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.~292 POTT SHRIGLEY, RAINOW.Libra",/ and News &om, Poynton-Thomas I Letters arrive from Stoekport by footpostat 9 a.m.; despatehed at6.10 p.m.Oldham, librarianStoekport and Macclesfield are thePost Office-John Needham, postmaster.- nearest money order offi.ces~ .POTT SHRIGLEY is a tow~ship of Prestbury parish, .Ma"clesfield union, containing,by the census of 1861, 450 innabitants, a.nd 1719 ~res, In the. hundrc~ ap~ deanery I)fMacclesfield archdeaconry and diocese of.Chester, North CheshIre; 1 mIle from Dollion-..ton. and 4-A- ~orth from Macclesfield. The living is a. perpetual curacy, valued :a.t £iooper'annunl, wit.h residence,.in the inc~Imbency of the Rev. Ja?1es Sum?er, 1f.A.., ~d .thepatronage of the Rev. Brabazoll Low-ther. LL.D. T~e CI:apel IS ::-n anClCnt GothIc,edifice,near the Hall and consists of nave chancel, and side aIsles, wIth an embattled towereontainiD~th~ee bells. It was founded and endo\ved by Geotftey Do\vnes in the:reign ofHenry VII, .and was formerly called Downes Chapel. There;$ an Infant._School,_~ndaSunday School is held in the same room. The poor have charItable bequests: prodUcingabout £10 yearly.Clergy and Gentry.Lowther Rev. Brabazon, LL.D., ShrigleyHallSumner Rev. James, M.A., ParsonageSwindells George, Esq" Pott HallTrades and Professions.Beard J ames, shopkeeperBeard J osepb, tailorBraval Richard;farmerClayton ,Tames~.farmerDavenport James, land ~ent to Rev. B.LowtherDavenport Thomas, farmerGardiner Wm., coal dealer, Walker greenGreenhough Wm., parish clerk.and sextonHarding William., farmerHibbert,George, farmer, BirchencliffeJackson James, fa.rmer, BakestonedaleJackson JonathaD, farmer, Bower~IoughLambert George. fire-brick m_a}cer .-Lewis George, farmer, ~ro::>r sidePare John, farmer, Normans HallTrino Matthew. farmer, ~litcllell foldWain,vright John, farmer, Barn. foldWain~"l"ight )1"atthew. farmerWlId James, farmer, Red Acre hallWorseocroft Mre., schoolmistressLetters throngh Macclesfield. Bollingtonis the nea.rest money order office.RAINOW, with the hamlets of HARROP and SALTERSFOIW,-RA;r¥OW, orRAINHOW. is a township in Prestbury parish, Macclesfield union, cantaining, by thecensus of ]861, 1550 inhabitants, and 5150 acres; in the hundred and deanery of M~es.£eld, archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, South Cheshire. 3 miles north·eas~ fromMacclesfield. The lh-ing is a perpetual curMy, valued at £120 per annum, w:i~h residence,in the incumbency of the R3". George Harrison, !If.A., and the patronage of thev.icar ofPrestbtiry. The Church, whi·~h was erected in 1846, is a. n~at Gothic edifice, containingnave, thr~?;1.isles. andtran~ept, with square embattled to\Ver. surmounted :by pinnaclesand one bell. There is a Parochial and a National School for children of both sex~s. TheWesleyans have a chapel here. which was built by voluntary contributions, in 1863. -Thepoor have charities amounting to about £10 per annum.HA.RROP, usually called the lordship of Harrop, is ~ small hamlet of this toW'1l$hip,.COpl~prised within a ring fence, the property of the Earl of Derby.$ALTERSFORD, or JENKIS CIU.PEL, is a small hamlet of this township, which has_.~enits name from the chapel which was built near to J enkin's Cross, in the most dreary partof this wild mountai~ot!$cQuntry, in 1739. The living is a perpetual cur~cy, :he\d 'w.ifllKettleshulme, Yah:~ed at£170 per annum, in the incumbency of the Re'~. J. G. H•.stamper,and the pat~onageof the viC?!" of Prestbury.Cler9!J, Gelltry, and Private Residents.Broome James, Esq.Gaskell John Upton, Esq., J,P., rngersleyHall .Harrison Rev. George, M.A., ParsonageHulley Jasper, Esq" One HouseKitchen Joseph, Esq., Brook House, CloaghLivesey John, Esq.Lomas Mrs. Sarah, Hedge Row CottageMelior James, Esq., Hough holeThorpe Edward, Esq, TowerhillTrades and Professions.Abraham Thomas, silk dyerAinsworth Jesse, silk throwsterBarber Benjamin, grocer and flour dealerBarber J obo, shoemakerBarber Joseph, grocerBarber Peter, joiner and wheelwrightBarlow Thomas, farmerBayley John, "Rising Sun"Beard John, farmer, Hedge rowBeard Thomas, farmeri(~IIj([IrI III.lr)