saOTWICK. CHESHIRE. [KELLY'SDean and ChapteT of Chester, and held since 1902 by Post, S. R & Annuity &- Insurance Office.--Jo.hn TomtheRev. Frederic Ray Wansbrough M.A., B.D. of Duro linson Whaley, sllb-postmaster. Letters arrIve fromham. The chief landowner is S. Nevitt Bennett esq. Chester at 7.50 a.m.; dispatched at 7·40 a.m. 5.20of Shotwick Cottage, The Dimple, Matlock Bridge, Derby- & 7.45 p.m.shire, who is also lord of the manor. The soil is stti' l'olice Stat,ion, Albert Ea,ton, constableclay; subsoil, rocky; the chief crops are wheat and oats. National School (mixed), erecte.d, wit~ master·s. house,.The. area of the parish. is 2,318 acres, and of the township in 18 5 2 , enlarged at different times & Improved 111 189Sr550 acres; ratea,ble nuue of parish, £6,IIO; township, for 200 child.ren; average attendanr'e, 145;. the school£9 2 5; the population in 190,1 was-pa.rish, 993; town- has a smull endowment, the interest on whIch forms &Ship, 82. repair & maintenance fund; Will~am Duckworth,.l)arish Clerk, Thomas, Taylor.master; Mrs. FranceS' Duckworth, mIstressLetters via Chester arrive at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched atill5.30 p.m. The nearest money order &. telegraph LITTLE SAUGHALL is a township and small v ageofficesare at Great Saughall, 1~ miles distant, I~ miles north-west from Blacon station and 1~ east fromGreat Saughall railway station, 2 south-west from Mol-GREAT SAUGHALL is a township and scattered vil- linlYton railway station and' 3 north-west from Chester.lage, with station on the Great Central (late :\1. S. -& Capt. H. D. 1.'relawny is lord of the manor, Mr. GeorgeL.) railway, 4 miles north-west from Chester, and 2 Nicholas, of Little 'Saughall, C. F. Fawcett eS9' ofsouth-west from Mollington station on the London and Liverpool, and tlhe t.rustees of Joseph C. Chamberlam are~orth Western and Great Western joint, railways. The the chief landowners. The, area IS 576 acres; rateablechurchof ,st. Chad is a modern structure of brick, erected value, £1,3fJ.2; the population in ,19° 1 was 137.at a cost of £1,600, and' consecrated by the iBishop of By Local Government Board Order No. 22,4°5 (MarchChester, Oct. '213. 19°'1; the site was presented by Capt. 25. 1888), a detached part of Little Saughall townshIp wag.Horace Dormer Trelawny: there are· '1 1 8'3 sittings. There added to Great Saughall.are Presbyterian, Ba.ptist and Primitive 'Meth~ist h "chapels. Powell's Charity produces £20 a. year, arIsmg Letters through Chester. Great Saughall is t e nearesfrom the rent of a house and land and also from money order &; telegra.ph office, one mile distantthe annual interest on £122 4S • 8d. of consolidated: stock, WOODBANK is a township, 4 miles south-west. from.and is distributed in bread at church every Sunday to the Sutton, 5i north-west from Chester, and ~o from Bll'kenpeorof the township of Great Saughall. Shotwick Park is head, and: Ii miles from Capenhurst stah0!1.on th~ Lontheseat of Capt. Horace Dormer Trelawny D.L., J.P. don and North Western and Great 'Vestern JOInt raIlways.lord of the manor and principal landowner: the mansion Thomas Samuels esq. )Irs. :\Iary Anne Dayies, and theis pleasantly situated about I mile from the station. The vicar are the chief landowners. The, area IS 222 acres;area is 1,076 acres of land' and 6 of water; rateable rateable value, £445; the population in. 1901 was 72.value, £3,369; the population in 190 11 was 7 00 • Letters via Chester arrive at oS a.m.; dIspatched at 5.30By Local Government Board Order No. 22,405, a part p.m. Great Saughall is the nearest money order &of Great Saughall township was add'ed to Woodbank and telegraph office, about 2 miles distantLittle Saughall, and a part of Little Saughall annexeeL toGTeat Saughall in 1888.National School (mixed), bui.lt in 1855, for 53 ch~ld.ren;.Post" 'M. 0., T. 0., T.~1. 0., Ex-press Delivery, Parcel average attendance, 25; MISS Mary !Bratton. Illistres~SHOTWICK. Benson Harry, market gardener Shepherd William, builderBithell Richard, underkeeper to Capt. Sho.ne John, farm~rWansbrough Rev. Frederic Ray M.A., H. D. Trelawny SmIth Hannah (~~ISS), cowkeeper.B.D. (vicar), Vicarage Blackledge William, farmer Speed George, JOIner &; w~eelw.rIgh~·COMMERCUL. Bradford William Henry, farmer Storrar James F.R.C.V.S. Htennar~Evans William, farmel Brown Joseph, pork butcher .surgeon,. &; farmerFields Martha (Mrs.), cowkeeper Carter Wm. miller (wind & steam), Tl1ston Ehzh. (Mrs.). butcher & frmrHewitt William, farmer farmer &; threshing machine owner Vaughan Margaret (Mrs.), cowkprJones 'Villiam, cowkeeper Clarke John gardener to Capt. H. V~nables George, p~mterRoberts Henry, farmer B. Trelaw~y VIckers Charles, brIcklayerRoberts Jane (Mrs.), farmer Coo er Oatherine (Mrs.), farmer Wall~y Stephen, farmerRoberts John, farmer Da.rhngton Frederick, blacksmith Warr~ngtonJohn H. farmer & butcherSpruce Dennis, blacksmith Ellis William, farmer Warrmgt-on Josep~, farmer &; butpherTaylor Hann.ah (Mr!!.), cowkeeper Evans Thomas. carpenter W~a.ley In. TomlInson, grcr. Post oreThoma~ William James, farmer Faulkner Watkin, shopkpr. &; boot ma WIllIams Thomas: farmerTilston Samuel, butcher &; farmer Foulkes Robert. farmer Woods Frank, bUilde.r & shopkeeper-Wilkinson James, Greyhound inn Frodsham Richard. pork butcher LITTLE SAl GH_\LL.GREAT SAUGHALL. Gillham Samuel, joiner Evans AlfredPRIVATE RESIDENTS. Griffith Thomas farmer Howard Mrs. OakenholmeEgginton Frederick Griffiths Henry,' wheelwright Stephen )Irs. KingswoodBough Miss Griffiths James farmer COMMERCllL.Hyde John Griffithil Jame;, jun. farmer Bullock William, Wheat Sheaf inroJohnston John G. The Astburys Harrison Paul, market gardener Dutton Samuel, farmerlones William Harvey William T. ironmonger Hughes Samuel, farmerKellock Robert, The Cottaga Hughes John. pork bute~er ~~~thews William, farmerLawson GeorgeJones Mary ~Mrs.),SwingmgGate P.H NIcholas George, farmerNott William H. The Hermitage Jones William, bailiff to William Sherry Michael. Egerton Arms P.HHarvey William T. ironmonger Thomas Harvey esq Walley Thomas, farmerRichards Henry William, Sunnyside Lancelotte Joseph, farmer ":a~rington George, farm~~Saddler Mrs )laddock Harry, farmer WrIght Thomas, farln baIlIff to C. fo.Sadlier The Misses, The Hollies MarshaH Walter, Greyhound P.H Fawcett esqTrelawny Capt. Horace Dormer D.L., Mawbv John, farmerWOODB.ANK.J.P. Shotwick park Mercer Rowe, painter Samuels Thomas, Woodbank hall.Vickers Mark, The Towers Mullock Ambrose, farmer Ca84 William, joinerWilliams Mrs K orton George, bailiff to Capt. H. Evans George, farmerWilliams 'William D. Trewlany Griffitbs Robert, farmerCOMMERCIAL. Owen George, farmer Henshaw Rachel (Mrs.), cowkeeperBall James. farmer I PeaTE ThomM, cowkeeper Talbot James, Yacbt innBennion Ann (:Mrs.), pork butcher \ Shepherd Joseph, builder Woods George, boot makerSHO.TWIC~PARK, formerly extra-~arochial, ~s now is now t? be seen of it is a large mount, of a cresc~nta pansh, 3 mIles south from Ledsham railway statIon on form, WIth entrenchments. on the side next ShOtWlckthe London, North Western and Great Western joint Park. The mansion of Shotwick Park stands in Great'r~il~!1Ys, and 5 north-west from C~~ster, in the WiI!~l Saughall township. Captain Horace Dormer Trelawny i&d~vIsion of the county, hundred of" Irral (southern dIVI- lord of the manor and chief landowner. rrhe soil is clay.sion), union and county court district of Chester, and The land is principally used for pasturage. The area. i9petty. sessional division of Chester ~astle, rural deanery 976 acres of land, exempt from the payment of tithes, andof Wirral, andJ archdeaconry and dIocese of Chester. A II of water; rateable value, £1,279; the population incastle once stood here, in which Henry II. staved when on 1901 was '8.his journey to Ireland, and :Which. E?ward I. visited in Letters from qhester. The nearest money ordoer &.. tele-~278; Leland saw some remams of It m 1622, but all that grnph office IS at Great Saughall, Ii miles distantBall John, farmer, Shotwick lodge
DIRECTORY•JCHESHIRE.SMALLWOOD.SIDDINGTON is a township at the junch. ~n of the J.P. is a handsome mansion standing in a park of aboutroads from Macclesfield to Northwich and ConL'leton to 200 acres, containing two fine lakes of 12 acres cachoCheadle, 5 miles sou.th-west from Macclesfi~§ld, and Reds M.'ere is a considerable sheet of water 60 acres insi north from Congleton, in the parish of Pr'estbury, extent, near the north-east verge of the township, andKnutsford division of the co.nty, petty sessional division upon it is a floating island of nearly two acres, coveredof Pres·tbury, Macclesfield hundred, union and county with beech trees and brushwood; in former years thiscourt district, and in the rural deanery and! archde~\conryof Macclesfield', and diocese of Chester. The chapel ()f Allisland was frequently drriven by the winds to the edge ofthe water, where it usually remained till the wind set inSaints, originally erected about 1474 or earlier, is a s~alledifice of brick, wood and plaster, consisting of chan'rel,from the opposit~ quarter', and carrieet it to some otherpoint of the mere: it is at present close to the east sidenave, and a western turret, containing one bell: the of the mere~ where it has remained stationary for overchancel is separated from the nave by a very fine Per· 30 years. Lieut.-Col. William Bromley-Davenport M.P.pendJicular screen: the building was restored and reseated . of Capesthorne, is lord of the manor and the principalin 1853-4 at a COit of £7°0, and again restored in 1894-5 landowner; Charles Edward Thornycroft esq. and theat a further cost of £200: the east window has been filled trllstees o:f the late ~Ir. James Chapman are also prowithstained glass by Mr. Alfred· O. Hemming, a newreredos and organ erected, and the whole interior re-decoprietor...The township contains 2.II2 acres of landand 47 of water; rateable value, £3.853; the populationrated', and affords 260 sittings. The register dates from in 1901 was 39~.the year 1722. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexedto Capesthorne, net yearly value £34 6 , with 90 acres of Post,)l. O. & T. 0., T. )1. 0., Express Delivery, Parcelglebe and residence, in the gift of Lieut.-Col. William Post, IS. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Mrs. EllenBromley Davenport M.P. and held since'18'818 by the Rev. Lancaster, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from CreweJohn George Elstob 'M.A. of Durham University, who at 6,50 a.m. & 3. 20 p.m &:; delivered l a.t 7 a.m.; disresidesat Henbury. Here is a Wesleyan ahapel, built in patched thereto at 10.20 a.m. &. 6,25 p.m1865. The charities amount to £13 6s. yearly, £8 of National School (mixed), built with master's residence inwhich goes to the schoels· and the balance of £5 6s. is 1842, &, having an endowment of £8 a year from Foden'sdistributed, in money by the trustees. Thornycroft Hall, charity; the school was enlarged in 18g8 for '130 chiltheresid'ence of Charles Edward Thornycroft esq. M.A., dren; average aUendance, go; William \H. Webb, mastrThornycroft Charles Edward M.A., Dingle Amelia (Mrs.), farmer Slater John, farmer, Toll barJ.P. Thornycroft hallDingle Arthur, fMmer, Mere Moss fm Slater Ralph, farmer, HazelwallWorth Mrs. WhisterfieldGoodwin Richard, miller, corn mer- South .Arthur, farmer, Hills greenchant & farmer, Mill house Thompstone Nathan, frmr. NthwoodCOMMERCB.L.Handforth Thomas, farmerThompstone Wm. frror. Henshall hallAdshead Noah, farmerJohnson Henry, gardener to Charles Wood John, assistant overseerBailey Joseph, farmer, The Moss Edward Thornycroft esq I Wurth George, faImer, Snape Brk. fmBarber Eleanor (Mrs.), farme1 Kennerlev William, farmer, Broad oak I Worth George, joinerBuckley Arthur, farmerLancaster Daniel, farmerWorth James, farmer, TurnockClowes Mary (Mrs.), ,farmer, Colshaw Lancaster Moses, blacksmith Worth In. farmer, Rede's Mere farmDale George, farmer, :Meadow bank Ree'"es Thomas, farmer Worth John, jun. farmer, Gate farmDaniels Samuel, blacksmith Slater John (exors. of), farmer, Sid- Wright John, farmer, Simons woodDeakin Wm. farmer, Whisterfield dington hall521SMAL,LWOOD is a scattered township and a parish,formed in 118'46 from that of Astbury, 3 miles nort.h-westfrom Mow Cop stat,ion on the North Staffordshire railway,4~ east-south-east. from Sandbach, 4 west-southwestfrom Congleton, in the Crewe division of thecounty, Congleton section of Middlewich and' Sandbach,tNorthwich hundred, petty sessional division,Congleton union and county court district, in t,he ruraldeanery of Congleton, archdeaconry of Macclesfield anddiocese of Cliester. The church of St. John the Baptist,erected in 1845, is a small building in the Early English8tyle, consisting of chancel, nave. south porch and a tUI'lreton the west gable, containing one bell: there are memorialwindows to Mrs. F. E. Twemlow, wife of the Rev. FrancisC. Twemlow, sometime curate in charge, d. leS2; Mrs.Gordon, of .smallwood Vicarage, d. 18'59; to Mr. Peter!Hollinshead, of De~rsgreenFo.rm, d. 1.86.1 ; to John Melloresq. of Smallwood House, d. 1-861; and to the late tRev.Hastings Gordon M.·.A. .also curate in charge here: t·heorgan was erectedr in le67 at a cost of £230: the churchaffords 300 sittings. The registers da'te from the yearr84S' The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value£ 2115, with residence, in the gift of the rector ofAstbury, and held since 1896 by the Rev. EugeneEbenezer Temple Candler M.A. of Magdalen College,Oxford. The Vicarage House, close to the church·, isof brick with stone facings in the Elizabethan style.There are two Wesleyan chapels here, one Of which wasformerly a Baptist chapel. By deed dated the I st ofSeptember, 1760, William Furnival gave a farmhouseand 36 acres of lan~ in trust, to divide jhe annual rentsamongst the poor and indigent housekeepers of t,he towns·hipon Midsummer day and St. Thomas' day in eachyear; it now produces £60 a year: the parish is alsoentitled! to a portion of Holford's Charity, paid throughthe Tector of Astbury, which varies from £6 to £8 a)'ear: the late W. MeUor esq. of Smallwood House, left£100 to be invest.ed in trust for the· benefit of the schooland choir; and his son the late John Mellor esq. left£100, now (1902) invested! in the Mersey 'Docks, the interestbeing applied towards the expense of the choir:Yarwood's ,gift of 12S. is for distribution. In 11900, Mrs.Williams, widow of ,the Rev. E. R. Williams, late vicar1862-96, left £300 to be invested and the interest dividedhet,ween the churchwa,rdens and choir fund,s. Col. SirWalter Geoffrey Shakerley bart. of Somerford' 'Park, whois lord of the manor, and Mrs. 'Moir, of lBrereton Hall,Williams Vickers e.sq. of Manchester, and the ){a.stersand Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge, are the principallandowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay, gravel andsand. The chief crorps are wheat, oats and potatoes. Theareais 2,186 acres; ratealble value, £4,964; the populationin 11901 was 5'3°.Brookhouse Green is a hamlet.. Sexton, Peter Painter.Post 'Office.~rs. Adelaide ~Ia.ry Bolshaw, sub-postmistress.LeMers are received by foot post from Sandbach,arrive atJ 8 a.m. &; for callers only at 6 p.m. ;dispatched at 6.15 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,.but not paid. Rode Heath, nearest money order office;Scholar Green is the nearest telegraph office, 3 milesdistantNational School, erected with residence for the master inr84!s-6 & enlarged in 1872, for 1'20 & in 1894 for 13'Zchild:ren; average attendance, 5I; it is partly supportedby 'Mellor's charity mentioned above (amount £1 14S.);John Latham. masterCandler Rev.Eugene Ebenezer Temple Bracegirdle Sarah (Mrs.), farmer,M.A. VicarageMartins MossCotton James, Sim Field houseMonk Joseph Hugh, Stanstead cotBracegirdle Jsph. farmr. Spen greenBroad John, farmer, Moss endCOMMERCIAL.Brookes Daniel, farmer & hay dealer,Baker Daniel, farmer, Dearsgreen Rue MossBaker George, farmer, Manor house Condliffe Jolin, farmer & miller, YewBarratt Ambrose,frmr. Brookhouse gn Tree houseBarratt Clement, frmr. Brookho. gn Croxton Sam!. farmer, Brookho. grnBarratt Danl. frmr. Brookhouse gn Davies Thomas, tailor & outfitter,Barrett Percy, mrkt. grdnr. Spen grn Four Lanes endBeckett Enoch, farmer, Brookhouse gn Dean Edward Hughes, Blue Bell P.R.Bloor Thomas, farmer,Brookhouse grn &, farmer, Spen greenBoffey Annie (Mrs.), Legs at Man P.H Edwards Thomas, farmer, Rue MossFoden Maria (Mrs.), grocer & corndealer, Four Lane endsFord William, farmer, Smallwood he>Hall George, farmer, Spen greenHollinshead Barn'. farmer, 7\loss endHollinshead James, farmer, New boHollinsbead Sml. frmr. Dearsgrn. fmJackson Samuel, wheelwrightsKnott Daniel, farmer, Overton hallLatham John, farmer, Bank houseLongshaw James, Salamanca inn,FourLanes endLowndes Frederick, Bull's Head P.R