Francis Thomas, farmer
Hewlett John, farmer, Lawleys Cross
Intone Thomas, blacksmith
Jones William, maltster, farmer, and vict. Bridge Inn, Buildwas
Lewis William, farmer, Abbey farm
Nickless Enoch, farmer & builder; residence, Iron bridge
Nunn Rev. John, B.A., curate, Wire Hill Cottage
Pothan William, farmer
Ridley Edward and Samuel, farmer and corn millers
CHETWYND
is a parish which includes the townships of Chetwynd and Howle, part of
Pickstock and part of Sambrook; the latter will be found noticed in
Cheswardine parish, and Pickstock is given with Edgmond in which parish
it is chiefly situated. The hamlet of Pixley noticed with Hinstock
contains 89A. 1R. 28P. of land in this parish. The parish of Chetwynd
contains 3,803A. 0R. 30P. of land, and in 1801 had 594 inhabitants, 1831,
766, and in 1841, 760. The village of Chetwynd forms the northern suburb
to the town of Newport, on the line of road leading from that town to
Market Drayton, but the church, the hall, and the rectory are situated on
the same line of road nearly two miles north from Newport. The township
contains 1,727A. 2R. 5P. of land, and in 1841 had 109 houses and 543
inhabitants. John Charles Burton Borough, Esq., is the principal land
owner and lord of the manor; Robert Fisher, Esq., Thomas Collier, Esq.,
the Rev. William Dalton, are also land owners. The CHURCH, a plain brick
structure dedicated to St. Michael, has been built about one hundred
years; it consists of nave and bay, and has a square tower in which are
six bells; there is a gallery at the west end built in the year 1841 by
voluntary subscriptions. The living is a rectory valued in the king’s
book at £10. 16s. 3d., now returned at £775. in the patronage of J. C. B.
Borough, Esq.; incumbent, Rev. Rev. Thomas Whateley, M.A., who resides at
the rectory, a good residence near the church. The tithes are commuted
for £742. 4s. 11½d. The HALL is an ancient structure near the east end
of the church, which appears to have been built at different periods; in
the low grounds in front of the hall, the river Meese, an inconsiderable
stream takes its course. The park comprises about 300 acres of land, and
is situated on the west side of the turnpike road leading from Newport to
Market Drayton; it has a bold undulating surface, well timbered and
stocked with about two hundred head of deer; a fine sheet of water covers
about thirty acres. The NATIONAL SCHOOL is situated about midway between
Newport and Chetwynd church; there is a residence for the teacher, and
the number of scholars that attend average about seventy.
CHARITIES.—In 1717 a house and croft situated in High street, Newport,
was conveyed in trust for the benefit of the poor of Chetwynd, in
consideration of £80 paid to James and Thomas Liversage, whereof £50 was
money given by Honor Dryden and others for charitable uses. This house
has been unfortunately long lost to the charity, and there is no evidence
to show that the poorhouse ever derived any benefit from it. Of the
croft in Chetwynd a small part, about a rood, was taken upwards of fifty
years ago for the site of a house of industry, for which no compensation
had been made when the charity commissioners published their report. The
remainder of the land produces about £3 per annum.
There is a piece of land containing about three acres known by the name
of Lady meadow, the rent of which was received by the parish officers as
early as the year 1625, but there is no trace of the source from which
the land was derived. The sum of £1 0s. 4d. was the rent paid from the
above year down to 1820, although the premises were then worth about £8
per annum. There are certain premises in the parish of Edgmond now
consisting of three cottages with gardens and about nine acres of land,
which were purchased in 1728 with certain benefactions left by Ann Pigott
and Robert Pigott for the benefit of the poor of Chetwynd; the rents from
these premises amount to £28 per annum.
There is reason to believe from entries in the parish books, that the
land at Hinstock consisting of about ten acres, was purchased for the use
of the poor of Chetwynd about the beginning of the 18th century, but
there is no evidence to show what was the amount of purchase money, or
from what particular source it was derived. It first appears in the
parish books in the year 1700 at a rent of £2. 10s., which continued
without increase until 1760. In 1783 it was let for £4. 15s. and the
amount has since been raised to £14. 14s.
_William Unite’s_ charity of five penny loaves weekly, and several sums
of money amounting to £30 left by several benefactors, have been applied
to the use of the parish, and the parish officers now pay £2. 11s. 8d. as
the interest thereof.
The gross income of the several charities above mentioned amounts to £49.
6s. per annum, and at the time the charity commissioners visited
Chetwynd, was expended in the following manner: £1. 14s. applied in aid
of the church rates, £5. 6s. 8d. in distributions of bread, £4 in the
purchase of coal, and £38. 10s. was carried to the poor’s rates. The
latter, we conceive, is an objectionable mode of applying money left for
charitable uses, and totally at variance with the donors’ intentions. It
was intended, however, by the parishioners, to have a fresh application
of the charitable funds, and to apply a portion towards the support of a
school.
_Robert Pigott_, who died in 1746, left the sum of £50, the interest to
be distributed among poor housekeepers. Certain benefactions, recorded
on tables in the church, left by twelve several donors, amounting to £68,
in the absence of any account of their disposal, may be presumed to have
formed the purchase money of the lands, of which there are no documents
to trace their origin.
The inhabitants of Chetwynd End are entitled to participate in the
benefits of the Grammar School and other charities at Newport.
_Those names with * affixed are at Chetwynd End_.
Boroughs John Charles Burton, Esq., Chetwynd hall
* Allen Harry, spirit merchant
Allmen George, blacksmith, Pilson
* Bailey Robert, maltster and farmer
* Brittain Thos., corn miller
* Cobb John, builder and architect
* Cockayne Miss Sarah
* Cockerill Thomas, Esq.
Collier Thos. Esq., Beech hill
* Derrington Thomas, Chetwynd villa
Emberey Mrs. Ann, Summerhill house
Fisher Robert, Esq. Chetwynd lodge
Ford William, woolstapler
* Franklin John, vict., King’s Arms
* Geates Joseph, gardener
* Hector Miss Elizabeth
Holt David, gamekeeper
* Icke Mrs. Mary
Ingram George, land agent
* Jellicore Mrs. Mary
* Matthews Charles veterinary surgeon
* Morris Thomas, seedsman
Myatt Richard, farmer
* Palin Mrs. Jemima
* Pickworth Mrs. Elizabeth
Podmore Thomas, farmer
* Pritchard Mary Ann, boarding school
* Randal John, architect
Rowley Andrew, schoolmaster and parish clerk
* Rylands Mrs. Jane
* Stevens Mary Ann, schoolmistress
Thompson Mark, woolstapler
Veitch John, farmer
* Washbourne William, Esq., solicitor, Chetwynd house
* Watkin Watkin, timber merchant
* Weate William, farmer and butcher
Webb Joseph, farmer, New house
* West Samuel, shopkeeper
Whately Rev. Thomas, M.A., the Rectory
HOWLE
is a small township with a scattered population, five miles north-west
from Newport, and three miles north-west from Chetwynd. The township
contains 765A. 1R. 28P. of land; and at the census in 1841 there were 18
houses and 102 inhabitants. The land here has an undulating surface, and
is highly fertile. Arthur Mountford, Esq., is the principal landowner,
and farms most of the land. THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS have a small chapel
in the township.
The chief residents are Arthur Mountford, Esq.; and Messrs. Dawes and
Whitfield, corn millers.
DAWLEY MAGNA,
a populous parish busily engaged in the extensive iron works and
collieries with which the vicinity abounds, is situated four miles S.E.
from Wellington. The parish comprises the townships of Dawley Magna,
Dawley Parva, and Malinslee. In 1801 there was a population of 3,869
souls; 1831, 6,877, and in 1841 there were 1,716 houses and 8,641
inhabitants, of whom 4,490 were males, and 4,151 females. The township
of Dawley Magna contains 997A. 1R. 21P. of land, and in 1841 had 904
houses and 4,485 inhabitants. R. A. Slaney, Esq., is lord of the manor
and a considerable landowner; Beriah Botfield, Esq., the Coalbrook Dale
Company, Robert Burton, Esq., and the Langley Field Company, are also
proprietors. The collieries vary from 150 yards to 200 yards in depth,
and the seams of coal from two feet to four feet in thickness; the coal
is of a very superior quality, and got in immense quantities. The
Coalbrook Dale Company give employment to upwards of 3,500 hands, and the
quantity of coal raised by this firm in the parish of Dawley alone
amounts to 8,500 tons per month, or 102,000 tons per annum, of ironstone
42,000 tons a year. The same company also make 17,880 tons of pig iron,
at the Horse Hay Works in this parish, besides 14,200 tons of finished
merchant iron yearly. A very ingenious contrivance is adopted at the
Horse Hay Works, by means of which 100 tons of coal per month are saved.
Attached to the furnace chimnies where the iron is made are pipes by
which the gas is brought down under the immense steam engines which are
necessary for raising the coal and ironstone from the mines contiguous to
the works. On the gas uniting with the atmospheric air under the engines
it immediately ignites, and thus an immense saving and power is acquired
which is generally neglected in other establishments. At the time we saw
the works there was a surplus supply of gas thrown off, which would have
put in motion an engine of 100 horse power. The Horse Hay Works took
their name from the circumstance of this place, in former days being the
depository for hay, when the minerals were carried on pack horses from
Ketley-bank to Coalbrook dale—this was a half-way house where the horses
were fed, and hence the name Horse Hay Works. Each of the adult workmen
employed at this extensive establishment pays 1s. per month, which forms
a fund for educational purposes and funeral expenses.
THE CHURCH, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a handsome structure of
free stone, erected in 1845, at a cost of about £3,000, raised by
subscriptions and grants from the church building societies. The stone
was got from a neighbouring quarry. It consists of nave, chancel and
side aisles, with a tower at the west end, in which are six bells. The
interior has a chaste appearance: the nave is separated from the side
aisles by four lofty arches; on the north side of the chancel is a neat
stone pulpit, and there is a gallery at the west end, upon which there is
a superior organ erected in 1851 at a cost of £200. The pews are uniform
in character, and there are 831 sittings, of which 664 are free and
unappropriated. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the
Messrs. Phillips. Incumbent, Rev. William Richards, M.A. The parsonage
is about half a mile N.W. from the church. The rectoral tithes are
commuted for £82. 10s. Messrs. Phillips are the impropriators. The
incumbent receives £1. The parish register dates from the year 1666.
The old church stood a little S.E. of the present edifice; it was a small
structure of primitive simplicity, and had a short tower at the west end.
On the east side of the church yard stands the old parsonage, an antique
fabric of wood and plaster with a thatched roof; it is much dilapidated
by time, and is expected shortly to be taken down. The WESLEYAN CHAPEL,
Dawley Green, is a plain octagonal structure, which will hold about 400
hearers. The Wesleyans have also a spacious chapel at Dawley Bank, built
in 1846. The WESLEYAN NEW CONNECTION CHAPEL is a spacious structure at
Dawley Green, which will hold about 1,000 persons. The PARTICULAR
BAPTIST CHAPEL is a small structure situated at Dawley Bank. The
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL is a spacious structure capable of holding
about 1,000 persons, situated in Dawley Green-lane. DAWLEY GREEN is a
most densely populated part of the parish, and is about half a mile from
the church; in High street are many good houses and shops in all the
different branches of the retail trade. POOL HILL SCHOOL is a noble pile
of buildings, erected at a cost of upwards of £3,500, defrayed by the
munificence of different members of the Darby family. The interior is
spacious and lofty, and the roof is of groined timber stained in
imitation of oak. There is a good library containing upwards of 400
volumes. The school has been built for the education of the children of
workmen belonging to the Coalbrook Dale Company, and is partly supported
from a fund into which each workman pays 1s. per month for educational
purposes and funeral expenses of deceased members; the residue necessary
for the support of the school is paid by the Coalbrook Dale Company. The
NATIONAL SCHOOL is a plain structure, erected in 1841, and situated near
the parsonage house. About 100 children attend. It is supported by
subscriptions and the pence of the children. FINGER LANE is a scattered
district to the east of the church.
DAWLEY PARVA,
a township situated near a mile W. of Dawley Magna, comprises 900A. 1R.
38P. of land, and in 1841 had 270 houses and 1,435 inhabitants. The
canal and roads occupy 30A. 1R. 8P. The tithes of Dawley Parva have been
commuted, and £146 apportioned to Messrs. Phillips, the impropriators,
and £6 to the incumbent. THE CHURCH is a neat structure, dedicated to
St. Luke, and consists of nave and bay, with a belfry at the west end,
built of hewn stone of very beautiful workmanship. The roof is of
groined timber, and there is a gallery at the west end. The cost of the
fabric was about £1,300, which was raised partly by grants from the
church building societies and partly by subscriptions. There are 507
sittings, which are all free and unappropriated. The church was built
under Sir Robert Peel’s act, and is endowed with £150 per annum. The
patronage is vested in the crown and the bishop of Lichfield alternately.
The Rev. James Morris is the incumbent. The vestry is used as a Sunday
school for girls, and the boys are taught in the church. The parsonage
is a neat residence situated near the church. THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS
have a spacious chapel, built in 1837. HOLYWELL LANE is a populous
district, chiefly of cottage residences, which take their name from a
well here called Holy Well. At HINKHAY are a number of scattered
cottages.
MALINSLEE
is a township in the parish of Dawley, situated about a mile N. from the
parish church, which comprises 736A. 1R. 9P. of land, and in 1841 there
were 510 houses and 2,721 inhabitants, Robert H. Cheney, Esq., is the
principal landowner; Beriah Botfield, Esq., is also a proprietor. The
Shropshire union canal occupies 34A. 1R. 31P., and there is 1A. 2R. 20P.
of glebe in the township. Malinslee forms a part of the great Shropshire
coal field; ironstone is found in large quantities, and the iron and coal
works of Beriah Botfield, Esq., are of considerable extent. The Old Park
coal works are celebrated for superior coal. THE CHURCH is an octagonal
structure, erected in the early part of the present century; it is built
of free stone, and will accommodate about 800 persons. The expenses of
the erection were defrayed with money left by J. H. Browne, Esq., of
Burton-upon-Trent. The patronage is vested in the incumbent of Dawley
Magna; the living is a perpetual curacy enjoyed by the Rev. William
Harris. MALINSLEE HOUSE is a good brick residence, built about sixty
years ago by the late William Botfield, Esq. It is now occupied as
offices by the clerks of B. Botfield, Esq. About 150 yards from the
house are the ruins of a small religious house called Malinslee Abbey.
This may have been subordinate to some of the larger abbeys in the
vicinity, but of which we find no record. The ruins consist of a small
oblong square with walls at each end about twenty feet high, and on each
side from six to nine feet in height, having traces of the Saxon style of
architecture.
CHARITIES.—_Richard Hodden_, by will, dated 19th June, 1684, devised his
land of inheritance, situated in Dogpole-street, Shrewsbury, and also his
lands lying in Middleton-on-the-Hill, in the county of Hereford, to
Richard Hodden and his heirs, on condition that he should (among other
things) pay an annuity of £7 to the poor of Dawley Magna. The premises
in Dogpole-street, Shrewsbury, mentioned in Hodden’s will, cannot now be
identified, but the annuity is paid by Mr. Bird, the occupier, and part
owner of the premises of Middleton, which consists of a farm and
buildings, and about seventy acres of land. The amount is divided among
poor widows, who are relieved according to their necessities.
_Rebecca Walthall_, who died in 1756, bequeathed to the churchwardens of
Dawley £40, and directed the interest to be distributed yearly to the
poor of Malinslee. This money was in the hands of the late William
Botfield, Esq., who distributed 40s. as the interest thereof among poor
widows. When the charity commissioners published their report Mr.
Botfield had also a further sum of £50 in his hands, left as he believed
by Rebecca Walthall, for which he paid interest to the incumbent of
Dawley.
In the year 1738, by deed, dated 14th of April, Richard Styche, in
consideration of £20 paid to him by Edward Forsbrook, with the consent of
the parishioners, for placing the said money at interest for the benefit
of the poor of the parish, assigned a cottage at Madeley Wood, which had
been granted to him in 1732, by George Yorke, for securing the repayment
of £30 advanced by him to Yorke, and of which £10 had been since paid
off. And by a memorandum at the back of the deed the parties agreed that
interest at four per cent. should be paid for the £20. On the 7th March,
1857, the said George Yorke, by endorsement on this deed, acknowledged to
have borrowed of the parish officers of Dawley the sum of £13, which sum,
with interest at the rate of 10s. a year, he agreed should be payable
from the said premises, making the whole principal sum £33. We could not
ascertain with certainty the origin of this poor’s money, but find that
Enoch Cooper, in 1721, left a sum of £20 to the use of the poor of Great
Dawley, and this sum probably formed the first amount advanced on this
mortgage. In the returns of the commissioners under the act of the 26th
of George III., there is mention of a benefaction by another person of
the name of Cooper of £13, which agrees with the further sum advanced on
the mortgage in 1757, but we have not found any other trace of this
donation.
POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. Samuel Deakin’s_, _High street_. Letters arrive at
8 A.M., and are despatched at 5 30 P.M. Money orders are granted at this
office.
_Those names with_ 1 _affixed are in High street_; 2 _Chapel lane_; 3
_Dawley Green lane_; 4 _Dawley Bank_, 5 _Horse Hay_; 6 _Finger lane_; 7
_The Wickets_. _Those marked * are Dawley Magna_; _and_ † _in
Malinslee_.
4 Bailey Edward, farmer
1 Bailey George, grocer, seedsman, and ironmonger
1 Bailey Henry, butcher
2 Bailey John, relieving officer
1 Bailey Michael, shopkeeper
5 Bailey Robert, cashier
2 Bailey William Henry, surveyor of highways, accountant, assistant
overseer, and agent to Birmingham District Fire Office
1 Barclay John Brown, shopkeeper
* Barker John, cabinet-maker, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages,
and vict., Crown Inn
3 Barnes Richard, inland revenue officer
1 Bason Edward, grocer and tea dealer
1 Baugh John, saddler
1 Belshaw Robert, draper and hatter
† Blakemore Thomas, victualler, Stag Inn
† Bishton William, victualler, Plough Inn
† Bishton Geo., accountant, Malinslee House
† Botfield Beriah, Esq., ironmaster
1 Bradbury Thomas, chemist and druggist, & agent to the Royal Farmers &
Medical, Legal, and General Insurance Office
5 Bratton John, accountant
6 Bray and Garbett, timber dealers
6 Bray Moses, shoemaker
6 Bray Thomas, victualler, Queen’s Arms
4 Brown Richard, butcher
4 Broom William, shoemaker
1 Brown William, butcher
1 Burroughs James, watch and clockmaker
1 Carver James, joiner and builder
1 Chilton Joseph, beerhouse
1 Chirm Jane, shopkeeper
3 Clarke John, tailor
4 Clarke William, wheelwright
3 Clemson William, maltster and victualler, King’s Arms
1 Cooke Henry, grocer, maltster, corn-miller, and seedsman
4 Cox Rev. Alfred (Baptist)
5 Dobbs James, boot and shoemaker
1 Davies George, surgeon
Darby and Co. (Colebrook Dale Company), ironmasters, Horse Hay
3 Deakin Catherine, beerhouse
1 Deakin Samuel, plumber, glazier, painter, and postmaster
* Deakin Thomas, grocer and draper
1 Deakin Wm., painter, glazier, & beerhouse
* Dixon Thomas, farmer
4 Done James, grocer and draper
1 Egerton Joseph, butcher, and beerhouse
1 Egerton Samuel, victualler, Angel Inn
1 Evans Thomas, victualler, Crown Inn
2 Faulkner Richard, beerhouse
Finley Jane, schoolmistress, Pool-hill school
* Fletcher George, farmer
3 Franklin Francis, shoemaker
3 Garbett and Bray, timber dealers
1 Garbett John, draper
2 Garbett Matthew and Benjamin, charter masters
* Garbett Michael, clerk of St. Luke’s
5 Garbett William, victualler, Peacock
1 Gill Robert, brazier
3 Green Charles H., surgeon, The Terrace
* Greenhalgh Robert, grocer
1 Greenhalgh William, grocer, draper, and hop and corn dealer
3 Gregory Mary, bonnet maker
1 Gun Robert, shoemaker
4 Guy Mary, grocer and victualler, Queen’s Head
1 Guy Thomas, pork butcher
6 Harris James, blacksmith and chainmaker
† Harris Rev. William, curate, Parsonage
3 Hayward George, shoemaker & beerhouse
1 Heaford Jonathan, tailor and draper
3 Hewlett Jane, shopkeeper and beerhouse
† Hudson William, accountant, Dark-lane House
1 Hudson William, timber dealer & builder
Hughes Andrew, butcher, and victualler, Red Lion
James Joseph, police constable
1 Jones Benjamin, ironmonger
4 Jones George, blacksmith
3 Jones John, charter master
3 Jones Phillip, beerhouse
1 Jones Thomas, confectioner
2 Jones William, charter master
1 Kirby Samuel, tailor
Langley Field Coal Company
1 Lane Rosannah, beerhouse
* Leigh Randle, beerhouse
1 Lewis George, butcher
3 Lewis James, butcher and grocer
2 Lord Mrs. Mary Ann
1 Lloyd Robert, shoemaker
* Mancell Thomas, shoemaker
3 Mason Thomas, shoemaker
† Mason William, tailor, Church lane
5 Maun James, victualler, Labour in Vain
6 Merrington Charles, blacksmith, iron-fence and chain maker
1 Millington John, beerhouse
1 Millman Richard, wheelwright
1 Mogg William, earthenware dealer
7 Morgan Thomas, blacksmith
3 Morgan Jeremiah, grocer and victualler, The Lamb
* Morris Rev. James, The Parsonage
3 Onions Enoch, shopkeeper and beerhouse
5 Owen Mary, victualler, Craven Arms
* Nightingale Saml., farmer & vic., Unicorn Inn
3 Parish Joseph, spade maker
7 Parsons John, vict., Wickets Inn
1 Pearce Richard Reynolds, leather dealer
3 Pickin James, hair dresser
4 Pierson John, hair dresser
† Poole James, boiler, chain, and nail maker, and vict., New Wickets Inn
1 Poole and Son, hair dressers
† Poole Robert, ground bailiff
1 Poole Sarah, dress maker
3 Poole William, tailor
4 Poole William, charter master
* Powell Matthew, farmer
4 Powis George, shoemaker
3 Pritchard Charles, shoemaker
6 Pritchard George, vict., Peter’s Finger
4 Pursell Lancelot, butcher
Richards Rev. William, M.A., Parsonage
5 Roden Benjamin, rolling mill manager
1 Roum Alice, beerhouse
1 Roum Maria Louisa, bonnet maker
1 Russell Joseph, draper and hatter
6 Sandlands John, saddler
Sides John James, schoolmaster (National)
1 Simms John, tailor
6 Smallman William, beerhouse and grocer
1 Slater Joseph, stationer, and at Ironbridge
5 Stanley William, grocer and draper
Stewart Elizabeth, beerhouse
Smart Rev. John, Wesleyan
Summers Thomas, maltster, farmer, and vict., Hinkshey
Taylor John Joseph, maltster and vict., Dun Cow
1 Taylor Richard, grocer, maltster, and draper
* Taylor William, farmer
4 Teece James, tailor and draper
4 Tipton Henry, charter master and vict., Red Lion
† Tipton Mark, manager to B. Botfield, Esq.; residence, Mossy Green
1 Tranter Sarah, maltster & vict., Elephant and Castle
1 Tranter William, vict., Lord Hill