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DIRECTORY.] CHESHIRE. ANTROBUS. 45Wyman k Sons Limited, news agents. Railway station,Stamford New roadYapp's Laundry Limited, 29 KingswayYarwood Walter, outfitter, 65 George streetYates Annie (Miss), artist, 94 Manchester roadYates George V. ladies' outfitter, 51 Stamford New roadYates James, painter, 31 Manor roadAIi'VANLE'X' is a parish, toyvnship and small viUage,in a hiUy district, 3 miles south-south-west from Frodshamand 1J south from the Helsby station on the Londonand North Western and Great Western joint raUways,in the Eddisbury division of the county, Runcornunion and county court district, hundred and pettysessional division of Eddisbury, rural deanery of Frodshamand archdeaconry and diocese of Chester. Thisplace has furnished the title of baron to the Arderneor Arden family, barons Alvanley, but it became extincton the death of the third baron, 24 June, 1857.The church of St. John, situated near the site of anoratory, founded by Catherine Arderne in the reign ofHenry VI. and erected in i860, is a building of stone,consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, southporch and a smaU western turret containing 2 bells:there are four stained windows—two presented in theyear 1875 by the Hon. Miss Arden of Tarporley; one toGeorge Whitley esq. who died June 8th, 1819, and Anniehis wife, who died 1875, and one to the Hon. MissCatherine Emma Arden, who died June 4th, 1834: abrass lectern was presented in 1889, by the tenants ofthe Countess of Haddington, who died May 29th, 1889.The church affords 220 sittings. The register dates fromthe year 1790. The living is a vicarage, net yearly valueCrane Rev. Frederick Sydney Cooper FletcherM.A. (vicar). The VicarageCOMMERCIAL.Antrobus Sarah (Mrs.), farmerBlythe Abel &; Co. wheelwrightsBlythe Fred, wheelwrightBlythe Samuel, farmer. Green gateBritland Wm. Snelson, frmr. Crab treeBroady Margaret (Mrs.), farmerDugdale Jonathan, farmer & shopkprFletcher Joseph, farmerFletcher Samuel,farmer,Abbots cloughANTROBUS.Marked thus * letters through HigherWhitley.Agnew (Tharles Leonard, The PoleAstle Oswald, Antrobus house•Booth Thomas, Reed laneHolden Rev. Joseph, VicarageKinder Mrs•Kinder WiUiam, Fir groveWilliam, mUlerPeck millFletcher Wm. jun. farmr.Poplar treeGreenway Arth. farmer, Alvanley hallGreenway Herbert, farmer,Cliff farmGreenway Jane (Mrs.), farmerGreenway Leonard, frmr.Bowling alleyLeech Frederick, farmerLeech John, farmer. Bock farmLittlemore Joseph, farmerLord Edwd. White Lion P.H. k farmerNoden Joseph, farmer. Walnut treeYoulton Frederick A. insurance agent, 61 New streetYoulton Frederick Thomas, cycle agent, 61 New streetYoung Men's Christian Association (EUis Harvey, sec),47 Stamford New roadYoung Women's Christian Association (Miss Palmer,sec), 2 Ashley roadYoung Jessie (Miss), private school, 21 Hale road;^232, with residence, in the gift of the Earl of Haddington,and held since 1910 by the Eev. Fredk. Sydney CooperCrane M.A. of King's College,.Cambridge. The vicaragehouse, erected by the last Lord Alvanley, stands on arising ground near the viUage. Alvanley Castle, whichstood near the church, has long disappeared, but tracesof the moat remain. There is a reading room in the vUlagesupported by members' subscriptions. The Earl ofHaddington K.T. owns nearly the whole of the land.The soil is sandy; subsoil, red sandstone; the chiefcrops are potatoes, wheat, oats and winter food forcattle. The area is 1,513 acres; rateable value, ;^2,SS4;population in 1901 was 319.Sexton, Thomas Bowles.Post Office.—James Britland, sub-postmaster. Lettersarrive from Warrington at 7 a.m. & 5 p.m. Boxcleared at 10.10 a.m. k 6.55 p.m. on week days.Helsby, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order& telegraph officePublic Elementary School, near the church, erected,with master's house attached, in 1861, at the costof the Hon. Miss Arden, for no children, averageattendance, 104; Joseph Morris Harnaman, master;Miss Beatrice Greenway & Miss Barbara Stott, assists(water). Noden Samuel Henry, farmer k assistantoverseer. Green bankNorcross Joseph, farmer. Cliff cottageBowles Thomas, farmer k sextonSnelson WiUiam, farmer. Bank houseSpruce Thomas, butcherSutton Joseph, farmerWebster Alfred, cab proprietorWebster Sarah (Mrs.), farmerWillis Thomas, bricklayerWright Charles, blacksmithWright Harold,fmr.Church House fmANTBOBTTS is a township, and with Sevenoaks is a By Local Government Board Order in 1881, a detachedparish, formed in 1848 from the civil parish of Great part of Antrobus was added to Sevenoaks, and a detachedBudworth. The township of Antrobus is si mUes northwestpart of Sevenoaks annexed to Antrobus.from Northwich station, on the Cheshire Lines and Parish Clerk, Richard Coppock.London and North Western railways, and 6 south-east Post Office John Walker, sub-postmaster. Lettersfrom Warrington, in the Northyvich division of the county,hundred of Bucklow, Euncorn union, Northwich countyarrive from Northwich at 7.45 a.m. & 5.5 p.m. ; dispatchedat 8.45 a.m. k 5.35 p.m.; Sundays, arrivecourt district, petty sessional division of Leftwich, rural 8.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. Great Budworth,deanery of Frodsham and archdeaconry and diocese of 2 miles distant, is the nearest telegraph & moneyChester. The church of St. Mark, erected in 1848, is order officea building of red sandstone, in the Early English style, Pillar Letter Boxes:—Frandley, cleared 7.15 a.m. kconsisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, 5.40 p.m.; Sundays, 10.35 a.m. ; Warrington road,and a smaU central turret, yvith spire, containing one Gibb Hill, cleared at 8.55 a.m. & 5.50 p.m. ; Sundays,bell: the chancel was beautifully decorated in 1863, and 10.45 ^-i^three stained windows added, at the sole expense of Public Elementary School (mixed), erected, with residencefor the master adjoining, in 1863, ^'^r 74Samuel Higginbottom esq. of Glasgow, in memory ofhis yvife: two other stained windows were erected in children; average attendance, 78; Joseph Hough,1878, by the tenants and friends of the late Bev. George master; infants' school, built in 1873, for 40 infants;Eaton M.A. of The Pole: there are 220 sittings. The average attendance, 23; Miss Eliza Rutter, mistressregister dates from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage,net yearly value £220, with residence, in the gift of SEVENOAKS is a township and very small village,the vicar of Great Budworth, and held since 1895 by the 5 miles north-west from Northwich. The Society ofEev. Joseph Holden, of St. Aidan's. There is a Wesleyan Friends have a meeting house here, near an old oakchapel. Selby's charity of £2 los. 8d. is for distribution.The Pole, the property of Gerard Lawder Eaton years ago. The principal landowners are Messrs. Johntree, where, tradition says, George Fox preached 250esq. of Church House, Dean's yard, Westminster, Highfield, Charles Lawton, of Stalybridge, and WilliamLondon S W, is a fine mansion in extensive pleasure Kinder. Piers Egerton-Warburton esq. of Arley, is lordgrounds, and is the residence of Charles Leonard Agnew of the manor. The soil is mixed, and the subsoil is clayesq. The Crown claims the manorial rights. Col. Sir and sand; the chief crops are wheat, oats, potatoes andEdmund Antrobus bart. of Amesburj' Abbey, Wilts, is turnips. The population in igoi was 162; the area ischief landowner. The soil is clayey; subsoil, clay. 631 acres; rateable value, ;^i,305.The chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The area Letters through Northyvich. Comberbach is the nearestof the parish is 2,745 acres, and of the township, 2,114 money order k telegraph office k savings bank, aboutacres; rateable value of the township, j^3,8o8 los.; the 2 miles distantpopulation in 1901 was—parish, 535; township, 373. Wall Letter Box, Lane Ends, cleared at 9 a.m. k 5.45p.m. on week days only*Pimlott Wm. Fletcher, The GrangeCOMMERCIAL.BeU John, farmer•Bolshaw John, farmer. Peel Hall fmBolshaw Joseph, farmer. Brow farmBooth Henry, farmer, The FlashBradburv James Blackshaw, WheatsheafP.HBrocklehurst Joseph, farmerBrocklehurst Thomas John, farmerBurgess Benjamin, farmer. Nook farmBurgess John, farmer. Old Fold farmBurgess Thomas, farmer, Morris farmBurgess Thos. jun. frmr. Fir Tree frmBurgess William, farmer•Coppock Richard, assistant overseerEaton John Edward, farmerEdgerley Louis A. farmerFrith Herbert, farmerFrith Oswald, farmer, Foxley brow