December, 1778, left to the minister and churchwardens of Great Wenlock,
and their successors, the sum of £300, to be disposed of as follows. The
interest of £200 to be paid to a school-master for teaching ten poor boys
to read and write, to be continued till they can read the Bible and write
a plain legible hand, and repeat the catechism with Lewis’s expositions
readily and distinctly, and understand the first five rules of
arithmetic. The interest of £65 to be laid out in bread, to be given
every Lord’s day to six poor widows, or old men, who should attend divine
service. The interest of £25 to buy Bibles, Testaments and Expositions,
to be distributed on New Year’s day among the poor schoolboys. And
lastly, the interest of the remaining £10 he gave to the minister for
preaching an annual sermon on New Year’s day. This legacy of £300 was
invested in the purchase of £640. 2s. 3d. three per cent consols, the
dividends of which amount to £19. 4s. per annum, and are disbursed in the
following manner. £14. 5s. 10d. paid to a schoolmaster; £1. 5s. expended
in books; 12s. 6d. to the minister for a sermon; and £3. 0s. 8d. is
distributed in bread. There have been always ten free boys in the
school, and generally twelve. A charge is made to each of 2s. 6d. a year
for fire money, which is the only expense incurred by them.
The following benefactions to the poor of this parish are noticed on a
table in the church, the donors of which directed the interest of the
several sums affixed to their names to be distributed in bread:—_Ralph
Pendlebury_ and _Dorothy_ his wife, £20; _William Churchman_, £5; _Thomas
Lokier_, £4; _Henry Sprott_, £5; _Edmund King_, £5; _Joan Patten_, £8;
_William Parsons_, £111; _Richard Cleveley_, £10; _John Clark_, £5;
_Richard Littlehales_, £10; _Edmund Hancocks_, £10; _Joseph Read_, £10;
_Mrs. Jane Litllehales_, £5; and _Thomas Patten_, £10. Of these specific
benefactions, the total amount of which is £213, no further trace remains
in any parish book or document; but there is a sum of £240. 19s. 4d.
stock, in the three per cent. consols, now standing in the name of
trustees, supposed to have resulted from a part of these benefactions.
The money with which a part of this stock was purchased was £150, which
had formerly been placed on the security of the Wenlock turnpike trust.
With the dividends of this stock, amounting to £7. 4s. per annum, 420
fourpenny loaves are annually distributed to the poor.
_John Murrall_, dyer, by will, dated in 1796, bequeathed to such poor
people as frequent divine service in the parish church of Much Wenlock,
the yearly sum of £7. 4s. to be distributed in bread; twelve twopenny
loaves on every Sunday in the year, and ten twelvepenny loaves on each of
the following days, namely, St. Thomas’s day, Old Christmas day, Good
Friday, and Easter day. Mr. Murrall died in 1769, and his will having
been contested, his executors were not able to establish any fund for
securing the payment of this charity till 1781, when a sum of £250 stock
in the three per cent. consols was purchased for that purpose. The
dividends, amounting to £7. 10s. a year, are now received by Dr. Rowley
and Geo. Pritchard, Esq., and a distribution of bread takes place on St.
Thomas’s day and Good Friday.
_John Skett_, by will, dated 13th March, 1727, left 10s. per annum to be
given to the poor of this parish in bread, chargeable on a certain house
in Shineton street, the property of Mr. France.
_John Littlehales_, by will, 1760, devised to Richard Woof a messuage in
Shineton street, in Much Wenlock, in trust, that he and his heirs should
pay yearly out of the profits thereof, to the minister and churchwardens,
the sum of 30s., on the 25th of December, to be given in wheaten bread,
as follows:—Twelve twopenny loaves to be placed near a tombstone erected
by him, before the service begins, on the first Sunday of every month,
and to be given when the communion is ended by his heirs, the vicar and
churchwardens, to twelve ancient people of the parish, regard being had
to those who frequent the church service; and so to continue the first
Sunday of each calendar month, Christmas day, Good Friday, and Easter
day, yearly.
_Mrs. Mary Smyth_, by will, dated 23rd November, 1773, gave the interest
of ten guineas to be distributed yearly in sixpenny loaves on the feast
of St. Thomas, amongst poor widows and housekeepers of the parish of
Wenlock.
ALMSHOUSES.—_Mrs. Ann Sprott_ bequeathed £10, the interest to be applied
in the repairs of the almshouses. In the parliamentary reports of 1786
it is stated that a person of the name of _Price_ left, for clothing the
poor in the almshouse, land then vested in Harry Yate, and producing £4
a-year. With respect of the first mentioned sum of £10, it is
conjectured that it formed part of a sum of £150 poor’s stock, previously
noticed, as an entry found in the churchwardens’ book, in 1773, states
that 10s. was then received, to be laid out in the repairs of the
almshouse, being part of the money due to the poor of the parish from the
turnpike security; but nothing has been paid for this purpose from the
produce of the poors’ stock for many years. With respect to Price’s
benefaction, it appears that clothing was formerly provided for the poor
in the almshouse by Harry Yate, formerly a draper at Ludlow, in respect
of a small estate in Herefordshire, but this was discontinued upwards of
seventy years ago by the above mentioned Harry Yate, on the ground that
the gift was void under the statute of George II., c. 36.
At the time the Charity Commissioners published their report, William
Moseley, Esq., the representative of the Sprott family, appointed the
almspeople, and stated that when he succeeded to the estate he found the
almshouses consisting of four tenements, in miserable condition, and was
requested to repair them; and that he rebuilt three brick tenements, with
tiled roofs, adjoining another tenement in a different part of the town,
with the approbation of the inhabitants. This he did chiefly from
charitable considerations; but he was unable to give any information
respecting the almshouses from any documents in his possession. He
always understood that they were for the benefit of decayed widows of the
parish of Wenlock, to be nominated by or with the approbation of the
representative of the Sprott family. After referring to the legacy as
stated to have been left by Mrs. Ann Sprott, he stated he should decline
paying anything in future for the repairs of the almshouses, unless the
interest of that money was brought in aid; but that if the churchwardens
were willing to advance any money for this purpose he should always be
ready to join them.
_Mrs. Ann Minshull_ left £20, the interest to be applied in teaching poor
children to read. Nothing has been paid in respect of this legacy for
upwards of fifty years. A legacy of £10, left by the _Rev. George
Carver_, and £5 left by the _Rev. Mr. Baker_, noticed on a tablet in the
church, have long been lost.
POST OFFICE.—_At Mr. Thomas Lawley’s_, _Wilmore street_. Letters arrive
at 7-30 A.M. and are despatched at 5 P.M.
_Those Marked_ 1 _reside in Barrow street_; 2 _The Bank_; 3 _Bull Ring_;
4 _High street_; 5 _Shienton street_; 6 _Spittal street_; _and_ 7
_Wilmore street_
1 Adney Miss Elizabeth
5 Adney George, tanner
5 Ainsworth Thomas, farmer
4 Amphlett Joseph, currier
6 Aston Jeremiah, victualler, Bull’s Head
2 Aston Jonathan, beerseller
1 Barnett Joseph, butcher
1 Beavan Thos., vict., Black Lion
7 Belcher Charles, grocer
6 Binnell Henry H., tailor and woollen draper
Blakeway Roger C., Esq., solicitor
Boughton Chas., Esq., The Abbey
6 Bowyer Mrs. Fanny
6 Boycott Rd., confectioner
7 Brookes Wm. P., surgeon
Canlin William, maltster, Burton road
7 Castle Wm., provis. dealer
1 Clayton William, boot & shoemaker
1 Christopher James, joiner
4 Coley James, brazier and tin plate worker
1 Cooper & Purton, bankers, (draw on Williams & Co., London), open on
Monday and Thursday
2 Cooper Jermh., limeburner
4 Cooper John, vict., The Fox
4 Cooper Lettice, milliner
7 Cooper Thomas & Samuel, graziers
1 Crowther George, boarding school, and registrar for Wenlock district
2 Crowther Edward, farmer
Davies Mrs. Eliz., Burton rd
4 Devey John, shoemaker
3 Divers James, schoolmastr.
4 Edwards Thos., wheelwrt.
2 Felteaus John, vict., Robin Hood
6 Fox William, joiner
4 Franks Richard, builder
1 Griffiths William, agent to Salop fire office and legal and commercial
fire and life offices
1 Hartland Rt., vict., Raven
6 Haynes Thos., blacksmith
3 Heighway Mary, librarian
4 Hopton Henry, grocer
Hollis Mary, schoolmistress
1 Horton Ann, vict., The Plough
6 Horton Robert, chemist & druggist
Hinton Edward, land agent to Sir W. W. Wynne
1 Hughes Edwd., shoemaker
5 James James, farrier
5 James John, farrier
4 James Wm. A., surgeon
Jeffreys William, farmer and miller, The Downes
1 Jeffreys Elizabeth, draper
1 Jenks Sarah, vict., Royal Oak
1 Johnson Thomas, tailor
1 Johnson John, tailor
6 Jones Ann, milliner
1 Jones John, skinner
1 Jones Jno., vict., Britannia
6 Jones Sarah, butcher
6 Jones William, skinner
4 Keysell Edwin, maltster, seedsman, and corn dealer
7 Lawley Thomas, stationer and printer
6 Mansell Thos., ironmongr.
4 Martin Mary, vict., The Harp
3 Mason Edwd., vict., Punch Bowl
4 Mason Wm., shoemaker
4 Massey Thomas, boot and shoemaker
6 Miles Thomas, maltster
Minton Rev. Samuel, St. Mary’s lane
4 Minshall Josiah, saddler
7 Moreton George, vict., The Pheasant
6 Moreton George, vict., Talbot
6 Moreton Francis, hat manufacturer
5 Newell William, farmer & maltster
1 Nicholson Martha, tea dealer
5 Palmer Thomas, nailmkr.
1 Parton Benjamin, vict., The Swan
1 Patten Mr. Richard
1 Pearce Chas., wheelwright
1 Phillips Mr. Thomas
1 Phillips Henry & Samuel, curriers
4 Phillips Andrew, solicitor
5 Power Elizabeth, schoolmistress
1 Poyner Wm., confectioner
4 Rhoden Joseph, vict., Wynnstay Arms, hotel and posting house
6 Rowe John, vict., Crown
1 Share Thomas, painter, plumber and glazier
Shepherd George, farmer & limeburner, Westwood Cottage
6 Smith William, grocer & druggist
1 Summers Thomas, draper
1 Thomas Henry, beerseller
5 Silley William, tailor
7 Trevor Edward, provision dealer and baker
6 Trevor Henry, grocer, chandler, & stamp office
5 Vaughan Miss Sarah
4 Wayne Rev. Wm. H., vicar
Wayne William H., Esq., The Grange
6 Webb Feild, saddler
4 Wheeler John, watchmkr.
4 Wheeler George, vict., The Falcon
6 Williams Thomas, grocer
4 Wilkinson Francis, shopkr
4 Woofe William, saddler
4 Yardley Edwin, cooper
6 Yates Mary, vict., The George
6 Yates Thomas, hairdresser
2 Yates Wm., blacksmith
MUCH WENLOCK TOWNSHIPS.
ATTERLEY is a small township in the parish of Much Wenlock, two miles
S.E. from the parish church, and at the census of 1841 contained eight
houses and 52 inhabitants. This township and that of Walton conjointly
contain 903A. 3R. 11P. of land, the principal owner of which is Sir John
Acton. WATTON is situate about a mile S.E. from Much Wenlock, and in
1841 had four houses and a population of 23 souls. Gross estimated
rental, £1,115. 15s. 4d. Rateable value, £1,016. 18s. The tithes of
both townships are commuted for £54. 13s.
The principal residents in Atterley and Walton are Thomas Bayer, farmer,
Atterley; Ann Howells, farmer, Walton; John Howells, farmer, Walton;
Frank Pardoe, farmer, Atterley.
BURTON, or BORTON, and CALLOUGHTON are two townships in the parish of
Much Wenlock, containing together 3,163A. 2R. 39P. of land. Gross
estimated rental, £3,501. 7s. 1d. Rateable value, £3,160. 8s. Burton is
situated two and a half miles S.W. from Much Wenlock, and at the census
in 1841 is returned as having 33 houses and 181 inhabitants; Calloughton
at the same period had 23 houses and 149 inhabitants. Lord Wenlock, the
principal landowner, occasionally resides at Burton Cottage—an elegant
and ornamental structure of only one story in height, the interior of
which is very beautifully furnished. The farm houses have most of them
been rebuilt by the late proprietor, Sir Francis Lawley, Bart. They are
good residences, with commodious and convenient out premises. The church
is a small but interesting structure in the gothic style of architecture,
consisting of nave, chancel, and side aisle, the latter added at the
expense of Lady Lawley; it has a tower containing four bells. The living
is a perpetual curacy in the gift of the vicar of Much Wenlock, and
enjoyed by the Rev. Samuel Minton. The income of the living is derived
from a farm in Radnorshire of the annual value of £50, and a sum of £200
given by Sir Robert Lawley to augment the living. The village of
Calloughton is situated about a mile and a half south from Much Wenlock,
and is chiefly composed of cottage residences. The farms are scattered
and mostly modern erections; there is also a corn mill which can either
be worked by steam or water power, in the occupancy of Mr. W. B. Childs.
The tithes of Burton and Calloughton are commuted for £74. 18s.
DIRECTORY.—Those marked 1 are at Burton, and 2 are at Calloughton. 2
Benjamin Ainsworth, farmer, Beggarley Brook; 2 Samuel Ainsworth, farmer,
Spoonbill; 1 Thomas Blunt, agent to John Onions, Esq.; 1 John Brooks,
farmer; 2 William Baldwin Childs, corn miller; Francis Dickinson, farmer;
1 Joel Evason, shopkeeper; 2 Thomas Instone, farmer; 1 Thomas Instone,
farmer; 1 Edward Kinsey, gentleman; 1 Thomas Lewis, blacksmith; John
Massie, farmer, Bradeley; 2 Thomas Trow, farmer, Spoonhill; 1 John Woof,
painter and vict., Talbot.
FARLEY WYKE AND BRADLEY, a township in the parish of Much Wenlock,
situated three miles N.E. from the parish church, comprises 960A. 0R. 8P.
of land. Gross estimated rental, £1,948. 5s. 3d. Rateable value,
£1,787. 8s. The principal landowners are Sir W. W. Wynn, Abraham Darby,
Esq., and Lord Forester. At the census in 1841 this township had 34
houses and 166 inhabitants. Farley is situated in a romantic dale,
watered by a small brook. In the dingle there is a corn mill in the
occupation of Mr. Thomas Harper and Son, which is worked both by steam
and water power. The tithes are commuted for £18. 19s. 5d.
The principal residents in this township are Ann Cadwallader, beerhouse
keeper; Thomas Chidley, wheelwright and beerhouse keeper; Thomas Harper,
corn miller; Caleb Harper, corn miller; Edward Hill, wheelwright; William
W. Hull, Esq., Tickwood; John Perry, farmer, Wyke; Joseph Lloyd, farmer
and stone dealer.
HARLEY-WIGWIG AND HOMER, a small township in the parish of Much Wenlock,
containing 552A. 1R. 20P. of land, at the census of 1841 had 47 scattered
houses and a population of 218 souls. Gross estimated rental, £861. 11s.
6d.; rateable value, £765. 6s. The principle landowners are the Duke of
Cleveland, Lord Forester, Samuel Meire, Esq., Sir George Harnage, and the
Rev. Samuel Minton. The land is chiefly farmed by the owners except at
Harley. The residents in this township are chiefly cottagers, and the
houses are for the most part scattered. The tithes are commuted for £48.
15s.
PRESTHOPE is a township with a few scattered houses in the parish of Much
Wenlock, situated on the Wenlock Edge, upwards of three miles from the
parish church; at the census of 1841 there were fourteen houses and 71
inhabitants in the township, which comprises 742A. 2R. 8P. of land, the
principal owners of which are Lord Bradford, and M. G. Benson, Esq.
Gross estimated rental, £807. 6s. 8d.; rateable value, £727. 6s. WENLOCK
EDGE is a precipitous ridge running about eleven miles in a
south-westerly direction. King Henry I. after the capture of Bridgnorth
commanded his army to pass through Hunel Hege and lay siege to
Shrewsbury. “Hunel hedge is the English name for a passage through a
wood; in Latin it may be called _malus callis_ or _vicus_; for it was a
hollow way of a mile in length, full of great sharp stones, and so narrow
as scarcely to admit two horsemen abreast. It was overshadowed on each
side by a dark wood wherein were stationed archers in ambuscade who
greatly annoyed the army with arrows and other missile weapons; but as
the king had more than 60,000 men in his army he detached large parties
to cut down the wood and make a wide road which should endure for the use
of posterity.” From this period we may probably date the existence of a
road over this steep ridge which has since been rendered more commodious.
Many of the passes however down this rugged steep retain much of their
wild and romantic character. The tithes are commuted for £80. 6s.
The chief residents at Presthope are Richard Child Milner, farmer; Rev.
Robert H. G. More, and John Shirley, farmer.
PRIORS DITTON,
or DITTON PRIORS is a parish and village pleasantly situated on the
northern verge of the Brown Clee Hill, eight miles south-west from
Bridgnorth. The parish contains the townships of Priors Ditton, Ashfield
and Ruthall, and Middleton Priors, and has 5,284 acres of land, mostly of
an inferior quality, the rateable value of which is £3,451. 4s. 8d. At
the census of 1801 the parish had a population of 620 souls; 1831, 620;
and in 1841 there were 137 houses and 660 inhabitants. The township of
Priors Ditton contains 2,154A. 0R. 34P. of land, and in 1841 had 81
houses and 359 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,597. 1s. 8d. The
principal landowners in this township are Philip Henry Howard, Esq.,
William Millward, Esq., and Mrs. Ann Howells; the former is lord of the
manor, and impropriator. THE CHURCH dedicated to St. John the Baptist,
is an ancient structure consisting of nave, chancel, and south aisle,
with a short tower upon which was erected a spire in the year 1831, at a
cost of £231; the roof is of groined timber finely wrought, which gives
the interior a very beautiful appearance. The living is a vicarage,
valued in the king’s book at £5. 15s. 8d., now returned at £147, in the
patronage of Philip Henry Howard, Esq.; incumbent, Rev. Edward Ridsdale.
This church was formerly an appendage to the abbey of Wenlock. In the
reign of Henry VIII., Humphrey Pakington, citizen and mercer of London,
purchased of the king the farm of the manor of Dutton, alias Dytton, in
Shropshire, with the rectory there, late the property of the Priory of
Wenlock, The METHODISTS have small chapel built in 1816.
CHARITIES.—_Mrs. Catherine Barker_, by her will dated the 24th of
January, 1699, devised to trustees certain freehold estates in Priors
Ditton, on trust, (after certain other purposes specified by her) that
they should out of the residue assure to the use of the poor of the said
parish the yearly sum of £5, to continue for ever, and to be paid to the
parson and churchwardens at the feast of Christmas and St. John the
Baptist in equal portions. This annuity is paid by Francis Canning,
Esq., of Foxcote, in the county of Warwick, who is the proprietor of the
premises charged. The amount is distributed in small sums among the
poor. _Mrs. Dorothy Holland_, by her will dated November 15th, 1723,
bequeathed to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish,
the sum of £20 in trust, to be invested in lands, and the rents of such
lands she directed to be laid out in bread and distributed by the
minister and churchwardens among twelve poor people of the parish, one
half on Easter-day and the other half on Christmas-day. We do not find
any account of the disposal of the money prior to the 2nd June, 1783,
when it appears to have been placed in the hands of Francis Canning,
Esq., at five per cent interest, upon the security of his bond. The
interest is distributed by the churchwardens in the same manner as
Barker’s charity, a course of distribution which is somewhat at variance
with the directions of the donor.
ASHFIELD AND RUTHALL is a small township in the parish of Priors Ditton,
on the north-west side of the parish, and within the bounds of the
Munslow hundred, the rest of the parish being in the Wenlock Franchise.
The township contains 697A. 3R. of land, and at the census of 1841 had
nine scattered houses and fifty-five inhabitants. Rateable value, £373.
6s. Lady Boyne is the proprietor of the land at Ashfield. The
landowners in Ruthall are Thomas Roberts, Esq., Richard Onslow, Esq., and
John Adney, Esq.; the former is lord of the manor. The lord of the manor
claims a heriot (usually the best beast) on the death of every owner in
his lordship.
MIDDLETON PRIORS is a township in the parish of Priors Ditton which
comprises 2,450A. 0R. 34P. of land, mostly an inferior soil. The land as
chiefly the property of Philip Henry Howard, Esq., who is also lord of
the manor. At the census in 1841 there were 47 houses and 109
inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,479. 19s. 6d. MIDDLETON HALL is a
spacious modern house which stands on a considerable elevation and is a
conspicuous object many miles around. It was formerly the residence of
the Howard family, when the top story of the hall was converted into a
private oratory; it is adorned with some fine paintings, and over the
altar is a beautifully executed representation of the crucifixion;
adjoining is a room for robing and unrobing the priests, and another room
is used as the confessional. A commodious and airy school room has been
built by the lord of the manor, who also pays for the gratuitous
education of the children; about sixty attend. A dwelling house for the
teacher has also been built.
PRIORS DITTON, ASHFIELD AND RUTHALL, AND MIDDLETON PRIORS DIRECTORIES.
Adney John, farmer, Ruthall
Amies John, wheelwright, Priors Ditton
Andrew William, vict., Plough, Priors Ditton
Barnbrooke, Timothy, farmer, Middleton
Bradley Thomas, farmer, Priors Ditton
Chidley Edward, farmer, Priors Ditton
Cubby William, schoolmaster, Middleton
Davis Edward, surgeon, Priors Ditton
Darrell Thomas, farmer, Middleton
Downes John, farmer, Manor house, Ruthall
Easthope Thomas, farmer, Middleton
Evans John, farmer, Priors Ditton
Evans William, wheelwright, Priors Ditton
Goode Thomas, farmer, Priors Ditton
Green Henry, farmer, Priors Ditton
Green Mary, farmer & corn miller, Middleton
Hicks William, blacksmith, Priors Ditton
Jones George, farmer, Priors Ditton
Jones Thomas, farmer, Middleton
Millward William, farmer, Priors Ditton
Power Michael, maltster, miller, and steward to P. H. Howard, Esq.,
Middleton
Prentice Mrs. Martha, Priors Ditton
Reynolds Francis, farmer, Priors Ditton
Reynolds Richard, farmer, Middleton
Reynolds Richard, farmer, Priors Ditton
Ridsdale Rev. Edward, vicar, Priors Ditton
Smallman Richard, blacksmith, Priors Ditton
Southern Henry, vict., Cannings Arms, Priors Ditton
Thomas Edward, farmer, Middleton
Thomas John, cattle dealer, Priors Ditton
Wainwright Mary, farmer, Ashfield
WILLEY
is a small parish comprising 1353A. 2R. 6P. of land, situated in a
pleasant part of the county, four miles east from Much Wenlock, and four
and a half miles north-west from Bridgnorth. At the census in 1801 there
were 163 inhabitants; 1831, 159; and in 1851, 144; of whom 75 were males,
and 69 females. Inhabited houses, 30. Rateable value, £1,888. 8s. 5d.
Lord Forester is the principal landowner, and lord of the manor. Henry
Cartwright, Esq., is also a proprietor. WILLEY PARK, the magnificent
seat of Lord Forester, is a spacious and elegant mansion of freestone,
delightfully situated in an extensive and richly wooded park. The
principal front, with the offices, extends upwards of three hundred feet,
and is approached by a portico of the Corinthian order, greatly admired
for superb workmanship and architectural effect. The interior of the
mansion is splendidly furnished, and contains many fine paintings, many
of which are the exquisite productions of some of the most celebrated
masters. The library is extensive, and contains a valuable and choice
collection of standard works. The gardens and pleasure grounds are laid
out with great taste, and the park is beautifully adorned with sylvan
beauty, a fine lake adding much to the interest of the scene. The family
of Weld had anciently a seat at Willey. “William Weld was sheriff of
London in 1352: his descendant, Sir John Weld, purchased Willey from Sir
Thomas Lacon, of Kinlet, between 1612 and 1623. His descendant in the
fourth degree, Elizabeth Weld, married Brooke Forester, of Dothill Park,
near Wellington; whose son George, dying unmarried, bequeathed Willey and
his other great estates, with an injunction to adopt the name of Weld, to
his cousin, Cecil Weld Forester, created Lord Forester, of Willey Park,
in 1821.” Mr. Moule, author of a work on Heraldry, says, “Lord Forester
is lineally descended from John Forester, Esq., of Watling street, who
held a singularly curious grant from King Henry VIII. to wear his hat in
the royal presence; which identical document is preserved in the family.”
THE CHURCH is a small venerable fabric, consisting of nave and chancel,
with a short tower, which contains three bells. There are several
memorials to the various members of the ancient family of Weld. The
living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Barrow annexed, valued
in the king’s book at £5. 6s. 3d., now returned at £329, in the patronage
of Lord Forester: incumbent, the Hon. and Rev. George O. Bridgeman. The
tithes of Willey have been commuted for £233. 18s.