[KELLY'S

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

86 DAWLEY MAGNA. SHROPSHIRE.

DAWLEY MAGNA is a town and parish on theroad from Wellington to Bridgnorth, with a station atHorsehav in this parish on the Wellington and SevernJunction branch of the Great Western railway. 4 milessou th-east from Wellington. about 2! north-west fromMadelev and 5 south-west from Shifnal: it is in theWrekin division of the county. in Wellin~ton division ofSouth Bradford hundred. Madeley county court district.petty sessional division of Wellington! rural dee:nery ofShifrial, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield.The parish was formed into a Local Government Districtin 1876. but under the Local Government Act. 1894 (56and 57 Vict. c. 73). an Urban District Council was estab-lished. The church of the Holy Trinity. erected in 1845,is a building of sandstone in the Gothic style, consistingof chancel, nave. baptistery and an embattled westerntower containing 6 bells: there is a font of Norman date:on the east wall is a tablet in memory of the men of theparish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18: in 1938 theeast end and chancel were transformed to the design ofSir Charles Nicholson M.A., F. R.I.B.A. the altar andreredos beinz the gift of the parishioners in memory ofthe Rev. T. R. J. Fawkes, vicar 1888 to 1935. The registerdates from the year 1666. The Jiving is a vicarage, netvearly value £350, including 2 acres of glebe, withresidence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and heldsince 1936 by the ReI'. Ed!!"ar Stanley Banfield, of Lin-coln Theological College. There is a Mission church inHinkshay ; a Baptist chapel, erected in 1846, seating 550persons ; also two Methodist chapels. The Market Hall,erected in 1867 and the property of the Urban Council. is311 oblong structure of red brick, with an ornamentalfrontage and vaults underneath. and is surmounted by aturret containing one bell and a clock, presented in 1867bv the late Lt.-Col. William Kenyon-Slaney. A pieceof ground of about 2 acres in extent was given bv thelate Rt. Hon. Col. William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney M.P.and H. C. Simpson esq. to be used as a public park,and was opened in 1901. In the High street is amonument. erected in 1910, in memory of Capt. Webb,born in this parish in the year 1848, who lost his lifein an attempt to swim the Niagara rapids in 1883. Acharity of £7, derived from land, was left in 1684 byRichard Hodden, gentleman, of Ludlow, and a thirdof this is distributed to the poor of this parish on St.Thomas' Day. Lewis' charity of £200 was left inr887. and the interest is given to the poor annuallyin blankets: Greenhalgh's charity of £1 yearly, leftin 1892, is also for the poor. Gas and electricity areavailable. Water is supplied by the Borough of Wenlock.The soil is various, The minerals are ironstone and coal.The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is3,259 acres of land and inland water; the population in1931 was 7,669 in the civil parish and Urban District andof the ecclesiastical parish, 2,815.By the Salop Review Order, 1934, parts of the

parishes of Priorslee, Stirchley and Wellington Ruralwere added to the parish and Urban District.Post, }1.0. &; T. Office, SI High street, Dawley (lettersshould have Wellington, Shropshire, added)

Post &; )1.0. Office, Dawley Bank. Letters ar-rive fromDawley, Wellington, Shropshire. Dawley is the nearestT. office

Members.Chairman, R. A. Rhodes J. r.

Vice-Chairman, Edward Fellows.E. AttwoodJ. H. BallE. BiddulphE. HarrisG·. Houlston

H. Janndrell,J. :VI. J ohnstonThomas Jones J.PIIerhert SimpsonC. H. 'I'aylor

Officers.Clerk & Rating & Valuation Officer, Henry Revell Phillips,solicitor, 69 King st

Treasurers, Lloyds Bank LtdMedical Officer of Health, W. A. :\1. Stewart M.B., Ch.n.Glas., L.R.C.P. & S.Edin., D.P.H. Summerhill, Chet-wynd, Newport

Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector & Housing Manager. R.Lewis Price, 69 King street

Market Hall. High streetPolice Station, Burton street

PUBLIC OFFICERS.Coliector of General & Water Rates & Housing Rents,Bertram H. Ellis, Council offices, 69 King street

Customs, Excise & Old Age Pension Officer, 1YilliarnJohn Hawkins, Market Place chambers, Wellington

Medical Officer, Dawley District, Madeley Public Assist-ance Committee, Samuel Noel llrowne M.C., JlLB.,Ch.B.Birm., M.H.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. 30 King st

Public Vaccinator, Dawley District, Madeley PublicAssistance Committee, James Bryce Robertson :i\LB.,C.M.Glas. The Shrubbery, King street

Registrar of Births, Deaths &, Marriages, Dawley Snb-district. Mudeley Registration District, Bertram H.EJlis, Council offices, 69 King street; deputy, G. R.Wagg. Council offices, 69 King street •

Relieving Officer, No. I Dawley District, Madeley PublicAssistance Committee, Frank Perc), Mole, 32 Chapel st

Vaccination Officer, Dawley Sub-district, I1ertram H.Ellis

PLACES OF WORSHIP.Holy Trinity, Re". E. S. llanfield, vicarMission Church, HinkshayBaptist, Dawley MagnaMethodist, Dawley; Finger road; Horsehav & Rock; Rev.Francis J. Harper •

Methodist, High street, Dawley Parva ; Dawley Bank;Horsehay & Stirchley; Rev. Lionel H. Jones

Railway Stations.-Horsehay (G. W.); Stirchley (L.M.&S)Convevance.-The omnibuses of the Birmingham &Midiand Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd. running ~betweenWellington &, Madeley, pass through; an additionalomnibus service to Wellington is run daily; & a ser-vice to Oakengates by J. A. Darrell, of St. Leonard'sroad, Malinslee

DAWLEY. Armstrong Ronald, butcher, High stPRIVATE BBSIDBNTII. Ashley Jack, haulage contr. Chapel st

(For T N's see general list of Private Ayres ~hos. grocer, 42 High st. (T NResidents at end of book.) 378) cc 47 Bank I'd .

Banfield Rev. Edgar Stanley (vicar), Ba:he Fran~, newsagt. 65 High stVicarage Ball~y Martm Clarence, butcher. 43

Browns Samuel Noel M.C., M.B., High st .Ch.B. 30 King street Bailey Wm. Hy. shopkp!. 34 Kmg st

Call ear Ralph urban, 73 King street Ball Bros. grocers, 59 High st .Ellis Bertram H. 29 Church road Banks In. WItr. shopkpr. lIO King stHarper Rev. Francis J. (Methodist), Barclays Bank Ltd. (sub-branch)7I King street (open 10 a'!D' to I p.m. on mono &

Jones Rev. Lionel H. (Methodist). 37 frl.), 56 High st.; head office, 54Chapel street Lombard st. London E C 3

Jones Thomas J.P. 5 Burton street Beckett Fredk. Harry, wheelwright,Price Harry A.. L. 8 Heath hill ar Southall rdPrice Robert, Lewis, 8 Heath hill Bemrose Rd. Weightman, chemist.Rhodes Richard A .. J.P. 80 King st 46 High st. T N 257Robertson James Bryce M.B .• C.M. Biddulph Enoch, shopkpr. 74a, King stThe Shrubbery, King street Binnall Miriam (Mrs.), shopkpr.

Snow W?l. R. The .Shrubbery, King st Hinkshay (letters should haveWase Misses, 28 Kmg street Wellington only added)Wooding Frederick Thomas, 67 King Bird Sarah Jane (Miss), shopkpr. 2street Finger rd

COMHERCIAL. Bott Jsph. shoplrpr . 11 Heath hillEarly closinc dav, Tnesdav. Bowdler Ma.rtba (Mrs.), shopkpr.

Allworth Maud (Miss), confcinr. 1 Hinkshay (letters from WellingtonDose ley rd direct)

Bray Maggie (Mrs.), fried fish dlr.2 Doseley I'd

Breeze In. Vaughan, wheelwright,Dawley bank

Brown Florence (Miss), shopkpr. 4Southall I'd

Brown Jsph. Wm. farmer, Old Vicar-age rd

Brown William, carpenter, Burton stBrowne Saml. Noel M.C., M.B.,Ch.B.Birm .• M.R.C.S.Eng.,L.R.C.P.Lond. physcn. & surgn. & medicalofficer Dawley district, MadeleyPublic Assistance Committee, 30King st. T K 2I3

Bryce John, shopkeeper,Dawley bankBullock Geo. Uarold, printer. 37High st

Callear Fras. Arden, insnr, agt. 65Kin~ st

Chetwood J oan (Miss), ladies' hair-dresser, 17 Meadow I'd

Chilton Ruth (Miss), shopkpr. 87King st

Common Colliery Co. (Dawley, Salop)Ltd. Heath hill. T N 258

Cosy Cinema, Burton st

Dl RECTO RY. ] SHROPSHIRE. DAWLEY MAGXA. 87

Crown Inn (Donald E. Haycox), 44 Jones Minnie Lucy (Mrs.), chinBIQueen's Head P.II. (Thos. Hough), 32High Sit dealer, 55 High street King st

Dabbs Chas. credit draper, 18 High JOllPS Wm. By. fruitr. 32 & 34 High Red LionP.H. (Art h. Bullock), Holly I'dst. T'" 372 st. T ~ 286 :Reynolds Chas. R. shopkpr . .p Dawley

Darrall Se Co. Ltd. grocer>, 47 &; 8 Ket ley Fras. grocer, 7 Hirikshay rd I ballk .II!gh st . ILees Norman G. dCI,ltist (attends sat. Richards Albt. shopkpr. Hrn.ksha)'

Danes Anuie (Mrs.), shopkpr. 49 2 to 5 p.m.), 21 Kmg st (letter, should have WellmgtonKing ;:1, Leighton Edwd, W. H. wireless dlr. .ollly added)

Dav ies Lucy A. (Miss), shopkpr. 5 13 Hish st Rmg of Bells P.H. (Mrs. Eleanor Gar-New st Lewis In. Aston, butcher.go High st bett), 75 King st

Dawley British Legion (T. Chilton, Lloyds Bank Ltd. (sub-branch) Robert s Hubert, shop~pr. II Burton stsec.), King st (open 10 a.m. to I p.m. on mono & Robertson Chas. H. paintr. 16 Burton st

Dawley Se .District Child IVelfare fri.), 12 High st. (T N 254); head Robertson Jas. Bryce ~.B.,C.M.Glas.C:~ntre Oh"s Grace Thomas, supt.), office, 71 Lombard st. London E C 3 s~rg':l' & public vaccll~ator DawleyKmg st. . Lord Hill P.H. (Wm. A. Terry), dlstnc~, Mad:!ey Publlc AssIsta:lCe

Dawley &; District ,\-YarMemorial Club Dawlev O'rn Committee, Ihe Shrubbery, Kmg(T. Chilton, sec.), King st . Martin Fr~dk. grocer, 15 Chapel st ,51. '1'N 235

Dawley Indust~Jal SOCial S~rVlce Matthews Annie L. (Mrs.), draper, Howe Fanny (Mrs.), shopkpr. DawleyCentre (R. Bailey, warden), New st ,~New rd bank .

Duncow Hotel (Albt. Edwd. Parton), Meiias Ltd. provsn. dlrs. High st Rowley . Thos. outfitter, 40 HIg~ stNew st Melville Ida (Miss) district nurse 6 Royal Cinema, (The) (A. Evans &; W. E.

Dunn ~iary Emma (Mrs.), ladies' hair- New I'd ' , Miles, proprietors), King stdresser, 16 Burton st Millward Mary (Mrs.), blacksmith, 3 Royal Exchange Inn (Wltr. P. Davies),

DurnalI .Jane Elsie (Mrs.), shopkpr. 9 Kinz st 6 Burton stXcw st Mole Frank Percy, relieving officer, SaTI?-ue,lsWm. butcher, Church rd

Elephant &; Castle P.B. (Wm. Hay- 32 Chapel st Sml.th s Stor~s, grocers. 22 & ,,+'~'ard), 1 High st Mor an Fras. W. een O. &; IQ H.lgh st, 'I N 224

Ellis Bertram H. gen!. &, water rate B g to t gr gr 9 Smith Lucy (Mrs.), statnr. &; post&, housing rents collector, registrar l\1or~r n\:th Percv boot re r office, SI High stof baths, deaths &; marriages for' D. ~l ". b . k ), . p. 36 Smith Richard, builder, Burton stDa'~'le}' sub-district, Madeley .Publie Jlor~~~ deo.a:::rap iron mer. 29 Station Smith Wm. hairdrssr. 63 High stASSistance Committee & vaccination d Summers Lnura Mabel (Mrs.), leathr.officer Dawley sub-district, Council r. mer. 2 High st0!flces, 69 King st: l' N 229 Jro:eC£!el~~e .tiary (Miss), shopkpr. Sutch Harry.' cycle dlr. 27a, BiHh st

EIlls Rupert P dairyman Hinkshav -c- 41" FP k- mer. see V"'hI't,e-Talbol P.B. (Rt. Graham), 26 HIgh st(1 I· '. • "e son ran c, corn 'Y T t J h k H' 1 h detters s iould have Wellinzton onlv h d &; N 1 ar n. S op pr. I m cs ay radded) ". N ea F"e dsoknH Id b t h 6 'l'aylor Chas. Herbt. draper, Dawlev

E R be orgrove re ., aro , u c er, 1 b k .vans eu n I;, Son, drapers. 10 Hizh <I T N 268 anHigh s~ . Oake~(T~t~s .lo-District Co-operative Taylor Frank, farmer, Langlsv

Evans WIIham, farmer, The Wallows Soci~ty Ltd. Bank rd. T N 31 Thompson H. &, Son, haulage contrac-Fellows Harrv shopkpr 9 Finger rd Old R d L' I (M R3b tors, 3 Church rd. , -. e IOn nn rs. e ecca Tl .Follows Geo: cycle dlr. 13 King ~t PIimmer), Dawley bank lr~e Cro~vns P.H. (.Jack Walton),France Emily Jane (Mrs.), antique Panter Jack Maurica, fruitr. 41 High st Hm~sha} I'd<' . _.dJr. 3 I;, 4 New st Perkin Percv George, watch maker. Waddl.ove Th~c .• hopkpr. 3" Finger I'd

France Jas. Rd. motor car propr. 28 Hioh strpet - Walker Emrnie (Mrs.), shopkpr, 503 &;, 4 New st Perry Euphemia (Miss) shopkpr 28 HIgh st

G~bbg Annie (Mrs.),draper,58 High st Station rd ' . Walton J. (Mrs.) A.R.C.~!" ~.R.A:.M.,Giles A. E. &; Co, (A. E. Giles PhiIlips Hy Revell & SIt L.T.C.L. teacher of mUSIC, Hinks-

) t b. ' . on, so errs. hay rd

propl'., OCClIstS. 38 HIgh st Conncil offices, 69 King st. TN 229 .Gogerty In. grocer, 24 Finger rd Phillips W. E. & Sons, furniture dlrs. W:i~sh Ehz. (Mrs.), shopkpr. 49Groucot~ May (Mrs.), shopkpr, 10 57 High st. T N 319 ' I~ st. .Old VIcarage rd . PhilIips H . Revel!, soletr. (firm, H . .velhngton Colhery (H. A. L. Price,

Barn' John Robert painter 27 R Ph'lll & S ) &, 1 k t th propr.), Heath sm. T N 258. ". 1 IpS on c er ·0 e Wh' t H (Chapel street Urban District Council &, rating &, 1 e art ~.B. WItI'. Rd. OscarHart WItr. motor coach propr. Chapel valuation officer Council offices 69 ~arpe&, lI?mkshay (letters shoul(!st , T N 260 King st' , ave e mgton only added). T);

Hilton S. I;, So~s Ltd. boot I;, shoe PhiIlips In. shopkpr. 2 New st 3~4makers, 48 HI!;'h street . . White Horse Inn (Geo. Ager), 4

HolIeyhead Florence (Miss), ladies' Phll!~pS, Sam!. sho~k~r. 28 Bank rd Finger rdhairdrssr. 6 High st Phillips B Stores L;mIted. grocers &. White Horse P.H. (Mrs. Sybil 11.

Hollis Edwin LesIie, grocer, 1 Bank rd )' t~a dealers. 19 .H~gh street Be1cher), Heath hillIndependent Order of Oddfellows I icken Rachel .~hlhcent (Mrs.), shop- Whitefoot George & WilIiam, hard.(Ralph U. Callear, sec.), 73 King st ~eeper, 34 Finger rd ware dealers, 21 High street

Ironbridgs & District Gas Co, Ltd. Phmmer Enoeh Howard, butcher, 8Q Whitefoot Cecil Geo. chemist. 17(showroom) High st Dawley bank . High st

Jarvis Ethel M. (Miss), district nurse, Poole Jsph. Herbt. coal mer. ~2 HIgh st Whitehead I;, Nelson, corn mers.32 Finger I'd Povey Bros. butchers, 4 Kmg .st George st. T N 349

Jarvis Frank, fruitr. 20 High st Preece & Son, shoe mkrs. 4 ~Igh st Whitehead In. Albt. corn mer. seeJaundrell Hubert, butcher, IS Bur- Preece Sam!. boot repr. 52 High st. Whitehead & Nelsonton at &, 5 Southall rd Willetts Absalom watch repr. 10

Jervis Thos. Arth. motor engnr. Price H. A. L. I;, Co. ~td. haulage Spring hill, Chapel stFinger rd. T N 249 ~ontractors, Heath Rill. T N 258 WilIiams Rd. butcher, High st

.Iones Benj. & Son, bldrs. 3 Brandlee Price ~artha Ann (Mrs.), confctnr. Windsor Wltr. cabnt.mkr.sq Bank rd

.Jones Edith Mary (Miss), music dlr, ~4 High <tre~t . Wooding In. provsn. mer. 101 KingHigh st Price Rt. Lewis, surveyor, sanitary st. T N 330

Jones Frances Mary (Mrs.) A.L.C.M. Il!spector & hou~mg manager, Coun- Woolley Wm. L. grocer, 31, 33 & 35teacher of music, 12 Hinkshay rd cil offices, 69 King st, T N 229 High st. T N 210

Jones Herbert S. ironmonger, 53 Queen's Arms P.R. (Thos. F. Roden), Wright Geo. Harold, fried fish dlr.High street Bank rd 36 High st

Jones Horace C. grocer, I;, post office, Queen's Arms P.H. (Frss, Wm. Yates H. &, Son, pork butchers, 67DawJey bank Ketley), 31 Finger I'd I High st

DAWLEY PARV A is an ecclesiastical parish formed from Madeley. The church of St. Luke (locally atOct. 24, 1845, from the parish of Great Dawley, ann Doseley, and erected in 1845) is an edifice of brick inincludes Little Dawley, Doseley, Borsehay, Lightrnoor, the Norman style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave.Stoney hill, The Potteries and Burrouzh's Bank, in the south porch and a stone turret at the south end contain-Wreliin division of the county, South Bradford hundred, ing one bell: there are 508 sitting!!. The lych gate wasMadelev county court district, petty sessional division erected by the parishioners in memory of the men ofof Wellington, rural deanery of Shilnal, archdeaconry the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-15, and wasof Salop and diocese of Lichfield. Dawley Parva dedicated by the Bishop of Lichfield in .January, 1920.is 1 mile from Rorsehay station on the Wellington, Shif- The registers date from the Year 1846. The living IS anal and Craven Arms section of the Great Western rail- vicarage. net yearly value 1360, including 11 acres ojway, 5 west from Shifnal, 4 from Wellington and 3 glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop

88 DAWLEl.'" PARVA. SHROPSHIRE. (ULLY'B

of Lichfield alternately, and held since 1937 by the Rev. divided into sections and sold. Gas and electricity areFrancis Thomas Brooks A.K.C.L., L.R.A.M. The vicarage available. Water is supplied by the Borough of WeWock.house was considerably enlarged in 1899. Attached to The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The soil isthe church is a Sunday school, erected in 1912. At various; the subsoil is clay. The population in 1931Horsehav are extensive iron works belonging to the was 1,474.Horsehay Co. Limited. The minerals are coal and iron- Post &. M..O. Office, Little Dawley, Letters fromstone. the Earl of Craven is lord of the manor and Wellington. Dawlev is the nearest T. officeprincipal landowner; part of .the property has been Post, M.O. & T. Office;Horsehay, Wellington, Shropshire

PRIVATE RBBIDlCNTS. Maiden Arth. Geo. shopkpr. 9 Frame Davies Stanley, farmer, Woodlands(For T N see general list of Private la. Doseley farm. Dawley 322

Residents at end of book.) Morris Wm. Vaaghaa, smallholder, Duce Winifred Rose (Mrs.), shop-Brooks Bev.Francis Thomas A.K.C.L., Bath farm kpr. SpringfieldsL.R.A.M. (vicar), The Vicarage, Powel! Harr,., smallhldr, Lit. Dawley Forester Arms P.H. (Cecil HarryDoseley Reynolds In. &; Son, grocers, Little Machin)

Simpson Herbert, GreeDhul'It,Doseley Dawley Harrison Edwd. farmer, CroppingsCOHHllBCUL. 'I'homas Grace Lilian (Miss), nurse, farm

Do.teley Horsehay Oo. (The) Ltd. engineersBASALT8 LIMITED, quarry Unicorn P.R. (In. Sheward), Little &; iron founders, bridge builders towners; manufacturers of road- Dawley. T N Dawley 234 gas plant manufacturen; solestone tarmacadam; bituminous makers of Wilson's producer plant.macadam; all classes concrete HORSEHAY. TA" Bridge, Horsehay;" T Nproducts, Doseley. TA" Basalte, Da.wley325 & 326Dawley;" T N's Dawley 362 &; 363 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ironbridge & Co&lbrookdal.eIndustrial

Cheshire Cheese Inn (Rt. Eddie , " Co-operative Society Ltd. PoolsideRoberts), Doseley (For T N.s see general hst of Pnvate New Coalmoor Sanitary Pipe Co. Ltd.

Corbett Albt. Archbld. farmer,Manor Besidents at end of book.) sanitary earthenware mfrs. Dawlevfarm, Little Dawley Cartwright Richard, 22Frame lane 226· •

Doseley Pipe Co. Ltd. Dose1ey. T A Gray Edgar Charles, Woodland. Price Alan, butcher, Bridge re"Basalts, Dawley; " Dawley 362 & Robertson Chas. 21 Frame la. Doseley Shuker G. & Son Limited, motor363 Simpson A!fd. Hy. The Cottage haulage eontrctrs. Stanley ho.

Gwynne In. Rd. farmer, Stocking Dawley 238farm. Dawley 350 COHllBBCUL. Station Hotel (Geo. Wm. Tarr).

J 0 H N S T 0 N BROTHERS Marked thus 0 farm ISO acres or over. Dawley 267Tarr Thos. Wm. shopkpr. Station rd(CONTRACTORS) LTD. Ball Bessie (Mrs.), shopkpr. Poolside Travellers' Joy P.H. (Thos. W.

manufacturers of all classes of Bott Enos, shopkpr. Spring village Greatorex)roadmaking appliances; also road- Collier Jsph, Hy. shopkpr. Welling· Ward Wm. Hy. statnr . .t post offioe,stone chipping! ; tarmacadam ; ton rd Dawley 220concrete products; road construe- °Corfield Edwd. farmer. Dawley 275 Williams Howard Bickerton, grocer,tion, Doseley. TA" Basalts, Creed Horace Gerald, haulage con- Woodhouse la. Dawley 239Dawley ; " T N's Dawley 362 & 363 tractor, Wellington rd. Dawley 252

DEUXHILL is a very small parish on the road from with Glazeley to the rectory of Chetton and the inhabi-Bridgnorth to Bewdley and Cleobury Mortimer, 4~ miles tants attend the church at Glazeley, N. F. Budgen esq.south-by-west from Bridgnorth station, Severn Valley and Mrs. L. Hewitt are the principal landowners. Thesection of the Great Western railway, in the Ludlow soil and subsoil are clayey. The chief crops are wheat,division of the county, Brimstree petty sessional division, barley and roots. The area is 493 acres; the populationBridgnorth rural district, county court district and rural in 1931 was 41.deanery, arch deaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Hereford,The church, which was a small but ancient building of Letters through Bridgnorth, nearest M. O. office;rubble stone, has been pulled down; the living is annexed Billingsley is the nearest T. office

Marked thus 0 farm ISO acres or oYer.oBarrison John, farmer, Ball farm°Hewitt Lonisa (Mrs.), farmer. Church farm

DIDDLEBURY is a parish intersected by the river Hereford, to whom the rectorial tithe belongs, andCorve. 6 miles north-east from Craven Arms station on held since 1939 by the Rev, Joseph A. Jones, of St.the Shrewsbury and HereCord section oC the Great David's College, Lampeter. In the hamlet of WEST-Western and London, Midland and Scottish joint rail- HOPE, about d miles west from the church and 3way, and 8 miles north from Ludlow, comprising the south from Harton Road station, i. a chapel, dating{z hamlets of Diddlebury. Westhope, Great and Little from the year II40' and containing several stainedSutton, Lawton, Peaton, Broncroft, Middlehope, Corfton, windows to members of the Swinnerton-Dyer family,Sparchford, and Earnstrey Park (annexed to the parish some old carved oal: and a SUOD '~nt. The charitiesof Abdon in 1881) and Bouldon (tranaferred from Hol- comprise the interest of [,1,000 left by 1IIl'!!. Marygate in 1881 and added to this parish for civil purposes), Valentine, and ginD aftry Sunday in bread to personsin the Ludlow division of the county, lower division not receiving parochial relief; the interest of f.lOO atof Munslow hundred, Ludlow rural disteict, petty Christmas to widows, left by lIIra. Radnor; and a fundsessional division and county court district, rural of about £3 yearly for educational purposes, and thedeanery and archdeaconry of Ludlow, and diocese of interest of £flOO, left for distribution amongst the poorHereford. In 1882, by the Divided Parishes Act, a of Corfton estate, by the late Mr. Lloyd Roberts.detached part of Oulmin&1!onwas added to Diddlebury, Delbury (or Diddlebury) Hall is close to the church,and a detached part of Diddlebury transferred to Muns- and is the seat of Vincent S. Wrigiey esq, M.B.E.10'1'1'. The church of St. Peter is an edifice in mixed Corfton Hall, a red brick mansion, is the property ofstyles, the north side of the nave and part of the P. G. Holder esq. The principal landowners are Francistower being of pre-Norman date; it consists of chancel WiIliam Pember esq, J.P. Sir Leonard Whitworthnave, south aisle, north chapel, south porch and ~ Sw~nnerton Dyer bart. Percy Giles Holder esq. andwestern tower containing a clock and 4 bells: there Maj. Arthur Walter Barratt M.B.E., J.P. The soilare five stained windows, a carved oak eagle lectern, on the west side of the Carve is good turnip land, onand several marble tablets and monuments of the the eas~ bank a sti1f clay; subsoil, sandstooe and clay.eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in the chancel The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, turnips andare alabaster inscriptions with arms to Thomas sugar beet. The. are!" of the entire parish is 8,690Bawdewin, 1623, and Margaret, his wife, and a rnonu- aeres; the population ID 1931 was 704 in the civil and~ent to Charles Baldwin, 16f'4: there is also a cast of the ecclesiastical parish, 704.non slab m the floor of the chancel to Marv wife C rft hamI' Ilof John Baldwyn, ob. 16:59: the tower was r'e'stored o. on et IS I m e south-west. P. G. Holderesq 1S lord of the manor.in 1899"lgoo, with a sum of £1,300, comprising £800left for this purpose by Thomas Lloyd Roberts esq, Lawton hamlet is It miles sauth-east.and the accumulated interest thereon; the church affords Rate ~llootor, Cle~ to the Parish Council &; Registrarsittings for 400 personae a lych gate was erected in 1908 of Births, Marnages & Deaths, R. J. Price, Theat a cost of £25. The register dates from the year 1583: Green, Clun road, Craven ArmsThe living is an endowed vicarage, net vearly value £400. Post Office, Diddlebury. Letters from Craven Arms,with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salop. Munslow nearest M.O. & T. office

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Madelev Wood Cold Blast Slag Co. Ltd. Blests hill.T N .Ironbr-idge 21

Madeley Wood Co. Ltd. colliery proprietors, Kembertoncolliery &; Halesfield. TA" Iron, Madeley, Salop; ,.T N Ironbridge 38

Mason Wm. Jas. butcher, ar High stMidland Bank Ltd. (sub-branch) (open tues. & fri.10.15 a.m. to I p.m.), High st.; draw on head office,Poultry, London E C 2

Millard Thos. haulag:e contrctr. IS AqueductMiners' Arms P.H. (W. T. Riddle), 73 Prince s·tMitchell Rt. Smith M.B., Ch.B.Edin. surgn. &; medicalofficer to Madeley No. I district, 39 Church st. T l'\Ironbridge Il7

Moore F. L. & Co. grocers, 87 Court st. Ironbridge r48Moore Rt. N. grocer, 53 High st. Ironbridge II9Morris Arth. Sidney, chief clerk to County Court, High stMorris Chas. butcher, I AqueductMorris Louisa Annie (Mrs.), shopkpr. 32 Park laNew Inn (Geo. Heighway), Park laNevrbrook Herbt. confctnr. 238, Church stNevrbrook Thos. Arth. nurseryman, 30 Church atOakes Nellie (Miss), shopkpr. Park avOnions Clifford Arth. farmer, II HilltopOsborne Albt. Cecil, insur. agt. 43 AqueductOwen Enoch, grocer, 30 High st. T N Ironbridge 137Owen Frank (Mrs.), hall keeper &; librarian, .Ansticeinstitute, Park av

Park Inn (Mrs. Catherine Evans), Park stPheasant P.R. (Wm. Hy. Evans), 14Coalport rdPitchford Hedley, farmer, Rill Top farmPoole Geo. Edmnd. saddler, 74 High stPooler Ernest, butcher, 10 High street

Pope ''rm. Peter In. cycls agt. 72b, Prince stPreece In. Geo. boot repr. 42 Church atPrice Eleanor (Mrs.), shopkpr. 56 Prince stPrince of Wales P.R. (Wm. Darlington), 3 Prince stPritchard Mary (Mrs.), confctnr. 76 Court stRed Lion Inn (Benj. J. Clarke), 39 Park stRoyal Oak P.R. (Wm. Evans), 59 High st. Ironbridge 174Shaw Gertrude Mary (Miss), milliner, 13 HIgh stShropshire Associated Collieries, coal mers. Kembertonwharf. Ironbridge 135

Shum A. G. Ltd. chemists, 9 Park avSix Bells P.R. (Geo. Oliver), 23 Church stSmith Geo. Chas, fishmngr. 4 Court stStead Fras. Geo. coal mer. r Ironbridge rd. Ironbridge 55Stodd Wm. & Sons, ironmngrs. 58 High st. & drapers,5 Park av

Taylor Greta M. (Miss), shopkpr. Madelel rd°Taylor Norman In. farmer, Windmill farm, Bridg-north rd •

Thomas Chas. shopkpr. Park laThree Furnaces P.H. (Arth. Amos), 30 Bridgnorth rdThree Horse Shoes P.R. (A. A. B. Martin), 75 High stTimmins Rd. tobccnst. 55 Park laVictoria Coaches, motor bus proprs. Victoria rd. Iron-bridge 78

Ward Arthur E. clothier, 40 Park streetWase Edwin Thos. farmer, WoodlandsWest End Cinema Theatre (Fras. Geo. Stead, propr.),Park st

Wilson Benj. Edwd. newsagt. 69 Park stWood Wm. Bernard L.D.S.B'ham, dental surgn. (attendsmono wed. & fri.), High st

COALPORT.l'BIVATERESIDENTS. [ COMllEBCI.lL. Ipreece Annie Mabel (Mrs.), shopkpr.

(For T N. see general list of Private Brewery Inn (Miss Millicent Go.ugh) & post o~ce. Ironbridge 127Residents at end of book.) Chillcotts Ltd. engnrs. Ironbridge 49 Radford Lilian (Mrs.), shopkpr

Brl11JChas. Clarke J.P. Coalport ho Green Mary (Miss), shopkpr jShakeSpeare Inn (Miss Eleanor MaryGriffiths William Henry, Broomycroft Griffiths Thomas, timber merchant Heighway)Harper Arthur Ernest Nuway Manufacturing Co. Ltd. matRichards WilIiam, Rose cottage mfrs. T N Ironbridge 87

MAESBROOK UPPER & LOWER, see Kinnerley.

MAINSTONE is a wide and thinly-populated parishand township, partly in Salop and partly in Mont·gomeryshire, comprising the hamlets of Castlewright,Edenhope, Knuck and Reilth, in the Ludlow divisionof the county, hundreds of Olun and Puralow, Olunrural district, Clun and Purslow petty sessionaldivision, Craven Arms county court district, ruraldeanery of Stokesay, archdeaconry of Ludlow anddiocese of Hereford. Mainstone is south-west fromthe road from Bishop's Castle to Clun. FromBishop's Moat (an ancient earthwork) a commandingview of the country for many miles round is obtained.Offa's Dyke intersects the parish. The church of St.John the Baptist, built at an unknown date prior tothe Reformation, and rebuilt in the year r887, issituated in a narrow valley at the foot of Clun Forest;it is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave,south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells.The east stained window was erected in memory ofRichard Sankey esq. d. 1871, and his brother John,d. r890, by Susan Sankey, of Bishop's Castle, andthere is also a window in memory of her son, d. 1903.The register dates from the year r6o.J. The living isa rectory, annexed in r935 to the vicarage of Bishop's

MAESBURY, see Oswestry.

Castle, joint net yearly value £501, including 5 acresof glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and heldsince 1935 by the Rev. Harold John Smith M.A. of SidneySussex College, Cambridge, hon. canon of Manchester,and surrogate, who resides at Bishop's Castle. Here isa Methodist chapel, erected in r892. The charities, of £syearlv value, are distributed on Easter Monday. SydneyRankIn Reap esq. J.P., Montagu William Lowry-Corryesq, (who owns most of Edenhope), Sydney Wilson esq.T. M. Wilding esq. and Mrs. A. M. Harris, are thechief landowners. The soil is chiefly loam; the subsoilis stone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oauand barley. The area of the entire parish is 4,993acres ; the population in 1931 was r55 in the civil andof the ecclesiastical parish, 250.

Edenhope, 1 mile north, Knuck, adjoining Mainstoneon the south, and Reilth, half a mile south-east, arehamlets.Castlewright is a hamlet 2 miles north, in the parish

of Mainstone, but in the county of Montgomery.

Letters through Bishop's Castle, Salop, the nearest M. O.&; T. office

MAINSTONE. °Hudson Geo. Martin, farmer, Main- °Venables Thos.Edwd.frmr.HiIl EndMarked thus· receive letters through stone ho Wener 'I'hos. smallholder

Church Stoke, Montgomery. Jones Thos. farmer, RolverCOMlIERCUL. Jones WiIliam, farmer, Owmffrydd EDENHOPE.

Marked thus ° farm ISOacres or over. Lewis A. farmer, Upper Knuck & 0Richards & Austin, farmersBayliss In. farmer, The Knuck Sh~ltons°Davies Geo. E. farmer, Mainstone fm -LewlS Thomas, farmer, Pantglas REILTH.°Davies In. farmer, Castlewright Lloy~ Edwd. 6mallh!dr. Chapel ho Marked thus 0 farm ISOacres or OYer.Edwa~ds In. farmer, The Moat Morr~s Geo. blacks~Il1th Davies John, farmer, Reilth topF~ancls John, smallholder MorrIS Jn. wheelwright 0Deakins Mrs. farmer, Beilth ho<!lbson In. Hy. smallhldr. Hetfield Owens Geo. farmer, Cwm Colebatch 0Deakins Rd. E. farmer, Beilth farm°Gough Edward, fa;mer, Pantglaa Price Sidney Evan, smallholder, The Huffer Arth. farmer, Hen hoHeap Sydney Bankin, frmr. Dolfawr Ashes Olivar. Mrs. farmer, The Vron

MALINSLEE, or Dawley Nova, is a township, and deanery of Shifnal, archdeaconry of Salop and diocesewas formed into an ecclesiastical parish July 28, 1843, of Lichfield. The church of St. Leonard, erected infrom the parish of Dawley Magna, Which township it 18°5, is an octagonal building of freestone in the Classicadjoins; it has a station on the Coalport branch of the style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an em-London, Midland and Scottish railway, and is 3 miles battled western tower containing 6 bells: four of thenorth from Madeley, 4 west from Shifnal, and 4 south- windows are stained. The registers date from the yeareast from Wellington, in the Wrekin division of the 1835 for burials, r837 for marriages and 1848 for bap-county, South Bradford hundred, petty sessional division tisms. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £391,of Wellington, Madeley county court district, rural including about 2! acres of glebe, with residence, ill the

DIRECTORY. J SHROPSHIRE. MARKET DRAYTON. 151

gilt of the vicar of Dawley Magna, and held since 1941 the Borough of Wenlock. The soil is loamy; subsoil,by the Rev. Ernest lIedley Tutt A.K.C.L. There are gravelly. The minerals are coal and ironstone. Popula-two Methodist chapels. Here are the remains of an tion in 1931, 2,965.ancient chapel, supposed to have been connected with Post Office. Letters through Wellington, Shropshire.the Cluniac monastery of St. Milburga, at Much Wen- Oakengates nearest M.O. & T. officelock; it is a plain rectangular building of the rzthcentury, of which the walls and a portion of the east Post Office, Old Park. Letters through Oakengates,window still remain. The charities are of about £13 Wellington, Shropshire. The nearest M.O. office is atyearly value. The ownership of the land is divided. Dawley Bank & T. office at OakengatesGas and electricity are available. Water is supplied by Railway Station (1,. M. &:; S)

MALINSLEE. Jones Annie )f. (Mrs.), midwife, 54 ClementsJ. A. (Mrs.), shopkprMarked thus it receive their letters alms rd Clemson Danl, shopkpr

through Dawley, Wellington. "New Church Wickets P.H. (In. Arth. Crawford Adela (Mrs.), shopkpr.Russell Rainford), Church rd Forge row

Payne &; Co. shopkprs. & P06t office. Icke Hy. shopkprT N Oakengates 35 Jones 'I'hos. baker. Dawley 246

Plant Cecilia (Mrs.), shopkpr. 22 Oakengates &, District Co-operativeAlma av Society Limited, grocers

Plant Harriet (Mrs.), midwife, Onions Edith Mary (Mrs.), baker, &;29 Dark la post office. Dawlev 212

Willets Rd. farmer, Dark la Roden Frank, shopkprWithington Herbt.shopk{!r. 30 Dark la Samuels Wm. M. butcherWithin~ton Violet EIleen (Mrs.) Spragg Salome (Mrs.), shopkprS.R.N. midwife, Lorne villa Tonks Thos. undertaker

°Yates Frank, farmer, The Sprout Vineyard House P.H. (Geo. Richmondfarm. Dawley 317 Jones)

OLD P RK Watkiss Helena (Mrs.), shopkpr.A . Springfield pi

COMMERCIAL. IWatkiss In. Ernest, butcherBailey Wm. & Nosh, smallholders IWatkiss Wm. Parsons, coal merBryce Albt. shopkpr. The Haven Willets Wm. smallholder

PRIVATB RESIDENTS.

(For T N see general list of PrivateResidents at end of book.)

Attwood Ernest, Malinslee hall"Parry Rev. Edward, Yeates ViJleTutt Rev. Ernest Hedley A.K.C.L.(vicar), St. Leonard's vicarage

COMMERCIAL.

Marked thus 0 farm 150 acres or over.Attwood Bros. farmers, Malinslee hallDowyer Lloyd, shopkpr. Alms avCartwright Bert, farmer, Malinsleefarm

"Darrall Geo. Arnold,omnibus propr.St. Leonard's rd, Dawley 251

l\IARKET DRAYTONMARKET DRAYTOX is a parish and market townand head of a county court district, situated on a billnear the Tern stream and the Shropshire Union canal.with a station on the Great Western Railway Company'smain line from London to Manchester, 173 miles byrail and 154 by road from London, 19 north-east fromShrewsbury, 16 north from Wellington and 14 north-west from Newcastle-under-Lyme; the London, Mid-land and Scottish Railway Company's branch line fromStoke-upon-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdalealso forms a junction at the station, which is con-venientlv situated a short distance from the town onthe Cheshire side; for civil parochial purposes it wasdivided into four districts, viz. Market Drayton, LittleDrayton, the hamlets of Sutton, Betton, Woodseaves,andLongslow, and the township of Tyrley, which latkrplace is in the county of Stafford. By Local Govern-ment Board Order dated 24th March, 1914, Dray tonMagna and Dray ton Parva were constituted an UrbanDistrict, governed by a council of fift-eenmembers. Bythe same Order Betton was transferred for civil purposesto Norton-in-Hales, Longslow to Moreton Say, andSutton and Woodseaves were formed into a new civilparish named Sutton-upon-Tern. The old manorial cus-toms still obtain, the fairs being proclaimed by thesteward of the manor, during which a court of piepoudreis held, to determine all disputes that may arise duringthe time of the fairs; the market was originallygranted by King Henry the 'I'hird. The parish com-prises the hamlets of Dray ton Magna, Dray ton Parva,Sutton, Betton, Woodseaves and Longslow, in Shrop-shire, and the township oCTyrley, in Staffordshire, inthe Oswestry division of the county, North or Dray tondivision of the hundred of Bradford, rural deanery ofHodnet, archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield ;the town is lighted with gas by a company, formed in1862, and also by electricity; water is supplied fromsprings at Burnt Wood and Cold Comfort farm, BloreHeath, and Brodder Springs, Almington. The church ofSt. Mary is a rzth century building of stone in the Gothicstyle, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattledwestern tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and8 bells, the 6 old bells having been re-hung and 2new ones added in 1887; in 1931 the bells were re-castand a new metal frame added: the west door is afine example of Norman work: the stained westwindow, erected in 1901, is a memorial to QueenVictoria: there are other windows to the Corbet andRadford-Norcop families; in 1898 a rood screen wasput up: in 1884 the church was completely restoredat a cost of between £8,000 and £9,000; it was reseatedin 1901: a reredos and altar were erected in 1912: in1938 the organ was renovated and modernised: a WarMemorial chapel was opened in 1921: there are 500 sit-tings. The register dates from the year 1558. The livingis a vicarage, net yearly value £422, with residence, inthe /lift of Reginald Corbet esq. who is lay impropriator

(the yearly value of the impropriated tithes being f.785),and held since 1937 by the Rev. Lewis Mervyn Charles-Edwards, of Keble College, Oxford, who is rural dean ofHodnet. The parish room was erected in 1907. Emmanuelchurch, in Burl$:age street, erected in 1882,was a proprie-tary chapel until February, 1904,when it was consecratedand the living made a full benefice: it is an edifice ofred brick, in a modern Gothic style, from designs by Mr.Bower, architect, and consists of chancel, nave, vestry,west porch and a low western turret containing one bell;in 1899 a new vestry was added at the expense of J. CecilOlay esq.: in 1891 a memorial window was erected toMr. and Mrs. Embrey, who built the church and leftmoney for its partial endowment: in 1900 new choirstalls were erected, and in 1904 a stone font was pre-sented by the vicar: there are 320 sittings. The livingis a vicarage, net yearly value ,4280, with residence, in thegift of the Church Pastoral Aid Society Patronage Board,and held since 1939 by the Rev. John Cookson ComptonRA. The Roman Catholic church, in Great Hales street,dedicated to SS. Thomas Aquinas and Stef.hen Harding,was erected in 1886. The Methodist chape , in Frogmoreroad, was built in 1867, and the Congregational chapel in1776; both will seat 300 persons. The cemetery, openedin 1868, occupies 4 acres, 2 of which have been conse-crated; two-thirds of the other portion of the ground,with the use of one of the two mortuary chapels, isreserved for Dissenters of all denominations; it is underthe control of a burial board of 9 members. The TownHall, in Cheshire street, built in 1897, will hold 500persons. The Fire Brigade Station is at the ToWIlHall;there is a Morris fire tender and Dennis trailer pump,a portable fire pump and a hose cart. The market for fishand meat is in High street; the general market is heldon Wednesday and one for meat on Saturday. The cattlemarket adjoins the railway station,· and the sales areheld every Wednesday. Fairs are held in the town onSept. roth, Oct. 24th and Nov. 24th. The Butter Crossis IDCheshire street. The charities amount to about £247yearly, which sum is partly distributed in coals, breadand money, and partly appropriated to the apprenticingof poor boys and the clothing of a number of poor menand women. Blore Heath, a short distance from thetown. was the scene during the Wars of the Roses of asanguinary encounter, September 23, 1459, between theYorkists and Lancastrians, in which the latter weredefeated and their leader, Lord Audley, slain; a cross iserected on the spot where he fell. The chief landownersare Reginald Corbet esq. J.P. who is lord of the manor,John Radford-Norcop esq. J.P. the Earl of Powis (lord-lieut.) and Maj. A. E. C. Wilson. The land is undula-ting; soil, loam; subsoil. gravel and sandstone. Thepopulation of the Urban District in 1931 was 4,749; thearea is 1,216.The population of Drayton-in-Hales, or Market Dray-

ton St. Mary, ecclesiastical parish, which includes partof Tyrley in Staffordshire, in 1931 was 2,665.