w.Summr.st Cooper Benj. 182. Camden st Cooper Saml. 22, Hockley hi Crook Jas. 211, Moseley st Crossley Thos. 102, Hill st Davis S. 93, Lr.Dartmouth st Dunn Wm. 292, Green lanes Durham Thos. 39, Price st Edmonds J. 33, Sun st.West Evans Wm. 15, Fordrough st Fearey T. 25, Bromsgrovest Fereday B. 22, Nelson stW. Foxley B. 95, Bishopgate st Frost John, 31, Hanley st Garbett Robert, 37, Henry st Gilbert Chs. 2, Up. Gough st Gill James L. 19, Summer st Grafton W. 4, Ruston st. N. Green John, 31, Coventry st Hall Richard, 32, Thorp st Hall Wm. 74, New York pi Hands Thos. 37, Essington st Harford Joseph, 24, Buck st Harris Thomas, 34, Mott st Henshaw J. 5, St. James's pi Henshaw M. 1 18, Heneage st Hewlett Edwd. 17, Legge st Higgs Thomas, 115, HUl st Hillman Geo. 130, Green Ins Holmes Thos. 62, Allison st Hudson John, 5, Horse fair HughesW.93,Park stBull rg Hunt J. 112, Lr. Brearley st Hupton H. 244, Sherlock st Jennings G. 29, Ludgate hUl Jennings J. 38, Mount stieet, NewhaU stieet Johnson E.69, Bromsgrove st Jones Edward, 177, Wells st Kinder Ed wd. 2 1 8, C amden st King Geo. 44, Lr. Hurst st King Robert, Wynn stieet King WiUiam, 3, Stratford st Laugher Jno. 23, Freeman st Lea John, Pershore road Limm Jph. 42, Weaman st Loxley J. Bishopgate street Lucas Isaac, Nechells green Maiden James, WilUam st Mason Geo. 16, Islington rw Mason J. 39, Brearley stW. Matthews George, 13, Brear ley stieet, West Meddings J. 308.Nw. John st Millington C. 32,Weaman st Millwood John, 9, Gough st Mobbs Chpr. 180, Tennant st Moore William, 24, Hill st Moseley James, 7, Allison st Nickolls Jph. ct. 12, Holt st Page John, 2, Richmond st Parkes B. 43, Hospital stieet Perry William, Garbett stieet Petty Wm. 108, Heneage st Potter J.31, George st.Parade Powers John, Hens row Prescott Robert, 21, Sand st Price H. 72, Gt. RusseU st Roberts E. 84, Woodcock st Roberts J. 106, Bradford st Roberts Jph. 255, Sherlock st Roberts Wm. 51, Cregoe st Rose John, 28, Cherry stieet Shayler T. 159,Icknield st. E. Silvester Thos. 18, Unett st Simpson J. 61, Belmont row Smittan T. 22, Balsall heath Stickley John, Spring walk Sutton Thomas, Bellbarn rd Sutton Wm. Latimer st. Sth Swift Wm. 71, Steelhouse In Toon Charles, Lee Bank rd Towers G. 143, Gt. Brook st UnderhiU J. 26, Lawrence st Wakeman B. 43, Swallow st Walker S. 91, Hatchett st Walford Edwd. 21, Hurst st Wheatley R. 18,Gt.Colmorest Wheildon Bnj. 3, Benacre st Wilkinson R.18,Fordrough st Wilson Wm. ct. 7, Hurst st Wright Richard, 29, Smith st WorwoodT.56,St.Martin'sst Dancing Masters. See Professors. Dentists. See Surgeon Dentist. Die & Press Tool Mkrs. Bunch &Paget,ctl2,Price st Fletcher G. 26, Mary Annst HarrisonS.ct.2,Brearley stW Hiron S. (and press) 52, St Paul's square Hobday Thos. 25, Lionel st Lewis J. 69, Park st. Bull rg Lingard Geo. 67, Snow hill Pickard Jotoi,19,Lichfieldst Robinson Ed. 58, Ludgate hi RobinsonSusan,14,Brittle st Scott Joseph, 140,Moseley rd SheldonE. 86, Buckingham s ThompsonG.ct.4,GtCharles s Toy*Bentley,35,Charlotte s Tower Henry, 14, Moor st ToweDanl.l9,Masshouse In Wooley Wm. 40, Graham st Die Sinkers. Adie Chas. ct. 5, Whittall st Allen and Moore, 35 & 36, Gt. Hampton row Avern Ed. ct. 1, Swallow st BagshawThos.61,Graham st Barnett Ed. 34, Harford st Capner H. 21, Mount street, Newhall street CarpenterS.ct.52Fordrough s CarterCharlesF.19, Livery st Chillwell E. 160, New John street, West Cooper J. 1, New Market st Croft EliasC.12,St. Paul's sq Davis Thomas, 96, Lionel st DeakinJ.T.14J,Lt.Charles s Dipple T. 58i,Northwoodst Durning & Ryder, 54,Bull st Faherty James, 59£, Bull st Harker J.20.Constitution hi Heath Jas. 10, Hampton st Heath T. ct. 6,Gt.Charles st Heaton R. * Son, 71, Baths Hinks Jas. 69, Newhall st Hipwood*Steeple,26, Bread street Newhall street Hiron Saml. 52, St. Paul's sq Hobson John, ct. 9, Fleet st Horner Alfred, 22, Horse fair Hughes John, 75, Bath st. Ingram T.W. 85,Bradford st Jenkins Hy. 11, Spencer st Lee Edwin E. 1 1 , James st. St. Paul's, and 2, Fleet st Levick John, 20ff, Livery st Lewis J. W. 38, Howard st Lowe D. 19. Masshouse In Middleton W. 46, Regent pi Moore Paul, Lister street Neal John, ct. 33, Livery st Newton C. ct.4, Shadwell st Ottley Thomas, 122, Snowhl Power Henry, 14, Moor st Pratt WilUam W. 156, New John street, West Reeves S. ct. 10, Snow hill Round A. ct. 32, Newton st Sherriff* Tye, c. 14, Snow hi Steadman J. 12, Lr. Camden s SteelWilliam,17,Hamptonst Swinburne Geo.l,WhittaU st Wakelam B. 61, Ludgate hi 334 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Ward John, 2, Mary Ann st Warner Henry, 1 H, Cherry s Wilkinson George, 14, Bread street, Newhall street Die Stock & Screw Plate Makers. Asbury J. 54§, Constitutn. hi Bradley Jph. Ill, Bartholo mew's bldgs. Bordesley st EadesW.* Son,86, Lichfield s Fletcher Geo.26, MaryAnn st Johnson T.ct.20, Edmund st Lilley W. & J. ct. 5, Cross st MountfordWiUiam, court, 4, Great Hampton street Payne B. ct. 29, Newton st Pickard John, l9,Lichfieldst Smith J. 32, Great Charles st Steele Thomas,84,Coleshill s Dippers & Silverers DewsburyF.127,U. Tower st FitzpatrickC.M.19,Summer 1 Lee Jph. 175,Brearley st.W Mc Hale,M.26,Lt.Charles st Dog Collar Makers. Bayliss John, 47,Weaman st Cresswell Wm. 6, Weaman s Crosbee T. 13, Coleshill st Ensall Charles, 39, Livery st Froggatt W. 289, Bradfordst Hiat W. J. 26, Masshouse to Nichols James, 63, Digbeth Mills Samuel, 39,Howardst Poller CMspr. Belmont row Smith T.ct.4,Bartholomews Swingler W. 52, Staniforth s Whitehouse E. 350,Cheapsd WUliams John,ct.l,Astonrd Door Spring Manufrs. Hudson Edward, (CotteriU's patent) 203, Ashted row Newman WiUiam, 10, Bond street, Hampton street Drys alters. See also Druggists Ashmore Jph. 1, Up.Mill In Bagnall & Lees,59, High st Davis Timothy, Bristol road Lambley A. 56,St. Paul's sq PeggE.*H.122,Gt. Charles s Robinson E. 166, High st. Deritend Thornley S.jun.145, Snow hi Dyers. Birch D. 13, Prospect row Birch Eliz. 6, Gt.Hampton st Birch Lucy, 217, Bristol st Birch Maria, 45, Lichfield st CampbellDonaldMcDonald, 54, Gt. Hampton street Hartwright W. 64, Aston st Hodgshon J. 77, Pershore st Holland Charles & Son, 106, New st. & 11, Moat row Jeffries Chas. 4, Coventiy rd Mc Lintock R. 29,Newton st Phillips Abm. 9, Bread st. Poole Ann, 5, Aston stieet Quin Hannah, 13, Suffolk st Ragg W. & S. general clean ing establishment, 9, Is lington row Reeves Jas.60,Bishopgate st Varney John, 121, Great Charles st. and 88, New st WiIkesHenry,64, Pershore st Earthenware Dealers. See also Glass and China Dlrs Bagnall William, 3, Parade Bagnall William, jun. 40, Summer hill terrace Baker I. 1 1 0,Gt Hampton st Baker Thomas, Market hall Birch Saml. 105, Heneage st Bill Thomas, Market hall Boyle & Co. 108, Steelhouse ln.&mnfrs.Stoke-on- Trent Bridgwater J .287, Summer to BuswellJarvis,66,Hockleyhl Chapman S. Market hall Cotterell Fras.53, Sherlock st Deavenport R. Market hall Eaves J .193, KingEd ward 'srd Fidoe Thos. 331, Summer In FisherStephen,2, Loveday st FoxleyR.34,High stDeritnd Green Charles, Hanley st Hughes Charlotte,Markethl Hodgetts Thos. 17, Farm st Jackson J. jun., 16, New st JamesJ.Snow hl*76,New st Jones Tho*. 51, Suffolk st Knight T. Bell Barn road Landers C.100,Steelhouseto Lingard Ellen, Honduras wf Lowe Richard, 26. Balsall st Lowe Wm. iy2, Lr. Priory Marlow E.32,Gt.Hampton st Masemore John, (wholesale) 136, Moor stieet Poulton J. 98, Northwood st Povey John, Nechells green Purser Jph. 31, Hatchett st Rollason and Burman, 30, Union stieet Rollason Geo. T. 10, New st RookerJohn,33,New Townr Sawyer C. 36, Mount stieet, Newhall stieet Shaw Benj. 106, Dale end Smith Saml. 216, Cheapside Smith Thos.l64,Gt.Brookst Tull Henry, 75, Allison st Williams Watkin, 33, Bell stieet and Market hall Woolley Eliz. 12, Aston st Earthenware, &c. Mounters. See Britannia Metal # Silver- Plaled Ware Manufacturers. Eating Houses and Dining Rooms. Abrahams M. 89,Smallbrk. st Allday Mrs. A. Corn Ex change Dming Rooms, 35, Union stieet Amoss John, 131, Digbeth Ball WilUam, 48, Dudley st Bate G. T. PhilUp st. High st Beesley David, 60, Church st Benson Mary E. 98, BuU st Brookes J. 14, Duddeston rw Brueton Emily, 176,Livery st Burrows J. 12, Mount stieet, Newhall street Butcher J. 143, Lawley st Clarke Eliz. 1 , Union passg Curmin M. A. 33, Steelhs. In Darnels John, 33, Dale end Duncomb Rd. 157, Moor st EdwardsJ.95,Gt.Hampton st Egginton Jas. 3, Easy row Emery P. 4, Kingston row Evans J. 76, New Canal st Goode John, 15, Spiceal st Halles Thos. 10, Spiceal st Harris Jas. 129, Hampton st Hartley A. 20, Duddeston rw HoUand Jph. 58, Coleshill st HoUis Rt. 53, New Canal st Hooke Edmd. 20, Bristol st Humphrey Jph. 2, A B row Hunter Joseph, 152, Moor st Jeffs Thomas, 4, Kenion st Jones William, 40, Horse fr Jordon J. 11, Lr. Temple st McKee Dennis, 3, AlUson st Minstrell J. Ill, ColeshiU st Meeke William, (original,) 22, Church street Pattison W. jun. 104, Bull st Pearce Charles, 141, Digbeth Plant Thos. H. 14, Liveryst Powell Mary, 57, Pershore st Price WiUiam, 30, Ann st Reading J. 120, Constitn. hi Robinson M. 124, New stieet Shettle WilUam, 32, Bell st Smith Joseph, 4, Ashted rw Taylor Jas. 13, Jamaica rw TonMnson William, 1 and 2, Buckingham stieet Wainwright J. 37, Digbeth WaUis John, 31, Banbury st Welch WilUam, 6, Dale end Welch Wm. Lr. Temple st Wilkins J. 47 & 48, Moor st Wright Wm. 38, Hospital st Young Edwd. 30, Ashted rw Ecclesiastical Orna ment Makers, Hardman John & Co. 166, Great Charles street Edge Tool Makers. AUcockW. Park Mills. Aston Ashton Richard, 9, Broom st BettsW. & Co.58, Ludgate hi Chapman W. 40J^, Duke st Lawrence S. 36, Gt. Brook st Lyndon W. A. Lr. Fazeley st MatthewsonW. 14, Curzon st Smith G. ct.9,High stDeritnd Smith Jph. 32, Gt. Charles st Thomas Richard, Icknield Works, Icknield square Wynn W. C. and Co. 142, Suffolk stieet Yates John & Co. Pritchett Stieet Works, & Exchange Works, Aston Egg Merchants. Bradnock Charles, 11, Phillip stieet, High stieet Harper Jph. 89, Bloomsbury Loveridge Chas. 29, BeU st Sanson WilUam, 45, Moorst Shores Matthew, 15, BeU st Willan Edward, 48, Dale end Embossers. See also Chasers Sj- Embossers. Baker William, 4, Brook st Browning W. 13, Camden st Capner H. 21, Mount street, Newhall stieet Hiron Saml. 52, St. Paul's sq Lewis J. W. 38, Howard st Munslow S. & Co. 28, Mar shall stieet Robotham Thos. 82£, Car digan street Enamellers. Sec Engravers, Gold, SUver, Gun, tfc. Engineers (Civil! Baker Wm. 28, Waterloo st Buckle WiUiam, Soho hill BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Burstall Thos.LadyWood In Cockings James, S. Ill, MontpeUer row Cowper E.A.Winson Gn. Ctg Cutler Jon. 29, Lady Pool In Dawson F. 123, Ashted row Gladstone Jas. Round hills Hughes John, 37. Cherry st Padmore and Cotterell, 26, Bennett's hill Prosser Rd. Baskerville pi Rofe H. 16, Paradise stieet ThnperleyJohn,Hunter's In Wilson J. W. 123, Ashted rw Engineers £ Machinists. Asbury F. 24, Lancaster st Bonell W. 15, Waterloo pi. Bloomsbury Briden J. 203, Livery street Capper C. H. 33, Broad st CraddockT.*Co.36, Broad st Davies I. 44. Bromsgrove st Edwards Thomas, Islington Foundry, 105 & 106, Gros venor street, West Evans Joseph, 44, Legge st Fox, Henderson, & Co. Lon don Works, Smethwick Frearson J. 40, Newhall st Glasgow D. 10, Cross stieet Grace G. 105, Granville st Higgins&Co.SpringHillWksInshaw J. 23, Morville street Jackson J .13,George st. Pard Jones & Sons, 31, Bradford st Jones T. court 2, Russell st Lusty S. 80, Moland stieet Middleton W. Bridge st. W Moseley J. 88 1. Aston street Mountford G. Brasshs. pas Penn S. 38, Lister stieet PhiUipsW.H.15,Cumberld. st Ringrose W. 53, Camp hill Robotham T. Legge street Shilton W. 89, Dartmouthst Smith, Fisher, & Co. Nile st Smith G. 24, Bartholomew st Smith & Hawkes, Broad st Taylor & Firth, Brasshouse yard, Broad st. IsUngton Taylor W. 66, Moor street Tongue W. 96, Bordesley st Wakefield B. 127, Livery st. Ward&Groundy, Lombardst Watt J.&Co. Soho Works,* Soho Foundry, Smethwick Worsdell T. Brasshouse psg Engine Turners, (Rose.) Bill George, 6, Pritchet st Giles W. 24, Gt. Hampton st Hollins M.21,Gt.Hamptn.rw 335 Kemble J. 76, Caroline st Lovett & Jenks, 21, Buck ingham street PerryJ.109£,LrBrearley stW Perry T. J. 40, Barr st. W Pipe Wm. jun. 27, Church st Pursall C. 123, Nelson st. W Pursall J. Barker st. Sheep cote lane Engravers, (Gold, Silver, Chin, &c.) Marked * are Enamellers also. •Abrahall J. 81, Caroline st •Allen M. 2, Mary Ann st Appleby E. 301. Summer to Baker Samuel, 5, Powell st Ball Richard, 32, Mott st BarlowH.G.79,Bucknghm.st•Baxter Alfred, 15£,Steelhs.l BentonW.H.ct. 28,Whittalls Bland Thos.ct.6, Whittall st Bland Thos. 14, Newton st Bloxham T. ct. 3, Whittall st Booth George, ct. 92, Bath st Botton W. S.21, Weaman st Bradbury W. ct. 92, Bath st Brown T. ct. 55, Weaman st Cartwright Joseph, court 4, Great Hampton street •Coombes Jno. 1 09, Smith st Campbell W. I.(seal stone) 54%, Gt. Hampton street Crawford C. 1£, Ludgate hill Davies E. c'. 24, Loveday st Davis Rd. ct. 78, Weaman st Edwards W. & A. 164 Hock ley hill FellowsW.H.ctl, Loveday st Fereday Edward, 2, Churcn st FoothorapeW.40,Caroline st Foster T. 125, Up. Tower st Goodby Thos. ct. 10, Lench st Gough WilUam, 43, Hall st Gray Jas. J. 38, Spencer st Groves W.78J, Steelhouse to Gyde H. 52, New J ohn st. W Hailstone Geo. ct. 39, Buck ingham street Hallam T. ct. 17, Steelhs. In Harrison Henry, 40, Moor st Hart William, 1, Whittall st Hawkesford W.H. 373, Sum mer lane Hipkiss WUUam, Richard st, Spencer street Hipwood & Steeple,26,Bread street, NewhaU street Horrocks Hy. 15, Regent pi Horrocks J. ct. 2, Lench st Jennings W.29, Ludgate Mil Jessop R. G. 20, Snape st 336 Jones H.ct 6,Gt Hampton st Jones Jas. T. 21, Snow hill Jones W. H. Up. Hockley st Leverett Wm. 146, Lionel st Lovett & Jenks, 21, Buck ingham stieet Lucas & Williams, 34,Hall st •Marshall J. 7, Regent place Maybury C. 78,Steelhouse In •Mayfield T. 13, Regent pi Mole John M. 35, Lench st Moore J. ct. 6, GtHamptnst. Nevitt Samuel, St. Mark's st Newham Jas. jun. 16, Wea man row OliverOwen, ct.3,Whittall st Owen Wm. 120, Vauxhall rd Palmer T. ct. 6, Whittall st Pane E. & C. 4, Lichfield st Parkes & Thompson, ct. 7, Spencer stieet PedleyOliver, 93, Hockley st Penton A. ct. 14, Snow hUl Perry Samuel, 17, Regent pi Pettefer R. 20, Regent place Power R. ct. 30, Whittall st. Pratchet E. 13, Weaman row Price John, 42J, NewhaU st RoseW.M.13,01d Meeting st Sanders W. 25, Ludgate hiU Selkirk W.J.27, Ludgate hill ShakespearW. 32, Horse fair Shaw J. 16,Gt.Hamptonrow Shepherd Jas. Bloomsbury st Shepherd J. ct.3,Weaman rw Shepherd S. 166,Camden st Simpson Charles, Snape st Skipp Sml. ct. 71, Slaney st Smith Wm. ct. 10, Dale end Spittle Augustus H. Albeit pi Taylor Joseph, 49, Lawley st Taylor Wm. Bridge st. West Twist W. 37, Northwood st. Tye J. ct. 6, Gt Hampton st Ward Jas. 12, StMary'srow Whittington F. ct. 2, Sand st WoodwardC.ct7,Hamptn.st Yates G. 117, Gt Charles st. Engravers and Copper plate Printers. Allen Josiah, 3, Colmore rw Aston J. G. (engraver only) court 17, Steelhouse lane Babington Wm. 133, Wells st Baker WiUiam, 4, Brook st Baldwin Jas. 74, Newhall st BanghamW.43,Constitutnhl Beach T. 88, Navigation st Bearsley Geo. jun. York psg Billing M. 75, Newhall st Bishop Benj. 85, Lombard st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. BrownWilliam,(printer only) 152, Brearley stieet Capewell S.21 J, Jamaica rw Chamblayne John, court 16, Great Charles stieet Chellingworth and Reily, 41, Cheapside Cocks T. (engraver only,) 48, Great Colmore street Coley, Rogers, & Gough, 9, Exeter row Colledge Chas. 119, Snowhl CottieU* Son, 32, Cannon st Court John, 13, CaroUne st Crompton J. 64,Gt. Hmptn.st Davis George, 67£, High st Devonshire H. 37, Dale end Dingley Joseph, 1, Water st Eagles Chas. 1 1, Skinner st ElUs Saml. 12, Prospect row Fereday Alfred, 2, Church st Flavell WilUam, 34, Hurst st Garner Thomas, (historical,) Lea Bank road Gough & Sumner, York pas Greaves J.C.I, Prospect rw Hall* Taylor, 32, Lionelst Harrison J. (printer only,) 6, Bartholomew row Heath J. J. 68, Gt. Charles st Henshaw T. A. 36, Bath st Hodgetts A. 22, Cannon St HoUand Joseph, 51, Ann st HoUis Charles, 61, Bath st Hope Thos. 20, Warstone In Hunt George, 42, Union pas Joesbury Jph. 35, Cannon st Joesbury William, 1 , Astonst Johnson A. B. 27, Temple rw Keene Alfred, 37, Hamptn.st LeonardW. H.40,Caroline st LeviLewis* Son, 13, Brsthst Lowe WiUiam,(printeronly,) 25, Cherry street Matthison R. 71, Edgbstn. st MayfieldBenj.l28,Hmptn. st Moseley R. S.36, Victoria gv. Osborn W. 8, Lt. Cannon st Osborne Jph. 9, Edmund st Owen Edward, 96, BuU st Penn C. J. 114, Lionel st PhUUps T. 274, Bradford st Price Joseph, 08, Cherry st Price Thos. * Co. 14, Ann st RadclyffeT.*Son,108,News Radclyffe Wm. (historical en graver,) Monument place Renshaw J. 69, Gt. Charles st RobothainT.82£, Cardigan st Savage W. Hi, Newhall st Seymour Charles, 64, BuU st Simmons G. 41, Newhall st Smith David, 23, Church st Smith Thomas, 73J, High st SolomonG .6 1 , Constitutn.MU Stewart Alfd. 47, Northwd. st StampsJ.*Co.6,Gt.Charless Swan Brothers,2, Newhall st Tolley James, 71f, High st TomkinsonR.C.39, SnowhiU Tonks John, 61, Hill stieet WakemanJ.26,Gt. Charlesst Walkinshaw Henry, 27, Gt. Charles stieet Watson Geo. ct. 30, New st Wilkins Saml. 61 J, Newhl. st Wilkinson C. 282, Bradford st Wilkinson Wm. 29, Bull st Wrighton, Whittle, and Co. 72£, NewhaU stieet Engravers (Die, Seal, and Stone.) AUen & Moore, 35 and 36, Great Hampton row Avern Edw. ct. 1, Swallow st Barnett Edw. 34, Harford st CampbeU WiUiam 1. 54|,Gt. Hampton stieet Capner H. 21, Mount street, Newhall stieet CarpenterS.ct.52,Fordrgh.stCMlweUE. 1 60,N w.John st W Darning & Ryder, 54, Bull st Hiron Saml. 52, St. Paul's sq Hunt F. ct. 1 1 , Lr. Brearley st Lewis J. W.38, Howard st OUver James, 11, Newton st Ratcliffe J .& E. 53StPaul's sq Ryland and Johnson, 53j, Dale end Sherriff*Tye,ct.l4,SnowhillSmith WUUam, 90, Dale end Taylor Jas., 71, Snmmer In Engravers, (Wood.) Ban- Solomon, 42, Cherry st Deakin A. 42, Edmund st Grove James, Taysyard, 20, Great Charles stieet HetheringtonW.20, Severn st HiU W. & Co. 54, Bradford st Price Joseph. 38, Cherry st Royle Edwin, Grant stieet Wright W. 93, Lichfield st Envelope Manufrs, Hiron Saml. 52, St. Paul's sq Remond A. & Co. 37, Great Charles stieet Eyelet Hole Makers. Beynon Wm. 42J, New st Bloxham W. 44,NewJohn st Edelsten & Williams, New hall Wokrs, George st. Pd BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 337 HarrisonJ.196,NewTownrwHolmes John, 30, Newton st LawsonChpr. 63, Warwick st Reading Joseph, Brunswick place, Lower Tower stieet Rowley Chas. 23, Newhall st Simcox W. 60, Northwood st Factors. See also Merchants. Arnott & Co. 5, Lwr. Priory Bainbride T.223, Camden st Baker Thomas, 61, Mott st Baldwin George, 20. Sand st BanghamW .43, C onstitutn hi Banister & Stephenson, 50, St. Paul's square BarberJ.&Co. 21,Whittall st Barlow B. 55, Bread street, Newhall stieet Barnett Edward, 1, Bristol st Beale T. & W. F.266, Brad ford stieet Bellis Thomas, 16, Livery st Betts & Jones, 43, Temple st Biddle Thos. 16, Regent pi BUUng M. Charles Henry st BlanckenseeM.3,Harper's hi Bonser Thomas, ElUs stieet Booth Samuel and Co. 84, Steelhouse lane Breese George, 127, Vyse st BullivantC.l 62,Gt.Charles st Butler Ed. 15, St. Paul's sq Clarke and Timmins, 28, Exeter row Cohen Jph. C. 1, Exeter row DeakinC.W.S.141Hockley h Dudley C. 155, Hockley hiU Faulkner J. A. & Co. 2, St. Paul's square Gough and Bowen, 17 and 18, St. Mary's row Greaves T. 4, L. Camden st Hiron Saml. 52, St. Paul's sq Holt E. 38 & 39, Moland st Hopkins &Son,2,Summer rw Huxley, Heriot, & Co. 55, Bradford stieet Jackson John, 49, Ellis st Kimberley Jas. 57, Inge st Labron & Day, 4, St.Mary's r Lawson C. 63, Warwick st Lloyd George, Princes's st McKayJ.*Co.l7£,Church st Madeley Richard, 32, Dean s Martineau* Smith,65,Hillst Matchett and Welch, 20, George street, Parade NeviU Ed. 48, Warwick st Piccen Thos. 221, Bristol st Price John, 10, Parade RadclyffeT.*Son,108,New s Redfern Thos. 5, Whittall st Reeves John and Richard, 125, Moor stieet Ryder Edwin, 19, Vittoria st Simister John, 183, Livery st Simmons G. 41, Newhall st Smith Rd. 49, Union passage StampsJ.&Co. 6,Gt.Charless Udal William and Co. 43, Bromsgrove street Veisey & Son, 101, Moor st Walker*Bain,199,Moseleys Walker & Fleeming, 107 and 108, Bordesley street Warden Saml. Townsend pi Webb*Greenway,15,York s White Thomas, 32, Fred erick stieet, Graham st Wilden B. 42£, Edmund st Wilkes Saml. 13, Whittall st Williams James and Co. 37, St. Paul's square Feather & Flock Dlrs Bishop Wm. Hy. 16, Ann st Boucher H. E. 3, New street DaviesM.121,Constitutionhl Ethell Ann, 7, Livery street HammondW.49,W orcester s Harris Thomas, 9, New st IngramJph.23,Gt. Charles st Latham E. 58, Bradford st Leggett WilUam, 6, High st Machin Edw. 54, Snow hill Payne Charles, 54, High st Price Chas. 131, Nelson st.W Murphy John, 20, Lease In Scott Peter, 3, Moor street Ward Geo. A. 5, Snow hill Wilde Brothers, 34, Edgbas ton stieet Wright J. & Co. 48, High st Fellmongers & Xieather Dressers. Adams Thomas, F. Lord st Fleming David, 107, Rea st Harford Edwin, 82, Small brook street Johnson Benj. 16, Cheapside PitmanJoseph, 96, Coventry st; John Ick, manager Ryland John, 250, Aston rd Thomas and Price, 55, Edg baston stieet Webster Jph. 25, Balsall st Felt (Patent) Mnfrs. Patent Felt for Steam En gines, & Asphalt Roofing Company, 7, Newhall st. ; W. R. Lloyd, agent Fender Manufacturers. Marked * make Bronzed, and f Wire. ¦fAUday John and Son, 109, Moseley stieet Bushell Benj. ct. 7, Ward st Cox and Luckman, Ryland street, Darwin street Crutchley John, court 10, Coleshill stieet Davis J. 115, Heath mill In DavisRd.2 J, Bartholomew st •fDodd James, 5. Skinner st Ellis &Slater,ct.25,Lionel st Fullard Daniel, 1, Howard st Gorton Geo. 89, Lombard st •GortonT.12,Bartholomewr•Hadley and Robinson, 18, Warwick street Henns Robert, 35, Doe st Hooper S. & Co. Cottage Lane Works Horton G. 1, Lr. Hurst st. E t Ireland J. 11, Congreve st Jones Thomas and Sons, 31 and 32, Bradford st Lee Wm. 154, Adderley st tLynex Rd. Lr. Brearley st Mapplebeck*Lowe,SmithfldtOxenbould W. 58, Consti tution hill tPalmer J.6,Broad st.Istogtn fParkes John, 44, Moor st. Room Herbert, 16, Bull ring Short Jph. ct. 14, GtChas. st •Simpson Wm. Holland st •Stephens Rd. 35, Legge st Thomas W. & Son, 17, Dud deston row Timmins John, 5, Birchall st Toney Wm. V. Soho Works Turner Wm. 8, Birchall st Wainwright W. 199,Cheapsd •WardT.*Co.l7,Weamanst •Wells Samuel, (& steel,) 59, Oxford stieet WigleyR.* Son,99,Lombrd.s Ferrule Makers. Bagnall W. ct. 12, Aston st. Docker J. 52, Lancaster st Orme Sarah, Vittoria street Watton John, 38 J, Church st File Manufacturers. Andrews T. Nechells green Ashford Sml. 78, Lichfield st Bayliss J. B. 20, Masshs. In Beesley John, 24, Steelhouse lane, and 4, Edmund st BradburyJ.c. l,Bromsgrove s Broadhurst John, Gopsall st 2U 338 Bullivant Hy. ct 18, Hill st Busby W. ct. 15J, Steelhs. to Butler E. ct 23, Horse fair Clethro Jas. 13, Lawrence st ColeT.ct.9,High st. Deritend CopeJ.ct.39,High stDeritnd Cope Wm. 141, Francis st CottieU John, 14, Camp MU Crump W. 15, New Thos, st Darwent S. 72, Steelhouse In Decahner S. ct. 11, Price st Fieldhouse G. 68, Steelhs. to Foxall J. 99, Rea street HepenstaU & Lawledge, 27, Ann stieet HolUoake A.ct. 10, Digbeth Ibbotson Joseph & Son, 58, Ludgate MU Lowe John, ct. 72, High st. Bordesley Lucas Wm. 29, Lawrence st Male WiUiam, ct. Rea stieet Mason J. ct. 3, Whittall st Mincher W. 240, Aston road Monks E. New John st W. Monks H. 103, Hospital st Morton J. ct. 58, Snow hill OlUoake Rd. 29, Meriden st Pratt David, 22, Fisher stieet Rhodes J. 77£, Coleshill st Rhodes J.*G.c.l9,ColeshiU s Shaw W. ct. 22, Lancaster st Sheldon B.jun.ct.21,Leggest Sheldon Wm. ct. 9, Bath st Smith John, 35, Price stieet Spencer J. 28, Bloomsbury Spencer J. 18, Prospect row Squelch Samuel, Princip st Stokes S. ct. 30, Lancaster st Stone J. ct. 11, Staniforth st Swasbrick Henry, 8, Hill st Walker Andrew, 29, Bath st Walker J. 84J, Gt Charles st Watson George,24, Suffolk st Wilkes Sarah, 5, Price stieet Yarwood John, 31, Bread st Newhall street Fire Iron and Brasses Manufacturers. Adams John, 18, Warwick st Allen Edward, Stone yard Allen William, ct. 40, High street, Deritend Beech Wm. 14, Belmont psg. Blews W. & Sons, 9, Bar tholomew street Bradley Jph. 44, Lombard st Bromhall Chas. 52, Essex st Campbell R.39,Bartblmw. st Carter Saml., ct. 6, Moor st Cartwright Mark, Buck st Chambers Thos. Moore's rw BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Cox! and Luckman, Ryland stieet, Darwin stieet DanksJ.ct.9,High st.Dritend Davis Maria, 76, Cheapside Dukes T. ct. 16, Palmer st Glover Hy. 17, Little Ann st Gray A . & Son, 9, Weamn. st Harrison J. ct. 9, North wd. st Harvey John, 16, Moseley rd Hooper S. and Co., Cottage lane Works Henn Isaac, 94, Woodcock st Johnson Wm.43, Floodgtst Jones Thomas and Sons, 31 and 32, Bradford stieet Jones Thos. Fras. 12, Cecil st Jukes Benj. Bordesley street Langston J.ctl3,Up.Trinitys Lee Wm. 154, Adderley st Mapplebeck&Lowe, Smthfld RawUnson WiUiam, ct. 34, High stieet, Deritend Sambidge WUUam, court 1, Green stieet, BirchaU st Smith John, Bridge st. West Taylor Rd., Heathmill lane Timmins John, 5, Birchall st Toney Wm. V. Soho Works Travis John, Derby stieet Truman E. 65, Meriden st Truman G. court 40, High stieet, Deritend Truman Jas. 28, Floodgt. st TrumanJas. Deritend bridge Truman Jph. ct. 10, Digbeth Turner Wm., 8, BirchaU st Wigley R. & Son, 99, Lom bard stieet Woodall J. Longbridge lane Fire and Life Offices. See the first list in the Classifi cation. Fire Shovel and Bit Manufacturers . Simomte John, 52, Pope st Travis John, Derby street Whitfield T. 31, Summer rw Fisb Hook* Keel Mkrs Allport Saml. 50, Whittall st Haywood My. 137, Bathrw Kenton R. 40, Lt Charles st Payne Wm. (& shot charges,) 13, Hampton stieet Robathan Alfred S. 1, HaU st Trow Isaac, ct.8,Loveday st Watton John, 38 j, Church st Fishing Rod & Tackle Makers. Crowder John, 11, Livery st Dodson J. 2, St Martin's In Haywood M. 137, Bath row Lawrence Mary Ann and H. 55, Bull street Nutting Chas. 126, Digbeth Rose Wm. 29, Congreve st Fishmongers. Marked * deal in Game. Allchurch Wm. 59, Small brook stieet BattamsW.9,Constitution hi •BenjaminJ.78,Worcesterst Bradbury S. 25, Stafford st Brogden James. 101, HUl st •Copner Thos. 73, New st •Doughty Thos., 37, Ann st Downs John, Dale end •Eccleston W. 115, Dale end Farmilo Chas. 1, Wheeler st Fox Samuel, Duke street GardnerJob,Edward st.Pard. Glover E. 160, Hockley hill Green Charles, Dale end Griffiths Thos. 65J4 Broad stieet, IsUngton Higham John, 116, Digbeth •Hulse Thomas & Charles C. Y%, Smallbrook stieet Humptoeys Hy. Dale end Humptoeys Wm. Dale end Hurd John, Dale end Jackson Hy., 74, Snow MU Jackson Henry, Dale end Johnson Edward, Dale end •Keirle James, 6, Bull stieet Mercer Charles, Dale end •Mercer Saml. 117, Dale end •Mercer Wm. 118, Dale end •Potter Stephen, 4, Daleend Pratt John, Dale end Price Edward, Dale end •Rotton William and Son, 112, Dale end Rotton W. jun. 70,Edgbstn s Rowley Elizabeth, Dale end SamuelsJudith,51,StaffordstSmith Henry, Dale end Smith John H. 96,Snow hill Smith Wm. 26, Congreve st Stuart D.G.&Co. merchants, Coach yard, Lwr. Priory; James Mann, manager Ward George. 50, Livery st •Ward T. 30, Smallbrook st Whittingham H. 26,Digbeth Young Charles, 170, High stieet, Deritend Floor Cloth & Table Cover Manuftrs. Davenport & Hendren, Ben acre street BIKMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 339 Kempson S. & Co. 98, Con stitution hill Jones WilUam Imgo, 98, Barford street Morgan T. H.14, Worcester s Foreign Importers. Baker Edward and Son, (blacklead) Granville st Cartwright C. 22,Edgbastn s Chavasse Sidney, 95, New st Cheetham John, 22, New st Creamer William, 98, New s Dingley W. H. (artificial flowers,) 84, High street Dudley Win. 14, St. Paul's sq Heerlein, G. 24, Paradise st Keller Louis and Co. 62, St. Paul's square Louis & Mier,68, Edgbastn st LoveridgeC.112,Gt.Charles s Meyer and Bekenn, 16, Whittall stieet Morriss Charles, 10, High st Mountford Thomas, 17, New st. & 81 A, Bull stieet Price J.jun.86,Gt.Haraptn st Onion Mrs. EUz. (BerUn Pat terns) 27, New street, and 38, Broad stieet Stoessiger P. & Co. 7, Gt. Charles street Walker and Bain, (linen) 69, Pershore stieet Forgers & Manufrs. of Sheet Iron. Beasleys & Farmer, District Works, Smethwick Bowley Benjamin, Victoria Works, Smethwick Downing George, Crown Works, Smethwick Sims&Co.AstonJunctson Fg Williams J. & Co.Smethwick Fork, &c. Makers. See Skimmer and Flesh Fork Manufacturers. French Polishers. Cox Richard, ct, 68, High st EUiott Isab. Morley's bldgs Green Thos. 4, Gloucester st Payne Anthy. R. 2,Bath psg Roberts G. 8, LittleCharles st Fruiterers. See also Green Grocers. Allen Wm. 6, Prospect row AnkersS.176,Broadst.IslgtnAnstey H. 123, Brd. st. Islgtn Bayley Daniel, 2, Balsall st Bird Sml. 86, Navigation st. Bird Wm. 95, Navigation st. and 33, Snow MU Bourne H. 90, SmaUbrook st Bubb Jph. 8, Nelson st. W Cade G. 261, Bradford st ChapUnT.2 l,Constitution hi Colwell J. 78*, Lichfield st Cowton Jas. Thos. 8, Bell st Dale J. 159, Broad stlslngtn Dale WilUam, 10, Cherry st Eagles Charles, Market hall Evans Sarah, Market hall Fleet John, 105, Coleshill st Floyd Thomas, 10, Wharf st Suffolk street Freeman John, 100, New st Furness J. 33, Islington row Gammon E. (foreign,) 5, Constitution hiU Greatwood E. & J. 90,Bull st Green Chas. Market hall Green John, 224, Bristol st Gretton Wm. Market hall Hall Samuel, Market hall HearnshawF.23,Cnstitutnhl Hewitt Samuel, 150, High st Bordesley Heslington W.106, Bristol st Hopwood J. L. l,Monmth.st Humphries Hy. Market hall Hunt Jph. 47, Sherlock st Hunt T. 9, Philip st. High st Jarvis Joseph, 202, Livery st Jelf W. 67, Broad st. Islngtn Jones John, 29, Cross stieet Jones W. A. 37, Worcester st Jones WilUam, 2, Parade Kimberley John, 207, High stieet, Deritend Leonard H. 25,Constitutn.hl Lewis John, 28, Congreve st Lissiter Thos. E. 53, New st Masters J. 5, Duddeston row Mills W. 48, Duddestonrow MUls Wm. 14, Congreve st Moses S. (foreign) 97, New st Muddyman G. IS, High st. Deritend Neile James, 1, Bull ring Newman Wm. 78, New st North George, Markethall Parker John, 30, Temple rw Philips WUUam, 31, Bell st Sheldon E. 26, Worcester st Smith Daniel, 96, Dale end Staveley J.184,Brd. st. Islgtn Stevens C. 25, Congreve st. Taylor J. 71, Brd. st. Islngtn ThompsonB.103,ColeshillstTobias Isaac, 20, High st Usher James, 2, Cheapside Welch John, 154, Livery st Whitehouse John, 88, Dig beth, and Market haU Whitehouse S.88,ColesMU st Wilkes Wm. Market hall WUkins S. 29, Navigatn. st WilUs Rbt. 1, Steelhouse In. Wilson H. 66, Constitutn.MU Frying Pan Makers. JonesT.E. 165,Dartmouthst Shaw C. 3 & 6, Branston st. Simonite John, 52, Pope st Whitfield T.31, Summer row Funeral Carriage XSprs. and Undertakers. London General Funeral Co. 3, Steelhouse lane, Thos, Storer, manager Munro G. Lady Well walk StorerT .Patent Funeral Car riage Depot, 3, Steelhs. In WaddeU Geo. 103, New st. Furniture Brokers. See also Tool Brokers. Allbut Joseph, 44, Sunst. W Ansty W. 106, Up. Tower st Asplay Geo, 46, Sherlock st Atkins John, 62, Cheapside Allen JuUa, 8, Moat row Bagley S. 58, Hockley MU Baker T. J. C. Dudley st. and 6£, Coleshill stieet Baker James, 12, Dudley st Barber Sophia, 49, Ashtedrw Barnes Geo. 31, Bishopgt, st Bateman John, 77) Moor st Beards Jph. 36, Worcester st Bell WUUam, 47, Suffolk st Berresford C. 55, Coleshill st Bill E. 105, Constitution hi Bird WUUam, 55, Cheapside Bird W. 1 14, Gt. Hampton st Bliss H. G. 83, Lichfield st Bowdidge T. 106, Digbeth BradfordJ.14, OldMeettogst Bradley Wm. 11, Dudley st Bridgwater B. 90, Suffolk st Brockhurt Wm. 35, Aston st Brown W. H, 6, Gosta green Bryan John, 216, Livery st Burns My. 139, Icknield stE. Bywater Harvey, ] , Tonk st Bywater Jph. 3, Ludgt. hill Carwardine W.25, Sumr. rw ChambersG.2,NewThomas s Collins Saml-76, Bishopgt. st Conner Jas., 211, Livery st CopsonWm.64,WoodcockstCoultas J. 61, Bishopgt. st 340 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Cox Samuel, 207, Livery st Crewe Stephen, 2, Gosta gn Darby J. 192, Broad st. Istogt Davies Susnh. 125, Livery st Davis Wm. 35, Bristol stieet DavisW. 108, Gt. Hampton st DixonJ. 103, Gt.Hampton st Douglas Jas. 67, Pershore st Dutton B. 29, Constitution hi Eades James, 192, Cheapsd. Eagles Eliza, 3, Worcester st Elcox W. 1 06, Gt. Hamptn. st Evas R. 115, Gt. Hamptn. st Fellows T. 59, Lichfield st Foster Eliz. 51, Lichfield st FranksT.183, Highst.Dritnd GreenT.(new)4,Gloucesterst GrettonJ.63,Highst Bordsly Groom Jno. 25, Lr. Lawleyst Guest Joseph, 53, Dudley st Hall H. 105, Gt. Hampton st Hammond G. W. 19, Lower Temple street HammondW.49,Worcester s Hampton Thomas & Philip, 35, Edgbaston street Hare Michael, 37, Dudley st Harris J. 118, Gt. Hmptn. st Harris Jph., 29, Worcester st HarrisonJ.189,Up.Windsor s Hill Benjamin, 35, Stone yd HiU Samuel, John st. West Hill William, 25, Aston st Hodges S. J. 94, Coleshill st Hodgetts J. 44, Hampton st Holhngs Wm. 29, Essex st Honor Geo. 73, Coleshill st Horton John, 15, Buck st HorwoodW.35,Gt Hmptn.st Hyde H. 34, George st. Pard Jehu Thomas, 102, Moor st Jenkins John, 1 0, Milk st Jones Geo. 164, Hampton st Jordan John, 4, Sheepcote st Keen Joseph, 112, Suffolk st Kimberley Jesse,9, Bristolst Kirchner B. 169, Tennant st Knowles J. 116,Gt.Hamptn.s Langley T. 185, Heneage st Laughton J . 33, Bishopgt. st Lawley W. 167, Hampton st Lewis William, 26, Cheapsd McElroy C.2, Constitution hi Male John, 30, Dudley street Malkin M. Dudley stieet Manning John, 52, Aston st Manton Thomas, 7 J, Vine st Marston John, 18, Smith st Marston S. 9, Old Meeting st Martin Ann, 32, Rea street Martin W. 74, Worcester st Midgley John, 33, Dudley st Morris Richard, 1, Holt st Needle James, 2, Vine st Nichols G. 93, Bromsgrove st Onions R. 42, Worcester st Pardo Thomas. 13,New Ink- leys, and 35, Dudley st Parkes H.117,Gt.Hamptn st ParsonsE.129,Gt.Hamptn st Partridge E. 59, Heneage st Pass M.31,John st.Dale end Paste Wm. 92, Meriden st Payne J. 62, Gt. Charles st Perkins W. 21, Prospect rw Pool Richard, 24, Balsall st PorterR.5,D wellingsTonk st Potts John, 115, Lionel st Powers Wm. 132, Livery st Preece J. 113,Gt.Hamptn st Prime Thomas, 45, Potter st RatcUffeA.18,01dMeeting st Rawlinson J. 44,01dCross st Raybold Hy. 32, Ashted row Robinson L. Lr. Hurst st. E Rogers Thos. 48, Gt. Barr st Sanders Michael, 22, Cross st Smith Dnl. 43, Worcester st Smith John, 131, Livery st Smith Thos. 68, Hospital st Snell WilUam, Peck lane Stokes T. 267,NewTown rw Taylor James, 2, Sand stieet Terry Eliza, 178, Livery st TurnerW.248,NewTown rw Upton Ed. 392, Summer In Vowles Martha, 14, Inge st Walker J. 26,New Town rw Walton Edward, 1 80, Livery stieet, & 99, Hampton st Ward John, 35, Worcester st Ward Robert, 4, Aston st Welsh J. 127, GtHamptn st WhileJames,16, Congreve st White H. J. 385, Summer to Whiteworth WilUam, 101, Gt. Hampton stieet Wilde Brothers,34,Edgbtnst WiUiams D. 5,Bromsgrove s WooUey J. S. 97, Livery st Furniture Painters. Bell Joseph, 10, Legge st Dawswell Hy. 4, Camp hill Jones J. ct 83, Lichfield st SheppardT.ct.2,St.Martin'slWilUams Chas. ct. 5, Rea st Furriers. Ball George, 163, Livery st Boulton John, 33, New st Creamer William, 98, Newst Crump James, 69, BuU st Hollins Sarah, 24, Hall st Jackson John, 19, New st Laings & Co. 34, High st Newton, Jones, and Willis, 15, Temple row PayneWilliam,217, Livery st Phillips Samuel, 88, High st Wigley E. 13,NewChurch st Galvanizers. Galvanized Iron Co.lO.Broad st. IsUngton; Christopher Pope, agent, and R. R. Pocock, manager Gardeners. Marked * are Florists and Seedsmen. See also Nursery and Seedsmen. Belcher John, 52, Barr st •Brewer F. J. 80, Broad st IsUngton Hillman G. 130, Green lanes Lunn Wm. (landscape,) 37, Summer lane Mayle & Co. 55, New stieet PhilUps Edwin, Finch stieet Talbot Wm. Icknield st. E. Gas Fitting Manuftrs. and fitters. Marked * are Fitters only. •Bradnock S. ct. 2, Ludgt. hi Brooks E. S. 30, Snow hill •Bromwich R.26,Freeman st Burn Jas. 96, New John st. Chambers A. 20, Lichfield st Chambers G. 8, Colmore row Gray, Martin, & Gray, Berk- lev stieet Hartland W. 101, Suffolk st •Jennings E. 4, Freeman st. Kendrick John, 7, Unett st LiUey H. 9, Bromsgrove st Lloyd John, NewhaU stieet MUlington T. (burner only,) 12, Market stieet Messenger & Sons, 15 & 16, Broad street Morris Samuel, 3, Brook st Parker J. 102, Granville st Parsons G.108,Constitutn.hl Potts WilUam, 16, Easy row Ratcliff J. & C. 140,Snffolk st Shuttleworth P.28,Cannonst Simcox, Pemberton, & Sons, 42, Livery street Smith Timothy & Sons, 3, 4, and 5, Bartholomew st. Stock & Son, 35, Temple st Tonks S. &Co.l57,Cheapside Underhill S. W. 71, Parade Walker W. 12, K.Edward 'spl BIBMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 341 Winfield R. W., Cambridge street Works Yates & Birch, 39 and 40, ColeshiU stieet Gas Meter Makers. Bent John, 283, Bell Barnrd Horton J. Taylor's Dock, Spring MU, Thos. Piggott, manager Gate & Hurdle (Iron) Makers. Marked * are Wood. Hatton E. 133, WilUam st •Knight J. Worcester wharf Upfill E. Smithfield Works Upfill T. & Son, 157, Great Charles street Warden Jph., Jamaica row German Silver Makers, And Dealers in all kinds of Blank Forks, Spoons, tfc. Evans & Askin, Geo. st. Par Yates and Birch, 39 and 40, ColesMll street German Silver Ware Manufacturers. See British Plate Manufrs. Gilders. Barnett T. 30, Newhall st Berks T. 250. Gt. Colmore st Cook L. 22, Lr. Lawley st Cooper G. 11, Hampton st Elkington, Mason, and Co. Newhall stieet Grove H. ct. 3, Gt. Charles st Jefferys W. 42%, Newhall st Kirby Thos. 39, Hospital st Maddocks Mary, (water) 76, Gt. Charles street Munslow S. & Co. 28, Mar shall stieet PerkinsM.A.ct. 17, Edmund s Piercy Rd. 20, Mary Ann st Smith & Cox, 77, Bath st Woolrich J. 12,James stieet, St. Paul's Gilt Toy Manufrs. See also Jewellers Allen Ellen, 34, Loveday st Bailey Thos. 4, Holland st Baker W. H.49,Constitutn h Balleny J. 44, St. Paul's sq Barber Wm. ct. 4, Lionel st Birch J. ct. 21. Summer In Bland T. 83, Parson's bldgs BookerT . 160,Gt.Hamptn rw Buckley F. (watch key) ct. 9, Cecil street Dadley A. P. 52, Newhall st Greenhill My. 98, Carver st Guest John and William, 18, Hampton street Hamnett George, court 30, Lower Tower stieet Harris B. 72, Gt. Hampton s Harrison Henry and Joseph, 4, Howard street HarrisonJ.196, New Townr Heeley James, and Sons, Mount st. & Graham st HicksonW.ct.3,Lt. Charles s Hinley Samuel, 17, Essex st Jackson Samuel, 1, Mott st Jenks J. 101, Bishopgate st Jones T. 16, St. Mary's row Kennedy R. 53, Loveday st Kettle Mary, 99, Suffolk st Lear William, Macdonald st Leonard T. 42,Constitutn hi Lowe Edw. 45, Harding st LoweJ.*G.24,Constitutn hi Newey T. 43, New Town row Newey Wm. 55. Loveday st Onion S. G. 10, Brook st Pardoe J. 22. St. Paul's sq Parkes J.*Son,5,St.Mary's r Parkes S.& Sons, 7, Bath st Parr E. 122, Gt. Charles st ParrThomas, 49, Tennant st Perry Charles, 12, Digby st Phillips Hy. 68, Graham st PonciaJ.&Son,50,Pershore s Pursall John, 6, Caroline st Reddell T. 70, Woodcock st Rollason H. 3, Regent pard Stone Chas. 28, Ludgate hi Taylor Jph. 62, Caroline st Thornton T. 55,St.Paul's sq Wagstaff John, 36, Horse fr Wilder Mary, 16, Spencer st WilkinsonJ.ct.3,Up.Gough s Gimblet Manufrs. Atkin & Sons, 96, Barford st Betts WiUiam and Co. 58, Ludgate hill Birkin Edward, 225, High stieet, Deritend BrittainW.20Bartholomew r Brown Hy. 25, Vauxhall st ClarkMatth.l 65,Hampton st CooperG.* Sons,ct.l6,HUlst Edmunds Fdk. 18, Horse fan- Evans WilUam & John, ct. 88, Broad street, Islington Glover Wm. 23, Pritchet st Haden Samuel, 31, Legge st Harrison John, Gt Lister st Handy Thos. ct. 9, Howard pi Hood Joseph, court 20, High street, Bordesley Horton Joseph T. & John, 11, St. Mary's row Johnson Wm. 43, Floodgt. st JonesRt.&Son, 105, Cheapsd Newey Edw. ct. 3, Lt Ann st Newey J. 112, Bordesley st Nicklin E. 55, Bradford st Sadler W. 43, New John st Thompson John, court 19, New Town row Wild Ann, 42, Belmont row Glass Manufacturers Bacchus Geo. & Sons, (cut) Union Works, 3 and 4, Dartmouth stieet Baggot street Crown If Sheet Glass Company, Baggot st Birmingham Plate and Crown Glass Compny. Smethwick; James Hartley, consulting manager, & W. Coxan, sec Chance Brothers, and Co., Smethwick CutGlass Com/»iy.Charlolte st Mills; I. H. Bedford, mana ging partner Felton T. 25J, Edgbaston st Gammon & Son, Belmont Glass Works, Gt. Brookst Green Joseph, Etna Glass Works, Broad street Harris Rice,IsUngtonWorks, Sheepcote street Hughes Geo. 8, Richmond pi Jukes John, 6, Livery street Lloyd & Summerfield, Park GiassWorks,Birmnghm.ht Parsons Joseph, 25, Canal st Perks & Rogers, 52, Dale end Sefton & Barnes, 44, Hill st Shakespear Saml. (Trustees of) Soho Glass Works, Lodge road Stevens James, (flint and coloured)153,Dartmouth s Thames Plate Glass Co. 57, Broad st. ; E.Lacey,agent WhitehouseJ.87,Heneage st Glass Button Mnfrs. Ashford John, ct. 23, Lionel st. and 361, Spencer st Bott Simon, ct.4,Carohne st BrocMngton W. 99, Smith st Brueton W. 120, Pritchet st Darby Win. 73, Lionel st DavenportA.148GtCharles s Gimbert J. 49,Up.Hospital s 312 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Groutage T. 15, Henriettas Hingeley Jph. 65, Hanley st Lee Thos. & Son, 2, Fleet st Lycett S. 55, Buckingham st Matthews J.27,NewJohn st Matthews W.57, Loveday st Neal*Tonks,13Gt.Charies s NewtonJoseph,4,CaroUnest Perry Hy. New John st, W PMUipsS.ct. 17,St.George's s Stewart J. ct. 21, Moland st Withnall Ed. 84, Camden st Young S. 41, Lt. Charles st Glass Chandelier and Lustre Manufrs- Cox Thos. 114, Bradford st Felton Thomas, Attwood's Mill, Baskerville, and 25J, Edgbaston stieet Holden Edw. Cambridge st Morgan Wm. & Geo. Att wood's MiU, BaskervUle Osier F. & C. (& table glass) 164 & 165, Broad st.Islgtn Glass andChinaDlrs. Ball Jesse, 96, Digbeth BUI G. T. 13, Bath passage Boyle&Co.l 08,Steelhouse to Davis Jane, Market hall Edge Saml. 15, Steelhouse In Felton T. 25£, Edgbaston st Fisher L. M. Handsworth vl Gee John, 140, Snow hiU HobbissJ.53,Broad st. Islgtn Jackson J. jun. 16, New st Jones James, 12, Snow hill, and 76, New stieet Lines EUz.72, Smallbrook st Noake C.82,Broad st. IsUgtn Nock Henry, 29, Ann stieet Nock John, 42, Bull stieet Robinson Wm. 2, Dale end Rollason and Burman, 30, Union stieet Rollason Geo. T. 10,New st Sadler J. 25, Constitution hi Simmons*Gee,118,Snow hi Tarns J. 62, Constitution hi Tonks Edward, Markethall Walters C. H. 6, Union psg Woolley Eliz. 12, Aston st Wragg G.W.115,ColesMU st Young Hy. Gt. Colmore st Glass Cutters. AUen J. & l.S.5,Gt.Brook st Baker T. Charlotte St. Mills Clark John, Dank's Mill Danks Benjamin, 8, Cecil st Docker Geo. 66, Moseley st Docker Wm, 69, Moseley st Evans John, 99, Granville st Felton Thomas, Attwood's Mill, Baskerville,and25^, Edgbaston street Green J. jun. 50, Potter st Henley Thos. Baskerville pi Hewlett J.131,Gt. Charlesst Holden Ed. Cambridge st Hopkins WilUam, Cox's Mill, Moor's row Lycett Geo. 43, Summer In Matthewman A .3, W arstone 1 Moore J. 2, St. Martin's pi Moore W. 59, New Town rw Morgan H.J.Baggot StMUl Morgan William & George, Attwood's Mill. Baskervl Nock John, 42, Bull stieet Nokes John, Brueton's wlk Nokes Joph. ct. 7, Ward st Rowley Thomas, (broach) court 7, Ward stieet Sheldon WUUam, 31, Cox st SUverBrothers,5,Gt.Brook st Stokes and Willmott, Att wood's Mill Swift M. Lichfield St. Mill Glass Engravers. BonrneJph. ct 37, Digby st Morgan WiUiam, & George, Attwood's Mill Nokes Jph. ct. 7, Ward st Parsons D. 121, Heneage st Wood Chas. 38, Suffolk st Glass & Lead Merts. Beale Saml. 10J, Newton st Conway John, 28, Worcester street, and 10, Snow hill Curran J. C. 85, Digbeth HaU Edward, 3, Moat lane Hodges Samuel, (glass only) 1, Gosta green Lacey E.(glass only)Broad st Maudsley Fdk. 102, Snowhl Perks&Rogers, 52, Dale end Smith* Pearce,6,Cannon st Smith * Sons, 141, Snow hi Stock & Son, 15, Cannon st Glass Mould Makers. Abbott Joseph, 14, Moor st Ball Edward, 69J, Bullst Steadman J. 12,Lr.Camden s Warner Hy. 11 £, Cherry st Glass Painters, Stainers, and Benders. BlackstaffeW. 55, Camden st Chaplin Edwin, Grant stieet Chaplin James, M orville st. Comes WilUam, 1 9, Buck st Farmer T. and enameller, 2, Howard stieet Freeth James, 38 J, Cherry st Groutage S. ct. 18, Price st Groutage T. 15, Henrietta'st Hyde John 43, Sand pits Lycett Geo. 43, Summer to Lycett S. 55, Buckingham st Nock Henry, 29, Ann street Pemberton F. & C. 12, New haU hill Thompson Wm. & Geo. 39, Legge stieet Williams R. 102, Granvillest Glass Toy Manuftrs. Ashford J. 36J, Spencer st. and ct. 23, Lionel stieet Bradley Samuel, 4, Beak st Brueton W. 120, Pritchet st. DavenportA.148,Gt Chas. st Dewsbery A.21 , Constitutn.hl Dukes J. 46, Woodcock st FeltonThos. Attwood's MiU, Baskerville, and 25 J, Edg baston stieet HaU Wm. 95, Northwood st HudsonE.105, Bromsgrove st Jones J. ct. 7, Lt. Charlesst Lee Thos. & Son, 2, Fleet st Mansfield R. 16, Bradford st Matthews W. 57, Loveday st Neal & Tonks, 13, Gt.Chas.st Peele Peter, ct. 10, Holt st Rowlinson James, court 20, Constitution hill Smith C. 64, New Town row Welch Chas. 1, CaroUne st. Westwood J. 1 1 1 , Hospital st Willmore J. 308, Summer to Glovers. See also Haberdashers. Blockley Thomas, 44, Rea st Carter Joseph, 9, Digbeth Wareing James, 80, High st Watson J. 5, Smallbrook st Weston Thos. 91, High st Gold Beaters. Corbett F.78, Buckingham st Harding J. 49, Woodcock st Jones Thos. 51, Suffolk st Lane J.*Son,3,Gt.Charlesst Marston T.10,Gt.Hampton s Pimm H.& Co.29,Newhall st Prichet G. ct. 13, Fordrough s Ryland John, 54, Barford st Walker Saml. 62, Hanley st Warner Rt. 125, Hospital st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 343 Gold Cutters. ElUs George, ct. 2, Smith st Gilbert D. 6, Regent parade KeeUng J.F.ct.26,Spenc'erst Latham Wm. 6, Pritchet st Lee George, 34. Hall st Reynolds John, 83, Mott st Gold Pen Manfrs. Capner T. & Co. 8, Pope st ColUns J. 170, Hockley hi Fenton J. 74,Gt.Hampton st Jackson J. 13, George stieet, Parade Parkes I. ct. 7, Henrietta st Wiley W. E. & Co. 34, Great . Hampton stieet Goods Removers. Ashton William, Canal st Bradbury Jas. 49, Smith st Evans J. ct. 13, Edmund st Hanson J. 134, Lancaster st HoweH.191,Highst.Deritnd Huband J. 95, Hockley st HubandW.165,GtHamptonr Hughes Henry, 18, Lench st Jacomb J. ct. 1, Vauxhallrd Jones Mary, Stafford stieet Knowles J.l 16,Gt.Hamptn.s Macdonald R.222,Bradford s Mack John, ct. 2, Cannon st Mayner WiUiam, 6, Bond street, Hampton street Morris Richard, 1, Holt st Onslow Jas. 78, Hockley hi OsweU O. 23, Vauxhall st Perkins W.152, Gt. Brook st Pitchford Richard, court, 12, New John stieet Porter Richard,5, D wellings, Tonk street Roberts W. 6, Up. Hockley st Smith John, 131, Livery st Stretton WUUam, Lawley st Tucker John, 25, Severn st Turner Chas. 89, Slaney st Walker Richd. 28, Carver st Wells Jas. Bridge st. West Woodfield W. ct. 18, Gros venor street, West Woodward Wm., 10, Fox st Green Grocers, Adams Wm. 5, Gt. Lister st AUenAbraham, Market hall Allen H. 7, Alcester stieet Allport John,NecheUs green Andrews T. 26, Marshall st Anstey Jph. 349, Cheapside Argyle J. Wynn stieet Asbray Wm. 37, Bow stieet Atkins J.256,NewTownrow Baker W. 99, Lr. Tower st BardeU E. 2 15, Ashted row Barker James, 6, Suffolk st Bartles J. 187, Broad stieet, Islington Belcher John, 52, Barr st Bennett Geo. Market hall Bennett My. 45, Colmore st Bennett T. 42, High street, Deritend BilUngham J. 71,Bishop st BilUngham C. 15, Aston st Bird Richard, 12, Spring st Bird T. H. 34, Ryland st Bird William, 33, Snow hiU Bishton John, 86, Suffolk st Blakemore J. 22, Ludgate hi Boynton J. 15, Sun st. West Bradbury S. 25, Stafford st Brooks J. 82, Steelhouse In Broom Edw. ct. 1, Holt st Brown Sarah, 62, Bath st Bunce Saml. 58, Hanley st Buxton S. 249, Sherlock st Cawton C. 66, New Town r Chappie E. N. Bissell st Chese Fras. 144, Cheapside Chiles Joseph, 1, Stafford st Clarke John, Wynn street Clemings M. A. 26, Astonrd CluffWm. 98, Gt. RusseU st CochraneWiUiam, 208, High street, Deritend Collingwood S. 25, Barford street, South Collins Jph. 30, Hatchett st Cooke Geo. 4. Hockley hill Crofts T. 119, Hospital st Crosby Rt. 1, Up. Tower st Davies John, 41, Suffolk st Davies John, 83, Aston st Davies Mary, 30, Ward st Davis Rt. 5, New Summer st Dawson John, 23, Suffolk st Deaves Richd. Market hall Docker J. 52, Lancaster st Dugmore Geo. Market hall Eaton Alfrd. 57, Hatchett st Edwards W. 21, Camden st ElUs Geo. 70, ColeshUl st Evans Thomas, 40, Inge st Evans T. 68, Lancaster st FeUows J. 147, Hockley MU Fenton S.112,Gt.Hamptons Fisher C. 66, Scotland place Fisher Mary, 2, Camden st Fletcher J. 78, Hospital st Forddry C. 299, BeU Barn rd Fowke Mary, Summer lane Francis Eliz. 22, Summer to Gardner J. Lr. Pershore st GardnerW.46,St George's st Garfield H, 354, Summer In Gay Robt. 180, Ashted row Gee Wm. 139, Lawley st Godwin Jph. 45, Unett st Gordon H.36, Gt. Russell st GreenhouseW.66,Hanley st Gregory J. 219, Bristol st Gretton Wm. 50, Suffolk st Griffith E.29,Buckingham st Hadden T. 119, Hampton st Haddock N. 10, Gosta green Haddock Thos. 29, Albion st Hall WiUiam, 45, Hanley st HarrisW. 125,Highst.Brdsly Hayes E. 46, Steelhouse In Hayes J. 36, Lr. Brearley st Hewitt Wm. 3, Kenion st HiU H. 15, Farm street HillT.41,Mountst Newhl. st Hodgkiss G. 11, Mary Ann st HoUins E. 78, Gt.Hampton st Homar Edward, 24, Tonk st Hook John, 214, Heneage st Hudson J. 12,Newl£leeting st Hudson Wm. 50, Stafford st Hughes Jas. 137, Livery st Jeff George, 43, Belmont rw Jenkins WilUam, 37, Rea st Jessop WiUiam, 81, Livery st Johnson R.89,Up.Hospital st Jones Henry, 61, CecU st Jones Jas. 66, Hampton st Jones Samuel, Hatchett st Kendall J. 28, Gt. Lister st KettlebyF.43 Buckingham st Kimberley Jno. Market hall Kimberley G. 287, Aston rd Kings C. 22, Navigation st Kmght Thos. Bellbarn road Knowles J . 1 16,G.Hamptn. st Ladbrook Rd. Market hall Lancaster J. 43, CaroUne st Lander C. 100, Steelhouse to Lapworth Ann, 10, Lionelst Lawley James, 11, Barr st Lee Charles, 6, Hen's walk Lees WilUam, 31, Hospitalst Lepener Henry, 21, HaU st LoweGeorge,Wheeler street Lucas John, 203, Harding st Macefield C. Market haU Macefield Jas. 48, Chm-ch st Machin J. P. 89,Up.Tower st Maunder H. 54, Moor stieet Martin Saml. 42, Summer In Meddings J. 308, New John stieet, West Middleton G. 89, Suffolk st MiUward J. 36, Lr. Towerst Moore John, 8, Sherlock st Neal Samuel, 139, Livery st Neale Jph. 25, VauxhaU rd Newman John, Vine place Nightingale E.86,Edmund st 344 Nunn Sarah, 88, Lichfield st Orchard James, Newhall hi Padmore Thos. Market hall Parker John, 11, Ludgate hi Parsons J. 47,Constitution hi Partridge H. 92, Bishopgt. st Patchton S.142,Icknield st.E Pearce Edwin, 8, Farm st Pemberton C. 9, Suffolk st Perks Hy. 11, Bishop stieet, Moseley street Perks John, 113, Hockley hi Perry Benjn. 196, Cheapside Phillips Thos. 29, Stafford st Pitt Richd. 38, Bishopgate st Porta Jph. 345, Cheapside Powell John, 30, Coleshill st Powles C. 48, Ltl. Charles st Ralph William, 30, Sun st Richards T. 130, Livery st RobothamW.NewSummer s Rose Jas. 8, Union passage Rowe E. 14j, Smallbrook st Sanders John, Bristol street Scriven John, 126, Livery st Showard Hy. 114, Digbeth Simons H. 54, Church st Simpkm F. 81, Snow hill SimpkinW.30, NewTownrw Slater H. Market hall Smith Henry, 235, Bishop street, Moseley stieet Smith Jane, 49£, Dale end Smith Thomas, 21, Suffolk st Stevens Thos. 54, Bow st Stringer Joseph, 74, Great Barr street Stubbs J. 119, Hockley hill Summers Daniel, 40, Upper Hospital street Sutton T. 176, Tennant st Swadkin C. ll,HoUowayhd SwadkinW. 35,Smallbrook s Taylor Jas. 80, Edmund st Taylor J. 31, Vauxhall road Thorley M. A. Markethall Tillitt Thomas, 4, Balsall st Tomkis J. 5, Islington row Troll W. New Johnst.West Turner Thos. 41, Milk st Turvey D. Summer lane Wallbank W. 91, Gt. Barr st Ward H. 33, Brearley st.W. Watson J. 1, Lancaster st Welch Wm. 122, Snow hiU Westwood G. 19, Sheepcote s Whetton W. 83, Stafford st Whitby Fras. 10, Up. Priory Whitehead G. 16, Bristol st Wilkins Jas. 23, Harding st Williams Geo. 25, Smith st WilUams J. 2, Gt. Brook st Williams Wm. 72, Bath row BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Woodhall Samuel, 15, Bread stieet, Newhall stieet Wotton John, 25, Cregoe st Grinders. Ashbury J. 1, Watery lane Dale William, 175, Liveryst Dodd J. (saw)Baggot st.mill Hands J. Charlotte st. mills Harrison T. Lichfield mill Hart A. Parkrd. Nechells gn Jefferies J.Charlotte st. mills Mosely A. 17, Cliveland st Moxon R. Honduras wharf Newey Eli, 40, Cross stieet Norton E. Lichfield st. mill Robinson B. (file,) Charlotte street mills Robinson John, Dank's mill Ross Rbt. Charlotte st. mills Sanderson J. (glass) Cox's ml Smart Isaiah, Hart's mill Southall J.Charlotte st. mills Starkey Jph. Lichfield mill Weston Rbt. 33, Fazeley st Whitehouse J. Brueton's wlk Wright R. (fender) Bordesley rolling mills Grocers & Tea Dealers. Marked • are Wholesale, and f Coffee Roasters. Adams Joseph, 33, Well st Adcock Edw. 43, Dale end Adey Alfred, 37, Harford st Allday E.268£,Gt. Colmore st Andrews George, 73, High st Armstrong J. 388, New John street, West Bagnall J. 52, Ludgate hill Baker C. 85, Steelhouse lane Banister W. Handsworth vil Barker Henry John, Lozells Barnett C. H. 146, Darwin st •Barnett J. 23, Jamaica row Barron Joseph, Oozells st. N Bates Michael, Lea Bankrd Beddoes T. 17, Up. Tower st Beech Jane, 183, Camden st Beech S. 193, Broad st. Isltn Billingham H.85, Alcester st •BirchMessrs.* Co.8,Highst Bishop Benj. 12, Pigott st BloomerJoshua,44,SuffoIkstBolton Josiah, 187,Darwinst Boote John, Farm stieet Bottomley John, 164, High street, Deritend •+BourneJas.*Hy. l,High st Bowers Richard, 37, Aston st Bracher E. 224,Gt.Colmore st Bretnell M. Nechells green Brinsley Robert, 8, Church st Brinsley W. 29, Weaman st •Brooke Brothers,57,Highst Brooks T. 81, Steelhouse to Brough Edward, 143, High street, Bordesley Bro wett Alfd. 47, Smallbk. st Brown Eliz. 34, Bradford st Bushell J. 164, Heneage st- Buzyard Wm. 22, Cheapside Carnall Hy. 16, Alcester st Canmng WilUam, 1, Prospect row, & 137, G t Hampton st Carrington E. 30, Horse fair Cartel John, 81, Suffolk st Chandler B.& J. 60, Snowhl 'tCadbury Brothers, Bridge st. Broad st. & Bull st ChapmanThos.73, Baggott s •Chesshire T. P. 23, High st Chesterton Geo. 13, Parade Clark Robert, 9, Dale end Clarke Thos., 43, Stafford st Clarkson J. 56, Belmont row Cole Wm. Hy. Lea Bank rd CoUinsJ.l 14,Grosvenor st.W ColUns Thomas, 20, Aston st CoombesG .senr.10, Moore'sr Coombes Geo. 107, Digbeth Coombes Jane,10,Moore'srw Cotton Thos. 19, Suffolk st tCox John H. 53, Bull st. Cracknell Geo. Hunter's lane Crane Wm. Hamstead road Crompton Rt., 61, Unett st Curtis Richard, 64, Gt.Barr st Dain John, 30, Hospital st Dakin & Co. 14, High stieet Davis Francis, 19, Dudley st Davis Fras. Jno.4,Summerto tDavis Samuel, 33, Bull st DobbinsW.155, Gt. Hmptn. r Downing J. 10, Lichfield st Earp Groves, Great Lister st Edwards T. 153, Bradford st Edwards Wm. 21, Camden st EUcington J.366, Coventry rd Evans John, 152, Heneage street and Saltley Fewkes J. T. 7, Warwick st Fletcher Hy. 261, Bradfordst Fitter Wm. 134, Cheapside Flynn JohnThos. 79, Parade Foran Peter, 1, New Canal st Foster A. H. 89, Navigation stieet, & 35, Lancaster st Foxley Geo. 215, Cheapside Foxley Thomas, 66, High st Freeth Jas. 23, Staniforth st Fowler Mary, 87, Albion st Gardner Rt. 56, Gt. King st Gaunt Rd. 71, Lombard st G eorgeE.D. 1 52,Nelson st.W. BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 345 Giles Saml. 382, Summer In Gilman Thos., Gosta green Graham WiUiam, Barker st Gray Joseph, 9, Vauxhall rd GreatorexC. F. 142, Digbeth Greenwood Hanh., 48, Snow ¦hill,* Handsworth village tGrirnn M. R. 1, Ellis street Grove Geo. 77, New Canal st Hadduck Chas. 177, Ashted row, and 1, Belmont row HadleyT.l 5,High stDeritnd Hadley M.25, Navigation st Hale Wm. & Co. 27- Snowhl HaUam Chas. 213, Bristol st HanmanW.120, Hampton st Harris Thos., 81, Cheapside HarrisonEdwin,209,AstonrdHarrison J. 33, Navigation st Harrison & Scott, 1, Easy rw Harvey Jas. 57, Hampton st Harvey John, 26, New st Harwood Wm. Lee Bank rd Haslam George, 23, Hurst st Hawtin Edw. 62, Pinfold st Hawtin Rd. 58, Cheapside Hanyne H. 83, Holloway hd Haynes Hy. 218, Ashted rw HaywoodJ.50, Constitutn. hi Haywood Thos. Moseley st Hay woodW.69,Constitn. hill Hazeldine James, Phillip's stieet, Aston brook Heath James, 1, Loxton st Heath W. 100, Smallbrook st HeathfieldEliza, 153, Unett st Heaton Jas. 55, Garrison In Hedges Samuel, 92, Digbeth Hill E. 11, Park st. BuU ring Hill T. 59, Lower Hurst st Hinton Alfd. 37, Bishopgt. st Hipkis Jonah, 90, Summerto Hirst Aton. 4, Smallbrook st Hobley Hanh. 118, Digbeth Hobbis WiUiam, 194, High street, Deritend Hodder Edwin, 67, Snow hi Hodges W. 138, Bradford st Holmes David, 30, Broad st Holmes John, 31, Barford st HolyheadE. 130,Gt.Hmptn. r HorneW.E.251,Gt. Colmr. st Horsfall Jas. P. WiUiam st Howitt Edward, 3, Loxton st Huband T. 59, Summer lane HubandW.264, New Townr Hughes EUis,311,New John stieet, West Hull Geo. 77, Smallbrook st Hunt Charles, Villa stieet Hyde Geo. 10, Gt. Lister st Idiens John, Claverdon st Ingram Hy. 67, Lancaster st Ingram John, 11, Steelhs. In Insley Edward, 7, Witton st Jarrett Geo. 51, Aston road Jefford Benjamin, Villa st Johnson T.L.40, Union psg Johnson F. 123, Hockley hi Kemp Thos. 216, Ashted rw Kent John, Gt. Tindal st Kidd Ed. 19, Holloway hd King Saml. 92, Dale end KnightE.*M.48,Lancaster s Knight and Blackwell, 84, Snow hill Lamb J. 51, Gt. Charles st Lees Rt. 340, Small heath Leonard Danl. 90, Aston st Lodge R. 59,Broad st.Islgtn LeesonS.365,NewJohn st.W Lucas Simon, 103, Dale end Luke Thos.O. 84, Barford st Lyon Thos. 12, Bloomsbury Machin J. 30, Gt. Lister st Malin Geo. 32, Fordrough st Mander Geo. ct. 74, High st Mann Thos. 30, Dale end Matthew Thos.85. Snow hill Mayle & Co. 55, New stieet Mee Thos. 1, Hockley MU Middleton John, 63, Broad street, Islington Miles Jas. 60, Lancaster st Miles William, l,Colesbill st Morris Geo. 66, Stafford st Mott John, 88, Gt. Barr st •tNaden Geo. 27, High st •fNewman & Co. 27, Bell st Nock Henry, 10, Dale end •+NutterBrothers.2Union ps •Oldham John & Co. 101, Bull st. 112, Constitution hill,*195,High st. Dertnd Onslow H. G.107, Bath row Paddy J. 41, Bartholomew st Panton Henry, 3, Bull ring Parish Jph. 200, Aston road Parker S.238, New Town rw Parker Thomas, 1, Ann st Partiidge Henry, 43, Mount stieet, Newhall stieet Partridge J. 23, Worcester st Parry Wm. 91, Suffolk st PeggE.*H.122,Gt.Charles s Perry James C. 6, Union st PetfordA. Handsworth vlg Phillips John, 1, Camden st Phillips J. 48, Hospital st PhilUps Mary, 79, High st. Bordesley PhillpotW.* Son, 21,High st PickeringJ.24A,Fordrough s Piper Henry, li, Moseley st Piper Saml. 21. Ryland st Piper W. 41, Sheepcote st Podmore Ed. Newhall hill Power Hy. 223,Aston road Proffitt W. 162, Hockley hi Randies Jph. Nechells gn Rhodes Wm. 21, Aston road Robathan W. 90, Highgate Roberts James, Coventiy rd •tRobinson and Culwick 16, Dale end Robinson E. 166, High stieet, Deritend Robinson J. 102, Summer In Robinson W. 49, Coleshill st Roden G. 67, Smallbrook st Roddis Ann, 29, Henry st Rogers Wm. 60, Coleshill st RowleyW.96,Gt. Hmptn. rw Sanders John, 65, Aston st Sawyer C. 36, Mount street, Newhall street Scott Jas. 105, Steelhouse In Seekings John R.Hagley rw Sefton J.127, Gt. Hampton st •tSidney,Hall,*Co.26,Highs Silvester J. 1, George st. Prd Simpson Edwin, 73 and 74. Broad street, Islington Skelton Ann, 19, Bull stieet SkippJno.l71,Bromsgrove st Smith James, 34, Key hill Smith John and Thoma=, 105, Dale end Smith ThoryBerry,!, Jamai ca row,corner Edgbaston st Smith Geo. Wm. 16, Highgt Smith James, 66, Bull st Smith Jph. 19, Church st Smith Wm. 24, Aston road Smith Wm. Hy. Cobden place Spencer Edw.41 , Congreve st Speers Wm. 60, Aston stieet Starling Hy. 53, Gt. Barr st Sylvester P. Islington row Taylor Chas. 76, Moseley st Taylor E. 166, Broad stiee', Islington Taylor John, Hagley road Taylor Thos. 73, Dale end Taylor Wm. 281, Bradford st Taylor Wm. 22, Islington rw Temple W. 163, Hockley hi Tibbitts James, 183, Great Hampton row Tomkinson J. 33,Hospital st •Tomlinson and Insole, 17, Spiceal stieet Tonks William, 51, Key hill Topham Wm. 103, Bristolst Townsend Thomas, 30, St. Martin stieet Trevor John, 25, Parade Turner J .201 , High st.Dertnd TurneiWilliam, 121,Digbeth 2X 346 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Twist Frdk. Wm. 44, Sun st Twist Jas. S. 84, Suffolk st Tyler Thos. jun. 56. Aston st Underwood Wm. Moseley st Upton Wm. Moseley road Vernon Hy. 125, Sandy lane Viles J. 150, Broad st. Islgtn Waldron D. H. 96, Broad street, Islington Walker Eliz. 14, Albion st W alker* Staines, 3 1 , High s Wall Alfred, 12, A. B. row Ward John, 62, Snow hill Watson Benj 14, Steelhs. In Watson Geo. 31, Spring st Watson J. 34. SmaUbrook st Watts Daniel, 42, Benacre st Watts Eliz. Granville stieet Webb Edward Taylor, 22, Great Brook street Welch Ann, 26, Summer to WeUs Geo. 142, Bath row Westley Hy. 33, Price stieet WheelerChas.1 08, Hockly hi Wheelwright Frederick, 7, Great Russell stieet Whele Jesse, G eo. st. Lozells Whetton Robt. 80, Dale end •Whilock James, 15, High st White Wm. 31, IsUngton rw Whitehouse John, 86? High stieet, Bordesley Whitehouse SI. 15, Sand pits Whittaker G. 136, Gt. Fras.st Wild Hy. 92, Smallbrook st Williams E. 47, Edgbaston st Williams John, 179, Broad street, IsUngton Willstiop Henry, 165, Ick nield stieet, East Wood F.W.85. SmaUbrook st WoodcockWm.15, LtBarrst Woolley Rd. Ickmeld st. E Wright James, 9, Spiceal st Wright J. 48, High st. Drtnd Wrighton Fdk. 1, Ruston st Woodward I.J.BalsaUhth.rd Guano 108 J, Broad st. IsUngton Plated Wire Manfrs. See Wire Drawers. Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Adams Abm. 217, Aston rd AdamsT .8 1 .Broad stlslngtn Alvey Charles, Parade Arrowsmith J. 7,Chapelhs. st Assinnder. Edwd. 30, Essex s Atkins James, Warstone to Ball John, 22, Bristol street 3 A 370 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Banks C. Villa rd. Soho hill Banks S. Villa rd. Soho hill Bartholomew S. 39, Allisons Beale B. 30, Up. Hospital st Beames J .ct.9,Bartholomw.s Bell Ezekiel, 40, Hurst st Bikker Chs. 255, Bradford st Binnell R. 37, Nelson st.W. Boden John, 23, Sand pits Bradshaw and Knowles, 40, New st. and 5, Moat row Bratt Moses, 11, WilUs st Briscoe M. A. 209, High st. Deritend BristowW. 1 10,Bloomsbry.pl Broadbent T. 24, Exeter rw Brown William, 88, Hurst st Burgess Bnj. ct. 39. Moor st Chambers Rd. 98, Barr st.W Chiswell R. Mount pleasant, New John street, West Clark R. 161, Gt. Francis st ColUns Chas. 60, Summer to Copage Richard, 62, Mott st Craven Wm. 4, Edmund st Corbett G. H. 29, Bradford st Crick Chas. 3, Newhall hill Davies T. & Son, 2, George street, parade Deakin Wm. 52, Dean st. Denston J. 38, Masshouseto Doidge George, 17, Livery st Doust Chas. E. 5, Barford st Ducros Henry, 212, Livery st Duffield Wm. 13, Farm st. Duggan Jph. 48, Meriden st Ealand Edwin, 18, Sand pits Evans Charles, 81, WilUs st Evans Michael, Lodge road Fenton Rtk. 49, Edmund st Field R. 178, Bromsgrove st Fitter T. 85, Bartholomew st Foster J.ct. 18, Jennen'srow France W. 41, Lr. Tower st. G ammon George, 34, Ann st Glazebrook G.32, Mount st. Newhall street GoffWm. 91, Ashted row Goulden W. ct. 1, Exeterrow Griffiths Robt 70J, Parade Griffiths T. Smithfield Groves Rd. ct. 4, Dale end Hadley B. W. 237, Great Colmore street Hammond Thos. 11, Broms grove street Handy Thos. 10, Carver st Harrison E.42,Bromsgrove st Haskett Robert, 104, Snow hill, * 87, Gt. Charles st Hawkeswood J. 75, Raven hurst stieet Head John, 5, Saltley st Heap Robert, Hagley road Heape James, 1 10, Moor st Hewitt Wm. 125, Pershore rd Hickling W. ct. 74, Bath st. Holder J. 222, New Town rw Hollingsworth George, 106, Bordesley street Homer T. 86, Northwood st Howall J. W. 88, Highgate Howlett J. 90, Navigation st Howlett T. 46, Ashted row Hulson 1. 3, Kg. Edward's pi Ince Thos. 56, Woodcock st Inns Fredk. Lr. Hurst st. E. Jackson J. 7, Washington st Jones Robert, 15, Howard st Keith Wm. 216, Bradford st Kemp John, Adelaide st King Joseph, ct. 4, Canal st Leaver Fitz WiUiam, 181, Upper Windsor street Leaver Wm. 2, Ashted row Lynall Geo. York passage Lynall G. jun. 34, Digbeth Lythall* Adney,29,Temple r Marlow Wm. 46, Hockleyst MarshaU J. 15, Gt. Chas. st Marston Isaac, 36, Aston st Matthews T. 141, Bradford st Meeson Chas. 6, Coleshill st Meredith T. 24, Mary Ann st MitcheU Thorns, 188 & 189, Broad stieet, IsUngton Moore George, 70, Lionel st Mullard S. 13, St. Martin st Naish Thos. 140, Snow hill Newbold G. B. 24^, Old Meeting street NicholasJ.74,Gt. Hamptn.rw NichoUs J. 85, Brd.st. Islngtn Northorp J. ct. 19, Stanifth. st Palmer Rd. 21, Regent row Parkes Wm. 2, Hanley st Payne T. 114, Hospital st Peck Wm. 12, Hockley hill Perry Aaron, 40,Hockley hill PhUUps William, 41, Hall st Poole Wm. 5, Aston stieet Pritchard Pyrse, 38, New st Richards George, Adelaide st Roberts R. & R. Ruston st.N Roden John, 23, Sand pits Sanders Joseph, 142, High street, Bordesley Sanders T. 122, Cheapside Sands Wm. 71, Gt. Charles st Seamen T. 268, Bradford st. Seybourn J. Lady Wood In Shaw Hy. 35, Islington row Sheppard T. 28, Snow hill Shortell A. 43, Holloway hd Smith H. T. 34, Hockley st. Smith J. 41, Cambridge st Smith John, 14, Aston st Smith N. 46, Kg. Edward's rd SteapenhiU E.202.J,Heneg.st Stokes J. C. 2, Monmouth st Storer John, 83, Livery st Sweet Isaiah,215, Camden st Tay T. C. Tay's yard, 20, Great Charles stieet Taylor T. 18, Suffolk street Thompson J. 10J, Gosta grn Thornton E. 42£, NewhaU st Timms W. Handsworth vil. Tinley J. 59J, Constitution hill, & 146, Brd. st. Islngtn Tottey B. ct. 4, Aston road Travis John, 19£, Henry st. Tucker Wm. 25}, Severn st. Turner E. 105, Hospital st Vale James, 8, Livery st Ward Robert, Barford st S. Wareham Geo. 149, High st Bordesley Walthew Wm. 10, Lawleyst Ware Chas. 14, Adderley st Whitworth J. 242,Bradford st Wiseman J. 334, Summer to Witheridge J.ct.2,NewhaU st Pocket Book and Fancy Leather Case Mnfrs. See also Account Book Mnfrs. Amos J. Aston New Town Benson Wm. ct. 11, Hurst st Best Thos. 9, St. Mary's row Brown S. 132, Bath row Clarke J. 41, New Church st Cobley J. 130, Gt. Charlesst Drakeford J. 1 14, Brmsgve.st Furber Jnth. 55, Hockley st Hall S. 83 J, Gt. Charles st Hulston Sarah, York passage Hulston S. Latimer st. South Jeffi-ies Thomas, Regent row King J. 16, George st.Parade Mousley Edw. 177, Unett st Munslow Jas. 12, Bristol st Munslow John, 33, Suffolkst Salt James J. 9, CaroUne st Shaw Edwin, 6, Gt. Russell st Underwood H. 29£, Smlbk.st Underwood J. 165, Bristolst Watt Robert, 25, Ann stieet Polishers. Marked 1 are Fire Iron; 2, Gun ; 3, GunLock; 4, Snuf fer; 5, Spoon; 6,SteelToy; 1, Tool; 8, German Silver; 9, Brass ; i> 10, Candlestick. 2, Ackton Hemy, Cecil st 6 Basford Wm. Hart's mill UIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 371 4,6, Beaver J. Shelton's mill Brooke Edward, Cecil stieet 7 Butcher Jph. Hart's mill 2 Cash E. ct. 22, Weaman st 2 Carter Hy. 19, Princip st 2 Carter Jph. Bullock's mill 3 Chambers B. Bullock'smill 6 Clifford Jas. 33, Fazeley st 9 Cook Fras. Baggot stmiU 10 Davis Wm. 33, Fazeley st 6 Deeley Richard, Cecil st 9 Derry Geo. Baggot st. mill 9 Field J. Bridge st. Broad st 5 Field Wm. Brueton's walk 5 Freeth James, Wallis' mill 8 Gadby George, Shelton's mill, Newhall stieet 4 Gillott David, 7, Dean's pi 1 Glover J. Bedington's mill 1 Gray Tertius, Bullock's ml 4 Griffiths Hy. Wallis' mill 2 Hamilton, Woodward, and Co. court 30, Whittall st 6 Hands J.Charlottest Mills 6 Hattersley G . Cambdg. st Hattersley L. Lichfield st Hill James, ct. 1 1, Hall st 4 Horton G. Brueton's walk 6 Howard W. Bullock's mill IlUdge John, Lichfield mill 6 James Thos. 33, Fazeley st Jefferies J. Charlotte st. mills 2 Lamb G. ct.81,Weamn.st 5 Lewis Benj. 33, Fazeley st 10 Lowe S. Baggot st. mill 8 MorrisD.Charlottest.Mills 6 Mottiam Jas. Dean's mills 8 Pimm Wm. Attwood's mill 6 Price W. New Town row 6 Ralph I. Brueton's walk 1 Rhodes Abel, 33,Fazeleyst 8 Scott Rd. Shelton's mill 2 Sheldon Maria, court 1, Weaman street 6 Shelley Fdk. 33, Fazeley st 6 Shelley William, Hart's ml 2 Soden G. ct. 8, Weaman st 6 SouthallJ.Charlottest.mls Terry Geo. Baggott st. mill 6 ToUey J. Slaney street 5 Tompson Wm. Cook's mill Ward Ann, ct. 9, Loveday st. ; h. Aston New Town 8 Wheeler H. Bridge stieet, Broad street 5 Williams J.55,Woodcockst 6 WestonJ.F.88|, Hockleyst 6 Willels Samuel, Aston st 5 Wilhams&Mason, W allis 'm 6 Willmott J. Attwood's mill 2 Woodward J. Farm street 1 Worroll C. Bedington's ml Wright G. 24, Lancaster st 1 Wright John, Hart's mill 4 Yates Fdk. Lichfield mill Portmanteau, Carpet Bag, Hat Case, and Trunk Makers, See Saddlers also. Greaves Jas. 135, New stieet Harrison John, 2, Ann stieet Jones Wm. 134, New stieet Middlemore Wm. 31, Hol loway head Naylor H. M. 183, Broad st Islington Postage & Light Parcel Case Maker. Hughes Samuel, ct. 18, Up. Hospital stieet Portrait Painters. See Artists. Potatoe Merchants. Adams Wm. 5, Gt. Lister st Ashforth C.95, Bromsgrove st Heslington W. (Yorkshire,) 106, Bristol street Hobday Thomas, 16, Bell st Kimberley J. Market hall Mills J. 141, Gt. Francis st MUls W. 48, Duddeston row Rowe E. 10, Duddeston row Staveley J . 1 84, Broad stieet, Islington Thickbroom Wm. B. Ball st Welch Wm. 122, Snow hil Poulterers and Dealers in Game, Marked * are Poulterers only. See Fishmongers also. •Appleby F. 16, Harford st Biddle T. 86, Broad street, Islington •Burgess H. 73, Navigatn. st Cox James, 31, Ann street *Cox WilUam, Hagley road Eccleston W. 115, Dale end •Ellis Geo. 12, Lancaster st. •Green John, 224, Bristol st •Gregory Jno. 2 1 9, Bristol st HeslingtonW. 106, Bristolst •Jackson S. 76, Stafford st. Jelf W.67,Broad st. Islington Jones John, 65, Digbeth Keirle James, 6, Bull stieet •Maxwell Alfd. 21, Digbeth Mercer Sml. 117, Dale end Potter Stephen, 4, Dale end Power Wm. J. 56, Bull st Rotton William & Son, 112, Dale end Shores Matthew, BeU street •Squelch John, Market hall Taylor J. J. 13, Steelhs. to. Walton Luke, 37, BuU st WhittinghamH.27,Dale end WUd E. 5, Monmouth street Powder Flask, Shot Belt, and Pouch Manufrs. Mrkd." make Dram Bottles, 8/c. Barlow J. & Co. Staniforth st Britton James, 1, Brook st •Edwards T. ct. 169, Broad stieet, Islington Collins T. 55, Up. Tower st. Hemming Samuel, 46, New Summer stieet Johnson & Mould, ct. 15£, Steelhouse lone Middlemore Wm. 31, Hol loway head Organ D. 5, Hampton stieet Organ T. 165, Livery stieet Price Hy. E. 41, Loveday st Roe George, 49, CaroUne st •SmallwoodJ. 38, Weaman st •SmaUwood J.93,Stanifth. st •SmallwoodT.22,Stanifth. st WaddamsAlfred, 1, Brookst Winchurst W. 135, Lionelst Precious Stone Dealers, See also Jewellers. Cox Thomas, 74, CaroUne st Davis William, 34, New st. Dudley W. 14, St. Paul's sq. Keller Louis & Co. 62, St. Paul's square LoveridgeC. 112,Gt.Chas. st PriceJ. jun.86,Gt.Hamptn. st Samuels J.&J.31,Newhallst Stoessiger & Co. 7. Gt Chs. st Print Sellers. See also Booksellers. Everitt E. 66, New stieet LapworthW.R.I,Monmth. st Norton Eliz. 118, New st. Printers (Letter Press.) Marked * are Copper Plate Printers also. Allen Joseph, 11, Cannon st •Alien J .&Son,3,Colmore rw BanghamW.43,Constitn.hill•Bearsley G. jun. York pas. •Belcher J. & Son, 5, Highst Bell James, 8, New stieet 372 Bennett G. B. 86, Aston st. Benson J. 26, Colmore row •Billing M. (steam printing office,,) 75, Newhall stieet Bolton John, 3, Brittle st Brierley J. L. 104, Dale end Brown T. 39, Up. Gough st. Brown W.57,Gt.Hamptonst Colledge Chas. 119, Snowhl Coley, Rogers, & Gough, 9, Exeter row Corns George. 71£, High st ChaUener J .D .194, Ashted r w Davies B. 40, Temple row Deakin A. 42, Edmund st. •DeakinD.P. 12£, Temple rw Devonshire H. 37, Dale end DewsonJ.*Son,107,NewstEdwards Edward Robt. 189, Broad stieet, Islington Feeney John F. 38, New st •Giles Bnj. 204, Heneage st •Gough & Sumner,York pas sage, High stieet •Greaves J. C. 1, Prospectrw Grove J. Tay 's yd.Gt.Cbas. st HaU Benjamin, 71, High st Harris W. 197, HighstDrtnd Hodgetts W. 22, Cannon st Holland Joseph, 51, Ann st. HollyoakeH.29,Smallbrk.st Haswell J. P. 52, New st. HudsonBenjamin, 18, Bullst •Hunt B. & Sons, 75, High st Inwood Robert, 6, Lease to. Joesbury Wm. (Eagle Press,) Aston stieet •Keene Jph. 50, St. Paul's sq Massey E. 14j, Temple row Moore John, 74, High stieet OsborneE. C.29, Bennett's hi •Osborne Jph. 9, Edmund st Pearce Samuel B. 19, Ann st Peart R. & Son, 38, Bull st Pratt WilUam, 82, Digbeth Price F. 33, Church stieet •Price Joseph, 38, Cherry st •Price T. & Co. 14, Ann st •RadclyffeT*Son,108,NewsRagg Thomas, 90, High st Russell S. 24, Old Meeting st •Seymour Chas. 64, Bull st Showell J. W. 26, Temple st •Simmons G.41, Newhallst •Smith Thomas, 73£, High st Smith Wm. B. 110, New st *SolomonG.61, Constitutn.hl •Stone W. 10, Lt. Cannon st Taylor Edwin, 67, Steelhs. In * Tibbitts J . (c. p. only,) Caro lme stieet Tomkinson Richard C. 12, Edgbaston street BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. •Tonks John, 61, Hill stieet Turner Frederick, 3, Snow hi •Turner Jas. 80, Suffolk st Turner Jno. 31, Temple rw Vale Thomas, 113, Moor st •Wadsworth J. 25, Coleshill s * W akeman J .26,Gt.Charles s Watson Chas. 23, Temple st •Watson Geo. ct. 30, New st Watt Robert, 25, Ann street Watton William, 90, HiU st Watts Thomas, 14, Snow hi White & Pike, 14, Bull st • WilktosonC.282,Bradford st •Wilkinson Wm. 29, Bull st Wilson J. & Co. 28£, Ann st Windsor J.94,NewJohn st.W Winnall Henry, 78, High st Wright Wm. 93, Lichfield st Wrighton, Whittle, and Co. 72£, Newhall street Printers' Ink Makers. See Ink Makers. Printers' Joiners. Bradberry J. 70, Cheapside Hill William & Co. (and bro kers,) 54, Bradford stieet Robinson Samuel, 12, Sum mer st. Navigation st Printers' Rule Cutters. Hill W. & Co. 54, Bradford st LucasW.35£, Constitution hi Printing Press Manufrs. Cowper E.(steam,)Harbrn.rd HiU W. & Co. 54, Bradford st Professors, (Languages.) Those Marked 1, are French teachers; 2, German; and 3, Italian. 1 Biet Mon. Alexander, M.A. 8, Colmore row 1 Duchemin Miss A. 35, Paul's square 1,2 Heerlem G.24,Paradise s 1,3 Hobacg Claudine, 125, Broad stieet, IsUngton 1, 3 Martin G.V. 12, St. Mar tin's place 1 Nottelie L. 1, Colmore row 1, 3 O'Flanagan J. I., 16, Newhall stieet 1, 3 Tantam W. 245, New John street, West Valter — , 34, Broad stieet, Islington Professors, (Music, Dan cing, and Drawing.) Marked 1 are Music, 2 Dancing, and 3 Drawing Masters. See also Professors of Lanouages,Academies,and Artists.Aston Mary, (singing,) 120, Bloomsbury place 1 Barton J. * I. (and sing ing,) 118, Broad st. Istota Barwell A. & M. A. (piano,) 65, New Town row 1 Belcher W.T. 56,Dudleyst lBladonT.N.142,Nelsn.st.W 1 Brown Jno. 1 17, Livery st 1 Bull Wm. Rd. 77, Parade 1 Chapman Jno. 127, Broad street, IsUngton Chattaway J. Hamstead rd 2 Cresshull T. 105, New st lDuchemtoC.J.35 StPaul'ss 1 Edger Ann J. 23, Frederick street, NewhaU stieet Eckstein Frances, (singing and piano-forte,) Soho MU 1 Elliott Geo.Wm. 23, Ann st 1 Evens John, 17, Easy row 1 Flavell C.E.25,Bennett's M Flavell S. (singing,) 25, Ben nett's hill 2 GilmerW.5, Temple rw.W Harrod Thomas,(piano-forte and organ,) 1, Hunter's vale, Hunter's lane 1 Haywood G. 82, Albion st Hinemeieef Verr, Warwick pi. Francis st. Hagley rd 1 Hoult Robert, Hunter's to 1 LeipoldJohann,Tenburypl 1 Lyon Jno. D. 106, Bathrw 3 Mills R. 11, Lt. Cannon st 1 Moreton J. 1, Nw.Church s I Munden Thos. Crescent 2 ParkerT.Laurelpl.Haglyj Ralph H. (piano,) VUla st 2 Ridgway J. H. 107, Broad stieet, IsUngton 2RobbinsE.T.90,Belmontrw2RobbinsW.R.90,Belmntrw 1 Shargool Hy. 8, UmOn st Sharman Ann, (harp * sing ing,) 84, New stieet 1 Sharman W. H.84, Newst Stanier Thos. New Bridge st 1 Stevens Charles Jph. 163, Great Charles stieet Sutton T. 116, Ashted row 1 Synyer H. 27, Broad stieet, IsUngton 2 Tencate Ellen, 27, Broad street, Islington BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 373 1 Verdi Carlo, 37, Sherlock st Walker T. & A. 149, Great Charles street 1 Webb E. 1, Lee Crescent 1 WebbGeo.2|, Ludgate hill Wright Adam, 27, Newhl.st 1 Young S. 66, Temple place Provision Dealers. See Cheese, Bacon, Sfc. Fac tors and Shopkeepers. Pump Makers and Well Sinkers. Cade C. 10, Manchester st Caswell T. 258, Bradford st Chirm J. R. 53. Newhall st Clulee John, 160, Tennantst Cutler T. ct. 15, Gt. Barr st Dawes Jas. 95, Coventiy st Degge Simon, 19, Granville st Goodman WilUam, Waterloo place, Bloomsbury Higgins J. 24, Lr. Lawleyst Mills W. 8, Gt. Hampton st Pritchard Rd. 59, Suffolk st Silk Samuel, Coventry stieet Smith Henry, Darwin street Smith T. Aston New Town Stanford James, Norton st Stones J. 4, Cottage Snmr.ln Truman Jph. Lr. Tower st Wilson Wm. 14, Chapel st Winyates Saml. 53, Sheep st Rag & Bone Mchnts. See also Marine Store Dealers. AdamsT.*Co.7, Cambrdg. st Bickley T. 70, Smallbrook st Brannan James, Park lane, Park stieet, Bull ring Harrison Thomas, Old Cross Hudson T. P. 56, Dartmth. st Proctor & Ryland, (bone,) 16, Lister stieet Hailway Break & Con necting Iron Manufrs. Thornton* Sons, 179, Brad ford street RailwayCoach Bldrs. Adams * Allcock, Midland Works, NearWinsongreen Brown, MarshaU, and Co. New Canal stieet Marshall I. & Son, (waggon.) Bangor Wharf, 84, Bor desley street Waddell and WilUams, 26, Pershore stieet Wright Jph. Saltley Works Railway Contractors- Branson &G wyther,Belmt. r Hill Jas.& Ths. Smethwick Kirby H.46, Parkst. Bullrg Pauling Geo. C. Spencer st. Tarver Wm. Springfield st. Railway Handle Mnfrs, and Platers. Gould Thos. 6, Livery st. SmithT.ct.4,Bartholomew st Welch Thos.82, Gt.Brook st Railway Spike Makers. Warden J .&Sons,6 Edgbstn.s WardenJph.jun.Jamaica iw Railway 'Whistle Mkr. Parker C. (and inventor) 42, Cherry street Refiners. Barker Stephen, Mill street Botts*Sons,64,Charlotte st. Brooke W.& Co.354,Cheapsd Cooper C. 120, Gt. Charles s Cox F.26, Gt. Hampton st. Evans*Askin,George stPrd Foster Jas. P. Holt street Hulse Jph.ct.39, H ighst.D er. Lewis Edwin, Pritchet st. Merry My.Sherborne st. whf Myers Maurice, 34, Legge s Parker E. 17,Bartholomew r PearsallW.60,Northwood st PhilUpsJno.&H. PhiUips st. Aston brook WebbW.ct.27,NewSumr. st. Westwood*Son,96,G.Chas.s W estwoodW*Son,375,Smr.l WhistonW.ct.4,G.Hamptn.s Register Offices. Birch EUz. 109, ColeshUl st. BridgewaterE.112,CoIeshl. s Cairns Ann, 36, Colmore rw Daniels EUz. 141, Tennant s HawkinsJ.82,Constitution h Holland Susan, 114. Snow h Jennens H. (late Harrison,) 11, Ann street Lowe Ann, 9, Cannon st. Mason M. 24, IsUngton row Mason Sarah, 24, Cannon s Robinson S. 35, Coleshill st. Row E. 157, Broad st.Islmg. Sheaf Chas. 72, New stieet Tomkis Jas. 5, IsUngton rw Wood Susan, 246, Aston rd. Riddle & Sieve Makers. *,• See Wire Workers. Rivet Makers. Appleby, Strong, & Make peace, 38, Lombard stieet Burton W. ct.20, Park lane, Park stieet, Bull ring Carpenter Thomas H. & Co. Berkley stieet Clarke W. ct. 100, Rea stieet Fellows John, Heathmill In McLeod John, 22, MU1 st. Cumberland stieet Ryland T.H.&Co.Oozellsst Sawyer G. 16, Henrietta st Shaw*Heeley,54, Pershore s ShawH. 18,Parkst. Bullring Shaw W. 10,Park st.Bull ring Stanley A. 3, Gt. Hampton st Stokes Abel, 262, Bradford st Taylor T. 45, Northwood st Warden J. junr. Jamaicarow WardenJ.* Sons, Edgbstn.st Wood & Allcock, Smethwick Roman Cement & Plas ter of Paris Makers. Aingworth Hy. 41, SnowhiU Baker & Co. 78, Digbeth Deeley & Irwin, 4,Up. Priory Parrish Henry, 80, Holt st Rollason Benjamin * Son, 21, Upper Priory Rope & Twine Mkrs. Allen J.& J. 99, Bradford st AllenSaml. 77. Up.Tower st Bangham W. 43, Constitn. hi Brittain John, 42, Horse fair Brittam W. 84, Lichfield st Clay Wm. ct. 8, Inge stieet Garside S. 4, Jamaica row Goodrick G.36,Smallbrook st Harrison Jph. Edward stieet, Palmer street HiUW.217,Highst Deritend Jacques J. 10, Chapel hs. st Jones George, Penn slreet Rabone J. 61, St. Paul's sq Robb W. 155, Gt. Francis st Rose W. 29, Congreve street, and Sand pits Ropery Slater John, 179, Livery st. and Monument lane TomUnson Henry, (dealer only,) 83, Gt. Charles st. Whittle W.&CO.202, Cheapsd 374 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Withers E. 93, Smallbrook st Wright J. T. & E. 20, Dart mouth street RuleMks.CBox & Ivory.) AUen&Rowe, ct. St. Mary's r Aston Sampson, Massbs. In Aston Thomas, 25i, Willis st Aston Thos. 17, Jennen's rw Baker Henry, ct. 61, Cecilst Barrington P.ct.176, Unett st Bedington J. 10, Russell st Bedington John, 40. Digbeth Betts Edwin, 3, Marshall st Betts J. 46, St. James's place Betts Thos. 125, Gt. Brookst BoltonT.*H.62,Lovedayst BradburnG.*T.18,Alcesters Brown W. H. 11, Caroline st Butler B. ct. New Summer st Corbett Thomas, Edmund st Cox Francis B. 50, Camden st Davis George, 2, Key hill Gabriel WUUam, 78, Barrst Griffiths T. 33, Kenion street Haycock E. S. & Co. 40, Woodcock stieet Harper Nathan, Brighton pi Harrison W. 394, Summer In Hemming E. 49,Vauxhallrd Higgison J. ct. 227, Bristol st Hitchen Tbos.37, Horse fair Inman Chas. 11, Newton st LudlowW.2, Bartholomewst Lunt Joseph, 20, Camden st Mallin Abraham, 5,Chapel st Mallin W. 50, New Townrw Man T. H. 24, Loveday st Nisbett Jph. 209, Lawley st Onions Benj. ct. 29, Livery st Probin Wm. Brighton place Rabone T. 172, Hockley hill Russell E.*Co.29,WhittaU st Smith S. A. 368, Coventiy rd Trow Isaac, ct. 8, Loveday st Wilson William, 9, Mott st Saddle Tree Makers. Betts Wm. ct. 6, Windmill st Brown & Son, 7, Moat row Cooling C. 72, Lr. Hurst st Dew J. ct. 11, Edgbaston st Gregory Hy. 1, Bristol place Porter Benj. Sherlock stieet Whait Thomas, 82, Hurst st Saddlers and Harness Makers. Marked * make Portmantuas also. Akers Benj. 61, Coleshill st •Ashford W. and G. (whol.) 25, Masshouse lane Barnes Joseph, ct. 7, Inge st Barttam R. 150, Moseley st Bembridge and Haynes, 21, Congreve street Bright, Martin and Birtles, 39, New stieet Broadway John, 121, High street, Bordesley Bryant Jph. 79, Albion st Carver G. 76, Constitution hi Chester C. Bridge tr.Deritend Clements John, 3, Aston st Edmondson David, 66, High stieet, Bordesley Edmondson Thomas, 206, High street, Deritend English R. 40, Worcester st Ethell My. 79, Worcester st Ethell Wm. Hy. 3, Bull st Evans John, 91, Warwick st Green John, 210, Bristol st Hall WilUam, 206, Livery st Hall W. jun. 51, Belmontrw HardingT. B.Handsworth vl •Harrison John, 2, Ann st Hickin C. 180, Dartmouth st Johnson Wm. H. 99, Hill st Kibble J. 13, Duddeston rw Lucas Thomas, 12, Moat In Maiden James, 81, Suffolk st MarkaU Jas. 20, Suffolk st Martin R. 85, Constitution hi Mathews Thos. 7, Aston st Mealing W.15,Constitutn hi Middlemore WilUam, 31, HoUoway head Mountford W. 36, Bristol st Nickisson Charles, (whol.) 146, Moor stieet Organ Dennis, 5,Hampton s Partridge S. 1, Broad stieet, Islington Penn Wm. 3, St. Martin's In Price John, 27, Masshouse In RoomW.*F.(whol.)8,ParadeRowlands J. 154, Broad st. Islington Sault T. 18J, Lady WeU wk Seal John, 228, Bristol st Seal Thomas, 50, Moor st Short WilUam, 58, Aston st Snelson T. 9,New Meeting st Spicer Rt. 7, St. Martin's to Stockton C. 16, Up.Gough st Taylor John, 5, Balsall st Thomas Rt. 1, Up. Dean st Tookey Rd. 14, Hockley MU Watts Charles, 86, Great Chas.st.*21,Gt.Hmptn. st Weeks T. 140, Icknield st. E Wills Alex. 33, Temple row Wilton J. 76, Broad stlslng Wood WilUam, 75, New st Saddlers' Ironmongers. AshfordW.*G.25, Masshs.ln Bembridge and Haynes, 21, Congreve stieet Bright, Martin, and Birtles, 39, New stieet Cheston Chas. 1, Bridge ter DugardBrothers,22 U. Priory Dunn E. (manfr.) 5, Park st Bull ring Gibson T. (coach) 8, Wea man stieet Horton & Grundy, 43, Brad ford street Hudson S. 40, Banbury st Insole James, 76, Hurst st Lowe J.& H. 3 4, Fordrough st Lowe Wm. (mfr. of tinned,) 12, Castle street Morris Edward, 27, Fleet st Room Wm. & F. 8, Parade Rowlinson Wm. (coach,) 65, Weaman stieet Salt Dealers. Cox WiUiam, 37, Broad st. Jones George, Penn street White R. B. Holt st. Wharf Sand, Glass, and Emery Paper Makers. Baker Siviter, 113, Rea st Dugmore Wm. & Geo. Bread stieet, Hill stieet Hayes John, ct. 6, Inge st Hugh Richard, ct. 5, Bow st Lander C. 100. Steelhouse to Lander T. 8, Gt. Hampton rw Saw Manufacturers. Atkin & Sons, 96, Barford st Betts W. & Co. 58, Ludgt. hi Darby Hy. 17, Freeman st Staniforth* Food, ^Wood cock stieet Saw Mills. Avins Charles and Sons, 36, Worcester wharf Avins Henry, BaskerviUe Saw Mills, Broad street CoxR.W.* Co.Deritend brdg Dean Richd. 15, Pershore st Green Ann and Son, 24 and 25, Princip stieet Hinks Joseph, NewhaU hill Hudson J. and Son, Bridge stieet, Broad stieet JohnsonH.Charlottest.Mills Lewellen* Tuckley,Baggt.s Mills T. Bridge st. Broad st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 37 Padbury R. 18,Wharf stieet, Lawley street Painter John, 75, Cecil st Phillips John, Bridge st. W. Standley Isaac, Staniforth st Wallis Wm. Dartmouth st Scabbard Manufctrs. Butler J. & Son, 141, Broad street, Islington Jackson Geo. New England Pahner John, 91, Aston st Taylor J. High st. Bordesley Scale Beam & 'Weighing Machine Manufactrs. Marked "make Steelyards also. •Avery W. & T. 11, Digbeth Beddows J. 128, Gt. Brook st •Belliston James, 40, Livery street, and ct. 96, SnowhUl Bradley Joseph, 111, Bar tholomew's buildings Chambers, Day, and Mill- ward, 118, Suffolk stieet •CoUins E.3l,NewTownrw •Day & MiUward, 1 18,Suflk.s Dedicoat S. 23, Loveday st •Garland Jas. 38, Lionel st Grove W. jun. 9,Vauxhall st HemmingR.8 J,High s.Drtnd Hickman W. 284, Bradford s Jones Thomas and Sons, 31 and 32, Bradford street Keesey G. W. 26, Allison st LeesWm. 32J, Constitutn. hi Parsons Edward, Bissell st Payne B. ct. 29, Newton st Payne Geo. ct. 10, Digbeth •Pilkinton Geo. 48, Bull st •Randalls. 10,St.Martin's to Reynolds S.jun. ct. 18,Hill st Rogers Peter, 45, Digbeth RoweGrace,(steelyard only,) ct. 15£, Bordesley street Sheldon Frederick, 5, Ellis st Smith John, 39, Caroline st Warwick Wm. 56J, Snowhl •Whitfield T.D.15,Churchst Screw Manufactrs. Abel and Fisher, (flat,) 21, Freeman stieet Bailey Alexndr. 29, Bow st Beardmore Rupert, 82, Hills C arpenterT . H ,&C o.Berkly.s Cookley Wood Screw Com pany, Honduras wharf ; J. Piper, managing partner Cooksey H.* R. 148, High street, Bordesley Edwards James, Ivy lane Farm erW. Bridge st.Broad st Harper & Brookes, court 6, Bradford stieet Hawkins Jno. 22. Princip st Henn &Bradley,231 ,Chpside Hobbis John, 47, Brewery street, Heneage stieet James* Sons, 37, Bradford st Jenkins L. C.208, Ashtedrvv Jevons Bnj. ct. 6, Princip st Lawson and Holden, 147, Great Charles street Lowe Thos. 9, Bordesley st Makepeace and Strong, 38, Lombard stieet Morris W. 28, Cumberland st Nettlefold J.S. BaskervUle pi NeviU Edwd. 48, Warwick st Pynor Jph. ct. 4, Barford st Rotton J. (brass founders',) court 2, Bordesley street Ryland T. H.& Co. Oozells s Rotton Thos. (brass found ers',) court 1, Meriden st Sawyer G. 16, Henrietta st Shaw C. 3 & 6, Branston st Slade Thomas, 51, Bow st Smith WiUiam, ct. 2, Ellis st Stokes Abel, 262, Bradford st StiongWm. Lichfield st. Mill Taylor T. 40, Northwood st Tennant J. ct. 23,Bradford st Thornton* Sons, 179,Brdfd.s Turner J. ct. 8,William st. N Turton Benjmn. 89, HiU st Walters J. 99, Railway ter Warden J. jun. Jamaica row Screw Jack Manuftrs. Abel*Fisher,21,Freemanst Thornton &Sons, 179, Brad ford street Woolley Richd. Bradford st. Screw &ETail Platers. Aston E. 1 1 8f , New Canal st Litchfield J. 2, Rowland st Poller C. Belmont row Smith T.ct.4,Bartholomewst Walton W. 30, Novascotia st Screw Plate Manuftrs. See Die, Stock, Si Screw Plate Manufacturers. Sculptors. Cooke William, Newhall hill Hollins P. 17,Gt Hampton st Moysen Wm. Granville st Sealing Wax Manufrs. Powell WUUam, 3, Princip st Salmon CM. 24, Edgbastn.st Seed Merchants. Burbidge H. 291, Bradford st Buibidge Thos. 16, High st BurbidgeW. 136,Bromsgrv. st Calder E. & Co. 149, Lan caster st. & 2, Easy row Freer E. & Son, 28, Digbeth Gough George, 36, Digbeth Harris W. & Son, 57,Snow hi Nock Henry, 44, Dale end Savage Thomas, 12, High st Snow Edward, 56, High st Shawl, Cloak, & Mantle Warehouses. Crump James, 64, Bull st. Page Joseph, 81, Bull st. Sheriff's Officers. Badham F. O. (Warwick and Stafford,) 3.}, Bennett's hi Hancox Thomas,(Warwick,) 30, Temple street Shoe Heel & Tip Mkrs. Deeley A. S. Brasshouse pas Gold John, 40, Lionel stieet Shoe "Lift Makers. See Tinned Iron Spoon, tfc. Makers. Shopkeepers. Adams E. sen. 22,Northwd. st Adams James, Soho MU Adams T. 2, Ludgate hill Adams William, Skinner st Adderley J. 13, Bordesley st Allday J. 56, St. George's st Allen Alfred, Aston brook Allen Anthy. 47, Allison st Allen E. 34, Loveday stieet Allen Frederick. Lozells Allsop Henry, 43, Thorp st Ansell T. 126, Heathmill In Ansley George, 25, Doe st Ansley J. 34, Trent stieet Appleby D. 14, Ludgate hill Appleby F. 16, Harford st Ashbee E. 70, Bell Barn rd Arkinstall A. Spencer street Ashford D.10, Moseley stieet Ashton W. 94, Lancaster st Ashwin C. Edward st. Pard. Aston S. 58, Kenion stieet AtMns E. 95, Wells street Atkins S. 74, Northwood st Atkins Thos. 92, Hockley st Atkinson Wm. 37, Hall st Austin W. 27, Fazeley street Axon G. 40, Up. Hospital st 376 BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Bagley James, Sand pits Bagnall Wm. 4, Charlotte st Bailey D. 39, St. George's st Bailey Elizabeth, Soho road Baker J. M. 343, Summer In Baker Thos. Buckingham pi Buckingham stieet Baker T. 76, Allison street Baker Thomas, 8, Brook st Baldwin J. Adderley street Banks J. 51, Lancaster st Barlow J. Frederick stieet Barnett C. 150, Camden st Barnett Rd. 42, D udley stieet Barratt James, 70, Oxford st Bartlam C. Aston NewTown Barton S. 267, Bell Barn rd Barton T. 20, Fleet street Bassett E. 95, Albion street Baswell Susannah, Gough st Baylis C. 31, Wharf stieet Bayliss T. 156, Livery stieet Beard WUUam, 1, Sun stieet Beck John, 58, Sheep street Beck WilUam, 28. Cregoe st Beech Jas. 4, Sun st. West BeedlesonW.17,Washngtn.s Benton John, 40, Aston st Beresford Jph. 30, Howe st Bevan Amelia, 46, Ellis st Bevon Matth. 20, Latimer st Bill John, 62. HoUoway hd Birch J. 36, New Town row Bishop C. 136, Darwin stieet Bishop F. 56, Bartholomw. st Biven Thomas, 41, Vale st Blackford W. 18, Lancsti. st Blackham J. 103, Barr st.W Bladen F. Edward st. Parade Bluck Benj. 71, Pershore st Blunt H. 65, Woodcock st Blyth T. 18, New Town row Boden Wm. 124, Price stieet Boffey C. 52, Fordrough st Bolt Mary, 70, Allison stieet Bolt Henry, 83, Slaney stieet Bond John, Bond stieet Booth Edw. F. 173, Unett st Bott J. 188, New John st.W Boughton Thomas, Aston rd Bourne William, 23, Bread stieet Church stieet Bowen J. 41, Duddeston rw Bowes G. 211, Bristol stieet Box George, 1 1, Bloomsbury Boyle A. 38, Nelson st.W est Bradbury Richard, Garbett st BradshawW. High st. Drtnd. Bragton L.65, Howard place Brannon J. 24, Allison stieet Bray Edw. 30, New Canal st Breedon Thomas, l,Victoria terrace, Hockley hill Breeze W.72, Meriden street Breraton M. 54, Fazeley st Bridgwater J. 287, Sumr. In Brittain Edw. 48, Lister st BroadheadT.21,Staniforth st Brockett Thos. St. Vincent st Brockington W. 99, Smith st Bromley E. 7, Nelson st. W Brooks T. 54, Gt. Colmore st Broomfield T. 20, Pigott st Broughall C. 23, Bishopgt.st Brown G. lll,Gt.Hamptn. st Brown Jas. 28, Hampton st BrownJohn, 3, Sherbourne st Brown John, 82, Lichfield st Brown S. A. 90,W arstone to BuckerfieldW.14,Sherlock st Buckley Eliz. 37, Queen st Buckley J. 62, Bromsgrove st BuUivantW.54,Up.Hosptl. st Burford My. 15, SmaUbrk. st Burgess C. 16, AlUson stieet Burgess C. 40, Brearley st.W Burgoyne WilUam, Tindall stieet buUdings Burton Carey, 45, Barn st Burton John, 77, Barford st Busby Joseph, 43, Inge st Bush EUza, 92, Up. Towerst ButlerA.12,Breadst.Newhl.s Butler Jph. 18, Summer row Byrne P. 1, Allison street Bywater Jph. 3, Ludgate Mil Cadby George, 10, Tanter st Capewell T.St. John's place Carpenter James, 14, Bow st Cassell Jph. 145, Barford st Catley My. 73, Steelhouse to ChalUnor Chas. 28, Thomas stieet, Dale end Chandler My. 19, Bromsgv.st Chaplin Thomas, 29, Cox st Chinn Jno. 20, Up. Tower st Clark Mary, 105, Suffolk st Clarke Charles, 27, Milk st Clarke D. 4, Sherbourne st Clarkson Thos. 47, London Prentice stieet Clements Joseph, 38, Cox st Clews W. 127, Up.Windsor st CUft Ann, 8, Chapelhouse st Coates John, 49, Sun stieet Cobley Harriet, 32, Livery st Cole John, 36, Barford stieet Cole Wm. Macdonald stieet Colebatch J. 18, Sun stWest ColUns Jph. 157, Livery st ColUns Jph. 58, Brearley st Cook Fdk. Adelaide stieet Cook T. 166, Gt. Francis st Cooke W.88,Bartholomew st Coombes John, 109, Smith st Cooper Chas. 67,Weaman st Cooper F. R. 14, Hospital st Cooper J. 107, Coleshill st Cooper John, 43,Vauxhallrd Cooper T. 25. New Inkleys Corfield WilUam, 13, Price st CornwallBenj.Winson green CottieU William,40, Digbyst Court Francis, 28, Tonk st CoxFrancis,24, Nw.Townrw Cox Jph. 7, Holloway head Cox Joseph, 28, Water stieet Cox Samuel, 152, Livery st Cox WiUiam, Gibheath Crane William, 1, Cox street Creed My. 51, Up. Gough st Creswick Jas. Macdonald st Crowton My. 48, Cardigan st Crutchley Hy. 172, Brearley stieet, West Curtis John, 103, Lawleyst Darley H. F. 1 54, Brearley st D avenport Ann, 27, Mount st Davenport T. 92, Willis st Davies John, 64, Suffolk st Davies Wm. 26, Cottage In Davis EUz. 49, Lancaster st Davis F. Park st. BuU ring Davis Rt. 5, New Summer st Day John, 36, Thorp stieet Deakin W. 150, Nelson st.W Deakin T.ct 6, Little Bowst Debar John, 18, Duke stieet DewsburyA.21,Constitn. MU Docker C. 38, Alcester stieet Dowler Saml. H, Suffolk st Doytt Thomas, 20, Cecil st Drew Wm. Great King st Drury J. 123, Gt. Brook st Duke W. G. 36, Summer M Dunn J. 118, Gt. Brook st Durn Chas. 28, Lr. Hurst st Eades Rd. 52, Ludgate MU Eaton Thos. 123, Cheapside Edge John, Granville street Edge Wm. 36, Hampton st Edmonds Jno. 33, Sun st. W Edwards E. 109, WilUam st Edwards H. 163, Ashted rw Edwards Wm. 8, Cheapside Egington Francis, BisseU st EUis Richard, 64, Howe st Endsor Mary A. Fox stieet Evans D. 86, Park st. Bullrg Evans Edw. 200, Ashted row Evans Rd. 45, Navigation st Everett J. 109, Bridge st. W Fantom M. J. 57, Gt. Barr s Farmer James, 18, Oxford st Faulconbridge J. 28,Legge st Fawdry J. Birmingham nth FearnlyI.29,High stDeritnd FellowsJ. 73, NewJohn st.W Fellows K. 30, Stafford st BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. 377 Fcrredy Win. 23, Holland st Ferrer Eli, 19, Darwin street Field Mary, Lee Bank road Finnemore G. 30, Hospital st Fisher Giles, 15, Ruston st Fisher P. 37, Steelhouse lane Fitzer Emma, 44, Loveday st Flood Andrew, 27, Livery st Floyd Henry, 29, Garbett st Flaharty Roger, 99, Livery s Forman M. 3, Up. Gough st Foster Mary, 98, Coleshill st Fletcher H. 17, Ladywood In Freeman J. 16, Granville st Freeman R. 116, Bradford st Froggatt H. 42, Old Cross st Gadsby Benjn. 120, Moor st Gardner Mary, 32, Hall st Garfield Hy. 334, Summer In Gateley E. 40, Lichfield st Gear Henry, 62, Cardigan st Gee Sarah, 42, Up. Tower st George Mary, 26, Inge st George Sarah, 31, Fleet st Gibbs Jph. 136, Lawley st Gooch E. 53, Lancaster st Gooch Jonathan, 44, Price st Goodlow T. 4, Henrietta st Goodwin Hy. 1, Ickmeld st Gordon C. 45, Essex street Goulden Aun, 8, HiU stieet Gray Geo. 42, Woodcock st Gray John, 13, Curzon st. Greaves Benj. 26, Buck st. Green J. 167, Gt. Francis st Green WilUam, 41, Fox st. Greenhill My. 98, Carver st. Greenway S. Barford st. S. Greenway W. 10, Kenion st Grew Susanh. 41, Church st Grice Joseph, Ledsam street Griffin Wm. 25, Bristol st Griffis Roger, 192, Livery st Griffish Richard, 25, Essex st Griffith E. 29,Buckinghamst Griffith Thos. Lee Bank rd. Griffith Wm. 25, Bristol st. Griffiths J. 16, Gt. Colmore st Grigg Samuel, 48, Loveday st Guest T. 88, Camden stieet GurneyJ. 80, Park st. BuU rg Guy Charles, 60, Lichfield st Haden J. 35, New Inkleys Hairs W. T.68, Bromsgrv. st Hall Jas. 157, Brearley st.W Hall Josh. 52, Dartmouth st Hall Wm. Aston New Town Hammond M. 48, Livery st. Hamnett B. 25, Freeman st Hancocks F. 150, Moseley st Hancox Richard, 31,Sheep st Hands Wm. 74, Staniforth st Hanks J. jun. 6, Holland st Harbeg Mary, 41, Sun street Harper Jas. 75, Hospital st Harris E. 18, Duddeston rw Harrison A. J. 31, Bath st Harrison P. 66, Suffolk st Hart Fdk. 33, Lr. Hurst st. Harvey Rd. 2, Norfolk st Hateley G. 50, Lr. Tower st Hawkins P. 98, Park stieet, Bull ring Hawkins S. 6. Wharf stieet, Suffolk street Hayward W.l,Brearley st.W Haywood D. 19, Shadwell st Haywood R. 236, Heneage st Haywood S.61 St. Martin's st Haywood W.275,Bradford st Heath John, 13, Loveday st Hemmensley C. 76, Aston rd Herbert H. 66,Gt.Colmore st Herbert Jas. 17, Thorp st Hewlett Edwd. 17, Legge st Heynes P. 138, Livery st Hicken R. 253, Aston road Higginbotham E. & M. A. 157, New Town row Higginbotham WiUiam, 24, Little Charles stieet Hilditch Wm. 182, Lawley st Hill Henry, Tennant street Hill John, pO, Gt. Charlesst HiU S. & M. 17, Bishopgt. st Hind Jane, Inge stieet Hinde Thomas, 4, Inge st. Hincksman S. 44,Dudstn.rw Hipwood J. 34, Mount st Hitchings James, 17, John stieet, Dale end HolUs M. 57, Bartholmw. st Holston J. 121, Tennant st Homer Jph. 21, Brearley st. Hood Thos. 89, Hampton st Hooper J. 71, Lr. Tower st Hope James, Spencer street Hopley H. 11, Fordrough st Hopkins M. 32, Cross st. HornidgeJ.10, St.Martin'sst Horton J. 104, Up. Tower st Houton Wm. 344, Cheapside Howse E. 23, Lady Wood to Howse Wm. 8, Charlotte st. Hudson Hy. 148, Lawley st Hughes Henry, 18, Lench st Hughes Samuel,l 11, Moor st Hughes Samuel, 10,Slaney st Hughes W. 93, Park stieet Bull ring Humphries J. Macdonald st Humphries W.22, Barford st Humphreys G. 39, Aston st Hunt J. D. 235, Cheapside Hyde WiUiam, 151, Unett st Jackson Samuel, 1, Mott st. Jackson Sarah, 6, Bristol st. Jackson T. Lr. Pershore st James Thos. 19, Balsall st James Thomas, 1 , Aston rd James WilUam, 11, Cox st .lander Maria, 36, Essex st Jenkins Hy. 69, Edmund st Jenkins Henry, 17, High st. Deritend Jester E. 34, Bromsgrove st Jevon M. 20, Latimer st. S, Jinks Edward, Latimer st. S Johnson R. 89, U.Hospital st Johnson T. 27, -Floodgate st Johnson W. H. 99, HiU st Johnson W. 63, Cottage In. Jones Edward, 177, Wellst Jones E. 281, Bell Barn rd. Jones Edw. 63, Hospital st Jones M. A. 44,U. Windsor st Jones Walter, 23, Ivy lane Juckes T. 4, Coventiy stieet Judd Edward, 26, Hockley st Keene Alfd. 37, Hampton st KelsaU E. 20, Grosvenor stW Kempson Mary, 3 Cox street Kendrick Richard, Blucher st Kettle S. 108, Gt. Brook st Key Jph. 155, Hampton st Knight John, 33, Lench st Knight Wm. 23, Lichfield st KoughJ.32, John st.Dale end, Lakins Wm. 24, Darwin st Lakins T. 161, High stieet, Bordesley Lawrence B. 7, Fordrough st Lea J. 21, Bartholomew st Lee C. 36, Lower Hurst st Lee James, 231, Sherlock st Leek William, 69, Bath row Leeson A. 4, Bromsgrove st Lewellin Wm. 93, Holt st Lewis E. 50, Navigation st Lewis John, 48, Gti King st Lewis T. 61, Edgbaston st Lilley J. 2, Bridge st. Bel mont row Linforth J. 52, Trent stieet Lloyd Job, 47, Howe street Lloyd Thos. 86, Hospital st Lowe E. 28, Nelson street Lowe Rd. 231, New Town r Lowe R. 13, St. Martin's rw Lynman T. 5. Fordrough st Lyster C. 9, Gt. Hampton st Mansell J. 76,Bromsgrove st Mansell Lucy, 24,Norfolk st Markham W.53,Heneage st Marsden Ann,108, Cregoe st MarsdenSampson,Clement s Marsh John, 20, Baggot st Marsh S. 26, Vauxhall road Marson Eliz. 80, Hockley st 3B 378 BIRMINGHAM TBADE LIST. Marson Jabez, 256, New John street, West Martin Fanny, 39, Lawley st Martin Joseph, 21, Cregoe st Martin T. 27, Essington st McCoody J. 54, Edgbaston st Middleton WilUam, Farm st Millichap J. 1 16, Heneage st Mills E. 367, Nw. John st.W MolesA.13,King Edward'srd Moon James, 1, Engine st Moore W. 82, St. Martin st Morecroft G. 48, Harford st Morgan H.17, Cumberland st Morgan Rd. 17,Gt Colmore st Morley John, 122, Suffolk st Morris Maria, Sherbourne st Morris Sarah, 107, HUl street Morris Thos. 42, Sherlock st Morton Geo. 43, Hamptn. st Morton John, 92, Suffolk st Morton WUUam, 106, Hill st Motteram Hy. 48, Livery st Mountford T. Bromsgrove st Neal WUUam, 26, Cross st Neal WUliam, 22, Buck st Neal Thomas, 42, WUUam st Newey John, 48, Edmund st NichoUs Chs. 6, Lichfield st NichoUs Geo. 30, Livery st Nicholls Hy. 25, Spencer st Nicholls S. 9, New Church s Nichols Chs. 16, Lichfield st Nichols Jph. Wheeley's lane Nightingale E. 86,Edmund s Nock J. 148, Adderley stieet Noddege Sml. 53, Moland st Noon Darnel, 13, Hurst st Oakley J. 100, Gt. Russell st Onslow Ann, 78, Hockley hi Orme Thomas, 30, Hurst st Osborn Charles, 33, Doe st Osborn Wm. 23, Henry st Oseman T. Nechells green Owen Wm. 29, ColesMU st Owens John, 14, Cregoe st Pardoe John, 112, Holt st Parkes B. 43, Hospital st Parkes Isaac, 24, I- leet st ParkesR. Park rd.NecheUs g Parkes Wm. 72, Mott street Parkin Rt. Granville street Parry Thomas, Ryland st. N Parsons Wm. 45, Moland st Partiidge Rd. 15, Benacre st Pearce J. B.45, Barford st Pearce Jas. 27, Granville st Pearinan T.94,Gt.Hamptn s Pearson Wm. 65, Princip st Pemberton J. New Thos. st Pendleton S. 19, Regent pi Pepper J. 23, Meriden stieet Perkes II. 71, Gt ilamptn.r Perks Rd. 30, Sheepcote st Perrow J. D. 36, ColesMU st Perry J. 54, Bartholomew st Perry Jas. 55, Edgbaston st Pervis George, 55, Cregoe st PhiUips C. 15, Bishopgate st Phillips G. 18, Old Inkleys Pitchford Job, 27, Dale end Piatt Geo. 23, Ludgate hill Pogmore Jph. 10, Howard st Pott David, 17, Price stieet Poulton J. 47, New Canal st Powell Chas. 158, Livery st Powell John, 28, Stone yard Preston Wm. 72, Edmund st Price C. 131, Nelson st. West Price Frederick, LeeBankrd Prichard T. 24, Harford st PrichittB.49,Communicatn.r Pridmore Jph. 25, Livery st Prigg Eliz. 9, St. Martin's rw Pritchett F. 45, Gt. Russell st Pugh George. 80, Loveday st RansomM.A.21, Woodcock st Raven G. 12, Hospital stieet RavenscroftG:46, Edgbstn. st Reader W. G. 63, Slaney st Reading EUz. 29, Fleet stieet Reading R. 10, Edmund st Reddall M. Lodge road Redshaw T. 8, Chapel street Robbins Jph. 26, Congrevest Robins Sarah, Lr. Temple st Roberts E. J. 9, Congreve st Roberts George, 18, Carver st Roberts J. 47, Up. Trinity st Robinson Frederick, Lozells Robinson J ohn, 36, T anter st Roe M. A. 121, Hockley hill RoUason Jas. 23, Sherlock st Rose John, 28, Cherry stieet Row WilUam, 32, Fox stieet Rowe Henry, 74, Weaman st RowUnson Wm. 31, Unett st Russell Wm. 10, Cannon st Ruston J. 214, New Town r Ryan J. 7, Ruston st. North Ryland J. W. 34, Summer to RymanG. 106, Constitutn.hl Sadler George, Stamforth st Sanders John, 19, Bath st Sanders Wm. 43, Oxford st Savage Mary, 82, Highgate Sawyer John, 28, Tennant st Scarrott Geo. 38, WiUiam st SchofieldJ. 10,Lr. Pershore st Scragg EUz. Sherbourne st Scragg George, TindaU st. Morville stieet Sell Chas. 122, Gt. Charlesst Shale T. 43, Duddeston row Shaw Sarah, 22, Loveday st Sheath Frederick, 5, Potterst Shelton T. Gt. Francis stieet Sheridan C. 12, Old Inkleys Shirley T. 79, Steelhouse to Silver A. Saltley lane Sketchley J. 115, Hockley hi SmaUwoodT.5,StMartin's to SmallWoodW.16,Dartmth. st Smith A. Gibheath Smith Benj. 33J, Wharf st Smith F. C. 73, CaroUne st Smith G. 102, Pritchett street Smith Jas. 33, Bell Barn rd Smith John, 8, Gough street Smith L. 46, Bartholomew st Smith Peter, 124, Lancsti. st Smith Rd. 60, Henry street Smith Thos. 9, Lr. Temple st Smith W. 39, Cumberland st Smith WilUam, Wilson stieet Smith W. 54, Up. Hospital st Smith W. 44, Great Barr st Smith W. 17. Bordesley st Sores A. 7, Park to. BuUring Southall J. 136, Bradford st Spicer W. Morley's buUdings Stanley M. A. 10,Bordesleyst SteapenhiU W. 94, Francis st Steer Hy. 21, BeUBarnroad Stewart Jas. Lee Bank road Stokes M.53, ColesMU stieet Stieet Charles, Gibheath Stringer W. 22, Dartmouth st Summer J. 80, New Inkleys Summerton A. Edward stPard SunderlandT. 24|, N.town r TabbernerJ. 8, LondonPren- tice stieet Tarplee G. 7, Ryland stieet Tate Wm. Bridge st. West Tayler Hy. 89, Bishopgt. st Taylor George, Gibheath Taylor John, 35, Wharf st Taylor Wm. 66, HiU street Taylor WilUam, Goode stieet Thay James, 47, Blucher st Thomas J. 9, HoUowayhead Thomas W. 31, Gt RusseU st Thompson Chas. Lodge road Thompson J. Hunter's lane Thornton G.29, Nelson stW Tildsley Wm. 19, Lr. Priory Till John, 85, Moseley street Timmins S. 116, Hamptonst Todd WiUiam, 22, Duke st Tomkto My. Lady Wood to Toy Barbara, 235,Sherlockst Treavor P. 85, Coleshill st Trickett W.13, Ravenhurstst Trotman A. 11, Summerrow Tuckley W. 36, Fisher stieet Tull Henry, 75, Allison st Turley E. 12, Palmer street Turnbull E. 32, Nelson st W Turner J. 2, Wheeley's lane Turton John, Lodge road Tutthall Wm. 40, Price st Tyler J. 220, New Town rw Vale J. 161, Bromsgrove st Veisey David, 53, Princip st Vickers Thos. 45, Howard pi Vincent J. 87, Bradford st Wakelam J. 18, Ludgate hi Wakelam Jph. 7, William st Wakeman Geo. 13, Lister st Walker Rt. 66, GtCharles st Walker S. 60, Dartmouth st Wall M. A. Claverdon stieet Wallcroft J. 24, Lichfield st Walton M. A. Gower street Walton S. 263, Bell Barn rd Ward John, Aston road Ward W. 27, Bishopgate st Waren Jph. 7, Windmill st Warr II. 49, St George's st Warren S. 191, Ashted row Warrington T. 232, Bristol st Warwood J. 131, Camden st WatkinsJ.146, Gt. Hamptn r Watkins B. 186, Camden st Watson Sarah, 41, Aston st Watson Wm. 11, Lt Chas. st Watts Robert, 8, Gt. Barr st Wear J. H. 1 13, Up. Towerst Weaver E. 57, Smallbrook st Webb John, 55, WiUiam st Welchman W. 30, Camden st WeUs Eliza, 42, Bow stieet Whait Thomas, 82, Hurst st Whalan Danl. 62, Princip st Whatten Jas. 22, Kenion st Whatton Thos. 106, Barr st Wheeler John,30, Edmund st White John, 61, Summer In White S. 39, Smallbrook st Wilkens My. 98, Heneage st WilkesSusannah,14, Essex st WilkinsonAnn,147, Liveryst WilldiggAnn, 197,Heneage s Williams C. C. 125,Francis st WUliams Hemy, 42, Price st Williams J. 67, St. Martinst WilUams T. 56, Weaman st Willis Wm. 1, St. Martin st Wilson Jph. 74, Bromsgrv. st Windle Cath. 58, Graham st WinwoodC.*M.93,Suffolk st Wise Mary, 118, Tennant st Wood George, 33, Wharf st Wood W. C. 20, Sheepcote st Woodcock W. 164, Great Hampton row Woodfull W.40,Up.Tower st Woodham T. 66, Woodcock s WoodrowffeF.25,Bordesley s Woolley T. 2%, Thomas st Dale end BIRMINGHAM TRADE LIST. Worrall John, 26, L.Hurst s Wragg Geo. 161, Livery st Wright W. 60, Bromsgrove s Wright William. Coburgh pi Yardley J. 40, Gt. Brook st Yates Mary, 1 15, Ashted rw Short Hand Writers. Brindley Major, 87, Unett st Caldicott A. M. Lee Crescent Crowther J. 33, Highgate Goodwin J. 33, Colmore rw Sharp N. 21, Henry stieet Silver and Flated Ware Manufacturers! Marked * are Electro, and t Magneto Platers. See also Platers on Steel, fyc. •Allport J. 12, Weaman rw Alexanders James, court 12, Great Charles stieet Baker I. (dish cover) 110, Great Hampton stieet Baker John, 57, Graham st Barker W. T. 42,Paradise st *BarnettW.ct.8,Smallbrook s Bladder W. 21, Mary Ann st Bowen J. 127, Hospital st BroughThomas,32, Sun stW •Buckley*Hope,33,Hckly. h "tCollis Geo. R. Church st Creed Joseph, 1, Carver st Darby John, ct.26, SnowhiU •Davies Chas. 3, Howard st Dixon Matth. 137, Snow hill •Doley, Wilkes and Doley, 39, Camden stieet Edwards & BaU, 82, High st •tElkington, Maspn and Co. Newhall stieet •Evans S. 39, St. Paul's sn on the , Heath R JBrailes V. Burmington .. R Butler's Marston V. iCharlcore V herringion . . R Compton Long V. Satngton V. Halford R. 'Hampton Lucy II. I Hnnington V. Ildliciite R. jllmington R. Kineton V. with Comhrook .. C. fjithorne R- Loxley V. Morton Morrell P. C. Newbould Pacey V. Newbold on Stour R. Allesley R Ansley Y. Bedworth R. Brinklow R. Bulkington . . V. Church Over . . R Corley Y. Coventry, St. Michael V St. John R, Holy Trinity V. Christ's Church P.C St. Thomas.. P. C St. Peter P. C.1 Kere-dey P. C. Exball V. Foleshill V. St. P.ul P. C. Frankton R. Harborongh. Gt. and Little .. R. Monks Kirby V. with Withybrook V. anil Copston Magna C. Newbold on Avon V. Stivicball P. C. Stoke V . with So we V . Stretton on Duns- moor V. It lOxhill Pillerton Hor sey V. with Lower Piller ton V. Shenuington.. R. Sliipston on Stour R. with Z.dmington R. Stratford upon Avon V. Holy Cross Chapel Bishop Tsltching- ton(Pec)V.with Chadshunt C. andG-ivton.. C. Bobbenhall .. P. C. Burton on Duns- moor R- Chm-ch Lawford R wi'.h Newn ham Kegis.. V. Ciift on on Duns- moor, V. with Brownsover C. Duncburch . - V. Grandboiough V. Hilinorton V. Honingham .. P. C. ItchingtuuLongP. C. Ladbroke K- LeamingtonHas- tings V. M rton V. Nanton on the Hill V. Radburn R- Rugby K- New Church P. C. Shilton PC. ShuckburghL'p- per P.C. Southam R- Stockton R. \V appenbnry . . R. Willonghby .. V. Woltharncote.. V. Wolstan V. Cfton .- P. S. jTredington . . n ¦iTysoe V. with •j 'Com .tonWy- ¦! nates I •jWasperton .- \ ¦WellesbourneY.•J with Walton Deiville Whateot r Which foi-d I Whitchurch .. I Wolford A DEANERY OF MA RTON. Bilton I Birbury R. with Birdenbury I DEANERY OF STONELEIGH OR STONELEY. A show R- Bagginton . . R. Binley Don. Cheste ton . . P. C. Cubbiugfon .- V. Dassett Magna V. Dassett Parva, or Avon Das sett. R Farnborough . . V. Fenney Comp ton R. Hardwick Pri ors V. with Marston Priors C. a,nd Snckburgh In ferior .. C. Hnrbury V. Ken'l worth .. V. Leamington Priors V. HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 423 St. Mary's.. P C. DEANERY ExhallR.with Sherborn P . C. Leek Wootton V. W igglesford ClSnitterfield .. V. Lillington V. OF H aseley R. S|iernall R. Offchurch V. WARWICK. Haseior Y. 'Studley. V. RadtbrdSemele V. Ha: ton ?. C. tamworth .. V. Radway V. Alcester R. Henley' in Ar St. Patrick, Ratley V. Arrow R. den P. C. Salters street P. c. Ryton in Duns- Aston Cantlow V. Ipsley - R. TempleGrafton P c. moor P c. Bearley P C. Kiuwarton, R. Warwick, Shotteswell .. V. Beaudesert .. R. with Great St. Mary V. Stoneleigh V. Bid'ord V. AInev C. St. Piuls.... P. c. Chapel of'ease c. Billesley R. and Wethley C. St. Nicholas V. Tachhrook .. V. Binton It. Lapworth R. Wolverdinton R. Warmington.. R. Bndbrooke .. V. Morton Bagot R. Wootton War- V. Weston under Claverdon V, Oldberrow . . R. ven, V. Weatherley V. with Norton Preston Bagot R. withUUenhall c. Witnasb R. Lindsey P. C. Priors Salfoid V Wroxhall c. Wormleighton V. Coughtoa V. Rowington . . V. Ecclesiastical Commission. — By letters patent, dated the fourth day of February, in the fifth year of the reign of William the Fourth, a commission was appointed to inquire into the state of the established church, wilh reference to ecclesiastical duties and revenues. An Act was passed 6th and 7th William IV., by which the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Lord High Chancellor, the Lord President of the Coi ncil, the Lord High Treasurer, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with others, form a body politic and corporate, by the name of the -' Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Eng land," for the above purposes ; great changes are gradually taking place. Ecclesiastical Revenues. — The Ecclesiastical Commissioners reported, in 1835, that the total amount of the gross annual revenues, of the several archipiscopal and episcopal sees in England and Wales, was £181,631.. affording an average of £o'727. ; and the total amount of the net annual revenue of the same was £160,292., affording an average of £5936. The total amount of the gross annual revenues of the several cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales, was £284,241., and the net annual revenues of the same was £208,289. The total amount of the tross annual separate revenues of the several dignitaries and other spiritual persons, members of the cathedrals and other collegiate churches, in England and Wales, was £75.854. ; and the total amount of the net annual revenues of the same £86,465. The total number of benefices, with and without cure of souls, the incumbents whereof have made returns to onr inquiries, omitting those which are permanently or accustomably annexed to superior preferments, was 10,540. The total a iiount of the gross annual revenue of these benefices, £3,197-22.3., giving an average income to each of £303. ; and the total net annual revenues of the same, £3,004,7-1., giving an average income of £285 The total number of benefices, with and without cure of souls, in England and Wales, including those not returned, but exclusive of those annexed to other preferments, (about 24 in number,) is 10,7 1 8 ; the total gross income of which, according to the above calculation, would be £3,251,159. ; and the total net income thereof, £3,055.451. The total number of curates returned as employed by resident incumbents, was 1,006, whose annual stipend, or payment in money, amounted to £87.075., affording an average of £86. Those employed by non-resident incumbents were 4.224, the amount of their stipends £337,620., and the average £/9. The average stipend of the whole of the curates being £81. In concluding their report, the ecclesiastical commissioners state, that the archbishops and bishops, in addition to the payment of fees, first fruits, and tenths, and other charges incident to their taking possession of their preferments, are subject to heavy expenses for the support and reparation of their houses of residence ; 3 G 2 424 HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIEE. that on the archdeacons, the supervision of their archdeaconries, sometimes extending over a large territory, entails, in many cases, an expenditure exceeding the whole emolu ments of their office; and their cost and charges for first frnits and fees of admission, generally exceed the amount of their receipts for the first two or three years after their entering office. Queen Anne's Bounty. — First Fruits and Tenths. — From the earUest period, every bishop and clergyman has been required to pay the amount of his first year's in cumbency into a fund, and every succeeding year one tenth. These first fruits and tenths were collected at their full value, and applied to the use of the Pope, as early as the time of Pope Nicholas IV., (1200 ;) for this purpose avaluation was made of all the ecclesiastical livings in England, which is still preserved in the rebrancer's office, and designated " Valor of Pope Nicholas IV." At the time of the reformation, Henry VIII. passed a law, with the sanction of ParUament, declaring that the first fruits and tenths should be appropriated to the use of the state ; and he caused an accurate and full valuation to be made of the ecclesiastical livings, which were accordingly paid into the exchequer till the reign of Queen Anne, with the exception of a short period in the reign of Philip and Mary. Queen Anne, deploring the wretched condition in which many of the clergy were placed, owing to the insufficiency of their livings, came to the determination that the first fruits and tenths should be paid into a fund called •' Queen Anne's Bounty," and that the amount should be appropriated to the livings of the poor clergy. No fresh valuation was made since 1535, and registered in what is called the King's Book, till that made by order of the commission, in 1835, on which the payments are nowregulated. That the payment might not operate oppressively , the first year's in come was to be paid by four annual instalments, and aU livings of smaU value were entirely exempt, and hence called " discharged livings." During the time of popery, a large portion of the tithes had been alienated from the parishes, for the endowment of religious houses, or for chantreys, to say masses for the dekd, etc. The governors of Queen Anne's bounty, sometimes aided by private benefactions, and at others by par liamentary grants, for the endowment of churches, have been able greatly to augment many of the poorest livings ; and now the resources at the command of the ecclesiasti cal commissioners, by various reductions in cathedral and c ollegiate churches, will cause the church livings in a few years to be considerably equalized. Great exertions are being made, on the voluntary principle, to render the Church of England adequate to the spiritual wants of the people. The Queen Anne's bounty fund has done much. The ecclesiastical commissioners, from the great changes made, and to be made, in Dioceses, Parishes, &c, are effecting much. Added to which, the Incorporated Society, for promoting the enlargement, toulding, and repairing of churches and chapels, was established in the year 1818. The report of this society's proceedings during the year ending 31st March, 1847, shews that the number of grants is 123, being about the average number for the last seven years ; of these 50 have been towards building additional churches and chapels, 21 towards rebuilding and enlargement, and 52 towards enlarging existing churches and chapels ; thus creating 40,846 sittings, of which 33,960 are to be free and unappropriated. These giants amount in all to £20,320. The Church Buildino Society was formed in 1818, and incorporated the 31st March, 1838, up to which time £104,019. had been received; and from the incorpora tion, to the 31st March, 1846, £285,676., being an aggregate of £389,695. This sum has been appropriated towards the building of 675 churches and chapels, rebmlding and enlarging 443, and enlarging 1,400, thereby aiding in the provision of chm-ch accommo dation of 698,000 persons. The Church Pastoral Aid Society, instituted 19th February, 1836, have, during the past year, (April 1st, 1847,) received the sum of £29,621., which has been met by £3,672. from personal or local sources. Since the formation of the society, stven hundred HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 425 and twelve grants for additional clergymen and lay-assistants, have been made for large and widely dispersed parishes. The present grants are to 314 incumbents, having under their ministerial charge 2,193,556 souls, whose average incomes are £201. per annum; stipends are thus provided for 301 additional clergymen, and 73 lay assistants ; and the amount for which the society is pledged is above £33,000. The society for promoting the employment of additional curates in populous places, was founded in the year 1837. The available amount of income for the year 1846, for the general purposes of the society, is £15,493. 15s. 3d. This sum has been met by a considerable sum annually raised to meet a grant, so that many additional curates have been employed in populous districts. From the rapid growth of the population in the great towns and manufacturing dis tricts, and from the extent of many parishes, and the poverty of the benefices, consider able numbers of persons have been, and are yet, but imperfectly supplied with pastoral visitations and teaching. Certainly Dissenters have done much in supplying thewants of the nation on this. head. Yet the above societies, patronized by the Queen, the Archbishops and Bishops, the NobiUty and Gentry, will effect much ; so that it may be hoped the friends of the established church, by their united exertions, will not only see a great extension of the means so proposed, but that much greater exertions will be created amongst the parochial clergy generally in their pastoral duties, arising not from any exclusive policy, but from the universal love of man. Parish Registers. — The earliest of the parish registers date from the establish ment of the Church of England, injunctions to that effect having been issued by Crom well, Henry's vicegerent in ecclesiastical jurisdiction, in 1538. The canons of the church, now in force, date their authority from the beginning of the reign of James I, A.D. 1603. One of these prescribes minutely the manner entries are to be made in the parish registers ; and one of these contains a retrospective clause, appointing that the ancient registers, as far as they could be procured, should be copied in a parch ment book. This new regulation appears to have been carried into full effect, so that the only parish register books now extant, are usually transcripts commencing with Queen EUzabeth's reign. The parish register act of 1812, obviated some of the usual sources of error, and ensured the further usefulness of the registers from that period. But a satisfactory system of registration was not established until the year 1837, when the act of registering births, deaths, and burials, came into operation in England and W ales. The registration of births is considerably more complete than the old paro chial registers of baptisms ; and the register of deaths is believed to be very complete. Climate, Aspect, ani> Soil. — The insulated position of this county, and its free dom from any great inequalities of surface, renders the climate mild, and the vegetation early. The winds most generally prevalent are from the south west, and are fre quently accompanied with rain ; but occasionally, towards the middle of May, the effects of an easterly variation are felt. The county, however, is not subject to any particular excess of damp or cold. The highest points of land are at Corley, and in the vicinity of Packington. A ridge, on the south east, comprising the BraUs, and Edge bills, is also much elevated, and commands a variety of picturesque views. The soils are generally fertile, but very various, comprising almost every kind, except such as contain chalk or flints. All the southern and south eastern part of the county, separated from the rest by an imaginary Une drawn from the border of Northampton shire, near Willoughby, south westward by Grandborough, Long Itchington, Southam, Harbury, Ashorne, and Wellesbourn Hastings, to the vicinity of Atherstone-upon-Stour, has, very nearly throughout, a strong clay loam, resting on limestone. A soil of a simUar nature occupies the north eastern extremity of the county, bordering on the course of the small river Anker, and may be separated from the rest by a line passing from the confines of Leicestershire, near Nuneaton, by Oldbury and Kingsbury, to the point where the river Tame begins to form the north western boundary of Warwick- 3 G 3 426 HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. shire, a little above Tamworth. The soil, of an extensive tract of Barlichway hundred, reaching from the vicinity of Warwick to the western border of the county near Tamworth. and in the neighbourhood of Salford, and including the towns of Hen;ey-in- Arden, and Alcester, is a strong clay loam, which rests on man and limestone. A little westward from Warwick there commerces a considerable tract of strong clay, on lime stone, which extends south westward to the confines of the county, Stratford-upon- Avon, being situated on the south eastern side of it ; the detatched portion of the county, lying westward of its southern extremity, has a soil of similar quality. A light sandy soil, in several places mixed with sharp gravel, and well adapted for turnip husbandry, occupies the tract lying between the town of Rugby and the village of Grandborougb, bounded on the east by the confines of the county, and on the west by the road from Southam to Coventry. A soil of a similar kind, poor, but well adapted to turnip husbandry, extends from the village of Meriden, northward, to the boundary of the county chiefly bordering on the vallies of the Blythe and the Tame. Between this and the northern tract of clay and limestone land is a, considerable extent of various poor and moory soils, which also occupy another large district on the western side of these light lands, in the vicinity of Sutton Coldfield. The remaining extensive portions of the county consists chiefly of a red sandy loam, and a red clay loam, rest ing on Ihestono. or limestone, and sometimes on a sharp gravel; some of the sand is welt adapted for turnip husbandry. Coventiy is also surrounded by a rich deep sandy loam, resting on marl and freestone, which in different directions soon becomes inter mingled with the other soils above mentioned. On the south side of theriver Avon, in the vicinity of Castle Bromwich. a good red clayey loam prevails, extending eastward to Coleshill, and westward to Birmingham ; near the latter town, and in the vicinities of Aston and Hockley brook, a light, dry. rerl, and sandy soil prevails. A considerable district around Solihull, and various parishes to the north and east of that town, are composed of a strong marl clay soil, on a wet clay substratum. In the vale of the Avon the soil is remaikable for its fertility, and is excellently adapted for the culture of turnips. The course of crops are very various; those commonly cultivated, are wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans, turnips, potatoes, and tares or vetches. On rich loams, wheat is sow-n only once in four or six years ; and on the light sandy soils, much seldomer. Much of the barley is made into malt, of which there is a, great consumption in the county. Rye is seldom s,,wn, except upon the light poor sandy soils, and then chiefly for spring food for sheep. Cabbages, carrots, and parsnips, are only cultivated in gardens ; but potatoes are a common agricultural crop, more particularly in the vicinity of the larger towns; as also are the finer kinds of pease, which are gathered green; grey p^ase are only cultivated by the farmers, and are chiefly applied to the fattening ot'hogs. The cultivation of turnips is general on all the lighter and drier sous ; they are chiefly eaten upon the laml by sheep. Both winter and spring tares are grown; they are chiefly consumed by sheep folded upon them, and are also given green to horses. Flax is cultivated in di erent places, but not to a great extent. The princi pal artificial grasses are red and white clover, aud rag-grass ; most of the young clover is eaten off by sheep. It is computed that the permanent meadow and pasture lands amount to no less than 235,0110 acres ; and the quantity of land under artificial grasses, to 60,1)00— making a total of 295.000 acres : out of this it is supposed that from SO to 85,000 acres are meadows, and their produce mown every year for hay; from 10 to 15,000 acres of the artificial grasses are cut and given green to horses and other cattle, or made into hay ; the large remaining portion of uear.y 205,000 acres, is pastured will sheep and cattle ; this being a noted grazing county. The most extensi,e tracts of permanent pasture are towards the eastern and nortli eastern confines of the county, bordering on Leicestershire. Towards Oxfordshire, at Itadwtiy. Warmiugtun, Avon Dassett, Shotteswell, *c. and along the great road thence towards Warwick, as far as Gaydon, is a large extent of rich pastures. On each side of the Avon, during the HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 427 whole of its course through this county, there is also much rich meadow and grazing land ; and many other parts abound in fine old pastures. The richest meadows are situated on the banks of its numerous streams ; the produce of these is generally from one and a half to two and a half tons of hay per acre ; that of the less fertile, from one to two tons. About 3,000 acres of grass land, in the vicinity of the city of Coventry, are subject to a common right of pasturage, from the 13th ol August to the 13th of February, enjoyed by the freemen of Coventry, and not transferable. The extent of unenclosed land is very inconsiderable; the only extensive commons are those of Sutton Coldfield and Sutton Park. The principal manures are lime and marl, wh.ch are found within the county, though much of the former is imported from Staffordshire and Lei cestershire ; soap ashes, horn scrapings, malt >or Law lor Tn: ami has greatly augmented. The average annual amount of the poor's rate for three years previous to the ,V< w Poor Law, was £5.332,904. In the year 1841, ,t amounted to £4,0.8,287 ; in 1842, £4,172,018. ; and in 184-3, £4.408,088.; to which, if we add the expen-te paid out of the general taxes, with tho heavy expeuse of building Union Houses, the ratepayer has not been much benefited, nor the condition of the poor at all ameliorated. It has been found necessary to make several alterations in the law from time to time : and, in 1847, this 436 HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. commission was abrogated, and the law is now to be carried out by commissioners who are to be members of parliament, and as retrenchment is the most incomprehensible thing to the generality of members of parliament, we may fairly calculate that the cost of carrying out the law will not be decreased by the change. The Poor Law Unions of Warwickshire are described at each of the places where- the Union House is erected. The value at which all the property in England is rated to the poor, is stated to be £62,000,000. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Northern Division — C. N. Ncwdegate, Esq., and Richard Spooner, Esq. Southern Division — Lord Brooke, and E. J. Shirley, Esq. Coventry — Right Honourable Edward Ellice, and George James Turner, Esq. Warwick — W. Collins, Esq., and Sir Charles Douglas. Birmingham — G. F. Muntz, Esq., and William Scholefield, Esq. COUNTY OFFICERS. (All official communications intended for High Sheriffs, are addressed to the Under Sheriffs.) WARWICKSHIRE.— Lord Lieutenant : Right Hon. Earl Warwick. Chairman of Quarter Sessions : W. Dickins, Esq. Clerk of the Peace : W. O. Hunt, Esq., Stiat ford-on-Avon. High Sheriff: Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart., Birdingbury. Under Sheriff: Mr. J. W. Whateley, Birmingham. Coroners : J. W. Whateley, Esq. Bir mingham ; G. C. Greenway, Esq. Warwick ; W. H. Seymour, Esq., Coventiy ; and H. O. Hunt, Esq., Stratford-on Avon. — Prison Keeper, Mr. Harry Adkins. — Prison Keeper at Coventry, Mr. J. Stanley. — Mr. William Kendall, Bridge Master. SHERIFF'S OFFICERS. F. O. Badham, 3.}, Bennett's hill, and Thomas Hancox, 30, Temple st. Birmingham; and Dennis George Barnes, Smithford street, Coventry. HIGH CONSTABLES FOR THE COUNTY. barlishway hundred. Alcester Division, John Terrill, Alcester. Henley Division, Samuel Hoitt, Henley-in-Arden, Snillerficld Division, John Bolton, Stratford-upon-Avon. hemlingford hundred. Atherstone Division, John Biddle, Atherstone. Birmingham Division, John Brearley Payne, Edgbaston street, Bh-mingham. ColeshiU Division, Henry Lees, Middleton, near ColeshiU. Solihull Division, Godfrey Hirst, Knowle, near Solihull. KINGTON HUNDRED. Brailcs Division, Thomas Sheldon, Burmington Mill, near Shipston-on-Stour. Burton Dassett Division, Henry Whateley, Burton Dassett, near Kington. Kington Division, George Sheler, Kington. Warwick Division, John Steel, Warwick. KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED. Kenilworth Division, William Williams Bromfield, I lunchurch. Kirby Division, Henry Jenkins Bromfield, Cawston House, near Dunchurch. Rugby Division, John Bliss Sutton, Thurlaston, near Dunchurch. Southam Division, Martin Lucas, Southam. Stamp Distributor, Lewellyn Lloyd, Esq., 40, Waterloo stieet, Birmingham. The Sub Distributors are Mr. Henry Sharp, Warwick; Mr. A. N. RoUason, Coventry; Mr. Atkins, Tamuorlli ; Mr. Beech, Sutton, Coldfield; Mr. Leaver, Stratford-on-Avon; Mr- Read, Southam ; Mr. Savage, Rugby ; Mr. Estling, Nuneaton; Messrs. Rousham, Lea mington; Mr. Hannett, Henley-in-Arden; Mr. Tite, ColeshiU; Mr. Holland, Allierstone ; and Mr. Overbury, Alcester. HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 437 COUNTY MAGISTRATES. BARLICHWAY HUNDRED. Sir Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke, Bart., Studley Castle, near Alcester. Robert Jam '8 Atty, Ejq., Ingon Grange, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Thomas Brown, Esq., Kinwarton House, near Alcester. Corbett Holland Corbett, Esq., Admington Hall, near Stratford-upon-Avon. John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-upon- Avon. Darwin Galton, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-upon-Avon. William Judd H arding, Esq., Baraset, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Henry Milward, Esq. Redditch, Bromsgrove Robert Reid, Esq., Alveston, near Strat ford-upon-Avon. Charles Milward, Esq., Redditch, Broms grove. Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Joseph Townsend, Esq., Alveston, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Edward Wheler. Esq., Snitterfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Charles Woo, 'mass, Esq., Avon Hurst, near Stratford-upon-Avon. The Rev. Theodore John Cartwright, Pres ton Baggot, near Henley-in-Arden. The Rev. John ElUs, Wootton Wawen, near Henley-in-Arden. The Rev. George Robert Gray, Inkberrow, near Alcester. The Rev. John Lucy, Hampton Lucy, near Wellesbourn. HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED. The Earl of Aylesford, Packington Hall, near Coventiy. Sir John Newdigate Ludford Chetwode, Bart., Ansley Hall, near Atherstone. Sir George Chetwynd, Bart., Grendon Hall, near Atherstone. Sir Francis Lawley, Bart., Middleton Hall, near Coleshill. The Hon. Frederick Gough, Perry Ban- Hall, near Birmingham. John Kaye Booth, Esq., M.D., Birmingham Charles Bowyer Adderley, Esq., M. P., Hams Hall, near ColeshiU. William Charles Alston, Esq, Ehndon Hall, near Birmingham. William Anderton, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham. Thomas Bradgate Bamford, Esq., Wilne cote Hall, near Fazeley. WiUiam Kirkpateick Riland Bedford, Esq., Sutton ColdfieW, Charles Holt Bracebridge, Esq., Atherstone HaU. Thomas Bramall, Esq., Tamworth. Joseph Moore Boultbee, Esq., Springfield, near Knowle. William Chance, Esq., Spring Grove, Bir mingham. George Chetwynd, Esq., Mancetta Hall, near Aiherstone. William htratford Dugdale, Esq., Merevale Hall, near Atherstone. Thomas Dilke, Esq., Maxtoke Castle, near Coleshill. Robert Garnett, Jun. Esq., Moor HaU, Sutton Coldfield. Dempster Heming, Esq., Ltodley Hall, near Nuneaton. Henry Richard Harpur, Esq., ChilVers Coton, near Nuneaton. Sir William Edmund Hartopp, Bart., Al lesley Pask. near Coventiy. Hugh Holhech, Esq., Coleshill. Richard Jee, Esq,, Hartshill, near Ather stone. Richard Roberts Jee, Esq., Hartshill, near Atherstone. Francis Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham. John Towers Lawrence, Esq., Balsall Heath, near Birmingham. Daniel Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham. Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Chad Hill, Birmingham. Charles Newdegate Newdegate,Esq., M.P., Arbury, near Coventry. Theodore Price, Esq., Harbourne, near Birmingham. Richard Spooner, Esq., M. P., Birmingham. Henry Smith, Esq., Edgbaston, near Bir mingham. Robert Short, Esq., Solihull. Joseph Webster, Esq., Penns, near Bir mingham. Baron Dickinson Webster, Esq., Penns, near Birmingham. Edward Lloyd Williams, Esq., Birmingham William Henry Bowen Jordan Wilson, Esq., O.ton End Hall, SoUhuU. The Rev. Archer Clive, Solihull. The Rev. Samuel Bracebridge Heming, Fenny Drayton, near Nuneaton. The Rev. James Corall Roberts, Witherley, near Atherstone. KINGTON HUNDRED. The Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle. The Lord Brooke, M. P., Warwick Castle The Viscount Duncan, M. P., Weston House, near Shipston-on-StouT. The Viscount VilUers, M.P.,Upton House, near Banbury. William Collins, Esq., M. P. 3 H 438 HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. Frederick Charles . Acton Colville, Esq., Barton, near Moreton-in-Marsh. William Dickius, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston-on-Stour. Bernard Granville, Esq., Wellesbourn. Kelynge Greenway, Esq.. Warwick. Macclesfield William Heath, Esq., Norton . Lodge, near Warwick. WiUiam Holbech, Esq., Farnborough, near Banbury. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq., Wroxhall Abbey, near Warwick. Edward Bolton King, Esq., Chadshunt, near Kineton. John Loveday, Esq., Williamscote, near Banbury. Fiennes Sanderson Miller, Esq., Radway, near Kineton. John Sidney North, Esq., Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury. Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., M. P., Weston House, near Shipston-on-Stour. James Rattray, Esq., Barford, near War wick. Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq.,M.P.,Hound- shill, near Shipston-on-Stour. Henry James Sheldon, Esq., Brailes, near Shipston-on-Stour. John Staunton, Esq., Tidmington, near Shipston-on-Stour Henry Christopher Wise, Esq., Woodcote, near Warwick. The Rev. John Ballard, Cropredy, near Banbury. The Rev. John Boudier, Farmington Rec tory, near Nortbleach. The Kev. Francis Ellis, Long Compton, near Shipston-on-Stour. The Rev. ihomas Lea, Tadmarton, near Banbury. The Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne, near Kineton. The llev. Henry Townsend, Honiugton Hall, near Shipston-on-Stour. The Rev. George Domvile Wheeler, Wol ford Vicarage, near Moreton-in-Marsh. KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED. The Earl of Denbigh, Newnham Paddox, near Lutterworth. The Lord Leigh, Stoneleigh Abbey, near Coventry. The Viscount Lifford, Astley Castle, near Coventry. The Viscount Feilding, Newnham Paddox, near Lutterworih. The Hon. James Hewitt, Astley Castle, near Coventiy. The Hon. William Henry Leigh, Stone leigh Abbey, near Coventry. Sir John Robert Cave Browne Cave, Bart., Kenilworth. John Adams, Esq., Sergeant at Law, Sergeants Inn, Chancery Lane, London. Henry Jephson, Esq., M. D., Leamington. James Atty, Esq., Rugby. James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, near Coventry. Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington. Charles Marriott Caldecott, Esq., Holbrook Grange, near Rugby. Thomas Cope, Esq., Coventry. Henry Thomas Chamberlayne,Esq. Stoney Thorpe, near Southam. Frederick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq., 16, Old Square, Lincolns Inn, London. John Fullerton, Esq., Bourton HaU, near Dunchurch. Charles Earle, Esq., Leamington. William George Augustus Fielding, Esq., Stieet Aston House, near Rugby. Harry Scott Gibb, Esq., Rugby. Arthur Francis Gregory, Esq., Stivichall, near Coventry. Robert Knight, Esq., Clarence Terrace, Leamington. Charles Lake, Esq., Weedon. John Ward Boughton Leigh, Esq., Brown- sover, near Rugby. George M oore, Esq., Appleby Park, near Ashby-de -la-Zouch. William Pahner Morewood, Esq., Alfreton Park,T)erbysMre. Thomas Schuman Morris, Esq., Stoke, near Coventry. George Austin Moultrie, Esq., 21, Claren don Square, Leamington. Christopher Musgrave, Esq., Milverton Hill, Leamington. Owen Pell, Esq., Radford Semele, near Leamington. William Congreve RusseU, Esq., Leaming ton. Thomas George Skipwith, Esq., Newbold Hall, near Rugby. Wil.iam Taylor, Esq., Southam. Leigh Trafford, Esq , Leamington. Matthew Wise, Esq., Shrublands, Lea mington. G eorge Whieldon, Esq., Springfield House, near Coventry. The Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, Ansty, near Coventry. The Rev. Henry Bellairs, Bed worth, near Coventry. The Rev. Richard Lickorish, Wolston, near Coventry. The Rev. Charles Pilktogton, Stockton, near Southam. The llev. Frederick David Perkins, Sowe, near Coventry. HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 439 Trade. — The general trade of England has been rapidly increasing during the last fifty years. In the year 1800, the value of British produce, and manufactures exported, were, at the official value, or a certain value fixed in the year 1694, £24,304,284, of which the declared value, as returned from the customs, was £39,471,203, or the real money value, according to the invoices of the exporters. In 1830, the exports, as above, at the official value, was £61,140,865, of which the declared value was £38.251,503, being a depreciation from the real money value, according to the invoices of the exporters ; and in reality in the whole exports of no less than £63,51 1,499. In 1840, the exports, as above, according to the official value, was £102,705,379; and the declared value, was £51,406,430, of which the annual depreciation of the value, as fixed by the customs in 1694, amounted to £119,536,644. The imports, at the official value, in 1840, amounted to £62,684,587. The exports have, on the whole, kept in creasing, till the year 1846, when the return shewed a decrease of 2,000,000 and up wards, from the year 1845. During five months, ending August 16th, 1848, there was, as compared with the same period for 1847, a decrease in the exports of British pro duce and manufactures of £4,747,588. The import of foreign cattle of all sorts, in 1842, amounted to 5,350 head; in 1843, to 2,100 head; in 1844, 8,167 head; in 1845, 34,426 head; and in 1846, to 17,121 oxen, 22,994 cows,2,447 calves, 94,567 sheep, 3,443 swine ; making a total of 140,572 head. In 1842, duty was paid on 180,480 cwts. of butter; in 1843, on 148,295 cwts. ; in 1844, on 180,965 cwts.; to 1845, on 240,1 18 cwts.; and in 1846, 257,777 cwts. were im ported, and duty paid on 255,130 cwts. The duty on cheese, in 1842, was charged on 179,568 cwts. ; in 1843,on 166,563 cwts. ; in 1844, on 212,206 cwts. ; in 1845, on 258,246 cwts. ; and in 1846, 336.185 cwts. were imported, and the duty paid on 327,490 cwts. ; since that period the increase in the imports of butter has been considerable ; but that of cheese is immense ; this great increase has been occasioned by the extension of this trade with America. In 1841, 15,153 cwts. of cheese were imported; in 1846 there were 91,901 cwts. imported from that country. In 1843, there were 1,433,803 quarters of corn imported ; and in 1846, 4,777,31 1 quarters were imported. The New Small Debis Act, or County Courts. — This important Act has created a revolution in law proceedings, on actions for claims and demands not exceed ing £20 ; and by an order of Her Majesty took effect throughout England and Wales, on the 15th of March, 1847. By an order in council, all Courts for Small Debts was abolished, on the 13th of March, with the exception of a few, from which day the ex cepted Courts are to be holden at County Courts, and governed by the provisions of the Act now enforced. Each District Court is presided over by a Judge, who appoint3 a clerk, being an attorney, and he appoints other officers. The fees allowedby the Act are to be exhibited. The salaries of the judges and clerks may, by an order, be fixed, so that in no case a judge is to be paid more than one thousand two hundred pounds, or a clerk more than six hundred pounds a year. The jurisdiction of the Court is thus defined in the 58th Section—" And be it enacted, that all pleas of personal actions, when the debt or damage claimed is not more than £20, whether a balance account or other wise, may be holden in the County Court without writ ; and all such actions brought in the said Court, shall be heard and determined in a summary manner, in a Court con stituted under this Act, and according to the provisions of this Act, provided always that the Court shall not have cognizance of any action or ejectment, or in which the title to any corporeal or any incoporeal hereditaments, or any toll, fair, market or fran chise, shall be in question, or in which the validity of any devise, bequest, or limitation under any will or settlement may be disputed, or for any malicious prosecution, or for any libel, or slander, or for criminal conversation, or for seduction, or for breach of promise of marriage." Demands are not to be divided, but may be reduced to £20. Minors may sue for wages, executors may sue and be sued. The judge is to determine the case where no jury is summoned. In cases exceeding £5 in amount, a plaintiff or 3 H 2 440 HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. defendant may require a jury of five persons on the payment of five shillings ; and un der that amount the judge as a discretionary power as to a jury. Witnesses are to be paid their expenses, and may be fined for non-attendance. A debt may be paid by in stalments, and a judge has power to order an execution against the goods of the de fendant, except the wearing apparel and tools, to the amount of £5. A commitment for forty days may be made, and is not to extinguish the debt. Actions, to certain Cases, such as where the plaintiff resides more than twenty miles from the defendant, may be brought into the superior Courts ; but in other cases it is enacted — "That if an action shall be commenced after the passing of this Act, in any of her Majesty's Superior Courts of Record, for any other cause than those herein before specified, for which a plaint may have been entered into any court holden under this Act, and a ver dict shall be found for the plaintiff for a sum less than £20, if the said action is founded on contract, or less than £5 ; if it be founded on tort or wrong, the said plaintiff shall have judgment to recover such sum, and no costs ; and if a verdict shaU not be found for the plaintiff, the defendant shall be entitled to his costs, as between attorney and client, unless to either case the judge, who shaU try the cause, shaU certify on the back of the record that the action was fit to be tried in such Superior Court." The Districts are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. COUNTY COURTS, FOR WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE. Circuit No, 21. — Judge, Leigh Trafford, Esq. ; Treasurer, Thomas Heath, Esq., Warwick; (Birmingham Offices, Waterloo Rooms, Waterloo-street;) Clerks, Messrs. J. Guest and W. H. Arnold; High Bailiff, Mr. C. W. Elkington. Town. Clerk. Town. Clerk Atherstone Mr. J. T. Pilgrim Tamworth Mr. John Shaw Circuit No. 22. — Judge, F. Trotter, Esq. j Treasurer, Thomas Heath, Esq., War wick; Clerk, Mr. J. B. Hanbury, Lutterworth. Towns. Clerks. Rugby Mr. C. E. Wratislaw Towns. Clerks. Alcester Mr. Charles Jones Banbury Mr. James Beesley Coventry Mr. T. B. Troughton Daventry Mr. E. S. Burton Lutterworth Mr. R. W. Fox Nuneaton Mr. H. Dewes Shipston-on-Stour Mr. E. V. Nicoll Solihull Mr. G. J. Harding Southam Mr. J. B. Hanbury Stratford-on-Avon Mr. R. H. Hobbes Warwick Mr. T. Nicks Circuit No.23. — Judge, Benjamin Parham, Esq.; Treasurer, Jonathan Gough, Esq. Hereford; High Bailiffs, Mr. F. Wyatt, Worcester, and Mr. W. Akroyd, Stourbridge. Towns. Clerks. Towns. Clerks. Bromsgrove Mr. Thomas Scott BROMYARn Mr. W. Devereux Droitwitch Mr. S. Tombs, jun. Evesham Mr. O. Cheek Kidderminster .. Mr. W. Talbot Ledbury Mr. James Gregg Pershore Mr. O. Cheek Redditch Mr. Edw. Browning Stouubidge Mr. John Harwood Tenbury Mr. W. Adams Upton Mr. James Gregg Worcester Mr. John HiU Circuit No. 25.— Judge, Mr. Serjeant Clarke; Treasurer, W. B. Collis, Esq.; Stourbridge ; High Bailiff, Mr. G. Megevan. Towns. Clerks. Towns. Clerks. Dudley Mr. Thomas Walker Walsall Mr. W. Cotterill „M Mr, J, H, Watson Wolverhamton „ Mr, C, G, Brown HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE. 441 THE NEW LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. The new Act of Parliament to empower the Commissioners of the Court of Bank* ruptcy to order the release of Bankrupts from prison to certain cases, which took effect on the 31st of August, 1848, has just been printed, (11 and 12 Vic, cap. 8.) By this Act it is provided that where any person has been adjudged bankrupt, andhas surrendered to the fiat, and has obtained his protection from arrest, pursuant to the practice in bankruptcy, if such person shall be in prison at the time of obtaining such protection, any Commissioner acting under such fiat may order his immediate release from prison, either absolutely, or upon such condition as such Commissioner shall think fit, which. release is not to affect the rights of creditors detaining him in prison. The second clause is an important one : — "And be it enacted, that if any bankrupt whose last examination shall have been adjourned sine die, or whose certificate shaU have been suspended or refused, shall be in execution, or be taken in execution, under a capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of any creditor who might have proved under the fiat and detained in prison, any Commissioner acting under Ms fiat may order his release, after he shall have undergone such term of imprisonment, not exceeding two years, as to such Commissioner may seem a sufficient punishment for such offence as he may appear to such Commis sioner to have been gmlty of. THE ACT FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH. The following is an abstract of this Act. This Act appUes to all parts of England and Wales, except the City of London, the parts in the limits of the Commissioners of Sewers, and the Regent's Park. The sanitary condition of the various parochial and other districts is to be managed by Local Boards of Health, such Local Boards to be governed by a General Board of Health, which is to consist of the First Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, and two other persons to be appointed and approved by her Majesty. The General Board of Health is to appoint Inspectors for inquiring into the sanitary condition of the various districts. Local Boards are to be elected by the rate payers of the various districts, and the number of members in each Board is to be regulated by an order in Council, the qualification necessary to be a member not to exceed the pos session of £1,000., or the rated value of £30. Local Boards to hold Meetings at least once a month. No new houses are to be bmlt without proper drainage, &c, and if upon inspection by the proper officer, it shall be found that houses are improperly drain ed, or in such a condition that they are likely to affect the public health, the owner or occupier thereof shall make such reparations as are required, and in default the Local Board shall do so, and the expenses of such reparation may be recovered from the party by whom such reparations ought to have been made. The omission of opaque smoke from the chimneys of factories is prohibited under a penalty of £5. per day after notice; and the keeping of swine in improper places, and running of waste water, is likewise prohibited under a penalty of 20s., and 5s. per day after notice. All slaughter-houses are to be registered, and the Inspector of Nuisances may at aU times enter into the same, and remove any offensive or putrid matter, and the party upon whose premises such putrid matter shall be found, shaU be liable, upon conviction, to a penalty of not more than £10. for every animal, or piece of fish, flesh, &c, that may be found. All common Lodging Houses are to be registered, together with the number of lodgers to be accommodated therein, under a penalty of 40s. for every lodger received while unregistered. Cellars, and other underground apartments, are not to be let as dwelling rooms, unless they shall in every part thereof, be at least seven feet from the floor to the ceiling, nor unless tMee feet above the level of the stieet or ground adjoin ing • this section, however, does not come into operation until twelve months after the passing of this Act. By the 57th section, an exceedingly important provision is made, by which the Local Boards may erect water closets, &c, for the pubUc accommodation. Offensive ditches, sewers, drains, &c. are to be covered, or cleansed, u er, Mr. John Moore. Associ iiiait fur the Prosecution of Felons, Warwick Arms, instituted May 15th, 1786; James I'ibbits, Esq., solicitor and treasurer. Lipeiisary, Castle street, established 1826, is a plain substantial building, supported by voluntary contributions. Patron, The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, lresident, The Right Hon. Lord Leigh. Secretaries, John Goodhall and William Waiker, Esqrs. Trea surers, Messrs. Greenway and Greaves. Ph a sic Luis, Dr. Starr and 1 lr. J eatfreson. Surgeons, Mr. Hiron, Mr. VVilmshuist, and Mr. Blenkinsop. Dispenser, Mr. Wiimshurst. Union IVorkhausc, near tiuy s Cliff, to the parish of at. Nicholas, erec ed 1838, at a cost of about .£900. and is a handsome brick building, in the Eiizabethian style of Architecture, will accommodate 300, average about 200. This union comprises thu-ty-six parishes, viz., 1st District, St. Mary s, at. Nicholas', Budbrook, Hatton, Norton Lind-iey, Piuley, Rowington, Sherbourne, and Shrewiey ; 2nd, Barford, Cabbington, Eathorpe, Hun- ninghain, Leamington Priors, Lillington, Milverton, Otichureh, Radford-aemeley, Tatchbrook. Wappenbury, Wasperton, Weston-under-Weatherley, and Whitnash. 3rd, Ashall, Baggington, Bansaa, Bubbinhall, Haseley, HonUey, Keniiworth, Leek- Wootten, Stivichall, Stoneleigh. aud Wroxhall. The average income for the last three years is .£19,128, and the expenditure .£18,913. Mr. Joseph William aud Mrs. Maria Hilton, master and matron; Mr. William Harrison, clerk; James Hunt, Esq., Audi or Relieving Officers, 1st district, Wm. Po*ey ; 2nd, William Humphriss ; 3rd, George Lam- pray. i>upeiinlciideut Registrar, Edward Draper, Esq.; Begtstvurs of hit ths, Deaths, and Marriages, Warwick distiict, M. R. Marge ts; Leamington, Richard Croydon ; Kenilworth, George Lampray ; Hutton, Wiuiain Dunu ; aud tiuunhighani, James 1 homas Harcourt. ColUcors, Wurwick, M. R. Margetts ; Leamington, Ricaid Lroydon , aud A enilw .rt h, Wii.iu.uis Hopkins. Medical uj/ic,r.<, Uou.i surgeon, Heury rj.t-nkinsop ; 1st and 4th Districts J. ivuuuell • 2id, Walter Watson; aud 3rd, VVuuam. isrodum _L.iclun-.un. Sellout Mas er, Johu Bo.tou, aud A.ice iVa.ter, uist.esS. Lluirutaii, u eorge i,loyd, £.sq.; Vice, K. W. Draper, Esq., and forty -rive Guardians, 460 HISTORY OF WARWICK. Infirmary, near, and in connection with, the Union Workhouse, erected 1849, at a cost of ;£1,600, will accommodate 700 persons, and has two acres of garden ground attached. Banking Establish ments, Warwick and Warwickshire, High street, estab'ished 1791. Leamington Priors and Warwickshire, Church street, established 1835. Warwick and Leamington Market place, esl ablished 1 834. Savings Bank, at the Judge's House, established 14th February, 1818, the amount of deposits, 20th November, 1»48, was .£122,587 13s. 4d.. belonging to 3,458 individuals, 83 charitable societies, and 35 friendly societies. Treasurer, Warwick and Leamington Banking Company ; Actuary, Mr. Samuel Brown, open on Saturaday from 12 till 2. Inland Revenue Oifice, Castle Hotel, Corn Market; Mr. Richard Thomas, supervisor. Officers, Warw'ct District: Thomas Smith, George Beall, and Charles Duck. Leamington District: Richard Brade Smith, and William Bell. Kenilworth District: Thomas Wilkin son ; and Bedlams End District : Benjamin Lever. Stamp Oifice, Advertiser Office, High-street; Benjamin Sharpe, sub-distributor. Gas Works, Saltisford, established 1823, by a number of shareholders, and has three gasometers, two of which will hold 8,500, and the other 15,000 cubic feet of gas ; George Cotton, manager. Trade, of which there is very little carried on beyond what is necessary for the supply of the inhabitants ; the cotton, worsted, and lace manufactories, which were formerly in troduced, have totally declined. The principal trades are hat manufacturing, established 1838 or 9, in Wallace-street, Saltisford, by Messrs. John Molladay & Sons, and gives em ployment to 300 hands, adjoining which is the extensive brewery of Messrs. Jaggard, Jaggard&Hiorns. On the Coventry road, an iron foundry was begun, in 1810, by Mr. T. Roberts, and is still extant ; here is an extensive stained glass and decorative painting establishment carried on, at St. John's, by Mr. William Holland, where every description of design for monumental and baronial windows.enamelled and encaustic painting, gilding, imitations of wood, &c, are executed. Here are several large malting houses, and lime, timber, and coal wharfs, on the banks of the Warwick and Napton canal, which comes up to the northern part of the town ; and, communicating with the Oxford and Birmingham canal, affords every facility of inland navigation. There is also an extensive coal com pany at Emscote, established 1836, who have also works at Milverton, and the Cape. From the wharfs, at Sa Itisford, fly hoats start daily, conveying goods to all the interme diate counties, on their way to London; others proceed to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford, and Banbury. London ¦ nl Nuit'i Western Railway. Coventiy and Leamington Branch is at Lea mington, about 1£ miles east from Warwick. Birmingham mid Oxiord Junction R.iwoy is in progress, and will pass close on the north side of the town. The MarKd, which is abundantly supplied with corn and provisions of every kind, is held on Saturday, in an extensive area, surrounded by respectable tons and shops, in the centre of which is the market house, a. neat substantial building of stone, supported on arches, affording a sheltered area for the use of the market; the upper story, which is surmounted by a cupola and dome, is appropriated to different uses. Pairs are held 2nd Monday in January, 2nd Monday in February, and 1st Saturday in Lent. Pur Fish, 2nd Monday in March, and 2nd Monday in April. lor Chee.se and Ciflle, "May 12, 2nd Monday in June, and 2nd Monday in July. J or II ool and Caitle, 2nd Monday in August, 2nd Monday in September. "October 12,and last Monday in October. Fur Cheese, Cuttle, und Hups, 2nd Monday in November, and Monday before St. Thomas.•Should either or these days fall on a Sunday, the fair tv ill be held on the Monday following. The Cheese aud Woul Fairs are held iu the market square. HISTORY OF WARWICK. 461 The Races are held in March and September, which are usually well attended ; S. Merry, clerk of the course. II arwick was made a "mayor town" by Queen Mary, inl554: by charter of Charles II, in 1694, (confirmed and extended by William III,) the government was vested in a mayor, recorder, deputy recorder, twelve aldermen, and twelve assistant burgesses, aided by a town clerk, a serjeant at mace, a yeoman serjeant, and subordinate officers. The mayor was elected from among the aldermen, by the burgesses at large, annually, ontbe29ihof September, and sworn into office on the 1st of November; the recorder, who held his office for life, was chosen by the' corporation ; the deputy recorder, who was also town clerk, was appointed by the recorder ; the aldermen, who were chosen by the mayor and the rest of the body, who must fill up all vacancies ,\ ithin eight days ; the assistant burges-es were elected by the aldermen, and sworn in by the mayor : three years' residence was requisite to qualify for the office of assistant burgess. The mayor, late mayor, the recorder, deputy recorder, and three senior aldermen were justices of the peace. They held quarterly courts of sessions, for all offences not capital, and a court of record every Wednesday, except in the Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun weeks, for the recovery of debts not exceeding .£40. at which the town clerk generally presided. The borough first exercised the elective fran chise on the 23rd of Edward I, since which time it has regularly returned two members to parliament: the right of election was vested in the burgesses, and inhabitants generally, paying scot and lot ; the mayor was the returning officer : the Earl of Warwick possessed influence sufficient for the return of one member. The Parliamentary Reform act passed in June, 1832 ; and the Corporation Reform Act, on the 9th of September, 1835. The chief provisions of the Corporation Reform Act are the following : — 1st. — Corporate, after the first election of councillors ; the body corporate of all exist ing cities and boroughs named in schedule A, are to have a commission of the peace, and to take and bear the name of mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the town of Warwick ; and by that name have perpetual succession, and be capable in law, by their council, to do and suffer all acts lawful to them or their predecessors, by any name of title or incor poration. 2nd. — The '''own Counc'dis to consist of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors, to be chosen on the 9th of November, in every third year following. The councillors to fill up extraordinary vacancies amongst the aldermen within ten days ; to elect the mayor every year; to appointtown clerk, treasurer, sheriff, registrar, auditors, and assessors. To take security from such officers, for the due discharge of their duties ; and to fill up vacancies, as they may occur in those situations. To give an order, signed by three or more members, for all money to be paid on account of the town council, so that no payment by the trea surer can be lawful without such order. To hold quarterly meetings,and to have three clear days' notice of every other intended meeting of the town council, affixed in or near the Town Hall, and left at the usual place of abode of each councillor, or at the premises he s'ands registered for; and in case the mayor, upon a requisition to that effect, should refuse to call a meeting of the council, it is lawful for five councillors to call the same, by giving the usual notices of their iutentions. signing their own names, and stating the nature of the business to be transacted at such meeting. The council is empowered to appoint committees, io act as trustees, where the body corporate are sole trustees, to ap point a limited number of councillors to be joint trustees, to whom the powers vested in former trustees maybe transferred. The council is to appoint a watch, and may order parts of their borough, not included in the local act. to be included in such act, and may nave the powers of inspects s. under 3 and 4 William IV, for lighting any part of the borough not included in the local act. The council has also power to make bye-laws but can impose no higher penalty for their infringement than £5. The council may order aborouyh rate in case of insufficiency, and it has the powers of justices, for such purposes with certain restrictions, and to levy a watch rate. It is authorised to renew leases, in certain cases, but cannot grant leases for a longer term than thirty-one years, or sell, or 462 HISTORY OF WARWICK. alienate any corporate lands, without the approbation of the Lords of the Treasury. It is to fix the salary ofthe police magistrate, to be appointed by the crown, and to provide a police office. To appoint an officer to preside in the borough Court of Record, and also a registrar, *c. ; and have power to remove from office every bailiff, treasurer, or chamber lain, or other officer who shall be in office at the time of the passing of this Act ; and shall direct where the charters, deeds, or records ofthe borough shall be kept. 3rd.— The Mayor is a member of the council, ex officio : any councillor is eligible to this office, to which lie is elected on the 9th of November. The mayor's duties are to provide polling-booths ; to preside with the assessors at the election of councillors ; and also with the assessor to revise burgess lists, and appoint cerks for the saina. The« mayor to sign a deciarati in of his accep'ance of office, and of Ms possession of the re quisite q .aurication. Any councillor elected mayor, but refusing to serve, is to pay a fine not exceeding .£100. Becoming abankrupt, insolvent, or leav ni the town for more than two m mths, loses office ; but is capa >le of re-election, upon obtaining certificate, paying debts in full, or returning. Any person acting as Mayor without being qualified, is to forfeit .£50., but his offitial acts are to be va^id. The Mayor is justice of the peace ex-officia for the year of his Mayoralty, and the year following ; and to have precedence within the borough, and to beretuiniug officer at elections for members of parliament! he shall sign the notices of meetiugs of the council, and in the absence ofthe recorder, is empowered to open and adjourn the court of quarter sessions. • 4th — Municipal : A Idermeu are to be one-third in number of the councillors, elected triennially, on the 9th of November, or chosen from the town councillors, or others having the same qualification ; half of their number to go out of office every three years ; are not to vote for their successors, but are eligible for re-election. No one can be elected an Alderman, who is not enrolled in the burgess list, nor unless possessed of .£1,000. property, or rated at the annual value of .£30., or while holding any office to the gift ofthe council, otherwise than that of Mayor, nor while sharing in any contract or employment from the council; but this qualification does not extend to shareholders of water or insurance companies holding a contract from the council. An Alderman is to preside at elections in case of death or inability of the Mayor ; refusing office, to pay a fine not exceeding £50. ; and in other respects same as Mayor. 5th. — Cnumillnrs ate chosen in wards on the 19th of November, by persons whose names are on the burgess roll of such wards; one-third of the council is to go out of office annually, but are capable of re-election ; all such elections are to be held before the Mayor and Assessors ; voting to commence at 9 o'clock in the morning, and finally to close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon ofthe same day. Every burgess entitled, may vote for any number of persons not exceeding the number of councillors to be chosen, by de livering to the mayor or assessor a voting paper, containing the christian and surnames of the persons for whom he votes, and signed with his own name and residence ; no councillor is eligible as auditor or assessor. The barristers appointed, have divided the town into two wards, viz., St. Mary's Ward and St. Nicholps' Ward. 6th. — Assessors : Two are elected annually by the burgesses of every corporation, and must have the same qualification as councillors, and in conjunction with the mayor, re vise the burgess lists ; be present at the election of councillors ; and, with the mayor, ascertain the result of elections. No treasurer, town clerk, or councillor, can be elected assessor ; the assessors are to be elected in wards, by the burgesses of such respectively ; and no burgess to vote for more than one assessor. 7th. — Recorder is appointe d by the crown; has precedence after the mayor, and is sole judge at the Quarter Sessions ; must he a barrister of at least five years sanding, to hold office; during his good behaviour. His salary is to be paid by the treasurer ofthe borough fund ; but he canuot be a m -mber for the borough, an aid.rman, or councillor ; he is ex- officiu, a justice of the peace. bth.— Town Clerk is elected by the council, and holds office during pleasure; he urns' HISTORY OF WARWICK. 463 be an attorney ; the freeman's roll must be made out by him ; he must preserve a true copy of the same for perusal, without fee, and keep copies for sale, at a reasonable price. To receive from the overseers, on the fifth of September, a list of burgesses, which he is forthwith to get printed lor sale, and expose a copy on the door ot the Town Hall; to receive names of persons omitted, publi-h lists of claimants and persons objected to, and keep a copy for inspection without fee, and fur sale at Is. each. He is ineligible as an auditor and assessor, must submit his accounts to the council when required, and a sum mary remedy is given against him for not accounting. He is exempt for serving on juries in the borough. 9th. — Ceiisurer is appointed by th? council, of whom he cannot be a member, but can be remove 1 at pleasure; must give security for the due discharge of his official duties, submit bis accounts when required by the council, and a summary remedy is to be had against him for not accounting. Keep his accounts open for inspection of a;dennen or councillors, and submit thein to the vouchers, to the auditors on the first of March and the first of September respectively, and to cause an abstract to be printed. 10th. — Conslublts are appointed by the watch committee, and have power to act in the county as well as the borough. Magistrates appoint special constables, who have 3s. 6d. for e ch day of duty. 11th. — Auditors. — Two are elected annually, on the first of March, in form of, and with the qualification of councillors ; no councillor is eligible. 12th.— Registrar ofthe borough court of record, appointed by the council, he is not to practice as an attorney in such court, nor his partner, nor clerk. 13th. — Sheriff.— The council name the sheriff. 14th. — Coroner is appointed by the" council, cannot be an alderman or councillor his appointment is during good behaviour ; receives 20s., and 9d. every mile exceeding two, and makes an annual return of the inquests held by him to the Secretary of State. 15th. — Clirk of the Peace is appointed by the council; the appointed clerk to justices, his par ner, or clerk, are ineligible to ihe office of cleik of the peace ; the duties are to give ten days notice of time and place of holding court of quarter sessions ; to summons, at least seven days before, a sufficient number of grand jurors, and to make out a list of the names and descriptions of jurors summoned ; the fees paid to this officer are settled by the town council, and confirmed by the Secretary of State. 16th. — Overseers of the Poor- to make out lists of persons entitled to be burgesses, which they are to sign and deUver to the town-clerk on the fifth day of September every year. 17th. — Burgesses and Freemen: no one can become such of any borough, by gift or purchase ; but all rights of property in common lands or public stocks, money, or chat tels, are reserved to all existing freemen and burgesses, and to such persons as might have become freemen or burgesses, had this act not passed ; and to their wives, widows, children, or apprentices, a discharge and exemption from all tolls, dues only excepted. Nevertheless, it is provided that freemen to be entitled to the beneficial exemption, shall have acquired their right prior to the 5th of June, 1835. All occupiers of houses and shops, rated for three years for the relief of the poor, are entitled to be burgesses, if resident householders within seven miles ; occupancy and the payment of rates are tha only qualifications. 18th. — Borough Fund: the proceeds of all corporate property, one moiety of all penalties imposed under this act, and all unappropriated fines and penalties, are to form the borough fund, and to be paid to the treasurer accordingly. Debts, officers salaries, election expenses, the expenses of assize prosecutions, maintaining and punishing offenders, are to be paid out of the borough fund ; and a council is to order a borough rale, in case this fund is insufficient. 19th. — Qita'i/ioitioiis : Burgesses to be qualified at municipal elections, must fulfil the following conditions : — 1st, on the last day of August in any year, he must have occu- 464 HISTORY OF WARWICK. pied a house, warehouse, or other premises in the borough, during that and two preceding years, to the value of £5. and upwards. 2nd, have occupied a house in the borough, or within seven mi'es of it. 3rd, have been duly enrolled as a burgess. 4tb, he must have been rated personally in respect of the premises occupied in the borough, to the amount of £5. and upwards. 5th, have paid before the last day of August, all poor rates and borough rates, except such as become payable six calendar months before the last of August. Such premises need not to have been continuously the same. The following is a list of the Members of Parliament, the Corporate body, and the municipal officers of the borough of Warwick. CORPORATION. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. William Collins, Esq., and Sir Charles Douglas, Knight. Mayor, Henry Blenkinsop, Esq. Recorder, John Mellor, Esq. ALDERMEN. St. Nicholas' Ward. Richard Grant Reading, James Simmonds, John Enock. St. Mary's Ward. John Wilmshurst, Thomas Morris, Philip William Newsam. COUNCILLORS. St. Mary's Ward. Samuel Redfern. John Satchell. William Timms. Charles Redfern. Henry Blenkinsop. William Groves Perry. George Judd. Thomas Pratt. Charles Byrne. John Dowler. St. Nicholas' Ward. WilUam Walker. Samuel Mallory. Henry Woodfield. William Bannister Shaw. Benjamin Sedgeley. Robert Nunn. William Leatherland. Thomas Newbold. MAGISTRATES. Theophilus Taylor, Charles Lamb, Edward Greaves, John Wilmshurst, John Goodhall, Kelynge Greenway, William CoUins, M.P., and William Walker, Esqrs. Clerk to Ala gist rati s. — Samuel William Haynes, Esq. The Magistrates meet every Monday at the Court House. Coroner. — Samuel William Haynes, Esq. 7 men Clerk. — James Tibbits, Esq. Clerk of the Peace. — Thomas Heath, Esq. Treasurer. — Joseph Ward, Esq. Gaoler, (county.) — Harry Adkins. Governor tfmi.se of Correction, — William Townsend. Seryeant-at-M.ice, 1 iispi ct-r of II eights and Mcasures,und Billet Master. — WilUam Salloway. Yenman Serjeant. — William Street. Town Crier. — John Parsons. Police Office, Theatre street. — Thomas Bellerby, superintendent ; and five other officers. Number of Burgesses on the register in 1849. was. in St. Mary's Ward. 660 ; and St. Nicholas1 Ward, 409. Parliamentary Voters for the Borough, 752. This is a polling sta ion, and principal pluce of election for the southern division of the county. The black coiporation book of King Philip and Queen Mary's time, is still in the hands of the body corporate. There are about 140 acres of common land. 'Ihe Court House, Jury street, in which the borough sessions and meetings of the town council are held, is a handsome stone building, ornamented with fluted Corinthian pilasters, and having over the entrance a sculptured figure of justice, surmounted by HISTORY OF WARWICK. 465 the royal arms, and the borough arms below ; on the left hand of the vestibule is the court-room, which, though rather dark, is in other respects well arranged ; on the right- hand side is the mayor's parlour, a handsome room, with a portrait of Henry VIII. over the mantel-piece, and the royal arms at the other end. In the upper story is an elegant assembly-room, sixty feet long and twenty-seven wide : the walls are decorated with fluted Corinthian pilasters, supporting an entablature and cornice, wilh an orchestra at one end ; from the ceiling, which is lofty, three large and brilliant chandeliers of cut glass are suspended, which cost ^£300. ; adjoining is a card-room, in which is a good portrait of Charles II. It was built about 1730, under the direction of John Smith, an architect of considerable celebrity, at the expense ofthe corporation ; for this, however, under a charge of misapplication ofthe public money, they were summoned to appear in the Court of Chancery, and were suspended from the exercise of all their power and privileges, to which they were not restored till the year 1 738. 7 he assizes and general quarter sessions of the peace for the county, are held at Warwick and Coventry. The Borough Sessions are held in the county hall, immediately after the business of the County Sessions. Petty Sessions are held at the Judge's house every Saturday, for county business; and at the court-house every Monday, for the borough business. The County Hall, Northgate street, is an elegant building of freestone, in the Grecian style of architecture; the facade is embellished with pilasters ofthe corint Man order, and with a central portico of Corinthian columns supporting a triangular pediment ; the hall which is finely proportioned and handsomely decorated, is one hundred and ten feet long, and forty-five wide, with a lofty coved ceiling; in the centre of the side fronting the entrance is a vestibule, forming an approach for barristers and attorneys to their respective courts ; the criminal court is situated on the right, and the nisi prius court on the left hand; both are octagonal inform, andare lighted by alantern dome, supported on finely proportioned Corinthian columns at the angles. On the left of the county-hall is the judges' mansion, a neat stone building with handsome portico, and having com munication with the hall. County Gaol, Northgate street, is a large stone building of the Doric order, with massive columns in front, having a central entrance to the office of the cleik of the peace. The entrance to the prison is in Bridewell lane, through a spacious gateway, over which is the platform for the execution of criminals ; the interior is divided into ten wards for the classification of prisoners, with day rooms, work rooms, and airing yards, in one of which is the tread mill, with three compartments ; the cells are arranged round the governor's house, which is to the centre, commanding a distinct view of each ofthe wards ; and the greatest order, and, as far as circumstances will allow of it, the greatest comfort and cleanliness, prevail throughout the estabUshment ; a warm bath is appropriated to the use of th e prisoners on their entrance, and every precaution is used to prevent contagion. The chapel, capable of containing four hundred persons, is divided by screens, with a view to preserve the same classification. Gaoler, Harry Adkin; Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Laugharne; Surgeon, John Walmshurst, Esq.; Hiad Turnkey, John Young. House of Correction or hrideivell, Bridewell-lane, nearly opposite the entrance of the above, and enclosed within a high stone wall; having been enlarged at different times, the arrangement is rather inconvenient, the entrance from some of the wards to he chapel, aud otherparts of the prison, requiring an ascent of many steps ; the same regard to classification, order, and cleanliness, prevails here as in the county gaol. The boys and the women were formerly employed in heading pins for the manufacturers at Bir mingham, and the men in drawing and preparing the wire for that purpose, but was found to be attended with loss, owing to the waste of material ; consequently was declined a few years ago. A flour mill, worked by a crank, with hand labour, employing one hundred men, who relieve each other at intervals, grinds a sufficient quantity to supply the county gaol and BrideweU, and for hire ; the governor's house is a new stone building, 466 HISTORY OF WARWICK. fronting Bridewell-lane, was previously in the centre of the prison, and is now converted into cells. Governor, William Townsend ; Clia alnin, Rev. Thomas Laugharne; Surgeon, John Wilmshurst; Head Turnkey, William Hobley. Conn'y Court, (Sew), Nortbgate-street. The Warwick district comprises the follow ing parishes; viz., Ashow, Barford, Bearley, Beaudesert, Baggington, Bubbenhall, Bud- brook, Beausall, Cnbbington, Claverdon, Eathorpe, Ilunningham. Hatton, Haseley, Henley-in-Arden, Honiley. Kenilworth, Leamington, Leek Wootton, Lillington, Lang ley, Milveiton, Norton Lindsey, OfTchurch, Pinley, Prei-ton Bagott, Rowington, Rad ford, Sherbourne, S-hrewley, Stivichall, Stoneleigh, Tachbrook. Ullenhall, Whitnash, Weston, Wappenbury, Warwick, Wasperton, Wolverton, Wootton. Wawen, and Wrox- all ; .fudge, Frederick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq. ; Clerk, John Bass Hanbury ; High Bailiff, John Archer. Guy's Cliff, situated 1J miles from Warwick, on the Kenilworth road, which was, for some years prior to his death, the solitary retreat of the renowned Guy, Earl of War wick, of whom so many legendary tales are recorded ; the cave in which he is said to have lived in retirement and devotion, and in which he was buried, is hewn in the rock near the bank of the Avon. He is stated to have assumed the disguise of a hermit, and to have daily visited the castle, in which his countess resided, ignorant of his destiny, to whom he made himself known only a few days before his death. Near the cave is a range of cells, having the appearance of a nunnery, and some cloisters hewn in the rock, and rudely arched, called Phillis cloisters, after the countess, who survived him only a few days, and was buried near him. Under a Roman arch, built by the late proprietor, to sustain an ancient pointed one which was falling to decay, are preserved wo stone basins called Guy's well, covered with moss, into which a fine spring of clear water is constantly flowing. On this cliff, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, built a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in which he erected a colossal statue of Guy in armour, and in the attitude of drawing bis sword ; the right arm is wanting, and the left bears a shield, the hand of which is also gone. The cbapel, now not used for divine service, was built in the reign of Henry VI , and is in the later style of English architecture, with a very beautiful porch, the roof of which, like that ofthe chapel, is richly grained. By a survey taken in the reign of Henry VIII., the lands belonging to this chapel were certified to be worth £19. 10s. 6d. per annum, which, together with aU its buildings and appurtenances, were granted by royal license 1st of Edward VI., to Sir A. Flammock, Knight, in whose family it continued till the reign of Elizabeth, when it was purchased by William Hudson, Esq., an emiuent surgeon of Kenilworth ; on the marriage of his daughter to Sir Thomas Beaufoy, Knight, the estate passed into that family : it afterwards became the property of Mr. Edwards, of Kenilworth, from whose heirs it was purchased by Samuel Greathead, Esq., by whom the present handsome modern mansii n was built on the cliff, in front of which is a stately avenue of noble fir-trees ; he also repaired the chapel, and greatly improved the surrounding grounds. Ou Ms disease, in 1765, it descended to his son Bertie Greathead, Esq., on whose dis ease it passed into the hands of the Hon. Charles Bertie Percy, in consequence of his marriage with the grand-daughter ofthe late Samuel Greathead, Esq. The Avon winds beautifully round the base of the cliff and through the grounds, in which is a water-mill for grinding corn, erected prior to the conquest. Nearly opposite to Guy's cliff, on the other side ofthe road, is B.acklow lull, a rocky eminence planted with forest trees. In the hollow part of the rock, which appears to have been quamed, P.ers Gravestone was beheaded, in commemoration of which event, amoni.ment of an upright shaft, supporting a cross, and resting upon a pedestal, with a suitable inscription, has been erected on the summit. Numerous Monastic Establishments anciently existed to the town. The priory was founded by Henry de Newbury, Earl of Warwick, and completed by his sou Roger, in the reign of Henry I., for canons regular of the order of the Holy Sepulchre, and its HISTORY OF WARWICK. 467 revenue at the dissolution, was .£49. 13s. 6d. : the remains have been converted into a private mansion, but retain very considerable portions of the ancient architecture, and are situated at the entrance into the town from Birmingham, and is the property ofthe Rev-. Henry Wise, but at present unoccupied. The hospital of St. John the Bap'ist was founded in the reign of Henry If. by William, Earl of Warwick, for the reception of strangers and pilgrims, and, at the dissolution, had a revenue valued at .£19. 17s. 3d. The buildin;, which is a fine specimen ofthe architecture ofthe times is now occupied as a private boarding-school, and is situated near the extremity of the town, on the road to Leamington. Within the precincts of the castle was the collegiate church of All Shints, of which John Rous relates, that St. Dubricius made it an episcopal seat, about the latter end of the sixth century ; the secular priests, or canons, of which es tablishment were, to 1125, united to the college of St. Mary's. In the north-west part of the town was an abbey, which was destroyed by Canute in 101 0 ; who also reduced to ashes a nunnery, occupying the site of St. Nicholas' churchyard. In the north suburb was the chapel of St. Michael, to which was annexed an hospital, founded about the close of the reign of Henry I., or the beginning of that of Stephen, by Roger, Earl of Warwick, for a master and leprous brethren, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was .£10. 19s. lOd. . the remains were appropriated as au almshouse for aged women, but now used as a smith's shop. Ofthe hospital of St. Thomas, stated hy Rous to have been founded by WiUiam, Earl of Warwick, not even the site is known. The convent of Dominican friars, which was situated in the western suburbs, was founded in the reign of Henry III. by the Botelors, Lords Studley, and the Mountforts ; the revenue, at the time ot the dissolution, was £4. 18s. 6d. Attached to the chapel of St. James, over the west uate of the town, now forming part of the Leicester hospital, was a college for four Secular priests, founded in the reign of Richard II., which continued till the disso lution. There were also numerous churches in the town, of which only St. Mary's and St. Nicholas are remaining ; these being found sufficient for the accomm dation of the inhabitants, the others, which were greatly dilapidated, were suffered to fall into decay. Edward Plantaganet, son of George, Duke of Clarence, and the last male heir of that family, was born in Warwick castle ; he was kept a close prisoner in the reigns of Edward IV., Richard III., and Henry VIII., and, attempting to effect his escape from the Tower, during the reign of the last-named monarch, was beheaded in 1499. W arwick gives the title of Earl to the family of Greville. Saltisford, an extensive hamlet, forming the northern suburb ofthe town. Emscote, a hamlet and populous district, extending L£ mile on the Leamington road; here is a small Independent chapel, erected 1834, 7 he ' 'apr, a small hamlet one mile north. Longbridgt: a hamlet two miles W. from the town. Mylon, a hamlet pleasantly seated on the Old Leamington road, 1J miles from the town. Charities. — St. Mary and St. Nicholas: — King Henry VIII. by letters patent 15th May. 37 of his reign, granted to the Burgesses of the town of Warwick cert in estates which had belonged to the dissolved college of St. Mary, in Warwick; which said rectories, messuages, lands, tenements, glebes, tithes, and other premises, were then of the yearly value of .£58. 14s. 4d. ; which were grauted by the said King to the burgesses ot the town of Warwick, #c, rendering yearly to the said King £A. 13s. 4d. In consideration of all which premises, the burgesses, for themseives and their success ors, would lor ever yearly pay to the perpetual vicar in the church of St. Mary, and all successive vicars, £>20., to be paid at Michaelmas and Lady-day, by even portions, as an endowment of his vicarage ; and also 40s. yearly for the tenths of the said endowment ; and also that they would yearly, for ever, pay to to the Master ofthe King's school, aud to his successors, schoolmasters of the said King's school of the town of Warwick, to be by those presents nominated and incorporated, ^10., to be paid at Michaelmas and 468 HISTORY OF WARWICK. Lady-day by even portions. And power was given by the charter to grant a convenient habitation for a vicarage-bouse to the vicars of St. Mary ; and also a convenient house and mansion for the master of the said school. The particulars and rent of ths estates now belonging to the corporation, as derived from the King's grant, are as follows :— In Wanvick, houses and other buildings let for .£199. 16s. lOd. ; land, 27. a. 3r. 4p. let for £921. 16s. 4d. ; tithes, .£228. 16s. In Budbrooke, messuage and glebe 107a.3r.10p. let for £192.; tithes £271. 4s. Id. In Norton and Hampton-on-the-Hill, hamlets to Budbrooke, tithes, .£43. 2s. ; land, 10a. 2r. 6p., let for £18. 15s. In Chaddesley. tithes and land 40a. 2r. 5])., £/40. ; house and land, 4 acres. £37- In Ilmington, tenement and land 39a. Or. 20,j. for £/4. In Radford, 8a. 2r. for .£25. In Stone, rent charge on vicarage, £2- Free farm rents in Beausall. Norton. Hatton, Henley, and Church Wootton, £5. 5s. 6d. ; making a total of .£2,756. 15s. 9d. Included in this are several tenements given by Mr. Toloysand others, towards the maintenance of Warwick bridge. Also, the rent of a small house to the Higher Pavement, given by John Fisher, towards the maintenance of the vicar of St. Mary's. Exchanges in the original property has been made by inclosure acts, and by private agreement. From the time of James I. various proceedings have been had in the court of chancery for the application of the increasing revenues of this charity. Upon a petition in 1816, and on an order 22nd January, 1818, the following stipends were ordered to be paid: — to the vicar of St Mary's £250. ; to the assistant, .£105.; to the vicar of St. Nicholas, £200.; to the vicar of Budbrooke. ,£100. ; the master ofthe King's school, .£135. ; to the clerk of St. Mary's, £20. ; to the sexton, £10.; to the Mayor, £1150. , to the town clerk, .£25. ; to the ser jeant at mace, £25. ; to the yeoman serjeant, .£15. ; to the beadle, £10. 10s. ; making a total of £1045. 10s. There is also a weekly distribution of 20s. of bread, £52. The receiver's salary, £50. ; organist of St. Mary's, £50. ; contract to the Warwick Gas Company, from Michaelmas to Lady-day, £265.. and an additional payment for lighting during September, £37- 17s.; expense of the nightly watch, £100.; which, with the original rent-charge paid to the crown, and various other small payments, making the total expenditure £1,705. 12s 5Jd., with various repairs, &c. ; and from time to time extra ordinary disbursements for the general good ofthe town. The sum of £2187. 19s. 2d. was expended in fencing a new burial ground for St. Mary's, to Friars lane, and erecting a chapel therein, the land having been given by the Rev. Thomas Cattell; also, £119. 12s. to enlarge the burial ground of St. Nicholas ; and £77- for maktog a plan of the town in 1823, which, with other uncertain disbursements, average about £458. per annum, which will make the total expenditure £2,162. 15s. 5d., leaving a surplus upon the present income of £594., but subject to considerable variations. The premises in which the King's school is held, were purchased by the corporation in 1699, at a cost of £300., commonly called the college, which was the property of Sir Thomas Wagstaff, who abated £40. of the purchase money. Lord Brooke contributed £40., Mr. Col more, £20. ; and Sir Henry Pickering, £10 , towards the purchase. The college pre mises consist of a large old house surrounding a small quadrangle, with a large garden annexed thereto; also, two good schoolrooms, one of which was built to 1799 by the cirporation. These premises are occupied by the master of the grammar school, the corporation externally keeping them in repair. William Vyner, of Warwick, by deed 1636, gave to the ba liff and burgesses of Warwick a rent charge of £6. out of certain lands in Ethorpe, on trust, to pay yearly £4. to the master, and £2. to the usher ofthe free grammar school, young tradesmen ofthe borough, formerly of £50., but since 1820. of £100. each, for nine years without interest, two or more persons being surety for the repayment ; and, in 1 828, there was a balance to the receiver's hands of £3,060. 19s. 4|d., and £8,800. out on security, of which £350. was supposed to be irrecoverable. Sir Thomas Puckering, ofthe Priory, Warwick, by indenture, 20th April, 9 Charles I. enfeoffed to trustees and their heirs, one tenement in Wallditch street, and two other tenements in Rotherchipping stieet, and also six several tenements which he had built for the habitation of six several tradesmen, of which three were situated to each of the said stieets ; upon trust, to make leases of the said six new messuages, to six several tradesmen of the town of Warwick, for 21 years and no longer ; such lessee to enter into usual covenants for the taking, teaching of apprentices, (to be nominated by the feoffees,) in the trade or mystery ofthe said lessee, for the space of seven years ; aud for the providing of necessary meat, drink, washing, lodging, and apparel, for every such apprentice, &c. &c. By indenture, 1789, the three houses in Wallditch street, but then caUed Bridewell lane, were exchanged for pasture ground in Bndbrook, called Sale's close, containing eight acres, but which, by survey in 1815, was found to contain 5a. lr. 4p., and is now let (1825.) for £10. per annum. The other five houses in Rother chipping, now Brook stieet, produce £19. 8s. per annum. The rent is applied in ap prenticing poor children, with premiums of about £10. each, which is agreeable to the donor's intention. Robert Heath, by will, 1684, gave out of his land in Southam, £5. by the year, to be paid to set forth yearly one poor man's child apprentice, out of the borough of Warwick, by the approbation of his executors, aud the mayor and aldermen of the said borough. This annuity is received (1825,) from Mrs. Marcott, the owner of the estate in Southam, and is applied as directed. Robert Heath, grandson of the former, by will, 1737, left £10. out of the same estate for apprenticing two boys, which was void under the statute of 9th George II. George Webb, by will, 1722, gave Dean's Pool Meadow, in the parish of St. Nicholas, (after the death of his wife,) to the vicars and churchwardens of St. Mary's aud St. Nicholas, for ever, on trust ; and that they should appoint five persons ofthe parish of St. Mary's, and two of St. Nicholas, to act together with them, in disposing of the rents and profits in manner following : — and expend, on the second 25th of March after the death of his said wife, £5. or not more than £10. in placing out one poor boy ofthe parish of St. Mary, apprentice for seven years to some trade ; and that after his appren ticeship performed, and in case he could read his Bible, &c, and should bring a certificate from his master or mistress that he had behaved himself soberly aud diUgently during his apprenticeship, then he should be paid £5. £6. or £7., at the discretion of the said trustees, towards setting him up in business. And he willed that upon every 25th of March after the first mentioned, during the term of three years, there should be one boy of the parish of St. Mary placed out apprentice with the same privileges ; and on the next 25th of March, after three years, one poor boy of the parish of St. Nicholas, for two years, with the same privUeges ; and that upon the 25th of March next, after the said two years, there should be one poor boy of the parish of Maxstoke placed out ap- 3 K 2 4?2 HISTORY OF WARWICK. prentice, with the above-named privileges ; and also, that upon every 25th of March, after the seven years above mentioned, to proceed in the same manner ; and in case there should be no boy found in Maxtoke, one poor boy of St. Mary should be substi tuted. No boy to be apprenticed to his father or brother. The testator's widow died in 1743, when the close was let for £9. a year ; and afterwards let on lease, in 1747, for 99 years, at the yearly rent of £10. to Matthew Wise, Esq. In 1803, the trustees ex changed with Henry Christopher Wise, Esq., the aforesaid land, containing 3a. 3r. 2p., for 4 acres of land in the parish of St. Mary, adjoining the road leading to Hatton, re ceiving also £21. 16s. as a balance for the value oftimber. This is now let for £21. a year. Boys are regularly apprenticed, tMee from St. Mary, two from St. Nicholas, and one from Maxtoke. Annual meetings ofthe trusteese are held with few exceptions, when the expense of £1. allowed by the testator, has been increased to about £4. Richard Lane, by will, 1723, gavearent charge of £10., payable out of certain lands and tenements to the borough of Warwick and in Harbury, to trustees, for the paying of £5. for the binding out a poor boy of the borough of Warwick, whose parents should be of the established church, or that he should have been therein educated ; and at the end ofthe first seven years after the death ofthe testator, £5. more every year, to give to such boys as from time to time so put out, who had faithfully served their apprentice ship, to enable him the better to follow his trade ; or if there should want such boys, then to dispose ofthe same in some other charity. The rent charge of £10. is received from the owner of an estate at Harbury, and apphed agreeable to the donor's will. The boys are taken out of the borough at large. Sir Tliomas Delves, by indenture, 1727, released unto Dame Roda, his wife, and three others, all his lands, &c, in the county of Chester, upon trust ; within 16 years after his decease, to raise and pay the sum of £1,000., to be laid out to the purchase of land in the county of Warwick, to be settled on trustees ; to the intent that one-half the rents should be applied by the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, of the parish of St. Mary, in Warwick, in placing out poor children apprentices, and in clothing them, and setting them up in trade, or reUeving poor persons, &c. ; and the other half of the rents to be applied for Uke purposes in the parish of St. Nicholas ; and to pay £30. per annum till the £1,000. was advanced. And the Uke sum of £1,000. was also left for clothing and teaching poor children of Wybunbury, and £30. a year paid till the said sum was raised. By a decree of the court of chancery, 13th July, 1734, it was ordered that the deed of 1727 should be established ; and the master, by his report 10th July, 1735, certified that the sum of £210. was then due for the £30. per annum direc'ed to be raised for the two parishes, and the Uke sum for Wybunbury ; and the sum of £2.540. was accordingly placed in the hands of the Attorney General. On the 10th April, 1749, agreeable to the master's order, an estate in Budbrooke was conveyed, for the sum of £1,000. to certain trustees, their heirs and assigns, for the use of the vicars of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, for ever, to dispose ofthe said rents to certain charitable purposes within the«said parishes. These premises consist of a barn, of wMch one end has been made into a small dwelling-house, and 36a. 2r. 19p. of land, let at the annual rent of £110. Out of this £4. is paid for land tax, £2. 2s. to the receiver, and Is. 6d for receipt stamps, leaving £103. 16s. 6d. which is carried to the credit of the two' parishes ; which moieties are disbursed by the receiver, under the directions of the res pective vicars, churchwardens, and overseers of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, in paying premiums of apprenticeship for poor children, ofthe respective parishes, and the charge of the indentures. The share of the £540. as before noticed, belonging to these two parishes, had, previously to the purchase of this estate, been appfied in apprentictoe poor boys. s Ann Johnson, by indenture, 1732, granted to trustees certain messuages, in or near Smith street, in St. Nicholas' parish, Warwick, to hold the same for her use, for her lift, and after her decease, on trust, to layout the rents in clothing, or otherwise reUev HISTORY OF WARWICK. 4T3 ing poor old persons of the parishes of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, and to placing out poor children of either sex apprentices, they all being of the communion of the Church of England. She also, by her will of the same date, ratified the same, and gave to the said trustees, Thomas Bree, M.D., and two others, all her leasehold estates, her goods and chattels, and other her personal estates, upon trust, to sell the same, and after the payment of her debts, legacies, and funeral expenses, to lay out all the residue of the money in one or more purchase or purchases of freehold lands, in the county of War wick, and settle the same upon themselves and such other persons as they should think fit, for the same charitable uses as were contained in the above-named indenture. The sum of £2,424. 9s. 5d. was, in 1733, realized from the sale of the above estates, and laid out, under the sanction of a decree in chancery, in the year 1737, in the purchase of a farm called Hogbrook, of which sum £65. 8s. 5d. was for law expenses and in the conveyance. This farm contains 203a. 1 r. 4p., besides the homestead and orchard, in 18 closes, and was let, in 1819, at the annual rent of £170., previous to which it had been £200. a year, but, to 1826, the tenant was considerably in arrear. The premises in Smith street produce an annual rental of £88. 10s., making a total of £258. 10s. After deducting various expenses of insurance, land tax, repairs, risinS immediately from the ground, 136 feet 3 inches from the base to the battlements, containing ten bells, which is consi dered to-be one ofthe finest peals in England : they were re-hung to 1794 upon a stu pendous and most ingenious wooden frame-work rising from the ground, and altogether ¦unconnected with the walls, in order to avoid damage thereto ; it is pannelled and orna mented with mches, in which were finely sculptured figures, and surmounted by a lofty oc tagonal spire, the whole height being from the base of the tower 300 feet, exactly equal to the length of the church : it is questionable whether the entire kingdom suppUes a finer arcMtectural specimen, as a parish church ; the interior is finely arranged, and derives great beauty from the loftiness of its elevation and the deUeacy of the piers wMch support the roof; the clerestory windows ofthe nave form a noble range of large dimensions, and are ornamented with ancient stained glass ; the chancel, which is of earUer date, was formerly a chapel erected to 1 133, to wMch the nave and aisles were subsequently added ; it deviates from a straight line, and forms an angle with the line of the nave, wMch sensibly offends the eye. The living is a vicarage, valued to the King's books at £26. 15s. 5d. now £472., to the patronage of the Crown, and incum bency ofthe Rev. J. B. Collisson, B.A. In 1803, Mr. Richard Burgh, a native of Co ventry, left by will £1000. for the purpose of new-pewing the church ; the legacy was paid to 1817, since which time a considerable amount of toterest has accumulated, and in 1849 the work was carried into effect, when the old galleries were taken away. In the vestry are some antique oak furnishings, and a good portrait of the late Rev. Rob ert Simpson, who held the vicarage for upwards of 52 years. There are a number of charities belonging to tMs church, chiefly consisting of sums bequeathed for distributing bread, bibles, and clothing to the poor. St. John's Church, Fleet-street, formerly a chapel; erected in honour ofthe Saviour, which was constituted a parish by Act of ParUament to 1734 : it was tortit upon ground given by Isabel, queen-mother of Edward III, and is an interesting structure, quadran gular to the lower part, and cruciform to the upper : from the centre rises a square em battled tower, with circular turrets at the angles, and supported on four finely clustered piers and arches of singular beauty ; the interior is characterised by a simple grandeur of style which more than compensates for the want of elaborate embellishment. The living is a rectory not to charge, rated at £83. and endowed with £600. parUamentary grant, to the patronage of the Church Charity Trustees of this city, and incumbency ofthe Rev. Thos. Sheepshanks : this Uving is always annexed to the head-mastership ofthe Free Grammar School, and includes also a lectureship for the second master, the former tak ing two-thirds and the latter one-third ofthe income. In 1841, the beautiful west win dow was restored to its original character, and during 1846 the stone-work of the same window was renewed to corresponding good taste. There is a good organ at the north side of the chancel, bmlt 1817, and near the west window is a finely-executed font, erected 1843. There are a few charitable bequests connected with this church, for dis tribution in bread and clothing to the poor. Christ's Church, on the south-west side ofthe city, was erected by subscription and a grant from the parliamentary commissioners to 1832, the Uving aperpetual curacy value £179. in the patronage ofthe vicar of St. Michael's, and incumbency ofthe Rev. Henry Truman Harris : this is a pleasing and well-built edifice, the south-west front is in the decorative style of arcMtecture, having a fine arched doorway in the centre, with a small one on each side, and windows over them, the whole surmounted with pinnacles and a cross. This church has been added to the ancient steeple of the church of the monastery of the Grey Friars, the brethren of which were famous for the representation of religious dramas; it was originaUy founded to 1234, and the church built to 1358, for which Edward the Black Prince granted the friars permission to take stone from the quarries in his park at Cheylesmore ; the monastery was destroyed at the disso. HISTORY OF COVENTRY.' 489 lution; all that remains of this establishment is the very beautiful steeple, consisting of an octagonal tower, with a pierced parapet, from wMch rises a lofty and finely- proportioned octagonal spire; the nave is 101 feet in length, with side aisles and gal lery; contains 1500 sittings, 900 of which are free; it also contains a good organ, toiilt by Banfield, of Birmingham. St. Peter's Church, Hill field or New Town, is a neat brick edifice, with a tower at the west end ; the living, a perpetual curacy, value £150., in the patronage of the vicar of Holy Trinity, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Thornhill, erected 1841, on ground given by Mr. Charles Weston, of Corley, by whom the first stone was laid, and made a district church in 1842. The building is 131 feet 6 inches long, and 56 feet 8 inches wide, and furnishes 559 appropriated sittings, and 695 free ; the burial ground contains about three acres. St. Thomas's Church. Summerland butts, is a very neat and substantial stone edifice, in the perpendicular style of architecture, erected 1849 ; the interior is fitted up in the cathedral style ; the whole cost £3,300., raised by subscription, aided by £1,200. from the church building societies ; will accommodate 600 ; upwards of 400 sittings are free. The stone was given by Lord Leigh, from a quarry in the immediate locality. The Uving, a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the crown, and the Bishop, alternately, and incumbency of the Rev. Stephen Cragg, M. A. The district comprises the whole of Spon end beyond the bridge, and all that part of the parishfrom thence, lyingsouth- west of the river Sherbourne. Surrogates, for granting marriage licenses for the Diocese of Worcester and Lich field, Rev. J. B. Collisson, Rev. T. Sheepshanks, and Rev. C. Thornhill. Roman Catholic Church, top of Hill-street. A Roman CathoUc Chapel was erected 1807 ; its inadequacy to meet the wants of the congregation assembUng there, and the inroads of decay, rendered its demolition necessary a few years ago,J on the 29th May, 1843, (the Rev. Dr. Ullathorne then holding the priesthood) ; the first stone was laid of the present modern gothic structure, which, for the durability of materials, excellency of workmanship, and appropriateness of design, suppUes conclusive evidence that the roman catholics of the present day are by no means behind their forefathers in the art and true conception of building churches ; this church stands immediately adjoining the site of the old chapel, on a commanding eminence, dedicated to " The church ofthe most Holy Sacrament." It consists of nave, clerestory, north and south aisles, chancel, lady chapel, and sacristies ; also a tower at the south-west corner, which is intended to be surmounted by a spire, rising, according to the design, 130 feet from the ground. The entire length of the church inside is 115 feet; its breadth, 50 feet. The interior finishing is highly beautiful, rich to ornament, and abounding in the impressive symbols of the Roman CathoUc faith ; the lady chapel is a perfect gem of the kind ; in a smaU gaUery at the north-west corner is a good organ, built by Messrs. Bevington, of London. The services are performed by members of the order of St. Benedict ; and adjoining the chm-ch is a house or presbytery, constructed on the principal of a Benedictine Priory. Rev. Michael Stonott, and Rev. J. A. Clarkson, priests. There are ten dissenting places of worship to the town, viz., Wesleyan Methodists, Warwick lane, erected 1836. Independents, West Orchard, erected 1821, Rev. John Jerard, and the Rev. Edward HicMnan Delf, are the present mtoisters. Vicar lane, of wMch the Rev. John Sibree is minister ; and Well-street, erected 1827 ; Rev. Nathaniel Rowton, minister Baptist, Cow lane, erected 1793, Rev. John Watts, is the present pastor. Baptist, (General), White Frier lane ; Rev. James Levitt, pastor. - Unitarian, Smithford-stieet, is a large brick building, erected 1701 ; Rev. — Gordon, minister. Friends' Meeting House, Vicar lane. Primitive Methodists, Grove-street, erected 1836. 3 L 3 490 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. Latter Day Saints, Spon stieet. The Cemetery, half a mile S. E. from the town, on the old London road, containing 18 acres of land ; the laying out of which was executed from a plan laid down by the Well known horticulturest, Mr. Paxton, head gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devon shire, is one of the finest and most picturesque cemeteries to the kingdom ; is skirted with tall elms, which form a fine natural ornsfcient to its borders ; the interior is taste fully laid out with walks and shrubs of various kinds ; it is entered at the north end, and divided by a capacious serpentine walk ; the south-west side, appropriated to the Church of England, and the north-east to the Dissenters ; the portions are equal. The church is a neat structure, to the Norman style of architecture ; the Dissenters' chapel, in the Grecian ; the lodge and entrance, to the Italian. The cost ofthe whole was £12,000., and is the property ofthe corporation; opened December 19th, 1847 ; Mr. Richard Ashwell, secretary and superintendent. The Free Grammar School was founded in the reign of Henry VIII., by John Hales Esq., who endowed it with lands, at that time, of the value of two hundred marks ; buf. which now produce an annual income of £900., of which the head master receives two. thirds, and the second master, the remainder ; it is under the management of the cor poration, by whom the masters are appointed. There is a fellowship, at Catherine H all, Cambridge, founded by Mr. Frankland, for persons educated at Coventry school. Electors, the Master and Fellows of Catherine HaU ; " careful regard being had to the recommendation " of the Trustees of the Free Grammar School of this city. There are two Fellowships at St. John's College, Oxford, founded by Sir Thomas White, for scholars from the city of Coventry ; they are in the gift of the Trustees of the Free School, Coventry. Also, Thomas Lane, of Coventry, in 1656, by will bequeathed certain property "for fitting poor scholars of Coventry," for the University, and towards their maintenance there. There are now under this bequest six exhibitions, tenable for seven years ; value, £5. per annum for tMee years, and £56. per annum for the remaining four. It is intended to found additional exhibitions, as the funds admit of it. The school-room is the remaining part of a church which anciently belonged to the hospital of St. John, built in the reign of Henry II., the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was £83. 3s. 8d. ; it is a spacious room, lighted with windows in the decorated style, with rich tracery, and fitted up with the ancient carved seats, removed from the choir of the church belonging to the monastery of the WMte Friars ; the west end, taken down to widen the street, has been rebuilt in an appropriate style, and ornamented with two handsome turrets. Sir William Dugdale, the celebrated antiquary, and Archbishop Seeker, received the rudiments of their education at this school. Rev. Thomas Sheep shanks, M. A., head master, Rev. WUUam Drake, second master, and the Rev. James William Wright, writing master. The Bablake Blue Coat School, occupying one side of the quadrangle of the Bablake hospital, was founded, in 1566, by Mr. Thomas Wheatley, ironmonger, and mayor of the city, in consequence of an accidental acquisition of wealth, by the deUvery of barrels of cochineal and ingots of silver in mistake for steel gads, which he sent his agent to purchase in Spain. The original endowment, increased by subsequent bene factions, produces upwards of £900. per annum, and furnish the means for agood plain education to about 52 boys, children of the woriring classes of Coventiy, who are ad mitted when near eleven years of age, and continue two years, or till the usual period of apprenticeship. They are supplied with the principal articles of clothing immedi ately on admission, and at the end of the first year, are taken into the house and wholly provided for, every attention being paid to secure them personal domestic comfort and salutary moral training. On their leaving school a premium of £4. is given to bind them apprenticed for seven years, to such trades as may be chosen for them by their parents or guardians. This school, which was formerly under the control of the HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 491 corporation, is now under the management of the general charity trustees of Coventry ; Mr. Henry Mander, master; Mr. Henry Mander, jun., second master. The Blue Coat Girls Charity School, established about the commencement of the last century, stands on the site, and is connected with the remains of the west end of the cathedral, in Priory row; it was supported by voluntary contributions ; but its funds have been increased by gifts and bequests, at various times, to the amount of upwards of £1,500, The charity is managed by trustees, consisting of the vicar and vestrymen of Trinity parish, and is for forty girls, children of the labouring classes, who are taught and partly clothed out of the funds of this charity. They are admitted at ten years of age, and remain from three to five years ; during which period, they are taught to read, knit, and sew. The six oldest girls are taken into the house the last year, and in structed by the mistress to such duties as may fit them for becoming useful domestic servants; Sarah Go wing, mistress. Bayley's Charity Scluiol, founded by the will of Mrs. Katherine Bayley, in 1723, by which she leaves £600.; the first rules and regulations were established 1733: this cha rity affords a good plain education for thirty-five boys, who are admitted at eleven years of age, and remain till they are fourteen, when they are apprenticed with a premium of £3. They receive a suit of clothes anuually whilst at school, and attend regularly at St. Michael's church, of w hich parish the founder was an inhabitant. This charity has been augmented by legacies and donations ; its income from real and funded property now amounts to nearly £160. per annum, besides the proceeds of a charity sermon an nually at St. Michael's church. In 1845 anew and substantial school was erected down a yard in little Park-street, on land belonging to the estate ; the expenditure is about £200. per year. Henry Fretton, master. Baker, Billing, and Crow's Charity School, Cow Lane, was founded in 1690, by Mr. Samuel Baker, of London : its funds have been augmented by various benefactors and now realize about £500. per annum. The property is vested to seven trustees, the boys have each a stotof clothes annually ; when bound apprentice a premium of £3. is given with each, the whole attend divine service on Sundays at the Unitarian chapel, Thomas Clarke, master. Fairfax's Charily School, Spon street, originated in a donation of £100. made by Mr. Samuel Fairfax, to the year 1751 : subsequent benefactions have raised its income to about £200. per year, besides the receipt of a charity sermon at St. Michael's church of at least £100. : from these resources forty poor boys are clothed and educated tMee years. The affairs of this school are managed by eight trustees, resident in St. John's parish. Thomas Bassett, master. The School of Design, St. John's Bridges, established 1843, entirely from a strong sense, entertained by many of the principal inhabitants, that to a city Uke this, whose interests depend so much upon the silk manufacture, such an institution was of para mount necessity, as a means of cultivating the taste of the youthful part of our artizan population, and instructing them in the art of design, in the hope that in due time its advantage would be felt in that intense rivalry which has so long prevailed between the British and French manufacturer, is aided by grants from government, and its rules and general management are subject to the supervision and inspection of the government school at Somerset House. Mr. Edward Augustus Gifford, master. Southern and Craner's Charity School, Vicar Lane, established 1729 and 1731, by the wills ot Bridget Southern and Francis Craner, both members ofthe society of friends, forthe '• education or bringing up of poor children called ' Quakers,' or others, being in habitants of Coventiy." The property is vested in trustees, and y ields about £90. per annum, by which means thirty poor girls are clothed and educated for tMee years. Sarah Burbridge, mistiess. The British School, King-street, founded 1811, on the system and under the direction of the celebrated Joseph Lancaster. The present school is a neat brick building erec ted 1840, will accommodate 200, average 120, CorneUus Newcombe, master. 492 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. National School, (Central,) Union-street, for boys and girls ofthe archdeaconry of Cov entry, erected 1826, will accommodate 200 boys and 96 girls ; the bottom part is used for the master's residence. This school is supported entirely by the clergy and members of the church of England ; the board of management consists of the Bishop of Worcester, the Archdeaconry of Coventiy, the rural deans, and other clergy. Thomas and Sophia Band, master and mistress. St. Peter's National School, Yardley-street, is a neat brick building with stone facings, erected 1844, by voluntary subscriptions, aided by a grant from tbe national society, wUl accommodate about 260. John Tansley, master, and L. Lewis, mistress. Infant School, Central, Well-street, is a neat brick building, with a house adjoining for the master and mistress, erected 1832, will accommodate 120, average 100. John and Sarah Kinder, master and mistress. Infant School, Grey Friars Lane, established 1848, supported by the vicar of St. Mi chael's, will accommodate 150. Elizabeth Smith, mistiess. Roman Catholic School, Hill-street. Industrial Home, Leicester-street, established 1846, for twenty destitute females, sup ported by voluntary contributions and their own industry, under the management of twelve ladies. Mrs. Emma Holland, mistress. Medi:al Institutions : in the year 1831, a prominent topic of discussion amongst the wealthier classes of Coventry, was that of establishing a dispensary, in order to meet the wants of the poor in time of sickness; and as considerable difference of opinion pre vailed as to the principle upon which it was desirable such institutions should be foun ded, the result was the formation of two, respectively denominated, " The Self Sup porting " and " The General Dispensary." As these descriptions imply, the first relied for its maintenance on the small weekly contributions of the working classes who might avail themselves of its advantages, aided by the subscriptions and donations of honorary members. The General Dispensary, on the other hand, was based on the principle of benevolence or charity alone for the support »f its funds : both succeeded well, and, a few years ago, the Self-Supportiug, or, as it is now called, " The Provident Dispensary," erected for itself premises at the bottom of St. Michael's church-yard, where its business is now conducted. The following statement is copied from the annual report published May last. " The total number of persons who have received assistance since its establishment in July 1831, is 29,561." Under treatment at last report 73 Cured , 175 1 Attended during last year 1805 Relieved 34 Dead 35 Under Treatment 58 Total 1878 Total 1878 The receipts and disbursements of this institution, under the several items of account, is about £600. per annum. Treasurers, The Coventiy Banking Company. Honorary Se cretary, Mr. Richard Warner. Honorary Physician, Dr. Nankivell. Surgeons, Mr.Bick- nell and Dr. Ogilvy. Dispenser, Mr Henry Southam. Coventry and Warwickshire Hosoital, Little Park-street, founded on the principle of gratuitous assistance to the poor, having, as might be expected, in the midst of a dense manufacturing population, found the claims upon its benevolence to increase, turned its attention to a wider sphere of action for augmenting its resources, and thereby ex tending its usefulness, and, by the perseverance of its original promoters, at length succeeded far beyond the most sanguine expectations that could have been cherished: the plan of founding a hospital, the advantages of which should be open to the county •t large, was as warmly encouraged as the want of such an establishment to this neigh bourhood in particular, was universaUy admitted ; and, after a year or two of generous HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 493 exertion, and an effectual attempt to unite the two dispensaries for the purpose, this Worthy object was carried into effect. A building of considerable extent, with an en closed garden, the whole occupying 1600 square yards of land, in a healthy situation close to the Coventry Park, was purchased and fitted up for the purpose, and for some years past the value of this important institution has been realized by thousands of ob jects in this city and in that part of the county contiguous hereto, whom misfortune, poverty, or accident had placed to need ofthe assistance which it provides. There is ac commodation for a considerable number of in-door patients, and its doors are always open for the reception and treatment of such as may by sudden and unforeseen casual ties, become tho victims of physical suffering. The expenditure is upwards of £1200. per annum, which is provided for entirely by the voluntary subscriptions and donations of its friends in this city and the adjacent parts of the county. President, Right Hon. The Earl of Craven. Vice-Presidents, Right Hon. Viscount Hood, Right Hon. Lord Leigh, Right Hon. Edwa;rd_EUis, MP., John Little, Esq.. Sir J. E. E. Wilmot, Bart., W. S. Dugdale, Esq., M.P~W. Williams, Esq., M.P., and C. N. Newdegate, Esq. M.P. Physicians, Dr. H. Powell, Dr. E. Phillips, and Dr. E. Dewes. Smgeons. J. Bury, W. Laxon, and N. Troughton, House- 'surgeon. Honorary Secretaries; G. Old, Esq. and W. H. Seymour, Esq. Treasurers, The Coventiy and Warwickshire Banking Company. Matron, Mrs Susan Boake. Lying-in Charities, of which there are two, and both very liberally supported. The Coventry Library Society, Hertford-street, was established 1791, is held in a neat building in Hertford-street, and contains 8,000 volumes ; there is also a news-room in connection, the whole is under the management of a committee of twelve and a presi dent. Joseph Hepworth, secretary and librarian. The Mechanics' Institution, Hertford-street, established 1828, is now held to a conve nient brick building with cemented front, which consists of a good lecture-room, com prising ground-floor aud two galleries capable of holding 500 persons, a museum, library which contains about 1,500 volumes, and a convenient reading-rodm which is well-at tended by the middle and working classes, is supplied with four daily and many weekly papers and the best periodicals. Mr. Thomas Walker, secretary, and Joseph Squiers, librarian. 7 he Religious and Useful Knowledge Soeiety, Little Park-street, was formed 1835, chiefly by the exertions ofthe Rev. Dr. Hook, who was at that time vicar of Trinity parish ; its objects are, in some respects, similar to those ofthe Mechanics' Institution, but it enjoins with greater strictness a regard to religious teaching in the books forming its Ubrary, and is avowedly conducted on the principles of the Church of England. Banking Establishments, Messrs Little and Woodcock, High-street, The Coventiy and Warwickshire Banking Company, High-street, and The Coventry Union Banking Company, Little Park-street, High-street. Savings' Bank, Hertford street, established 1825 ; the deposits during the first year amounted to £1,411. 7s. 8d.; the last report (1849,) states the sum of £68,696. 5s. to be deposited, and the number of accounts open 3,290, besides 16 charitable societies, and 107 friendly societies. Hugh Gaskell, Esq., treasurer ; and Mr. Luke Dresser, actuary. The Bank is open every Monday from 12 to 2, on Fridays from 2 to 3, and on Saturday evenings, for receiving deposits, from 6 to 7- The Principal Inns are the King's Head, Smithford street and Hertford street ; the Craven Arms, High street ; and the Castle, Market place. Newspap-rs, of which there aie two, the "Standard," (Conservative,) established 1741; and the '' Herald and Observer," (Liberal,) 1808. They are both published on Friday, and each circulates about the same number. The Barracks, Smithford street, is a good stone building, erected 1793, on the site of the once famous "BuU Inn;" the entrance being through an arched gateway, over which are the royal arms ; passing Onward ttoough a long avenue of stables, a fine spacious 494 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. yard opens to the view, around which are the usual offices and buildings ; this estabUsh ment affords good quarters to cavalry, is conveniently and healthily situated ; Captain Samuel Chambers, barrack master. , The Post Office, Smithford street, opposite the barracks, is a good, substantial, and convenient building ; the business of several villages and hamlets to the immediate vicinity is also transacted here. The letter box is closed at 10 p.m., but letters and papers maybe posted at the window box till 11, by one extra stamp being affixed; there are two receiving houses, one at the bottom of Much Park street, and the other in Hill field. Mr. Timothy Peters Glennan, post-master. Stamp Office, Grey Friar's lane, open from 9 till 5 ; Mr. A. N. RoUason, sub-dis tributor. Inland Revenue Office, Smithford street, Thomas Rayner, Esq., coUector; Robert Watson, supervisor; Richard Tindall, chief clerk ; and four officers. The Theatre, is near the Post Office and Barrracks, but hidden from pubUc view, up a yard on the south side of Smithford stieet ; it was erected by the late Sir Skears Rew, a member ofthe corporation, and opened for public performance Easter Monday, 1819. The " Season here is fi-om about Christmas till Easter. The Parkgate Concert Room, top of Little Park street, opened July 22nd, 1848, by Mr. John Judd, the spirited proprietor, who, for the diversion of Ms patrons, employs four first-rate vocalists and a pianist ; the room is large, and will accommodate 350, open every evening. The Gas Works, Naul's Mill lane, ou the north-west side ofthe town, erected 1821, by a number of private gentlemen, but before completion, an act of parliament was obtained, and the whole was transferred to a company. The works have been of late years much enlarged, the street mains extended, and the old oil lamps quite superseded- The works are now held on lease by Messrs. Robinson Brothers. The Waterworks; this important undertaking was commenced to the early part of 1846, and completed towards the close of 1847, according to a plan prepared by Mr. Hawkcsley, engineer ; the site of these works is at the top of Spon street, in a field near the river, a spot where a confluence of sprtogs presented signal advantages for such a purpose ; there is also an ample reservoir on an elevated piece of land on the Radford road, about half a mile north from the town. The engine is in the style of Boulton and Watt's rotation condensing engine, and is 40 horse power. The bore of the mains varies in diameter from 2| to 14 inches, the entire length of which is nearly 14 miles. These works are the property ofthe corporation, and cost about £22,000. Railways, London and North-western, opened April 9th, 1 838 ; the station on the Warwick road, half a mile south from the town, is neat, clean, and commodious. The goods station is on the opposite side of the same road. There is a branch line to Lea mington, and one to Nuneaton is now in progress. The Cooentry Canal, top of Bishop-street, coustiucted under the provisions of an Act of Parliament obtained 1768 ; it is upwards of 32 miles long, terminating at Fradley- heath, and through the medium of various other canals, communicates with London, Liverpool, Manchester,, and various other places. The office is a good building facing down Bishop-street. Henry Warner, Esq., agent. County Court, (The Jfeiv,) Little Park-street, Coventry district, Coventiy, Foleshill, Anstey, Exhall, Kersley, Stoke, Wyken, Sowe, Binley, SMlton, Willenhall, and Withybrooke. The. sub-district of Meriden ; in Meriden, comprises the parishes of Birkewell, Meri den, Packington, (Great and Little), Corley, Fillongley, Allesley, and Coundon ; Fred erick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; Thomas Ball Troughton, clerk ; and Isaac Ntod Whitwell, high bailiff. Knave's Post is the figure of a man placed in a niche in the wall on the west side of Much Park-street ; the origin of which, was parties committing depredations, were tied HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 495 to a cart's tail, and whippert from the mayor's parlour, in Cross Cheaptogs, to this figure. The last punished was about twenty years ago. Union Workhouse^ top of Much Park-street, is a fine remnant of the Carmelite Monastery, with portions added, to meet the purpose it is at present used for ; this was formerly called the house of industry, and came under the poor law commissioners, 1841 ; will accommodate 400, average 285, and is only for this city ; Mr. William Withey- combe Harris, and Mrs. Sophia Harris, master and matron ; Thomas Hine, clerk, Thomas Dewes, Esq., superintendent registrar; Charles Holt, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths ; John Weston, registrar of marriages. Medical Officers, 1st district, Mr. Ashton Barton ; 2nd, Mr. Frederick William Barton ; 3rd, Mr. Edward Dewes, M.D. House Surgeon, Mr. Edward Bicknell ; Abijah Piers, Esq., chairman. This Union is governed by eighteen directors, who hold office two years, half of whom re tire annually, no one being liable to re-election under five years. Radford, a considerable village and hamlet, in the parish of St. Michael, 1 mile N., inhabited principally by plush weavers, Whitmore Park, 1J mile N. N. by E., contains a few scattered farms ; and the seat of Edward PMUips, Esq., is in the hamlet of Radford. Whitley, a hamlet in the parish of St. Michael, 1 mile S. E., contains Whitley Abbey, and a few scattered houses. Whitley Abbey, 1J miles S. E.,is a large neatmausion, sup posed to have been erected in the thirteenth century, in the early EngUsh style of archi tecture ; a portion was rebuilt about twenty years ago ; the park contains 250 acres, and is the property of the Right Hon. Lord Hood, and the residence of his grandmother, the Hon. Mrs. Caroline Hood. Claudon, a hamlet, and anciently a chapelry, 2 J miles E. from Coventry, was origin ally a member of that place, and is now included to the parish of St. Michael. This was one ofthe possessions of the Earls of Chester, and in the time of Richard II., was held by Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, who, on occasion of the intended combat on Gosford Green, between him and the Duke of Hereford, issued from his castellated mansion here, to meet his antagonist. In the 10th of Henry VII., it was owned by Maurice Berkley, whose descendants residedhire frequently ; but George, Lord Berkley, sold the manor in the 7th of Charles I. ; and soon after, it came into the possession of Thomas, Lord CUfford, to whose descendants it has been transmitted. A massive frag ment of the original mansion remains, and considerable traces of the moat. ^-, Willenhall, an ancient member of Coventiy, from which it is distant about 2 J miles '£!..' is a hamlet in the parish of Holy Trinity, and formed a part of the munific?nt dona tion by Earl Leofric, to the priory of Coventry. At the dissolution it was granted by the crown to Sir Richard Lee, knight; but was almost immediately alienated with the tithes to John Hales, whose descendants retained possession of it until the commence ment of the 18th century, when Sir Edward Hales sold the manor to the Duke of Montague. The Earl of Craven is the sole owner and lord of the manor. Directory, George Blundell, blacksmith ; John Blundell, tailor ; William Cluley, farm bailiff; John Green, brickmaker; Mr. Jlenry Houghton^ Willenhall House; Rev. John Jacques Wedge, curate of Ryton-upon-Dunsmore ; and Samuel Buckley, Sarah Hanson, The Hall, and William Smith, farmers. REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN COVENTRY. 1016.— The St. Osburg nunnery was destroyed by Edric the Traitor, who in that year invaded Mercia, and destroyed many towns therein. 1043. — About thisperiod Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and his Countess Godiva, founded the Great Monastery in Coventry. 1057- — Leofric, Earl of Mercia, died. The Countess Godiva died some years after wards, and both of them were buried in the church porch, belonging to the Monastery wMch they had founded. 49fJ HISTORY OF COVENTRY^ In 121 8 the Charter for a yearly fair to continue eight days was granted by Henry 3rrl. In 1344, by virtue of letters patent, granted by King Edward the 3rd, a Municipal Cor poration, consisting of Mayor and Bailiffs, was constituted to Coventry. The name of the first Mayor was John Ward. Sept., 1397. — In the reign of Richard 2nd, the preliminaries and "note of preparation" took place for a single combat, to be fought on Gosford Green, between the Duke of Hereford (afterwards Henry 4th) and the Duke of Norfolkf Thomas Mowbray). The former, it was said, betrayed a private conversation, in which Mowbray is represented to have used several expressions of a treasonable nature. The accusation was denied, and Mowbray demanded the privilege of acquitting himself by single combat. Each of the Dukes, agreeably to the laws of chivalry, threw down his glove, which was taken up and sealed before the King (a circumstance which was supposed to prevent all future denial of the challenge.) The King appointed Coventry for the place of combat, and caused a vast and magnificent theatre to be erected for that purpose on Gosford Green. The rival Dukes made every requisite preparation, and particularly in the essential article of armour which in those days was uncommonly splendid and expensive, usually inlaid with gold and silver, and ornamented with most elegant figures and devices. The combatantsplaced their re liance totally on the skill of the armourer, and cleared themselves by oath from holding any commerce with incantations, or rendering their armour or bodies invulnerable by any charm. Be their cause ever so bad, they must determine to die Uke good christians, and they therefore disavowed all dependence on the power of Satan, and supplicated the prayers of all pious spectators : — "Add proof unto my armour with thy prayers, And with thy blessings steel my lance's point." Henry, Duke of Hereford, advanced from BagintonCastle towards the place appointed, upon his white courser, barded with blue and green velvet, heautifully embroidered with swans and antelopes, and armed at all points." Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, set outfrem Caludon Castle, on ahorsebarded with crimson velvet, and embroidered with Uons of silver and mulberry leaves (alluding to the name Mowbray — mulberry.) "At the time appointed, the King came to Coventry," says HoUtoshead, " in great arraie, accompanied with the lords andgentlemen of their linages. The Duke of Hereford armed himself in his tent, that was set up neere to the lists ; and the Duke of Norfolke put on his armour betwixt the gate and the barrier ofthe town, in a beautiful house, having a fan- perclois of wood towards the gate, that none might see what was doone within the house. '¦ The Duke of Aumarle that daie being High Constable of England, and the Duke of Surrie, Marshall, placed themselves betwixt them, well armed and appointed. About the hour of prime the Duke of Hereford came to the barriers ofthe lists on a white Courser. The constable and marshall came and demanded of him what he was ? He answered, ' I am Henrie of Lancaster, Duke of Hereford, which am come hither to doo mine endeavour against Thomas Mowbraie, Duke of Norfolke, as a traitor. ' Then incontinentlie he sware upon the Holie Evangelists, that his quarrell was true and just. Then putting down his vizor, he descended from his horse, and, with speare in hand, set him down in a chaire of green velvet at the end ofthe lists, and there reposed himselfe, abiding the coming of his adversarie. " Soone after him, entered into the field, with great triumph, King Richard, accom panied with all the peeres ofthe realme, and above ten thousand men in armour, least some fraie or tumult might rise amongst his nobles. " The Duke of Norfolke hovered on horseback at the entrance of the lists ; and when he had made his oath before the constable that his quarrell was just, he entered the field manfullie, saieing aloud, ' God aid him that hath the right ;' and then he departed from his horse and sate himself downe in Ms chaire, wMch was of crimson velvet. The Lord HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 497 Marshall viewed their speares, to see that they were of equal length. Then the Herald proclaimed that the tiaverses and chaires should be removed, commanding them to mount on horsebacke and addresse themselves to the battell and combat. " The Duke of Hereford was quicklie horsed, and closed his bavier, and cast Ms speare into the rest ; and when the trumpet sounded, set forward couragiouslie towards his oppo nent six or seven pases. The Duke of Norfolke was not fullie set forward, when the King cast down his warder, and the Heralds cried ' Ho, ho.' Then the King caused their speares to be taken from them, and commanded them to repaire againe to their chairs, where they remained two long houres, while the King and his counsell deliberatlie consulted what order was best to be had in so weightie a cause." The result of this deliberation was to prohibit the combat, together with a sentence against the Duke of Hereford to depart the realm, and not to return again for the term often years ; and that the Duke of Norfolke, because he had sown sedition, should depart the realm for Ufe. The term of Hereford's banishment was subsequently mitigated to six years. In 1404 Henry 4th held a Parliament in the great chamber of the Priory, to this City, at which no lawyer was suffered to be present. It was styled Parliamentum Indoclorum, from its inveteracy to the clergy ; whence it was also called the Laymen's Parliament. ¦ In 1406 John Botoner, the Mayor, caused the streets of Coventry to be paved. In 1411 John Horneby, the Mayor, arrested the Prince (afterwards Henry 5th), at the Priory, to this City. In 1422 the first Cross was built in Cross Cheaping. In the same year, according to one ofthe old city manuscripts, "Adooke stool (ducking pond) was made upon Cheylesmore Green, to punish scolders and chiders, as ye law wills." In 1429 bells were first hung to St. Michael's steeple. In 1436 King Henry 6th came to Coventry, and kept Christmas at Kemlworth. In 1446 John Heires and WilUam Lingham were hanged for robbing St. Mary's Hall. In the same year a Bishop was installed in Coventry. In 1450 Henry 6th heard mass in St. Michael's Church, and presented a golden cloth. In 1451 the same King granted the Charter, giving this City a county and other privi leges. In 1453 King Henry and Queen Margaret came to Coventry, and slept at the Priory. In 1459 another Parliament was held at the Priory, by Henry 6th, which was called Parliamentum Diabolicum, on account ofthe multitude of attainders passed against Richard Duke of York and others. In 1465 Edward 4th and his Queen kept Christmas here. In 1468 the Earl of Rivers and his son were beheaded on Gosford Green. In 1469 one EUpane was beheaded, and his head set on a pole on Bablake gate. In 1471 the leaders of an insurrection in London were beheaded in Coventiy. In 1474 Prince Edward for the first time came to this City, and was presented with a cup and £100. In 1477 Prince Edward again came to Coventiy, and was made a brother of different Guilds. He kept his Court at Cheylesmore. The same year the custom of riding the Uberties ofthe City was introduced. In 1480 there was a tumult amongst the inhabitants of this City : they rang the com mon bell, and opened a pasture which had been for some time before enclosed. In the same year the old sword and the best mace were stolen from the Mayor's house. In 1483 Richard 3rd came fo Coventry at the festival of Corpus Ctoisti. to see the plays ; and kept Ms Christmas at Kenilworth. In 1485 Henry 7th came to this City, after his victory over Richard 3rd at Bosworth Field, and lodged at the house of Robert Onley, the Mayor, who presented the King with a cup and £100. and in return received the honour of kmghthood. In 1487 Thomas Harrington, of Oxford, was brought here and beheaded on the con duit opposite the Bull, for having caUed himself the son of the Duke of Clarence. 498 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. i In 1492 Heny 7th, with his queen, came to see the plays perforned by the Grey Friars. In 1495 Sir Henry Mumford and Sir Robert Mallerie were beheaded under fiinley Gallows for treason. Mumford's head was placed on Bablake-gate, and MaUerie'son Bishop-gate. In 1497 Prince Arthur came to Coventry, and was presented with a cup and £100. In 1499 Henry 7th and his Queen came to this City, and were made a brother and sister of Trinity Gild. In 1510 the old cross was taken down. In the same year Henry 8th and his Queen came to Coventiy to witness the pageants, and afterwards proceeded to the Priory. Also in this year Joan Ward was burnt to the Little Park for heresy. In 1512 a hundred men were raised to Coventry for foreign military service. In 1519 Robert Sikeby was burnt for denying " the real presence." 1522 two men named Pratt and South were arrested here for treason. They con fessed it was also their intention to have put the Mayor and Aldermen to death and to have robbed St. Mary's Hall. They were afterwards " hanged, drawn, and quartered,' and their heads and limbs exposed on four ofthe City gates. On Lammas day, 1524, the inhabitants pulled down the gates and hedges of some ground that had been enclosed. The people within the city closed New Gates against the Chamberlains and their company, and the Mayor was sent a prisoner to London, and removed from his office. In 1525 the Princess Mary came to Coventry to witness the Mercer's pageant, and remained two days at the Priory. In 1541 the Mayor laid the first stone ofthe new Cross to Cross Cheaping. lt was finished in 1544. In 1550 the Magistrates of Coventiy had a sale of wood in the Park, and sold the pales. The Park was then made a pasture. In 1 555, Feb. 8th, Mr. Laurence Saunders was burned in the Little Park for heresy About the same time Robert Glover, of Mancetter, and CorneUus Bongay, of Coventiy, were also burnt on similar charges. In 1560 the Boy's Hospital, at Bablake, was bmlt. In the begginng of 1563 wheat sold at 8s. a str ke, but in the end of the same year it had fallen to Is. 2d. the strike. On the 17th of August, 1565, Queen Elizaoetb came to Coventry, where she was splen didly received by the Mayor and Citizens, with a variety of shows and entertainments. In 1566 Mary Queen of Scots was confined as a prisoner in the Mayoress's Parlour, in this city. In 1567 the Park was granted in fee ferme to this City. In 1569 Mary Queen of Scots was again imprisoned in Coventry, at the Bull Inn. The same year the Register Books of St. Michael's Church were burnt, because they contained some marks of Popery. In 1574 the Mayor's Parlour was erected in Cross Cheaping. In 1575 the old Coventry Play of " Hock Tuesday" was performed before Queen Elizabeth, for her entertainment while at KenUworth Castle. In 1586, in consequence of a great scarcity of provisions, every man, woman, and child, in this City, were numbered, and were found to amount to 6,502 persons. In 1603, April 3, the Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James 1., accompanied by other persons of distinction, came to Coventiy, from Combe Abbey. She was met by the Mayor and Corporation at Stoke Green, and received by the various Companies, and after having heard a sermon at St. Michael's Church, dined with the Mayor, who presented her with a silver cup at the City's expense. The same year the plague raged so dreadfully in Coventry, that 494 persous died of it. In 1606 two fat oxen, worth £18, were given to the Princess EUzabeth as a present from this City. HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 499 In 1608 Bablake Church was repaired ; the picture of a Dead Christ being taken from the Cross, was removed thence, and the King's Arms placed in its stead. In 1611 Prince Henry, with a train of nobility, came to this City, and were enter tained at St. Mary's Hall. £50 was given to the Prince as a present. In 1613 the long gallery on the south side of St. Michael's Church was built ; at a cost of £59. 16s. In August, 1616, King James 1. visited Coventry with a numerous train of nobility, and iu expectation of this visit, most ofthe houses and gates had been painted black and white. There was a grand procession ofthe Mayor and Corporation, and a cup of pure gold, which cost £160. weighing 45 ounces, was presented to Ms Majesty, who promised to drink out of it wherever he went, and ordered it to be put amongst the royal plate. The king slept at the white Friars. In 1622 the Mayor planted 250 young trees in the park. In 1626 the two Chamberlains paid a fine of £20, for making a smaller feast at Lammas than their predecessors. In 1 627 the Mount in the P ark was raised, andtiees planted in the middle of the Mount. In 1629 a Pillory was erected in Cross Cheaping. In 1632 the Swanswell Water works were constructed. In 1635 Old Parr passed through Coventry; aged 152 years. In the same year the first tax for ship-money was paid in Coventry. In 1642 the New Buildings were erected on the site ofthe Priory. In 1647 the Scotch Army, under the Duke of Hamilton, being beaten, several hundred prisoners were brought to this City, and confined in Leather Hall, Bablake Church, Spon Tower, Grey Friar's Tower, and other places. In 1648 a riot took place between the soldiers and the butchers. In 1650 Charles II. came into England, and Coventry was again fortified, and aregi- ment of infantry raised for its defence. 1662. On the 24th August, this year, the Rev. Dr. Obadiah Grew, Vicar of St. Mi chael's, and the Rev. Dr. John Bryan, Vicar of Trinity, and Mr. Basnet, Lecturer of both Churches, were simultaneously ejected from their livings under the Act of Uniformity Dr. Grew evinced strong attachment to Coventry, and repeated his visits and preachings here at several periods afterwards. He endured six months' imprisoment to gaol on ac count of his Nonconformist principles ; and died 22nd Oct., 1689. In 1674 the six bells of St. Michael's church were east into eight. In tiiis year part of Trinity spire was taken down and rebuilt. In September 1682, Duke of Monmouth came to Coventry, and lodged at the Star Inn, in Earl-street. In September, 1687. King James II. came to Coventiy, when he was received by the Mayor, who presented him with gold a cup, weighing 3 lbs., which cost £167. 7s. 6d. In 1688, December 11, the Princess Ann of Denmark, with attendants, came to Coventry for security. On the 5th June, 1690, King WilUam came to Coventry, on his journey to Ireland, He dined at Packington Hall, and thence proceeded to Lichfield, where he slept the same night. In 1694 the inhabitants of this City were numbered, on account of a payment which was levied by Parliament on births and burials ; the population amounted to 6,710. In 1696 Samuel Smith, a mercer, introduced the art of weaving tammies into this City. 1698 the Register of St. Michael's Parish kept in a cupboard in the vestry, was acci dentally destroyed by fire. In the same year the common Gaol of this City was taken down, and rebuilt at an expense of £350. In 1711 partypoUtics ran high, and a plot was laid to seize the Sword and Mace on the 1st November, when the Mayor (Joseph Eburne) came to be sworn in at St. Mary'8 Hal), The Sword and Mace were therefore deposited at a house to Fleet-street, where' 500 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. in the open street, the ceremony of swearing-in the Mayor was suddenly gone through ; and in consequence of subsequent similar designs during this mayoralty, the Sword and Mace were privately conveyed in a basket of wool to Canley, near this City. In 1719 the Women'sMarketwas removed from the Great Butcher-row to its present situation. In 1723 St. Michael's Parish contained 1237 houses, and Trinity Parish 697. In 1734Thomas Wildley,awoolcomber, murdered his aunt, Susannah Wall, andAnn Shenton. her daughter, who kept the White Lion, in Smithford-street. On Monday, July 20, 1741, the Coventry Mercury newspaper was first printed in this City by Mr. Jopson. In 1745 a company of soldiers was raised in this City, to resist the Scotch Rebels. By Bradford's survey to 1748-9, Coventry appears to have contained 2,065 houses, and 12, 1 1 7 inhabitants. In August, 1755, horse races were instituted in Coventry Park, S. Greathead, Esq., steward. 1756. -At this time, (to the month of May,) as appears from the journal of John Hewitt, Mayor, a shrewd and expert Magistrate, there were 126 Licensed Victuallers to Coventry, at whose house above 600 soldiers were billeted. There were 16 at the White Bear," High-street ; 14 at the " Rose and Crown," High-street ; 14 at the '-Black Lion," High-street; 14 at the " Coach and Horses," Muchford-street; 12 at the" Bull's Head," Spon-end ; Bishop-street; 12 at the" Horse Shoe," Spon-end; 10 atthe 'Nag's Head," 10 at the';Eagle and Child," Fleet-street; and 10 officers at the "King's Head," Smithford-street. At the other houses they were quartered in numbers of from two to eight each. In the month of September, in the same year, there were symptoms of rioting on ac count of the high price of provisions, and a number of colliers entered the town from Bedworth. On this occasion the Mayor, John Hewitt, caused an abstiact of the laws against forestalling to be printed and circulated. In 1757, in the months of April and June, two soldiers were shot for desertion, under the Park wall, near the end of Little Park-street. In 1762 New Gate was taken down. In 1763 Swine's Cross, which- stood in Bishop-street, opposite Silver-street, was, taken down. In 1765, on the night of Friday, the 18th of March, Thomas Edwards, a farmer was murdered near Whoberly, on his return from th'.s City, by Moses Baker, a weaver of Coventry, and two Dragoons named Drury and LesUe, who had come from then- quarters at Warwick. In this year Gosford Gate was taken down. In 1767 Spon Bridge was built. The following is a card ofthe Coventry Races for the same year:— • " COVENTRY RACES, 1767. Wednesday. August 12 — Members of the City's Purse, Fifty Pounds. EdwaTd Pupbam, Esq rs ibesnut horse Lath, 5 yrs old — Rider, John South. . 1 1 Mr. Archer's bay hoisu Hunest Farmer. — JliLs" Thistlelhuait 2 8 Edmund Tinner, Esql's, chesnut horse, Spot. — Robert Wilson 3 3 Thursday, August 18 — The City's Purse of Fifty Pounds. Dr. Huddlestone's chesnut horse, Galin, 4 yrs 3 1 1 Mr Null's uay huisi Honest Billy dr. Mr. Payne's bay horse Sloven ' Daniel Miret 12 2 Fkiday, August 14— The Chamberlains' Purse of Fifty Pounds. Mr. Nutt's bay horse, Early 1 histlethwait 1 1 Mr. Lentous black lioise, Black Prince Fisher 2 2 Mr. Jordan's c. horse, Schoolboy..., '.",.....'.,,.,.. J.Ivei 0 0" history of Coventry. SOI In 1771 Spon Gate was taken down. In the same year Grey Friar's Spire was re paired, and a gilt ball and vane placed on its summit. In March, 1772, one Mary Cloes, of Gos ford-street, nearly opposite New-court, was burnt to death by spontaneous combustion. She lived in a room with a brick floor, and had been confined to her bed some time by illness, caused by intemperance. The bed on which she lay had but oue curtain, and stood next the window, the fire place being on the opposite side ofthe room. The evening before the accident, she was left with only two bits of coal in the grate and a rushlight on a chair at the head of her bed. Smoke being seen to issue from her door the next morning, the door was burst open ; and her remains lay on the floor, almost reduced to a cinder, while the furniture and bed clothes were scarcely damaged. The deceased was so excessively addicted to drain- drinking, that she occasionally drank a quart of rum, or of aniseed-water, daily ; and thus filling her veins with spirits, she became inflammable as a lamp. The belief is, that she rolled out of bed, and took fire from the caudle, and thus was totally burnt, her thighs and one leg excepted ; and nothing was left but her bones, which were in a complete state of calcination. On the night of November 2nd, in the same year, Charles Pinchbeck, keeper of the Stoke toll-gate, near Binley, was robbed and murdered to Ms own house by two burglars named Farn and Howe. In the same year tbe Gaol of this City, being to a, decayed state and constructed upon a plan too confined, was re-built upon an enlarged scale. On the 20th of May, 1773, the river Sherborne overflowed, and laid part of the city nearly seven feet under water. On the 24th of November, the same year, Mr. Siddons, the tragedian, was married to Miss Kemble at St.Michael's Church. Inl774 the eight bells of St. Michael's Church were re-cast into ten, by Pack and Chapman, and hung by R. Turner, of London, the weight amounted to 6 tons, 18 cwt. 2 qrs. 1 1 lbs. In 1779 a new set of chimes were placed in St. Michael's steeple, made by Worton, of Birmingham, at an expense of ^£300. In 1780 Messrs. Noxon and Butler, the two Sheriffs of this City, were sent to New gate, and suffered a short imprisonment, for misconduct at the election of Members of Parliament. The same year took place the " Bludgeon Fight " between the rival elec tioneering parties, in front ofthe booth in Cross-cheaping. It was at this election that a number of unqualified persons were admitted to the freedom by the Corporation, ou condition of voting for the Corporation candidates. These surreptitious voters were called " Mushroom Freemen." In October, 1781, Grey Friar's Gate was taken down. In 1783 a double row of houses, at the south-west angle of St. Michael's Churchyard was taken down. In 1785 the County Hall was built. In the same year Sunday Schools were formed in Coventry. The first in connexion with a place of worship was that established at West-orchard Chapel, of which the Rev George Burder was then minister. This was followed almost immediately by one at St" Michael's Church. The members of the Church of England and the Dissenters were, at that period, united in Coventry in the promotion of Sunday Schools. In 1786 the east end of Trinity Church was re-built. The same year St. Michael's Church was broken into, and the Communion-plate and other articles stolen from the vestry. In 1787 St. Michael's Churchyard was enlarged opposite the County Hall. In the same year the Golden Horse public house was spt on fire by Mary Felkia, who was convicted and executed for the offence. The Golden Horse was then situated in Pepper-lane, on part of the site of the present Gaol. 3 M 502 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. In 1788 the Canal Office was built. In 1793 the Barracks were built on tbe site ofthe Bull Inn. In 1794 the great wooden framework for the be. Is of St. Michael's tower was con structed, and tbe bells re-hung. The expense was estimated at £3152. In the same year the street on St. John's Bridges was widened, for which purpose the front ofthe Free School was taken down and rebuilt. In February, 1795. the Park began to be euclos.-d. In 1797 an association ofthe inhabitants of this City was formed into two troops of cavalry and three companies of infantry. In February, 1798, a soup institution was first established in Coventry. — In the same year this City and neigbourbood subscribed several thousand pounds in aid of Govern ment, to prosecute the war. In September. 1800. food riots took place in Coventiy in conspqnence ofthe dearness of provisions. The disturbance was quelled by the military, with the magistrates and the "Coventiy Volunteers." In 1801 the Act of Parliament for uniting the Parishes for the purpose of providing for the poor was passed. By the census taken the same year, Coventiy was reported to contain 2930 houses, and 16,049 inhabitants. The county ofthe City 5,547 inhabitants. On Septemher 3, 1802. Lord Nelson, accompanied by Sir William and Lady Hamil ton and olher friends, arrived in this City, and alighting at tbe King's Head Inn, met with the hearty acclamations ofthe inhabitants. The Mayor and Corporation waited on the gallant hero, who gave them a polite reception. In January, 1805, a company of volunteers was raised to this City, to join the First Regiment of Warwickshire Volunteer Infantry. In 1807 the bells in St. Michael's steeple were re-hung, on an improved plan, upon the framework erected within the tower to 1794. The tenor weighing upwards of 32 cwt., was re-cast by Mr. Briant, of Hertford. On tbe 18th of September, 1807, The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex passed through this City, on their route from Ragley, the seat ofthe Marquis of Hertford, to Combe Abbey, the seat of the Earl of Craven. Here they were visited a few days after wards by a deputation from the Corporation of Coventry, presenting a " loyal and dutiful address," to which a gracious answer was given and the deputation, consisting ofthe Mayor, (Basil Goode, Esq.,)with four Aldermen and the Town Clerk, were regaled with a sumptuous repast. The Prince gave a donation of 100 guineas, and the Duke a donation nf 40 guineas, to be distiibuted by the Corporation, and the same was given to four public charities in the proportion of 35 guineas to each. In the same year a second volunteer company was raised in this City, to join the First Regiment of W arwickshire Volunteer Infantry. On the 24th of November, 1808, Louis the 18th of France and his suite passed through this city. In 1809 the two companies of Coventry Volunteers, with their Regiment, entered into the First Regiment of Warwickshire Local Militia. On the 25th of October. 1809 a general festival took place in this City in celibration of the jubilee, or fiftieth anniversary of ihe accession of George the 3rd. A public sub scription, amounting to £156. 5s., was raised and distiibuted to families, comprising 11,000 individuals, in allowances of bread, meat, and ale. The debtors in the gaol were released; the criminal prisoners were supplied with roast Beef and 5s. each. The Bablake Boys had roast beef, plum-pudding, and 6d. each. The old women at Ford's> and the old men at Bablake, Hospitals, had 2s. each ; and a like sum was given to the Blue Coa Girls. The poor at the House of Industry were also suitably entertained by the liberality of Lord Grey and the officers of the 4th Warwickshire Regiment of Local Militia; and a bountiful supply of good fare was given to the soldiers ofthe 14th Light HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 503 Dragoons, head quarters of which regiment then lay in the Coventry Barracks. A great dinner ofthe Corporation took place at St. Mary's Hall. Sheep roasting was general, and in the evenmg a grand display of Fireworks and bonfires was made in Cross-cheap- ing and other parts of the town. In 1812 an Act of Parliament was obtained " for inproving the public roads in and through the City of Coventry," and authorizing toll gates to be erected at its different extremities to meet the expense. Under this Act Hertford-street was formed, having been commenced immediately on the passing of the Act, previous to which time all the coaching and carriage traffic iu the direction of Warwick was carried on through the narrow and dangerous avenue, Grey Friar's-lane. 1815. This year the Rev. J. Davis, accompanied by the parish officers and others, " walked the bounds" of the Holy Trinity parish, on his induction to the vicarage. Mr. Davis had officated in the same Ctoiroh from the year 1811. In the same year (1815) the Prince Regent (late George the Fourth), visited Combe Abbey, the seat of Earl Graven, on which occasion the Mayor, and a deputation from the Corporation of Coventry, waited on his Royal Highness with a loyal and dutiful ad dress. The Prince Regent, to return, conferred the honour of knighthood upon the Mayor, Mr. Skears Rew. In 1816 the Chantry Orchard (now Chantry Place) began to be built upon. The fonndations of the first eight houses were laid by Mr. A. Sprigg, on the 8th of May, and by the Midsummer following they were inhabited. The Chantry Orchard now contains above 600 inhabitants. This year 27 feet of St. Michael's Church spire was taken down and rebuilt. 1817. On the 27th February this year, Thomas Lawson, butcher, was killed in his bed, by the falling of his house, in the Great Butcher-row. In April, Charles Sanders was executed at Warwick, for the murder of an old man named Rogers, at Keresley. At the Great Fair, in the month of June this year, a bear was shot on Grey Friar's- green, by order of the Magistrates, it having been previously shaved and tortured by some show-people, in order to pratice an inposition on the public, by exhibiting it under the name of the " Polo Savage." 1818. In the month of August the weathercock of St. Michael's Church was re- gilt and replaced. In the month of September this year, William Law was killed by a man named Jackson, of Foleshill, in a quarrel on the Warwick-road, near Coventry, when returning from Kenilworth Statutes. ; 1819. 27th October, Prince Leopold (now King of the Belgians), passed through Coventry, and was presented with the freedom ofthe City. 1820. This year the west side of " Broad-gate," a short narrow stieet, but a great thoroughfare and seat ot trade, was pulled down, together with several houses on the north side of Smithford-street, and the whole thrown open, making a direct communi cation into Hertford-street, and thence to the Warwick turnpike road. In excavating the foundations of the site of the old Broad-gate, the cellaring exhibited some fine speci mens of massive stone arches, remains of the Grey Friars' Monastery on the precincts of the ancient manor of Cheylesmore. " Union-street" and " White Friars'-street" were built the same year. 1821. April 18, Edward Bradshaw was executed on Whitley Common, for bur glary at the Punch Bowl pubUc house, Spon-end, and cutting and wounding Mr. Lines, the landlord. Moore aud Butcher were executed after the Lammas assizes, the same year, on Whitley Common, for burglary and attempt to murder, at Mr Owen's farm, Longford. The first public Gas-works were this year erected in Coventry. 1828. This year the fields lying between SwansweU-pool and primrose hill began to 3 M 504 HISTORY OF COVENTRY^ be converted into building land. The first house erected in Hill Field, or, as it is now called, "New Town," is situate in King William-street, a row of houses adjoining the field, in Harnal-lane, having been reared a short time before. There are now about 2000 inhabitants in this district. 1829. The ball and fan of Grey Friars' or Christ Church spire was taken down and re-gilt. The erection ofthe Church was commenced in this year. J830. May 31, Mr.Green ascended from Coventry in his balloon. At Coventry Fair, Jnne 18, Mr. Green again rose in his balloon from Grey Friars' Green, skimmed over the tops of the houses for a short distance, and came in contact with a chimney near Gosford-bridgp, when he alighted. In the month of November tbe same year, a. new conducter was affixed to St. Michael's steeple from the summit to the base, on which occasion the weathercock was temporarily taken down. 1831. August 1 Ith, Mary Ann Higgins was executed on Whitley Common for mur dering her uncle by means of poison, an old man of the same name, residing in Soon street. The same year the old Bridewell, near Bablake church, was taken down, and the establishment consolidated with the gaol. On the 7th of November this year, a meeting of ribbon weavers was held in the morning on the subject of wages, and in the course of collecting a meeting for the even ing, a party entered the factory of Josiah Beck, down a yard in New-buildings,, where the machinery was worked by steam power, and set fire thereto. Several persons were apprehended and tried for the offence, two of whom, named Sparkes and Burbery, were condemned to death, but their sentences were afterwards cnmmuted to transport ation for life. The factory destroyed as above stated was the first steam power estabUsh ment in the silk trade introduced into Coventry. In 1835 the Municipal Corporations Act was passpd, and came into effect January 1st. 1836: on the 7th of January the Insignia of Office and Civic Regalia were transfer red by George Kid. Esq., the last Mayor under the old system, to Henry Cadwallader Adams, Esq., the first Mayor under the new system in Coventry. 1839. On tbe 1st of November this year Adelaide Queen Dawager passed through Coventiy on her way from Gopsal Hall, the seat of Earl Howe, to Warwick Castle. "The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses," forming tbe Corporation of Coventry, assem bled on this occasion, and proceeding to the Boundary ofthe County ofthe City on the Leicester-road, met her Majesty there, and accompawed ber in procession to tbe Umit ofthe Coventry jurisdiction on the Warwick side. In 1842 the New Boundary Act was passed, putting an end to the ancient jurisdiction of Coventry, and assigning a new Boundary to the City. In 1844 the Waterworks, the Cemetery, and the Coventry Improvement Acts were In 1846 the large Nursery Ground at Spon-end was laid out for building purposes; and in 1847 the first houses were erected. In 1849, August 9th, Mary Ball was hanged to front of the gaol for poisoning her husband at Nuneaton EMINENT MEN, NATIVES OF COVENTRY. Coventry has given birth to several persons of eminence in days gone by. Vincent of Coventry, who lived in the earty part ofthe 13th century, was distin guished as being the fiist ofthe Franciscans who applied himself to academical studies. He was brought up at Cambridge, where he became a public professor, wrote an expo. litiou of the mass, and other theological works. William Maklishield was a native of Coventry. He was a celebrated scholar in his day, and was general of the order of Dominicans. John Biro was educated as a Carmelite at Oxford, and subsequently became head HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 503 and last provincial of his order. His obsequiousness to Henry the 8th, by preaching against the Pope's primacy, obtained for him in succession the bishoprics of Bangor And Chester; but yielding further to the pursuit of personal interest and aggrandise ment, he again became au imstrument ofthe papacy to the reign of Queen Mary. John Grant was a native of Coventry, whom it is better to describe as notorious rather than celebrated. Hewasexecuted iu London in 160d as a cons lirator. after having been tried for stealing horses out ofthe stables of several gentlemen in this neighbourhood, for the purpose of carrying off the Princess Elizabeth, when on a visit to Lord Harring ton's, at Coombe Abbey. Humphrey Wanley, the son of Nathaniel Wanley, Vicar of Trinity Church, and born about 1672, was distinguished as a scholar and antiquary, though in his youth he had been put to a mechanical trade. He was sent to St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, and afterwards appointed librarian to the Earl of Oxford. At the desire of Dr. Hicks he made a tour of England in search of Anglo-Saxon MSS., of which he prepared a catalogue. John Tipper, the original pubUsher of the Ladies' Diary, which commenced in 1704, was also a native of Coventry, and master of the Bablake school. Ch a mi i i:s. — Free Grammar Scluol. John Hahs, Esq, ofthe city of London, by deed, 17th December, 1572, granted and confirmed ,o Thomas Docura, and Bartholomew Hales, and their heirs, the scite of the house and church, lately the hospital of St. John, Baptist, in the city of Coventry, with all the houses, lands, and appurtenances within the precincts of the said hospital in Coventry ; and -all houses and gardens within the said city, which were formerly part of the possessions of the late monastery, or ca thedral church of Coventry, and the messuages, lands, and appurtenances, wMch were lately part of the possessions of the late monastery of Kenilworth, and all his mills, within the said city and suburbs, except the priorymill, which, with thecathedralchurch, called tue priory, and all the estates thereto belonging, was secured to the said John Hales, Esq., to the intent that they should make a good and suffic.ent estate to the law of the premises to the mayor, bailiff, and commonalty of Coventry, and their suc cessors, for the support of a free grammar school in the said city, and of one master for teaching scholars to the said school, and for other neccessary matters relating to the same John Hales, Esq., who had founded and managed the school during his life time, under letters patent of King Henry VIII., dated at Portsmouth, 23rd July, 3/ of his reign. After his decease the above deed was found to be invalid, and an act of par- Uament, passed in the 23rd year of Queen Elizabeth, for perfecting the above endow ment to the free grammar school of Coventry. The property belonging to this school, in 1743, gave an income of dtl55. 14s. 8d. ; and in li<32, of .£si)0. 4s. 5d. In 1759, Rev. Edward Jackson, the head master of this school, instituted proceedings against the corporation, in the Court of Lhanoery, for a discovery of the state and condition of the school estate, 1. to be cajed tbe Franklaud Fellowship. The election to be in the said master and f -hows. ,'ii- I'll, nit n It are's F, II,. w h p. 'Ihe corprrutiou of CYveutry pay to St. J.hn's Co'.'.eiie, Oxford, a s m of £\d per annum ; in lcspecl ol which, th y .ire entitled to haw two fel.o.vs, on ihe fo.iii la ion of th it cu.u-g-, from the re,' s.h ol of Coventry. bnbaike Ilea's Ho-pital ! Iiou.us tion:, of th. lit; o. ..uveulij, drape/, by wi.i, toUb, HISTORY OF COVENTRY. 501 directed that there should be established a hede house in Bablake, and thatthere should be built a chapel, aud one mass said therein weekly, on the Sunday, and therein to be ten poor men, and one woman, to dress their meat and drink, r men of Bablake hospital are entitled to one-fourth part of tithes purchased at Keresley under this will; by the report of thix charity, in 1833, it was calculated that an arrear of £161. 1/s. lO.Jd. was due to Bablake h spital, which the corporation are ready to pay ; and also to pay an nually in future £12. 14s. 4d., subject to the inc. ease or reducti in of the Keres.ey tithes. Simon \orlon. by »iil, 1641, (see this after), gave a portion ofthe interest of 300 marks to provide lor an almsmau in Bablake hospita ; this was paid until 1/94, and in Oc tober, 1833, the arrears were found to amount to £185. Iss , which the corporation are ready to pay, and also the annual dividends regularly. These two last named charities, with £4. las. 4., the interest of stock purchased, with the arrears paid, make an an nual increase of £26. 0s. ad., to be paid by the corporation to this charity. The annual income of th.- property amounts to £1081. 7s- 9d.. with Birchley Hayes wood kept in hand by the trustees, containing 62 i. 3r. 25p. These estates, by the decree of 1759, were vested in a body of tru-tees thereby appoiuted ; the corporation of Coventry, under the same decree, are appointed to nominate the objects of the charity, and ap- 508 HISTORY Of COVBNTRY. ply the rents and profits of the estate. " in the repairs and maintenance of the poor persons." The hospital premises, situatein Bablake-street, have a garden behind them, and form one side of a quadrangle, facing St. John's church; the buildings are very ancient and dilapidated ; in 1833, plans and estimates were prepared for their rebuild ing ; and the gateway tower, which forms a common entrance to both Bond's and Wheatley's hospitals, had been restored at their joint expense. There are, at present, 46 men on this establishment, of whom 15 reside to the house, and the rest are out- pensioners. They all receive 6s. each per week, but do not partake of any other of the city charities. It is not reqmred that the men should be stogie or widowers, out in general those who live in the hospital are such, and the married men are out-pens oners. They consist mostly of decayed tradesmen, and at least 60 years of age ; are appointed by the members of the council in rotation ; it is not considered necessary that they should be freemen, though most of them are of that class, but lose their vote on nomination. They all wear black gowns on Sundays, supplied by the charity when necessary. They are assembled at tbe hospital every Sunday morning, when two members of the corporation attend, and the names are called over. They are then marched to St. Michael's church door ; but as many of them are Dissenters, those who chose are allowed to attend their own meeting. In 1831, there were 51 men on the list; but in order to accumulate a building fund, they have been reduced to the pre sent number. There is also a nurse who lives in the hospital, and receives 15s. a week, and a servant, who receives £5. a year. The nurse superintends tbe bedding and linen of the poor men. The washing for the estabUshment, and medicine, in case of sickness, are paid for out of the funds of the charity. When a pensioner dies, 25s. is allowed towards his funeral. There is a common sitting-room, for which coals are supplied ; and during the winter months, one hundred weight per week is allowed for each of the 15 rooms ; also coals for the nurse's room and cooking kitchen. The total expenditure averages about £1,000. per annum. In the year 1832, the account of the trustees stands thus : — balance on hand, £412. 10s. 0. ; rents received, £1,166. Is. 6d. ; making £1,578. lis. 6d. Paid expenses, £130. 7s. 4d. ; paid to corporation, £1,212- 10s. 0d.; balance kept in hand, £235. 14s. 2d.; together, £1.578. lis. 6d. Edward Lupkin, by will 1632, gave to the poor people of Bablack ward 5s. yearly, to be paid out of lands, and tbe bouse where Toby Parr dwelt, " To buy a piece of meat for the old men of Bond's hospital." This seems not now identified. Enminid Palmer, by will proved 1641, gave a messuage for the better maintenance ilf the poor people iu Bablacke. This house, it appears, was pulled down by order of the council of war for the preservation of the city, and the materials ordered to be sold for £10. and another house was to be set up within the city, to supply so much of the charitable gift as that lost. By an Indenture 1764, a. fee farm rent of 25s. appears to have been secured on this si'e, but up to 1833, nothing appears to have been paid. Manor of Stoke. By an Indenture 1592, John and Reginald Home, as well in con sideration ofthe sum of four-score pounds, as also for the better maintenance ofthe said city, for the relief of the poor of the same, and for the reparation ofthe Bablacke hospital, and for the relief of the poor ofthe same, gave and granted, to the mayor, bailifls, and commonalty, and their successors forever, the manor of Stoke and messuages, orchards, and lands thereunto belonging, situate in Stoke, and in the city of Coventry, and in Eccleshall and Radford, to the county of the city of Coventry, &c, to hold the said ma nor and premises, 33, ou this loaudatuu J,, wu.j each receive 3s. od. per week aud the nurse 6s. a week, amounting to £J.>2. per min.un. There are now, lo49, seventeen finale inmates and tweniy-three out pens.ouers who receive the same a.lort'auee. The bospitu. is a very ancient bui d.ntt of tinnier frame-work, erected before the yea,- loll, and has been pres'rve.i wi.h ni.uh care in its original state. There "is a room used ,or th ' pur,. use of the t imiv,, ami a public ash h ,„,,?, ike. : there is ,'lso a .ar^e »ardt*n. a. the back o. which each luuiate has a par,, and a portion is let lor £l. 4s. per annum, 512 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. and divided amongst the inmates. Twelve ofthe poor pensioners, with the nurse, reside in the hospital, and the others are out-pensioners, and succeed to vacancies as th"y oc cur; they are all appointed by the members of the council in rotation; both the inmates and out-pensioners have each an annual allowance of one ton of coal ; on the day the corporation visit the hospital, 10s. is distributed amongst them ; the women used to be suppplied with cloth gowns every other year till 1829. Sir Ihomas While, Knt., merchant tailor, ofthe city of London, minding to relieve the commonwealth of the city of Coventry, paid into the hands of tbe mayor of the said city and of his brethren, the sum of £1400. with which various estates andrents belong ing to King Henry VIII., lying as well to the city of Coventry aud county ofthe said city as in the county of Warwick, ofthe clear yearly value and rent of £70. or therea bouts, as by the letters patent under the great seal dated atWalden, 19th July. 34 Henry VIII., 1542, did fully shew. It was covenanted between tbe master and wardens of the merchant tailors' company of London, and the said mayor, bailiffs, and common alty ofthe city of Coventry, that they and their successors for ever, should immediately after the death of the said Sir Thomas, yearly pay of the said rents of £70. in manner following : viz., to twelve poor men, householders of Coventry, to free alms, on the 10th of March or within six days, the sum of £24. to each 40s. for their relief; they who had trfe alms one year should not he elected thereunto again within five years next follow ing, unless it was thought as charitable to help those persons as any other; and also, that the said mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty, should yearly, after one full year after the death ofthe said Sir Thomas, upon the 10th of March, or within one quarter of a year next ensuing, deliver by way of free loan yearly, during the space of 10 years next after one full year ended, tbe sum of £40. to four young men ofthe said city of Coven try as were free and had been apprenticed in the said city, each of them £10. for the space of nine years, putting in bond and sureties upon the receipt thereof, for the repay ment at the end of nine years to the said corporation ; aud after the repayment of all such sums, the corporation should again deliver the same to other young men on free loan for nine years, putting in bond, &c ; and also, after the end of the said ten years, the corporation should for the space of thirty years ensuing, deliver and pay to two other like young men on the same condition. £20. each, to have the occupation nine years, on giving sufficient security, &c. : and after the expiration of the said thirty years, the corporation should deliver in free loan the said £40. to one young man of ihe said city for nine years, finding surety as aforesaid, &c. And it was further c venanted and agreed between the said parties, that the said mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty should pay the sum of £40. which should become due in the second year that should be due in the second year after the end ofthe said thirty years, to the mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty of Northampton, to be lent out to the same manner as above stated 3 N 518 HISTORY OF COVENTRY. with remainder to tbe corporation of Coventry, and their successors, without the Grey Friors Gate, to bestow the rents as follows : — 20s. for the preaching of three sermons yearly, in the church of the Holy Trinity, nd overseers of Holy Trinity parish, yearly, 50s„ to be distributed equally between 12 poor widows, jiving in West Orchard street, in the said parish, which is regularly done. James, Lord Viscount Liffbnl, by will, 1785, gave to the minister and churchwardens of Trinity parish, and their successors, the annual rent of £5., payable out of premises in Fillongley. in trust, to apply the same in repairing the family vault, &c. ; and the residue so be disposed of amongst the poor of Cross Cheaping ward, in the said parish. The £5. is annually received from Lord Lifford, and disposed of accordingly. Rev. John Rogers, by will, 1735. gave to the parish ofthe Holy Trinity, in the city of Coventry, £14. towards the support of a workhouse, to be paid out of the Manchester Paik estate. 1 his annuity, deducting £1. 6s. 8d. for land tax, is paid by the owner of the estate to the church watdens of this parish, and paid to the directors of the poor of the united parishes of St. Michael and the Holy Trinity. West Orchard Almshouses consist of a building of eight rooms, two above, and two below, on either side of an entry, occupied by poor persons, placed therein by the ac countant churchwarden, with the sanction of the vicar. By an Indenture, 1638, John Clarke purchased these premises; part ofthe ancient guilds and chauntries, in consid eration of £8. paid to the corporation. Several other benefactions are previously noticed as paid by the corporation. St. John's Parish. — See Downes Gift. — 10s. worth of bread is distributed to the poor •n Spon street ward, yearly, on the 30th of January. Collins Charity. — Cloth for 12 or 14 gowns is sent from St. Michael's, made up by the parish, and distributed to poor persons. Joseph Vernon, by will, 1742, bequeathed three guineas yearly to the lecturer of St. John's church for reading evening prayers, and one guinea for preaching a sermon yearly, on Good Friday. These payments have been discontinued for the last 30 years. Nathaniel Crynes, by will, 1745, gave to his sister, Hannah Crynes. £150., on con dition that she secured it so that after her death the curate who should read prayers at six o'clock every evening, at St. John's church, in Coventry, should receive the interest of it. Hannah t'rynes, by her will, 1774, also left £150. to her trustees, on trust, to invest the same in the funds, and pay the dividends to the under schoolmaster of the free school for reading prayers every day in the parish church of St. John. These sums were invested in the three per cent, consols, and produce a dividend of £14. 9s 8d., standing iu the names of the trustees of Fairfax's school, who pay the dividends to the under master, but no evening or daily prayers are now read in the church. Ann Yardley, by will, 1826, gave £100. new four per cent, annuities, to the rector and churchwardens of St. John's parish, on trust, to apply the dividends in the purchase of bread for the poor on St. Thomas's day. The sum of £5. 5s. as three half-yearly dividends, (the stock, in 1832, having been reduced to three and a half per cent.) which was distributed on St. '1 homas's day, 1833, and a tablet set up in the church. Murdock's Gift. — The Drapers' Cumpany pay 6s. 8d. to this parish for a sermon. William Wheate. — The Mercers' Company have the management of this. — For these see St. Michael. 532 WARWICK DIRECTORY. LIST OF STREETS, ROADS, LANES, SQUARES, TERRACES, cfec, IN WARWICK AND ITS VICINITY. Avon place, Emscote Avon street, Emscote Avon terrace, Emscote Back hills, Jury street Back lane, Castle street Banbury road, Back hills Beauchamp place, Cotton end Bowling green stieet, West street Bridge end, Banbury road Bridge row, Emscote Bridewell lane, Northgate street Brook street, Corn Market Butts, Jury stieet Cape, 1 mile North Castle stieet, High street Chapel street, Smith stieet Church street, Old square Cherry street, Cotton end Corn Market, Market square Cotton end, St. John's street Coventry road, St. John's Crompton stieet, West street Emscote, or Edmonscote, Cotton end Emscote terrace, Emscote Emscote wharf, Emscote Friar street, West street Gerrard stieet, Smiih street Goodhall street, Pickard street Guy street, St. John's street Hampton stieet, Friar street Hampton terrace, Hampton stieet High stieet, Jury street Iron bridge, Market square Jury street, High street Linen street, Theatre street Longbridge, 2 miles, S. by W. Lower Church stieet, Back Mils Market hill, Market square Market stieet, Market square Market square, Market hall Mill street. Back hills Monk street, Crompton street Myton, 1§ miles East Myton Crescent, Myton New road, Castle street New stieet, Corn Market Mew street, Emscote road Northgate stieet, Old square Old square, Market square Packmore, Coventiy road Parkes street, Saltisford Pickard place, Pickard stieet Pickard stieet, Emscote Priory road, or Oil Mill lane, Northgate st. St. John's, Smith street St. John's stieet, St. John's Saltisford, Northgate stieet Saltisford rock, Saltisford Saltisford wharf, Saltisford Smith stieet. Jury street Stand street, Woodhouse stieet Swan street, Corn Market Theatre street, Iron bridge Wallace street, Parkes street Wedgnock, or Old Park, 3 mUes North West street, High street Wharf stieet, Emscote Woodhouse street, Crompton stieet POST OFFICE, MARKET SQUARE.— Mr. Hem-y Baly, Post Master. Letters from London, Coventry, and Trent A' alley RaUway, arrive at 5,45 a.m., and are despatched at 9 p.m. .Letters by the Coventry day mail, from London, and all the Northern, South Western, Southern, aud Eastern Counties of England, arrive at 2 p.m., and are des patched at 8,15 a.m. Letters by Birmingham mail, from West of England, Scotland, Ireland, North and South Wales, Worcester, Staffordshire, &c, &c, arrive at 6,30 a.m., and are despatched at 7,15 p.m. Mid-Day Mail to London, despatched at 11,30 a.m. Letters from Stiatford-on-Avon, Leamington, parts of Warwickshire, arrive at 8,30 a.m., 2 p.m., aud 9 p.m. ; and are despatched at 2 p,m., 10 p.m., and 11,30 p.m. Letters from Barford, Emscote, Leek Wootton, Claverdon, Hareley, arrive at 6 p.m- and are despatched at 7 a.m. The box is closed 30 minutes before each mail is despatched. Money Orders granted and paid from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m., Sundays excepted. Branch Post Office, at Mr. Edw. Pearson's, Emscote. WARWICK DIRECTORY. 533 MISCELLANEOUS LIST OF NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, AND OTHERS, NOT INSERTED IN THE CLASSIFIED LISTS, WITH NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF PARTNERS IN FIRMS. Adey Capel, Esq. steward and land-agent, Castle Park Adkins Harry, Governor, County Gaol AUanby Joseph S., M. D. Northgate st. Allen Jeremiah, gent., Mill street Astley Charles, horse dealer, Warwick arms, High stieet Badger Richard, assistant draper. Old Sqr. Baker Geo. Edw., solicitor; h.High street Bailey J ames, accountant lwr. Church st. Baly John Nickson, clerk, Canal Co., Church stieet Barber Mrs. Ann Easter, Church stieet Bayliss Elizabeth, carrier, Fryer street Bellerby Thos. chief superintendent of Police, Theatre street Benbow Mrs. Susan, Avon place Blincow Mrs. Mary, High street Bloxsidge Mrs. Mary, Butts Bloxsidge Samuel, farm agent, St. John's Bonehill Joseph, architectural sculptor, High street Boswell Misses Rhoda, Catherina, & Eliz abeth, Northgate stieet Bowman David, gent., Myton crescent Bromige Th. timber mert. ; h. St. John's Brown Mr. Isaac, Wharf street Brownridge John, nurseryman, &c. ; h. Emscote Brownridge Peter, nurseryman cfec; h. Emscote Buck Wm. Edw., solicitor; h. High street Bumford John, police constable, Saltisford Burwick Mr. Richard, The Cape Butler WiUiam, fellmonger, West street ' Carles Rev. Chas. Edw. curate, Butts Cassan Captain Thomas, Northgate street Cardall Rev. Wm. M. A. Myton Crescent Cattell Mrs. Bridgett, Jury street \ ChattawayTh. & Mark, carriers, Saltisford Chedham Hy. wheelwright, tfec ; h. Guy st. Checkley Thomas, wool rug mfr. New st. Chennell Mr. Robert, Wallace street Childe Wm. Esq. bank mangr., Chm-ch st > Clark Mrs. Jane, Butts Cole Mr. WilUam, Emscote Cookes Edw. upholsterer,cfec ; h. St. John's Cookes John, upholsterer, cfec. ; h. Cape Cookes Wltr. uphols. cfec. ; h. Coventry road Cooper Mrs. Sophia, Butts Cotton George, manager gas works Cox Mrs. Elizabeth, Hampton street Curnoch Rev. Geo.,wes. min., Hampton ter _ Dadley Harriet Cutter, Jury stieet Darling Henry, horse trainer, Butts ' Davies Mrs. Mary, Saltisford Dester Richard, hatter, ; h. Corn market Dew Mrs. Sophia, High street I Docker John Clement, gent., Parkes st Duckett Edw., clerk, Saltisford Dunn Wm. engineer, Canal Co. Emscote Eames Mrs Mary, Jury street Edwards Mrs. Harriet, Jury street EedesRt. Westmacott,accountant Church st Farman Mrs. Ann, Wesgate cottage Farr Mrs. Lucy, Northgate stieet Field Mrs Catherine, Hampton terrace Field Rev. WiUiam, Learn house Fisher Mrs. Ann, Wallace stieet Fryer John, grocer, cfec. ; h. High stieet Fooks James, gent., Butts Gem Mrs. Selina Elizabeth, the Cape George Thomas, gent, Hampton terrace Gibbes Mrs Eliza, Old square Gibbons William Frederick, gent., Butts Gibbs Morris, grocer, cfec, ; h. High stieet Glover Jas. Thomas, coach builder, h. Butts Goodhall John, gent., Emscote lodge Green Mrs. Mary Ann, West street Greenway Geo. Cattell, solicitor and coun ty coroner, Jury stieet Greenway Kelynge Esq., banker, Jury st. Greves Mr. Edward, Jury stieet Greville Henry Richard, Earl of Warwick and Earl Brook, Warwick Castle Greville George Guy Lord Brook, M. P. Warwick Castle Handley George, clerk, Emscote Harris Hannah, confectioner, Church st. Harris Rev. Henry Berners Shelley, mas ter Leicester's Hospital Harris Jas. Chas., solicitor's clerk, Jury st. Harris Wm. last & boot-tree mk. Smith st Harrison William, clerk to the Union, Theatre stieet Hart Josiah, carrier's clerk, Cotton street Haynes Saml. William, solicitor, coroner, and clerk to the borough magistrates, Jury street Hayward William, corn merchant, cfec. ; h. Market street Hobley WUUam, head turnkey, House of Correction Hickling Wm. Charles, poUce constable, Market hill Hickman Henry, gent., Hampton terrace Hill John, clerk Canal Co., Cape Hilton Rev. Hy. Denne, curate, St. Mary's Vicarage, Butts Hilton Jph. Wm., Master Union Workhs. Hirons Mrs M. Hatton road ; h. Saltisford Holdbrook Thos., bookeeper, Cotton end Holmes Thomas, gent., Emscote Hopkins WUUam, tailor, h. Old square Horsman George, keeper. Old park Hughes Mrs. Ambrosa, High stieet Ireland Thomas, bricklayer, Smith street Ivens Rd.&J, furniture brokers, Market hill 3 0 534 WjlRWIfiK DIRECTORY. Ives Mrs. Mary, Priory road Jakeman George, gent, Coventry road Jones Thomas, gentleman, The Cape Kemp Mr. Thomas, senr., Market square Kench PhiUp junr., corn miUer, h. Emscote Keys George Vernon, gent, Avon place Ktigour Geo. Alexander Esq., Smith street Lake John, victualler ; h. High street Lamb Charles Esq., Leven huU Landor Mrs. EUzabeth, Smith stieet Lapworth Mr. Benjamin, High stieet Lapworth James, gent., Hampton stieet Lapworth Jas. clerk, St. Nicholas MiU st Laugharne Hugh, accountant, Market st. Laugharne Rev. Thos. Chaplain, Bride well and County Gaol, Myton Crescent Leatherland Wm. gent. Oken's cotg. Emsct Ledbrook Mrs. Mary, West stieet Lewis Robert & Co., carriers, St. John st. Lawton W. drill serjt. Yeomanry, High st Lee Mark Frederick, pawnbroker, Jury st. Lole Wm., whitesmith, cfec. ; h. Smith st Loveday Mrs. Ann Maria, High stieet Mackenzie Jas. Arundell, gent., The Cape MacnaUy Richard, gent. West stieet Margetts Matthew Richard, registiar of births, deaths, and marriages, Castle st. Marshal Rev. Thomas Lethbridge, unita rian minister, Avon place Marshal Thos. Samuel, gent., Avon place Matthews Mrs. Mary, lower Church stieet Mayne Mr. John, Wharf sfreet Mellory Darnel, gent., Saltisford Middleton Wm, gent., Hampton terrace Modlen Rt., hatter ; h. Corn market Mollady Edmund Evans, Esq., Marble hs MoUady John, Esq., Marble house Moore George, soUcitor; h. Myton Morris John, gent., Butts Morriss John, artist, High stieet Morris Thomas, solicitor; h. Church st Nash Rev. Thos. baptist mnsti. Back hills Nelson James Hy.,gelatine mnfr., Emscote Newman Jas., sexton St. Nicholas, lower Church stieet Newman Mr. WilUam Hampton stieet North Henry, horse dealer, Smith stieet Oram Mrs. Harriet, Old square Palmer WilUam, gent.. Northgate stieet Palmer Mrs. Mary, The Cape Parker Mrs. Ann, Myton house Parker James, potatoe dealer Market st Parrot Mr. Saml., Bridewell lane Parsons Henry James, gent., Saltisford Percy Hon. Charles Bertie, Guy's Cliff Percy Rev. Jph. Wilcox, ind. min., High st Percy Jph. Wilcox, news agent,cfec. Smith st Perkins Mrs. Mary, Beauchamp place Perks John, draper ; h. High street Perks Wm. Russell, draper; h. High st PixeU Charles, land agent, Jury stieet Povey Wm., relieving officer, St. John's st Preedy Benj. accoimtant, lwr. Church st Price Saml. Lent, news agent, Market st Proctor Charles, agricultural implement and manure merchant ; h. Emscote Redfern Charles, dealer in o»an^GeneraZ,(Life)J.Pratt,HighstNational Provident, (Life) Rd. George Read ing, Corn market Pelican, (Life) Thomas Nicks, Northgate st PAcenix, (Fire) Thos. Nicks, Northgate st Provident, (Life) Henry Elvins, Iron bridge Royal Naval, Military, Sf General, (Life) Matthew R. Margetts, Castle stieet Scottish Union, Walter Cookes, Coventry rd Solicitors if General, (Life) W.AUen,Highst Standard, (Life) Thomas Snape, High street Sun, Samuel Brown, Smith street Sun, (Life) Haynes and Moore, Jury stieet West of England, Thomas Steel, Theatre st Yorkshire, Thomas Nicks, Northgate stieet H Dtels, Inns, and Taverns. Bear cfe Bacchus, John cfe Hannah Murrell, High stieet -r Black Horse, Edward Davies, Saltisford BowUng Green Inn, Harriet Brown, Bowl ing Green stieet Brown Bear, Richard Glenn, Market sq Bull's Head Inn, Charles Harris, West st Carpenter's Arms, Thos. Curtis, Chapel st Castle Hotel cfe Commercial Inn, James Bryan, Corn market Coach cfe Horses, Rd. Hames, Castle st Cross Keys, William Roberts, Friar street Crown Inn, Richard Atkins, Coventry road Emscote Tavern, Robert Nunn, Emscote Dolphin, Robert Guttridge, Emscote Dragon, Filmer Keen, Market square George Inn & Commercial Hotel, Maria Tims, Market square Globe Hotel, Henry Elvins, Iron bridge Gold Cup, George Cooper, Castle stieet Green Man, John GUI Saltisford Greyhound Inn, Henry BaUinger, Emscote Griffin, William Briscoe, Corn market Hare cfe Hounds, Rd. Cole, BrideweU lane Horse cfe Jockey, John Whitmore, Linen st King's Head Inn, T. Clarke, jun. Saltisford Malt Shovel Inn, Hannah Savin, West st Mattock cfe spade, Joseph Mann, Mill st Mermaid Inn, Thomas Bench, West stieet Mulberry Tree, Mary Mellows, Market st Myton Tavern, John Bosworth, Myton st Nag's Head, D. Woodward, Hampton st Navigation Inn, John Bass, Saltisford Nelson Inn, Ann Davis, West stieet New BowUng Green, Joseph Mottram, lower Church stieet Plasterer's Arms, Ann Reading, Avon st Punch Bowl, James Butler, Butts Portobello Tav., Edw. Crompton Emscote Red Horse, John Mottram, Crompton st Red Lion, George Brown, Swan stieet Rising Sun, WilUam Winbush Roe Buck, Henry Woodfield, Smith street Rose cfe Crown Inn, S. Canntog, Market M Three Tuns, George Daniels, Smith street Unicorn, Joseph Lisam, West stieet Vine Inn, Thomas Walter, Packmore Wallace Tavern, Wm.Standish, WaUacest Warwick Arms Hotel, Grace Pinhorn Lake and Son, High stieet Warwick Tav. J. Winbush, Crompton st Welch Harp, James Simmonds, Smith st Wheat Sheaf, WilUam Butler, West stieet White Horse, John Cox, Coventry road White Lion (Old) Jph. Mander, Saltisford White Swan, John Stanley, Brook stieet Woolpack Commercial Inn, Henry Baly, Corn Market 3 0 2 536 Agents. Bateman Jas.(land)Emscote Downing John, (house)Avon terrace Elvins Henry, (house) Iron bridge Harris Chas., (commision), Church street King Francis',' Butts Mann Joseph, (commission) Church street Moore John, (estate) North- gate street Shaw Wm. (house)Packmore Agricultural Imple ment Mfrs. Davis Thomas, Guy street Proctor cfe Ryland, Emscote Roberts Thos. cfe Son, Coven try road Tongue cfe Chedham,Cotton- end Attorneys. Allen WilUam, High stieet Buck cfe Baker, High stieet Greenway & Smith, High st Griffin WilUam, Church st Handley Charles, Church st. ; h. Myton Harris James Chs., High st Haynes & Moore, Jury st Heath Thomas, New street Kirby Thomas Hurlstone, Church street Lampray John, Chapel st Landor Henry Eyres, lower Church stieet Loveday James, Old square Morris and WalUngton, Church street Newsam Philip Wm,, High st Nicks Thomas, Northgate st Smith Robert, Jury stieet Snape Thomas, High stieet Tibbits, James, Northgate street ; h. Myton Crescent Tilbets Robert, High stieet Ward Joseph, High stieet Wright John, Jury stieet Auctioneers and Appraisers Cookes cfe Son, St. John's Elvins Henry, Iron bridge Enoch John, Corn market InsaU WilUam, West stieet Ivens Richard, Market hill King Francis, Butts Lake William, Jury stieet Margetts John, High stieet Moore John, Northgate st Trepeus Alfred Wm, Old sqr WARWICK DIRECTORY. Bakers & Flour Dlrs. AUibon Hy. Brandis, Saltis ford Ball William, New street Chamberlain Rd., Crompton stieet Clarke John, West street Godfrey Richard, Bowling green stieet Hayward John cfe Son, Mar ket street Heathcote George Morris, Saltisford rock Howard Wm., Corn market Jones Josiah, Castle stieet Kmght Thomas, Saltisford Lattimer WilUam, Smith st Mallory John, Saltisford Poole John, Parkes stieet Timms William. Smith st Walker James, St. John's st Walker John, Smith stieet Wood John Emscote Woollard Edward, Friar st WoollardSamLSt. John's st Wykes William, West stieet Banks. Leamington Priors !j Warwick shire, Church st., WiUiam Childe, Esq., mngr., (draw on WilUams cfe Co.) Warwick and Leamington, Market sqr., Hy. Summer- field, Esq., mngr., (draw on Hanbury 's, Taylor's, cfe Lloyd's) Warwick tt Warwickshire, (Greenway & Greaves,) High st., (draw on Glynn cfe Co.) Savings Bank, Northgate st., Mr. Saml. Brown, actuary Basket Makers. CoUedge Charles, West st Colledge Edward, Market st Morrill George, Smith stieet Beer Houses. Bartlett Chas., Crompton st Bench WilUam, Theatre st Bissell Hy., St. John stieet Brown Benj., New stieet ColUs Benj., Emscote Franks John, Emscote Garlick Th., Woodhouse st Gilks William, Pickard st Hammond Jph., Priory road Ladbrook Thomas, Emscote Lamb Hannah, Packmore Laurence Henry, Friar st Miles John, Parkes stieet Sabin John, Saltisford Salmon Daniel, Bridge st Shelswell Hy. Bridewell lane Tiso James, Emscote Tongue Thos , Cotton end Toppy George, Saltisford Trepess Joseph, Saltisford Wilkins William, Brook st Wood James, St. John st Berlin Wool Dealers. Harris My. Matilda, Jury st Reading Ann, Old square Bird and Animal Preservers. Dunn Charles, Emscote Spicer John,(& artificial eye manufacturer,) Jury st Blacksmiths. Butler James, Priory road Chattaway Thos., New st Davis Thomas, Guy stieet Gardner WilUam, Friar st Hunter Charles, Old park Morris Jph., St. John's Starkey John, Saltisford Tongue cfeChedham, Cotton end Townley Daniel, West st Upton cfe Lole, Smith street Wilkins WiUiam, Brook st Wright Jesse, Bowling grn. st Boat Builder. Monks Thos., Crane wharf, Emscote Booksellers, Binders, Printers, cfe Statnrs. Cooke Hy. Thos. High st Cooper Hy. Dudley, Jury st Heathcote Thomas Boyes, Corn market Perry Wm. Groves, Old sqr Rose William, Church st Sharpe Henry, High st Soden Wm. Watts, North- gate stieet Boot and Shoe Makers. Cooke Chas. Corn market Cooke William, Theatre st Batchelor Wm. Friar st. Blakeman John, Brook st Bromwich W. Woodhouse st Bryan Thos. jun., Market st Cooke Charles, Brooke st Davis John, Emscote Derrick Wm. Crompton st Enoch John, Corn market French Henry, Brook st Giles George, Emscote ter Pickering William, Saltisford Green Edward, Park street WARWICK DIRECTORY. 537 Hall Henry, Castle street Hammond Rd.Woodhouse st Harris James, Saltisford Harris John, Saltisford Hutchings Geo., St. John st Job Richard, Friar stieet Jones George, Emscote King Thomas, Saltisford Ladbrook John, West st Mansill Thomas, Swan st Miles Thos. Crompton st Oliver James, Market st Page Thomas, Avon st Pritchett Edw. Smith st Reeves Wm. Saltisford Shepherd Joseph, Old square Sleath Wm. Corn market WakeUn Thos. Bridewell In Warren Thos. West street West John, Coventry road Wheeler Wm.Lwr. Church st Whittell Geo. Jno. Swan st Williamson Richard, Bowl ing green street Wright WilUam, New street Braziers and Tin Plate Workers. Buckley Rd., and copper and zinc spout manuftr. (esta blished 1816,) Old square Bullock Wm. Corn market MannEdmundjCorn market Smith Geo. cfe Jas. Swan st- Winbush Edwd. J. Smith st. Brewers. Jaggard, Jaggard,. 544 COVENTRY DIRECTORY. Brown T., ribbon manufr. ; h. Stoke gn Buckler Wm. Edward, banker's clerk, Drapers' field Caldicott Isaac, clerk St. Peter's, Can terbury street Caldicott Mr. Alfred, MiU lane Caldicott Richard, gent., The Butts Caldicott Richard, jun., ribbon manufac turer ; house, Much Park street Campbell Colonel James, inspecting field officer, recruiting office, Fleet street Capella Vincent, general dealer, Market st —Cash Joseph, gentleman, Sherbourne house, The Butts Cash Thomas, oil merchant, Broad gate Chambers Captain Samuel, barrack master, Hertford stieet Chapman Rev. Richard, chaplain gaol, Bishop street Chattaway Thomas,ribbon manufacturer ; house, Victoria stieet Chattaway Thomas cfe Mark, carriers, Cross Cheaping Cheadle Mrs. Martha, Summerland butts Cheeswright Rev.James(Wes.)Draper's fid Cheetham Mr. Harry, Swanswell terrace Christian Thomas, gardener, Junction st Clark Benjamin, dairyman, Spon street Clarke J0M1 Newman, ribbon manufac turer ; housp, Stoke green Clarke Samuel, commercial tiav., Hill st Clarke Thomas, auctioneer, stock and share broker, cfec. ; house, Union stieet Clarke WilUam, ribbon manufr. ; h. Stoke Clarkson Rev. J. B., catholic priest, Hills Clifton Mrs. Ann, Summerland place Clowes John, silk dyer ; house, Spon st Collinson Rev. John Brownrigge, B. A., - vicar of St. Michael's and Surrogate, Warwick row Coltman Thos., police sergeant, New town Cooper Charles Edward, railway clerk, Junction street, The Butts Cooper Edward, currier ; house, Stoke Cooper T., ironmonger, cfec. ; h. High st Cooper Thomas, waiter, Hertford street Conway Mr. Henry, Summerland place Cope Thomas, ribbon manufacturer; h. Priory row Cowsell George, designer, Russell terrace Cragg Rev. Stephen, M. A., incumbent of St. Thomas's, The Butts Crighton John, draper ; house, Union st Crockford Walter, warehouseman, Dra pers' field Crossley Charles, clerk, Radford road Cure Mr. Frederick Raymond, Spon end Davis Rev. Stephen, D. C. L., senior curate, Holy Trinity, Spon stieet Davis Robert Samuel, spirit merchant Day Joseph, weaver, Payne's lane Deacon Job, draper ; h. Cross Cheaping Deeming Mrs. Hannah, Much Park st Deeming WUUato) dairyman Jprdau well -Delf Rev. Edward Hickman, (Ind.) Gas st Dewes Richard, solicitor, clerk to com missioners of income and property taxes, and clerk and superintendent re gistrar for Foleshill Union ; h. Foleshill Dewes Thomas, solicitor, and supertotend- ant registiar for Coventry Union; h. Smithford street Dolbey Mrs. Lydia, Gas stieet Douglass Mr. WilUam, Swanswell ter Dorrington John, weaver, Park terrace Drake Rev. WilUam, lecturer, St. John's cfe second mr. grammar school, Bishop st Dresser Charles, silk agent; house, Gray Friars green Dresser L. actuary, savings bank, Cook st Dry Henry, collector of asses, property, •fee, taxes, Mill lane Dowling Mr. WilUam, Summerland butts Dowell WilUam, enameller, York st Dunn Abraham Kendrick, tanner, cfec. ; house, StivichaU villa Dunn Bryan, tanner, cfec. ; h. Hertford st Dunn John Spencer, engineer and ma- chinest ; house, Ratford villa Dunn Mrs. Lydia, Upper Well street Dutton Mrs. Mary, Fleet stieet Eld Mr. George, Hill stieet Elton Joseph, dairyman, Primrose hill st Evans Rev. Arthur, M. A., curate St. John's, Spon stieet Edwards Anne Maria, ironmonger, cfec; h. High street Fawson Mr. Samuel, Victoria street Floyd William, engineer, Spon end Ford Mr. Joseph, Hertford terrace Francis Charles, ribbon dealer, Bond st rFranklin Rev. Francis, (Bap.) Hertford tr Franklin James, watch maker, Cook st Frankhn WilUam, ribbon manufacturer ; house, Radford road Franks Joshua, printer, Drapers' field French Benjamin, manager for Thomas Hollick, ribbon manufr., West orchard French John, comcl. tiav., Sherbourne pi Furnell Mrs. , Far Gosford street Garner Mrs. Sarah, Spon end Gaskell Hugh, manager Coventiy Union Banking Company, Little Park street George Benjamin, road surveyor, Sum merland butts Gibson Thomas, draper, Drapers' field Giggings Mrs. Martha, Soverign place Gilltogs John, dyer ; house, Spon stieet Gillings Mr. Thomas, Gosford green Glennan, Timothy Peters, post master, Smithford stieet Goddard Caleb, sec. loan society, Hill field Goode Jeremiah, pump maker and well sinker, Leicester row Goodman Job, trunk maker, Jordan well Goodlad Josh., draper, Chauntry place Goodridge Nathaniel, sec, to freehold land society, Mill law Coventry directory. 545 Grant Misses, St. Nicholas street Gordan Rev. (Ind.) Cheyles moor Grayham Rev. J. J. George, M. A., cu rate, Holy Trinity, Victoria street Gregory Peter, clerk St. John's, Gas st "-Gulson Mr. John, Priory row Gurson Mr. Thomas, Warwick row Hall Mrs. , Whitley Hall G., tiav. tea dealer, Drapers' field Hammerton Stephen, ribbon manufr. ; house, St. Michael's place Hands Mr. John, Foleshill road Hands Richard, dyer; h. Hertford ter Hands Walter, draftsman, Gosford st Harris Rev. Henry Truman, M. A., in- cumbant Christ Church ; h. Gosford st Hart James, ribbon manufr. ; h. Earl st Hawkes Mr. William, Hertford terrace Hart Mr. Isaac, Much Park stieet Heginbottom W. H., draper; h. High st Haywood Henry, fitter and turner, Sf Nichola's street Hewitt Mrs. Ann, Hertford terrace Hickling Henry, draftsman ; house, White Friars lane Hill Miss Ann, Summerland butts Hill Nathl. watch mfr. ; h. Upper Well st Hill Mrs. Sarah, Albion street Hill Thomas, watch mfr. ; h. HiU street Hickston Hannah, St. Nichola's street Hine John, bank cashier, Little Park st Hine Joseph Lancaster, woollen printer, Spon end Hitchins Samuel, draper; h. Stoke green Holmes Charles, paperhanger, Spon st HoUand Emma, mistiess Industrial Home, Leicester street -\ Holland Thomas, contiactor, Junction street, New town Hood Hon. Mrs. CaroUne, Whitley Abbey Holt Charles, relieving officer and regis trar of births and deathsforSt. Michael's and St. John's district, Gosford stieet Hopkins John Smeaton, dealer in watch materials, Spon stieet Horton Thomas, Esq., Earl street Howe Mrs. Lucy, Spon street Hughes T., maltster ; h. Drapers' field Hulm John, sexton St. Michael's, Bailey 1 Howells Rev. John, vicar Holy Trinity, vicarage, Radford road Hyde Miss Sarah, Cross Cheaping Ingram James, dau-yman, Mill lane Ives John Saml. dyer ; h. Spon stieet Jackson George, weaver, White Friar st Jackson Peter, bonnet shape maker, Woman's market Jagger Edward Thomas, bank clerk, Stivichall cottages James WilUam Edward, Victoria street Jeays George, clerk St. Nicholas's church, Priory row Jerard Rev. John, (Ind) Warwick row Jervis Abijah, clerk, Gosford street Johnson Joseph, keeper St. Mary's hall, Bailey lane Johnson Thomas George, spirit merchant, Hertford street Jones Henry, stationer, Canterbury st Jones WilUam, railway clerk, Cow lane Jordan Charles, corn miller ; h. Spon st Kearney Mr. Daniel, Summerland butts Keeling Frederick, clerk, HiU street Keane David, agent to Pickford cfe Co., Drapers' field King Barker, dairyman, Canterbury st Kitson John, weaver, Park terrace Knight Rev. James William, writing and assistant master, grammar school, St. John's bridge Latham Mr. Henry, Thomas street -Latham John, agent to Grand Junction Canal Company, Leicester row LawrenceNathaniel,maltster jh.Bishop st Lawrence Mr. Samuel, King WiUiam st Laying Mrs. Sarah EUzabeth, Union st Lea Alfred, attorney ; h. Little Park st Lea Henry, attorney ; h. Little Park st Leavesley Thos , dyer ; h. Radford road Lee Wm., draftsman ; h. White Friars In Lenton James, draftsman ; h. St. John's st Lewis John, register office, Market st Lewitt Rev. James, (Bap.) Far Gosford st Lissaman Josh., watch maker, Park wall Lissaman Thomas, bank manager, Ryton Little George, excise officer, Far Gosford s Little J.,Esq., banker ; h.Newbould Pacey Lees Thomas, clerk, weighing machine, coal wharf, Leicester road Loveitt Mrs. Sarah Maria, Bishop st Lowe John, manager, Summerland butts Lowe Susannah, lodgings, Hertford ter. Lucas WUUam, sexton St. Peter's, Can terbury stieet Lynes Mrs. Mary, Butcher row Lynes Wm., ribbon manufr. ; h. Union st Lythall Mrs. Mary, Earl stieet Mann Mr. Matthew, Canterbury street Marsson Josiah, attorney's clerk, Smith ford stieet Marshall Thomas, seedsman, Gosford st Marston Mr. Thomas, Spon street Martin George, watch maker, Craven st Matterson Henry, ironmonger ; h. High st Matthews Thos., plumber, Holley headrd Mead Mrs. Emily Mary, Thomas street Meigh Mr. John, Bishop gate green Mercer Caroline, watch manufacturer; house, Broomfield Mercer Thomas James, watch and clock manufacturer ; house, Fleet street Merry Miss EUzabeth, Union street Merridew Henry Arthur, ribbon manu facturer, Hertford place Mc Iver Daniel, station master, London and North Western Station Mc Kay Adam Gordon, poUce inspector, L. N. W. R., Warwick road 546 COVENTRY DIRECTORY. Mc Millan Anthony, tiav. draper, King st Mc Millan Robert, tiav. draper, King st Minster Miss Sarah, Warwick row Molesworth Miss Sarah, White Friars to Montford Joseph, banker's clerk, Park tr Mosedale Joseph,engtoeer and machinest ; honse, Union street Moy Mrs. Susannah, Albion terrace Neale Richard, loom maker ; h. Spon st NeviU Jph., asst. architect, Far Gosford s Newark G., timber merchant ; h.Bishopst Newark Thomas Jones, timber merchant ; house, Ivy cottage, Radford road Newark William, timber merchant; h. Radford road Newbold WilUam, dairyman, Spon end Newsome Mr. Samuel, Bishop street Newsome W.', jun., cornel, tiav., Albion st Norris John, agent goods department, London and North Western ¦ Railway Company, Railway station Noyes Mrs. Sarah, Hertford terrace Nnttall Samuel, ribbon manufacturer ; house, Little Park street Odell Joseph, ribbon manufr. ; h. Earl st Odell WUUam, jun., ribbon manufacturer ; house, Bishop street Olerenshaw Henry, clerk, Canterbury st Orborn William, carrier, Hertford st Osborne Michael Willson, grocer, cfec. ; house, High stieet Oswin James, warehouseman, Moat st Owen Thomas, watch mkr., Leicester st Owen WUUam, watch mkr., Leicester st Oxley Henry, chair maker, Gosford street Parish Mrs. Jane, Warwick row Parker Jno. police sergeant, Grey Friars to Payne Geo. Wm., silk printer, Adelaide st Pears Objah. Hill, ribbon manufacturer; house, Foleshill road Pegg Geo. German, clerk, Far Gosford st Pell James, cook shop, St. John's bridges Penn Silvester, bone cutter cfe button manu facturer, Bond street Pepper Mrs. Ann, Vine cottage, Park tr Perkins Mr. John, Whitley Perkins Richard, currier, Gosford terrace Perkins Thomas, jun., ribbon manu facturer ; house, Victoria stieet Peters William, superintendent Drapers' HaU, Bailey lane PMlUps Edward, Esq., Whitmore park Pieters Charles, district staff adjutant, Summerland Butts Poole Benjamin, registrar of births and deaths for the Holy Trinity District, Chauntry place Podmore Charles, carrier, Vicar lane Pratt John, traveller, Drapers' field Pretty Geo., currier ; h. Ironmonger row Pridmore George Alex., ribbon manu facturer ; house, Wyken house Prosser ThoB. H., chief constable. Spon st Raby Mrs. Hannah, Far Gasford street Randle William, collector to Gas Co., Hertford stieet Randle Wm, hay cfe stiaw dealer, Spon end Ratliff Eleophas, ribbon manufacturer ; h. Much Park street Ratliff John, ribbon manufr.; h. Allesley Ratliff John jun., ribbon manufacturer ; h. Allesley Richardson Benjamin Shakespeare, clerk, Union street Richardson Joseph, watch manufacturer, Cook stieet Richardson Josiah, watch manufacturer, Summerland place Riley Thos, banker's clerk, Little Park st Roberts Ebenezer, attorney's clerk, Dra pers field Robinson Frederick, cooper cfec. ; h. St. John's bridges Robinson Mr. John, Fleet street Robinson Thos., ribbon manufr. ; h. Much Park street Rodhouse Wm. tanner cfec. ; h, Smithford st Roe John, brick gnaker, Little Park stieet Rogers Thos. inland revenue officer, King stieet, Hillfield Rooke Rev. Wm. (Prim. Meth.) Harnall In Rose John Bryan, warehouseman, Thos. st RotherhamJohn, watch manufacturer; h. Spon stieet Rotherham Rd. Kevitt, watch manufr. h. Hertford place Rotherham Rd. Kevitt, jun .watch manufr h. The Butts Rowton Rev. Nathaniel, (Independent); Hertford terrace Rowton NatM, manager, Little Park st Russel Phoebe, lodgings, Jordan well Ryal Wm. collector of poors rates, Gos ford stieet Ryder Wm., corn factor ; h. West Orchard .Ryley Mrs. Harriet, St. Nicholas stieet Ryley Wm., watch maker, HiU Cross st Sabin Mr. Edward, Summerland butts Sanders John, clerk, New Bmldtogs Sandiers Chas., Spirit merchant ; h. G os- ford terrace Sarjeant Frank, ribbon manufr. ; h. Little Park stieet Sarjeant Wm., ribbon manufr. ; h. Little Park street Shan Sarjeant Major Alexander, Fleet st Shakespear Mr. Wm. Far Gosford street Shaw John, manager, Drapers field "Sheepshanks Rev. Thomas, rector of St John's, head master Grammar School, Bishop stieet Sawbridge John, collector of Poors rate, Junction street, New town Simmonds Joseph, weaver, Cook stieet Simpson Henry, maltster; h. Hill Cross st Simpson Mrs. Union stieet Sinnott Rev. M. catholic priest, HUl street Slingsbey Henry, clerk, Gosford street COVENTRY DIRECTORY. 547 Slingshey Mrs. Harriet, Sherbourne street Smith Miss Ann, Warwick row Smith David, collector of taxes, Hertford pi Smith Mr.— WMtley Smith John Waddams and WilUam, ribbon manufacturers ; h. upper Weil street Smith Mrs S. upper Well street SommersWm. ticket writer, West Orchard Southam Hy., dispenser, Provident Dispen sary, Priory road Sowerby PhUip, warehouseman, HiU st Spencer Mark,ribbonmamufr. ; h. Radford Spencer Wm., ribbon manufacturer ; h. Warwick row »Spencer Wm. editor herald, Drapers field Sprigg Mr. AUto, Hamuli Hs., Warwick rw Sprig Thos., warehouseman, Chauntry pi Stane Isaac, coml. traveller, Hertford ter. Stanley Joseph, foreman tanner upper WeU stieet Stanley William. Henry, Weston street Stephens Thomas, gentleman, Earl stieet "Stephenson Wm. ribbon manufacturer. ; h. ' Spon stieet - Sturdy Jph., ribbon manufr. Much Park st ¦ Stephenson Mr. Wm. sen., St. Nicholas st Stringer James, cashier, St. Nicholas st Taclock Mrs. Ann, Warwick row Taunton WilUam, agent, and clerk to Market, Cherry street Taylor Joshua, letter carrier cfe branch post office, Much Park stieet Taylor Rev.W.Freeman, (Ind.)W. Orchard Taylor Wm. watch manufr. ; h. Bond st Tester Mr. Stephen, sen. St. John'sbridges Teasdale Mrs., Hertford terrace Thew Mrs. Ann, Warwick row Thomas WilUam, whsman, Much Park st Thompson Capt. Arnold, Smithford street ThornhiU Rev. Charles, perpetual curate St Peter's, New town Thurman John, preserver of birds cfec, 1, Priory row Tindall Richard, chief clerk Inland revenue, Gosford terrace Titley Wlti., Inland revenue officer, Cow In Tomkies Mrs., matron lying to charity, Priory row T omkinso u J ohn, raUway clerk, Hertford st Toogood Mr. Alfred, Hertford terrace Townsend Amos, sec. Loan society, upper Well street Townsend Mrs. Weston street Tree Benjamin, eating house, Smithford st TMoughton Thomas Ball, attorney & clerk to the County Court ; h. Little Park st Turner Hy., ribbon manufr., Much Park st Turner Mr. John, Radford road Tustin Chas., wharf keeper, Leicester row Twacross Miss Jane, Summerland butts Twaites Wm., dairyman, Hill stieet Twist John, soUcitor ; h. Bishop stieet Twist John Brown, soUcitor cfe clerk to City Magistrates ; h. Warwick row Underwood Mr. WUUam, Park terrace Upton Mrs. Mary, Union stieet Vale Samuel, gent., Warwick row Vann Joseph, clerk, Leicester row Vice John, poUce inspector, Woman's mkt Walker Benj., ribbon manfr. ; h. The Butts Walker Charles, manager, Stoke green Walker Mrs. Sarah, Gosford terrace WaU Mr. WilUam, Leicester street Walsh Fdk., banker's clerk, Far Gosford st Warden John, dairyman, Radford Warner Henry Esq., agent Canal Co., Drapers field Watson Robert, supervisor, White Friar's to Ward Mr. John, Whitley Ward Wm., watch manufr. ; h. Bond st Watts Rev. John, (baptist) Hertford ter Webb John, attorney's clerk, Hertford ter Webb John, enameller, Gas street Webster Jas., carrier's agent, Drapersfield Welsh Francis, draftsman ; h. St. John's st Whitehall Mrs. Mary, Smithford stieet Whittem Jas. Sibley, currier; h. Counden _Whittem Mrs. St. Nicholas ; h. Radford rd Whitttodale Sarah, furrier, White Friar's to Whitwell Isaac Nind, high bailiff to the County Court, West Orchard WiddowsonJno. railway clerk,Warwick rw Wilkinson Mr. Joseph, Summerland Butts Wilks William, dairyman, Victoria stieet Wingfield Francis, shopman, Gas stieet Wilson Mr. John, Little Park stieet Woodcock Charles, solicitor ; h. Bailey to Woodcock Edwd. Humphrey, banker; h. High stieet Worcester Fdk, botanic medicine ware house, Cross Cheaping Worcester Sml., manager, Cross Cheaping Worrall Wm. watch finisher, Spon street Wright Miss Ann, Union stieet Wright John, ribbon dealer, St Nicholas st Wright Nch., ribbon dealer, St Nicholas st Wright Wm., tiaveUer, Hill Cross street Wyatt WilUam, gent., Bishop stieet Wyley Francis, manufrng. chemist; h. Stoke House Wyley John, manufacturing chemists ; h. Stoke House Fire and Life Offices, Alliance, John Webb, The Butts Atlas, Thomas Dewes, Smithford street Birmingham (Fire,) Joseph Clarke, Iron monger row British Empire Mutual, J. S. Beamish and Co., Smithford stieet Clerical, Medical, and General, (Life,) F. IUffe, High stieet County (Fire,) Chas. Laing, Spon stieet Etonian and General, J. Morris, Palace yd Free Masons', (Life,) Rd. Stott, New bldgs Globe, J. Tomkinson, High street Liverpool cfe London, J. T. Eburne, Spon st London, Sprigg ct Deacon, Cross Cheaping 548 COVENTRY DIRECTORY. Metropolitan Counties (Life,) W. S. Brow ett, Ironmonger row Metropolitan, Alf. Carter, Little Park st National Loan Fund, Henry Lambert Horsfall, Hertford street Norwich Union, Wm. Foster, W. Orchard Phoenix, (Fire,) and Pelican (Life,) John Dickison, Cross Cheaping Provident (Life,) Chas. Laing, Spon st Royal Exchange, C. T. LocMtt, Cross Cheaping Standard (Life,) J. Clarke, Ironmonger rw Sun, Thomas Pratt, Broadgate, and Abel Rotherham, Smithford street Yorkshire, John Johnson, Earl street Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Marked * are Commercial. Adam cfe Eve, Jph. Burgess, Jordan well Admiral Codrington, Thomas Ingran, St. Nicholas' stieet Albion Tav. Jph. Shrosbury, Albion st Anchor Tav. Wm. Stringer, W. Orchard Anchorsmith's Arms, E. Miles, Gosford st Angel, Elizabeth Smith, Cook stieet Antelope, Thos. Bateman, Gosford st Bablake Boy, Francis Welsh, Cow lane Barley Mow, Wm. Morris, Leicester st Bee Hive, Jph. Thompson, Tower street Bird-in-Hand, Jph. Watson, Little Park st Black Dog, Wm. Tampton, Cook stieet Black Dove, J. Edwards, White Friar st Black Horse, Ann Horsfall, Spon end Black Lion, John BayUss, Gosford stieet Black Prince, J. Goodman, Much Park st Black Swan, Chp. Warner, Canterbury st Black Swan, Sarah Wall, Spon stieet Blue Bell, Eliz. Jephcott, Grey Friars' In Blue Pig, Thos. Gardner, Gosford stieet Bricklayers' Arms. Joseph Elton, Prim rose hill stieet Britannia, John Bibb, New street British Queen, Fras. Welch, St. John's st Bugle, Joseph Low, Gosford stieet Buck cfe Crown, Saml. Russell, Radford Buck cfe Crown, James Evans, Bond st •Bull's Head Inn, Rd. Morris, Bishop st Bull's Head cfe Anchor, Thos. Townsend, Bishop street Butcher's Arms, Robt. Lucas, New bldgs. Canal Tav., Chas. Spicer, Leicester row Canteen, Joseph Porch, Barrack yard •Castle Inn, Geo. T. Edwards, Broadgate •Castle Inn, John Russell, Bishop street Castle, Benjamin Sheppard, Bond stieet Chauntry Tav., T. Poultney, Chauntry pi Chequers. Chas. Muston, Little Park st •City Arms Hotel, Samuel Dyke Arm strong, Broadgate City Arms, Samuel Green, Fleet stieet •City Hotel, Ann Aston, Broadgate Coach cfe Horses, W. Oakes, Much Parkst Coach Makers' Arms, J. Lee, Thomas st Cock, George Yardley, Jordan well Cottage, John Hassall, St. John's street Cottage cfe Rainbow, J. Gray, Jordan well Coventiy Cross, Eliz. Hancox, Bishop st Cranes Inn, Robt. Golsby, Bishop stieet •Craven Arms Hotel, (and posting house,) William East, High street Cross Keys, Chas. Chinn, New bmldings Cross Keys, Elizabeth Gray, Earl street Crown, George Tanday, Cook street Denby Arms, Jas. Crockford, Gosford st Dog cfe Gun, W. Merry Dale, Much Park st •Dolphin Inn, SI. Hunt, Cross Cheaping Duke's Head, Hy. Castledtoe, Spon st Dun Cow, Wm. Drakeford, Jordan well , Dyer's Arms, Edw. Walmsley, Spon st Elephant and Castle, James Huson, High street, New town Falcon, John Mills, Well street Fleur-de-Lis Inn, J. Bayley. Smithford st Fountain, Wm. Farren, High st. Newtown Fountain, Joseph Taylor, Spon stieet Fox, Ann Wigston, Pig market Fox cfe Vivian, Chas. Twaites, Gosford st George, James East, Little Park street , George IV. William Howell, Fleet stieet Globe Tavern, John Welch, Albion street Globe, John Rider, Much Park stieet Golden Ball, Wm. Jennings, Bishop st •Golden Cross Inn, J. PhUUps, Hay lane Golden Cup, W. Kimberley, FarGosfordst G olden Lion, J. H. SMIlcock, New bldgs. Grapes Tavern, Thos. Allen, Radford Grapes, Richard Coates, Warwick lane Grazier's Arms, Wm. Merriden, Well st Green Dragon, J. Coleman, Much Park st Green Man, Eliz. Pearson, Much Park st Grey Friar, Jas. Richards, Warwick lane Greyhound, WilUam Standbridge, Much Park stieet Griffin, William Bray, Gosford stieet Half Moon, Wm. Thornback, Earl stieet Hare and Hounds, WilUam Cowley, Far Gosford stieet Hare and Squirrel, Anna Maria Campion, Cow lane Harrow, Charles Laing, Spon stieet Hencfe Chickens, J.Ward, Summerland bfs Hertford Tavern, Ann Cox, Junction st Hill Cross Tav., Edw. Barton, Hill Cross Holly Bush, EUz. Sheffield, Cook stieet Hope cfe Anchor, Jph. Bradford, Tower st Hope cfe Anchor, W. Palmer, Sherborne st Hop Pole, John Goode, Leicester row Horse and Groom, Rd. Newman Clarke, Much Park street Horse and Jockey, HumpMey Perkins, St. John's stieet Ivy Cottage, Thos. Hill, King WilUam st Johnson's Head, (Ben,) A. Bray, New st Jolly Weavers, Benj. Kingdom, Silver st Kemlworth Castle, H. Nichols, Hertford st King's Arms, Thos. Cooper, MiU lane •King's Head Inn, and famUy and posting hotel, Chas. Salvin, Hertford street COVENTRY DIRECTORY. 549 King's Head Inn and Concert Room, John Judd, Little Park street Lamb and Flag, Josiah Mason, Spon st Leopard, James Tayton, Smithford stieet Lord Nelson, John Lydiatt, Smithford st Livery Stables, Joseph Cramp, New st Malt Shovel, Chas. Wells, Chauntry pi Malt Shovel, Thos. Sargent, Spon end Mattock cfe Spade,W.Barnacle, Jordan well Meriden Tavern, John Clarke, New bldgs. Mermaid, Jph. Adler, Gosford street Moat House, Wm. Lance, Moat street Mulberry Tree, Jno.Howkius, Jordan well Nag's Head, Wm. Hulk, Spon end New Inn, Thos. Bunt, Gosford stieet Odd Fellows' Arms, E. Freckleton, Well st Old Chair, Giles Smith, Gosford street Old Crown, Francis John Gilbert, White Friars' lane Old Dyers' Arms, Th. Curson, Spon end Old Harrow, Hnh. Gardner, Warwick In Old Mitre, Wm. Hill, Much Park stieet Old Star, James Foster. Mill lane Old Tower, Thomas Pickard, Cook street Old Turk's Head, Rt. Dalton, Warwick to Old Waggon and Horses, Joseph Shep pard, Well street Old Wheel, Elijah Dalton, Leicester row Peacock, Thomas Small, Gosford street Pheasant, John Hatton, Well street Pilgrim, Edw. Hollick, Ironmonger row Pilot, William Raby, Much Park stieet Pitt's Head, John Adrian, Far Gosford st Plough, Daniel Cotton, Spon street Plough, Geo. Harris, Much Park street Primrose Hill Tavern, Edward James Rose, Victoria street Prince of Wales, Wm. Spencer, Thomas st Punch Bowl, John Wilson, Spon end Queen's Arms, T. Green, Cross Cheaping Queen's Arms, Thos. Crockford, Spon st Queen's Head, Josiah Hewitt, Gosford st •Railwaylnn, Johnson cfe Davis, Hertford st Rainbow, Thomas Helton, Cook street Recruiting Serjeant, My. Smith, Spon st Red Horse. Wm. Moseley, W arwick In Red Lion, Wm. Lovatt, Warwick lane Rein Deer, Rd. Makepeace, Harnall ter Rein Deer, Saml. Slater. Well street Red Horse Inn, Wm. Moseley, Hertford st Rising Sun, Thomas Eaves, Spon street Roe Buck, D. Nightingale, Much Park st Roe Buck, Wm. Smith, Little Park street Rose, Daniel Claridge, (and horse dealer,) Much Park stieet Rose cfe Crown, John Lee, High street Rose cfe Crown, (Old,) Mary Rogers, St. John's Bridges Rose Evans Isaac,(land,) FolesMU road Jacombs John,(brewer,) Hill stieet Kinder John, (house cfe land,) Well stieet Lant Wm., (ale,) Union st Lewis Joseph, York stieet Porter John, (ale,) Earl st. h. Hill field Roughton John, (silk and cotton) Little Park street Stott Rd., (house cfe land,) New buildings Taunton Wm., cfe market toU collector, Cherry street Ale & Porter IHrchnts. Ayton John, High stieet Dell cfe Son, SmitMord stieet Architects & surveyors. Ackroyd Jas. Lloyd, Palace yard Pratt Thomas, St.Nicholas st Artificial manure Mfr. Coleman W.,Crosg CheapUg Artists, Brown Edwin, Spon stieet Gee David, Spon stieet Wilson James, Park terrace Attorneys. Browett Thomas, Butcher row ; h. Stoke Carter Alfred cfe clerk to the comrs. of taxes, Little Park stieet; h. Bishop street Clarke Jph. Ironmonger row Davies Hy. Ingles, cfe clerk to general charities trustees, Hay lane Dews cfe Son, Theatre yard, Smithford stieet Jackson Edward Haycock, Hay lane; h. Burgess Lea Henry, Little Park st Morris James, cfe comr. for taking acknowledgments of married women, Palace yd., Earl st.; h. The Butts Royle John, Little Park st Seymore Wm., cfe coroner for thenortherndivision,Little Park stieet ; h. Spon st Troughton,Lea cfe Lea, Little Park stieet Wilmot W., & clerk to Lord Lieut, cfe County Magis trates cfe Steward of the hundred Court of Kmght- low. Hay lane Woodcock, Twist, and Son, BaUey lane Auctioneers & ApprcrsT Bagshaw Jas., Jordan weU Barnes Dennis Geo., Smith ford street Brown cfe Clarke, stock and share brokers cfe account ants. High stieet Browett Wm. Steam, Iron monger row Dry Samuel, Smithford st Eaves William, Hill street Margetts John, Broad gate Soden John, Spon stieet Bakers cfe Flour Dealers. Adkins Edw., Harnall pi Barber Wm., Cross Cheaping Barratt EUz., Smithford st Barrs Wm., Leicester row Beck John, Spon stieet BotUn John, Tower street Brown Thos., Little Park st Bullock John, East stieet Butler Saml., Earl street Chamberlain David, Cook st Cherry Ehas, High stiest, New town Cherry William, Radford Chown Wm., upper WeU st Davis George A., Hill street Davis William, Fleet street Davis Wm. S., Butcher row Dewis George, High street, New town Dunkley Maria, Gosford st Edward Jas., Much Park st Egan Matthias, Mill lane Fulwell WilUam, Hill stieet Gibson John, Bailey lane Hall James, Spon street Harvald Ann, Silver street Hatchett Joseph, Silver st Higgitt Jph., Much Park st Higgitt Robert, Dry's yard, Smithford stieet Hollins Thomas. WeU st Hough Thos. New Buildings Howard Saml., Gosford st Howard Saml., Butcher row Howe John, Bond stieet Jebbet Thomas, Thomas st Jellings ThoS, Henry, King William stieet Kench WilUam, Moat st Kilby James, Hertford st King Benjamin, Gosford st Leigh John, Bishop stieet Lucas James, Hamuli lane Lucas Rt., New Buildings Mercer Thos., Little Park st Norris Rd., St John's bridges Oldham Wm., Warwick to Olerenshaw Jas., Spon st Olerenshaw Thomas., Gos ford street Payne William, Spon st Perks Wm., Much Parkst Read John, Hill Cross Richardson J., Much Park st Roe George, Far Gosford st Roe John, Spon stieet Shirley Rd., Spon end Smart John, Spon street Snow Wm., G osford street Steam Mary, West Orchard Taylor John, Spon street Tew Edw., Little Butcher rw Thompson Hy., Hertford pi Walton John, Far Gosford st Ward Jas. Lee, Jordan well Warring Mary, New stieet Warwood John, Brewery st Worwood Isacc, Gosford st Winkless Edward, Pig mkt Bankers. Coventry cfe Warwickshire Banking Co., High street, (drw.onJones,Loyd,&Co.) Thos. Lissaman, manager COVENTRY DIRECTORY. Coventry Union Banking Co. Little Park street, (draw oh Glynn cfe Co.) Hugh Gaskell, manager Little cfe Woodcock, High st, (draw ou Smith, Payne, cfe Smith) Savings Bank, Hertford st. open Mondays, from 12 to 2 ; Friday, 2 to 3 ; Satur day, 6to 7; Luke Dresser, actuary Basket Makers. Atkins John, Market st Downes E. Little Butcher rw Merry James, West Orchard Morrell Issac, Woman's mkt Tanter Henry, WestOrchard Beer Houses. Chimes Richard, Spon end Chittem Edward, Hill st Ensor David, Far Gosford st Gibbs Samuel, Craven st Gilbert Daniel, High street, New town Glaze Elizabeth, Hertford pi Goode Nl., Primrose hill st Groom John, Harnall pi Hadden James, Palmer In Kibler William, lladford Lamb Francis, Paynes In Makepeace Rd.New Bldngs. Mills Thomas, High stieet, New town Peters Thos., New Buildings Shilton George, Harnall In Taylor Richard, Harnall st Townsend Jno. Drapers field Walton Jno. Far Gosford st Blacksmiths. Mkd. ' are Farriers also. •Bayliss John, Gosford st Beck Wm. Far Gosford st. ; h. Arundel row Chattaway Jno., Union st Davis Thos. West Orchard G ardner Fredk. veterinary shoeing forge, Hertford st Goodyer SI. Leicester row Hewitt William, Spon end Hewson James, Bishop st •Micklewright Wm. Pig mkt Miller Richard, Spon end Trickett Jas. Spon end Trickett Jas. White Friar In Block and Box Maker. Newark John, New bldgs. Bookbinders. Hicklin William, High st Lewin David, Hertford st 55% Marrs Thomas Archibald, Little Park stieet Rotherham Wm. Fleet st Whitehead Chas. (& copper plate printer) Smithford st Booksellers. Stationers, and Printers. Marked * are Copper Plate Printers also, and f Book sellers only. A still Robt. Hertford stieet Beamish J. S. cfe Co. Herald passed in 1769, it was enacted that William Lord Craven, and the others, then trustees, that on the death of any they should elect and make up the number seven ; and should be incorporated by the name of the " Governors of the Hospital of Mr. Nicholas Cham- KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 571 berlatoe, and the Possessions and Revenues thereof;" to have a common seal, to sue and be sued, and to purchase lands to them and their successors, to make rules, cfec, for the government thereof, cfec. In 1830, the Governors purchased the Mill Close, containing la lr. 29p., on account of its lying betwixt two closes belonging the charity, and connecting a valuable bed ot coal, for the sum of £605. The property consists of upwards of 215 acres of land, ofthe House of Industry of Bedworth, and many other houses and cottages, of which the whole rental is £984. 10s., and the land tax is re deemed on the whole. Besides the above, there is a sum of £2,500. three per cent. consols, producing a dividend of £75. per annum ; also a sum of £300. advanced to the trustees of Bedworth church, who pay toterest at five per cent., making a total income of £l,074.-10s. ; besides which upwards of £200. is received from the lessees of a colliery on the estate. The charity comprises two schools, one over the other, and a house for the master and mistress, all under one roof in the Hall yard. These schools were re built in 1845, and is a large neat brick building, quite apart from the almshouses, and consists of two low rooms, one for boys and the other for girls, with the master's house in the centre ; Stephen and Emma Cooke, master and mistress. At the south-end of the school buildings was a range of almshouses containing 12 tenements, six above and six below. The tenement at the south end is larger than the others, having two sleeping rooms, was used for the accommodation of a nurse. In 1840, these almshouses were rebuilt of brick, and now forms a beautiful square of 24 houses, and a house at the en trance for the mistiess ; each house contains one sitting and two bed rooms ; there are now 24 widowers and the same number of widows, who live two and two. The schools are taught nearly on the National plan, and are open to as many of the children of Bedworth as the rector appoints ; the boys (about 130,) are taught reading, writing, and accounts ; and the girls, (100,) the same, with needlework. The master and mis tiess, who are (1833,) man and wife, reside in the school-house rent free, and have £70 . per annum, with a small allowance for extra children. The children are supplied with books. Any boy or girl who has been two years in the school, is completely clothed, with the exception of shirts and shoes ; rewards are given in books aud money, and they have a dinner yearly on Wednesday in Whitsun week. The 24 almspeople are old widows or widowers, and settled parishioners ; they each receive 3s. a week, subject to an increase of Is. a week, at the discretion of tbe rector. The nurse receives 4s. « week. They have also an allowance of Is. 6d. for a dinner on Christmas day, and are supplied with coals. They are clothed yearly on Wednesday in Whitsun week, at the cost of about 50s. for men, and 30s. for women. Linen or bed clothes to the value of £2. is allowed on first coming into the Hospital. Boys having been two years in the school, and reached the first class, are bound out apprentice on application. The fol lowing payments are annually make : — 10 guineas to the Bedworth lying-in charity ; £6. to the Birmingham Hospital; and £1. Is. to the Clergy charity. The tiustees meet annually on Wednesday in Whitsun week at the school, and attend divine service, when a sermon is preached, for which the rector receives one guinea ; and a dinner at a cost of about £9. is provided. The agent receives a salary of £60., which, with various other miscellaneous expenses, for dinners to the tenants, a check-taker at the colliery £31. 4s. ; charities to the poor of Bedworth, £23. 12s. ; and others, amounting in the whole to upwards of £190., maktog a total expenditure, in 1834, of £1,002. 5s. 3d. On a balance of the banker's account in that year, there was in their hands a balance of £t99. Is. 9^d. due to the charity. The testator also gave the sum of £1,000. to be placed by his executors on good security, to be disposed of by them in charitable uses ; and he also bequeathed any residue that might remain of his personal estates, cfec, should be delivered up to Ms said trustees, to be disposed of in charitable uses only. These form a separate fund, under the management of the governors as trustees. Be sides the £1,000. the sum of £453. 7s. 8£d. was received as the residue. In June, 1832, a sum of £2,300. three per cent, consols belonging to this fund, was, at a special 572 BEDWORTH PARISH. meeting in 1833, ordered to be sold out, to enable the tiustees to lend £2,000. to Mr. Peter Ungar Williams, on mortgage of his coUiery lease, and the manor of Bedworth, and other properties belonging to him. The produce of this fund is considered not to be confined to the poor of Bedworth. In the year 1828, a donation of £200. was given from this fund for the rebuilding ofthe church, and, in consideration, seats were appro priated to the several houses belonging to the governors. In 1832, there was a balance in hand of £102. 5s. 4d. Henry Smith. — This parish, with 21 others, are entitled to a portion ofthe Stoughton estate charity, now let for £600. The amount, upwards of £20., is laid out in linen and calico, and given to the poor. Abraham Hammersley, by will, 1721, left 10s. yearly out of his house and premises to 20 poor widows ofthe parish. John Sparrow, the owner of the site ofthe cottage and about an acre of land, in Bedworth, pays the rent-charge which is given in sixpences to poor widows on Christmas day. Samuel Smith, (see Coventry.) — Four bibles are given annually to four poor persons of this parish, generally girls who are going out to service. BEDWORTH DIRECTORY. Post Office, at the Haunch of Venison Inn, Mr. Z. Brown, postmaster ; letters arrive by a foot post at 8 a.m., and are dispatched at 6 p.m. to Coventry. Marked 1 live at Col/ycroft, 2 New Town, 3 Woodlands, and the remainder in Bedworth, or where specified. Adkins Wm. union mr Bellairs Rev. Charles, curate, cfe chaplain to the Hospital Bellairs Rev. Hy., M. A., rector, Rectory Cleaver Rd., saddler Dalton Thos., fringe printer,Bulkinton In Darlison John, parish clerk 3 Grubb Thos., cow- keeper 3 Grub Thomas, well sinker cfe pump mkr Hillyard Rev. S.(Ind.) Jefferies Mrs Ann Meaking Geo., police inspector Morgan Wm., carver in wood cfe stone Morris Mr. Thomas Neal John, gent. Page Mrs. Rebecca, matron, Chamber lain's Hospital Reynolds Edw. mana ger, fringe works, Bulkington lane Smith Rev. Wm., par ticular Babtist Stinson Joseph, ale cfe porter agent Wellands Rev. Mat thew, Independent Whieldon Geo., Esq., magistrate for the counties of War wick, Stafford, and Northmptn., Spring Field House Williams Chas. cfe Jas. coal and ironstone masters William Peter, coal cfe ironstone master. The HaU White Horse, Francis Attorney. Bedder White Lion (New), James Smith White Lion (Old), Bagshaw James Thomas Pearson Reade Compton Auctioneers. White Swan, Richard Neale 1 Wool Pack, William Walker Beer Houses. Barnett Thomas Berry John Farndon James Farndon Thomas 1 | Goode Thomas Inns & Taverns Bear cfe Ragged Staff, William Cowdell Bull's Head, Thomas Hartop|> Cottage Tavern, Jas, Richards Haunch of Venison Goodman Jane Commercial&Post-.2 Harrison Thomas ing Hotel, Zepha-.Jonnson Elizabeth niah Brown Kelley Jane Jolly Toper, Francis 3 Morris Thomas Farrar Morris Thomas, and King's Head,Thomas_. bricklayer Pickard Mount Pleasant Inn, Thomas Sianley New Inn, S. Ireland Pheasant Inn, (Old), George Moore Rose cfe Crown, Thos. Fox 1 Royal Oak, Charles Haddon Shoulder of Alutton. William Dnnn Weavers' Arms, Dor othy Harding Neale Fdk., Bulking ton lane Priest William 3 Sharrow John Twigger Elizabeth Twigger Thomas Twigger Thomas Twigger William Wheatley Mary Wilkinson Thomas Academies- British, Eliz. Treble Chambcrlaine's Charity Stp. cfe EinmaCooke Chattaway Edward Daniel, and land surveyor, and agent to the Birmingham Fire Office Hackett John Bakers and Flour Sealers. Croft WilUam 2 Dewis Robert Emery John Kinder John Liggins Joseph Lovell Thomas Magson John Proctor Thomas Smith Thomas Starkey George Blacksmiths. Congrave John Goodyer Thomas Booksellers. Dewis William Hunt William, and circulating Ubrary Boot & Shoe Elks. Bedder William Crutchlow Joseph I Darlinson John Edmands William, and currier KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 573 Garratt Thomas 1 Horobin Henry Howe Thomas 1 Lee Joseph Richardson Thomas Smart Richard Tibballs John Watts Thomas Butchers. I Bradbury Luke Cowdell Samuel Johnson Eliz. Kelley John Kelley William Moore Daniel Moore George Poyser WilUam Wale John Wheatley Mary Woodward Thomas Coal cfe Ironstone Masters. Thomas William, and lime burner, Mount Pleasant Whieldon George, Hawkesbury collry Williams Mrs. Caro line, Charity collry. lime works, cfe blue and red brick and tile manufacturer 1 Wilson Wm. New Colliery Coopers. Edmonds Edward Edmonds John Druggists. Congreve Geo. Thos- Drakeford Sarah Edmands George Eton Eleanor Farmers. Brown Zephaniah 3 Calinton Joseph Smorrell lane Cleaver Richard 3 Elton John 3 Farndon William 3 Gilbert — Hunt Thomas, Bul- kin gton lane Kelley John Kelley William 3 Pickering John 3 Sanders Thomas 3 Sparrow John Thomas Wm. Mount Pleasant 3 Townsend George WilUams Mrs. Carln. Furniture Brokrs. Bagshaw James, and pawnbroker Hackett John Marks Matthew Top Robert Grocers &3rapers Adkins Thomas Bunney Joseph Eton Eleanor Garratt Thomas Gilberd John Harris Henry Joyce James Linney Wm. sen. Sprigg and Deacon, and agents to tbe London Fire and Life Office Hair Dreszers. Bunney George Bunney Henry, and dlr. in fancy goods, and preserver of birds and animals Edmands George Smith Thomas Waddams Thomas Hosiers and Shoe Sealers. Hanson Enoch Hanson Sarah Ironmongers. Linney William, jun. and nail maker Marks Matthew, and nail mfr. seedsman, cfe dealer in paints, oils, colours, cfec. Topp Thomas, and brazier cfe tin plate worker, nail mkr., and seedsman Wilson Ann Joiners& Builders Coltman William Dunn William Farrar Francis King Thomas milliners & Dre-s Makers. Coltman Sarah Drakeford Martha Ensley Sarah Hadden Mrs. N. straw hat maker Richards Ann Plumbers, CJlazrs. and Painters. Birch William Hadden Thomas Mills Ann Turner Edwin Ribbon and Trim ming Manufctrs. Ashley Thos. cfe Son Brown John Clark Isaac Cockbill John Eabry Rd. cfe maltster Edmunds Joseph Ensley Thomas 2 Hicklin Joseph Hollis Benjamin Johnson Thomas Peake Joseph 2 Peake Thomas Pickard William Randle John Richards John Smith Dyer Smith Richard Smith Wm. Cowdel Spencer Michael Stevens Thomas Twigger James Shopkeepers. I Anderson Joseph Crutchlow J oseph 2 Dewis Robert 1 Johnson Joseph Kelley Jane Martin Elizabeth Smart Richard 1 Smith Thomas Surgeons. Herbert Chas. James, and medical referee to the Professional Life Insurance Co. Sommers John Tailors. Mkd. * are Drapers. * Drakeford Dyer Friswell Daniel, and gutta percha dealer Henson Benjamin Ison Frederick Martin Joseph Ryles William Smith Thomas Toy Sealers. Bunney Henry Bunney John Trimming Manfr. 1 RowbothamDaniel, and silk throwster, Bedworth Mills 1 Rowbotham Henry Whitesmiths. Hurley John Warner John Whittall Iziah Carriers to Coven try. Mrs. Randle, daily, Thursday excepted James Smith, daily, at 12 noon, cfe Fri. and Sat. 10 and 12 BINLEY, a parish and small scattered village, 3 miles E.S.E. from Coventiy, con taining 1,465a. lr. 20p. of laud; in 1841, 47 houses, and 233 inhabitants; in 1801, 203; 1821, 211 ; aud 1831, 212; rateable value, £2,097. 9s. 4d. This parish was anciently divided between the monks of Combe and Coventry. The Earl of Craven is sole owner and lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a small neat unassuming edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and transcept, with a coved roof, ap propriately embellished with medalUons, expressive of scripture history ; and the east window contains the Holy Family, in stained glass, by Pecket. The church was erected by the Earl of Craven, 1 772, who is also the patron of the living, which is a donative curacy worth £52. ; Rev. Henry Wickens, M.A., incumbent. The parsonage 5 74 BINLEY PARISH. is a good house near the church. Here is a School, supported by Lady Craven, for the poor children of this parish ; the mistiess receives £20. per annum. Rev. Thomas Wagstaff, who wrote a defence for Charles I., was born here, and died at Rouen, in 1770. The London and North Western Railway intersects this parish on the south side. Charities. — By a memorandum, commencing 1650, it is stated that Lord Bartlett gave £15.; Lord John Craven, £100 ; Thomas Moor, £10.; and Nicholas Povey, £1.; making £126. Henry Stephens afterwards gave £5.; and there was an accumulation of £9., making altogether £140. William Earl Craven gave by his will £100. to the parish where he should be buried ; he died in April, 1697, and was buried at Binley. In 1755 Stephen Sleamaker gave £10. to the poor, which was added to the gift of Earl William, then in the hands of Lord Craven, for which he paid £5. 10s. interest. There was in the hands of Mr. John Watts, steward of Lord Craven, the sum of £140. before mentioned, for which be paid £5. 12s. intere'st, aud in 1760, 5s. additional interest was paid by him for £5. lett to the poor of Binley by William Wale. Soon after 1795 Mr. Watts became insolvent and the money was lost. The interest of the £110. in the hands of Lord Craven, is received every two or three years, and given to the poor in clothing, money and coals. Akerman Hy. vict., Nicks Wm. wheel- Craven Arms Inn | wright cfe crpntr. Cox Thos. corn mlr, Walton Th. brckmkr. Flower Eliz. blksmh. Wickens Rev. Henry, Hewitt Jph.parish elk M.A., Parsonage Farmers. Ashbourne Joseph, Bingley Grange Bray John, jun. Old Lodge Hewat John Inglis Johnson John Skelton Robert, Com mon Farm Webb Jno. Oak Farm BRINKLOW, a parish and considerable village on the Coventiy and Market Har- brough road, 7 miles E. of the former, and 6 miles N.W. from Rugby, was anciently a pos session of tbe respective families of Mowbray, Stuterville and Segrave. In the 18th of Edward III. it was granted to the Monks of Combe, and after the dissolution by Queen Mary, to Lane and Throgmorton, but the present Lords of the Manor, are Sir Grey Skipworth, and A. F. Gregory, Esq. ; the principal landowners are the Earl of Craven, J. W. Taylor, Esq., Harry Brierly, Trinity Church, Coventry, Sir Grey Skipworth, and Mrs. Tatlock ; several others have small estates here. The parish contains 1480 acres Or. 30p. of land, of which 32a. 2r. 31 p. are roads ; 106a. 3r. 34p. woods ; and 87a. 3r. 6p. a parochial liberty called Monks Riding, situate about 1 mile W.S.W. from the village, and is the property of Mrs. Tatlock; in 1841, here were 187 inhabited houses, 25 unin habited, and 1 building, with 797 inhabitants; in 1801, 615; 1821,757; 1831.949; rateable value, £2,897- The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, consists of nave, chancel, and tower containing five bells ; tbe living is a rectory, in K. B. at £17. 10s., now £228., in tbe patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of tbe Rev. Joseph Storey Hodgson, M.A. The rectory, a small neat house, £ mile W. from the church. The Independents have a small chapel here. On the east side of the village on the Roman Fossway, there is an extensive ancient entrenchment, and a high mound, in which several cannon balls have been found ; from the top there is a very extensive and interesting view of the surrounding country. The Magistrates meet at the Half Moon and Seven Stars Inn, every Saturday. A statute is held for hiring servants the second day after Michaelmas day. The annual feast is held the first Sunday after Old Michaelmas day. Charities.— Alice Ansley, to 1635, settled 10s. per annum out of premises at Brink- low, to be paid to the rector, and bestowed on the repairs of the church. This payment goes toward the salary of the parish clerk. Wales' Charilg, (see Coventry.)— The sum of 40s. a year is received from the corpo ration of Coventry about Christmas, and given away soon after in coals to the poor. The children of this parish are also admissible, gratis, at Monk's Kirby school, founded by the same person. Muston's Charily—The sum of 20s. is received annually from the incumbent of Wyken by the minister of Brinklow, which he gives to the poor. KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 575 James Hancox, by will, 1752, devised the Potters Close to tiustees, on trust, (after payment of charges), to dispose of the rents amongst poor persons of the parish. The close contains about two acres, let for £6. per annum, which is distributed by one of the trustees to sixpenny loaves soon after Christmas. William Edwards, by will, 1789, left to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers ofthe poor of Brinklow, £500., the yearly interest thereof to be expended in clothing, and in causing the children of the poor of the parish to be taught reading and writing, English ; none to remain more than six years. He also left to the same persons the sum of £300., the yearly interest to be distributed in bread, to the amount of 5s. 6d. every Sunday, at church, to poor persons. The Rev. Willixm Fairfax, 1762, gave £100. for teaching poor children. This sum was reduced to £50. by the failure of an attorney at Coventry, in whose hands it was placed. Mary Barker, by will, 1721, left the interest of £20. to be paid to the minister and churchwardens, to be given to the poor in bread. Of this sum £10. was lost by the failure of the person in whose hands it had been placed, about 50 years ago. The above three charities, amounting to £860. are placed out together on mortgage of a house and land at Buntingthorpe, at four and a half per cent. From £38. 14s., the interest, £24. 15s. is set apart as the produce of £550., being Edwards's and Fairfax's out of which £17. a year is paid to a schoolmaster for teaching nine boys and nine girls realing and writing, and the remainder is expended in clothing for the boys and girls in alternate years ; and occasionally a small sum for books. A new school was erected some years ago by subscription. Many other children attend the school. The free children may continue three years. The remainder of the interest being £13. 19s. is laid out in bread ; eleven sixpenny loaves are given away by ticket, to eleven poor persons, for 51 Sundays in the year. Post Office, at the Half-Moon aud Seven Stars Inn, Miss Eliz. Blundell, post-mis tress ; letters arrive 8,30 a.m., and are despatched 4,30 p.m. Bird Mrs. Mary Brierley Mrs. Ann Cryer Mr. John Dalton Geo. maltster Ferguson John, over- lookerO xford c i nal HaswellEdw saddler Haynes Thos. plum ber and glazier Hodgson Rev. Joseph Storey,M.A. rectory Howe John, tallow chandler Lander Jph.Augustus station master Oldaker Fras.surgeon Oliver Wm. gardener Thompson William, stone engraver Wright Jno. poulterer Wright Michael Academies. Dalton Thomas Infant School, Ann Lewis, mistress National School, Wm. Parker, master Bakers cfeFlour dis Ball William Johnson James Blacksmiths. Colledge Samuel Walker John Bricklayers- Bailey George Malin Thomas Butchers. BlundellWm. Staples Checkland Catherine Hancox Isaac Coopers. Thompson Thomas TurrellBenj. Dawson Farmers, Bray Michael Brierley WilUam Fitter James Goode John Hammerton George Lapworth Thomas Turner John, Birtley W ebb William Wright John Inns and Taverns. Bull's Head Dun Cow, T. Curtis Half Moon cfe Seven Stars Inn, George Biundeil Plough Wm. Mander Raven Inn, T. Glenn W hite Lion, J . Hughesj Shoemakers. Copsey John Frankton William Jones George Manger Edward Manger Henry Manger Thomas Shopkeepers. Bailey Harriett Bishop George Dunicliff James Fitter James Harris David Parkin George Wolfe Thomas Tailors. Hurley Joseph Jones William Wheelwrights. Bates Samuel H obley Charles Johnson John Carrier to Cvntry. Samuel French, Mon. Tu. Wed. and Fri. and to Rugby, Sat. BULKINGTON, an extensive parish 4 miles S.E. by S. from Nuneaton, comprises the hamlets of Barnacle, Bramcott, Marston Jebbett, Ryton or Reiton, Weston-in- Arden, and Wolvershill Hall; the entire parish contains 4,610 acres, of which 2,374a. 3r. 6p. are subject to tithe; and, in 1841, here were 1,831 inhabitants; 1801, 1,311 ; 1821, 1,679 ; 1531, 1,792 ; rateable value, £8,519. 576 BULKINGTON PARISH. Bulkington is a large, neat, and pleasant village, 4 miles S.E. by S. from Nuneaton, principally inhabited by ribbon weavers ; at the north end of the village there is a large pit of water called the sand pit, from which it is said sand was got to build the church. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancient edifice, supposed to have been built in the 15th century, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and a tower 23 yards high, in which there is a peal of four good bells ; in 1823, there were 350 additional sittings obtained, 300 of which are free ; in 1843, William Wood Weston, Esq., gave £75. towards an organ, but instead of which, the vicar, with the consent ofthe parish ioners, took a very wise plan, and fenced the church in with a strong and lofty iron palasading : the living is a discharged vicarage, value K.B. £6. 10s. 7d., now £253., in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of tbe Rev. tt'illiam George Parker, M.A.; tithes commuted, 1842, vicarial £21. Is. 7d., rectorial, £315., which, with a farm of 330 acres, belongs to the Upingharn and Oakham grammar school, Rutland shire. The Independents have a small neat chapel here, erected 1811 ; in 1845, Mrs. W. Johnson left the interest of £200. for the minister for ever ; Rev. William Rhead is the present pastor. The parish school, erected 1816, by voluntary subscriptions, and is supported by the same and charity sermons ; the school and house was Mult upon a portion of the church yard, consequently belongs to the vicar ; the school consists of two rooms, the lower for boys and the upper for girls, and will accommodate 60 each, average 40 each; Mr. Richard Bird and Miss Maria Marlow, master and mistiess. The manor was, in the 17th of Edward I. in the possession of John Boys, from whom it descended to his brother William, who settled it upon Wiliiam-de-la-Zouch and his family, with whom it remained for many years. The present lords of the manor are Richard Brome Debary, and Thomas Woods Weston, Esqrs. ; and the principal land owners in the parish are, — Barnacle, William Gilbert, Richard Orton, and John Atkins. Bramcoll, Mrs. Simpson, Mr. William Warner, Mrs. tt'ightman, and Mrs. Tookey. Bulkington, John Johnson, Bond's Hospital, Coventry; Thomas Rogers, Thomas Croft, Charles Babbington, Samuel Nutt, and William Reynolds. Marston Jebbett, St. Alban's Charity, Thomas Orton, and James Hands. Ryton, the family of Cox, Mrs. Slingsby, William Wright, Richard Gilbert, and Daniel Starkey. Weston-in- Arden, Richard Brome Debary, Esq., Thomas tt'oods Weston, Esq., Thomas Orton, Richard Perkins, the Executors ofthe late William Spun-, Mrs. Sarah Orton, and Wm. tt7 right. There are also several other small freeholders in the parish. Barnacle, a hamlet 6 miles N.E. from Coventry, contained to 1841, 52 houses, and 270 inhabitants, extending into Shilton parish. Bramcott, a small village and hamlet, four miles S.E. from Nuneaton, contains 400 acres of land, the greatest part, of which is in ttrolvey parish ; and,in 1841, five houses, and 28 inhabitants ; the entire hamlet contained 73 inhabitants. Wolvershill Hall is in this hamlet, is a large and very ancient house, pleasantly situate on rising ground, 4 miles S.E. from Nuneaton. Marston Jebbett, a small hamlet '.', miles S. by E. from Nuneaton, contained, in 1841, 22 houses and 93 inhabitants. Ryton or Reiton, is a small village and hamlet 4 miles S.E. from Nuneaton, princi pally inhabited by ribbon weavers; in 1841, here were 95 bouses, and 363 inhabitants. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here, erected 1S11. Weston-in-Arden, a small village and hamlet 3.J miles S.E. from Nuneaton ; in 1841, it contained 28 houses and 140 inhabitants. Weston Hall, 4 miles S.E. from Nuneaton, is a large ancient mansion pleasantly situate on an eminence, the seat aud property of Richard Brome Debary, Esq. The Annual Feast of this parish is held the last Sunday in July, or the first Sunday in August. Charities.— Bishop Hickman gave £100. to this parish ; William In ceby gave £20. ; and other benefactors gave other sums; with which the parish bought lands in Bui- KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 577 kington and Ryeton. By the award of commissioners, made on the inclosure of the common fields, dated 26th February, 1771, certain land was awarded to this charity in Ueu of common right. The whole was let in 1786, for £17. 10s. 6d. per annum, they are now (1833,) let for £60. 7s. 6d. per annum ; from which 10s. is given at Easter to 10 poor widows, and the rest is distributed on St. Thomas's day yearly, amongst all the settled parishioners of Bulkington, whether resident or not, in sums varying from 3s. to 9s. ; about 300 persons partake ofthe charity. Richard Johnson, of Marston Jebbett, by will, 1833, devised £10. to be paid from Richardson's land, in the hamlet of Weston, in this parish, to the poor ; but this bequest became void under the statute of 9 George II. The Poor's Piece, a piece of land containing 3a. 3r. 12p., was awarded at the enclo sure for the benefit of the poor of Bulkington township, now let for £4. 17s. 6d. ; this rent is given in January annually, by the parish officers, in smaU sums to all the poor of the township. William Lagoe, by will, 1735, gave to the minister and churchwardens of Bulkington, and their successors, an annuity of 55s. yearly, clear of all deductions, to be applied by them by 12d. a week, in six twopenny loaves, to be distributed amongst poor widowers or widows frequenting the parish church ; and for want of such, to other poor of the townships of Bulkington and Ryeton ; and that the remaining 3s. should be allowed for the care ofthe distribution. This annuity is charged on premises in Bayly-lane, in the city of Coventry, now forming part of the White Horse public-house ; Mr. Robert Hall, the owner, pays the annuity, which is given in six twopenny loaves to six poor widows every Sunday. The parish clerk receives the 3s. for his trouble. Post Office, at Mr. WilUam Ward's, letters arrive by foot post from Hinckley at 10 A. M., and are dispatched at 3 P. M. Marked 1, reside at Barnacle; 2, Bramcolt ; 3, Bulkington; 4, Holly Hurst; 5, Marston Jebbett; 6, Ryton; and!, Weston-in- Arden. Inns & Taverns 7 Barrs Joseph, corn miller 3 Barsay Mary, dress maker 3 Cox Mr. Henry 7 DebaryRich. Brome • Esq., Weston HaU 3 Goodyer John, rib bon manufacturer 3 Jewis Thomas col lector of poors rates 3 Lole WiUiam, flour dealer, and Harriet. stiaw hat maker 3 Parker Rev. Willm. George, Vicarage 3 Perkins Mr. Rich. 3 RheadRev.William Independent min. 2 Scott Thos. Cooper, corn miller 3 Spiers Thos. plum ber and glazier 2 Tookey Mrs. Jane 2 Warner Miss Sarah 3 WhetstoneMyAnn, dressmaker 3 Whetstone Willm wood turner 2 Whightman Mrs. Sarah 3 Chequer (Old) Jas. Billings 1 Fox, Joseph Stean 3 Lord Nelson, Wm. Bason 3 New Inn, Willough- by Rowley 1 Red Lion, Josiah Bacon 3 Rule and Compas, John Eales 6 Weaver's Arms, Win. Butling. 3 White Lion, Rich. Woodward Beer Houses. 3 Copson Thomas 3 Goddard John 3 Watkins Daniel Academies. 3 Bird Richard and Maria, Marlow 3 SUngsby William Bakers and Flour Dealers. 3 Ball Thomas 3 Compton Charles Samuel 3 Jephcott John 1 Randle James 6 Starkey John 3 Whitmore Mary Blacksmiths. 6 Goodyer John 3 Matthews John 3 Mowe Thomas Bricklayers. 3 Goddard George 3 Goddard John 3 Paul George Butchers. 3 Rowley Willoughby 3 Saunt Paul 3 Woodward Richard Farmers. 1 Atkins John 1 CoUey John 3 Compton Charles Samuel 3 Croft Thomas 3 Dewis William 2 Dowell Thomas 6 Gilbert Richard 1 Gilbert William 5 Howkins James 5 Jephcott William 2 Johnson Thomas 6 Martin Jane 3 Martin William 7 Orton John, Wes ton Hays 1 Orton Rich., Bar nacle Park 5 Orton Thos. Mars ton Hall 4 Orton Thomas 7 Orton William 7 Perkins Isaac, Wes ton Wood 3 Perkins John 4 Record Charles 3 Reynolds William 3 Rogers Thomas 6 Starkey Daniel 3 Taylor WiUiam 2 Tookey Michael 3 Truelove WilUam 7 Warner Rd. Wes ton Hill Warner Thos. Wol- vershill Hall 6 Warner William, Germany 7 Wathes Jno. Wes ton Loan Farm 5 Worthington John I Wright Chas. Bar nacle HaU 578 6 Wright William 4 Wright William Joiners. 1 Bacon Josiah 3 Cuthbert George 3 Tebbitt Andrew 6 Wilson James Shoe Makers. 6 Cooper George 3 Frankton Thomas BULKINGTON PARISH. 3 Fullylove Joseph 3 Goodyer Thomas 1 Grant John 6 SmaUwood John : h pkeepers. 1 Birch William, and ribbon mnfr. 6 Birch Thomas 3 Eales John 3 Jephcott John 3 LoleJ.cferibbonmfr 1 Randle James 6 Starkey John 3 Ward William 3 Whetstone Joseph 3 Whitmore Mary Tailors. 3 Bason W UUam 3 Eales John 3 Ward WilUam 1 WilUamson John ¦Wheelwrights. 3 Cuthbert Jph. and timber mrchnt. and parish clerk 6 Wilson William Carriers to Coven try (Daily.) 1 Harris John 3 Mowe Joseph 3 Pittem Thomas 6 Starkey John Burton Hastings, asmall pleasant village and parish, four miles E.N.E. from Nuneaton, contains 1,337 acres of land; and in 1841, here were 56 houses, and 276 inhabitants; in 1801, 184; 1821,241; 1831,253; rateable value, £2,112. The Church is a small ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Botolph ; the living is a perpetual curacy, augmented with £600., Queen Anne's bounty, and rated at £87. ; in the patronage and incumbency of Rev. William Bucknill, and Mr. Thomas Gilbert is the.impropriator. This parish was granted by the Conquerer to Henry de Ferrers; a part of it was given in the reign of Henry II. to the Monastery of Nuneaton, and the remainder was then possessed by the Hastings family ; and, excepting a short interval, when by attainder, it reverted to the Crown: continued with them until the 21st of Henry VIII., at which time, Lord George Hastings sold this portion ofthe manor to a rich merchant, named Harvey, and, subsequently, it passed by marriage to Thomas Cotton, Esq., an ancestor of Sir Robert Cotton. The part belonging to the monastery, was, at the dissolution, granted to Mar- makuke Constable, whose family sold it, and is now disputed. The principal owners are the family of the late J. F. Simpson, Henry Townsend, Thomas and William Gilbert, William Tyers WeUs, Thomas Johnson, and John Adcock, Esqrs. Shelfont, a small hamlet, 1 mile E. ofthe church, contains three farm houses and one labourer's cottage. Charities. — Feoffment Lands.— Robert Somerfield, otherwise Boston, in the 14th year of Henry VIII., granted to Richard Perkins and others, and their heirs, a messuage, cfec, which, by survivorship, became vested in William Wale, and the said cottage and prem ises were by him, 15th January, 1683, granted and enfeoffed to William Wise, and six others, and their heirs, to the use and behoof nevertheless of repairing the causeways and streets in the town of Burton. In 181)1 the property was enfeoffed to William Mayne the younger, and ten others. The property consists of two closes, adjoining the town, containing in the whole two acres, called the Blacksmith land, let (1833), at the rent of £10. per annum; there are also 16 cottages adjoining the land, let to various tenants, for £15. 17s. 6d. a year; which, with the £10. rent ofthe land, is received by the trus tees, and applied in the repairs ofthe pavements and causeways in the stieets of Burton Hastings. Isaac Wells, gent., of Shelford House, by will, 1819, gave £40. to the churchwardens of this parish for the time being, to be by them put out, and the interest to be annually distributed by them in bread at the church door, on Christmas-day, immediately after divine service, to poor persons. The above sum was granted on mortgage, with £20. of Mr. William Tyrer Wells, son ofthe donor, by the Rev. Thomas South, rector of Burton Hastings, on part ofthe rectorial lands, and vested, by assignment, in 1820, in Thomas Johnson and John Adcock, the churchwardens. The interest is distributed in sixpenny and shilling loaves to the poor after service on Christmas-day; Bates J., wheel wrgt | house, cfe parish elk Blockley J., shoemkr Scott Thos. Cooper, Cooper G., shoemkr | and com miller Hailstone W.,shoemk Throne T. blacksmth Lucas Abrhm., shop- | Farmers. keeper ,baker, beer- Adcock John Beale John, Shelford Darlinson Edward Gilbert Thos., Burton fields Gilbert Wm., Burton fields Johnson J.Burtonflds Johnson T., Burton fit-Ids Tookey T., Shelford Wells William Tyers, Shelford ' KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 579 CLA YBROOK, an extensive parish, comprising the chapelry of Little Wigston, the townships of Great Claybrooke and Little Claybrooke, the liberty of Bittesby, and the hamlet of Ullesthorpe, in the hundred of Guthlaxton, county of Leicester ; and the hamlet of Wibtoft, in the Kirby division of the hundred of Knightlow, which is a pleasant and well built small village and chapelry, 5£ miles W.N.W. from Lutterworth, contains 790 acres of land, and in 1841, had 23 houses and 101 inhabitants ; in 1801, 75 ; and 1821, 112; rateable value, £1,047. The principal landowners are J. H Marvin, Esq., Lord Leigh, Mr. Gibson, and several others have estates here. The chapel is a small plain building on an eminence at the west end of the village : the Uving is in the patronage of the Crown, with that of Claybrooke. Wibtoft Directory.— Nathaniel Harper, cattle salesman ; and Joseph BilUng, Mrs. Caldicott, James Simons, Francis Spencer, and William Wakefield, farmers. COMBE ABBEY and COMBE FIELDS, an extensive extra parochial liberty, 5 miles E. from Coventry, anciently denominated Smite, and at the Conquest was held by Geoffry de Wirce, from whom it passed to Earl Mellent, and thence to Nigel de Albany, whose son gave the church, which was dedicated to St. Peter, and situate 1 mile N.E. from the abbey, the canons of Kenilworth, which has for many years been in ruins ; the site of which is now occupied by a farm house, called Peter Hall, the south and east walls of which are the rematos of the church ; the stone work of the east window is in a good state of preservation ; in the dining room is the niche which was used for holy water; the bellfrey door is preserved and is in the possession of tbe present occupant; there are many other evidences of the once ancient edifice. In the reign of Stephen, the lordship was granted to Richard de Camvill, who founded here an Abbey of Cisercian monks, which was subsequently very richly endowed. After the dissolution, the site and possessions of these monks was granted to John, Earl of Warwick, in the 1st of Edward VI. ; on his attainder, they passed to Robert Kelway, whose daughter conveyed them to John, Lord Harrington ; and by his daughter. Lucy, Countess of Bedford, they were sold to Sir William, ancestor of the present Earl Craven. The mansion was prin cipally built by Lord Harrington, on the ruins of^the monastery ; the cloisters forming three sides of a quadrangle, being preserved, and exhibit some curious enriched speci mens of Norman architecture. An additional range of buildings was erected on the west side, about the commencement of the 1 Sth century ; but in a totally dissimilar style to the rest of the mansion ; and the late Earl made many judicious improvements, to perfect harmony with the architectural character of the respective parts. The park comprises 500 acres, well wooded, containing about 200 head of deer, and a very ex tensive sheet of water, 90 acres. Of the fine suit of rooms in this mansion, and the numerous and valuable paintings contained in them, our account must be brief and un satisfactory ; but the pictures may, with truth, be pronounced to be tbe finest collection in the county. The romantic gallantry of the first Earl Craven is well known, as also the enthusiastic manner in which he supported the cause of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, whom he protected after her expulsion from the throne, and built Hamstead Marshal, near Newbry, for her residence ; it has indeed been said, that she was privately mar ried to the Earl, but that is unauthenticated ; by her will she bequeathed to him her pictures, which form a large portion of the fine collection here. The Great Gallery is wholly hung with portraits, many of them by Honthorst and Mervelt, whose portraits are at the upper end of the gallery ; by the former artist, there are half-length portraits of the King and Queen of Bohemia, and Princes Rupert and Maurice, Charles II, at the age of 14 ; Gustavus, Adolphus and William, Earl Craven. There is also a portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby, by Vandyke. In the anti-room to this gallery, are some beautiful cabinet pictures. 7'he Breakfast Room is of large dimensions, and contains, amongst others, 5 very large landscapes, by J. Luytens. 7'he North Parlour, asplendid room, is adorned by whole-length portraits of the King and Queen of Bohemia, by Honthorst ; and of Charles L, Prince Rupert, Prince Maurice, and James, Duke of Richmond, by Van- 580 COMBE ABBEY AND COMBE FIELDS PARISH. dyke. The Vandyke Room contains, in one picture, Charles I. and his Queen, three- quarters length, executed at the desire of the Queen of Bohemia ; a most beautiful painting. Vandyke, by himself, and some interesting paintings by Brughel, Teniers, Rubens, and Frank Hals. In the Yellow Drawing Room, are Christ and St. John, in a landscape, by Rubens ; and the Duchess ot Cleveland, by Lely. The Gill Parlour con tains some splendid productions, by Rembrant, Zoust, Miervelt, and Vandyke, with a whole-length portrait of William, Earl Craven, by Honthorst. The Beauty Parlour is ornamented with 22 portraits of ladies of tbe time of Charles II. Cedar Room ; here may be enumerated a sea piece, by Willarts, being the Queen of Bohemia's pas sage to Holland; and a splendid landscape, by Rubens, Moses with the brazen serpent. This liberty contains 3,638a. 2r. 15p. ; iu 1841, here were 37 houses, and 195 inhabitants; 1801, 170 ; 1821, 173 ; 1831, 170 ; rateable value, £7,733. 5s. Earl Craven is soleowner and lord of the manor. DIRECTORY. The Right Hon. the Earl Craven, The Abbey, Thomas Serjeant Arnold, Esq., Mobbs Wood, 2 miles N.E. from the Abbey ; the Arnold family have resi ded in this house 311 years. Jas. Burdett, park keeper ; Thos. Congreve, farmer; Peter Hall, 1 mile N.E. from the Abbey; Edward Dalton Cryer, farmer, Under the Hill, Combe Fields, i mile S. from the Abbey ; Francis Grimes, farmer, Combe Fields, 2 miles E. from the Abbey ; William Hewat, farmer, Nettle Hill, 1 mile N.E. from the Abbey ; John Johnson, farmer, Combe Fields, 2 miles N.E. from the Abbey ; John Large, re sident agent to the Earl Craven, Hill Field, 1 mile N.W. from the Abbey ; John Oliver, gardener, John Wright, farmer, Combe Fields, 1 £ miles N. from the Abbey. EXHALL, a parish and considerable village, 4| mues N. by E. from Coventry, was probably part ofthe possessions ofthe Countess Godiva. A portion of it was given in the reign of Stephen to the monks of Coventry, and the manor subsequently passed to the Bottiler's of Lancashire, and from thence to JuUan Nethermyll, an Alderman of Coventry, being afterwards sold by Sir Arthur Caley to tt'ilUam Cheshire, Esq. The present Lords ofthe manors are George Startin, Esq.. and Benjamin Parker, Esq., New- land manor ; and the principal ownprs are John Barratt, Henry Bray, John Kelsey, Thomas Neale, John Neale, Benjamin Parker, George Startin, William Wilson, Esq., and Joseph Wakelin. The parish contains 2,033 acres of land, and to 1841 here were 222 houses and 936 inhabitants ; 1801,694; 1821,775; 1831, S41 ; rateable value, £3,725. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a neat structure, date of erection is not known. There are registers as early as the fifteenth century ; it contains nave, chancel and side aisles. There are several good monuments, one of marble, to John PhilUps, gent., who died November 10th, 1762, aged 85 years ; and another to James Pickard gent., who died July 13th, 1757; also, Ann, his relict, and daughter of John Phillips, diedNovem- ber 10th, 1762. In 1842 the church was enlarged and re-pewed at an expence of £1 100 by which means 250 additional sittings were obtained ; and in consequence of a grant of £150. from the incorporated societyfor enlarging churches and chapels, the whole of that number are free and unappropriated for ever: previous to the alteration, the church would accommodate 200, only eighteen seats were free. The living is a vicar age, value, £143., in the patronage of Lady Guernsey, and incumbency of Rev. John Thickens, M.A., for whom Rev. Joseph Law AUeyne, officiates. Here is a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected 1843. Union Workhouse, a branch from Foleshill, is a large brick building, for the aged people. Newland Hall, 2| miles N.E. from the church, is a very ancient house, was formerly moated round, but is partly filled up. William Bentley, by will, 1808, gave £400. to two tiustees, upon trust, out of the same withto 12 months after his decease, to build on the Poor's Land, near the church, a charity school, with a school-house adjoining, at which ten poor boys were to be educated free. The school was built on the north-west side of the churchyard, at an KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— KIRBT DIVISION. 581 expence of about £200. The remainder of the money, £250. 5s. 9d., is now invested in three per cent consols. The dividends are paid to the master. About eight boys are generally on the foundation, who are appointed by the minister, and taught reading writing, and arithmetic. He also gave £100. to the minister and guardians ofthe work house, on trust, to dispose of the produce in providing wheaten bread to be given to the poor at the church on St. Thomas's day. This sum was lent on bond to the guardians of the workhouse, and £5. is annually paid from the poors rate, and given as above. Poor's Land. By the award of the commissioners under the Exhall Inclosure Act, 4th March, 1763, an allotment of 3a. Or. Ip. was made to the poor of Exhall, in lieu of certain other lands. The parishioners erected a House of Industry on this land, part of which is occupied as a garden to the house. The parish pay £6. a year in respect of this land, which is given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Job Potter, by will, 1686, devised 10s. to the churchwardens of Exhall, to be payable yearly, to the poor on St. Thomas's day, from certain estates at Oldnall End, in Berks- well. The 10s. is annually received from the owner, Mr. John Cole, and distiibuted as directed. Mary Farmer, who died 1S05, left £20. to the poor of Exhall ; this sum was, by the legacy duty reduced to £18., which was in 1833 in the hands of Mr. Joseph Kilsey, at £5. per cent. The interest is given away to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Alfred Thos., miller Alleyne Rev. J. L., curate Butler Wm., ground bailiff, H a wkesbury colliery Cox Wm., baker and parish clerk HawkesburyColliery, John Harden, agt Wilkinson EUza Ann, stiaw hat maker Blacksmiths. Elson John Wilkinson Thomas Brick Makers. Compton John, jun Smith Thomas Butchers. Arnett WiUiam Maddocks Thomas Smith Thomas Smith William Farmers. Ball William Barrat Gabriel Barrat John Bray Henry — Burbidge John,' Compton John Compton John, jun Eburne John Jackson John Jephcott Joseph Jewis W"illiam Kelsey John Maddocks Thomas Neale John Neale Thomas Parish George Parker Benjamin Rowley William Smart Joseph Smart William Startin George Stevens Thomas Wakelin Joseph Whiting John Wilkinson David Wilson Edward Wilson WilUam Worthy Rd. Smart, Ash green Inns t& Taverns. Bell Inn, W. Goode, and carpenter Black Bank Inn, T., Kilby Black Horse, Thos., Moore Bulls Head, Thomas Bagnall Bull cfe Anchor, Wm Jackson New Inn, W. B arson Beerhouses. D orton Edward Mills William Pachton Benjamin Wilkinson William Maltsters. Arnett WUUam Wilkinson David Shopkeepers. Alcock Richard Whitehead James Wilkinson David Wyatt Thomas Wheelwrights. Clark Thomas Goode Jeremiah Taylor Jonathan FOLESHILL, a large scattered parish 2} miles N.E. by N. from Coventry, con taining the following places :— Alderman's green, Bacon's folly, Bell green, Brick-kiln lane. Carpenter's lane. Church end, Courthouse green, Grange lane, Great and Little Heaths, Parting ofthe Heaths, Hall green, Hawkesbury, Henley green, Holbrook lane, Lockbouse lane, Longford, which is a neat, pleasant, and well-built village, 3 miles N.E. by N. from Coventry ; Rowley's green, Swain's bridge, Paradise, Tusses bridge, Windmill lane, and Woodshears green. This was part of the vast possession of the Countess Godiva. The chapel, to King Stephen's time, belonged to the monks of Coventry, being then restored to them ; and though the famiUes of Boys and Zouch had afterwards considerable interest to this parish, that of the monks preponderated, and so continued until the dissolution. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, was enlarged in 1816, by the addition of a south-aisle and galleries, at an expense of £780., which was raised by voluntary contributions, and the sale of the pews that were then erected ; and now consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, in which are five bells- and, in 1833, an organ was purchased by subscription : the font is of great an- 3 R 582 FOLESHILL PARISH. tiqmty. The living is a vicarage, value £352. in the patronage of the Crown, and in cumbency of Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, for whom the Rev. William Rawson officiates. Tithes commuted 1838,— rectorial, £75., the tiustees of the late Mr. Herbert are the owners ; vicarial, £358. 14s. St. Paul's District Church is a neat brick edifice, to the modern style of architecture, situate on the heath, erected by subscription, and a grant from the church building society, in 1842! ; the late William Seale, Esq., of this parish, gave the land ; the living is a perpetual curacy, value £200. The Vicar of Foleshill, patron ; and Rev. Coker Beck, incumbent. There are also ten dissenting places of worship in this parish, viz., Independents, or Congregational, Little heath ; General Baptist, Longford ; Wesleyans, Bell green, Alderman's green, Brick-kiln lane, Lockhouse lane, and Holbrooks ; Primitive Metho dists, Edgwick and Carpenter's lane. British Congregational School, Little Heath, is a good substantial brick building, erected 1846, at a cost of £300. raised by subscription, will accommodate 150 boys, average 120 ; George Leonard Withers, master. The Girls' British School, adjoining the chapel, will accommodate 100, average 50. National School, Church end, established 1750, for boys and girls ; the present school was erected 1814, and is a long brick building, wiU accommodate 250, average 140. The old school is now converted into a house for the master and mistress, Charles and Mrs. Davies. There is also a small National School adjoining St. Paul's district church, erected 1847, will accommodate 100, average 60 ; Wm. Simpson, master. Infant School, Bell green, erected 1841, is a neat brick bmlding, with a house ad joining for the mistiess, will accommodate 160, average 145. The parish contains 2,594 acres of land, of which 919 acres are subject to rectorial tithe, and 1,616 acres to vicarial tithe ; in 1841, here were 1,696 houses, and 7,063 in habitants ; in 1801, 3,026 ; 1821,4937; 1831,6,969; rateable value, £13,871, 15s. 8d. Colonel Hopkins Nortbey is lord of tbe manor, who holds a court leet in June or July. The principal owners are John Butling, Esq. ; Rev. John Brown, George Whieldon, Esq. ; Mrs. Fraser, Trinity Church, Coventry ; Richard Latham, Esq. ; H. Greswold, Esq. ; Edwards Phillips, Esq. ; Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, William Masser, Esq. ; Trustees of Collins' Charity, the Drapers' Company, the Charity Trustees, Coventry; Messrs. Atkins and Jephcott, J. Ebborn, Miss Lee, Mrs. Seale, Thomas Worthy, and Messrs. Farmer and Arnold. Union Workhouse, Brick-kiln lane, is a neat brick building erected 1805, and came under the New Poor Law Commissioners, 1837 ; about 14 years ago there was a mill erected for grinding barley : will accommodate 66, average 55. There is a branch workhouse at Exhall for all above 60 years of age, which will accommodate 65, average 40. This Union comprises 11 parishes, viz., Anstey, Binley, Exhall, Foleshill, Keresley, Shilton, Sowe, Stoke, Willenhall, Withybrook, aud Wyken. Mr. Rufus aud Mrs. Marien Sharp, master and matron ; Miss Mary Sharp, schoolmistress ; Richard Dewes, Esq., clerk and superintendent registrar ; Richard Bolton, relieving officer ; John Orton, registiar of births, deaths, and marriages, for Foleshill, Exhall, and Keresley ; and Charles Henry Parsons for Sowe district ; James Woore, assistant overseer ; George Whieldon, Esq., chairman. Medical officers, R. A. Lafargue, Charles James Herbert, Mr. Burton, and Charles Henry Tarsons. Number of guardians, eighteen. Here are two extensive collieries in this parish, viz., Hawkesbury colliery, George Whieldon, Esq., proprietor ; and the Victoria colliery, Messrs. Troughton and Lea, proprietors. The greatest part of the inhabitants in this parish are employed in weaving ribbon, and in the coal and ironstone mines. Charities. — Dr. Edward Jackson, in the year 1750, erected a school house partly in the church yard of this parish, and partly on the scite of some old premises belonging KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 583 the parish, for charitable purposes. Some years afterwards Richard Parrott, Esq., paid to Edward Langford, the schoolmaster then in possession, the sum of £100., to quit the premises and convey them to him, which was done in 1766. He, by will, 1769, de vised the said premises to the Vicar of Foleshill and six others, on trust, for the use of a school, for the children of the poor of Foleshill, reserving to his wife and his brother the use of the parlour and stable on Sundays. His widow, afterwards Mrs. Mary Wright, by will, 1794, bequeathed £500. in the five per cent, ammites, of which the in terest of £400. thereof, to be paid to the sole use of teaching forty poor boys reading, writing, and accounts, in the said school ; and she also directed that 20s. a year more should be paid towards buying books for the said school ; and also directed £4. a year to' be given to the poor. The stock is now converted into £525. three-and-a-half per cents., and produces a dividend of £18. 7s. 6d. per annum. On the reduction of the five per cent stock, the distribution of bread was discontinued ; and on the conver sion of the four per cent stock to 3 J, that of books was also discontinued. The number of free boys is limited to 40 ; they are admitted not under eight years of age ; they stay two years only, unless, by permission, the committee extend the time to another year. The master is allowed to take twenty pay scholars. The school-house, with 2r. 18p. of land, of which 37 perches was an allotment at the inclosure when the premises were made freehold. The school-room, adjoining the school-house, was erected in 1815, by voluntary contributions, amounting to £150., which is also appropriated to the use of a Sunday school. In 1822, a school-room was erected, for girls, attached to the house, at an expense of £240., of which £100. was given by the National School Society, and the remainder raised by voluntary subscriptions. Poor's Money. By an old parish book, it appears some persons unknown left £31. lis., as a town stock, for the use ofthe poor. By an order of vestry, 7th May, 1724, £21., part of the said stock, was employed in building a workhouse. In 1732, it was in vestry agreed to sell this workhouse, and invest the money in other premises, now called the workhouse, and lands thereunto belonging, containing 1 a. 3r. 12p., and one boot of arable land, in the church-fields, and was vested in the hands of five tiustees ; the vicar to be always one. By indenture 1732, to this messuage and premises 2a. 2r. 18p. of land has been awarded by the commissioners, under au act of inclosure. In the indenture of trust, it is agreed, that the said trustees and their successors shall, out of the rents and profits, yearly, at Christmas, give 10s., as the gift of Stephen Hales, a deceased parishoner, to poor persons of the parish ; and also that on Easter Monday, give 30s. as the gift of some person unknown, to poor widows. The Old Workhouse Meadow is let for the yearly rent of £4. 10s., which is received by the churchwardens, and distributed to poor widows, in sums of 2s. 6d. and 5s. each. There are two cottages on this premises with small gardens, have mostly been occupied by poor persons put in by the parish officers. The allotment above-named adjoins the new workhouse, and occupied with it as a garden for the use of the poor. Addiugton Charles, vict. and baker, Stag and Pheasant, Lockhouse lane Arculus Thomas, beerhouse, Bell green Appleby Mrs. Elizabth.,The Heath Averns John, wood turner, and coffin maker, Parting of the Heaths Bacon Caleb, carpntr. Lock- house lane Bacon John, builder, Little Heath Bacon Joseph,builder,Little Heath Ball Francis, vict., Coach Biddle WilUam, grocer and and Horses, Longford Barson Henry, blacksmith, Bell green Barson Joseph, butcher, Al derman's green Barson Susannah,beerhouse, Alderman's green Barson Richard, victualler, Minor's Arms, Alderman's green BartonMrs.Cath.The Heath Bayliss Lydia, beerhouse, Little Heath Beesley SI. beerhs. Paradise Bentley Geo.beerhs.Foxford baker, Paradise Birch J. butcher, Longford Bird Benjamin, vict. Engine, Longford Blundell, G. tailor, Longford Blunt Thomas, shopkeeper, Lockhouse lane Bolton Richard, reUeving officer, Court House green Bradbury John, vict. glazier, cfec, Prince Willm. Henry, The Heath Bradford John, vict., Golden Fleece, Court House green Bradley Mr. G. The Heath 3 R 2 584 Bryan J. shoemkr. Longford Butcher Sophia, schoolmis tress, Little Heath Calloway Joseph, general contractor, builder, and corn miller, Foleshill grng Campbell Col. J. The Heath Cass Rev. Robert, wesleyan, Court House green Chaplin Edward, baker and shopkeeper, Bell green ChaplinHenry,ribbon manu facturer, Little Heath Chaplin Mary Ann, vict. and butcher, New Inn, Lt.Hth Chattaway John, vict. and corn dealer, Old White Lion, Longford Clark Edward, beerhouse cfe shopkeeper, Lockhouse In Clarke Edward, beerhouse, Little Heath Clarke W. builder, Paradise Coleman James, shopkpr., Paradise Coleman William, beerhouse Lockhouse lane Cooper Mrs. Ann, Beach hs Courts Manassah, ribbon manufacturer, Paradise Cox Thos. beerhs. Longford Cramp J.cooper, Holdbrooks CrampW .tailor, Court hs. gn Cross Charles, ribbon manu facturer, Little Heath Dalton George, butcher, Lockhouse lane Daniels Alex., beerhouse cfe maltster, Parting of the Heaths Davies Charles, National schoolmaster, Church end Dewes Rd. solr., The Heath Draper Joseph, shopkeeper, Little Heath Edwards John, beerhs. and blacksmith, Little Heath Edwards Mr. W. Crabmill In England J. tailor, Lt. Heath Evans Jas. Bullock, vict., Wheat Sheaf, Lt. Heath Farndon Thomas, shopkpr. and tailor, Alderman's gn Flavell J. shopkpr. Bell grn Frankton Thomas, shoemkr. Oxford Canal lock Fraser Mrs. Eliz. Hawkes bury hall Gadsby Frances, boatowner, Longford Gamble Henry, butcher, Lockhouse lane Gamble Willm. brick maker, Edgwick FOLESHILL PARISH. Gazey J. cooper, Redbs. rd Gee Jph, shoemkr. Lt.Heath Gilbert William, tailor, Crab mill lane Glover Thomas, excise offc. The Heath Goode Jeremiah, wheel wright, Holdbrooks Gore SI., shopkpr., Paradise Hackett F. beerhs. Longford Hallam Eliz. shopkeeper cfe straw bonnet maker, Al derman's bridge Harband J. shokp. Lt.Heath Harban J. beerhs. Hall gn Harden John Wltr., colliery agt., Hawkesbnry colliery Hartop John, colliery agt., Victoria colliery Harris William, vict. Wind mill, Henley green Heath Miss Ann, The Heath Hewitt Geo., butcher, The Heath Hewitt Nathaniel, ribbon manufacturer, Foxford Heydon Samuel, iron and brassfounder; h. Longford Heyden and Hill, iron and brass founders, Grange In Hill Stephen, iron and brass founder ; h. Windmill In HincksMissEster, TheHeath Hitchcock William, brick maker, Bedlam Hodson W. beerhs. Longford Hollick Mrs. M. The Heath Hollick Thomas, tailor and draper, Little Heath Holmes WiUm. wheelwright, Paradise Hull Joseph, vict., Paik gate, Lockhouse lane Humphrey Thomas, vict. cfe butcher, Shoulder of Mut ton, Bell green Hunt Henry, carpenter, Church end Hunt H.baker,Lockhouse In Hurst James, ironmonger, iron and steel merchant, and manufacturer of nails, waggon and car tires, iron arms, patent and other axles, springs, palisades, field and park hurdles, fencing and every kind of iron work to order, and dealer in best Sheffield files, saws, tools, cfec, Longford Hurst John, gent. Longford Isaac Dnl., builder cfe beer house, Parting of Heaths Jackson Wm. blacksmith, Little Heath James Henry, coal master, Court House green Jaques Thos. beerhouse and shoemkr. Alderman's gn Jefcott Enoch, weaver, Crab- mill lane Jeffcott James, carpenter, Cawsey lane Jeffcott John, bricklayer, Cawsey lane Jeffcott Thomas, warehouse man, Crabmill lane Johnson John, vict. Bear cfe Bacchus, Redhouse road Jones John, ale and porter brewer, maltster, and hop factor, Little Heath Jones Richard, shopkeeper, and coal dealer, Longford Jones Thomas, vict. and butcher, The Heath Judd Thos. baker and shop keeper, Little Heath Kent Joseph, grocer cfebaker, Redhouse road Lafargue Russell Augustus, surgeon, Little Heath Lant Miss Eliz., The Heath Lawrence Susannah, infant school, Bell green Lee Misses M. C. and S. The Heath Lee Thos. baker. Bell green Lester Arn, designer, Heath Marston Thomas and Co., grocers, Lockhouse lane Masser Rchd. grocer, baker, maltster, tfe tallow cbndlr. Post Office, Longford Masters Richard, traveller, The Heath Mead John, plumber,glazier, painter, and paper hanger, Little Heath Moreton Thomas.beerhouse, Alderman's green Nichols John, vict. Naviga tion Inn, Paradise Nicklin Mr. Thos,, Parting of the Heaths Nixon James, shopkeeper, Parting ofthe Heaths Oliver Thos. grocer's agent, Redhouse road Orton John, surgeon, and registiar of births cfe deaths, Little Heath Orton W. ribbon mfr. Longfd Orton Wm. beerhouse and shopkeeper, Court Hs. gn. Overton George, shopkeeper, Alderman's green KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 585 Parrish Thomas, beerhouse, Little Heath Paybody John, bricklayer, Brick kiln lane Pickard George Hastelow, vict. Saracen's Hd. Longfd Pinches Samuel, vict., Red House, Redhouse road PoultneySl.beerhs.Lt.HeathRawson Rev. Wm. curate, Vicarage, Church end Reynolds Jeremiah, vict., Elephant and Castle, Tus- ses bridge Roberts George, wharfinger, dealer in coal, lime, ce ment, whiting, Stafford shire blue tiles, blue aud red quarries, bricks, stone gate posts, cfec, New Inn wharf, Little Heath Scragg and Walker, boat builders, Tusses bridge Seale Mrs. Ann, The Heath Sephton James, boat builder and beerhouse, Grange In -Sharp Mary, schoolmistress, Union, Brick kiln lane Sharp Rufus and Marien, master and matron Union, Brick kiln lane Shaw Jas. tea dlr. Longford ~Sibree Rev. John, (indep.) The Heath Simpson William, National school, The Heath SmaUwood Thomas, coal dealer, Court House green Smith Eliz. shopkr. Longford Smith George, shopkeeper and schoolmr. Longford Withers George Leonard, schoolmaster, Lt. Heath Woodhead John, shopkeeper Little Heath Woore James, collector of poors rates, The Heath Worthy Thos,, vict., Grey hound, Oxford Canal lock Wright Jph., ribbon weaver, Longford Yardley Joseph, shoemaker, Lockhouse lane Farmers, Baker Wm. and corn mUler, Henley mills Burbidge J. Rowley's green Busby John, Bell green Calloway J. Foleshill grange Clark Thos., The Heath Coleman Edw. Bell green Coleman Charles cfe Joseph, and lime burners, cfe brick makers, Court House gn Dunkley T. Rowley's green Ebbern Jno. Rowley's green Garner John, Toldlsh Hall Howkins J. Foleshill Hall Lythall J. Foleshill Lodge Masser William, sen., and maltster, Longford Masser WiUiam, jun., Foles hill Lodge Owen Richard, Longford Reynolds J., Tussey bridge Rivers Wm. Henley farm. RowleyWm. Rowley's green Slingsby Stephen, Manor House, Hall green WorthyT.OxfordCanallock HARBOROUGH MAGNA OR GREAT HARBOROUGH, a small parish, and neat village, 3f miles NNW. from Rugby ; was, in the time of Henry II., principally held by a family, whose surname (Herdeberg) was derived from this place, and who re tained it untU the 1st. of Edward IV., when it passed by marriage to the Corbets ; Sir Grey Skipwith is now lord of the manor, and principal owner ; but the Rev. William Hanbury, Aaron Watson, and others, have also small estates here. Total acres of land in this parish, 1,345. lr. 12p. ; in 1841, here were 77 houses, and 275 inhabitants ; 1801, 235 ; 1821, 319 ; 1831, 365 ; rateable value, £2,567. 5s. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a small edifice ; in 1829, was enlarged, and now pewed at a cost of £350., and consists of nave, chancel, and tower; the living, a rectory, value K. B., £14. 13s. 4d., now £298. Boughton Leigh, Esq., patron; Rev. William Hunbury, M.A., incumbent; and Rev. John Congreve, M.A., curate to charge. The Rectory is a neat residence on the south side of the church, and is occupied by the curate in charge. A National school was erected 1845, at a cost, including fitting, of .£290., and is a substantial brick buildtog ; Sir Grey Skipwith gave the land ; the money was raised by grant from the priory council, and subscriptions in the parish ; it will accommodate 90, and is capable of division by screen, attached to which is a Ubrary, containtog upwards of 160 volumes. 3 R 3 Smith J., beerhs., Longford Smith John cfe Co., grocers, Redhouse road ; Thomas Oliver, agent Smith J. beerhs. Lt. Heath Smith Thomas, ribbon mfr. Heath Smith Willm. cfe Co., shop keepers, Court House gn Sparrow William Hawksley, cowkeeper, Lockhs. lane Stafford John, shopkeeper and tallow cbdlr. Longfd Stephens Rd., vict., Rose and Crown, Bell green Storer George, brickmaker, Holbrooks Stringer Charles, vict. Rose, Lockhouse lane Stringer John, vict., Jolly Sailor, Redhouse road Stringer Thomas, butcher, Lockhouse lane Sutton Henry, collector of lock dues, Oxford canal lock Taylor G . shopkpr. Longford Troughton cfe Lea, coal and ironstone masters, Victo ria colliery Walton John, wheelwright, Parting ofthe Heaths Warriner Henry, civil en gineer, Edgwick Whieldon George, coal and ironstonemaster,Hawkes-bury Colliery Wiberley Wm. tailor cfe habit maker, Court-House gn Wilford SI., gent., Lt. Heath Wilson Samuel, beerhouse and butcher, Longford 586 GREAT HARBOROUGH PARISH. Charities.— Elizabeth Riplington, by will, 1676, gave 20s. a year for ever, two years to be given to the poor of the parish, and the third year towards the repairs of the road leading from this town to Little Harborough. In 1786, it produced £3. per an num ; but nothing is no w known of it. Robert Scotton, by will, gave £10. for ever, the interest for the poor of this parish to be distributed by the minister and churchwardens, on Easter Monday, yearly. And also an estate in Long Lawford, let, in 1751, for £8. a year, given yearly for the repairs of the church. The £10., mentioned in the will, was laid out about 50 years ago, with other money, by the parish, in building a house, on land given by Gilbert Thacker, from which 10s. interest is paid and distiibuted to the poor on Easter Monday. The church land now consists of three parcels, near the town, called the Town side and Brook Fur long, containing about 1 1 acres. There is also a close on the Heath allotted on the inclosure of Lawford Heath, in lieu of the leys on Smorrill's and Cow's common, ou the Heath, and containing 2a. 2r. 21p., and situate about two miles from the old land . The whole is now let for £30. per annum. The rent is by the churchwardens carried to their general account. The church was enlarged and repewed in 1829, at an expense of more than £350. Gilbert Thacker, by will, 1705, devised a ground, called the Little Mossel, the issues to be appUed in putting poor children of this parish apprentice. The land is now in two closes, and contains about five acres, with a dweUing house and sheds upon it, built about 50 years ago ; towards which, several charitable funds, amounting to £20., were applied ; and for which 20s. is paid as interest. The premises are let for £12. per an num ; of which £11. is appropriated to the putting out apprentices ; from £8. to £9. is given with a boy, and £5. with a girl. Mrs. Blake, (see Rugby). — The sum of £5. is received from Henry Grimes, Esq., the owner of the estate, in Churchover, and is distributed on Easter Monday, with the 20s. received from the rent of Thacker's charity, which consisted of £5. from this charity, £5. given by Holy Oak, and £10. given by Robert Scotton ; it is distributed at the church, to sums varying from Is. to 7s., to the poor. Rev. Mr. Holyoak. — On a tablet, in the church, it is noticed, that £5., one year's pay of Mrs. Blake's charity, was not distiibuted, and that Mr.;Holyoak, schoolmaster, of Rugby, gave £5. more for the poor. This money was laid out on the Little Mossel, and the toterest distributed with Mrs. Blake's charity. shoolmsti. cfe mstiss Ivens J., Mulder and timber merchant Farmers. Bates John Compton H., The Fids Congreve Bury Gee George Meddows Henry Norman John Pearcy John Steane Thos. cfe vict, Golden Lion Watson Aaron Shoe Makers. Pearson Henry Pullto Robert Sherlock Job Shopkeepers. Flavell Henry, and blacksmith Stean Edward Congreve, Rev, John, M.A., curate to charge, The Rectory Farndon, Jos., tailor Goddard, W., brklyr Hall Henry, butcher Hewitt J., parish elk Holmes W. Howard and Mary, national KERESLEY, two miles N.N.W., from and formerly a hamlet, to the parish of St. Michael, Coventry ; but now, with Coundon, forms a consoUdated chapelry, and con tains 1,058a. 2r. 8p. of land, of which 29a. 3r. 5p. are public roads; 57a. 3r. lOp. small gardens, tenements, and common lands; and 81a. Or. 19p. are woods ; population, 440 ; rateable value, £1,988. 8s. The principal land owners are the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford ; Thomas Ball Troughton, Esq., WUUam Woods Weston, Esq., Thomas Neale, Esq., and Mr. Joseph Moggs ; the former are lords of the manor ; several others have also small estates here. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, con secrated September 10th, 1847, is a neat stone edifice, situate on high ground, by the side of the road from Coventry to Fillongley, cost upwards of £3,000., raised by sub- cription, and consists of nave, chancel, and tower, surmounted with a neat spire, con- KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— KIRBY DIVISION. 587 taining a peal of five good bells, which cost £230., also raised by subscription. The Uving, a perpetual curacy ; patron, the Bishop of Worcester ; incumbent, the Rev. Wm. TMckins, M.A., vulue £60. Tithes commuted, 1846, at £230. 5s. 9d., of which the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Coventry, own £228. 13s. 3d., and £1. 12s. 6d. is payable to the vicar of St. Michael's, out of the estate of Thomas BaU Troughton, Esq. The Green, £ mile N.E. from the church, Far or Lower Green, 1 mile N. by E., and the Heath a Uttle S., each contain a few scattered houses. Keresley House, a neat mansion in a picturesque situation, 3J miles N.N.W. from Coventiy, the seat and property of the Rev. WilUam Thickins. Charities. — Donor unknown. — The sum of 20s. has been given to the poor of this chapelry, charged upon the Ecle Close and Poors' Piece, containing about seven acres In 1819, Thomas Sparkes purchased this close, now known by the name of Bell Close, subject to the above charge, which he paid for two years afterwards ; but in 1833, the payment of ten or twelve years was due. John and George Bohun, (see Coventry). The share falling to this chapelry is, when received, distributed on St. Thomas's-day to poor families. COUNDON, formerly a hamlet, in the parish of Holy Trinity, Coventry, now, with Keresley, forms a consoUdated chapelry, and contains 1,014a. 2r. 4p. ; population, 220 ; rateable value, £1,958. Is. 9d. ; the principal land owners are the tiustees of Sir Thomas White's charity, Thomas Neale, Esq., who are also lords of the manor; and J. P. Wil mot, WilUam Wilson, Esqrs., Captain ElUott, Bonds Hospital, Mrs. Farr, William Bryant, Esq., Mr. Stephen Barnwell, and the Misses Eagle. BROWNSHILL GREEN, ahamlet partly in Coundon. and partly in Allesley parish, J mile W. from Keresley church, and 1J miles from the latter. Coundon Green, a few scattered houses, ^ mile from Keresley church. KERESLEY. Marked 1 reside on the Green; 2, Farr Green; 3, the Heath, and the others where specified. Beer Houses. 2 Clarke William, and carpenter 3 Foster John 3 Hixxon William, and baker Butchers. Camwell Thomas Foster John Farmers. Ay ton John Ward J., Golden gn Wright W. Manor h. Wheelwrights. 2 Enser John 3 Enser Joseph Enser Thomas Sanders Isaac CamwellCatherine 2 Garner Sarah Mogg J., Spring field Mullis James Oldham J., Hall hill Smith J., Pen's park 3 Bickington Wm., shopkeeper 2 Clarke Mr. John Gibson J., lath rendr 1 Green Charles, rib bon manufacturer 2 Henson J., blcksth Hyde Thomas, vict., Shepherd cfe Shprds 3 Judd Mr. WUUam 1 Odel J., ribbon mfr 1 Parsons E., tailor 1 Pemberton John, shoe maker Thickins Rev. Wm. M. A., Keresley House Whittem John, spirit merchant MONKS KIRBY is an extensive parish and village, 7 miles N.N.W. from Rugby, comprises many scattered hamlets ; the entire parish contains upwards of 10,000 acres of land. In 1841, here were 1,861 inhabitants; 1801, 1407 ; 1821, 1,659; 1831, 1,637; rateable value, £14,084. 19s. 8Jd. WilUam the Conqueror, gave thismanorto Geoffrey de Wirce, one of his followers, who rebuilt the church, and granted it to the monastery of St. Nicholas, at Angiers ; the monks of which place, sent a. part of their convent here, and founded a cell or alien priory, whence it was called Monks Kirby. After experiencing the various vicissitudes attending alien priories to England, the manor was granted, after the dissolution, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, from whose family COUNDON. Marked 1 reside a Brownshill green, t 2 at Coundon green Barnwell Stp. ribbon mfr. The Villa 1 Barr Wm. wheel wright and farmer 1 Beacham T . beerhs 1 BeachamW. shopkr King Mrs. Elizabeth, Coundon House 2 Knapp Stp. printer 2 Mapleton Rev. Jas. Henry, L.L.B. I Smith J. blacksmhr 1 Warden Rt. cowkpt Waters Dvd., spiri merchant Farmers. Hands George Lee William, Lower Coundon farm Sammons John R. Coundon cottage Startin Arthur I Taylor Henry 1 Terry Richard Whittem Jas. Sibley 588 MONKS KtRllY PARISH. it came, by purchase, to Basil, Lord Fielding, afterwards Earl of of Denbigh, and con tinues in that noble family ; the principal land owners are the Earl of Denbigh, Sir Grey Skipwith, Robert Arkwright, Esq., the Severn Company, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London ; Trinity College, Cambridge ; W. S. Croft, William Townsend, Joseph Hobley, Mr. Godfrey, John Winterton, and several others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Edith, is a large and handsome structure, containtog nave, chancel, side aisles, and large square tower containing six bells ; and had for merly a tall spire serving as a land mark to the surrounding country, but was taken down about two centuries ago " to save the expense of repairing." The church con tains many beautiful monuments end tablets to the memory ofthe Denbigh family and others. The living is a discharged vicarage, with Withybrook vicarage annexed, value to K.B. £22. 9s. 7d., now £166., in the patronage ofthe Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, and incumbency of Rev. Ralph Hutchinson Simpson. The vicarage " js a large neat residence at the west end of the village. Brockhurst, a small hamlet adjoining Monks Kirby, containing a few respectable and well-built houses, and a large school, which is supported by the ladies of the Denbigh family, for 40 girls ; also a school adjoining for infants. Little Walton, a hamlet in the township of Monks Kirby, 3 miles S.E. from Kirby. Street-Ashton contains a few scattered houses, £ mile W. from Kirby. Mazzle Leays is a farm 2 miles N.E. from Kirby. Chester's Over, 3J miles S. from Lutterworth. Street Field, a small hamlet 2£ miles E. from Lutterworth. Copston Magna, a township and chapelry 6| miles E.S.E. from Nuneaton, was given by Geoffrey de Wirce, in the 12th of William I., to the monastery of St. Nicholas, at Angiers, and afterwards passed to the Carthusians of Axholme. At the dissolution, it followed the fortune of the cell at Monk's Kirby ; and the Earl of Denbigh is lord of the manor. The chapel, dedicated to St. John, is a neat stone building, to the Norman style of architecture, and cost £1000., raised by subscription; Rev. E. B. Rice, curate. A neat National school, with a house adjoining for the mistiess, was erected 1847 by Lady Augusta Fielding, daughter of the Earl of Denbigh. Population in 1841, 113 • and 1,081 acres of land. Cloudesley Bush, a small hamlet containing two farms, 2 miles N. from Kirby. Easonhall, a small viUage and township, 4 miles N.W. from Rugby, contains a few good bouses; and, in 1841, had 214 inhabitants, 1,111 acres of land; rateable value £2960. 18s. Od. Sir Grey Skipwith is lord ofthe manor. Pailton, a considerable village and township, 5£ miles N.N.W. from Rugby and 1 mile N.E. from Monks Kirby ; in 1841, had 602 inhabitants, and 1,600 acres of land Earl Denbigh is lord of the manor. The Baptists have a small neat brick chapel here' erected 1844; Rev. James Jones, minister. A neat National School was erected 1848' by subscription, aided by a grant from the National Society, the Earl Denbigh gave the ground, will accommodate 120; Harriet Hinde, mistress. Newnham Paddocks, 1 mile N.W. from Monks Kirby, and 6£ N.E. by N. from Rugbv was purchased by the ancient family of Fielding, in the 12th of Henry VI. The man sion is large and commodious, and is the seat and property of Earl Denbigh • and con tains a valuable collection of paintings, amongst which are many family portraits several by the pencil of Vandyke. The chapel contains a splendid collection of ancient carving, and the windows are fitted up with beautiful stained glass. Slretton-under Foss, a small village and township 6;} miles N.N.W. from Rugby, and 2 W. from Monks Kirby, and contains the hamlet of Newbold Revel ; in 1841, 'con tained 336 inhabitants, 1,149 acres of land ; rateable value, £3,017. 15s. Od. Sir Grey Skipwith is lord of the manor. The Independents have a small brick chapel here erected 1789; will accommodate 300, and has a burying ground attached; Rev. John Harrison, minister. Newbold Revel, 5£ miles N. W. by N. from Rugby, is a large neat square brick KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 589 mansion, with stone facings, surrounded by a park, containing about 80 acres ; this es tate was granted to Geoffrey de Wirce, and in the 12th of Henry II., was reputed a member of Wappenbury, being held by the lords of that manor. From the Wappen- hury's, it descended to the Revell's and Malroy's; and to 1640, became the property , by purchase, of Sir S. Clarke, Bart. It is now the seat and property of Sir Grey SMp- with, Bart. Charities Schooi., (Wales charity, see Coventry). — The school-house, in which the master resides, has been lately rebuilt by the parishioners. The school-room is under the same roof. The master receives £30. a year from the corporation of Coventry, by whom he is appointed. He takes boarders, and has also pay scholars. The free scholars average about thirty, chiefly from Pailton and Monks Kirby ; and a few from Brinklow and Stretton ; they are kept separate in the school from the others, and are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic ; Henry Townsend, master. Thomas Cook, of Pailton, by will, 1714, gave an arable land to this church, for the maintenance thereof; this land, now a close in Pailton, containing lr. 39p., let at the yearly rent of £1. 10s.; which is carried to the churchwardens' account. There was also formerly another piece called Nether Fens Furlong, said to belong to the church; but the parish has no land there now. John King, by will, 1642, gave yearly, for ever, to the poor of Monks Kirby Town out of lands in Street Aston lordship, called Fat Furlong, the sum of 10s., to be equally distributed at Christmas, Easter, and W hitsuntide. The Earl of Denbigh's tenant on the estate, pays the 10s., which is distiibuted in bread to poor widows. Mr. Henry Gough, steward to the Earl of Denbigh, who died in 1706, gave, by wiU £10., to be yearly distiibuted to poor communicants, in bread, at Easter, for ever. Thomas Sutton, gardener to the Earl of Denbigh, gave, by will, the interest of £5., to be distributed yearly in bread, to the poor of Monks Kirby, and Brockhurst, on Trinity Sunday. The sum of £15. was lent in October, 1811, to Thomas Burbury, upon his note, who failed. The township of Monks Kirby, as the money was lost by their neglect, pay the interest, 15s. out of the rates, which is distributed on Easter Sunday. Mr. William Miller, (father and son) gave, by will, Gills close, near Pailton, order ing the rent of it (5s. being paid for chief rent) to be yearly distributed to the poor of the Constable ward, of Monks Kirby, at the discretion of their heirs. Gills close is situate in the township of Pailton, and contains 2a. 3r., and let at the yearly rent of £10., which is received by the churchwardens, and distributed in money to the poor of the township of Monks Kirby. Mr. Lee, of Rugby, gave, by will, £2., the interest to be distributed in bread ; in 1786, it produced Is. 6d. per annum. Nothing is now known of it. Joseph Bosworth, by will, 1805, gave to the vicar and churchwardens, of Monks Kirby, and their successors, £63., in trust, to place out the same at interest ; and to pay the produce of £42., part thereof, to the officiating minister of Monks Kirby, for preaching a sermon in the parish church on Mid-lent Sunday; and anothertothe after noon of the Sunday next, after Old St. Swithiu : and upon further trust, to pay the proceeds of the £21., residue thereof, towards the support of the Sunday schools of Monks Kirby and Pailton. The said testator, by a codicil to his will, dated March, 1806, granted to the Rev. Robert Beresford Podmore, vicar of Monks Kirby, to the use of him and his successors, vicars of Monks Kirby, Shuckborough close, containing three acres of land. The sum of £63. is in the hands ofthe Rev. R. B. Podmore. who pays five per cent, interest, which is divided as directed. Shuckborough Close is let to the schoolmaster at the yearly rent of £4. 4s., which is divided in the same manner as the produce ofthe £63. legacy, which legacy tMs close was intended by the testator to annul. 590 MONKS KIRBY PARISH. STRETTON-UNDER-FOSS TOWNSHIP. Poor's Land, — On the inclosure of the open fields of Stietton-under-Foss, to 1771, about five acres and a half of the land was originally set out for the poor to cut fuel. It has been cultivated, and is now (1833,) let at the yearly rent of £12. The rent is received by the agent of Sir Grey Skipwith, Bart., and the amount is distributed in coals to all the resident poor. The chUdren of this townsMp are entitled to go free to Monks Kirby school. MONKS KIRBY PARISH DIRECTORY.. MONKS KIRBY TOWNSHIP. Post Office at Edward Gambles. Marked 1 reside at Brockhurst, 2 Little Walton, 3 Street Ashton, and the rest at Monks Kirby, or where specified. Adams SI. brickmkr. Arnold A . E. dressmk Arnold Saml. cfe Edw. joiners cfe builders Biggs Benj., baker Bird J. vict. Cock Inn Borton J. ratcatcher 3 Fielding Lieut. Col Geo. Street Ashton House Leake J. blacksmith Strong Rev. R. curate 1 Fitzherbert Robert Fielding.Esq.Stew- ard to the Eail of Denbigh 3 FrostJas. seedsman. gardener, cfe florist 1 Hayes W., gardner and mole catcher Wright Wm., wheel- right 1 Wright T., hosier and basket maker Acadamies, Grammar School ; Hy Townsend, master The Young Ladies School; Rebecca Wright, Mistiess Farmers. 3 Atkins Isaac Beale George, Cross in Hand 2 Beale John Berridge Ann, Muz zle Leays Bird John Boosby Jane Bosworth Priseilla, Kirby Lodge 1 Cryer Joseph Cooke G eorge, Stieet fields 1 Foster Thomas 2 Hiorns William Oldacres James, Ces- tors Over 2 Newport William Smith Thos., Monks Kirby Lodge 1 Worthington Richd. Wright John, cfe btchr 1 Wright Thomas Wright WilUam 2 Wood Henry, Wal ton lane Shoe Makers. Gardner Samuel Herbert William Sedgley Abel Shopkeepers. Davenport John Garner WilUam Thornton Edward, and baker Ward William Ward Wm., carrier to Coventry on Tues days and Fridays; to Lutterworth, on Thursdays. COPSTON MAGNA TOWNSHIP. Marked * live at Cloud- sley Bush. Acadamies. Charity School ; Sarah Martin, mistress Farmers. Chamberlain Wm. Godfrey George Godfrey John •Smith Ann Toone John, High Cross Farm Wells Isaac Winterton John Rowley W ., carrier to Hinckley on Mon day EASONHALL TOWNSHIP. Barnes Miss Sarah Corsby Charles, ma son and builder Gregory Theopholas, butler to Sir Grey Skipworth Hands J., shoemaker Johnson Wm., brick maker cfe coal mrt Farmers. Baites Edward Fall Thomas Marshall Francis Rubley Thomas Webb Thomas Inns & Taverns. New Inn, John Lig- gins, and coal mrct The Boat, Sarah Thrasher Beerhouses. Liggins John, and carpenter cfe wheel wright Walter EUzabeth Shopkeepers. Buckingham Samuel Ttoasher Sarah PAILTON TOWN SHIP. Post Office at Mr. Wm. Bryan's, White Lion Inn. Cox EUzabeth, dress maker Finden Rice, saddler Goodfellow WilUam, carpenter Goodfellow Jane, straw hat maker Hanson Wm,, cattle dealer HolUs Mr. John Jones Rev. James, baptist Perkins Samuel, seedsman Podmore Mrs. Sarah, Pailton house Smith T., blacksmith Snow A., dress maker Vernon William, plumber and glazr Wright Mr. John Acadamies. National Sehool; Har riet Hinde, mistiess Builders. Law Thomas Paybody WilUam Butchers. Vernon Isaac Wood Joseph Corn Millers. Martin Thomas Mayne Thos., Pail ton steam mill Farmers. Bailey George BarnweU WilUam Billston Thomas Bryan William Harley Thomas Hewitt John Mayne Thomas Mills John Palmer John Robins John Sansom Thomas Satchwell Hannah Scotton John Smith EUzabeth Smith George Smith Richard Sutton WiUiam Warden Joseph Webb WilUam White WilUam Inns and Taverns. Bell, Thos. Sansom Fox, Wm. Jordan Plough, J. Robbins Saddler's Arms, Wm. Finden KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 591 TMee Hats, George Bailey White Lion, WUUam Bryan Shoe Makers. Bailey John Clarke Henry Cupwell William Jordan WilUam Shopkeepers. Clark Elizabeth Perkins Thomas Smith Richard Vernon David Atch- inson, and coal mrt Surgeons. Bates Wm. Mayttog, and druggist Clewley Thomas Tailors. Barnwell Joseph Barnwell Thomas Bradford William Lester Jonathan Puffitt William Smith William Wheelwrights. Bailey George Bailey George "Cox SI. cfe machinist Carrier. Whiston James, to Coventry, on Wed and Fri., to Hinck ley on Monday, and to Rugby on Sat STRETTON iwnEa FOSSE TOWNSHIP Fielding Wm. Bassel Percy, Earl of Den bigh, Newnham Paddocks Skipworth Sir Grey, Bart., Newbold Revel Elliott Wm. gardener to Sir Grey SMp- worth Emery Joseph, vict., Red Lion Evans Wm. gamekpr. Newnham Kennels Harrison Rev. John, Independent Liggins Jno. carpntr. Smith Geo. butcher Stanley John, tailor Webb Mary, mistress Infant school Farmers. Brierley Jessey Burbery Thomas Hobley Joseph Mayne John, Newn ham Lodge Moxon Mary, and maltster Moxon WilUam Smith Jno. cfe beerhs. Rice Rev. E. B. curate Winterton Thomas Shoemakers, Gibbins WilUam Manger Charles Mills Samuel Shopkeepers. Cockerill SI. & baker Stietton Elizabeth Carrier. CockerUl Samuel, to ' Coventry, on Fri. SHILTON, a small village and parish 5£ miles N.E. from Coventiy, contains, with part of the hamlet of Barnacle, about 1 ,000 acres of land, and, in 1841, 453 inhabitants ; rateable value, £2,350. ; the principal land owners are Lieut. Col. Adams, John Atkins, Rev. — Smith, and several others have small estates here. The manor now belongs to the Dean and Canons of Windsor : this was formerly included in the parish of St. Michael, Coventry, and the chapel was appropriated to the priory there. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, built in the 14th century ; the north aisle is supposed to be the oldest, in which is a beautiful architectural window ; here are several ancient monu ments to the Fielding family. The living is a perpetual curacy, rated at £76., aug mented with £800. Queen Anne's bounty; to the patronage of the Crown, and incum bency ofthe Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, M.A. A neat National School, erected 1849, for this and Anstey parish, supported by voluntary contributions ; this school was esta blished 1725, will accommodate 120 boys and girls; Charles and EUz. Simpson, master and mistress. The annual feast is held on the first Sunday after the 24th of June. Charities. — John Grace, by will, 1715, gave £30. to the poor of SMlton. This money is now in the Coventry Savings' Bank; the interest is regularly distributed on St. Thomas's day. See also Anstey parish. Chawn Jph. taUor Holt George, vict., Old Plough Reynolds G., butcher Parsons Charles Hy. surgon, cfe registrar of births cfe deaths for Sowe district Simpson Charles and Eliza, national school Beer Houses. Jackson John, and blacksmith Jackson Thomas Tallis Thomas, and brickmaker Carriers to Covnty Hancox John, Mon, Wed. and Fri. Jackson Edw., Mon, Wed. Fri. and Sat. Jackson Thos., Fri. and Sat. Farmers. Bradford William Bray John Gilbert Jph. SMlton Fields Gilbert Joseph, jun. Holt George Jackson Thomas Wed. Johnson John Shoemakers. Bolton Daniel Frankton Johnson Hancox George Hancox Isaac Shopkeepers. Holt George Jackson Joseph Kenning T. cfe baker SOWE, a small village and scattered parish, 3 mUes E.N.E. from Coventry, was, in part, given by Earl Leofric to the monks of Coventiy, at which time the chapel was an appurtenance to the church of St. Michael. The principal rematotog portion of this village was held by the Loge's, a family of consequence long settled here. The parish contains 2,444 acres of land, and, in 1841, here were 1,383 inhabitants ; in 1801, 805; 1821, 1,212 ; 1831, 1,414; Uving to, 174 houses ; rateable value, £5,391, 18s, Od. The 592 SOWE PARISH. principal owners are the Earl Craven, WiUiam Wale Brown, Lord Willoughby, and John Watson ; the former is lord ofthe manor ; several others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat stone edifice, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower containing five bells, supposed to have been built to the 15th century; in 1822, the gallery was extended, and a vestry built, at the expense of the parishioners, aided by a grant of £100. from the society for building and enlarging churches, by which means the fi ee sittings were augmented to 296. At the same time, whole-length figures in stained glass, of our Saviour, St. Peter, and St. John, after Raphael, on pe destals, beneath a rich Gothic canopy, executed by Pemberton, were placed in the east window, the expense being defrayed by voluntary contributions. The living is a vicarage annexed to Stoke, value £333., in the patronage ofthe crown, and incumbency of Rev. F. D. Perkins : the vicarage is a neat brick building, erected 1819, by the present vicar. National School, with a good house attached for the master and mis tiess, was erected 1 836, by subscription, and a grant from the National Society, will accommodate 120 ; James and Martha Newman, master and mistress. The General Baptists have a small chapel here, built 1840. The Independent chapel is a neat brick building, 1 mile N. from tbe village, erected by subscription in 1820 ; there is a school in this chapel for boys and girls ; William and Martha Porter, master and mistress. Hawkesbury Lane, a hamlet 2 miles N.W. from Sowe, contains several good houses. The Baptist Chapel, erected 1845, is a neat brick building. Here is a small infant school, supported by the Rev. John Brown, vice-master Trinity College, Cambridge ; Catherine Mills, mistress. The principal part of the inhabitants in this parish are ribbon weavers and colliers. Charities.— In the returns of 1786, the names of Lord Berkely, Richard Fielding, and Robert Simmons, are given as donors of £27., then reduced to £ 1 0., which has also since been lost. It is also stated that Mrs. Purefoy, in 1740, gave £5. to the poor ; this sum was, in 1822, in the hands of Thomas Wale, the churchwarden, when he became in solvent, and the money was lost. Church Land. — On the general inclosure ofthe parish, iu 1756, between five and six acres of land were allotted to the churchwardens for the use ofthe church; a portion of this land was taken by the Oxford Canal Company for the purposes of their navigation ; and another portion divided from the rest is rented by them at 50s. a year. The residue ofthe land, upwards of four acres, is let at the yearly rent of £12., and carried to the church-rate account. Poor's Land. — There was also allotted, at the time above-named, 30 acres to the poor of the parish, on which every settled parishioner has a right to turn on this land, throughout the year, one cow or four sheep. This land is by the Oxford canal, now divided into three parcels, and as a compensation for the land taken, the church-land, for which they pay 50s. a year, is added to the common. Marked " reside in Hawkesbury Lane. Ardlidge Jno. coUiery agent, Sowe fields Brown Miss CampionMrs. Frances Chapman Rev. Wm. baptist Charlton Dvd. tailor Hadcock Mrs. Eliz. •Ison John and Win. Dalton, tailors Jackson Mrs. Ann Jackson W. blacksmh Mattocks Edw. gent., Sowe fields •Scragg John, builder boat "Horse and Jockey, Christph. Tuckey Tuckey Sophia, post Jolly Collier, John office Tuckey Wm. carpen ter cfe wheelwright •Walker Luke, boat builder Wyken Colliery Co., Sowe fields, John Ardlidge, agent Inns & Taverns Boat, Geo. Ebbern, Sowe fields Craven Arms, Rd. Barnett W akeford Old Crown, Job Pickard Red Horse, G. Wale Red Lion, Jph. Bar nett, cfe maltster Shoulder of Mutton, John Ban- Academies. Independent, William cfe Martha Porter Infant, CatMn, Mills National, James and Martha Newman Beerhouses. Hays Thomas * Phipps John Boot & shoe mks. Gilbert Isaac " Harrison Thomas Jackson Edward Morris Joseph "Richardson William, and patten Butchers. Riley Jph., Common KNIGtHTLOW HUNDRED. — KIRBY DIVISION. 593 Tuckey Charles * Tuckey Christopher Tuckey John Farmers. Barnett Joseph Bass James Brown William Deeming Susannah Ebbern Geo., Sowe Fields | Elton Thomas, Moat House, Sowe fields Hewat James MooreThos.Hawkes- buryfarm, Soweflds Smith Isaac Wale Thomas Wale George Watson John Shopkeepers. Clarke Hy. cfe baker Eberall William • Lea John B. • Lowe Francis •Phipps John STIVICHALL, a small scattered parish, If miles S. by W. from Coventiy ; be longed to Ranulph, Earl of Chester, to the time of King Stephen, whose son Hugh granted the manor to Walter Durdent, Bishop of Coventiy ; and through various per sons it passed to Thos. Gregory, who died seized of it in the 16th of Elizabeth ; and his descendents still possess the same. In 1552, Elizabeth Swillington, of Stivichall, gave £140. to purchase certain lands, the rents of which were to be expended in repairing the roads near Coventry. The ancient church was taken down about thirty-four years ago, and a neat gotbic structure erected on its site, dedicated to St James, chiefly at the charge of the late Francis Gregory, Esq., its patron ; the living is a perpetual cu racy, value £90., and has been augmented with £400., private benefactions ; £800., Queen Anne's bounty ; and £300., parliamentary grant : A. F. Gregory, Esq., patron ; and Rev. A. W. Gregory, incumbent. Near to the church is the handsome familyman- sion, built of stone, by Arthur Gregory, Esq., about the year 1 170, and is now the seat and property of Arthur Francis Gregory, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and principal owner ; the parish contains 700 acres of land, and in 1841, had 18 houses, and 99 in habitants; rateable^value, £1826. 12s. 6d. Charities. — Thomas Naul, by will, 1703, left £5. to the poor of this parish; the in terest to be applied in purchasing bread, to be distiibuted on St. Thomas's-day. This money was placed in the hands of Arthur Gregory, Esq., on bond, in 1707. Mr. Gregory's family still reside here, and make a large distribution of bread and meat to the poor, to which this is considered to be included. Mary Turner, (see Bubbenhall). — The sum of 6s. 8d., the share belonging to this parish, was many years unpaid. Mr. Lillingstone, the owner of the property, in No vember, 1832, paid the arrears, £4. 3s. 8d. DIRECTORY. — Abraham Dunn, tanner, cfec, Stivichall Villa ; Arthur Francis Gregory, Esq., The Hall; Henry Lambert Horsfall, news agent; Edward Jagger, banker's clerk ; Mr. William Davies Jephcott, Mrs. Mary Salmons, John Sparrow, blacksmith ; and Thomas Carter, Peter Cheadle, and William Gums, farmers. STOKE, a parish and well-built village, pleasantly situated, 1J miles E. from Coventry, was an ancient possession of the Earls of Chester; one of whom (Ranulph), in the time of King Stephen, gave the chapel to the monks of Coventiy. From the Earls of Chester the lordship passed to the Montalts ; after which it was for many generations held by a family, who took the name of Stuke ; the last possessor of which name, William de Stoke, sold the manor, in the reigu of Henry VIII., partly to a per son named Home ; and the residue to the corporation of Coventry. A small portion belonged to St. John's Hospital, Coventry. Another and distinct manor, known by the name of Biggin, in the time of Edward I., belonged to the priory of Coventry, and was afterwards granted to the corporation of that city. The manor house, called Biggin Hall, is of considerable antiquity, and surrounded with a moat; some remains of buildings, evidently of still greater age, were discovered about thirty-five years ago, within the same lordship ; amongst which, the walls of a private chapel, with a pis cina and locker, were very perfect. The parish contains 920 acres of land ; of which, 75a. lr. 3-lp. are waste and public roads ; in 1841, here were 216 houses, and 936 inhaM- tants ; rateable value, £2,756. : Earl Craven is lord of the manor ; the principal owners are WUUam Frederick Pridmore, Rev. F. D. Perkins, T. S. Morris, Esq., and the trus- 594 STOKE PARISH. tees of Sir Thomas White's charity. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an an- ' cient stone edifice, erected in the 13th century, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, containing three bells ; in addition to 40 free sittings, obtained 1819, by the erection of a gallery, had a north aisle built, 1822, partly by subscription, amounting to £200., and partly by a grant of £100. from the society for building and enlarging churches, at which time the chancel window was ornamented with stained glass, by Pemberton, and the building of the vestry completed. A finger organ, pur chased by subscription, was put up in the gallery at the time of its erection. The church contains several good and ancient monuments. The Uving is a discharged vicarage, with that of Sowe annexed ; value, £333. ; in the patronage of the crown, and incumbency ofthe Rev. F. D. Perkins, M.A. Tithes commuted 1849: vicarial, at £96. 6s. 2d.; and rectorial, at £106. Is 5d. ; the owners of wMch, are WilUam Prid more, Edward Goodall, Richard Goodall, Charles, John, Mary, Ann, and Joseph Ly thall Laing. Here is a small independent chapel, erected by subscription, 1825. The national school is a neat brick building, with a house adjoining for the master and mis tress ; will accommodate 150 ; erected 1831, by subscription, aided by grants from the National Society, and from the Committee of CouncU on education. Charities. — Lord Berkley, by the returns of 1786, it is stated, gave to the poor of Stoke £16. 10s. ; with this sum it is supposed the churchwardens purchased the Cottage Bit, containing about three-fourths of an acre, and let at the yearly rent of £3. 3s. j which they distribute annually, at Lady-day, at the church door, to the poor, in sums varying from Is. to 2s. 6d. each. Church House. — A dwelling-house and la. lr. 36p. of land, now let to the drapers' company, of Coventry, for a term of forty-two years, paying a fine of £50. ; and for the first twenty-one years, £8. 10s. per annum rent ; and afterwards, £13. 10s. per an num, which is carried to the church rate account. Bains J., brickmaker Banks C. ribbon mfr Bray Hy., ribbon mfr Bray Mr. Jonathan BrowettMr. William Copswood House Brown J. ribbon mfr ClarkeW.N.ribbonmf Cramp J. banker'sclk Crofts Mrs. Sarah Crofts Thos. wheel wright cfe carpenter Dickinson Mrs. Eliz. Dowell Thos. black smith, gun, and locksmith Grove Mr. Richard Herbert Mr. Burbury. Copswood House Herbert Mr. William Herbert Mrs. Hewitt Jas. baker Hitchings SI. draper Jeffery Mr. Benjamin Mattocks Mr. Thos. Morris Thomas, Esq. magistrate Morris Thos. Schu- ui a n, Esq., magis. Pettifor T, reporter Russell Esther, shopk Wakefield William, pot manufacturer Woodward Chas. and E. National school Worcester W., parish clerk Wyley Fras., chemist Inns and Taverns. Bull's Head, Thomas Pettifor Half Moon, J. Bray Old Ball, D. Sidwell, and plasterer Shoemakers. Boulton J ohn Clews Henry Farmers. Bray John Clews William, sen. Cottan John Edwards William FeU John Channon Goodall Richard Middleton William Millward CaroUne Pettifor Thomas Stalworth Thomas Underwood John Wale WilUam, and miller Worcester Frederick STRETTON BASKERVILLE, a small parish containing seven scattered farms, 3 miles E. by S. from Nuneaton ; in 1841 , here were 16 houses aud 75 inhabitants, and 1,019 acres of land; rateable value, £1,334. 7s. The name of tMs parish was derived from its proximity with the Watling stieet, and having the distinctive adjunct from a family who were anciently lords of the place ; was given to Ralph de Mortimer by the Conqueror, but soon passed to the Baskervilles. Ralph Fitz Nicholas was lord ofthe manor in the 4th of Henry III., and had a mansion, with pools, for storing which he had a warrant from the King to receive 100 breams from Kenilworth pool. There was chapel here as early as the reign of King John, appendant to Burton. The depopu- ation of this place commenced to the reign of Henry VIL, in whose time 23 houses and cottages were taken down, and 80 persons constrained to leave ; in consequence of wMch the church became ruinous, not a vestige of wMch is now to be seen. The to- KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — KIRBY DIVISION. 595 habitants use Burton Hastings church. The principal land owners are Thos. Brown, the family ofthe late John Huskisson, WilUam Gilbert, John CoUey, George Oldacres, George Engstion, and Mrs. Main. Directory. — Wm. Arnold, John CoUey, Wm. Powers, and Joshua Smith, farmers. WILLEY, a small village and parish on the Watling street, 3J miles W. from Lut terworth, and 6.J N. from Rugby, was, at the Norman survey, umted with Wibtoft. in the 26th of Henry II,, Robert de Wileya had a trial with Simon de Vernon, for the right of this village ; and in the 38th of Henry III., Roger de Herdbergh contested with the Abbot of Preaux, in Normandy, his claim to the church in right of the cell at War- mington, but the suit was decided in favour of the Abbot. The manor passing through the various families of Boteler, Cokesey, Grevile, and Wtoter, was, in the reign of EUzabeth, sold in parts to various persons. Earl Denbigh is lord of the manor, and the principal land owners are Misses Lakins, Edward Sale, Esq., John Goodacre, Esq., P. E. Townley, Esq., Bent AlUn, Esq., Rev. F. Morgan, and several others have small estates here. In 1841, here were 25 houses and 140 inhabitants ; in 1801, 111; 1821, 101 ; 1831, 96 ; and 756a. 3r. 4p. of land; rateable value, £1,445. The church, dedi cated to St. Lawrence, is a very ancient structure, consists of nave, chancel, small gallery, and tower containing three bells. The living is a rectory, value K.B. £8. 6s. 7Jd. now £291. in the patronage ofthe Crown, and incumbency ofthe Rev. Frederick Mor gan, M.A. In the church is a neat monument of marble and stone, to the memory of the Rev. Rt. Beresford Podmore, M.A., rector of this parish 40 years, and vicar of Monks Kirby 52 years, died September 4th, 1842, aged 81 years, that being his birth day. The rectory is a good substantial brick building, pleasantly situated about 1 mile N.E. from the village. Director-y. — John Hackett, beerhouse; Rev. Frederick Morgan, rector; Ephraim Spires, blacksmith ; John Wright, wheelwright and beerhouse ; Thos. Wykes, farm bailiff, George Younge, shopkeeper; and James Booth, Rd. Hy. Goode, Rd. Lakin, Saml. Nichols, Nicholas Walton, Jas. Wright, and Thos. Wright, farmers. WITHYBROOK, a parish, and small pleasant village, 8 miles N.E. by N. from Coventry, includes the hamlet of Hopsford, and is supposed at the time ofthe Norman survey, to have been part of Monks Kirby. The manor was, as early as the time of Henry I., to the possession of the Morevill's, one of whom gave certain land here to the monks of Combe ; and from the Morevill's it passed to the Castells, who sold it in the 8th of Henry IV. to William Botoner, of Coventiy, after which time the Evering- ham's and Grey's possessed it. At the dissolution, viz., in the 36th of Henry VIII., the land granted to the monks of Combe, passed to Thomas Broke and John Williams. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and a tower containing four bells ; was given to the 22nd of Richard II. to the Carthusians, in the Isle of Axholme, the right of presentation ofthe same having been recovered from the Abbot of Combe, by Nicholas de Withibroc, to the 7th of John. In 1821, the church wasre-pewed by subscription ; and, in 1848, a new wtodow was put in the chancel by Thomas Arnold, Esq. ; in the same year the church was thoroughly repaired by the Masters and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge ; during the pro gress the walls were discovered to be hollow, in one of which was the remains of a con fessional containtog three figures, an angel in the centre, and a cardinal on each side, which, at the time, were richly ornamented, but in consequence of being exposed to the air, the gilding has totally disappeared. There is an ancient monument to the memory of Christopher Wright, Esq., magistrate in the time of Queen Elizabeth ; some branches of this family were connected with the gunpowder plot ; two brothers came here, and afterwards went to Coventry armed, aud defended themselves until they were taken at Lord Aylesford's. There are also several good marble monuments to the Arnold family. The Uving is a discharged vicarage annexed to Monks Kirby, value in K. B. £8. 6s. 8d., augmented with £400. private benefaction, and £800. Queen Anne's 596 WITHYBROOK PARISH. bounty ; in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Ralph Hutchinson Simpson. The Independents have a small neat chapel here, with a house adjoining for the minister, erected 1840, by sub- scription, on ground given by S. J. Lloyd, Esq. ; Rev. — Stenner, is the present pastor. The parish contains 2,484 acres of land, and, in 1841, had 77 houses and 307 inhabitants ; 1801,294; 1821,309; 1831,318; rateable value, £3,780. 8s. 3d. The principal owners are Thomas Arnold, S. J. Lloyd, and William Edwards, Esqs. ; the former is lord of the nKinor. Several others have small estates here. Hopsford, a hamlet 1 mile N.W., was, at a very early period, possessed by Roger de Mowbray, afterwards came to the Hastings, thence to the Catesby's, and to Edward Belknap, who sold the manor to Humphrey Wright, who resided in the manor house, and Ms family continued there for some time ; a portion ofthe old house is still standing, and is occupied by Thomas Arnold, Esq's, shepherd. Thomas Arnold, Esq., is owner of the whole of this hamlet, and resides at Hopsford House, a neat residence 1 mile N.W. from Withybrook. Farmers. Bass Jabez Cotton Thomas, and miller, The Mill Cox Wm. Hopsford Croft Sophia, Withy brook Lodge Croft Thos. Withy- is brook Grange Hewitt Thos. Withy brook Lodge Haselwood Daniel, > Wilson The HaU |WMte Horse, Thos. Haselwood Thomas, I Green Withybrook fields | shopkeepers. Haselwood Thomas, ¦, .., „ . Dole House ?mA\ i.0e°v rector 652 CHURCH OVER PARISH. Barnwell Joseph Hicken John Hicken Joseph, Bourton hi * lliff Richard Peters John, The Gate Reeve William * Smith Richard • Trusle Henry • Warner John, Draycote hi Shopkeepers, Barnwell Joseph Reeve Joseph, cfe shoemkr, : * Silvester Thomas * Waring Elizabeth • White Job Carrier. Clarke W. to Rugby, on Sat * Landon John, gardener PaggettJ. wheelwrt.cfe carpti Rathbone Richard, beerhs. Reeve Mary, school ReynoldsT.blacksm.cfe beerh Smith Mr. John Farmers. • Bagshaw Samuel CHURCH OVER, a neat, pleasant, and well-built village and parish, situate on an eminenee, 4 nvfles N. by E. from Rugby, a great portion of the lands in which were, at a very early period, given by Robert de Wavre to the monastery of Combe, and con firmed by Henry II. These possessions, after the dissolution, were granted, by thename of a manor, to Mary, Duchess of Richmond, and in the reign of Edward VI. became the property of William Dixwell, Esq. of Coton. This parish is bounded on the west by the river Swift, and on the east by the Watling stieet road, by the side of which there are the remains of a large tumulus. In 1841, here were 63 houses, and 339 inhabitants; in 1801, 215; 1821,322; 1831,295; and 1440 acres of land, rateable value, £3273. Henry Grimes, Esq., the Rector; Sherrier's charity, Lutterworth, Geo. Wade, Esq., and Mr. Wm. Liggins, are the principal land owners ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to Holy Trinity, is a small neat edifice, with nave, chancel, gallery, and tower containing four bells, surmounted by a spire. Here are several ancient mo numents to the Dixwell family. The living is a rectory, V. K. B. £15., now £270., in the pationage of Henry Grimes, Esq., and incumbency ofthe Rev. T. C. H. Chamber lain, M. A., for whom the Rev. W. Heygad Benn, M. A. officiates. 150 acres of glebe land was allotted in lieu of tithe many years ago. The rectory is a neat residence near the church. The Baptists have a small chapel here ; Rev. James Masters, minis ter. Here is a free school for all the poor children of the parish ; the mistiess receives £18. and one ton of coals per annum, towards which Henry Grimes, Esq., gives £10. ; the rector and his lady, £3. 10s. Od. ; and the farmers make up the deficiency. Average attendance, 50. Caves Inn, a good commercial house on the Watling street road, 2 miles E. COTON, one mile S. from Church Over, and three and a half N. by E.from Rugby, a member of Church Over ; was in the time of Henry II. granted to the monks of Combe, but became the property of the Dixwells soon after the dissolution, and now belongs to their descendent, Henry Grimes, Esq., whose father, Abraham Grimes, Esq., erected a handsome stone mansion about 80 years ago, near the site of the ancient seat ol the Dixwells, on a commanding eminence, having picturesque views over parts of the coun ties of Warwick and Northampton, which is at present unoccupied. Charities. — Abigail Harcourt, in 1672, gave .£50. for which certain lands were con veyed to trustees for the use of the poor. By the award of the commissioners at the inclosure, cfec, dated January 6th, 1756, a plot of ground, containing 10a. lr. 34p. was allotted to trustees for the use of the poor in Ueu of the above-named land. This land now produces £24. per annum, which is expended in the purchase of coals, the farmers giving the leading; so that nearly thirty tons are distributed at cost price, and £2. or £3. is given in money to non-resident parishioners. John Thorp, in 1625, gave £40. for the use of the poor. William Dixwell, to 1675, gave £5. for the poor. Brent Dixwell, in 1690, gave £10. to the use ofthe poor. Mrs. Ann Dixwell, in 1692, gave £5. for the use of the poor. These several sums were ex pended on the land awarded for Mrs. Harcourt's charity. Directory.— Rev. WiUiam Heygad Benn, M.A., curate, Rectory ; Ann Bishop, school mistress; William Burgess, baker and butcher; John Carver, bricklayer; Edward Clarke, carpenter and woodman ; John Francis, farmer; William Garratt, shoemaker; W. H. Grimbly, shopkeeper; William Hewitt, senior and junior, blacksmiths; John KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 653 Haynes, carpenter ; James Hinde, Esq.; John Ivens, wheelwright; Martin Ivens, farmer; George Levey, farmer, The Heath; Rev. James Masters, (independent); Mrs. Emma Morris, farmer and victualler, Caves Inn, Watling Stieet Road ; Thomas Sheffield, butcher, farmer and victualler, Greyhound ; WilUam Sheffield, shoemaker ; John Taylor, shoemaker ; Almond Twycross, carpenter ; John and Timothy Voile, farmers; Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, and WilUam Buckingham, and Mary Carver, carriers to Rugby Saturday, and Lutterworth, Thursday. CLIFTON-UPON-DUNSMOOR, an extensive parish 2J miles E.N.E. from Rugby, comprises the chapelry of Brownsover, and the hamlets of Newton and Biggin, and contains 3464a. 2r. 4p. of land, and in 1841, 699 inhabitants; 1801, 441; 1821, 724; 1831, 597 ; rateable value, £7722. 17s. 3|d. This parish was given to the monastery of of Coventry, in the reign of Edward the Confessor ; but after the conquest was wrested fi-om them by Earl Alberie. The manor was owned by Arnold de Bois, in the time of Stephen, who gave the pationage of the church aud chapel of Brownsover to Leicester Abbey. It continued in this family for several descents, and eventually became the property of Sir John Bridgeman, Bart., of Castle Bromwich. The London and Birming ham and the Rugby and Stamford railways, and the Oxford canal intersect this parish. CLIFTON-UPON-DUNSMOOR, a small pleasant village, on an eminence, on the south bank of the river Avon, 2J miles E.N.E. from Rugby. In 1841, here were 92 houses and 364 inhabitants, and 1607a. Or. 14p. of land: rateable value, £3887. Us. 6Jd. The principal land owners are Messrs. William Townsend, Joseph Jenaway, Edward Sale, Thomas Townsend, John Hands Townsend, Rev. James Hoare Christopher Moor, James Budd, WilUam England, Henry Hewitt, Mrs. Mary Vann, and several others have small estates here ; the former is lord of the manor. Thomas Carte, author of an elaborate History of England, was born here 1686, and died, 1754. The Church, dedi cated to St. Mary, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, and square embattled tower, in which there are four bells, and had a " fair spire steeple," serving for a land mark to the surrounding country, which was taken down in 1639, "to save the cost of its repair." The living is a discharged vicarage, V. K. B. £8. Is. 8d. now £119. ; Earl of Bradford, patron, and the Rev. James Hoare Christopher Moor, incumbent. BROWNSOVER, a small village aud chapelry, 2 miles N. by E. from Rugby. In 1841, here were 16 houses and 90 inhabitants ; 1801, 89 ; 1821, 1 12 ; 1831, 90 ; and 853 acres of land, rateable value, £2115. 3s. The barn-like Chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, appertaining to the mother church of Clifton, was formerly part of the possessions of Leicester Abbey. The manor, in the reigu of Edward IV., was released to Richard Boughton, Esq. of Little Lawford, whose descendents possessed it for several genera - tions, until, by marriage with an heiress, it devolved to Sir Egerton Leigh, and now to J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq, who is owner of the soil, except about 37 acres, which belongs to Rugby school; Lawrence Sheriff, the founder of which, was born here. Brownsover Hall, a good mansion, situate on an eminence, two miles E.N.E. from Rugby, is the seat and property of J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq. NEWTON AND BIGGIN form a joint township three miles N.E. from Rugby, contains 1,004a. lr. 30p. of land, and in 1841, 53 houses and 245 inhabitants. Newton, a small straggling village, was a possession of Turchil de Warwick ; and by Goeffrey Clinton and others, tbe greater portion of it was given to the Priory of Kenilworth, the remainder being held by the monks of Combe ; the latter possessions were granted at the dissolution to Thomas Broke and John Williams. The present land owners are Messrs. William Martin Parsons, Edward Sale, John Goodacre, Thomas Watson, and others have small estates here ; the former is lord of the manor. Edward Cave, the original editor of the Gentleman's Magazine, was born here in 1691, and died 1754. BIGGIN was, in the Conqueror's time, a village of some extent, though now con sisting only of two farms and a corn miU ; this was granted partly to the monks of -Combe, and the remainder devolved to Henry Leigh, Esq., who held the lands in the 654 CLIFTON-UPON-DUNSMOOR PARISH. 3rd of Elizabeth, and subsequently came into the possession of the Duke of Montague, and now owned by the Rev. John Bateman, Miss Nunnelly, and Mrs. Lloyd. In a field, about 400 yards south of Mr. Richard Ladkiu's house, on a high hill, is an ex tensive gravel pit, to which has been found some small mill stones, such as might be used to grind corn by hand with, and both human and animal bones. Charities. — Town Lands. By an agreement of the lord of the manor and others, freeholders of Clifton-upon-Dunsmoor, a meadow called Morton Myers and other lands adjoining, to make up twenty acres, were set apart for the general good of the town in lieu of certain scattered pieces of land called Town Grounds ; which ground should be set by the churchwardens and constables at areasonable rate to poor persons who had no other lands assigned them, cfec. The land consists of one field and a meadow, let for £50. a year, which is distributed as follows : — Twice in the year a distribution is made in coals to the poor of the parish, to the amount of about £25. a year ; the remainder is distributed amongst the poor, with the largest families, who have not received reUef during the year preceding, in sums of from £5. to 10s. each. Lawrence Sheriffe, (see Rugby). — Three poor families of the hamlet of Brownsover are eligible to the almshouses at Rugby, founded by this individual. Abraham Turner left, by will, £21. to the poor of Brownsover ; for this sum, £22. 6s. 8d., was, in 1832, placed by the churchwardens in the bank of Butlin cfe Co., Rugby, at two-and-a-half per cent, interest; with this interest, and the sacrament money, an annual distribution of coals is made to the poor of this hamlet. Elizabeth Dring left £10. for poor widows, which, in 1786, produced 12s. a year, given to poor widows of Brownsover ; nothing has been received for many years. Town Lands. — At the inclosure of Newton Hamlet, under an act, 18th January, 1757, apiece of ground in the Moor field, containing 2a. lr., was allotted in lieu of other small pieces of land belonging to this hamlet ; a portion of this laud is let to poor persons rent free. Elkington 's Almshouses, in Shawell parish, Leicestershire; three poor persons of the hamlet of Newton, are eligible to these almshouses ; also the children of this hamlet are free to a school there, founded by the same person. Marked 1 reside at Brownsover ; 2, at Newton ; and the rest at Clifton, or where specified. Aldridge Mr. W. Hy Barnwell R. parish ck Chamberlain J.,tailor Higgs G., shoemaker Leigh John Ward Boughton, Ksq., Brownsover hall Leigh A Uesley Bough ton, Esq., Brown sover hall 2 Marriott Miss So phia Catherine Masters Wm., brazier Moor Rev. Js. Hoare Christopher, vicar 2 Parson Mr.Williain Taylor Mrs. Martha 2 Webb R., beerhouse Blacksmiths Barnett Henry Butchers. Atkins Joseph Higgs Thomas 2 Pratt Charles Carpenters. Ivens Joseph Loydall William 2 Hewitt Joseph 2 Hewitt Nathaniel jl Jenaway B.Grimes, The Lod^e 'Jenawray Joseph iLadkin R., cfe gravel I merchant. Biggin 2 Lam«den Peter | Luck William 2 Mason Thomas Ivens W„ cfe whlwrgt 1 Masters Charles 2 Cave Thomas 2 Parsons Win.Martin, Farmers. I Manor house. 1 Bates S., The Ldge Peasnall W.,The Ldg Budd James Pratt Ann> Biggin England William 2 Pridmore Thomas, 1 Evans Henry i & corn merchant 2 Hawkins Han. Mar Sale Edw'ard Hewitt Henry, and 2 Scott Joseph com miller, Clifton ?mitn John cfe Biggin Mills ' Townsend William Vann S., The Fields Vann Thos., cfe coal mercht. cfe maltster 1 WatsonR., cfe miller Inns and Taverns. Bull, Ts. Bromwich 1 Old Star, Edward Treadwell Red Lion, J. Higgs 2 Stag and Pheasant, William Wagstaff Shopkeepers. Atkius J., cfe baker 2 Cosford Eliza Patchett Robert Carrier to Rugby Tuesday, and Lut- terwith, Thursday; Thomas Ellurd DUNCHURCH, an extensive parish, considerable and well-built village, 15 miles N.E. from Warwick, and 3 miles S. from Rugby, was held in the reign of King Stephen, by Clement, who gave all his lands in Dunchurch fields to the monks of Pipewell, to which grant his son added the advowson of the Church. TMs manor was twice confis- KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. C55 cftted to the Crown ; and, early in the reign of Mary, was purchased by Sir Thomas Leigh, and subsequently descended to Lord Dunsmore. Lord John Scott is the lord of the manor and owner of the soil, except about 200 acres situate at Toft, which is the property of A. B. Herbert, Esq. The township of Dunchurch contains the hamlets of Cawston, in which is Cawston Lodge, a large and good house, where Lord John Scott occasionally resides, and a few scattered farms, from one to two miles north ; and Toft, which contains three farms and five houses, £ mile S.W. ; and, to 1841, 233 houses, and 1,083 inhabitants, and 3,018a. 2r. 33p. of land; rateable value, £4,797. 8s. 3d. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a handsome edifice consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, and well-proportioned square tower, richly decorated, in which there are six bells ; an ancient porch is preserved on the south-side, and the fine east wtodow was, a few years ago, restored to its primitive beauty, by the removal of masonry which entirely obscured the tracery, and by the introduction of stained glass, the liberal contribution of Lord John Scott. A new organ gallery has also been erected by the parishioners, into which the organ, presented by Messrs. J. cfe C. Sutton, has been removed ; and accom modation is thus afforded for about 200 Sunday-school children. The living is a vicarage, V. K. B. £14. 10s. 7d., now £320., iu the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield, and incumbency of the Rev. John Sandford, B.D. The vicarage-house is a large neat residence near the Church. The Baptists have a small chapel here. The National School, erected 1837, near the Church. The Hall is a large neat mansion in the village, and is the seat of Frank Samuel Head, Esq. A Court of Requests is held every three weeks, for debts from 4d. to £1. 19s. llfd. ; also, a Court Leet and Court Baron are held half-yearly at the Dun Cow Inn. In the centre of the village is an ancient stone cross with four steps. Mr. Thomas Maycock, farmer, a native of this parish, and about 49 years of age, lost his sight upwards of 20 years ago, by injuries received from the Rugby school-boys ; is extremely ingenious ; has, since he lost his sight, erected se veral buildings, invented and made improvements in agricultural implements ; he attends the markets, and is said to be one of the best judges of com and cattle ; and has taught reading, writing, and music. THURLASTON is a small, pleasant, well-built village and township, 1 mile W. from Dunchurch; here was a chapel as early as the time of Henry III., which was pulled down about the beginning of Elizabeth's reign. A neat brick school-room was erected by subscription, and a grant from tbe National Society, 1849, and is licensed for Divine service, cost £1,000. ; the site was given by Lord John Scott. Thornhill Well, near the above school, isabeautiful saline spring, which flows spontaneously, and has done from time immemorial, of which but little use is made ; its qualities are said to be similar to those of Leamington. In 1841, this township contained 67 houses and 307 inhabiants; and 1,714a. 3r. of land; rateable value, £2,076. 5s. 6d. Lord John Scott is lord ofthe manor, and owner of nearly all the soil. Population ofthe whole parish of Dunchurch to 1801, 1,087; 1821, 1,251 ; 1831. 1,310; and in 1841, 1,399, Charities. — Francis Boughton, by will, 1707, bequeathed £400., then lent on mortgage, with certain interest then due to William Bromley and four others, and their executors upon trust, for the building of a school, and school house. He also ordered his executors to pay to the said trustees so much as would make up any residue ofthe school charity, a sum of £200. The interest for the binding out apprentices. Ralph Duke of Montague, in consideration of 5s., granted to William Bromley and others in 1708, a parcel of ground, for building a school, and school house, and for a yard and garden thereto, containing in the whole 26 perches ; for the better establishing the said charity, paying yearly Is. at Michaelmas. He also left certain lands for the endowment of the said school, which consists of two parcels of land, the first called the Spittle Moors, in the parish of Holy Trinity, Coventry, is divided into six closes, containing 15a. 3r. 38p., now (1835) let for £50. per annum. The second called the Oak Field, containing 11 acres, in the parish of St, Michael, Coventry, It is Lammas land, and is 656 DUNCHURCH PARISH. let for £27. per annum. The school, and school house form one building nearly in the centre of the village ; an upper room for a girls' school has been erected over the school room. The master receives the rents, and the school is free to all the children ofthe parish of Dunchurch, who are admissable when they can read the testament. The National system being in part adopted ; each pay Is. entrance, and Is. a, quarter for cleaning the school. AU are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, four or five learn the rudiments of Latin. Rev. Richard Shawcross, master, and Mr. George Pike, assistant. Thomas Newcombe (printer to King Charles II.) by will, 1690, gave £600. to the minister and churchwardens of Dunchurch, upon trust, to build six almshouses, for as many poor men or widows, being born in, and inhabitants of the said parish, and the rest of the money, after furnishing the said houses, should be laid out to the purchase of some land, and the rents thereof divided among the said alms people. Ralph, Earl of Montague, for the better encouraging the building the said almshouses, and in consi deration of 5s., granted land from north to south, four score feet, and from east to west, 43 feet, and the six houses thereupon built, to John Bennett and five others, paying the rent of 12d. at Michaelmas yearly. The almshouses cost £150. Owing to some Utigation about the building of the almshouses, the charity was deferred for several years. In 1697 the remaining £450. was received, and land at Shawell was purchased for £530., towards which, £50., being Spier's gift, was made use of, and £30.borrowed These lands, the Meer Furlong closes, containing 33a. 3r. 14p., with a smaU farm house ; the 8 acre close, 8a. Or. 36p., and the High Field Gate close, 28a. Or. 17p. ; the whole Is let for £74. per annum. The almshouse was rebmlt inl818, at a costof £130., of which £75. was paid by a rate from the parish of Dunchurch, and the hamlet of Thurlaston. The Duchess of Bucclench gave the timber, bricks, slate, and other materials. It now consists of six tenements, two rooms each ; four of the inmates are of the parish of Dunchurch, and two of the hamlet of Thurlaston ; they each receive a weekly allow ance of 3s. 6d. ; they also receive, annually, 12 cwt. of coals each. Poor's Land. — By virtue of the award of the commissioners, appointed by the Dun church Inclosure Act, in 1 709, the parish is in possession of 20 acres of land near the town, in three closes, and let for ,£35. per annum ; there are some cottages which belong to the parish, let for .£24. 10s., making a total of £59. 10s. ; from which, after various payments for interest, insurance, and a dinner to the cottage tenants, amounting in the whole to £19. 14s. 8d., the remainder after deducting for repairs, is given away, on St. John's day, to all the poor, in sums of Is. a head. William Fawkes, toil731, bequeathed 40s. to be distiibuted on St. Thomas's day, for ever, to poor men and women, at the discretion of the minister and churchwardens, charged on lands in Grandborough. John Cornborough, tbe owner, (1835,) pays the rent-charge, which is distributed to the poor with the poor's land money. William Smith, (see Stockton, in this county.) — The sum of 4s. is received on account of this charity, and distributed in bread at the church on Easter-Sunday. A faculty, 1st December, 1767, was granted by the bishop for erecting a gallery in the church, 16 feet long aud 6 feet wide, for the accommodation ofthe school. Certain premises were, for the sum of £350., (being partly the £200. for the apprenticing cliarity, with interest due thereon, and a further sum advanced by the trustee,) purchased at Stietton-on-Dunsmore, now consists of the Black Dog Inn, with land, containing 25a. 2r. 1 lp., let at the yearly rent of £30., for the residue of a term which expired at Lady-day, 1840. Boys, on application, belonging to the parish, are apprenticed, with whom premiums of £12. or £14. are paid. John Spiers, by will, 1618, gave to his executors the sum of £100., to be set forth after the rate of £6. by the year, to the use of the poor of the parishes of Dunchurch and Newbold; he also gave £50. towards making a stone bridge and cause way atKayne Brook ; and, by a codicil to his will, it was declared the money left to Newbold should KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 657 not extend to the hamlet of Cosford. In respect of this gift, £2. 10s. is now annually received by this parish from the tiustees of Newcombe's almshouses, with whom the £50. was invested for the purchase of land ; and it would appear this charity ought to receive its full proportion of the rent. Church Lands.— Under the award before mentioned, two acres and a half of land, on the south-side the town, was allotted for the use of the chmch, and now let for £10. per annum, and received by the churchwardens. HAMLET OF THURLASTON. Church Land. — Under an agreement for inclosing the common fields of Thurlaston, 20th of April, 1728, a plot of land containing 8a. Or. 24p. was awarded in lieu of certain Church lands, the rents to be employed in the same manner as heretofore employed. The land is let for the yearly rent of £15., from which certain expenses belonging to the hamlet are paid, and the remainder is applied towards one-fourth ofthe expenses of the parish church. — Hurdleslone left £10. to the poor of Thurlaston. John Barnwell, who holds the money, pays 8s. interest, which is given away on St. John's day to the poor. John Spier, (see Dunchurch.) — 16s. 8d. is received in respect of this gift, and given away on St. John's day. Poor's Land. — By the award above-mentioned, it was adjudged that a plot of land containing 43 acres, laid out for the poor, of which the rents were for the finding fuel in winter, yearly, for the said poor ; who also had free liberty to cut bushes therefrom. The land is now divided into five fields ; there are four cottages also, now let for £4. 5s. yearly, and the land at the yearly rent of £42. Of this rent, £12. or £13. is given away in May, and the same sum in November, annually, by 2s. a head for each family, and the remainder is given away in coals at Christmas. It was recommended to the churchwardens to divide this land to smaU allotments, at low rents, for the use of the poor. DUNCHURCH PARISH DIRECTORY. Post-Office, at Mr. Wm. Sedgley's ; letters arrive by foot-post from Rugby at 7, and are dispatched at 7,30 a.m. Marked 1 reside in Cawston; 2, Toft; and the rest in the village, or where specified. Bagshaw Mr. W. jun. Blaney Wm. gardener 2 Drayson Mrs. L. Elkington T. farrier Fortiscue Mrs. Mary Gwynn Saml. Thos. relieving offer, and registrar of births and deaths Head Frank Samuel, Esq., The Hall Hollis Eliz., milliner JohnsonMissesE.cfeJ. Johnson Miss Sarah 1 Kyle Jas., gainkpr. Mason Wm., gent. Robbins F., corn miti Sandford Rev. John, B.D., rural dean, vicar, Vicarage 1 StrettonJ., gardener Truslove Mrs. Ann Worth Mrs. Ann Academies. Free. Rev. Rd. Shaw- cross ; cfe Mr. Geo. Pike, assistant National, J. Galindo White cfe Woodward, ladies' boarding Bakers. Burbidge William lliff Charles Blacksmiths. Gilbert John Whiteman John Boot & Shoe Elks Borsley Francis Butler Joseph Butler Thomas Carter Jonathan Liggins William Reeves William Whiteman Jonathan Whiteman Joseph Bricklayers. Beasley Joseph Chambers William Butchers. Blick Thomas, jun. Burbidge Thos., jun. Neville Mary Carpenters&Elds Edmonds Thomas Kelcey Thomas Martin John Martin William, and appraiser Farmers. 2 Black Robert, and land agent to Lord John Scott BlickThomas Blick William 1 Bromfield Henry Jenkins Bromfield Wm. Wil liams, and agent to the Clerical Medi cal, cfe General Life Assurance Compy., New Houses 1 Burbidge Thomas Crofts John 2 Dafforn John Rt. 1 Downing James 1 Elkington WiUiam Johnson Benjamin 2 Kench Wm., and horse dealer 1 Lawrence James 1 Liggins William May cock Thomas May cock Thos., jun., cfe asstant. overseer Grocers. Burbidge William Dosher Thomas H all Wm. cfe chandler Johnson Benjamin, and draper Inns and Taverns. Crown, E. Whiteman Dun Cow, Wm. Blick Green Man, Thomas Cappendell Mother RedCap, Wm. Piggott Red Lion, My. Blick Plumbers cfe Glzs. Friend William Kelcey George 658 Saddlers. Borsley Francis, and currier and tanner Borsley WilUam Surgeons. Ellis Thomas Gardner Frederick Tailors. Dosher Thomas Heritage James Heritage James, jun. Ward William DUNCHURCH PARISH. Wheelwrights. I Barnett John.grocer, Whiteman SI. cfe Wm. and boot cfe shoemkr and plough makers Barnett Saml., tailor Barrs John, farrier Carriers. AVm. Goddard, to Co ventry, tues. maker cfe butcher Bird Rd. schoolmr Brigstock Rd., shopkr Clark John, shoemkr Hammerton John, policeman Hewitt Edw., blksmh Hill Thos., bricklayer Hough Wm. plumber and glazier Hutchings C. shopkr Hutchings S. butcher LAWFORD (LITL.) JJ^terTs J' blacksmh Miles Joseph, tailor Caldecott Chas. Mar riott, Esq., Hol brook Grange Newcomb E. S., farmr Perkins Jno., coal dlr Phipps John, baker Round Dnl., shoemkr Smith Thos., shoemk Spokes Geo., farmer| Stevens Jas., shopkp and miller Tew Wm., carpenter 3 Y 2 6(34 NEWNHAM REGIS PARISH. Farmers. Saracen's Head,Chas. Powell, cfe butcher Rose cfe Crown, Thos. Eales Railway Inn, J.Barrs, cfe carpentr.cfe grocer Cove Jas., The Heath Cranfield Ann Crofts Thomas, The Hill ElkingtonWilliam Horn J., The Lodge Line John, Fields Phipps Thos. Crofts Redley John Rufhead John Whiteman John TillcottWm.gardenerTownsend Mrs. M. A. Vann Wm., gardener Waring Thos., tailor Inns and Taverns. NewInn,E. O'Donnel NEWNHAM REGIS, or KING'S NEWNHAM, so called from its having in early times belonged to the Ktog, is a small pleasant village and parish, 4\ miles N.W. byW. fromRugby, on the south bank of the Avon, and was held by the canons of Kemlworth from the reign of Henry I., to the dissolution, at which period it was granted to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, but upon his attainder reverted to the Crown, and was afterwards purchased of Sir Rowland Hill, by Sir Thomas Leigh. The Church long since desecrated, and the Cemetery converted into a rick yard, nothing now remains but the ivy-clad tower, presenting a very picturesque appearance. The walls ofthe building were ornamented with fresco paintings, described by Dr. Thomas as representing the offering ofthe Magi, the descent from the Cross, and whole length figures ofthe four Evangelists, all no w destioyed. The Uving, is a vicarage united to the rectory of Church Lawford, value K. B. £5. Here, in 1815, (says Dr. Buckland), "twomagnificentheada and other bones of the Siberian rhinoceros, and many large tusks and teeth of Elephants, with some stags' horns, and bones of the ox and horse, were found to a bed of deluvium,^ which is immediately incumbent on stratified beds of lias, and is composed of a mixture ^ of various pebbles, sand, and clay, in the lower regions of which, where the clay pre dominates, the bones are found at the depth of fifteen feet from the surface ; they are not in the least degree mineralized, and have lost almost nothing of their weight or ani mal matter. One of these heads, measuring in length two feet six inches, together with a small tusk and molar tooth of an elephant, have been deposited in the Radcliffe Li brary, at Oxford. The other large head has been presented to the Geological Society, at London." In 1841 this parish contained 35 houses and 156 inhabitants ; in 1801, 117; 1821,134; 1831,139; and 1,421 acres of land, rateable value £2,111. Is. 6d. ; The Right Hon. Lord John Scott is lord of the manor and owner of the soil. The Oxford canal crosses the north-east angle of this parish ; here are extensive lime works, wrought by Mr. Henry Townsend. Directory. — Post Office at Eliz. Colledge's ; letters arrive from Rugby, at 8. 45 a.m. and are despatched at 6 p.m. The farmers are William Bradford, The Lodge ; Ed ward Brierly, and corn miller, The Hall ; Harry Brierly, George Dalton, Grounds, Henry Townsend, and lime burner, Well Farm; and George Worth, Esq., and John Farmer, baker. RUGBY, a parish and market-town, 16 miles E.N.E. from Warwick, 29 E. by S. from Birmingham, and 83 N.W. by N. from London, was a place of little consequence at the Conquest, at which time it belonged to Turchil de Warwick. One ofthe nume rous castles erected dming the turbulent reign of Stephen, was built a furlong north of the Church, some traces of which remain. The manor passed from the early Earls of Warwick, to the ancient and important families of Rokeby and Stafford ; and, upon the attainder of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, was granted to Sir Gilbert Talboys, Knight, whose daughter marrying Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, it became his property; but, in tbe 2nd of Elizabeth, he sold it, with the advowson of the Church, to John Wyrley, Esq. Tbe town is pleasantly situated on high ground, upon the south-eastern bank of the river Avon, and consists of several good stieets ; the suburbs are interspersed with handsome terraces, mansions, villas, cfec, and is still rapidly progressing ; several new streets and houses are now in course of erection. The town is well paved, lighted with gas, and abundantly supplied with water. In 1841, here were 759 inhabited houses, 23 uninhabited, aud 21 building, with a population of 4.008 persons, of whom 2,024 were males and 1,984 females ; in 1801, 1,487; 1821,2,300; 1831,2,501; and KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 665: 1,617 acres of land ; rateable value, £13,619. 14s. 9d. The principal land owners are Messrs. Round, Oliphant, and Co., and Thomas Caldecott, Esq., who is also lord ofthe manor ; there are many small freeholders. This town is governed by a Committee, under the Act of the general board of health, which came in force on the 18th Septem ber, 1 849 ; the following gentlemen compose the first committee, and retire three each year, in turns : — H. S. Gibb, Esq., chairman ; W. F. Wratislaw, Esq. ; Rev. Henry Highton ; James Butlin, Esq. ; David Torrance, Esq. ; Messrs. John Reynolds, William Colledge, Richard Bromwich, and John Richardson. The Markets are on Tuesday and Saturday ; the former for corn, which was established about 3 years ago, and is well sup plied. Thirteen fairs are held annually, the greater part of them are cattle markets, and are held on the second Tuesday after the Twelfth-day, February 17, March 31, the last Monday in April, May 5, chiefly a pleasure fair ; the second Monday in June* July»7, August 21, Monday before New Michaelmas-day, the Monday before the 22nd b'F October, November 16, which is a very great horse fair, lasting eight days; the Tuesday before St. Thomas'-day, and the Monday after Christmas-day. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure, partly to the early English style of architecture, with a massive square embattled tower, in which are five bells, strengthened by buttresses, and a turret at the south-east angle, to which there is no entrance but from within the Church, and which appears to have been erected as a place of security after the demolition of the Castle. The roof ofthe nave is supported on massive octagonal pillars and sharply pototed arches, of which those nearer to the chancel are much more lofty than the others. In 1831 the Church was enlarged by the addition of a south-aisle, from a plan by Mr. Rickman, and now con sists of nave, chancel, and side-aisles. The living, a rectory, V. K. B. £17. 19s. 2d., now £500. ; Earl Craven, patron, and the Rev. John Moultrie, M.A., incumbent. St. Matthew's District Church, Warwick stieet, is a handsome edifice, built of York shire stone, iu the early English style of architecture, consecrated Oct. 1841 ; since which time galleries have been erected, and contains a good organ ; cost about £4,000., raised by subscription, and will accommodate 950. The boundary of the district is Dunchurch road, Drury lane, Swan street, Queen street, and down to the brook. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £1,000. by the Rev. J. H. C. Moor, Rev. William Chambers, and Miss Marriott ; and is rated at £32. gross income, including seat rent £300. ; in the patronage of the Trustees, and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Page, M.A. Catholic Church, situated on the Dunchurch road, dedicated to St. Marie, founded in the year 1846, by John Herbert Washington Hibbert, Esq., of Bilton Grange, and Julia his wife, to the honour of God, under the patronage of the ever Blessed Virgin. The building was designed by the celebrated architect, Augustus Welby Pugin, Esq., and with all its furniture in detail, is executed in the purest style of Gothic, or CMistian art. It consists of tower at west end, a nave, chancel, and side aisle ; the stained-glass with which all the windows are filled was executed by Hardman, of Birmingham ; the east window especially is much admired, exhibittog, as it does, a most successful specimen of artistic execution and colouring, equal to some of the most exquisite work of the ancient artist. The Church is surrounded by a cemetery, entered by a lych-gate, and withto the enclosure stands a rich stone cross, from which sermons are sometimes delivered. At the north-east side of the church, and connected with it by a cloister, is intended to build a Presbytery for the accommodation of the clergy attached to the church. The Catholic congregation of Rugby was founded in the year 1844, by the Rev. John Nickolds, of St. Marie's CoUege, Oscote, being chaplain at Bilton Grange. The Church is now served by the Fathers of the Order of Charity. The Rev. Dr. Beitettie and Rev. William Lockhuet, being the resident priests. The Baptist Chapel is a small building in Gas street; Rev. Henry Angus, pastor. Independent Chapel, North street, a small neat buildtog; Rev. Henry OUard, minister. The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Chapel street, is a large neat buildtog. 3 Y 3 566 RUGBY PARISH. College for the Deaf and Dumb, Castle stieet, was opened 1841, for the education of the higher classes of society, by Mr. Hy. Brothers Bingham, formerly assistant to Mr. Thos. Braidwood, and successively head master of the Exeter and Manchester Deaf and Dumb Institutions. St..Matthew's District School, Pennington stieet, is a. neat brick building, erected 1845, by subscription, at a cost of upwards of £700., will accommodate 100, average 70. Caldecoil's Schools, Church street, withahouse in the centre for the master and mistress, forms a good range of substantial brick building, erected 1830, and cost £1,000.. by Thomas Caldecott, Esq., by whom it is supported, except a small weekly stipend paid by the children ; each room will accommodate 100, average 50. William Ironside Tait, and Mrs. Euphemia Tait, master and mistress. Subscription News Room and Library, Messrs. Crosley and Billtogton's, Market place, is well supplied with daily and weekly papers. The library contains a valuable collec tion of books. The Clerical Book Club is also held here, in which there are about forty members. Mechanics' Institution, High stieet, established October, 1846 ; Rev. J. Moultrie, pre sident ; G. Ramsay, Esq., treasurer ; Luke Jeayes, secretary. Benefit Building and Investment Sooiety, High stieet, established 1847, and is pro gressing favourably ; Mr. WiUiam Sale, president, and Mr. James Ward, soUcitor. County Court, Church street, comprises the parishes, townships, cfec, of Barby-with- Onley, Bilton, Birbury, Bourton, Brandon, Bretford, Brinklow, Brownsover, Church Lawford, Churchover, Clay Coton, Clifton, Combe Fields, Cosford, Crick, Draycott, Dunchurch, Easenhall, Elkington, Flecknoe, Frankton, Grandborough, Harborough Magna, Hill, Hillmorton, Kilsby, Kites Hardwick, Leamington Hastings, Little Law ford, Long Lawford, Marton, Newbold-on-Avon, Newton-with-Biggin, Princethorpe, Rugby, Ryton-on-Dunsmoor, Stanford, Stietton-on-Dunsmoor, WiUoughby, Wolfham- cote, Wolstone, and Yelvertoft. F. T. Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; Alex. McKay, high-baUiff; Charles Edward Wratislaw, assistant clerk. Stamp Office, at Mr. John Savage's North stieet. Petty Sessions are held every Tuesday, at the Bull Inn, Sheep stieet, at 11 a.m. The "Magistrates are J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq., chairman; Harry Scott Gibb, Esq. ; James Atty, Esq. ; C. M. Caldecott, Esq. ; John Fullerton, Esq. ; and the Rev. Richard Lickorish. Matthew Holbeche Bloxham, Esq., clerk. Police Station, Dunchurch road, Win. Chamberlain, inspector. Gas Works, Railway terrace, established 1838; C. E. Wratislaw, secretary. Union Workhouse, Hillmorton low road, a large brick building, erected 1818- will accommodate 180, average 90, and comprises the following parishes and townships, viz., Barby-with-Onley, Bilton, Birbury, Bourton, Brandon and Bretford, Brownsover^ Churchover, Clay Coton, Clifton-on-Dunsmoor, Combe Fields , Cosford, Crick, Dun church, Easenhall, Elkington, Frankton, Grandborough, Harborough Magna, Hill morton, Kilsby, Church Lawford, Little Lawford, Long Lawford, Leamington Hastings, Lilbourne, Marton, Newbold-on-Avon, Newnham Regis, Newton and Biggin, Prince thorpe, Rugby, Ryton-on-Dunsmoor, Stanford, Stietton-on-Dunsmoor, Thurlaston, Westiill and Starmore, WiUoughby, Wolf hamcote, Wolstone, and Yelvertoft: John Dowell, master; Harris and Son, Esqs., clerks ; G. V. Hefford, superintendent registrar; William Herbert, registiar of births and deaths and relieving officer for Rugby district; T. O. Walker, registiar of births and deaths, and John Newitt, relieving officer for Crick district ; and S. T. Gwynn, registiar of births and deaths and reUeving officer for Dunchurch district ; C. M. Caldecott, Esq., chairman. Railway Station, i mile N. E. The London and North Western main line from London to Liverpool, and branch to Birmingham, (and branches will shortly be opened to Royal Leamington and Stamford,) and the Midland terminus all unite here, by wMch there is railway communication to all parts of the kingdom. KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 667 Charities. — Grammar School. — Lawrence Sheriff, of London, grocer, hut a native of Brownsover, ahamlet to the parish of Clifton, by deed, dated July 22nd, 9th Elizabeth, 1569, conveyed certain premises to tiustees, on trust, after the death ofthe said Lawrence Sheriff, with the profits thereof, to cause to be built a school-house, and near thereto four convenient distinct lodgings, for four poor men to lodge in; and should be called the Almshouses of Lawrence Sheriff. The grammar-school is a noble establishment, and has for many years maintained a high degree of reputation. It was endowed with a house and land in Clifton parish, and with about eight acres of land in Conduit Close, near the Foundling Hospital, London. At that time the income was inconsiderable, and, in the year 1780, the rental did not exceed £116. per annum; but the subsequent improvement ofthe estate, by the erection of houses, and the laying out of several new streets upon the site, the revenue has been augmented to more than £5,000 per annum. The school is under the superintendance of twelve trustees, who appoint the head master, with a fixed salary of £1 13. 6s, 8d., a house and some land, and an annual payment of £16. 5s. 6d. for every boy on the foundation ; from which latter sum he pays £6. 6s to the six assistant classical masters, £2. 2s. to the master of modern languages, and £1. 1 Is. 6d. to the mathematical master ; instruction in these two last branches of literature, forming a part ofthe regular course of education pursued in th» school. The assistant classical masters also receive severally from the trustees a permanent salary of £120. per annum ; and salaries are also given to a writing master and a drawing master. By a regulation of the trustees, the number of boys not on the foundation is never to exceed two hundred aud sixty. The school-premises were taken down and re built in 1 808 ; they form a splendid range of buildings, to the Elizabethan style of archi tecture; thf* principal entrance it under a square gateway tower, with octagonal turrets at the angles, through arichly groined archway, above which is a beautiful oriel window,em- bellished with stained glass, looking into a spacious quadrangle, of which two sides are cloistered. The school-rooms are lofty, and the great school, in which the annual prize compositions are recited, on the Wednesday in Easter-week.is of large dimensions, and of stately elevation. The room in the gateway tower, over the principal entrance, is appro priated to the school library. Through an archway, diagonally, opposite to the principal entrance, is the approach to the chapel, a detached and elegant edifice, in the later style of English architecture, to which there is also an entrance to the public road. The sides of the building are strengthened with ornamented buttresses, and relieved by three elegant windows, with dripstones resting on antique heads ; and the east and west ends are decorated with crocketed pinnacles at the angles, and a cross on the apex of the gable. The interior is fitted up like the choir of a cathedral. The roof, which is flat, and painted to resemble oak, is pannelled and ribbed with diagonal intersections. The east wtodow is enriched with tracery, and at the west end are two canopied seats, for the head master and the chaplain, above which is a gallery, with an organ of ap propriate design. On the south side, near the altar, is a white monument of marble, by Chantrey, erected to the memory of Dr. James, late head master ; be is represented in a sitting posture, reading, with several volumes at his feet. The entrance to the master's apartments is through a large octangular turret, forming the hall and stair case; and the whole range of buildings is relieved with turrets at various intervals. Belonging to this magnificent establishment are 21 exhibitions of £60. per annum, ten able for seven years, in either of the Universities ; and several fellowships, varying in value from £100. to £300. per annum, but not exceeding £1,000. per annum in the aggregate amount, which are givim exclusively to the head master und ushers who may chose to retire after having been ten years in the establishment. Thetiu-tees are, 1849, Earl Denbigh, Earl Aylesford, Earl Brooke and Warwick, Earl Howe, Lord Leigh, Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart. ; Sir Francis Lawley, Bart.; Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart.; William Holbech. Esq.; Evelyn John Shirley, Esq. ; William Stratford Dudgdale, Esq.; Head Master, Rev. A. C. Tait, D. C, L. For assistant masters see Directory. By the (568 RUGBY PARISH. recitals in an Act of Parliament, passed 21st George II., 1748, for the regulation of the school and almshouses in Rugby, it was ordered by the founder, that out of the rents of the trust estate, £3. should be paid to the schoolmaster every quarter; and to the almsmen 7s. 6d. ; and after the payment of all necessary charges, the residue was ordered to be divided in the same proportions. The almsmen, at that time, 1748, received £31. 13s. 4d. yearly, besides what was expended in clothes. By another Act of Parliament, 17th George III., 1777, the old almshouse had become ruinous, and the trustees had purchased other premises for them; and by this act, were empowered to build four more for old men of Rugby and Brownsover, who should be provided with a gown, of the value of 30s., and a load of coals, not less than 40 cwt., to each of them yearly; and should be paid such weekly allowance, not less than 3s. 6d., nor more than 4s. 6d., as the trustees should direct. By an Act of Parliament, 1814, the tiustees were empower ed to build any additional number of almshouses, at an expense not exceeding £2,000. A fourth act was passed, 7th of George IV., after which, the trustees built, with the £2,000. allowed, four additional almshouses, adjoining the eight before existing ; and the old houses were fronted, so as to make one uniform range of buildings of stone, having aroom above and one below, with a yard and coal-house and good garden behind. Each person receives 7s. a week, by quarterly payments, being the full allowance by theAct of Parliament ; a blue cloth gown, with the letters L. S. on the body of the gown, and 44 cwt. of coals. If married, their wives are placed in the almshouse with them ; and if single, and very infirm, some other person is placed with them. They are selected from the oldest men of good character in Rugby and Brownsover. There are now 9 of Rugby, and 3 of Brownsover. The weekly payments amount to £218. 8s. per annum. Richard Elborow, of Rugby, by indenture, 1707, conveyed to Francis Burden, rector of Rugby and five others, and their heirs, the school-house and almshouse lately built inRugby, a tenement on the north side of the school-bouse court, atonement on the south side ofthe schoolhouse court, and two other tenements on the town's-end towards Bilton ; a tenement to Cosford, in the parish of Newbold, with six closes called the Cow Pasture, containing 12 acres; the Pease Close, containing 10 acres ; Great Foxholes and Little ' Foxholes, containing 18 acres; the New Close Meadow, containing 7 acres, Bennett's meadow, 3 acres ; a cottage or barn in Cosford, called Brunt's House, with a close thereto ; and an annuity of £10. out of a farm in Long Itchington, in the county of Warwick, to be paid at Lady-day and Michaelmas, upon the following trusts, viz. : — That the school- "ouse should for ever be used for the teaching of 30 poor children of the parish of Rugby. 'Ihat the tenement on the north side ofthe school court, should be for the habitation of the schoolmaster, freed from all taxes and charges ; (Luke Jeayes, master.) That the almshouses should be for the habitation of six poor widows of the parish of Rugby, That the rents and profits, after paying all repairs, taxes, and charges, should be applied by the trustees to the uses ofthe school and almhouses. No boy to be admitted under the age of eight years, or girl under seven years of age. That the schoolmaster should be fully qualified to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic ; and that he should be serviceable in teaching in the Latin school. No widow to be admitted to the almshouses under 60 years of age. That the master should read prayers to the children and widows, in the school, between eight and ten the morning, on days when there should be no service in the church, which they are to attend on Sundays and other days. The rents of the estate amount to £120. 8s. per annum ; and the expenses amount to £90. 5s. The trustees meet twice a year at the school house. John Woodford, by will, 1680, gave to the poor of Rugby, £60., provided the church wardens and others of the town should buy £3. a year land, and dispose of it in the following manner, viz. : — 10s. every quarter in bread to the poor; and on the last Sun day to May, 10s. to the minister, for preaching a sermon to excite the people to charity ; and the other 10s. to be given in bread on that day. The land now called the White KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 669 Bread Close, in Rugby, containtog 2a. 2r. 8p. let at the yearly rent ot£7. 10s., which is paid to the overseers, and given as directed. ' Henry Holyoake, by will 1731, left £200. to go to the poor of Rugby, after the death of Elizabeth Holyoake. Mary Brooks, of Rugby, by will, 1738, gave to the churchwar dens and overseers of Rugby, £20. ; the interest to be distributed to poor widows of Rugby, in sixpenny loaves, on St. Thomas's day. By indenture, 1750, Joseph Bray conveyed to the churchwardens and overseers for the sum of £220., the above two lega cies, several parcels of arable and meadow land, lying dispersedly in Sapcote, containtog three-fourths and one-eighth of a yard land, or thereabouts, to the the use of them selves, their heirs, cfec, subject to the yearly payment of Is. 3d. a chief rent, upon trust, to dispose of the rents in manner following to the poor of this parish, viz. : — 20s. a year for sixpenny loaves, to be distributed to poor widows on St. Thomas's day, and to apply the residue for the use ofthe poor. The property at Sapcote consists of a barn and outbuilding, with land called the Well Springs and the Ransdells, and containing 24 acres, which were awarded at the enclosure of the open fields, in lieu of the original pieces : they are let for £45. per annum, which is given according to the intention of the donors. Richard Elkington, by will, 1607, gave £50. to the mayor, bailiffs, and commonalty of Coventry, to be lent to five poor artificers or tradesmen of the town of Rugby, cfec. This sum is still in the hands of the corporation of Coventry, by whom it is occasion ally advanced in sums of £1 0. each, to poor men of the town of Rugby, recommended by the rector and churchwardens, at 4 per cent. The interest, £2., is paid to the church wardens, and it is distributed equally to five poor persons on St. Thomas's day. Edward Tyrrell, by will, 1614, gave to the parson and churchwardens of Rugby, to the use of the poor there, 20s. yearly, to be issuing out of his dwelling house in the parish of St. Dunstan, in Fleet street, London, and 2s. more, yearly, out of the said house, to pay for the distribution thereof; to be paid at the first of St. Andrew, the apostle, and is given to four poor women by the overseers. Thomas Shingler, in 1616, gave to the Haberdashers' Company, of London, £100., in consideration whereof, the master and wardens were content to pay yearly, for ever, the sum of £5., whereof £4. 15s. was to be paid yearly to the parson and churchwardens of the town of " Rokbey," to be by them disposed of for the buying of twenty penny worth of bread, to be weekly distributed to the poor at the church, which would amount to £4. 6s. 8d., and 6s. 8d. to be paid for a sermon yearly on the Saturday after the Epi phany, and distribute twenty pennyworth of bread to the poor after the sermon. The other 5s., the residue ofthe £5., of which 3s. 4d. to be for the four wardens of the said company, ls.4d. to the clerk ofthe company, and 4d. to his servant, which is distributed as directed, Thomas Coxon, by will, gave £30., the benefit thereof to be distributed to the poor of Rugby, where he was born. Of this money £15. was lost prior to 1786, and the re mainder was laid out on the workhouse ; but was afterwards invested, with other mo nies, in the purchase of three pews in the parish church, and the income is carried to the general charity estate. T. Wheatley. (See Bablake Boys' Hospital, Coventiy.) The churchwardens receive £2. annually from the corporation of Coventiy, which is given away to four poor men of Rugby, one named by the rector, two by the churchwardens, and one by the overseers . Henry Jackson, by the returns of 1786, is stated to have given 10s. a year to the poor, but nothing is now known of this charity. Mrs. Vaughan, by will, gave 10s. for a sermon on Whit Monday, and 10s. to the poor of the parish. This is chargeable on property belonging to William Cowdell, Esq. ; 1 0s. is paid to the rector for a sermon, and 10s. is given in bread. Mrs. Knight, by will, gave £10., which the churchwardens made up £12. This is supposed to have been employed in the purchase ofthe pews in the church, noticed with 670 RUGBY DIRECTORY. Coxon's charity, and since 1816, the interest is considered to be included in the £6. 4s.» the rent of them. William Strong, by indenture, 1716, in pursuance of the desire of his late son, Thos. Stiong, gave 5s. a year to the poor of Rugby on St. Thomas's day, yearly, in white bread ; aud also for a further charity of 5s. a year, as his own gift, granted to the churchwardens, and their successors, an annuity of 10s., to be issuing at the feast of St. Thomas, from a little close to Dog lane, now the property of William Cowdell, Esq., whose tenant pays the charge, which is given in bread on St. Thomas's day. Anne Blake, by will, 1724, gave £5. per annum to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of Rugby, to be by them distributed amongst the poor of the said parish, charged on an estate in Churchover, now the property of Henry Grimes, Esq. This sum of £5. is paid by the tenant, and forms part of a sum of £25. appropriated out of the general charity fund, assisted by private subscriptions to the amount of about £10. more, which is given in prizes to the industrious poor on the first of June yearly. This plan was introduced about 20 years ago, and has produced beneficial effects. Miss Catherine Butlin, of Rugby, to 1848, erected six neat cottages, near Walker street, for six poor widows of Rugby, who pay only sixpence per week each, as an acknowledgment. RUGBY DIRECTORY. Post Office, High stieet; Mr. James Willard, post master. Letters are des patched to London and the South, 9.30 a. m., box closes 9.15 a. m. ; North and Midland Counties, 12 noon, box closes 11.30 a.m.; London, (for stamped letters only) 1 p.m., box closes 12.15 p. m. ; London, North and Midland Counties, 11 p.m., box closes 10 p. m. ; Lutterworth and Wilford, 4. a. m. ; and Dunchurch, 6 a. m. Money Orders are granted and paid here from 9 a. ui. to 5 p. m. Miscellaneous List of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and others, not arranged in the classified Lists, with the names and residences of Partners in firms. Angus Rev. Henry, Baptist, Lawford road Arrowsmith Mrs. Hannah, Eldon place Ashby Eliz. stationer, High street Atty James, Esq. Bilton road Banister Henry, dyer, Chapel stieet Baxter Josiah. plasterer, Lawford road Beitettie Rev. Dr., catholic, Dunchurch rd Belcher Mr. John, North street Beloe Mrs. Sarah, The Villa Benn Mrs., North stieet Benn Miss and Miss M. C, North stieet Bennett Mrs. Ann, Market place Bennett Thomas, hair dresser ; h. Little Church street Bennett Rchd.. hair dresser ; h. Market pi Betts John, carpenter, New street Billington William, bookseller, cfec. cfec; house, Market place Bold John, milkman, Lawford road Bourne Mr. Thos. Johnson, North street Bowen Miss Ann, Elborow street Brierly Miss -, Hillmorton road Bucknill Miss Hannah, Hillmorton road Buswell Joseph, horse clipper and milk man, Drury lane BuMin Miss C, Oakfield house Butiin James, Esq., banker. Westfield hs. Butcher William, agent to Pickford North st RUGBY DIRECTORY. Grocers & Tea Dlrs. Marked ' are Hop Merchants, Bailey Robert, High street Betts Joseph, School st Chaplain James, North st Clark William, Sheep st • Edmunds E., Market place Edmunds Zeph., Market pi Errington Thos., Sheep st Flavell Thos., Railway ter Grimbley William Henry, St. Matthew street Hannell E. W., North st * Harwell Jph., Market pi Hayes Wm., Plowman st Hollick Francis, Swan st Masters Rt. Vernon, Sheep s Palmer Job., (tea dlr. tiav.,) North street Hair Dressers and Perfumers. Bennett Charles, High st Bennett cfe Son, Market pi Foxon Garratt, Sheep street Holloway Thomas, and um brella maker, High street Hatters. Fall cfe Burbidge, Sheep st Hands cfe Goodman, Mkt.pl Nixon Mary, High street Phillips Henry, Market pi Underwood Darid, High st. Horse, Gig, &c, Letters. Bannister Henry, Chapel st Blick William, Market pi Dunkley T., Dunchurch rd Mann William, Sheep st Stratford Joseph, Church st Ward William, Chapel st Williams Thomas, Sheep st Wright, Fry, cfe Mason, Mar ket place Wrighton George, North st Hosiers & Haber dashers. Elkington Jane, Warwick s Faulkner Thomas, West st Hunting and Livery Stables. Ovpi- William, Railway ter Walker Alfred, corner of Railway terrace Ironmongers. Clark WiUiam, Sheep st Edmunds Edmund, Mkt. pi Haswell Joseph, Market pi Kelham Henry, cfe gas fitter, High street Webb John, cfe coppersmith, Market place Joiners and Builders, See Builders Leather Seller. Brickwood Thos., Chapel st Library #• Subscrip tion News Room, Crossby cfe Billington, Mar ket place Linen and Woollen Drapers. Bally Geo. Hy., Sheep st Butcher John. School stieet Dalton John, Market place Fall and Burbidge. Sheep st Hands and Goodman, and funeral furnishers, coach, hearse, cfec. Market place Underwood John, Market p Maltsters. Haswell Ed. & Wm., North s Jessop John, North stieet Richardson John, Sheep st Milliners and Dress Makers. Bailey Mary, Chapel street Burbery Mary Ann cfe Eliza, Little Church street Buswell S. A., Drury lane Charlwood and Jeffcoat, Drury lane Clark M. A., Dunchurch rd Derry Hannah, Union street Dowell Ann, Union street Fox Charlotte, North street Goodhew cfe Voile, High st Holloway ct Wykes,North s Hopkins E. W., Dunchurch r Hunter MarycfeAnn. Norths MeGawley M., Lt. Church s Pridmore E.cfe C, Church st Sharman Frances, Chapel st Towers Mary, Swan street Nursery, Florist, and Seedsman. Cole Joseph, Rose Nursery, Hillmorton road Fainter. See also Plumbers, cVc, Barnett T. Dunchurch rd Physician. Paxton James, Church st KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — RUGBY DIVISION. 675 Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Bromwich John, Sheep st Cleaver Amos, Drury lane Cleaver John. Church street Cooke Fras. Robert cfe Rbt., Little Church stieet Crooke Thos. W arwick st Spell Joseph, North street Rag and Bone Dlrs. Grant John, Lawford road Dunkley T., Dunchurch rd Saddlers & Harness Makers. Adkins Joseph, Swan st Haswell Ed. cfe Wm., North s Shopkeepers. Bailey John, Church stieet Basford John, Union stieet Beasley William, Walker st Carpenter Wm., Chapel st. Charles Thos. Railway ter Cosby Sush., Pennington st Crooke Thomas, Warwick s Golding Ann, Queen street Hewitt George, Church st Mackinzie D., Warwick st Marson William, Church st Moore John, Gas street Osborne Wm., Lawford rd Pearson Samuel, Chapel st Perkins Samuel, Chapel st Quiney Sarah, Church st Stone c& Marble Masons Alcott Edward, Warwick st Dutton John, Railway ter Ianson Jonth., (stone only,) Russell stieet Straw Hat Makers. Davis Irene, Railway ter Fox cfe Gilbert, Dunchurch r Golding Maria, High st Towers Mary, Swan st Wait Eliz., Little Church st Surgeons. Bucknill S., Hillmorton rd Bucknill Saml. Birch, M.D., School stieet Dickinson Edward, Church s Parker Alfd. Chas., North st Sharp Wm., St. Matthew st Torrance David, Sheep st Tailors and Drapers. Marked * are Drapers. •Cosby Wm., Dunchurch rd Elkington C, Little Church s "Elton John, Sheep street •Harvey Robt., Elborow st Hobley Henry, Chapel st •Lawrence Henry, School st •Markham Hy., Market pi •Over Richard jun., Highst "Treen Edward, High st •Treen John, High street Vears John, Swan street •Warding Wm., Market pi •Whitwell Wm. 100. to be paid with in twelve months after his decease to the minister and churchwardens of this parish, and their successors, upon trust, cfec Aholiab West, by will, 1729, gave to the minister and churchwardens of this parish, the sum of £100., to be laid out in the purchase of lands, cfec, and the toterest to be distributed to the poor. In consideration of the sum of £225. fis. comprised of the above-mentioned .£20b., and .£15. thereof given by TJiomas Baseley, and Job Baseley, deceased for the use ofthe poor, and £10. 5s. the residue betog lent, a property caUed Grove Polle Close, in the parish of Charweiton, to the county of Northampton, was conveyed to the minister and churchwardens for the trust above spe cified ; the premises now consists of four closes of arable, and one of grass land, contain- ing 29a. with a barn and stable, let at the annual relit Of £65. Is. subject to deduction of £l. 10s. for land tax. Of this income 15s, is expended in the purchase of bread; in consideration ofthe charities ofthe Baseleyg, and given to the poor, on St. Thomas's KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— SOUTHAM DIVISION. 693 day. The remainder of the rent is distiibuted to the poor, to money, varying from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. each, and is usually made on the 29th of April. Thomas Baseley, in. 1764, gave £5. to the use ofthe poor. Of this nothing is now known. John Kay gave £5., the toterest to be distributed in bread on St. John's day yearly ; this is received from the Pot Ash farm in this parish, the property of Mr, John Webb, and is distributed to bread by the churchwardens, on St. Thomas's day, Josiah Kay, by will, 171 1, charged certain lands, which he devised to his nephew, Thomas Kay, with the payment of 6s. yearly, for the poor of this parish, to be given in bread or money, on St. John's day ; this betog according to the will of his brother, John Kay ; and he also charged the premises with payment of 40s. a year, for the benefit of a charity school, in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, in the county of Middlesex ; and in default of heirs male according to certain limitations not yet fulfilled, the estate charged as above, to be for the schooling and putting forth apprentice the poor people's children of this parish. He also charged the sum of *£20. annually, to be paid from an estate left to his nephew, Richard Wills, for the schooling of 10 poor boys of this parish ; and .£10. thereof for putting forth some of the boys apprentices ; sub ject to similar limitations and effects as the former estate, not yet fulfilled. The an nuity of .£20., is now received from Mr. George Wills, the owner ofthe estate. Aholiab Bradshaw, at a meeting convened 6th January, 1818, for inspecting his accounts of Josiah Kay's charity, and for directions as to the application of the balance in hand, it was found that the balance in his hands, for himself and his late brother, William Bradshaw, amounted to .£210. 16s. 6d. He proposed at the said meeting that if the said balance was advanced to and vested in the hands of the mtoister, church wardens, and overseers, and himself, and three others, cfec, he would vest in the same trustees a further sum of .£259. 3s. 6d., maMng up the sum of ,£500. Whereupon it was agreed to place out at interest the said sum of .£500. in their own names, upon the bond of Aholiab Bradshaw, bearing interest at 4 per cent., cfec. ; to divide the interest into five equal parts, and apply two-fifth parts to the schoolmaster of this parish, under the will of Josiah Kay, for the education of two poor boys and five poor girls, in addition to the ten boys before appointed ; two other fifth parts of the interest to be applied in putting out such poor boys to be apprentices ; and the remaining fifth part to be paid to such of the girls who should go to service, or to be put out apprenti ces, cfec. From the funds of this school, now .£40. a year, £18. is paid to the master for teaching 12 boys and 5 girls reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1826, there was a b'alance of £112. 16s. due to the charity. The present school is a neat stone building, erected 1847, by subscription ; Stephen Hart, master, and Anne Imply, mistress. John Bethel is stated, by the returns of 1786, to have given, by will, £5. to the poor; nothing now is known of this. Badger Richard and James, maltsters Band John, tailor Beasley J. stonemsn Bradshaw J. butcher Cockrill Jno.. grazier Coling Richard, baker and shopkeeper Cook Mr. George Fathers Thos. butcher Fowke Fredk. Gus- tavus, surgeon Gilbert Hnh. shopkr Gregory Geo. grazier Griffin Wm., butcher Haring Mr. Richard Hart Stph. schoolmr Harwood Mrs. Ann HodgkinsS.vt, Falcon Horley Hy. grazier Impey A. schoolmrs Ivens Thomas Cole man, grazier Lake John, beerhs. and coal dealer Masters E. stonemsn Mold Mrs. Ann Newcombe Thomas, shoemaker Pratt Edw., grazier Pratt T. carpenter Ralph Misses Mary and Lydia Reading My. school Redhead Thomas, wheel wt. cfe carpnti Towers Hy., tailor Turner Job, grazier Watson Jas. baker | Pratt Mrs. — Watson Wltr. shopkr Pritchard John Winkless Stephen, Russell James vict., Buck Farmers. Baseley Thomas Bolton John Bolton Robert Burdett Henry Curtis William Elkington William Jessett Cornelius Johnson John, sen. Johnson John, jun. Johnson Thomas Mills William Mold George Newcombe Russell Wm. Bland West William Wills Geo. Fessey Wright John Firkins Carriers. J. Dumbleton, Ban- bury, thur. : Daven ¦ try, wed. and sat. Joseph Jester, Pan- bury, thurs. ; Lea mington, tues. cfe sat. Thomas Knibb, Ban' bur-y, thur. ; Daven try, wed.; Warwkh, sat. 4 A g94 MARTON PARISH. MARTON, a small parish and scattered village, 4£ miles N. by W. from Southam, was probably a part of the possessions ofthe ancient Earls of Leicester, as they granted the church to the monastery of Nuneaton at its foundation. In the time of Charles I., the lordship was chiefly vested in the family of Walter, from whom it passed to the Bid- dulphs, of Birdtogbury. Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart., is the principal owner and lord ofthe manor. Mr. John RusseU, and others, have estates here. In 1841, here were 80 houses and 324 inhabitants ; in 1821, 317 ; 1831, 311 ; and 1,800 acres of land; rate able value £\, 826. 9s. The Leam is crossed here by an ancient bridge, and toU was taken from passengers as early as the 7th of Henry III. ; but to the reign of Henry V., John Middleton, a wealthy mercer, of London, and native of this place, erected " a fair bridge here of lime and stone," probably the existing one, and obtained a remission of the toU. The Church, dedicated to St. Esperit, is a stone gothic edifice, and consists of nave, chancel, smaU gallery, and tower, which contains three bells. The Uving, a discharged vicarage,V.K.B. £1. 14s. 8d.; now £160.; in the pationage of Lord Guernsey, and incumbency of the Rev. Randolph SMpwith, for whom the Rev. Henry Freer Radford officiates. National school is a small brick building, will accommodate 60 ; average 50 ; and is prtocipaUy supported by the Rev. Randolph SMpwith ; EUzabeth Collett, mistress. Charities. — WiUiam Fawkes, by will, 1730, gave land to the poor, wMch in 1 786 yielded .£2., and was vested to Mrs Ashby. The sum of £2. is now paid by Mrs. BaUey, owner of a farm at Grandborough, and distributed to the poor, iu bread, on St. Thomas's day. Donor Unknown, — The sum of £5. 10s. as a gift to the poor, now rematos, at the interest of 5s., in the hands of WilUam Roadknight, which is given to bread on St, Thomas's day Mrs. Mary Turner (see Bubenhall,) The sum of 6s. 8d., formerly paid on account of this charity, was many years discontinued ; but in 1832, the sum of £4. 3s. 8d. was received as arrears. Church Lands. On the inclosure of the common fields of this parish, about the year 1803, an allotment of 3a. 3r., was awarded for the use ofthe church, in Ueu of other lands for that purpose ; now let for £10. per annum, which is carried to the churchwardens' account, as well as two other small rents of 8s., and 2s. 6d. Directory. — Post Office at Edward Kelcey's, letters arrive at 1 0.25, a. m., and are dispatched at 4.25, p. m. Richard Berry, saddler ; John CoUett, and John Constable, shoemakers; WilUam Hans, miller and baker ; John Hayes, vict., Black Horse; WU Uam Jordan, butcher ; Edward Kelcey, grocer and draper ; Henry Kelcey, plumber and glazier; John King, vict., Hare and Hounds; James Marriott, tailor and parish clerk; Edward Pagett, carpenter and wheelwright ; John Pearson, cooper ; Rev. Henry Freer Radford, curate ; John Sprawson, timber merchant ; John Stanley, pump maker ; Wm. Walker, carpenter; Charles WilUam Webb, shoemaker ; and Thomas Jordan, WilUam Pratt, William Roadknight, and John Russell, farmers. NAPTON-ON-THE-HILL, an extensive parish and considerable scattered village, 3J miles E. by S. from Southam ; in 1841, here were 227 houses and 951 inhabitants; 1801, 787 ; 1821, 892 ; 1831 , 833 ; and 3665 acres of land ; rateable value, £8,026, 18s. 6\i. TMs was held by Earl Mellent, at the Conquest, whose tenant Robert, assumed the name of Robert de Napton, and a descendant, of the same name, who was made a knight, obtained a charter for a market and fair, in the 1 5th of Edward II. In the tenth of Henry VI., William Shuckburgh, of Shuckburgh, was owner of the manor, and its possession has continued ever since in the line of his descendants; the principal owners are Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart., the Earl of Leicester's charity, Rev. Isaac Debbois Winslow, and Mr. WilUam Edwards ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, two galleries, and a tower contatotog five excellent bells ; the parish register is dated as early as 1604. The Uving, a discharged vicarage, V. K. B., £9, 14s, now .6345. ; to the pationage of the Crown, KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— SOUTHAM DIVISION. 695 and incumbency ofthe Rev. Isaac Debbois Winslow. This parish is tithe free, except a few houses, which produce £8. per. annum to the vicar. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here, erected 1840, cost ;£140., raised by subscription. National School for boys, erected 1821, by subscription, and a grant from the National Society, and cost about £!130., will accommodate 80, average 50 ; Benjamin Town, master. Another for girls, built 1843, at a cost of £1 12., raised as above, will accommodate 70, average 60. Charlotte WMtehead, mistiess. An Infant school was added in 1849, the ground was given by the present vicar, will accommodate 50, average 40 : Matilda Fuller, mistress. The Oxford and Warwick and Napton canals form a junction here at which there is a wharf. Charities. — Town Lands. — These lands, mentioned by deed as early as 1629, of which the rents were applied for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the parish. By an act passed in the year 1778, lor inclosing the open fields of this parish, after reciting that half a yard land, lytog in the fields thereby directed to be inclosed, vested in trustees for repairing the springs, water courses, ponds and pools, cfec, in the parish ; the uses whereof would cease after the said inclosure, cfec By the award dated 26th of July, 1779, a piece of ground in Rowden quarter, containing 9a. Or. 2p., exclusive of roads, was allotted to the trustees of the town lands, in lieu of the above land. By an indenture, 21st June, 1805, the Warwick and Napton canal company purchased la. 3r. 34p., part of the above allotment, for the purpose of an addition for the reservoir for supplying the said canal, for the sum of .£117. 15s., which sum was laid out in the purchase of 4a. Or. 3p. of land, adjoining the said reservoir, thereby making the town lands to contain 11a. Or. 1 lp., now let at the yearly rent of £1 1. ; in addition to which, the tiustees also receive the annual sum of £3. 10s, for the use of their fishery over that part of the land which was sold to the canal company, a right of fishery having been reserved. The rents of this land have, for many years, been applied to the use of the poor ; £6. is appUed towards the support of a National and Sunday School, and the residue in coals. Fuel Allotment. — By the award of the commissioners, as above, 12a. Or. 26p. of land was allotted to the overseers of the poor, in lieu of the right of the poor to cut furze ; now yielding an annual rent of £ 1 3. 14s. which, added to the residue of the Town Lands, makes a fund of .£31. 16s. 2d. ; and appUed in a distribution of coal, under the direction ofthe vestry, in quantities varying from two cwt. to half a ton. Church Allotment. — Under the above-named enclosure, 23a. Or. 3p. of land was award ed to the churchwardens of Napton, to lieu of certain church balks, dispersed over the open fields ; the annual rent being £26. 6s., which is carried to the church account. Thomas Meddoms, by will, 1761, gave £50. to be laid out in land, for the use of the poor ; the income to be given by the vicar and churchwardens, and their successors ; by equal payments on Christmas eve and Easter eve, yearly. This sum, with £5. also belong to the poor, and the interest distributed at St. Thomas the Apostle and Good Friday, by the vicar and parish officers, were laid out on the purchase of a tenement, with the fore-yard and garden adjoining, in this parish, to the use of the vicar and parish officers, and their successors, on trust, to pay 40s. thereof to the poor, as above stated, and 5s. thereof for the interest of the £5., as above-named. This messuage is appro priated by the overseers ofthe poor to the habitation of paupers, for which they pay an annual rent of £2. 10s. ; the whole betog added to the coal distribution. Rev. Collision Carr, as noticed, in 1716, left 4s. 8d. to bread, to the poor, which is received from Thomas Fancourt, the tenant of a farm in this parish, formerly the pro perty ofthe donor. Also it is mentioned, that £7. 10s., given for bread, but by whom, or when, not specified. This sum was given into the hands of the vicar, 9th of July, 1793, and the interest, 7s. 6d., added, with the one above, to the coal fund ; since which, it was advanced towards erecting a schoolroom, and the interest paid by the parish. Joseph Adams, in January, 1816, gave .£10. to the poor of the parish, now in the hands of Mr, Richard Harper, the churchwarden, The interest, 10s., is added to the coal fund, 4 A2 696 NAPTON-ON-THE-HILL PARISH. POST OFFICE at Edmund Branston's. Letters arrive from Southam ly faobfpt>t\ at half-past 9, a. m., and are despatched at half-past 4, p. m. Barfoot John, grdnr. Beer Edward, gent. Bull John, miller, Napton mill Bustin John, saddler Gibson Samuel, wool stapler Hands Walter, Esq. Redhead W., beerhs. and wheelwright SmaUwood Charles, collector for Oxford and Warwick and Naptongrand junc tion canal compy., Napton Junction Taylor Wm. registiar of births cfe deaths, and releivg. officer for Southam Union Turrell Thos, pig dlr Watson Wm., inland revenue officer Woodham W., cooper Academies. Infant School, Matilda Fuller, teacher National School,{bojs') Benj. Town, mstr. National School,{gifls') Ch. WMtehead, mrs Bakers. Haynes Edward Shirley Samuel Blacksmiths. Daffern Jas. cfe farrier Haynes James Butchers. Alsop John RADBOURNE, an extia parochial liberty, 3| miles S. S. E. from Southam, contains 515a. of land, and in 1841, 2 houses, and 13 inhabitants; rateable value, £589. This was formerly a considerable village; William de Arden, in the time of Henry II., gave the Church and certain lands here, to the nuns of Henwood, and his son enlarged the grant. The present owners are Mr. SmaUwood, and Mr. Robert Garner, and the occupiers are John Pearson, New House, and WilUam Pearson, Old House, farmers. RADBOURNE UPPER, another extra parochial Uberty, 3| m. S.S.E. from South am, contains 645 acres of land, and to 1841, 2 houses and 13 inhabitants ; rateable value, .£775. Col. North, and WilUam Montgomery,.Esq. are the owners, John Corbett, and Edward Pearson are the resident farmers. SHUCKBURGH, Inferior, a small village and parish, 5 miles E.from Southam, having 509acres of land, andto 1841, 35 houses, and 154 inhabitants; 1801, 144; 1821, 166; 1831» 165 ; rateable value, £1670. 15s. 6d. ; was held at the Conquest, by Richard Forestarius, and passing through the various families of Broe, Bentley, and Catesby, came to the Shuckburghs. s> Francis Shuckburgh is the present owner, aud Lord WUloughby de Broke, lord, of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small Daniels Cressent Daniels William Fell Edmund Carpenters. Cock Thomas Keen Wm. cfe joiner Shirley Samuel Watson William, and builder cfe architect Farmers. Aires George Alsop Ann Alsop John Alsop Thomas Ambler W. Tomlow Atkins Sml. Tomlow Bayes Thomas Bench James Bulmer Matthew Chater Hy. Tomlow Cooper Wm., Meer- bridge cottage Douglas Thomas Eadon Charles Eaton John, Tomlow Edwards Jp. Tomlow Fell Edmund French Henry French Thomas Frost Dav., Tomlow Griffin John, Napton Holt Griffin Wm. Napton Holt Haynes John Hudson John, Nap ton fields Hyatt Job, Tomlow Jackson Thomas, Napton fields Jessett EdwaTd Jessett John, Hack- well hill Parsons T., Napton fields Roberts Edward Taylor Jph. Napton Holt Townsend Thomas Turrall Thomas Ward Chs., Temlow Woodfield Josiah Graziers- Alsop John Alsop Thomas Bayes Thomas Bench James Bulmer Bower Douglas George Douglas Thomas Eadon Chas., cfe coal merchant, Napton old wharf Griffin Wm. Napton Holt Hall Thomas Hall Thomas, jun, Herbert John Hudson John, Nap ton Fields Jessett William Johnson Thomas, Chapel green Roberts, Edward Taylor Joseph, Nap ton holt Turner William, and cattle dealer Warner WiUiam Webb WilUam Grocers. Daffern James Harris Benj., cfe drpr. and hatter Lever William Redhead William Inns & Taverns. Bull and Butcher, Stephen Winkless Crown Inn, J. Haynes King's Head, Samuel Cook Navigation Inn, Chs. Eadon, jun., cfe coal mercht, The Wharf New Inn, Ch. Eadon Maltsters. Douglas Thomas Townsend Thomas Shoe Makers. Cosford Thomas Cosford William Douglas Thomas Hancocks Thomas Paine Thomas Shopkeepers. Gilks Tho. & beerhs. Haynes D., cfe farrier Winkless Stephen Tailors. Branston Edmund Shirley William Carrier to Warwick, Sat. and Daventry, Wednes. : WilUam Mnddiman KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— SOUTHAM DIVISION. 69f ancient edifice, consisting of nave and chancel, with a low tower ; the Uving, a per petual curacy, annexed to the living of Priors Hardwick. Charily.— Smith's Charity (see Stockton,) bread to the value of 4s. is supplied to the Churchwardens, at Easter, in ttoeepenny loaves, and distiibuted at the church to the poor of the parish. Directory. — Wm. Bailey, grocer and farmer; Wm. Ball, schoolmaster; Fanny Berry, shopkeeper; James Hall, blacksmith; John Jackson, vict. Black Boy ; Wm. Jacks m, grazier and coal dealer; Wm. Steel, maltster, beerhouse, and farmer; Frederick Thome, gardener to Sir Francis Shuckburgh ; Mrs. Ann Tibbits; Mrs. Ann Watson, and John Page; Wm. Roberts, and Wm. Walker, farmers ; Wm. Bilson, carrier to Coventiy, fri. ; and Daventry, wed. cfe sat. SHUCKBURGH, Superior, a small parish and village, 5J miles E. from Southam, to 1841, here were 11 houses, and 46 inhabitants; 1801, 28; 1821,47; 1831,40; and 1086 acres of land; rateable value, £1553. This lordship passed from Earl Mellent, to the ancient family of Danvers, and at a very early period was held by Thomas de Shuckburgh, one of whose descendents in the 10th of Henry VI. possessed a manor here. Another manor, which in the time of Edward III. belonged to the Dive family, passed in the 32nd of Henry VIII. to Thomas Shuckburgh, Esq., then lord of the manor, already mentioned, from which time they have continued the joint property of his descendents. Richard Shuckburgh, Esq., joined the standard of the unfortunate Charles, who conferred Upon him the honour of knighthood, a distinction bis subsequent gallant conduct richly mt-rited. The family mansion, 6 miles E. from Southam, is spacious and handsome, the seat and property of Sir Francis Shuckburg, Bart., who is lord of the manor and owner ofthe soil; it is surrounded by an extensive park, affording many fine prospects, diversified by fine old timber, some of which are upwards of 200 years old ; the appear ance of t he park was much altered some years ago by felling a portion of timber, and taking down the summer house, which had acquired a painful celebrity, from the per petration of a rash and fatal deed there, in 1809. The Lhurch. dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a stone structure of the 12th century, consists of nave, chancel, and tower, and is now undergoing repairs, at the expense of Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart. The living, a perpetual curacy, Sir Francis Shuckburgh. patron, and the Rev. Charles Reading Bucknill, officiating curate. Here is a small free school, supported by Miss Shuckburgh, daughter of Sir Francis, who clothes 8 boys, and 8 girls. Directory. — Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart, The Park ; Thomas Goode, grazier and parish clerk ; Luke West, farmer, and John Ball, schoolmaster. SOUTHAM. a parish and small market town, 10 miles E.S.E.fromWarwick, 12 S.W. from Coventry, 30 S. E. by E. from Birmingham, and 80 N.W. from London, is pleasantly situated on an eminence, rising from the eastern bank of the river Watergall, over which, near the west extremity, is a neat stone bridge of two arches. It consists of two streets, one of which forms tbe road to Daventry, and the other from Banbury to Coventry. The houses are mostly modern and well built, with some ancient ones interspersed. On the rising ground on the western side ofthe river, stands the abbey, which is a very ancient stone mansion, the residence of Mrs. Neamiah Longshaw. This town, anciently called Suthu. is a place of great antiquity, and had formerly a mint. In an old mansion to the centre of the town, which appears to have been built prior to the reign of Elizabeth, King Charles and his two sons are said to have slept, on the night before the battle of Edge Hill, to which a son of the Earl of Pembroke, whose monument is in the church, was slain. The parochial register for the year 1641, con tains an entry of money paid to the king's footman, for opening the church doors, which had been lucked up and sealed by the king's orders, as a punishment to the inhabitants for not ringing the bells ou bis entering the town. The monks of Coventry had a reU gious establishment here ; and to Bury orchard, near the church yard, foundations have been discovered, and many skeletons dug up. In 1741, a considerable part of tbe town Was destroyed by fire. At HaU well, iu this parish, was a cell of black canons, suboidi- 4 A 3 fl98 SOUTHAM PARISH. nate to the abbey at Rowcester, in Staffordshire, whither it was removed in the 19th of Edward II. The market, formerly on Wednesday, is now held on Monday, and is well supplied with corn and cattle ; fairs are held on Easter Monday ; and for hiring servants, the Monday after Holy Thursday ; and July 10th for cattle and horses. The original show fair is at intervals, held on the first Mondayin June, in imitation of that at Coven try ; the procession of Lady Godiva is celebrated. A cattle fair is also held on the first Monday in every month. Statutes are held for hiring servants, first Monday after the 11th October, and two following Mondays. In 1841, here were 321 inhabited houses, 24 uninhabited, and two buildtog; and 1670 inhabitants, of whom 817 were males, and 853 females; 1801,935; 1821, 1,161; 1831, 1,256; and 2,976 acres, 3 roods, 5 perches of land; rateable value, £5,382. 10s. lOd. The principal land owners are Hy. Thos. Chamberlayne, Esq., A. N. Nourse, Esq., and the Rev. Thomas Lea, who are joint lords ofthe manor ; several others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is a stately structure, principally in the decorated style of EngUsh architec ture, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and gallery, with a fine tower surmounted by a lofty spire ; in the roof of the nave, which is lighted with eight clerestory windows, adorned with tracery, is some tabernacle work, well carved to oak. The living, a rectory, valued in the King's Books at £22. 17s. 6d., now .£534.; in the pationage ofthe Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Temple Hillyard. The rectory is a good residence, near the church. The Independents, Baptists, and Methodists, have each a place of worsMp here. Mutual Improvement Socifty, established 1847, at the National school, has a good library; J. C. Read, secretary, and W. G. Tretton, Ubrarian. A Self-Supporting Dispensary, for the reUef of the sick poor, was established here, on a pecuUar plan, by Mr. H. L. Smith, resident surgeon, who has been the means of forming similar institutions in different parts of the country. An Infirmary, for curing diseases of the eye and ear, established by the same indefatigable gentleman, to 1818, under the pationage of the nobility and gentry ofthe neighbourho.n : -orttd hy annual subscriptions and donations ; it is under the management of ' * - * , vice- president, treasurer, and committee; the building is in the later Luc1, v.1 -¦'.;:: "i -s highly ornamental to the town. Mr. Henry Lilley Smith, resident surgc-.n. II. •¦ is a mmeral spring, of similar properties to the waters at Leamtogton ; and another caUed Holywell, of considerable antiquity, remarkable for the intense coldness of the water. The Rev. Mr. Holyoake, author ofthe first collection of English words ever published to the form of a dictionary, was, at one time, rector of this parish. Petty Sessions are held ou the first and third Monday in every month, at the clerk's office ; the magistrates are Rev. Chas. Pilkington, Henry Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq. and Wm. Taylor, Esq. Edward Poole, Esq., clerk. New County Court, Church MU, Frederick Trotter, Dinsdale, Esq., judge; Geo. Spraggatt, high bailiff; Alfred Charles Coles, assistant baiUff; John Bass Hanbury, assistant clerk. Excise Office, Craven Arms, Market hill. Stamp Office, Church hUl, John Charles Read, sub-distributor. Union Workhouse, opened 1838, will accomodate 180, and comprises 19 parishes, viz., Burton Dasset, Chadshunt, Chesterton, Fenny Compton, Gaydon, Harbury, Priors Hardwick, Bishop's Itchington, Long Itchington, Ladbrooke, Lighthorne, Priors Mar ston, Napton-on-the-hill, Southam, Lower Shuckburgh, Upper Shuckburgh, Stockton, Ufton, and Warm Leighton, John and Mrs. Parrott, master and matron; Elizabeth Griffin, schoolmistress ; Rt. Frederick Welshman, Esq., clerk and superintendent regis tiar; Wm. Taylor, relieving officer, and registrar of births and deaths; and John Chas. Read, registrar of marriages. Charities.— Town Lands. As early as the 16th of Charles I., certain lands and tenements are noticed by this title for various charitable uses, repairing of bridges and highways, cfec. By an Act of Parliament, 33rd George II., the open and common fields of Southam were inclosed ; and the commissioners, by their award, 7th May, 1761, KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED— SOUTHAM DIVISION. 699 allotted the Right Hon. Fnlwar, Lord Craven, and others, the then feoffees of the said town lands, in Ueu of their one yard and half land, 49a. 2r. 5p. ; and, also, allotted to the said feoffees, 9a. lr. 15p. of land, in lieu of a quarter yard land, given by the Rev. Henry Edmunds, 1650, for clothing 10 poor men; also certain school premises, and other premises, were awarded to the said feoffees, upon trust, for the above charitable uses. The land and premises now (1826) produce a rental of .£179. 12s., but the houses are mostly very old and in bad repair. From this sum, an annual payment of .£30. is made in aid of the schoolmaster's salary ; .£30. is given to the poor at Christmas, by the minister and parish officers, in sums of from 2s. 6d. to 15s., and tMee having the largest families are selected who receive £1. 10s. each. .£31. 10s., as an average for the last five years, was appropriated for the repair of the roads and foot-paths of the town, which with repairs and other expenses made the disbursements £150. 19s. It is desira ble for some time to come to. make as great a reserve as possible of the rents, to raise a a fund for rebuilding and completely repairing the houses. The land awarded for Edmunds' charity is let at the annual rent of .£14., from which .£10. 10s. is annually paid for the purchase of coats or linen, for ten men and eight poor boys, who are ap pointed by the minister and churchwardens. School, now taught on the National plan, was founded by deed, 6th April, 1762, by Lord Craven and others, cfec, for the children ofthe poor inhabitants of Southam, for instructing them in the principles of the church of England, and in reading, kmtting, spinning, working plain work, cfec. ; for the buying of books for their improvement ; and for that end certain premises were conveyed to the feoffees of the town lands, in trust, for the use of this school. The premises held under this indenture for the use of the school, consist of two closes of pasture land, containtog 27a. Or. 6p., let at the yearly rent of -630. 16s. 2d.; out of this rent .£20. is paid to the minister, and appropriated by him, with .£30. received from the Town lands, in aid of the salaries of the master and mistress of, and the expense of providing books and other necessaries for the use of the school. The present school was erected 1816, with two houses in the centre for the master and mistiess, the whole forms a large neat building in the Gothic style of archi tecture, wUl accomodate 300 ; average 60 boys and 40 girls ; Wm. Geo. Fretton, master, whose salary is £50. per annum ; and Elizabeth Ann Innocent, mistiess, .£30. Alice Goode, by will, 1727, gave £5. for bread to poor widows ; Mr. John Charles Oldham, to 1826, held the sum, for which he paid 5s. a year toterest, which is given on St. Thomas's day, to poor widows, in bread. POST OFFICE, Market Hill, Miss Anne C. Pettifer, Post Mistress, letters arrive from Leamington by Mail Gig, at 8 a. m., and are dispatched at 6 p. m. Box closes 20 min. before the departure ofthe Mail. Miscellaneous List of NobiUty, Gentry, Clergy, and others, not arranged in the classified Lists. Adams Robt. H., attorney's elk., Oxford st Adams Thomas, beerhouse, Coventry rd Archer Thomas, butcher. Market place Clarke James, horse breaker and dipper, Pendyke stieet Clarke Miss Elizabeth, Market hill Clarke Mr. Thomas, Coventiy stieet Cooke Mr. George, Coventiy stieet Elkington J., glass cfe china db-., Mkt. pi Elkington R., farrier and cow leach, Ban bury road Gardner John, Esq., Southam fields Gardner Mr. Richard, Warwick stieet Gardner Robert, grazier, Coventry street Griffin Eliz., schoolmrs,, Southan Union Griffin George, hatter, High stieet Harper Mr. Richard, Coventiy street Hawkes Thos., whitesmith, Daventry rd Haynes Samuel, com miller, Welch road Hillyard Rev. T., rector, Rectory, High st Longshaw Mrs. N. The Abbey, W arwick rd Oldham Mr. Thomas William, Wood st Parrott John, master, Union Workhouse Pettifer Anne C, postmistress, cfe register office for servants, Market MU Poole Robert, attorney cfe under sheriff for the county, Market hUl; h. Coventiy rd Pridmore Mr. T^ilUam, Pendyke street Read Charles, sub-distributor of stamps cfe registrar of marriages, Church hill Reynolds William, assistant bailiff, county court, Warwick stieet Smallbone G., inspcti. of poUce, Oxford st Smith Sophia, Warwick road 700 SOUTHAM PARISH. Smith Francis, bookseller, High street Spraggatt Geo,, attorney, & assistant elk. County court ; h. Daventry road Spraggatt Richard, grazier, Coventry st Sturley Thomas, brick and dratotog pipe maker, Banbury road Taylor WilUam, Esq., county magistrate, Warwick road Turner Mr. Charles, Oxford stieet Watson Mrs. Mary, Coventry stieet Welchman Robert Frederick, attorney; h Coventry road Wood J., inland revenue officer,Warwick r Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Black Dog, Ann Bloxham, Market hill Black Horse, James Knibb, Warwick st Bowling Green, Wm. Tame, Coventry st Blue Pig, Joseph Hyatt, Oxford street Bull, Commercial Inn, T. Bull, Pig Mrkt Warwick and Lea mington (branch,) High st., draw on Agents. Gibson F. J. (house and estate,) Mar ket MU Ktog Geo. (land and estate,) Market hi Arnold Joseph (house cfe estate,) Wood st Attorneys. Poole cfe Sons, Mar ket hill Welchman cfe Sprag gatt, Church hill Auctioneers and Appraisers. Arnold Jph. Wood st Gibson Francis John son, Market hill King Geo. Market hi Pratt Jno. Coventiy st Bakers and Flour Dealers. Barton W. Market hi Bird Robert, Daven try road James WilUam, Pen dyke street Lamber Thos. (flour dealer only,) Da ventry street Martin Edward, Co ventry street Martin Henry, Da ventry street Parris A. Market hi Reeve Thos. High st Bankers. Leamington Priors and Warwickshire, (bran ch,) M arket h . draw on Williams, Deakin, cfeCOj.W. Simpson, manager Coach cfe Horses, J. Elkington, Market hi Craven Arms Hotel, cfe excise office, John Mash, Market hill Crown Inn, William. Pratt, Daventry st Dun Cow, William Bradford, Daventry rd Harp Inn, Thomas Sturley, Banbury road Horse cfe Jockey, J. Whitehead, Coventry st King's Arms, Commercial Inn, Jno. Bodily, Oxford stieet Red Lion, William Rainbow, Coventiy st Woodbine Cottg.,W.Bucknell, Thorpe bdg Academies. Carvell Elizabeth, Warwick road Ladbrooke Ann, Warwick street National School, (boys',) W. G. Fretton, master, Water lane National School, (girls',) Elizabeth Ann Innocent, mistiess, W ater lane Masters W. K. High s Warner John, Sou- H anbury, Taylor, and Lloyd ; Francis Smith, manager Basket Makers. CollegeW.,Coventrys Grant Jno., cfe sieve, Warwick stieet Blacksmiths. Butlin Henry, Co ventry street Izard Wm. Pendyke st Spencer James, Da ventry stieet Wagstaff Henry, and farrier, High st Boot and Shoe Makers. Beesley Jno. Pig mkt. Burman Wm. Raw- bone, Coventry st. Earl Sml. Pig mkt. Harris W.Oxford st. King Martin, Coven tiy street PlummerW., Oxford s Wrinkley Edw., and parish clerk, Da ventry road Braziers and Tin Plate Workers, Coles Wm. and high baliff, county court Market hi. Jackson Wm., and engineer to the Fire Office, Warwick st. Builders. Ashby W., Coventry s Perks J. Coventry st Pratt J., Coventry st Reynolds W . W arwk.s TaftH., Coventry st Taft Jas., Banbury r Taft W. Warwick rd Butchers. CarwellW. Market hi Hyatt Ann, Oxford st Neale Geo. Market hi Pratt W. Daventry st RobinsonT., Oxford s Cabinet Makers. OsborneG.Coventry s Pratt Jno. Coventry st Coopers. Humphreys Nathan iel, Daventry rd Smith W. Coventiy st Farmers, Arnold N., Pendyke s Arnold William, near Thorpe. CoxChas.WarwickrdCarvellW.,Warwlck r Dunn W. Pendyke st Gregory Wm. Am brose, Oxford st Griffin Mrs. Thomas, Welch road Knibb J., Warwick st MawbyW.Daventry s Raynolds Wm. War wick road Russell A. Rugby rd Sturley T.Banbury rd Taft Jas, Banbury rd Taft Wm. W arwick st Tame W. Coventiy s Walker J., Rugby rd tham Holts Whitehead Jas. Co ventiy st Whitehead Jas., jun. Warwick rd Wilson H., Warwk. r Fire & Ufe Offices County Provident, James Whitehead, Coventry st Liverpool cfe London, Francis Johnson Gibs in, Market hi Gardeners and Seedsmen. Marked ' ureScedsmcit only. ' Arnold Nathaniel, Pendyke st FlintWm. Coventry st Metcalf Edw. cfe Fruit erer, Pendyke st Grocers and Tea Dealers. Ashfield J . Coventry Turner J. Market H Wykes J. Coventiy st Hair Dressers. Neale Wm. Wood st Neville Wm. cfe news agent, Market MU Horses for Hire. Elkington James, Market hill Knibb J. Warwick st Prestidge William, Coventiy street Ironmongers. Coles Alfd. Market hi Turner J, Market hi KNISHTLOW HtJNDREfi — SOUTHAM DIVISION. 101 Joiners. Ashby W. Coventiy st Perks J. Coventry st Pratt J. Coventry st Taft H. Coventry st Linen cfe Woollen Drapers. Dalton Edw. Pig mkt Graves C, Market hi Maltsters. CarvellW. Market hi Cox C. Warwick rd Milliners cfe Dress Makers. Gibherd Ann, Ban bury road Jackson E. Oxford st Smith Mary Ann, Coventry street Wagstaff E. Highst Flumbers, Glzrs, and Painters. HerrtogC.Coventryst Lucas Martin, cfe high constable for the Southam division, Oxford street Sadlrs. & Harness Makers. Hitchcox William, Coventry street Makepeace George, High stieet Shopkeepers. Bird R. Daventry rd Hackforth Elizabeth, Warwick street Martin H. Daventry s Perks Th. Coventry s Ward W.. Coventry s Willner Jph, High st Stone Masons, Bicknell Charles, Co ventry street Sturley Wm., cfe mar ble, High street Whitehead James, Warwick road Straw Hat Mks. Beards Rch. High st Berry Sar. Banbury r Timms Portia Mary, Warwick street Surgeons. Nutt Thomas Upton, Oxford street Smith H. Lilley, and surgeon to, cfe pro jector of self-sup porting dispensary, Warwick road Welchman E.Oxford s Surveyor. King Geo., Market hi Tailrs, & Drprs Baker Chas., cfe tem perance hs.,Wood s Godfrey W.,W arwk. s Hewitt Thomas, Co ventiy street Hopper Th., Oxfords Horley J., Oxford st Jenkins William, Banbury road Rabey J. Warwick st Watch & Clock Makers. Oldham John, High s Wood Th. Market pi Wheelwrights. Griffin Geo., Coven tiy street Hyatt Jph. Oxford st Timms E., Pendyke s Tims Jno. Warwick s Wine <& Spirit Merchant. Margetts J. Market h Woolstapler. Gibson Frs. Johnson, Market hi. Coaches From the Craven Arms Hotel, Market hill. To Leamtogton, the Regulator, on Tues., Thur., and Sat., at 1 o'clock. To Oxford, the Regulator, on Tues., Th. and Sat., at 1 o'clock. To Rugby, the Regulator, on Tues., Th. and Sat., at 1 o'clock. From the Ktofp'-" .irms Commercial Inn, Jxford stieet. To Leamington, the Regulator, on Mon., Wed., and Fri., at 1 o'clock. To Oxford, the Regulator, on Mon., Wed., and Fri., at 1 o'clock. To Rugby, the Regulator, on Mon., Wed., and Fri., at 1 o'clock. Carriers. Dodd William, Oxford st., to Birmingham, Mon. and Fri. ; to Banbury on Thurs. Burton William, Market hill, to Warwick, Sat. and Wed., by Leamington Bradford Wm., Daventry road, to Banbury on Mon. cfe Thur. ; and Coventiy, Tues. and Friday George Thomas, Pig market, to Banbury, Mon. cfe Thu. ; to Coventry, Tu. cfe Fri. STOCKTON, a parish and small village, 2 miles S.E. by E. from Southam, contains 1220 acres of land ; and, in 1841, 94 houses, and 452 inhabitants ; in 1801, 274 ; 1821 , 344; 1831,350; rateablevalue,.£l,947.18s. This appears to have been, at the Conquest, a member of Long Itchington, aud soon afterwards was in the possession of the power ful family of Limesie. In the reign of Edward I. it passed, by marriage, to Sir Robert de Somerville, and, in succession, became the property ofthe various families of Griffiths, Smith, Purfey, and Clapham. The principal land-owners are Mr. William Bayes, Mr. John Bayes, Miss Lovell, Rev. C. Pilkiogton, Mr. John Greaves, Mr. George Nelson, Mr. Rd. Hawkes, and Mr. Wm. Hodgson, who is also lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, anciently belonged to the priory at Hertford ; it consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, gallery, and tower, in which there are three bells. In the chancel is a five-light window, which is filled with stained glass. The living, a rectory, valued in the King's Books at £10. 7s. Id., now £280. ; in the pationage of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford; Rev. Charles Pilkington, B.C. L., incumbent. The Rectory, a neat brick residence, a little S. W. from the church. The blue lias limestone abounds in this parish, and is considered to be the best to England. The lime works are very extensive, and are the property of Mr. Richard Greaves, and Mr. Richard Griffin. Charities.— William Smith, hy a codicil to his will, 10th of Queen Anne, charged 702 STOCKTON PARISH. certain messuages and lands with the several yearly sums following, viz. :— 4s. to the poor of each ofthe parishes of Dunchurch, Bourton, Leamington, Birdtogbury, Grand borough, Stietton-upon-Dunsmoor, Stockton, Nether Shuckburgh, Bilton, and Long Lawford, to be paid for ever, on Easter-day, to the churchwardens and overseers ofthe poor ofthe several parishes, to be by them laid out to bread, and distiibuted among the poorest people of the said parishes. These annmties, amounting together to the sum of £2., are paid out of a farm situate in Thurlaston, in the parish of Dunchurch, and in Kites Hardwick, in the parish of Leamington Hastings, the property of Major Henry Smith. A baker of Thurlaston deUvers four shillings worth of bread to the aforesaid parishes, on or before Easter Sunday. In this parish it is received in ttoeepenny loaves, and given at the church among the most deserving poor. Church Allotment. — Upon the enclosure ofthe common fields of this parish, to the year 1792, there was awarded to the churchwardens, in lieu of several green slades, dispersed over the said common fields, a plot of land, lying in Long Highlands, con taining 13a. 2r. 4p. It is not known how the original slades were acquired, but the rents had always been applied to the repairs of the church. Some time afterwards, it was discovered this allotment contained a rock of limestone, of which, a part was sold to the Warwick and Napton canal company, for £52. 10s. and the remainder to Messrs. Tomes and Handley, of Warwick, for .£885. ; but of this land about nine acres has been left in so bad a state that it is let at the yearly rent of £2. 10s. The residue of the allotment, 4a. 2r. 24p., being required for the purposes of the Warwick and Napton canal navigation, was conveyed to them to consideration of the annual rent of £9. 6s., to be paid to the rector and churchwardens, and their successors. Of the money received for limestone, all but .£440. was immediately laid out in substantially repairing the parish church. This sum, afterwards reduced by other repairs, to .£400., was invested in 1807, in the purchase of two closes to the parish of Napton-on-the-HiU, contatoig together 7a. 2r. 35p., let at the yearly rent of £12. At a vestry meeting, held in April, 1807, the Rev. Charles Crane proposed to convey to trustees a house to Stockton, for the use of a school, with a plot of ground adjoining the stieet ; and it was also agreed the £400. residue of the limestone money, should be appropriated towards supporting a school master ofthe church of England, for teaching the children of the inhabitants of the parish reading, writing, and arithmetic. The school is kept in the house given by the late Dr. Crane, and fitted up at the parish expense ; and .£12., the above-named rent, is paid to a schoolmaster, who engages to teach 33 boys and 19 girls, upon the national system. The present schools were bmlt, boys', 1844; girls, 1841. Richard Haysman, master ; and Mary Eagles, mistiess. Directory. — John Batchelor, beerhouse ; Michael Bishop, foreman Ume works ; John Cleaver, shopkeeper; WiUiam Cleaver, shopkeeper and coal dlr. ; Rd. Church, vict., and plumber and glazier, King's Arms ; Wm. Cooper, vict., Barley Mow ; Mary Eagles, schoolmistress ; Wm Elkington, shopkeeper ; Chas. Finch, butcher and carpenter ; Mr. Wm. Finch; Wm. Hands, shoe maker; Rd. Haysman, schoolmaster; Eliz. Horley, shopkeeper; Rev. Charles Pilkington, B. C. L., Rectory ; Wm. Rawbone, shoe maker ; Thos. Sanders, vict. and coal dealer, Blue Lias Inn ; John Sharman, taUor ; and the farmers are John Bayes, William Bayes, Joseph Beck, and tailor; WilUam Beck, and miller ; John Cleaver, WilUam Cleaver, William Dalton, Edward Gibbins, Francis Goode, William Griffin, andlime burner; Ann Hawkes, Wm. Hodgson, the HiU; John Nicks, and Thomas Sanders, and John Cleaver, carrier to Coventiy, on Fridays. WAPPENBURY, a parish and small scattered village, 6| miles N.N.W. from Southam, containing, with the hamlet of Eathorpe, 1414 acres of land ; and to 1841, 64 houses and 260 inhabitants; in 1801, 282; 1821, 284; 1831,252; rateable value, j£U26. 2s. 6Jd.; was given by William the Conqueror to Geoffery de Wirce; was next held hy the family of Mowbray, and in the reign of Charles I. was possessed by Thomas Morgan, Esq., from whom the lordship passed to Lord Clifford, in whose family it still KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED — SOUTHAM DIVISION. 703 continues. The executors of the late Thomas Umbers, Esq. have also an estate here. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, consists of nave and chancel, with a low embattled tower, containing three bells. The living, a discharged vicarage, value in K. B. £8., now .£60., augmented with £400., private benefactions, and £1000. Queen Anne's bounty, in the patronage ofthe Right Hon. Lord Clifford, and incumbency of the Rev. George Stabb, B. A. Catholic Chapel, dedicated to St. Ann, a, neat brick bmlding, erected 1846, by sub scription, Lord CUfford gave the site ; the old chapel was converted into a house for the priest, Rev. Richard Austin Marsh. EATHORPE, a hamlet, township and small village, 1 mile E., contains 501 acres, 37 houses, and 175 inhabitants; rateable value, .£947. 7s. 5£d. The principal land owners are Mrs.Vyner, and Mr. George Hull ; Sir Grey Skipworth is lord ofthe manor. Eathorpe Hall, 6 miles N. by W. from Southam, is a neat brick mansion, and is the seat of Edward Horsman, Esq. Charities. — Mrs. Mary Turner, (see Bubenhall.) The sum of 6s. 8d. originally paid to this parish, was many years discontinued. In the year 1832, the arrear was paid, of which £4. 3s. 8d. was paid to this parish for the use of the poor. EATHORPE TOWNSHIP.— Town Land, a piece ot land, containing 4a. 1r. 6p., now (1833) held by Robert Welchman, at the annual rent of £9. applied to the re pair of bridges, or to the use of the poor, and given to coals to poor famiUes, supposed to have been allotted at the enclosure, above a century ago. Directory; — Wappenbury. — John Bathaldore, parish clerk; Wm. Bennett, grocer, and carrier to Coventiy, fri., and Warwick, sat.; Rev. Rd. Austin Marsh, catholic priest ; and Edward Umbers, Elizabeth Umbers, and Samuel Umbers, farmers. Eathorpe. — John Hands, blacksmith; Geo. Harris, corn miller; Charles Herritage, vict., Plough; Edward Horsman, Esq., The Hall ; Thomas Page, shoemaker ; John Paget, carpenter ; Abraham Parker, woodman ; Mary Satchwell, grocer, Simon Steane, butcher; and Geo. Hull, Edward Russell, and Wateley Welchman, Hockley, farmers. WATERGA.'- L, an extia parochial liberty, 4J miles S. from Southam, contains oSj"\ acres of 1 rd, to 1841, 2 houses and 14 inhabitants, rateable value, .£679. Lord Leigh is the ' r ner, and Wm. Ledbrook, and Wm. Herbert, resident farmers. WESTON-cnder-WETHERLEY, a small parish and scattered village, 6 mUes N. E. by E. from Warwick, contains 1,200 acres of land, and in 1841, 46 houses, and 203 inhabitants, 1801, 207 ; 1821, 232; 1831, 208 ; rateable value, £1893. Obtained its distinctive appellation from some adjoining woods, which at the time of the Con quest were named Wethele Woods, and then belonged to Earl MeUent, under whom Weston was held by Robert de Napton, whose descendants retained the manor until the time of Henry IV. ; early in the reign of Henry VIII. it belonged to Edward Belknap, who rehuUt the manor house. The subsequent owners were Sir Thomas Newham, Sir Edward Sanders, and Thomas Morgan, Esq. The present landowners are Lord Cliff- ford, Lord Leigh, and Mr. John Watts; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, consists of nave, chancel, north aisle, and square embattled tower, in which there are four bells. The Uving, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £5. 9s. 2d., now £90., augmented with £400. Queen Anne's bounty ; Lord Clifford, patron, Rev. Thomas Ward, M. A., incumbent, for whom the Rev. Geo. Stable, B. A., officiates. Charities. — Richard Hancox gave .£30. in money, date unknown, producing £1. 4s. annually. Daniel Simpson, by will, 1770, gave £10. These two sums, with accumu lations of interest, amounting to the respective sums of £48. and ^22., maktog together £70., were, in 1808, advanced to Edward Steane of Eathorpe, on mortgage of premises then to his occupation, at five per cent interest. The interest, £3. 10s., is given away in bread to poor families. Church Lands, — Upon the inclosure ofthe common fields, about the year 1776, an 704 W0LFHAMC0T8 PARISH. allotment of land was awarded in lieu of other land, which had immenioriaUy been applied towards the repair of the Church. This allotment is now let for the yearly rent of 16s., and is carried to the churchwarden's account. Directory.— Wm. Boyes, timber merchant; Thomas Campbell, vict. Bull Inn ; Thos. Flint, timber merchant ; Thomas Humphreys, parish clerk; Thomas Muddimah, shop keeper; Wm. Rogers, grocer; Rev. Geo. Stable, B.A., curate; Thos. Walter, butcher; John Wootton, shoemaker ; the farmers are Wm. Cotterill and miller, Eliza Farmer, Wm. Harris, Ann Page, Joseph Roberts, and blacksmith, Mary Sammons, Abraham Umbers, Weston Hall; and John Watts. Carriers. — Geo. Gasey cfe Thos. Humphreys, to Leamington, wed. and Warwick, sat. WOLFHAMCOTE, a small village and extensive parish, 3£mUes, N.W.byN.from D aventry, and 8 m. E. by N. from Southam, contains with the hamlets of Flecnoe, Nether- cote, and Sawbridge, 3729a. 2r. of land, and to 1841, 96 houses, and 432 inhabitants, 1801, 371; 1821,413; 1831,372; rateable value, £7,055. 10s.; was part of the extensive possessions of Turchill de Warwick, whose son, Si ward de Arden, granted the lordship to the wife of Norman de Verdon ; in the reign of Henry III. it passed to Walter de Langley, and afterwards came by marriage to William de Peto. The principal land owners are Charles Robinson, Esq., Mr. Edward Sale. Lady Hood, and the Oxford Canal Company. The executors ofthe Hon. Lord H jod are lords of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, consists of nave, chancel, side aisle, and embattled tower, in which are two bells; the whole was restored in 1848. at the expense of Lady Hood. The living, a discharged vicarage, value in K. B. £12. 18s. 4d., now £73., aug mented with £200. private benefactions, and £400. Queen Anne's bounty. Lady Hood, patroness, Rev. Charles Reading Bucknill, incumbent. Wesleyan Chapel, erected 1837, by subscription, cost .£140. National School, with a house for the master, built 1848. cost £204. raised by subscription; will accommodate 100, average 70; Lake Cartwright Knight, and Charlotte Knight, master and mistiess. Flecnoe, a hamlet and small village, 1£ mile S.S.W. Ncthercote hamlet consists of seven houses, 1 mile S.S.W. Sawbridge, another hamlet, contains 21 houses, 6 mUes E.N.E. from Southam. Marked 1 live at Flecnoe, 2 Sawbridge, 3 at Nethercote, and the rest at Wolf ham- cote, or where specified. 1 Bilson Thos., shoe mkr. cfe parish elk 3 Bucknill Rev. Chas Reading 1 Crofts Wm. beerhs, and pig dealer 1 Elton Hy. carpenter 1 Johnson Miss A. 1 Knight Luke Cart- wright,cfeCharlotte, master and mistiess National school 1 Smith My., grocer 1 White Rd., tailor 1 Woodward G. gent 1 Woodward James, shoemaker Farmers. 2 Barnwell WiUiam Mason 1 Barratt Stephen 1 Bolton Richard 1 Goodman James 1 Hancock Thomas, cfe vict., Old Olive Bush, and butcher 2 Hudson John 1 Smith John 1 Smith Robert, and baker and beerhs 1 Spencer Robert, Flecnoe fields I Spencer Samuel Tibbits George 1 Watson Eli/abeth Watson Samuel, and maltster, Saw bridge house Carriers. 1 Goode Thomas, to Daventry, on wed 1 Hands William, to Daventry, on wed., Rugby, on sat THE KNIGHTLOW HUNDRED CONSTABULARY FORCE Consists of one chief superintendent, four inspectors, and forty-three police constables; Mr. James Isaac, chief superintendent, Wolston, near Coventry. Bedworth Division contains the following stations : Bedworth, Samuel Bloxham, inspector, and one con stable; all the stations have one constable each, except otherwise specified; Astley, E^"^11' ^oondon, Allesley, Lockhouse Lane, (Foleshill), Longford, (Foleshill), Bell 'i, aud table ; Dunsmoor, Wolston", Baginton,"and StfvichaTl. "~Rugb7ilJhisi7n, RughT.'wilUa^Clfam- berlam, inspector, and one constable; Brinklow, ' Churchover, Dunchurch, Flecnoe, Hillmorton Long Lawford, Newbold, Pailton, and Woolscott. Southam Division, Southam George Smallbone. inspector, and one constable; Napton-on-the-Hill, Bishop's Itchington, Priors Marston, Harbury, Radford Semele, Long ItcMngton, aud 705 KINETON HUNDRED Forms the south part ofthe county, and comprises the divisions of Brailes, which is the southern extremity ; Burton Dasset, Kineton, and the Warwick, which forms the north side of the hundred. The Kineton Hundred contains 119,690 acres of land; 5080 in habited houses, 190 uninhabited, and 13 building, with 24,043 inhabitants, of whom 12,247 were males, and 11,796 females; of these numbers 5747 males and 5545 females were under 20 years of age ; 6560 males and 6251 females were 20 years of age and up wards ; of these 19,949 persons were born in this county, and 4094 elsewhere. THE BRAILES DIVISION Comprises 15 parishes and 2 townships, viz., Barcheston, Barton-on-the-Heath, Brailes, Burmington, Cherrington, Compton (Long), Compton Wyniates, Honington, IdUcote, PUlerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Stietton-on-Foss, Whatcott, Whichford, Stourton township, Wolford (Great), and Wolford (Little), township ; and 31,094 acres of land; in 1841, 1,237 inhabited houses, 47 uninhabited, and 4 building ; 5,801 inhabitants, of whom 2,944 were males, and 2,857 females ; of these numbers 1,412 males, 1,373 females, were under 20 years of age ; 1,532 males, 1,484 females, were 20 years old aud upwards; 4,613 persons were born in this county, and 1,188 elsewhere. BARCHESTON, a small village and parish, i mile E.S.E. from Shipston-on-Stour, contains, with the hamlet of Willington, 1,448 acres of land, and, in 1841, 44 houses and 193 inhabitants; 1801, 180; 1821, 184; 1831,198; rateable value, ^2,049. 19s. Id. This parish was, at the time ofthe Conquest, of sufficient importance to give name to one of the Hundreds into which the county was then divided. In the 23rd of Henry VIL, William Willington, a wealthy merchant, purchased this manor ; and in the fol lowing year depopulated the town, making an enclosure of 530 acres, and leaving 64 for tillage, which were attached to and used for his manor house. He left seven daughters who all married into good families, and by a petition amongst the co-heirs after his decease, the manor of Barcheston came to the Sheldon family. The principal i/w.i-.-rs are John Staunton, Esq., Samuel Guest Guest, Esq, Mr. William Baker, Mr. lUcbard Fowler Price, Magdalen College, Oxon, and Edward Welchman Wright, Esq., M.D. ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a neat ancient edifice, consists of nave chancel, two transepts, with a tower, has lately been considerably restored ; the cnancel contains a neat stained glass window, and a rich altar monument with figures to the Willington family. The living, a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £13. 6s. 8d., now .£193., in the patronage and incumbency ofthe Rev. George Domvile Weeler, M.A. The Rectory is a neat residence pleasantly situated near the Church. Tithes commuted 1839, at £200. 4s. 6d. WILLINGTON, a small village and hamlet § mile S., is noticed in Doomsday, aud, in the time of Henry III., was held by Robert de Hamme, in whose family it remained for some generations. In a list of the Knight's fees, held of the Lord Stafford, the de population of this village is stated to have been very ancient. Directory. — Wm. Dimbee, hosier, Willington; Rev. Eardly C.Holt, curate ; George Pain, corn miller ; Thos. Rouse, shoemaker, Willington; the farmers are Charles Jas. Canning, Rd. Han-is, Jph. Kearsey, Willington; Rd. Penson, Willington ; John Smith, grazier, Willington ; Wm. Taylor, Willington ; and Wm. Taylor, jun., Willington. BARTON-ON-THE-HEATH, a parish and small village. 5 J miles S. from Shipston- on-Stour; to 1841, here were 39 houses, and 212 inhabitants ; 1801, 137; 1821,201; 1831, 208; and 1540 acres of land; rateable value, £2975. ; is chiefly celebrated as having been the residence of Robert Dover, an attorney ; less known from the remarkable cir cumstance of his having tried only two causes iu the course of his life, than for being the institutor of the annual festivities which during the reigns of James I. and Charles I. were held on the Cotswold Hills ; but termtoated with the commencement of the civU war. The principal land owners are Robert Bird, Esq., Mr. Thomas Baker, and Mr. ?06 BARTON-ON-THE-HEATH PARISH. John Shirley. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has nave, chancel, and transept, in which are some ancient brasses and stained glass windows. The living, a rectory V.K.B. £12. 17s. lid. now .£364.; in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford; and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Peter Guulemard, B. D.j Tithes commuted 1839, at £337. 15s. Two miles W. is the remarkable Shire Stone, which serves as a boundary point to the Counties of Warwick, Worcester, Oxford, and G loucester. Directory. — Frederic Colvile, Esq., Rev. Henry Peter Gmllemard, B.D., Rector; Mr. Benj. Sedgley, EUz. Simms, shopkeeper; WilUam Simms, carpenter; James Taylor, shoemaker, and shopkeeper; and John Cook, Rd. Gilkes, Wm. Hy. Goffe, Jno. Ham- bridge, John Mitchell, Wm. Henry Stockes, Thos. Such, and John Webb, farmers. BRAILES, an extensive parish and large pleasant village, 4 m. E.byS. fi-om SMpton- on-Stonr, and 10 S.E. from Banbury, including the hamlets of Chelmscote, Winderton, and several scattered farms, contains 5,396 acres of land; and in 1841, 297 houses, and 1,284 inhabitants ; in 1801, 980; 1821, 1,233; 1831, 1,272; rateable value, ^6,874. 14s.3d. Before the Conquest, the manor was part ofthe possessions of Edwin, Earl of Mercia; and it appears to have been given by the Conqueror to Henry de Newburg, Earl of War wick, whose posterity retained it till the reign of Henry VII. ; the manor havtog devolved to the Crown, was in the 21st of Henry VIII., leased to WilUam Willington, for 21 years, with the market, fair, water roUl, and rabbit warren. A gmld was founded in the Church, by Richard NeviU, Earl of Warwick. The principal land owners are Henry James Sheldon, Esq., and Lord of the manor ; the Trustees of the late Dr. Bishopp, and the Marquis of Northampton. The Church, dedicated to St. George, is a commo dious and handsome structure, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, and lofty tower, which contains a peal of six good bells, and a set of chimes ; here is also an ancient font. The Uving, a vicarage, value in the King's Book, £25., now .£344.; patrons, the Trus- trustees of — Thornton, Esq. ; Rev. Cornwall Smalley, M. A. incumbent, for whom the Rev. John Limerick, B.A., officiates. Tithes commuted 1784; the Trustees ofthe late Dr. Bishopp owns the great tithe. The vicarage is a neat residence near the Church. Catholic Chapel, erected 1726, by the Bishopp Family, is a neat and commodious building, Rev. James Duckett, priest. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here, built 1847. The Friends' Meeting House is a small neat edifice, erected in the time of George Fox, the founder. Chelmscote, a small hamlet £ mile north, contains 241 acres of land, was not recorded before the 20th of Henry III. In the reign of Henry VI. Eustace de Grenevill began the depopulation of the village, an example that was followed by one of his descend ants, and others. Here was a chapel, to which a chantry was founded, anno. 1322, by Thomas de Pakinton, of Brailes. Winderton, another hamlet 1 mUe N.N.E., contains 522 acres of land ; is first found on record with Chelmscote, in the 20th of Henry III., when it was possessed by one ofthe D'Eivilles, and by various transmissions came to the Marquis of Northampton. This parish contains several scattered farms, viz., All- medow, or Brail's Buildings, 1J miles E. Aylesmoor House, lj miles N.W. by N. Chin Slade, 1J mile S. Coombe Slade, 1£ mile S. by E. Gaily HUl, 1£ mile S.E. Mine Hill, 1 mile S. And New House, or Brail's Grounds, 1 £ mile W. A pleasure fair is held on Easter Tuesday. Charities. — Free School. Queen EUzabeth, by letters patent, 27th of October, to 23rd year of her reign, endowed this school with the sum of £8. Is. 8d., being an annual sum payable out of the rectory of Brailes, which is now the property of the Bishopps. By an indenture of feoffment, 18th of James I., certain premises and lands, late belong ing to a guild there, for the reparation ofthe church, for the poor, and for the better maintenance of a free school there. By tiust deeds, 20th June, 1812, the property was transferred to the Rev. Francis Bishopp, and seven others, by which certain lands, Ac, were granted to the school, and all other rents and profits whatsoever to the old guild KINETON HUNDRED — BRAILES DIVISION. 707 belongtog, particularly the ;£8. Is. 8d. as payable from the rectory. Three allotments were awarded by the commissioners for the Brailes inclosure, for the lands called the Old Guild Land. The property now belongtog to the school, produces an annual income of £64. 8s. 2d.; from which, the crown rent, payable by Dr. Bishopp, as rector, was unjustly withheld for the five years previous to 1827, and if still persisted in, this wUl be a proper case for the interference of the Court of Chancery. The school is conducted on the National plan, for reading, writing, and arithmetic, and is open to all the male chUdren of the parishioners of Brailes, who are taught gratis ; but they find their own bibles, testaments, and prayer books. In 1819, the school and part ofthe school-house was rebuilt. The master receives .£33. per annum ; and stationery and slates are found for the school, with some other small charges about the school. After some of the dUapidated cottages have been retoult, there will remain a considerable surplus, applica ble to the improvement of the charity. Jeremiah Henry Long, master. William Willington, Esq., by wUl, 1555, gave to his cousin, WiUiam Barnes, all his lands and tenements, cfec, to hold the same, to him and his heirs, for ever, on condition of paying to the poor people of Brailes, 33s. 4d. ; to the poor people of Shipston, 33s. 4d. ; and to the poor people of the town of Tysoe, 40s., yearly ; to be paid withto ten days before the feasts of Easter and Christmas. An annual sum of £2. is now received by the churchwardens of Brailes, from a farm to Tysoe, late the property of Mr. Ivins, and is understood to be in respect of Willtogton's charity. James Cooper, by will, 1678, appointed .£100. to be paid to his two friends' tiust, to be disposed of by them or their heirs, cfec, that out of the interest there might be, once to every two years, for ever, a coat of cloth, of about 8s. the yard, to contain two yards and a half, given to as many of the poorest men of the parish as it would admit ; and in case there should be sufficient of his estate remaining, then he gave to the minister and churchwardens, the sum of £50., on tiust ; out of the toterest there should be at Christmas, yearly, a quarter of either steer or heifer beef bought, and distributed amongst the poor of Brailes. The Poor's Close, containing about 4 acres, was purchased in 1684, with this money ; now let for £1 2. a year ; of which, £4. is paid to the vicar, and distri buted in beef to the poor, allowing to each family about one pound of meat per head- The rest ofthe rent is applied by Dr. Bishopp, in an annual distribution of eight coats, ofthe -. alue of £1., to poor men. Mr. Francis Capell, by will, 1704, bequeathed to fifteen of the poorest protestants' widows, I2d. a piece, yearly ; to be paid them on the 5th of November. He also gave to two poor protestant widows, two gowns of 10s. each. He also gave to twenty ofthe poorest protestant families', 12d. a piece, yearly , to be paid them on the 5th of Novem ber ; and also 5s. worth in bread more at the same time. The sum of £3., in respect of these legacies, is annually received by the vicar of Brailes, from the tenant of a farm in the parish, belonging to the Rev. Dr. Bloxham, of Rugby ; £1. is laid out to the purchase of gowns, and the remainder given in bread, annually, on the 5th of November, to pro testant parishioners. William Prestidge, by will, 1 732, gave to Walter Evans and Joseph Hunt, the sum of .£500., to trust, that they should lay out the same in purchasing lands, cfec, to them and their heirs, cfec ; and after paying all necessary expenses for the said tiust, the residue of the rents and profits to be applied for the benefit of the poor of BraUes, as they should think fit. No land has been purchased. In the year 1770, it appears the fund consisted of .£925. 4s. Out of this sum, ^£809. was invested in the three per cent. consols ; and the sum of .£70. placed in the hands of WilUam Sheldon, Esq., at interest . leaving .£46. 4s. in the hands of the trustees; and in the following year, £30. was dis tributed to the poor. Subsequent investment of surplus being made, 1793, the fund was ,£1231 • 2s. 8d. The stock was transferred to 1824, into the names of the Rev. Thomas Lambert Snow and two others. The dividends, .£36. 18s. per annum, are received by the Rev. T. L- Snow, and 30s. is paid to each of 20 poor persons of the parish, recommended 708 BARTON-ON-THE-HEATH PARISH. by the overseers. The sum of £5. is also annually paid in apprenticing a hoy, to which the parish make an addition. The .£70. in the hands of Mr. Sheldon, who died in 1781, since which nothing has been recovered. Fuel Land. — Upon the enclosure ofthe common field lands ofthe parish, in the year 1786, four acres of land was awarded to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, for fuel, to the poor of Upper Brailes, in lieu of their right to cut furze, &e. ; and also four acres was awarded for the poor of Lower Brailes, for the same purpose. The first allotment is let for £8., and the other for £5. 5s. per annum. The money is laid out in the purchase of coals, which are distributed to the poor of each division. Post Office, at Mr. Henry Field's ; Letters arrive at 11 a. m., and are dispatched at I p.m. Marked 'reside at Lower, and f at Upper Brailes, the remainder where specified. * Arnott J., saddler • Attwood H. cfe Son, carpntrs. cfe bldrs. t Bailey J., shoemk Baldwin Mr. W. W. Winderton * Baldwin William butcher cfe farmer * Blakeman R.,sawyr * Boyce Geo., baker Brewer G., blksmth t Cawley J., surgeon * Cox Wm., tailor * Davis J., wheelwgt • Davis Thos. cfe Rd., grocers cfe drapers • Duckett Rev. Jas catholic priest * Field Daniel, tailor - Field H., watch mk. and postmaster T Field Jph., shoemk ' Field My., shopkpr t Gillett J., agricultl. implement manufr. engineer, and ma chinist, and farmer * Godson Jph., tailor t Greenhill J .brickmk * Gregory J., baker • Hall Jph., plumber and glazier t Harris Richd., vict., Gate Inn * Hemmings J. cfe G.. coopers t Hemmings John, wheelwright * Hemmings Joseph, carpenter f Hemmings Richd., carpenter * Limerick Rev. John B. A., curate • Long Jermh. Hy., schoolmaster * Mansell Mr. Robert * Miller J., saddler * Morley Sh., school * Morley T., blksmth t Morris G.. blcksmtb * Phillips W., toy dlr " Pickering J. ,bricklr * Tickering T., baker * Pickering William bricklayer * PickeringW., school t Randle M.,shopkpr Sheldon H. J., Esq Brailes house * Smith G.,police offer t Spicer J., cattle dlr t SpicerT., cattle dlr Strong Thomas, mason cfe builder t Townsend Sarah, shopkeeper Walker Stph., tailor •Warmington J., jun. carrier • Wheatley W., vict cfe fmr., George Inn • White T., shoemkr * Wilks W., butcher * Yates Mrs. Ann Farmers. t Bailey Joseph * Baker John * Baker Wm., senior t Baker Wm., junior, Brailes grounds Benuet Thos., Lwr. Chelmscote Cockbill W., Mine hi •DurningJ. & C. Gibbs Samuel * Godson Esther t Harris Ann t Harris Henry Harris J., jun., Chin Slade Harris Jno., senr., cfe miller, Brailes mill Harris J., Drybank Harris Wm., Brailes buildings, or All- meadow farm Matthews J., Coomb Slade Spencer J., Chelsmct Spencer J. Winderton Spencer J . , Aylesmore house * Spencer Wm., senr t Spencer Wm., junr * Spencer William t Taylor J ohn * Tennant Richard * Warmington J. sen Wilks J., Winderten tWiIksT.,&brickmkr t Wilsdon Charles tWincottT. , Spring ct 'Carriers S. Godson cfe John IVarmington; Banbury, Mon. and Thursd. ; Shipston, Tues.cfe Sat. ; Strat ford, Friday BURM1NGTON, a small village and chapelry, in the parish of Wolford, 1§ miles S. from Shipston-upon Stour, contains 790 acres of land, and to 1841, 40 houses, and 188 inhabitants; 1801, 100; 1821, 176; 1831, 205; rateable value, ^£1,231. 19s. 7d.; was in tbe possession of Sir Humphrey Stafford, in the reign of Henry VI. The Chapel is a small neat edifice, rebuilt in 1693. The living, -,i curacy, annexed to Wolford. Tithes commuted, 1842, at£223. Here is a small infant school, erected by John Stan ton, Esq. ; Sir George R. Philips, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal owner. J. Court, Esq., left £10. to the care of the churchwardens and overseers ofthe poor, for tbe use ofthe poor of this parish ; 10s. is paid as interest, by Mr. Thomas Sheldon. of Burmington, who holds the money. To this, a contribution is made by the parish ioners, with which a distribution of coals and meat is made to the poor at Christmas. Directory.— George Dunsbee, butcher; William Gardner, carpenter; Rev. John Watson, curate; the farmers are John Allen, William Harrington, Izrael Print, and Thomas Sheldon, and corn mUler. KINETON HUNDRED— BRAILES DIVISION. 709 CHERRINGTON, a small parish and pleasant village, 4 m. S.E.from Shipston-upon- Stour; in 1841, here were 79 houses and 340 inhabitants; 1801, 290; 1821, 316; 1831, 328; and 824 acres of land ; rateable value, £1,183. 13s. 6d. ; this was originally a member of Brailes, and the property ofthe Earl of Warwick. The principal owners are now Sir George R. Philips, Bart., William Dickinson, Esq., and Rev. P. Turner; the former is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, consists of nave, chancel, north aisle, and tower, in which are five bells. The living, a rectory, value in K.B., .£11. 10s. 7|d., now .£300. ; Rev. Power Turner, patron and incumbent. The rectory is a commodious residence. National School, established about 10 years ago, John and Elizabeth Mills, master and mistress. Thomas Holtom, by will, 1789, gave the yearly sum of 12s. to the churchwardens of this parish, to be distributed amongst the poor of the parish in bread on Easter-day. This payment is resisted under the statue 9, George II. Directory.— Thomas and William Attwood, carpenters ; Thomas cfe William Clarke, masons; Mr. Richard Day, William Dickinson, Esq., Richard Godson, tailor; John Hail, plumber and glazier ; Joseph Jarrett, carpenter and shopkeeper; Wm. Jarrett, farm bailiff; John Long, wheelwright; John and Elizabeth Mills, school; James Righton, beerhouse and miller ; Thomas Salmon, post office ; James Stockley, beerhouse and butcher; Rev. Power Turner, rector; and Thomas Bury, Francis Holtom, George Holtom, and Edward Timms, farmers. COMPTON (LONG,) an extensive parish and considerable village, at the southern extremity of the county, 4£ miles N.N.W. from Chipping Norton, and six S. from Shipston-upon-Stour, contains 3,750 acres of land, including the hamlet of Weston ; and in 1841, 177 houses, and 829 inhabitants; 1801, 751; 1821, 860; 1831, 801; rate able value, £5,378. 19s. 2d. This is included in the Norman survey, and the manor was granted in the reign of Edward I., to John de Mohun, in which family it continued till the time of Henry IV., when, for want of male issue, it came to Richard le Strange, and afterwards to Thomas, Earl of Derby, who disposed of his share to William, Earl of Northampton. The principal landowners are Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., and the Marquis of Northampton, the former is lord of the manor. The township of Long Compton was enclosed, by virtue of an Act of Parliament, passed 1811 ; at the enclosure, the land was exonerated from payment of all manner of tithes in kind, by allotments, to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, as Impropriate Rectors, and to the Rev. Francis ElUs, as the then Vicar. It contains 2,981a. 2r. 36p., of land, of which 53a. 28p. are public roads. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a large ancient edifice, with a square tower. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Books, .£12. 15s. 7§d., now £191., augmented with £200., private benefactions, and .£200. Queen Anne's bounty; to the patronage ofthe Provost and Fellows of Eton College, and incumbency ofthe Rev. Francis Ellis Jervoise, for whom the Rev. Narcissns George Batt, officiates. The vicarage is a good residence, pleasantly situate near the church. A Free School, supported by Sir G. R. Philips, the Marquis of Northampton, and the Rev. Francis Ellis Jervoise ; Thomas and EUzabeth WilMns, teachers. The Independents and tbe Wesleyans have each a Chapel here. WESTON, a hamlet, 2 miles north, contains 768a. 2r. 24p. of land, of which Ha. 3r. 21p. are roads ; was for several generations the property and residence of the Sheldon family, who bmlt a noble mansion here, about the latter end of the 16th cen tury, surrounded by a park of 300 acres. William Sheldon, who erected the seat, betog a great encourager of the Flemish tapestry weavers, on their coming to England, em ployed them to make a curious series of maps, consisting of three pieces of tapestry, covering two sides of a spacious room. On the sale of the furniture, in 1781, this tapestry was purchased for 30 guineas, by Horace Walpole, and presented by him to the Earl Harcourt, ' to whose seat at Nuneham Courtenay, it is carefully preserved. The ancient mansion of the Sheldon's has been taken down, and a splendid and 4 B 710 WESTON PARISH. picturesque edifice, from a design by Shaw, erected upon its site about twenty years ago, by Sir G. R. Philips, Bart., whose seat and property it is ; having purchased the whole hamlet upwards of 30 years ago, of the late Ralph Sheldon, Esq. Tithes commuted under the tithe commission, as follows, by a certain ancient customary payment of £19. to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, in lieu of the great tithe ; and £20. to the Vicar of Long Compton, in lieu ofthe vicarial tithe. Charities. — John Hunt, by deed, 21st October, 1632, granted to John Harris and others, one cottage, and one close, and two acres of land, to Long Compton, upon trust, to be bestowed by the churchwardens upon poor people. The cottage is now divided into four tenements, and the close, about a quarter of an acre, forms a garden annexed to them, which are let to poor people at very low rents. The two acres was " Lands" in the open field. Upon the inclosure in 1812, these four lands were inclosed, to which four acres allotted to the poor in lieu of their right to cut furze for fuel, which was inclosed with the former lauds, now containtog nearly six acres, and is let for the yearly sum of £11., which is appUed, with the produce of the other charities, to a dis tribution of coals. Richard Mellor, of Woolford Parva, by will, 1657, gave 40s. yearly to Long Compton, payable out of four acres of land in the open fields of Little Woolford, belonging to Lord Redesdale, and of six cottages the property of G eorge Crossley ; of this sum 6s. 8d. was for a sermon on All Saints' day, £1. 10s. to the poor on the same day, 3s. for the trouble of the distribution, and 6d. to the clerk. The whole .£2. is now added to the coal fund. Richard Fowler, by will, 1712, left .£20. to the poor of Long Compton ; this sum is now placed in the Shipston Savings' Bank, and the interest added to the coal fund. John Rawlings, who died in 1778, left to the poor of this parish £20. ; this sum is also in the Shipston Savings' Bank, and the toterest carried to the coal fund ; for which the minister, at intervals, during the winter, provides coals, from which poor families in the parish are allowed to purchase at half price, and the sacrament money is appUed to supply any deficiency. Post Office, at Robert Fowler's ; letters arrive at 8,30 a.m., and are despatched at 3 p.m. AttwoodW. carpenter Batt Rev. Narcissus George, curate Baughan J. carpenter BaughanW. carpentr Clark T. stonemasoD Cook Wm., saddler Dowman Geo., tailor Fowler J. shopkeeper Fowler R. postmaster Hands G. shoemaker Hine Wm., plumber. glazier, cfe painter. grocer cfe ironmngr Hughes Rd.carpenter Hughes W. carpenter Hunt Johncfe Richard, blacksmiths Male J. police officer Mumford Ann, vict., The Lion Murton C, steward, Weston park PMUps Sir Geo. Rd Bart., Weston hs Salmon Jph. corn mlr Taylor S. maltster Tidmarsh J. shoemk Walker Jph., farrier Watts John, victti., White Hart West Rev. SI. ind.mn Wheeler F. shopkpr Wheeler J. corn mti Wheeler J. wheelwrt Wheeler Jno. baker Wheeler John, land measurer Wiggins Joseph, sen. butcher Wiggins Joseph, jun. butcher Wilkins Thomas and EUzabeth, school Farmers. Baughan John BerriU Isabella Crossley George Fower WUliam Harris Thomas Hewens Nicholas Hirons Anthony Hirons Thomas Hughes Francis Hughes Richard Hunt Richard Neale Thomas Smith Henry Taylor James Taylor WilUam Walton Simon Wheeler John Adams Wheeler John, jun. COMPTON WYNIATES, a, small parish, (the adjunct, Wyniates, appears to be derived from a Vineyard anciently cultivated here ;) 5 miles E.N.E. from Shipston-on- Stour, contains 997 acres of land; and, in 1841, 9 houses, aud 46 inhabitants; 1801, 41 ; 1821, 28; 1831, 23 ; rateable value, £1223. lis. From the 7th of Edward I. to the present time, has been possessed by the very ancient family of Compton. The family mansion was built in the reign of Henry VIII. by Sir WilUam Compton, the materials being chiefly removed from the ruins, of Fulbrook Castle ; and he obtained leave to enclose 2,000 acres of land and wood, for a surrounding park, which- he commenced making in the 1 1th of Henry VIII. This splendid mansion is the occasional residence of its illustrious owner, the Marquis of Northampton. It is an extensive but irregular edifice, built round a large court, and was originally surrounded by a moat. Over the porch of the principal entrance are the Royal Arms, surmounted by a crown, and sup ported by a Greyhound and Griffin, with a rose and crown on each side, The chimney klNETON HUNDRED— BRAlLES DIVISION. 711 shafts are much ornamented, it is said they were brought from Fulbrook in their present state, and the gables are enriched with elaborate carved work. Within the mansion is the ancient Chapel, formerly enriched with" a costly window of rare workmanship. " Compton House narrowly escaped demolition during the civil war, in which its noble owners acted so conspicuous a part; it was garrisoned by the Parliament army in 1646. The Church was reduced by the opposing army to a heap of ruins, whilst, with a strange perversity of feeUng, they mingled with the fragments the monumental memorials of the family, broken to pieces by their ruthless hands. After the restoration, the Church was rebuilt by James, third Earl Northampton, who was afterwards interred in it ; it contains a murial monument, and several broken figures of the family ; it is a small neat edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisle ; the ceiling is beautifully painted to imitate day and night. The living, a rectory, with the vicarage of Tysoe, united, to the patronage of the Marquis of Northampton, and incumbency of the Rev. S. Y. Seagrave. Kirby, a farm 2 miles W. Directory. — Thomas Hitchman, Joseph Tarver, WiUiam Walton, Compton Wyniates House, and John Warmington, Kirby, farmers. HONINGTON, a parish and pleasant village, 1£ mile N. by E. from Shipston-on- Stour, contains 2,424 acres of land, of which 50 are glebe ; and, in 1841, 70 houses and 335 inhabitants ; 1801,287; 1821,331; 1831,341; rateable value, .£2632. 6s. 4d. This was one of the places given by Leofric, to the monastery founded by him at Coventiy. The manor and advowson were sold in the 3rd of Henry VIII. to Robert Gibbes, in whose family it was in 1640 ; and was subsequently purchased by Sir Henry Parker, Bart., who erected a handsome mansion here, and rebuilt the Church at his own ex pense, whereto he is interred. The Rev, Henry Townsend is lord of the manor and principal owner. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a neat edifice, consisting of nave, side aisles, and a Gothic tower ; and contains two handsome monuments to the Parker family, and some rich tablets to the Townsend family. The living, a discharged vicarage, V. K. B. £9. 6s. 8d., now .£125. Rev. Henry Townsend, patron, and Rev. John Wright, M. A., incumbent. The vicarage is a good residence near the Church. The Hall is a spacious handsome mansion, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Stour, near the church, and is the seat and property of the Rev. Henry Townsend. St. Denis, two farms 2 miles S.E., anciently known as the Chapelry of Bradmore. Fell Mill, a farm 1 mile S. Knowlands, a farm 2 miles N.E. Directory. — Mr. Wm. Cluff, John Gardner, carpenter ; John Gardner, blacksmith ; Thos. Lidzy, maltster ; Mr. Edwd. Sale, Mr. Jph Sale, Mr. Jonathan Smith, Rev. Hy. Townsend, The Hall ; Rev. John Wright, M. A., vicar ; and the farmers are Charles Davis, St. Denis; Wm. Fortnum, Granby Farm; Jph. Hancox, Littleworth; Jph Holton, St. Denis; Geo. Marshall, Knowlands; Wm. Marshall, Timothy Mason, Fell Mill; and Rd. Rimnell. IDLICOTE, a parish and small village, 3 miles N.E. from Shipston-on-Stour; to 1841, here were 20 houses and 82 inhabitants, 1801, 106 ; 1821, 88 ; 1831, 82 ; and 1330 acres of land, rateable value, .£1,595. At the conquest was held by Robert de Stadford, whose son Nicholas passed it to Geoffery de Clinton, by whom it was given to the monks of Kenilworth. In the 4th of Queen Elizabeth the manor was granted to Ludovic Grevill, and was subsequently sold to WiUiam Underhill. Henry Peach Keighly Peach, Esq., who is a minor, is lord of the manor and principal owner ofthe soil. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancieDt Gothic edifice, in a good state of preservation ; consists of nave and chancel, which contains a neat monument to the Peach family. The living, a rectory, V.K.B. £13. 6s. 8d. ; patron, H. P. K. Peach, Esq.j and Rev. Wm. Godfrey Huet, M. A., incumbent. Tithes commuted 1842, at .£300. The Rectory is a small neat residence, pleasantly situate near the Church. Mrs. Margaret Underhill, by will, 1780, bequeathed £?100. to the minister, church wardens, and overseers of the poor, upon tiust, for the use of the poor. This money 4 B 2 712 IDLICOTE PARISH. was invested in the purchase of £M75. Is. 6d. consolidated three per cent, annuities, and now stands in the name of Samuel Peach, Esq. ; the annual dividend, £5. 5s. is distribu ted by Mr. Peach, about Christmas, in articles of clothing to the poor. Directory.— Rev. Wm. Godfrey Huet, M. A., rector ; and Wm. Batsford, Manor House; Rt. Davis, White House; Hy. and Jph. Hancox, The Hill; and Wm. Harris, farmers. PILLERTON HERSEY, or Lower Pillerton, a small village and parish, 3)£ miles .S. W. by W. from Kineton, contains 1346 acres of land, and. in 1841, 56 houses, and 217 inhabitants ; 1821, 268 ; rateable value, .£1300. ; at the Conquest, belonged to the Earl of Chester and Hugh de Grentemaisnill. In the 1st of Richard II.. the manor was for feited by the owner for committing felony, and given to Hugh de Hercy, whose posterity enjoyed it for many years ; and from that family it obtained its present appellation, to distinguish it from Pillerton Priors. After various changes, the manor was, to 1580, owned by Thomas Throckmorton, and from 1593 to 1638, was in the possession ofthe Underbills, who sold it to Sergeant W ard. The Rev. Henry Mills is the principal owner, and Rev. Francis Mills is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, con sists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, which has lately undergone considerable improvements. The living, a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Pillerton Priors annexed, value in K. B. ;£8., now £120., augmented with ^£643. private benefactions, and £1200. Queen Anne's bounty. Patron, Rev. Francis Mills, and Rev. Henry Mills, incumbent. The manor house, situate a short distance from the church, the residence ofthe Rev. Henry Mills. The free school is a neat brick building, erected 181 1, by its supporter, Rev. Henry Mills, and was incorporated with the National Society, to 1818: Charlotte Turpin, mistress. Foss Bury, a, farm on the Foss road, 1% miles W. by N- Pillerton Leasow, another farm, 1% mile S.E. Poor's Allotment. —By Inclosure Act for this parish, passed in the 34th year of the reign of George HI., land was to be set oat for poor persons to the value of £5. Iu consequence, the commissioners awarded 8a. 2r. 22p. to the churchwardens and overseers on tiust, for the use of the poor. The land is now let at the annual rent of £9., which is applied in the purchase of coals, which are distributed at Christmas. Directory. — Wm. AUibon, wheelwright; Hy. Burbidge, painter, cfec. ; Robert FUnt, shoemaker; Wm. Hambidge, cattle dealer: Rev. Henry MUls, M. A., vicar, Manor House; Charlotte Turpin, schoolmistress. The farmers are Thos. Anderson, Mary Astley, Edward Humpriss, Foss Bury ; WUUam Lowe, John Newland. and John Smith. Carrier to Stratford, Tues.; and Warwick, Sat.: William Baylis. PILLERTON PRIORS, OR OVER PILLERTON, a small village and parish, 4 miles S.W. by W. from Kineton. In 1841, here were 42 houses, and 183 inhabitants; 1821, 211 ; and 1484 acres of land; rateable value, £1697. 15s. Was, at the Conquest, called Pillerton Parva, and was the property of the Earl of Chester. The manor having been given to a monastery in Normandy, came to the crown at the dissolution, and was sold to Geoffery Sackerley, Esq., after which it descended, through the families of Holt, Cliff, Lee, and Ward, to William Compton, Esq., who sold it to the Earl of Rutland. The Rev. Henry Mills is the present owner, and the Rev. Francis Mills, lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, was destioyed by fire in 1666, of which there is no remains. The living, a perpetual curacy, annexed to the living of Pillerton Hersey. Poor's Money. — It is stated by the returns of 1786, that there was a sum of;£30., belonging to the poor of this parish, then in the family of the late Thomas Gardner. In the year 1809, William Gardner gave a bond for the payment of this money, with interest at five per cent. ; but after two years payment he became embarrassed. But from the expectations arising from an aged Aunt, it was expected the money and the arrears would be recovered. Directory.— Richard Hemming, blacksmith; David Reading, carpenter; Thomas Shepherd, road surveyor, and John Gardner, John Miles, Foss Farm ; John Toy, John Walton, and Thomas Walton, Cadbold, farmers. Carriers, to Banbury, Thos. Lamb, and Thos. Stock, Thur.; to Warwick and Leamington, Tues. and Sat., Thos. Lamb and Stratford, Thomas Stock, Fri. ' I KINETON HUNDRED — BRAIlEg DIVISION; 713 STRETTON-ON-FOSS, a parish and village, forming a detached portion of the Brailes division ofthe Kineton hundred, situated in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles W.S. W. from Shipston-on-Stour, containing 1978a. of land, of which244 are glebe, and in 1841, 96 houses, and 434 inhabitants ; 1801, 292 ; 1821, 410; rateable value, £1549. 15s. 5£d. Was held in the 36th of Henry III. by William de Breton, of Ralph de Tod- ney ; and, after various transmissions, came into the hands of the monks of Bordesley, lords ofthe place ; in the 27th of Henry VIII., it was the property of Thomas Badger, and others ; and, about the reign of Charles II., came to the Sheldons by purchase, and is now the property of Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., and William Dickinson, Esq. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a neat edifice, rebuilt in 1841, and consists of nave chancel, and small spire. The living, a rectory, with that ofDitchford annexed, value, to the King's books at .£11., now £288. Patron, Mrs. Fitzgerald; and Rev. Charles Causton, M. A. incumbent. The rectory is a commodious residence near the Church. The Baptists have a small chapel here. Ditchford, Lower, a hamlet, contains three farms ; one mile S. E. Poor's Land. — A deed, dated 16 James I., notices certain lands held to the use ofthe poor, and another in 1574, and are now managed by tbe minister and one or two parishioners. The laud consists of about 14 acres, let at the yearly rent of £14. The tenant bringing the amount in coals, at two different times during the winter ; which are distributed to poor parishioners, in proportion to their families. i Directory. — Giles Archer, beerhouse and blacksmith ; John Bumpus, coal dealer ; Rev. Chas. Causton, M. A., rector ; Miss Sarah Grimmett, Mr. Richard Hathaway, John Hitchmau, vict., Golden Cross ; Mrs. Eliz. Johnson, Mrs. Eliz. Mander, Richard Rouse, blacksmith; Wm. Shephard, carpenter; Mrs. Ann Tarplett, John Tarplett, shopkeeper; Thomas Tarplett, shoemaker; Wm. Wells, carpenter. The farmers are Rd. Anchor, Mary and Rd. Bye, Ditchford; Rd. Gibbs, John Grimmett, Rd. Grimmett, Geo. Haynes, Geo. Hopkins. Edward Hurlston, Ditchford; Charles Longford, George Longford, Stretton cottage ; and Wm. Hawes, Longford. WHATCOTT, a parish and small village, 4 miles N. E. from Shipston-on-Stour, contains 840 acres of land, of which 220 are glebe; and, in 1841, 44 houses, and 182 in habitants; 1801, 199; 1821, 199; rateable value, .£886. TMs was, at the Norman survey, in the possession of Hugh de Grentemaisnill. The descent of this manor is not very clear, but in the time of Henry IV., it was owned by Edmund, Earl of Stafford, by whose posterity it was enjoyed until the 12th of Henry VIII., when it passed to Sir William Compton ; Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Bart., is the present owner, and lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, consisting of nave, chancel, and tower ; in the church are two brasses, to the memory of Thomas Nelle, who died 1480 ; and William Auldington, who died 1511 ; both rectors of this parish ; and in the chancel is a Latin inscription, recording the death of John Davenport, in the 101st year of his age; having been rector here for the extraordinary period of 70 years and 6 months. The living, a rectory, V. K. B.£12. 13. 7id., now £213., in the patronage of Sir Adolphus Dalrymple,Bart. ; and Rev. James Gorle,M.A., incumbent. Therectory a neat house near the Church. Directory. — John Batsford, carpenter; Rev. James Gorle, M.A., rector; and James Marshall, Thos. Marshall, andWm. Marshall, farmers. WHICHFORD, a parish and pleasant village, 6 miles S.E. from Shipston-on-Stour, includes the hamlets of Ascott and Stourton, which together, in 1841, had 691 inhabitants i 1821, 583; and 1996 acres of land; rateable value, £2259. In 1841, 79 houses were returned for Whichford, with 344 inhabitants. The family of Mohun were early possessors of the lordship. William Mohun, prior to the reign of Henry I., gave the church to the monks of Bridlington ; the manor continued in this family till the time of Henry V., when, upon the failure of male issue, it came to the Strange's, and thence to the Earl of Derby, from whom it passed to Ralph Sheldon, Esq., in the 17th century. Sir George R. Philips is the principal owner and lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a handsome edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, side 4 B 3 tu WHICHFORD PARISH. aisles, and tower, in which are five bells ; the whole has recently undergone con siderable repairs, at a cost of about .£1,000., defrayed by Sir G. R. Philips, Bart., Rev. R. B. Pinniger, M. A., and the parishioners. The living, » rectory, value to the King's book, .£19. 8s.6£d., now £623., in the patronage ofthe Earl Beauchamp, and Rev. Richard Brown Pinniger, incumbent. The rectory is a neat residence, pleasantly situated near the church. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. Ascott, a hamlet and small village, § mile east ; in 1841, had 32 houses and 158 inhabitants. Stourton, another small village and townsMp, 2 miles N. ; in 1841, here were 51 houses and 189 inhabitants, with 960 acres of land, rateable value .£1148. 10s. The principal land owners are the executors ofthe late John Webb, Mr. R. B. Shaw, Rev. R. B. Pinniger, Mrs. Ann Woodcock, and lady of the manor ; Mr. Edward Rouse, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. John Jaques, Sir G. R. Philips, Bart., and Mr. Henry Timms; several others have small estates here. The Methodists have a small chapel here, erected 1809. Charities.— Rev. Mr. Watkins, va 1108, gave ^610. ; John Timms, 1711, gave £5.; Rev. Mr. Ingram, 1752, gave £10.; John Timms, 1764, gave £10, ; an unknown donor, £>10. ; to these the parish added £5., making £50., which, by the returns of 1785, are stated to be in houses and land, and to produce £2. 10s. per annum. It appears from living witnesses, that £50. was expended in a purchase by the parish officers, and that £2. 10s., as the interest, was many years distributed under the superintendance of the minister, among the poor, at Easter, but was discontinued about the year 1800. The property now consists of seven tenements, to which the parish officers place poor persons rent free. It also appears that the Rev. Mr. Watkins, in 1708, gave, by will, .£10. for the use of the poor of Stourton, the interest to be given to 10 poor famiUes on Easter Monday. This money was lost by the failure of John Marshall. Those marked * reside at Stourton, and t Ascott, the remainder at Whichford. Timms Henry t Timms Nicholas t Timms William Baughan T., baker Baughan W. shoemk * Clarke T. shopkpr Columb W. schoolmr Davis Wm., keeper Doncaster Wm., vict. cfe tailor, Horse Shoe •Gibbard Mrs. Rhoda Godson Jno., tailor * Hall Jno., shopkpr * Hands J., shoemkr Matthews R. corn mlr Morris — schoolmr Mumford R. carpenti Perrin S. maltster Pinniger Rev. Richd. Broome, M.A. rector * Shaw Mrs. Ann Slatter Jno., blacksm Slatter J., carpenter * Smith William, corn miller Thomitt J., maltster Walker C, saddler •WebbWilliam, sen., blacksmith Farmers. t Gibbs John t Gibbs Richd., sen. T Gibbs Richd., jun. * Hall William f Harvey Richard • Jaques John f PhilUps John * Rouse Edward * Shaw Robert B. * Smith Joseph Starch George Timms Anthony Timms WUliam t Watkins WilUam * Webb William Wilks J. FarneyComb Wincott John Wincott Robert Woolams Thomas Camer,John Harvey, Banbury, Thurs., Chipping Norton,W. WOLFORD, (GREAT,) a parish and small village, 4 miles S. by W. from Shipston- on-Stour, contains with the hamlet of Little Wolford, 2,671 acres of land, and, to 1841, 583 inhabitants ; 1821, 529. Great Wolford contained, in 1841, 58 houses and 311 inhabitants ; in 1 801, 278 ; rateable value, £2,247. 12s. 4d. Robert de Stafford held this at the Conquest, and it continued with his descendants until the reign of Henry VIII., when Edward Stafford,Duke of Buckingham, tiansferred it to Sir William Compton and Ms heirs. Lord Redesdale is lord of the manor, and principal owner. The Church, de dicated to St. Michael, consists of nave, chancel and spire, was rebuilt in 1835, and will accommodate 460, of which 338 are free. The living, a discharged vicarage, value in K. B. £8. now £170. augmented with £400. private benefactions, £200. Queen Anne's bounty, and £300. parliamentary grant ; in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford; and incumbency of the Rev. Domvile Wheeler, M. A. The vicarage is a neat residence. A neat school, with ahouse for the master, was erected 1821, by tbe late Lord Redesdale, and is chiefly supported by subscription. WOLFORD, (LITTLE.) a township and smaU pleasant village, § mile S.E., and 4 miles S. from Shipston-on-Stour, contains 1,320 acres of land, and, in 1841, 53 houses and 274 inhabitants, in 1801, 229. Was possessed by Earl Mellent in the Conqueror's KINETON HUNDRED— BURTON DASSETT DIVISION. 71£ time, and afterwards devolved to the Barons Stafford and Ingrams. Sir George Richard Philips is lord ofthe manor, and sole owner. Hasting Ingram, by will, 5th August, 1746, gave to the vicar and overseers of Woolford, and their successors, a rent charge of 40s., clear of all deductions, on tiust, for the use of the poor of Little Woolford; and also a clear yearly rent charge of 10s. for the use ofthe poor of Great Woolford, payable out of certain lands in Little Woolford. The agent of the Ingram Estates pays the charges, and generally a much greater amount is distiibuted at Little Woolford. Great Wolford Directory.— -Wm. Clifford, schoolmaster; James Dyer, vict., Fox and Hounds ; Thomas Dyer, carpenter ; Edward Randall, com miller ; Mr. Joseph Smith, Richard Walker, carpenter ; Rev. Geo. Domvile Wheeler, M.A., rector ; the farmers are, Ann Badger and Wm. Gillett, EUza Fletcher, John Fletcher, Rd. Green, John Hurlstone, John Shephard, and Wm. Shephard. Little Wolford Directory. — John and Edward Barrett, corn millers ; Jonth. and Wm. Crossley, carpenters ; Wm. Dyer, blacksmith ; Thomas Greenhill, brickmaker ; Rd. Hall, shoemaker; William Hunt blacksmith; the farmers are James Walker Dyer, Thos. Edgington, junr., John Rainbow, and Thomas and Parsons Shirley. THE BURTON DASSETT DIVISION Comprises eight parishes and one chapelry, viz., Avon Dassett, Burton D asset Fenny Compton, Farnborough, Mollington Chapelry, Ratley, Shotswell, Warmington, and Wormleighton, and 18,406 acres of land ; to 1841, 718 inhabited houses, 25 uninhabited, and 1 building; 3,412 inhabitants, of whom 1706 were males, and 1706 females. This is probably the only division in the Kingdom, where the males and females are equal in number. AVON DASSETT, a, parish and small pleasant village, 5 miles E. by S. from Kineton, contains 1331 acres, and in 1841, 51 houses, and 287 inhabitants; 1821, 242; 1831, 226 ; rateable value, £1847. 7s. 0%d. This was, in the Conqueror's time, held by Earl Mellent, and descending through the Cantelupes, Bishopdens, and Peechys, came to the Montforts, of Coleshill, from which family, with some intermediate, it passed to Sir Ralph Saddler, who sold the manor to the Woodwards, of Butler's Mars ton. The principal land-owners are Wm. Holbech, Esq., and Rev. Robert G. Jeston> Esq. ; the former is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, and contains some tablets to the Woodward family. The Uving, a rectory, value in K.B. .£13. 8s. 9d„ now .£450. ; the Rev. Robt. G. Jeston, patron and incumbent. The rectory, a good residence, situated on a com manding eminence, having a fine view ofthe surrounding country, This parish enjoys the privilege of sending 15 children to the free school at Farnborough. Charities. — John Freckleton, by will, 1754, gave to certain trustees, including the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, certain lands in this parish, the rents after the death of his wife, to be appropriated to the use of a school in this parish ; but this devise was considered void under the statute of 9th of George II. This parish has, how ever, the privilege of sending ten boys and five girls to the free school of Farnborough. Rev. John James, of the rectory of Avon Dassett, who was buried, 10th December, 1617, gave by will, to the poor of this parish, 20s. yearly, for ever, out of certain lands in the parish, to be distributed by equal portions on Good Friday and St. Thomas's day. It is now paid, 1 0s. from land belonging to John Spencer, 5s. from land belongtog to John Haines, 2s. 6d. from land belongtog to Margaret Barnes, and 2s. 6d. from land belonging to John Cooper ; and is mostly given in money to the poor, by the minister and churchwardens. Rev. Tliomas Hindes, by will, 1768, gave £50. to the rector and churchwardens of this parish, to distribute the interest thereof in equal portions on Midsummer-day and Christmas-day, to poor parishioners. This legacy is now £100. three per cent, consols, standing in the names of the Rev. Humphrey Jeston, and two others. The toterest, £3., is distiibuted to the poor with the other charities. Poor Allotment. — Upon the inclosure of the open and common lands in this parish, 716 AVON DASSETT PARISH. in the year 1780, two allotments were awarded, in trust, for the poor, in lieu of all right of cutting furze, cfec. ; one in Church Hill quarter, containing 3a. lr. 16p., and the other in the same quarter, containing 3a. lr. 25p. These allotments are now (1825,) let at the yearly rent of £2\. 5s., which is distributed to all the poor at 2s. or 3s. ahead. Those who occupy land are excluded. Directory.— Thos. Abbotts, beerhouse ; Chas. Barnes, beerhouse; Charles Cooper, corn miller; Jph. Cooper, maltster; Jas. Garner, farrier; John Haines, gentleman; Geo. Howtin, shopkeeper; Rev. Robert Green Jeston, M.A.. rector; Daniel Jobson, blacksmith. The farmers are Wm. Cory, Thos. and John Griffin, Thos. Hawtin, John Huggins, Ann King, Ann Maycock, and Joseph Russell. BURTON DASSETT, an extensive parish, 5 miles E. from Kineton, though now a scattered village, was formerly a market town of some note ; it comprises the hamlets of Knigbtcote, Little Dassett, Northend, and many scattered farms, and contains 480*7 acres of land, 90 of which are glebe; and in 1841, 143 houses and 614 inhabitants; 1801,600; 1821, 670; 1831, 673; rateable value £5335. 19s. 2d.; this was formerly called Cheping Dassett, on account of its market ; in the 51st of Henry III. a Charter was granted to the lord of the manor for a weekly market and a fair ; in the reign of Henry VII. Sir Edward Belknap, who then possessed the manor, greatly depopulated this lordship, but obtained an act of indemnity, being in office under the king. The manor afterwards descended to the Temples, several of whom are interred in the Church. Lord WiUoughby de Broke is lord of the manor and principal owner ; Mr. James Yardley, Mr. William Lcdbrook, Thomas and Daniel Ledbrook, Mr. John Robinson, and several others have freehold estates here. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower containing six good bells. The living, a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £14. ; now £167. Patrons : Lord WiUoughby de Broke and R. W. Blencowe, Esq.; and Rev. W. D. Sheard, M.A., incumbent. The vicarage, a neat residence near the Church. A school, supported by the freeholders, for the poor children of the hamlets of Knightcote and North End. Hamlets. — Knightcote, a hamlet, two miles north, in the time of Henry III. belonged to a family of that name, at which period there was a Chapel in the village. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here, erected 1837- Here is a mineral spring called Stockwell. Little Dassett, another small hamlet, ^ mile west. North End, a hamlet which had formerly a Chapel, but it was long since desecrated. Here is a small Wes leyan Chapel, erected 1831. Bedlem, a farm, 2.J miles N.W. Burton HiU, a farm, 1 mile S.W. Frog Hall, another farm, 2J miles W. Marlborough Farm, 2 miles W. And- Owlington, a farm, 2k miles W. Burton Hills rise to a great height, commanding extensive and beautiful views; on the summit of one is an ancient beacon. Charities. — John Kimbcll, by deed, 14th of Edward IV., conveyed a messuage and two yard lands in Mollington, to Ralph Wallis and his heirs, in tiust, that the rents should be employed as follows : 7s. towards the use and repairs of the parish church of BurtonDassett ; and 2d., in bread, to be given to all the poor householders in Knightcote and North End, in the name of Dole ; and all the residue to be employed in such manner as tbe trustees and inhabitants should direct. The estate was, 7th March, 1815, conveyed to Thomas Ledbrooke and seven others, on trust, reciting that the open fields in Mol lington had been enclosed, and that certain exchanges had been made. The premises now consist ofthe old house and bam, cfec. and four parcels of arable land, containing 47a. 2r. 37])., let (1 S25) at the yearly rent of £70. In addition, the trustees are possessed of a house in Knightcote, with a small garden, and about a quarter of an acre of land besides, which they purchased in 1815, for the use of a schoolmaster, which he occupies at the rent of Is. per week. Out of the rents, 7s. is paid to the churchwardens, and a dole of bread, now a fourpenny loaf, to every house in the two hamlets, which, in 1825, cost £3. 2s. The rest is applied to the schooling of poor children in those hamlets. For reading and writing, 6d. per week is paid ; and when arithmetic is added, 7d. per week. The rest is appUed to the reparation of rofids, and a dinner at the annual meeting. KINETON HUNDRED — BURTON DASSETT DIVISION. 717 Marked 1, reside at Knightcote ; 2, at North End; and the rest where specified. 2 Brown John, tailor 1 Canning W. school 1 Collins Dnl. beerhs 2 Collins Wm. baker 1 France T. shoemkr 2 HarwoodJ.shoemkr 2 HazlewoodC. baker JeffsAnn,corn miller, Little Dassett 1 Ledbrooke Thomas and Daniel, bakers 2 Letts Reb. beerhs 2 Mann E. wheelwgt 1 Noon Job, gardener 2NewcombeR.shoemr2 NortonThs. coal dlr 1 PearsonJ.blcksmth SheardRev.Wm.Dvd. M.A., vicar,Burton 2 Southam J. carpntr 2ThomasonR.butchr. maltster cfe farmer 2 Walden T. blksmth Farmers. Anderton Thomas, Marborough 2 Bawcutt Hannah Bishop J. Fox Hall Bishop Rt. Church hi BishopThos.Old Lees 1 Bloxham Richard FairbrotherW.Burton 2 Herring William 1 Hood Mary, Eliz., Ann, and Sarah JudgeW., Lt.Dassett 1 Keyte John & Rd. LedbrookW. Burtn.hl 1 Ledbrook William PrattE.C, Lt.Dassett 1 Robinson John TomlinE.Bedlemfm 1 Wallin Ths. grazier WhateleyH. Owlngtn 2 Whorrall William 1 YardleyJ.ManorHs Carrier, to Banbury thur.cfe Leamington, tuesday and friday, T. Bignell COMPTON FENNY, a parish and considerable village, pleasantly situated to a valley, 6 miles E. by N. from Kineton, contains 2068 acres of land; and in 184], 147 houses, and 614 inhabitants; 1801, 383; 1821, 572; 1831, 565; rateable value, £j2S2. 14s. 2d. ; was held, in part, at the Conquest, by Turchil de W arwick : the manor subsequently came to Sir Thomas Montfort, and in the 13th of Henry VI II., was the property of John Spencer, Esq. Amongst the incumbents ofthe Church here, it may be remarked, was Aimer, brother, by the mother's side, to Henry III., who was presented thereto by the canons of Kenilworth ; he was afterwards Bishop of Winchester. The principal land-owners are William Bech, Esq., who is also lord of the manor, Rev. J. M. Knott, and Rev. Chas. A. Heurtley; and Mr. Thos. Reading, Mr. Daniel Knibb, Mr. John Matthews, Mr. Thos. Rocketts, and several others are freeholders here. The Church, dedicated to St. Clare, has a square tower, surmounted with aspire, and consists of nave, side aisles, and chancel, which has recently been refitted and beautified. The living, a rectory, V. K. B. £15. 8s. 4d. ; now, £600. ; in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; and Rev. Chas. Abel Heurtley, B.D., in cumbent. The Rectory, a good stone residence near the Church. The Wesleyanshavea Chapel here, built 1838. Parochial School, supported by subscription, is a small neat brick buildina-, erected 1833; cost £138. 10s. 4d., raised by a grant of £54. from the National Society, and subscriptions from the Rev. C. R.Watkins and others ; Benjamin Gulliver, master. On Gredenton Hills are the remains of an encampment, supposed to be of the ancient Britons. The Oxford and Rugby Railway and the Oxford Canal intersect this parish. Charities. — Poor's Money. A sum of .£22., for the use of the poor, (the origin un known,) is now placed in the hands of Edward Pettifer Reading, at the interest of 4 per cent, per annum, making 17s. 6d., which is applied to the use of poor widows. Richard Reading, by will, 1816, gave £100. to the.poor of this parish, the income to be given to the poor on Good Friday, in what the parish should think best. This sum is placed in tbe Banbury Bank; but it is intended, with the surplus accrued since the payment of £10. for legacy duty, to place it in the public funds. Richard Tucker, by will, 1817. gave £100. stock in the Navy five per cents., to the poor of this parish. It is now reduced to £105. four per cents. ; some legal expenses occurred in getting possession of this charity, The dividend, £4. 4s., is now distributed to the poor. Jnrnes Archer, by will, 1611, gave £20. to the use of 20 poor cottagers of this parish. Nothing is known of this. Chater Ann, beerhs | Maycock Chs. beerhs Grant Jno. quarrymn Rogers Aaron, baker Gulliver B. schoolmr Smith Thos. grocer Heurtley Rev. Chas. Stanbra Thos. baker Abel,B.A.,Rectory Stanbra W. blcksmth Knight W.blacksmth White Mrs. Kezia Matthews J.bonesetr, White Wm.,vict. and MatthewsT.corunitil butcher, Red Lion Farmers. Brown John, cfe vict, George cfe Dragon, Compton Wharf Brown Richd. Guest, coal rat.Compton wf Harbage John Hawtin Sampson Knibb Daniel Ledbrook Jno.grazier Reading Richard ReadingT. cfe maltster Ricketts Richard Ricketts T. cfe butcher Carrier, to Banbury, m. cfeth,, J .Edwards 718 FARNBOROUGH PARISH. FARNBOROUGH, a parish and pleasant village 6J miles E. by S. from Kineton, contains 1.953 acres of land, and to 1841, 74 houses, and 367 inhabitants; 1801, 214 ; 1821, 350; 1831, 365; rateable value, £3,151. 9s. 9d. ; was held by » family named Say, from the reign of Richard I. to that of Edward III., when it came, by purchase, to the Ranleighs; and about the commencement of the 18th century was sold to Ambrose Holbech, Esq., an eminent lawyer, in whose family it continues. William Holbech, Esq., is the lord of the manor and principal owner ; T. Rudge, Esq., has also an estate here. The Church, dedicated to St. Botolph, was considerably enlarged in 1830, and consists of nave, chancel, and tower ; it contains some good monuments to the Holbech family : the Uving, a discharged vicarage, value,in K.B.,.£5.12s.ld., now £304.,augmented with .£200., private benefactions, aud .£200., Queen Anne's bounty ; William Holbech, Esq., patron; Rev. Charles William Holbech, M.A., incumbent. The vicarage is a neat house adjoining the church. Tithes commuted 1841, rectorial, £5. lis.; vicarial, .£385. 5s. Here is a handsome mansion, the residence of William Holbech Esq. Charities. — John Frecklelon, by a codicil to his will, 1764, bequeathed the residue of his estate to William Holbech, Esq., John Bull, and the vicar of Farnborough, for the time being, on trust, to be appUed, after the death of his wife, in such charitable uses for the three parishes of Avon Dassett, Farnborough, and Cloydon, as they, their heirs and assigns, should, by deed, direct. The sum of £1,057. 7s. ld», Old South Sea Annuities, was realized from this bequest, now forming part of a fund £1,398. 2s. 6d., Old South Sea Annuities. A further part of this fund, amounting to .£169. 9s. 4d., arose from accumulations of interest after the death of Mrs. Freckleton, who died in 1783, and was added to the former sum in 1788. The residue of the stock, £M71- 6s. Id., was purchased with a gift, in 1812, of Viscount Andover, of .£100. These funds were ap plied to the establishment of a school at Farnborough for the benefit of the three parishes above-named. Mr. Holbech agreed that his school should be used for this charity, on condition that he should name five children in addition to Mr. Freckleton's, the trustees repairing the school, which he would afterwards keep in repair. The whole amount of annual dividend is £41. 18s. lOd. In 1813 it was fixed for the schoolmaster's salary to be £40. a year, and that he should teach as many children of the parish of Farnborough as tbe tiustees should think fit. There are now about seventy children, boys and girls, to tbe school, of these, thirty are from the parishes of Avon Dassett and Cleydon, fifteen from each, the remainder being from this parish. Tbe school is now conducted on the National School system. The school was rebuilt to 1831; Daniel Cotton, master. William Holbech, by will, 171 6, gave .£30., as a stock for the poor of this parish, the interest arising to be disposed of to such poor persons as the owner of his manor-house there, and the vicar there, for the time being, should think fit. Iu 1723 the executors of Mr. Gihbs paid a sum of £35. 14s. 6d. as his legacy, for the use of the poor of this parish. Iu 1/71 these two sums, with savings, to the whole, £105. 6s. 6d., was placed in the hands of William Holbech, Esq., on his note, at five-per cent, interest. William Alcock, by will, left £100. to the poor of this parish ; but his estate proving insufficient, only £50. 18s. 9d. was realized. This sum was also placed in the hands of Mr. Hol bech, at five-per cent. The interest of these three sums, £1. 16s. 2d. per annum, is re ceived by the vicar, and distributed amongst the most needy poor ofthe parish, to small sums of money. Directory. — Samuel Arnott, baker ; John Chater, blacksmith ; Daniel Cotton, school master; John Dury, butcher and grazier; William Fessey, maltster; Mr. Robert Marris, Rev. Charles William Holbech, M.A., vicar ; William Holbech, Esq. ; John Manning, carpenter ; Thomas Welch, beerhouse ; Thomas Welch, jun., butcher ; and Elizabeth Bates, Thomas Cooknell, WiUiam Cooper, Mary Curtis, James Griffin, far mers ; and John King, grazier. MOLLINGTON, a small village and chapelry, 4J m. N.W. from Banbury, contain ing 1,354 acres of land, and in 1841, 385 inhabitants ; rateable value, £2,1 12. 14s. lid. ; this is in the parish of Cropredy, Oxfordshire : William Bech, Esq., is the principal owner. The chapel, dedicated to All Saints, consists of nave, chancel, and tower. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here. Directory.— Thomas Archer, blacksmith ; John and Uriah Boot, coopers ; George KINETON HUNDRED — BURTON DASSETT DIVISION. 719 Eden, collar maker; George Frost, butcher ; John Guliver, pig dealer ; Richard Shake spear, victualler, Green Man ; Edmund Webb, baker ; and William Adkins, John Bay lis, Hawtin Checkley, Jeremiah French, Thomas Gibbard, John Grisold, and Richard White, farmers. RATLEY, a small village and parish, 4\ miles S.E. from Kineton ; to 1841, here were 82 houses, and 397 inhabitants ; 1801,221; 1821,402; 1831,376; and 1,635 acres of land ; rateable value, .£2,072. lis. 4d. ; this was long to the possession of the Earls of Warwick, who derived their right from Turchil de Warwick, the owner of it, at the Conquest. In the reign of Henry VIII. the manor was purchased by John Warner, whose descendants held it many years ; the Earl Jersey is the principal landowner and lord of the manor ; and Walter Sandor, Rev. Edward Miller, and Rev. E. B. Pursey, have estates here. On the brow of Hedge Hill, within this parish, is a large triangular fortification, called Nadbury Camp, supposed to be of Roman construction. This hill commands a delightful prospect of a fertile country, in a high state of cultivation, including the vale of Red Horse, which skirts its base ; it is further celebrated, in the annals of history, as the scene of a sangmnary battle, between the royalists and the parliamentary forces, September 2nd, 1642, in which, though several hundreds were slain on both sides, and among them many of the nobility, both armies kept the field. Numerous fragments of skeletons have been found in the vicinity. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower. The living, a dis charged vicarage, V.K.B., .£16. 12s., now .£110., augmented with £400., Queen Anne's bounty, in the patronage of the crown, and incumbency of tbe Rev. Edward MiUer, M.A. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. Upton, a small hamlet, 1 mile S.W. Upton House is a handsome spacious mansion, the seat and property of Viscount Lord George Augustus Frederick Villiers. Poors Land. — Upon the inclosure of tbe common fields, of Radway, about 80 years ago, 9a. 2r. 15p. of land was allotted to the trustees for the poor of the parish of Ratley, in lieu of one quarter of a yard land in the said common fields. Upon the Rat- ley inclosure, about 50 years ago, la. 2r. 28p. of land was allotted to the vicar and churchwardens, and overseers of the poor of the parish in trust, for the poor thereof; and also, by the same award, six parcels of land were set out for public stone and gravel pits, of which the herbage was for the use of the poor. The Radway allotment is let for the annual rent of £16., and the Ratley allotment, with part of the herbage of the gravel pits, for £5. About thirty years ago a school was established, and £15. of this income was paid to the schoolmaster, for instructing about 60 children of both sexes, in reading, writing, and arithmetic. The vicarage house, which is small, was given up to the master, rent free. A new school is now in course of erection ; will cost ;£340., defrayed by voluntary contributions, and a grant from government. The resi due is applied in a distribution of bread at Easter. Directory. — Viscount Lord George Augustus Frederick Villiers, Upton House; John Coles, vict., Rose and Crown ; Geo. England, carpenter; Mr, Josiah England, James Haynes, quarryman ; Thos. Jackson, schoolmaster ; Wm. Neavel, shopkpr. ; Mr. Jph. Timkins, Rt. Stanley, quarryman ; John Tummerton, corn miller ; Daniel Woodfield, blacksmith. The farmers are SI. Berridge, Upton ; Thos. Brown, Wm. Graves, Manor House; John Harbage, and George Watts, and maltster. SHOTSWELL, or Shottiswell parish, and irregularly built village, on the brow ofthe elevated range called Edge Hill, 4\ m N.N.W. from Banbury ; contains 1,232 acres of land; and in 1841, 73 houses, and 366 inhabitants; rateable value, ;£1,445. 12s. 4^d. ; it is supposed to have belonged to Warmington at the time of the Norman survey. A native of this place, named John Shottiswell, was prior of Coventry, from 1453 to 1460. Colonel North is lord ofthe manor and principal owner. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, consists of nave, chancel, side-aisles, and tower, surmounted with a spire. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued, in K.B., at £5. 13s. 6d., now .£157. ; Colonel North, patron ; and Rev. Edward Gibbs Walford, incumbent. Maidens' Dole. — Upon the inclosure ofthe common fields of this parish, to 1794, la. lr. 7p. of land was allotted in respect of the Maidens' Dole, of which the origin is 720 SHOTSWELL PARISH. not known ; a further allotment of 3r. 13p. was also awarded to the lord ofthe manor, vicar, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, and their successors, for the use of the poor inhabitants of the parish, in compensation for their rights of cutting furze, cfec. These allotments, being contiguous, have been inclosed together, and make one field of 2a. Or. 20p., let at the yearly rent of £11. 15s., of which £7. Is. is reserved for the Maidens' Dole, and £4. 14s. for the Poor's Lot. The former is distributed on Good Friday to bread, and the latter is usually given in money. Charities. — Rev. William Harrison, by will, 1736, gave to John Callow and two others, and the vicar of Shoteswell, who should immediately succeed him to the vicar age, the snm of £20., upon trust, to place the same out and pay the interest amongst all the poor of Shotswell. This legacy was invested in the purchase of £26. 6s. 4d., three per cent, consols. The dividends are applied for every two or three years, and are distiibuted by the minister and churchwardens to tbe poor. Direcloiy. — Wiliam Buller, butcher ; Samuel Coleman, carrier; Mr. Daniel Gard ner; Thomas Gardner, stonemason; Mr. WiUiam Giles; Joseph King, victualler and baker, Flying Horse; John Tims, carpenter; George Washbrook, grocer and farmer; William Washbrook, butcher; Edward Watts, wood turner; and Thomas Bull, Thomas Gibbard, Henry Harwood, John Ledbrook, William Miller, Elizabeth White, John White, Thomas White, and William White, farmers. WARMlNGTONparish, and pleasant village, 5$ miles N.W. by N. from Banbury, containing, with the hamlet of Arlescote, 1701 acres of land; andin 1841, 112 houses, and 496 inhabitants ; in 1801,395; 1821,437; 1831, 470; rateable value, £2,051. 3s. lid. ; was given at tbe Conquest to Earl Mellent, and came, with his other possessions in this dounty, to Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, who founded here, and en dowed with the manor, a small alien priory of Benedictines, which, according to tradi tion, stood near tbe centre of the village ; the possessions being seized upon by Henry IV., the manor was, in his 6th year, granted to the Carthusians of Witham, in the county of Somerset, confirmed by Henry VI., in his 10th .year. At the dissolution it was obtained by the Sheldon family ; but soon passed from them, and in the 5th of Edward VI. was granted to William Birt and others. The principal land owners are J. Loveday, Esq. ; Rev. William Harrison, Mr. William Ledbrook, WilUam Holbech, Esq. ; Mr. John Camhery, Mr. Samuel Huggins, Mr. R. Hollaway, and the Earl Jersey, who is also lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an aucient structure, on a commanding eminence, consists of nave, chancel, side-aisles, and tower ; the chancel has been furnished with open pews ; but the body of the church is in great want of repair. In an attached building, used as a vestry, is a stone altar, consisting of a slab resting on brackets; in tbe upper room is an opening like a. niche; it is supposed this was a vestry and temporary abode of the priest. In the grave-yard is a Btone to the memory of Captain Alexander Gourdin, who was slain at the battle of Edge-hiU. The living, a rectory, value, in K.B., £16. 13s.lld.,now.£450. ; in the patron age of tbe trustees of Hulme's exhibition, and incumbency ofthe Rev. William Harri son, M.A. The rectory, a good residence. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. Here is a small free school, supported by voluntary contributions ; John Haynes, master. Arlescote, a small hamlet, 1 \ miles N.W. by N., contains 9 houses, and 43 inhabi tants, and maintains its own roads. Stoneton, an extra parochial liberty, consisting of one farm in this parish, 1 mile N.E., in the county of Northampton; the house is sur rounded by a moat. Robert Gardner, by will, 1727, gave to the value of 6s. from three estates, to he given in bread, in twopenny loaves, on Easter-Sunday, Whit-Sunday, and Christmas-day. These sums are paid from land in this parish, by three different owners, Mr. Braggins, Jilr, Bruerton, and WiUiam Holbech. KINETON HUNDRED — BURTON DASSETT DIVISION. 721 Adkins John, tailor Cattle J., schoolmsr Cockbill T., shopkpr Coleman W., fruit dlr Gough Ed., beerhouse Grant John, baker H arrison Re v. W .rctor Hawtin Ts., shoemkr Haynes J., schoolmr Huggins Mr. Samuel Loveday Rev. Wm, Arlescote Miles Richard Judd, baker and maltster Mold C, blacksmith Robins Mrs. Elizabth Robinson Mr. Richd Savage Cs., maltster Smith Mr. George Stranks S., butcher and grazier Styles Danl., miller Taylor W., carpenter Wilkins W., shoemkr Wyatt W., victualler and wheelwright, Hare and Hounds Farmers. Marked * are Graziers. "Cambery John Curtis William Elkington Thomas, Arlescote Freeman J., Arlescote Hambridge Thomas Higham William "J obson James Judd Willia n Sharp Samuel Taylor Richard Waiiy WiUiam *Ward Edmund *Wimbush Benjamin William Willis, car rier to Banbury, mon. and thur. ; and Warwick, sat. WORMLEIGHTON, a parish and small pleasant village, 6 miles S.S.E. from Southam, contains 2,302 acres of land, of which 700 are in the extia parochial liberty of Stoneton, in Northamptonshire; and in 1841, 34 houses, and 98 inhabitants; rate able value, ;£3,871. Us. At the Conquest, was one of the possessions of Earl Mellent; but soon afterwards belonged to Geoffrey de Clinton. It subsequently passed through the various families, of W alsh, Peche, and Montfort, to William Cope, who sold it to the 22nd of Henry VIL, to John Spencer, Esq., who was afterwards knighted; and hence the manor descended to its present noble owner Lord Spencer ; Sir John Spencer built a magnificent mansion here, in the reign of Henry VIII., in which he resided, with a household of sixty persons. There are considerable remains of this mansion still existing. Gough, in his additions of Camden, mentions the discovery, between this place and Stanton, of a coffin hewn out of the trunk of a tree, and containing bones and coins, some of which were of the age of Constantine. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, consists of nave, chancel, which are divided by an ancient screen of beautiful workmanship, side-aisles, and tower, with three bells. The living, a discharged vicarage, rated, in K.B., £6. 13s. 4d., now £;80., augmented with £200., private benefactions; and 200., Queen Anne's bounty. Earl Spencer, patron ; Rev. Robert Maynard, M.A., incumbent. Charity school, endowed by Mrs. Catherine Arnold. The present neat school, with house for the mistress, was built 1839, at the sole expense of Earl Spencer; Jane Turner, mistress, whose salary is £20. per annum. Directory. — Thos. Fabling, grazier, Manor House ; John Fessey, farmer, Stoneton ; Rd. Fessey, farmer, The Lodge ; Rev. Robert Maynard, M. A., Vicarage ; David Selby, farmer; John Selby, farmer ; John and Thomas Turner, carpenters ; Thomas Walton, farmer, New House ; Eli Warren, stonemason ; and James Welch, grazier. THE KINETON DIVISION Comprises 14 parishes and one chapelry, viz. : — Atherstone-on-Stour, Butler's Marston, Chadshunt, Compton Verney, Eatington, Gaydon, Halford, Ilmington, Kineton, Com- brook chapelry, Lithome, Oxhill, Radway, Tysoe, and Whitchurch ; and 30,600a. of land in 1841, 1,356 inhabited houses, 50 uninhabited, and 3 building, with 6,388 inhabitants, of whom 3,298 were males, cfe 3,099 females ; of these numbers, 1,589 males, 146 1 females, were under 20 years of age ; 1,700 males, 1,638 females, 20 years old and upwards ; 5,205 persons were born in this county, and 1,183 elsewhere. ATHERSTONE-UPON-STOUR, a small village and parish, on the banks of the Stour, from whence its distinguishing appellation is derived, 3 miles S. from Stiatford- on-Avon, containtog 1042 acres of land; in 1841, 22 houses, and 93 inhabitants; 1801, 112; 1821,94; 1831,87; rateable value, .£1.400. The manor was held to capite, hy John de Langley, in the 7th of Edward III., " by a pair of gilt spurs ;" and his descend ants enjoyed it for many generations, subsequently to which, in the 12th of Henry VIL, it was conveyed to Richard Empson, and, after a few subsequent changes, came to Sir Thomas Samwell, Bart. The principal claim of this village to notice is derived from the circumstance of Dr, Thomas, the continuator of Dugdale's antiquities of the county 722 ATHERSTONE-UPON-STOUR PARISH. havtog resided here some years ; he also possessed property in the neighbourhood, in right of his wife. James Robert West, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner, of the soil. The Church, a small ancient structure, consisting of nave and chancel, with small wood tower, in which there are three bells. The living, a rectory, valued in the King's Book, £13. Is. 8d., now £288. ; Rev. Thomas Cox, D.D., patron and incumbent. The rectory is a neat brick residence near the church. Tithes commuted 1844, at £253. Ailslon, a small hamlet, divided from the above by the Stour. Directory. — Rev. Thomas Cox. D. D., rector ; John Field, shoemaker; and George Sammons, George Smith, Ailston; and William Smith, farmers. BUTLERS MARSTON, a parish and small village, on a branch of the Avon, 1§ miles S.W. by S. from Kineton, contains 1,800 acres of land; and, in 1841, 68 houses, and 313 inhabitants; 1801,200; 1821,275; 1831,332; rateable value, £ 1,677- This is called by Dugdale, Merston Boteler ; was, to the Conqueror's time, part of the posses sions of Hugh de Grentemaisnill, but in the reign of Stephen, appears to have been granted to Ralph Boteler, of Oversley, who gave the church to the monastery of Alcester. Subsequently John Woodward, of Peter Temple, purchased these estates, with a large portion ofthe demesne, at the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary, and died in the 3rd year of the same reign, and was succeeded by Richard, his heir, who dying two years afterwards, the estates were possessed by John, his son and heir, with whose descendents it still remains. Richard Woodward raised a troop of horse for King Charles I., at the battle of Edge hill, where he and his younger brother were both slain. The principal land owners are Mrs. L. A. and Miss Woodward, who are also ladies of the manor, and Christ's Church, Oxford ; Mr. Edward Ivins, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Thomas Middleton, have also estates here. Manor House, the ancient and commodious family mansion of the Woodwards, pleasantly situated on a commanding eminence near the Church, is the seat and property of Mrs. L. A. Woodward, whose good taste and exertions have been employed in restoring the ancient seat of her family. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a neat edifice, rebuilt 1838, by the Incorporated Society, and consists of nave, chancel and side aisle, with square embattled tower, in which there are five bells ; it contains a neat marble monument to the Woodward family. The living, a discharged vicarage, value in K. B., £8. 3s. 4d. ; now, £89. ; augmented with £400. private benefactions, and £400. Queen Anne's bounty ; to the pationage of the Dean and Canons of Christ's Church, Oxford, and incumbency of the Rev. George Fuller Thomas, M. A. The vicarage, a good residence, was restored and enlarged by the present vicar in 1846. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here. William Loggin, by will, 1635, gave 20s. yearly, for ever, to the poor of Butlers' Marston, to be paid out of his rectory of Eatington. This annual sum is now received from the owners of tithe in Eatington, in two sums of 1 0s. each, which is applied every four or five years, when it is distiibuted by the churchwardens to the poor. Directory. — Wm. Butler, shoemaker ; James Coles, baker and grocer ; Wm. Ledbrook, beerhouse and grocer; Thos. Mason, blacksmith ; Major Righton, carpenter ; Rev. Geo. Fuller Thomas, M.A., vicar; James Walker, corn miller; Thomas Walker, baker; Mrs. Letitia Adkin Woodward, Manor House. The Farmers are Robert Ashby, EUzabeth Baughan, Geo. Griffin, Tub's End; John Hall, Moorlands; Edward Ivins, Daniel Mun- ford, Herdhitl ; WiUiam Parker, and butcher ; John Sarjeant, Ox House ; John Sarjeant, Blacklands : and Thomas and George Fennell Wesson, Tub's End. CHADSHUNT, a small parish, 1 J mile N. E. by N. from Kineton. In 1841, here were8houses and 36 inhabitants; 1821, 37; 1831, 45; and 1334a. 2r. 14p. of land; rateable value, £1706. 13s. This was formerly a hamlet in Bishop's Itchington, and was given by Leofric, to the monks of Coventry, before the Conquest, who passed them to the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield. Robert KMght, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner. Here is a handsome mansion, the property of Robert Knight, Esq., and the seat of Edward Bolton King, Esq. KINETON HUNDRED — KINETON DIVISION. 723 The Church, dedicated to All Saints, consists of nave, chancel, and tower, in which are six bells. The living, a curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bishop's Itchington, to the pationage of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Lea. Directory. — Edward Bolton King, Esq., and Isaac Greaves, farmer, Kineton Farm. COMPTON VERNEY, a small parish, 2 miles north west from Kineton, contains 1740 acres of land ; to 1841, 12 houses and 34 inhabitants ; 1801, 49 ; 1821, 37 ; 1831, 56 ; rateable value, .£1072. The manor, in the Conqueror's time, was passed to Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and in the latter end of tbe reign of Henry I., to Robert Murdack. In the 20th of Henry V., it was in the possession of Richard Verney, Esq., afterwards Knight, who built tbe principal part of a mansion, which was standing to the early part of the 17th century. About the middle ofthe last century, an elegant and spacious family mansion was erected here, from a design by Adams, surrounded by exten sive pleasure grounds, and well ornamented with water, and is the seat and property of Henry Verney Lord WiUoughby de Broke, who is lord of the manor and owner of the soil. There is not a Church in this parish ; the inhabitants attend his lordship's private Chape], which is a handsome and commodious building, near the mansion. Directory. — Henry Verney Lord WiUoughby de Broke, Compton House ; Chas. Mann, farmer, Hill Field ; and Thos. Perkin, farmer, The Lodge. EATINGTON, a parish, comprised of Lower and Upper Eatington, bounded on the S. W. by the river Stour, contains 3,441 acres of land; and in 1841, 158 houses and 704 inhabitants; in 1801, 509 ; 1821, 641 ; 1831, 728 ; rateable value, £4,290. 12s. 2d. ; E. J. Shirley, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner ; Lady Mordaunt, Lord WiUoughby de Broke, and several others have estates here. EATINGTON (UPPER,) a considerable and pleasant village, 5\ miles S.W. by W. from Kineton, had, in former times, a Chapel, dedicated to our Lady, in which a chantry was foundedin the the 4th of Edward I. Some remains of the chapel are still visible to a dwelling-house, into which it was converted in the 17th century. Dugdale observes of this place "that it is the only one in the county which glories in an uninterrupted succession of its owners for so long a tract of time;" Henry de Ferrers possessed it at the Conquest, and it has continued with his descendants in the male line ever since. The Church, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket, is a neatmodern edifice, erected 1802, con sists of nave and chancel, and contains several handsome monuments to the families of Shirley and Underwood. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £12. 0s. 7Jd., now .£154.; patron, Evelyn John Shirley, Esq.; and Rev. Richard Morris, M.A., incumbent. The vicarage, a good residence, pleasantly situated, near the church. EATINGTON (LOWER), 6$ miles W.S.W. from Kineton. Until the reign of Henry III. this was the principal seat of the Ferrers; but they afterwards fixed then- seat at Shirley, in the county of Derby, and thence assumed their present surname. The family has, ho wever, again resumed as their seat, Eatington Hall, which is a large but irregular building, having been constructed at different periods ; some parts appear very ancient. It contains a, fine collection of paintings, a good library, and some specimens of ancient armour ; the mansion is surrounded with a well-planted park of considerable extent, and is the seat and property of Evelyn John Shirley, Esq. In 1795, an act was obtained to desecrate the ancient church, and build a new one, in the hamlet of Upper Eatington. The tower, with some portions of the nave and chancel, are preserved, and have a very picturesque appearance, being profusely covered with ivy. In the south transept, which is fitted up as a private chapel for the family, is preserved the splendid monument of white marble, erected to the memory of Robert, Earl Ferrers, great grandfather to the present owner. The Society of Friends, the Independents, and the Wesleyans, have each a place of worship here. Here is a Free School, with a house for the master, supported by Mrs, Shirley ; about sixty cMldren attend; Mr, George Moore, master, 724 EATINGTON (LOWER) PARISHJ Hamlets. — Fullready, 2 m. S.E. Lambcote, 1 m. S. ; and Thornton, 1 m. N.E. by E. Charities. — Mrs. Margaret Unilerhill, of Loxley, by will, 1780, bequeathed to the minister and churchwardens of Eatington, the sum of £1100., upon trust, to place the same at interest on real or government security, and distribute the proceeds year by year to poor people of this parish. This money was placed in the hands of Mr. Charles Hunt, of Stratford-upon-Avon, who kept a bank there, and for some years paid the interest ; but afterwards became bankrupt, aud the money was lost. A dividend of 4d. in the pound was declared ; but this debt was never proved. Allotment for Fuel. — By the act for inclosing the open and common fields, to the hamlets of Upper Eatington and Fullready, passed in 1795, it was directed that four acres of furze, or heath-ground, should be allotted to tbe vicar, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, and their successors, iu trust, to appropriate the same to thepoor fuel. The four acres, so set out, are now let at the yearly rent of £5., and the money now distributed to the poor in coals. Donor Unknown. — By the returns of 1786, a rent-charge of £1. was paid to the parish, and vested in the minister, churchwardens, and overseers. The sum of 15s. is received from William and George Horneblow out of an estate in this parish, their property ; and 5s. from the trustee (1825) of Mr. William Bacon, the owner of lands to this parish, then a minor ; it is now given in coals. Mrs. Sarah Roberts, of Upper Eatington, by will, 1807, bequeathed to Thomas Parsons and six others, the sum of £450., to be invested in the purchase of stock, for the better support of a minister for the time being, of a congregation of Dissenters, meetinir for divine worship in the meeting-house erected by her late husband. She also bequeathed £200. to the same trustees, upon trust, to dispose of one moiety of the dividends to a person for teaching a Sunday-school under the care of the minister of the aforesaid meeting-house, and to employ the other moiety in providing two dinners for the said children, one at Midsummer and tbe other at Christmas. By a codicil, in 1810, she directed that there should be only one dinner, and that at Christmas ; and gave the remainder for books for the school, firing in the winter, aud candles for the chapel. The above sums, after paying the legacy-duty, amounted to £615., of which £405. was invested for the minister ; £180. for the Sunday school ; and £90. for the poor; and after paying £1. 12s. 6d. for expenses, now stands £713. 5s. 7d. new 4-per cents; the dividends £28. 10s.. are paid over by the trustees to the minister ofthe meet- tog-house ; of this he retains 9- loth for himself, 4-15th he pays to the Sunday school, and 2- 15th he distributes in bread to the poor. Ofthe money applied to the Sunday school, one-half is given to a schoolmaster, and the rest iu providing a dinner on Christ mas-day, and supplying coals and candles for the school and meeting. The bread is given away in sixpenny loaves at one distiibution, and is not confined to the poor who attend the chapel. Post Office, at Mr. James Rogers' ; letters arrive at 10-30 a.m., and are dispatched at 3 p.m., (except Sunday) when they are dispatched at 11-30 a.m. Allen Henry, tailor Allen Joseph, shopkr Arch Mr. Thomas Bailey G., blacksmth Bevington Mrs. Srh., Manor house Collier Rbt., draper Hall Rd., vict., The Chequer Inu Hands S., beerhouse Hemming W., crptnr Herritage Thos.,vict. Saracen's head Kent Geo., vict. and maltster,Nelson Inn Lowe Jeffrey Beving ton, sen., gent Mason Mrs. Sarah Moore G., schoolmstr Morris Rev. Richard, M.A., vicar Randle J., carpenter Randle M., shopkpr Rogers Jas., butcher Rose Mr. Richard Shirley Evelyn Jno., Esq., Lr. Eatington Simms Hy., keeper Soden Lewis Hatley. grocer and draper Southam F.,blcksmth Taylor W., shoe mkr WiUiams Rev. David, Independent ninstr Farmers. Arch Richard Harris Richard Haynes Fortnum, Whitfield Henderson James, Grove farm Hitchman John, Fullready Hodges Charles Lindon J., Park farm Lowe JefferyBeving- ton, jun Lowe W. Bevington Mann R., Lambcott Mann T., Fullready Righton Edward, Thorton house Roberts John Wilkins Thomas Wilks Rd., Fullready Carrier, John Sim mons, Stratford Tuesday cfe Friday, and Warwick, Sat. . . G^YP,ON' a Parish and small scattered village, 3 miles N.E. from Kineton, con- q"iS VmI f"? ^l,.!ai'd\and.m ,?41' 56 houses, and 276 inhabitants; in 1801 219; 1821, 18;; ISo , 213; rateable value, £1,405. 4s. This was originally a member of Chadshunt, and was one of the possessions of the Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield : but in the 1st of Edward VI. was granted to Thomas Fisher, by one of whose descend- a"t9M Tf m lenn "zabeth> *> ^hn Askell. The principal land-owners are Mrs. Philmore, E. Bolton King, Esq., Rev. Thomas Lea, George Angstrom, Esq., KINETON HUNDRED— KINETON DIVISION. 725 Mrs. EUz. Brooks, and Mrs. Haynes. The Chapel, dedicated to St. Giles, consists of nave and chancel. The Uving, a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Bishop's Itch ington. The inhabitants marry and bury at Chadshunt. Directory. — Wm. Arnold, sexton ; Thos. Fleming, wheelwright ; Mr. Thos. Garratt • Charlotte Hollier, vict., Gaydon Inn ; Thos. James, shoemaker ; Chas. Jelfs, blacksmith ; Edward Neale, maltster and beerhouse ; Thos. Upton, grocer and baker ; Hannah Watts, grocer and baker ; Mr. Thos. Wesson ; the farmers are Henry Ball, Castle farm; Wm. Edwards, James Hopper, Gaydon Hill ; Jas. Spraggett, John Masters Taylor, and Wm. Whieldon. * HALFORD, OR HALFORD BRIDGE, a parish and considerable pleasant village, 4 miles N. from Shipston-on-Stour; in 1841, here were 77 houses and 425 inhabitants, and 909 acres of land; rateable value, .£1104. ; this was one of the numerous posses sions of Henry de Newburgh, Earl Warwick, and probably derived its name from a ford over the Stour, called Aldford (Old Ford). The principal owners are Thos. Mason, Esq., Rev. Chas. C. Crump, B.A., Mr. Thos. Alford, and Mr. Edwin Brooks. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles and tower. The living, a rectory, V.K.B. .£10. 9s. 9^d., now .£186. ; patron, Bishop of Worcester, and Rev. Charles Collins Crump, B.A. incumbent. Elizabeth Mason, spinster, who died in 1704, gave .£5. to the poor of Halford. Mrs. E. Halford, left at her decease, .£10. to the use ofthe poor of Halford. William Halford, gent, gave .£20. at his decease to 1718, to the poor of this parish. These sums, amount ing together to .£35., have been lent to the parish officers, to be employed towards the bmlding of cottage houses for the poor, about the year 1821, since which the annual sumofifil. 15s. has been paid off the poor's rates, as the interest, and distiibuted by the churchwardens to the poor, under the superintendence ofthe minister. Directory. — John Alcock, tailor ; Thomas Alcock, grocer ; Mr. WilUam Bartlett ; Richard BayUs, maltster and butcher ; Misses Hannah and Lucy Bemen ; Mr. Edward Brooks; Mrs. Elizabeth Court; Ann Ftocher, victualler, Bell Inn; WilUam Hill> gardener; John Hine, pig dealer; Joseph Hirons, blacksmith; James Hunt, wheel wright; Mrs. Mary Ann Hunt ; James Lomas, blacksmith; John Lomas, victualler, Lion Inn ; Joseph Lomas, shoe maker ; John Porter, gentleman ; Miss Mary Scarlett ; WilUam Scarlett, corn mUler and baker ; WilUam Thomsett, surgeon ; John Trinder, corn dealer; Rev. William Turbitt, curate ; Mr. Thomas Wells; Mrs. Mary Wright. And the farmers are Thomas Halford, Joseph Higgins, John Hitchcox, Mark Marshall, and Walter Tyrell. ILMINGTON, a large village and extensive parish, tocludingthe hamlets of Comp ton Scorpion, and Foxcote, 4 miles N.W. by W. from Shipston-on-Stour ; it also in cludes the hamlet of Lark-Stoke, in the upper division of Keftsgate hundred, Glouces tershire ; and contains in the whole 3,651 acres of land, and 891 inhabitants; of wMch 3,175 acres are to Warwickshire ; and in 1841, here were 193 houses, and 873 inhabi tants ; in 1801, 656; 1821,729; 1831,836; rateable value, .£4,685. 10s. At the con quest it was almost entirely in the possession of Earl Mellent ; but in the 7th of Edward I. was held by Peter de Montfort; and subsequently at different periods possessed by various members of that family ; and also by Sir Reginald Bray, and Sir WilUam Sands, whose son Thomas, Lord Sands, sold it to Thomas Andrews, Esq. About i mile N.W. from Ilmington, is a strong chalybeate spring, which, in consequence of a recommendatory treatise by Cole and Derham, was for a few seasons in great re pute ; the ground about the spring was given by Lord Capel to the public for ever; he also erected a tenement for the use of the water-drinkers. The principal landowners are Philip Henry Howard, Esq., Rev. E. J. Townsend, Mr. F. J. Insull, executors of Thomas Eden, Mr. Robert Slater, Mr. Thomas G arrett, Sir G. R. Philips, C. L. Greaves, Esq., executors of Jane Sansom, and Mr. John Green. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, was repaired, enlarged, and new-pewed, in 1846, at a cost of .£1,000., defrayed by the church fund property and subscriptions ; it is a handsome edifice, consisting of 4 C 720 ILMINGTON PARISH; nave chancel, (in which is a beautiful stained-glass window, by Mr. Holland, Warwick,) two transepts, and a square embattled tower, in which are five bells ; here are several ancient brasses, one as early as 1 487. The Uving, a rectory, valued in the King's Books at £30., now .£624. ; Rev. E. J. Townsend, M.A., patron and incumbent. The rectory is a commodious and handsome residence. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here, erected 1848. Here is a school principally supported by the Rev. E. J. Townsend. Cathole, a farm 1 mile S. COMPTON SCORPION, a hamlet, consisting of tMee farms, 2£ miles S. hy E., was owned by Thomas Burdet, Esq., in the time of Edward IV., whose great grandson Robert, sold it, in the 37th of Henry VIIL, to WilUam Sheldon, Esq., and Robert Palmer. Anthony Wood says, that the celebrated Sir Thomas Overbury was bom here. Downs, a farm, 1 mile W. Foxcote, a hamlet, 1 mile S. Dugdale says, from the time of Henry VI. this was successively held by the families of Montfort, Marshall, and Canning, one of whom (William) was five times mayor of Bristol. Foxcote House, a com modious mansion, the seat of John Vincent Gandolfi, Esq., and the property of PhiUp Henry Howard, Esq. LARK-STOKE, a small hamlet, consisting of two farms, 1 mile N.W. by W., situ ated to the upper division of Keftsgate hundred, Gloucestershire, though in this parish ; it contains 476 acres of land. Soulhfield, a farm, 1 mile S. by E. Charities. — William Harbidge, gent., in 1728, gave £5. to the churchwardens of this parish, for the use of the poor. In 1 821, this sum was placed in the hands ofthe rector, who pays 5s. as interest, which is given to poor widowers or widows. John Bartlett gave 5s. a year for poor .widowers or widows of this parish, to be issuing out of certain land to Ilmington. The annual sum of 5s. is regularly paid, and given as directed. Frances Rose, by will, 1741, gave 40s. a year to the poor of Ilmington, to be laid out in bread, and distiibuted to the poor, 25th March, 24th June, 29th September, 25th December, 10s. each time, yearly. This charge was secured on the House Close, to Ilmington, now the property of Mr. Green. The ammity is received about Lady-day, and given to bread to the poor. Church Land. — Upon the enclosure of the common fields of this parish, in the year 1781, an allotment of 32a. lr. 30p. was awarded to the rector and church wardens of this parish, in lieu of three quarters of a yard land ; and the rights of common to the same ; to be held on trust for the repair of the church ; and a further allotment of 4a. Or. lOp. was awarded in exchange for the Church Close, containing la. Or. 7p. There are also five cottages belonging to the Church Property. The land is let for the annual sum of .£43., and the cottages are held by the parish officers at the annual rent of £8. The clear rents are carried to the churchwardens' account, and supersede the necessity of a church rate. Furze Land. — At the inclosure, five acres was awarded to the rector and church wardens for the use of the poor of Ilmington, in lieu of a right of cutting furze. This land is still covered with furze, which is cut by the churchwardens, and distributed amongst the poor in Mds, at the rate of two kids a head ; the herbage is let for .£3. a year, which is divided amongst the poor. Bartlett Rd. beerhs Baskett Mr. James Bennett J . sen. carpt Blakeman Jno. btchr Davis Jas. tinbr. dlr. Davis Ths. tmbr. dlr. Fisher Rev. W. curate Flint Geo., carpenter Gand olfi Jno. V incent Esq. Foxcote Hall Edw. carpenter Handy W. shoemkr Haynes Jph.bkr.cfegcr Hobday Mr. William Johnson Thos. school Joyner Fdk. wheelwt Wilson Joseph, vict., Lampfried Rev. A., cathoUc priest Lyne John, carpenter Lyne Mark, beerhs Newman W. butcher Pritchett Mrs. Ann Roger Mr. William Sansom Miss Ann Simms Edw. grocer Slatter Mr. Decimus Townsend Rev. Edw. Jas. M. A. rector Walker Jno., vict., Canning's Anns Red Lion Wilson William, vict. Wharf Inn Farmers. Bartlett Joseph Court John Crossley George Eden Thomas Eden W. Lark Stoke FletcherR.Lark Stke Garrett Th. Compton Scorpion Hands WiUiam Hurlston W., Downs Keyte Samuel Lindon Jacob Potter Edwd., Comp ton Scorpion Potter W. Rectory fro. Slatter Robert Smith C, Southfields Smith Tim., Cathole Walker Daniel Wyatt John, Foxcote Carrier. Th. Baldwin, Evesham, Mon. ; Stratford, Frid. ; Warwick, Sat kineton Hundred— kineton division.' 727 KINETON, or KINGTON, is an extensive parish, and small market town, lOfm S.S.E. from Warwick, 10 S.E. from Stiatford-on-Avon; 12 N.W. from Banbury, and 85 N.W. by W. from London, including the hamlet of Little Kineton and the Chapelry of Combrook; it contains 3432 acres of land, and, in 1841, 296 houses and 1248 inhabit ants; 1801,779; 1821, 1071; 1831, 1102; rateable value, ^3986. Of these, 2314 acres of land, and, in 1841, 232 houses and 966 inhabitants; rateable value, .£3019., were to the township of Kineton, which is of considerable antiquity. Henry I. gave the Church to the canons of Kenilworth ; a gaol was made here in the 12th of Henry II. ; a mar ket was granted in the 4th of Henry III. ; and a castle, which formerly stood on the west side of the town, is said to have been built by King John. About four miles to the south of this town is Edgehill, rising abruptly from comparatively level ground, and ex tending nearly five miles; upon the declivity of this hill, 23rd October, 1642, the first battle between the forces of King Charles and those of the Parliament, was fought ; an event that has given a. lamentable celebrity to the spot. About 20,000 men were engaged in this battle ; the numbers being about equally divided, and the slain, accord ing to cool and dispassionate investigation, fell short of 2,000, of whom about 500 were thrown into a contiguous pit, the site of which is marked only by a small plantation of firs. A beautiful natural terrace is formed on the edge of the MU, commanding most exten sive and magnificent views. Several pleasing walks, at intervals sheltered by trees and shrubs, were made from hence, by F. Miller, Esq., who also erected a tower and artificial castilated ruins on the hill, immediately above the spot where the battle took place. The town is pleasantly situated on a small river, running into the Avon, and on the high road from Banbury to Warwick, and is irregularly built ; the houses, to general are ancient, and of stone ; many of them have thatched roofs, and bear some re semblance to the rudest features of the Elizabethian style ; but in detached situations there are some handsome modern houses, built of stone and of brick ; the inhabitants are amply supplied with water from wells; the air is salubrious, and the environs abound with pleasant walks. There is no branch of trade or manufacture carried on, the inhabitants being principally employed in agriculture. The market, which was held on Tuesday, and was very considerable for grain, has long since fallen into dis use ; the market house was taken down, and a National School built on its site to 1840; the fairs are : St. Paul's, Feb. 5th, which formerly regulated the price of beans for seed, but is now very thinly attended ; and October 2nd, which is principally a sta tute fair for the hiring of servants ; and December 19th. Petty Sessions for the Kine ton and Burton Dasset divisions of this hundred are held the last Monday in each month, alternately, at the Red Lion and Swan Inns. Samuel Coleman, Esq., clerk. Mr. Joseph Woodley, high constable and inspector of weights and measures for Kine ton division, and J. M. Brown,Esq., registrar of births and deaths for Kineton district. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient cruciform structure, in the early and decorated styles of English architecture, wi'h some remains of the later Norman style, and having a square embattled tower crowned with pinnacles ; in the tower are win dows of elegant tracery, and under the battlements is a, band of antique heads and bosses. The western entrance is through a richly-moulded and deeply-receding arch, in the most finished style of later Norman architecture ; the chancel was rebuilt to 1315, and the nave, aisles, and transepts in 1755; under an arch at the western ex tremity of the north aisle is the recumbent figure of a monk, removed from the chancel on tbe rebuilding of the church. The living, a discharged vicarage, V. K. B. .£8. 6s. 8d., now £97., augmented with £200. private benefactions, £400. Queen Anne's bounty, and £1,400. Parliamentary grant, in the pationage of Lord WiUoughby de Broke, and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Richard Miller, M.A. The vicarage, a small residerfce near the church. The Wesleyans have a neat chapel, erected 1842, and the Indepen. dents have a smaU chapel at Little Kineton, The National School, a neat brick buUd- 4 C 2 728 KINETON PARISH, tog erected on the site of the old market house, to 1840, and is supported hy subscrip tions, will accommodate 110, average 65. Caroline Blunt mistress. LITTLE KINETON, a hamlet % mile south, in which ths splendid kennels ofthe far-famed Warwickshire hunt were built about ten years ago, with a convenient range of stabling, consisting of loose boxes, cfec, for 25 horses ; the stud consists of 16. The kennels contain a pack of about 60 couples of good hounds, which have been purchased from some of the best packs in the kingdom; convenient houses are attached for the huntsman and groom. The whole cost £3364. 10s. 6d., exclusive of two acres of land, given by George Lucy, Esq., and the leading, which was done gratis by the neighbouring farmers. The affairs of the Hunt are managed by a committee of spirited gentlemen, and is supported by subscription. The days of meeting are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days, Fridays, and Saturdays. The hounds are in high condition, and afford brilliant sport. Mr. Luke Latham, groom ; and Mr. Edwin Stevens, huntsman. Battle Farm, 1§ mile S.E. Pattern Hill, two farms § mile N.W. Red House, a farm § mile S. Starvall, another farm 1 mUe S. and Thistle, or New Farm, 14 mile S.E. Lord WiUoughby de Broke is the principal owner and lord of the manor. Messrs. F. Smith, Thos. Blakeman, John Hall, Richard Page, J. B. Lowe, Esq., H. S. Lucy, Esq., Mrs. Welch, J. W. Wateley, Esq., R. J. Barnard, Esq., Messrs. Josiah Woodley, Thos. Can ning, Geo. Court, and others have estates here. Charities — Thomas Aylworlh, by will, 1660, bequeathed £200. for the purchase of four gowns yearly for two poor men and two poor women, inhabitants ofGreat Kineton, upon St. Thomas's-day, and for one dozen of bread to be distiibuted to the poor every Sunday ; and for three gowns to be given on the same day to two poor men and one poor woman, in the Castle-street Ward, in the parish of St. Mary, Warwick ; and one dozen of bread to be distributed every Sunday to the poor of that Ward, if any ; if not, to any other in that parish. Charles Bentley and others exhibited an Inform ation in the Court of Chancery against one Thomas Aylworth, cfec. ; and by a decreetal order, made 1st of George I., it was ordered that the said principal of £200. should be laid in the purchase of land, cfec. The master, by his report, 30th August, 1716, certified that he charged him only with the sum of £12. for interest, making the sum of £212., which he appointed to be brought before him on a certain day, cfec. In consideration of the above sum, William Harberi, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Thomas Harbert, released certain lands, accounted to be one half quarter of one yard land; and also one quarter and one half quarter of one yard land ; all in the commonable fields of Staverton, to the trustees of this charity, for the uses above-named. This land is now (1825) let at the annual rent of £52., which, after certain deductions, £5. 4s. is set apart for bread, one half for Kineton, and the other half to the Warwick trustees, and the residue be tween the Kineton and Warwick tiustees ; in the proportion of four-sevenths to Kineton, and three-sevenths to Warwick. The trustees meet on St. Thomas's-day. In 1825 there were given in this parish 17 coats of stout kersey, which cost 16s. a-piece, beside the making ; and 23 gowns of gingham, which, with the linings, cost 6s. 6d. a-piece, and given to poor women to make them up themselves. Mrs. Frances Bentley, who died in 1684, left £30. to be added to the poor's stock of this parish, to be given yearly to the poor, at the discretion of the minister and church wardens. R. Burbridge also gave £30., the interest to be distributed to the poor of Great and Little Kineton, on St. Thomas's-day and St. John Baptist's-day, in equal portions. Mrs. Norton also gave £10. to the poor of this parish. These sums are in vested upon a mortgage of a copyhold property to Little Kineton, the property of Daniel Pinfold. The interest, £3. 10s., is paid to the churchwardens and overseers, and given away to bread to the poor. Bentley Family. A house and land situate in the Back Lane, said to have been given by some of the Bentley family ; the house was burnt down about the year 1800 ; the land, 3r. 7p., is let at the annual rent of £6. 5s., which is applied in apprenticing poor boys of the parish. Charles Bentley, Esq., of Little Kineton, by will, 1726, gave to John Venour, and the minister of the parish of Kineton gave 50s. per annum, until his son should attain tho,age of 21 years, or should die ; then he gave the sum of .£50., to be laid out to a purchase, the rent to be applied in buying bread for the poor of Little Kineton. Mrs. Elizabeth Bentley, by will, 1735, gave £20., to be put out at interest. Mrs. Diana Bent ley, by will, 1736, gave the sum pf £20. for like purposes, Mrs, Charlotte Bentley, KINETON HUNDRED— KINETON DIVISION. 729 spinster, by will, 1765, gave to her trustees, Edward Gibbs and others, the sum of ^£150., in tiust, for the use of a school at Little Kineton. In the returns of 1786 it is stated the three first of these charities had not been paid for twenty years ; and also that Charlotte Bentley's legacy had never been paid, though legal proceedings had taken place. Jane Baker gave d£10., to be added to the poor stock ; but this was lostwiththe Bentleys' charities. John Venour, by will. 1727, bequeathed to Little Ktoeton .£30., to be laid out by his executor within six months after his decease in some purchase, to be settled upon the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor ; and the profits annually in buying three cloth gowns for two men and one woman of Little Kineton, cfec. The will con tains a similar bequest to the poor of Wellsbourn. Up to the year 1788 both these be quests were paid by Thomas Venour, and John Venour, his son, of Wellsbourn Mount ford, since which they have not been paid ; but certainly Mr. Venour's estate, at Wel- lesboum, is liable to the payment. Church Land.— A parcel of land, 2a. 2r. 16p., was allotted under the Kineton inclo sure in lieu of some land in the open field ; and let at the yearly rent of £1. 1 5s. There are also certain other payments amounting to £2. 4s., paid from certain unknown lands. Also 10 cottages rented by the parish at £10. a year, used for dwellings for the paupers. These sums, in the whole, .£19. 16s. are carried to the churchwardens' account. KINETON DIRECTORY. Post Office, at Mrs. Eleanor Worrall's ; letters arrive at half-past 8, a.m. ; and are despatched at half-past 4, p.m. Box closes at half-past 3 p.m. Marked * reside at Little Kineton. Adkins Mr. William •Barnard Robert John, Esq. Bawcutt John, farrier Bramford Rev. E., wes. min Brown Jno. Mavor, surgeon Burrows Thos., corn miller, Pittern hill Castle John and WiUiam, grocers and drapers Darlow Mrs. Maria Dickens Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds John, surgeon Evans Thomas, excise offer. Findon Mr. Henry Garrett Mr. George Garrett William, cooper Goate Mr. Edward Griffin John, grocer Hancock Rd. bricklayer, cfec. •Harrod Mr. William •Hortto Stephen, beerhouse •Kendall Wm. county survyr Kingerlee Mrs. Ann Kingerlee Jesse, ironmongr. grocer, druggist, cfe book seller, agent to the Royal Farmers' cfe General Fire, Life, cfe Hail Storm Insu rance Office •Latham Luke, groom Macpherson William, mason and bricklayer Miller Rev. Fras. Rd., vicar •Pinfold Daniel, farrier Prew Miss Mary Quarterman Jno., hair dresr Sarjeant J., grocer cfe draper •Stevens Edwin, huntsman Walker D., watchcfeclock mk Walker Joseph, baker, cfec. Wilkins Frederick, cooper Williams H., Esq., Manor hs Wills Joseph, carrier Wisdon Martin, sen,, basket maker and fishmonger Wood Mr. Charles Woodley Josiah, maltster, and seed and hop mercht. cfe agt. to Phoenix Fire offc Woodley cfeWalker, ironmgs Woodley Wm., turner, cfec. • Worrall Mr. George .academies. Blunt Caroline (National) Brewer Josiah Selmin, (mathematical cfe cornel.) Johns Alice, (dayefeboardg.) Blacksmiths. Heritage John Woodfield John Woodfield William Boot & Shoe Makers. Hughes Edward Smith George Walton John Butchers. Blakeman Thos. (cfe farmer) Garrett Thomas Hewitt John Farmers. Adkins William •Arch Richard Starveall •Baylis Charles 'Baylis Joseph "Baylis William, Red house Castle John Hall William Hickson Charles, cfe baker Lines John, Battle farm Over Hy. Wm., Pittern hill Smith John, Thomas, Wil liam, and Fines Watts Rd., Thistle Farm Winter Richard Glaziers and Painters. Castle William Phillips Richard Inns and Taverns. New Inn, Mary Armitt Red Lion, Samuel G arrett Rose cfe Crown, Saml. Adkin Swan, Richard Cooper Saddlers & Hrnss. ffllks. Griffin John Railton Edward Winter David Shopkeepers. Alabone George Dawes Hannah Mal'lett Martha Padbury James Wale John Tailors. Chandler John Currie Joseph Wilkins Edward Wilkins George Wheelwrights & Crpts. Adkins Thomas Coles Daniel Garrett George •Laycock William Manton John Carriers. Banbury, Geo. Capp, thurs. cfe Jph. Wills, mon. cfe th., Birmingham, M. Wisdon m Stratford, Joseph Wills, fri. Warwick, Geo.Capp,tu. cfe sat Warwick and Leamington, M. Wisdon, Saturday 4 C 3 730 COMBROOK PARISH. COMBROOK, a townsMp and chapelry, 2\ miles W. by N. from Kineton, contains 1 118 acres of land; and in 1841, here were 64 houses and 212 inhabitants; rateable value, £1,000. 10s.; Lord WiUoughby de Broke, lord ofthe manor and principal owner. The Chapel, dedicated to St. Margaret, consists of nave and chancel; the latter was rebuilt 1831 ; the Incorporated Society for Building Churches gave .£100. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here, erected 1840. Brokhamplon, a farm one nule S. by E. Foss Farm, § mile W. Red House, another farm £ mile E. Free School. — The first mention extant of this school is by deed, 1641, whereby Sir Grevill Verney, of Compton Verney, granted to the parish Church ofthe said Compton £22. yearly, for ever, to be paid at Lady-day and Michaelmas, in equal portions, to find a minister there ; and he moreover granted to the same minister .£8. yearly, in consideration of his executing the place of schoolmaster in the free school at Combrook, erected thereby the commandment of his mother, his constant dwelling being at the school. The annual sum of .£25. is paid out of the rents of the estate of Lord WiUoughby de Broke, at Compton Verney, to the master of a free school at thatplace; the master resides in an old house kept in repair by Lord WiUoughby, and is appointed by him. All the poor children of Combrook and Compton Verney, between the ages of six and twelve years, are admitted to the school, and taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, free. Verney Exhibitions, (see Warwick). — Two scholars at Trinity College, Cambridge, may be sent from this school, or in default of them, from the grammar school at Warwick. Lady Margaret Grevill Verney gave the interest of £5. for the benefit of the poor of this parish. Bread, to the value of 5s., is paid for by the bailiff of Lord WiUoughby de Broke, and distributed by the chapelwardens to the poor. Directory. — Mary Brown, schoolmistress; Joseph Enoch, gamekeeper; Thomas Green, farmer ; John Grimes, farmer; John Ktog, shopkeeper; Rev. Henry Charles Knightly, chaplain ; William Malins, shoemaker ; Thomas Mann, farmer. Brokhamptont Edward Olorenshaw, wheelwright ; John England RusseU, farmer. Red House, and Daniel Sarjeant, farmer, Foss Farm. LIGHTHORNE, a parish and considerable village, 4 miles N. by E. from Ktoeton, contains 2,007 acres of land, including 118 acres, 2 roods of glebe; in 1841, here were 78 houses, and 384 inhabitants; 1801,323; 1821, 316; 1831, 346; rateable value, £1,114. 15s.; this was included in the Conqueror's survey, and at an early period came to the Mundevile family. In the time of Edward I. the manor was purchased by William de Beauchamp, and is now the property of Lord WiUoughby de Broke. Here are two petrifying sprtogs, one, half a mile north, and the other, Shadwell, one mile west. In Mill field, near the rectory, some curious Roman and Druidical antiquities have been found, skeletons, coins, and beads, in various parts of the parish. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a. neat commodious edifice, on a commanding eminence, was entirely rebuilt in 1774, and consists of nave, chancel — in the window St. Sebastian is represented shot with arrows — and a, tower ornamented with turrets. The living, a rectory, valued, in the King's Books, at £14. 7s. 3^d., now .£322.; Lord WiUoughby de Broke, patron, and Rev. Charles Palmer, M.A., incumbent. The Rec tory, a handsome and commodious residence near the Church. Tithes commuted in 1840, at £347., including the income from the glebe land. Heath, a farm half a mile S.E. Redlands, another farm half a mile N. And Weslfield, one mile W. Directory.— Samuel Aubrey, butcher ; Thos. Aubrey, butcher ; Wm. Herbert, black smith; Rt. Hortin, beerhouse and carpenter; Phoebe Lattimer, beerhouse; Thomas Mountford, shoemaker ; Rev. Chas. Palmer, rector ; James Payton, shoemaker ; Jas. Roddis, butcher and farmer ; Jas. Ward, shoemaker ; Edward Whitehead, bricklayer ; Geo. Wilkins, baker ; Thos. Wilkins, builder. The farmers are, John Bishop, Edward Franklin, Westfield ; John Harper, Weslfield; Henry Mann, Wm. Pratt, Joseph Smith, Redlands; Thomas John Whiteman, Heath Farm; and WiUiam WUkins. Carrier, to Warwick and Leamington, Saturday, WiUiam Powell, KINETON HUNDRED — KINETON DIVISION. 731 OXHILL, a parish and considerable village, 4 miles S.W. from Ktoeton, contains 1,618 acres of land, and, in 1841, 77 houses and 348 inhabitants; rateable value, .£1,996. ; was, soon after the Conquest, to the possession of Hugh de GrentemaisuuT. In the 18th of John, the manor was granted by that monarch to Theodoric de Whiche- ford, and subsequently passed through the families of Penton, Keynes, and Bishops, The principal land-owners are Rev. W. D. Bromley, Rev. Dr. Cox, Misses Badcocks, Mr. John Ward, senr., E. J. Shirley, Esq., and lord of the manor, Edward Dodd, Esq., and Mr. James Gardner, senr. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. The living, a rectory, V. K. B. .£14. 10s.; now, .£350. ; patron, Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley ; and Rev. Thos. Cox, D.D., incumbent. The Rectory, a good residence near the Church. Here is a free school, supported by the rector and E. J. Shirley, Esq. The Wesleyans have a small Chapel here. Directory. — WilUam Berry, carrier; John Powell Gardner, baker; Miss Sarah Gard ner, Mr. Robert Gardner, WilUam Groves, schoolmaster; Robert Harris, beerhouse and grazier ; Charles Holland, reUeving officer, and registrar of births and deaths ; William Holland, grocer ; Richard Hunt, shoemaker ; Clark Middleton, beerhouse and grazier; Rev. Edward Rolls, curate ; William Rouse, jun., maltster ; George Summerton, watch maker; John Summerton, corn miller; William Summerton, carpenter; Joseph Wal- den, blacksmith; John Ward, junr., gent.; William Watts, butcher j Joseph Wilkins, shoemaker; and the Farmers are John AUitt, John Fisher, Harrod's farm ; James Gard ner, senr. ; James G ardner, junr. ; John Golding, Shill farm ; Thomas Lines, Bog farm ; Samuel Middleton, William Middleton, John Parker, Thomas Rose, William Rouse, James Gardner Ward, Oxhill Villa ; John Ward, senr. Carrier, WilUam Berry, Banbury, Thursday, and Stratford, Friday. RADWAY, a parish and pleasant village, 3J miles S.E. by E. from Kineton, contains 1360 acres; and in 1841, 76 houses, and 374 inhabitants; in 1801, 237; 1831, 315; rateable value, .£2066. 16s. 6d. The manor, after being for some time in the possession of the Bigods, came in good part to the monks of Stoneleigh; but at the dissolution, most of the land here was sold to different persons. The principal land-owners are Lieut. Col. F. S. Miller, and lord of the manor ; Messrs. Wm. and John Hoare, Mrs. Ann Hall, and Mrs. Beesley. The Grange, a neat mansion, the seat and property of Lieut. Col. F. S. MiUer. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a neat edifice, consisttog of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with tower; was repaired and enlarged in 1841, at the expense of Charles Chambers, Esq., R. N. The living, a vicarage, value in the King's books, £5. 12s. ; now, .£111 ; in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Miller, M.A. The vicarage is a neat residence, to a retired situation near the Church. Directory. — Thos. Astill, shopkeeper ; Rt. Buffery, maltster ; Chas. Chambers, Esq., R.N., Ivy Cottage ; Geo. Coles, shopkeeper ; John Coles, vict. Castle Inn ; John Coles, baker ; Wm. Cotterill, beerhouse; Wm. Holloway, mason; John Hunt, shoemaker; Mr. Joseph Hunt, Rev. Edw. Miller, M.A., Vicarage; Lieut. Col. Fiennes Sanderson Mil ler, The Grange; Thos. Norton, grazier; Miss Hannah Palmer, Rose Cottage; Robt. Smith, carpenter ; Thos. Smith, shoemaker ; Wm. Smith, carpenter; Richd. Spencer, tailor ; Samuel Stiong, wheelwright ; John Woodfield, blacksmith ; Wm. Woodfield, blacksmith ; and the Farmers axe Valentine Bates, Town's end ; William Bull, Radway fields; John Hoare, Wm. Hoare, and Thos. White. Carrier, Rd. Tugwood, Banbury, Monday and Thursday; and Warwick, Wednesday and Saturday. TYSOE, an extensive parish, and considerable village, 5 miles S. by E. from Kine ton, and is divided into the hamlets of Church, Lower, Middle and Upper Tysoe, and Westcott, and contains 4,600 acres of land ; rateable value, ^£4,991. 15s., and was to the Conqueror's time, possessed by Robert de Stafford, which noble family, to conjunc tion with several religious houses, held this extensive lordship until the dissolution when it was granted to Sir William Compton. Opposite the church there is cut on the side of 732 TYSOE PARISH. B, hill, a rude figure of a horse, which, from the colour of the soil has obtained the name ofthe' Red Horse ; and the adjacent low lands are called the Red Horse vale. The di mensions of the horse are small compared with the White Horse of Berkshire ; and it is a generally received opinion that the figure was cut in commemoration of the gallant conduct of Richard Nevile, Earl Warwick, in the battle of Touton. The principal land owners are The Marquis of Northampton, and lord of the manor, Earl of Jersey, Lord Leigh, Mrs. Hannah Dodd, Mr. Simon Nicholls, Mr. Geo. C. NichoUs, Lord Redesdale, Sir John Cope, Bart., Mr. Wm. Middleton, Mr. Thomas Middleton, and Mr. Phillips. The Church, dedicated to St Mary, is an ancient edifice, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with tower, containing six bells. The Uving, a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Compton Wyniates, V. K. B. £10. now £266., augmented with £200. private benefactions and .£200. Queen Anne's bounty; Earl of Northampton, patron ; Rev. Samuel Young Seagrave, incumbent. The Wesleyans have a small chapel at Middle Tysoe. Sun Rising, 1£ miles E. a commodious Inn, situate on the commanding brow of Edge Hill, having one of the most beautiful prospects in the county, is resorted to by the nobiUty and gentry during the summer and hunting seasons ; here are exten sive lawns, walks, and a good bowling green ; early to the summer season is still prac tised the scouring of the Red Horse in afield belongingto Mr. Nicholls. Brixfield, a farm 2 miles N.N.E. Edge Hill farm, 2 miles E. Hardwick house, 2 miles N.E. Lower Tysoe, § mile N. by E. Tysoe Hill, § mile E. Upper Tysoe, \ mUe S.W. Westcott, a farm 1 J m. E. Town Lands.— John Middleton and Edmund Richards, by deed, enfeoffed Hy. Clerke, and eight others with certain lands and tenements, to their use on tiust, to take the profits, and bestow and employ the same to the common utiUty of the parish of Tysoe in such necessaries as should be thought convenient by the inhabitants. In 1796, the Rev. John Segrave, and five others, were enfeoffed with the above named estates. The commissioners, under the act of inclosing the common fields in the parish, by their award,17th January, 1798, allotted to the feoffees of the poor of the parish, in lien of certain lands, with all right of common, cfec, one plot of land containing 34a. Or. 37p. exclusive of aU roads, The property now (1826) produces .£116. per annum, of wMch .£83. 19s. 5d. is the clear rental of a farm house and the above allotment ; £6. 2s. 7d. a clear receipt from certain estates in Upper and Lower Westcott, and £25. 18s. for a house and shop, and eleven other cottages. After the payments for repairs, qmt rents, and a dinner at the annual meeting, amounting to upwards of .£17, — .£21. per annum is paid to a schoolmaster, for teaching 20 poor boys of the parish, in a school-room be longing the charity. The school-room was rebmlt about the year 1816, with the house adjoining, for which Wm. Ward the master, pays a rent of £5. The free boys are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic ; they are received from the ages of eight to ten, but are only permitted to continue two years. The residence of the rents is divided among the poor of the three divisions viz. : Upper, Middle, and Lower Tysoe, to pro - portion to the population of each. .. William Willington, (see Brailes.) — The poor of Tysoe receive 40s. per annum from this charity, given away in coals. Fuel Land. — By the award under the Tysoe enclosure act, the commissioners awarded to the Earl of Northampton, his heirs and assigns, in tiust, to poor persons, to lieu of a right to cut furze or gorse upon the waste lands in the parish, twelve acres of land to Church Tysoe, now let for £20. per annum, and six acres in Lower (or Temple) Tysoe, let for £6. 10s. These sums, with 40s. from Willtogton's charity, are appUed to the purchase of coals, which are distributed in the winter season till exhausted. Marked 1 reside at Lower, and 2 at Upper Tysoe; the remainder at Middle Tysoe 1 Ainge John, collar and harness maker 2BarronJ.flax dresser Barron Jno., vict. and farmer, Peacock Blunn Thomas, tailor 1 CollcottT.wheelwgt 2 Geden Thos., tailor Hancox J . stone masn Hancox Jph. shoemkr HancoxThs. maltster and stone mason Hawtin J. cattle docti HerritageWm. grocer and butcher Hewcns W. corn millr Hiorns Thos. butcher Horton Thos., grocer HutchesonRev.Thos curate Kirby John, shoemkr Marsh Wm.. shopkpr 1 Nicholls Simon, vict. cfe farmr. Sun Rising OliverR.bakercfebeerhPaxton Richard, vict, Red Lion Price Jno. blacksmith PriceWm. blacksmith 1 Simmonds William, shoemaker 1 Smith James Ber- rige, Esq. H ard wick 2 Styles Ann cfe Ben jamin, corn millers 2 Styles Nchls. baker Tarver Rd. carpenter Walker Daniel, corn dealer cfe shopkeepr W alker Jno, shoemkr KINETON HUNDRED—KINETON DIVISION. 733 WalkerL. shoemaker Ward Wm. schoolmr Watts WilUam, gro cer and baker 2 Wells Dnl., carpnta Wilkins Thos. tailor 2WrightonW. carpntr Farmers. 2 Ainge David 1 Badger John 1 Borton S., Brixfield 1 Bowers Edward 1 Chambers Henry, The Hill 1 Gardner J. (grazier) 2 Gardner William, Burland House 1 Hawtin Wm., Edge Hill farm Herbert Thomas Hewens John 2 Middleton Mary Middleton Nicholas MiddletonThos., senr MiddletonThos., junr 1 Middleton William 1 Nichols Geo.Cattell, Edge hills Page William 2 Rose William 1 Smith John Smith Thomas 2 SpraggettFrederick, Manor house Stianks Simon Walton Henry 2 WeUs William Carriers. ColdicottBortn., Ban bury, thur.; Strat ford, fri. ; and War wick # Leamington, tues. GardnerW., Banbury, thur ; Stratford, fri. HollandChs.BancWy, mon. cfe thur. ; War wick, sat. WHITCHURCH, a parish containing the hamlets of Broughton, Crimscott, and Wimpston, 5£ miles S.S.E. from Stratford-upon-Avon; in 1841, here were 55 houses and 247 inhabitants, and 1095 acres of land; rateable value ,£2029. 5s.; this was held hy Earl Mellent at the Conquest, and described as two manors. Peter de Montfort held the lordship at the time of the battle of Evesham, and though confiscated, it was soon restored, and descended to his son, continuing in their line until the 9th. of Rich ard II. when it was allotted to Boteler, thence came to Edward Belknap, Esq., and was sold in 1582 to Thomas Marriett, Esq., Leigh; in which family it remained many years. James Robert West, Esq. is lord of the manor and principal owner. The Church, dedi cated to St. Mary, is an ancient edifice, consists of nave and chancel, was repaired in 1844 and 6, at an expense of .£142. The living, a rectory, V. K. B. £20. 17s. 3id., now £341.; James Robert West, Esq., patron; and Rev. Richard Pritchard, incumbent. The Rectory a commodious residence. Tithes commuted 1842, at .£302. 2s. Broughton, a small hamlet, 2 miles S. W. Grimscott, a small village and hamlet, 1 mile S. E. ; and Wimpston, a small village and hamlet, in which the church is situated. Charities. — John Ayshcombe, by will, 1810, gave to the rector and churchwardens of this parish, and their successors, the sum of £100. clear of all taxes, to be paid to them witton one month after the decease of his sister Ann Ayshcombe, upon tiust, to place the same on government security, and apply the dividends in the purchase of bread to be distributed to the poor on Christmas day. Ann Ayshcombe, by will, 1816, gave to tbe minister and churchwardens and their successors, £ 1 00. clear of all taxes, to be paid within six months after her decease on trust cfec, to lay out the dividends to clothing to be distiibuted to the poor, on Christmas day. Mrs. Ayshcombe died in December, 1816. The legacies now form £219. 13s. 4d. three per cent reduced annuities, into which they were transferred in 1824 ; the dividend £6. 1 Is. 8d. is distributed, one half in bread, and the other half in clothing to the poor, by the minister and churchwardens. Directory. — Jno. Bailey, blacksmith, Wimpston ; Rd. Bailey, blacksmith, Wimpston; Rt. Bennett, maltster, Crimscott ; Rev. Rd. Pritchard, M.A., rector. The Farmers are Wm. Bemen, Crimscott ; Jno. Hy. Bicknell ; Jph. Eden, Crimscott ; Wm. Eden Wimp ston; Benj. Jaques, Crimscott; John Smith, Wimpston; Thos. Southam, Wimpston; Jas. Walton, Broughton. Carrier, Rd. Neale, to Stratford, on Friday. THE WARWICK DIVISION Comprises 12 parishes, viz.: — Barford, Budbrook, Charlecote, Chesterton, Moreton MorreU, Newbold Pacey, Norton Lindsey, Sherbourne, Tachbrook, (Bishop) Walton, Wasperton, and Wellesbourne ; 23,386 acres of land, and, in 1841, 1111 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited, and 3 bmlding ; 5,176 inhabitants, of whom 2592 were males, and 2,584 females ; of these numbers, 1,000 males, 1,130 females, were under 20 years of age ; 1,592 males, and 1,454 females, were 20 years of age and upwards. BARFORD, a parish, considerable and well-built village, pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Avon, 3 miles S. by W. from Warwick; contains 1,600 acres of land, and, in 1841, 190 houses and 849 inhabitants; to 1801,485; 1821,671; 1831,748; rateable value, .£3.807. 15s. In Doomsday Book this is called Bereford, and a family of that name possessed the lordship in early times, from whom it passed to that of 734 BARFORD PARISH. Nasford, and was by one of them sold to Guy de Beauchamp. The principal owners are Hon. and Rev. WiUiam Somerville, Mrs. and Miss Ryland, Edward Greaves, Esq., Earl of Warwick, Capt. Elliott, and Capt. James Rattray. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a neat edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, to which are three bells; the whole was rebuilt, except the tower, in 1844, at a cost of .£2350., defrayed by subscription, and a grant from the Society for Building and Repairing Churches. The living, a rectory, value in K. B. .£11. lis. OJd., now .£990., in the patronage of John Mills, Esq., and incumbency ofthe Hon. and Rev. Wm. Somerville. The rectory is a handsome residence, near the church. The glebe lands consist of 380a. 3r. 8p. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here, erected 1840. Avon Side, 3 miles N. E. from Warwick, the seat and property of Edward Greaves, Esq., is a neat mansion, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Avon, having a view ofthe lofty tower of St. Mary's, and the town of Warwick. Barford Hill House is a handsome residence, commanding extensive views of the surrounding countiy, 3 miles N. E. from Warwick, is the property of the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Somerville, and the residence of Mrs. Ryland. Barford House, on the south-eastern side of the village, 3 miles N. E. from Warwick, is the seat and property of Capt. James Rattray, R. N. Debden, a farm, 1 J miles N. E. Hareway, another farm, 1 mile east. Plestow's Farm, 1£ miles east. Ch 4rities. — John Beale, by will, 1672, gave £60., which was laid out in the purchase of land in Leamington Priors. By the award ofthe Leamington Inclosure Act. dated Dec. 22nd, 1768, a parcel of land, containing 8a. lr. 5p. to the trustees of charitable lands in the parish of Barford. By an indenture of bargain and sale, 26th August, 1807, two closes of the above land, containing 7a. 2r. 17p., of the yearly value of £12., were exchanged for 8a. 3r. 20p. of land, of the yearly value of £20., situate to the parish of Kenilworth. A small portion of the Leamington was taken previous to the exchange, for the purpose of the Warwick and Napton Canal, for which the company pay an annual rent of'£l. 14s. 8d. to the trustees. The land in Kenilworth is now let for the annual rent of £20. ; which sum, with the £1. 14s. 8d., are applied towards the main tenance of a free school at Barford. Rev. Thomas Dugard, M.A., rector of Barford, by will, 1677, gave to the poor of Bar ford, £5. for ever, issuing out of certain lands, now belonging to Mr. John Whitehead ; £4. to such person as should teach 14 poor children, and the other £1. to teach two poor girls. To this small endowment, the rents of Beale's charity have been added ; and since the year 1784, the income has been augmented by the dividend of £504. 14s. 7d. in the 3£ per cent, consols; the dividends of which are £17. 13s. 2d. per annum. This stock has been produced partly by savings durin g suspensions of the school ; and in 1 787, by a gift of .£100. by the Rev. John Mills, tbe then rector; and in 1826, a legacy of £200. by the late Charles Mills, Esq. ; since the year 1819, a further addition has been made, by the addition of a house for the master, through the interest of the Rev. F. Mills, the rector; making a total income of £48. 7s. 10d. From this income, the master receives £40. a year, he allowing £4. thereout, for the rent of the house ; about .£3. a year is allowed for coals. The school is open to all the children of the parish, betog parishioners ; about 30 boys and as many girls usually attend. In 1820, William Mills, Esq., left a legacy of £50. to the vicar of Barford, to be laid out as he might think fit to the benefit of the school, which was employed in the repairs ofthe school. Charles Thomas, mas ter, and Jane Rose, mistress. John Overton gave 10s. a year to the poor of Barford. James Morris pays the 10s. as charged upon some tenements belonging to him. It is received by the rector, and given to poor widows. Church Land. — This land consists of about 3 J acres in this parish, let at the yearly rent of £11. 5s., which is carried to the churchwardens' account. How the land was acquired is unknown. Post Office, atWilham Smith's Ayers William, gent Blackford G., saddler Collier Mrs. Ann Crowshow Mr. Thos Denton Mr. John Fairfax Mrs. Mary Goddard Miss Martha Goodman Mr. Wm. Greaves Edward, Esq. Avon Side Green Mrs. Ann Hopkins Mr.Thomas Horsley Wm., mason Oldham and Dormer, corn millers Page Mrs. Betty Rattray Capt. James, R.N. .BarfordHouse Reading Thos. baker Rose Mrs. Ann Ryland Mrs.Ann,/7»'tf House KINETON HUNDRED — WARWICK DIVISION. 735 Seeley T. blacksmith Sheasby J. bricklayer Shelston Mr. Thomas Sidney Mr. Charles Smith Ann, seed dealer Smith Miss Sarah Somerville Hon. and Rev. Wm., Rectory Taylor Richard and John, wheelwrghts White Mr. John Wilcox Mrs. Academies. Loveday Jane Rose Jane Thomas Charles Butchers. Lees Thomas Smith Sarah Carpenters. Keyte EUz. and Thos. Keyte Joseph Maylins John Mills Thomas Wright Nicholas Farmers. Arkell John CanningW., Plestows Clark Thomas Reading W ., Hareway Rich John, Debden Savage Mark Gardeners. Carter William Hadley John Hadley Richard Hinson William Glaziers&Paintrs. Keyte William Middleton James Inns and Taverns, George Inn, J. Sharpe Red Lion, Ths. Clark Beerhouses. King William Pearson Harris FSaltsters. CookeThos. 290. St. James's Chapel, of which a great part ofthe walls still remain, situate on an eminence, a short distance from the Church, is converted into a, dairy, and in the occupation of Mr. Thomas King. TACHBROOK MALLORY, a small village and hamlet, 3£mUes S.E. by E. from Warwick. Charities. — School. A certain sum of money, raised by subscription, was, by indenture, April, 1766, invested in the four closes called the Gorsley Closes, containing together, by estimation, 18£ acres, lying in the parish of Sutton Coldfield ; and further reciting that Sir William Bagot conveyed a messuage school and buildings, and a little garden, in the whole 22 perches, for the use of a schoolmaster, purchased with other parts of the said subscription, which were all conveyed to trustees, on trust, to appoint a proper schoolmaster, to teach reading, writing, aud arithmetic, and that the said trus tees, after necessary incidental expenses, the rents and profits of the above-named estate should be applied to the use of the said schoolmaster. The land at Sutton Cold- field is let for the annual rent of .£35., from which £1. is deducted for land-tax. There is also the sum of £100. belonging to the trustees, supposed to be the gift of Mr. Thos. Thompson, about the year 1765. The school is now conducted on the National plan, at which about 100 children, boys and girls, attend ; and the entire rent, and the £5. in terest, are paid to the master, who occupies the school house and premises, rent free ; his wife assisting in teaching the girls. James Gazey, master. Mr. Thos. Thompson, of Milverton, gave, in 1784, ,£100. into the hands of trustees, and ordered two-thirds of the produce of his gift to be distributed annually among the poor of Tachbrook, and one third among the poor of the parish of Milverton. This sum was placed in the hands of the Earl of Warwick, whose steward pays £5. a year as interest. The Tachbrook portion, £3. 6s. 8d., is distributed in sixpenny loaves at the school-room, on Good Friday, to poor parishioners. Directory. — Post Office, at Mr. James Gazey's. Mr. John Commander, James Gazey, schoolmaster; Wm. Harwood, gamekeeper, Asps ; Hy. Eyers Landor, Esq. ; Jas. Palmer, butcher ; Jno. Percox, vict., Leopard ; Thos. Reading, blacksmith ; Rev. Humberstone Skipwith, curate, Vicarage ; Wm. Smith, vict. and butcher, New Inn ; Mrs. Louisa Waller, The Grove. Farmers, Jas. and Jph. Archer, Red house ; Jph. Ashford, Rectory house; Jno. Barnett, Thos. Blakeman, Hogbrook; Benj. Dadley, 740 WALTON D'EIVILLE PARISH. Jno. Doughty, Jno. Gamer, Whitehouse; Saml. Humphriss, Thos. King, Wm. Lees, Jph. Middleton, Hy. Pratt, Highdown; Thos. Rainbow, Asps ; Cath. Robbins, Asps; Geo. Summers, and Thos. Summers, New house. WALTON D'EIVILE, a small village and parish, includes the hamlet of Walton Mauduit, 3| miles W.N.W. from Kineton, keeps its poor and roads with Wellesboume Hastings, with which the area and population are included. This appears to have been granted by Henry de Newburgh to Nicholas D'Eivile, one of whose descendants, in the reign of Henry III., sold the manor to. Simon de Wanton, whose daughter marrying John le Strange, it came into that family, and, with Walton Maudmt, was eventuaUy possessed by the Mordaunt's. Sir Charles Mordaunt, who is a minor, is the present owner and lord of the manor. The Hall, a large handsome mansion, surrounded by an extensive park, is the seat of Lady Caroline Sophia Mordaunt. The Church, dedicated to St. James, situate in the park adjoining the Hall, is a neat Grecian stone edifice, rebuilt in 1843, by Sir John Mordaunt, at an expense of .£1,700., and endowed with £3,000., was made a separate benefice at the same period; it consists of nave and chancel, and contains an ancient Norman font, and 140 sittings, all of which are free. The living, a perpetual curacy, rated at .£113., in the patronage of the Trustees of Sir Charles Mordaunt ; Rev. Wm. Duckworth Fumeaux, incumbent. The Parsonage is a neat residence, half a mile north-east from the Church. Tithes commuted, 1843, at £221. Here is a free school, supported by the Mordaunt family. Furzy Hill, one mile north. Mount Pleasant, a farm, half a mUe north. Walton Hill, half a mUe east. And Walton Wood Farm, half a mile south. Directory. — Geo. Biddle, farmer ; John Dickson, fanner, Furzy Hill; Rev. WilUam Duckworth Fumeaux, Lewellen Ladbury, keeper; Lady Caroline Sophia Mordaunt, Walton Hall; Jph. Page, farmer, Walton Hill ; Wm. Sisam, farmer, Mount Pleasant; Francis Underwood, farmer, Walton Wood; and John Whittington, steward. WASPERTON, a parish, and small scattered village, 4 miles S.S.W. from Warwick, contains 1,602 acres of land, of which 46a. 2r. are glebe. In 1841, 62 houses, and 282 inhabitants; 1801, 212; 1821, 271 ; 1831, 292; rateable value, £2197. Is. lid. Was given to the monks of Coventry by Earl Leofric ; in the reign of Henry II. the monks disposed of this lordship, but became re-possessed of it some time afterwards, and held it till the dissolution, when it was granted by Henry VIII. to his SoUcitor-General ; and, in the 29th of Elizabeth, it passed by marriage to Sir Simon Fanshaw. The Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford, the Trustees of Bagington School, Mr. Thomas Garner, aud Rev. T. L. Lane, are the principal owners. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a neat edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and south aisle, has been recently rebuilt. The living, a discharged vicarage, value in K. B. £5., now .£230., augmented with £200. private benefactions, and £200. Queen Anne's bounty ; in the pationage of the rector of Hampton Lucy, and Rev. Thos. Loveson Lane, M. A. incumbent. The vicarage is a, neat residence, near the church. Tithes commuted, rectorial, £290 ; vicarial, £1 12. Heathcote, a farm 1£ miles east. The Farm, § mile north east. Was- perton Hill, another farm, 1 mile east. Free school, a small neat brick bmlding, for infants, erected 1843, at a cost of £300., by the Rev. Thomas L. Lane, and is supported by voluntary contributions. Charities. — Rev. Geo. Hammond. (See Hampton Lucy.) The portion received by this parish is £5. 0s. 2 ]d. Mrs. Alice Hammonds, by will, 1778, left .£100. to the minister and churchwardens of this parish, for the use of the poor, and which was invested in £U68. 17s. 9d. New South Sea Annuities, and produced a dividend of .£5. Is. 4d. These two sums, being .£10. Is. 6$d., are given away to the poor half-yearly, at Christmas and Midsummer. Rev. Richard Hill, Grammar School. (See Hampton Lucy.) This parish is entitled to participate in the benefits of that school. Directory.— Rev. Thos. Loveson Lane, vicar, Vicarage ; Mary Ann Taylor, school mistress; Hy. Wilkins, blacksmith, Holloway; and Rd. Archer, Th. Garner, The Hill; W. Hurlston, Heathcote; and Wm, Seeley Oldham, The Farm, farmers, KINETON HUNDRED — WARWICK DIVISION. 741 WELLESBOURNE HASTINGS, a considerable village and parish, 4| miles N.W. from Kineton, contains two townships :— Wellesbourne Hastings, with Walton ; and Wellesbourne Mountford, which are parted by a small stream. The Wellesbournes, at the time ofthe Conquest, were united, and so given by King WiUiam to Henry de Newburgh ; and by one of the Earls of Warwick, his successor, seems to have been granted to Robert de Hastang, from whose family the adjunct to the name of the place was derived. Though now a moderate sized village only, it had a charter for a market and fair, granted in the 18th of Edward I. In 1841, the whole parish contained 1,434 inhabitants; 1801, 1,096; 1821, 1,125; 1831, 1,357; and 4,581 acres of land, rateablo value, .£6,833. 17s. 9d. WELLESBOURNE HASTINGS, with Walton, contains 2,888 acres, and, in 1841, 164 houses and 694 inhabitants ; rateable value, £3,316. 3s. 9d. Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart,, and the Lucy family, are the owners ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a handsome spacious edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with tower, in which are six bells; was rebuilt, except the tower and chancel, in 1848, at a cost of .£3,200., defrayed by the friends of the late Sir John Mordaunt. The Church contains several ancient monuments and brasses. The living, a discharged vicarage, V.K.B. £1. lis. 8d., now .£422., in the pationage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Lord Charles Paulet. The Vicarage is a neat residence near the Church, has been enlarged and beautified by the present vicar. WELLESBOURNE MOUNTFORD, a hamlet and township, 5 miles N.W. by W. from Kineton, contained, in 1841, 166 houses and 740 inhabitants, and 1,693 acres of land; rateable value, ,£3,317. 14s. This was granted by Henry de Newburgh, to Thurston de Mountford, in whose family it continued, with a short interruption until tho time of Edward III., towards the end of whose reign it passed, by default of issue, to the Boteler's, and subsequently to the families of Belknap, Bray, and others. The prin cipal landowners are now, Bernard Granville, Esq., The Mordaunt and Lucy families, Mrs. Venour, and several others have small estates here; Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., is lord of the manor. The Independents have a small Chapel here. Richard Boyse, by deed, 1723, granted to Sir Charles Mordaunt and others, a house in Wellsbourne Mountford, which he had converted into a school house ; and also a house to Warwick, known as the King's Head Inn, in tiust, to pay £15. a year out of the rent of the said house to the master of the boys' school, and the residue of the rent to the mistiess of the girls' school. In 1739, by another indenture, it is set forth that Richard Boyse was desirous of settling lands and tenements for the endowment of the said school, and also for endowment of another school in Wellsbourne Mountford and Wellsbourne Hastings, for instructing poor girls in the English tongue and also to knit and sew plain work. In 1788, The King's Head Inn and premises, in Warwick, having become ruinous, were exchanged for 5a. lr. 32p. of land in the parish of Kenil worth, called the Broomfields, then held at the yearly rent of £9. Also a fourth part of certain premises in Ashorne, accounted to be worth £8. a year ; of which a partition was made in 1819, when 27a. Or. 34p. was awarded to Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., and others trustees of Richard Boyse's charity ; they paying the sum of £6. 4s. lOd. to William Dodwell, to order to balance the respective values of the premises. The pro perty belonging to this charity now produces (1825) £>58. 10s. per annum, to which is added an annual subscription of £24., making a total income of £82. 10s.; from this the school-master receives .£40. a year, and the school-mistress a salary of .£30. a year; and both have their residences rent free, and £2. a year is allowed the mistiess in com pensation for a garden. Copy books, slates and other requisites are provided for the use of the school, which with land tax and repairs makes an average expenditure of ;£80. 15s. lOd. AU the poor children of Wellsbourne and Walton are admitted on ap plication to the vicar or curate, and receive instruction gratis, Edward and Ann Moody, master and mistress. John Venour, of Great Kingtown, by will, 1727, bequeathed to the town of Welles bourne Mountford, the place of his nativity, tbe sum of .£30. to be laid out by his execu tors, within six months after his death, in some safe purchase, and conveyed to the minister, churchwardens and overseers of the poor, and their successors,' to be disposed of in, buying three cloth gowns, for two men and one woman of the town of Welles- 4D 12 WELLESBOURNE PARISH. r^Tttelate^rTn^rfw^^s wt 5ft d^^Sttites dee^l^e^tc- trustees, for ihe payment of his debts ; but this sum appears t to nave been known as a debt due, and no provision was made for it. WELLESBOURNE PARISH DIRECTORY. WELLESBOURNE HASTINGS. * "ost Office at Mr. J.Hawke's. Baker Robert, fruiterer Bettridge Jno., sen., agrcltil. machine mkr., well snkr., blacksmith, cfec. Bettridge Jno. jun., machine mto., wheelwright, cfec. Charles John, vict. cfe farmer, King's Head Clark WUUam, blacksmith Cook W., cooper cfe coal mert Court John, blacksmith Dyers Misses England Wm. Geo., surgeon Fincher Thomas, grocer Fincher John M., maltster Hammond W., sdlr. cfe baker Harris Thomas, beerhouse Hawkes John, vict. cfe fmr., Talbot Inn Hunt WilUam, draper Kibber Jas., builder, cfec. Knot Chas., police officer London John, wheelwright Oldham Ann, schoolmistress OverburyF., dpr.cfe agt. to the Crown Life Office Paulet Rev.LordC, vicarage Pitt Richard, surgeon SheUswell W., btcto. cfe bkr Such E., boot cfe shoe maker Taylor Thomas, gentleman Woodburn Thomas, coUar and harness maker Farmers. Bustin Wm., The Mill Cherry Mary Hawkes Richard Maries Wm., and butcher Whately Wm., Staple hill Findon Job, beerhouse Gibbs Daniel, shopkeeper Granville B. Esq., The Hall Hamp William, shoemaker Hawkes Mr. William Hawkes Wm. Edw., maltstr Herbert Mr. James Knipe Rev. John, B. A. Mills Eliz., machine letter Moody Edwd., schoolmaster Morris John, lime burner Nichol Johnston, carpenter Padbury Rd., timber dealer Spicer John, saddler Sturch Henry, grocer Townsend Rev. Frederick WilUams Misses Harriet and Emma, The Cottage Wright Mrs. Sarah Fanners. Bacon Wm., The Grounds Clark WilUam, and baker Findon Robert, Chadley Freeman Edward Hamp WiUiam PhUUps Jno., Waterloo farm Plumb Joseph, Low farm Roddis Edward Walton Darnel, Kingsmaid Carrier, Benj. Nelson, to Stratford, Sat. cfe Warwick, Fri. SHIPSTON-UPON-STOUR, a market town and parish, to the upper division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, county of Worcester, being locally in the Kineton division of the hundred of Kineton. 16 miles S. by W. from Warwick ; 32 E.S.E. from Worcester ; and 83 N.W. from London ; containing 1 ,140 acres of land ; andin 1841, 1805 inhabitants ; rateable value, .£4,793. 18s. 5d. This town is said to derive its name from having been one of the largest markets for sheep in the kingdom ; it is situated on the river Stour, in a fertile and rather hilly country ; there was, formerly, a large manufacture of shag, which has quite declined ; and it has now little tiade of any description. The Dean and Chapter of Worcester, who possess the manorial rights, hold a court annually, at which a constable is appointed. The market is held on Saturday; and fairs for horses, cows, and sheep, June 22nd, and the Tuesday after October 10th. The Church, dedicated to St. Edmund, is an ancient structure, consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with tower. The Uving, a rectory, with the rectory of Tidmington annexed, value in K. B. £5. Is. 8Jd., now £700. ; in the patronage ofthe Dean and Chapter of Worcester, and incumbency of the Rev. William Evans, B. D. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Friends, have each a place of worship here. National Sclwol, for boys and girls, John and Eli zabeth Stokes, teachers. The Union Workhouse comprises 37 parishes, Thos. Liscombe Goss, master; Edwin Tilsley, clerk and superintendent registiar; Charles Wright, registrar of marriages; registrars of births and deaths, WilUam Simcox, Camden dist. ; Charles HoUand, Halford dist. ; Edward Rouse Wheatcroft, Moreton dist. ; and Stephen WELLESBOURNE MOUNTFORD. Atkins J., boot cfe shoe mkr Badson R., boot cfe shoe mkr Baker Wm., vict. and stone mason, Stag's Head Beck Thomas, blacksmith Brothers Ann, school Chadham T., wheelwright Charles H., plumbr. cfe glazr Charles Mary, milliner Charles William, grocer Clark George, blacksmith Clemenger Rev. Rt. Parsons Compton J., vict.cfe maltster, Peacock Cooper William, butcher Court Jas., baker cfe grocer Cross John, tailor Cunningham D. T., Esq. Dixon Silvester, bricWayer KINETON HUNDRED — WARWICK DIVISION. 743 Jarrett, Shipston dist. ; relieving officers, Edward Rouse Wheatcroft, Campden dist.; Charles Holland, Brailes dist.; Stephen Jarrett, SMpston dist. ; James Hunt, auditor; and The Right Hon. Lord Redesdale, chairman. The County Court comprises the following places, viz. : — Admington, Batsford, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Campden, Clopton, Ebrington, Hidcote, Leamington, Mickleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Qutoton, and Todenham, in the county of Gloucester; Barchester, Brailes, Burmington, Butlers Marston, Cherrington, Compton Wynyates, Halford, Honington, Idlicote, Ilmington, Oxhill, Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Stietton-on- Foss, Stourton, Sutton, Tysoe, Whatcote, Whichford, Wolford Great, and Wolford Little, in the county of Warwick ; Blocktey, Shipston-on-Stour, Tidmington, and Tred- ington, in the county of Worcester : Frederick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; Edw. V" ere Nicoll, Esq., clerk. SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR DIRECTORY. POST OFFICE at Mr. Rd. Brain's. Letters arrive at 7-40. a. m. ; dispatched 5-18 p. m. ; box closes 4-15 p.m. Letters arrive from Chipptog Norton, 5-3 p.m., despatched at 7-55 p.m. Adams Geo. stone mason Adkins Edmund, tanner Alder Mrs. Ann Ashfield Geo. gardener Ashfield Jane, tailoress Badger Fras. grocer Badger John, draper Badger Rd. senr. farmer BadgerRd.winecfespiritmcht.Bagnall Wm. baker Banister Edwd. soUcitor Banister Edward Charles, soUcitor, and agent to the Birmingham Fire Office Banner Wm. Jno. shoe mfa Bellamy Mrs. M ary Berry Rt. maltster cfe beerhs. Berwick Robt., beerhouse Best Hy. watch maker Bolton Thos. fruiterer Bolton Wm. shoe maker Brickwell Jph. shoe maker Callaway John, druggist Callaway Thos. glover Churchley Hy. basket maker Clark Ez. grcr. cfe provsu. dlr. CockbiU R.fraitr.cfe leather dl Coleman Samuel, Esq. Coleman Thomas, baker Collier Frederick, surgeon, schoolmr., cfe agent to the Clerical, Medical, cfe Genl, Life Office Cook Thos. shopkeeper Cooper Thos. cooper Crammer Robt. baker Day Emanuel, nurseryman Dodeswell Mr. Samuel Dudley Rev. Charles Easthope Ed. plmbr. cfe pnti. EUis Henry, builder Evans Rev.Wm. B. D. rector Fiefield Mary, school Fisher Jas. boarding school Fisher J. plmbr. pntr, cfe glzr. FreemanE. plmb.pntr.&glzr. Freeman Joseph, beerhouse Gardner John, builder Gardner Mary, shopkeeper Gardner Thos. shoe maker Gardner Th. carptr. cfe joiner Gibbs Wm. shoe maker Gillett Edmd. butcher Gillett Thos. hosier Godson Edw. shopkeeper Goss T. Liscombe, Union mr Hall cfe Clarke, draper Hands James, corn miller Hands John, blacksmith Hands Richd. shoe maker Hancock Fdk., solr. cfe agent to the County Fire and Provident Life Offices Hancox Steph. confectioner Hawley Wm. D. excise offer. Hay wardW .boot cfe shoe mkr Hemmings Wm. grocer Higgins Alf. hair dresser Higgins Sarah, school Higgins Thos. watch maker Hitchman Wm. saddler Hodgkins Mrs. Mary Horniblow Wm. surgeon Hughes Jph. rope maker InsaU F. auctioneer cfe survyr. Jarrett Steph. registrar of b.s cfe d.s, cfe relieving offer Jennings John, nurseryman King Geo. blacksmith King Geo. plmbr. patoti. cfec Kinzett and Son, saddlers Lovett Robt. blacksmith Lyne Wm. currier MaceWm. grocer Marshall Chas. shoemaker MarshaU Wm. chief constbl. Miles Mrs. Ann Morris Rev. John, Bap. nun- Nail Geo. solr. cfe agt. to the Norwich Un,Firecfc Life Of Nelson Geo. grave-stone ctr Newton Jno. tailor Nicoll Edw. Vere, solr. and clerk, County Court Pariter Harry, builder Parker Mrs. Ann Parker John, beerhouse Parker Saml. carpenter Phillips Wm. tailor Pittaway Thos. beerhouse Prew Jno. saddler Rainbow Jno. fanner Richardson Steph. hat manfr Sale Hy. bookseller, chemist, and stamp distributor Sale Jno. furnishing ironmgr. brazr. locksm. cfebellhngr Salmon Geo. butcher Savage Mary, school Savage Thos. tinner cfe brzer. Smiles Wm. surgeon Snow Sus. EUza, school Stanley L. J. builder Stephens Rd. maltst. cfe baker Stokes Jno. schoolmaster Stowe Geo. veterinary surgn. Sturch Wm. toy dealer SturchW.Eden cfe Ed. grocrs. provisn. dlrs. coffee rsti.cfec Summerton Jesse, butcher Summerton Mr. Walter Taylor Mr. Samuel Neat WellsT.watchmk.cfebankmKWhite Mr. John White Jno. leathr.cut.dfe curr. White S. printer cfe statnr.cfec Wiggtogton Mr. Orange Wiggins Jph. butcher Wiggins Solomon, butcher Wilson Ch. drugst. cfe seedsm WUson Thos. hair dresser Worrall Jarp.es, draper Worrall Robert, butcher Wright Ed. Welchman, MJD. Wright Jph. taUor 4 D 2 744 SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR PARISH. Banks . Banbury Branch Bank,(draw on Jones, Lloyd, cfe Co. ;) Thos. Wells, manager Stourbridge l( Kidderminster Branch Bank, (draw on Smith, Payne, and Co. ;) Fred. Hancock, manager Savings Bank. — President, Rt. Honrbl. Lord Redesdale ; Treasurer, RevG M alcobn; Actuary, J. Stokes ; open on sat. from 1 till 3 p. m. Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Bell Commercial Inn, Thos. Marshall, and maltster Black Bear, Robt. Keitley, and butcher Black Horse, W. Hendley, and stone mason Black Swan, Avis Hemming Coach cfe Horses, W. Badger Crown, Eliz. Marshall Falstaff, Jno. Green George Commercial Hotel, Wm. Bull, cfe auctioneer, coich proprtr., and agent to the Standard Life and Imperial Fire Offices Harrow, J. Harrison,irs and assigns, the yearly rent of £10. by half yearly payments, for the benefit of the reparation of the church, and for the relief of the poor. The sum of £8. 4s. is annually received in respect of this reserved rent, and carried to the church wardens' account, £1. 16s. being withheld for land tax. These lands, known as the Church or Poor lands, are in the possession of Sir George Throckmorton, or his under BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — ALCESTER DIVISION. 753 tenants ; the land is said to be worth 20s. au acre, and the granting a lease for 4,000 years was an excess of the power of the trustees, and its validity is a fit subject for the con sideration of a court of equity. Robert Haynes, by will, 1710, gave £20., the toterest to be appUed in setting poor children ofthe Hamlet of Sambourne apprentices. Joyce Whoman, gave 40s. to the in tent that the interest should be yearly, on Good-Friday, given to seven poor widows of Sambourne. William Hemming gave £4., to the intent that four widows of Sambourne should have one shilling each on every Good-Friday. Mrs. Anne Ganton left £100. to wards the relief of her niece, who, dying soon after, the said £100., with the above mentioned three charities, was laid in the purchase of an estate, in Sambourne, in 1731, for the use of the poor of Sambourne, for ever. This estate consists of about six acres of land and three cottages, comprising five dwellings. The land is let for the yearly rent of £9. 9s„ and the cottages are let to the parish officers for £6. 3s. a year ; but this rent of the cottages will be advanced by £6. a year. The rents are expended agreeably to the intentions of the donors. John Hobbins, by will, 1735, gave 20s. a year, to find two gowns for two widows of Sambourne yearly, on the 1st day of May, charged on Brook Meadow, a close iu Great Alne. This annuity is paid by Richard Heath, of Salford Lodge, the ower of a farm in Great Alne, to two poor widows, to money. Those marked 1 residet l Harris A. brickmkr at Sambourne, 2 at HiU Wm., wheelwgt Middletown, and the, \ Hinton J., butcher rest at Coughton. \ Lee Wm., schoolmr Arnold Edm., shoemk 1 Lewis Benj. black 1 Arnold Rd.,shoemk smith cfe shopkeeper 1 Arnold T. parish elk Morgan Chas., miller 1 Bennett Mr. James1 and land agent 1 Boyce W.needlemk 1 Perkins Josiah,vict. 1 Buggins Jas. builder Green Dragon IChattawayWilliam,1 1 Reading Mr. Wm. blacksmith I Reeve John, grocer cfe Davis Rev. Richard | builder Fras. catholic priest 1 Richards J., tailor 1 Gould JanecfeSarah, 1 Rutter Thos.shoemk victs., Falcon Inn 1 1 Shelton William, 1 Harper J. brickmkr! fruiterer cfe shopkr Tomes Rev. R., vicar 1 Walker Chas. needle and fish-hook mfr W alsingh am W .j oiner Ward R.btchr.cfebaker Wright W. coal dealer Farmers. 1 Bennett Thomas 1 Chair Joseph 1 Chair Robert Chattaway John 2 Cook James 1 Garner J.Four Elms 1 Garner J., Towns- end farm 1 Harris Arthur I Heath Thomas I Hobbins Ann 2 Howson John 1 Johnson Benjamin Johnson William Morgan Charles 1 Parsons Thomas PensonJ.Coughton lg 1 Perks John 1 Richards John 1 Richards William 1 Sumner James Sumner John, Mill- ford farm Sumner Thos. Cough ton cross 1 Truslove Samuel IPSLEY, a parish and considerable village, on the east bank ofthe river Arrow, 6£ miles N. by W. from Alcester, contains 3,500 acres of land; and in 1841, 1,029 tohabitants; 1801,478; 1821, 754; 1831,830; rateable value, £5,300. This manor was possessed by a family of the name of Hubaud, from the time of Stephen, until the 17th century. Walter S. Sander, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner; T. Entwisle, Esq., Stokes, Esq., and several others have estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, consists of nave, chancel, and embattled tower, in which there are three bells. The living, a rectory, valued in the King's books at £11. 10s. 7^d. now £685. ; Rev. Charles Dolben, B. A., patron and incumbent. The rectory is a neat residence, a little east from the church. A Chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Luke, was erected at Headless Cross, to 1843, at a cost of £1,000. Here is also a neat Catholic Chapel, situated at Redditch, but to this parish. This parish has of late years greatly improved, and comprises part ofthe township of Redditch, and the hamlets of Headless Cross and Crabbs Cross, about three miles from Ipsley. Charities. — Mr. Joseph Stepper, in 1711, gave £30. to this parish, the interest thereof to clothe, yearly, two poor widows, or in want of such, three fatherless children. In 1823, an arrear of interest had accrued from the late rector, in whose hands the money had been vested ; of this sum, £5. was applied in gifts of clothing, and £10. was added to the principal. The Rev. Thomas Dolben Dolben, now (1826) curate of Ipsley, and only child of the late rector, is responsible for the £40. ; and £2. a year is applied by him in clothing, or sheeting, to poor widows of the parish. Mrs. Maiy Dolben, by will, 1787, after bequeathing to three tiustees. £300., for the benefit of three widows of clergymen ofthe church of England, gave to her said trustees the residue of her personal estates, cfec;, to apply the same to the use of her mother for 754 IPSLEY PARISH. life ¦ and then of her brother, the Rev. Thomas Dolben, for life ; and in the event of his dying without children who should attain the age of twenty-one, then in providing a small house for the residence of a schoolmistress, to Ipsley, for teaching twelve girls of the said parish to read, spin, and knit; and paying £21. a year to the schoolmistress, and providing bibles and clothing for the scholars, cfec. The testatrix's property at the time of her death consisted of £1,000. secured on amortgage of an advowson, and £100. three per cent, consols. This bequest appears to have been considered void, under the statute, 9th George I., at least so far as related to the £1,000. mortgage ; and of tbe £100. stock, which, in the year 1818, after various expenses, was reduced to £46.15s.l Id., was carried by Mr. Lea, soUcitor, who had received the money to the account of Thos. Dolben Skynner. Marked 1, reside at Redditch ; 2, at Headless Cross ; 3, at Crabbs Cross ; and the rest at Ipsley, or where specified. 3 Evitts W., butcher I Mills J. cfe Co., needle! Birch G., Green lane 2 Francis J., needle cfe & fishhook mnfrs Bomford Letitia fishhook manufr j 1 Millward J., ndl.fctr. Chamberlain Thos., 3 Gibbs John, vict.J Morrall E., shoemkr ipsieT Lodge Star and Garter ' 1 Pinfield Rd., beerhs| Edwards John I GoreT.,whitesmth!lPrattRev.R.catholic3 Field R., Wood row 1 HassellD.,fruiterer! 1 Smith G.,needlemk 3 Gibbs John 2 Joiner Dl., shoemk| 1 Tyer T., chair mkr, 3 Haden John 2 Johnson G., land svrll Warner Rd. cfe Son, Hollington Elizabeth 1 Adams Chas., vict., cfe wine cfe spirit mt. Warwick Arms 1 BookerJ.,needle mf 1 BoultonJ.needlemk 2 Chambers M.,blksm 2 ChatterleyJ., brcklr 2 Clark Wm. cfe Co., nedl.cfe fishhk. mfs.. Mount Pleasant Corfield Jno., baker 2 Cox William, vict., White Hart 2 Davis J., needle mfr DolbenRev.Ch.,B.A. 1 Johnson John, fishj fishing tackle mfrs hook manufacturer 2 Westwood Charles, 2 Jones T., bricklyr Lane George, miller 3 Mills J., beerhouse and needle stamper needle manufcti Lane WiUiam, Park row Oakley D., Dairy Fm 2 White T., butcher j Whitehouse Jas. H Partners. j Whittington WUUam, Aldington John Green lane KINWARTON, a parish and small village, 1J miles N.E. from Alcester, contains 480 acres of land ; and, in 1841, twelve houses and 67 inhabitants ; rateable value £709. 14s. 6d. The monks of Evesham Abbey held this from 714 tiU the dissolution. The principal land owners are Thomas Brown, Esq,, Marqms of Hertford, and the Rev. Richard Seymour ; the former is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected in the 13th century, consists of nave, chancel, and aisle. The living, a rectory, with Great Alne and Weethley annexed, V.K.B., £17. lis. 0£d., now £438. ; Bishop of Worcester, patron, and Rev. Richard Seymour, M. A., incumbent. The rectory is a neat house at the west end ofthe church. Charities. — Isaac Dipple,hywill, 1729, left £10. to the poor of this parish ; this sum was paid by Sarah Caulton, the sole executrix of Isaac Dipple, April 19th, 1731, into the hands of Jeffrey Hopkins, the churchwarden. It is now in the hands of the rector, and also another £10., both of which he received from his predecessor ; of which one £10. is supposed to have been the gift of Sarah Caulton, in 1735. The annual sum of 20s. is paid, as the interest of these two sums, which is given away to the poor at Easter, by the rector and churchwardens, in the church. Directory. — Thos. Brown, Esq., Joseph Fryer, parish clerk ; Saml. Heming, farmer ; John Hodges, farmer; and Rev. Richard Seymour, M. A., incumbent. MORTON BAGGOTT, a, small village and parish, 3Jm. W.S.W. from Henley-in- Arden, contains 1,160a. of land; in 1841, 35 houses and 170 inhabitants; rateable value, £1 ,309. 7s. 9d. This place obtained its adjunct of Baggott from a family of that name, who for many generations resided here, and were owners of a portion of the property. Sir F. L. H. Goodricke, Bart., is the present lord of the manor and owner. The Church, dedicated to Holy Trinity, is a small structure, consists of nave and chancel ; was re paired and re-pewed to 1848. The living, it rectory, V.K.B., £6., now £188.; Sir F. L. H. Goodricke, Bart., patron, and Rev. Samuel D. Pearshall, incumbent, for whom the Rev. Edward Wheatley officiates. Directory. — Joseph Arnall, shoemaker ; John Elvins, joiner; William Elvins, joiner and shopkeeper. The Farmers are, Stephen Aldington, Thomas Holyoake, and corf miUer; William SmaUwood, and Richard Stiles, BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — ALCESTER DIVISION. 755 SPERNALL, aparish and small straggling village, 4 miles N. from Alcester, contains 1,110 acres of land ; and, to 1841, 22 houses and 107 inhabitants ; rateable value, £1,238. Supposed by Dugdale to have been part of the possessions of the Norman Earls of Warwick, and held in serjeantry from them by the Durvassals, who resided here ; the service betog to perform the duties of chief butler upon Christmas-day, Easter-day, and Whit-Sunday, at their castle, at Warwick, or their manor-houses at Claverdon, Tan- worth, or Sutton, at whichever they might happen to be ; the manor was held in this way many years. Afterwards possessed by the families of Holt, Reve, and Webbe ; was purchased in the reign of Henry VI. by John Throckmorton, Esq. ; Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart., is now lord ofthe manor and owner. The Church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a small edifice, consisting of nave and chancel, was repaired andre-pewed in 1844. The living, a discharged rectory, V.K.B. £3. 18s. l|d., now £160. ; Charles Chambers, Esq., R.N., patron ; and Rev. Charles Dolben, incumbent, for whom the Rev. James Sheppard, officiates. The Rectory is a neat residence near the Church. Charities. — Thomas Allen, by will, 1723, gave to the poor of this parish 10s. a year for ever, to be paid out of his estate at Great Alne, by two equal portions, on St. Thomas's-day and Good- Friday. This annuity is now paid by Mr. Stephen Morgan, the owner of the estate so charged, who, with the assistance of the minister, distributes it on Good- Friday, among the poor. John Saunders, who died in the year 1 709, left the sum of £10., the yearly interest of which was to be given to the poor of this parish for ever. This money is to the hands ofthe rector, who pays toterest at the rate of 5 per cent., which is distributed on Good- Friday among the poor of the parish. Mrs. Ann Bates, in the year 1806, gave £20. into the hands ofthe rector, Rev. Mr. Chambers, to be applied to the use of the poor of the parish, at his discretion. This sum was, in 1806, invested an the security ofthe tolls ofthe turnpike road, from Strat ford to Bromsgrove, at 5 per cent., but which, by notice, 1824, is reduced to 4£ per cent. The interest is distributed among the poor, in June. Directory. — Rev. James Sheppard, curate ; Jph. Crowley, Richard Smith, and John Wheeler, farmers. STUDLEY, aparish, and considerable village, pleasantly situated on the river Arrow, 4 miles N. by W. from Alcester, comprises the hamlets of Outhill, Mappleborough Green, Clarkes Green, Washford, and part of Littlewood Green ; this parish is noted for the manufacture of needles, about 800 hands are employed. In 1841, here were 398 houses and 1,992 inhabitants, 1801, 1,037; 1821, 1,338; 1831, 1,903; and 5,070, acres of land, rateable value, £8,065. Is. 2d. ; at the Conquest this was almost entirely in the posses sion of WilUam, the son of Corbicon, whose son Peter passed away a considerable por tion of it with his daughter in marriage to Henry de Montford, and the remainder to William de Cantilupe. Montford's portion came afterwards to William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, and eventually was possessed by the Knights Templars. The above named Peter founded a priory of regular Augustine canons here, in the reign of King Stephen, which was so amply supported and endowed, that, in 1399, the monks were enabled to begin rebuilding the Church constructed at their foundation. After the dis solution of this priory the site of the monastery, manor of Studley, and other lands, was granted to Sir Edmund Knightly, sergeant at law, in the 30th of Henry VIII., and it subsequently passed by marriage to John Knotsford, sergeant at arms. The princi- land-owners are, Robert Knight, Esq., Sir F. L. H. Goodricke, Bart., and Theodore MoilUet, Esq., the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, has lately been repaired and consists of nave, chancel and side aisles, a stained glass window has recently been put in the east end by the patron. The living, a vicarage value in K. B. £8., now £120., augmented with £200. private benefaction, £600. Queen Anne's bounty and £1,250. parliamentary grant; Robert Knight, Esq., patron, and Rev. John Finley, M. A., incumbent, for whom the Rev. H. H. Jones, officiates. The Gen eral Baptists, the Particular Baptists, and the Wesleyans have each a place of worship here. 756 STUDLEY PARISH. Studley Castle is a noble edifice, erected 1833, situated 4J miles N.W. from Alcester, on a commanding eminence having an extensive prospect and is the seat and property of Sir F. L. H. Goodricke, Bart. Hamlets. — Outhill, a few scattered houses, 3 miles E. Mappleborough Green, several scattered farms, 2m. S.E. Clarke's Green, several scattered houses, I mile E. Washford, a farm and several cottages on the Birmingham road, and Lillleworth Green, a small village, 1 mile S.W. Charities. — Lord Abergavenny gave to this parish £80. out of a sale of timber, from Mapleborough Green. Thomas Robbins gave £20. Edmund Court, by indenture, 1658, granted to trustees certain closes of pasture and wood ground, with a messuage lately erected on the same, and the tithes of the said lands, for the pay ment of 40s. a year, to be distiibuted to the poor on St. Thomas's day and Good Friday, and for disposing of the rents towards the repair of the parish church of Studley, or relieving the poor, or for such charitable uses as the feoffees should appoint. — Kendal, about the year 1684, gave £5. to the parish, for the poor. William Moore, by wiU, 1714, gave £5.; the interest for a sermon on Good Friday. William Eyres, by will, 1739, gave a piece of land, called Bloekhill, to be secured to the feoffees ofthe poor's land, to pay for schooUng of two poor boys of this parish. William Mortiboys, by will, 1733, gave £175., to remain as a stock to be paid into the hands of Edmund Chambers, Esq., and the rest of the feoffees of the poors' land, and the vicar for the time being, to apply the interest or rent of as much as should arise from £100. ; one part for clothing four poor men or women, and the other part to be every year given to poor famiUes, on Good Friday, at sixpence a house ; and what should arise from the said £75., it was to be applied for teachtog two poor children of the parish. Thomas Slipper gave £20. in 1711 ; the lawful use thereof to be laid out by the minister and churchwardens, in clothing two poor fatherless children of this parish, a boy and a girl, on St. Thomas's-day. Joseph Slipper, in 1711, gave £10. for the use of the poor of this parish, who should receive the holy sacrament at Easter and Christ mas. A school-house was built in the year 1810, by subscription, upon part of the waste land ofthe manor ; but the conveyance not havingbeen perfected. thispiece ofland, 2r. 34p., with the school-house, was some years afterwards, upon the inclosure of the parish, allotted to the feoffees of the poor estates ; the whole of which have arisen principally from the above-named benefactions, and, with the school land, amounts to 30a. lr. 7p- The school-house and garden are occupied rent free by a schoolmaster, who teaches eight poor boys of the parish free, in consideration thereof, and he also instincts the Sunday school. The other property is let at the yearly rent of £38. The land is tithe free. Part of the tithe being derived from the gift of Mr. Edmund Court, and the other was purchased to 1 799, for the sum of £20. 1 6s. The clear income is distiibuted by the feoffees, in accordance with the wills ofthe donors. William F'elherstone, who died in 1760, devised certain lands at Merce Green, to John PhilUps and his heirs, upon trust, to provide four dozen of penny white bread, to be distributed to poor persons attending divine service at the church. Mr. John Bate, the owner of an estate in this parish, called Merce Green, pays £10. 8s. a year to respect of this charity, and 12s. worth of bread is distributed every third Sunday. Edmund Court, by will, 1671, gave 20s. to poor householders, on St. Thomas's day, to be distributed by the churchwardens and overseers. This is received from an estate called Fields Farm, in which is a meadow called Round Meadow, particularly charged with the payment; the property (1825), of Mrs. Burton, and given as directed. Court Dewes, Esq., by will, 1721, gave to poor householders of this parish, 20s. per annum, to be issuing out of Putchen's Fields, in this parish, to be distributed by the churchwardens and overseers ofthe poor on Good- Friday. By an indenture, 1758, John Dewes, Esq., of Wellesbourne, to fulfil the further charitable intentions of his brother, who, by the draft of a subsequent will not completed, was desirous to give £200., the produce to be laid out in clothing poor people belonging to the parish, granted an annuity of £8., to be issuing out of a farm called Puchen Fields to this parish, containing 30a. This, as well as the preceding rent charge, is received from Mr. Freeman, the owner of the farm, and given to the poor, in coats of 10s. or 1 Is., and gowns 8s., appointed at a parish meeting, told on St. Thomas's day. John Hobbins, by will, 1735, gave 20s. a year, charged on a close in Great Alne, called Brook Meadow End, to find two gowns, to be given to two widows of this parish. Mr. Heath, of Salford Lodge, is (1825) the present owner of the close, and pays the charge, which is distributed to widows accordingly. Thomas Chambers, by will, gave 40s. per annum, charged on Ms messuage, close, and garden, in Studley, to be paid upon Easter and Ctoistmas sacrament days, by 2s. 6d. BARLICHWAY HUNDRED— ALCESTER DIVISION.! 151 to the minister, I s. to the clerk, and 16s. 6d. to the poor communicants, to he distributed amongst them by the minister, which is accordingly done. John James, by will, 1774, bequeathed to the Rev. Edward Davies and two others, and their heirs, the sum of £100. to buy yearly, with the interest thereof, Bibles and Testaments, to be given to the poor inhabitants of this parish. This was invested iu £152. 10s., Three per cents, producing an annual dividend of £4. lis. 6d., which, when received, is distiibuted as directed. Nathaniel George Petre, by will, 1789, gave £27. 10s. in the Four per cents, to Phillips Lyttleton, Esq. and two others, and their successors, to receive the dividends, and lay out the same in bread annually on Christmas Day, to be given to the poor. The divi* dend, £2. 2s., when received, is distributed accordingly. John Knotlesford, by will, 1777, and a codicil thereto, 1780, gave the sum of 200 guineas to the Worcester Infirmary, upon condition that they admit all patients, sick or lame, from this parish, and the parishes of Alcester and Teddiogton. Rev. John Moore, by will, 1729, gave £10. to the town of Wootton Wawen, and the parish of Studley, share and share alike, to be placed out at interest, and the interest laid out in bread and given to the poor on Good Friday. Nothing is now known of this charity. Those marked 1 reside at Littlewood Green, 2 Mappleborough Green, 3 Outhill, 4 Clarke's Green, 5 Washford, and the rest at Studley. Post Office, at Mr. William Brotherton's. — Letters arrive by mail cart from Broms grove, half-past 6, a.m. ; and are despatched at 7, p.m. Avery R. brewer, Studley hs Brookes Jph. plumber cfe glz Chatterley William, builder and pump maker Cooke Thos., bodkin maker Cull Chas., hair dresser Davis Mrs. C ath. Laurel cotg Day George, draper Edkins Wm., provision dlr Edkins Mrs. Elizabeth Finley Rev. John, vicar, M.A. Gibbs John, gardener, and parish clerk Goodricke Sir Francis Lyt- telton Holyoake, Studley j Castle Blacksmiths. 2 Ancorn Samuel 1 Boyce Benjamin Goodall John Humphreys William Boat cfe Shoe Mks Franklin Thomas Holliss John Rogers Richard Rogers Thomas, and leather cutter Such William Syms Thomas 1 Val Richard 1 Wilkins Thomas Butchers. Amall John 2 Boswell William Edkins William Harris George Hemming Thomas Lilley John Druggists. Brown James 5 Hartles George, needle scourer, Washford mill Hay Miss Marianne Hemming Thomas, needle pointer, Studley Mill Hilton Richard.excise officer Horton Joseph, needle mkr Jennings John, saddler Lamb Benjamin, bricklayer Lilley Mr. Joseph Lilley Uriah, bodkin mfr. Loudon John, builder Maizey Rev. Wm. baptist MoilUet Theodore, Esq. Up per Skilts Morrall Edward, gent. I Garlick George ley Priory Hubbard Felix P. Smith Charlotte Whitehouse James, Island Hill Whitehouse William, Hardwick farm Farmers. 5 Adkins William Avery J. StudleyPark 4 Bates John 3 Bethell William 2 Boswell Thomas Chattaway Joseph, Studley Holt CooperThs.Putchen's field Etherington Thomas Fennell James 2 Green John GreenWilliam, Lower Skilts 1 Heath Thomas 2 Hemming Henry 2 Hollis George 2 Huskisson Charles 2 Kettle George 3 Moore John Oakley Thomas Robbins John, Stud- Grorers. Bennett John Boulton Thomas Brown James Heritage William Clements, cfe draper Hubbard Felix P. Johnson Philip LaugherJno. Fletcher Maples James Lacey Wilkes Hy. & baker Inns cfe Taverns. Barley Mow Inn, Hy. Melen Bell Inn, J. Kendall 2 Boot Inn..-*. Boswell Golden Fleeee.John Loudon Morrall Michael, beerhouse 2 Morris John, beerhouse Odenhell John, brazier and tinplate worker Richards Thomas, school master, agentforBirming- ham fire office, cfe registrar births and deaths, parish school Rouch Edward, stationer Sanders Thos., vet. surgeon Scriven George, fruiterer Such Thomas, fruiterer 1 Watts Miss My. Willon ctg Watton Joseph, needlemkr Yoxall John, needle maker 2 Greyhound, Char lotte Stockday Horse cfe Groom, Jph. Gibbs Marlborough Head, Elizabeth Priest Beer Houses. Bennett Henry Crayner Henry Fox Edwd. cfe coal dlr Garner John Lewis J ohn Ironmongers, Maples James Lacey O'Denhell John Joiners. Chatterley Henry Garner Thomas Hemming Thomas Linen cfe Woollen Drapers. Boulton Thomas Goodwin Jabez Hough Sarah 4 E TARDEBIGG PARISH. Gee John Hall William Hill John Horme Richard Lilley Uriah Morrall Abel cfe Son Pardow MissesA.&E. Shrimpton cfe Hooper Vale William Surgeons. Brown Claude Morris Henry Tailors. Briscoe Thomas Pountney T. cfe draper Wheelwrights. Bale Charles Beale William Watkins James Coaches. To Alcester, every day, at 1 1 a.m., from the Barley Mow Inn To Birmingham, every day, at 8 a.m., from the Barley Mow Carriers. Alcester, HenryWehb, Tuesday Birmingham, H.Webb, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday 758 Maltsters. Cooke John Edkins Ebenezer Kendall John Mander Hy. shoemaker ; John Gumbley, shoemaker ; William Hawkes, vict., Red Lion ; Thomas Nimrod Haynes, shoemaker ; Mary Maria Heritage, schoolmistress ; Henry Hunter, schoolmaster ; Mr. Edmund Jennings, Edward Kyte, butcher and shopkeeper ; Rev. Arthur Andrew Onslaw, M. A., vicar ; Thomas Powers, twine spinner ; Richd. Pratt, carpenter ; Thos. Scott, shopkeeper ; Edwd. Talliss, beerhouse ; the farmers are Thos. Chattaway, Park Farm ; Jph. Bunn, and blacksmith ; Thos. Drafter, The Lodge ; Rd. Hammond, and butcher, Stone Building ; Win. Haynes, and flour dealer ; Walter Hickman, The Hall; Thomas Johns, Kington Grange; Benjamin Kemp, John Lee, Cope HUl; Thos. Middleton, Redding Farm ; Daniel Pratt, Breach Farm; Jacob Rad ford, and WilUam Whittington. Carrier to Birmingham, thur., Warwick and Leamtog ton, sat., Joseph Robins. Directory. — (Langley.) James Matthews, vict, Harrow ; and William Gibbs, Sunger Farm ; Charles Hy. Jackson, Thos. Leeson, Edwd. Lurkings, Thos. Matthews, The HUl; Thos. Moss, John Newberry. Yamigale ; James and WiUiam Palmer, Yarnigale; and Wm. Rawlins, are farmers. Carrier to Warwick, sat., William Stanley. T64 LAi>WORTB PARISH. LAPWORTH, a parish and well built village, 3 J miles N. N. E. from Henley-in- Arden, contains, with a portion of Kingswood, 1,700 acres of land; and in 1841, 151 houses and 729 inhabitants; rateable value, £4,035. This lordship was possessed by the families of Brandestone and Montfort, from thereign of Henry III., to that of Henry V., when it was purchased by John Catesby, whose descendent, William, being taken prisoner at the battle of Bosworth, was beheaded, and the manor granted to Sir James Blunt, since which time it has had various owners. The principal land owners are Mrs. Cooper, Earl Cornwallis, John Fetherston, Esq., Edward Devett, Esq., Mrs. Martha Hildick; the former is lady ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, with a spire, which contains five bells. The living, a rectory, V.K.B., £9. 9s. 7d., now £428. ; in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford ; and the Rev. Arundel St. John Mildmay, M. A., incumbent. The rectory is a neat residence near the Church. Kingswood, a hamlet and small village, 1 J miles E. by N., partly in tbe parish of Rowington. Charities.— George Ashby, 1440, gave lands for the maintenance of this church. John Hill, 1479, rector of this parish, purchased lands and tenements lying in Lapworth, Nuthurst, and Bcaudesert, for the maintenance of this church. Elenor Ford, 1454, gave two closes and a meadow, called Ford Fields, to this church. Thomas Underwood, and Catherine, his wife, 1511, gave lands to the church, the poor, and the highways. Roger Sly, 1527, gave a cottage and lands to the poor and the highways. John Collet, of Nuthurst, 1568, gave a close for the relief, either ofthe poor, or repairs of the high ways and churches of Lapworth and Nuthurst. John Mountford, 1510, gave 3 messuages and a close for the relief of the poor. Richard Thnmeal, 1599, of Shrewley, gave 5s. a year to the poor of this parish ; and the like to the parish of Rowington. Isaac Morte- boys, 1701, of Nuthurst, gave 5s. per annum to the poor of this parish. Humphrey Shakespear gave 20s. per annum to the poor of this, and the like sum to tbe poor of Rowing- ton. The property belonging to the combined charities of this parish, contains upwards of 180 acres ofland, with various houses and cottages, producing a rental of £412. 5s. 3d. per annum, exclusive of 21 dwellings, occupied by parish paupers. The premises were, in 1823, granted to Charles Fetherstone and seven others, as trustees, on trust, that the rents and profits should be employed for the necessary reparations of the church of Lapworth ; towards the mending the highways within the parish ; towards the relief of the aged, impotent, and poor, and other charitable uses for this parish, cfec. A school has been erected (1825) on a plot of land, lr. Ip. ; and comprises apartments for the residence ofthe master and parish clerk, at each end, which consists of aparlour, kitchen, and brewhouse, on the ground floor ; and three bed rooms on the upper floor. The school-room, to the centre, has a piazza in front, intended as a place of exercise for the children in rainy weather. It is a brick building, covered with blue tiles, under one rqof, and cost about £800. For many years the sum1 of £20. had been allowed to a schoolmaster for teaching, gratis, the children of resident parishioners to read, write, and cypher; about 60 attend, and the present school is much larger ; also, a part of the funds were applied to the support of a charity school for poor girls, who are provided with books, as wanted, and are taught to read, knit, and sew. and clothed every second year; between 20 and 30 girls attend, William and Mary Ann Cattell. master and mis tiess. A further part of the fund is applied in the purchase of coals in the winter season, and occasionally to the purchase of linen, flannel, and other clothing, for such as are most needy ; and an annual distribution in money amongst the poor at Christinas, varying in amount, but seldom exceeding £4. ; and occasionally relief is advanced : sums of £5. and £10. have thus from time to time been advanced in cases of urgency. An annual payment of 18s. is paid to Nuthall. in respect of Collett's gift ; and £1. to Rowington, in respect of Shakespear's gift. The church and chancel are repaired, and the necessary ornaments provided from these funds ; and the reparation of the highways. A salary of £5. is yearly paid to the treasurer, for receiving the rents and keeping the hooks ; and £8. is paid to the parish clerk for his annual service at the church. John Shakespeare, by will, 1627, gave 12d. yearly, to be paid at the discretion of John Twycross, and his heirs, for ever, from certain lands to Lapworth, at the parish church of Lapworth, on All Souls' day; and the like sum to the poor of Packwood, in penny loaves, on the same day, yearly. The sum of 2s., in penny loaves, is now paid from a farm, them-operty of Mr. John Burman, of Tanworth; and twelve loaves are distributed in each ofthe above parishes BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — HENLE1? DIVISION. 76* Marked • reside at Kingswood. the remainder at Lapworth, or where specified. Arculus Thos., grcr Benbrook Jph., grcr * Brown W., shoemk Bradbury J., maltstr Cattell Wm., school Chambers Edw., vict., The Boot • Featherstone Fras., beerhouse Green Joseph, vict., Bell Inn Hill Hy., wheelwrgt Kir-ham J. W. Esq. Lee Mrs. Sarah Mildway Rev. A. St. John, M.A., rector PoolT.,vict. Ryl.Oak Richmond J ., tailor Richmond T.,whlwgt Sanders Alexander, cooper cfe grocer Sanders Hy., shoemk • Smith Thos., baker, grocer, cfe beerhs Smith W ., wharfinger Farmers Baldwin Jas., cfe corn cfe guano merchant Baldwin T., cfe coal dl Ball William Bayliss Sophia Belamy John Bishop William Bissell Thomas Canning Edmund Cheshire Ths.,Block bury farm GibhsT.,YewTreehs Hands George Hands Job Hanson Francis Hanson William H awkins Wm. Hickins Ann Hickins Martha Hildick Mrs.Hannah, Gospel Oak Hodges George Ingram Miss Hanh., The Hill Johns Samuel Joiner Wm., Wind Mill Hill King T., Lodge farm • Lee Sarah Manders Robt., High Chimneys * Parsons William Rainbow T., cfe mlsti Smith Richard Tapt E . cfe coal dlr Tihbits Thomas Taylor Joseph * Watton John Wooldridge Peter Carrier to Birming ham, thursday, and Warwick, Saturday, Joseph Benbrooke PACKWOOD, a parish, 4J miles N.N.E. from Henley-in-Arden, containing 1,655 acres, 2 roods, 1 perch of land; in 1841, 63 houses and 350 inhabitants; 1801, 305; 1821, 279 ; 1831, 319; rateable value, £1,512. 7s. This was a chapelry in the parish of Wasperton, but in the National Census denominated a parish ; anciently belonged to the monks of Coventry, but after the dissolution, was granted to WiUiam Willington and John Sheldon. It subsequently, in the time of Edward VI., passed to Robert Burdett of Bramcote, whose grandson sold it to Thomas Spencer, Esq. ; after which, it came into the possession of Mr. Russell, of Warwick. The ancient mansion or manor- house here, called Packwood House, has for many years been the seat and property ofthe Fetherston family ; it is pleasantly situated half a mile S.E.; is surrounded by a well wooded park, and is the seat and property of John Fetherston, Esq. The principal land owners are Earl Comwallis, Wilson Aylesbury, Esq., and Mr. Samuel FuUard ; the former is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Giles, is ati ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisle, with an embattled tower, in which are five bells; here are several beautiful monuments to the Fetherstons. The living, a perpetual curacy, rated at £108., augmented with £400. private bene factions, and £800. Queen Anne's bounty; in the patronage of the Earl Cornwaltis, and Rev. Robert Wm. Johnson, M.A., incumbent. The parsonage is a neat brick resi dence, pleasantly situated near tbe Church, The Stratford canal, and the Birmingham and Oxford railway, intersect this parish. Charities. — Church Land. — By a deed, 1653, acertain parcel of ground, containtog half an acre and half a rood, was given tor the repairs of the parish church at Pack- wood, and, in 1817, this land was conveyed to John Heath and others, on trust, for the above use. This land, by admeasurement, contains 3r. 24p., lies at the west corner of Meadow, now in the occupation of Nathaniel Vyse, and is divided by three boundary stones, for which Mr. Vyse pays the churchwardens two guineas a year. In respect of this land, a small allotment was awarded, on the inclosure of Packwood common, to hold the same on the like trusts as expressed in the deed of 1653 ; this is a very small piece, containing about four perches, let for the yearly rent of 2s. 6d. These rents are carried to the churchwardens' account, and applied to the repairs ofthe church. Thomas Harborne, by will, 1710, gave to the poor of this parish £40., the interest to be paid in bread ; this was, by indenture, 1719, paid to Edward Welchman, in consider ation of an annual rent charge of 40s., for ever, for the above-named purpose ; to issue out of Rowley Meadow, lying in the hamlet Knowle, containing five acres ; yearly on the 25th day of March. The sum of£l. 15s. is received yearly from the tenant of the Meadow. 5s. being returned for land-tax and chief rent. The money is applied in the purchase of sixpenny loaves, which are given away by the overseer at the Church, about Lady-day, to poor parishioners; notice being given ofthe day the previous Sunday. John Shakespeare, (see Lapworth.) Twelve penny loaves are sent by the tenant ofthe land about AU Souls' day, and given to the poor at the Church on the Sunday foUo wing. 766 PRESTON BAGGOTT PARISH. Directory.— Thos. Alward, sen. and jun., carpenters ; John Bishop, vict., Nag's head; Rev. SI. Crowther, M.A. ; Dvd. Dukes. blacksmith ; Thos. Emms, grocer; John Fether ston, Esq., Packwood house; John Gazy, shoemaker; SI. Gazy, carpenter and parish clerk ; Rev. Rt. Wm. Johnson, M.A., incumbent. The farmers are Jph. Ball, Thos. Compton, Jph. FuUard, SI. Fullard, and miller ; Thos. Wright Gibbs, Aylesbury house; Edmd. Pearman, Light Farm ; Wm. Roe, John Tallis, Jph. Taylor, Marlpit farm ; and John Wakefield. Carrier to Birmingham, thursday, Charles Taylor. PRESTON BAGGOTT, a parish and small scattered viUage, 2£ miles E. hy S. from Henley-in-Arden, contains 1,173 acres of land, of which 137a. 3r. Ip. are glebe; and, in 1841, 49 houses and 238 inhabitants ; 1831, 219 ; rateable value, £1,724. Was, at the Conquest, the property of Earl Mellent, whose descendant, William, Earl of Warwick, sold it in the time of Henry II., to Ingram Baggott, from whom the distinctive appel lation arose. At the dissolution it came to the Crown, (having been granted to the Knights Hospitallers), and was purchased by Edward and Henry Clement Throckmor ton. The principal landowners are John Mills, Esq. ; Sir Edwd. Jph. Smythe, Bart. ; and Lord Leigh ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to AU Saints, is a small stone edifice, on an emtoence, consists of nave and chancel. The living, a rectory, V.K.B. £4., now £385.; Rev. Theodore John Cartwright, patron and incum bent. The rectory is a neat residence pleasantly situated on an eminence. Poor's Land. — This land, containing about half an acre, is supposed to have been awarded by the Commissioners under an Act of Parliament for inclosure, in 1741, and vested in the Overseers ; a house has been erected on part of the land for the resi dence of six poor famiUes, and the rest has been converted into gardens for them. Directory.— Hy. Brown, vict., Crab mill ; Rev. Theodore John Cartwright, incum bent ; Wm. Daffern, blacksmith ; and the farmers are James Adams, John Avon, and maltster ; Isaac Butwell, Jph. Cattell, Thos. Middleton, Whiatley farm ; Thos. Moore, and miller, maltster, and wharfinger, Manor house ; John Richmond, Joseph Shake spear, Jph. Whittington, Preston hill. Carrier, Wm. Shakespear, to Birmingham, Mon day and Thursday, and Warwick, Saturday. ROWINGTON, an extensive parish and small pleasant vUlage, on an emtoence near the Birmingham and Warwick canal, 6m. N.W. by W. from Warwick, containing, with the hamlets of Kingswood and Pinley, 3,400 acres of land ; and, in 1841 , 1046 inhabitants ; 1821, 888 ; rateable value, £5310. The lordship was granted hy EUzabeth, in her 6th year, to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick. The principal owners are John and Mary Patrick, W. A. Roberts, Esq., John Aston, Esq., Mr. Thos. Wells, Mr. W. Bradbury, and the Executors of Mrs. Baker ; the two former own the manorial rights. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a cruciform structure, principally in the Norman style, contains several neat monuments, and consists of nave, north aisle, and chancel, to which there is a beautiful stained glass wtodow, added in 1845 ; with square embattled tower. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £7. lis. 8d., now £116. ; in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency ofthe Rev. Arthur Gem, M. A. The vicarage is an ancient house. High Cross, 1£ miles S. W. consists of a few houses. Here is an Independent Methodist chapel, erected 1840. Kingswood, a small ham let, 2 miles N. W. which is partly in Lapworth parish ; M. E. Ferrers, Esq. is lord of the manor. Pinley, a hamlet and township, about 6 mUes from Warwick. In 1841, here were four houses, and 23 inhabitants. Pinley Priory, a small monastery, was founded by R. de Pillardtoton, about the time of Henry I., and subsequently received various benefactions, amongst others, from Henry II. and III. Upon the dissolution, the site and manor, with its possessions, were granted, to the 36th of Henry VIII., to WilUam Wigston, Esq. and has since had various owners. The Birmtogham and Oxford Railway intersects this parish. beencomhinefl^^ s— ™e ^ritable states of this parish have, for many years, and eleven other? TWSfi°f ^Z69' and' in 18U' we™ "ested " Jolul Bradbury and eleven others. The total rent of the estates (wMch are described in 26 articles) fa BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — HENLEY DIVISION. 767 £230. 10s. 8d.; which, after defraying the expenses ofthe meetings ofthe trustees, and repairs ofthe tiust premises, cfec, the income is appUed as follows : — For Schooling : all the poor children of the parish, boys and girls, are sent to a school in the village, and are taught to read, write, and cast accounts; the girls are also taught to sew and knit. The average number who attend is about 50, at a charge of about £9. per quarter, 3d. a week being paid for reading, and 6d. for writing and arithmetic ; £2. is also allowed for coals to the school room. A Sunday school is also kept. The trustees allow £3. to the master, £2. to an assistant, and 10s. for coals per annum. Saml. Plant, master, salary, £42. per annum. Gifts of Money, Clothing, Coals, Sec. are paid to the old, sick, or distressed poor, in sums of from 10s. to £1 . each. Shoes and other articles of clothing are occasionally given away, and coals about Christmas, from 4 cwt. to 10 cwt. to a large family, or money to the non-resident poor. Apprentices are occasionally put out, with premiums of about £10. each, so as fully to expend the income. Besides the premises mentioned in the trust deed, the tiustees possess Barnmoor close in Claverdon parish, which was purchased in 1825, partly with £160. received from the Stratford Canal Company, for sand taken out of the field called the Moreland, in the parish of Lapworth ; and £92. 17s. 6d. from the funds of the charity. The close contains 3a. 3r. lOp. and is let for £9. per annum. John Knight, by will, 1681, charged Grimshaw Hill, a close in Ullenhall, with the annual payment of 60s. of which 10s, was to be applied in providing a gown annually against Christmas, for a poor woman, an inhabitant of Rowington. Robert Knight, Esq. the owner had not been aware of the charge till 1825, hut has engaged to pay the annual amount, for the purposes directed by the donor. Cattern Smith, by, will, 1818, gave the yearly sum of £1. payable out of her piece of land, in the parish of Beaudesert, to the poor widows of Rowington. The payment of this annuity has been resisted, as void, under the statute of 9th of George II. Post Office at Mrs. Sarah WiUiam's. Letters arrive at 10 a. m. and are despatched at 3.30, p. m. Marked * reside at Kingswood ; the remainder at Rowington. •Allan Jph. shoe mk Astan Misses Maria and Harriett, Rowington hall Ball Mrs. Ann Ball Geo. horse brkr BoddingtonA.whrfng * Bunn J., beerhouse Cookes W. shoe mkr Fetherston J. beerhs Gardner Sml. cooper Gem Rev. Arthur, M. A. vicar Gombley M. shoe mk Marriott T. plumber and glazier Pearson Edwd., gent. Rowington house Plant Sml. school Sanders H. shoe mkr Sharman E. coal dlr Smith Geo. shopkpr. and bricklayer Smith Ths. blacksm Smith Job, blacksm Taylor John, tailor Taylor Thos. beerhs Tibbits Misses Ann, Mary, cfe Elizabeth Toms Geo. shoemkr Wallis Thomas, gent Webb Sml. wheelwrt Carpenters. Hathaway Edw. Harbourne Jph. Lee Joseph Farmers. Adkins Henry Avern Thomas Barber John BoltonW. Fenwood h BradburyWcfe corn ml Buffery Dnl. minj- hain, daily, sun. ex. 9. a.m., Stratford,!. p.m. Carriers. Dvd. Howes, Birmin- ham, mon. cfe thurs. Wm.Steane, Birming ham, mon. cfe thurs. Warwick, Saturday ULLENHALL chapelry and small village, 2^ miles N.W. by W. from Henley-in- Arden, containing 31 19 acres of land; in 1841, 97 houses and 461 inhabitants, rateable value, £3497. 19s. ; this was a possession of Robert de Stafford, and afterwards of the Montforts ; Queen Mary granted it to Michael Throckmorton, Esq. ; from which family it was sold to the Smythes. Sir E. J. Smythe is the principal owner and lord of the manor. King's college, Cambridge, Miss MUls, and Edward Bolton King, Esq., have estates here. The Chapel of Ease, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small neat edifice, con sisting of nave and chancel, in which there is a handsome monument to Francis Throck morton, Esq. The free school is principally supported by the Rev. John Ellis and Miss Knight. £2. is paid annually from Wm. Morteboy's charity for six poor children. Hamlets. — Apsley, 2% miles N.W. forms a portion of Tanworth village. Botley, a farm, surrounded by a moat, Y2 mile N.E., once a considerable hamlet. Ford Hall, (Great and Little) two farms, 2 miles N.W. ; here was once a monastery, at Great Ford Hall ; the entrenchment which surrounded the buildings-still remains. Hall-end, a farm half a mile E. ; Heath Farm, one mile N.W. ; Impsley, another farm, 1§ miles E. Moat House, J mile S.W.; Mockley Manor Farm, 1 mile N. W. ; Mockley Farm, I mile N. ; Mount Pleasant, a farm i mile north, and Nutlings, a farm 1 mile N.W. Charities. — John Knight, of Barrells, to the parish of Wootton, by will, 1681, gave to the poor of the parishes of Henley-in-Arden, UUenhall, and Rowington, the yearly sum of 50s„ to he issuing out of a close in UllenhaU, called Grimshaw's hill, free of all payments. The estate called Barrels comprises a close caUed Grimshaw's Hill, con- 4 F2 776 ULLENHALL CHAPELRY. taining about twelve acres, now the property (1825) of Robert Knight, Esq., who was not aware of the existence of this charity, but, on information, admitted his Uability; and since, the rent charge has been specifically appropriated. William Morleboys, by will, 1733. gave 40s. a year out of lands called Barclays, in this parish, to the chapelwardens and overseers, on trust, to be applied to the teaching of six poor children of UUenhall, to read, which is accordingly done. Barbara Ingram, by will. 1698, gave 6s. a year, to be distributed to bread on St. Thomas's day, to the poor of UUenhall, to be issuing out of Perry Mill House. Robert Knight., Esq., is the owner of the house, and the 6s. is duly received and distributed to the poor at Christmas. Francis Brittain, by will, 1774, devised from his premises, known as the sign of the Boot, in Henley, the yearly sum of £3., to be given to six poor women of Ullenhall ; the premises so charged are now (1825) the property of Samuel Koit, and the rent charge regularly paid. One gown and one petticoat is given to each of six poor women ofthe hamlet. Chapel Lands. Certain lands enfeoffeed as early as 1683 ; these premises are all in Ullenhall hamlet, and are together let at the yearly rent of £44. 15s., which is carried to an account from which the expenses of repairing the chapel, the roads, and other charges are defrayed. There is also £2. paid annually for schooling six poor children of the hamlet, to addition to the six from Morteboy's charity, who are taught to read. CoxWm.vict.cfe cattle dlr., Spur Inn Godwin M.,blksmith. Cooke Wm. shoe mkr aud shopkeeper Green Rd., horse brkr Hanker Mr. Wm. Podmore Geo., brhs. and cooper Pugh Wm., shoe mkr Reader Mr. T. Aspley Richmond W., school Turner Benj., tailor Turner W. tailor cfe fr Winter Alfd. blksmth and wheelwright Farmers. Burman J.,Botley hll CashmoreJ.,Hall end Cooke Jno,. Nutliugs Cooper W., Impsley Docker Jas., Aspley Edwards R., Mockley Greaves Thomas Hall John Hanker Thos. Aspley Hawkeswood Thos., Aspley Hinks E., Hall end Hinks J., Ford Halls Houghton George, Merryman's hUl LinesW., Moat house Salt Thos. F., Mock ley Manor farm Tarleton J., Brook h. Tarleton H.Heathfm Yeomans Joseph YeomansWm. Mount Pleasant Carriers, J oseph Hem ming; Birmingham, Mon. cfe Thur!; and Stratford, Fri. Hy. Tomlto, Birminghm. Mon. and Thurs. Stratford, Friday. THE SNITTERFIELD DIVISION Comprises 11 parishes and two townships, viz. Alveston, Bearley, Fulbrook, Hampton Lucy, Haseley, Hatton, Beausall township, Shrewley township, Honily, Loxley, Snit terfield, Wolverton, andWroxhall; and 21,584a. 3r. 23p. of land; 792inhabited houses; 20 uninhabited, and two buildtog ; with 3,764 tohabitants ; of whom 1,937 are males and 1,823 females. ALVESTON, a parish, considerable, well-built and pleasant village, 2J m. E. N.E. from Stiatford-on-Avon, containing 2,599 acres, 3r. of land; aud, in 1841. 164 houses and 793 inhabitants ; 1801,465; 1821,603; 1831, 650; rateable value £6217. 10s. 5£d. This village is delightfully situated on an emtoence near the banks of the Avon, and is surrounded by a beautiful woodland country. The principal owners are the Rev. F. Knotsford, Lord Lifford, Thos. Hiron, Wm. Heming, Jas. Maloney, Wm. Judd Hard ing, Thos. Webb, Esqrs.; Mr. Thos. Knight, and Mr. Hy. Smith; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is a neat stone edifice, in the Gothic style, with lancet windows, erected 1839. and consists of nave, chancel, in which is a beautiful stained glass window, representing St. James ; side aisles, and square embat tled tower, in which are three bells. The living, a vicarage, V.K.B. £6., now £240. j the Rector of Hampton Lucy, patron ; and Rev. John Peglar, M.A., incumbent ; for whom the Rev. H. B. Faulkner officiates. The free school is a neat brick buildtog, with a house for the master; will accommodate 150 boys and girls ; average 90 ; sup ported by subscription ; Wm. Fowler, master. Bridgetown, a small hamlet, adjoining Stratford Bridge, 2]£ miles S.W. by W. Tiddinglon, another hamlet, and small neat village, ljm. S.W. by W. Charities.— Rev.G. Hammond, by will, 1755, (see Hampton Lucy)thesum of £5.0s.2IcJ. Mrs. AUce Hammond, by will, 1778, gave £100. to the vicar and churchwardens of the BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — SNITTERFIELD DIVISION. 777 .parish ; the interest to be distributed to the poor in such manner as they should think fit; this legacy was invested in the purchase of £168. 17s. 9d. New South Sea Annu ities. The dividends, £5. Is. 4d., anually are given away together with Mr. Hammond's legacy, and whatever is in hand of the Sacrament money, about Christmas. Mr. Ham mond's desire was that the interest should be distributed to four poor men or women of the parish, who should frequent the communion of the Church of England at least four times in the year. Sir Wm. Bishop, Knt., of Bridgetown, in this parish, by will 1679, gave £50. for the use of the poor of Alveston, the interest to be laid out to bread for ever, to be given to the poor on Christmas day. The interest of this legacy, 60s., is paid by the Rev. Francis Fortesque Knottesford, now (1825) the owner ofthe Bridgetown estate; of this, 3s. worth of bread is given away in the church on the first Sunday in every month ; and on Christmas day a further sum of 14s. worth is given away at the church. John Knottesford by will, 1777, and codicil, 1780, gave to the Worcester Infirmary 200 guineas, on condition that they should admit all the patients, sick or lame, from the parishes of Alveston, Studley, and Tiddington, to be certified as objects by the clergy man and overseers of the parish, and not being possessed of £10. a year. He also gave to St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, 100 guineas provided his representatives should be permitted to send two patients yearly to that infirmary. Anonymous. — It is stated, in 1786, that Edward Stanley had £20. in his hands, left to this parish for the use of the poor, yielding 16s. interest, which be used to give away in bread to the poor. Mr. Stanley died about 1820, since which nothing has been paid. Mrs. John Mills, of Stratford, his only child, supposes that the gift was voluntary on her father's part. Mrs. Jenkinstm's Charily. — Mr. Charles Wyatt and Lieut.-Gen. Jenkinson, in the year 1814, invested the legacy, together with half a year's interest thereon, amounting to gether, after deductimg the legacy duty, to £460. 2s. 4d.. in the purchase of £681. 13s. 4d. Three per cent, consols, in their joint names. The dividends thereon, to the 5th of Jan., 1831, were invested in accumulation, the whole stock then being £1253. 4s. 3d. Three per cent. Consolidated Bank Annities. On the 29th April, 1831, (the above-named trustees being dead) an order was made, on petition, by the Master of the Rolls, that this charity should be referred to one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery, and he should approve of a scheme for the application of the funds. By his Report, 22nd Nov., 1831, Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart, and four others, together with Henry Jenkinson, Esq., were appointed trustees, and a scheme was agreed upon ; by which the trustees were empowered to take land, to under-let in small parcels, to poor parishioners, either at an equal or less rent, to be cultivated on certain principles. Qr, in case the dividend cannot be so employed, either in part or in the whole, advantageously, the said trustees for the time being shall apply such dividends, or such portion thereof, in the purchase and dis tribution of clothing, bedding, food, coals or money amongst the poor parishioners. A portion ofthe stock was sold to pay the expenses £119. 12s. 2d., with a balance to hand ; the residue. £1 153. 4s. 3d. was transferred to the above trustees. The dividends amount to £34 1 Is. lOd. per annum. A field, containing nine acres, near Tiddington, being part of the vicarage land, has, from Michaelmas, 1832, been rented by tbe trus tees, at the yearly rent of £20. 5s., and let in small allotments, to 36 poor parishioners at rents amounting to the whole to £18. 16s. ; the trustees paying the excess, and also the poor rates. The residue of income is given in coals to poor persons. Rev. Richard Hill, (see Hampton Lucy). This parish is entitled to participate to the Grammar school founded by the Rev. Richard Hill, at Hampton Lucy. Post Office at Mr. J. Brice's; letters arrive at 7 a.m., aud are despatched at 5,30 p.m. Marked * reside at Tiddington, t Bridgetown, cfe the rest at Alveston, or where specified. Alfry Hy. Wells, Esq Hemingford House Ashbourne C. grdnr. * Bruce Jno., agriclt. implmnt. maker •Clark Rd.Ogle, gent Cooper Rt. bskt. mkr. Cowen Walter. Esq., Alveston lodge Gibbs Wm., gent. Gibbs W m., shopkpr Flower Wm., school • Harding Chas., Esq. Avon cliff Harding Wm. Judd, Esq., Barraset Hs. * Hemings Geo ,br.h. Holbech Miss Car. HolbechCapt.G.,R.N tKnottsfordRev.Fras. Fortescue, M an or hs Lane Benj., tailor Nicholes Thos., inkpr Parritt Hy. A., gro cer and druggist Parritt J . crpt. cfe bldr, Reed Robert. Esq., Alveston Leys * Reeve J., carpenter Such J., shoemaker Townsend Jph. Esq, Alveston hs t Twist J. agricultrl, implement mkr •Vincent T., matting maker Ward John, butcher « Webb T.Townsend, Esq. Tiddington hs Wincote J. shoe mk and beer house Wincote W. baker * Woodmass Charles, Esq. Avonhurst Farmers. Batchelor W.Alvtn hi * Edwards John GibbsW.jn.Alvstn.hlGoffS.Alveston pstes * Hawkes Henry • Knight George Lane Th. Millington Crofts farm Ward Thomas Wilkins William 4 F 3 778 BEARLEY PARISH. BEARLEY, atownship, chapelry, andsmallseattered village, to the parishof Wootton Waven, 4J m N.N.W. from Stratford-on-Avon, containing 933a.3r.9p. of land ; 1841, 59 houses and 23 1 inhabitants; 1801,165; 1821,230; 1831,230; rateable value £1,049. 4s. 2d. Part ofthe lands here were given in the reign of Henry II., to the monks of Bordesley, which, at the dissolution, was purchased by Clement Throckmorton, Esq., and Alex. Avenon, " by the name of the mannour grange, frame of Bryley." Mark Phillips, Esq., and lord of the manor, Mr. John Worsey, John Rich, Esq., and Mrs. Phillips, are the principal owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small brick building, con sisting of nave, and chancel, with low tower, in which there are two bells. The living, a perpetual curacy, value, £64., has been augmented with £200., private benefactions ; and £600., Queen Anne's bounty :- in the pationage of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge ; Rev. Thos. Jones, M. A., incumbent. Directory. — Rt. BonhiU, shoemaker; Jas. Davis, shopkeeper; Thos. Davis, baker and beerhs. ; Ann Hunt, shopkeeper; Eliz. Puncker, vict., Golden Cross ; John Shake spear, tailor ; Wm. Troth, blacksmith and implement maker ; the farmers are Fras. Badger, Jesse Badger, Hy. Bellamy, and baker ; Jas. Hope, and shopkeeper ; Wm. Hill Jorden, John Rich, Geo. Woodward, and John Worsey. Carrier to Stratford, fri., Jas. Davis. FULBROOK, a small parish 5 miles N.E. by N. from Stiatford-on-Avon, contain ing 822 acres of land, and in 1841, 15 houses and 79 inhabitants ; 1801, 81 ; 1821, 77 ; 1831, 77 ; rateable value, £1,057. Here John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, built " a little castle of brick and stone " to which was attached an extensive park. After his decease, this edifice, which Leland says was a great eye-sore to tli£ Earls of Warwick, fell into such neglect and decay, that Sir Henry Clopton, havtog the custody of the park, in the reign of Henry VIII. pulled it down, and used the materials in build ing his mansion at Compton Wynyate. The manor was subsequently purchased by the Lucys of Charlecote. The trustees of Henry Spencer Lucy, Esq., and Mrs. Ryland, are the principal owners ; the former are lords of the manor. The Church has long been demolished. The living, a rectory, united to 1428 to the perpetual curacy of Sherbourne. Directory. — Ann Court, Lower Fulbkrook; Rd. Perks, Middle Fulbrook; Thos. Rose, Norlhbrooh; and John Smith, Upper Fulbrook, farmers. HAMPTON LUCY parish, and pleasant village, 4% miles E.N.E. from Stiatford- on-Avon, contains 2,989a. lr. 14p. of land ; and in 1841, 99 houses and 458 tohabitants ; 1801, 514 ; 1 821, 554 ; 1831, 540 ; rateable value, £4,299. 5s. TMs was anciently called Bishop's Hampton, as belonging to the Bishops of Worcester. In the 3rd of Edward VI., John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, obtained this manor, by exchange with Heath, Bishop of Worcester ; and upon his attainder, it was granted by Queen Mary, together with the advowson of the rectory, to Thomas Lucy, Esq., of Charlecote, in which family it still continues. The tiustees of Henry Spencer Lucy, Esq., are the present owners and lords ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a hand some stone structure, in the Gothic style of the 14th century; was rebuilt in 1826, at a cost of £14,000. The widow of a former rector left £9,500. for this purpose, andthedefi- ciency was supplied by the present rector ; it consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower, ornamented with pinnacles ; will seat 400 : 150 sittings are free ; the chancel contains a beautiful painted glass window, representing the principal events of St. Peter's life, by Williment, of London ; the clerestory windows are enriched with designs by Holland, of Warwick. The living, a rectory, valued to the King's Books, at £51. 6s. 8d., now £1,147.; in the pecuUar jurisdiction of the Rector; but wills are always proved in the presence of the Bishop's Registrar, at Worcester, and are deposited in the registry there. Henry Spencer Lucy, Esq., patron, and Rev. John Lucy, M.A. in cumbent. Tithes commuted, 1847, at £598. 10s. The rectory is a good brick residence, adjoining the Church. A handsome cast iron bridge, with stone abutments, was erected in 1833, by the Rev. John Lucy, adjoining the village, and cost £2,672. BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — SNITTERFIELD DIVISION. 77£T Charities. — Grammar School, founded and endowedbythe Rev. Richard Hill, rector of Hampton Lucy, by indenture of covenant, 20th July, 1 1th Charles L, by which, a school-house which he had built, was conveyed to Sir Thos. Lucy, of Charlecote, and fourteen others, and was minded that there should be lands laid thereto, which should he competent for the maintenance of the master of the said school ; to be for ever sup plied, from time to time, with an able and learned schoolmaster, for the teaching of children and youth, in grammar, and in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and EngUsh tongues, or any of them; all the children ofthe parishes of Hampton Lucy and Charlecote, and the parishes of Alveston and Wasperton. This school for many years has ceased to be classical, though the head master has always been qualified to give classical education ; he occupies a house ofthe yearly value of £20., with land to the value of £8. 16s. 9d. The under-master occupies premises ofthe value of £5. 5s. a year. The income ofthe school is £93. 10s. in rents, of which, to the value of £75., is in Wellsbourn, and the sum of £18. in Norton Curlew; there is also a piece of woodland, containing 2a. 2r, in Wellsbourn, called Loxley Pastures, kept in hand by the trustees ; and a rent charge of £16. a year, now paid by Francis Holyoak, Esq., of Wolverhampton, the present owner (1825) of the property. As an English school it is very efficient, about 60 chll- rden attend the school. The children are to be ofthe age of seven years when taken into the school, and are required to be able to read a verse in the Bible. The parents providebooks, but in other respects, the education is quite free. Rev. John Buck, M.A., head master, and Mr. John Tandy, assistant. The Rev. William Lucy, D. D., by will, 1723, gave to St. Mary Magdalen's Hall, iu Oxford, the sum of £2000., the yearly interest to go towards supporting four young gentlemen's education for eight years, from their first admission, and no longer ; and that this benefaction, to be distinguished by the name of Lucy's Scholarship, should be confined to such children as should have their education (three years at least before they should go to Oxford,) at Hampton Lucy school ; the nearest relations of the Lucys to be preferred. Rev. William Rogers, 1749, founded a Scholarship at Hertford College, Oxford, for a, boy from this school, but that college has been dissolved, and the endowment escheated to the crown. William Rogers, Esq., by will, 1749, left to the lord of the manor, rector, and over seers of this parish, the sum of £120., the interest to be paid to a schoolmistress, to educate ten poor girls ofthe parish. The money was vested in the hands of George Lucy, Esq., the lord of tbe manor. The present George Lucy, Esq., still continues to pay £5. as the interest to a schoolmistress. Rev. William Lucy, D. D., by will, 1723, gave to the poor ofthe parishes of CharlT cote, Hunscott, and Hampton Lucy, £10., to be paid out of the said manors, to be distributed by his heirs, or trustees, every Christmas. George Lucy, Esq., the present lord of these manors, pays £5. a year for the use of the poor of this parish, of wMch Hunscott is a hamlet, which is annually distributed on St. Thomas's day. Rev. John Lucy, by will, 1821, gave to the trustees for the time being, ofthe charity ofthe Rev. Dr. Lucy, the sum of £5. annually, for ever, for the poor of this parish, to be distiibuted on St. Thomas's day; George Lucy, Esq., the executor of the testator, distributes the £5. accordingly. Rev. George Hammond, rector of Hampton Lucy, by will, 1755, gave the rector and churchwardens of this parish, for the time being, the sum of £400., to be paid them within three months after the death of his wife, Alice Hammond, upon tiust only, that they and their successors should place the same out at interest, cfec, and distribute the interest thereof unto eight poor old men or women of the parish of Hampton Lucy; four poor men or women of each of the parishes of Wasperton and Alveston, real objects of charity, and such as should frequent the communion ofthe church of England at least four times in the year ; to be paid upon Christmas day and Midsummer day, yearly, by equal portions. This legacy was invested in the sum of £668. Old South Sea annuities, now standing to the name of George Lucy, Esq., and affording dividends of £20. 0s. lOd. per annum ; one moiety whereof is distiibuted to the poor of this parish, and the other moiety is equally divided between the parishes of Alveston and Wasper ton. Alice Hammond, widow of the above, by will, 1778, gave to the rector and church wardens of this parish, for the time being, the interest of £100., to be given to the poor ofthe parish, as they should think most convement. This legacy was invested to the sum of £168. 17s. 9d., New South Sea annuities, standing to the names of the rector and churchwardens, yielding annual dividends of £5. Is. Id., which is distributed an- oually on St Thomas's day, to the poor. HASELEY PARISH. Maries Geo., shoemk Maries Richd., grocer Pritchell W., shopkpr Roadknight W.,cpntr Such John, tailor Tandy John, shoemk Thornecroft Margrt., blksmth cfe whlwgt Wheeler J., bricklyr Farmers. Barnes R., Old pasti Cook E., Daisy hill Cross Henry, Ingon Cross John, Hatton Haddon T.Sandbarn HydeG., Black MU Hyde J., Mount plsnt Hyde Jph., Ryon hill Ivens Wm., Tile barr LedbrookM., Hatton rocks Lindon Josh., Ingon Russell J., Grove fids Walker T.,01d Ingon 780 Buck Rev. J., M.A., mstr., grmr. schl. Cliff Rev.A. R .,cnrate Court William, tailor Goddard R., shopkpr Hough Job, butcher Keyte Hy., carpenter LucyRev.J.,M.A.rcti HASELEY, a parish, and small village, 3J miles N.W.by W.fromWarwick, contain ing 1,121 a. of land, and in 1841,42 houses with 188 inhabitants; 1801, 199 ; 1821,210; 1831, 194; rateable value, £1,474. 13s. This is of remote antiquity, the manor was granted by Queen Mary to Michael Throckmorton, Esq., and by a descendent of his was passed to marriage to William Bromley, Esq., of Baginton. The principal owners are Wm. Hy. Comins, Esq., Mr. John Radford, and A. Annesley, Esq., the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists of nave, chancel and square embattled tower, to which are three bells. The living a rectory, V.K.B., £4. 9s. 4Jd. now £235., patron, Sir Edmnnd Antrobus, Bart., and Rev. WilUam T. Hadow, M.A. incumbent. Tithes commuted, 1845 at £235. The rectory is a. neat brick residence, pleasantly situated near the the church. Statute for hiring servants is held October 14th, at the Honiley Boot Inn, when the host has an ox roasted whole. Town Close. — This close is estimated to contain about 2£ acres, relating to which the parish is in possession of a deed as early as 1574 ; it is let at the annual rent of £4., which is applied towards the support of a school, principally maintained by voluntary contributions. Directory. — Arthur Annesley, Esq., The Hall ; Wm. Brown, butcher ; John Edwards, clerk, The Mill; George Gilks, shoemaker; Rev. Wm. T. Hadow, M.A. rector; Thos. Harvey, bricklayer ; John Onion, shoemaker; Wm. Page, shoemaker; Thos. WiUiams, beerhouse ; The Farmers are Thos. Bray, and corn miller, The Mill ; Samuel Crookes, John Elkin, John Fellows, Geo. FoUett, and vict., Honiley Boot Inn ; Jno. Radford, The Grange ; Jno. Salisbury Richards, Haseley House ; Rd. Steel, and Thos. Taylor and vict., Falcon. HATTON, a smaU, scattered and pleasant village, and extensive parish, 3| miles N. W. by W. from Warwick, including the township of Beausall and Shrewley, and the hamlets of Hatton Green, Hatton HiU, Brown Lloyd Green, Old Folly, New Folly, and Waste Green ; contains 4,096a. 2r. 20per. of land, and in 1841, 954 inhabitants; 1801, 680 ; 1821; 806 ; 1831, 815 ; rateable value, £4,699. The township of Hatton contains 1,273a. 2r, 20per. of land, 63 houses and 346 inhabitants; rateable value, £1778. This was anciently a part of the vast possessions of Henry de Newburg, Earl of Warwick. For some time the manor was held by the Clintons, who obtained it by marriage, but it again reverted to the Earls of Warwick under the line of Beauchamp, and with the exception of a portion granted to the nuns of Wroxhall. The village of Hatton has however, obtained a celebrity and distinction from the circumstance ofthe late Dr. Pan- having resided here many years. The principal land owners are Owen Pell, Edward Arkwright, W. H. Comins, and John Mollady, Esqrs., the former is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, consists of nave, chancel and embattled tower, in which are eight bells ; the church contains several marble tablets, and exhibits many proofs of tbe worthy doctor's liberality, particularly in the numerous and splendid specimens of stained glass, with which he ornamented it ; in the centre of the east window of the chancel is a representation of the crucifixion, and whole length figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, to the side compartments, executed by Eginton, in 1812 ; the north and south windows of the chancel are also enriched with stained glass, the subject being the Agony of our Saviour in the Garden, and the Ascension ; here are also portraits of Archbishops Cranmer and Tillotson in painted glass, by Eginton, and, in 1810, a fine specimen of the ancient art of glass staining was put up, being the joint contri bution of Dr. Parr and Mrs. Price, then lady of the manor; it consists ofthe twelve BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — SNITTERFIELD DIVISION. 781 Apostles, and in the opposite wtodow are figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. The Uving, a perpetual curacy, rated at £158., augmented with £400. private benefactions, and £400. Queen Anne's bounty ; Miss Stafford Southwell, patroness, and the Rev. Thomas Hope, M.A., incumbent. Tithes commuted 1842 at £280. The Parsonage, a good residence, \ mile north west from the Church. The County Lunatic Asylum is in course of erection, 1 mile east, will accomodate about 300, the whole encompassing about forty acres of land, tastefully laid out to plea sure grounds, and places of amusement. The Oxford and Birmingham railway inter sects this parish on the south east side. Hallon Green, contains a few houses, % mUe N.N.W. Hatton Hill, a few houses, y2 mile S.E. BEAUSAL, a hamlet and township, 4£ miles N.N.W. from Warwick, contains 1,600 acres of land, and, in 1841, 60 houses and 292 tohabitants; rateable value, £1,661. Within this hamlet is an oak of great antiquity, called " Bull Oak," from the remark able circumstance of a male calf having been calved within the hollow of its trunk. Within this lordship was anciently a Chapel, belonging to tbe Collegiate Church of Warwick. The principal landowners are Owen Pell, Esq. ; Earl of Warwick ; G. H. Briggs, Esq.; and the Rev. W. T. Bree ; the former is lord of the manor. This town ship is now in the Kineton Hundred. Hamlets. — Brown Lloyd Green, I mile S.E. Old Folly, 1 \ miles S.E. by E. New Folly and Waste Green, 2 miles N.E. SHREWLEY, another hamlet and township, 4 miles N.W. by W. from Warwick, containing 1,223 acres, and, to 1841, 74 houses and 322 inhabitants; rateable value, £1,260. ; was held, in the Conqueror's time, by Hugh de Grentemaisnill ; and from the reign of Edward III. to that of Henry VIL, belonged to the Lucy family. Mrs. Ann Chattaway and Rev. Geo. Bell are now the principal landowners ; the former is lady of the manor. Charities. — (Hatton Parish.) — Catherine and Job Throckmorton conveyed certain premises and lands, of which the earliest document is an indenture, 27th May, 1652, to certain trustees, for the purpose that the rents and profits should be bestowed upon the reparation and maintenance ofthe church of Hatton, and the relief of poor persons, and other charitable uses, as the said feoffees should think meet. The above estates now (1825.) are let for £28. 8s., which is expended in the repairs of the Church, and for Bibles for the Church, and Prayer Books for the minister. William Edwards, of Kenilworth, by will, 1722, devised all his messuages, mills, lands, cisterns, and vats, commonly called Guise cliff, in Leek Wootton and Milverton; and also his meadow ground, lying in the borough of Warwick, called Savage's Piece, in fee, subject (among other things.), to the payment of £20. per annum, to be paid half-yearly for ever, free from all deductions, to Thomas Bree, senior, and others ; to be received and applied by them and their heirs, cfec, to a schoolmaster, to teach all boys within the liberties of Hatton, Shrewley, and Bewsall ; and his desire was that his trustees should meet once to every year to inspect such school, and for their pains, and for the other trusts reposed in them, should be allowed twenty shillings yearly, out of the £20. so to be given to the schoolmaster. Also, he gave and devised unto his said tiustees, and survivors of them, for ever, all his messuage, malthouse, lands, cfec, situated in Kenilworth, then to the occupation of Thomas Toone, to be applied for the benefit of a school to be settled in Kenilworth, in such manner as at Hatton. Also, he gave to his said tiustees all his undivided moiety of certain meadows and pastures, cfec, being in Stoneley, and to Ashoe, and all waters and fisheries thereto belonging; and also his piece of land lying in St. Nicholas's meadow, within the borough of Warwick ; and also his tenement in Kenilworth, called the Hospital House, and lands thereto belongtog, in trust ; that the rents and profits, for ever, should be employed for the buying of grey cloth, for the clothing of six poor men and six poor widows of the parishes of Hatton and Kenilworth, alternately, with coats and gowns, to be provided against Christmas. And he gave to his wife his meadow called Rookefields, for her natural life, she paying the yearly sum of £3. to his said trustees ; and after her decease he gave the same to Thomas Bree, the younger, and his heirs, for ever, on paying the said sum. By a codicil to his wiU, he willed that Ms wife, Mary Edwards, should, out of his personal estate,— given unto her by his will,— erect at Kenilworth, buildings convenient for the 782 HATTON PARISH. said school. After the death of Mr. Edwards, in 1723, a division was made ofthe pre mises noticed as undivided. The commissioners for the inclosure ofthe open fields and commons of Kenilworth, by their award, 28th January, 1756, made some alterations in the property. The present state of the charities established by Mr. Edwards, is as follows :— for the School nt Hatton, the rent-charge of £20. given for its support, is re ceived from the owner of the estate called Guy's Cliff; the Hon. Chas. Greathead Bertie Percy, being the owner. After deducting £1. towards tbe expenses of the annual meeting, the remainder is paid to a schoolmaster, who instructs all the poor boys ofthe parish, comprising also the hamlets of Bewsall and Shrewley, whose parents choose to send them. The master occupies (rent free) the school-house, a commodious dwelling, erected by the widow of Mr. Edwards. Wm. Dunn, master. For the school at Kenilworth, and other portions of the tiust, see Kenilworth. Coat and Gown Charily. — The portion ofthe trust estates applicable to this distribution produce an annual rental of £71. ]2s. Id., which is distributed according to the donor's will. Occasionally, surpluses are expended to Bibles and Prayer Books, and given to the poor. Mrs. Jane Norcliffe, by will, 1748, gave £100., and willed that her executor should put the same to interest as soon as might be after her death, and that the yearly interest should, for ever be laid out in bread, to be distributed to the poor of Hatton every Sun day, in the church there. This will was proved in 1749, by Edward Mundy, Esq. From some cause this legacy remained unpaid, till the year 1787, when it was paid up with the addition of £110. for interest, by Edward Philip Mundy, Esq. In January, 1824, the sum applicable to this charity was £400., which had been increased by savings, under the care of Dr. Parr; of this sum £350. was secured by the bond of Edward Miller Mundy, at 4£ per cent., January, 1824 ; and the residue, £50., with a further saving of £20., is now invested in the Warwick Savings Bank. The toterest received is £18. 18s., and bread is given to poor persons, or famiUes, in the proportion of 28 to Hatton, 14 to Sprewley, and 11 to Bewsall. Post Office, at Mr. William Lawrence's ; letters arrive a 8. a.m., and are dispatched at 5. p. m. Marked * reside at Beausall ; t at Shrewley ; and the remainder at Hatton. ArkwrightEdwd.Esq. Hatton House ArkwrightJ.T., Esq. Barnett Jas., beerhs BaylissWm., blacksm * Blinco I., Mickmto " Cooke T., tailor t Court J. cfe S.,gents DunnW., schoolmsti regstr. of births cfe dtbs. for Budbrook district t Eborne M., carpnti t EdwardsW.,shopkp * Elliott My., beerhs • Foster Hy., butcher * Gardner W., black smith cfe beerhouse * Hickin J., shoemk Hobley Wm.,shoemk Hope Rev. Thomas, M. A., incumbent t HutchinsG.,brckmk t Lane Thos., tailor Morris Chas, butcher * Parsons E., tailor t Perkins Jno., baker and shopkeeper t Rogers J., bricklyr t RogersW ., brickmk Rogers William, vict., New Inn * Sharpe Jno., btchr t StockleyW., shoem t Upton Sml., beerhs Walker T., shopkpr t Granger Mr. Joseph Woodward J. whlwrgt * Wright D., bricklyr Farmers. Ball Abraham t Ball A.Shrewley fm t Bell J.T., Pinley hi * Billingham John Cattell John, Hatton Lodge farm t Dester R.,Pinleyhs * Drinkwater John, Beausall house t Elkin WilUam * Elliott John t Fairfax Richard t Gubbins Joseph * Hickin John t Johns Thomas t Joiner John • Keyte R., Kite's nst • Merry Dorothy t Morris H., Pool fm Morris Thomas t PagesJ., cfe corn mlr * Richardson Joseph Sammons John, Nun Hole farm Silvester W., Alders f Smith William * Taylor Isaac • Wise T., Camp hs Carriers. Cogbill J., Warwick, Saturday f Edwards William, Birmingham, thurs., and Warwick, sat HONILY, a small parish, 6 miles N.N.W. from Warwick, contains 635 acres of land ; and in 1841, 9 houses, and 50 inhabitants; 1801 77 ; 1821, 63 ; 1831, 60; rate able value, £761. 2s. S£d. The earliest record discovered by Dugdale, was ofthe reign of Henry III., when a large portion of the lordship was held by Richard Peche. In the time of Henry VIL, it belonged to Sir Simon Mountford, but upon his attainder passed to the Crown, and, by subsequent grants, was held first by the Fitz Geralds ; and afterwards by Michael Throckmorton, to whom it was granted to the 1st of Mary. By a descendent of Michael Throckmorton, it was sold to Roger Burgoyne, of Wrox- hall; and to 1686, it passed to Francis, Lord Carrington. In the 6th of Queen Anne, John Sanders, Esq., obtained the manor by purchase, and, at his own charge, re-built the Church. The lordship of Honily was anciently an Episcopal Bishopric, havtog a pecuUar jurisdiction, and pilgrims came from distant parts to the Church, to offer to the BARLICHWAY HUNDRED.— SNITTERFIELD DIVISION. 783 pation, St. John, for their sins, There was also a celebrated weU, named St. John's well, the water being called the " water of life ;" and St. John's bath ; concerning both of which, there formerly existed most ridiculous and superstitious ceremonies and belief. Mrs. Emily Willes is lady of the manor and owner of nearly all the parish. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small edifice, erected 1723, consists of nave, chancel, and tower, surmounted by a spire. The living, a rectory, value £150.; Mrs. E. Willes, patroness, and the Rev. Bernard Port, M.A., incumbent. Directory. — WilUam Dawes, Wm. Heath, Francis Home, and Joseph Wheeler, and maltster, are the farmers . LOXLEY, a small scattered village and parish, 4J miles E.S.E. from Stiatford-on- Avon, containing 1550 acres of land; and in 1841, 74 houses, with 318 inhabitants) 1821, 311 ; rateable value, £1780. This was given by Offa, King of Mercia, to the Church of W orcester. The manor was principally held by the monks of Worcester and Kemlworth, until the dissolution, when it was granted to Thomas, Cawarden, Esq.. and has since had various owners. The principal owners are Edward Devett, Esq., M. P. ; J. C. Adkins, John Millward, and George Millward, Esqrs. The Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small stone structure, consisting of nave, chancel, and small gallery, with low embattled tower, containing three bells. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £5. 6s. 8d., now £200., augmented with £200. private benefactions, and £200. Queen Anne's bounty, in the patronage of the Crown ; at present vacant ; the Rev. R. Parsons Clemenger, officiating minister. Limestone abounds in this parish. Here is a small free school, with house for the mistress, erected 1840, at a cost of £170., by subscription. Charities. — Mrs. Jane Norcliffe, of Loxley, gave by will, 1748, the sum of £100. for the use of the poor of this parish, Edward Mundy, Esq., being the sole executor, after whose death, Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., paid £70. in full, of all interest due thereon, charged on an estate then the property of' Charles Hunt, Esq.; into whose hands, also, Mr. Mundy paid £100., with which the said estate continues to be charged. No payment has been received on this legacy since 1804. Mr. Hunt became bankrupt. The estate is now (1826) the property of John Dewes, Esq., and nothing is found upon Ms title deeds to establish the charge. Mrs. Margaret Underhill, by will, 1780, bequeathed to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor for the time being, the sum of £100., upon trust, to distribute the interest to the poor of Loxley. This sum is now invested upon the turnpike road from Stratford to Long Compton, at the interest of 4J per cent. The interest is paid annually, at Lady Day, and the money distributed at the latter end of the year. Directory. — Jno. Manton, shoemaker ; Thos. Smith, carpenter ; Jas. Taylor, brick layer; Jas. Winter, blacksmith. The farmers are John Caleb Adkins, Thos. Jordan, John Milward, and Wm. Tims. Carrier, to Leamington, Wednesday, and Warwick, Saturday, David Polton. SNITTERFIELD, a pleasant well buUt village, and extensive parish, 4 miles N. by E. from Stafford-on-Avon, containing 3,718a. 2r. 5p. of land ; and, in 1841, 179 houses and 822 inhabitants; 1801, 592 ; 1821, 642 ; rateable value, £4,996. 2s. 8d.; was pos sessed at the Conquest by Earl Mellent, and passing from him to his brother, Henry de Newburgh, came, after a time, to John de Cantelupe, who, in the reign of Henry III. obtained a charter for a market and fair here. Sir WilUam Beauchamp became the proprietor, early to the reign of Richard II. ; and having descended in that line to Edward Plantaganet, Earl of Warwick, it came to theCrown upon his attainder. Henry VIIL, to his 37th year, re-granted the manor, and being shortly afterwards purchased by John Hales, of Coventiy, it continued in that family until 1668, when Lady Elizabeth Hales sold it to Thomas, afterwards Lord Coventry, the manor house being used as the family seat. Jago, the author of " Edgehill," and other poems, resided here many years as vicar, and is interred in the Church, which exhibits portions in the early decorated and later styles of English architecture, is dedicated to St. James, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, with three bells. The Uving is a 784 SNITTERFIELD PARISH. vicarage valued in the King's Books at £8., now £250., to the patronage ofthe Bishop of Worcester, and incumbency of the Rev. Donald Cameron, M. A. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, erected 1840. The Wolds is a neat residence, half-a-mile west, the seat and property of Hy. Smith, Esq. The National School is a neat brick building, with a house for the master and mistress, erected 1837, at a. cost of £700., raised by subscriptions, and a grant from the National Society. The site was given by the late Robert Philips, Esq.; it will accommodate 120, average 100. Isaac and Eliz. Baker, master and mistress. Here is also a library for the use of the parishioners, instituted and supplied with books by Mark Philips, Esq., who is the principal landowner and lord ofthe manor. Hy. Smith, and Rt. Jas. Atty, have also estates here. Charities — Sir Steplien Hales, of Snitterfield, by will, 1668, gave £100. in consider ation of which sum, Win. Ainge sold a meadow to Geo. Sheldon and 4 others, on trust, for the use of the poor of this parish. The land consists of rather more than 2 acres of meadow in Alverton parish, now let at the annual rent of £9. which is paid over to the minister of this parish, and distributed, soon after Christmas, in cuals and bread. William Evans, vicar of this parish, bequeathed £10. to be put to use : one moiety to be employed in mending highways, especially churchways and watering places of cattle in the parish ; and the other moiety in repairing the school-house to or near the churchyard. This money is now to the hands of the churchwardens. The school house is not standing. William Cookes, by will, 1 649, bequeathed the sum of forty marks out of his estate, to be employed in purchasing land for the benefit of four poor people of this parish. This money, soon after being received, was lent to one Magennis, then resident to the Would-house, who, from misfortunes, and suddenly disappearing, the money was lost. Post Office, at Mr. Charles Horseman's. Letters arrive at 9 a. m., and are despatched at 4 p. m. Talliss Jph. bricklayer Townsend John, gent Wesson John, blacksmith Wheeler Edward, Esq. Carpenters. Curtis Richd King John Lane Richard Sheasby John, cfe bricklayer Talliss John Anker Chas. tailor cfe grocer AttyRt.J. Esq.Ingon Grange Baker Isaac, schoolmaster Boucher Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan Joseph, saddler Cameron Rev. Donald, M. A., vicar Clark John, blacksmith CroftTh. M.R.C.S.E-surgeon Davis Chas. plumber, gla zier, and painter Eddins H. hosier cfe habrdshr Green 1 hos. gardener Hobhs Mrs. Hannah Hutchins Richd. wheelwrgt. and timber merchant Hutchins Wm. bricklayer King Wm. butcher Mash Miss J.A.Frogmorehs Matthews Mrs. Charlotte Moore Jas. brick cfe tile mfr Pearson J as. tailor cfe clothier Philips M. Esq. Park house Skidmore Thos. gent. Smith Hy. Esq. The Wolds Farmers. Badger Hy Wayfield Bolton Jno. cfe butcher and high constable Cookes Richard Hancox Geo. Spring farm Hopkins Jas. Cummins fm H orseman Thos. cfe butcher Hortin Thos. Marraway hs Lewis William Lurking H y . cfe fm.blff. Lodge Lythall Edmund Worsey Chas. Luscombe Inns & Taverns. Bell, Samuel Grant White Horse, Thos. Hamp Windmill, Wm. Gopsill, and corn miller Shoemakers. Alexander George Horseman Charles Mousley George Mousley John Murrell James Smith James Stockley Samuel Shopkeepers. Gibbs Geo., and baker Scruby WUUam Carriers. Duffin Wm. Stratford, 1'ri.J and Warwick, Sat Talliss Benj. Stratford, Fri. ; and Warwick, Sat WOLVERTON or WOLVERDINGTON parish and small village, 5 miles W.S.W. from Warwick, contains 1110 acres of land, and, in 1841, 42 houses and 162 inhabitants ; 1801, 159 ; 1821, 152 ; rateable value, £1420. 18s. 6£d. Was held, in early times, under the Corbicons, by a family who took their names from the place, and, by marriage, coming to the Bromes, passed through the families of West, Breton, and Boteler; and, in the 10th of Henry VI., was possessed by Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, by whose will the reversion, after his daughter Anne's death, was settled upon the Dean and Canons of St. Mary,Warwick. After the dissolution, the manor was granted to Clement BARLIdHWAY HUNDRED — SNITTERFIELD DIVISION. 785 Throckmorton, Esq. and Alexander Avenon ; and, in the reign of Elizabeth, it was sold to William Baylis, and Thomas Staunton, who held a court baron, as lords of this place, The principal landowners are Mark Philips, Esq. and lord of the manor; Rev. Jas. Roberts, Rev. Benj. Winthorpe, Miss Mary Ann Wilcox, and William Wilcox, Esq. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, situated on an eminence, consists of nave and chancel. The latter was restored by the present rector, iu 1847. The living, a rectory, V. K. B. £7. 10s. 74d. now £300. Rev. Benjamin Winthorpe, B. A., patron and incum bent, for whom the Rev. James Rd. Anderson, B.A., officiates. Charities. — Rev. Henry Roberts, rector of this parish, gave, by will, 1774, the sum of £5. to be yearly distributed to the poor, which was paid by his two sisters after his ' death ; since whose death, the estate, both real and personal, passed to Henry Roberts. Esq., a second cousin to the testator. He declined the payment, on the ground that it was not charged upon any particular part of the property. Directory. — Rev. Jas. Rd. Anderson, B, A. curate ; Philip Bartlam, vict. Red Horse ; Jph Brookes, vict. Old Red Horse ; Wm. Gardner, blacksmith ; and Thos. Gibbs, Rd. Hawkes, John Middleton, Hy. Taylor, and John Taylor, farmers. WROXHALL, orWROXALL, a small village and parish, 6 miles N. W. by N. fi-om Warwick, contains 2010 acres of land, and, in 1841, 33 houses, and 1 76 inhabitants ; 1801, 156; 1831, 181; rateable value, £2164. A priory of Benedictine nuns was established here by Hugh de Hatton, in the reign of Stephen ; the site of which, with the Church and lands in Wroxhall, were granted, at the dissolution to Robt. Burgoyne aud John Scudamore, the former of whom erected a mansion here, called Wroxhall Abbey, consisting of a quadrangle, enclosing a court ; the western front being raised from the foundation by him, and the southern and eastern sides ofthe nunnery adapted to domestic purposes ; is now the seat and property of Mrs. Anne Wren. Many parts of the original conventional building may be traced in the mansion; and in the dining and drawing rooms are some ancient oak wainscoting, as well as some excellent carved work about the fire-place. Sir Christopher Wren purchased the manor in 1713, and his descendents still enjoy it. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq. is lord of the manor, and owner ofthe soil, except about 40 acres, which is the property of Mrs. Anne Wren. The Church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is on the north side of the Abbey, was formerly a part of the cloisters, containing the tomb of one of the abbesses ; and to the windows are some very fine specimens of ancient stained glass ; there are also several monumental inscriptions to the memory ofthe Wren family. The living is a donative curacy, value not returned. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq. patron ; Rev. Wm. Grice, M. A. incumbent. Charities. — Poor's Estate. The latest trust depd of these estates is in 1795, when they were conveyed to Samuel Aston and others ; and comprise a messuage in the parish of Hatton-on-the-Hill, with several pieces of land, containing in the whole about 21a., let at the yearly rent of £32. And certain lands in the lordship of Honeley and Bal sall, containing, in the whole, with 2 acres lr., an albitment in lieu of common rights, 30a. lr.38p.; let at the annual rent of £30. Also, Waltham's Cross, a large coppice, which contains 33 acres 3r. 26p. It is kept to hand by the trustees, who cut the under wood, and such timber as is fit to be cut; the proceeds of the sales of which, on an average, amount to £61. per annum, making, with the above rents, an annual income of about £123. The income, after defraying for repairs and olher expenses, is applied to the relief of the poor of the parish ; in clothing, linen, shoes, cfec per annum £15. 15s.; to coals or money, in lieu, £19. 19s.; faggots, or summer firing, £1. 15s.; rents paid for the poor, £37. 10s. ; medical attendance and nursing, £30. Apprenticing Charity.— It is not known from what source this charity is derived ; the property consists of a cottage to Rowington parish, an>l 2a. lr. of land, let at the yearly rent of £5., but which was about to be advanced to £7- There is also lip. in Rowing- ton Green, allotted upon the inclosure, in respect of the above ; it is used as a garden, and let at the yearly rent of 1 0s. The income is applied in apprenticing poor children. In 1 702, the estate was conveyed to Thomas Jeacock and three others, for the above use. Direclor-y. — Rd. Smith, blacksmith ; Mrs. Anne Wren, The Abbey. The farmers are John Andrews, Humphrey's Farm ; Saml. Burbury, Nunnery Farm ; Jph. Cattell, Abbey Farm; Jph. Pearman, Warner Farm; Wm. Taylor. Wo.ltpit.Farm ; W. Tibbits, Mousley Farm / Wm, Wincott, Gate Farm; and My. Winn, Woodcock's Farm. 786 THE STRATFORD DIVISION Comprises 11 parishes and 1 township, viz. Aston Cantlow, Bidford, Billesley, Binton, Exhall, Haselor, Salford Priors, Stratford (Old), Stiatford-on-Avon, township ; Temple Grafton, Welford, and Wixford ; 29,230 acres of land, 2305 inhabited houses, 163 uninhabited, and 11 building; 11,304 inhabitants ; of whom 5578 were males, 5526 females; of these numbers 2598 males, 2719 females, werp under twenty years of age ; 2988 males, 3007 females 20 years old and upwards ; 8687 persons were bom in this county, and 2617 elsewhere. ASTON CANTLOW, or CANTELUPE, an extensive parish and considerable village, 4 miles N.E. hy E. from Alcester, containing 4566a. of land ; in 1841, 233 houses, and 1889 inhabitants ; 1801, 721 ; 1821, 877 ; 1831, 940 ; rateable value, £5225. This was granted by the Conquerer to one of his Norman followers, named Richard ; but, to the 6th of John, came into the possession of William de Cantelupe, from whence the distinctive appeUation arose to distinguish it from another Aston. Here, according to Dugdale, was " anciently, a park ; and, by the tradition of the inhabitants, a castle also," supposed to have been built by this William de Cantelupe. The principal land owners are the Earl of Abergavenny, and Walter Hemming, Esq.; the former is lord ofthe manor. The Stratford-on-Avon canal intersects this parish. The Church, dedi cated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, a chapel, on the north side, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen; and square embattled tower, with a peal of five good bells ; mostly in the Gothic and early Engh'sh styles of architecture. At the west end of the north aisle is a curious antique octagonal font, the sides of which are ornamented with heads or corbels. The arches and chancel windows are of peculiar beauty. Here are also some carved oak stalls, of a very early date. The living, a discharged vicarage, V. K. B. £9. 9s. 7d-, now £93., has been augmented with £600. parliamentary grant; Rev. F. Fortescue Knottesford, pation ; and the Rev. John Frederick Fagge, B. A., incumbent. The vicarage, a pleasant and commodious residence near the Church. The parochial school, situated on the south side of the church, is a neat stone building to the early English style, erected 1848, at a cost of £1000. defrayed by the late vicar, Rev. Henry Hill, and is now principally supported by Mrs. Hill; will accommodate 100, average 60; George Lewtog, master; and Charlotte Griggs, mistress. Hamlets. — Little Alne, f mile N. W. Newnhan, 1J miles E. by S. Sheffield, 3 miles N. W. ; and Wilmcote, with Pathlow, a small village, 2£ miles S. W. In 1840, a neat chapel of ease was erected, dedicated to St. Andrew. The living, a perpetual curacy, Rev. E. B. K. Fortescue, M.A. incumbent. The National School is a neat stone build ing, in the early English style, erected 1846, at a cost of £400. ; will accommodate 100; average, 40; W. L. Banks, master. This hamlet contains several stone quarries. Those marked 1 reside at Aston Cantlow ; 2, at Little Alne ; 3, at Newnham ; 4, at WUm- cote ; and the remainder at Sheffield. 4 Banks W. Lockyel, school 1 Bartlam W. wheelwright 4 Beesley Saml. blacksmith 1 BennettW .vict. King's Hd 1 Call Frederick, shoemaker 4 Checketts Ann, vict.. Mason's Arms 1 Clarke Jno. paper manfr 4 Climer Wm. beerhouse 1 Edkins J. beerhs. cfe shopkr 1 Edkins Wm. shoe maker 1 Fagge Rev. Jno. Frederick, B. A., Vicarage 4 Fortescue Rev. Ed. Bowles Knottesford, M. A., Par sonage Gold John, shoe maker 1 Griggs Charlotte, school 2 Hemming Wm. blacksm I Heritage Chas. Chapman, vict. cfe grocer, The Sun 1 Jesson Chas. shoe maker 1 Jesson Jno. carpenter 3 Keyte Wm. vict. Six Bells 2 Lamb Chit. vict. Windmill 1 Lewing Geo., school 4 Mills John, machine mkr 1 Mills John, carpenter 1 Quinton Wm., bricklayer 4 Simms John, farm baiUff 2 Waring Edw., tailor 4 Warmington Jno., farmer, maltster, and innkeeper 2 Winter Mr, Charles 1 Winter Dnl., blacksmith Farmers. 2 Bomford Benjamin 1 Brookes John 3 Bullock William 1 Clements Stephen 1 Clements Thos. cfe butcher Cook Sarah 3 Draper Richard 4 Edkins Thos. Gypsy hall 1 Gibbs George « 3 GreenThomas 2 Holyoake Thomas 3 Nail John Stiles John Skelfield lodge Stiles John, jun. 1 Taylor John, Glebe farm BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 787 BIDFORD, an extensive parish and considerable village, 4 miles S. by. E. from Alcester, on the northern bank of the Avon, over which there is a stone bridge of nine arches, containtog 2210 acres of land; and, in 1841, 323 houses, and 1567 tohabitants; 1801, 928 ; 1821, 1219 ; 1831, 1268 ; rateable value, £6530. 12s. This was an ancient demesne of the crown, and given by King John to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, on the marriage of that Prince to John's daughter. Llewelyn granted a market here in the reign of Henry HI., but though recognized in the time of Elizabeth, it has long fallen into disuse. The principal land owners are Messrs. Owen, Gooch, and Co., Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart., Mr. Francis Robbins, Rev. Henry Goodman, John Slater, Esq., and Mr. James MUlward ; the former are lords of the manor. Bidford Grange, a spacious old mansion on the border of the Avon, formerly belonged to Bordesley Abbey, Wor cestershire. Here are several blue stone quarries and lime kilns in this parish. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a large stone edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and square embattled tower, in which there is a peal of six good bells ; the Church was almost all rebuilt in 1835, at a cost of £1,800. ; in the chancel is a neat marble bust to the memory of Dorothy Skipwith. The Uving, a discharged vicarage,V.K.B. £7.10s.7£d., now £213., augmented with £800. parliamentary grant; Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart., pation, and Rev. Thos. Boultbee, incumbent. The methodists have a neat chapel here. The National School is a large neat stone building near the Church, rebuilt in 1846, will accommodate 160; average 120. Hamlets. Barton — A small hamlet consisting of a few scattered houses, 1 mile E. by S. Broom, a hamlet and pleasant village, 1 .Jm. N. by W. Marcliffe, another small hamlet, I mile S. by W. ; here is an extensive saw mill for cutting marble and stone. Charities. — Alicia, Duchess Dudley, daughter of Sir Thos. Leigh, by indenture, 1655, granted to Sir Thomas Leigh and fourteen others, and their heirs, all her reputed manors, tenements, cfec. in Marctifle, in the parish of Bidford, consisttog of upwards of 450 acres, and common pasture for thirty-eight cows, two hundred and eighty-five sheep, and nineteen horses or mares, cfec. And all that farm of Barton, parcel of the manor of Bidford Grange, containtog, by estimation, one hundred and sixty acres of arable, and seventy acres of pasture, and common of pasture, for all beasts in Barton, in the parish of Bidford, on the south side the river Avon ; and all manner of tithes, with all ways, cfec. ; to hold the same to the use of the said Duchess Dudley for her life, and upon trust, withto ten years after her death, to convey the premises to such uses as she should, by deed or will, appoint. She, by deed, 1655, appointed that the said trustees should, as above ordered, convey the premises above described, so that the rents thereof might con tinue for ever thereafter to pay the following sums : — to the poor in the almshouses, in Stoneleigh, £10. ; to other poor people of Stoneleigh, £10. ; to the poor of the parish of Kenilworth, £10.; to the poor of the parish of Ashow, £5. ; to the poor of the parish of Leek Wootton, £5. ; to the poor of the parish of Bidford, £10. ; to the poor of the parish of Litchborough, in the county of Northampton, £6. 13s. 4d. ; to the poor of the parish of Blakesley, in the county of Northampton, £6. 13s. 4d. ; to the poor of the parish of Pattishall, in the county of Northampton, £6. 13s. 4d. ; being a total of £70. yearly, for ever, by half-yearly payments ; either to the several churchwardens and overseers ofthe poor, or otherwise in such manner, and to such poor persons of the said parishes, as the tiustees should think fit. And she appointed that £100. yearly of the said rents should be paid towards redeeming poor English Christian slaves from the Turkish slavery ; and in case the above sum of £100. is not or cannot be employed for the use above-named, she then appointed that it should be disposed of as follows : — £15. per annum to the minister of Bidford, in the county of Warwick ; and £15. per annum to the minister of Blakesley, in the county of Northampton ; and £70. more to the poor of the several parishes aforesaid, in the proportions mentioned in the formei deed, all which the said Duchess Dudley confirmed by her will, dated 2nd November, jjl668. In the year 1776, an act passed for the inclosure of the waste lands in the ham. *Tets of Barton and Marcleeve, in the parish of Bidford, by which various exchanges were made, and the whole ofthe estates now contain 356a. lr. lip., and were, in 1824, reduced in rent from £548. to £422. In the year 1798, the rents were £280., and pre vious to 1776, the rents amounted to no more than £109. per annum. The present charges of land-tax, chief-rent, receiver's salary, and stamps, are £43. 12s. 0d., exclu sive of repairs. Since the year 1749, no payment has been required for the redemption 788 BIDFORD PARISH. of slaves, and the surplus revenue has, from time to time, been invested ui the public funds • and in September, 1825, tbe whole amount of stock was £17,087- 4s. 5d. ; besides this there was a sum of £384. 9s. 6d. in cash, in the hands of the Accountant General, and a sum of £786. 1 8s. 6d. in the hands of the Receiver, WilUam Henry Butler, to answer the repairs, cfec, on the charity estates. For the appropriation of this accu mulated fund, a scheme was laid by the trustees before the Master in Chancery, who, by his Report, 28th January, 1826, certified that he approved the scheme, which had been advertised in the London Gazette, cfec. Under the operation of the last order of Court, the portion of rent payable to each parish will be doubled, unless any claim he made for the redemption of slaves within one year after the rents become due. In 1825, this parish received £22. 5s. 6d., which was given by the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers, to the poor, about Christmas, in sums varying from 5s. to £1.; which sum, as all expenses of the suit, cfec were discharged, would be greatly increased. Rent Charges. — The sum of 10s. yearly is received from a small house occupied, 1825, by William Hemming, for the poor; and 5s. from a piece of land called Parker's comer, for the poor, supposed to be the gift of Wm. Ashfield and Wm. Brandon, by will, to 1706. Post Office at Mr. WilUam Hatton's ; letters arrive at 9.30 a.m., and are despatched at 3.30 p.m. Marked 1 reside at Broom, 2 Barton, 3 Marcliffe, and the remainder at Bidford, or where specified. Alcock T.F.,ironmng Hemming Hy., drpr 1 Bennett SI , black- Hodgkins T., gent smith cfe wheelwgt j Hughes T , cbnt. mk Brown Thos., beerhs 1 Mason R., blksmth Bryan G., blacksmith Matthews T., cooper and wheelwright 1 Burrows A., corn miller and maltster Churchley W., bricklr Collett J., shoemkr Cooper Hy., shoemk Cox Joseph, shoemk DayWChambers,Esq Dowdswell W„saddlr Edkin T., stone msn Ellis Henry, gunsmth Ellis J., wheelwright and beerhouse Farr Mrs. Elizabeth Fluck J., schoolmste Fosbroke G. Haynes, M.R.C.S.cfeL.A.S., surgeon Giles It., hair dresser Hale Joseph, draper Hale Thos., shoiikpr Harris David, baker Harris 11 nh.. shopkpr 3 Harris J., carpenter Hendley Jpb., beerhs. and wharfinger Mills James, baker 1 Mills Wm., baker Osborn J.,blacksmth 2 Osborn Wm., beer house cfe blacksm th Parke F., excise offer Pearce Wm., draper Pearce W.B. surgeon Perkins J., cattle dctr Price John, baker cfe maltster Ridler Jno., plumber and painter Rose William, farrier Sale Thos., butcher Sheffield Geo., brick, tile, cfed r a in pipe mk ISilvester Mrs. O. Smith G.W., stonems Smith Thos., brazier 2 Spencer G., quarry man 1 Stanley J., carpntr 1 Stanley R., carpntr Stanton R., corn mlr Such Joseph, butcher 1 Taylor T., beerhs | May William Walton T., clock mkr Sill Jph., and drugst 3 White J., stone msn. and quarryman Wilcox T., blcksmth Farmers. IBiddleH.Broomldg I Chare Henry Clifford A. J., Grange 2 Hatton James Lowe J., Tower hill Millward Jas.,Tower hill house 1 Packwood Thomas 3 Parker WilUam 1 Robbins F., Broom court Robbins Fras., junr., Hungry Harbour 3 Sheaf George 2 Sheaf Thomas H 3 Smith G., Clay hall 2 Tippin William Wad ley Thomas Wadley W., &mltsti 3 White WiUiam Grocers. Chappie R., cfe drugst Chew William Corbett Thomas Wilks J., cfe agnt. to Cassell cfe Co., tea & coffee merchants Inns <& Tavrns. Boot, JohnWadley,cfe cattle dealer Mason's Arms, Stph. Clifford,* cattl. dlr White Hart, Harvey Malvern White Lion.M. Huges and wharfinger Tailors. Chew William, jun. Grady John Kirby Frederick Matthews Joseph Slade John Carriers. — J. Cos, to Stratford, tu., fri., cfe sat. ; to Eveshm., monday cfe friday T.Smith, to Evesham, mon. ; Alcester,tu. ; cfe Stratford, friday 3 My. Smith, to Strat ford, friday. BILLESLEY. a small parish, 4 miles W.N.W. from Stratford-upon-Avon, containing 800 acres of land ; and, in 1841, 5 houses and 31 inhabitants ; 1801, 27 ; 1821, 26 ; 1831, 24; rateable value, £821. 6s. 8d. This was, according to John Rous, a place of some importance formerly. The manor was the property ofthe ancient Earls of Warwick, but in the time of H enry II., passed to the Triissells, a family of distinction, who held it until the reign of Henry VIII., when Thomas Trussell sold it to Sir Thomas Lee, of London, who rebuilt great part ofthe manor-house, and principally resided there. The principal landowners are the executors of the late Matthew Mills, Esq., and Rev. Thos. Higgins j the former are lords of the manor. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 789 small stone edifice, consisting of nave and chancel. The living, a discharged rectory, V.K.B., £5. 4s. 7d., now £100.; in the patronage ofthe Executors ofthe late Matthew Mills, Esq., and incumbency ofthe Rev. F. F. Knottsford, M. A. The Hall is an ancient stone residence, the property of the Mills family. Directory.— Arthur Crowdy, Esq., The Hall; Miss Harriet Mills, The Hall; the farmers are, Edward Ltodon, Upper Billesley; James Page, The Hall; Arthur Rowley, and George Rowley. BINTON, a parish arid small pleasant village, 4 miles W. by S. from Stratford-on- Avon, contains 1,221 acres of land; and, in 1841, 61 houses, and 269 inhabitants ; 1801, 217; 1821, 232; 1831, 277; rateable value, £1,317. 18s. 4d. This was one ofthe towns given by St. Edwyn to the Abbey of Evesham, on its being founded. The family of Beninton were lords of the manor during several reigns, and in the 1st of Edward I., it passed by marriage to the Wynecotes ; thence in the 23rd Henry VIII., to Sir George Throckmorton; and subsequently, was purchased by the Hertford family. The Marquis of Hertford is lord of the manor and sole owner. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a stone edifice, on an emtoence, consists of nave and chancel. The living, a rectory, valued to the King's Books at £8. 10s., now £140. ; in the patronage of the Marquis of Hertford, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Sanders Skelton Dupuis, M. A. The Rectory is a neat brick building, on an emtoence, near the church. Charities. — Church Land. — Certain land for the repairing and adorning the church, supposed to have been left by the Lady Walter, part of which is included in the Pick- pole field, belonging to the Marquis of Hertford, whose agent pays the yearly sum of 12s. thereout. Also, a piece of ground in Welford Meadow, let for 32s. a year ; these two sums are carried to the churchwardens' account. Sarah Walford, who died in 1683, bequeathed to this parish the sum of £20., to be put in the hands of Mr. Thomas Walford, her husband, and the interest to be paid by him and his heirs to the poor of this parish, to be laid out in bread, and distiibuted once a month to poor men coming to prayers. The sum of 20s. is paid by the agent of the Marquis of Hertford, in respect of some land which formerly belonged to Mr. Walford ; it is given away soon after Christmas, in bread. William Badson, by deed, 1752, gave 15s. annually, in trust, out of a piece of land in Binton, to be equally divided amongst 15 poor housekeepers of the parish, of which number the clerk should be one, on St. Thomas's day. This land called the Old Avon, belongs to Mr. Thomas Hutchins, who pays the rent-charge. Directory. — Leonard Bennett, needle manufctr. ; Rev. Charles Sanders Skelton Dupuis, M. A., rector ; Edward Edkins, butcher aud shopkeeper ; Wm. Emms, beer house ; James Fenemore, vict. aud farmer, Stag's Head, Red Hill; Geo. Hy. Osborn, stone mason ; Chas. Vincent, basket maker; Wm. Walton, vict. New Inn, The Brilge. The farmers are Thos. Canning, and maltster; Wm. Fisher, Red HUl; Hy. Jackson and Thos. Lowe, Lower Binton. Carrier, David Dwig, to Birmingham, Thur. cfe Sat. EXHALL, a parish and small village, 2\ miles S.E. by S. from Alcester, contains 821 acres of land; in 1841, 44 bouses and 207 inhabitants; 1801,129; 1821,209; 1831, 211; rateable value, £1,062; was formerly a chapelry belonging to Salford, and was given therewith by Henry I. to the canons of Kenilworth. Dr. Thomas, the conttou- ator of Dugdale, was for several years vicar of this parish. The principal owners are the Marquis of Hertford, Rev. H. C. Carleton, Mrs. Sarah Smith, and Mr. John Field ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Giles, consists of nave and chancel. The living is a rectory, with the curacy of Wixford annexed, valued to the King's books at £8. 17s. 3£d., now £423, has been augmented with £200. private benefactions, £200. Queen Anne's bounty, and £300. parliamentary grant ; in the pationage of the Crown, and incumbency ofthe Rev. H. C. Carleton. Here are several lime kilns and stone quarries to this parish. Hamlets. Grafton (Arden,) 1J miles S.E. by E., partly in this parish. Little Brit tain, consists of a few cottages, % mile east. Charities.— Mr. Burnell gave £5., as noticed in 1752, to the poor, the interest to be 4 G 790 EXHALL PARISH. paid every year, at Easter. The churchwardens and overseers laid out this money to building a house, which cost near £6., but no interest has been paid for many years. Mr. Walsingham gave £10. to the poor of Exhall, the interest to be paid one half at Christmas, and the other half at Easter ; of this sum, £2. 10s. was lost previous to 1786 : the remaining £7. 10s. is now to the hands of Edward Barnes, the church warden of Exhall. The interest, 7s. 6d., being for some years suffered to accumulate to about £2., was distributed to the poor in August, 1835. Church Rent.— The sum of 24s. per year is payable out of the Church House, and three lands, lying in Exhall Field, at Christmas and Easter, by equal payments. The premises are now the property (1825) of John Reynolds, and the rent is carried to the church account. Directory. — Thomas Boyca, blacksmith, Arden Grafton ; James Savage, vict., Cross Inn. The farmers are, Joseph Crump, Rectory House ; William Layton, Richard Page, Joshua Smith, and quarryman, Exhall Court ; Mrs. Sarah Smith, Exhall Court ; and Joshua Wilkes, and quarryman, Exhall Lodge. HASELOR, a parish and small village, 2\ miles E. from Alcester, containing 2,285 acres of land; in 1841, 79 houses and 360 inhabitants; 1801,306; 1821,387; 1831, 349 ; rateable value, £3,020. 1 Is. lid. Iu the reign of Edward III. the manor and ad- vowson were purchased by Robert de Stratford, but the manor subsequently passed to Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, who, in the 19th of Richard II., bestowed it upon the canons of his Collegiate Church, at Warwick ; and, at the dissolution, it was granted by the Crown to Sir Ralph Sadler, and a, person named Wtoington. The principal land owners are Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart., Richard Hemmings, Esq., the Marqms of Hertford,Mr. Jno. Hemtog, Mr. Jno. Lane, Mr. Thos. Millington Lane, and the Trustees of Mrs. Lees ; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedica ted to St. Mary and All Saints, is pleasantly situated on an eminence, between the villages of Haselor and Walcott, and consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a low embattled tower. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's books, at £6. 13s. 4Jd., now £42\, augmented with £1,000. Queen Anne's bounty; in the pationage ofthe Crown, and incumbency ofthe Rev. CorneUus Griffin, M.A. WALCOTT, a small pleasant village and hamlet, \ mile E. Richard Hemmings, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner. C habit Y. — Widows' Plot. — The tenant of a farm in this parish, the property of John Weston, Esq., pays an annuity of 10s. to the churchwardens. The Widows' Plot is supposed to contain about a quarter of an acre of rich land, and now forms apart ofthe Upper Yeaham Meadow. The sum is distributed to all the poor widows of the parish . Directory. — (Haselor.) — Thos. Cull, shoemaker; Chas. Field, baker and grocer; Hy. Knight, plough wright ; Mrs. Lydia Penn; Jph. Benj. Smith, castiator; Moses Spires, blacksmith ; Thos. White, blacksmith ; Chas. Young, piano-forte tuner. The farmers are Wm. Ankorn, Barlichway ; Geo. Haines, The Lodge; Thos Hawkes ; John Heming, The Grounds; Danl. Tonkins Morris, and corn miller; Jph. Smith; Thos. War ner; and Geo. Woodward, Rose Wood. Walcott Directory. — Rd. Keyte, carpenter ; Wm. Mander, carpenter ; Sarah Richards, vict. and farmer, Paul Pry ; Mrs. Eliz. Salt. The farmers are Saml. Allen, Rd. Green hill, and John Richards. SALFORD (PRIORS), an extensive parish, and small well built village, 5j miles S. by W. from Alcester, contains 4519 acres of land, and in 1841. 183 houses, and 865 inhabitants; 1801, 758; 1821,813; 1831,899; rateable value £6827. Is. 8d. This is recorded as a possession of Evesham Abbey, on its first estabUshment ; afterwards as belonging to the Countess G odiva, and was subsequently bestowed by Geoffry de CUnton, on the canons of Kenilworth. After the dissolution, the manor was, in the time of James L, sold to Sir Simon Clarke, Bart. ; and a daughter of the celebrated Thomas Hobson,. of Cambridge, having obtained it by grant from her husband (son and heir to the above- named baronet), bequeathed it to Sir Fulwar Skipwith, Bart., an ancestor ofthe present Sir Gray Skipwith. The Marquis of Hertford is the principal owner aud lord of the BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 791 manor ; John Eyston Esq., owner and lord of the manor of Abbott's Salford ; John Slater, sen. and jun., Esqrs., Mr. John Haywood, and Rev. H. M. Goodman, have estates here. Here is an ancient mansion, the property of John Eyston, Esq., who occasionally resides here, which was, up to 1839, used as a nunnery, when the inhab itants removed to Stanbrook Hall, Worcestershire. There is a room set apart for divine service, which is performed by a cathoUc clergyman. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is an ancient stone edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, side aisles, with a. tower, in which there are eight bells. The chancel contains three ancient monuments to the Clarke family. The living, a vicarage, value in the King's Books, £9., now£100., augmented with £800. parliamentary grant. Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart., pation; and Rev. Thos. Boultbee, incumbent. The Vicarage is a neat brick bmlding, pleasantly situated near the church. Hamlets. — Beeington,{Cock) 2 miles N.W.; Bevington, {Wood) 1 £ miles S.W.; Dunnington, a small village, 2 miles N. E. ; the Baptists have a chapel here. Salford, {Abbots) a small pleasant village, 1 mile W. by S. Charities. — Free School. — William Perkins, a native of this parish, gave the sum of £¦2.32. for the purchase of certain messuages and premises, in Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1656, and granted them to feoffees and their successors, that they should yearly receive the rents, and dispose of the same towards the erection and establishment of a free grammar school, withto the parish of Salford Priors, for the instiuction of the Greek, Latin, and English tongues, and catechising the children, cfec ; and that the feoffees should elect a graduate of one ofthe universities of Cambridge or Oxford, to be school master, provided he be not vicar ofthe said parish, cfec The school is now merely an English school, for reading, writing, and arithmetic, open to all the children of this parish, and also, by the donor's gift, to two poor children from each of the parishes of King's Brome, Bidford, Priors Cleave, and Harvington. The income of the trust pre mises, consisting of seven houses in Stratford-on-Avon, is £41. 8s. per annum, the whole of which, after the necessary deductions for repairs, is paid over to the master, Malcolm McGee. William Parker, by will, 1729, gave a rent-charge of £4., for hats and coats, to six poor men or boys ; and a further rent-charge of £6. given by William Parker, in 1763, for the same purpose. In 1786, both these sums were vested to Robert Parker. There are no documents now relating to these in the parish, but there is now paid out of an estate at Alcester, now the property of Thomas Purton, Esq., (but formerly of the Parker's,) an annual sum of £6., which is said to have been the gift of Robert Parker. This annuity is applied to the purchase of six coats, which are given to six poor men of Salford. Joseph Medley, who died 2nd March, 1756, left certain sums for the repairing his tomb in this church-yard, and for the poor of the parish ; from a suit at law, in 1808, the balance, — after the payment of expenses, — of £40. Is. 6d. was paid ; from which sum £19. 19s. was paid for the repair ofthe tomb, the remaining £20. 2s. 6d. is in the hands of the churchwardens. After paying other expenses on the tomb, it is intended +0 let the interest accumulate, and apply the money in adding the gift of another coat jo Parker's charity. Marked 1 reside at Abbot's Salford, 2 Dunnington, and 3 at Priors Salford; the remainder where specified. 2 Hemming Edm. carpenter 2 Hemming John, tailor 1 Home Stephen Stieet, Esq 2 Huband James, shopkpr 2 Huband Wm., shoemaker 1 Hughes John, vict., Stan ford Arms 1 Hughes Thos, blacksmith 2 Jackson Thos. wheelwgt Layton Rt. Wood Bevington 3 McGhee Malcolm, schlmr 3 Oldacre John, Esq. 2 Porter Samuel, blacksmith 1 2 Quiney Joseph, bricklayer 2 Adkins Thos., gamekpr 3 Arnall Thos., vict., horse cfe car proprietor, cfe boot and shoe maker, Queen's Head, Iron Cross 3 Birch John, shoemaker 3 Bomford Benjamin, gent 3 Boultbee Rev. Thos. vicar Brookes Sidney, blacksmith, Iron Cross 1 Care Joseph, beerhouse 2 Farr Geo., vict. Red Horse 3 Hall William, confectioner 2 Hancock Isaac, shoemkr 1 Richmond Rev. Henry, catholic priest 3 Slatter John, sen., Esq. 3 Slatter John, Esq., Salford G rounds 2 Smith Thomas, Esq. 2 Sorrell Mr. Thomas 3 Stubbs, William, Esq. 3 Young John, vict. Bell Inn 2 Young John, grocer and seedsman Farmers. Adkins J. Cock Bevington 4 G 2 792 STRATFORD PARISH. Adkins T. Wood Bevington 2 Adkins Thomas, sen. 2. Adkins Thomas, jun. Baylis Chas. Cock Bevington 3 Bomford B. Pitch hill farm 2 Bomford Hemming 3 Haywood John 1 Heath William 3 Heath Rd., Salford Lodge Jackson SI. Wood Bevington 1 Nicholls Jas., Brooks farm 1 Nicholls Jph., Salford haU 2 Shailer T. Dunnington fin 3 Smith Jno. Park hall farm 3SmithW.cfe seedsnin.Rushfd STRATFORD (OLD) an extensive parish, which comprises Old Stratford, the ham. lets of Bishopton, Bushwood, Drayton, Luddington, with Dodwell and Shottery, and the ancient borough and market town of Stratford-on-Avon ; the entire parish con tains 6,860 acres of land, and, in 1841, 1,355 houses and 6,022 inhabitauts; 1821, 4229- rateable value £26,162. Old Stratford surrounds the borough of Stratford-on- Avon, and contains, with its several hamlets, 6432 acres of land, and, in 1841, 622 houses, and 2701 inhabitants; rateable value, £16,528. STRATFORD-ON-AVON, a borough and market town, to the parish of Old Stratford, having separate jurisdiction, 8 miles S. W. from Warwick; 19 S. W. from Coventry; and 94 N. W. from London, on the road through Oxford to Shrewsbury; this place, originally called Stieat-ford and Stretford, derived its name from its situ ation on the great north road, and from a Saxon ford on the river Avon, at the entrance of the town. It was a place of considerable importance prior to the Conquest, and was distinguished for its monastery, founded to the reign of Ethelred, on or near the site of the present church. In 1197, Richard I. granted the inhabitants a weekly market, and, during the succeeding reigns, various other privileges were conferred upon the town. In the 36th and 37th of Elizabeth, it suffered materially from accidental fires, which destroyed the greater part of it ; and again, in 1614, it experienced a similar calamity. In 1588, both ends ofthe bridge, over the Avon, were carried away by the flood that inundated the lower part of the town. During the parliamentary war, a party of royalists, stationed here, was driven out by a superior force of parliamentarians, under the command of Lord Brooke, in 1642; but the inhabitants still maintained their adherence to the royal cause, and, in the following year, Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I., at the head of three thousand infantry, one thousand five hundred cavalry, and with a train of artillery, and one hundred and fifty waggons, advanced to the town, where she was met by Prince Rupert ; and, after remaining for some days at New Place, the residence of Shakspeare, where she was hospitally entertained by the family, proceeded to Kington to meet the Ktog, whom she accompanied to Oxford. The par liamentarians havtog subsequently obtained possession of the town, demolished one of _, the arches of the bridge, over the deepest part of the river, to prevent the approach of the royalists. The town is beautifully situated on the south-west border of the county, on an eminence rising gently from the west bank of the Avon, which, here expanding, winds round its base. The entrance from the London road is over a handsome stone bridge of fourteen pointed arches, originally, with the causeway, three hundred and seventy- six yards in length, defended on each side by a stone parapet, and having on the north side a foot-path, with an iron palisade, supported by iron brackets, resting on the piers. TMs bridge was built by Sir Hugh Clopton, in the reign of Henry VIL, and widened by Act of Parliament, in 1814. Nearly parallel with it, is another of nine cycloidal arches, built of brick, and exclusively used as a railroad to the wharfs at this extremity of the town; thence to Moreton, was opened to 1826, for coals and corn. At the southern termination of the town, over a branch of the river which has been diverted to form a mill-dam, is a foot bridge of wood, resting upon strong piers of stone ; from the hill beyond which, is a fine view ofthe town, the church, the surrounding country, and the distant woods. The town consists of several spacious stieets, intersecting each other, some at right angles, and others crossing obliquely. The houses, in general, are modem and well built, occasionally interspersed with buildings of large dimen sions and handsome appearance; and to some of the streets are smaUer houses of BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 793 frame-work, timber and plaster ; among these, part of the ancient house in which Shakspeare was bom is still preserved in its antique state, and is an object of much interest. The house in which he lived to retirement, for a few years previously to his decease, was originally the mansion of the Clopton family, and was purchased by the bard, who, after repairing and improving it, called it " New Place ;" it has been taken down by a late proprietor, who also cut down the mulberry tiee planted by Shakspeare in the gardens. The town is well paved, and lighted with gas, and the tohabitants are amply suppUed with water from pumps attached to then- houses. The public library and reading rooms are supported by subscription. The Shaksperian library, also supported by private subscription, was established in 1810, and is a per manent and useful institution. The Literary and Scientific Institution is held in the upper room of the Market House. The Theatre is a neat brick building, within the precincts of Shakspeare's garden, and is internally well arranged, and elegantly fitted up. Assemblies are held occasionally during the winter, at the Town Hall. To the south of the town is a race-course, where races formerly took place, and were in general well attended, but have been seldom practised since 1786. A jubilee, to honour of Shakspeare, was instituted by Garrick, in the year 1769, when the Town Hall, which had been recently rebuilt, was dedicated to the poet ; and his statue, finely sculptured, and presented to the town by Garrick; at the close of the ceremony, it was placed in a niche at the north end ofthe building; this festival has been revived, and is celebrated every third year. The environs, abounding with diversified scenery and objects of considerable interest, afford many beautiful walks; the salubrity of the air, and its cential situation in a neighbourhood enlivened with the elegant villas of respectable families, and the noble mansions ofthe wealthy, make it eligible as a place of residence. There is not much tiade carried on, the inhabitants being principally employed in agriculture. The Stratford canal, passing to the north of the town, and joining the Birmingham, Warwick, and Oxford canals, connects them with the Avon, which is navigable for barges of forty tons, to Tewkesbury, where it joins the Severn ; thus affording a line of inland navigation to the principal towns in the ktogdom: near the bridge are some extensive wharfs for lime, timber, coal, and other articles of mer chandise. The market, which was formerly on Thursday, is now, by charter, granted in the 59th of George III., held on Friday, and is very considerable for corn and cattle. The fairs are held the first Monday in January, last Monday in March, last Monday in April, 14th of May, third Monday to July, 25th of September, and Friday after 11th of December. The May fair is for pleasure, September for cheese, and the rest for cattle. Statutes for hiring servants are October 12th, and the 2nd Friday after, when oxen are roasted whole. The corn market is held in the area near the Town Hall ; the market house is a neat stuccoed building, erected at the west end of Wood street, near the spot where the ancient cross formerly stood, and surmounted by a cupola and vane, repre senting a falcon grasping a tilting spear, Shakspeare's family crest ; and the cattle market is a spacious area, formed by the intersection of the streets leading to the London, Birmingham, Evesham, and Alcester roads. In 1841, here were 665 inhabited houses, 68 uninhabited, and 3 building ; with 3,321 inhabitants, of whom 1 ,609 were males, and 1,712 females ; 1801,2,418; 1821,3,069; 1831,3488; rateable value, £9,634. Lord and Lady Amherst own the manorial rights. The town received its first regular charter of incorporation from Edward VI., which, reciting and confirming former grants and privileges to the " Bailiff and Burgesses of Stiatford-on-Avon," was extended by James I., and subsequently by Charles II., in the 16th and 26th years of his reign, particularly the latter, styling the corporation, " The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses ofthe borough of Stratford-upon-Avon; appointing a high-steward, recorder, steward of the court of record, mayor, and other eleven aldermen, twelve capital burgesses, two chamberlains, a town-clerk, and two sergeants-at-mace ; and authorising courts of quarter sessions, but without exclusive jurisdiction ; and a 4 G 3 794 STRATFORD PARISH. court of record for civil actions not exceeding £40. ; both of which fell into disuse. Under the new municipal act, the borough is included in schedule B amongst boroughs not to have a commission of the peace, unless on petition and grant, (a commission, however, has since been granted) ; and, in section II. of that schedule, amongst those the municipal boundaries recommended the extension of the limits, and those laid down in their map accordingly, comprehend the whole town and suburbs. The borough was appointed by the act to be governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors, under the usual style. The following is a List ofthe Corporate body, and the Municipal Officers oftlie Borough. CORPORATION. Mayor. — Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D. Lord High Steward. — Lord Delaware. Magistrates. — J. B. Freer, Esq., chairman ; Edwd. Getley, Esq. ; Thos. Deacle Gill, Esq. ; Chas. Lucy, Esq. ; and Thos. Thomson, Esq. Mr. John Lane, sen., clerk. Aldermen. — Edmund Darby Ford, Esq.; John Branston Freer, Esq.; David Rice, Esq., and Thomas Thomson, Esq. Councillors. — Messrs. Thos. Ashwin, Edwd. Fordham Flower, James Wm. George, Thos. Deacle Gill, Wm. Hartley, Frederic Kendall, Septimus Sutton Lowe, Wm. Chas. Lucy, Wm. Sheldon, Rt. Such, John Tasker, and John Warden. Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Peace for the County. — Wm. Oaks Hunt, Esq. Coroner for the County. — Henry Oliver Hunt, Esq. Treasurer and Chamberlain. — Mr. Thomas Ashwin. Sergeants at-Mace. — John Timms and John Ward. Superintendent of Police, and Inspector oj Weights and Measures, — Thomas Taylor. Auditors. — Richard Newland and Robert Walker. Assessors. — Abraham Newland and WilUam Lowe. Beadle and Town Crier. — James Palmer. Town Clock Regulator. — John Pearce. The Guildhall, in which the business ofthe Corporation is transacted, is an ancient building, possessing few claims to architectural notice ; it occupies the west side of a small quadrangular area, of which the chapel of the ancient guild of the Holy Cross forms the north side ; the vicarage and schoolmaster's house the east, and the entrance to the school the south side ; above the hall are rooms appropriated to the use of the free grammar school. The Town Hall was rebuilt in 1768 by the Corporation, assisted by the nobility and gentiy of the neighbourhood, on the site of the former, of which the upper room, having been used during the civil war as a magazine, by an accidental ex plosion was destroyed, and the buildtog greatly damaged. The present buildtog is a plain and substantial structure, ofthe Tuscan order, on piazzas: the area is appropri ated to the use of the market ; on the west front are the arms of the corporation, and in a niche at the north end of the building, is the statue of Shakspeare, presented hy Garrick. The upper story comprises a handsome banqueting room, sixty-three feet ..ong and thirty-one wide, decorated with paintings, among which are a fall-length por trait of Shakspeare, sitting in an antique chair, by Wilson ; and, at the opposite end, one of Garrick reclining against a bust of the poet, by Gainsborough ; besides several smaller apartments, which are also ornamented with paintings. The larger meetings ofthe Corporation, the mayor's feast, and the town meetings, are held here; and the celebration of the jubilee, concerts, and assemblies, take place in this suite of rooms. Petty Sessions for the Borough are held in the Town Hall, as circumstances require. Petty Sessions House, Guild pits, is a good substantial brick building, with stone facings, erected 1849, one part being appropriated to the use of a lock-up, contains four cells, yard for exercise, and residence for the superintendent, Mr. Joseph Reason, who is also high constable for \he district, Petty Sessions for the district are held here every alternate Friday, * BARLICHWAY HUNDRED— STRATFORD DIVISION. 797 , About a mile to the west ofthe town, in the hamlet of Bishopton, is a minevol, (Spring, which, having been analyzed by Dr. Perry, in 1744, was found to be of a saline quaUty, strongly impregnated with sulphur, in its properties like the water of Leam ington. At Welcombe, about one mile to the north ofthe town, are the remains of a military entrenchment, formed of deep ravines, meeting obliquely in a common point : in the neighbourhood are several tumuli, in which human bones, spear heads, and other military weapons have been found; in opening one of these, in 1795, the proprietor discovered a human skull, transfixed with a spear, which appeared to be the gilded head of a standard pike. On the surface of Borden hill, about a mile to the west, astioites, or star stones, are found in profusion, in small columns, apparently formed of successive layers, which are easily separated : the soil is calcarious, and, in the region of lime stone, to the north-west, large specimens of testaceous fossils are found. Ofthe ancient monastery, or the college that succeeded it, the site of which was near the parish church, not the slightest vestige is discernible. So intimately is the name of Shak speare associated with every recollection and description of this borough, that every circumstance connected, however remotely with his memory, is deemed worthy of being recorded. It is singular, that, though a letter addressed to him has been discovered, which was in the possession ofthe late Captain Saunders, no traces of his hand-writing have ever been fully authenticated. In 1810, a large gold seal and ring, which had evidently lain there many years, were found near the church yard, bearing the initials W.S., tied together with a string and tassels, according to the fashion of his time ; this, which with great probability, is supposed to have been his signet, is in the possession of Mr. Wheler, author of the History of Stratford. Stratford is eminently distinguished as the place where Shakspeare was born, on the 23rd of April, 1564, and in which, after havtog lived a few years in retirement, he ended his days on the anniversary of his birth, in 1616, in the 52nd year of his age. [See also page 148.] Mrs. Mary Hornby, in 1821, purchased of Shakspeare's descendents, several relics of antiquity, and removed them from his birth place ; those most worthy of admiration are, a curious representation of David slaying Goliah, bearing date 1606, which hung over the mantle piece ; the poet's chair, writing table, a small iron chest, which contained his will ; dice box, sword, a book of autographs, which contains the signatures of royal and eminent visitors ; and other curiosities, interesting to visitors to the native town of the Bard ; these are now in the possession of the Misses Arabella and Elizabeth Reason, in Bridge street, who take great pleasure in showing them. Among other eminent natives, were John de Stratford, Lord Treasurer in the reign of Edward II., and Lord Chancellor to that of Edward III., who promoted him to the See of Canterbury ; Robert de Stratford, his brother, Archdeacon of Canterbury, and afterwards Lord Chancellor, on the translation of his brother to the Primacy, and who, together with him and the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventiy, was committed to the Tower, on a charge of having detained the supplies for the war with France, but was subsequently liberated, and promoted to the See of Chichester: Ralph de Stratford, Bishop of London, who, during the great pestilence, iu the year 1348, purchased a piece of ground near Smithfield, for the interment of those who died ofthe contagion ; John Huckell, educated in the free grammar school, author .of a poem on the Avon, who assisted Garrick in the composition ofthe Ode, and other poetical addresses, deUvered at the celebration of the jubilee, in 1769; and Francis Ainge, a memorable instance of longevity, who was baptised on the 23rd of August, 1629, left England in his youth, and died in North America, on the 13th of April, 1767, having attained the extraordinary age of one hundred and thirty-seven years. The Church, situated in Old Stratford, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was formerly collegiate ; is a spacious and venerable cruciform structure, in the early English style of architecture, with a square embattled tower, surmounted by a lofty octagonal spire, The west entrance is through a richly moulded and deeply recessed archway, above which is a large window; to the later style, its lower central compartment being filled. -04 STRATFORD PARISH. rfith three richly canopied shrines. An avenue of lime trees, with their branches entwined, forms a pleasing approach to the north porch, over which is an apartment brigtoally lighted by a windowr now covered by a tablet. The effect of the toterior fe destroyed by the closing up of the east end of the nave by the organ, excluding the transepts and the chancel. The nave, tbe fine oak roof of wMch is richly carved, and supported on clustered pillars and pointed arches, is very lofty, and is Ughted by a range of twelve large clerestory windows, enriched with tracery of the later style. In the south aisle, which is in the decorated style, is a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket. In the north aisle is a sepulchral chapel, separated by a richly-carved stone screen, containing several altar-tombs, with recumbent figures of the Clopton family, finely sculptured in marble, and painted to represent the natural complexion of the persons. In the transept are several ancient, and some handsome modern monuments, and at the extremity of each is a large enriched window. Massive piers of clustered columns, and lofty arches, support the tower, but lose their effect by the exclusion of the nave on one side, and of the chancel on the other. The chancel is parted off by an oak screen, which was, in 1836, divested of the thick coat of whitewash which had for years hid its beauty ; we may now judge of its original appearance. The general cha racter is similar to that of the nave; the walls are unpannelled, though perhaps once painted to fresco. It is Ughted by a handsome range of five windows on each side, in the later style, and a large east wtodow, of rich tracery, to which are placed several portions of stained glass that have been preserved ; on the south side, near the altar, is a piscina, and near it, are stone stalls of elegant design. The beauty of these, and of the ornamental carvings to the church, have all been brought to their original state by the late renovation. On a slab at tbe entiance to the altar, covering the ashes of the Bard, is the foUo wing inscription, written by himself: — Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed heare. Bleste be ye man yt spares these stones; Aud curst be he yt moves ray bones. And on the north wall is his monument, in which is a bust, representing him to the act of composing, with a pen in his right hand, and the left arm resting on a scroU upon a cushion ; this bust, which is a well-attested likeness, and was originally painted with strict resemblance to the complexion, and colour of the eyes and hair of the poet, has, by the direction of his commentator, Malone, been painted to resemble stone, and forms a lamentable contrast to the complexioned monuments ofthe Clopton family, and others in the church. The living, a vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £20., now £239., in the patronage of the Countess Amherst, and incumbency of the Rev, Henry Harding, M. A. The Chapel of Ease, formerly ofthe Guild ofthe Holy Cross, is a handsome edifice, in the later style of English architecture, was rebuilt by Sir Hugh Clopton, in the reign Of Henry VII. It has a square embattled tower, and a beautiful north porch, of which the entiance is a deeply-recessed and highly-enriched arch, surmounted by a canopy, embellished with scrolls and flowers. The nave is lofty, and is lighted on each side by a range of four windows. The chancel appears, from frequent alterations and repairs, which have been made at different times, without due regard to the prevailing style of the structure, to have lost its original character. In repairing the chapel, the walls were found to have been originally decorated with various legendary paintings, of great antiquity. A Catholic Chapel is about to be erected on the Warwick road; to consist of nave, chancel, and transept, with a square tower. The Baptist Chapel, to Poynton street, is a neat edifice, with a plastered front; erected 1835, and cost £960., defrayed by subscription. 7 he Independents have a conim, dious Chapel in Rother street. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Guild pits, is a large buildiDg with plastered front, erected 1835. BARLICHWAY HUNDRED.— STRATFORD DIVISION. 797 The Primitive Methodist Chapel is also to Guild pits. Besides the free grammar school, for which see Charities, two handsome National Schools, with houses for the master and mistress, were erected in 1846, of brick, with stone facings, on the Alcester road ; each school will accommodate 180, average 80 boys and 105 girls; John Guppy, master! and Juliet Woodward, mistress ; connected with these schools, is a public library. The British Schools, Rother street, are connected with the Independent chapel, estab lished 1824 ; consists of three rooms, for boys, girls, and infants ; Wm. Pardoe, master ; Ann Eliz. Steed, mistress ; and Esther Smith, infant mistress. Infant School, College stieet, founded by Miss Mason, is a convenient room, will accommodate 200, average 1 00 ; Mary Jordan, mistress. The Savings' Bank, established September, 1834 ; Wm. Chattaway, Esq., treasurer, and Mr. J. S. Leaver, actuary. Public Infirmary, Chapel lane, is a neat building, erected in 1 840, at a cost of £1 ,200. defrayed by subscription ; president, Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart. ; hon. secretary, Rev. T. R. Medwin ; assistant- secretary, Mr. F. Ward; physician, Thomas Thomson, M.D.; surgeons, David Wright, and dispenser, and T. S. Burman ; matron, Mrs. Margaret Edkins. Gas Works, Birmingham road, were removed from Chapel lane, in 1838, where they were first established, in 1834, at a cost of £3,000., raised by a number of shareholders ; Mr. Thomas Deacle Gill, superintendent and secretary. County Court, at the Shakspeare rooms, Warwick road, comprises the following places, viz. : — Alveston, Alderminster, Atherstone-on- Stour, Billesley, Binton, Charle cote, Clifford Chambers, Combrook, Compton Verney, Dorsington, Eatington, Fulbrook, Grafton, Hampton Lucy, Ktoeton, Loxley, Luddington, Moreton Morrell, Marston- Sicca, Newbold Pacey, Old Stratford, Preston-on-Stour, Snitterfield, Stiatford-on-Avon, Wellesbourne Hastings, Wellesbourne Mountford, Whitchurch, Welford, and Weston- on-Avon ; F. T. Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; R. H. Hobbes, Esq., clerk; and John Ashfield, high -bailiff. Union Workhouse, situated on the north-west side ofthe town, is a large neat brick buildtog, erected 1837, at a cost of £5,444. ; Thos. Wm. and Lucy Salmon, master and matron ; Rev. Cornelius Griffin, M.A., chaplain ; Harriet Bark, schoolmistress ; James Pritchard, house surgeon ; R. H. Hobbes, Esq., clerk, and superintendent registrar; registrars of marriages, Edwd. Ashwin, for Stratford dist., and John Davis, for Wootton dist. ; registrars of births and deaths, Rt. Flint, Stratford dist. ; John Tombs, Old Stratford dist. ; Rd. Pitt, Esq., Wellesbourne dist.; J. M. Brown, Esq., Kineton dist. ; and Wm. Ensall, Wootton dist. ; relieving officers, Rt. Flint, Stratford dist., and John Tarleton, Wootton dist. The Union comprises the following parishes, viz., — Alveston, Atherstone-on-Stour, Alderminster, Bearley, Billesley, Beaudersert, Binton, Combrook, Charlecote, Compton Verney, Clifford Chambers, Claverdon, Dorsington, Eatington, Fulbrook, Grafton, Hampton Lucy, Kineton, Langley, Loxley, Luddington, Moreton Morrell, Marston-Sicca, Newbold Pacey, Old Stratford, Preston Bagot, Preston-on- Stour, Stiatford-on-Avon, Snitterfield, Whitchurch, Wellesbourne Hastings, Welles bourne Mountford, Welford, Wolverton, Wootton Wawen, and Weston-on-Avon. John Branston Freer, Esq., chairman. Clopton House, one mile north by west, the ancient mansion of the family of that name, was a large, heavy, square, compact brick building, of that deep red almost approaching to purple, and had in front a spacious court yard, entered through a gate way, the massive pillars of which seem to have been surmounted —like those of the Baron of Bradwardine— by grim heraldic monsters ; and withto, the old place was just such as naturally gives rise to startling legends. It had also its haunted chamber, wherein there hung a portrait " singularly beautiful," of Charlotte Clopton, a lovely member of that family, who, during an epidemic sickness, had been too hastily interred in Stratford church ; and who, upon another of the family betog shortly after interred, 798 STRATFORD PARISH. was discovered by the gleam of the sepulchral torch, leaning in her grave clothes against the wall— dead, at last ;— but not, until in the agonies of hunger and despair, she had bitten a piece from her own fair shoulder ! Here also was a secret chapel, constincted in the frame-work of the roof, by a Roman Catholic owner, during the rigid penal laws against that mode of worship, whether practised conscientiously or otherwise. But now, by a change of ownership, the charm of ancient character and old association is invaded, if not utterly destioyed, the residence being wholly Italianized, by — Ward, Esq., the late owner; it is now the seat and property of Charles Thomas Ward, Esq. Welcombe Hill, one mile north, abounds with picturesque and romantic scenery ; here formerly stood the ancient mansion of the Coombe family. Bishopton, a hamlet and small village, 1 J miles N.W. ; a neat Chapel of Ease, dedi cated to St. Peter, was erected here in 1844, and cost £1,160., defrayed by subscriptions ; the living, a perpetual curacy, in the patronage ofthe Vicar of Stratford, and incum bency of the Rev. John Peglar. The principal owners are John Branston Freer, Esq., Edward Getley, Esq., and Rd. Greaves, Esq. ; the former is lord ofthe manor. Bushwood, a hamlet, 8 miles N. by W. ; keeps its poor and roads separate. Drayton, another small hamlet, 3 miles W. Luddington, with Dodwell, form a hamlet ; the former 3 miles, and the latter 2 miles west. This had formerly a church, but it has long gone to decay. The Marquis of Hertford is the principal owner. Sholtery, a hamlet and pleasant village, half a mile west ; this is principally the property of the Marquis of Hertford. Here stUl remains the early home of Ann Hathaway, afterwards wife ofthe Bard. Ch*bities. — King Edward FT., in the 7th year of his reign, extended his royal favour to this ancient borough, as a compensation for the dissolution of the ancient guild, which was endowed with divers lands, tenements, and possessions, out of which a free grammar school for the education of boys there, was maintained ; and a certain alms house there, consisting of 24 poor people, was likewise maintained ; also a stone bridge over the Avon, called Stratford Bridge was kept in repair, cfec. These possessions betogthen in the King's hands, he would extend his favour to them, to enable them to support the great charges which they were from time to time bound to sustain. He thereby, by charter, incorporated the inhabitants, by the name ofthe bailiff and burgesses of Strat ford-upon-Avon, and granted to them and their successors all those messuages, lauds, tithes, and possessions, then in his possession, and late belongtog to the said gmld, in Staf- ford-upon-Avon, Wylmcote, Shottery, Burgetown, Dodwell, and Drayton, or elsewhere, cfec. ; then ofthe clear yearly value of £46.3s.2^d. By this incorporation and grant, the cor poration became liable to support the almshouses, the free grammar school, the stipend and residence of the vicar, the stipend of the chaplain, and the repair of the bridge over the Avon. The Ahnslwuses comprise 22 dwellings, upon two floors, the lower consists of one room with a closet behind ; the upper apartments are accessible by a gallery, which runs over the closets. The apartments are spacious and are kept in good repair and supplied with stoves ; the rest of the furniture is provided by the oceupiers. There are 24 almspeople, 12 men and 12 women, of whom two of the most aged are permitted to reside amongst their friends. There is no limit ofage at which the alms-people become eligible. They are elected at a corporate meeting, when the applicants are balloted for. They now receive a stipend of 5s. a week each, which has been increased at various times from the original sum of 4d. a week, directed by the charter. They receive also some other emoluments, under the following charities. Richard Lord and Einmota, his wife, by deed of feoffement, in the first and second years of Philip and Mary, granted to Wm. Whateley, the bailiff, and five others, and their heirs, a close of land, on trust, to distribute the rents to the use of the 24 alms- people of this parish. Tbe close lies at the western part of the town, and contains about 3 acres, now used as garden ground, and let at the clear yearly rent of £24. Many years ago £20. raised by the sale of timber on this property was lent to Tyler's tiustees, for which an annual interest of £1. is paid ; making £25. to divide among the alms- people, being to each £1. Os. lOd. ThomasLucas, by will, 1625, gave to two trustees his house in Church street, on tiust, that they should yearly pay the proceeds to the alms- people of Stratford, and convey the same to other trustees. The property now forms part of a house m the old town, built partly on the site of the house given by Lucas, BARLICHWAY HUNDRED— STRATFORD DIVISION. 799 and partly on land belonging to the corporation. On a lease granted in 1818, the sum of £7. was reserved as the rent of the charity premises. But these premises the corpo ration have taken into their general fund, and no specific payment has of late years been made on its account. Sir Hugh Clopton, knight, by an indenture, 1732, granted a rent charge of £16. per annum, payable at Lady day, to the corporation of Stratford, out of a farm in Hampton Lucy, called Ingon farm, to the intent that they should lay out the same in buying every second year twelve blue coats of the value of 20s. and twelve blue gowns of the value of 20s. each, for the twelve almsmen and twelve alms- women, and should pay the vicar one guinea to preach a sermon in the chapel of the said town, on the 29th May annually, and 5s. to the clerk, and 12d. each to the said almspeople, both men and women, and lay out the residue in straw hats and aprons for the said almswomen. The rent-charge is received from George Lloyd, Esq., of Wel come, the owner of the Ingon farm, and distributed by the corporation, agreeable to the donor's intention. Free Grammar School, was originally founded by Thomas Jolyffe, who, in 1482, granted to the Guild of the Holy Cross, of Stratford-upon-Avon, all his lands and tene ments in Stratford and Dodwell, on condition that they should find a priest to teach grammar to all scholars coming to the school in the said town, and should, for his stipend, receive £10., cfec. The present school, however, may be considered as the foundation of Edward VI., under the provision of whose charter it is maintained by the corporation. The master now receives £150. a year, and £30. to provide himself a house, the dwelling appropriated to him, under the charity, being very small. The school is conducted as a grammar school, in which the foundation scholars receive a complete classical education, with English grammar. The school is kept in an old building, over the Old Guildhall, and adjoining the Almshouses, and is kept in repair by tbe corpora tion ; from 15 to 20 scholars are generally on the foundation ; at present there are 44. In 1843, the school was re-modelled under a scheme issued by the Court of Chancery, when an additional master was appointed, with a salary of £130. per annum, and the head master's salary increased to £150., who, by virtue of his office, enjoys the incum bency of the Guild Chapel. The only qualifications needed are, that a boy must be seven years old, and a native of Stratford : here it was that Shakspeare received his early education ; a desk said to have been frequently used by him, is still preserved in a room beneath the school. Lady Amherst appoints the head master ; Rev. Thos. Rea Medwin, M. A., head master ; and Mr. John Atkinson, second master. The Vicar now receives from the corporation an annual stipend of 1 50 guineas, to which sum it has been at various times advanced, besides some small payments for sermons, under different benefactions, amounting to £10. 0s. 7d. ; he has also a good house and offices, with an excellent garden, provided by the corporation, and occupying the site of the residence originally granted under the charter. The Chaplain receives an annual stipend of £50., to which amount, like that of the rector, it has been raised by successive additions. TMs office is held by the master of the grammar school. The Bridge. — After various litigations concerning the repairs of the Bridge, an Act was passed in the 52nd year of the reign of George III., reciting that the stone bridge over the river Avon, at Stratford, was erected in the reign of Ktog Henry VII., by Sir Hugh Clopton, and had, from time to time, been repaired by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the said borough ; that in many parts it was in a ruinous state, very narrow and dangerous for persons, cattle, and carriages, to pass over, cfec. ; and that the several purposes of repairing, widening, or rebuilding of it could not be. effected without the aid of Parliament. It was enacted that it should be lawful for the commissioners thereby appointed to widen, repair, or rebuild the bridge, cfec, and to erect a toll-gate thereon, and demand the several tolls therein specified. And after reciting that the corporation were willing, for the purpose of providing a fund for the future repairs ofthe bridge, to pay annually, out of their revenues, the sum of £30. to the commissioners for executing the Act, until the sum of £5,000. should have accumulated. The tolls to be applied, in the first place, in defraying the expenses of obtaining the act ; and in the next place, in paying to the mortgagees the interest due upon their securities. And as soon as the said tolls should be more than sufficient for those purposes, then the excess should be invested, from time to time, together with the annual sum of £30. to be paid by the mayor and corporation, in the name ofthe commissioners, in the purchase of Three per cent, consols ; and such fund should be called " The Stratford-upon-Avon Bridge Fund ;" and the income of such fund should be accumulated, in the nature of compound interest, until it should yield, by dividend, the annual sum of £250.; which said sum should be appropriated towards the expenses of widening, rebuilding, cfec. the bridge, and in paying pff any sums of money to be borrowed, or due and owing, on the credit of the Act, with 800 STRATFORD PARISH. lawful interest for the same, then all the tolls authorized by that Act to be collected should cease. The Guild Estate produces an annual rental of £866. 10s.; and the College Estate £651. 15s. Id., making a total annual income to the corporation of £1518. 5s. Id. These rents, however, do not reach the full value ofthe property : many ofthe premises are let for small rents, tatong fines at the renewal of leases. John Turner, by deed, 43rd Elizabeth, granted to trustees, their heirs and assigns, certain premises, in Stratford, to hold the same for the use of himself, for his life; and after his death, to the use of the poor ; to distribute the same in bread, one half at Christmas, and the other half on Good Friday. The premises are let, with an adjoining house belonging the corporation, at the yearly rent of £20., of which £5. is now appro priated to the use of this charity, and disposed of in bread, as directed. John Combe, by will, proved 1615, gave £100. which should, within one year after his decease, be lent to 15 young and poor tradesmen, 20 nobles to each, for three years, they paying tbe sum of 3s. 4d. yearly for the same. He also gave to his cousin, Thomas Combe, his heirs and assigns, all his meadow grounds and appurtenances to Shottery Meadow, that he or they should pay, yearly, 20s. to a ministerfor a sermon twice ayear at Stratford Church ; and also, yearly, one week before Christmas, give to ten poor people of the borough, black gowns, every one of them worth 1 3s. 4d., cfec. The Shottery fields were enclosed about the year 1787, and an allotment of 10 acres was made to Ueu of the land which had belonged to John Combe, and now the property (1825) of Francis Ferdinando Bullock. The tenant pays the two rent charges of £1. for sermons, and £6. J 3s. 4d. for gowns, which are given to poor people, selected by the mayor and chamberlain. Nothing is now known ofthe £100. to be lent to young men. Ihomas Combe, by will, 1656, devised to his cousin, William Combe, his Drayton tithes, and a parcel of Drayton Meadow, called the Parson's Piece, that the said Wm. Combe, his heirs and assigns, should yearly, for ever, at or before the 17th day of December, give to ten poor aged men and women, to be elected by the bailiff and chief aldermen, ten black gowns, marked with the letters T. and C. in white colours, on their breasts and backs, every one of them worth 13s. 4d. ; and that they should attend the corporation each Sunday for the year ensuing, to and from church, cfec. His will also was, that 20s. should be paid for two sermons, one on every 10th day of June, and the other on the 25th of December ; and also out of the profits of Drayton tithe to pay 50s. to provide a dinner every 12th day of June, for the bailiff and burgesses, cfec. These several payments, £6. 13s. 4d. are received from allotments, made atthe inclosure above named, and now the property of Mr. Bullock, and appUed according to the donor's intention. William Tyler, by will, 1665, gave to the mayor and chief aldermen of Stiatford- upon-Avou. where he was born, the sum of £200., to be paid to them by bis executors, withto twelve months after his decease, on condition that they should lay out the same in freehold land ofthe clear yearly value of £12. per annum, to be given amongst twelve poor persons ofthe borough, but not inhabitants ofthe almshouses: thatis, 10s. thereof on the feast of St. John the Baptist, and the other 10s. on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. He also gave to the said mayor and chief aldermen the sum of £50. more, to lay out the same in freehold land, of the clear yearly value of £3. cfec. to the intent that 15s. should be given to a minister for a sermon, on the feast day of St. Thomas the Apostle, yearly ; and to the clerk and sexton, on the same fea«t day, 2s. 6d. each ; and that the remaining 40s. should be spent in a collation or dinner for his trustees. And he also gave to the said parties, the further sum of £50. to be put forth at the interest of £6. per cent, per annum, to be lent to poor inhabitants, cfec. The property belonging to this charity now contains 11^ acres of land, which, on the enclosure, in the year 1744, was allotted in lieu of other lands purchased under the will, and awarded to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Stratford-upon-Avon, and are let for the yearly rent of £88. 17s. But it is not known from what source £37. 10s. which made part of the purchase money, was derived ; neither is it known what became ofthe £50. to be put out to iuterest. As the rents have increased, tbe payments made on account of the charity have also been proportionably increased, and are now as follows : — To 1 2 poor in habitants ofthe town, on the feast of St. Johnthe Baptist, and on tbe feast of St.Thomas the Apostle, £34. 14s. on each feast ; to the minister, for a sermon on St. Thomas's day, £4. 4s.; to the clerk, 15s,; to the sexton, 15s.; to the mayor, for a dinner on the same day, £11. 1 Is. ; which, with £1. for interest to Lord's trustees, for £20. borrowed for fencing at the enclosure, and £1.4s. tor land tax, makes a total expenditure of £S8.17s. Richard Smith, by indenture of feoffement, 1695, conveyed to John Woolmer, the Mayor of Stratford, and seven others of the said borough, their heirs and assigns, two messuages to Henley street, upon trust, out of the rents weekly for ever, at the parish BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 801 church of Old Stratford, to give 12 penny loaves of bread to 12 poor inhabitants of the borough, and 6 penny loaves of bread to six poor inhabitants of the parish of Old Stiatford, and also out of the said rents to pay yearly to the minister of the parish church 10s. to preach a sermon in the chapel of the said borough, upon the first Wed nesday in September, before the mayor, cfec, being the usual day of election of mayor, or upon what other day they should elect the mayor; and likewise to the clerk of the said church the sum of Is. In the year 1820, these four houses, which had been let at £32. 10s. per annum, being in a very bad condition, a buildtog lease of 42 years was granted of the premises, to William Alcock, at the rent of £30., granted in consider ation that £500. should be expended in erecting new houses upon the site. Eighteen penny loaves are sent to the church every Sunday, of which 12 are given to poor in habitants of the borough, and 6 to the poor inhabitants ofthe township of Old Stratford ; 10s. is paid to the vicar for a sermon, and Is. to the clerk; the rest of the rent remains to the corporation fund. Richard Chandler gave £100. to the borough of Stiatford, to buy land; the increase thereof to be disposed of, viz., 20s to a minister to preach a sermon on the excellency of baptism, in the chapel, ou the 25th of March, or, if that was Sunday, then on the day following ; 10s. for the clerk and sexton ; and 30s. to be distiibuted to the poor of the borough, yearly, by the churchwardens of the same, and 1 0s. for their pains ; and the overplus to be laid out in clothing for poor children of the borough. Nothing is known of what was done with this £100., but 20s. is paid by the corporation for a sermon on the 20th of March, and 10s. to the clerk and sexton ; and in the month of March, coats are provided for six poor boys, the cost of which, with the maktog, was, in 1824, £5. 3s. These are, no doubt, on account of Chandler's charity. Thomas Oaken, gent., in 1573, gave £40., to be let out to eight poor tradesmen, for three years, at 8d. in the pound, changing every third year. The increase to be given, 3s. 4d. for a sermon, every first Wednesday to September, and 10s. to the mayor and aldermen, to be drank that day ; the remainder to be given to the poor in bread. The sum of 3s. 4d. is paid to the vicar, in respect of this charity, but no bread is distributed. William Mountford gave to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of this borough £20., to be let out at 16d. in the pound, the interest thereof to be disposed of by 6s. 8d. for a sermon, on the 15th day of April, and the remainder distributed to the poor in bread the same day. The vicar is paid 6s. 8d. for a sermon, but no bread is distiibuted. Hamlet Smith gave £5. to be let out to poor tradesmen, at 1 6d. to the pound, one half of which interest he ordered for a sermon on Friday in Easter week, and the other to be given to the poor, in Mead, with Mr. Oaken's. 3s. 4d. is paid to the vicar, but no distribution of bread is made. Ann Lloydgaveto this parish £11., to be let out by the churchwardens, at the yearly increase of 16s., of which she ordered 6s. for a sermon the Sunday before St. Thomas, and the remainder towards the repairs of this church, the chapel, and Mill bridge. The sum directed to be paid for a sermon is received by the vicar from the corporation. lt is not known what became ofthe four last-mentioned benefactions, but as the corpb- ration have been in the habit of regularly paying to the minister the sums directed, this amounts to an admission that the principal sums are vested in them ; and the corporation through the town clerk, expressed their readiness to make these additional payments, in the whole, £2. 6s. and distribute the bread as directed. Robert Parrott gave £40. to be let out to poor tradesmen of the said borough, at the rate of 4d. in the pound ; the increase for a sermon on Friday in Whitsun-week, yearly, and 10s. for a collation for the members of the corporation ; 3s. 4d. is paid to the vicar. John Turner gave 40s. yearly, to be given in bread to the poor with Mr. Oaken's. Lawrence Palmer gave £10. to be let out to poortradesmen. at 12d. in the pound interest, the increase to be given in bread to the poor. 7'homas Barber gave £5., to be let out to poor tradesmen, at 12d. in the pound interest, which was to be given to the poor in bread with Mr. Oaken's. Nicholas Ingram gave £10. to be let to poor tradesmen, at 12d. in the pound interest, which was to be given in bread. John Sadler and Richard Quiney gave £150. to be lent out ; the increase to be given to the poor in bread. Of these five benefactions no further account can be given ; they are supposed to be lost. Besides which, Henry Tomes, to 1640, gave £1. yearly, to be laid out in bread for the benefit of the poor of this borough and Clifford, to be given on Good Friday, in bread. This was constantly paid till 1750, after which, the houses were sold, and payment refused. Joseph Woolmer, in 1747, gave a rent charge of £2. for bread to thepoor ; paid, in 1786, by Henry Roberts, and charged on a house in Chapel street, now belonging (1825) to Mrs. Dinah Warrilow, and that payment has been refused, the legacy being void under the statute of mortmain. Also, — Hatton gave money, in 1786, producing £5. 4s. a 802 STRATFORD PARISH. year, for teaching 12 poor children, then in the hands of the corporation. Nothing is known of this. Old Stratford Township.— Henry Smith, of Old Stiatford, gave 12d. per week, to be raised out of six tenements in chapel lane, to buy bread to be given to 12 poor peo ple of this parish, every Lord's day for ever. In 1786 it is stated these houses were taken down, and a good house afterwards built on the site, now the property of the the family of the late Mr. Hobbs, solicitor ; but nothing has since been paid. Thomas Eden, of Weston-sub-Edge, in the county of Gloucester, by deed 1773, con veyed to tiustees a farm containing about 26a. iu Marnot's field, in the same county, and also some houses in the parish of St. Mary, Redcliffe, in Bristol ; the rents of which amount together to £71. a year; from this sum a dame's school is supported at Old Stratford, for 21 children, boys aud girls between the ages of 5 and 9 years; they are taught to spell and read, and repeat the church catechism, and the girls to sew; for which the schoolmistress receives, by quarterly payments, the annual sum of £9.2s., being at the rate of 2d. per week for each. There are five other similar schools to the counties of Gloucester and Worcester, supported by this gift, and spelling books, bibles, and testaments, provided for all the schools. Luddington Hamlet. — Catharine, Vicountess Conway, by acodicil to her will, 1637, gave to the Grocer's Company, of London, a certain sum of money, to pay annually, to the minister and churchwardens of Luddington, in the county of Warwick, the sum of £5., to be distiibuted amongst the poor of that place. The sum of £5. is received from the Grocers' Company, by the Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, and given away about Christmas, to the poor families of this hamlet. Post Office, Henley street ; Mr. John Lane, sen., postmaster. Arrivals. 6,44 p.m. 3,15 p.m. Time of closing box. 5,30 a.m. 7,0 a.m. 5,51 a.m. 6,0 p.m. 6,0 p.m. 6,15 p.m. | 5,30 am. 1 For what mail closed. Departure. Chipping Norton and Shipston-on-Stour 6,0 a.m. London (day mail) Warwick, Leamington, Coven try, and Railway 7,35 a.m. * London (night mail), Birmingham, Hockley, and Henley-in Arden 6,54 p.m. Kineton, Tiddington, and Wellesbourne 6,30 a.m. Alcester and Bidford 6,40 a.m. Rural Postman to Snitterfield and Norton Lindsey, at 7,30 a.m., returns 5,30 p.m. ; receiving house at Snitterfield. Rural Postman to Alderminster and Eattogton, at 7,30 a.m., returns at 5,30 p.m. ; receiving houses at Alderminster and Eatington. 'Late letters may, however, be sent by the night mail about to be despatched, till within five minutes of such despatch, for a fee of one penny, provided they are posted at the window, and that the fee, as well as the postage, be paid by attaching the requisite stamps. Money orders are drawn and paid from 9 till % past three, and from 20 minutes before 4 till half-past 5. Letters to be Registered must be given in at the window before half- past 5 at the latest. Delivery by letter carrier commences to the morning at 7,15 summer, 7,45 winter ; in tbe afternoon at 3,40, at night 7- There are three deliveries daily, excepting Sunday, when there is only one in the morning. The Office is closed on Suuday, from 10 in the morning, till 5 to the afternoon. LIST OF STREETS, LANES, ROADS, cfec, Alcester road, Greenhill st Birmingham rd., Guild pits Birmingham row, Guild pits Bishopton, 1 J miles N.W. Bridge street, High street Bridge town, Bridge Bridge wharf, Water side Bull lane, see Queen stieet Cannon row, W ater side Chapel lane, Chapel street Chapel stieet, Town Hall Church street. Chapel street Clopton ter., Birmingham rd College lane, Bull lane College street, Old Town Ely street, High street Gt. William st., Guild pits Greenhill street, Rother st G uild Pits, Union stieet Henley street, Market hall High street, Town Hall John Street, Guild pits Luddington, 3 miles W.by S. Meer street, Henley street Mulberry st., Gt. William st New street, College street Old Town, Church stieet Prospect terrace, Bridge st Queen st. or Bull ln.Churchst Rother street, Wood stieet Ryland street, New street Scholars' lane, Church st IN STRATFORD. Shakespear row, Guild pits Shakespear street, Guild pits Sheep street, High stieet Shottery, £ mile W. Summer row, Gt. William st Trinity street, Old Town Tyler's stieet, Guild pits Tyler's terrace, Guild pits Union Parade, late Pound lane, Birmingham road Union street, Market hall Victoria ter., Shakspeare st Warwick road, Gmld pits Water side, Bridge stieet Windsor stieet, Rother st Wood street, Market hali BARLICHWAY HUNDRED — STRATFORD DIVISION. 803 Miscellaneous List of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and others, not arranged to the Classified Lists. AdMnson John, asst. schoolmr., Peyton st Allen Mrs. Ann, Mulberry street Ashfield John, sheriff's officer, and high bailiff, Chapel stieet Ashwin Edw., registrar of marriages, and general agent, Henley street Atkinson J., second mr. Free Grammar scl Baldwin Mrs. Ann. Rother street Bark Harriet, schoolmistress, Union st Barnacle Mrs. EUz., Henley street Barnacle Mrs. Sarah, Wood street Barr Mrs. Hannah, Old Town Barrett Rev. Wm., M.A., Chapel street Baylis Benj., engineer and railway con tiactor, Mulberry stieet Beckett Wm., chimney sweep, Windsor st Bennett Wm. asst. overseer, Rother street Bevington John, gardener, Welcomb Bolton Mrs. Hannah, Peyton street Bolton Mr. William, Chapel stieet Bourton Miss Ann, Guild pits Boulcott John, profsr. of music, Chapel st Bradford Edw., Esq., Shottery hall Brearley Joseph, excise officer, New st Brookes Hannah, pawnbroker cfe clothier, Henley street Busby Mrs. Mary, Water side Byrch Mrs. My., Rose villa, Rother street Canning Mr. Edw., Peyton street Canning Mrs. Eliz., Guild pits Caston Rev. Moses, tod. min., Warwickrd Clayton Mrs. Ann Cam, Guild pits Clews Miss Hannah, Guild pits Coles Thomas, carrier, Windsor stieet Coling Misses Harriet cfe Jane, Rose villa Rother stieet Commeline Mrs. Harriet F., Trinity st Crawford Mrs. Frances, Church street Cruso Mrs. Louisa, Old Town Corbitt Chas., letter carrier, Greenhill st Cox Jas. sen., timber mert.; h.Warwickrd Cox J. jun. timber mert. ; h.Birminghamrd Cox Samuel Cope, gent., Guild pits Cox Mr. William, Trinity street Dadley John, cutler, Bridge street Dyke George, tailor, cfec, Henley street Eden Mrs. Martha, Trinity street Edkins Mr. William, Birmingham road Elvins Mr. Thomas, Guild pits Evans Wm., Esq., barrister, Peyton stieet Fellows Mrs. Ann, Henley stieet Flint Robert, registrar of births cfe deaths, New street Ford Edmund D., Esq., banker, Bishopton Franklin Mr. John, Birmingham road Freer John Branston, Esq., Church street Getley Edward, Esq., Warwick road Getley John Mills, gent., Bishopton Gibbs Thomas, jeweller, High stieet Gill Mr. John, Union street Grant Alex., supervsr. of excise, Birmg. rd Griffin Rev. Cornelius, M.A.. Trinity st Hall Mrs. Mary, Trinity street Harmond Mrs. Elizabeth, Sheep stieet Hawkes Miss Mabel, Peyton street Haywood Mr. Henry, Trinity stieet Hearborne Mr. George, Ely stieet Heathcote Mary Boyse and Eliza, Berlin wool warehouse, High street Hedding Miss Sarah, Water side Hicks Miss Martha, Trinity street Higgin John, Esq., Water side Hiron Mrs. Charlotte, Peyton stieet Hobbes Rt. Hiorne, solr. ; h. Warwick rd Hobbins Chas., bank cashier, Chapel st Hobbins Miss Frances, Prospect terrace Hobbins Job, law stationer, Shottery Hodges David, seedsman, Birmingham rd Holmes Mr. John Andrew, Trinity street Hopkins Mrs. Joyce, Henley street Howlett Mr. Benjamin, Wood stieet Hunt Peter, solicitor's clerk, New street Hyde Mrs. Charlotte, Trinity stieet Jayne Mrs. Ann, Tyler street Jellyman John, rope spinner, Bridgetown Jenkins Edw., toll clerk, Railway bridge Jordan Mary, infant school, Trinity street Kemp Edmund, plumber, cfec; h. Trinity st Kite Thomas, parish clerk, Old Town Lane Mr. John, sen., postmsti., Henley st Latimer John, surveyor, Wood street Leaver John Shapcoate, actuary Savings bank, cfe stamp distributor, Wood stieet Lucas Thomas, grocer, cfec ; h. Rose Cott, Welcombe road Lucy William Charles, corn miller and merchant ; h. Warwick road Mann Prudence, upholsterer, John street Marshall John, carver, cfec. ; h. Chapel st Marshall Thos. G., gent., Spring field hs Marshall cfe Tidsall, carvers and furniture manufacturers, Chapel street Mason Thomas, Esq., Church street Mayou Samuel, coach propr., Guild pits Medwin Rev. Thos. Rea, M.A., Rother st Mew Jas. Tacker, prof, of music, Chapel st Mills Mrs, Charlotte, John street Morley Mrs. Sarah, College street Morris Miss Elizabeth, Chapel street Morris Wm., excise officer, Mulberry st Moss John, bank cashier; h. Shottery Neall William, farm bailiff, John stieet Newland Mr. Richard, Bridge street Newton Mr. William, Tyler stieet Oldacre Miss Fanny, Church stieet Pardoe Wm. sen., schoolmaster, Trtoity st Pardoe Wm. solicitor's clerk, Trinitystreet Paine Mr. Edmund, Sheep street Parker Mrs. Mary, Bishopton Spa PhilUps Francis, draper ; h. High street Perrott Edm. Thos. Esq., Avonfield house Perry Mrs. Kattotoe Martha, Rother st 804 STRATFORD DIRECTORY. Porter Mrs. Esther, Birmtogham road Quiney Thomas, horse clipper, Ely stieet Rawlins Misses Eliza and Frances, Trinity street Reason Arabella cfe Eliza, dealers in seeds and fruits, and owners of Shakspearian relics, Bridge street Reason Jph. supt. constable, Petty Sessions house, Guild pits Rose Mrs. Betty, Trinity street Rudge James, carrier, Brewery stieet Salmon Thos. Wm.. master Union house Saunders Henry Caulfield, civil engineer, and architect, Windsor street Savage Jas. Drury. coffee hs., Rother st Scott Mrs. Sarah, Henley stieet Slatter Thos., solicitor; h. Warwick road Snowdon Hy. Best, solicitor ; h. Old Town Sharrow Miss Eliz., Trinity street Sproston Samuel, pig dealer, Trinity st Steel Samuel, wood turner, Henley street Such Robt., shoemaker; h. Guild pits Taylor Mrs. Mary, Rother stieet Taylor Thomas, superintendent of police Town Hall, Chapel street Terrett Mr. Richard, Trinity street Thomas Mr. Isaac, Peyton street Thomson Thomas, Esq., M.D., Old Town Thornecroft A., fancy repository, Chapels Tidsall Hy., carver, cfec; h. Chapel street Tomes Fisher, Esq., Rother street Towers Miss Susannah, Old Town Wadams Thomas, clerk, Guild pits Walker Mr. Joseph, Trinity stieet Wall Wm., grocer, cfec; h. Henley stieet Ward Chas Thos., Esq., Clopton house Ward James, truss maker, Wood stieet West Miss Henrietta, Church street Whitehead Mr. George, Queen street Whittle Miss Mary, Old Town White H. oil cfe colour mert. ; h. Guild pits White T. oil cfe colour mert. ; h. Guild pits Wilkins Mr. Robert, Chapel stieet Wooten Mary, eating house, cfe poulterer, Bridge street Wright Mr. Joseph, Ely stieet Academies. Marked ' take Boarders. •AinsworthMisses.OldTown British School, Rother stieet, Wm. Pardoe, and Ann E. Steed, (girls') and Esther Smith, (infants') * Canning Martha, Chapels Grammar School, Church st. ; Rev. Thos. Rea Medwin, M. A. head master, and Jno. Atkinson, sec. mstr. Hoare Alice, Sheep street Infant School, College street ; Mary Jordan National Schools, Alcester rd. John Guppy, master; and MissWoodward, mistress ; Cath. Webb, asst. mistress Parry Hy. Great William st * Salmon Lucy cfe Barbara, Bridge st * Warrilow Wm. Chapel In * Wrighton Mary, Sheep st Attorneys. Fuller Fredk. Ely st Greves Jno. Ed. H. Peyton s Hobbes Wm. Jas. Trinity st Hobbes cfe Slatter.Warwick r Hunt Wm. Oakes cfe Henry Oliver, Church st Lane John, jun., and agent to Property Protection So ciety, Henley street: h. Old Town Tibbits Wm. Rother st Umbers cfe Snowdon, Old Tn Wheler Rt. Bell, Old Town Auctioneers and Appraisers. Brown Richd. Wood st Canning John. Chapel st Cranmer Ch.(aprsr.)Bridges Mann Geo. Guild pits Sheldon Wm. Sheep st Tasker Fred. Ely st Tasker John, Ely st Bakers & Flour Dlrs. Barnacle John, Ely st Baylis John, Henley st Bennett Richd. Rother st Coles W m. Bridge st Coles Wm. Rother st Ford John, Sheep st Green John, Sheep st Hinton Abel, Church st James John, Ely st Louch Thomas, Queen st Manton Robt. Rother st Miles David, New st Mitchell Jehu, Shakespear s Plumb Isaac, Henley st Robbins Charlotte, College 1 Sproston Thos. Windsor st Bankers. Old Stratford Branch of the Stourbridge and Kidder minster, Chapel st. (draw on Smith, Payne.cfe Smith,) Kdmd. Darby Ford, mangr Warwick and Learning, on Branch, Union st. (draw on Hanbury cfe Co.) John Hardy, manager Saving's Bank, Wood stieet, (Stamp Office) John Shap- coat Leaver, actuary Basket & Sieve Mkrs Barnacle Joseph, Ely st Cooper Robt. Sheep st Pully Ephraim. Sheep st Blacksmiths. Adkins Stephen, Sheep st Allcock George. Guild pits Cranmer John, Shottery Hopkins John, Guild pits Hutchings Thos. (mnfr. of agricultural implements,) Bridge foot Nason Jas. Greenhill st Taylor John, Windsor st Boat Builders. Fletcher Thos. Water side Monk Samuel, Warwick rd Booksellers, Printers, and Stationers. Lapworth Richd. High st Ward Fredk. Lon& street> is a large ancient bmlding, will accommodate 150, average 50 ; and comprises the following places, viz., Atherstone, Ansley, Baddes ley Ensor, Baxterley, Bentley, Grendon. Mancetter, Merevale, Oldbury, and Poles- wosth, m this county, and A Heeton, Fenny Drayton, Sheepy Magna and Parva, to Leicestershire ; Francis Roberts, master, and registiar of births and deaths. John Baker, Esq., clerk and superintendent registiar ; Leonard Gisbome and Geo. Simonds, registrars of marriages; Rt. Paget, reUeving officer; W. S. Dugdale, Esq., chairman; there are 18 guardians, of whom six are ex-officio officers HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 823 The Trent Valley Branch of the London and North Western railway, and the Coventiy and Fazeley canal cross the north extremity of the town, where extensive coal, Ume, and corn wharfs have been constructed. The Hall is a neatmansion, on an eminence alittle N.E. from the Church, command ing a most beautiful view of Chamwood Forest in Leicestershire, enlivened by the mean dering stream of the Anker, by which river the estate is bounded ; it is the seat and property of Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq. Cricket Club, at Mr. John Cook's, new Swan Inn, Marketplace, established 1847 ; George Chetwynd, Esq., president; S. S. Baxter, Esq., treasurer; Mr. Alfred C. King, secretary. The members of this club carry on the game with great spirit ; amongst the number, are some ofthe most influential gentlemen to this part of the county. The cricket ground, situated about a quarter of a mile N.W. from the town, being in the Royal Meadow, is one of the most beautiful and picturesque spots for the purpose in the Mngdom. Mr. George Butler, of Nottingham, is engaged for two seasons to teach the members the manly art and scientific game, whose kindness and perseverance have gained him great respect. Charities. — (Mancetter Parish.) Almshouses. — James Gramer; citizen and goldsmith of London, who died 13th December, 1726, gave, by will, £2,000. for the endowment of one almshouse for six poor men, to be built in his orchard, at Mancetter, adjoining the churchyard ; the above £2,000. to be laid out in land, and the interest thereof to be applied for the maintenance of the six almsmen, at 5s. each weekly; the overplus to be laid out in repairs. The charge of buildtog the said almshouses, according to the directions given in the will, to be paid out of his estate, over and above the said £2,000. The men, who were to be 60 years of age, of good conduct, such as had been housekeepers either in Mancetter or Atherstone, nevertheless the housekeepers of Mancetter to have the preference ; and that all the poor men should receive the sacrament three or four times a year, and join in the prayers of the church upon all Sundays and holidays, provided they were in health. Susannah Rogers, his sister, and Richard Cooke, proved the will, and erected the almshouse; and by a decree, 7th November, 1733, it was ordered the charity should be established. A purchase of land, to the amount of £1,800. was approved by the Master in December, 1733, and seven tiustees appointed. The property belongtog to the trustees consists of a farm, let to Richard Pickering, containing 27a. Or. Ip. at the rent of £75. per annum. 2r. 3p of land was sold out of this property in the year 1800, for £49. 0s. 5|d., to the parish, for a new church yard. Also, Chas. Weetman, (1834) occupies three closes, called the Causeway close, the Highway close, and the Ridings ; containing in the whole 32a. lr. 7p., as yearly tenant, at the rent of £85. The land is tithe free, and the land tax, of £10. 12s. was purchased in 1799, at an expense of £215. The trustees are also possessed of £1,500. three per cent, consols. The income ofthe charity isnow(l834) £205. per annum. The old almshouse premises consist of a range of six tenements, under one roof, containing one room each, fronting to the west side ofthe churchyard, having a strip of land to front, and a small yard at the end. Five new almshouses, containing one room each, have been erected, under an order ofthe court, obtained in 1822, by the side ofthe roadadjoiningthenew church yard. Since 1822, the eleven almsmen receive 6s. a week, and £2. a year is allowed to the person who pays the almsmen every Saturday. BeU Rope Piece. — Isaac Cook gave two leys ofthe Raile Meadow, in Mancetter, to find the three largest bell ropes at Mancetter. The successive owners of the meadow supply the ropes when necessary. Free Grammar School. — (Atherstone Township.) Queen Elizabeth, by letters patent, 22nd December, in the 15th of her reign, (1573) reciting that Thomas Fulner, of London, merchant, by his will, ordered his executors to pay the sum of 200 marks of his effects to the tohabitants of Atherstone, to the intent that therewith they might purchase lands to them and their heirs, and might, from time to time, lay out the rents, as well towards the erection of a free grammar school, and the support of the same, for the tuition of the scholars there, as towards a fit maintenance for the schoolmaster there ; and further reciting that Amias Hill likewise by his will devised 26s. 8d., to be issuing out of his lands, to be paid by his heirs to the same inhabitants, for the use ofthe aforesaid school master ; and that Simon Broke and John Cheke, the executors of the testament of Thomas Fnlner, paid the above sum of 200 marks, with which the inhabitants purchased lands and tenement in the county of Warwick, of the clear yearly rent of £6. 13s. 4d. 4 I 2 824 ATHERSTONE CHAPELRY. Also that William" DeVereut, knight, had proposed to convey certain lands and tenements to certain of the inhabitants for the better maintenance of the school; and her said Majesty did, at the humble petition ofthe aforesaid WiUiam Devereux, knight, and of the inhabitants of the said town, grant that there thenceforth be one grammar school in the town of Atherstone, to be called by the name of the Free Grammar school of Wm. Devereux, knight, Thos. Fulner, and Amias Hill ; to consist of one master, and that 12 of the most discreet men of the town should be called the governors ot the possessions of the said school ; and her Majesty nominated Rd. Goodall, Hugh AbelL, and 10 others, who were thereby incorporated, by the name aforesaid, to have perpetual succession, cfec. and on the death of any one, the remaining governors to elect another fit person of the town in the place of him so dying ; or, in case they neglect six months, the bishop to elect. And it was also ordered, that when the office of master became vacant, and no fit person nominated to the same by the governors for the space of five months, then it should be lawful for the bishop to nominate. An estate purchased at Dosthill, by Sir William Devereux and others, was conveyed in trust for the use of the Grammar School. The school was also further endowed, in 1583, with some premises called " The Moor," to the lordship of Whittington, which appears to have been devoted to the support of a school, previously to the granting of the charter. In the year 1607, statutes, for the government of the school, were drawn up by the governors, and confirmed by then- diocesan, the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. One of the governors is annually elected bailiff, and receives the rents, and keeps the accounts. In 1834, the income from the school property amounted to £253. 10s. 9d. ; besides which, the master is allowed to retain in his own occupation, about five acres of land, formerly part of the moor, and are considered to be worth £35. a year ; they are held by the master, at a nominal rent of Is. 3d. ; two acres of this land the master lets off in small gardens to mechanics. The school premises, said to be derived from the gift of Amias Hill, who appears to have purchased the site of the priory from Henry Cartwright, to whom they were granted after the dissolution, in 1 542. The schoolmaster's house was built about the beginning of the last century, the funds of the governors betog assisted by £20., given by Amias Mabel, and by £60. presented by a former master. It has a good garden attached to it, situated to the town of Atherstone, opposite the school. The Governors have expended within a few years about £800. to repairs and improvements, and the master £400. The school is the eastern end, or chancel of tbe old priory church, and was thus appropriated, in 1 573 ; it is divided into two rooms, of which, that next the church is used for the English school. A pew in the church is annexed to the house ; the whole is considered to be worth about £50. per annum, and is occupied by the master, at a nominal rent of Is. 3d. per annum. Rev. Edward Power, M. A., master; and James Chattaway, English master. The English School. — William Simmonds, of Atherstone, mercer, by will, 1685, de clared, that to case his son, Joshua Simmonds, should die without issue, the rent of the close and bam, in the lordship of Whittington, in the county of Warwick, should be for some well qualified protestant schoolmaster, approved by tbe Governors ofthe school of Atherstone, and chosen at their discretion, to teach the male children of the town of Atherstone, until they were fitting to go to the free school ; and should cause the said children to learn the Assembly's Catechism. After the death of Joshua Simmonds with out issue, his cousin and heir, Charles Simmonds, by indenture, 8th Jan., conveyed the above premises to certain trustees, for the use of the school, as above named. The premises consist of two closes of ground, containing seven acres, wi'h a stable, let to Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq., for £40. per annum, and the land tax has been re deemed. Andrew Newton, Esq., left a sum of money to increase the EngUsh master's salary, laid out in the purchase of £50., reduced three and a half per cent stock. The interest ofthe stock is reserved to defray any trifling expenses in repairs, cfec. ; £40. is paid to the master. The school was divided from the grammar school in 1749, by sub scription; this is now used for the English department ofthe grammar school. In 1842, a large and commodious school was erected to South stieet, and is now on the National plan ; Joseph Mitchell, master. Alice Couney, of Hartshill, by indenture, 1623, granted to tiustees and their heirs, a yearly rent of £7., out of her estates in Hartshill, to the poor of the parish of Man cetter, 50s., of which, 40s. should be given the poor of Atherstone, on St. Thomas's day, a^ p°od *™ay i and 10s. among the poor of Hartshill, on the same days ; and also, £4. 10s., the residue, to be yearly distributed to the poor of Nuneaton, of which, 10s. thereof to be yearly spent by the churchwardens and overseers of hoth parishes. Edward Drayton gave £1. a year, payable to the churchwardens of Atiierstone, for HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION^ 825 the use of the poor. The 20s. is received from the bailiff of Tamworth, as a charge on a piece of land, near Fazeley. Edward Berks left £1. a year to the poor, charged as a rent-charge, and paid from the Wheat Sheaf public house, to Atherstone. Michael Trafford, and Alice, his wife, in 1670, surrendered into the hands of the lord of the manor of Atherstone, their heirs, and assigns, a messuage, upon trust, to dispose ofthe same, and, after certain payments, directed the residue to be set forth to the use of the poor of Atherstone. In respect of this charity, the sum of £2. 1 Is. 3d. is received annually by the churchwardens, out of a house and premises, now the Nelson Inn, in Atherstone. This, with the preceding gifts, is laid out to linen, and distributed to about 60 poor widows. Lady Fullwood 's charity.— (see Henley-in- Arden.)— By a decree, 1657, at Warwick, under a commission of charitable uses, it was ordered that 20s. payable to the poor of Atherstone, should be charged on certain premises in Henley-in-Arden, belonging to William Wither, and 15 others, to be paid to the overseers ofthe poor of Atherstone, on the 25th of March, in each year. It is usually paid once in three years. William Symonds, gent., of Atherstone, by will, 1687, ordered certain lands to Twy cross, in the county of Leicester, of the yearly value of £14., and also the sum of £5. per annum, out of certain lands lying in the lordship of Mancetter, and payable yearly, in lieu of tithes, which said sums, or as much as could be raised out ofthe said grounds, should, for ever, be expended for the yearly placing forth to be apprentices to some trade, the poor men's male children of inhabitants ofthe towns of Atherstone, Tam worth, and Nuneaton, such as could read the Bible, and should have,- at their placing forth, one Bible bought for them, and oue ofthe Assembly's Catechisms, of the larger sort. The proceeds of this charity, (1834,) is £56. 8s. 9d., is received by the overseers of Atherstone, and distributed agreeable to the donor's intentions. Sir John Repington, Knight, by will, 1625, gave £5. a year, for ever, to be distiibuted hy 2s. a piece, to 50 poor people ofthe town of Atherstone, to be nominated by the minister and six more of the inhabitants of the said town. This payment is charged on a house on the north side the Long stieet, to Atherstone, now (1834) the property of Stafford Stretton Baxter, Esq. ... . -. , Richard Warwick, and Hester, his wife, in 1633, surrendered into the hands ot two customary tenants, according to the custom of the man^u- of Atherstone, a messuage, in which he himself dwelt, and another messuage, to the occupation of William Musson, to the use of himself and his wife for their lives, and after the decease of the survivor, to the use ofthe poor of Atherstone, to buy yearly for 20 poor men ofthe said town, coats and hats, or for as many as the said would buy. The above premises were, in 1671, sold for tbe sum of £310., which was invested in the purchase of certain premises and lands, in Earls Shilton. In 1832, the premises were let for 14 years, to Rd. May, at the yearly rent of £85. In 1833, the sum of £69. Is. was expended in coats and hats, and distiibuted to 75 poor men belongtog to the town of Atherstone, whether resident or not. . „ ,-,, ^ ix. ,,, Richard Martin, of Atherstone, by will, 1664, gave the Cawsey Close to the use ofthe poor of the parish of Mancetter, to be bestowed to coats and hats, for poor men, with a spade upon the arm, at the discretion of the overseers of his will, and their successors. The premises comprise the Barn Cawsey Close, the Cawsey Close, and the Pingle. The rents; amounting to £52. 1 5s., after deducting charges for repairs, are annually expended in the purchase of coats and hats ; the hats cost about 3s. 6d. each, and the coats 22s. 6d. They are distiibuted to the poor of Atherstone, Mancetter, and Hartshill; about 34 to Atherstone, and the remainder between the other two places. Harrison Drayton, by will, 1671, gave to the poor of Atherstone, £5. a year, to buy six coats and six pairs of shoes for six poor women ; the rest to put out one child appren tice, every year, for ever ; and left £100. to be laid out to assure the same, and appointed Ralph Drayton and two others to be feoffees, in trust and allowed them 5s. to be paid by Ms executors, for their expenses. The sum of £2. 12s. 6d. is now (1834) received from Stafford Stietton Baxter, Esq., being a charge upon Ms house on the north side of Long Street, Atherstone, the other moiety ofthe charity having many years ago been lost. There is also in the savings bank, a sum of £21., producing a dividend of ISs. per annum ; and six woollen jerkins and six pairs of shoes are given to six poor widows, not under 60 years of age, at Midsummer, annuaUy. WUliam Simmonds, by will, 1685, directed, that in case his son, Joshua, should die without issue, the clear rents and profits of three tillage acres, in the common fields of Atherstone, then ofthe annual rent of 54s., should be employed for the buying of 4X3 826 ATHERSTONE CHAPELRY. twelve pennyworth of bread, every week in the year; six twopenny loaves to be given to six poor widows. On the enclosure of the common fields, in 1764, a piece of land, containing la. 3r. 20p., lying in the windmill field, was awarded to the trustees, in heu of the said common land, and now laid to another piece of land belongtog to Sharpe's charity, containing 3a. Or. 37p., and called the Bread Acres ; the entire being let for £25., of which £16. is appropriated to Sharpe's charity, and £9. to this charity; out of which, £7. 16s. is laid out to a weekly distribution of 3s. worth of bread, at Atherstone chapel. John Loveday, by wUl, 1693, left to John Hogsflesh, £200., to be paid at the expira tion of Ms apprenticeship ; and to case he should die before the same became due, then he gave £100., part thereof, to the minister and churchwardens of Atherstone, for the use of the poor ofthe said parish. Ann Loveday, his executrix, gave £200. to the said uses, with this difference, that the interest given by John Loveday, should be distiibuted to 20 poor people, the week before Whit-Sunday, every year; and to the intent that the charities might be made perpetual, James Gramer, by will, 1724, charged all Ms house and lands in Mancetter with the payment of £20. a year, clear of all deductions, yearly, on St. Thomas's day and the Monday before Whit-Sunday. The vicar selects 40 poor persons of Atherstone, and pays 10s. to the curate of Atherstone, for a sermon, on St. Stephen's day. Richard Abett, by will, 1677, gave a messuage to Atherstone, to his executors, and their heirs, upon trust, to employ the profits to setting forth of poor children residing in Atherstone to trades, or otherwise. The rent, £4. 8s., with 6s. 10d., the amount of land tax, exonerated by the tmstees in 1814, to which the lessee was liable, are regularly paid, and appropriated to the putting out one boy apprentice. William Sliarpe, by will, 1709, gave the residue of Ms personal estate, to be laid out, by his executors, to the purchase of land, for the putting out to apprentice two poor children as often as the rents should be sufficient, one of them to be from Atherstone, the other from Bosworth, in the county of Leicester. In 171 7, to consideration of £147., land lying in the Mithe Meadow, was conveyed to Hugh Kisse and two others, and their heirs, containing about five acres, and a piece of ground called Ragnall Pit Slade. At the inclosure, by the award dated 11th September, 1765, the commissioners aUotted a parcel of land to Windmill Hill field, containtog 3a. Or. 37p., in lieu of the above-named land. The land is let, with the.Bread Acres, at the rent of £25. ayear; of which, £16. clear, is received for this charity, and applied inputting out apprentices, with premiums of £4. or £5. each, from Atherstone and Market Bosworth. William Strong, did, before the 24th of June, 1736, place £11. in the hands ofthe Rev. Richard Blore, schoolmaster, of Atherstone, and appointed him and his successor for the time being, with two others, tiustees thereof, on trust, to place the same upon a proper security, for the annnal sum of 10s., to be applied in buying bread for the poor of Atherstone, on St. Thomas's day. This sum was, by agreement, invested in the enlarge ment of the parish workhouse, and the interest, 10s., made payable to the tiustees of Strong's charity, which is given away, in sixpenny loaves, to twenty poor widows, on St. Thomas's day. John Roper, gave out of a house in Atherstone, 5s. to bread, and 5s. to the parson of Atherstone chapel. Mr. Butler, the owner of the house, pays 5s. for bread, distiibuted on St. Thomas's day, and 5s. for a sermon on Good Friday. John Choyce, by will, 1786, directed his executors to transfer the sum of £150. Four per cent, consolidated bank annuities, to the minister of Atherstone, and four other persons, upon tiust, to pay out ofthe dividends, to 30 poor housekeepers of Atherstone, the sum of 3s. 6d. each ; and he directed the residue to be applied to any contingent expenses relating to the said tiust. The stock has been converted into new Three and a-half per cents., produces a dividend of £5. 5s., which is given, in sums of 3s. 6d., to poor persons, chiefly widows, of Atherstone. •Tr" Annu'iies> °f6s. 8d. each, are recorded in the returns of 1786 ; of which, one is Pa^ irc? a.house belonging to Thomas Gutteridge, on the south side of Long Stieet, and bs. 8d. is likewise paid out ofthe school-house; both are distiibuted to poor widows in sixpences. • \.M^-l BracebrU,9c, by will, in 1695, gave the sum of £1., to be distiibuted to 20 poor ^habitants of Atherstone, and in 1786, vested in the heirs of the brother of Thomas bracebridge and the churchwardens of Atherstone. We, in 1834, examined the agent of Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq,, of Atherstone HaU; but could not ascertain the ex istence of tbe charge. Thomas Mortonleft 8s. a year, to trust, to the churchwardens of Atherstone, for the p :re°spect%PfTfo?4fyLrCed *7 ^ "^ °f 1786' ** »*** has been ™-ed HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 827 Hamlet of Hartshill.— Nathaniel Newton, gent, of HartshUl, by will, 1730 (agreeable to the will of his father, Nathaniel Newton, — 1711) devised his messuage and lands to Baxterley, in the tenure of Dinah Farmer, to John Gulson and eight other persons, their heirs and assigns for ever, that after his decease, havtog no issue of his body, the said estate, and also his messuage in Hartshill, then in the holdtog of John Payn, upon trust, that the said trustees, should, from time to time, elect a schoolmaster, to teach the children to read the English tongue, to write and cast accounts, and should place him in the said messuage at Hartshill, and ordered that he should teach the chil dren horn in Hartshill, or who resided there, as well girls as boys, without asking any reward ; but that he should not be obliged to teach at one time more than 26 in all ; 20 only should be of Hartshill, and six might be of any other place to the county of Warwick. The property consists of a farm-house and out-touldtogs, and 28 acres 30p. of land to Baxterley, let for the yearly rent of £37. A large school-room and school- house and garden, in the village of Hartshill, and about 5 acres of land adjoining, now occupied by the master, rent free, but subject to an annual payment of 18s. 4d. ; being an apportioned share of £7-, created by AUce Couney before-mentioned. The land held by the master is worth about £20. per annum. There is also an aUotment of 1 r. Ip., set out on the enclosure, in 1804. In 1834, the master had 30 free children, of whom, 28 were of Hartshill, and two of Atherstone, and receives £25. a year; he had also 36 pay scholars, of whom, 17 were boarders. The master has two schools, and three ushers, all competent to teach the classics : J. F. Matthews, master. At the balancing of accounts, in 1833, there was a sum of £135. lis. l£d. in the hands of the tiustees. Out ofthe surplus income, sums of £10. and £20. used, occasionally, to be distiibuted to poor widows and others, but for some years have been neglected, many repairs having been required previous to 1834. Alice Couney's Charity. (See Atherstone.) The sum of 10s. is received, annually, from the schoolmaster of HartshUl, by the overseers, and distributed, to sixpences, to poor persons, on Good Friday and St. Thomas's day. Richard Martin's charity.— (See Atherstone.) Three or four poor men of this hamlet are selected annually by the tiustees ; each receives a coat and hat. Swoin Stephens, of HartsMU, by will 1772, gave 20s. a year forever, to be laid out to books, for poor children of HartshUl, and no other : to be given every WMtsuntide, and are to be nominated at the Easter meeting for choosing overseers. AppUcation to be made in writing previously, to the overseers. The sum is regularly paid out of a house and garden, belonging to Mr. Richard Jee. POST OFFICE, Long stieet, Mr. John Morewood, postmaster. Letters arrive from London at 3 a.m.; the North, 9.20 a. m. ; London, 1.15 p. m.; and from Ashby 9.45 p. m. ; and are despatched to Ashby, 4 a. m. ; London and the South, 9.15 a. m. ; North. 1.15 p. m. ; to London, the South and North generally, and cross posts, 10.5 p.m. Money Order Office. — Money orders are granted and paid from 9 a. m. till 6 p. m. Miscellaneous List of Nobility, Gentiy, Clergy, and others, not inserted in the classified Lists of Trades. Driver John, excise officer, Coleshill st Earp Rd. agt. to Coventry Canal Compy., ColeshUl st Farnell Miss L. S., Coleshill st Flood WilUam, brazier, Market pi Freer Mrs. Charlotte, Witherley road Gerard Rev. Rd. cath. priest, Witherley rd Gisborne Mr. John, South st Gisborne Leonard, bank cashier, and re gistrar of marriages, Long st Gordon Thos. clothes broker, Long st Grew Misses Ann cfe Mary, Long st Haddon Thos. bricklayer, Long st Handford Thomas, surgeon; h. Long st Holme John, Esq. Grendon Lodge Holland Mr. Wm. Chaplain, jun. Market p Hum Mrs. Hannah, North st Ktog Alfred C. serjeant-majorinthe War- Alkto Miss Ann, North st Bailey Miss Jane, Long st Baker John, suprndnt. registiar, clerk to Umon, cfe land agent, Coleshill st Barratt Thos. brush manfr. Long st Beech Mrs. Ann, Market place Beech J. grocer cfe hop mht. ; h. Market pi Bourne Chas. bank agent, Long st Bourne Mrs. Elizabeth, South st Bourne Wm. wool stapler ; h. Long st Bracebridge Chas. Holte, Esq., The Hall Briggs Jas. postmaster, and agent to the London and North Western Railway Company, Long st Brown Jane, furrier, Coleshill st Chapman Mrs. Sarah, Long st Coleman Mr. Edward, North st Dalton Edw. coir, of poor's rates, Long st Dent Robert, carpenter, Coleshill st I wickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Long st 828 ATHERSTONE DIRECTORY. Knight Rev. Rt., Grove Cottages, South s Leadham Jph. furniture broker, Long st Lomax Miss Hannah, North st Lowe Mrs. Mary Ann, South st Mayon Edward, draper ; h. Long st Mills Mr. John, South st Mills John, excise officer. Long st Mitchell Miss Ellen, Long st Morewood Mrs. Fanny, Coleshill st Morris Joseph, gentleman, Market pi Mousley George, surgeon ; h. Long st Paget Robert, relieving officer, Long st Pearman Thos., cattle dealer, Long st Fetch Thos. assistant surgeon, Long st Pilgrim Thos. John, attorney ; h. Long st Potts John, comcl. trav. Mount ctg. Long s Power Misses, The Cottage Power Henry, solicitor, and clerk to ma gistrates ; h. Market pi. Fire &. life Offices. Birmingham (Fire), cfe Crown (Life), Joseph K. Fielders, Long stieet County (Fire), cfe Provident (Life), L.Gisborne, Long st Law, Power and Pilgrim, North street Minerva ( Life), John Dabbs, North street Phoenix (Fire), and Pelican (Life), John Baker, Coles hiU street Professional (Life), James Briggs, Market place Royal Exchange, James Burton, Marketplace Hotels, Inns, & Taverns Angel, T. Drackley, Mkt. pi Barley Mow, WilUam Slack, Long street Black Boy.RichardFieldens, Long street Black Horse, Jas. Merideth, Long street Blue Bell, Thos. Saward, cfe colctr. of highway, church, and gas rates, Long street Brown Bear, Thos. Dawson, Long street Bull's Head, Danl. Hewitt, ColeshiU stieet Coach and Horses, John Yates, Long street Dolphin, Thos. Thompson, and parish clerk, Long st Druid's Arms,J.Ball, Long st Fox and Grapes, John Law rence, Long street George and Dragon, Charles Matts, Long street Hand cfe Bottle, Hy. Cooke, Long street Hat cfeBeaver, John Weston, Long stieet Haunch of Venison, WiUiam Hill, Long stieet Holly Bush, J. Dent, Long st King's Arms,W.Kerr,Long s Lord Nelson, John Peach, Long street New Swan Inn, John Cook, and horse and gig letter, Market place Old Swan, Joseph Richard son, Long stieet Phoenix, S. Hinks, Market pi Queen's Head, John cfe Wm. Minion, Coleshill street Ram, John Hatton, Longst Red Lion Inn, Ann Briggs, Long street Royal Oak, Joseph Choyce, Market place Swan- with-two-Necks, John Handford, Long stieet TMee Tuns, WUUam Wale, Long street Wheat Sheaf, Thos. Baker, Long street White Bear, George Hunter, Long stieet White Hart, Wm. Fletcher, Long stieet White Horse, James HiU, Long street Woolpack, E.Payne, Long st Academies. Marked ' take Boarders. British School, North stieet, Eliz. Campbell Free Grammar School, Mar ket place, Rev. Edward Powers, M. A., master ; J. Chattaway, English mr Free School, South street, J oseph Mitchell Richings Rev. Frederick H., M. A., per petual curate, Parsonage Roberts Francis, master Union workhouse, and registiar of births cfe deaths, Long st Rowley Mr. Thomas, South st Sale George, gentleman, Market pi Saward Thos. gent. Coleshill st Sayle Hanson, woolstapler ; h. Long st Shaw Mrs. — , Longst Slack Mr. Thomas, North st Smith James, farmer, Coleshill st Spencer Rd. plasterer, South st Starr Rd. Benj. traveller, South st Tuckley John, nail manufr.. Market pi Wagstaff Starkey, draper ; h. Long st Weaver Mr. John, Sheepy road Whitaker Mrs. Catherine, North st Willn Mr. Richard, Coleshill st Yeomans Edwin, gent. Long st National and Infant Schools, North street, Sarah Han bury and Maria Bate 'Matthews My. Ann, Longst Orme Thomas, Market pi •Palmer William, Long st •Pinchbeck Eliza, Market pi Simonds Mary, Long stieet Wtodridge D. ColeshiU st architect and Surveyor Jennings Rt. ColesMU street Attorneys. Baxter Strafford Stiatton, Long stieet BaxterStaffordSquire,Long s Dabbs John, North street; h. Rose Cottage Power and Pilgrim, North st Radford Henry, Long stieet Auctioneers & Apprsrs. Callum W. Long stieet Lloyd Wm. Long stieet Bakers & Flour Sealers Bond Thomas, Long stieet Bostock Joseph, Long street Curtis John, Long street Gilbert Kibius, Long street Hewitt Richard, Long stieet Hobday George, Long stieet Roe Harry, Long stieet WUson Thomas, Long st Bankers. Leicestershire Banking Co., (Branch of,) Long stieet, (draw on London and Westminster Banking Co.) Charles Bourne, agent Savings' Bank, Town Hall, open every Tuesday from 10 to 12, W. C. Holland, actuary HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 829 Basket Makers. I Orton Samuel, Long stieet Bayley Thomas, Market pi Pegg Thos., (pork) South st Holland Geo., and dealer to all kind of mats, brushes, cfec, Long street Blacksmiths. Booth Thomas, South stieet Brown Thomas, Long street Brown William. Long street Earp Edward, North street Kitchen Samuel, ColesMU st Beerhouses. Boss John, Long stieet Hargrave William, Long st MiUer James, Long stieet Simonds John, Long stieet Stringer John, Long stieet Thompson Sarah, Long st Toon William, Coleshill st Ward Edward, Coleshill st Wright William, Long street Booksellers, Printers, and Stationers. Burton James, Marketplace Davis Sophia, Long street Holland Wm. Chaplain, and music warehouse, and dis tributor of stamps, Mkt.pl Boot and Shoe makers. Ball James, Market place Code James, Long stieet Copson John, South street Fowe Thomas, Long street Harding WUUam, Long st Hudson Rt., Coleshill street KimberUn John, Market pi MarshaU Thomas, Long st Matthews John, Long stieet Sands William, Long stieet Brick Maker. Baxter S. S., South street Builders, Fox Wm. cfe G eo. Coleshill st Haddon Geo., South street Potter Rd. Chas., Long st Spencer Jph., Coleshill st Willn John, Long street Butchers. Biddle John, and high con stable, and Mgh bailiff to County Court, Long st Biddle William, South street Bond Richard, Long street Briggs John, Long street Choyce Jph. jun. Market pi Dent Joseph, Long street Dexter Thomas, Long street Eaglesfield Thos. C, Longst Gutteridge Thos.Long street MUes Thomas, Market place Winter Sl.cfegame dlr.,Long s Cabinet Mks. tfc Uphlsts. Dent Joseph, Long street Lloyd William, Long street Willn John, Long street Chemists and Druggists. Beech A. cfe Son, Market pi Nosworthy Wm. Rt. Long st Parkes Joseph, Long stieet Phillips Joseph, Long street Rich Diana, Market place Ridley Ann, Long street Coal and Corn Dealers. Minion John and William, Coleshill street Roadknight W. Coleshill st. Confectioners. Barker, Chas. B., Long st Bostock Joseph, Long street Simonds George, Market pi Coopers. Hill James, Long street Pinchback John, Long st Corn and Flour Dealers. Hudson Jonathan, Long st Wilson Thomas, Long stieet Corn Miller. Mallaby Saml., Alder mill Curriers&Xieather Ctrs. Pullin Thomas, Market pi Roadknight John, Long st Gardeners & Seedsmen. Baker Sampson Choyce, and nurseryman, Long street Bates Thomas, seed dealer only, Market place Petty WilUam, South- street Class, China, and Ear thenware Dealers. Evins William, Long street Keen Jas. Cooper, Long st Wilson Thomas, Long st Grocers & Tea Dealers. Bate Geo. Thos., Long st Beech A. cfe Son, Market pi Clark Thomas, South stieet Kerr William, Long street Morewood J ohn, Long st Noon Thomas, Long street Phillips Joseph, Long street Rich Diana, Market place Ridley Ann, Long stieet Roe Harry, Long street Rowley Elizabeth, Long st Hair Dressers. Arthrell Thomas, Market pi Nugent Joseph, Long street Rowley Saml. Market pi Rowley Thomas, Long st Hat Manufacturers. Cooke Henry, Long street Miller William, Long stieet Phillips Charles, Long st Vero Wm., and governor of the lock-up, and inspector of weights and measures, Long street Willday Joseph, Long stieet Hosiers &SmallwareDls Miles Elizabeth, Long street Rowley Saml. Market place Ironmongers, Braziers, Tinmen, Whitesms. cfec. Brame Henry, and baths for hire, and gun mfr. Long st Cox Thomas, Long street Simmons Thomas, and nail mkr., cfe gas fitter, Long st Joiners and Builders. See Builders also. Brown Robert, Market pi Dent Wm. cfe Jph., South st Fox John, Coleshill street Linen&WoollenDrapers Asher Joseph, Long street Mayou cfe Wagstaff, Long st Phillips Charles, Long street Sale George John, Long st Sawbridge Wm. cfe Co.Long st Milliners & Dress Mkrs. Arnold Elizabeth, Long st Brown Mary, Market place Hobday F. Long street Langford Eliza, South stieet Murrell Martha, Coleshill st Pearman Ellen, Long street Richardson Eliza, and stay maker, Long street Millwrts. & Enginrs. Muston Theoph., Britannia Foundry, Coleshill st Toon John, Long st Toon Wm. Coleshill st Pawnbroker. Broadbent Wm. cfe farmer, Long st Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Fletcher Wm. Long st Pullin John, North st Stanton Thomas, Long st Rope & Twine makers. Hogg Aaron, Long st Spencer Edwd. Long 830 Saddlers. Ballard John, Long st Bassett Jph. Long st King Wm. Long st Stanton Hugh, Market pi Shopkeepers. Bailey David, Market pi Baker Henry, Long st Bishop WilUam, Market pi Bond Thos. Long st Boss John, Long st Brown William, Long st Cleobury John, Long st Cooke Henry, Long st Ensor Wm. Long st Fisher John, Long st Gee Jas. cfe marine store dlr. Long st Hambury Wm. Long st Hogg Aaron, Long st Hudson Edmund, Long st Hudson Rt. Coleshill st Miles Sarah, Coleshill st Potter Charles, Long street Pratt James, Long st Robinson Matthew, and horse clipper, Market pi Simonds John, Long st Toon John, Long stieet Windridge Joseph, Long st Stone & Marble Mason. Brown Thos. Coleshill st. Straw Hat Makers. Farmer Sarah, Long st Sawbridge W. cfe Co. Long st Smith Sarah, Long st Spencer Mary, Long st Surgeons. Hallsworth Saml. Marsden, Long st Kirby Burrows, Long st Mousley cfe Handford, Long s Ward cfe Hunter, Long st Tailors cfe Drapers. Marked * are Tailors only. Clipperton Edm. Long st Fox John, Coleshill st Gothard George, Long st * Hatton W. T., Market pi • Henton Isaac, North st Mellar Joseph, Market pi Mottram Thos. Long st Orton Thos. Long st * TrickleW.Webb,Market p Tallow Chandler, Everitt Jas. Long st Tanners. Baker James, Long st Freer Wm. Market pi ATHERSTONE DIRECTORY. Watch & Clock Makers Martin Geo. Market pi Sanders Geo. Market pi Wharfingers. Minion Jno. cfeW. Coleshl. st Wheelwrights. Baker John, South st Moore Ch. cfe coach builder, Marketplace 'Whitesmiths and Bell- Hangers. •»• See Ironmongers also. Beale Jas. and drag rake maker, Long st Hatton John, and drag rake maker, Long st Wine, Spirit, & Porter Merchants. Oakden William, Long st Sandford Saml., Market pi. Woolstaplers. Bourne cfe Sale, and corn dlrs. Long st Woodroffe Joseph, and fell- monger, South st Railway Conveyance. London and North Western Railway, Trent Valley Branch ; station at the west end of the town. J. Watts, agent. J. Briggs's Omnibuses from the Red Lion, meet every train to and from. Carriers by Sails. London and North Western Railway Co., J.Watts, agt Pickford cfe Co. as principals or agts. W . Roadknight, agt Carriers from the Inns. Marked 1 go from the Angel, 2 Black Boy, 3 Blue Bell, 4 New Swan, 5, Phamix, 6 Hand and Bottle, and 7 White Bear. 4 Appleby, Wyat cfe Park, tu 4 Austrey, — Till, sen., tu 3 Austrey, J. Smith, tu 4 Barton, — Wyat, tu Bedworth, Hudson, w. cfe f., Long stieet Birmingham, thro' Fazeley, Avins, Long st., m. cfe th Birmingham, William Evans, Long street, mon. and th 2 Carleton, — Smith, tu 4 Chilvers Coton, Hextall, f u Coleshill, Cope, Long stieet, mon, and wed Coventiy, Joseph Wilson, Long stieet, fri Coventry, Hudson, Long st. wed. and fri Coventry, Wilson, Longst f 4 FUlongley, Lambert and Forden, tu 5 Hinckley, — Lunn, tu Hinckley, Cope, Long street, mon. and wed Hinckley, Sketchley, Long stieet, mon 2 Hurley, — Daft, tu 7 Hurley, Rd. Collins, tu 4 Kinsbury, Forden, tu 2 Leicester, Sibson, fri 2 MarketBosworth,Adcock,t Market Bosworth, Sketch- ley, Long street, sat 1 Market Bosworth, John Poynton, tu 1 Newton and Nethercote, Richard Granger, tu 4 Newton Burgland, Chand ler, tuesday 6 Nuneaton,Hy. Marriott, tu 4 Nuneaton, Elson, tu Nuneaton, Hudson, Long st. wed. and fri 1 Orton-on-the-Hill, John Wilson, tu 6 Overseal, S. Stewartson, tu 4 Polesworth, Blower, tu 2 Sibson, Willday. tu. cfe fri. 4 Stoke Golding, Carter, tu 1 Sutton Cheney, Newcomb, tuesday 6 Tamworth, Capewell, tu Tamworth, Hudson, Long stieet, sat 3 Twycross, Spare, daily 5 Warton, Marshall, tu 4 Warton, Haynes tu 2 WMtacre, Insley, tu MANCETTER. Brown John, wheelwright Chetwynd George, Esq., The Lodge CoUins Wm., vict., Plough Hardy Jno. Esq. Oldbury hall Harper Robert John, Esq., Mancetter house Hopkins Mary, shopkeeper Payne John, vict. Blue Boar Richings Rev. Bj., M.A. vicar Robson John, corn miller Stringer William, blacksmh, Thomas Benjamin, sawyer Farmers. Alcock Henry Alcock John HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED — ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 831 Cope Thomas, vict. cfe joiner, Royal Oak Daft William, blacksmith Dagley J. shoemaker Dent J. vict. Stag cfe Pheasant Drakeley T. shopkr. cfebaker Dyall Rev. Sml., Indp. min. Eales James, beerhouse Edge Rev. Wm. Jno., M.A. G otheridge Jph., blacksmith Hands James, blacksmith Hanktoson Geo., tailor Harris Benjamin, bricklayer Hinks Edward, turner Humpage Thos., shoemaker Jee Richard Robert, Esq. Jeffcott John, butcher JeffcottW illiam, shopkeeper Looms Edward, shopkeeper Lucas WilUam, vet. surgeon Matthews Joshua, schoolmr Mercer Joseph, tailor Miles Mrs. Susanna Morewood Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Charles, blacksmith Morris William, blacksmith Parkes Wm., miller cfe baker Payne James, shoemaker Ptochback John, joiner Randle John, joiner Rathbone Mr. Thomas Robottom William, vict. and grocer, The Chase Sinclair John, engineer to Coventry Canal Sketchley Miss Mary Starkely Henry, joiner Tauser WiUiam, plumber Thomas James, sawyer Topp Thomas, maltster Vernon George, butcher Wallis J. shoemk. cfe shopkp Ward Jas., shopkp. cfe baker Ward James, butcher Ward Samuel, shopkeeper West Thomas, beerhouse Wilkinson Ann, maltster Wilkinson Mark, butcher Wilson Robert, butcher Wilson Thomas, baker Wheatley John, miller White Edwin, blacksmith Wright Samuel, shoemaker Farmers. Alkin Rd., and stone mercht Bates John Bates WilUam Buckler Wm., and grocer Cross John, and cattle dlr Hankinson Rebecca Robottom WilUam Taverner Jph., cfe stone mert Alcock Joseph, Oldbury Cross John Douce WilUam Freer John Payne John Pickering Ross Fanny, Manor house Wathes Charles Weetman Charles Weetman Sarah, Oldbury Worthtogton Thomas HARTSHILL. Post Office, at Mr. Thomas Clements ; letters arrive at 8,30 a.m., and are des patched at 7 p-m. Abbott Rd., vict. and wheel wright, Anchor Aught George, shopkeeper Barrowcliffe John, tailor Beale Thomas, joiner Bindley A. bricklayer Bindley George, bricklayer Bindley William, beerhouse Brown Mrs. EUzabeth Chattaway Chas. wheelwgt Chattaway Wm. shoemaker Chinn Thomas, tailor Clements Thomas, shopkpr MAXSTOKE, a parish and scattered village, 2| miles S. E. by E. from Coleshill, containing 2,560 acres of land, and in 1841, 68 houses, and 346 inhabitants; 1801, 355 ; 1821,361; 1 83 1 , 352 ; rateable value, .£3,094. This was, probably, part of the extensive possessions of Turchil de Warwick, from whom it passed to the Limeseys, Odingsells, and Clintons ; and one of the last-named family, in the 16th of Henry VI., exchanged it with Humphrey Stafford, afterwards Duke of Buckingham. A priory of Augustines was founded here in the 10th of Edward III., by WiUiam de CUnton, Earl of Huntings don, the gate of entiance to which, remains of the tower, and several other fragments of the monastic buildings, with the boundary wall, are worthy of attention. The prin cipal land owners, and lords of the manors, are Lord Leigh, and Capt. Thos. Dilke, R. N. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small edifice, apparently constructed out of the ruins of the monastery. The Uving is a discharged vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £5. 6s. 8d., now £70. endowed with £200. private benefactions, £400. Queen Anne's bounty, and £500. parliamentary grant, to the patronage of Lord Leigh, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Hutchins, B. A. The vicarage, a large handsome residence, erected 1849, at a cost of £1,400., by Lord Leigh, and Capt. Thos. Dilke. A parochial school, for boys and girls, with house for the master and mistiess, is a neat building, erected 1845, supported by voluntary contributions; will accommodate 70, average, 60. John and Maria Etchells, master and mistiess. The Castle, situated about one mile from the church, was the ancient seat of the CUntons, and chiefly erected to the reign of Edward III. On the attainder of Henry, grandson of the Duke of Buckingham, it was taken possession of by the Crown, and, hy Henry VIL, granted to the Comptons, who sold the castle and estate to Lord Keeper Egerton, in the 39th of Elizabeth, and was soon afterward purchased by the Dilke famUy. The castle is a parallelogram, with a hexagonal tower at each corner, and sur rounded by a moat, over which is a bridge, the entrance betog guarded by a fine and lofty machicolated gateway. The gates are in their original condition, as put up by 832 MAXSTOKE PARISH. Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, covered with plates of iron, and his arms embossed upon the iron work. An accidental fire burnt a portion of the interior some time ago, but the noble hall, dining room, with curiously-carved door and chimney piece, kitchen, and chapel, are objects deserving of attention; and the walls ofthe great court shew the ancient caserns of lodgments of the garrison; and is now the seat and property of Capt. Thomas Dilke, R.N. Charities. — Mr. Phipps gave the interest of £20., Mrs. Elizabeth Dilke gave the interest of £20., and John Dakins gave the interest of £10., for ever, to be paid out of Catharine Meadow; 8s. to be paid out of the said meadow, yearly, to the poor, at Easter. These benefactions appear to have been placed to the hands of Thomas Dakins, of Maxstock Hall, who, by will, 1731, gave, for the use of the poor of Maxstock, the in terest thereof yearly, on St. Thomas's day, to be distributed to the poor, with the approbation of the minister : for which sum, as well as for £50. for which he had given bond, the interest thereof to be distributed amongst the said poor at Easter ; and he declared his will to be that his real estates, in Maxstock, should stand charged with the payment of the interest of both the above sums. William Dilke, Esq., of Maxstock Castle, pays the sum of £5. to the minister, which is given to poor persons in sums of from 2s. to 7s. The sum of 8s., charged on the Catharine Meadow, is also received from Mr. Dilke, and distributed at the same time. George Webb. — See Warwick. — A boy from this parish occasionally bound apprentice, elected by the churchwardens, and is entitled to a premium of £7. at the expiration of his apprenticeship. Directory. — Geo. Branson, blacksmith; Capt. Thos. Dilke, The Castle; Jno. Hail stone, vict. and maltster, Three Horse Shoes ; Rev. Hy. H. Hutchins, B.A., Vicarage ; Frances Reader, shopkeeper; John Stones, tailor; Thomas Ward, shoemaker. The farmers are Wm. Allcock, Wm. Bentley, Drake's Farm; Jane Burbidge, Hy. Haddon, Priory Farm ; Eliz. Harris, Thos. Holland, and maltster, The Hall ; Wm. Holland, Ann Loud, Eliz. Loud, William Loud, Martha Morton, James Oldacre, Thos. Oldacre, and WiUiam Wilks. MEREVALE, a scattered parish, principally in the Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leices tershire ; 1 m. W. by S. from Atherstone, contains 2657a. 3r. ] 5p. ; of which 1797a. lr. 8p. are in the county of Leicester ; in 1841 here were, 102 inhabitants in this county, and 106 in Leicestershire; rateable value, £4,442. 8s. At the Norman survey this belonged to Grendon, consequently is not named in Doomsday. In the 13th of Stephen (1148,) Robert Earl of Ferrers founded and largely endowed a monastery of Cistercians here, and at various subsequent periods further important benefactions were made to them ; at the dissolution its revenue was £303. 10s. Some interesting fragments ofthe mon astic buildings still remain, and from recent research a great portion of the foundation has been discovered, with walls in some instances one yard high, hitherto apparently scarcely touched by the all destroying hand of time ; three stone coffins and some skele tons have also been found ; here is a subterranean passage, but what course it takes is not known. At the dissolution, the site of this monastery was granted to Sir Walter Deve reux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, one of whose successors sold it in the 17th century, to Stratford, one of whose descendants, W. S. Dugdale, Esq., is owner and lord of the manor ofthe Warwickshire portion ; and S. S. Perkins, Esq., Wm. Baker, Esq., Wm Harrison, Esq., Rev. Chas, Inge, A. Dixey, Esq., Geo. Moore, Esq., Rev. J. Andrew, and Mr. Hull, are the principal owners of the Leicestershire part, and each is the lord of the manor of his own estate. The Church, formerly the Chapel of our Lady at the gate of the Abbey, forms a pleasing portion of the rematos of the monastery, and contains a fine assemblage of ancient stained glass in the large east and side windows, and a handsome alabaster tomb with recumbent figures, to the memory of Robert, Lord Ferrers of Chartley and his lady, several ancient brasses, and a stone figure in armour. The living, a Donative. W, S. Dugdale, Esq., patron, and the Rev. Thos. Jackson, M.A., incumbent. The parsonage, is a neat stone building, near the Church. The Hall, a handsome stone mansion, on a commanding eminence, has been rebuUt by its HEMLINGFORD HtJNDREt) — ATHERSTONE DIVISION^ 833 present possessor and occupant, Wm. Stratford Dugdale, Esq., and is surrounded hy a park, iu which is a fine lake and about 100 head of deer. Directory.— Wm. Stratford Dugdale, Esq., The Hall ; Jph. Floyd, parish clerk ; Rev. Thos. Jackson, M.A. ; John Loud, bailiff; Gilbert Minion, farmer, the Abbey Farm ; and John Pogmore, colliery agent, are in Warwickshire ; and Wm. Baker, Moor Barnes; John- Bladon, Orton House ; Wm. Cliff, High Fields; Edwd. Faux, New House Grange; Luke Faux, Pinwcll Grange ; Rev. Chas. Inge, Benn Hill ; George Miles, Lea Grange; and Wm. White, Frog Hall ; are the farmers in Leicestershire. NUNEATON, a market town and parish, 18 miles N.N.E. from Warwick, 21 E. by N. from Birmingham, and 100 N.W. by W. from London, containtog with the hamlets of Attleborough, and Stocktogford 6,021a. 3r. 18p. of land ; of this 2,692a. lr. 23p., are to the township of Nuneaton; in 1841, 1863 houses and 7105 inhabitants; 1801, 4769; 1821, 6610 ; 1831, 7799 ; rateable value, £18,355. lis. The name of this place is de rived from the river in its neighbourhood, Ea in Saxon, signifying water, and from a priory established here, in the reign of Stephen, by Robert, Earl of Leicester, for nuns of the order of Fontevrault, in whose convents abroad there were sometimes nuns and monks to one establishment, but here, there were only a prior, a prioress, and nuns ; the prioress havtog supreme authority. In the reign of Henry III., a weekly market was granted to the prioress, and at the dissolution, the revenue amounted to £290. 15s. OJd. The site and ground plan, with fragments of columns, and ricMy moulded arches, together with a considerable portion of the walls of the main building, are still visible ; the outer ^ walls, which enclosed a spacious quadrangular area, are still standing on the east side ; a considerable portion of the material was used in rebuilding the Church. The town is pleasantly situated on the river Anker, over which are 2 bridges, and consists principally of 2 long stieets and the market-place ; the town is in general well built ; it is lighted with gas and well supplied with water. The principal source of occupation is ribbon- weaving for the London market, in which branch of manufacture French looms and machinery have been introduced, especially in the figured gauze ribbon. The Birming ham and Coventry canal passes by the north-west extremity of the town, where ther' is a wharf belonging to Messrs. Craddock and Bulls, principally for cheese and oats , and there are quarries of excellent stone for maktog roads, which is much thought of, and is sent to all parts of England. The market is on Saturday ; and fairs are held May 14th, 15th, and 16th, for cattle and hardware ; February 18th, and October 31st, for horses and cattle ; and a statute fair is held fourteen days before Michaelmas. Three constables are annually elected, and sworn in at the court-leet, for the town and ham lets ; there is also a permanent constable, Mr. Joseph Haddon. The town hall is a neat modern edifice of brick, in the upper story of which are two large rooms, let for public purposes, under which the market is held. Mr. William Marples is the lessee. Petty Sessions are held at the Newdegate Arms every alternate Saturday ; the fol lowing are the magistrates, Rev. S. B. Hemming, Sir N. L. Chetwode, Bart., and Rd, Gee, Esq. ; John Power, Esq., clerk ; a prison, or lock-up, was erected to Abbey street, in 1823. The New County Court is held to the town hall, once to each mo,ntb, and comprises the following places, viz., Nuneaton, Astley, Arley, Ansley, Caldecote, Weddtogton, Chilvers Coton, Attleborough, Bedworth, Woodlands, Collycroft, Griff, Bulkington, Barnacle, Ryton, Wolvershill, Bramcote, and Marston Jabbitt. Frederick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; Thos. Ball Troughton, Esq., clerk; Henry Dewes, Esq., assistant clerk; Mr. Isaac Ntod Whitwell, high baiUff; and Mr. Wm. Ballard, sub- baUiff. The principal land-owners are Colonel Tomkinson, Sir A. J. Aston, Bart., and W. S. Dugdale, Esq. ; the former is lord of the manor, and many others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a fine structure, exhibiting por tions in the various styles of English architecture, and consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, separated by clustered columns and pointed arches, with square embattled tower, having pinnacles at the angles ; the roof is of oak, divided into panaels, and 834 NUNEATON PARISH. richly ornamented with ribs and foliage ; it contains ancient monuments to the families of Trotman, Stratford, and a white marble tomb to Marmaduke Constable, which is much defaced. The living is a vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £24. 14s. 7d., now £902., to the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Chap man Savage, M.A. Tithes, — the rectorial were emerged to the land at the time ofthe enclosure ; Lord Harrowby is the lay impropriator : vicarial, commuted in 1842, at £611. 6s. Id. The vicarage is a handsome and commodious residence near the Church. The Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyans have each a place of worship here. A large handsome National School, in Church lane, with house for the master, and one for the" mistresses, erected 1848, by subscription, and grants from the Privy Council and the National Society ; will accommodate 300, and 200 infants, average 150, and 90 infants ; Ebenezer Rand, master; Sarah Webster, mistiess; and Mary Bacon, infant mistiess. Another neat Infant School, erected at the Top of Abbey street, to the same year, with a house for the mistiess ; will accommodate 200, average 100 ; Mary Robinson, mistiess. Gas Works, erected 1836, to Wash lane, by a company holding 270 ten pound shares; Messrs. Clay, Green, and Thorne, are the present lessees. Union Workhouse, see Chil vers Coton parish, in which it is situated. ATTLEBOROUGH, ahamlet, chapelry, and considerable village, half a mile south,_ contains 1,613a. 3r. 16p. of land ; and, to 1841, 296 houses, and 1,095 inhabitants: this was entirely possessed by the nuns. It had formerly a Chapel for the convenience of the inhabitants, for the serving of which 100s. was allowed to a priest. At the dissolu tion it passed, with the monastery, to Sir Marmaduke Constable ; not a fragment now rematos of it. The Chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, erected 1842, is a neat brick building, in the early English style of architecture, with a small tower at the south-west angle, surmounted with a stone spire ; cost £3,000., Taised by subscriptions, and grants from the Commissioners for Building new Churches, £250. ; the Incorporated Society, £300. ; and the Archdeaconry of Coventry Society, £200. ; will accommodate 500, 343 sittings are free. The Uvtog, a perpetual curacy, rated at £170. ; pation, vicar of Nuneaton ; Rev. Mesac Thomas, M.A., incumbent. A neat National School, for boys, girls, and infants, with house for the master, built 1848, cost £670. ; Caleb and Jane Kerley, master and mistiess. The Baptists have a small Chapel here. Here is an'extensive quarry of excellent free stone, which is sent to various parts of the kingdom; it is situated 2 miles S.E. from Nuneaton, and wrought by Mr. Joseph Barnwell. STOCKINGFORD, a hamlet, chapelry, and large village, 1 mile W., contains 1,115a. 2r. 19p. of land; and, in 1841, 354 houses and 1,386 inhabitants. In the reign of Edward I. the nuns had a grange here, which was afterwards granted to the canons of Arbury, and, at the dissolution, passed, with the other possessions of that priory, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. The Chapel, dedicated to St. Paul, erected 1818, by the Church Commissioners, is a neat edifice, with a low tower. The Uving, a per petual curacy, rated at £120., in the pationage of the vicar of Nuneaton; Rev. J. F. Bickerdike, incumbent. Here is a National and Infant School adjoining the Chapel, estabUshed 1846. The Wesleyans have a small Chapel here. Chaiiities. — Nuneaton Free Grammar Sclwol. — King Edward VI., by letters patent, 11th May, 1553, on the petition of the inhabitants of Nuneaton, founded this school for the instiuction of boys and youths, in grammar ; Marmaduke Constable, Knight, and 1 1 others were appointed the first governors, and made 8 body corporate, with power, iu case of death, for the survivors to choose another out o( the town and parish of Nun eaton ; the said Ktog granted to the governors three closes of land, with the appur tenances thereto, within the precincts of the city of Coventiy, late belonging to the Guild of the Holy Trinity in that city ; also, a parcel of land called the Moorfields, late belonging to the said Guild, and two parcels of land called Chesterleys and Bottom's Acre, late belonging to the said Guild ; also those pastures called the Penny Fields, withto the said precincts theretofore ; part of the possessions of the Corpus Christi GuUd, in the said city j and a croft of land there, all wMch premises then extended to the clear HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 835 yearly value of .£10. 15s. 8d., to be held in free socage, and power was given to the said governors to use a common seal, to plead, and be impleaded, and to appoint a master, who was to have £10. a yearfor his salary ; and they were empowered to take lands not exceeding the clear yearly value of £20. over and above the lands granted. King William and Queen Mary, in 1694, confirmed, by letters patent, the possessions of this school, then become of the yearly value of £70., and directed that the master should receive X'tlO. for his salary, when there should be no nndermaster, and £50. only when there was one, and the nndermaster £10. The entire rental of lands now amounts to £12. 10s., to addition to which the governors are possessed of a school-house and prem ises, with a large garden and small croft, containing, to the whole, 3r. 2 Ip., situate on tbe south side of the church-yard at Nuneaton, for the master's occupation ; also, on the north side the church, a large school, in two divisions ; annexed to this is a bell-tower, in which there are two rooms, the lower being used by the master as a study, and the upper one for the meeting of the governors, besides which, the governors are possessed or mortgage interest, amounting to £68. lis.; and dividends on £650. Three and a half per cent stock of £22. 15., amounting, to the whole, to £304. Is. The governors meet and dine together annually on the 14th of February, when two of their body are elected receivers and treasurers. In 1834, the expenditure amounted to £249. 7s. 9d., of which the head master received £50., the nndermaster £45., and £70. had been paid for ap prentice fees of seven boys, at £10. The master is required to receive any boy of Nun eaton, within the number of 45, betog ten yeras of age and able to read ; when admit ted, the master places them to which school he chooses ; he has usually about twenty in his own school, most of whom learn latin, are all taught geography, mathematics, writing, and accounts. The undermaster has usually from 25 to 30 boys in his school, who learn reading, writing, and accounts only. Richard Smith, gent., by will, 1712, gave to his executors and trustees, aU his land and tenements, cfec, in the county of Warwick, upon trust, subject to an annuity of £20.for the Ufe of Elizabeth Wingfield, to apply the rents and profits thereof towards the clothing and educating poor children inhabiting the parish of Nuneaton, as thetrus- tees should think fit ; and he ordered, after the death of the said Elizabeth Wingfield, that the said trustees would convey the said premises to such persons as they should appoint, for the use of the said poor children ; and all the residue of his estate, both real and personal, he gave to his friends, Dr. John Gaskarth, Nicholas Owen, and Hy. Hargrave, and their heirs, to dispose of the same in such charitable and pious uses as they should think fit. The trustees, after Mr. Smith's death, with the residue of his property, purchased a tenement to Nuneaton, for £1 10., with another, and one quarter of a yard of land belonging thereto, situate in Chilvers Coton, in the county of War wick ; also, John Gaskarth and Nicholas Owen, as surviving executors, granted to Thomas Liptiott and five others, and their heirs, all the said several messuages, lands, and premises to Stocktogford, Hartshill, and Anceley, the tenement to Nuneaton, in which the schoolmaster and the schoolmistress inhabited, and several messuages and premises to Chilvers Coton : to appoint a schoolmaster, to teach poor boys of the parish of Nuneaton to read the EngUsh tongue, to write, and cast accounts ; and, also, to appoint a schoolmistress, to teach poor girls of Nuneaton to read, sew, knit, and spin ; to pay to the schoolmaster the sum of £15., and the schoolmistress £11. clear salary, besides the residences to. Nuneaton, by equal sums at Lady day and Michaelmas, yearly. From a great accession in the value of the property, the tiustees applied to the Court of Chancery for directions as to the disposal of the income ; and an order was made by the Lord Chancellor, 23rd May, 1831, after which a Report was made, and a scheme provided for the management. In 1820, it was discovered that a veto of manganese existed under the Hartshill farm, which had considerably increased the value of the property. The present income (1834,) of the estates is £119. 4s. 6d., besides which there is a sum of £2,146. 7s. 3d. in the Three and a half per cent, reduced annuities, purchased with accruing dividends to the amount of £312., and £1,262. received from the payment of £1. 5s. for every ton of manganese raised on the estate, from 1826 to 1834, and £740. previously raised. There are thirty boys on the foundation, and about 15 other boys, for whom a payment of 3d., 6d., or 8d. a week is made, according to the class of instruction given, in the whole amounting to about £15. a year. He also receives pay scholars from the town, and, besides his salary, a gratuity is given him of £10., and 30s. allowed for firing. The mistress teaches 30 girls reading and needle. work, and, besides her salary, has 15s. for firing, with a gratuity of £4. The tmstees meet half-yearly, on the 23rd December and 23rd June. Charles Parnell, master, and Mary Webb, mistress. John Farmer, hy wiU, gave a rent charge of £1, Is, for the purchase of prayer books 836 NUNEATON PARISH. for the children of Smith's charity school ; this sum is paid (1834) hy Joshua Kelsey, the owner of a house on the west side of Church street, in Nuneaton, and expended as above. William WiUoughby, of Nuneaton, by will, 1587, devised certain sums for charitable purposes, of which the churchwardens receive annually, from Mr. Percy, of Nottingham, as the agent of J. P. Plumptre, Esq., £1.7s. 4d. ; and every fifth year a further sum of £8. 6s. 8d. ; of the first sum 10s. is laid out in coals, and equally divided among the in mates of the almshouses in the churchyard ; 10s. is paid to the governors of the gram mar school, to be laid out in books ; and 7s. 4d. is paid to the surveyor of the highways for the maintenance of two causeways to Nuneaton, made by the testator. The latter amount is given in sums of 20s. each, to six poor men ; £2. is given to four poor widows, 10s. each for a gown, and the remaining 6s. 8d. is paid to the curate, for a sermon on Whit Sunday. Richard Orton,in 1677, gave to the governors ofthe free grammar school, land then let at £3. per annnm, for the use of 12 poor men. The land has been divided by the canal. It contains about 5 acres, let (1834) to John Cross, at £12. per annum. An allotment of about three quarters of an acre, set out at the time of the enclosure of the Cottage piece, and commons in Nuneaton, which is now let for £2. 10s. a year. The sum of £40. was received from the Coventry Canal Company, for compensation for the land cut through, now in the hands of Mr. Thomas Robinson. The amount of the rents and interest, after allowing £1. towards the dinner of the governors, on the 14th of Febru ary, is distiibuted on that day, to poor persons, in sums of 5s. each. There is also a sum of £23. received in 1834 for timber; it is intended with this sum, and the £10. above- mentioned, to bmld a house on the allotment. Whealley's Chanty, (see Coventry.) — The governors of the free grammar school re ceive annually £2. from this charity, given away to four poor decayed tradesmen, to sums of 10s. each. Couney's Charily, (see Mancetter.) The churchwardens receive annually from the trustees of Hartshill school, £2. to be distributed on St. Thomas's day, and £2. forthe like purpose on Good Friday, given to the most deserring poor. Edward Loader gave 12s. yearly, charged on a house in Abbey stieet, Nuneaton ; now a grocer's shop (1834) occupied by John Marston; it is given to sums of 2s., to six poor labourers. Symond's Charity, (see Atherstone.) — The churchwardens of Nuneaton receive the sum of £17. 6s. 8d., which is expended in placing out three boys apprentice; or, if no application for apprentices, the money has been given to bread. This parish is also en titled to receive one third of a rent-charge of £5. Mr. Smith, by deed, 1704, gave 12s. yearly, to be distributed to six poor widows, on St. Thomas's Day, chargeable on a house, belongtog (1834) to John Warner, grocer, extending from the market place to Abbey stieet. Robert Bratt gave the sum of £14., the interest thereof to buy a poor man a coat against Easter Sunday. This money was carried to the parish account, and the coat is bought annually, of 14s. value, for a poor man. Edward Stratford, Esq., of Nuneaton, gave £3. yearly, to he distributed to six poor men, in the beginning of May; this distribution was made as early as 1727. Francis Stratford, of London, gave £200., tbe interest for the benefit of six poor per sons, to be distributed to six poor people on Candlemas day. The tenants of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq., in Nuneaton, pay the above sums. Elizabeth Farmer, 1819, gave the interest of £20. to he distiibuted on St. Thomas's day, yearly, to four poor widows ; this money was advanced to the tiustees of the Market house, who pay 20s. interest. Highways. — The sum of 19s. 6d. is annually paid from a house in Church street, occupied by Mrs. Cradock, applied to the Highways. Almshouses, — a building in the Church yard, adjoining the school, consisttog of four tenements ; the inmates are placed there by the churchwardens, but have no endowment except Willonghby's, noticed before. John Farmer, in 1744, gave £30., the interest to be given to six poor tradesmen, on Christmas day. The returns of 1786, state, of this sum £21. was never paid, but that £9. was in the hands of the overseers. Nothing is now paid. Mary Farmer, of London, by the benefaction table, is stated to have given £20., the toterest to be given to poor women, on Christmas day. This is lost. Miss Trotman.— The returns of 1786, mention a gift of I2s. a year to the poor by this lady, which had not then been paid for 20 years, nor since. Hemlingford hundred.— atherstone division* 837 POST OFFICE, Church street, Henry Clews, postmaster. Letters arrive from Bir- tamghara and the North, 9,50 a. m.; Coventiy and Midland Counties, 12,15 noon; London and the South, 1,15 p.m.; Hinckley, 9,30 p. m. ; Atherstone and Ashby-de-la - Zouch, 11 p. m. ; London and theSonth, 12,15 midnight ; and from the North gdtierally, 1,3 a.m. ; and are despatched to London and the South. 9,20. a. m. ; to Coventiy, Birming ham, Warwick, and Leamington, 9,45 a. in. ; to Birmingham, Manchester, and the North, 12,45 noon; to London and the South, 11,50 p.m.; to the North, 1,30 a.m.; to Coventiy, Leamtogton, and Warwick, 1,46 a. m. ; to Atherstone, and Ashby-de-la- Zouch, 2,15 a. m. Money Order Office: Post Office Orders are granted and paid from 9 a. m., to 6 p. m. Miscellaneous List of Nobility, Gentiy. Clergy, and others, not arranged in the clas sified Lists, with residences of partners to firms. Baldwin Wm. dyer, Abbey street Beasley Mr. Richard, Abbey st Berryman John, excise officer, Church In Botterill Mrs. Mary, Abbey st Brooks Jas., fringe manufr. Abbey st Brown Mr. Wm. Abbey st Bucknill Wm. surgeon ; h. Market pi Bucknill Rev. Wm. Saml., B. A., head master King Edward's Grammar School, and vicar of Burton Hastings, School Hs -BuU Wm. banker ; h. Newdegate st Chapman John, excise officer, Wash lane Clews Henry, postmaster, Church st Clews John, coir, of poors' rates, Church In Corbey John, stocking maker, Abbey st «' Craddock Geo. W. solicitor; h. Market pi - Craddock John, solicitor; h. Camphillhs Craddock Mrs. Mary, Church st Craddock Thos. merchant; h. Hinckley rd Dafforn Wm. seed dealer. Abbey street Estling John, stamp distributor, clerk, and registiar of marriages to the Nuneaton Union, Church st Green James, parish clerk. Church st Haddon Jph. chief constable, Abbey st Halford Wm. Railway clerk, Bond end . Hand Mrs. Charlotte, Church st Hood Mrs. Mary, Abbey st -Hood Wm. attorney's clerk, Church In Lampray Geo. relieving officer, Wash to Layton Jno. surgeon, Bridge st Marsh Chas. basket maker, Abbey st Miles Thos. Hutchins, registrar of births and deaths for Nuneaton dist. Bond end Morton Wm. nail manufr. Church st Norris Geo. railway goods clrk. Market pi Palmer Mr. Lucas, Peacock lane Prowse John, surgeon ; h. Newdegate st Robinson Mrs. Mary, Church st Robinson Mrs. Mary, jun. Church st Savage Rev. Robert Chapman, M. A. vicar, Vicarage Scrivener Jph. mangr.NorthWarwickshire Permanent Building Society, Church st Smalley John, hatter, Newdegate st Smith Henry, agent, Abbey st Steane Eliz. ale and porter dlr. Abbey st Stowe Mrs. Sarah, Wheat lane Swinnerton Mr. Isaac, Hinckley rd Taplin Mr. Wm. Weddington In Tavemer Mr. John. Abbey st Thurman Wm. lodgings, Bond end Towle Jno., Esq. Abbey hs., Navigation st TribeFdk.railway station master,Bond end Truswell Mr. John, Church st Wade Thos. stocking maker, Wash lane Ward Rd. ribbon manufr. ; h. Abbey st Fire and Life Offices. Atlas, John Estling, Church st County, Chas. Buchanan, Bridge st Crown (Life) Henry Dewes, Church st Mutual (Life) .John Baraclough, Abbey st _ Norwich Union, Wm. Oram, Church st Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Bowling Green, Ch. Randle, Navigation s Britannia, Wm. Randle, Abbey st Bull Commercial Inn and Posting House, Thos. Wagstaff, Market pi Bull's Head, Geo. Bandle, Abbey st Castle Comrel. Inn, Thos. Ball, Market pi Coach cfe Horses, Th. Hastelow, Abbey st Cock cfe Bear, Sarah Moreton, Wash lane Crown, John Lowe, Bond end Double Plough, Rd. Stirley, Church st Granby's Head (Old) Th. Winter, Churchs Halt Moon, John Beet, Abbey st Hare cfe Squirrel, Jas. Ball, Wash lane Holly Bush, Thos, Large, Bond end Market- House Inn, Wm. Marpies, and lessee ofthe Market. Market pi Nag's Head, Simon Cheatle, Coventry st Newdegate Arms,Commercial and Posting Hotel, Robert Arnold, and agent for Guinness's Dublin Stout, and Allsopp's Ales, Newdegate st Peacock, Edwd. Beamish, Market pi Pheasant, Sarah Vardeu, Abbey st Plough cfe Ball, Wm. Cox, Al.bey st Punch Bowl, John Drake, Atherstone rd Queen's Head, Thos. Hastelow, Church st Railway Tav., Denis Marklew, Bond end Ram, (Old) Thos. Bills, Market place Ram, (New) Thos. Grove, Abbey st Red Lion, John Buswell, Wash In Rose cfe Crown, Benj. Rayner, Abbey st Royal Oak, Wm. Congreve, Abbey st Swan, John Taylor, Market pi Three Tuns, Jph. Hdwell, Alibey st Weaver.-' Anns, Jph. Taberner. Abbey st Wheat Sbeaf, Wm. Craner, Abbey st White Hart, Isaac Wright, Market pi White Horse, Thos. Cox, Atherstone rd 4 K 838 Academies. Marked ' take Boarders. Clay EJiz. Newdegate st Free Grammar School,(King Edward's,) Church yard; Rev. Wm. Sml. Bucknill, B. A. head master ; and Geo. Perry, EngUsh msti. Free School, (Smith's) Mar ket pi. ; Chs. Parnell and Mary Webb Harris Eliz. Abbey st • Iliffe Sar. cfe Eliz. Church 1 Infant, Church lane, Mary Bacon; and Abbey stieet, Mary Robinson * * Lewis Mary, Newdegate st National, Church to.Ebenezer Rand, and Sarah Webster Attorneys. Buchanan Chas. Bridge st Craddock John cfe George, Newdegate stieet Dewes Henry, cfe asst. clerk County court, Church st Miles Thos. H., Bond end Oram Wm. Church st Auctionrs., Appsrs., House & Land Agts. Ballard W. cfe Son, Abbey s Biddle James, Market pi Taylor John, Market pi Bakers & Flour Dis. Adie Thos. Abbey st -Ball Chas. Church st Burdett John, Abbey st Dawktos John, Back to Garratt Wm. Wash lane - Iliffe Wm. Abbey st Irwin Thos. Newdegate st MaUabone Benj. Bond end Marler Wm. Norris, Abbey s Peach Saml. Church st Pemberton Jph. Abbey st Reader Thos. Bond st Russell John, Abbey st Smith Rd. Abbey st Wood John, Abbey stieet Bankers. Craddock cfe Bull, Newdegt. st. (draw on Sapte cfe Co.) Beer Houses. Bailey EUz. Bond end Baker Wm. Bridge st Baraclough Albert, Church s Biggs John, Weddington In Eades Sarah, Weddington In Green Abraham, Back In Grove John, Abbey st Scrivener Jph. Wash to Waters Amos, Abbey st NUNEATON DIRECTORY. Blacksmiths. Ball James, Wash lane Hands Geo. Abbey st Hands Wm. Abbey st Marklew Denis, Bond end Till Rowland, Abbey st Booksellers,Printers, Stationers, and Cir culating Libraries. Baraclough John, cfe music seller, Abbey st Short Mary, Market pi Boot & Shoe Makers. Capenhurst Jas. Wash to Cheshire Saml. Abbey st Cook John, Wash In Cook Jph. Abbey st Cox Thos. Navigation st Garratt John, Abbey st Garratt Jph. Abbey st Garratt Thos. Bond end Parnell Robert, Bond end Rowbottom Jas. Abbey st Smith John, Market pi Smith John, Newdegate st Smith Wm. Church st Swinnerton Thos. Market p Swinnerton Wm. Abbey st Wagstaff John, Bond st Wilson Wm. Abbey st Braziers and Tin Plate Workers. See also Ironmongers. Nash Jph. Abbey st Taberer Austin, Abbey st Brick makers. Harris Wm. Hinckley rd Robinson John, Church st Builders. Ball Thos. cfe Jph., for the Executors of the late Chs. Ball, Wash to Harris Thos. Church st Harris Wm. Hinckley rd Butchers. Baker Edwd. Bridge st Beet John, Abbey st Beet Richard, Abbey st Booth Isaac, Bond end Bostock John, Church st Cross Geo. Abbey st Cross Wm. Abbey st Farnell John, Back to Irwin Wm. Bond end Jebson Jas. Coventry st Morton Geo. Market pi Patterson John, Bond st Rowbottom Jph. Abbey st Sands John, Abbey st Vemon James, Abbey st Vincent Wm, Abbey st Chemists & Druggists. Butcher My. Newdegate st Evans Alfred Jno. Abbey st Iliffe Thomas, Market pi Confectioners. Arthrall Henry, Church st Peake Sarah, Abbey st Russell John, Abbey st Coopers. Atkins Urias, Newdegate st Irwin Thos. Newdegate st Corn Killer. Hollick Thos. Bridge st Cutlers, (Working.) Moore Geo. Abbey st Wasnidge Wm. cfe Benjn., Newdegate st Farmers. Ballard Wm. Abbey st Bown Benj. Abbey st Cross John, Abbey st Cross J. cfe castiator, Abbey s Daffern Saml. Tutle hill Estling John, Church st Gray Thos. Church st Grove John, Abbey st HoUick John, Hinckley rd Houghton John, Page hall MaUabone R.Wheafcroft's f Redhead John, Atherstone r RobtosonRowlnd.,HincklyjRobottom Wm. Atherstone r Townsend Wm. Rose cottg Ward Nich. The Fields Glass 6c. China Dealers. Goodwin John, Market pi Miles Jph. Market pi Green Grocers, cfec. Chapman Thos. Market pi Clews Chas. Church st Grocers & Tea Dealers. Astley John, Market pi Barnacle Thos. Market pi Craig Saml. cfe hop mercht. and cheese factor, Markt. pi. and Bond end Davis Jane, Abbey st Dixon John, Market pi Elson John, cfe agent for Nunnely's Burton ale and porter, Bond end Farrows Wm. Fras. Abbey st Garratt Jph. Abbey st Garratt Wm. Wash to Harrison Jph. Abbey st Iliffe Wm. Abbey st Johnson Alfred, Abbey st Marriott Hy. Market pi Marriott Thos. Market pi Powers Jno. cfe Jas. Mkt. pi Waters Wm. Abbey st HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— ATHERSTONE DIVISION. 839 Haberdashers & Small- ware Dealers. Argyle Jas. Abbey st Pacey Jas. Abbey st Palmer Jph. Market pi Smith John, Market pi Hair Dressers. Arnold Wm. Newdegate st Hicken Thos. cfe umbrella maker, Bond end Wheway Job, Abbey st Whyman John, Market pi Wtoter Thos. Church st Ironfounders. Tyler Henry cfe Co,, cfe iron palisading, gate, cfec, ma nufacturers, Wash lane and Abbey stieet Ironmongers. Biddle James, and furniture broker, patten cfe tye mfr. Market place Clay Rd. cfe Son, Abbey st Joiners. See Builders also. Bates Edward, Back lane Harris Thomas, Church st Smith W illiani, Abbey st Linen and Woollen Drapers. Brearley James, Market pi Clay JohnW., Marketplace Edwards James, Market pi Green Wm., Newdegate st Hall John, Market place Kelsey James, Abbey stieet Maltsters. Bacon Joseph, Abbey ter Estling John, Church stieet Grove John, Abbey street Hollick Thomas, Bridge st Robinson John, Church st merchants. Craddock and Bulls, New degate stieet milliners cfe Dress Silks. Brown Sophia, Abbey st *Rull Mary Ann and Eliza, Bond end Taverner M. A., Abbey st Nursery and Seedsman. Marriott Thos., Church st Pawnbroker. Smith Richard, Abbey street Fainter. See also Plumbers, f(c. Thompson Joseph, Abbey st Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Baraclough Albert,Church s Baraclough Wm., Church, st Beamish Edwd., Market pi Brown George, Church st Rowley George, Church st Wood George, Abbey stieet Quarry Owners. Cave Chas. Atherstone road, John Drake, agent Cropper cfe Judkins, Ather stone rd. ; J. Cooper, agt Rag and Bone Dlrs. Argyle James, Abbey street Palmer Jph., Market place Ribbon Manufactrs. Cornill, Lyell, and Webster, Abbey stieet, and 15, St. Paul's Church Yard, Lon don ; F. Stanton, agent Haddon Timothy, Bond end Hollick Thomas, Bridge st Hood Thomas, Abbey stieet Hood cfe Ward, Abbey street, cfe 117, Wood st., London Rope and Twine Mfr Scrivener Joseph, Wash lane Saddlers and H ar ness Makers. Gray George, Marketplace Maddox Moses, Bridge st Shopkeepers. Baker Edward, Wash lane Clarke James, Abbey stieet Cooper Wm., Wheat lane Corley Thos., Abbey stieet Drake J., Atherstone road Garratt Thos., Abbey stieet Hackett Ann, Bond stieet Insley John, Abbey street Johnson J. cfe II., Abbey st Kelsey M. A., Newdegate st Menzies John, Abbey stieet Moore Lucy, Abbey street Moreton John, Bond end Scrivener Joseph, Wash lane Smith David, Abbey stieet Tennant Mary, Bond end , Stone and Marble Mason. Baraclough Joseph, and, sculptor, Church stieet ( Straw Hat Makers Baraclough Lucy, Church st Bindley M., Abbey stieet Ormrod Geo., Newdegate st Smalley Hnh. Newdegate ,st Surgeons. Bourne Thos. S., Abbey st Bucknill cfe Prowse, Mkr. pi Gooden Rd. Nelson, Abbey s Nason Edwd. cfe Son, Brdg.s Tailors & Drapers. Marked * are Drapers, and t Clothiers. • Chitham Jph. Abbey st Keens Jph. Bridge st * Kelsey Jas. Abbey st t Lapworth John, Market p * Lilley Chas. Market pi Moreton John, Abbey st Orton John, Abbey st t Shute Abrm. Wash lane Stonely John, Abbey st + Trickle Edwd. Bridge st Wykes Thos. Wash lane Tallow Chandlers. Farrow W. Fras. Abbey st Fulleylove Geo. Church st Moreton John, Bond end Powers Jno. cfe Jas. Mrkt. p» Tanners. Gray Thos. Church st • Spencer Chas. Bridge st Timber Merchants^ Harris Wm. Hinckley rd Swinnerton Rt. cfe saw milVs, Bond end Tobacco Pipe M&.r. Holt John, Atherstone i d Turners, (Wood..) Godderidge Wm. Chur ch st Payne Wm. Church s' ; Veterinary Surgeon. Briggs' John, Churc a st Watch & ClockMkrs Briggs Wm. Was! i lane Wilson John, Cb urch st Wharfir igers. Craddock and 'Bulls, Ather- . stone rd. ; S .Wagstaff, elk Wheel-Wights. Ball Thos-, c? j jph., for the Executors , ofthe late Chs. Ball, Wf„shto Marklew JJenis, Bond end White? imiths &. Bell dangers, Clarke Wm. Newdegate st Clay P.d. cfe Son, Abbey st Wfoe & Spirit Mhtsr Ball, ' Thome, and Smith, Newdegate st Tiaylor Wm. Market pi 4 K 2 840 London and Ndrih Western Railway, Trent Valley Brnch, and Nuneaton tf Coventry jSrancA.Station, Bond end. Fredk. Tribe, station mtr. Omnibuses from the Bull Inn meet every train, to and from. *.• For other particulars, see monthly time table, published by the Company cfemaybehad attheStation Coaches, (From the Newdegate Arms, tf Bull Inn. NUNEATON DIRECTORY. a.m. ; 1 cfe 6, p. m., daUy, Sunday excepted To Leicester, at 6 p. m. To Hinckley, at 10 a. m., 2, and 6, p. m. Carriers by Railway London and North Western Railway Co. G. Norris, elk Pickford cfe Co. as principals or agts.,W.Roadnight, agt Carriers from the Inns. Marked 1 go from the Bri tannia, 3 Holly Bush, 4 Newdegate Arms, and 5, The Swan 5 Atherstone, Rd. Hudson, Mon., Wed., cfe Fri. Birmingham, Thos. Corbey, Mon. cfe Thur. Abbey st 5 Coventry, Lunn, Mon. 5 Coventiy, Chas. Podmore, Mon. Coventry, Thos. Corbey, daily, Abbey st 1 Coventry, W. Randle, dly 5 Hinckley, Lunn, Mon 3 Hinckley, Toone, W. cfe F 5 Leicester, Lunn, Mon. 4 Wolvay,NealcfeVeasey,Sat To Coventry, at 8,45 cfe 10, ATTLEBOROUGH Thomas Rev. Mesac, Moore William, jun. Blue Brick, M.A., The HaU Townsend W. butcher Veasey J. ribbon mfr Wagstaff W . jun.btchr Wagstaff Wm., vict, New Inn Barnwell Jph., stone mason cfe merchant, Attlebrough quarry Beasley R., corn mert Bostock Mrs. My. A. EdwardsR. P. surgeon ' Everard W. D., gent Freer Isc, fringe mfr Hackett J., turner cfe rake maker Harris J., blacksmith Hester E., thrashing machine owner ¦Je.ffery Mrs. — Keifby Caleb, school Kinj,T William cfe Co., frii'gc manufrs Lapworth Mrs. — iLester H. ribbon mfr Milter John, miller Miller iViUiam, beer house iind miller Millingtoi lJ.brnshmk Monk E., Vict., Bull Moore J , jnin.,beerhs Moore Wm., butcher Reade Compl on, solr Scoggins L, drillman Seal Mr. Joseph Shaw David, cowkpr Shaw Mr. Joseph Spooner Rev. J .baptist Builders. Croft Benjamin Paul Ezra Farmers. Baker George Baker G. cfe shoemkr Beale G., The Hill Choyce John Garratt Thomas Green Thomas Hand J., White Stone Moore Joseph Skinner John Smart Nathaniel Thompson Joseph Winfield Thomas Shopkeepers. A.sbury Charles, and rake maker Balston William, and whveelwt. cfe blacksm Glenn WilUam Lester Benjamin Lester Thomas, and fringe- manufr Tile, Naylor C. by Wil1', 1687' the Pit close and the LoDS Leasows, in Little Sutton Quarter, containing together 6 acres, 2r. 12p. let for £9. 17s. per annum; the rents are distributed by the rector and churchwardens, to the poor. They axe (1834) about to be exchanged, under the inclosure, for other lands near Hill Wood. „„ ^r'JoT""'^r aU1! lef* ?e ,interest <>f £10. annually to the poor ; this sum makes up the £90. in the Saving's bank. Lost Clutrities.— Mrs. Jacobs, in the reign of James L, gave, by will, the sum of £60., the interest to be distributed by the warden and corporation. Nicholas Birch, of Little Sutton, gave, by will, 1667, 10s. per annum, to be given amongst the poor of Hill and Little Sutton. B Elizabeth Kempson, in 1767, gave £5., producing, by the returns of 1786, 4s. yearly. Of these no information could be obtained. Post Office, at Mr. James and are dispatched at 9,45 p Addenbrooke Hy., attorney ; h. High street Bakewell Mrs. S., Doe Bank BaleyJ.,coal mrchnt.Maney Beale Mr. Jas.,The Cottage Bedford Mrs. G. C.,Wild grn Bedford Rev. W. K. Riland, Wild Greet House Bourne Rev. J., Maney Bracken Misses Bradbury Mary Ann, straw hat maker, High stieet Brentnall Geo., parish clerk, and registrar of births and deaths, Mill street BrentnallW.,statnr., High st BrindleyH.,hair drsr.,High s Broughton G., gent., High s Colledge Rd., cooper, High s CooperMrs.M.,Langley cotg CrawshawT.,cowkpr.High s Dickson Miss Cthrn., High s Dickson Miss Julia, High st Dutton William, com miller, Longmore and New Ship- ton Mills G arnett T.,Esq., Moor hall Gough Miss A., Coleshill st Grundy M., gent., High st Haywood T., timber mrchnt. and pump maker, MiU st Hearnshaw G eo. millwright, cfedlr.in millstones,Maney Holbeche Misses, High st -HolbecheVincent, attorney ; h. Coleshill stieet Hughes cfe Sons, woolstplrs., High street Jeffries John, boat builder, Biggins hill Jenkins Mrs. M. E., Maney Johnson Wm., excise officer, Coleshill street Jones C.,gent.,Doe Bank cot Beech's, Mill st. Letters arrive by mail gig at 3.30 a.m., .m. : box closes £ hour before the time of departure. Kempson Saml., auctioneer, land agt., cfe valuer, High st Langley Thomas, spade tree turner, Mere green Lefever J., gent., Broad fid Loveridge S., gent.,Wild grn Martin J., post mstr., Penns Mendham Rev. Jph., M.A., High street Moore Rev. James, cathoUc priest, High street Moyse G.,gent.,LangleyLdg OughtonMrs.M.,Holland hs Packwood Rev.J.,Coleshill s Perkins S. F. S., Esq., bar rister, High st Pitman J., feltomgr., Mill s Price Richd., veterinary sur geon, Wild green Proctor T., gent., The Manor Riland Miss L., Coleshill st Robinson Mrs. Mary Robinson Rev. G. WilUam, Walmley parsonage Sadler Edwd., wine cfe spirit merchant, Mill stieet Sadler R.,attorney; h.High s Sandon Miss P., Coleshill st Smith G., wire wrkr., Mill st Smith Mrs. Maria, Holly fid SmithRd.Carter,B.A.,curateSmith Thos., brick maker cfe stone mrchnt., Coleshill s Smith William, chemist and druggist, High street SolomonBarnet,cabinetmkr. and upholsterer, Green In Stonehouse William, basket maker, Coleshill st TaylorWm. Henry, optician Webb Miss Anne, High st Webster Jph. and Son, wire manufacturers, Penns ; h. Ashfurlong House Webster Baron Dickinson, wire manfr. ; h. Penns Hs Wilkins Wm., tallow chan dler, High stieet Wilkins Mrs. Mary, High st Williamson Rev. Richard, D.D., Rectory Wright Mr. Richd., Langley Academies. Marked * take Boarders. •Birch Miss Mary, Maney Catholic School, Mary New, Walmley Corporation School, (Boys',) Felton William, Mill st Corporation School, (Boys',) Green lane, Jas. Cramp Corporation School, (Girls',) Sarah Brentnall, Mill st Corporation School, (Boys' cfe Girls',) Mere grn. John Hy. Cull cfe My. Ann Pratt Corporation School, (Upper, forBoys,) Church hill,Mat- thew William Wilson Free Grammar, Jas. Eccle ston, High street Shaw Mary, ColeshUl stieet Upper Corporation School, (Boys')M. W.Wilson, Mills *WadhamsMrs.E.,ColeshiUs Attorneys. Holbeche and Addenbrooke, and clerks of the peace, and to the borough magis trates, Coleshill stieet Perkins William Steele, and clerk to the county magis trates, High stieet Sadler Richard, High street 4L 3 858 SUTTON COLDFIELD PARISH. Bakers and Flour Dealers. Aston E. Coleshill st Baylis Mary, Mill st Weston Thos. Highs Whitworth T. High s Bank. Savings Bank, at the Town Hall, Coles hUl st.; Wm. Steele Perkins, manager Blacksmiths. Ferneyhough J. Mill s Ireland Jno. Langley Reynolds Jno.Maney StewartW. Coleshill s Webster T. Mere grn Boot & Shoe mks. Baylis Wm. Mill st Brentnall EUzabeth, (warehouse,) High s Lucas Crphr. High st Pratt Wm. High st ThickbroomThomas, Coleshill stieet Thompson J . Church h Walker Rd. Green In Wilkins D. Church hi Wilkins Wm. High st Bricklayers, LangleyJ. Nw.Shiptn Waterfield S.Green In Butchers. Arnold Eliz. Mill st Genders Jph. High st GwynnT. Coleshill st Wilkins Geo. Highst Farmers. BakerT.Wahnleyash Bird Rd. Bulls to Buggins J.Booth'sfm Burton G. Lit. Sutton Cage Ths. HUl hook Clive Jph. Maney Cooper G. Coldfield Cooper J.LangleyhaU Field Thos. Bulls In Hardinge A. Phillips, Minworth Greaves Hart Jp. Church grv HileyS.Walmleyash HileyW .Walmley ash Hollis Jas. Langley Hastelow J Mere grn. Jenkins Edw. Maney JohnsonEdw.Mere gr KingJ.Langleyml.fm Loyns Thos. Mere gn Line Jph. Wild grn Linforth J. Bulls In Marler W. Lit.Sutton Nock Hy. Wiggins hi Pepper W. Falcon ldg Reynolds W .Wigns.hl Smith Harry, Highst Smith J. Whitehs. fm Smith W. Green In Rochford Rbt.Mere gr Todd Jp.NewShipton Vale Thos. Whitehs Wakefield G.Minwth Wadhams W.Colshl.s Wilkins Geo. High st Wilkins Th. High st Wilkins Wm. Highst Wright Chs. Bulls to ThreeTuns,(postg hs) Mills Jane, Mere gn H. Smith, High st White Lion, Edmd. Rochford, Hill Beer Houses. Coaley W. Coldfield Ireland Jno. Langley James Jph. Brick hi Soloman B. Green In Turner J. Four Oaks WeldonJ. Coleshill st Wilkins S. Coleshill s Joiners & Builders Hill Jno. Coleshill st Holbeche J. Soden, High st Smith Th. Coleshill s Stephenson H.High s Taylor Th. Coleshl. s linen & Woollen Drapers Aston Ed. Coleshill s Smith Wm. High st maltsters. AUdridge J. Coleshl.s Davis Richd. Maney Lambley E. Mere gn Rochford Rt. Mere gn Smith Ch. Coleshl. st Grocers & Tea Dis Aston Ed. , beerhs 2 Smith Mr. Charles 2 Thornley Sml.,Esq. Ward J. cfe M., school 1 Whitmore J., grocer 1 Yates J., blacksmth Farmers. 2 Allday John 1 Barton C, Moaths 2 Beech Richard 2 Biddle Joseph Cooke Jph. Kendall 1 Cooper William 1 Dutton Thomas Gilbert Samuel 2 Glover Edward 1 Gopsall Samuel I Hall E., cfe maltsti Hammon WilUam 1 Johnson Job 2 Johnson Job, junr,, Castle hill 2 Ktog Edmund 2 Lee Elizabeth Moore T.,Warren fin Osborne John 1 Payne J., cfe grocer Proof Thomas 1 Taylor Thomas ThomleyH.,Marston hall 2 Wigley C, cfe butchr ELMDON, a parish and small well built village, 4% miles S.W. by S. from Coleshill) containing 1,165 acres of land; and, to 1841, 30 houses, and 167 inhabitants; 1801, 106; 1821, 140; 1831, 157; rateable value, £1,828. 9s.: this was one ofthe numerous possessions of Turchil de W arwick. was afterwards held by the family of Whitacre, whose surname was derived from that place ; it has since had various possessors. The principal land owners are, Wm. Charles Aston, Esq., Earl Digby, and Mr. Thornley; the former is lord ofthe manor. The HaU is a large handsome stone mansion, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 2\ miles S.W. from Solihull, the seat and property of WilUam Charles Aston, Esq. The Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was built 1781, by Abraham Lillington Spooner, Esq., at a cost of £3,000., and is a neat stone edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and square embattled tower. The Uving, a discharged rectory, valued to the King's Books at £3. 8s. l^d., now £230 ; George Lillington Spooner, Esq., patron, and Rev. William Spooner, archdeacon of Coventiy, incumbent. The rectory is a neat residence, pleasantly situated, near the church. Charity. — Mr. Mayne, by will,, gave £20., and Paul Baine, Esq., £10., the to terest of the said sums to be distributed in bread, the first Sunday in every month, to poor persons attending divine service on those days. The above sum of £30., was applied in re-building the church, about the year 1781, since which, the interest is regularly paid by the churchwardens, and distributed in bread, as above. Directory. — Post Office, at Josiah Limbery's; letters arrive at 9, a.m., and are des patched at 5, p.m. Wm. Chas. Aston, Esq., The Hall ; Josiah Limbery, victualler and farmer, Cock Inn ; Rev. Wm. Spooner, archdeacon of Coventiy, Rectory ; Jacob Titmus, shopkeeper ; John Wheeller, blacksmith and shopkeeper ; and Thomas Brettell, Joseph King, and Charles Thornton, What Hall, farmers. HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN, an extensive parish, comprising Hampton, the Chapelries of Balsall, Knowle, and Nuthurst, and the hamlets of Kenwalsey ; and contains in the whole, 12,910 acres of land; and, in 1841, 3,306 tohabitants; 1801,2,107; 1821,2,772; 1831, 2894; rateable value, £19,652. The river Blyth and the Birmtogham and War wick canal intersect this parish. HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN, a large well built village, 4 miles E.by N. from Solihull, containing 2,310 acres of land ; and, in 1841, 156 houses, and 781 inhabitants ; rateable value, £4,510. 19s. 5d. : the lordship was, at a very early period, owned by the Arden family, who had, in the time of Edward I., a mansion and two parks here, in one of which was a castle ; the site whereof, is at present indicated by earth-works, called the Castle Hil s. The principal landowners are, the Earl of Aylesford, Sir Robert Peel, HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— SOLIHULL DIVISION. 865 and lord of the manor. Wm. Chas. Aston, Esq., and several others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to*St. Mary and St. Bartholomew, is a fine ancient stmc ture, and had, originally, a lofty spire, '* which was," says Dugdale, " a noted mark to a great part ofthe woodland," but was destroyed by lightning, in 1643 : it now consists of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with square embattled tower, to which there is a peal of six good bells. The Uvtog, a vicarage, ' V. K. B., £15. 6s. 8d., now '£518. ; in the pationage of the Master and Brethren of Leicester's Hospital, Warwick, and incum bency of the Rev. Joseph Ashly Morris, M.A. The vicarage is a handsome residence, pleasantly situated near the church. The Independents have a neat brick Chapel here. erected 1838. Fairs are held June 11th, July 16th, September 10th, and October 17th, which is also a statutes for hiring servants. London and Birmingham Railway station j with Birmtogham and Derby branch, about J a mile north ; George Twcedle, agent. BALSALL TEMPLE, a township, chapelry, and considerable scattered village, 4| m. S.E. by E. from Solihull, includes the hamlets of Chadwick, or Bedlam's end, Balsall common, Balsall street, Fen end, Mear end, and Wootton green, and contains 2265 acres of land, and in 1841, 254 houses, and 11 60 inhabitants ; 1821, 1056 ; this was given hy Rodger de Mowbray to the Knights Templars, in the time of Richard II., who erected the Church here, and a preceptory. In the reign of Edward II., this fraternity was dis solved, and their possessions here given to the Knights Hospitallers, who retained them until the dissolution. Queen Elizabeth granted the manor, to her favourite Dudley, whose grand-daughter, Lady Catherine Leveson, gave it by will, for the purpose of founding a hospital for indigent females, and so well has the institution flourished, that its present income is little short of £1,500. per annum. The ancient Hall, or Refectory of the Tem plars, stands near the Church, and though formerly a magnificent apartment, presents now, surrounded as it is by brick work, the appearance of a large barn ; it was origi nally framed wholly of timber, and divided by large wooden pillars into three aisles. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, remains nearly as built by the Templars, without any division into aisles. The chancel is only separated from the body ofthe Church, by a raised floor of three steps, and on the south side are three stone seats, within a canopied recess, and a small niche. The living, a perpetual curacy, rated at £50., in the patron age ofthe Governors of Balsall Hospital, and incumbency ofthe Rev. John Short. M.A. Springfield Hall, a large neat brick mansion, 4 miles S.E. from Solihull, the seat and property of Joseph Moore Boultbee, Esq. Kinwalsey, a small hamlet, 3y2 miles N.E. from Hampton, contained in 1841, 10 houses, and 25 inhabitants, KNOWLE, a chapelry and large pleasant village, 2% miles S.W. from Solihull ; to 1841, here were 253 houses, and 1208 inhabitants ; 1821, 1082 ; and 3263a. 3r. 33p. of land ; rateable value, £5231. 18s. 4d. This lordship, in early times, belonged to the Arden family, from whom it passed to Queen Eleanor, on whose death it was given to the monks of Westminster. J. W. Unett, Esq., is lord of the manor. The Chapel, dedicated to St. Anne, is a buildtog of considerable beauty, consisttog of nave, chancel, and side aisles. In the wall of the south aisle, are four stone seats within embelUshed recesses, and beyond is a handsome piscina. The whole was erected and completed at the ex pense of Walter Cooke, a canon of Lincoln ; towards the latter end of the reign of Richard II.. and to the 4th of Henry IV., he also founded a chantry and guild here, as well as a college of chantry priests, whose habitation still rematos at a short distance from the west end ofthe Chapel, converted into dwelling houses. The living, a perpe tual curacy, rated at £126., augmented with £400. private benefactions,' £400. Queen Anne's bounty, and £800. p arliamentary grant ; in the patronage of J. W. Unett, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Saml. Crowther, M.A. Fairs are held for cattle and sheep, on the first Monday after St. Ann's day, and on Old Michaelmas day, which is also a statutes for hiring servants. The Hall, 3% miles S.E., is a neat brick residence, the seat and property of Robert Emilus Wilson, Esq. 866 BALSALL TEMPLE PARISH. Nuthurst, a small scattered village and chapelry, 8 mUes W. by S. from Hampton to Arden; and, in 1841,25 houses, and 132 inhabitants^l 801, 99 ; 1821,76; 1831,124) this was for many generations held by the Trussells. The Chapel is a neat edifice, consisting of nave and chancel, in which there is a beautiful stained glass wtodow. The living, a curacy, with the vicarage of Hampton. Charities. — Henry Marsh,ay a conveyance 16th James I., in the manor of Balsall, an estate at Pearshall end, gave to the use of Robert Taylor and his heirs for ever, on the following conditions, to pay to the poor of Hampton-to- Arden, 20s. ; to the poor of Berkeswell, 10s. ; to the poor of Balsall, 10s.; to the poor of Barston, 10s.; to the poor of Knowle, 10s. The said several sums to be paid on the day of St. Thomas the Apostle, to the collectors of the poor rates of the said towns for the use of the poor on Christmas eve. This property, to 1797, became the property of Joseph Boultbee, Esq., who not being aware of the entry on the court rolls, discontinued the payment. Since (1825,) he has agreed to pay £5. as arrears, and to conttoue to pay the 20s. annually. The premises now form part of Mr. Boultbee's park, at Pearsall End. Town Lands. — In the year 1686, on a benefaction table in the church, there is stated various sums, amounting in the whole, to £102. 13s. ; with this sum certato lands were purchased ; let, 1825, to Francis Burton, at £14. per annum. The rent is appUed in apprenticing poor boys. George Fentham, of Birmingham, by will, 1690, gave to Ambrose Foxhall, and three others, and their heirs, all his messuages, lands, with the appurtenances, cfec. ; and all his goods, chattels, debts, cfec, whatsoever, on trust, for the performance of his will, and after discharging his debts and several legacies thereto mentioned, he gave an annuity of £30., to be paid as follows : £20. to be paid half-yearly, at Lady Day and Michael mas, to a schoolmaster at Hampton, to be appointed by the inhabiting copyholders of this manor, for his salary, for poor male children of the said manor ; it is now taught on the National plan ; Jsph. Smith, master, with a salary of £60. per annum : Harriet Will- day, mistress ; salary £30.. and Sarah Mills, mistress of the infants ; salary £10. per annum. £5. more of the said annuity, yearly, at the feast of Lady Day, to be given to ten of the poorest families in Hampton, and £5. more for the placing out an apprentice a poor boy of Hampton, and after giving another annuity of £20. to the poor of Bir mtogham, he gave the residue of his real and personal estate to two equal parts, the rents and profits of one part thereof to be employed for the relief of the poor tohabit ants of Hampton, or in teaching of poor children to knit, sew, spin, or do such Uke work, or in the setting out of poor children apprentices, and the other moiety to be employed for the relief of the poor tohabitants of Birmingham, in manner in said will mentioned. After much litigation, a division was made of the estates under a commis sion of the Court of Chancery, and signed by the Commissioners, 1st. June, 1738. In 1818, George Tandy and seven others were appointed new tiustees. The premises al lotted to this parish are (1826) of the yearly value of £176. 18s. 6d. Two schools, one for boys and oue for girls, are supported. The master has a salary of £42. a year, for which he instructs all the poor boys belongtog to the parish in reading, writing, and arithmetic ; and he occupies a house and garden, rent free, which was built to 1782, at an expense of £1 52. 3s. 8id. ; the poorer children are furnished with books and station ery, and coals, to the amount of £1. allowed the master. The mistiess of the girls' school receives a salary of £12. 12s. a year, and teaches aU the poor girls sent to her, to read, knit, and sew ; she has 10s. a year allowed for coal, but has no house or school provided. The schools are now taught on the National plan, about 120 children attend; Joseph Smith, master ; Harriet Willday, mistiess ; and Sarah Mills, mistress of the infants. The girls' and infants' schools is a handsome brick building, erected 1849. £55. is given to the poor by half yearly distributions, besides which, occasional gifts of 10s. or 20s. are made to poor people. The trustees meet on the second Monday iu May, and the day before St. Thomas's day, and dine together, leaving, after the expense of collecting the rents and stamps, £1. 3s. 6d., a balance of about £47. Balsall Hamlet. — Saracen's Head Charity. — The donor of this seems to be un known ; these premises consist of a small public house, in Balsall stieet, with two crofts of land, containing about two acres, and an allotment made on the inclosure to 1802, of 2a. Or. 30p. These premises were, 9th October, 1821, surrendered by copy of court roll ofthe manor of Balsall, to Henry Couchman, and eight others, and then- heirs, on trust, for the use of the tohabitants of Balsall. The premises were let soon after the in closure, for the annual rent of £8. 12s,, which, to 1826, had not been altered. The rent is distributed on St. Thomas's day, to poor people of this hamlet, in sums of 4s. and under. HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED. — SOLIHULL DIVISION. 867 J/udfords, or Wake-shilling, of which the origin is not known ; the property consists of la. Ir. of old enclosure, and an allotment at the inclosure of lr. 38 perches, let together for the annual^ent of £3. 3s., which is distiibuted at Balsall wake, to the poor of cer tato parts of the hamlet, to which it is limited in sums from Is. to 2s. each. Coventry Dole, of which the donor is unknown ; Joseph Merry, Esq., of Coventry, pays the annual sum of 15s. from a warehouse, formerly a stable, his property, situated at the corner of Wells street, Coventry, which is given to the poor of Balsall stieet and Wootton Green, in small sums, on St. Thomas's day. Huddesford gave an annual sum of 10s., which is paid out of a farm, now the property (1826) of Edward Mallery, Esq., and is given in sixpences to poor people to Balsall stieet quarter, on Easter Monday. William Knight, by will, 1716, gave to the poor of Chadwick End, to Balsall, 10s., and likewise 10s. to the poor of Baddesley CUnton, to be paid upon G ood Friday, secured on two closes, called House Place, now (1826) the property of WilUam Assender, of Balsall, by whom the doles are paid. Henry Marsh. — See Hampton-to- Arden division. The sum of 10s. is received for the use of the poor of Balsall. Leonard Freckleton, see Knowle, (in this parish.) The sum of 6s. 8d. is received by the churchwardens, and distiibuted with the two precedtog charities, in sixpences, to the poor, on Good Friday. Hospital at Balsall. — Lady Katharine Leveson, of Trentham, to the county of Stafford, by a codicil to her will, 1670, devised the manor of Balsall, alias Temple Balsall, with all the lands, tenements, and privileges whatsoever, to the Hon. Richard Newport, and eleven others, and their heirs and assigns, for ever, upon trust, to erect an hospital, cfec. for twenty poor persons, betog widows, and poor women not married, cfec, who should receive the yearly sum of £8. each. Also, that £20. should be paid to a minister, who should, twice every day, read tbe scripture, and pray with the said poor persons, and that £10. a year should be allowed to a person, as overseer ofthe house, and receiver of rents ; and the residue of the rents to be employed about the repairs of the said alms house, and other charges, which betog discharged, the overplus to, be disposed of amongst the poor almspeople. By another codicil to her will, she declared her desire to be, that the minister appointed to read prayers, cfec, should also teach 20 poor boys of Balsall and parish. By an act, passed in the first year of Queen Anne, this hospital was incor porated, cfec, Richard Newport, Esq., and ten others, betog appointed governors, cfec The income (1826) derived from the manor of Balsall, amounts to £1264. 12s. 4^d. There is also a sum of £5197. 3s. 7d. in the Three per cent, consols., having been balances invested at various times, producing £155. 18s. 2d. in dividends, making a total income of £1420. I2s. 6J^d., but which is subject to an annuity of £50. to the vicar of Long Itchington. The Hospital consists of a handsome building, two stories high, occupying three sides of an oblong quadrangle, and comprising a house for the residence of the master, with a garden, and apartments for the matron, and for the assistant mas ter; and thirty dwellings, with gardens to each, occupied by the almswomen. Of these dwellings, eight consist of two apartments each, sixteen of three, and six of four. The original buildtog, for 20 almswomen, appears to have been erected previous to the year 1683, to which additions have been made, the last of which was in 1772. The women receive each a weekly sum of 3s., with the addition of Is. to the last week of each quarter, amounting to £240. per annum, as the original payment. From 1784, they received an additional sum of 9d. per week, which, to the year 1826, was increased to Is. 6d. ; maktog the weekly payments, together, a yearly sum of £469. 10s. They also receive, each, at Christinas, £2,, since 1708, and a further sum of £1. 15s. from the year 1777, maktog a total of £469. 10s. to money payments. They have also an allowance of two sixpenny loaves each per week, and 30 cwt. of coals each annually, and a woollen gown each every year, and are suppUed with milk from a cow kept for the purpose. A matron resides to the hospital, who has £40. a year ; and a nurse also resides to the house, and has the same weekly pay as the almswomen, and is, to addition, allowed £10. yearly salary, and 30 cwt. of coals. An apothecary attends the ahnswomen, and receives £10. 10s. per annum. The master of the hospital reads prayers twice a day in the school room belongtog to the hospital; he receives a salary of £70. per annum; but the assistant master, who resides in the almshouse, and receives £30. per annum, teaches the school, which is open to all the poor children of Balsall. Prayer books and Testaments are provided for the children, and 30 cwt. of coals allowed yearly for the school room. These sums, amounting to £949. 8s. 3d., with other outgoings, amounting to £324. 15s. lid., in which is included a salary of £50. to the master of the hospital, as chaplain to Temple Balsall Chapel; leaving a surplus of £146. 8s. 4=jd. At the 868 RALSALL TEMPLE PARISH. expiration ofthe present lease ofthe houses in London, an accession of income maybe expected at the audit in 1826. The balance to hand was £561. 9s. OJd^ KnowleChapelrv.— The Hon. Sarah Greville's charity,for educating a^ clothing poor boys and girls, see Warwick. The original number was 6 boys and 6 girls for this chapelry. In the year 1823, twenty-three were sent to school, in general rather more hoys than girls. All the children are clothed annually : the boys have a blue coat, with a waistcoat and breeches of orange colour, a pair of stockings, a pair of shoes, and a shirt. The girls have gowns and petticoats of blue stuff, bound with orange ; a bonnet, shift, pair of stockings aud shoes, an apron, and a tippet. The minister and churchwardens appoint the children, who can remain for three years, and, in some cases, longer. I'he Hon. Algernon Greville, by will, 1718, directed that there should be £500. given to put out boys and girls, of an equal number, to learn to write and read English. In consideration of the above, the manor of Knowle, with Knowle HaU, was conveyed in mortgage, in 1 743, to William Smith, his heirs and assigns, except the yearly pay ment of £25., for the use of the above-mamed £500., free of all incumbrances, cfec The sum of £25. is regularly paid by the agent for the manor of Knowle, and appUed in the teaching of from 15 to 25 poor children. Fulke Greville, Esq., lord ofthe manor of Knowle, by indenture, 1742, in consider ation of the yearly rent of £5., conveyed to Moreton Slaney, Esq., and four others, aU and singular cottages and waste grounds, then inclosed in small pieces, withto the said manor, together with the Bowling Green, near the Red Lion, in Knowle, (except the cottage of Mary Webb, and Baylis's Plecks, in the tenure of Thomas Field,) and all outhouses, cfec, belonging the said premises, from Michaelmas next ensuing, for the term of 99 years, to pay the aforesaid sum of £5., by equal portions, at Lady-day and Michaelmas; and after the said payment, the executors, upon special tiust, should employ the residue of the rents for the use of the poor of the hamlet of Knowle. The residue of this lease (1826,) is vested in Rev. Thomas Blyth, and Joseph Boultbee, Esq. The property consists of 37 cottages, and as many plecks, or small pieces of land, and are let to 47 tenants, at yearly rents amounting to £35. 9s. 6d. in the whole, held by poor people at low rents ; after the payment of the £5. reserved rent, about £15. is expended in the schooling of poor children, about £5. for clothing, and the remainder to repairs and other expenses. Chas. Chinn, master, and Martha Boston, mistress. Fulhe Lord Brooke, by indenture, 1694, granted to Sir Clement Fisher, and four others, the Tile House Closes, to hold the same to the use of the said Fulke Lord Brooke, for his life ; and, after his decease, for the use of themselves, their heirs, and assigns, upon trust ; out of the rents and profits thereof, to lay out yearly the sum of £3. to buy three coats for three poor men, and three gowns for three poor women, Uving to the manor of Knowle, to be marked with the letters F. B., on the breast, with red cloth ; to be delivered to them on the 1st day of November, called All Saints' day ; and to pay the residue of the rents to such persons as should be entitled to the manor of Knowle. The agent for the manor of Knowle pays the £3., which is expended according to the donor's intention. Tfiomas Harborne, of Knowle, by will, 1728, willed that his executrix and heirs should, yearly, for ever, upon the 2nd of September, give, to six poor persons, withto the manor of Knowle, that should duly attend the service of the church, a dark grey cloth coat or gown, of 10s. price. And he wiUed that £4. per annum should be charged upon that tenement, in Knowle, where John Patchett, cordwainer, then lived, to discharge the expenses aforesaid ; or it might, in part, be given to poor children. The overseers annually expend £3. in providing gowns and coats for six poor persons. It appears, about the year 1740, that the overseers of Knowle became possessed of John Patchett's premises, which they still retain, and on which they have built several cottages. The said Thomas Harborne further bequeathed, after certain limitations, the sum of £2,000. to his brother, Edward Moore, Esq., and the minister of Knowle, on tiust, that they, or their heirs, should apply the sum of £2,000. to the best charity they could think upon, and the residue of his estate he gave to his daughter, Mary Alice Harborne, who died without issue, in 1734, upon which William Bradley, as next heir, possessed himself of the estates ; on which, the chapel-wardens, and overseers of the poor, on behalf of themselves, and the inhabitants and poor of Knowle, to establish the charity, to 1737, obtained a decretal order of the court of Chancery ; but after the payment of costs, the sum of £386. 14s. 7d. only was recovered, as applicable to the testator's will, which was laid out in the purchase of £348. 8s. 2d. South sea annuities, to the name of the attorney general. By a subsequent order of the court, and agreeable to a scheme which had before been produced, it was ordered that the sum of £174. 4s. Id., being a moiety ofthe said South sea annuities, should be sold, and the money thereby arising should HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED— SOLIHULL DIVISION. 869 he paid to Rev. Richard Taylor, the minister of Knowle, to he applied, with other money, then proposed to be advanced by Richard Smith, for the purpose of obtaining an augmentation ofthe said chapel, by Queen Anne's bounty. The master, by a sub sequent order, approved of Moreton Slaney, Esq. being trustee, in the room of Edward Moore, deceased, and that out of the sale of the remaining £174. 4s. Id. South sea annuities, the sum of £184. should be paid for the purchase money of certain estates, upon the trusts specified by the aforesaid scheme, to be appUed for the benefit of the poor of Knowle, as also any residue arising by such sale. The premises were conveyed to Moreton Slaney, and his heirs, upon trust, to pay the clear yearly rents and profits, after discharging the charges of the said purchase, to pay the same to the poor of the hamlet of Knowle. The estates, now, (1826) including some exchange under the award ofthe Knowle inclosure, contain 15a. lr. 16p., let for £20. per annum. In addition to the above, the Birmingham and Warwick canal company pay £1 . 3s. 4d., in respect of lr. 3p. of land taken by them. Out of this income distributions are made to poor parishio ners, in sums varying from 5s. to 2s. 6d., to the amount of about £17. In 1827, there remained a balance to the trustee's hands of £59. 2s. 3d., to meetrepairs, or casual calls for charity. Andrew Palmer, hy will, 1673, gave Richard Grimshaw,and three others, £100. to buy land, to be settled upon them and their heirs, to the end that the rents and profits thereof might be disposed of by them, as follows : — Two fifth parts thereof towards the main tenance of a preaching minister, in the chapel of Knowle ; two fifth parts to the relief of the poor; and the other fifth part towards the repairs of the said chapel. Feather- stone's field, at a court of the manor, 30th of Charles 1 1., was made subject to a rent charge of £5. ; which, after deducting £1. for land tax, is distributed as above directed. Leonard Freckllon, on the 25th of April, 34th of Elizabeth, surrendered, in the manor of Knowle, into the hands of Gregory Radford, and Leonard Radford, his son, and their heirs, a messuage and lands, called the Browns, in Knowle, that they should, yearly, pay thereout the sum of 20s., viz. : 6s. 8d. to Balsall, 6s. 8d. to Knowle, and 6s. 8d to Berkes well ; to be paid on the 20th day of March. Joseph Boultbee, Esq., the owner, (1826,) pays the above rent charges. John Sijmons surrendered, June 29th, 7th of James I., to Oliver Weigham and Richard Adye, and their heirs, a cottage and lands, in Knowle, to the use of the said John Sycions, and Joice, his wife, and the right heirs of the said Joice, upon condition that they pay out of the said premises, 20s., yearly, on Wednesday next before the feast of Easter, to be expended, yearly, to the poor, by the chapelwardens and overseers of Knowle. This land forms part ofthe Wat M estate. Sixteen shillings is received as the amount, 4s. being deducted for land tax. -^ Frances Fisher, from whose gift 4s. 6d. was formerly paid, but now only 3s. is received, which is added with others to the Easter distribution. Henry Marsh. (See Hampton in Arden.) The sum of 10s., payable to the poor of Knowle, is added to the Christinas distribution. Franch Bent.— 'The sum of 3s. 4d., received by the churchwardens, for this charity, is paid (1826) by Mrs. Reddall, the owner of several houses in Knowle, and added to the Christmas distribution. House at Rising Brook.— The sum of 22s. has continued to be paid from this house since 1685. It is included to the Christmas distribution. Edward Tallis, by will, 1794, gave to William Dester, aud the minister and chapel wardens of Knowle, the sum of £50., to be placed oat at interest, which should be laid out in buying of sixpenny loaves, to be distributed to poor housekeepers of Knowle, on the feast of St. Thomas the apostle. The sum of £95. 9s. 3d. Three per cent, consoli dated annuities was purchased with the above sum. Out of the annual dividends,— £2. 17s. 2d.,— £2. 10s. is laid out in the purchase of sixpenny and threepenny loaves, which are distributed in Knowle chapel, on the first Sunday of the New Year, after mornin" service. The balances are distiibuted occasionally in the same manner. Thomas Treherne, by will, 1799, bequeathed to the minister and chapelwardens of Knowle the sum of £25., to be placed out at interest, to be given, in bread, on New Year's Day, when Sunday, or on the Sunday before New Year's Day, to poor housekeepers of Knowle. £42. lis. Three per cent, consols was purchased with the above sum. Out ofthe dividends. -£1. 5s. 6d.,— £1. 5s. is applied in the purchase of sixpenny and threepenny loaves, which are given with Talliss, as above stated Richard Grimshaw, as presented at a court held at Knowle, 22nd October, 2nd year of William and Mary, died, possessed of a certato cottage, with a garden and orchard thereto • which estate, after the death of WiUiam Betts, was assigned for the use of Knowle for ever. There are five cottages in Golden End, in Knowle, supposed to be 4 M 870 "HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN PARISH. On the property given by Grimshaw : these cottages are occupied, rent free, hy poor persons placed in them by the parish officers. Thomas Saunders, by a court roll, 20th of Charles I., charged the Nether Close with a charge of 4s., to the poor of Knowle. Of this nothing is known. Nuthurst Hamlet.— John Collett, by deed, 9th October, 10th of Elizabeth, gave, to trustees, a close, in Nuthall, in trust, to deUver one moiety of the rents to the church wardens of Lapworth, and one moiety to those of Nuthurst, to distribute to the poor of those places, on Good Friday, or in aid of the highways. The sum of 18s. is received, which is carried to the poor rate. Town Close. — This piece of land contains about If acres, now to the occupation of Wm. Ingram, at the rent of £3. 10s. per annum, which is appUed in aid of the poor rates. Poor's Land and House. — These premises are let to Samuel Gazey, at the yearly rent of £3., which is also carried to the overseers' account. Isaac Morteboys, by will, 1701, gave £15. for the poor of this hamlet. This money is now (1826) in the hands of Mr. WiUiam Ingram, who distiibutes 15s., as toterest, to poor people, on St. Thomas's day, to portions of Is. 6d. each. Dickens Richard, surgeon HensmanMr.T.,TheLaurelsMills Sarah, Infant school Morris Rev. Joseph Ashley, M- A., vicarage Reeves George, blacksmith and wheelwright Smith James, miller Smith Joseph, schoolmaster Tweedle Geo., station masti Willday Harriet school Butchers. Jennings George Lancaster James, cfe beerhs Oreton WilUam Farmers. Barford Ed., Moldens farm BretteU Edward Marked 1 , Uve at Fen End ; Bedlam, or Chadwick 5 AUto Mr. Edward 3 BUck Mr. William Boultbee John Moore, Esq.. Springfield Hall 2 Brunskill Mr. Rchd, A. 2 Cheslto Thos., bricklayer Couchman Charles, Esq. 3 Davies John, chain maker 1 Evatts Mr.Wm., Hallfield cottage 1 Kemp John, seedsman 5 Lever B., inlnd. rvnne ofcr ] Lewis John, gardener Osborne George cfe My .Ann, schoolmaster and mistiess, the Temple Palmer Charlotte, nurse at the Temple 5 Peake Mr. J.,Chadwick pi 3 Ploughman J. chf. constbl 5 Robinson Mr. William Short Rev. Jno., M. A., chap lain cfe master, the Temple HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN. Glover Edward Hinks Hy., Lugtiout lane Jennings George Lancaster James Lancaster Joseph Lee J., Hampton lane farm Lowe E., cfe coal merchant Oreton WilUam Osborne James Proctor Sarah, Diddington Smout Joseph, Kinwalsey Tandy Mary Wagstaff William Whitehouse Jph., Hall frm Whitehouse T.,Walford hall WhitehouseW.,Diddtogton f Willday Thomas Inns and Taverns. Engine Inn, Wm. Wagstaff BALSALL TEMPLE. 2, Balsall stieet ; 3, Balsall Common ; 4, Mear End ; 5, End ; the rest at Balsall Temple, or where specified. Ring of Bells, John Gilbert, and builder White Lion, Geo. Jennings Shoe Makers. Baker John, Hampton lane Butler Benjamin Draper Edward Foster Richard Whorrall WilUam Shopkeepers. Ball Samuel Barker WilUam, Kinwalsey Lancaster Joseph Oreton WilUam Tailors. Dixon Joseph Gilbert WilUam 2 Steene Joseph, net maker 2 Truelove Miss My., Walk house Turner Mary, matron at the Temple 3 White John, beerhouse 1 Willington Joseph, gent Blksmths. & Agrctrl. Implement Makers. 5 Barlow George 2 Chattaway Joseph 2 Riley Thos. cfe WilUam Butchers, 2 Jackson John 3 Smith Wm., cfe cattle dlr 3 Taylor Joseph Farmers. 5 Allin Thomas 1 Ansley Thomas 3 Arnold William 2 Benson John, Holly lane 5 Cotterill Mary 1 Court WilUam 4 Edwards Isaac 1 Ellis Jacob 1 EUis James 2 Findon Joseph 1 Gardner EUzabeth 2 Garner Robert, Holly In 2 Gamer William Gilbert Jas., Wootton green Harris Wm., Chadwick hall 5 Heath Thos., cfe brickmkr 3 Hood Thomas 3 Morton Thomas 1 Muddiman John 3 PalmerW.. Balsall grange 5 PhilUps Edward 5 Phillips Geo., cfe cattle dlr 3 Rawlins Joseph 1 Smith WilUam 4 Taylor James 1 Toye ThOmas 2 Truelove Benjamin HEMLINGFORD HONORED — SOLIHULL DIVISION* 671 2 Truelove Henry 5 Wheeler John Grocers. 3 Clements John,cfe gardener and seedsman 4 Edwards Isaac 3 RawUns Henry, and pro vision dealer Inns and Taverns. 3 George to the Tree, Jph. Rawlins 2 Saracen's Head, E. Wall KNOWLE. Post Office, at Mr. John Cattell's ; letters arrive by gig mail, at 5 p.m. and are despatched at 9 p.m. Wheeler Joseph, and lime, Hearnfield Maltsters. 2 Garner WilUam 5 Roden William 4 Taylor WilUam Shoe Makers. 3 Ginks John 2 Sumner George Shopkeepers, 1 Ashbury WilUam 2 Jackson John 5 Masters WilUam 5 Shore Sarah Timber Merchant. 2 Truelove Benj., cfe builder Tailors. 4 Gard Richard 5 Smith Thomas Wheelwright. 2 Thompson Rchd. Holmes Carrier. 4 Gard Rd., to Coventiy, Fri. Boston Martha, school Cattell John, post master Cattell John, baker Checkley Rchd., blacksmith Chinn Charles, schoolmaster Dadley Mrs. Mary Ann Galloway Francis, tailor Hayes Job, carpenter Kimbell Edw., reUeving ofcr. for Solihull Union, cfe re gistrar of births cfe deaths for Knowle district Thompson Mr. Robert Wakefield John, cooper Wilson Robert Emitos, Esq., Knowle Hall Builders. Glover Thomas Jarvis Joseph Butchers. Allday WiUiam Middleton Edward Thompson John Chemist & Druggist. Kimbell Henry Coal Merchants. Harris G., Knowle hall wrf Dowdeswell Joseph, saddler Eborall Edwd., blacksmith Llewlyn Wm., shopkeeper Rainbow R., vict. Wheat Shf WilUams Joseph, brickmkr Farmers. Adams William Chinn Richard Cotterrell Henry Cotterrell Jas., Rotten row FuUard Samuel, and miller, Darley mill Hinks John, Hearn field Hurst Godfrey,Langdonhall Kimbell Charles Marshall John Scott m««™ Edwin, Bakers lane IL^ - John Chadburne, Knowle hall farm Satchwell Thos.,Hearn field Smith William Wilcox WiUiam, Bakers In Wheeler H., Hearn field Grocers. Boston Sophia Bower Enoch, cfe draper Glover Mary Ann Kimbell John James Wilcox WilUam Inns and Taverns. Bull's Head, Mary Palmer NUTHURST. Farmers. Arculus William Ball Joseph, cfe cattle dealer Eborall Edward Greswolde Arms, John Scott Marshall King's Arms, H. Wheeler, Hearn field Red Lion, Henry Cotterrell Swan Inn, Ann Sowley Wilson's Arms, Rhd. Chinn Maltsters. Adams Wm., cfe brickmaker Cotterrell Henry Saddlers. Clarke Joseph Herbert Edmund Parsons Richard Shoe Makers. Adams Frances PhiUips George Surgeons. Kimbell John KimbeU J.H., Manor house Watch & Clock Mks. Edwards Benjamin Haines Nathan Wheelwrights. Ensor William Mosely Joseph Harrison SI., Lapworth hs Jackson T., Nuthurst house Jeffcoat John, Hobliss Packer Gregory Rainbow Robert MERIDEN, anciently called ALSPATH, a parish and considerable pleasant viUage situate on the Coventiy and Birmingham road, 5\ mile W.N.W, from the former, and 12 miles E.S.E. from the latter; was part of the possessions of the Countess Godiva; and contains 2,612a. lr. 21p. of land, and, in 1841, 191 houses ; and 1,071 tohabitants; in 1801, 821; 1821, 927; 1831, 892; rateable value, £4,726. 16s. 9d. In the 12th of Edward II., John de Segrave, who had considerable property here, obtained a charter for a market and fair here ; both have-long since fallen into disuse. The Hall is a hand- 4 M a 872 MERIDEN PARISH. some mansion, \ mile W. from the Church, the seat of Edmund Robert Danel, Esq. ; and the property of the Digby family. Darlaston Hall, an ancient neat mansion, a little to the east of which is a belfrey, containing sixteen bells, which forms one ofthe most beautiful set of chimes in the kingdom ; was formerly the seat and property of Sir Clement Fisher, now that of Charles Blakesley, Esq. Ryleye House, a good resi dence, beautifully situated on an eminence, about 200 yards north from the Church, is the property of James Tittermaster, Esq., M.D., and the seat of Colonel Whjtchcote. A little east from the Church, is an ancient farm house, built 1609, originally moated round ; a great portion still remains ; was once the seat of one of the Earls Derby. The Giants Den, | mile S.W., a small farm house, built upon a mound, moated round; many ancient relics have been found here, and it is said, was formerly the residence of a giant. Walsh Hall, a very ancient farm house, J^ mile N. Alspath Hall, an ancient house, 1 mile E., has originally been large, and an extensive moat round, a great por tion of which still remains. Holly-berry end, 2 miles N E., contains three farm houses, two of which are ancient ; Holly-berry House, which is the property of its occupant, Mr. H. B. Bellisson; and Marlbrook Hall, which is moated round, except on the north side, which has been filled up. Lodge green, \ mile N., on which is an extensive brick and tile works, and several scattered houses. Meriden Green contains several houses 1 mile W. Eave's Green, a few cottages, § mile N.E. The Earl of Aylesford is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the soil. Mr. H. B. Bellisson, C. W. Digby, Esq., Benj. Wilks, — Greswolde, Esq., the Corporation of Coventry; Wm. King, J. Boultbee, Esq., J. Little, Esq., John Lant, and others have also estates here. The Church, dedi cated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient edifice, containing nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, in which are four bells ; it also contains two ancient monuments, one to the memory of John Wyard, who founded a chantry here, in the reign Henry IV. ; the other is supposed by Dugdale, to have been erected to the memory of one of the Walsh's, anciently lord of this manor. In 1827, the Church received an addition of 225 sittings, of which 182 are free ; the Incorporated S ociety for building and enlarging churches and chapels, having contributed £150., towards the expense. The Uving is a discharged vicarage, value in K. B. £5. 12s., now £263 ; patron, Earl Aylesford ; incumbent H on- and Rev. Charles Finch, M.A., for whom the Rev. Philip Scholfield, M.A., officiates- The vicarage is a neat residence near the Church. At the National school, is a useful agricultural library, containing upwards of 300 volumes ; it is supported by the clergy, farmers, and respectable tradesmen of the surrounding neighbourhood; Mr. John Kimpton, librarian. Forrest Hall, about 1 J miles W. by N., adjoining which is a commodious archery ground ; a ball-room has recently been erected ; the Society is called the Woodmen of Arden, who hold their meetings in June, July, and August ; the first gold obtained by a subscriber in the grand archery week, which is is always in the latter month, is re warded with a gold medal and a guinea ; a sUver medal is also contested for ; a silver arrow is shot for on the Wednesday, and a bugle horn on Friday ; distance from 180 to 240 yards. After dinner on the Wednesday and Friday, the ladies and visiting gentle men shoot for different prizes, at 60 yards ; and, in the evening, there is a ball. The Earl of Aylesford, warden ; Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, secretary ; and Mr. Robert Thompson, superintendent. Union Workhouse, at the N.W. end of the village, comprises 18 parishes, viz., Allesley, Berkeswell, Bickenhill, ColeshiU, Corley, Coundon, Fillongley, Hampton-to-Arden, Kinwalsey, Lea Marston, Mastoke, Meriden, Packington Great, Packington Little, Sheldon, Shustoke, Whitacre Nether, and Whitacre Over. The house will accommo date 130, average 85 ; Geo. and Mrs. Frances Bywater, master and matron ; Charles Palmer, clerk and superintendent registrar ; Francis Bint, registiar of births, deaths, and marriages, for Meriden dist.; Wm. Jacobs, registiar of births, deaths, and marriages, for Coleshill dist., and relieving officer for the Union; Thomas Stonor Simkiss, auditor; Rev. J, W. Knight, chaplain; and the Earl of Aylesford, chairman. HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED — SOLIHULL DIVISION. 873 Charities.— Girls' School. Kenelm Digby, Esq., by will, 181 1, gave to Charles Mills, Esq., and Wriothesley Digby, Esq.,two shares in the Coventry Canal Navigation, in trust, to apply the dividends in the support of a charity school for female children, under the patronage of his sister, Jane Mills, with power to sell the said shares and invest the money in some other way. On the 24th of April, 1813, the Earl of Aylesford demised a croft of land containing la. 3r.. called the Old Bowling Green, to the trustees for the purposes ofthe school, at a rent of Is. for 30 years, with a covenant to renew the lease for the further period of 21 years, at the like rent. Upon these premises, situated about half a mile from Meriden, a school was built in 1813; the school-house adjoins, in which the mistress resides; about half the ground is planted, and the rest is a gar den, of which the mistress has the benefit; the yearly dividends ofthe two canal shares was £80. in 1813; but in 1833, they were only £64. The schoolmistress receives a salary of 15s. a week, which includes an assistant, to whom gratuities are occasionally given. Coals are supplied for the school, at a cost of about £3. 3s. per annum. 24 girls are taught and clothed at an expense of between £30. and £40., which includes the clothes usually given upon their quitting school; in consequence of the depreciation in the value of canal shares, the children are not now clothed ; pay scholars are also allowed. The expenditure is greater now than the income. Mrs. Mills has made up the deficiency. Boys' School. — Wriothesley Digby, Esq., by will, bequeathed four out of the five canal shares in the Coventry Canal Navigation, which were given him by his brother Kenelm Digby, deceased, to his brother Noel Digby, to dispose of in charity, especially in the parish of Meriden. By declaration of trust, the said Noel Digby settled two of the canal shares, numbered 104 and 105, into the names of William Somerville and others, as trustees, and their heirs to stand possessed of the said two shares, upon trust, to pay yearly out of the dividends, to the master of the National school, for the educa tion of boys, established in Meriden, by half-yearly payments, to augmentation of the stipend of the master, and such other sums of money as the tiustees should think fit, towards improving the school premises, or providing books, cfec. ; and any residue to be applied to apprenticing poor boys of the parish. An annual income of £64. is at pre sent (1833) received from the two shares. The school-room was built by Wriothesley Digby, about tbe year 1823, on land belongtog to Lord Aylesford, for which the trustees pay 20s. a year. The master resides in a house beloning to Lord Aylesford, but fitted up by Lord Digby. The master receives £20. a year, by quarterly payments. Twelve boys are clothed and twelve others have hats aud shoes given them at an annual cost of £24. 10s. 6d.; the income betog considerably diminished by the depreciation of the above shares, that the clothing is discontinued for the present; books and school requi sites are found for them. Boys are occasionally put out apprentice. The average number of boys is about 60, and the school is in union with the National Society. New Schools were built a few years ago, at the east end of the village, at a cost of £522. 3s. Id. raised by subscription, and forms a neat building, with a house for the master and mistress, in the centre. John and Mrs. Nancy Kimpton, master and mis tress, with salaries of £40. and £25. per annum. Fuel and Clothing. — The two remaining shares to the Coventry Canal Naviga tion, left by Wriothesley Digby, as before noticed, were, by indenture, 1831, after the death of the above named Rev. Noel Digby, were conveyed, by Mrs. Jane Mills and Kenelm Somerville, his residuary legatees to the Rev. W. Somerville, curate of Meriden, and three others, in trust, to apply the income thereof, yearly, in the purchase of fuel and clothing, comprising not only apparel, but also bed linen, blankets, and coverlids, cfec. The trustees were also empowered to accumulate, out of the income of the said shares a sum not exceeding £25. yearly, and not exceeding £250. in the whole, the interest of which should be applied inUke manner with the trust fund. The distribution of this charity commenced at Christmas, 1831. The dividends are (1834) £32. At the second distribution, Mrs. Mills added £20. Ihomas Avery, in 1688, left 5s. for bread to the poor. Thomas Lapworth, in 1691, left 10s. for bread to the poor, besides seven other small bequests being made for the poor, of which the original donations, amounting in the whole to £192., which sum was, by indenture 1749. invested by the Hon. Wriothesley Digby and others, the tmstees, in the purchase of « close of pasture ground, called the Right Lands, containing by estima tion eight acres in Keresley. The gifts of Richard and Joseph Simmons, Mrs. Dyall, Mr. and Mrs. Featherstone, with £44. in the town stock, and £15. advanced by_ Mr. Jones, the vicar, to be re-paid frora the rent, made up the above sum. The close is let on lease for £!14. per annum, and the proceeds distributed according to the inten tions of the several donors, amounting to £8. 17s. The rematoder of the rent, with the 4 M 3 874 MERIDEN PARISH. sum of £6. 10s. as interest of the sum of £163., betog the proceeds of 16 oak and 5 ash trees, sold fi-om the close and laid out on mortgage, is given away on St. Thomas's day, to sums varying from 3s. to 6s. each. Henry Barnett, by will, 1781 , gave to Wriothesley Digby, Esq., and three others, £500. in trust, to invest the same, and from the interest to pay 10s. 6d. a year for a sermon, to be preached in Meriden church, on Easter Monday, and the sum of 2s. for bread, to be distributed to the poor of Meriden, by the churchwardens and overseers, and to apply the residue of the interest for putting boys to school belongtog to or residing to the pa rish, and for finding them books, pens, and other necessary things. By indenture, 1828, Rev. Noel Digby conveyed to the Rev. WilUam Somerville and three others, a parcel of land called Leightons, to Keresley, to the county of the city of Coventry, then in four closes, containing about 16 acres, upon tiust, after keeping down the toterest of a sum of £663., secured by mortgage of the said premises, so long as the same should remain due, to apply the rents and profits to the poor, cfec. The property contains about 164 acres, with a hovel, let to Robert Oughton, as yearly tenant, at £30. per annum. Out of the rent, £20. is paid annually as toterest at 4 per cent, on Barnett's £500. and £6. 10s. as interest of £163. to the trustees ofthe Right Lands charily; betog the ori ginal sum secured by mortgage on this property, all further income arising from it must be considered the gift of the Rev. Noel Digby. The sum of £5. 4s. is given away to twopenny loaves weekly. £20. is paid to a schoolmaster, and 10s. 6d. for a sermon. Church Lands. — This parish is entitled to two thirds of the rent of Lapworth Osier Grove. The premises consist of a house, garden, and croft, containing about 2£ acres, and worth at least £5. a year, but let at £2. 5s. ; of which 30s., received by this parish, is carried to the church rate account. Thomas West, to 1616, gave, out of Lucas's Grove, £1. 10s. yearly, on St.Thomas'sday. Thomas Ratten gave, out of Tyburn croft, 10s. yearly, on St. Thomas's day. Mr. Thomas Holbeche gave, out of Thompson's house, 8s. yearly, on Holy Thursday. Thomas Brown, by indenture, 1725, granted an annuity of 10s. payable out of Barley grove, to the Rev. Samuel Jones and others, to consideration of £10. paid him by Mrs. Susanna West, his late sister iu law ; 5s. of the said annuity to be paid to five poor women, of this parish, at the parish church, on St. Thomas's day ; and 5s. to be laid out in repairing her tomb, and those of Thomas and Henry West, standing together to Meriden church. Abraham and Susanna Winspear gave a rent charge of 20s. out of Douse field and Lodge orchard, 12s. to be laid out to bread, and 8s. for a sermon ; payable the Thursday before Michaelmas. John Reynolds, in 1756, left £10. the toterest to be paid to ten poor persons. Humphrey Hawksford, in 1778, left £20., the interest to be given to bread to the poor. In the year 1788, there was a sum of £60. to the hands of the then vicar, for which he paid £2. 8s., interest. This sum was laid out towards buUding the new boys' school, erected by Mr. Digby. Mary Adcock, in 1770, gave a rent charge of 8s. a year, then vested in the vicar and churchwardens. Nothing is now known of this payment. Post Office, at Mr. Henry Whittem's ; letters arrive by gig mail, from Coventiy, at 6,30 a.m,, and are despatched at 8,30 p.m. ¦Marked 1 reside at Holly-berry End ; 2, Meriden Green ; and the rest at Meriden, or where specified. Dicken Mr. Charles Wor- wood, Holly Lodge Field Captain Charles 2 Foster Geo., excise offer 2 Harper Wm., beerhouse Hunt Thomas, brick, tile, \ cfe sough pipe mfr.Lodge gn Xee James, cooper Marshall Mr. Robt., High- field Cottage Newton John, farm steward to the Earl of Aylesford, The Heath Parker Jph., corn miller Powell Isaac John, baker Proctor Wm., vet. surgeon Scholfield Rev. Philip, M.A., curate, Vicarage Allcock Mrs. M. Hibury vil Allen John, police constable 2 Anderton 1., parish clerk 1 Beaufoy Wm., cattle dlr Betteridge Thomas, saddler arid ironmonger BicUmore Wm. Edw., gent Birch Thomas, basket mkr Blakesley Charles, Esq., Darlaston HaU Bunney Miss Sarah Burbidge Mr. William, Spring Cottage 'Clarke Edward, surgeon Danell Edmund Rt., Esq., commissioner bankruptcy court, Birmtogham, The Hall 2 Taylor Rt., wheelwright Thompson Robert, manufr. of every description of X archery articles, Forrest hi Jittermaster James, M.D., Church Cottage Walker John Vander, pro fessor of music Whichcote Colonel Ryleye House Wilks Wm., stone mason and bricklayer Inns and Taverns. Bull's Head Inn, A. C. Cave Nag's Head, Wm, Taylor Queen's Head, W. Bonaker 2 Swan, Mary Maria Bint HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED. — SOLIHULL DIVISION. 875 Academies. Free, John and Mrs, Nancy Kimpton Hill Capt.R.boarding 2 Smart Ann Blacksmiths. 2 Hall WilUam Thompson John H. Butchers. Beaufoy Samuel 2 Harper Joshua Carpenters. Jacox Richard 2 Taylor John Farmers. BelUsson Henry Bar nett, Holly-berry hs Boddington John Bonaker William 2 Dodwell Jane KeeneJno., Lodge gn 1 King WilUam Osborn Thomas, Als- path Hall Pearson J. Patrick hs Powell G. Giant's den Sabin J., Walsh Hall Shaw John,Berry fids Shaw Samuel Wakelin Samuel, Church farm Wedge Charles, Horn Wood farm Whittem Henry 1 WilkinsonWilliam, Marlbrook Hall Grocers. Mkd* are Drapers also •Burbidge Rebecca HoUins Thomas Howe WiUiam 2 Ward Mary •Whittem Henry Maltsters, Bint Fras. cfe registiar of births cfe deaths, and agent to the Birmingham Fire Office Lewis WUUam, and corn merchant Taylor WUUam Shoemakers. Adams Edward 2 Anderton Joseph Armes Richard 2 Cateley Charles Hubbard Edward Keatley Thomas 2 Thompson Samuel Tailors. 2 Nightingale Richd 2 Phillips Thomas Russell WilUam Sharp John PACKINGTON, GREAT, a parish and scattered village, 4| miles S. E. by S. from Coleshill, containing 2,257 acres of land; and, in 1841, 60 houses, and 340 tohabitants; 1801,315; 1821,351; 1831,334; rateable value, £2,633. Was held by Turchil de Warwick at the Conquest, from whom, or from his son, it passed to G eoffrey de CUnton , whose son gave it to the monastery at Kenilworth ; and, at the dissolution of the abbey, it was granted to John Fisher, Esq., who built the family mansion. His son, Sir Clement, formed the park ; and his son, Robert, raised a large pool to the east of the house, and erected a lodge in the park. In the early part of the 18th century, the manor came to the Right Hon. Heneage Finch, by marriage with a daughter of the last Sir Clement Fisher, who erected the present Packington Hall, from its foundation. By various improvements, made by the late Earl of Aylesford, and his father, it is now a commodious and handsome mansion, surrounded by an extensive park, well stocked with deer, which possesses a natural inequality favourable to picturesque effect, well wooded, and adorned with water ; and the late Earl, who possessed highly-cultivated taste, joined to great activity of mind, studiously imparted to them an air of wildness, calculated to show off those advantages to the best effect. The Hall contains a fine Library and some choice paintings ; it is the seat and property of the Right Hon. Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford, who is also lord of the manor and principal owner. Under a large tree in the park is a monument, bearing the following inscription : — " On Thursday, September 3rd, 1789, William Cawssey, of London, farrier, was, on this spot, struck dead by lightning. To commemorate this awful event, as well as to warn others from exposing themselves to the same danger, by taking shelter, in a thunder storm, under tiees, this monument is erected." The Church, dedicated to St. James, situated in the park, is a neat brick edifice, built 1790, at the sole expense ofthe Earl of Aylesford, and ornamented by an altar piece, painted in fresco, by Rigaud. It contains monuments to the memory of John Fisher, Esq., who died 1570, and Sir Clement Fisher, and his wife. The living, a discharged vicarage, valued to the King's Books at £7. 10s. 2^d., now £66. ; in the patronge of the Earl of Aylesford, and incumbency of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Finch, M. A. Church Lands. — The rents of certato premises, amounting to £11. 19s. per annum, are received by the churchwardens, and carried to account of the church rate. At a vestry, held January, 1787, it having been found that the steeple and church were to bad condition, it was ordered that the vicar and churchwardens should mortgage all the church estates, for the purpose of raising £200. or more, towards buUding the said church, andthat all the church money then in hand, amounting to £198. should be applied to the said purpose. The church was rebuilt by Lord Aylesford, the parish contributing £400. The £200. was borrowed on bond, Of which £100. has been paid off. Poor's Money. — A sum of £225. is in the hands ofthe Earl of Aylesford, producing £9. a year interest. This money is composed of several ancient gifts from the Fisher 8T6 PACKINTON (GREAT) PARISH. family, and others, and increased by the Earl of Aylesford. The interest, with the sacrament money, amounting, in all, to about £25., is laid out annually in the purchase of linen and blankets, and distributed to about 50 poor persons, parishioners. _ fVilliam Wotlon gave £5. to the poor of this parish, the interest to be distributed the first Sunday in the months of November, December, January, February, and March. William Burbidge, who died in 1803, left £10. to be added to Wotton's charity, and the interest to be given away in bread annually. He also left £10. to be given to the poor of this parish, at his death, which was distributed accordingly. This £10., and £5. as Wotton's gift, are in tbe hands of Mr. WilUam Burbidge, churchwarden, who pays 15s. interest for them ; and bread to the amount of 2s, 6d. is distributed on six several Sundays in the year, by the churchwardens, to poor persons attending at church. Directory. — Earl of Aylesford, The Hall; John Cookson, shoemaker; Abm. Jones, blacksmith; Wm. Poole, gardener; Jas. Taaffe, house steward; John Windebank, game keeper. The Farmers are Jph. Dodwell, Thos. Jackson, Jph. Keatley, Ash Farm ; Edwd. Mayow, Warren Farm ; Thos. Oldams, Mill Farm; Jph. Shuttleworth, John Shuttleworth, and Wm. Smart, and vict., Up and Down Port. PACKINGTON, LITTLE, a small parish and scattered village, 3\ miles S. S. E. from ColeshiU, contains 996 acres of land, and, in 1841, 29 houses, and 151 inhabitants; 1801,, 140; 1821, 150; 1831, 150; rateable value, £1,352. This is supposed to have been a part of Earl Mellent's possessions, but it is not mentioned in Doomsday. A moiety of the manor, called Packington Pigot, after passing through the hands of several members ofthe noble family of Grey, came to the Crown, on the attainder ofthe Duke of Suffolk; and, being granted by Elizabeth, to Edward, Earl of Lincoln, was sold to Sampson Baker, and descended to his son John, of the Charter House, near Coventry. Within this lordship was a hermitage, which, together with the Church, was given to the monks of Worcester, by Gilbert Picot ; and, at the dissolution, the lands were granted to the dean and chapter. The principal owners are now the Dean and chapter of Worcester, corporation of Coventry, Earl Digby, Earl of Aylesford ; and Earl Stanford is lord ofthe manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a neat stone edifice, consisting of nave and chancel, with a square wooden tower. The living, a, rectory, valued in the King's Books at £3., now £212.; in the patronage of Earl of Aylesford, and incumbency ofthe Hon. pnd Rev. Charles Finch, M. A. The Rectory is a large neat residence near the church. Charities. — George Shakespear, by will, 1719, gave to the churchwardens and over seers ofthe poor of Little Packington, £10., to be laid out in land, or secured, iu order to lay out I0.i. in bread, yearly, for the poor, on St. Thomas's day. Now paid by Lord Aylesford, from land purchased ofthe Shakespear family. The Rev, James Jacques, by will 1788, directed his executors to pay into the hands ofthe rector of Little Packington, and the vicars of Coleshill and Meriden for the time being, the sum of £150., upon trust, that they and their successors, cfec, should place the same out at interest, and pay, or cause to be paid, as the interest, the sum of £6. per annum, into the hands of the rector, churchwardens, and overseers of Little Pack- inuton: 50s. thereof to be paid to a schoolmistress, to teach ten poor children to read, and £3. 10s., the remainder, to be laid out in providing comfortable clothing for the poor: and he also bequeathed to John Smart, and two others, £25., upon trust, that the same should be invested in some permanent security, to be yearly laid out to bread, to the poor, one halt' on the first Sunday in February, and the other upon Good Friday. The sum of £150. bequeathed by the above will, was laid out in the purchase ot £250. Three per cent, consols. Iu 1832, owmg to a long lapse, the sum of £120 was received Irom the dividends, as due : after paying £11 19s. 6d. for the expense of obtaining them, and £2. 3s. for a power of attorney, the residue was invested in the same stock, and added to the original sum. making £376. 9s. Id., standing in the names ot the trustees, the Rev. William Digby and the Rev. Charles Finch. The annual divi- ?if i-,7 ¦,' ' are al'Plied according to the intention of the donnr. In respect of the .£25., neither principal nor interest was paid fir about 20 years, when, on the settling of an account, the parish agreed to allow £15.. as toterest, making a total sum of £110 for which the overseers a^eed to pay interest, at five per cent, per annum, to the tins'! hy3tUeawil P°°r "' t0 exl)ended in bread> aud »«« *> the poor, as directed HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED — SOLIHULL DIVISION. 877 Directory. — John Bullous, shoemaker; Hon. and Rev. Charles Finch, M.A., rector; Thos. Hill, blacksmith ; Thos. Sutton, tailor ; and John Bond, John Dutton, William Nicholds, Rd. Smart, Wm. Spencer, Chas. Todd, and Ephraim Todd, farmers. SOLIHULL, an extensive parish and small market town, pleasantly situated on the road from Warwick to Birmingham, 13 miles N.W. from Warwick, 7 S.E. from Birming ham, 12 W. by N. from Coventry, and 105 N.W. from London. The town consists of one long street, with another branching off the high road to the market place ; the houses to general are modern and well built, and many of them large and handsome. The inhabitants are well supplied with water from springs ; the air is salubrious, and the surrounding scenery of a pleasing character. The Warwick and Birmingham and the Stratford-on-Avon canals pass through the parish : this was, at the Conquest, known hy the name of Ulverlei, or Wolverley, at which time it had a church. The manor was granted by William the Conqueror to Cristina, and afterwards passed to Ralph de Limesie; by an heiress, it came to Hugh de Odingsells, in the time of King John, and thence to his son William, in the reign of Henry III., who procured the grant of a market and fair, but they were apparently soon discontinued, as Hotham, Bishop of Ely, to whom the lordship had devolved, obtained another charter, in the 13th of Edward II. The parish contains 11,296 acres of land ; and, in 1841. 649 inhabited houses, 23 unin habited, and two buildtog, and 3,401 inhabitants, of whom 1,737 were males, and 1,664 females ; 1801,2,473 ; 1831, 2,817 ; rateable value, £12,546. The principal land owners are, Col. Robert Short, Mr. Henry Harvey, Mr. George Homer, Mr. Charles Curtis, Lady Byron, Mr. John SmaUwood ; the former is lord ofthe manor ; many others have small estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Alphege, is a large cruciform structure, partly in the later and partly in the early styles of English architecture, the tracery moul dings and corbels in the toterior are extremely elegant; there are also some fine specimens of tabernacle and screen work: it consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, and gallery, with embattled tower, surmounted by an octagonal spire, and contains a peal of eight good bells ; the vestry was formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket. The living, a rectory, valued in the King's Books, at £24. 18s. 4d., now £1,462. ; Rev. Archer Clive, patron, and Rev. Patrick Murray Smythe, M. A., incumbent. Tithes commuted, 1846, at £1,500. The rectory, situated near the church, is a handsome residence. The Catholic Chapel is a neat brick edifice, erected 1836, Rev. Francis Lycett, priest. The Independents have a neat Chapel here. The market, which was on Wednesday,, has long been obsolete ; and fairs are held April 29th, for cattle and horses ; on the Friday after September 9th, and for hiring servants ; and October 12th, for cheese and cattle. The Court leet, at which a constable is appointed, is held oc casionally in the Town Hall, a neat brick building, in which assemblies and other public meetings are held ; the magistrates also hold petty sessions here, on the first Saturday to every month ; Col. Robert Short and Joseph Moore Boultbee, Esq., are the presiding magistrates. The County Court comprises the following places, viz :— Solihull, Pack ington Great and Little, Tanworth, Packwood, Elmdoii, Baddesley Clinton, Bickenill, Hampton-in- Arden, and Lapworth ; Frederick Trotter Dinsdale, Esq., judge ; J. B. Hanbury, clerk; George Joseph Harding, assistant clerk; Robert Short, bailiff; and John Wilks, broker. Malvern Hall, % mile west, is a large handsome mansion, surrounded with an exten sive park, and is the seat and property of Henry Greswolde Wigley, Esq. Olton Hall, a neat brick mansion, 6 miles south from Birmingham, the residence of Miss A. Watts, and property of Mr. Alston. Hillfield Hall, an ancient farm house, 1 mile south, occupied by Mrs. Ann Sprigg. The Union Workhouse will acommodate 150, average 96, and comprises 12 parishes viz.: Baddesley Clinton, Balsall Temple, Barston, Elmdon, Knowle, Lapworth, Nuthurst, Packwood, Solihull, Tanworth, and Yardley; Mr. Rbt. and Eliz. Hodder, master and matron ; Frances Hodder, schoolmistress; Edward Kimbell, relieving officer, and regis- 878 SOLIHULL PARISH. trarof births and deaths for Knowle district; Thomas Harboume, registiar of births and deaths for Solihull dist. ; Henry Preston Goodwin, registiar of marriages : there are 20 guardians and five ex-oficios ; George Joseph Harding, clerk; Rev. P. M. Smythe, chairman; and Thomas Lowe, surgeon. Shirley Street, a scattered hamlet, 2 m. N.E., on the ancient Roman road. The district Church, dedicated to St. James, is a neat edifice, in the early English style of architect ure, consisting of nave, chancel, gallery, and square tower. The Uvtog, » perpetual curacy, rated at £120., Rector of Solihull, pation, and Rev. Nash Stephenson, M. A., incumbent. A neat National school, for boys and girls, with a house for the master, erected by subscription, and a grant from the National Society, will accommodate 150, average 130 ; Abraham Knowles, master, and Mary Ann Ardiker, mistiess. The Bap tists have a Chapel here, erected 1845, Charities.— By an inquisition taken at Solihull, 5th of September, James I., under a commission of charitable uses, the jurors found numerous estates and rent-charges in the hands of feoffees, for charitable uses ; these estates were, at various times, conveyed to new trustees, of which the last was 29th May, 1813. On 9th November, 1825, the commissioners, under the act for inclosing lands in Solihull, in consideration of £406. 7s. conveyed to the feoffees certain lands ; and, under the inclosure, various exchanges and allotments were made, giving to the feoffees a further sum of £436. 12s. Id., which may be considered a clear profit to the charity from these exchanges. The present rental of the property belonging to the charity is £512. 10s. 6d. per annum, besides which there was a sum of £1,237. 3s. 9d. received for timber, from which £406. 7s., as above stated, was expended in the purchase of the land at Load Heath, with other incidental expenses, amounting in the whole to £571. 19s. 3d., leaving a residue of £665. 4s. 6d., which was applied to the purposes ofthe current account. During the 10 years ending 1825, the sum of £1,704. was expended in repairs, exclusive of £1 15. paid for the building a cottage at Load Heath, which leaves a net rental of £376. 15s. 6d.; from which £40. is given to the poor, in equal portions, on Good Friday and All Souls day, agreeable to the will of John Collett, 1st of May, 7th of EUzabeth; also, a sum of £5. 14s. asMars- tons, a sum of £11. lis. as Baynton's, and a sum of £2. as Wheatley's, for charitable uses, amounting in the whole to £59. 5s., leaving a sum of £317. 10s. 6d., from which a school is maintained, consisting of a classical and [an EngUsh department ; the children of any parishioner are admitted to either school. The head master, who is always a graduate in one of the universities, resides in the school-house and premises rent-free, and receives a salary of £100. a year ; he takes a few private pupUs. There are only three boys on the foundation. The English school is conducted by an assistant master, who receives a salary of £65. a year ; he is aUowed to take pay scholars, if room for them. There are two school-rooms annexed to the master's house ; the head master superintends the English school. The parents find books, and the feoffees provide for the repairs of the house and premises. Rev. Geo. Elliott, M.A., head master, and Rd. Sice, English master. From this fund is also defrayed the amount of the churchwardens general account, averaging £53. per annum ; £5. to the organist ; £2. to the clerk, for ringing the curfew bell ; £2. 2s. for looking after the church chest; making, together with the master's salary, £227. 2s., thus leaving an annual surplus of £90. S. 6d. Poor Stock. — The sums of £45. and £5., given for a stock, which, as early as 1693, was reduced by losses from loans, to £26., after which no distinct account appears ; but for several years, a sum of £18. 4s. 5d. is noticed as belongtog to the fund, being out at interest, and the toterest distributed to the poor. Job Marston, by will, 1701, gave the sum of £30., which he directed his executors might lay out in the purchase of some property, to be by them conveyed to Dr. Isham, rector of Solihull, and eleven others, and their heirs, upon trust, to distribute all the rents to the poor of Solihull. By indenture, 15th May, 1707, a piece of land called the New Lunt, near Acock's green, was granted by Robert Powell, to the trustees, for the above sum. This forms part of feoffees estate, and contains 2a. lr. 7p., now let at the yearly rent of £5. 14s. Mary Boynton, by will, 1760, bequeathed to Sir Robert Ladbroke, his heirs, and assigns, £100., upon trust, that the said Sir Robert should invest the same in the pur chase of property, on trust, that the organist of the parish church should receive the profits of the same. By indenture, 1777, Robert Ladbroke, Esq., for the sum of £162. 15s., of which £100. was the legacy of Mrs. Baynton, then to Mr. Ladbroke's hands, conveyed to the Rev. Richard Sutton Yates, D.D., and thirteen others, a messuage and two closes of land, containing 4 acres, known as the Oat Croft, on tiust, to pay out HEMLINGFORD HUNDRED — SOLIHULL DIVISION. 879 of the rents. £4., yearly, to the organist ofthe parish church, and dispose ofthe residue to such charitable puposes as they thought proper. This property is let for £11. lis. This forms part of the feoffees' estate. — Wheatley. (See Coventry.) The sum of £2., as applicable to this charity, is received by the feoffees, which is given to four poor men of the parish. Rev. Henry Greswold, by will, 1700, ordained that his executors should lay forth the sum of £100. in purchasing lands, to be settled upon the feoffees, on tiust; that they should permit the churchwardens of Solihull to receive the rents of such lands, with which they should purchase, yearly, eight shifts and eight blue gowns, the gowns to be marked on the left sleeve with the letters H. G. ; to be given, yearly, on the feast of All Saints, to 4 poor boys and 4 poor girls ofthe parish, aged between five and fourteen years; for the fitting the said boys and girls to school, to learn to read and write ; such chUdren to be nominated by the curate and churchwardens : and he willed, that if any residue then remained, it should be laid out in buying shoes and stockings, or other apparel, to be given to the boys and girls with the gowns. Land, called Heatleys, lying in Chatwich, appears to have been purchased with this legacy. This land consists of three closes, containing 6a. lr. 21p., let at the annual rent of £12., to which la.3r. 31 p. was awarded at the Balsall inclosure act, now let for the annual rent of £1. 4s. In 1821, timber was sold from the estate to the value of £205. 0s. 9d. In 1826, two exchequer hills, of £100., were purchased, and the whole proceeds of the charity amounted to £18. 16s. l£d., and seven of each sex received the benefit ofthe charity. Edward Holbeche, of Solihull, by will, 1640, bequeathed to Thomas Waring and three others, and their heirs, a rent charge of £3., to be issuing from a close called Good Hart Land, to the parish of Tanworth, on trust, to distribute yearly, on the 1st of June, and the last day of November, to the poor and needy of SoUhull, which is given to small sums of 6d. and 3d. each. George Palmer. As early as 1687, the sum of 20s. annually was paid for this dole, and entered as a payment out of a windmill, which is gone. Mrs. Jane Ann Eleanor Wil son and Henry Greswold Lewis, Esq., who succeeded to the property of Benjamin Palmer, Esq., pay the rent charge to the churchwardens, which is given to four poor widows. Ann Greswold, by will, 1754, gave the churchwardens of SoUhull, for the time being, the sum of £50., the interest to be laid out yearly, in bread, to be distributed to the poor every Christmas day. Henry Greswold Lewis, Esq., who holds the money, sends 80 sixpenny loaves, as the interest, every Christinas day, which are given to the poor. Mrs. Martha Palmer; by will, 1726, desired that her executrix, within twelve months after her decease, would purchase an estate of freehold, of the value of £50., to be made to and in the name of her brother, Benjamin Palmer, w «^ % '* PATENT MAGNETO PLATE WORKS, AND GENERAL PLATING MANUFACTORY, IB ft 19, NORTHWOOD ST., 49, SALISBURY SQUARE, ST. PAUL'S, FLEET STREET, BIRMINGHAM. LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1818. THOMAS PRIME, Manufacturer of Dessert Knives and Forks, SpoonB, Forks, Ladles, Fish Carvers and Slices, Nutcraeks, Grape Scissors, Toast Racks, Snuffers and Trays, Cruet and Liquor Frames, Waiters, Tea and Coffee Services, &c. &c. Magneto Plated on White Metal and on Steel ; also in Superior German Silver. MERCHANTS' AND FACTORS' ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED, AM AMPLH STOCK BEING ALWAYS ON HAND. T. P. would remark, that the beautiful process of the Electro Deposition of Silver, Gold, &c. by the agency of Magnetic Machinery, was first brought to practical perfection by him, at his Works in Birmingham, where it has been in full operation more than six years. PATENT GRANTED AUGUST 1st, 1842. Februnrj, 1846. J*& PrinUd bv SatitA Allen and Son, 3, C.lr.nra Row, Birmingham, ADVERTISEMENTS'. iWafcsti)^ ^^pllfliPib* SLetten* patent. CHARLES JAMES SMITH, No. 28, WHITTALL STREET, BIRMINGHAM, AND No. 24, KING fVILLIAM STREET, CITY, LONDON, PATENTEE AMI SOLE MANUFACTURER OF THE IVSAQAZIfyE SELF PRIMING GU!y$, rifles, and pistols, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. No. 4. No. S. No. 6. No. 7. REFERENCE. J. Common Musket. 2. Double Patent Rifle, with Magazine Self-primingr# Locks, discharging 40 times with once Priming. 3. Patent Six Shot Gun, firing 30 tunes with once Priming. 4. Patent Six Shot Maga zine Self-priming Pistol. 5. Patent Powder Flask, loading six Barrels at once. 6. Top of Ditto, 7. Patent Double Pistol. ADVERTISEMENTS. im9 ©HHMTT MAMIPTOM SMEEIT. BIRMINGHAM, GENERAL BRASS FOUNDER, AND BRASS CURTAIN RINGS & NAILS, Cornice Pole, Screw, Picture, Fishing Rod, Umbrella, Parasol, and every other description of BRASS RINGS, WHOLESALE AND FOR EXPORTATION. MUTUAL MONEY ASSOCIATION, CONDUCTED BY MATTHIAS GREEN, No. 4, SUMMER HILL TERRACE, BIRMINGHAM. FOUNDED 1829. THE BRANCH 2 B, RE-COMMENCED ON THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JANUARY, 184S, FOR £200, £100, OR £50 SHARES; And will remain open Six Months for the admission of Members. Time of Meeting. — The first Friday evening in every month, from half-past seven till nine. Rate of Subscription. — For every ^£50. subscribed for, £1. per month. Persons residing more than five miles distant are allowed to pay quarterly. Disposal of Shares. — The Shares are put up for Sale to the Club Members ; the highest bidder is the purchaser. Security required. — Two persons to join the member in a promissory note for £50 ; toofor^eiOO; and three for ,£200. Interest. — Commences fifteen days after the purchase of the share, at 2* per cent. per annum. Bankers. — Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner and Co. Money may always be obtained on equitable principles, on good personal security, from .£50 and upwards, and repaid by monthly instalments, as some one Branch ofthe Association is always open. The Rules may be had on application as above, by leaving a deposit of 6d., to ensure their being returned, or will be sent to a distance on the receipt of 12 postage stamps. M. G. may be seen at 4, Summer Hill Terrace, from Two to Three o'clock any day. ADVERTISEMENTS. ESTABLISHED, 1785. (Formerly CHARLES PLIMLY & Co.) REFINER & DEALER IN METALS, ON SALE, TILE, CAKE, & BEST SELECTED COPPER; COMMON, REFINED, & GRAIN TIN; IHfiOT &RA88 OF ALL f 8ALBTSBS, "EOT 2P5L AT!^ IP2©? BA3E9 <& SHSB V 2L1A® g JSvitfeS airtf dPortfsn £>i>ett«r, WfcSet, ISfemittB, a&egutug, fc f>alem>n. J. P. F. is at all times a Purchaser of old Metals, Lead, and Lead Ashes ; and all kinds of Metal refuse, in any quantities, for Cash on Delivery. 54, WORCESTER ST. BIRMINGHAM. WHOLESALE HARDWARE WAREHOUSE. ,9 GENERAL DEALER IN LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, SHEFFIELD, AND WOLVERHAMPTON MANUFACTURES, ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE & GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF — =^ro @ Q? q a a EB *£? o c^*— BRITANNIA METAL WARES, GUNS, PISTOLS, DERY» PURE BR©P«S % FEPJBERSo L©©&§3 h to* to* Also, General Importer of Foreign Beads and Fancy Merchandise. Factors, Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Shipping Orders executed on the Shortest Notice and Lowest Terms. ADVERTISEMENTS. COOPER'S PATENT SPHERICAL AIR-TIGHT STOPPERS. MESSRS. LIOYD AND SUMMERFIELD Beg most respectfully to inform their friends and connection, that they are the only Manufacturers of all articles in Glass, under the above Patent. It is particularly adapted for Decanters, Liquor Bottles, Pickle Jars, &c; of which they solicit an inspection. May be had at the principal Glass Warehouses in Town and Country. Park G lass Works, Birmingham. 3Sj? i?er jMajestg'g ixoiial tletterg patent BUTTON, KOOK AND EYE, AND THIMBLE AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN MOTHER O'PEARL SHELLS, FOIL, &c, 02 & 0®8 MEW T©WN1 R©W» B[RR»8Nl©.fcmRI]«, J. H. C begs to call the attention of the public to his IMPROVED SWAN QUILL HOOK cfe EYE, Registered according to Act of Parliament, October 9, 1847. No. 1223.— The vast utility of which is acknowledged by every one who has seen it. ADVERTISEMENTS; JAMES THORNTON & SONS, 179, BRADFORD STREET, MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE IRONMONGERS, And Manufacturers of Wrought Iron, Cast and Brass Hinges, COACH BOLTS, WOOD & COACH SCREWS, LIFTING JACKS, And Railway Ironmongery of all descriptions ; also, Thornton cfe McConnel's Patent Railway Break and Carriage Connecting Irons, cfec. of Every Description, are made at Thomas Ottley's MEDAL & DIE-SINKING MANUFACTORY, THE BIRMINGHAM (GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 42, NEW STREET, ESTABLISHED FOB THIS SALE OF ffiberg &rtfrle of J3«ft$ reirutrtii fig &axai\lt& ut fWourtimg. BACH AND BARKER, Proprietors and Undertakers. P 48, WARWICK STREET, OF COFFIN FURNITURE, COFFIN NAILS, BRASS NAILS, CURTAIN RINGS, MALLEABLE IRON, AND COMPOSITION NAILS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. WOOD SCREWS, IN IRON, BRASS, AND COPPER ; Bromsgrove Tacks, and General Factor. ADVERTISEMENTS. ESTABLISHED 1816. CABINET& COFFIN MAKER,& UPHOLSTERER, MANUFACTORY, POULTRY YARD, BACK OF 29, BELL ST. ; All kinds of Household and Office Furniture taken in exchange, or bought with cash, from the glass bottle to the wardrobe. No. 37, EXETER ROW, BIRMINGHAM, MANUFACTURER OF BRIGHT STEEL, GERMAN SILVER, HORN, AND METAL SPECTACLES, 1¥! (fULHISlg, ^MiO© @3£&§S1B, Hand Spectacles, and Magnifyers, in every description of Mounting ; Spectacle Cases of all sorts, &c, &c, E&> ®m&&& PQWXP&s&it, Manufacturer of Cornice Poles, Rings, Brackets, Ends, Curtain Bands, Star Rods, Desk Railing, and GENERAL FACTOR, (DOSAIBIblBa IHIBSflB^raSWaj) IB mBSflHHQlB&Stto London, EDGLEY & BILLING, 142, High Holborn. GOUGH AND SUMNER, WHOLESALE STATIONERS, PAPER DEALERS, ENGRAVERS, COPPER PLATE AND LETTER PRESS PRINTERS, HP™ Manufacturers of every description of Account Books. Window and Door Plates neatly executed. Scales, Weighing Machines, Mills, cfec. DAVID PRATT, EJ@. M, a.!©©® STffiBJB'nS. ©3E!EIiraOTA» MANUFACTURER OP EVERY DESCRIPTION OF THIMBLES. w a & s» a <& m io waiL§®ir0 (Successor to the late T. Godfrey,) WOOD & IRON PUMP MAKER, WELL SINKER, &C. CHAPEL STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Orders Immediately attended to. ADVERTISEMENTS. betters patent JOHN BEDINGTON, KflMOT&rF JMiGa ©IF SELF-ACTING AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF HEASUEIK& MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, BOX AND IVORY RULES, No. 4©, DIGBETH, BIRMINGHAM. J. B. particularly invites attention to his Newly-Invented and PATENT MEASURING TAPE, which contains all the advantages of Routledge's Slide Rule, in Circle. The handle used for winding up the Tape contains an Ever- pointed Pencil; also a Reserve for Leads, and the Steel Spike is used for holding the Tape in Measuring. At the beginning of the Tape is a Metallic Loop attached to the Ring and secured by an Eyelet, for the insertion of the Steel Spike aforesaid, thus rendering a second party unnecessary in mea'suring. The sides of the Box are covered with Asses Skin for convenience in writing, so that this Article may be con sidered a multum in parvo of a Surveyor's requisites. J. B.'s TAPES are also Manufactured on the Multiplying Principle, by which an immense saving of time is effected, this principle being decidedly superior to the old one, five-sixths of the time being saved by its use. SAV28 MASS SO BORSiaV ASaiSASWBSlEBXX. S>Jrtpj)fng; ©rtfcvs «f jreruteB. FENTON & MARSDEN' S REGISTERED MORTICE GAUGE, N° 970, MANUFACTURED BY MARSDEN BROTHERS & SILVERWOOD, (BUM & gfoiiwrs' ftool iWamtfartttms, SHEFFIELD. Fig. \—A, a, B, b, is the Stem,which in stead of being a square piece of Wood, as heretofore, is formed of two hollow Brass Tubes, the one, A, sliding into the other, B. The Head, C, of Ebony, oro- ther hard wood as usual, fur nished inter nally with a, Brass Nut, by which it is screwed tight up to the Shoulder, b, on the Tube, B; d is a Marking Point fixed to the Tube A ; e is a second Marking Point, which traverses in the Slot/, g, and is attached by a small Screw to an internal Nut, h, shewn in Section Fig. 2. By turning the Screw at B the Tube A is drawn into, or forced out of, the Tube B, and the Marking Point, d, thereby brought nearer to, or farther from the Head, C. A similar Screw at the end, A, gives a backward or forward motion to the Marking Point e, and so by the movement of these two Screws the Marking points can be set to any required distance with great facility, and when set they cannot be accidently shifted in using. The arrangements for effecting this object are plainly shewn in Section Fig. 2. The Tubes are prevented from turning in each other by a, Screw, i, in the Tube B, which traverses a Slot in the inner Tube, A. The Proprietors and Manufacturers of the ahove Mortice Gauge feel confident that the preference will be claimed by such Workmen as value correctness with economy of time and labour. The advantage it possesses over all others, is that which is so essential in this article — when once fixed in the required position IT CANNOT BE ALTERED BY ACCIDENT, which the ordinary Gauges are liable to, thereby causing serious inconvenience, which, bv this invaluable invention, is altogether avoided, and FENTON & MARSDEN'S REGISTERED BRACE HEAD. NO. 986, MANUFACTURED BY MARSDEN BROTHERS & SILVERWOOD, <&*%* & Sfotntxz' ©ool 4Wamtfactttms, SHEFFIELD. The Figure repre sents the Section of the Brace Head. A is a Spindle terminating at the top point, c, and to be attached to the Stock of the Brace by a Screw, '*$; D,D is a BrassNeck, through which the Spin dle, A, passes, and in which it tarns freely; at the top of the Neck are placed two Screws, d, d. E, E is a Collar of hardened Steel form ed in two parts, as seen separately at Figure 2, which is put through a recess in the neck D, and its central opening exactly fits the grove a, of the Spindle. When this Steel Collar, E, is put in its place, it is held there by a Brass Collar, e, e, which is slipped over the neck D, and screwed down by the Cap F, which holds it to its place, the Cap F, being prevented from working off by the Nut screwed on the Neck, d, having a re verse thread. In offering the above Brace Head to the Public the Proprietors have great satisfaction to add that by such Improvements it will be found to supersedb all others hitherto manufactured. It possesses those advantages so long sought for, viz., security of the head to the brace, ease in work ing, without friction, and ultimate durability. This will be at ouce obvious to all Artizans ; and claim that preference in their selections which by the immence saving of time and labour the above invention is deserving. 'J^J^W^-lw lix*jk MANUFACTURER/ SMITHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM. GARDEN CHAIR. 1 1 ft' .. . 1 1 { HURDLES. It GARDEN ARCH. i: i '. i FENCE. (1 h SHEEP TROUGH. TREE GUARD. (Q _j , v/6) mT-> / \ / a \ / \ \ / / \ — V- EDWARD UPFILL, MANUFACTURER, OTITHFIIJEILB, BmMMGHHUMKffl, OF WROUGHT IBON GATES, PALISADING, PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL, SHEEP RACK. PLOWER STANDS, GARDEN CHAIRS AND STOOLS, HARE AND RABBIT PROOF FENCING, DEER, OX& SHEEP HURDLES, Wheelbarrows AND Carriage Jacks, GRAVEL SCREEN. Sack Trucks and Bedsteads, SHEEP RACKS, SHEEP TROUGHS, SHEEP FOLDS, F@L© URDLBS, COW CEIBS, SACK TRUCKS, WEATHER VANES, HORSE RACKS, AND MANGERS, LIME, SAND, AND GRAVEL Screens, Iron Arms and Axles. ALL KINDS OF WIRE WORK, PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL. (3>{ < U A b<5\ v y. /iiii j i\ GATES. Nails, Chains of all sorts, Screw Pins, Nutts and Hames. ADVERTISEMENTS. NO ENTRANCE FEE. NO STAMP DUTY. NO INVALIDATION. Engineers', Masonic, and Universal MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Head Office, 345, Strand, London, opposite Waterloo Bridge. (Incorporated under Act of Parliament, 7 # 8 Vict., cap. 110.J No Charge for Stamp Duty. COURT OF DIRECTORS. William F. Dobson, Esq., M. A., 47, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, (Chairman.) Professor David Thomas Ansted, M.A., F.R.S., 36, Gloucester Road, Hyde Park, and King's College. James Ellison, Esq., 5, Great Mary-le- bone Street, Portland Place. Robert Hart, Esq., 2, Middle Temple Laue. Frederick Heath, Esq., Ingress Lodge, Greenhithe. George Johnson, Esq., M. D., King's Col lege. SOLICITORS. — Messrs. Prichard and Collett e, 51, Lincoln's Inn Fields. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY.— Frederic Lawrance, Esq. ASSISTANT ACTUARY.— Anthony Peck, Esq. B. A. Robert Thomas Crucefix, Esq., LL.D., Milton on Thames, (Deputy Chairman.) Charles John Longridge, Esq., 8, Wal- brook, and Bedlington Iron Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Henry Marshall, Esq., 20, Queen Street, May Fair. John Strutt, Esq., 18, Buckingham Street, Strand. Rev. J. W. Watson, M.A., Langton Place, Brixton. Thomas Luxmore Wilson, Esq. 38, Wal- brook, and 4, Eaton Place, South, Bel grave Square. POLICIES ISSUED FREE OF STAMP DUTY TO THE ASSURED. The whole of the profits are divided amongst the Assured. No Entrance Fee for admittance. Premiums may be paid Half-yearly, Quarterly, or Monthly. A Policy once granted will never be disputed. A Policy having been assigned as a bona fide security, will not be void by Suicide, Duel ling, or the Hands of Justice. Credit given for half the Premiums during the whole of life. A certain return to the Assured of at least one-third of all Premiums received if he wishes to discontinue his Policy. The introduction of a second person in the place of the one originally Assured, if he wishes to withdraw, will be allowed, if the party so introduced is of the same age as the original Member, and in good health. Where the ages differ, special arrange ments may be made. Lives not considered perfectly admissable on the ordinary terms, assured at rates of Premium corresponding with the extra risk. The Share of Profits allocated to an Assured may be applied in reduction of future Annual Premiums, or added to the Policy by way of Bonus, or received at once in cash, at its then present value. One-half of the amount of the Policy advanced on approved personal and other security, re-payable by instalments. A main object of the Society is to extend the benefit of Life Assurance to all Classes, by granting smaU Policies, and allowing the Premiums to be paid Monthly, without ant charge for Stamp Duty. Policies granted from .=£20. to .£5,000. The usual Commission allowed on the introduction of Policies. MEDICAL REFEREES PAID IN ALL CASES. The Rates of Premium are as moderate as is consistent with perfect security to the Office and the Assured. LOCAL SECRETARY FOR THE BISMINGSABI DISTRICT, MR. E. PITMAN, Bristol Road School. Physician.— DR. RUSSELL, Temple Row. B 10 ADVERTISEMENTS. 120 MILLION'S ANNUALLY ! ! COMMAND. wumoA w®kk@9 ©GyMM ©ysg Has been for a long series of years engaged in the manufacture of steel pens, and during that time has devoted his unceasing attention to the improving and perfecting this useful and necessary article ; the result of his persevering efforts, and numerous experiments upon the properties of the metal used, has been the construction of a pen upon a principle entirely new, combining all the advantages of the elasticity and fine ness of the quill, with the durability of the metallic pen, and thus obviating the objections which have existed against the use of steel pens. The patentee i6 proud to acknowledge that a discerning public has paid the most gratifying tribute to his humble, though useful labours, by a demand for his pens, far exceeding his highest expectations. THE NUMBER OF PENS MANUFACTURED AT THE WORKS OF Caution. — Purchasers will please notice thateachPen ofthe celebrated No. 303 bears the stamp, "Joseph Gillott's Extra Pine," and each Packet, in addi tion to the Number, has the Maker's Name on the Label. This Caution is deemed necessary in consequence of other makers adopting the above designating number, by which the Original, Joseph Gillott's Victoria Pen, ^ better known than by any other term, and has attained such a wide spread popularity throughout the United States of America, where these spurious imitations have been introduced. at the request of persons extensively engaged in tuition, j. a HAS introduced his Which are especially adapted to their use, being of different degrees of flexibility, and with fine, medium, and broad points, suitable for the various kinds of writing taught in Schools. g®t© RETTABD. ©V ALt IWfQOKIIKi, ©©©KSHILILIIIRg,, AM® ©THEIR RE8IPIS©TAIBIL1 ©iAILliaS OKI ST I HE, ®B,m. Merchants and Wholesale Dealers can be supplied at the Works, Graham Street, 95, New Street, Birmingham. No. 91, JOHN-ST., NEW YORK; AND AT 37, GRACECHURCH-ST., LONDON. ADVERTISEMEMENTS. 11 OPPOSITE THE MARKET HALL, BIRMINGHAM. WAS ESTABLISHED ON AN EXTENSIVE PRINCIPLE, TO SUPPLY EVERY DESCRIPTION OP READY-MADE CLOTHING, OF FIRST-RATE STYLE, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE SHAM ©F .PBOFIT. The advantages at the CLOTH HALL, over any other of the kind in the Midland Districts, are loo well known and appreciated to need comment ; and the Proprietor acknowledges, with gratitude, the IMMENSE RESPONSE to his liberal endeavours j and most respectftdly Invites Strangers, (before purchasing,) to walk over the Show Rooms, at the CLOTH HALL, (especially for BOYS' CLOTHING,) in order to make comparison in Quality and Price. W. C. FOULKES, Proprietor. W Charles Macintosh & Co.'s Patent Waterproof DRIVING COATS, One Guinea. OUTFITS TO AUSTRALIA, &c. <&c. OBSERVE ! OPPOSITE THE MARKET HALL. 12 ADVERTISEMENTS. ALLEN & MOORE, '9 MEDAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, SPORTING, LIVERY, M©rc©©©@ PAPERS^ From the London and French Manufacturers, that enables him to get up his work in a superior manner to any other person in the Trade. BSP Merchants', Factors', and Country Orders, executed with Punctuality and Dispatch 14 ADVERTISEMENTS. LEIPSIG HOUSE, 98, NEW STREET, (OPPOSITE BENNETT'S HILL,) BIRMINGHAM. W. CREAMER, (late of 1 19, New-street,) In returning his most sincere thanks to the Ladies of Birmingham and its vicinity for the distinguished patronage he has received during four years, begs to inform them that he has REMOVED to these extensive Premises, where his STOCK of FURS for the Season is now ready, comprising every description, and all the Novelties that have yet appeared in the London and Parisian Markets. In inviting the Ladies to an inspection thereof, he does not wish to hold out any absurd induce ment. He feels, however, gratified in observing, that as he purchases his Skins precisely on the same terms as the largest Wholesale Houses, and also Manufactures them, he obtains thereby an advantage over the smaller Purchaser, who merely Retails them, and is enable to charge much lower than they possibly can. The Establishment is moreover exclusively devoted to the SALE of FURS, and the extent and variety of the Stock will not be found surpassed in any House in the Kingdom. To Alterations and Repairs it will always be his study to devote as much attention and care as if he was engaged in the Manufacture of New Articles ; and as they are done on the Premises, and under his own inspection, be has tbe utmost security for the punctual and faithful execution of every Order with which he may be favoured. OBSERVE ! 98, NEW-STREET, (OPPOSITE BENNETT'S HILL,) BIRMINGHAM. ALLEN AND ROWE, 12, St. MARY'S ROW, St. MARY'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM. All sorts of Rules for Gauging, Navigation, Surveying, Drawing, @©Erg9 FORKS, SOUP AND TODDY LADLES, Watch Guards, Chains, &c. ADVERTISEMENTS. IS JOHN RODGERS & SON, tmm BROAD STREET, AND AT 39 & 40, CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, MANUFACTURERS OF 11BHA 1HJIB1EIR WEBg, FOR BRACES, GARTERS AND BELTS, TROUSER AND WAISTCOAT SPRINGS, SADDLE GIRTHS, SHOULDER STRAPS, SURGICAL BANDAGES, LADIES' SANDALS, CLOG SPRINGS, POCKET-BOOK SPRINGS, KNEE CAPS, FETLOCK BOOTS, AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES TO WHICH ELASTIC WEBS ARE APPLICABLE; Silk Purses and Watch Guards ; WOOLLEN GIRTH AND ROLLER WEBS, Do. Belt and Brace Webs ; Diaper and Straining Webs ; Boot, Shoe, and Tape Webs ; Worsted Web ditto ditto ; India Rubber Web ditto ditto ; SILK AND DOE LEATHER BRACES ; INDIA RUBBER AND GUT BRACE FRONTS; INDIA RUBBER AND WIRE WAISTCOAT SPRINGS; DITTO DITTO GARTERS ; LEATHER AND SPRING TROUSER STRAPS ; CHILDREN'S LEATHER AND WORSTED BELTS. $^ Patentees of tlie Spring Hooks and Eyes, Lever Buckles, and Double Action Braces. Ifi ADVERTISEMENTS. 21, MOUNT STREET, BIRMINGHAM, SSI SIS1ES, STAMPER AND PIERCER OF METALLIC LABELS, BRASS AND STEEL SEAL ENGRAVER, AND MANUFACTURER OF THE IMPROVED Mttidlit SOtoraw Cavtis, dTantg ifflotto &eal8, CQVVXBB8. iHliWlI, ^AI1¥ S®^1§, <§B.9 Small Presses for Stamping Envelopes. WITHYMOON WORKS, DUDLEY, Manufacturers of Scythes, Hay and Chaff Knives, 3WDB8. SMiWllS, SIDSS. 1BQB8S SSil MAMS. jMfe, Crate (Ifjat'njS, (iTJwtnS, $rr. PATENTEES ALSO PATENTEES FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF MOULDING SPADES, SHOVELS, &c iDVERTISEMENTS. ]? JEWELLERS, LAPIDARIES, BLACK ORNAMENT & BUTTON MANUFACTURERS. BROOCHES, GLASS BUTTONS, COAT LOOPS, SHIRT STUDS, NECKLACE AND OTHER SNAPS, CLOAK CLASPS, AND VARIOUS ORNAMENTS IN QLASS, PEARL, AND IVORY. <&Xm}& &mtftv$, (©uftitmj, g>tatnera, &t. PEARL, TORTOISE SHELL, & IVORY WORKERS, WRITING FOLIOS, WOES BOSBS, TOA OOTSTO & (BAMMM, WK OTMHE)39 ©MA®. (BASES , Eatries' Companions, Catfo Case**, &c, NO. 13, GREAT CHARLES ST., BIRMINGHAIVI. JNDSEUJA & WHLOAM HWffOT, iETNA BOILER MANUFACTORY, SMETHWICK, NEAR BIRMINGHAM. MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT IRON BOILERS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR A19 ^ Hi&iflbEHiiB llBiiili g2jm<«HH«<@i$ GASOMETERS, SHIP'S TANKS, SALT PANS, SUGAR PANS, CLARIFIERS, BOATS, PUNTS, &c. N.B.-BOILERS REPAIRED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. GLASS, LUSTRE, AND DEALER IN TOILETS, CRUETS, & SMELLING BOTTLES, CAMBRIDGE STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 18 ADVERTISEMENTS. hi, BATH STEEET HH, BIRMINGHAM. (LATE JOHN CROFTS,) PATENTEES & MANUFACTURERS, HEELEY & SONS' CELEBRATED STEEL PENS, of most superior finish; Patent Jointed Trowser Straps, Patent Candle Springs, Falconer's Patent Glove and Boot Buttons. — Manufacturers of Fine Steel Snuffers, Cork-screws, Key Rings, Purse Springs, Nutcrackers, Bead Slides, Brooches, Tassels, Swivels, &c. in every variety. Heeley GAELAND, MANUFACTDRER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PATENT WEIGHING MACHINES, SCALES, &c. Wholesale & RetaU, 38, LIONEL STREET, late of 100, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN WEIGHTS. IRONFOUNDER, AND MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF IMPROVED DOOR SPRINGS, BELL SPRINGS, SHUTTER BARS, COOK'S REGISTERED CANDLE SPRINGS, &c B@, B©N)B»§T* UTTLE H)&KB£T@P8«STB,. !!]RRI)«N]6HI&N8. MANUFACTURER OF GOLD SEALS, KEYS, BROOCHES, LOCKETS, SHIRT STUDS, «&c. 56$, CONSTITUTION HILL, BIRMINGHAM. ADVERTISEMENTS. 19 JOHN HITOBELL, PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF THE MUCH APPROVED SELF-ADAPTING METALLIC PENS AND PEN HOLDERS, WHICH, FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND DURABILITY, STAND UNRIVALLED. The Peculiar advantage of J. Mitchell's Patent Pen is in the elasticity of the upper part, which is so constructed that it adapts itself to any Pen Holder, even if much smaller than the Pen, without damaging the nibs, thus obviating » difficulty that has always been experienced by parties using Steel Pens, and which lias entirely prevented many persons from using them. The Patent Pen Holder possesses a similar advantage, as by expansion it accommo dates various sizes of Pens made upon the ordinary principle. J. M. begs to inform Merchants, Bankers, and the Public in general, thehe continues to manufacture every description of Steel Pens requisite for fine, bold, and ornamental writing ; and solicits a continuance of their patronage and support, of which he has hitherto received so liberal a share ; and is sorry to be under the necessity of cautioning the Public against the dishonourable acts of certain unprincipled manufacturers,' who, with a view to take advantage of his reputation, mark their Pens similar to his name, sometimes omitting the T, thus, Michell, or substituting the L for T, thus, Milchell ; and thereby, (particularly in the French and Foreign Markets,) obtain some success in passing off a spurious and worthless article, alike to his injury and that ofthe purchaser. J. M.'s genuine Pens are marked his name in full, thus, "John Mitchell's," and the parties above alluded to, are desired to take notice, that he is determined to treat 'with the utmost severity of law those found participating in such illegal and disgraceful practices. 48, NEWHALL STREET, piEraiMGHrAl. 20 ADVERTISEMENTS. 25$ ANN - STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Boofefemtor, stationer, Printer, jftacfmte &uler, tot. POCKET BOOK, CABINET, AND ]©Y ILHATTIHllllR ©&m RfflAIMmJFA©Yl!MBlBB GTLT AND FANCY WOOD PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER. IB@@K§ P&@1E> m ipotimit mik©mmw. A. BEMOND & Co. 37, GREAT CHARLES STREET, BIRMINGHAM, A^rjHIESII^E <§? ALL tOPJBS QF STAMPIB 1N.VELOPES. PATENTEE of the Steam Engine without back pressure, applicable to either new or old Engines of high or low pressure, by which A SAVING OF AT LEAST 30 PER CENT. IN FUEL IS WARRANTED TO BE EFFECTED. HIEPWMID) 4 OTEWLE, DIE SINKERS & SEAL ENGRAVERS, 26, BREAD STREET, CHURCH STREET, W © mm, © ** «P la & g| PLAIN & FANCY GILT WATCH KEY 54, HOWARD STREET, CONSTITUTION HILL, J$)tpj)ms Svtitvs tiExtcutett on flje J^ortest Notto. wta ALFRED SIMMS, 14J, TEMPLE ROW, & 43, NEW STREET, bihhbmhahu ADVERTISEMENTS. 21 ma® ®Pim©aiL ara® [MiaTKiiiKiiaTriKsaiL DranraiuiiisiiiiMTrf , REMOVED FROM THE SAND PITS TO 28, PARADISE-ST., BIRMINGHAM. SIAV0-21IMEB, UUP. <§ HV3IC YABS3E0VS8. F. F. AND W. H. SABIN, (Late with John Broadwood and Sons,) 25, BULL STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Piano-Fortes and Harps lent on hire. Second-hand Piano-Fortes of every description. We i» & xa> mm mm m (from avery's,) Manufacturer of Waggon, Warehouse, and every other kind of SAXBVff YXXlKBIVtt KACBIX88. 2 84, BRADFORD STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Sugar MiUs repaired and Machines adjusted on the shortest notice. GLASS CHANDELIER, LUSTRE, AND n( MANUFACTURERS, BIRMINGHAM; 22 ADVERTISEMENTS. REGISTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, C£e Crdile £ocft liLJiLJll Warranto not to Carpet 33a& get out of #rtw. 135, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM, MANUFACTURER OF THE IMPROVED ©®y® DLi^TMIl WAR®IR®IB1 AM® BAOILWAY PORTMANTEAUS; LADIES' WATERPROOF DRESS TRUNKS, FITTED WITH EVERY CONVENIENCE, ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLES. Waterproof, Leather, & Carpet Bags. INVENTOR AND SOLE MANUFACTURER OF THE REGISTERED TREBLE LOCK CARPET BAGS. HAT CASES, SAMPLE CASES, OIL CLOTH COVERS, GENTLEMEN'S KNAPSACKS, &c. Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Dealers, Supplied Wholesale, on the MOST REASONABLE TERMS. IMPORTANT NOTICE — — — — TO MERCHANTS, FACTORS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. PATENTEE, No. 101, HENRY STREET, ASHTED, BIRMINGHAM, Respectfully informs his numerous connection, that he is now prepared to supply them with any quantity of his NEWLY PATENTED ACME LATCHES, Consisting of THUMB, CASE, NIGHT, and every other description required, which are constructed on a truly Mechanical Principle, giving to the whole a pleasant and uniform action, and entirely averting the liability to get out of repair. Another unparalelled advantage is, that the commonest Acme Latch is far superior to the best ordinary Latch made, and is sold at a considerably less price. PATENT HORIZONTAL ROASTING JACKS, ARE SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION, CERTAIN IN ACTION, DURABLE, AND CONVENIENT, (Being wound up without a key,) they are not liable to get out of repair ; are made in a superior style ; and prices are considerably less than the com mon Bottle Jacks. THOMAS SILVER SHAW, PATENTEE, AND SOLE MANUFACTURER, No. 31£, COURT, HAMPTON STREET, BIRMINGHAM. ADVERTISEMENTS. 23 52, ST. PAUL'S SQUARE, BIEMWeHAM, DIE SINKER, SEAL ENGRAVER, MEDALLIST, PRESS AND TOOL MAKER, STAMPER, PIERCER, PAPER EMBOSSER, & ENVELOPE MAKER, MANUFACTURER OF THE " IMPROVED ADDRESS MEDALS," I PATENT VESTA LIGHT BOXES, METAL LABELS, I STAMPED WEIGHTS, CAPS for REELS and CORKS, | FANCY ARTICLES in METALS, 5>®SaQa SQ. Sa£»IBQaS3sS (33S?EB(3S2o BIRMINGHAM. 23a &er iHajcstp's figJlLJp 3Korial iLctttrs PATENT, ^ri^^^^gJ^O>A GRANTED JAN. 4. 1849. PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY VARIETY OF METALLIC PENS & PEN HOLDERS, 12, 13, & 14, BUCKINGHAM STREET, AND I3 ARTICLES RE-PLATED AND RE-GILT. MANUFACTURER OF CASTOR, MUSTARD, INK, & SMELLING BOTTLE TOPS, MOUNTED WINE AND SPIRIT BOTTLES, CORKS, LABELS, CANDLESTICKS, NOZELS, &c. The above Articles made and mounted in Silver, Plated on German Silver and Copper, German Silver and Brass. 110, GREAT CHARLES STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 9® W i&® ww t JEWELLERS, Manufacturers of Ladies' Coloured, Gold, Pearl, Emerald, and Ruby Rings; Enamelled Brooches ; and all descriptions of Cameos and Stone Brooches Mounted to Order. THOMAS CORBETT, MANUFACTURER OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, SURVEYORS' MEASURING TAPES, Land Chains, Mariners', Miners', and Pocket Compasses, Box and Ivory Rules, Chain Scales, and all kinds of Fishing Reels, &c. &c. N.B.—All Warranted Correct. No. 14*, EDMUND STBEET, BIRMINGHAM. MANUFACTURER OF COACH, HARNESS, AND RAILWAY CARRIAGE FURNITURE ; BRASS & IRON FOUNDER, No. 13, COtESHII.li STREET, BIRMINGHAM. N.B.— Manufacturer of Curtain Barrels, Dog Collars, Coach Locks, & the Iron Door Plate. 28 ADVERTISEMENTS. BRITISH AND FORELGN NEWSPAPER OFFICES, 31, Union Street. Birmingham , & Victoria Library. Leamington. MSI (DE ILflDSffiXDH SJBWSJPAJPEffiSa Daily Morning. The Times, Morainp Chronicle, Morning Herald, Morning Post, Morninp Advertiser, Daily News. Daily Evening. Globe— Standard, Sun — Express, Shipping Gazttte, Lloyd's List — Packet List, Evening Mail, M . W.F., St. James's Chronicle, T. T.8., Record, M. Th.t Patriot, M. Th., London Gazette, Tu. F., Coarse of the Exchange, Tu. F. Monday Evening ; Mark Lane Express, Bell's Mes senger, John Bull — Observer, CouDty Chronicle— Mapnet. Tuesday Evening; Mercantile Journal, Mer cantile Price Current, London New Price Current, Trade List — Merchant. Wednesday Evening ; Guardian, Nonconformist, Watchman, Wesleyan, British Banner. Thursday Evening; Law Chronicle, Law Gazette, English Churchman, Historic Times. Friday Evening ; Prince's Price Current, Medical Gazette, Lancet, Church and State Gazette, County Herald, Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper, Deutsche Londoner Zeitung, Illustrated London News, Lady's Newspaper, Medical Times, Pharmaceutical Times, Bailway Gazette, Tablet, Weekly Chronicle, Northern Star, Builder, Punch, Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, News of tbe World, Weekly Times, London New Price Current. Saturday Morning ; Economist, Adas— Britannia, Court Journal, Dispatch, Herapath's Railway Journal, John Bull, Journal of Commerce, Railway Times, Railway Chronicle, Railway Record, Athenaeum, Literary Gazette, Fonptic Nuz. Saturday Evening; Law Times, Legal Observer, Spectator, Naval and Military Gazette, United Service Gazette, Army Dispatch, Patent Journal, Bell's Life in London, Bell's Messenger, Courrier de l'Europe, Era, Examiner, Gardener's Chronicle, Gardeners* and Farmers* Journal, Inquirer. Justice of Peace, Mining Journal, New Bell's Mes senger, Satirist, Sunday Times, Musical World, Perry s Bankrupt List, Jurist, Weekly Share List. g^g^ The greatest exertions are made in sending the Morning Newspapebs by th* Railway Trains, Coaches, Sec. Advertisements inserted in all the British and Foreign Newspapers and Periodical Publications. Jfatifies of Insolvency and Dissolution of Partnership, for insertion in the London Gazette, must be dravm up by a Solicitor, and sworn to before a Master in Chancery. Alt the Provincial and Foreign- Newspapers supplied. The Quarterly & Monthly Magazines regularly supplied. The Newest Pdblications of every description procured on the shortest notice. LOOKING-GLASS & PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURER, CARVER AND GILDER, 104, DIGBETH, AND 53, EDGBASTON-ST., BIRMINGHAM, ESTABLISHED 1834. Returns Ms most sincere thanks to his Friends and the Public generally, for the very- liberal support he has received for a period of thirteen years, and more especially since his misfortune by fire, in 1839: and, in order to meet the extended patronage of his friends, he has taken the old-establishedf and extensive premises, at 53, Edgbaston-St., where he has the largest and most magnificent Silvering Table in the Kingdom, by which he is enabled to Silver and Polish Glasses of the largest dimensions, in a very superior manner, and on such terms as he trusts will merit a further continuance of their favours. He has also taken to the old-established POLISHING and SILVERING BUSINESS, carried on for fifty years by Mr. Robinson, at No. 64, Bull Street, and ear nestly solicits a continuance ofthe favours of tbe Connexions of his predecessor. T. B. ROBINSON begs respectfully to thank the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general, for all favours conferred upon him ; and begs to recommend M. Capella as a person perfectly understand ing the Silvering & Polishing Business in all its branches. M. C. respectfully invites a personal inspection, at either of his Establishments, of his extensive and valuable Stock of Picture- Frames, Mirrors, Looking-Glasses, Barometers, Weather-Glasses, &c, which he feels confident, both for extent and beauty, cannot be surpassed. N. B.— Glasses framed, polished, and re-silvered, old Frames re-gilt, Oil Paintings cleaned, and Pictures repaired and varnished. Observe!— 104, Digbeth, and 53, Edgbaston-St., Birmingham. ADVERTISEMENTS. 29 ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITES. EACH OF INFALLIBLE ATTRIBUTES. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL. This mild yet powerful renovater insinuates its balsamic properties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in its embryo state, accelerates its growth, cleanses it from Scurf and Dandriff, sustains it in maturity, and continues its possession ofhealthy vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redundancy to the latest period of huma.n life. For Children it is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine comb unnecessary. Its invaluable properties have obtained the especial patronage of Her Majesty the Queen, the Court, and the whole ofthe Royal Family of Great Britain, and of every Court of the civilized world. Price 3s. 6d, and 7s. ; or Family Bottles, (equal to four small,) at 10s. 6d. ; and double that size, 2 Is. On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine Article 1 ROWLANDS' are these words, in two lines, J MACASSAR OIL. ROWLANDS' HAIR WASH. A Preparation from the choicest Oriental Herbs, of peculiarly mild and detersive properties. It pleasingly and effectually cleanses the Hair and Skin of the Head from Scurf and every species of impurity, and imparts a delicate fragrance. It is particularly recommended to be used after Bathinc,, as it will prevent the probability of catching cold in the head, and will render the hair dry in a few minutes. Priec 3s. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, An ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of unfailing efficacy, in purifying the SKIN from all PIMPLES, SPOTS, FRECKLES, TAN, and DISCOLORATIONS, producing a healthy freshness and transparency ot COMPLEXION ; and a softness and delicacy of the HANDS and ARMS. During the H eat and Dust of Summer, or Frost and Bleak Winds of Winter, and incases of Sun-burn, Stings of Insects, Chilblains, and Chapped Skin, or incidentalinflammation, its virtues have long and extensively been acknowledged. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained the exclusive Patron age ofthe QUEEN, the COURT, and the ROYAL FAMILY of Great Britain, as well the principal COURTS OF EUROPE. Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle. *.* Beware of spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and which, by their repellent action, endanger health. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE. A WHITE POWDER FOR THE TEETH, composed of the choicest and most rec/sercfte ingredients ofthe Oriental Herbal. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, removes spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness, and renders the breath sweet and pure. Scurvy is, by its mean3, eradicated from the GUMS, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the 1 eeth, (it loose,) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. Its invaluable properties have obtained its selection byxHer Majesty the Queen, the Court, and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the Sovereigns and NobiUty throughout Europe.— Price 2s. 9d. per box. ROWLANDS' ALSANA EXTRACT. For relieving the Tooth-ache, Gum-boils, and Swelled Face, and which, by constantly using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish of excruciating pain, i -affords instan taneous relief. It is perfectly innocent in its nature. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. per bottle mpORTANT OAUTIOH. UNPRINCIPLED SHOPKEEKERS, for the sake of gaming a trifle more profit, vend the most SPURIOUS COMPOUNDS under the same names, some under the implied sanction of Royalty, and the Government Departments, with smilar attempts at deception It is therefore highly necessary to see that the word ROWLAND*" » on the Wrapper or Label of each Article. Sold by the Proprietors— A. ROWLAND & SONS, 20. HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, and by all respectable Chemists and Perfumers. g a 5 VIEW OF THE PRESS ROOM IN JOHN BLURTON'S iSJSSffiPs^^^I IT. ^4UlU^ mBBF' = Ife iplli 'Itll 8! ON 1 c ON THE ROYAL STEAM PRESS OFFICE, CASTLE STREET, SHEFFIELD. Respectfully announces to his Friends and the Public, that COWPERS* PATENTED PERFECTING MACHINE, WORKED WITH STEAM POWER, is now at work at his Establishment, with all and every recent and late improvement, calculated and warranted to throw off 1,000 sheets per hour, printed on both sides ; and as this is THE ONLY NEW ONE that ever has been, or likely to be introduced in the Town of Sheffield, it will be easily not only conjectured, but known, that no other Establishment can equal this for CHEAPNESS AND EXPEDITION. 3p)9gCoa)99(00)99roa)99(iPC ADVERTISEMENTS. 31 ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO THE FOLLOWING CAUTION. JOHN WILSON, SYCAMORE STREET, SHEFFIELD, THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER OF SHOE, BUTCHERS', WEAVERS', BREAD', COOKS', PALLET, PUTTY, GLAZIERS', FARRIERS' KNIVES, BUTCHERS' STEELS, &c, &c, Deems it right to apprize his Friends, that not only does Ms Mark continue to be PIRATED both in this Country and on the Continent, but that certain unprinci pled persons, who are deterred from striking his Mark only from a fear of being visited with Legal Proceedings, have been led by their cupidity to resort to another mode of imposition, and IN ORDER TO EVADE THE LAW, are vending articles marked — t wrrenw 1 WILSON I. WILSON, only ; or, CAST STEEL 0T> WARRANTED °r> GE0" WILS0N in each case omitting the Corporation Mark. OBSERVE, All Knives, Steels, &c, of JOHN WILSON'S manufacture, are stamped with his Corporation Mark? '' Four Peppercorns and a Diamond," thus, Jg* in one of the following forms : — I. WILSON $? I. WILSON $&* CAST steel $? I. WILSON 85* I. WILSON WARRANTED SHEAR STEEL Xottc* fe Jjertfbg (^iben, That all persons whomsoever, who shall counterfeit or imitate the marks used by the said JOHN WILSON, or who shall sell any Shoe, Bread, Butchers', Cooks', or any other KNIVES, or any Butchers' STEELS, stamped with any sucb counterfeit or imitated Marks, will, immediately after they shall be discovered, be proceeded against in one of tbe Courts of Law or Equity; and the said JOHN WILSON hereby invites all persons, to whom any such fraudulent practices as the above mentioned are, or may be known, to give him Information, assuring them that they shall be liberally rewarded. Sycamore Street, March 1st, 1849. 32 ADVERTISEMENTS. Corporate Mark. JAMES H 0 WARTH , MANUFACTURER OF ED&E TOOLS, Engravers', Die Sinkers', Silversmiths', Carvers', and all kinds of Turners' Tools, N. B Shoe, Cork, Curriers', Tanners', Skinners', and Saddlers Knives, improved and made upon Practical Principles, fob use, not sale merely. NO. 124, FITZWILLIAM STREET, SHEFFIELD. MANUFACTURERS of 38ratt2, Cast &Utl 38fcts, pouters' Coofe, g>6ates, fwefo4>ores, piofo JsitopS, Cool CjjeStS, Src. of Superior q uaKtn arrtf be it toorfu mansbfp; arrtf Sole manufacturers of HENRYBROWN'S PATENT ANTI-FRICTION BRACE We have great pleasure, as practical Mechanics, in presenting to your notice the PATENT ANTI-FRICTION BRACE. The advantage of the Patent Anti-friction Brace, above all others, is its easy working, having no Jriction. The Spindle and Socket Nut being of Hardened Steel. The Brass Neck has a Nut screwed upon, or into the BrassSocket Piece, thereby firmly securing the Ebony Cap of the Head, and preventing its coming off, causing a firm steady working of the Brace. Resting assured that you will see the superiority, and give us the encouragement we deserve, We are, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servants, BROWN AND FLATHER. STEEL & CUTLERY MANUFACTURERS, AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Vulcan Steel Works, Hereford Street, and TABLE KNIFE WORKS, Arundel Street, Sheffield. ADVERTISEMENTS. 33 JAMES DIXON & SONS, CORNISH PLACE, SHEFFIELD, MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF SlEYim* 81 KYBA-ff SAABS, 1ICK2K 8IKYS-1. POWDER FLASKS, SHOT POUCHES, DRAM BOTTLES, AND OTHER SHOOTING TACKLE. ALSO OF ELECTRO-PLATED ON NICKEL SILVER AND BRITANNIA METAL. Parian Stone-China, % Earthenware Jugs, mounted with Britannia Metal Sf Plated Covers. The above are made of the newest Style, and best Quality, suitable to the taste and fashion of the Home and Foreign Markets. .* * NORFOLK PLACE, SHEFFIELD, PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF ©i^tt ©BmrANiiMiiA bruit ail ®d@do ©©^bibs* By a new mechanical process, with STRONG METALLIC WIRES in the Edges. S.S;F. particularly invite the attention ofthe Public to this beautiful, cheap, If durable Article. ALSO, MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Patent Electro- Platers in the most approved and modern designs. E 34 ADVERTISEMENTS. UNWIN AND RODGERS, CutUrg JHanufarturers, ROCKINGHAM WORKS, 124, ROCKINGHAM ST. SHEFFIELD. INVENTORS AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE PATENT SUBBPfi© PiMGtL K.NLVES. From 20,000 to 30,000 Dozens ofthe above Articles generally in Stock, suitable for all parts ofthe World. HAYWroB, (CLflMLE, <& (C©a MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF JOINERS' TOOLS, SKATES, @ 2? A @£S » asits, gucjers, teimbltte, tot. ECCLESALL WORKS, ROCKINGHAM STREET, SHEFFIELD. THOMAS MATKIN, MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF TINNERS', TAILORS', GARDEN, GRASS, PRUNING, BRUSHMAKERS', BOOK BINDERS', PLATERS', JEWELLERS', STOCK, TINMEN'S, & OTHER SI&WlblB? (B2R®I$^a SSHBWUlBILlBg ADVERTISEMENTS. 35 WSILIL3AM !HJiW(8IE©®^ & 8G>R80 MANUFACTURERS OF RAZORS, In every variety of Pattern, from the lowest article of utility to the most elegant Se costly, 32, CARVER STREET, SHEFFIELD. None are Genuine unless Stamped with the Name and Mark, as under, granted to W. H. & S., to designate their Goods, Wares, or Manufactures, by the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshlre, according to Act of Parliament. ¦W.HA.'WCROFT isoNs *®" ^n^ Person stamping, impressing, etching, or engraving this Mark, ftENrfff'YV Q'V/II "r any imitation of the same, is committing a Fraud, and is liable to all fines S HE pVmD an^ I*611*'''65 enacted in the said statute. H.B.-KAZOE CASES, STROPS, &c. &c. No. 1, CARVER STREET WORKS, (OPPOSITE THE CHAPEL,) SHEFFIELD. MANUFACTURERS OF TABLE KNIVES & FORKS, MUHnrHR®11 km® IPOTTiaS" PAILHTrTIi, Patett, mmtvt, ffiisb, ana JSutter i£n&es, toftj ffiermau §>0.bev, Pearl, anB Irjorrj ?§atrtrI«S, fct. ALSO, PLATED AND GERMAN SILVER BLADES AND FORKS, &c. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 36 ADVERTISEMENTS. JOSEPH MAPPIN, MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF FINE CUTLERY, NO. 32, NORFOLK STBEET, SHEFFIELD. t®° Wholesale Warehouse, No. 15, FORE STRE"3T. London. JOSEPH HAPPIN'S REGISTERED LANCET EDGE RAZOR. HANNAH SHAW AND SON, MANUFACTURERS OF COMPOUND HORSE SHOE MAGNETS, FOR SUSPENDING WEIGHTS, OR FOR THE MAGNETO ELECTRIC MACHINE. BRASS FOUNDERS' MAGNETS, for extracting the particles of Iron from Brass Filings. CYLINDRIC AND FLAT MAGNETS, for the Self- Acting Electro Magnetic Machine. MAGNETIC STEEL COMPASS NEEDLES. STRAIGHT BAR MAG NETS, of every description. TOY MAGNETS, of every description. NO. 68, BURGESS STBEET, SHEFFIELD. ADVERTISEMENTS. 37 SHEFFIELD PLATED GOODS. JOHN HARRISON, NORFOLK WORKS, SCOTLAND STREET, SHEFFIELD, ELECTRO-PLATER AND GILDER, AND MANUFACTURER OF ELEC T RO - PL A T ED ON NICKEL SILVER GOODS, OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, AS MADE IN STERLING SILVER. SPOONS, FORKS, TEA AND COFFEE SETS, CRUET, LIQUOR, AND EGG FRAMES, CANDLESTICKS, TOAST RACKS, CAKE BASKETS, DISH COVERS, STEAK DISHES, &c &c. ALSO, BRITANNIA METAL GOODS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND PLATED ON BRITANNIA METAL. N.B. — Old Goods (however much worn,) re-plated, and made equal to new. STANDFIELD, NEWBOULD, & BAILDON, MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF WARRANTED TABLE, PEN, AND POCKET KNIVES, SCISSORS, SAWS, FILES, AND EDGE TOOLS, STEEL REFINERS, &c. SURREY WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Sole Manufacturers of Roberts' Patent Table Knives, the handles of which cannot be loosened by the application of hot water. In this respect, they are far superior to any article yet offered to the Public. The price is no more than the ordinary pinned Knife, and they may be had of any respectable Ironmonger or Cutler. 38 ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN ALGOR EST®. a®§3 Jia®@S5/ ©'E'iEilSI'aF,, SSISSFSFSlSaS), MANUFACTURER of Shoe Knives, Butchers' Knives, Cooks' Knives, Bread Knives, Pallet Knives, Glaziers'' Knives, Farriers' Knives, Butchers' Steels; also Curriers' Cutting-out Knives . . Saddlers' Half-Moon Knives. . . . Leather Cutters' Ess. Knives .... Shoe Knives, Hollow Ground . . ¦Weavers' Knives and Nippers .... WARBURTON BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF EDGE TOOLS, AUGURS, and Dealers in Saws, Files, and Joiners' Tools, M®a 221, IFQJJIRINIII^IL STiaHIT, @It3IIFIFDI1IL®h Warehouse in London, 5, Barilett's Buildings, Holborn. RODGERS, RUSSELL, & HORSMELD, gE&S?W&AQWW&}EE&8 QeV ®A]W®9 o J. COUSINS AND SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF HHB Mlf&OM, TABLOM* ftBBBARS Ac. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KWm W EMME TO», <&o. No. 6, HAWLEY CROFT, & SCHOOL CROFT, SHEFFIELD. 40 ADVERTISEMENTS. MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERLATIVELY FINISHEn PEN, POCKET, SPORTING KNIVES, AND RAZORS, Ho. 89, ELDON STREET, SHEFFIELD. CORPORATE MARK. MANUFACTURER OF pim m® mmm\L kmo^ii®. ©©3©©®i KKia^i®, RULE KNIVES, DESK KNIVES AND ERASERS, TUMBLE DOWNS AND CASTRATERS, &c &c. &c ECCLESALL WORKS, ROCKINGHAM ST.. SHEFFIELD. 9 MANUFACTURERS OF Dressing Cases and Strops, Ladies' Companions, Razor Cases, Plate Chests, Scissor Cases, Table and Dessert Knife Cases, Writing Desks, Pattern Cards, &c. 29, EYRE STREET, SHEFFIELD. ~~~ JAMES BODEN, MANUFACTURER OF No. 7, TOP OF ST. PHILIP'S ROAD, NEAR ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, SHEFFIELD. MANUFACTURER OF I CANDLESTICKS, INKSTANDS, &c. &c STANLEY STREET, WICKER, SHEFFIELD. ADVERTISEMENTS. 4\ STOMACH PUMP. W. & H. HUTCHINSON, 76, NORFOLK-ST*, SHEFFIELD, MANUFACTURERS OF SELF-INJECTING ENEMA APPARATUS, TRUSSES, STOMACH PUMPS, SPRING FLEAMS, FOR NAVAL AND MILITARY SURGEONS, LANCETS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, AND EVERY OTHER INSTRUMENT AND APPARATUS USED BY PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, AND APOTHECARIES. MEDICINE CHESTS. IN GrREAT VARIETY. 42 ADVERTISEMENTS. GENERAL BOOKBINDER, AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER 93, FARGATE, SHEFFIELD. TAYLOR BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS cfec, &C, BURNT-TREE-LANE, SHEFFIELD. MANUFACTURERS OF TABLE CUTLERY, SA WS and STEEL of all kinds, and General Dealers in Hardware, SHEFFIELD. CORPORATE MARK, "NON XLL," LICENSED TO MANUFACTURE JONES'S PATENT TABLE CUTLERY. BOTTOM OF HOWARD STREET, POND ST. , SHEFFIELD. MANUFACTURER OF SHOE AWLS AND TACKS, JOINERS' BRAD AND FLOORING AWLS, SADDLERS' AWLS; COLLAR, PACKING, MATTRESS, AND SAIL NEEDLES; HOLLOW HAND PADS. &c. ADVERTISEMENTS. 43 CORPORATE MARK, gS&mk BEE HIVE JOHN HINCHLIFFE, MANUFACTURER OF PEN, POCKET. SPORTSMEN'S, DIRK, & RULE KNIVES, Also, all sorts of Dagger Knives, Stilettos. Button Hooks, German Silver Combs, &c. aw3>w* M. & J. WING, MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS OF FILES, SAWS, &c. STEEL CONVERTERS AND REFINERS, JERICHO WORKS, SHEFFIELD. GEORGE WHITTLES & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF WMMMTTEB €AOT OTIEIEL «LE§» BLISTERED BAR AND DOUBLE SHEAR STEEL, BI-THON WORKS, ALLEN ST. SHEFFIELD. ADVERTISEMENTS. 15 MARSDEN BROTHERS & SILVERWOOD, o Sd co GENERAL MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURERS 0F STEEL, EDGE & JOINERS' TOOLS, SAWS, FILES, & CUTLERY, BRIDGE STREET WORKS, SHEFFIELD. WILLIAM ASHMORE, MANUFACTURER OF SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CEberg irartefw of <©j>tiral (Classes ffinmrrtf ijg Jrteant ipohm-, OPTICAL WORKS, 104, FARGATE, NEAR BURGESS STREET, SHEFFIELD. The Advertiser has heen Established in the above Business upwards of Twenty-five Years, it being wholly superintended by himself. say- Foreign Orders executed to any extent, on the Shortest Notice. E . PARKIN FINE SCISSOR MANUFACTURER, Ho. 9, HICKS LANE, SHEFFIELD. No. 20, EARL STREET, SHEFFIELD, Manufacturer of all lands of Pen, Pocket, Sportsmen, Table Knives, Forks, Shoe Knives, Butcher Knives, Farriers' Drawing Knives, Lock Knives, Bowie Knives, Dagger Knives, Razors, Milton Hatchets, and CUTLER? IN GENERAL. 46 ADVERTISEMENTS. PEYTON & ILES, m> mm otmeif, kdipesley, BIRMINGHAM, MANUFACTURERS OF THE PATENT SPRING, SWAN BILL, REGISTERED DIAMOND, AND SEMI-FLATTENED SOLE PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF ILES'S PATENT ADHE SIVE CARDING, FOR BUTTONS, HOOKS AND EYES, &c. ALSO, PATENT ELASTIC SPRING, CORROGATED, AND OTHER BOXES, FOR HOLDING BUTTONS, PENS, PINS, NEEDLES, HOOKS AND EYES, AND OTHER ARTICLES. These Inventions, secured by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, dated November 4th, 1848, have for their object a more economical, convenient, and neat method of holding the above, and need but inspection to ensure universal use. & a«» <& ^ Ie--$attern STERLING SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS, AT 7s. 2d. PER OUNCE, The following Weights are recommended ; but the Articles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce. oz. s. d. £. s. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2.. 10 15 0 12 Dessertspoons 20.. 7 2.. 7 3 4 12 Table Forks 30 . . 7 2. . 10 15 0 12 Dessert Forks 20.. 7 2.. 7 3 4 2 Gravy Spoons 10 ..7 2.. 3 11 8 1 Soup Ladle 10 .. 7 2.. 3 11 8 4 Sauce Ladles 10 . . 7 8. . 3 16 8 4 Salt Spoons, (gilt strong) 10 0 1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 12 Tea Spoons 10 .. 7 8.. 3 16 8 1 Pair Sugar Tongs, (strong) 0 15 0 SHEFFIELD PLATE ft CUTLERY BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM. ADVERTISEMENTS. 51 NEW SHOW ROOMS, SMITHFIELD, BUILT EXPRESSLY FOR THE DISPLAY OF KITCHEN RANGE, FENDERS, FIRE-IRONS, AND GENERAL IRONFOUNDRY GOODS. ,1.3 8»9el