3 Vaughan Thomas, charter master
3 Walford John, tailor
3 Walford Mary, dressmaker
3 Walkis Miles, joiner
1 Webb Mathew, surgeon
5 Wilkes Thomas, mine agent
5 Wilkes Mark, furnace and forge manager
5 William Edward, vict., Pudlers’ Arms
* Wright Peter, farmer
EATON CONSTANTINE,
is a parish and delightfully situated village, near the Wrekin Hill,
seven miles S.E. from Shrewsbury, and five miles S.W. from Wellington.
The parish comprises 874A. 0R. 10P. of land, the principal owners of
which are the Duke of Cleveland and Mrs. Maun, besides whom Mrs. Langley,
Mr. Samuel Dalloe, Mr. George Davies, and Mr. William Langley, are also
proprietors. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. In 1801 Eaton
parish contained 204 inhabitants; 1831, 244, and in 1841 59 houses and
294 souls. THE CHURCH, a neat stone edifice dedicated to St. Mary,
exhibits the gothic style of architecture, and was almost wholly rebuilt
during the years 1847–8, at a cost of £775. Of this sum £490 was raised
by subscriptions, £125 was granted by the Diocesan Society, £60 by the
Incorporated Society for Enlarging and Building Churches, and £100 was
raised by a parish rate on the parishioners. It is considered a free
chapel or rectory, in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland; incumbent,
Rev. Henry Beckwith. The tithes are commuted for £176, of which £46 is
paid to the vicar of Leighton, and the residue is paid to the incumbent
of Eaton Constantine. There are 25 acres of glebe land. THE NATIONAL
SCHOOL is a modern structure erected at the cost of £190, and situated
near the church. The Privy Council on Education granted £40 towards the
erection, the Diocesan Society £20, the National Society £15, and the
residue was raised by public subscriptions. The average attendance of
children is about sixty.
There is belonging to the poor of this parish the sum of £20, the origin
of which is not known. It is secured on the Atcham House of Industry,
and the interest, amounting to 18s. per annum, is distributed among four
of the poorest parishioners. William Warham, in 1806, bequeathed after
the decease of his wife the interest of £100, and directed the same to be
distributed among five of the poorest parishioners of the parish. The
testator’s widow died in 1826, and £90 (£10 having been deducted for the
legacy duty), was laid out in the purchase of £114. 2s. 1d. three per
cent. consols. The dividends, amounting to £3. 8s. 4d. per annum, are
divided on Candlemas-day among five poor men residing in the parish.
DIRECTORY.—The Rev. Henry Beckwith, The Parsonage; John Bullock,
carpenter; Samuel Dalloe, carpenter; John James, carpenter, Longwood;
Maria Langley, beerhouse keeper; John Morris, blacksmith; Henry Smith,
grocer; Zechariah Smith, farmer; Robert Thomas, farmer; Thomas Ward,
carpenter.
EDGMOND
is a considerable parish, comprising the townships of Adeney, Butterey,
Calvington, Caynton, Cherrington, Chetwynd Aston, Church Aston, Stanford,
Tibberton, and part of Pickstock. The parish contains 5,026A. 0R. 31P.
of land; gross estimated rental, £9,227. 16s. 1½d.; rateable value,
£7,854. 8s. 11½d. Population in 1801, 1,699; 1831, 2,300, and in 1841,
2,471. The village of Edgmond is pleasantly situated on elevated ground,
about a mile W. from Newport; it contains several good residences, and
commands some pleasing prospects of the surrounding country. The
township contains 1,933A. 2R. 27P. of land, and in 1841 there were 174
houses and 792 inhabitants. Rateable value, £3,741. 4s. 9¼d. The lands
are intersected by the Shropshire union canal, which covers 20A. 0R. 32P.
of land. The principal landowners are Thomas Bayley, Esq., Mr. John
Cooke Hill, Rev. John D. Pigott, Rev. William Dalton, Mr. John Moore, Mr.
John Alcock, Mr. Thomas Harper Adams, and Mrs. Dewson; J. C. H. Borough,
Esq., is lord of the manor.
THE CHURCH is a fine old castellated structure, dedicated to St. Peter,
consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower in
which are six bells; four pointed arches rising from octagonal pillars
divide the nave from the side aisles. The chancel is spacious and
covered with tesselated pavement. Above the altar is a beautiful stained
glass window, added a few years ago at the expense of the present rector;
it contains figures, chastely executed, representative of St. Peter, St.
James, and St. John, the other compartments being richly ornamented with
gothic tracery. The west window has also been beautified with stained
glass by the liberality of the parishioners. In the centre aisle is a
brass with two full length figures, the armorial bearings of the family,
and figures of thirteen children, in memory of the Young’s, a family of
consequence in this locality in former days. A neat tablet in the south
aisle remembers William Briscoe, Esq., of Caynton, who died in 1828; near
to it is another tablet to the memory of John Bayley, Esq., who died in
1833. The font has been re-hewn, but the original characters have been
preserved. An alabaster slab, recently removed from the chancel to the
west end of the church, remembers Nicholas Peckell, supposed to have been
the last Roman Catholic rector of this place. The church was anciently
appropriated to the abbey of Shrewsbury. In the 10th of Henry VII., the
advowson was given to the Carthusian priory at Shortly, near Coventry.
The patronage is now vested in the Rev. John Dryden Pigott, B.A., who is
also the incumbent. The tithes have been commuted for £2,400, and there
are 62A. 2R. 25P. of glebe land. The rectory is a very ancient building
on the south side of the church yard; it was no doubt built for the
reception of some of the religious orders in Catholic times. A low
doorway and some other small fragments are all that remain of the ancient
fabric. EDGMOND HALL, a handsome brick residence pleasantly situated a
little south from the church, is the property of Mr. John C. Hill, but
unoccupied when our agent visited Edgmond. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL, situated
a little west from the church, has an attendance of 54 boys and 46 girls.
THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have a small chapel built in 1835.
CHARITIES.—In 1699 certain lands were purchased with the sum of £70,
which is supposed to have been derived from some of the numerous
benefactions which are recorded on a tablet in the church, and for the
greater number of which, amounting to £211, no permanent mode of
application is there designed. In the purchase deeds it is directed that
six penny loaves should be distributed in the parish every Sunday, from
which it is inferred that John Moreton’s gift of £26 formed part of the
purchase money, the interest of which at five per cent. would exactly
suffice for the weekly distribution of six penny loaves. These lands,
with an allotment of about three-fourths of an acre made in respect of
them some years ago, contain in the whole 13A. 0R. 22P., and now produces
a yearly rental of £12. There are also about twelve acres of land
situate in the parish of Edgmond, and belonging to the poor of the
parish, which are supposed to have been purchased with other of the
benefactions recorded upon the tablet in the church, but there are no
deeds or documents now extant indicating the source from which the
property was derived, or the trusts on which it is held. There are four
pieces of land which together are let for £26. 12s. per annum; from this
fund, and £4. 10s. added from the rents of the Hinstock estate, 7s. worth
of bread is distributed every week among the poor of Edgmond, and 14s.
worth is sent every Easter to Tibberton. £1. 19s. is distributed among
the poor of Edgmond on St. David’s-day in sums of 6d. each, as the gift
of David Oliver. The residue of the fund amounting to £10. 5s. is
expended in warm clothing for the poor during the winter season.
_The Rev. Dryden Pigott_, in 1734, bequeathed £200, and directed the
interest thereof to be employed in clothing and schooling, and for books
for such poor boys inhabiting the village of Edgmond as his executor and
the rector of Edgmond, their heirs and successors, should judge to be a
sufficient number for the purpose; the said boys to be clothed and kept
at school so long as the said trustees should think fit. This legacy in
1806 was invested in the purchase of £258. 8s. 3d. four per cent. stock,
and the dividends, which amount to £10. 4s. 8d., are employed in the
clothing and education of seven or eight boys.
_John Smith_ left £100, the interest to be given upon St. John’s-day to
the poor of Edgmond. _Robert Pigott_, in 1746, left £50, the interest to
be given to the poor of Edgmond and Adeney. An annual sum of £7. 10s. is
paid by the Rev. John D. Pigott as the interest of these two
benefactions. The amount is given away in half-crowns to the poor of
Adeney and Edgmond on St. John’s-day.
Adams Thomas Harper, farmer, Anceller House
Alcock John, gentleman
Bayley Thomas, gentleman
Blakemore John, farmer
Bolas Benjamin, shoemaker
Bolas John, shoemaker
Bratton Thomas, tailor
Buckley Thomas, tailor
Casewell William, farmer
Davies William, wheelwright
Dewson Mrs. Catherine, Hill House
Evans Edward, shoemaker
Harper John, tailor and vict., Lion Inn
Hill Capt. Clement, Summer Hill
Hill John Cooke, farmer
Hollins Mr. John
Icke Mrs. Elizabeth Glover, Edgmond Grove
James John, shopkeeper
Large John, shopkeeper and carpenter
Lewin George, schoolmaster
Littleton Ben., blacksmith
Mansell Thomas, blacksmith
Moore John, farmer
Morris William, tailor
Patrick James, shoemaker
Phillips John, wheelwright
Pigott David, shoemaker
Pigott Rev. John Dryden, B.A., The Rectory
Pigott William, wheelwright
Pinson William, shoemaker
Pooler Richard, butcher
Sillitoe John, farmer
Sillitoe Thomas, farmer
Tomlins Rev. Richard, M.A.
Vigers Peter, carpenter
Wainwright Abrm., road surv.
Wiggin Thomas, farmer and vict., Old Lamb
Williams John, farmer
Yeomans John, maltster, butcher, and vict., New Inn
ADENEY, OR ADNEY,
is a small township in the parish of Edgmond, situated about a mile W.
from the parish church; the township contains 618A. 2R. 22P. of land, the
soil of which in some places is light and sandy, and in other parts a
strong fertile loam. The Shropshire union canal intersects the township,
and occupies 15A. 0R. 2P. of land; Lady Tyrwhitt is the owner of the
land, the gross rental of which is £1,175. 13s. 3d. Rateable value,
£982. 2s. 7½d. At the census in 1841 there were ten houses and a
population of 71 souls.
The principal residents are Richard Asterley, farmer; George Hammond,
farmer and surveyor; and John Pooler, farmer, and brick, tile, and
draining pipe manufacturer.
BUTTEREY
is a township with only one house, partly situated in the parish of
Edgmond and partly in that of Lilleshall; in the former are 239A. 3R.
38P. of land, and in the latter about 30 acres. The rateable value of
the land in Edgmond is £354. 16s. 5d. The Shropshire union railway
crosses the township and occupies 5A. 2R. 6P. There is a considerable
extent of low marsh land, which is used for grazing purposes. The Duke
of Sutherland is the proprietor. Mrs. Sarah Masefield, farmer, occupies
the land, and resides at a good residence near the banks of the canal,
about two miles S.W. from Edgmond.
CAYNTON,
a township two miles N.W. from Edgmond, has 670A. 0R. 17P. of land, which
is the property of George Briscoe, Esq. Rateable value, £995. 12s. 6d.
At the census of 1841 there were 14 houses and 51 inhabitants. CAYNTON
HOUSE is a handsome brick residence pleasantly situated, in the occupancy
of Mr. Thomas Paddock, farmer. There is a corn mill here situated on a
small stream, which has its confluence with the river Tern in the parish
of Ercall Magna. CALVINGTON, returned as in the township of Caynton at
the census of 1841, is held as a separate township by the parish
officers. It contains 339A. 2R. 18P. of land, which is the property of
Mr. Charles Morris. Rateable value, £464. 0s. 1½d. STANFORD, a good
farm two miles N. from Edgmond, has 221A. 0R. 23P. of land, which is the
property of the Rev. William Dalton. Rateable value, £228. 17s. 1d.
DIRECTORY.—Thomas and William Paddock, farmers, maltsters, and corn
millers, Caynton; Thomas Paddock, farmer, Caynton House; Sarah Pooler,
farmer, Calvington; Edward Banton, farmer, Stanford Hall.
CHERRINGTON
is a township in the parish of Edgmond, three miles and a quarter from
the parish church, comprising 1,035A. 1R. 12P. of land, mostly a light
fertile loam, about equal portions arable and in pasture lands. The Duke
of Sutherland is lord of the manor and owner of the whole township,
except 29A. 1R. 20P. of land, which is the property of Mr. Joseph Ogle.
In 1801 there were 173 inhabitants; 1831, 192; and in 1841, 39 houses and
189 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,522. 12s. 4d. The farms here are of
considerable extent, and the land has been much improved by superior
cultivation.
_John White_ gave the sum of £20 to the poor of Cherrington, and directed
the interest to be distributed by the minister, churchwardens, and
overseers of the parish, among the most deserving objects of charity.
This gift is now in the savings’ bank, and the interest is usually
distributed among old men or widows of Cherrington. There are traces of
the distribution of this charity for more than a century back; and an
entry in the churchwardens’ book for the year 1788, describes it as money
left by the late Captain White.
The principal residents are Thomas Browne, farmer; Henry Green, farmer,
Day House; Sarah Palin, farmer, Cherrington Manor; William Podmore,
farmer; William Fletcher, joiner and builder; William Harper, shoemaker;
Richard Hobson, shoemaker; Thomas Jones, shoemaker; Richard Middleton,
rope maker; Benjamin Rea, corn miller; and John Williams, shopkeeper and
vict., Four Crosses.
CHETWYND, OR FIELD ASTON,
is a township in the parish of Edgmond, situated near the eastern verge
of the county, about a mile south from Newport. The township is
intersected by the railway, and the Newport station is within the bounds
of this township, situated about half a mile from the church. The
township contains 1,244A. 0R. 8P. of land. Gross estimated rental,
£3,051. 11s. 3d. Rateable value, £2,670. 7s. The principal landowners
are the Duke of Sutherland; John Cotes, Esq.; John Tayleur, Esq.; Miss
Elizabeth Slaney; Lilleshall Company; Mr. Phillips; and Mr. Stoneley.
The population of this township in 1801 was 268; 1831, 246; and 1841,
385; at the latter period there were 82 houses, which are for the most
part straggling, and form in part the southern suburb to the town of
Newport, and stretch on the turnpike road as far as Pave Lane, upwards of
a mile and a half.
PAVE LANE is a hamlet on the turnpike road, where the Lilleshall company
have a depôt for coal, which is brought by canal from the extensive
collieries of the Duke of Sutherland, which are leased by the Lilleshall
company. The town of Newport is almost wholly supplied by the coal
brought hither, which is of very superior quality, and varies in price
from 6s. 3d. to 10s. 10d. per ton.
Allman John, shoemaker and blacksmith
Baddeley Charles, farmer, Aston cottage
Baleson Rev. John, curate of Church Aston
Birks Thomas, beerhouse
Bridgwood Mr. William
Brittain Richard, farmer
Brittain Thomas, farmer and corn miller
Collier Joseph, commercial academy
Cheadle James, agent to Lilleshall company, Pave Lane
Goodwin Joseph, wheelwright
James John, farmer, Pave Lane
Hall John, station master
Humphreys Joseph, farmer and butcher
Lawley Thomas, shoemaker
Lilleshall Company, coal & lime merchants
Mancell Walter, maltster and vict., Fox and Duck, Pave lane
Mancell William, vict., Horse and Jockey, Pave Lane
Nevett John, toll-gate contractor
Paddock James, farmer
Slaney Miss Elizabeth, Holly grove
Slaney Elizabeth, farmer
Stoneley James, brick maker and farmer
Tomkinson Joseph, tailor
Treasure John, land agent, surveyor, and builder, Aston villa
CHURCH ASTON
is a chapelry and small village, with some genteel residences, pleasantly
situated about a mile south from Newport, and a mile and a half east by
south from Edgmond. The township contains 720A. 2R. 37P. of land. Ralph
M. Leeke, Esq., is the principal landowner and lord of the manor.
William Underhill, Esq.; John Treasure, Esq.; Miss Elizabeth Slaney; and
Charles B. Brown, Esq., are also proprietors. Gross estimated rental,
£2,769. 9s. 6d. Rateable value, £2,459. 11s. 1d. In 1801 there was a
population of 451 souls; 1831, 451; and 1841, 512, at which period there
were 110 houses. THE CHAPEL is a neat brick structure, consisting of
nave, bay, and transepts, with an octagonal tower surmounted by a vane.
The chapel was enlarged in 1823, by which means 200 additional sittings
have been obtained; and in consequence of a grant from the Society for
Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels, 150 of
that number are free and unappropriated for ever, in addition to 50
sittings formerly added; it is provided with galleries, has a small
organ, a neat font, and the east window is beautified with stained glass.
The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the rector of
Edgmond; the Rev. John Baleson is the officiating minister. ASTON HALL
is a handsome stuccoed mansion, embosomed in foliage, and has been built
about twenty years; it is the property of R. M. Leeke, Esq., and seat of
Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esq. Mr. Underhill has recently built a neat villa
residence on elevated ground a short distance from the village, which
commands a pleasing view of the country. The township is crossed by the
Newport and Wellington turnpike road, by the Shropshire Union railway,
and the canal formed by the Lilleshall company, for the conveyance of
coal and lime; of the latter large quantities are made in this township;
it is extensively used for agricultural purposes. There is a large
reservoir in this township of excellent water, which partly supplies the
town of Newport. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL is a brick structure, where about
eighty children are educated.
CHARITIES.—_Mrs. Mary Broughton_, by will, 1728, gave to Robert Pigott
and Henry Jervis the sum of £650 in trust, and directed the rents or
profits thereof to be applied to the following uses, viz., 20s. to be
laid out in bread and distributed among the poor of the village on the
28th July; 20s. to be laid out yearly, and distributed in like manner on
the day of the month on which she should happen to die, and the residue
of the yearly profits to be applied by the trustees in educational
purposes, and in apprenticing poor children of this township. By a
decree of the Court of Chancery, made the 7th of May, 1752, in a cause in
which the Attorney-general, at the relation of Adam Jervis and Richard
Jervis plaintiffs, and Robert Pigott defendant, it was decreed that £650
should be laid out in the purchase of stock, which was accordingly
invested in the purchase of £611. 15s. 4d south sea annuities. The costs
of the suit were paid out of a sum of £136. 5s. 8d., which had
accumulated as interest before the stock was purchased. The trusts of
this charity had been very inefficiently carried out when the charity
commissioners published their report. The amount expended up to the year
1819 was for bread, £103. 15s.; schooling and books, £115. 5s. 10d.;
apprenticing, £120; extra charges on the charity estate, £59. 14s.,
making a total of £398. 14s. 10d., whilst the dividends to October 1820
amounted to £688. 2s. 4d.
A sum of £20, supposed to have been the gift of _Francis_ and _Elizabeth
Watson_, is placed in the Newport Savings’ Bank. The interest is
distributed among the poor, with other sums collected for the same
purpose from the parishioners, at Christmas. An annual sum of 5s. is
expended in bread for the poor on Good Friday.
Brown Charles Baldwin, Esq.
Bullock Elizabeth, vict., The Last
Crump Mr. Thomas
Doody Mrs. Elizabeth, Aston grove
Felton Joseph, farmer
Gore Ralph Ormsby, Esq., Aston hall
Icke James Joseph, farmer, and corn and guano merchant, Vanx hall
Jackson William, farmer
Kittridge William Smith, schoolmaster
Lowe William, shopkeeper, winnowing and thrashing machine and general
agricultural implement manufacturer
Norris Mrs. Martha
Underhill William, Esq.
Vaughton Thomas, Esq., Ashton villa
Ward George Joseph, timber merchant
Williams Mrs. Sarah
PICKSTOCK
is a township and small village in the parish of Edgmond, situated on an
acclivity near the eastern verge of the county adjoining Staffordshire,
about three miles north-east from the parish church. It is a detached
part of the parish separated from the rest of Edgmond by the parish of
Chetwynd intervening. The township contains 1003A. 0R. 14P. of land, the
principal owners of which are Robert Gardener, Esq., William Justice,
Esq., Rev. William Dalton, Mr. Pooler, and Mr. Joseph Smith. Gross
estimated rental, £1,298. 13s. 0½d. Rateable value, £1,087. 15s. 5d. At
the census in 1841 there were 29 houses and 157 inhabitants, of which
three houses and fifteen persons were returned as in Chetwynd parish.
DIRECTORY.—William Bevan, farmer and corn miller: John Firmstone, farmer;
Richard Hazledine, farmer; John Rudge, farmer; John Stokes, farmer and
butcher; Mary Maria Stokes, farmer; Richard Wright farmer; Theodore
Wright, farmer.
TIBBERTON
is a chapelry, township, and small village three miles W.W. by N. from
Edgemond, which contains 1418A. 1A. 22P. of land, the soil of which is
chiefly a cold clay, in some parts it is of a light loamy nature, and
highly fertile, having been much improved by superior cultivation. The
farms here are of considerable extent, the land held by fourteen
different tenants within memory of man, is now held by three farmers;
nearly the whole of the land is the property of the Duke of Sutherland,
there are, however, three small freeholders, viz., the Rev. J. D. Pigott,
Mr. J. Brittain, and Mr. J. Fletcher. Rateable value of the township,
£2,410. 5s. 5d. At the census in 1801 there were 289 inhabitants; 1831,
351, and in 1841 72 houses and 329 souls. THE CHAPEL is a small
structure of free stone, and consists of nave and chancel, with a square
tower. It stands near the site of a former edifice which had become
dilapidated. The Rev. George Pigott is the officiating minister. There
are several handsome monumental tombs in memory of members of some of the
principal families in the neighbourhood in the cemetery which surrounds
the chapel. A NATIONAL SCHOOL has been built in the village; about sixty
scholars attend. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have a small chapel here,
built in the year 1842. The paper mill of Mr. J. Brittain is situated
near the church. THE SPRAY HILL is an eminence planted with a clump of
Scotch pine trees, which is a conspicuous object for many miles round.
The poor of this township receive 14s. worth of bread out of the rents of
the poor’s lands at Edgmond. In the returns of charitable donations made
to parliament under the act 26th George III. there is mentioned a legacy
of £40 by one Mr. Matthews, to poor housekeepers at Tibberton, which is
stated to be then in the hands of William Fletcher, rendering an annual
interest of £1. 12s. There is no evidence to show what become of the
ultimate destination of this gift, but its benefits have long been lost
to the poor.
DIRECTORY.—The farmers are Thomas Green, Day House; Thomas Jones and
William Taylor, Tibberton Grange; the other principal residents are
Robert Bates, wheelwright; John Booth, butcher; John Brittain, paper
manufacturer; Henry Cotton, blacksmith; John Crawford, shoemaker;
Theophilus Fletcher, shoemaker and beerhouse keeper; William Howle,
tailor; William Lawley, schoolmaster; Mary Morgan, beerhouse keeper;
Elizabeth Podmore, schoolmistress; Robert Simpson, wheelwright.
ERCALL HIGH, OR ERCALL MAGNA,