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DIRECTORY.] CHESHIRE. BUGLAWTON. 199OULTON LOWE comprises six farm houses, 4 milesnorth-east from Tarporley, and was in 1892, by orderof the County Council, confirmed by Local GovemmentLITTLE BUDWORTH.Atkinson Rev. Bernard Norman M.A.,B,D. (vicar). VicarageEgerton Sir Philip Henry Brian Greyhart.D.L., J.P. Oulton parkHolland John, OutsidesNewton Geo. Edgar, Oulton cottageStock Mrs. White hallCOMMERCIAL.Barlow James, Egerton Arms P.HBevin Thomas, farmer, Ferney woodBickley Elizh. (Mrs.), Fox4Barrel P.HBingham John, gardener to Sir P. H.B, Grey-Egerton hartBloor Edward, shoe makerBooth George, farmerBooth Eobert, farmer, assistant overseer4 clerk to Parish Council,Common sideBooth Eobert Wm. farmer. Mill hoBooth William, farmer. Pool Head frmBourne Samuel,farmer. New OutsidesClare Ann (Mrs.), cowkeeperClarke Enoch, farmerBoard Order, annexed to Little Budworth. At the timeof the Conquest the manor was held by the Earls ofChester, from whom it is supposed to have been transferredto the Kingsleya; afterwards it came into thepossession of Richard de Odleton, or Oulton, the founderof a family which assumed the local name; the Oultonscontinued here for some generations, when it appearsthat Joan, or Johanna, second of the three co-heiressesof John de Oulton, became possessed of the manor, withwhom it passed in marriage to Peter Starkie, thesecond son of Thomas Starkie, of Nether Hall, in Stretton.whose descendants continued here until the latterpart of the 17th century, when it was purchased by theEgertons, ot Oulton, and descended to Sir John Grey-Egerton bart. of Oulton (d. 24 May, 1825), and is nowheld by Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Egerton bart, ofOulton Hall, who is the sole landowner of the township.Darley Hall, formerly the seat of the Starkies, wastaken down by the late Mr. Egerton, Jind on the siteDickinson Jas, farmer, Budworth comDobson Enoch, farmer, Budworth comDobson PhUip, farmerDodd Wm, farmer, Budworth commonExton WilUam, water cress grower(Hugh Briscoe, manager)Gordon James, gamekeeper to Sir P.H.B. Grey-Egerton bart.Oulton frmHales Eobert, farmer. Park Place frmHewitt Eichard, farmerHewitt Eichard, farmerHolland John, farmer, OutsidesHolland John, solicitorJennings John Hy. farmer, LongstoneJohnson George & Thomas, mUlers(steam & water), Oulton millJohnson Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer,Budworth commonLangton Thomas, farmerMoss John, farmer. Common sideNewton George Edgar, agent to SirPhUip Hy. Brian Grey-Egerton bartParker John, farmer. Brook houseParker John WiUiam, shopkeeperButter Fred, Shrewsbury Arms P.HButter George, farmerBDOLAWTON is a parish and populous village onthe river Dane, three-quarters ot a mUe north-east-bynorthfrom Congleton, of which it forms a suburb,in the Macdesfield division of the county, Northwichhundred, Congleton petty sessional division, union andcounty court district, rural deanery of Congleton, archdeaconrvof Macclesfield and diocese of Chester. TheMacclesfield canal and the North Staffordshire raUwayintersect the township; the latter passing about i^miles from the viUage and crossing the valley of theDane by a viaduct of twenty arches.The Local Board established here in 1863 has beensuperseded by an Urban District Council under the"Local Government Act, 1894" (56 4 57 Vict, c 73).•The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1869 from theAstbury civil parish.The church of St. John the Evangelist, erected in1840, at a cost, including site, of ;^2,287, is a buildingof stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, naveand a western tower with spire containing a clock andone beU: the east window is stained: there are marbletablets to the Hogg family; to the Rev. Henry RowlandBramwell, a former vicar, who died 1868, and toCharles Johnson and Edward Wilson M.A.: the churchwas restored in 1873 at a cost of ;£'2oo: the carved oakpulpit was erected in 1890 by the vicar in memory ofhis wife, in remembrance of whom the parishioners alsogave the prayer desk: the brass lectern and font arememorials respectively to Charles Vaudrey esq. andMrs. Vaudrey: in 1908 a carved oak altar was given bythe late Miss Vaudrey: the church affords 500 sittings.The register dates from the year 1840. The Uving is avicarage, net yearly value ;^26o, with residence, in thegift ot the rector of Astbury, and held since 1908 bythe Rev. Herbert Gardner B.A. of Merton College,Oxford. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel: thereis a Wesleyan Methodist chapel here, erected in 1845,and another at Dane-in-Shaw, built in 1898. There arecliarities of £.{ los. for distribution by the vicar inclothing and monev. On the eastern side of the townshipis a high hiU'called "The Cloud," the summit ofwhich, 1,190 feet above the level of the sea, affords themost extensive and diversified prospect. The manufactureof ribbons and trimmings and of turkish towels iscarried on here. Buglawton Hall, the seat of JosephMaghuU Yates esq. K^C. is ;i mansion of brick, delightfuUysituated amongst picturesque scenery. DavenshawHouse is now (1910) unoccupied. Earl Egerton ofof it a farm residence has been erected. The land isapplied chiefly to pasture and the cultivation of grain.Letters through Tarporley. Little Budworth is tbenearest money order 4 telegraph office, about half amile distant from the HallButter Harry, farmer. Park farmButter Peter, farmer, Chester la.BrookRutter Thos. (Mrs.), frmr. Manor hoRutter William, farmer, CornhUlSpencer Agnes (Miss), confr. Post offStockton Thomas, shoe makerTimmis Josiah, farmer,BudWorth comWalker Thomas, beer retailerWhite John, water cress growerWood Charles, blacksmithWoodward Herbert Booth, farmer,Budworth commonWoodward Robert, farmerWoodward William, farmerWorsley William, farmer, & Red Lioninn; pleasure, picnic & fishingparties catered forOULTON LOWE,Benson Fredk. farmer. Ash houseBurston John Willet, farmerClegg George, farmer, Darley hallCorns Harry, farmer, Bark houseEdge Thos.Wm.frmr. Holmstone haUSpann Richard, farmerTatton, who is lord of the manor, Lieut.-Col. J. CAntrobus, of Eaton Hall, the trustees of the late SamuelPearson, the trustees of the late Mr. Thomas Chapman,ot Buglawton, and Mrs. William Williamson, ot Congleton,are the chief landowners. The area ot the civUparish and Urban District is 2,889 acres of land and 22of water; rateable value, £^,(^^2.; the population in1901 was 1,452.Sexton, James Goodwin.Town Sub-Post 4 M. O. Office, Buxton road.—HenryBromfield, sub-postmaster. Letters through Congletondelivered 7.30 4 10.45 a.m. 4 1.15, 6.15 4 8.30p.m. ; Sundays, 7.45 p.m. Telegrams can be dispatchedbut not delivered; Congleton head office isthe nearest for deliveryPost Office, Timbersbrook.—William James Potts, subpostmaster.Letters through Congleton. Clearanceat 7.30 a.m. 4 6.30 p.m. week days only. High Town,Congleton, is the nearest money order & Congleton,the nearest telegraph officeURBAN DDSTEICT COUNCILMeets in the School Eoom every first thursday in themonth.Members.All retire in April, 1913.Chairman, Joseph M. Yates K.C.Vice-Ghairman, George Brown.Walter BarlowGeorge BrownGeorge B. GoodfeUowArthur HammondFrancis Jesse MasonJohn PhythianOfficials.Clerk, Arthur Andrew, soUdtor ; office, Wagg st.GongletnTreasurer, Thomas Marston, Manchester 4 LiverpoolDistrict Bank, CongletonMedical Officer of Health, Patrick Moir DavidsonL.R.CP.Edin. Damion house. West street, CongletonSurveyor 4 Sanitary Inspector, Clement BeamanSkellern, Quarry bankCollector, Frank W. Elmy, Buxton house, Buxton roadPublic Elementary School, Harding's bank, erected in1843, for 187 children; average attendance, 120;Charles Elvison Palmer, master; Miss NelUe E.Brown, mistress