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DIBECTOBY.JCHESHIRE.Woodson's Stores, grocers, 392 New Ohester road, EockFerry; 146 Grange road; 219 Church road. HigherTranmere 4 52 Oxton roadWwdward Edward, insurance agent, 106 Victoria road.Higher TranmereWoodward Richard, earthenware dealer, 14 Exmouth stWoodward Bichard, laundrv, 70 Price streetWoodward Tom CecU, Boyal Bock Ferry hotel, i Bedfordroad, Bock FerryWoof Bichard Edward, draper, 7 Market place southWooff Albert, greengrocer, 23 Watson streetWoolfall Frederick, Meadows hotel, 198 Conway streetWooUey Joseph Hy. fried fish dealer, 53 Camden streetWoolman John, stationer, 28 Conway streetWorking Men's Club, loi Vittoria streetWorsencroft Arthur, insurance agt. n Clive rd. OxtonWorthington WUliam, Market inn, 26 Market streetWright ft Beyer, electrical engineers, 5 Ivy street 4Pilgrim streetWright J. ft Co. joiners, 352 Cleveland streetWright James ft Thos. corn merchants, 99 Cleveland stWright B. E, ft Co. motor engineers, 14 BaUs road,ClaughtonWright Alfred, boot maker, 21 Dacre hUl, Eock FerryWright Annie (Mrs.), fruiterer, 43 Argyle streetWright Arthur Henry, beer retailer, 22 Abbey streetWright Ghas.Horace,grocer, 225 Church rd.Hr.TranmereWright David G.hair dressr.274 Old Chester rd.TranmreWright Geo. P. printer,43 Hampden rd.Higher TranmereWright Hy. estate agt. 63 Seymour st. Highr.TranmereWright Isaac Thos. land survyr. 67 Baffles rd.TranmereWright IsabeUa (Miss), confectioner, 12a, Conway stWright James Henry, dairyman, 41 Aspinall streetWright Jane (Mrs.), fishmonger, 18 Bebington road.New FerryWright John, builder, 148 Park road northWright John Fredk. grocer, 92 Woodchurch la.TranmereWright Joseph H. deputy registrar of births 4 deaths,46 Hamilton squareWright Mary (Miss), fancy draper, 14 Mallaby streetWright Mary Ann (Mrs.), paper bag maker, 15 Monk stWright Bobert, boot repairer, 93 Old Chester rd.TranmreWright Thos. fishmonger, 177 Old Chester rd. TranmereWright Thomas Fredk. watch maker, loi Exmouth stWright Thos. W. fishmgr. 209 Church rd. Hr. TranmereWright WiUiam, basket maker, 60 Borough roadWright WUliam, insurance agent, 17 Barton streetWrightson Henry, ginger beer manufacturer, 54 Greenlane, TranmereWyatt FlorenceL.(Miss),tallow chandler,i57Claughton rdBIBTItES, a parish lying off the road from Knutsford toMacclesfield, 4 miles west from Macclesfield station, onthe North Staffordshire railway, and 3 east from Chelfordstation on the Orewe and Manchester section of theLondon and North Westem railway, and was formed intoan ecclesiastical parish 24 Feb. 1890, and consists of thetownships of Birtles, in Prestbury civil parish and OverAlderley in Alderley civil parish. It is in the Macclesfielddivision of the county, hundred of Macclesfield, Prestburypetty sessional division, Macclesfield union and countycourt district, and in the rural deanery and archdeaconryof Macclesfield and diocese of Chester. The church of St.Catherine, erected by Thomas Hibbert esq. in 1840, andformerly the domestic chapel of Birtles Hall, was consecratedas the parish church on the formation of the :parish in 1890, and is a structure of brick in tbe Jacobeanstyle, consisting of chancel, nave and an octagonal western .tower -with pinnacles, containing 8 beUs, presented by thethree surviving sisters of Col. Hugh Bobert Hibbert ID.L., J.P. late patron, to whose memory there is a brassin the church: another brass records the erection of the 'church, its endowment by Letitia Hamilton Hibbert and |its consecration by the Bishop of Chester: the interior 'contains some fine stained -windows of Flemish glassand the pulpit, reading-desk and westem gaUery are ofold carved oak: in 1909 a new organ was provided at acost of ;^30o': there are sittings for 120 persons. Theregister dates from the year 1890. The living is aperpetual curacy, net yearly value ;^i94, in the gift ofthe Hon. Arthur L. Stanley, and held since 1908 bythe Bev. Thomas Monckton Tunnard L.Th. of UniversityCoUege, Durham. Birtles HaU, the property of the Hon.Arthur L. Stanley, of Chelsea, and occupied by JohnBrooks Close Brooks esq. is a large and handsome mansionof freestone, situated in a park most of which is inthis township, but the haU is in the township of OverBIBTLES.Close-Brooks John Brooks J.P. Bir-' ties haUStory Edwin H. Birtles Old haUI Tunnard Bev. Thomas MoncktonL.Th. (incumbent)COMHEBCIAL.Bostock Henry, farmer, Birtles hUlBIRTLES. 183Wyburn ft Murray, grngros. 222 Old Chester rd.TranmreWjdd WiUiam M.I.M.E., M.I.E.E, electrical engineerto the Corporation, Graven streetWyUe Ada (Mrs.), butcher, 6 Mallaby st. 4 173 Price stWylie H. Glynn L.R.A.M. professor of music, 107Woodchurch road, OxtonWyman 4 Sons Ltd. booksellers, Woodside stationWynn Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 15 George streetWynne Constance (Mrs.), professor of music, 20 Miltonroad, Tranmere parkWynne Edwin Charles, picture frame maker, 20 Whetstonelane 4 253 Borough roadWynne Maria (Mrs,), shopkeeper, 38 Keightley streetWynne Peter, builder, 22 Kingsland road, TranmereWynne Wm.piano tuner,446a,New Chester rd.Rock FerryWynne William A. chemist 4 druggist, 206 Bedford roiid.Rock FerryTates 4 Go. cutlers, 186 Old Chester road, TranmereTates' Castle Brewery Limited, Under market (storagevaults). Market hall; reg. office, 76 HamUton streetTates Geo, D. analytical chemist, Blandford st.ClaughtnTates Henry J. cocoa rooms, 749 Market streetTates Thomas John, Charing Cross hotel, 2 4 4 'Gk-ange road westTates Wm. Jas. statnr. 4 post office, 34 Wellington rdTeomans EmUy (Miss), matron Birkenhead InfectiousDiseases Hospital, ToUemache road, ClaughtonTouds Edward, estate agent, 32 Hamilton streetTouds Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), draper, 59 Derby roacl»"Tranmere parkTouds Thomas M. baker, 52 Exmouth streetToule WUUam, shopkeeper, 10 Hinson streetToung Thomas 4 George, bakers, 16 Balls road; isrConway street 4 2 4 4 Exmouth streetToung Women's Christian Association (Birkenheadbranch) (Miss F, Cochran, sec.; Miss Ada Gray,superintendent), 42 The Woodlands, TranmereToung Bertha (Mrs.), fancy draper, 37 Rose mount,OxtntToung Hy. Geo. confr. 406 New Chester rd. Rock FerryToung Isaac, coal dealer, i Derby streetToung Joseph, grocer, 38 St. Paul's road. Bock FerryToung William Hy. fried fish dealer, 83 Cathcart streetTounger James David, cycle maker, 105 Church road,.Higher TranmereTule John, joiner, 178 Claughton roadZachary John,nurseryman, 1 4 24a, WeUington rd.OxtonZachary Winifred (Mrs.), confectioner, 24a, WeUingtonroad, Oxton 4 49a, New Chester roadZinges Harry, fried fish dealer, loi Oliver streetAlderley. The Old HaU, about a quarter of a mile fromthe present mansion, and in the township of Birtles, isthe residence of Edwin H. Story esq. The township ofBirtles contains 599 acres of land, principally thepropertyof the Hon. Arthur L. Stanley, of Chelsea,London, who is lord of the manor; rateable value,;^97S; the population in 1901 was 51, which, with thetownship of Over Alderley, makes the total populationof the ecclesiastical parish 409.Letters through Orewe via Chelford, which is the nearestmoney order ft telegraph office, about 2^ miles distantThe children attend the school at HenburyALDEBLET OVEB, or Superior, is a township andsmaU viUage, 4 mUes north-west from Macclesfield andabout 2 south-oast from Alderley Edge station on theCrewe and Manchester section of the London and NorthWestern railway, and is ecclesiastically annexed to Birtles.There is a United Methodist chapel here, erectedin 1863, and seating about 100 persons, A reading roomwas erected in 1886 by Frank Brocklehurst esq. Thereare charities of £6 yearly value. Hare HiU, the seat ofB. W, Douglas PhiUips-Brocklehurst esq, J.P. is a finemodern building on the east side of Alderley Edge,Lord Sheffield P.O. who is lord of the manor, and B,W. D. PhiUips-Brocklehurst esq, are chief landowners.The soU is loamy, rich and fertile; the subsoil, sandy.The chief crops are wheat, potatoes and some land inpasture. The area is 2,204 &cres; rateable value,^^3,678; population in 1901 was 358.Public Elementary School, erected in 1868, for 86children; average attendance, 53; WiUiam CondUffe,masterWall Letter Box, by Massey's timber yard, cleared at8.15 a.m. ft 6.15 p.m. AJderley Edge is the nearestmoney order ft telegraph officeDooley George, farmer, Pale farmMassey Simeon, farmerPriest Isaac, farmer, Whirley hallPriest John, farmer. Birch tree