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192 BRERETON-CUM-SMETHWICK. CHESHIRE. [KELLY'S-siderable "alteration, but the dining room stUl retains afrieze enriched with the arms of European sovereigns,-•and in some of the windows and on the cornice of the-staircase are the shields of arms of various Cheshire•SamiUes: other good examples of stained glass exist in the/rooms on the first fioor, and in one apartment is a chimney-.piece with the Brereton arms, supporters and crest kc.,and other heraldic ornamentation. A quantity of extremelyinteresting and valuable stained glass, displaying.the arms of distinguished persons of the Elizabethanperiod, figures of nine of the Saxon earls of Mercia, and.seven of the Norman earls of Chester, was removed from-*he HaU to Aston HaU, near Birmingham,erected (1618-35)by Sir Thomas Holte, ist bart. and father of Sir RobertHolte hart, who married Jane, sole heiress of the Brere-4ons; on the acquirement of .Aston Hall about 1857 by a.limited company for public purposes, this glass was transferredto Atherstone Hall, formerly the property of Charles.Holt Bracebridge esq. who at his decease in 1872 be--queathed it to his cousin, the Eev. Berdmore ComptonM.A. The Duke's Oak, an immense tree, the trunk ol•which is hollow and capable of holding six persons, is onMoir John J.P, Brereton hall•Royds Eev. Alfred Littledale M.A(rector), Eectory-•Swinburne EdmundCOMMEBCIAL.Boffey Joseph, farmerBoffey Samuel, farmer. Dairy farm-Boffey Samuel, jun, farmerBoffey Thomas, fanner '& coUector oftaxes, lUage greenBooth WilUam, farmer-BouUen Ernest, farmer. Court houseBowers George, farmer, Vine cottageBrocklehurst John, farmer-•Dale George, farmerDale .John Fenton, farmer, Moorhead(Davies David Eichard, Bear's Head P.HDuke's Oak farm. John Brereton Howard esq. who islord of the manor. Col. Sir Walter Geoffrey Shakerleyhart, of Somerford Park, Congleton, and Edmund Swinburneesq. of Brereton, are the chief landowners. Thesoil is clay and sand. "The chief crops are potatoes, oatsand wheat. "The area is 4,582 acres of land and 17 of water;rateable value, £g,7g2; the population in igoi was 552in the township and 2,055 i" the ecclesiastical parish.Smethwick is a joint township with Brereton.Parish Clerk, Arthur Lucas.Fithon James, farmer. Dog laneFithon Thomas, farmerFithon William, farmer, BagmereGallimore Emily (Miss), grocer. PostofficeGoodaU Alfred, farmer, Illage greenGoodwin James, farmerHill Joseph, farmer, Smethwick hallHiU Thomas, farmer. Meadow greenHulse William, grocerJackson Thomas, farmer, lUage greenKnott WiUiam, farmerLea Herbert James, miller (steam kwater), Brereton millsLucas Arthur, blacksmith,Brereton gnNewton Fanny (Mrs,), farmerPenketh James, farmerPost Office, Brereton Green.—Miss Emily Gallimore, subpostmistress.Letters through Sandbach arrive at7.30 a.m, & are dispatched at 9,5 a.m. k 6.20 p.m.;no delivery on Sundays. Holmes Chapel is the nearestmoney order & telegraph office, 2 miles distantPublic Elementary School (mixed), built in 1829 & enlargedin 1857 & 1893, for 142 children; averageattendance, 126; Thomas Nock, master; Mrs. SusanNock, mistressPenketh WiUiam, farmerPiatt Thomas, farmer, Medhurst greenRichardson AUred, farmerRichardson Saml. farmr.Brindley grnSlater Helen (Mrs.), farmer, DunkirkhouseSlater Joseph, farmerVenables Peter, farmer, Sandlow grnVenables William, farmerWalker Frank, farmerWalker Herbert, farmerWebb Martha (Miss), farmerWheelton Arthur, farmer, Pewitt haUWrightHy. brick k tile ma.Brown edgeYarwood Chas. frmr. Light Foot gmYates Anne (Mrs.), farmerYearsley Thomas, farmerBROADBOTTOM,see Mottram-in-Longdendale.-BBOMBOBODaH is a civU parish and well-built•viUage on the high road between Ohester and Birkenhead,-bounded on the east by the river Mersey, and is i milefrom Bromborough station and the same distance from,'Spital station, both on the Birkenhead and Chester sectionof the London and North Western and Great Western jointrailway, n north from Chester and 4 south from Birken­Jiead, in the Wirral division of the county, higher division•of the hundred and union of Wirral, petty sessional divi--sion of Wirral, county court district of Birkenhead, ruraldeanery of Wirral and archdeaconry and diocese of Chester.' The village is lighted with gas from the Birkenhead gasworks, and water is supplied by the West Cheshire Water-Company.Bromborough was, from January, 1873, controlled by aLocal Board, but, under the provisions of the " Local•Government Act, 1894," ^^ ^^"^ governed by an Urban Dis-.trict Council. The church of St. Barnabas, the third on-the same site, was erected in 1864, from designs by the-late Sir G. Gilbert Scott kt. R.A. and is a building of stonein the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave-of four bays, aisles, north and south porches, and a toweron the north-east, with hexagonal broach spire, and containing8 beUs, presented by Charles Bamford esq. of.."Bromborough: eight stained windows were placed in the-clerestory in 1891 by the late Arthur John Jones Bamford-esq. of Misterton Park, Leicestershire, in memory of hisfather, Charles Bamford esq.: the stained east window isa memorial to Mrs. Bull, and the west window was pre--sented by Sir J. Rankin bart, ex-M,P, in memory of hisparents, who formerly resided at Bromborough HaU..TJuring the removal of the previous structure variousancient carved stones of Runic and Saxon origin werefound, and are now on the lawn at the rectory: the-church affords 500 sittings. The registers date from theyear 1560, but are from 1660 perfect. The living is arectory, net yearly value ;£^27o, with residence, in the'gift of the Dean and Chapter of Chester, and held sincei860 by the Rev. Edward Dyer Green, of Queens' Col-.^lege, Cambridge, M.A.Cantuar. and surrogate. There is.a lecture, reading and mission room, buUt in 1868, wheredivine service is conducted on Sundays only at 3 p.m.;•the reading room is open every night at 6 p.m. The Hard--ware charity is of £4 10s. yearly value. A drinking fountainof elegant design has been erected by several ivf herfriends in the viUage, to the memory of Annie, wife ofDavid Maclver esq. M.P,, J,P. late of Woodslee, Bromborough,who died 24 August, 1869. Bromborough Poolis an arm of the Mersey, on which river are the Liverpoolfloating gunpowder magazines, and on the borders of thePool are the extensive works of Price's Patent Candle Co.Limited, employing about 600 men and boys: in connectionwith these works is a horticultural society, co-operativestores, hospital, erected in 1901 at a cost of ^^3,000,and all the organisation of a well-appointed village. BromboroughPool church, erected in i8go and maintained bythe Company, is a building of freestone, consisting of chancel,nave, and an octangular tower at the south-east, terminatingin a beU-cote containing one bell, and is capable ofseating 210 persons. The Rev. Edward .John Trevitt hasbeen chaplain since i