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DIRECTORY.]BICKLEY,Marked thus * receive their lettersthrough Whitchurch (Salop).Copeman Mrs. Heatherstone greenLangley Evan J.P. Bicklev Town•Wilson Hubert Malcolni J.P. BaiMere houseWilson MrsCOMMERCIAL.BitheU Sarah & Walter (Mrs.),farmers, Bickley woodBostock Albert, cowkeeper•Broad Arth. frmr. Higher Snab frmBroom William, shopkeeperCheshire Farmers' Supply Association(W. J. Dutton, manager),corn merchantsChesters William, farmerCoffin James, grocerCooper Henry Edward, farmerFaulkner Leonard,frmr.No Mans hthGillespie William Simon, farmerHarris Chas. Wm. frmr. Bickley haUHopley Jn. frmr. k assistant overseerJennings Samuel, farmerLangley Alfred, farmerLangley Evan, farmer, Bickley TownL:uig]ey Thos. S. frmr. Bickley TownLatham Colton, farmerMellor Thomas, farmerParry Martha (Mrs.), farmerPhillips Thomas, farmer•Reeves Samuel, blacksmith•Shaw Joseph Edgar, farmerBIDSTON-cum-FOBD is a parish, township andvillage, 3 miles north-west from (and adjoining theboundary of) Birkenhead and one mile south-westfrom the Dock station on the Wirral railway, in theWirral division of the county and lower division of thehundred of Wirral, union of Birkenhead, countycourt district of Birkenhead, petty sessional divisionof Wirral, rural deanery of Birkenhead and archdeaconryand diocese of Chester. There is a station inthe vUlage on the Wirral railway, opened in March, 1896.The church r>f St. Oswald, rebuilt, with the exception oftho tower, in 1856, is a building of stone in the Gothicstyle, consisting of chancel, added in 1882, nave of fivebays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western towerwith pinnacles containing 6 heUs: there are some curiousemblems and shields over the west door shewing theconnection of the place with the Stanley family, oneexhibiting the arms of the Isle of Man : there is a memorialwindow to the late Rev. C. A. Graham B.A. thirty yearsperpetual curate, d. 1881, besides several others, anda fine reredos of glass mosaic by Salviati, depicting" The Last Supper" after Leonardo da Vinci; themarble mosaic ohancel floor and the chancel fittingswere presented by H. S. Bower esq. in memory of hiswife, d. 1886 : in the waU of the north aisle is-a memorialyvreath inscribed " A mark of affection from Victoria R.and I. to Percy E. L. Gust, page ot honour, obiit. 24 Nov.1884:" there are 330 sittings. The registers date fromCHESHIRE.Shenton George, farmerThomasson Wm. farmer, Bickley toyvnWalker Thomas, farmerWalley George, cowkeeperWelch WUliam, butcher•Wilkinson William, shoe makerWillis Arthur, Willey farmCHOLMONDELEY.Marked thus • receive letters throughWhitchurch.•Cartwright Richard Wm. J.P. ParkCharlton St. JohnCholmondeley Marquess of P.C,D.L. Gholmondeley castle; k Carlton& White's clubs SW & Turfclub W, LondonGorst Rev. Ernest Lake le FlemingFreeland M.A. (vicar of Bickley kchaplain to Marquess of Cholmondeley)Massey Wm. F. E. Higginsfield hoCOMMERCIAL.Ankers Ernest, farmerBarnett Robert Herbert, farmerBebbington Joseph, farmerBourne Richard, farmerBrierley Roger Christian, estate clerkto the Marquess of Cholmondeley•Cartwright Rchd.Wm.frmr.Park frmCharlton St, John, land agentDodd Charles Betteley, grocer,draper, ironmonger, seedsman kagricultural agent k farmer. Postoffice. Castle farmBIDSTON-CUM-FORD. 67Flack Charles W, head gardener tothe Marquess of CholmondeleyFurnival Reginald 0. farmerGriflties Mary (Mrs.), farmerHopley George, estate foremanManley Richd. (Mrs.),frmr.Groxton gmManning Oswald, farmerMiller James, estate clerk to theMarquess of CholmondeleyNunnerley Thomas, farmer. Bank hoOwen Joseph, farmer, Groxton green•Perry Geo. farmer. Park Side farmShard Daniel, market gardener, GroxtongreenShaw Frederick, farmer. Weaver frmTong Edmund, head gamekeeper toth^ Marquess of GholmondeleyWilkinson William, head forester tothe Marquess of CholmondeleyYoung Thomas William, farmerCHORLEY,COMMERCIAL,Bateman Albt. frmr. Chorley Green fmBostock Edward, farmerCarter Fredk. farmer, WaU stoneHockenhuU Joseph, farmerKettle William, wheelwrightLatham Clement, farmerLatham William H. farmer. Brook hoMottram Thomas, farmerPeacock John, farmr. Fir Tree housePerry Fredk. farmer. Breeze hillWindsor John, farmer, Chorley hallWindsor Wm. farmer, Chorley Stockmerchants &c. of both places. The charities for distributionin bread and money amount to about ^^8yearly, including Jeffrey's, founded by wUl in 1847, butothers by various donors have been lost. " The CloverCharity," founded in 1902 in memory of the late G. R.Clover esq. consists of the interest of ;^S00 vested in therector and churchwardens, and two almshouses werebuilt by Mrs. Clover in 1901.Bidston Court, the residence of John Lever Tillotson,esq. vras completed about 1894, and is a strikingly picturesquemansion in the black and white timber-framedstyle peculiar to this county, from the designs of Messrs.Grayson and Ould, architects, of Liverpool. RobertCharles de Grey Vyner esq. of Skelton, Yorks, is lord ofthe manor and sole landowner. The soil is light sandy;subsoil, old sandstone. The land is principally inpasture. The area of the township is 1,698 acres ofland and 15 of water; rateable value, ;^i3,io5; thepopulation in 1901 was—parish, 2,910; township, 465.Parish Clerk, Joseph Stanley.Letters through Birkenhead. "Wall Letter Box, by church,cleared 8.30 a.m. & 12.30, 4.45 k 8.30 p.m. weekdays; Sundays, 5.30 p.m. Upton, about ij mUes distant,is the nearest money order k telegraph officeFORD is a hamlet one mile south.Claughton-cum-Grange, Moreton-cum-Lingham andSaughall-Massey are town.ships in this parish.the year 1579. The living is a rectory, net yearly value The area of Moreton township is 1,202 acres; rateable;£'3oo with residence, in the gift of the Bishop ofvalue, £j,ii2; the population in 1901 was 597. TheChester, and held since 1903 by the Rev. Thomasarea of SaughaU-Massey is 942 acres; the populationMather Standring M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge,and surrogate. Bidst-on hill, an eminence overin 1901 was 186.62 acres in extent and commanding a splendid view of Letters through Birkenhead. Upton, about half a milethe Wirral,- , , , , distant, is the nearest money order k telegraph officeP^"?^'V*VT!/'*l"/'lv,-S%£%'?.^o''r,H?n P^^^^'' Elementary School, erected with residence forpublic at a cost of AI8,';'>O, of which tne corporation ,, i . - o o i > . enlarged i j«. iof Birkenhead paid l8,5oi, the remainder by"^ publicadded^^' ^''^^^^in 1884,^"for^838,140kchildren;enlargedaveragek newattendance,class-roomsummit subscription, is an and observatory, was opened built in in July, 1771 1897. and belonging On theto the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, with a residentobserver; and near it is a lig'hthouse. The districtis a rapidly growing suburb of the city of Liverpooland the borough of Birkenhead, owing to it beingof access, and contains many fine residences ofeasyBIDSTON.PRIVATE RESIDENTS.Alexander John Taylor, Braeside,School laneAllender Col. George F., V.D. TheCottage. Vyner roadBailey James, Strathyre, Eleanor rdBenger Frederick A. B. Linksfield,Vyner roadBevis Mrs. Westholm, Boundary roadBevis R. R. Hamptoune, "Vyner roadBibby Joseph, The Priory, Upton rdBigland W., Whinhurst, Vyner roadBillington John, Dundoran, Vyner rdBlackweU Jas.T. Thornboro',School laBrittain Jn. C F. Forest hi. Vyner rdBuUen WiUiam, "Whinmoor, Vyner rdCastle Septimus, Park lo. Eleanor rdClover Charles M. Chantilly.Vyner rdGlover Henry Edward, Gowan Lea,School laneCole Hy. A. The Homestead,Vyner rdCornish Mrs. VaUis, Boundary road60; supported partly by an endowment of ;^i7 17s. 4d.yearly & voluntary subscriptions; Alexander J. Sherratt,masterRailway Stations.Bidston, WiUiam Hall, station masterUpton, Ford, William Rowbottom, station masterCox Robert Montgomery, Rocklands,Upton roadDavies Wm. Thos. Firbank, Vyner rdDiamond George Sisson, Garrwood,Boundary roadDuff Thomas L.R.CP.Edin. Uptonhouse. School laneDutton Saml.Ernest,Dunard,Vvner rdElliot Jn. White, Southwood,School laEllis S .Howe, 4 Boundary roadEvans WiHiamP.Br^ntwood.Eleanor rdGaman John, Cintra, School laneCHESHIRE 5*