HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY of
BARROW is a small but pleasantly situ= ated village and parish, in the Wenlock Franchise, two miles east from Much Wenl= ock, and two miles south-west from Broseley. The parish contains 2,989a. 0r. 39p. of land, the ratea= ble value of which is £3,086. 6s. 1d. At the c= ensus in 1801 there were 479 inhabitants; 1831, 351; and in 1841 there were 85 ho= uses and a population of 383 souls. Lord Forester and Sir Richard Acton, Bart., = are the landowners. WILLEY HALL, a handsome mansion, is the occasional seat of = Lord Forester. The lands in this parish abound with game, which is rigidly preserved. THE CHURCH is a venerable structure dedicated to St. Giles, and consists of nave and chancel, with a turret, in which are two bells. The wa= lls display many tabular monuments, and there is an antique font, with a capaci= ous basin. On the south side of the church-yard is buried Tom Moody, the celebr= ated whipper-in to George Forester, Esq. The grave-stone is simply inscribed = 220;Tom Moody, died 19th November, 1706.” The church was formerly an appendag= e to the Priory of Wenlock. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the rect= ory of Willey. The Rev. Henry Bridgeman is the incu= mbent.
THE SCHOOL AND ALMSHOUSE.-John Slaney, merchant tailor= of London, having, in his life-time, built in the parish of Barrow an almshouse for six poor aged men or women that had been ancient dwellers thereabout, a= nd appointed six acres of ground to be laid out for their better relief and to= the support of a school. He also directed an allowance of 1s. 4d. weekly to be made to each inmate, and every alternate year a good frieze go= wn to be given to each person, worth 13s. 4d., and hose and shoes to the value of 6s. 8d. Mr. Slaney also erected a school for= the free teaching of twenty children, and ordained that a great part of the six acres of land above mentioned should be for the maintenance of the school; = and he gave towards the maintenance of the schoolmaster £10 a-year for ev= er. For the performance of the said allowance he gave a rent charge of £30 per annum issuing out of his manor of Willey. And for the residue of his gi= ft to make up the pensions of the said schoolhouse and almshouse, he charged h= is cousin, John Slaney, that he and his heirs and assignees should for ever pay the same as a rent charge out of his lands called the Hem, which lands he g= ave to his said cousin on his continuing the charities according to the conditi= ons of his will: In this will Mr. Slaney is directed to keep the school and almshouse in continual repair, and to provide fuel. The premises thus conditionally devised became the property of John Stephens, Esq., who, in 1= 816, exchanged the lands with Cecil Weld Forester, Esq., lord of the manor of Willey, for lands situated near Barrow church. The almshouse having become = much dilapidated, the said Cecil W. Forester, Esq:, = agreed to be at the expense of taking down and rebuilding the school and almshouse= (at his own expense), and keeping the same in repair during the term of his nat= ural life, and to find garments and coals, pursuant to the will of the founder. = In pursuance of this arrangement, the almshouse was taken down, and a new one = and a schoolhouse built on the lands which he had given in exchange. The yearly expenditure when the Charity Commissioners published their report was £33. 16s., of which the rent charge on the= manor of Willey provides for £30; so that there remained for the annual cha= rge upon the lands of Mr. Stephens £3. 16s., b= ut which was then paid by Mr. Forester, besides the cost of twelve tons of coa= ls. With respect to the terms of this exchange, it cannot escape observation th= at the £3. 16s. and the twelve tons of coals which are furnished by Mr. Forester, in pursuance of his agreement, and the expense that he may be at = in repairs, are a part of the consideration that he was to give for the old schoolhouse and almshouse, and the land belonging to them; and not the annu= al supply which Mr. Stephens’s estates were charged by the will of Mr. Slaney to furnish. When the charity has received Mr. Forester’s suppl= y, it has received nothing more than the stipulated equivalent for the old schoolhouse and almshouse premises. But before the exchange it was entitled= to something more, namely, to the supply charged on Mr. Stephens’s estat= es. It must, therefore, continue still entitled to that supply since the exchan= ge; unless the effect of the exchange has been to exonerate the estates of Mr. Stephens during the life of Mr. Forester at the expense of the charity. We = think that such has not been the effect, but that Mr. Stephens’s estates are liable to make good to the charity the annual supply of £3. 16s. and twelve tons of coals yearly, and to continue that supply in future. The sch= ool teacher, in addition to the £10 prescribed by the will of Mr. Slaney,= has the use of a schoolhouse, and about five acres of land attached to it, with= the privilege of taking private scholars.
It appears from the parish books, that a sum of £= ;9 poors’ stock, which had for many years been in = the hands of successive parish officers, was applied in the year 1788 to the repairs of the church, as interest of which the sum of 10s. is distributed by the churchwardens at Christmas in fourp= enny loaves among the poor of the parish.
DIRECTORY.-John Michael Howell, fa= rmer, The Marsh; Thomas Instone, farmer, Swinney; Augusta Jones, schoolmistress; Robert Peake, farmer; William Thursfield, Esq., farmer and l= and agent to Lord Forester.
BENTHALL is a small parish with a sca= ttered population, three miles and a half from Much Wenlock, which comprises 1,195= A. 3r. 1p. of land, the whole of which is the property of= Lord Forester, who is also lord of the manor. The land has a bold swelling surfa= ce, and abounds in limestone. There are lime works in this parish, which give employment to a number of the inhabitants. There is also a tobacco pipe manufactory, and an establishment for the manufacture of earthenware, carri= ed on by Mr. Edward Bathurst. At the census of 1801, the parish contained 636 inhabitants; 1831, 525; and in 1841 there were 131 inhabited houses, and 587 souls. THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, consists of nave and chanc= el, and has a small turret, in which is one bell: it was rebuilt in 1667, and stands on a gentle eminence: it is neatly pewed= with oak sittings, and has a gallery at the west end. On the north wall of the chancel there is a tablet to the memory of Ralph Brown, Esq. and Catherine,= his wife; the former died in 1707: he was lord of the manor of Benthall. On the south wall is a neat memorial to Edward Brown, gentleman, of Broseley, who = died January 29th, 1849, aged 74 years. In the nave of the church is buried Phil= ip Benthall, Esq., who died July 20th, 1713, aged 81 years. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Much Wenlock; incumbent, Rev. = W. H. Wayne; citrate, Rev. Thomas H. Edwards. BENTHALL HALL is a stone mansion situated near the church, some portions of which were erected in the year 1= 535. It is the property of Lord Forester, but is now unoccupied. In the time of = the civil wars it was garrisoned by the royalists, at which period tradition st= ates the old church was destroyed.
Mrs. Ann Brown, by her will dated 30th May, 1764, dire= cted that the dividends of £200 stock, consolidated three per cents, belon= ging to her, should be yearly, at Christmas, distributed by her brother, Francis Turner Blithe, and his heirs, and the minister of Benthall, as they should think fit. The dividends are received under the power of attorney, and are = paid to the minister, who regularly distributes them about Christmas in small su= ms among the poor.
Edward Brown, Esq., of Broseley, bequeathed £200= to the minister and churchwardens for the time being of Benthall in the county= of Salop, on trust to invest the same in feuds, or government or real securiti= es, and to apply the interest in repairing and maintaining the vault and tombst= one of his late brother in-law, Sir Humphrey Charlton, situated in the church y= ard at Benthall, and to apply the surplus to the relief of poor persons from ti= me to time resident in the parish.
POSENHALL is an extra parochial liber= ty, contiguous to Benthall, which at the census of 1841 is returned as containi= ng five houses and twenty-two inhabitants. There is only one farm here, which = is in the occupancy of Mr. Thomas Pitt; there is also an earthenware manufacto= ry: the names will be found included in the Benthall directory.
DIRECTORY.-Edwin Bathurst, earthenware manufacturer, Benthall Pottery; John and Edward Burton, farmers and brick makers; Joseph Currier, shopkeeper; John Duckett, timber merch= ant; Rev. Thomas H. Edwards, B.A., curate, Benthall House; Mary Gother, vict., Britannia Inn; John Gother, joiner; Hiram Hill, lime burner, residence, Broseley; Joshua Instone, blacksmith; John Jones, vict., Leopard Inn; Warren Taylor Jones, earthenware manufacturer, Posenhall Potte= ry; John Patten, lime burner and barge owner; Ann Pitt, farmer; Thomas Pitt, farmer, Posenhall; Edward Roden, farmer and corn miller; Mary Roden, farmer; Noah Roden, tobacco pipe manufacturer; James Shepard, maltster.
BROSELEY, anciently written BURWARDSL=
EY, is
a parish and considerable market town in the Wenlock franchise, four miles =
east
from Much Wenlock, 13 miles south-east from Shrewsbury, and 146 miles
north-west from London. The town is seated on an eminence above the
THE CHURCH, dedicated to All Saints, is a free-stone
structure, consisting of nave, chancel and side aisles, with a square tower=
in
which are six bells; the nave is separated from the side aisles by five poi=
nted
arches on each side; over the side aisles and at the west end are galleries;
upon the latter is placed an organ. The church was rebuilt in 1845, and in consequence of a grant of £400 from=
the
Incorporated Society, 694 of the sittings are free and unappropriated
for ever; there is now accommodation for 1,200 hearers; it is neatly fitted=
up
with oak sittings, and the roof is of groined timber. The old church was a
brick structure, with a low tower of free stone, and had sittings for 782
persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £=
;7.
18s. 6d., in the patronage of Lord Forester:
incumbent, the Hon, and Rev.
JACKFIELD=
is a
populous hamlet, in the parish of Broseley, stretching along the banks of t=
he
Not far from Jackfield formerly stood the ancient mans= ion of the Tuckies. About sixty years ago this house was repaired for Lord Dundonald, father of Lord Cochrane, who resided here a considerable time, making chemical experiments, among the principal of which was that of extracting tar from coals. For this purpose many kilns or ovens were erected on the banks of the Severn, and the process was conducted in t= he following manner:—” A range of stoves was supplied with coal ke= pt burning at the bottom; the smoke was conveyed by horizontal tunnels into a capacious funnel built of brick, supported by arches, and covered on the to= p by a shallow pond of water. The smoke, condensed by the chill of the water, fe= ll on the bottom of the funnel in the form of tar, and was conveyed by pipes i= nto a receiver, whence it was pumped into a large boiler, and boiled to a proper consistence, or otherwise inspissated into pitc= h; the volatile parts which arose during this inspissation were again condensed into oil used for varnish.” Great quantities of = this useful article were sent for the use of the navy, and much of it was used in japanning. Lord Dundonald expended large sums of money in these undertakings, which were unsuccessful as to profitable remuneration. On the site of these operations was afterwards erected the gr= eat iron foundry where no many cannon were cast by Mr. Bro= die during the late war.
A most melancholy accident occurred near Broseley on O=
ctober
23rd, 1799. The passage boat in crossing the In the year 1711 a very remarkable inflammable spring =
was
discovered at Broseley, of which the Rev. Mr. Mason, professor at Cambridge,
gives the following account:—” The well for four or five feet d=
eep
is six or seven feet wide, within that is another hole of like depth, dug in
clay; in the bottom whereof is placed a cylindric earthern vessel, of about four or five inches diamete=
r at
the mouth, having the bottom taken off, and the sides well fixed in, the cl=
ay
rammed close about it. Within the pot is a brown water as thick as puddle
continually forced up with a violent motion, beyond that of boiling water, =
and
a rumbling hollow noise rising and falling by fits; but there was no appear=
ance
of any vapour arising, which perhaps might have been visible had not the sun
shone so bright. Upon putting the candle down at the end of a stick, at a
quarter of a yard distance, it took fire, darting and flashing after a very
violent manner, for about half a yard high, much in the manner of spirits i=
n a
lamp, but with great agitation. It was said that a tea kettle had been made=
to
boil in about nine minutes time, and that it had been left burning for
forty-eight hours without any sensible diminution. It was extinguished by
putting a wet mop upon it, which it was necessary to keep there for a
considerable time, otherwise it would not go out=
. Upon
the removal of the mop there arises a sulphurous smoke, lasting about a min=
ute,
and yet the water is cold to the touch. The cause of this inflammable prope=
rty
is most probably the mixture of the waters with petroleum, which is one of =
the
most inflammable substances in nature, and has the property of burning on t=
he
surface of water.” In the year 1755 this well entirely disappeared by=
the
sinking of a coal pit in its neighbourhood. CHARITIES.-John Barrett, Esq., of the William Lewis<=
/i>, by
indenture, dated January 2nd, 1740, granted a yearly rent charge of 20s., issuing out of a messuage
and two acres of land, situate near the church, in Broseley, with the penal=
ty
of 6s. for every day that the payment should be in arrear, and directed the
same to be distributed among twenty poor widows. It further appears from the
benefaction table that Andrew Langl=
ey,
of the Woodhouse, left 12s. yearly to be distrib=
uted
by the minister and churchwardens on St. Andrew’s-day yearly, and to =
be
paid for ever by the owner of the Woodhouse estate. Mary Cotton, who
died in 1838, bequeathed to the minister and charchwar=
dens
for the time being of this parish the sum of £300, three per cent
consolidated bank annuities, upon trust, to receive the interest and divide=
it
among forty poor widows of this parish on the 29th of December, yearly. Fanny Pritchard left £100 in=
trust
to the same parties, to be invested in government securities, and directed =
the
interest to be divided among ten poor widows on
At a place called the Birches, between Buildwas and
Ironbridge, and not far from Broseley, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred=
in
May, 1775, of which the following account has been given by the Rev. John
Fletcher, of Madeley. “When I went to the spot,” says Mr. Fletc=
her,
“the first thing that struck me was the destruction of the little bri=
dge
that separated the parish of Madeley from that of Buildwas, and the total
disappearing of the turnpike road to Buildwas bridge, instead of which noth=
ing
presented itself to my view but a confused heap of bushes, and huge clods of
earth tumbled one over another. The river also wore a different aspect; it =
was
shallow, turbid, noisy, boisterous, and came down from a different point.
Whether I considered the water or the land the scene appeared to me entirely
new, and as I could not fancy myself in another part of the country, I
concluded that the God of nature had shaken his providential iron rod over =
the
subverted spot before me. Following the track made by a great number of
spectators, who came already from the neighbouring parishes, I climbed over=
the
ruins and came to a field well grown with rye-grass, where the ground was
greatly cracked in several places, and where large turfs, some entirely, ot=
hers
half turned up exhibited the appearance of straight or crooked furrows,
imperfectly formed by a plough drawn at a venture. Getting from that field =
over
the hedge, into a part of the road which was yet visible, I found it raised in one place, sunk in another, concave in a thi=
rd,
hanging on one side in a fourth, and contracted as if some uncommon force h=
ad
pressed the two hedges together. But the higher part of it surprised me mos=
t,
and brought directly to my remembrance those places of mount Vesuvius where=
the
solid stony lava has been strongly worked by repeated earthquakes, for the =
hard
beaten gravel that formed the surface of the road was broken every way into
huge masses, partly detached from each other, with deep apertures between t=
hem
exactly like the shattered lava. This striking likeness of circumstances ma=
de
me conclude that the similar effect might proceed from the same cause, name=
ly,
a strong convulsion on the surface if not in the bowels of the earth. Going=
a
little farther towards Buildwas I found that the road was again totally lost
for a considerable space, having been overturned, absorbed, or tumbled with=
the
hedges that bounded it to a considerable distance towards the river; this p=
art
of the desolation appeared then to me inexpressibly dreadful. Between a
shattered field and the river there was that morning a bank on which beside=
s a
great deal of underwood grew twenty fine large =
oaks,
this wood shot with such violence into the Severn before it that it forced the water in great columns a
considerable height like mighty fountains, and gave the overflowing river a
retrograde motion. This is not the only accident that happened to the Sever=
n;
for near the Grove, the channel which was chiefly of a soft blue rock burst=
in
ten thousand pieces, and rose perpendicularly about ten yards, heaving up t=
he
immense quantity of water and the shoals of fishes that were therein. Among=
the
rubbish at the bottom of the river, which was very deep in that place, there
were one or two huge stones and a large piece of timber, or an oak tree, wh=
ich
from time immemorial had lain partly buried in the mud I suppose in consequ=
ence
of some flood; the stones and tree were thrown up as if they had been only =
a pebble
and a stick, and are now at some distance from the river, many feet higher =
than
the surface of it. Ascending from the ruins of the road I came to those of a
barn, which after travelling many yards towards the river had been absorbed=
in
a chasm where the shattered roof was yet visible. Next to those remains of =
the
barn, and partly parallel with the river, was a long edge which had been to=
rn
from a part of it yet adjoining to the garden hedge, and had been removed a=
bove
forty yards downward together with some large trees that were in it and the
land that it enclosed. The tossing, tearing, and shifting of so many acres =
of
land below, was attended with the formation of stupendous chasms above. At =
some
distance above, near the wood which crowns the desolated spot, another chas=
m,
or rather a complication of chasms excited my admiration; it is an assembla=
ge
of chasms, one of which that seems to terminate the desolation to the
north-east, runs some hundred yards towards the river and Madeley wood; it
looked like the deep channel of some great serpentine river dried up, whose
little islands, fords, and hollows appear without a watery veil. This long
chasm at the top seems to be made up of two or three that run into each oth=
er,
and their conjunction when it is viewed from a particular point exhibits the
appearance of a ruined fortress whose ramparts have been blown up by mines =
that
have done dreadful execution, and yet have spared here and there a pyramid =
of
earth, or a shattered tower by shirk the spectators can judge of the nature=
and
solidity of the demolished bulwark. Fortunately there was on the devoted sp=
ot
but one house, inhabited by two poor countrymen and their families; it stan=
ds
yet, though it has removed about a yard from its former situation. The morn=
ing
in which the desolation happened, Samuel Wilcocks,
one of those countrymen, got up about four o’clock, and opening the
window to see if the weather was fair he took notice of a small crack in the
earth about four or five inches wide, and observed the above mentioned fiel=
d of
corn heaving up and rolling about like the waves of the sea; the trees by t=
he
motion of the ground waved also, as if they had been blown with the wind,
though the air was calm and serene; the river Severn, which for some days h=
ad
overflowed its banks, was also very much agitated and seemed to turn back to
its source. The man being astonished at such a sight, rubbed his eyes,
supposing himself not quite awake, and being soon convinced that destruction
stalked about, he alarmed his wife, and taking children in their arms they =
went
out of the house as fast as they could, accompanied by the other man and his
wife. A kind
POST OFFICE-At Mr. Jeremiah Ashwood’s. Letters arrive at 8 A.M., and= are
despatched 5.35 P.M.
Marked 1 are i=
n Cape
or King street; 2 Church street; 3 High street; 4 Queen street; 5 Barratt&#=
8217;s
hill; 6 Broseley Wood; 7 Jack-field and neighbourhood; 8 Barber’s row;
and 9 Duke street.
2 Amphl= et Susannah, vict., The Dog
3 Ashwo= od Jeremiah, corn miller, maltster, and postmaster=
3 Bartl= am Edward Glover, Esq., surgeon, and coroner for borough of Wenlock
5
5 Baker Mrs.
3 Baker = The Misses, drapers and mercers
2 Baugh George, Esq.
2 Bayli= ss Miss Helen, ladies’ boarding school
7 Beard Thomas, victualler, = Werps Inn
3 Beddoes John, shoemaker
6 Beddo= w Thomas, grocer
6 Bill Jeremiah, butcher, sh= opkeeper and beerhouse
3 Birch Thomas, coalmaster <= /p>
7 Boden = Susannah, shopkpr.
3 Booth Henry, farmer and bu= tcher
6 Bradley Richard, tobacco p= ipe maker
3 Bourne Wm., blacksmith and beerhouse-keeper
2 Boycott Richard, baker and confectioner
2 Broadhurst Thos., timber merchant & wheelwright
2 Brodie Mrs.
7 Brown Edwd., blacksmith, a= nd vict., Summer House
3 Burnet Henry, hosier and haberdasher
3 Burnet Isaac, boot and sho= emaker
3 Burnet John, grocer and de= aler in hops
7 Burn Rev. Andrew, B.A., cu= rate, Rock House
7 Burton= Edward, brick and tile manufr. & barge owner=
7 Burroughs John, rope manuf= acturer
3 Cartwright Chas., butcher<= /p>
6 Cartwright James, butcher<= /p>
3 Charlton Humphrey, wine an= d spirit and hop and seed merchant
4 Colley Bernard Wilkinson, = maltster
8 Collins Thos., locksmith
2 Cooke Joseph, victualler, = Old Crown
3 Corfi= eld Thomas, butcher 3 Cowley Ja= s., grocer, ironmonger, and seedsman
3 Cox Robert, saddler
3 Crowder Leonard, painter, = plumber, and glazier
3 Crump William, butcher
7 Crump= ton William, ferryman and barge owner
7 Culli= s William, victualler, Tumbling Sailors
7 Davies Ann, brick and tile= maker
7 Davies James, sen., brick and tile maker, The Rock
7 Davies James, jun., brick = and tile maker, The Rock
3 Davies John, farmer
6 Davies Samuel, butcher and= maltster
7 Davies Thos., shopkeeper, and brick and tile maker
Davies Thomas, tailor, The <= span class=3DSpellE>Delph
6 Dean James, thatcher and beerhouse-keeper
1 Davies Thomas, victualler,= Duke of Cumberland
7 Dillon Joseph, bargeowner,= Salt house
7 Dodd Andrew, bargeowner, Salt-house
7 Doughty Geo., bargeowner, Salthouse
7 Doughty Robert, barge-owne= r, Salthouse
7 Doughty Theophilus, brick & tile maker, Lloyd Head
6 Easth= ope Mrs. Ann
2 Edwards Ann, victualler, F= oresters’ Arms
3 Evans = Edwin R. auctioneer, accountant, house & estate agent, valu= er & appraiser, agent to the Sun Fire office, and superintendent registrar= .
3 Evans Mrs. Maria, draper a= nd mercer
9 Evans Richard, registrar o= f births and deaths
6 Evans John, shopkeeper and= poulterer
Evans Robert, Esq., J.P.,
8 Evans Susan, confectioner =
3 Evans = Thos., confectioner
8 Everett Robert, butcher an= d vict.,= The Plough
1 Evera= ll Thomas, baker and grocer
3 Fawkes Arthur, victualler,=
8 Fenton John, brazier and <= span class=3DSpellE>timnan
2 Forester The Honourable and Rev. Orlando Watkin Weld, M.A., The Rectory
5 Firfield Mrs.
5 Francis Robert, tailor
8 Glover Edwd., hair dresser<= /p>
6 Gough Mrs. Martha
7 Griffiths Edward, shopkeep= er, Salt-house
2 Griffiths John, timber mer= chant and wheelwright
Griffiths Miss, milliner
3 Gwynn= Geo., basket-maker
5 Gwynn= Martha, basket-maker
7 Harris Richard, tailor, Sa= lt-house
3 Hartshorne Edward, boot and shoemaker
2 Harts=
hone
3 Hartshorne George, auction= eer, appraiser, cabinetmaker, builder, and upholsterer
Harvey John, grocer, dr. per,
accountant, agent to the
9 Hayma= n John, glass dealer and victualler, The Fox
1 Holmes Wm., coalmaster
8 Hill Benjamin, joiner and = builder
5 Hill Hiram, grocer and coa= l master
8 Hiske= tt Thomas, tin-plate worker
7 Holt Thomas, victualler, Woodbridge Inn
3 Humphries John, grocer, ch= andler, and hop dealer
2 Insto= ne Samuel, grocer
2 Jones
Jackson Rev. Wm. (Baptist), = Broseley Cottage
8 Johnson John, tailor and h= abit maker
7 Jones Isaac, blacksmith
7 Jones John, vict., Duke of Welli= ngton, The Werps
6 Jones Samuel, baker
3 Jones Stephen, tailor and = habit maker
Jones Rev. Wm. (Baptist),
3 Jones Richard, painter, pl= umber, glazier, & paper hanger
7 Jones = Thos., fishmonger, and beerhouse - keeper, The Rock
2 Knight Henry, Esq., profes= sor of music
3 Leadb= etter Enoch, agent to Crown Life Assurance office
9 Legge= Mrs. Margaret
3 Lister Edward, victualler,= The Elephant
6 Lister Thomas, Esq.
7 Lloyd Henry, waterman and = vict.,= The Oak
6 Lloyd William, beerhousekeeper
3 Mason James, shoemaker, and licensed to let post-horses
7 Mapp<= /span> Thomas, cement manufacturer
6 Mason Henry, hatter and ma= rine-store dealer
6 Mason John, grocer and tea= dealer
7 Miles Francis, shopkeeper, Salt-house
3 Miles Thomas, victualler, = The Albion
3 Molin= eux Thomas, boot and shoemaker
6 Morris John Cox, Esq. Morg= an Mrs., Rock House
Mortimer= Mrs. Fa= vell Lee, Broseley Hall
3 Nevit= t Enoch, stationer
3 Nevit= t Samuel, shopkeeper Nicholas William, Esq., Field House
3 Oakley Jesse, druggist and= grocer
3 Oare<= /span> Charles, Esq.
2 Onions= John, Esq., iron-founder, and brick & tile maker. White Hall
7 Oswel= l George, beerhousekeeper and ferryman
Page Thomas, maltster
7 Parker Benj., bargeowner & vict., Lloyd’s Head Inn =
7 Parker Charles, victualler= , Black Swan
3 Parsons Wm., blacksmith
3 Perrin William, draper, me= rcer, and hatter
9 Peters Moses and Richard, = nail makers &ironmongers
3 Potts Geo., Esq., solicito= r, clerk to borough of Wenlock & to Madeley County Court, The Green
3 Potts &Nicholls, solic= itors
Pountney Edwin, baker
3 Pountney Samuel, grocer
9 Pountney Samuel, tailor
6 Powell Richd., shopkeeper
7 Price Robert, mine agent, = Calcott
3 Pritchard’s Boycott =
and
Nicholas, bankers; draw on Barnett, Hoares, and
Company,
2 Pritchard George, Esq.
3 Pritchard John, Esq.
2 Pritchard Miss
7 Proud= man Geo., earthenware manufacturer, Ivanhoe Pottery<= /p>
3 Pugh Helen, milliner and dressmaker
3 Pugh T= hos., china painter
5 Raspa= ss Elizbeth, shopkpr.
7 Reynolds John, bargeowner =
3 Rhodes Charles, vict.,= The Lion Commercial Inn
7 Richards Geo., beerhouse, The Salt-house
7 Richards Robert, victualle= r, Severn Trow
3 Richards Thomas, saddler <= /p>
7 Robinson Jas., blacksmith
7 Roden= Samuel, brick and tile manufacturer; house, Iron bridge=
Roden Thomas, joiner, Salt-house
6 Rowe C= has., wheelwright
6 Rufus Hannah, victualler, = King’s Head
2 Rusht= on Henry, joiner and builder
3 Rusht= on Richard, grocer
2 Shaw William P., agent to = legal and general life assurance office, and to
Salop fire office
6 Smith Moses, hosier
4 Salmon John, hosier
6 South= orn Ann, beerhouse
6 South= orn Joseph, tobacco-pipe manufacturer
6 South=
orn
Wm. &
4 Speak = Thos., shopkeeper
5 Squires Richard, builder <= /p>
2 Stable Mrs. Mary, The Deanery
2 Stables Miss Jane, The Deanery
3 Stephan Caroline, milliner= and dressmaker
4 Taylor William, butcher
7 Taylor William, coal and b= rick master, The Tuckies
2 Thorn John, Esq., White Ha= ll
4 Thursfield Richard, Esq., = surgeon, and high bailiff to Madeley County Court
5 Tonki= ss Richard, tobacco-pipe maker
5 Trupp= Thomas, inland revenue officer
7 Transom Jas., bargeowner <= /p>
9 Watki= n Richd.= , shoemaker
Watkins Wm., victualler, Duk= e of York
6 Weaver Mary, shopkeeper
9 Weeks John, shoemaker
6 Weeks = Thos., shoemaker
9 Weeks Richard, boot and sh= oemaker, & beerhouse
8 Willi= ngs Benjamin, boot and shoemaker
9 Westover John, attorney= 217;s clerk
7 Wiggins John, schoolmaster (national)
7 Wild John, bargeowner
2 Wilkinson John, blacksmith=
5 Wilkinson Mrs. Lucia
3 Williams Ann, shopkeeper a= nd poulterer
7 Williams Edward, shopkeepe= r, and brick and tile maker, The Werps
7 Williams Edwd.,jun.,vict., Dog & Duck, Lloyd Head
7 Williams Mr. Silvanus, Sal= t-house
9 Whoot= on Herbert, butcher and farmer
Wyke Richard, surgeon, Salt-house
5 Yates Elizabeth, victualle= r, The Crown
7 Yates Robt., vict., Ash Tree
LINLEY is a small parish in the Wenlo= ck franchise, situated about three and a half miles south-east from Much Wenlo= ck. The parish comprises 636 acres of land, the principal owners of which are L= ord Forester and John Stephens, Esq, At the census = in 1801 there were 108 inhabitants; 1831, 111; and in 1851, 105; of whom 42 we= re males, and 63 females. At the same period there were 19 inhabited houses, and one uninhabited. Gross estimated rental of= the parish, £809. 2s. Rateable value, £729. 18s. Lord Forester is lord of the manor and impropriator. THE CHURCH, a pla= in, unpresuming structure, has the appearance of great an= tiquity: the windows are small and square headed, and there is a short tower. The ch= urch is situated in a field, and near it stands a venerable yew tree, but there = is no inclosed burial ground. The living is a rect= ory, annexed to that of Broseley. The Hon. and Rev. Orlando= Forester is the incumbent. Divine service is only performed once a month. LINLEY HALL was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Lacon, who possessed the greater part of the parish. It is a plain brick structure, now occupied by Miss Martha Onions.
DIRECTORY.-George Carpenter, vict= ., Duke of Wellington Inn; Robert Harrison, farmer; Joseph Langmore, wheelwright and blacksmith; Ann Newton, vict., Britannia Inn; Miss Martha On= ions, Linley Hall; Edward Owen, proprietor of Owen’s pills and drops, Linley Villa; Josiah Wellings, bailiff to Mr. Hembry.
WILLEY is a small parish comprising 1=
353A. 2r. 0p. of land, situated in a pleasant part of the co=
unty,
four miles east from Much Wenlock, and four and a half miles north-west from
Bridgnorth. At the census in 1801 there were 163 inhabitants; 1831, 159; an=
d in
1851, 144; of whom 75 were males, and 69 females. Inhab=
ited
houses, 30. Rateable value, £1,888.=
8s. 5d. Lord Forester is the principal landowner, and =
lord
of the manor. Henry Cartwright, Esq., is also a proprietor.
THE CHURCH is a small venerable fabric, consisting of = nave and chancel, with a short tower, which contains three bells. There are seve= ral memorials to the various members of the ancient family of Weld. The living = is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Barrow annexed, valued in the king= 217;s book at £5. 6s. 3d., now returned at &poun= d;329, in the patronage of Lord Forester: incumbent, the Hon. and Rev. George O. <= span class=3DSpellE>Bridgeman. The tithes of Willey have been constituted= for £233. 18s.
CHARITIES.-Rob= ert Evans, of the Dean, bequeathed 10s. per annu= m to be expended in bread for the poor. The payment of this gift commenced in 17= 09, and the legacy is now considered to be secured by a bond in the possession = of the parish, given by the late Mr. John Perry, of Willey, whose executors pay the money to the parish officers.
The Rev. Franc= is Wheeler, rector of Willey, bequeathed 10s. yearly, to be paid at Christmas by the ministers of the two churches in Bridgnorth;= 5s. each to be given to the poor of Willey in money or bread. This gift is distributed at Christmas, together with the sacrament money and Evan’s gift.
The following benefactions, also given to the poor of
Willey, are involved in much obscurity. Elizabeth
Weld in 1688 gave £10. Do=
rothy
Weld in 1674 gave £10, the interest to be distributed on
The principal residents in Willey are the Right Hon. L=
ord
Forester,