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60 BARROW. CHESHIRE. [KELLY'SChester county court district, petty sessional divisionof Eddisbury, second division of Eddisbury hundred andrural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Chester.The church of St. Bartholomew is in part an ancientbuilding of red sandstone, in the Early English style,and consists of chancel, with vestry on the north side,nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch, and awestern tower surmounted at the angles by four stoneurns, and containing a clock, presented in 1876 byMajor John Stevens Clark, late 72nd Highlanders, andone bell: the chancel was buUt in 1671, and the towerin 1744: the porch was added in 1837: there is anoctagonal font, placed in 1713: the stained east windowwas erected in 1883 by Hugh Lyle Smyth esq. inmemory of Eliza, his wife, and there is another, alsoplaced by him in 1895, to the memory of his threedaughters, Ethel, Kathleen and Dorothy: the churchwas completely restored in 1883, at a cost of about;^3,ooo, and affords 300 sittings. The register datesfrom the year 1513. The living is a rectorj% net yearlyvalue ;f28o, with about 2 acres of land and residence,in the gift of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, and heldsince 1907 by the Eev. Herbert Scott Cowan M.A. ofTrinity College, Dublin. There is a Wesleyan Methodistchapel. The charities, for distribution in money,amount to £•] 4s. 7d. yearly. Barrowmore Hall is theresidence of Hugh Lyle Smyth esq. D.L., J.P. TheMarquess of Cholmondeley P.C. is lord of the manorheavy and clayey nature, and subsoU, red sandstone.The land is principaUy occupied for grazing purposes.The area is 3,027 acres of land and 7 of water; rateablevalue, ;^6,356; the population in 1901 was 727,Little Barrow is a hamlet, occupying an elevated positionabout a mile north, and has a Primitive Methodistchapel.BroomhUl, about a mile north-north-east, and LongGreen, about a mUe and a half north-north-east, arehamlets.Hollow Moor Heath is a straggling hamlet, about halfa mile east-by-north.Stamford Bridge is a hamlet, about half a mUe south,on the Chester road, with a stone bridge across theStamford brook.Post, M. 0. & T. Office, Great Barrow.—Miss JaneOwen, sub-postmistress. Letters by cart post fromChester arrive at 5 a.m.; Sundays, 5 a.m.; dispatched8 p.m.; 8 p.m. on SundaysWall Letter Boxes.—At Barrow Bailway station, clearedat 7.35 p.m. ; BroomhUl, cleared at 7.20 p.m.; no Sundaycollection k Stamford Bridge at 8.20 p.m.; sundav,8.20 p.mPolice Station, Great Barrow, Samuel Whitehead, constPubUc Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1864, for125 children; average attendance, 115; David Euscoe,masterand principal landoyvner. The soU is in some parts of a EaUway Station, Arthur Buckley, station masterCowan Eev. Herbert Scott M.A. (rec- Darlington Martha (Mrs.), farmer, Middlehurst Jas. farmer. Long greentor). The Eectorv Barrow lodge. Little Barrow Morrey Harriet (Mrs.), farmer, LongDennis J. Edgar, GreysfieldFoster Samuel Walker M.BOkeU Mrs. The Manor houseSmyth Hugh Lyle D.L., J.P. Barrowmorehall; & Conservative club,London S WWiUis Thomas, Milton Brook lodgeCOMilERCIAL.Astbury Alfred, farmer, BroomhillBentley Henry, farmerBrownbill Henry, nurserymanCaldecott Henry W. Eailway inn.Little BarrowChaUinor Jas. S. farmer. Long greenChaUinor Wm. farmer, HollowMoorHthCheers Jn.(Mrs.), farmer. Lit.BarrowChesters Thos.farmr.HoUow Moor HthCotgreave Jn.farmer,Stamford BridgeDarlington Abraham, farmer.Bank fmDarlington John, firmer, Morley hallBARTHOMIiE"Y is a toyvnship, parish and village,partly in Staffordshire, i mile from Eadway Green stationon the North Staffordshire railway, 5 miles southeastfrom Crewe, 7 south-west from Sandbach, 33J fromManchester and 164 from London, in the Crewe divisionof the county, petty sessional division of Nantyrich, hundred,union and county court district of Nantwich,rural deanery of Congleton, archdeaconry of Macclesfieldand diocese of Chester. The church of St. Bertolineis a building of stone, in mixed styles, consisting ofchancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, north and southaisles, south-east or Grewe chapel and a western towerwith eight pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells :in the Crewe chapel is a magnificent altar tomb ofmarble, to Sibyl Marcia (Graham), wife of Eobert, 2ndBaron Houghton, who died 19 Sept. 1887, with a recumbenteffigy-, executed by the late Sir J. Edgar Boehmbart. B.A. ; there is also an altar tomb, with a recumbenteffigy, in marble, to Sir Eobert Fulshurst, oneof the esquires of the celebrated James, Lord Audley,at the battle of Poitiers, Sept. 19, 1356; he died1390: in the arch dividing the south aisle from theCrewe chapel is a monument of stone and marble to John,ist Baron Orewe, who died 28 AprU, 1829: nine of theDodd Martha (Mrs.), farmer, Broomhl greenEllis Emma (Mrs.), frmr. Lit.Barrow Newport Chas. farmer, Barrow haUFellowes Joseph, pig dealerNeyvport George, farmer. Park hallFoster Samuel Walker M.B. & CM. OkeU Jas. farmer. Park HaU gatesEdin. surgeon'. Owen Arthur, blacksmith, BroomhillGarner Arthur, shopkpr. Lit. Barrow Owen John, blacksmithGregory Jsph.joiner,Hollow Moor Hth Owen Thomas, coal mer.Station depotHigginson Henry, farmer. Shalcross Hy. grocer. Little BarrowHitchen Wm. provsn. dlr. The Stores' Shallcross Thos. carpntr. Lit. BarrowHoulbrook Charles, farmer| Shenton Fras. frmr. Stamford bridgeJeffs Geo. frmr. Hollow Moor Heath Spencer Albert, "White Horse P.HJeffs Eichard, shopkeeper, Broomhill | Stretch Albert farmer, Swinford hoJoinson Mrs. farmr. Hollow Moor Hth Swindley Woodyer, farmer, BarrowmrJones Samuel, Stamford Bridge P.H,Stamford BridgeLancely Arthur, farmer. Long greenLidgett Jonathan, grocerMapes Leonard, farmer, BroomhUlMapes Walter, farmer, assistant overseerk clerk to the Parish CouncU,Little Barrow haUWigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd. (ThomasDodd, agent). Station depotWiUiams Harriet (Mrs.), farmer. LonggreenWilUs Thomas,miUer (water k steam).The MiUsLord Crewe, and held since 1880 by the Eev. GeorgeWilliam Charles Skene M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.The consolidated charities produce ;f2o yearly for breadand £s for education. The Earl of Crewe K.G., P.C. islord of the manor and landowner. The soil is sandy;subsoil, sand and clay. The chief produce is cheese,potatoes, wheat and oats. There are five townships intfhis parish: Barthomley, Balterley (in Staffordshire),Crewe, Alsager and Haslington: the three latter willbe found under separate headings. Eateable value,;^4'573- The area of Barthomley township is 1,956a'lres of land and 5 of water; the population of thetownship in 1901 was 292, and of the ecclesiasticalparish 545, of which 253 were in Staffs. Eadway Greenis a station a mile from the vUlage, on the NorthStaffordshire raUway.Post Office.—^Eichard Sherratt, sub-postmaster. Lettersare received through Crewe at 7.10 a.m.; deliveredat 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m.; no delivery onSundays. Betley is the nearest money order k telegraphoffice, 3 miles distantWa'U Letter Box, Eadway Green, cleared at 6.10 p.m.week day® onlywindows are stained. The register dates from the year Public Elementary School (mixed), for 140 children;1564. The living is a rectory, net yearly value ;^304, average attendance, 80; "Wm. Percy Owen, masterincluding 72 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of I Eadway Green Eailway St