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' 6u ' PETERSTOW. $56; in 1881, 332 ; ~nhabited houses, 66 j families Or Separate OCCU· piers, 72; area of pansh, 1,243 acres ; annual rateable value, £2,096. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts of Bridstow, Hentland, and Peterstow . were amalgamated with Marstow.- The Governors of Guy's Hospital, London, are lords of the manor, and, with Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, Esq., M.P., of The Friars, Newport, are the principal landowners. The soil is red loam ; subsoil,· clay and rock; chief crops, wheat, barley, roots, &c. Peterstow is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield; living, a rectory; value, £395, with residence and 20 acres of glebe; patron, W. Poynder, Esq. ; rector, Rev. George Israel Pellew, B.A., of University College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1886. The patronage of the living was purchased in I 8 54 from the Governors of Guy's Hospital. The rectory house was built by the late rector. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small and plain Norman edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a I 5th-century tower and spire, its most notable feature being the exceeding beauty of its proportions. It was completely restored in 1866, at a cost of about £I,2001 under the superintendence of Mr. William Cheiake, architect, of Hereford, acting for the late Sir George Gilbert Scott, R.A., who prepared the plans. The church has been seated with open oak seats, and the chancel with carved stalls. An elegant decorated oak porch has been erected on the south side at the west end. A vestry has been added on the north side, with vault underneath, approached by external steps, for heating apparatus. An old angle pulpit in good preservation, has been replaced, and is entered by steps from the vestry through an archway. The nave and chancel are paved with Godwin's encaustic tiles, the design in the chancel being chaste and effective. A very massive brass eagle lectern has been provided. The chancel ceiling is of polished oak panels, and the nave roof has been opened out and repaired. Two painted windows were inserted in 1868; and two fine mQnumental crosses were discovered. The restoration seems to have been most careful and judicious. The cost was chiefly defrayed by the subscriptions of the late Dr. Jebb and his personal friends and parishioners, with the assistance of Church Building Societies, and a loan of £400 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The church was re-opened for divine worship in 1866. A church on this site, perhaps some part of the very building recently restored, as we learn from the Lt'ber Llandavensz"s, was consecrated prior to the reign of King Harold by the Bishop of Llandaff. It was then included in that diocese, and called by the Welsh name of Llanpeter. The earliest register is dated 1538. The church plate bears date 1571. The national school for boys and girls has accommodation for 78 children ; average attendance, SS· It has been enlarged at a cost of £200. Some of the children of this parish attend the district school at Glewstone. The Wesleyans have a small chapel in the parish. PosTAL REGULATIONS. John Honey, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross about 6.35 a.m. and 12.15 p.m. The

PETERSTOW PIPE-CUM-LYDE. ·letter-box is cleared at 5.15 p.m. and 7.20 p.m. Ross is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Parzsh Church (St. Peter's). Rev. George Israel Pellew, B.A., Rector/ Messrs. John Edward ]ones and William Dew, Churchwardens/ Alfred Davis, Parish Clerk and Organist. National School (boys and g-irls). Miss Hannah Smith, 1.l1"£stnss. Wesleyan Chapel. M£nz''sters various. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. J. Colcombe, jun., Glebe house, Sellack. CARRIERS To Ross. Name Henry Hall (St. Weonards) John Gilbert George Burleigh (Orcop) Day Thurs. do .. do. Stopping Place Castle Inn do. George Hotel Return at 4 0 4 0 3 30 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Foster, Joseph, Primrose villa. Pellew, Rev. G. I., B.A. (rector), The Rectory Suttle, Mrs., Peterstow villa. COMMERCIAL. Addis, Mrs. Henry, farmer, Whitfield and The Y eld farms Badham, J oseph, wheelwright & blacksmith Beaumont, J ames, farmer, High town Collins, George, Little Peterstow farm Cresswell, Thomas, blacksmith Davis, Alfred, carpenter, parish clerk, & OI¥anist Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper Davis, Thomas, faoter, Willsbrook Dew, John, farmer, Lower common Dew, William, farmer, The W ellands Edwards, Mrs. M., farmer, Everstone Floyd, William, boot and shoe maker Hall, John, plasterer, The Common Hall, Michael, tiler & plasterer, Yew-tree Inn Hall, Thomas, tiler & plasterer, Rising Sun Inn Hartland, J ames, farmer, Upper Hendre and Biddlestone Honey, J., tailor, &c., Laburnum cottage J ones, John Edward, farmer, The Flann J onef:!, Thomas, Meen farm Lock, Wm. Albert, farmer, Hendre Marfell, Geo. Ebenezer, farmer, Moraston Meek, Mrs. Hannah, Vine-tree Inn Preece, Wm., Red Lion Inn Smith, James, farmer, Wilson farm Smith, Miss Hannah, schoolmistress Turner, Thomas, fanner, The Broome White, George, carpenter, The Common PIPE- CUM- LYDE. PIPE-CUM-L YDE is a parish and village situated on the road leading from Hereford to Leominster, in the centre of the county, about one mile and a half from the river Lug. It is distant 3 miles N. of Hereford, 10 S. of Leominster, and 12 S.W. of Bromyard; is in Grimsworth hundred, Hereford union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and Marden and Wellington polling district and electoral division of the county council. The Shrewsbury and Hereford railway intersects the parish; Moreton station is about one mile and a half north from the church. The population in 1871 was 241 ; in 1881, 234 ; inhabited houses, 51 ; families or separate occupiers, 55; area of parish, 1,591 acres; annual rateable value, £2,693. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Pipe and Lyde was amalgamated with Moreton-on-Lug. The Governors of Guy's Hospital, London, are lords of the manor and principal landowners. John Colbatch Clarke, Esq., of Brighton, Mrs. Jay, of Arundel court, Erskine Scott, Esq., of Moreton house, Mrs. Goode,

PIPE-CUM-L YDE. and the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, are also landowners here. The soil is clay and gravel, with quarries of excellent building stone. The chief crops are hops, wheat, beans, peas, barley, and apples. On the Hereford and Leominster road are the yew and ash trees celebrated as the meeting-place of the Sheriff and Judges of Assize, in the old coaching days. The parish is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery .of Hereford ; living, a vicarage ; value, £140, with residence and 12 acres of glebe ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. James Brown, B.A., late scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1885. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was completely restored and rebuilt from the designs of F. R. Kempson, Esq., in 1875· The nave and tower were rebuilt in the most durable and substantial manner on the old lines. The whole of the old stonework was re-used, and every ancient feature retained. There are eleven new lancet windows in the nave, of local stone externally, with Corsharn white stone internally. The chancel dates from the 14th century, and has been recently considerably improved. On removing the plaster from the roof, a perfect r 5th-century oak framework was disclosed. A beautifully carved reredos was erected in September, r868, by members of the masonic order, in memory of the late Mr. Edward George, merchant, of Hereford, who is buried here. A new font (with ancient shaft and base retained) was presented in r868 by the ladies of the parish. The altar-table is of oak with carved front. The pavement is of Godwin's encaustic tiles. There are several neat marble monuments in this church. The beautiful porch, designed by Mr. Kempson, was erected at the sole expense of the late Mrs. Built, of Hereford, in memory of her husba.nd. The churchyard walls, gates, &c., have been rebuilt. The tower and spire were completed in 1886, by Messrs. Cullis & Son, builders, of Hereford, and in r888, a peal of six bells which are worked by the Ellacombe chiming apparatus, was hung by White, of Abingdon. Of this peal, the cost of the second bell was defrayed by subscriptions obtained by the present vicar, and was intended as a memorial of Her Majesty's ] ubilee ; the treble bell being given by Rev. F. T. Havergal, in memory of his sister; the remaining four bells were tuned and re-hung at a total cost of £2oo. The east window, filled with stained glass from designs of Mr. A. 0. Hemming, of St. Margaret street, London, has an unusual yet interesting feature in the design, in the length of the foreground (owing to the position of the reredos) from the base of the window to the figures, but this has been rendered effective by groups of sheep and other objects of interest at the foot of the hill, which are seen through the perforations of the stonework. The window with its three lights represents "The Ascension," and is in memory of Miss Mary Bosley. Upwards of £2,700 have been expended upon church improvements in this parish. The registers go back to the year 1556. The charities amount to 40s. yearly. A new school, to accommodate 6o children, was erected in 1873, on a site given by the Governors of Guy's Hospital. The cost of building was about £330. The average attendance of boys and girls is about 43·

PIPE-CUM-LYDE PIXLEY. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford at 8 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5 p.m. The wall letter box is cleared at 8.45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Hereford is the nearest money order and telegraph office, and post town. Par£sh Church (St. Peter's). Rev. James Brown, B.A., Vz"car; Messrs. John Bosley and William A Jay, Churchwardens; Mrs. Gunston, Parish Clerk. Natz"onal School (mixed). Mrs. Fanny Knight, Mistress. Assz"stant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Lane, jun., 3, Gordon villas, Ryelands, Hereford. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Mrs. Morris Mr. Williams Wed. & Sat. do. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bishop, Henry, Highway house Bosley, John, J.~ower Lyde Brown, Rev. James, B.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Clayton, J a.mes, Highway court Jay, Mrs. A., Arundel court J ones, Pa~ Bryan, Upper Lyde Scott, Erskme, Moreton house Tudge, Thomas, Lower Lyde court COMMERCIAL. Bailey, Francis, butcher • Stopping Place Royal George do. Return at 2 30 .2 30 Bishop, Henry, farmer, Highway house Bosley, John, farmer and hop grower, Lower Lyde Daw, Mrs. Elizabeth, blacksmith, Lyde Evans, Emanuel, wheelwright Goode, Mrs. A lice, farmer, Upper Lyde Gunston, James, mason Hodges, \Villiam, farmer, Glebe farm Jay, William A., farmer, Arundel court J ones, Parry Bryan, farmer and hop grower, Upper Lyde court Knight, Mrs. Fanny, schoolmistress Parker, George, grocer, &c., Lyde Tudge, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Lower Lyde court farm PIXLEY. • PIXLEY is a small parish intersected by the Ledbury and Hereford road, and within 1 mile of Ashperton station on the Worcester and Hereford railway; is distant 4 miles W.N. W. of Led bury, Io! E. of Hereford, and 10 N.N.E. of Ross ; is in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Ashperton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 187I was 96; in 1881, 99; inhabited houses, 18 ; families or separate occupies, 2 3 ; area of parish, I ,o 34 acres ; annual rateable value, £1.856. By orders which came into operation on 2 sth March, I 884, under the Divided Parishes Act, the two parts of a parish known as Parkhold, were amalgamated with Pixley. The Right Hon. Lady Henry Somerset of Eastnor castle, is lady of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is a stiff clay, producing wheat, beans, hops, fruit, and roots. Pixley is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a rectory; value, £123. with 6o acres of glebe; patroness, Lady Henry Somerset ; rector, Rev. William Pulling, M.A., late fellow of Erasenose College, Oxford, who was instituted in I 844, and is also rector of Eastnor, and prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford cathedral. The Rev. Arthur Henry Knapp, M.A, of Hertford College, Oxford, is the curate, and resides at The Verzons, Ledbury. The church, dedicated

6r6 PIXLEY PRESTON-UPON-WYE. to St. Andrew, is a small edifice, with about 100 sittings. The nave and chancel were restored and a bell-turret built in I 86 5, at the cost of Earl Somers and the Rev. W. Pulling. The church fittings and windows were offerings from various persons. The children from this parish attend the public elementary school at Ashperton. Mai'nstone Court is the residence of Miss M. Pyndar. PosTAL REGULATIONS, Trumpet Post office, Parkhold. 1\Irs. Isbell Stokes, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive by mail-cart from Ledbury at 7· 15 a. m.; despatched thereto at 5.30 p.m. Letters can be registered here. Tarrington is the nearest money order office; nearest telegraph office, Ashperton railway station. Post town, Led bury. Parish Church(St. A_ndrew's). Rev. William Pulling, M.A., Rector/ Rev. Arthur Henry Knapp, M.A., Curate; Mr. George James Witcomb, Churchwarden. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John Parry, Old Lily Hall, Ledbury. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Lane, Mrs. Sarah, Parkhold villa Pyndar, Miss M., 1\'Iainstone court COMMERCIAL. Bay Iiss, Charles, market gardener Davies, John Charles, Pixley court farm, res. Fair tree farm, Ledbury Hodges, Charles, shopkeeper and beer retailer, The Original Trumpet Inn Parry, J., Pool end, farm bailiff to Edward Pritchett, Munsley Saunders, Mrs., farmer, Birchalls Shipton, Mrs. Emma, farmer and hop grower, Mainstone farm Stokes, Mrs. Isbell, sub-postmistress, Parkhold Wilkins, Moses John, farmer and hop grower, 'fip's grove Witcomb, George Jas., The Knapp farm PRESTEI GNE (part of parish). [See CoMBE; • KrNSHAM; RonD, NASH, AND LITTLE BRAMPTON; STAPLETON; AND WILLEY.J PRESTON· UPON· WYE. PRESTON is a parish and village situated on the river Wye, about 4 miles from Peterchurch station on the Golden Valley railway, and about the same distance from Moorhampton station on the Midland railway, Iomiles W. ofHereford, 12 E. of Hay, and 9 S. of\Veobley; is in Webtree hundred, W eobley union, petty sessional division, Moccas and Yazor polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in I 871 was 284; in 1881, 227; inhabited houses, 56; families or separate occupiers, 64; area of parish, 1,379 acres ; annual rateable value, £1,981. The Dean and Chapter of Hereford are lords of the manor, and Robert Henry Lee-Warner, Esq., of Tyberton court, Mr. Jonathan Thomas Davis, and Mrs. Matthews, are the principal landowners. The soil is sandy and loamy ; subsoil, clay and sandstone; chief produce, wheat, barley, beans, roots, &c. Preston is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a vicarage, annexed to that of Blakemere; joint value, £r66, with st acres of glebe, also £67 from land in other parishes; about £3o from the patrons, and £44 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. William Robert

PRESTON-UPON-WYE PRESTON WYNNE. 6r7 Shepherd, of Caius College, Cambridge, and Lichfield Theological College, who was instituted in I88r. A new vicarage house was erected in 1874- The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient edifice in the Early English style of architecture, with nave, chancel, side-chapel, porch, and tower containing four bells. It was completely restored in the years I883 and I887. The earliest register is dated I 57 4· There is a national school at Blakemere for the parishes of Preston-upon-Wye and Blakemere, with accommodation for 67 children; average attendance, 48. Here are chapels for the Baptists and Primitive Methodists. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Elizabeth Lewis, Sub-Postmz"stress. Letters are received through Hereford, and arrive by messenger from Madley about I0.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 3·45 p.m. This is a money order office and savings bank. Staunton-on-Wye is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Par-ish Church (St. Lawrence's). Rev. William Robert Shepherd, Vicar/ Messrs. Jonathan T. Davis and John Lewis, Churchwardens; Thomas Williams, Pm--ish Clerk. National School, Blakemere (boys attd g£rls). Mrs. Parry, Mt''stress. Baptist Chapel. M£ni'sters va1·zous. Primz"t-ive Methodz'st Chapel. Min£sters varz"ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John Lewis. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Mrs. Jones PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Day Wed. Davis, Jonathan Thomas, Preston court Shepherd, Rev. W illiam Robert (vicar of Preston with Blakemere), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Dale, Bros., fa.rml:'rs, Huntley court Davis, Williarn, farmer, Bare cottage Edwards, Richard, farmer, Upper house Hill, Thomas, farmer, Hainstone farm Jackson, Edward, frmr., Upper Bellamore Jones, Daniel, miller, Preston mill J ones, Jeremiah, freeholder, shoemaker, Rose cottage Jones, William, freeholder, shoemaker, Yew tree cottage Jones, William, wheelwright PRESTON . Stopping Place Return at Butchers' Arms 5 0 Lewis, John, shopkeeper and assistant overseer Lewis, William, farmer, Green farm Matthews Bros., frmrs., Lower Bellamoor Powell, Geo., farmer, Middle Bellamoor Preece, George, Boar Inn, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application Price, David, farmer, Bycross Pritchard, E., cottage farmer Randell, Ebenezer, blacksmith Rowley, Benjamin Thos., farmer, Lower house Thomas, Edward, carpenter W atkins, William Henry, farmer, High house Williams, Thomas, parish clerk WYNNE. PRESTON WYNNE is a small parish and village situated about half a mile N.W. of the main road from Hereford to Bromyard, 6 miles N.E. of Hereford, 8! S.W. of Bromyard, 10 S.S.E. of Leominster, and about 3 N. ofWithington station on the Worcester and Hereford railway; is in Broxash hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Marden and Wellington polling district and electoral division of the county counciL The .z I

PRESTON \VYNNE. population in 1871 was 172; in !881, r68; inhabited houses, 35 ; families or separate occupiers, 37 ; area of parish, 844 acres ; annual rateable value, £I,435· By orders which came into operation on 2 sth March, I 884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Preston W ynne was amalgamated with Sutton. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are John \Vood, Esq., of Glossop, Derbyshire, James Farmer, Esq., J ames Corner, Esq., and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, clay; chief produce, wheat, hops, beans, fruit, &c. Preston W ynne is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a vicarage; value, £72, with 9~ acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. John Norton, B.A., of Wadham College, Oxon., who was instituted in 1877· The church, dedicated to the Holy Tnnt'ty, was built A.D. 1727-30, and restored in 1858. It has a square tower with four pinnacles and one bell. There is a marble monument to the memory of Mrs. Henrietta Pugh. An additional window on the north side has been restored more recently, texts painted on the walls, and the sacrarium entirely paved with encaustic tiles, at the sole cost of the late vicar. The register begins with the year I740. There is an endowment of 6 acres of land, left by the late Mrs. Henrietta Pugh (of Great Baddow, Essex), for furnishing clothing to the poor. The school, with teacher's residence, was erected by the late vicar on his own land in I8Jo, at a cost of about ,£320. Some of the children from the adjoining parish of Felton attend this school. There is accommodation for 34 children; average attendance, 21. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford about I 1 a. m. The wall letter box is cleared at 5·5 p.m. Telegrams may be sent from Withington railway station. Sutton is the nearest money order office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Chu1·ch (Holy Trz"m'ty.). Rev. John Norton, B.A., Vicar; Mr. James Yapp, .ChU1·chwa~·den; James Hodges, Par£sh Cle1·k. National School. Mrs. \Vorthing, Mz"stress. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Davies. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at Mrs. Merrick Sat. ]os. Hyde (Little Cowarne) Wed. & Sat. Stopping Place Coach & Horses White Lion 3 30 3 30 PRIVATE RESIDENT. Norton, Rev. John, B.A. (vicar), res. Sutton COMMERCIAL. Clark, Alfred, farmer Davis, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Stockstree, res. Stone house Farmer, James, farmer and hop grower, The Brick house and Preston court, res. Over court, Sutton Griffiths, John, farmer, Preston Marsh Hodges, J ames, parish clerk Holder, Samuel, The Marsh Holloway, Philip, farmer & hop grower, Lower Town Jones, Mrs., farmer and hop grower, The Buildings Powell, John, Stockstree farm Purlg-e, William, farmer and hop grower, White house Smith, J. W., farmer and hop grower, Meadows farm, res. 'l'hing-hill court, Withington Warwick, Mrs. Alice, farmer, The Marsh Worthing, Mrs., schoolmistress Yapp, James, cottage farmer, Stockstree

PUDDLESTON. PUDDLES TON, WITH THE TowNSHIPS OF BRoCKMANTON AND WHYLE. PUDDLESTON is a parish situated on the borders of Worcestershire, about 2 miles N. of the Leominster and Bromyard road, and distant 6 miles E. of Leominster, 3! from Steen's Bridge railway station, 6 S. of Tenbury, 8 W.N.W. of Bromyard, and 15 N.N.E. of Hereford; is in Wolphy hundred, Leominster union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Docklow and Kimbolton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 292 ; in r88r, 287; inhabited houses, 64; families or separate occupiers, 65; area of parish, r,7ro acres; annual rateable value, £1,738. The Rev. Anthony Benn is lord of the manor and principal landowner. George Rushout Godson, Esq., J.P., of Ten bury, and Richard Ingram Dansey, Esq., J.P., The Sheet, Ludford, are also landowners here. The soil is clay and loam, producing wheat, hops, beans, &c. Puddleston-cum-Whyle is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a rectory; value, £22 r, with residence and root acres of glebe; patron, Rev. Anthony Benn, M.A.; rector, Rev. R. Bentley, B.A., of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham, who was instituted in I 889, and who is also vicar of Hatfield. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a stone edifice in the Early English style of architecture, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, porch, and square tower containing four bells. The nave (originally Norman) was rebuilt in r813. The north and south aisles, with arcade and clerestory windows, were built in I 8 so, at a cost of £gr6. The chancel was restored in 1856 at a cost of £615 ; it contains reredos, piscina, sedilia, and credence table. The whole of the windows are glazed with elegantly stained glass ; those in the nave contain representations of the twelve apostles; and the altar window, which is a very handsome work of art, contains the crucifixion of our Saviour, and of St. Peter, with other holy subjects. The altar window, presented by the late rector, is by Hardman, of Birmingham. The organ was the gift of the late Elias Chadwick, Esq., and was built by Foster, of York. The font was presented by Mrs. Clutterbuck: the cover, presented by the late rector, is of oak, highly enriched with carving. The chancel is laid with encaustic tiles. Several other improvements were effected under the superintendence of E. H. Lingen Barker, Esq., architect, of Hereford, the cost being defrayed by the late Elias Chadwick, Esq. The earliest register is dated r56o. The national school for boys and girls has accommodation for 72 children ; average attendance, about 44- Puddleston Court, the property and residence of the Rev. Anthony Benn, is a fine modern stone mansion (with tower and turrets), in the Old English castellated style of architecture, pleasantly situated on a sloping eminence, in the midst of tastefully laid-out ornamental grounds. It commands beautiful and extensive views of a rich agricultural country, and the Welsh mountains. Ford Abbey is a farmhouse in the occupation of Mr. Saunders ; it was formerly possessed by some religious community, supposed to be connected with Leominster

i PUDDLESTON PUTLEY. priory. Here are still the remains of a chapel. Brockmanton is a township pleasantly situated about I mile W. George Rushout Godson, Esq., J .P., of Ten bury, is chief owner of the land in this township. Why le is a township distant about 1 mile N. W. of Puddleston. In an orchard near Mr. Bradford's house is the site of a church1 which at some remote period stood here. A bell from this church is"'now in the belfry of Puddleston eh urch. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Leominster at 8.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 4· I 5 p.m. Leominster is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Parish Church (St. Peters). Rev. R. Bentley, B. A., Rector/ The Rev. Anthony Benn and Mr. Stephen Smith, Churchwardens; John Williams, Parz'sk Clerk and Sexton. National School (boys and girls). Miss Minett, Mistress. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Bemand, Court farm. !vv./Jrf/M- . CARRIERS TO LEOMINsf~.· Name John Phillips John Minton .~/M-f.~ · PRIVATE Day Fri. do. RESIDENTS. Benn, Rev. Anthony, M.A., J.P., Puddleston court · Bentley, Rev. Robert (rector of Puddleston & vicar of Hatfield) The Rectory COMMERCIAL. :nemand, John, farmer and hop grower, ; Court farm Bradford, Jas., farm bailiff to Rev. A. Stopping Place The Bell do. .f..u< Return at 3 . 0 3 0 Grosvenor, C. T.., farmer, Upper Whyle Minett, Miss, schoolmistress, Schoolhouse Minton, John, cot. farmer, The Furzes N ott, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Brockmanton farm Pember, J ames, cot. farmer, Cock and Feathers Powell, Thomas, cot. farmer, High Fields Price, Willia.m, cottage farmer, Gobbetts Saunders, William, farmer & hop grower, Ford abbey Smith, Stephen, miller, Brockmanton and Whyle Mills · Benn, Why le house & Barns Field farms Broome, Thomas, blacksmith, Whyle Cook, Henry, cottage farmer, The Gorst Dipper, Thomas, farmer, Brockmanton hall and Martin's Nest farms Edwards, Stephen, Puddleston court gar- , dens (head gardener for Rev. A. Benn) Staples, A., cottage farmer, Pound house Stead, Miss, shopkeeper Stead, Thomas, farmer, Rectdry farm Williams, John, parish clerk and sexton Williams, William, wheelwright, Whyle ' PUTLEY. PUTLEY is a small parish distant st miles W. of Led bury, Io N.N.E. of Ross, I~ E.S.E. of Hereford, and about 2 S. of Ashperton station on the Worcester and Hereford railway. It is in Gre~tree hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Much Marcle and Woolhope polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 192; in 1881, 2047 inhabited houses, 43; families or separate occupiers, 53; area of parish, 1,028 acres; annual rateable value, £1,85o. By provisional orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1885, under the Divided Parishes Act, changes have been made in the areas of this and the adjoining parishes for civil purposes. John Riley, Esq., of Putley court, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is a heavy clay producing wheat, beans, hops, fruit, roots, &c. Putley . .

PUTLEY. 621 is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a rectory; value, £I 14, with residence and 25 acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; rector, Rev. William Kennedy Brodribb, B.A., of Melbourne University, who was instituted in 1890. The church has undergone complete restoration, and was re-opened May 7th, 1876. The total cost was over £I,4oo, of which £r,ooo was given by]. Riley, Esq., of Putley court, at the foot of whose lawn the little church stands. Additions ' have been made since, including stained glass windows throughout the church, an eagle lectern, four-brass .coronre, handsome carved oak choir stalls, and a sculptured reredos, all being the gifts of J. Riley, Esq. The architect was T. Blashill, Esq., of London, and the builders, Messrs. Collins & Cullis, of Tewkesbury. In the debrzs of the north wall of the nave a considerable quantity of fragments of Roman bricks, roofing tiles, coarse pottery, and mortar was found, which would lead to the belief that a Roman building of some description once existed on or near the spot. In the churchyard is an old stone cross, on which are engraved the Crucifixion, the Virgin and Child, St. John, and St. J ames. The register begins with the year 1561. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £34 yearly. The national school was built and endowed by a former rector (Rev. P. G. Blencowe) and the then owner of the Putley court estate (Thomas Holbrook, Esq.) It has been recently enlarged and otherwise improved, chiefly at the expense of John Riley, Esq. There is accommodation for 55 children, and the present average attendance is 50. Pulley Court, the seat of John Riley, Esq., ].P., is a handsome mansion, for the most part of the reign of Queen Anne ; the grounds afford some rich and well-wooded scenery. PosTAL REGULATIONS. William Mattey, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ledbury at 8.30 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4.20 p.m. Ledbury and Tarrington are the nearest money order offices. Ashperton railway station is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Ledbury. Parish Church. Rev. William Kennedy Brodribb, B.A., Rector./ John Riley, Esq., and Mr. William Henry Brookes, Churchwardens,· Henry Floyde, Par-ish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Miss Alice Richardson, Mistress. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Wm. Brookes, jun. CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Name Day William Mattey Tues. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brodribb, Rev. Willia.m Kennedy, B.A. (rector), The Rectory Riley, J., J.P., county councillor, Putley court COMMERCIAL. Baker, Miss, cottage farmer, Hillfields Brookes, Charles, Hatsford farm Stopping Place White Lion Return at 2 0 Brookes, George, cot. farmer, Cold Moor Brookes, Mrs. Ann, cot. farmer, Prior's grove Brookes, William Henry, jun., miller and assistant overseer, Putley mill Brookes, William, Putley Green farm Cowell, John, farmer and hop grower, New house Dance, Wm., cot. farmer, Balls Grove Floyde, Henry, parish clerk

PUTLEY RICHARD'S CASTLE. Lane, Wm., farmer, Hazle farm, res. The Farm, Bosbury Mace, Thomas, wheelwright, &c., Putley green, res. Eastwood oak Mailes, Oaleb, farmer and landowner, Abbott's pla.ce Mattey, William, blacksmith and subpostmaster, Putley green Newman, Henry, jobbing gardener (in Woolhope) Pat'doe, Joseph, farm bailiff to J. Riley, Putley common RICHARD'S Powell, Thomas, Little hill farm Probert, Mrs. Elizabeth, cottage farmer, Ayle hill Richardson, Miss Alice, schoolmistress Rogers, Thomas, farmer, Twern house Toobey, Mrs., farmer, hop grower and cider merchant, Brainge house Turner, John, Hoar house farm "\V ebb, John, cot. farmer, The Fosburys Wilkins, Moses John, farmer, Newton farm, res., Tip's grove, Pixley Williams, John, blacksmith (in Woolbope) CASTLE, WITH THE TowNSHIPS OF WooFFERTON, OvERTON, BATCHCOTT1 AND MooR. RICHARD'S CASTLE is a large parish partly in Herefordshire and partly in Shropshire. The village of Richard's Castle is in Herefordshire, and is situated on the old road from Ludlow to Leominster, about 4 miles S.S.'\V. of Ludlow, 6~ N. of Leominster, and 21 N. of Hereford. The part of the parish of Richard's Castle in Salop, includes the townships ofBatchcott and Moor, Overton, and Woofferton. The Herefordshire portion is in Wolphy hundred, Ludlow union and county court district, Leominster petty sessional division, and Burrington and Wigmore polling district and electoral division of the county council. The total population of the parish in 1871 was 755 ; in 1881, 760, viz., 312 in Herefordshire and 448 in Shropshire. The inhabited houses numbered 155, viz., 66 in Herefordshire and 89 in Shropshire. The families or separate occupiers numbered 156, viz., 67 in Herefordshire and 89 in Shropshire. The total area of the parish is 4,871 acres, viz., 2,446 in Herefordshire and 2,425 in Shropshire. The soil is loamy, producing wheat, beans, barley, roots, and pasture. Alfred Salwey, Esq., is lord of the manor. In this parish are the ruins of a castle which was erected before the Conquest by a Norman, named Richard Fitz-Scrob,' in the reign of Edward the Confessor, upon a site to which he was doubtless attracted by the existence of a lofty mound, one of the most remarkable features in the earthworks of (probably) the roth century. At the period of Domesday survey, it was possessed by Osborne Fitz· Richard, whose granddaughter Margaret conveyed it, by marriage, to Robert de Mortimer, from whose family, by an heiress also, it passed to the Talbots, and subsequently to the Salweys. On the declivity of the eminence contiguous to the castle a body of Royalists were defeated with great slaughter by Colonel Birch. Robert de Mortimer procured from King John a charter of a market and fair for this manor, but both have long been disused. Richard's Castle is in the diocese of Hereford, and archdeaconry and rural deanery of Ludlow ; living, a rectory ; value, £6 so, with residence and 107-! acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester; rector, the Ven. Archdeacon Maddison, M.A., of St. Catherine's College~ Cambridge, who was instituted in 1874· The church, dedicated to St. Bm·tholomew, is a spacious edifice, but much out of repair. The windows contain some

RICHARD'S CASTLE. beautiful stained glass. The tower is detached, and stands 16 feet south-east of the chancel, and had formerly a spire of shingle, which was burnt down. Other instances of detached towers in Herefordshire are Bosbury, Garway, Holmer, Ledbury, Pembridge, and Y arpole. A very beautiful church is now in course of erection for Richard's Castle on a much more suitable site at Batchcott, at the sole cost of Mrs. J ohnston Foster, of Moor Park, and her two daughters ; the architect being Mr. Norman Shaw. The national school has accommodation for 129 children ; average attendance, 89. There are several handsome residences in this parish, viz. : Overton House (Richard Betton, Esq., J.P.) ; The Moor (Alfred Salwey, Esq., ].P.) ; Moor Park (Mrs. Johnston Foster); The Lodge (Rowland George Venables, Esq., J.P.) ; The Rectory (The Ven. Archdeacon Maddison, M.A.) Woofferton is a township with a rallway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint railway, which is also the junction of the Tenbury and Bewdley railway. It is distant about 2 miles S.E. of the village of Richard's Castle and 5 S. of Ludlow. Overton is a township in this parish distant 2 miles S. of Ludlow. It was a Roman settlement. Batchcott and Moor form a township distant 3 miles from Ludlow. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Thomas Hayle, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ludlow about 7 ·45 a.m.; despatched thereto at 5 p.m. Post town, Ludlow. Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's). V en. Archdeacon Maddison, M.A., Rector/ Richard Betton, Esq., and Mr. John Rawlings, Churchwardens~· Henry Rowe, Parish Clerk. National School (boys, girls, and £nfants).-Miss Emma Reynolds, Mistress. Woofferton Railway Station (junction of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Ra-ilway, and the Wooffirtoll, Tenbury, and Bewdley Railway). Henry Millichap, Statz(m Master. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Henry Rowe, Batchcott Cottage. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bemand, Rd., farmer, The Woodhouse Beniam, Henry, Twyford Betton, Richard, J.P. (for Herefordshire and Shropshire), Overton house Boughton, William St. Andrew Rouse, Overton villa Buffery, William Andrew .J ones, The Bank house Foster, Mrs. J ohnston, Moor Park Maddison, The V en. Archdeacon, M. A. (rector), The Rectory Maddison, Rev. George H., M.A., curate Ma..."'<>n, George, West brook Mason, Henry Peele, R. de Courcy, Batchoott villa Salwey, Alfred, J.P. (for Herefordshire Berrington, Geo., farmer, Croft Furlong Berry, Samuel, market gardener Bradley, Henry, provision dealer Brown, Titus, farmer, Overton Child, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Batchoott common Downes, John, farmer, Court house Edwards, Robert, farmer, Ruck's barn; also The Feather& Hotel, Ludlow George, J ames, farmer, The Leys George, Samuel, fanner, New house and Shropshire), Overton Venables, Rowla.nd George, Shropshire), The Lodge GITTINS, JOHN, Salwey Arms Hotel (and farmer), Woofferton. Comfortable accommodation for travellers. Licensed retailer of wines and spirits, &c. Posting house J.P. {for Hayle, Thomas, boot & shoe maker and sub-postmaster COMMERCIAL. Bach, John, farmer, Woodcroft Basnett, Benjamin, farmer & hop grower, Bilbury house Herbert, William, farmer, The Green Howells, Susa.n, farmer Hull, Edwin, innkeeper, Castle Inn J ames, Richard, fanner, Overton Jones, George, farmer, Mitnall

RICHARD'S CASTLE ROSS. Jones, Ruth, farmer, Merefield Jones, William, blacksmith Lewis, William, farmer Lock, Robert H., Church House farm Mattinson, Thos., farmer, Burnt house Millichap, Hy., station master, Woofferton railway station OLD RADNOR LIMEt ROADstone, and General Trading Company, coal, coke, slate, pipe, and builders' merchants; head office, Kington ; depot at W oofferton railway station; agent, George Bott Oliver, Clement, farmer, Overton Oliver, John, farmer, Wheat common Openshaw, J no., farmer, 'V oofferton court farm Parker, Henry, farmer Parker, John, farmer Postons, John, farmer, Mitnall Pound, Thomas Henry, miller, Barrett's mill, W oofferton Preece, William, farmer, Hill top Randle, Joseph, farmer, The Rock farm Randle, Thos., jun., farmer, Mitnall Rawlings, John, farmer & corn merchant, W oofferton farm Reynolds, Miss, schoolmistress Roe, Mrs., farmer, Park lane Routlege, Robert, farmer, The Bury Rowe, Henry, carpenter, wheelwright, assistant overseer, and parish clerk, Batchcott cottage South Wales Coal Company, mineral merchants, &c., depot at W oofferton railway station (P. Hogan, salesman); head offices, Hereford Stepple, Wm., carpenter, &c., Batchcott Tay, John, farmer Thomas, John, farmer, Upper & Lower House farms Williams, J., Salwey Arms Inn WoodhouRe, Charles, mason, Batchcott W oodhouse, John, mason, Rose villa RODD, NASH, AND LITTLE BRAMPTON. RODD, NASH, and LITTLE BRAMPTON comprise a township in this county, but belong to the parish of Presteigne, Radnorshire, being distant about 3 miles S. of that town, 5 N. of Kington, and 22 N. of Hereford; is in Wigmore hundred, Kington union and petty sessional division, and Presteigne county court district, Kinsham and Titley polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I87I was 143; in I88I, I74; inhabited houses, 34; families or separate occupiers, 35; area of township, 1,934 acres; annual rateable value, £2,222. Sir John Walsham, Bart., and Francis Lyndon Evelyn, Esq., are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, limestone ; chief crops, wheat, barley, roots, and pasture. Corton House, the residence of E. ]. Morris, Esq., is in the township. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Kington at 1 I a. m.; despatched thereto at 3 p.m. Presteigne is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Kington. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Griffiths, Richard, farmer, Folly Haines, John, carpenter, Rodd Hmst Preece, William, blacksmith, Nash Rogers, Aaron, farmer, The Rodd Smith, Thomas, lime burner, Nash Tearne, C. M., farmer, Nash court Morris, E. J., Corton house COMMERCIAL. Edwards, Geo., farmer, Little Brampton Edwards, John, farmer, Ashley Evans, John, miller, Wegnall mill, Rodd W alters, Ed ward, farmer, D pper house, Nash ROSS. :ROBS is a market town and ancient borough, pleasantly situated on a bold eminence overlooking the river W ye. It is a station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western railway, and is the junction of the Ross and Monmouth railway; is distant 132 miles W.N.W. of London, 12 S.E. of Hereford, 12 N.E. of Moomouth, r8 W.N.W. of Gloucester, 24! S.S.E. of Leominster, 13 S.W.

ROSS. of Led bury by road and 26! by rail, 2 5 from Cheltenham, 58 from Bath, 55! from Bristol, II3i from Oxford, 96 from Reading, 36 from Ludlow, 63 from Shrewsbury, 105 from Chester, 120~ from Birkenhead, 122 from Liverpool, and 143 from Manchester. The parish of Ross comprises an area of 3,II8 statute acres, and is divided into Ross Borough and Ross Foreign. The annual rateable value is £22,728. It is in the south-eastern part of the county and hundred of Greytree; is the head of a poor-law union, highway district, county court district, and petty sessional division, and is a polling place for the election of m~mbers for the Southern or Ross division of the county, and an electoral division of the county council. The population of Ross, according to the census returns in r8sr was 4,or7; in r86r, 4,346 ; in r87r, 4,589; in r88r, 4,786; with 959 inhabited houses, and 1,029 families or separate occupiers. HISTORY, GovERNMENT, ETc. Ross probably derives its name from the Gaelic "Ros," a promontory, in allusion to the conspicuous position on which its town is placed. The district in which it is situated formerly comprehended the site of the city of (Hereford, together with a considerable part of the county, and was a division of the ancient Siluria. It was called by the Britons Erenwe or Ergin (a hunting country), and was governed by independent sovereigns, in the number of whom was the famous St. Dubritius, Archbishop of Caerleon and King of Ergin, who succeeded his grandfather Pibanus. By the Saxons it was called Archenfield, Irginfield, and Urchenfield. It is now reduced to the small compass of the deanery of Archenfield. When the Romans were in possession of it, the chief towns of the district were Magna and Ariconium. The former place is supposed to have gone to decay soon after the departure of the Romans,· and the site is now called Kenchester. Ariconium is reported by tradition to have been destroyed by an earthquake. The extent and limit of its site are at present discernible by a blackness of soil, strikingly different from all around it, which, together with the circumstance of there being very few traces of buildings remaining, accord with the tradition; and many Roman coins and other antiquities have also been found there. It is distant about three miles eastward from the town of Ross, and about three-quarters of a mile northward from the Gloucester road, and is now called Rose, or Bury, Hill. The kingdom of Ergin was subjected by the Saxons in the reign of Offa, and became a province of Mercia. The men of Archenfield were renowned for their valour; they were ''the first in the field and the last to quit it ; " and many privileges were conferred upon them, which are duly certified in Domesday Book. The district has long been distinguished for the valuable breed of sheep called " Ryeland." Under the heptarchy, this large manor being part of the royal possessions, was added by Edmund Ironside to the See of Hereford. Few manors in the realm can show an historical pedigree of such high antiquity as that of Ross. About the year II35, Robert de Bethune, bishop of the diocese, obtained from King Stephen permission to have a market in the manor of Ross on every Thursday, a privilege confirmed by Henry ill, who increased its importance by

ROSS. the addition of four fairs to be held on Ascension Day, Corpus Christi Day on St. Margaret's Day (the 2oth July), its Vigil, and the day after and also on St. Andrew's Day. Ross was made by the same King "a free Borough" but not incorporated by charter. In 1305 its inhabitants were required to return two Burgesses to the Parliament, summoned to meet at Westminster, and to provide for their cost of attendance, viz. two shillings a day for each. Adam de la More and Thomas le Mercer were the members returned; since that period no writ has been addressed to this Borough for the exercise of similar responsibility. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth a statute was passed "for improving the revenues of the Crown by empowering Her Majesty on any avoidance of a Bishoprick to take any castle, honour, manor or lands belonging to such See, recompensing the new Bishop with impropriate tithes of vicarages and tenths of benefices in the gift of such Bishop." In the following year, the See of Hereford becoming vacant by the death of Bishop Warton, the Manors of Ross, Borough and Foreign, and others were by an Order in Council in accordance with the statute taken, and "a recompence '' given in lieu. The manors of Ross Borough and Ross Foreign continued crown property until A.D. 1588, when the latter manor was granted to Edmund Downing and Henry Best, gentlemen, subject to a fee-farm rent of £24 14s. ; an annuity of sixty shillings to George Scudamore, gentleman, the fee due to him as bailiff, and four shillings to the bedell of the manor. The interest in the crown lands in Ross and Walford passed in 1595 to the Earl of Essex, after whose execution and attainder the manor of Ross Foreign was granted to Thomas Crompton, Esq., and the manor of Ross Borough to Sir Henry Lindley. In 1603 the Countess Dowager of Essex purchased both manors for £7,ooo; and ultimately they were purchased from the Marquis of Bath by Kingsmill Evans, Esq., and are now in the possession of Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq. In the Civil Wars, Ross was occasionally occupied by the forces of both parties. " In April, 1643, Sir '\Villiam Wailer lay at Ross ; on the second morning marched to Goodrich Castle, intending then to proceed to Monmouth and Ragland." "Prince Maurice, to intercept this force on its return, entered Ross with two thousand men, who were distributed across the district between N ewnham and Wilton Bridge. W aller, by sending his foot and ordnance across the Severn at Aust, was able with his ea valry to force his way through the Prince's troops with trifling loss, and reach Gloucester. In the year following, Colonel Mynne, the Royalist commander-in-chief of the district, retreating from Newent before superior forces, fell back on Ross, where he began to fortify the churchyard, but was obliged to desert this stronghold to protect Tewkesbury and Hereford. Colonel Massie, governor of Gloucester, hearing of this movement, marched to Ross to prevent the junction of levies coming from Wales to join M ynne, as also to raise money for his garrison from these remoter parts. Arriving at Ross with a party of Horse and Foot, and two pieces of ordnance, he found Wilton Bridge guarded by Captain Cassie, with thirty musketeers from Goodrich Castle. By advancing a part of his Horse on the

ROSS. guard, he forced the river by the ford below the bridge, and getting behind the defenders compelled them, after some resistance, to leave their position. The captain was wounded and made prisoner; many of his men were killed, and the rest taken in a chase up to the castle. Massie remained some days in Ross ; summoned the inhabitants to appear before him, it being his constant endeavour to add daily friends unto the Parliament, and to put the country into such a posture, that upon any alarm they might gather to a head for their own defence; and many came in and declared themselves by taking the National Covenant. Whilst the engagement of the country was thus being prosecuted, some urgent business required Massie's presence in Gloucester, whereupon he drew suddenly from Ross, sending his Foot to cross the Severn at Newnham, and the Horse by Gloucester to the siege of Beverstone Castle. Colonel Mynne thereupon returned with a portion of his troops to Ross; and, advancing within a short distance of Gloucester, brought back a large nu m her of cattle and prisoners. When the news that the town of Monmouth had been re-taken by the King's party reached Gloucester, Massie marched to Ross, where he hoped to have passed the river and raised the siege of Pembridge Castle, which was an outguard to the garrison of Monmouth, but found his march delayed at Wilton Bridge, one arch of which was broken down, and the river rendered impassable by the sinking of boats on the opposite bank, where there was a guard stationed to defend the passage. After two days' hostilities with his opponents, Massie became acquainted that those in Pembridge, being unable to endure a longer subsistence, were enforced to surrender upon quarter; so that the object of his journey having failed, he returned with his force to Gloucester.'' "The Scottish army, on its retreat from Hereford to Gloucester, repaired Wilton Bridge and entered Ross, where their ravenous rapacity, their haste and hunger, were long held in remembrance. About the same period Charles I. reached Ross with an escort, on his road from Monmouth to Hereford after the surrender of Bristol; and this visit of a few hours has created a traditional report that the unfortunate king remained during a night in one of the inns." "The government of the town was during many centuries in the appointees of the Manor Court, viz. a mayor, or sergeant at mace, and four constables, but the jurisdiction of such officials has ceased, and the government of the town is vested in Commissioners elected by the ratepayers under the provisions of 'The Ross Improvement Act of I86s.'" NoTABILIA. This town has been immortalised by Pope in his well· known theme," The Man of Ross." John Kyrle was born on the 22nd of May, 1637, at the White house, in the parish of Dymock, Gloucestershire, being the eldest son of Waiter Kyrle, barrister-at-law, and :rvi.P. for Leominster in the Long Parliament, of the family of K yrle, of W alford. He was educated at the grammar school in Gloucester, and at Balliol College, and though he quitted the university without a degree, yet not without presenting a valuable silver tankard, preserved in the college plate closet. Succeeding to a

ROSS. patrimony of £soo per annum at the period of the Restoration, he abandoned the study of the law, and became a resident in the town of Ross until his decease in November, 1724, during which interval he was appointed to discharge the duties of sheriff for the county in 1683. Among the many mementoes of Mr. Kyrle with which the neighbourhood of the town abounds, may be mentioned the public walk which bears his name, and The Prospect, near the church. This piece of land Kyrle rented of the Marquess of Bath on a lease of 500 years, and underlet to a tenant named Fisher, subject to a right which he reserved for the inhabitants of Ross to walk therein. From this spot the view of the river and the surrounding country is enchanting, and the beautiful horse-shoe form in which the river flows beneath the town is very striking. In the centre of the meadow, opposite The Prospect, are still standing the remains of a gigantic oak tree, which, it is said, once stood on the edge of the stream and from the very visible addition which has been made to this meadow within recent years, there is no doubt that such was the case. From some records preserved in the town, it would appear that this tree is upwards of I,Ioo years old : a great portion of the remains of it was destroyed by fire in 18 54· From "The Prospect" may be seen May hill and Penyard park on the east ; the Chase wood, Howle hill, Leys hill, Coppet hill, Symonds' Yat, with Staunton church and the celebrattd Buckstone in the background, Great and Little Doward hills, on the south. To the west stands the ridge of Goodrich, with its ancient castle and modern court, the delightful Pencraig overhanging the Wye. Beyond these, rising in all their grandeur, are the Graig and Garway hills, the Great Skirryd or Holy mountain, the Little Skirryd, and the Blorenge and Sugar-loaf, near Abergavenny; the Hatteral hills or Black mountains, extending in one continuous chain along the side of the Golden valley to the town of Hay; and beyond these, the Brecknockshire Beacon. To the north, we have the hills of Orcop, Saddlebow, and Aconbury, the modern church and pretty village of Much Birch; and across the river the eye embraces a view of the W oolhope and Dormington hills, Caplar camp, and Marcle hill, Rudge hill, Perrystone, and Linton. Close at hand are Springfield and Brampton Abbotts, Ashe, Bridstow, the village of Wilton, with its bridge and castle; while beneath rolls the majestic W ye. Large quantities of salmon are caught in this river. Passing underneath "The Prospect'' are the old and new roads to Hereford and Manmouth. From its position between two populous cities, and on a direct road to South Wales, Ross has enjoyed from an early period the reputation of affording good inn accommodation for travellers. Henry of Bolingbroke remained a night at the Griffin Inn, on his journey to his Princess, then at Monmouth, previous to the birth of Henry V.; and he is supposed to have been a guest at the same hostelry previous to his accession to the throne in 1399· George IV. on his return from Ireland, through Wales in I8zi, passed through this town on his route to London. The Bishops of Hereford once had a palace here; its site was where the Royal Hotel now stands.

ROSS. PuBLIC BuiLDINGS, INsTITUTIONS, TRADE, ETc. Ross is famous for the longevity of its residents, who are healthy as well as longlived. The returns of the Registrar-General show that the mortality here is much below the average of other districts of this generally salubrious county, and the inscriptions on the tombstones in the churchyard give evidence of the ripe old age attained by the " forefathers of the hamlet " as well as by townspeople of modern times. The town is well lighted with gas, and abundantly supplied with water, and the streets are well paved and neat in appearance. Of late years it has been much modernised and considerably improved, by the erection of handsome houses and the introduction of modern adjuncts to most of the principal shops. There are three banking establishments, viz., branches of the Capital and Counties Bank, Lloyds Bank, and the National Provincial Bank of England. The market is held at the Corn Exchange, on Thursdays, for corn, butter, cheese, poultry, &c. The great market for sheep and cattle is held on the second and last Thursday in each month. The vegetable market is held in the space under the market-house. Fairs are held on the second Thursday i the months of March, May, June, July, October, and December. Agricultural implements, &c., are manufactured here to some e ent; and there is a large brewery carried on by the Alton Court Brewery Company, Limited; a large boot and shoe factory in Brookend street ; and there are several flour Ipills in and near the town. There is no special staple trade or manufacture, though formerly it was one of the seats of the iron trade. A brisk business is maintained with the Forest of Dean and neighbouring villages. There are two weekly newspapers published in the town. The Ross Gazette, established January 3rd, 1867, is the leading paper of the district. It contains full reports of all the local news, and a well-chosen and readable summary of the home and foreign intelligence of the week. It is printed by steam power, and published by the proprietor, Mr. William Hill, every Wednesday evening. The "Man of Ross" newspaper was established July 5th, 1855, by Mr. J. \V. F. Counsell. It gives the news of the week, with a miscellany of general information, &c. It is published every Thursday. The hotel accommodation is good. The "Royal" Hotel (erected in I 837) adjoins "The Prospect," and commands the charming scenery for which that eminence is so justly celebrated. It is a noble and elegant structure, surrounded on the side overlooking the Wye with ornamental lawns and evergreens, from which elevated situation it is discernible for many miles throughout the country ; and, from the comfort and accommodation provided, it has become the favourite resort of tourists, visitors, and commercial gentlemen. The influx of visitors to this pretty town has steadily increased from the date of the completion of its commodious and finely-placed hotel. The salubrity of the site is undeniable. The "Swan,, is a family and commercial Hotel at the top of Edde Cross street. The "King's Head," in High street, and the "George," in Gloucester road, are both good commercial and posting houses. The Markethouse is a quaint old building, 72 feet by 36 feet, in the Italian .

ROSS. style of architecture, occupying a conspicuous site in the centre of the town. It has a small square clock-tower, or campanile, with clock and four dials : the double-pierced gable at either end, and the colonnade below of pink stone, have won the admiring gaze and exercised the brush of many an artist. It was erected by Frances, Duchess of Somerset, but had traditionally, John Abel for its architect, a supposition for which there is no authority; the date of its erection is shown by a white stone medallion on its eastern end, containing a bust of Charles II., who is also commemorated in the very curious monogram which may be seen on the south-east corner, and which was inserted at the cost of the "Man of Ross." The upper part of the building is used as a Town-hall; the justices for Ross petty sessional division meet here every alternate Friday at 11 a.m., and the county court is held every alternate month. Opposite to the market-house stands the house once occupied by the" Man of Ross" -a wooden construction of the Elizabethan period. The handsome timber framing is fearlessly displayed, many of the beams being enriched with carving. Possessing a frontage of more than so feet, it must have been one of the best houses in Ross, and some time after the decease of John Kyr]e in 1724 was converted into an inn "The King's Arms " the great posting-house of the district. The inn was discontinued in 1805, when the premises underwent some slight changes. The house is now divided into two; the one occupied by a chemist, and the other by a bookseller. Over the shop of the chemist is a bust of the "Man of Ross " in a carved oak medallion, surrounded with the following inscription : "John Kyrle, the Man of Ross, died Novr. 7th, 1724, aged 88." On the front of the other is a sign denoting to the stranger that it is the ''House of ye Man of Ross." By the courtesy of the proprietors, both may be seen, and the gardens behind will repay a visit. In the summer-house may be seen a richlycarved table and chair, made from an oak tree under which Nelson and a large party once dined at Rudhall. In Mr. Powle's garden ·stands the identical summer-house of the Man of Ross, in which he read and ruminated, and laid down his plans. The Corn Exchange, situate in High street, is a substantial building erected in 1862 at a cost of about£ 4,ooo, from designs by T. Nicholson, Esq., of Hereford. The principal fac;ade is executed in Bath stone, Italian in design, with a Doric order surmounted by an Ionic. The hall, a very capacious and noble room, is used for public meetings, concerts, entertainments, &c. The Ross Free Library and Public Reading-Rooms in Broad street, were generously presented to the inhabitants of Ross by their fellowtownsman, Thomas Blake, Esq., formerly M.P. for the borough of Leominster, and subsequently for the forest of Dean. The institution, which was formally opened in August, 1873, is commodious and convenient, comprising news and refreshment rooms on the ground-floor, and reading-room, book-room, chess-room, &c., on the first floor. The reading-room, which is open from 9 a.m. till IO p.m., is well supplied with the London and local newspapers, periodicals, &c. The library contains about 1 ,ooo volumes of useful works. Every room is well furnished, lighted sufficiently, and properly ventilated. At the back

ROSS. are the recreation grounds, with gymnasium, bowling lawns, &c., also lavatory, &c. This valuable institution has been founded by Mr. Blake, at a cost of about £z,ooo, chiefly for the benefit of the working class in his native town for ever. The building and its contents are vested in Trustees, of whom the Town Commissioners for the time being form the majority. The Cottage Hospital and Dispensary was erected in Gloucester road in 1879, at a cost of £r,2oo, raised by subscription. The hospital department is intended for cases of persons suffering from severe disease or accident ; the latter cases are admitted at all times without recommendation. The Union Workhouse, situated in AI ton street, is now being enlarged. The guardians meet at the Board-room every alternate Monday at II a.m. Ross union district comprises 28 parishes (27 in Herefordshire and I in Gloucestershire), extending over an area of 55,5r7 acres, and contained in r881 a population of 16,o9o. There is a Police station in Brampton street. The gas works, in Kyrle street, were erected in 1832, and are now the property of the Ross Gas Company, Limited. PLACES OF WoRSHIP. The parish church stands on an eminence on the south-west of the town. The present building was erected in the 12th & 13th centuries, with later additions, in place of an edifice destroyed in the wars of Stephen. It is dedicated to St Mary the V£rgzn, and is a lofty and spacious church, consisting of a nave, two aisles, chancel, three chapels, and two porches, that on the south side having over it a room, known as the Parvzse, in which parochial meetings are held ; a tower of three stages, surmounted by four pinnacles, and lofty spire, which is conspicuous for a great distance. The original spire was short and inelegant, and under John Kyrle's auspices, forty-seven feet of it were taken down, and a spire of a different and much more taper form substituted. But on the night of the 5th of July, 185z, on a violent storm passing over the town, it was struck by lightning and so much shattered that it became necessary to rebuild it, which was accomplished at a cost of £6oo. The height from the base of the tower plinth to the top of the vane is now 208 feet, being four feet higher than K yrle's spire. The interior is 76 feet 6 inches by 84 feet 8 inches; the chancel is 51 feet in length. Upwards of£ 4,ooo were laid out on its restoration in 1877-78. In 1874 an organ chamber was built on the south side of the chancel, and in r889 the organ was enlarged and considerably improved. A reredos has been erected as a part of the memorial to the Rev. Dr. Ogilvie. A communion table, credence table, oak lectern, Glastonbury chair, &c., have also been presented. At the east end of the principal south aisle are several monuments to the Rudhall family, the ancient proprietors of the manor of Rudhall, in this parish. The north altar tomb of the series is the most ancient. It represents Judge (or Serjeant) Rudhall, with his wife, Anne Milborne, granddaughter of Sir John Milborne, of an old Herefordshire family; the recumbent effigies are exquisitely sculptured in marble, by an Italian hand, gilt and coloured where required, in the

ROSS. costume of King Henry VII. The large mural monument, just above their feet, bears date r6o9. The altar tomb on the south was completed in 1636. In the chancel is a plain flat tombstone, still more worthy the attention of the stranger, for under that stone lies John Kyrle, ''The Man of Ross ; " against the wall, close by, is an elaborate marble monument to his memory, erected in 1766, £300 having been bequeathed for the purpose by Lady Dupplin. A vessica-shaped memorial tablet to the late Dr. Ogilvie, has been placed on the south side of the chancel by the family It is of statuary. of the purest kind, with an elaborately carved alabaster border, fixed on a background of polished dove marble. The east window in the chancel, consisting of four lights, was restored in 1873, and filled chiefly with ancient painted and stained glass, as a memorial to the late Dr. Ogilvie. The large west window of the nave was filled with stained glass in 1869, to the memory of the Misses ]ones of Merrivale. At the east end of the north aisle there are the decayed trunks of two elm trees of considerable height, which until recent years almost filled the large space of the Kyrle window with their foliage. The tower contains a melodious peal of eight bells, which are manned by a most efficient band of ringers, who are affiliated with the Hereford Diocesan Guild. In the churchyard, not far from the north door, are two urn-tombs higher than the others, in memory of two great benefactors to their native place Waiter Scott, " the grateful restorer of the Blue Coat School," and James Baker, who left £26,ooo, the interest of which is devoted to the relief of the poor inhabitants of the parish. At the north-east corner of the churchyard is an old stone cross which commemorates a visitation of the plague under which the parish suffered. On its base is the following : " Plague Ano. Domi. 1636. Burials, 315. Libera nos Domine." A considerable addition to the churchyard was made on the south side in 1858, and a further addition equal in size was added in 1878. Some of the monuments are of considerable merit, one, especially, is a lofty cross on octagonal steps, from a design of Sir Gilbert Scott, to two daughters of George Strong, Esq. This side of the churchyard is planted with noble elms, and commands a beautiful and extensive view. The registers begin with the year 1691. The living is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross ; it is a rectory and vicarage ; value, £786, with residence and g8! acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; rector and vicar, Rev. Robert Henry Cobbold, M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1874, and who is also surrogate for the diocese of Hereford, rural dean of Ross, and prebendary of N orton in Hereford cathedral. The dean and precentor of Hereford cathedr~l are entitled to two-thirds of the great tithes of the episcopal demesne lands in Ross; the other tithes belong to the rector, who has also a manor, containing messuages, lands, and tenements in the capital manors of Ross Borough and Foreign, with chief rents amounting to 40s. yearly, besides offerings. Various denominations of dissenters have commodious chapels here. The Congregational church in Gloucester road, is built of local red sandstone, with Bath stone dressings, and Forest

ROSS. stone in the arches. The cost of building was about £2,ooo ; accommodation is provided for soo persons. The W esleyan chapel, in Edde Cross street, was erected in 1867, at a cost of about £I,ooo. It is a stone building with Bath stone facings, and will seat about 2 50 persons. The Baptist chapel is in Broad street. The Particular Baptists have a chapel in Cantilupe road. The Friends' Meeting House is in Brampton street, near the railway bridge. The Plymouth Brethren have a neat chapel in Henry street, erected in I 866. The Roman Catholics have a chapel in the Crofts. ScHOOLS. The board schools in Cantilupe road form a handsome pile of buildings, affording accommodation for 7 I 7 children, and having an average attendance of about 540. They were erected by Mr. William Bowers, of Hereford, from the designs of Mr. George Pearson, of Ross. The total cost of building (including site) was £6,I31· The loftiness of the rooms and the general internal arrangements render these schools exceedingly healthy and comfortable. There is an infant school in Arthur's lane. W alter Scott's Charity, or Blue Coat school, situated in Arthur's lane, was founded by Dr. Whiting in I 709 ; but after falling into partial disuse, was restored and endowed by Mr. W alter Scott, who was a native of this town, but who left at an early age in very needy circumstances. Having acquired a large fortune by' trade, in London, and having no family to whom he could leave his money, he bequeathed about £7,000 for the erection of a school-house, and the clothing and educating of 30 boys and the same number of girls, children of the inhabitants of the town, elected annually by the governors. The working expenses having increased, the number has been reduced, and there are now 25 boys and 25 girls on the foundation, who are educated and clothed gratuitously. The governing body of the charity consists of the Bishop of Hereford, the Knights of the Shire, the Rector of Ross, the Churchwardens and Overseers of Ross, four trustees, and every annual subscriber of two guineas and upwards. The building was thoroughly restored as a Jubilee offering, by voluntary subscription in 1887. CHARITIES. The charities belonging to this parish are very valuable. James Baker's Legacy. The interest of £26,ooo given by his will in 1835, is annually distributed by the trustees of the fund, among poor parishioners of both sexes. Webb's Hospital, founded in 1614, by a bequest of Thomas Webb, of Monkton, in Llanwarne parish, carpenter, for the support of poor parishioners, is supported by an endowment of £87 per annum, and occupied by eight inmates, selected by the Rector and overseers. Rudhale's Hospital This was a Hospice, founded in the 14th century, with a chantry in the church, dedicated to the memories of the B.V.M. and St. Thomas the Martyr. After the Reformation, this building was purchased by the Rudhales, and the inmates have since been nominated and supported by successive owners of Rudhall. In 1595, the house was rebuilt at the cost of William Rudhale, who charged his estate of Orleton court with an annual payment for Candle money. Thomas Perrock, who died 1605, Ann Spencer, an old servant at Rudhall (1677), and H. R • .2 J

.ROSS. Westfaling, Esq. (1741), have given bequests towards the maintenance of the inmates, who consist of three men and two women, who receive a coat or gown each, every second year. An ahushouse, consisting of four tenements in Edde Cross street, given in I615, by William Pye, vicar of Foye, and rebuilt by the parish in 1692, was endowed in 1852 by Thomas Roberts with £1,500 consols, which amount is invested in the names of the Rector and other trustees. He was son of John Roberts, bookseller, and when a clerk in the Bank of England, from which service he retired with a pension, had by his prudence acquired considerable savings. Charles Perrock, of Ross, mercer, in 1613, settled for the use of the parochial authorities, a Hospital in Arthur's lane, which contains rooms for four persons. Thomas Perrock, jun., increased the endowment. It was entirely rebuilt by T. Blake, Esq., in 1889. An almshouse containing six -rooms in Edde Cross street, was given to the parish in 1654, by Phillip Markey, and its inmates are supported by the overseer. It has lately been rebuilt by T. Blake, Esq. SEATS IN THE VICINITY, OBJECTS oF INTEREST, ETc. The neighbourhood of Ross is ornamented with mansions and pleasant seats in almost every direction. Rudhall, once the seat of the family of that name, from whom it passed to the Westfalings, and on the extinction of that family a few years since, to Lord Ashburton, is now the residence of Miss Julia F. Mortimer. Hill CoU1't is the seat of Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., ].P., lord of the manor of Ross. An avenue of noble elms, nearly half a mile in length, leads -to the mansion ; at the extremity of the park, separated by the park wall from Horn green and the road, stands a cross to mark the site of a ruined chapel. Over Ross House is the residence of Miss Bernard, -and Lincoln Hill House that of Ferdinando Stratford Collins, Esq. Cubberley House is the residence of Mrs. H utcheson Collins. Sprz"ngjield, Capt. Robert Henry Verschoyle, J.P., and The Chase, General . Sir Jas. William Fitzmayer, R.A., K.C.B., ].P. The above are all _in the parish of Ross. The seats in the surrounding parishes will be found under their respective heads. Among the objects of interest ~may be mentioned the ruins of Goodrich castle and Wilton castle; Symonds' Y at, Great and Little Do ward hills, &c. The locality of .Symonds' Yat is now well known for its charming landscapes. The summit of the Y at itself is a romantic green floor, walled in by copsewood, about soo feet above the ordnance sea level. The Ross and Monmouth railway follows the course of the Wye, nearly the whole of twelve miles of line, and runs through some of the finest scenery -in England. On the top of the Chase hill is a Roman camp . . Wilton bridge, crossing the Wye, consists of six arches. It was built .in the reign of Elizabeth. The river Wye and its beautiful scenery will be found very interesting to the tourist. From the opposite -bank of the river the views are most picturesque; above the town, on an elevated ridge of rock, stands the church; the town occupies . the rising ground, and the Pen yard and other hills close the scene .beyond.

ROSS. POSTAL REGULATIONS. Post and Telegraph Office, Gloucester Road. Mr. Alfred Wright, Postmaster . .-------------------------,.~--~~.-~~~------· Letters, &c., can be posted LETTER DESPATCHES~ at the Head Office. ~~~~~~~--" Without With l extra. charge additional until id. until ----------------------------· WEEK·DAYS. Ross Rural Posts........................ 4.0 a. m. London, Gloucester, Bristol, and all parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 30 a. m. London, Bristol. North of England, and all parts United Kingdom ... 9·55 a.m. Hereford, Monmouth, & Leominster 10.20 a.m. London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, East and West of England, Continent of Europe, and all parts ...... 12.55 p.m. Hereford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.15 p.m. 6.ro p.m. •• • ••• ... ... ... ... I. • • Letters can be Registered until 9.0 p.m . 9.0 p.m . 9.40 a.m . 10.5 a.m . 12.40 p.m . 2.0 p.m . 5·55 p.m. London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, North of England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, & the United States London, Continent, Gloucester, Bristol, East and West of England, and all parts ................. . 8.o p.m. 8.40 p.m. 7.30 p.m. Leominster, Shobdon, Presteign, Hay, Kington, Pembridge ........• Hereford .................. ·-·············· SUNDAYS. 9.0 p.m. 9.0 p.m. London, Gloucester, East and West of England, Foreign Countries, and all parts United Kingdom .. . 3·45 p.m. Hereford .............................. · ·. · 3·4 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. WEEK-DAYS. Gloucester ... ...... ..................... 9.50 a. m. Hereford, Leominster,& Monmouth IO.IO a.m. Gloucester .............................. I 2.50 p.m. Hereford and Kington ............... 2.10 p.m. London, Gloucester, and all parts United Kingdom .................... . North of England, Scotland, Ireland London, Gloucester, and all parts .•. Hereford, Abergavenny, & Brecon 4·5 p.m. 6.o p.m. 8.o p.m. 9·0 p.m. ... ... 9.0 p.m . 9.0 p.m . 4.0 p.m. 10.0 a.m. 4.0 p.m. xo.o a.m. • •• . .. • •• • •• • •• . .. • •• ... • • ... • •• ... . .. ... ••• ... t----------------------------~------~~------·---------1

• ROSS. Town Delt'verles Letters and Parcels. ----------------------------------------=~----~~---- Delivery Delivery The Letter Box is cleared 15 minutes before the commencement of each Delivery. From London, Continent, Bristol, Glouces-' ter, Hereford, Leominster, South Wales, East, South, and West of England, and ' Rural Posts .............................. ·' ....... J From North of England, Scotland, and Ireland From London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, South Wales, and all parts United Kingdom ........ . From London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, South Coast, and the Continent of Europe .......... . From Gloucester, Cheltenham, Monmouth, and the Ross Rural District .................... . On Sunday there is only one Delivery by Postmen, which commences .................... . No Parcels are delivered on Sundays. by to Postmen Callers begins at . . begins at 7.30 a.m. 7.0 a. m. 7.30 a.m. 7.30 a.m. 3.15 p.m. 11.15 a.m. 3· 15 p.m. 3.10 p.m. 8.40 p.m. 8.40 p.m. 7.0 a.m. 7.0 a.m. ·------------------------------~-----·-------·------- PARCEL POST. From London, North of England, Scotland, Ireland, Continent of Europe, and all parts ••. From London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, South Wales..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > From London, Gloucester, Cheltenham, and all parts ............ .................................. ~ From London, Bristol, Gloucester, and all parts 7.15 a.m. 7.15 a.m. 3-15 p.m. 11.15 am. 3.15 p.m. 8.40 p.m. 7.30 p.m. PILLAR AND WALL BOXES HOURS OF CLEARING. a. m. Archenfield ........... . Ash:field ... .. . • . • . . ... . 6 o Alton street • .. ...... •. 6 o Broad street............ 6 o Brookend street (R:O.) 6 o Edde Cross street...... 6 o Over Ross street .. .. • • 6 o Railway station .... .. St. Mary's street ... .. . 6 o Small brook road . .. • .. 6 o Tudorville .......... .. a. m. 9 25 9 30 9 35 9 30 9 30 "9 25 9 25 9 30 9 35 9 35 9 20 p.m. 12 30 12 35 12 40 12 35 12 30 12 40 12 30 12 35 12 40 12 40 12 25 p.m. 5 40 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 45 5 35 5 45 5 45 5 35 p.m. 7 20 7 45 7 25 7 55 7 so 7 so 7 25 7 40 7 so 7 40 7 JO p.m. 9 35 Money 01·ders are granted and paid, Savt.'ngs. Bank, Insurance, anti Annut"ty business transacted, and Lt.'censes issued, from 9 a.m. ti11 6 p.m. daily, and on Saturdays till 8 p.m. No business on Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday.

ROSS. Postal Orders issued from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. ; paid from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. Telegraph and Ordt'nary business is transacted daily from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m., and on Sundays from 7 a.m. till 10 a.m. MAGISTRATES ACTING FOR Ross DIVISION. (Petty sessions are held every alternate Friday in the Town hall, at I I a. m.) The Rev. Prebendary Edward Burdett Hawkshaw, M.A., Weston-underPenyard Rectory, Ross, Cha£rman ; George Strong, Esq., ~I.D., Ashfield, Ross; Arthur Armitage, Esq., Dadnor House, Ross; Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, Bart., Brockhampton Court; Rev. Edward Palin, B.D., Linton Vicarage, Ross; Major-General E. H. Clive, 16, Ennismore Gardens, Prince's Gate, London, S.W.; General Sir James Fitzmayer, R.A., K.C.B., The Chase, Ross; Major John Stratford Collins, Chasewood, Ross ; Harold C. Moffatt, Esq., Goodrich Court, Ross ; Francis W. Herbert, Esq., Hartleton, Linton, Ross; Captain Evans Mynde Alien, Manor House, Upton Bishop, Ross; Rev. Thomas Syer, D.C.L .• Weston-un~er-Penyard, Ross; Captain R. H. Verschoyle, Springfield, Ross; Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., Hill Court, Ross ; and Captain W. Partridge. Clerk to the justices, Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary street. The follow£ng z"s a L£st of Parishes and Places 'in the Petty Sessional Dt'vtst'on: Aston Ingham, Brampton Abbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton, Foy, Goodrich, Hope Mansel, How Caple, Lea, Linton, Ross, Sollershope, Upton Bishop, Walford, Welsh Bicknor, Westonunder-Penyard, and Y atton. CoMMISSIONERS oF TAXES FOR Ross DIVISION. Rev. Edward Burdett Hawkshaw, M.A., George Strong, Esq., M.D., Arthur Armitage, Esq., Rev. Edward Palin, B.D., General Sir James Fitzmayer, R.A. K.C.B., Major-General E. H. Clive, Captain Evans Mynde Alien, Captain R. H. Verschoyle, Major ]. S. Collins, Captain L. P. Walsh, Harold C. Moffatt, Esq., George H. Hadfield, Esq. Ross IMPROVEMENT CoMMISSIONERS. (Meet at the Town hall on the last Tuesday in each month). Mr. William Rudge Rootes, Chairman; Messrs. Frederick Cooper, James Barnwell, Richard Brendon, Richard Holder, James Meredith, Allan Evans, Robert Webb, and Edmund Turner. Clerk to the Commtsst'oners, Ernest Richard Davies, Esq. ; Treasurer, Peter Sheridan MacDougall, Esq. ; Medt'ca/ Officer of Health for the Urban District, Ed ward Michael Molineux Knapp, Esq., M.R.C.P. (Edin.), Edde Cross house; Town Surveyor and Collector of Rates and Tolls, Mr. Samuel Llewellyn, High street; Inspector of Nuzsances and of Lodgz'ng Houses (under the Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities), Mr. Henry Digwood, The Crofts. BANKS. Capital and Counties Bank, Limi'ted (branch of), draw on the head office, 39, Threadneedle street, London, E.C. Bank hours 10 till 3, on Thursdays 10 till 5, and on Saturdays 10 till I; John Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Manager, High street. Natt'onal Provt'nc£al Bank of England, Lt'mited (branch of), draw on the head offices, Bishopsgate street, corner of Threadneedle street,

ROSS. ~ondon, E.C. Bank hours ro till 3, on Thursdays ro till 5, and on Saturdays ro till r; John Clarke, Esq., Manag-er, Market place. Lloyds Bank, Lz'mz"ted (branch of), draw on London office, 72, Lombard street, E.C. Bank hours 10 till 3, on Thursdays 10 till 5, and on Saturdays IO till I ; Peter Sheridan MacDougall, Esq., Manager, High street. NEWSPAPERS. Man of Ross, printed and published by the proprietor, Mr. John A. ]. Counsell, every Wednesday night for Thursday; price one penny; constitutional; established July sth, 1855; office, High street. Ross Gazette, printed by gas power, and published by the proprietor, Mr. William Hill, every Wednesday evening for Thursday; price one penny; neutral politics; established January, 1867; offices, High street. (See Advertisement at e1zd of Dz'rectory ). ROSS UNION • • Un-ion Wo1·khouse, Alton street. (The Guardians meet at the Board room every alternate Tuesday at 11 a.m.) Benjamin·Brunsdon, Esq., Ashfields, Chairman; Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., J.P., Hill Court, Vice-Chairman; James Allaway, Esq., Walford, Treasurer~· George H. Brett, Esq., Auditor; Rev. Robert Henry Cobbold, M.A., Ross, Chaplaz"n; Henry Minett, Esq., Ross, Clet·k j Mr. G. F. Minett, Ross, Ass-istant Cle1·k .i Mr. Arthur Bloomfield Morling, Collector for Guardz"ans; Thomas Francis Fernandez, M. D.,_ Brookfields, Ross, Medical Officer for Sollershope District and half of Ross Dzstrz"ct ,; Mr. Henry Digwood, The Crofts, Inspector of Nut'sances; George Richards, Esq., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), Church street, Ross1 .[1ouse Surgeon and Medical Officer for St. Weonards Dz'strict and half of Ross Dz'str-ict ~· Mr. Charles Richards, Dt'spenser; Dr. Knapp and Dr. Richards, Public Vacct1zators .i Mr. George Morgan, Gloucester road, Relievz'ng- Officer and Vacct"nation Officer for Ross D£str£ct ~· Mr. Burton M. Watkins, Treaddow, Hentland, Reliev-ing Officer and Vaccination Officer for St. Weonards Dzstrict; Mr. J ames Turner, Over Ross street, Relz'evz'ng- Officer and Vacct'nat£on Officer for the Sollershope Dt'sf1·£ct ./ Mr. Edwin Morgan, Master of the Union; Mrs. Caroline Morgan, Matron; :Miss Annie Brown,. Schoolm-istress. The Unz'on compnses the follow£ng Panshes: Ballingham, Brampton Abbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton, Foy, Goodrich, Harewood, Hentland, Hope Mansel, How Caple, King's Caple, Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Lea, Marstow, Pencoyd, Peterstow, Ross, Ruardean (Gloucestershire), St. Weonards, Sellack, Sollershope, Tretire with Michaelchurch, Upton Bishop, Walpole, Weston-underPenyard, and Y atton. . REGISTRATION oF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. Supert'ntendent Reg-zstrar, Henry Minett, Esq., offices, St. Mary Street ; Deputy Superintendent Reg-zstrar, G. F. Minett, Esq., offices, St. Mary street ; Reg-z'strar of Marrz'ag-es, Mr. Arthur Bloomfield '

ROSS. Morling, Gloucester road; Regzstrars of Bz'rths and Deaths, Mr. George Morgan, Gloucester road (for Ross Dzstrict), Mr. James Turner, Over Ross street (for Upton Bishop, Brampton Abbotts, King's Caple, Yatton, Bridstow, Se/lack, Peterstow, Sollershope, Foy, How Caple, and Brockhampton)/ Mr. George Freame Watkins, Kyrle street, Ross (for St. Weonards, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Bentland, Harewood, Llandi1tabo, Pettcoyd, Tretire with Mi'chaelchurch, and Ballingham ). PUBLIC BUILDINGS, INSTITUTIONS, OFFICES, ETC. ( Wzth Names of Officers attached). Butter and Poultry Market (held at the Corn Exchange}, entrance, High street. . Cattle Market (erected in 187I), bottom of Edde Cross street.- Tolls collected by the Commissioners. William D. Weaver, Collector. Corn Exchange, High street. Application for hire of rooms, &c., to be made to Messrs. Rootes & Wintle. County Court (held at the Town-hall every alternate month).- Registrar's office, St. Mary's street (office hours, IO till 4, and on Saturdays, 10 till 1). His Honour William Stevenson Owen, judge ( Circu£1 24) ; The Superzntendent, County Court Department, Treasury, Whitehall, S.W.; Nathaniel Kyrle Collins, Esq., Regzstrar; George Freame Watkins, Esq., Hz'gh Bazltff. The followt"ng z"s a L·i'st of Places zn the jurisd-iction of the Ross County Court: Ballingham, Bishopswood, Brampton Abbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton, Fawley, Foy, Goodrich, Harewood, Hentland, Hoarwithy, Hope Mansel, How Caple, King's Caple, Lea, Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Marstow, Pencoyd, Peterstow, Ross, St. Weonards, Sellack, Sollershope, Tretire with Michaelchurch, U pton Bishop, Walford, Weston-under-Penyard, and Yatton. DepOt of the Relig-ious Tract and Bt"ble Soc£dies, at Miss A. M. Walwyn's, High street. Depot of the Society for Promoting Chri'st£an Knowledge, at Mr. Richard Powle's, Man of Ross house, High street. P'£re Engi'ne atzd Fzre Escape Station, Edde Cross street. Gas Works, Kyrle street. The Ross Gas Co., Limited, Proprz"etors., Market House, Market place. Mr. S. Llewellyn, Collector of Tolls. PoNce Statz"on (County Constabulary), Brampton street. Mr. George Smith, Superintendent for Ross and Ha,-ewood End D£v£s£ons (with two sergeants and ten constables in both divisions). There are police stations at Harewood End, Much Birch, St. Weonards, Hoar-. withy, Llangarren, Whitchurch, Walford, Weston-under-Penyard,J and U pton Bishop . .Boss Club (held at the Swan Hotel). ]ohn Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Hon. Secretary. Number of members about 40 . .Boss Dispensary and Cottage Hospital, Gloucester road. The Lord Bishop of Hereford, Visitor and Patron; H. C. Moffatt, Esq., President; Alexander Doig, LR.C.P., Edin., Edward Michael Molineux Knapp,

ROSS. L.R.C.P., Edin., and Dr. Mason, Hotz. Medical Sta.ffi John Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Tt·easU1·er; Henry Minett, Esq., Hon. Secretary; Mr. Frederick Cooper, Assistant Secretary ,; Thomas Matthews, Dt'sj;enser; Miss Pye, lJiltron-Nut·se. Ross Free Library, Reading Rooms, and RecreaHon Grounds, Broad street. (The Reading Room is open daily from 9 a.m. till IO p.m., Sundays excepted.) Mr. Arthur Pole Small, Hon. Secretary; Mr. Stephen Fellowes, Lt"brarian / Mr. Archibald Taylor, Custodian. Stamp Office (open from 9 a. m. till7 p.m.) Mr. Frederick William Wintle, Bank Offices. Water Works, The Dock and Alton Court. Thomas Blake, Esq., Proprietor,; Mr. Henry Thomas Blake, Manager; Mr. Samuel Llewellyn, Collector. PLACES OF WORSHIP. Parz'sh Chu1·ch (St. Ma·ry's). Rev. Robert Henry Cobbold, M.A., Rector and Vicar ; Rev. John Stroud Maber and Rev. Wm. Clifford Aston, M.A., CU1·ates ; Messrs. Alfred John Purchas and James Barn well, Churchwardens; Mrs. Holford, Organist; Francis Corbett, Parish Cle1·k and Sexton. Baptist Chapel, Broad street. Rev. W. A. Wicks, M£n£ster. Particulm· Baptist Chapel, Cantilupe road. Ministers various. Congregat£o1Zal Church, Gloucester road. Rev. S. Adams, Minister .Friends' Meet-ing House, Brampton street. Plymouth Brethren Chapel, Henry street. Mz'nisters various. Roman Catholic Chapel, The Crofts. Rev. Philip Fotheringham, B. D., Pri'est. Wesleyan Chapel, Edde Cross street. Rev. W. Douglass, Superz'n· ten dent. SCHOOLS. Board Schools, Cantilupe road. Mr. William George Edwards, Master; Mrs. G. F. Minett, Girls' Mistress,; Mrs. }ones, Infants' Mistress. I1zjant School, Arthur's Lane. Miss Hatton, Mistress. Wafter Scott's Charity or Blue Coat School, Arthur's lane. Mr. Wm. Treasure, Master,; Mrs. Jane Treasure, Mistress. ALMSHOUSES AND CHARITIES. Baker's Charity. (The trustees meet at the Bank offices the first Tuesday in every month.) Frederick William Wintle, Esq., Secretary to the Charity; Peter Sheridan MacDougall, Esq., Treasurer. Markey's Almshouses, Edde Cross street. Perrock's Almshouses, Arthur's Lane. Pye's and Roberts's Almshouses, Edde Cross street. Rudhale's Almshouses, Church street. Webbe's Hospital, Corps Cross street. Henry Minett, Esq., Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.

• ROSS. SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS, ETC. Barrel Inn Fr£endly Soc£ety, Brookend st. Mr. G. Marfell, Sec. Church of England Temperance Sodety, meet first and third Tuesday in each month, at the school. Rev. R. H. Cobbold, .President./ Rev. ]. S. Maber, Treasurer and Secretary. Hertfordshire zst Rifle Volunteer Co1jJs (B. Company), The Dock .. - Lieut. R. Harcourt Ord Capper, Commandant. "Man of Ross" Court of Foresters (No. 3344), meet at the Foresters' hall, New Imz, Broad street, Mr. Trevor Watkins, Secretary. Juvenile branch, Mr. Trevor W atkins, Secretary. "Man of Ross" Lodge of Odd:fellows (No . .2540, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society), held at the Nag's Head Inn, High street.- Mr. J. Hughes, Secretary. Also a Juvenile branch of the same lodge. Mr. ]. Bailey, &cretary. "JJfan of Ross" Lodge of Shepherds (No r842), held at the Royal Oak Inn. Mr. Arthur Seymour, SecnJtary. Ross and Archenjield Benefit Build£ng Society, Free Library. (Subscriptions received every Monday evening from 7 till 8.) Thomas Blake, Esq., President; PeterS. MacDougall, Esq., Treasurer; John Leonard Piddocke, Esq., Solicitor,- Mr. Charles Smith, Secretary; Mr. G. Walton, Sub-Treasurer.· Ross Cn"cket and Lawn Tennis Club. P. S. MacDougall, Esq., President; ]. G. Geraughty, Esq., Hon. Secretary. Ross Fire Bngade Committee. (Meet at the Town hall on the last Tuesday in each month.) Wm. Rudge Rootes, Esq., Chairman/ Messrs. F. Cooper,]. Barnwell, R. Brendon, R. Holder,]. Meredith, A. Evans, R. Webb, and E. Turner, Committee; Mr. Henry T. Blake, Captain of Bn'gade ,- Messrs. Rootes and Wintle, Secretaries. The fire brigade is supported by voluntary contributions, and an allowance from the Improvement Commissioners. It consists of a Captain and sixteen men. The fire engine station is in Edde Cross street. Ross Gymnasium Club, Wilton road. Mr. C. Hartland, Secretary; Mr. F. Brendon, Captain. Ross Highway Board. (The members meet at the Union Workhouse on the first Thursday in each month at 12 noon.) Mr. A. W. Bennett, Chairman; Mr. ]. B. Sainsbury, Vice-Chairman_; John Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Treasurer?. Henry Minett, Esq., Clerk ?. Mr. George Haines, Surveyor. Ross Rowing Club. Rev. R. H. Cobbold, President,- Mr. W. N. Higgs, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Ross School Board. Rev. R. H. Cobbold, M.A., Chairman; Henry Southall, Esq., Vz"ce-Chairman; William Rudge Rootes, Esq., Clerk to the Board; John Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Treasurer?. Mr. Stephen Fellowes, School Warden. Ross Temperance Club, Raiman House, The Crofts. Mr. H. Groves, Custod£an. Ross Temperance Union, Meetings in Temperance hall, Cantilupe road, on alternate Tuesdays. Rev. S. Adams, President?. Messrs. S. Fellowes and H. G. Bussell, Secretaries. Virturian Lodge of Freemasons meet at the .Royal Hotel every month.

ROSS. PUBLIC OFFICERS. Asszstant Overseer for the Pansh of Ross. Mr. John Francis Davis, Gloucester road. Clerk to the Assessment Committee. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary st. Clerk to the .Commissioners of Taxes. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary street; Surveyor of Taxes, W. Sharland, Esq., Inland Revenue office, Hereford. Clerk to Guardians of Ross Union. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary st. Clerk to the Highway Board for Ross District. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary street. Clerk to the Magistrates for Ross and Hare'wood End Divi'sions.- Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary street. Clerk to the Ross Improvement Commissioners. Ernest R. Davis, Esq., Albion chambers. Clerk to Rural Sanitary Authority. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary st. Collecior of Queen's Taxes. Mr. Arthur H. Pearson, The Crofts. Collector of Rates for the Ross Improvement Commzssz"oners. Mr. Samuel Llewellyn, High street. Conservative Agent for Ross District. Wm. Hebb, Esq., Church st. Inland Re'ZJenue Officer. Mr. Canadine, Gloucester road. Inspector of lYuisances (under the Rural and U,·ban San£ta1y Authorities). Mr. Henry Digwood, The Crofts. Inspector of Weights and Measures. Supt. Smith, Police station. Lord of the JJfanor oj Ross. Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., ].P., Hill Court, Ross. Registrar of the County Court. N athaniel Kyrle CoUins, Esq. Secretary to Webbe's Hospital. Henry Minett, Esq., St. Mary st. Sub-Distributor of Stamps. Frederick William Wintle, Esq, Bank offices. Superintendent of Police for Ross and Harewood End Divisions. Mr. George Smith, Police station. Surveyor of Roads for Ross Highway District. Mr. George Haines, Gloucester road. Town Surveyor. Mr. Samuel Llewellyn, High street. Town Crier. Mr. John Allaway, Rope walk. RAILWAYS. Ross and Monmouth Railway Co., offices, St. Mary street.· The Hon. Robert Henley Eden, (.,/zai'J'man ,- John Edward Stower Hewett, Esq., Secretary,- Henry Minett, Esq., Solicitor. Railway Station (Great Western Railway and Ross and Monmouth Railway). Mr. William F. Marvin, Station Master and Goods Manager. Omnibuses from the Royal. the Swan, and the Kz"ng's Head Hotels, attend the arrival and departure of all trains, and convey passengers to all parts of the town. CARRIERS BY RAIL. To London and all Parts. Messrs. R. T. Smith & Co., Railway station. • •

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. G. W. R. Receiving Office for Pa1'tels, at Messrs. Blake & Son's, Station street. Foster's Receiving Office for Pa1'cels, at Mr. \Villiam Tummey's, Prospect house Sutton's Recdving Office for Parcels, at Mr. C. Hall's, Gloucester rd. CARRIERS BY ROAD. Destination. Name of Carrier. Broad Oak......... Mrs. Sarah Roberts Cinderford •.. . . . .. . Samuel Trigg Cinderford......... Am os Marshall Day Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Thurs. Depart from Nag's Head Nag's Head King's Head Hotel Garway .. . . .. ... •. . Mrs. Phillips George Hotel Garway . . . . . . ... ... Thomas Lewis Hentland . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Gilbert Kempley ......... Mrs. Mason Linton & Gorsley Peter J ames Littledean . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Smith Llanwarne.... .. ... Henry Hall New Imz Castle Inn King's Head Hotel George Hotel K-ing's Head Hotel Castle I11n Lydbrook ... ... ... George Robinson King's Head Hotel King's Head Hotel George Hotel King's Head Hotel New Inn Lydbrook ... ...... Thomas Cole Mitcheldean ... ... Mrs. Manning Mitcheldean ... ... Mr. Cooper Much Marcle... ... William Davies tDrcop............... Charles Burleigh Peterstow ... ... ... Henry Hall Ruardean . . . . . . . . . Thomas Blanch Ruardean Hill . . . Mrs. Chamberlain St. Weonards...... Henry Hall Geot-ge Hotel Castle I11n Nag's Head Nag's Head Castle hzn St. Weonards...... Mrs. Gilbert Castle Inn Upton Bishop ... Mrs. Davies New Inn Woolhope ... ... ... Reuben Packwood Railway Inn ROSS ALPHABET CAL DIRECTORY. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Andrews, Hy. J., Holywell villa, Ashfield Aston, Rev. W. Clifford M.A. (cnrate), 3, Merry villas Bailey, Thomas, Rose cottage, Arcbenfield Ball, John, Church street Barter, William, Henry street Bellamy, T. H .• Bank house, Broad street Eernard, MiSil Ellen, Over Ross house Blake, Alfred J ames, Dux mere Elake, Charles, The Crofts Blake, Henry Thomas, 5, Station street Blake, Thos., county alderman, Lebanon Banner, W. Viner, Hildersley Ernnsdon, Benjamin, Albany villa .Burrell, C. E., Merryvale viHas Clarke, John, Florentine villa Cobbold, Rev. Robert Henry, M. A. (rector and vicar of Ross, prebendary of N orton, in Hereford cathedral, snrrogate for the diocese of Hereford, and rural dean of Ross), The Rectory, Church street Collins, Ferdinando S., Lincoln hill Collins, Mrs., Cubberley house Cooper, J!'rederick, Rosedale, Ashfield Crawford, J., Cantilupe road Croth, D. Hay, Claremont villas, Gloucester road Curtis, T. C., Merryva.le Davis, Mrs. L., Ashfield house Doig, Alexander, L.R.C.P., Edin., St. Mary's street Douglas, J. M., Portland villa Douglass, Rev. W. (W esleyan), Park view, Gloucester road

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. Evans, Mrs., Palmerston house, Ashfield Ferna.ndez, Thomas 1!'., M.D., F.R.C.S., Brookfield Fitzmayer, General Sir J ames William, R.A., K.C.B., J.P., '£he Chase Flanaghan, John, Ashfield Footit, W., Gloucester road Fotheringham, Rev. Philip (Roman Catholic), Gloucester road George, John Alien, Rye Garth, Gloucester rpad Giesbers, F., Ashfield Haines, Mrs. Elizabeth, Tudorville Haines, Wm. H., Olivet cottage, Archenfield Hale, Miss, Church street Hale, Mrs., Ashfield Hall, John Henry, Cantilupe road Hall, Miss Mary Sarah, Alton street Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth, Telford house, New street Hart, The Misses, Ashfield Harvey, Mrs., Purland Chase Hebb, William, Esq., Waynflete house Hewett, John Ed. Stower, High street Hill, Thomas, Archenfield Holder, Raymond, Penrhyn villa Holford, Henry, Wye terrace Hughes, Miss, Chevenhill, Ashfield Innell, George W ., High street Jackson, Charles, Cantilupe road Jackson, Henry B., Hillsborough, Ashfield J ackson, Miss, Lyndhurst lodge, Ashfield Jervis, Frederick, Sydney cottage .Tones, Amos, Roslin cottage, Archenfield J ones, Thomas, W estfield house Kell, Samuel, Brook house Knapp, Edward Molineux, M. D., Edde Cross house La-Touche, Madame, The Poplars Lewis, J ames, Over Ross villa Lewis, J. H., Gloucester road Llewellyn, C. Lawrence, Glendower villa Llewellyn, J ames, Ashfield Locke, George, Queen street Maber, Rev. J. S. (curate), Newton villa Macmullen, Captain, Morecambe house Marfell, Mrs. Ann, Gloucester road Marfell, Mrs. M. M., West View lodge, Ashfield Marsh, E., Ivy house, Corps Cross street Mason, H. W., Merton house, Edde Cross street Minett, George Frederick, Ashfield Morling, A. B., Ashburton cottage, Gloucester road Morris, Mrs., Gloucester road Morris, W. H., Fernside, Ashfield Morris, W alter, High street Mortimer, Miss Julia F., Rudhall Moore, William, Albany cottage, Ashfield Pearce, George Cope, Gloucester road Perkins, W. J., Crofts Orchard Pike, Thomas (firm of Bussell & Pike), Weston Powell, Mrs. M. A., Fern bank Powell, William Henry, M.D., High street Power, Manley Kingsmill Manley, J.P., Hill court Preece, George, Brentwood, Cantilupe road Preece, John, Walworth villa, Station road Preen, Edward, Dock street Purchas, Alfred John, county councillor, Chasedale Purchas, Henry 1\f., Chasedale Rea, Mrs. Frances, Stratford house, Ashfield Richards, Mrs., Cedar villa, Gloucester rd. Roberts, Miss Catherine, The Crofts Rootes, William Rudge, W oodside house, Gloucester road Raper, Mrs. E., Wye villa, Dock pitch Rycroft, ,J ames, Tudorville place Sadler, W. J., Ashfield villa Seymour, Mrs., The Firs, Archenfield Shaw, H. L., Sandringham villas Shorting, Mrs. E., Chase wood lodge Ski pp, Mrs. Ann, Alton house, .Alton street Southall, Henry, The Grai~, Ashfield Stratford, John Arthur, Beaumont villa, Ashfield Stephens, Mrs., Gloucester road Strong, George, M. D., J.P., &c., 1, Merryvale villas Taylor, Peter, Caradoc villa., Gloucester rd. Tearne, John Charles, Gloucester road Thomas, 1\'Irs. John, Crofts orchard Trotter, John, Archenfield Trotter, J. G., Chase Bank, Gloucester rd. Trusted, Mrs., W estbank Underwood, Hngh F., Royal Hotel Verschoyle, Capt. Robert Henry, J.P., Springfield W alton, George, Gloucester road Watson, Mrs. M. S., The Chestnuts, Ashfield Weaver, Wm. D., Myrtle villas, Ashfields W ebb, Art bur, Alton street 'V ebb, Robert, The Priory, New street Wicks, Rev. W. A. (Baptist), Church street Wightman, S., 4, Dayer's terrace Wigmore, Francis, Broad street Wintle, Alfred, Ryefield house, Gloucester road Wintle, Frederick Wm., Mervyn, Ashfield Y ates, Sydney Greatrex, Berkley house, New street COMMERCIAL. Adams, Francis Ramp. solicitor; office, Brookend street, res. U pton Bishop ALDOM, GEO., builder, cabinet manufacturer, and upholsterer ; funeral furnisher; Gloucester road Alien, The Misses (apartments), Raglan house, Broad street ALTON COURT BREWERY CO., Limited, brewers of the celebrated "Alton Court " family ales & porter, ma.Itsters, and manufacturers of the celebrated Ross aerated waters, Station street and Henry street. L. M. Wooler, Manager; Fredk. William Wintle, Secretary. See advt. opposite Boss Postal Injormatiun

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. 645 Andrews, Henry John, tailor, 7, Market place Asplet, Mrs. (apartments), Holland house, Dock street Atkins, James, Bell Inn, Brampton street Baker, Wm., Queen's Head Inn, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application. Station st. Bailey, James, seedsman, Corps Cross st. Bailey, Thomas, saddler, High street Baldwin, Andrew, painter, Broad street Ba.ldwin, Robert, baker and confectioner, Broad street Barling, Frederick William, M. R. C. V. S., (London) veterinary surgeon, New house, Alton street ; and farmer, Marsh farm :BARNWELL, JAS., family grocer, tea. dealer & provision merchant ; sole agent for W. & A. Gilbey's wine.<J and spirits, and sole agent for Rogers' A.K. bitter and mild aJes in casks, 1, Market place. See advt. at end of Direct<Yry Barnwell, Misses, ladies' school, Clytha. house, New street Barter, Thos., monumental mason, Henry street Barter, Wm. J., fishmonger & game dealer, High street Bartholomew, The Misses, ladies' school, Gloucester road Baumgarte, Henry, tobacconist and hairdresser, Market place Beale, Charles, Lower Clee\"e farm Bel1amy, Thomas Henry (firm of Perkins & Bellamy), ironmongers, Broad street Bevan, William, builder, joiner, & undertaker, Arthur's lane Blacker, William, Prince of Wales Hotel, Ash field :BLAXE, WILLIAM & SONS, ironmongers, tinplate workers, iron & brass founders, &c., Brookend street Bliss, Thos., manager for Geo. Greenland, draper, 10, High street Bolton, Thomas, shopkeeper & basil glove maker, Over Ross street Bonnor, William Viner, farmer and landowner, Hildtlrsley farm Brendon, Richd., family grocer, tea dealer, and provision merchant, High street Bridge, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Gloucester road Broben, J ames, saddler and harness maker, Broad street Bromage, J ames, Penyard farm Brown, Gopsill & Sons, sack contractors, depot near railway station; Henry Hall, Agent Brunsdon, Benjamin, farmer & landowner, Warryfield & How le hill farms, W alford, res. Albany cottage, Ashfield Bryant & Co., bone manure stores, Station road Bussell, Henry Geo., bookseller, stationer, and newsagent, Broad street BUSSELL & PIKE, corn, cake, seed, and flour merchants, millers, &c.; agents for Norrington, Hingston, & Co., manufacturers of bone superphosphate & special manures, Gloucester road and Brookend mill ; stores, Corps Cross street Bustin, Richard Britton, photographer, studio, Gloucester road Butcher, G. & W., watchmakers & jewellers, Brookend street Canadine, Wm., Inland Revenue officer, Gloucester road Capital & Counties Bank Ltd. (branch of), draw on head office, 39, Threadneedle street, E. C. Bank hours, 10 till 3 ; . Thursdays, 10 till 5; Saturdays, 10 tilll. John Edwin Stower Hewett, Manager, High street Carwardine, Rd., shoemaker, Corps Cross st. Carwardine, William, saddler, &c., High st. Cliff, Wm., baker, Brookend street Coates, Joseph, tailor, &c., High street Collins, Henry, gardener and innkeeper, Vine Tree Inn, Walford road Collins, Nathaniel Kyrle, solicitor; registrar of the county court ; office, St. Mary street, res. Wilton dale Collins, W. H. & F. S., solicitors; stewards of the manor of Ross ; commissioners to administer oaths in the supreme court of judicature ; perpetual commissioners ; offices, St. Mary street Constance, Samuel, boot maker, High st. Cook, Thomas, hairdresser, Broad street Cooper, Fredk (firm of Cooper & Morris), auditor to the Royal hotel company, limited, and to the Alton Court brewery company, limited; assistant secretary to the Ross dispensary and cottage hospital ; agent for tire and life insurance and for the London guarantee society; county fire office; Albion chambers, Gloucester road, res. Rosedale COOPER & MORRIS, auctioneers, valuers, estate, advertising, & insurance agents, public accountant.'!, sha.rebrokers, timber surveyors ; agents for County (fire), Provident (life), Standard (life), Guardian (plate glass), County (hailstorm), London (guarantee), and the accidental insurance companies; offices, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Coopey, George, dairyman, High street Corbett, Francis, parish clerk, Church yard Cotterell, Miss Ellen, King'• Head Hotel Counsell, J. A. J., printer, &c., Market place Counsell, Miss Sophia, dealer in furniture, ironmongery, &c., High street Cowley, Frederick, chemist, Broad street Cox:, Charles, butcher, Broad street Curtis, Jno., painter, 3, Broadmead villas Dallimore, C., boot & shoe maker, Broad st. DAMPIER & WIGMORE, stock salesmen and general auctioneers, timber surveyors, valuers, public accountants, house, estate, and insurance agents. High street, Ross (and at Monmouth)

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. Daniel, Edward George, draper, High st. DA VIES, JOHN FRANCIS, accountant, asflistant overseer, house and insurance agent and valuer, collector of poor and highway rates for Ross, secretary and collector for Ross gas company, limited, Gloucester road Davies, Ernest, solicitor; cle.rk to the Ross improvement commissioners; commissioner for affidavits in the supreme court of judicature; agent for the Atlas fire and life insurance company; office, Gloucester road Davies, Richard, The Sun dining & refreshment rooms, High street Davis, Robert Croft, Saracen's Head, High street De la Hay, Thomas, tailor, High street Den ton, Geo. J ames, George Hotel, Gloucester road Digwood, Henry, inspector of nuisances (under the rural and urban sanitary authorities), The Crofts Doig, Alexander, L.R.C.P., Edin., surgeon, St. Mary street Dovey, Thomas, salt dealer, Brookend st Downing, Isaac, chimney sweeper and billposter, New street Drew, Richard, Railway Inn, Brookend st. Dyer, Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Broad · street Eaton, Mrs. Lucy, New Inn, Broad street Edwards, W. G., master of the Board school, Hildersley cottage Ellary, Miss, confectioner, High street Enfield, Mrs. Elizabeth, Nag's Head Inn, High street, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars ou application Evans, Alfred, hatter & outfitter, Broad st. Evans, Allan, general outfitter, hatter, and boot and shoe factor, County clothing mart, High street Evans, Mrs. Lydia, boarding school for young- gentlemen, Palmerston house, Ash field Fernandez, Thomas F., M.D., F.R.C.S., medical officer to No. 1 district of Ross union ; Brookfield Finch, G. H., photographer, Gloucesterrd. Fisher, John Edward, solicitor, Church st. Footitt, W., clerk, Olivet cottage, Gloucester road Garraghan, Martin, general dealer in London, Birmingham, and hardware goods, boots and shoes, &c., Broad street Goldsmith, Lipman, pawnbroker, New st. Goold, H. G., tanner, Ross Tannery Goulding, William Henry, Barret Inn, Brookend street · Greenland, George, silk mercer, milliner, and draper, 10, High street, and at Hereford. See Interleaf .Advertisement Griffiths, .T ohn, watch and clock m3.ker, jeweller, &c., Broad street ' Griffiths, J oseph, land drainer, Cawdor Griffiths, Robert, Pheasant Inn, Edde Cross · street Griffin, Morris, & Griffin, bone manure stores, Station road GURNEY, WILLIAM, baker, flour, meal, and corn factor, and agent for T. Wintle's mild ales & porter, Broad st. Gwillim, Wm., farmer, Alton court Haines, George, surveyor of roads for Ross highway district, Gloucester road Halford, Mrs. Charles, confectioner, biscuit baker, and tea and coffee dealer, Hi~h st. Hall, Charles, pianoforte and music warehouse, receiving house for Sutton's parcel delivery, Gloucester road Hall, Henry, agent for Gopsill Brown & Sons, sack contractors (of Gloucester}, dep6t, Railway sta., res., 2, Croft's ter. Hall, H. J., coal merchant, station road Handford, Thomas, jeweller, watch & clock maker, High street Harris, Ira, grocer, &c., Brookend street Hatton Bros. & Co., boot and shoemakers, High street, and at Hereford. See Advt. in$ide back cover Hatton, Mrs., dressmaker, Edde Cross st. H ayes, Chas., haulier, 1, Broadmead villa. Hebb, William, solicitor, corn. to administer oaths in the supreme court of judicature; registrar for N ewent county court ; conservative agent for Ross district, Church street Herbert, Thomas, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Hatte1•'s Arms, High street Hewett, John Edward Stower, manager of the Capital and Counties bank; secretary to the Ross and Monmouth railwav company; treasurer to the Ross dispensary and cottage hospital, to the district highway board, and to the school board ; agent to the Scottish Equitable life, the Alliance fire, and the Rail way Passengers' accidental insurance companies, Capital and Counties bank, limited, High street Hicks, Alfred, house and furniture painter, glazier, paperhanger, &c., Gloucester rd. Hicks, Samuel, hairdresser and umbrella maker, Gloucester road Hill, Thomas, foreman, Archenfield cottage HILL, WILLIAM, general printer by Gas power, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, circulating library (in connection with Mudie); publisher and proprietor of the Ross Gazette, High street. See Advertisement at end of Directory. Hobbs, Caroline, Hope and .Anchor Inn, boat proprietor, and basket maker, The Dock Hodges, 'George, True Heart Inn, Kyrle st. HOLDER & CO., furnishing and general ironmongers, agricultural implement agents, &c., High street. See Ad- . vertisement at end of Directm·y. Hunt, Chas., Masons' Arms, Over Ross.st. Indian Empire Tea Co., tea dealers, Broad street

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. INNELL, GEORGE WM., clerk and agent, for the Liverpool London and Globe (fire and life), High street Innes, Miss J ane Maria, milliner and dressmaker, Corps Cross street Jackson, Mrs. Sarah, laundre~s, Dock street Jackson, Wm., innkeeper, Crown&: Sceptre, Broad street Jarvis, Edwin Phippi!, pump maker and carpenter, station street Jarvis, William, billposter, Kyrle street Jervis, F., tailor, Sydney cot., Archenfield Johnson, D., chimney swpr., Over Ross st. J ohns, George, tailor, High street Jones, Alfred, confectioner, High street Jones, Thomas, hop merchant, Westfield house, Dock street Jordan, J oseph Lee, wood turner and cabinet maker, New street Kl.'en, Edward, farmer, Horn farm XELL & CO., agricultural implemPnt manufacturers and iron and brass founders, Ross, and at Gloucester Kell, Samuel, Brook house KEMP, J. B., steam saw mills, Henry street, timber, slate, and cement merchant ; all kinds of English timber ; Broseley and Bridgwater roofing tiles ; and all kinds of building materials kept in stock; prices quoted on application Kite, J no, marine store dealer, Over Ross st. Knapp, Edward Molineux, physician and surgeon, Edde Cross street Large, W allace John, grocer, Brook end Lewis, Charles Henry, family grocer, tea dealer, and provision merchant, High st. Lewi8, Geo., slater & ornam ... ntal plasterer, dealer in cement, &c., Kyrle street Lewis, ,Jas., builder, cabinet maker, & school furniture manufacturer, Over Ross street Lewis, 1\Irs. A., ladies' outfitter, Broad st. Little, Frederick, baker, Brookend street Llewellyn, Samuel, town surveyor, High st. Llewellyn, Samuel & 8on, fishmongers, poulterers, fruiterers, dealers in game, ice, & coal merchants, High street; coal wharf near rail way station LLOYDS BANKt LIMITED (branch of), draw on London office, Lombard street, E. C. Bank hours, lU till3; market and fair days, 10 till 4 ; Saturdays, 10 tilll. P. S. MacDougall, Manager, High street • Londnn, Francis, bellhanger, locksmith, ga.«fitter, &c., Brookenrl street Lugg, Charles, cooper, &c., Broad street MacDougall, Peter Sheridan, manager of Lloyds bank, limited (branch of), High st. " MAN OF ROSS " (weekly newspapPr). printed and publi:<bed by the proprietor, every Wednesday night for Thursday ; price, one pennv ; constitutional ; estab. 1855 ; office, Market place M addocks. Thomas J ames, grocer, High st. Marshall, Ambrose, Hvrse and Jockey Inn, New street Marshall, Miss Mary, dressmaker, Station street Marvin, Wm. Frederick, stationmaster, Railway station Mason, Henry W., surgeon, Me-rton house, Edde Cross street MATTHEWS, THOMAS, dentist, operative, dispensing, & family chemist (by examination); associate of the pharmaceutical society ; The Man of Ross house, High street. See advertisement. Meredith, James, draper, Bon Marche, High street Miller, G lrdon H., postman, Station street Millett, John, farmer, Arbour Hill farm Minett & Piddocke, solicitors; offices, St. Mary street Minett, Henry (firm of Minett & Piddocke), solicitor; clerk to the mag-istrates for Ross and Harewood End division; clerk to the commissioners of taxes; clerk to the Rosi! union, and to the Ross rural sanitary authority; clerk to the highway board for Rnss district ; superintendent registrar of births, deaths, & marriages ; clerk to the assessment committee ; hon. sec. to Ross dispensarv and cottage hospital; hon. secretary and treasurer to W ebbe's hospital ; solicitor to the Ross and :\Jonmouth railway company; commissioner to administer oaths in the supreme court of judicature; perpetual commissi,mer ; officeR, St. Mary street, res. Castle End, near Ross Morgan, Geor~f', registrar of births and deaths, and relieving officer for Ross district, 2, Glouce~ter place, Gloucester rd. Morling, Arthur Bloomfield, registrar of marria!.{es for Ross district, St. Mary st. Morris, Walter (firm of Cooper & Morris), res. High tStreet Morton, Charles, Plough Inn, Tudorville Moss, John, baker, &c., Broad street NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of En~land (branch of), draw on the head offices of the National Provincial bank of England, Bishopsgate street, corner of Threadneedle st., London, E.C. Bank hours, 10 till 3; on Thursrlays, 10 till 5 ; and on Saturdays, 10 till L J. Clarke, Manager, Market place Parker, William, butcher, High street Parsons, Mrs . .\'lary, milliner & dressmaker, New street Partrirl~e, Charles, grocer, BrllOkPnd Partridge, Mrs., beer retailer, TraveUera' Rest, Black house Passev, Thomas, butcher, Broarl street Pear~on, Arthur H., architect & surveyor, Gloucester road Perkin~ & Bel!amy, agricultural engineers, iron fencin~, gate, hurdle, & implement manufacturers, iron merchants, furnishing and general ironmnngers, gasfitters, bellhangers, whitesmiths, copper and tinplate workers, and general smiths, Broad street iron works

ROSS ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY. Perks, John, Butchers' .Arms, High street Phipps, The Misses, grocers & corn dealers, High street · Piddocke, John Leonard (firm of Minett & Piddocke), solicitor; commissioner to administer oaths in the supr~me court of judicature ; offices, St. Mary street, res. New house, B:rampton Abbott8 Pike, Thomas (firm of Bussell and Pike), Weston Powell, William Henry, surgeon, High st. POWLE, RICHARD, bookseller, stationer, & printer; circulating library; agent for Sun fire insurance office ; depot of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; Man of Ross house, High st. Preece, Chas., butcher & dealer, Broad st. Preen, R. & S., millinery, baby linen, and ladies' outfitting warehouse, Market place Price, Henry, Castle Inn, Dock street Price, James, painter, &c., Broad street Pritchard, Arthur, seedsman, gardener, &c., Broad street Proctor, H. & T., bone manure stores, Station road Pulling, William & Co., wine, ale and porter merchants, High street Purchas, Alfred John (firm of T. W. Purchas & Sons), Broad street PURCHAS, T. W. & SONS, importers of wines and spirits ; agents for Dublin stout & Burton ales ; sole agents for Hungarian wines from Max Greger, wine merchant to Her Majesty ; Broad street Richards, Charles, dispenser to Ross union, Gloucester road Richards, George, physician and surgeon, Church street - Richardson, Arthur, butcher, Broad street Rook, Mrs. Mary, dressmaker, Queen street ROOTES & WINTLE, auctioneers, public accountants, house and estate agents, valuers, &c., Bank offices, Market place Rootes, William Rudge (firm of Rootes & Wintle), clerk to the Ross school board; secretary to the Ross Royal Hotel company, limited; Bank offices, Market place ; res. W oodside house, Gloucester road Rose, Wm., farmer, Wall house farm Ross Fish Supply Co., Gloucester road Ross Gazette, printed by gas power and published by the proprietor, Mr. William Hill, every Wednesday evening for Thursday ; price' one penny ; neutral politics ; established January, 1867 ; offices, High street. See Advertisement at end of Directory ROSS ROYAL HOTEL (Family, (Jomme:rcial, and Posting establishment), The Ross Royal Ho-.;el Co., Limited, Proprietors; Miss Lugg, Manageress; W. Rudge Roote11, Secretary Ross Steam Cultivating Co., T. H. Bellamy, Manager Ryall, Thos., general dealer, Brookend st. Sadler, William John, family grocer and provision merchant, Broad street Seabright, Miss Annie, Plough Inn, Over Ross street Shock, John, shoemaker, Brookend street Slater, William, haulier, Over Ross street Small, Arthur Pole, architect, High street SMALL, WM., & SON, boot and shoe manufacturers, leather merchants, &c., repairs receive special attention Smith, Charles, photographer & day school Ross academy, Dock street Smith, George, baker, confectioner, and corn dealer, Market place Smith, George, superintendent of police for Ross and Harewood End divisions, and inspector of weights and measures, Police station, Brampton street Smith, Richard Chas., grocer, Market place Smith, R. T. & Co., general carriers and carting agents for the Great W estem railway company, office at Railway station. Smith, William, wheelwright, light-trap builder, &c., Brookend SOUTHALL & DOUGLAS, drapers, milliners, and costumiers, carpet and furnishing warehousemen, Market place, and Gloucester road Stafford, Mrs. Helen, operative, dispensing, and agricultural chemist, High street Stag Inn, Henry street, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAJ~ ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application STARKEY, FALSHAW (late Garnier), coach builder and heraldic artist, Henry street. See Advertise-me»: at end of Directory Stevenson, Thos., glass and china. de~t, High street Steward, Tom, butcher, High street Stratford, John Arthur, editor of the Roll Gazette, office, High street, res., Beaumonfi villa, Ashfield Swan Hotel, High street, Miss Price, Manageress Taylor, Alfred, Man of Boss Inn, Dock st. Taylor, Archibald, Free Library Coffee house, Broad street Tooth, Bros., plumbers, &c., High street TO\vnsend, Mrs. Mary, Noah's Ark Inn, Tudorville Treasure, William and Mrs. Jane, master and mistress of W alter Scott's charity school, Arthur's lane Trehern, James, gardener, &c., Broad st. Trotter, J. G., overseer at Boss GazeiJ,e office ; rea., Chase Bank Trotter, John, tailor, Archenfield Turner, Edmund & Co., Limited, wholesale boot a.nd shoe manufacturers, Ross shoe factory, Broad street and High street Underwood, Hugh F., solicitor, Royal Hotd

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. URSELL, ALFRED W., sculptor, Waterloo villa Wade, Wm., beer retailer, Gloucester road Waites, M. A.., painter & grainer, A.rthur's lane WALL, JOHN GOLDING, watch and clock maker, cleaner, repair£-r, &c.; jeweller and optician; colouring, plating, and gilding done on the premises, Gloucester road Walwyn, Miss A. M., Berlin wool and fancy repository, High street W alwyn, Thos., house decorator, Church st. Waterworks for Ross, T. Blake, Proprietor, Alton court W atkins, Geo. Freame, registrar of births and deaths for St. W eonards' district of Ross union, Edde Cross street W ATKINS, MRS. FREAME, sole proprietress of Dr. Hill's celebrated "golden salve,'' " white swelling ointment," and "whooping cough mixture," Edde Cross street Weaver, Mrs., apartments, Walworth cot., station street Webb, Robert, butcher, Broad street; and farmer, Over Ross and Crosses farms; res., New street Webb, Thomas, farmer & coal merchant, Rectory farm Webb, T. R., coal merchant, Station road West of England Clothing Co., High street Witherspoon, Miss, ladies' school, The Crofts Wigmore, Mrs., apartments, Broad street Williams, John, solicitor ; commissioner to administer oaths in the supreme court o{ judicature; agent for the Northern fire and life office, and the Legal and General. life assurance company, office, Gloucester road : res., Ryeford villa, W eston-underPenyard Williams, Mrs. Ann, baker & confectioner, Cross house, Brookend Williams, Thomas, blacksmith, New street Willis, William, The Vaults, St. Mary st. Wintle, Frederick William (firm of Rootes & Wintle), secretary to Baker's charity; secretary to the Alton Court brewery company, limited, Bank offices; 'l"es •• Mervyn, Ashfit>ld WOOLF, J AMES, furniture van proprietor, builder, carpenter, cabinet maker, & undertaker. Posting. Glouces· ter road Workman, Ira., grocer, Brookend Wright, Alfred, postmaster, Woodstock place, Gloucester road Wright, Charles, tailor, Market place Yates, Sydney Greatrex, surgeon-dentist, New street Yearsley, Edwin, chemist, Market place ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Accountants. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Da.mpier & Wigmore, High street (and Monmouth) Davies, John Francis, Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Agents-Advertising. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Rootes & W intle, Bank offices, Market place Agents-Emigration. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Agents-Guarantee. Cooper, Frederick (JO'r the London Guaran· tee &cietg ), Albion chambers, Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Agents-House and Estate. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Dampier & Wigmore, High street (and Monmouth) Davies, John Francis, Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Agents-! nsurance. .Accident-Cooper and Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road .Alliance (flre)-Jobn Ed. Stower Hewett, Capital and Counties bank .Atlas (fire t!.: life}-Ernest Richard Davies, Gloucester road Birmingham District ((i1·e)-J. A. J. Counsell, Man of Ross office, Market place Clerical, Medical, and General (life)-Henry Minett, St. Mary street County (fire and hail)-Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road 'EdinlYurgh (life)-J. A. J. Counsell, Market place Guardian (plate glass)-Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road 2 K

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Imperial (fire and lije)-Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place; Peter Sheridan MacDougall, Lloyds bank, limited, High street Law (jire)-Henry Minett, St. :Mary street Leual and General (life)-John Williams, Gloucester road Liverpool and London and Globe (fire and life)-G. W. Innell, High street Live Stock Imperial Company-Cooper and Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester rd. Live Stock Insurance Company of Great Britain, Limited-Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Manchester (fire) .T. A. J. Counsel], High street North British and Mercantile (life)-Rootes and Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Northern (.fire and life)-J ohn Williams, Gloucester road Norwich and London .Accident and Casualty Insurance .Association-Rootes & Wintle, . Bank offices Norwich Union (fire and life)-Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Plu£nix (fire)-Peter S. MacDougall, Lloyds bank, limited, High street Provident (life)-Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Railway Passengers' (accidental)-John Ed. Stower Hewett, Capital and Counties bank, limited Royal Fire and Life Insumnce Oompany- J. F. Davies, Gloucester road · · Scottish Equitable ( Zife)-.T ohn Ed. Stower Hewett, Capital & Counties bank, Iim. Scottish Union (fire and life)-John Clarke, National Provincial bank Scottish Widows'(life)-Jno. Clarke, National Provincial bank, Market place Sun (.fire)-Richard Powle, Man of Ross house Agricultural Implement Dealers. Blake & Son, Station street Holder & Co., High street Kell & Co., Ross and Gloucester Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street • • Agricultural Implement M an ufacturers. Kell & Co., Ross and Gloucester Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street iron works • Ale and Porter Merchants and Agents. Barn well, J ames (sole agent for Rogers' A.K. ales), Market place Brendon, Richard (for Bass~ Co.'s ales), High street Gurney, William (agent for P. Wintle'8 mild ales and porter), Broad street Lewis, C. H. ( Wickwar Brewery Company), High street Pulling, W. & Co. (for Guinness & Oo. Limited), High street Purchas, T. W. & Sons (agents for .Dublin stout and Burton ales), Broad street Saddler, W. J. (for C. Watkins & Son, Hereford), Broad street Architects. Pearson, Arthur H., Gloucester road Small, Arthur Pole, High street Artist. Starkey, Falshaw(heraldic), Henry street Auctioneers. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Dampier & Wigmore, High street Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Auditors. Cooper, Frederick, Albion chambers, Gloucester road -navies, John F., Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle,!Bank offices, Market place Baby Linen Warehouses. Lewis, Mrs., Broad street Preen, R. & S., Market place W alwyn, Miss Ada, High street Bakers. Baldwin, Robert, Broad street Cliff, W., Brookend street Ellary, Miss. High street Gurney, William, Broad street Little, Frederick, Brookend street Moss, John, Broad street Smith, George, Market place Williams, Mrs. Ann, Brookend Bankers. Capital & Counties Bank, Limited (branch of), draw on head office, 39, Threadneedle street, E. C. Bank hours, 10 till3; on Thursdays, 10 till 5 ; and on Saturdays, 10 till!. John Edward Stower Hewett, M a.nayer, High street Lloyds Bank, Limited (branch of), draw on London office, Lomba.rd street, E. C. Bank hours, 10 till3; on Thursdays, 10 till 5 ; on Saturdays, 10 till 1. Peter Sheridan MacDougall, Manager

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. National Provincial Bank of England (branch of), draw on the head offices of the National Provincial Bank of England, Bishopsgate street, corner of Threadneedle street, London, E. C. Bank hours, 10 till 3 ; on Thursdays, 10 till 5; on Saturdays, 10 tilll. J. Clarke, Manager, Market plaoo Basket Makers. Hobbs, Mrs. Caroline, Hope and Anchor, The Dock Lugg, Charles (dealer), Broad street Beer Retailers. Baker, William, Queen's Head, Station st. Brain, A., The Harp, Alton street Collins, Henry, The Bell, Brampton street Davies, Richard, The Sun, High street Herbert, Thomas, Hatters' Arms, High st. Morton, Charles, Plou(Jh, Tudorville Partridge. Mrs., Travellers' Re.~t. Black ho. Perks, John, Butchers' .Arms, High street Pugh, Thomas, White Hart, Henry street Townsend, Mary, Nonh's Ark, Tudorville Wade, Wm., King's .Arms, Gloucester road Berlin Wool Repository. Wa.lwyn, Miss A. M., High street Bill Posters. Downing, Isaac, New street J arvis, William, Kyrle street Blacksmiths. Smith, Wm., Nursery cottage, Brookend W eale1 William, Gloucester road Williams, T., New street Boat Proprietors. Andrews, Wm., The Dock Dowell, Thomas, The Dock Hobbs, Mrs. Caroline, Hope and Anchor, The Dock Booksellers. Bussell, Henry G., Broad street Counsell, John A. J., Man of &ss office, Market place Hill, William, Ross Gazette gas printing offices, High street Powle, Richard, Man of Ross house, High st. Boot & Shoe Makers. Bridge, Henry, Gloucester road Carwardine, Richard, Corps Cross street Constance, Samuel, High street Dnlamore, Charles, Broad street Dyer, Thomas, Broad 11treet Evans, Allan (factor), High street Garraghan, Martin (dealer), Broad street Hatton, Bros. & Co., High street Shock, .John, Brookend street Small, W. & Son, Broad !ltreet 'l'urner, Erimunci & Co., Limited (wholesale) Ross shoe factory, Broad st. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers--Wholesale. Turner, Edmund & Co., Limited, Ross shoe factory, Broad street Brewers. ALTON COURT BREWERY CO., Limited (brewers of the celebrated" Alton Court" famify ales and porter), Rtation street and Henry street; L. U. Wooler, Managm·; registered office~, Ba.nk offices, Market place; Fr.,derick William Wintle, &creta?"!!· See Interleaf Advertisement Builders. Aldoro, George, Gloucester road Bevan, William, Arthur's lane Kemp, John Buswell, Henry street Lewis, ,Tames, school furniture manufactory, Over RosR strPet · Lewis, William, Croft's orchard W oolf, J ames, Gloucf'ster road Building Material Dealer. Kemp, John BusweU, Henry street • Butchers. Clark, R., Green Dragon, Brookend street Cox, Charles, Broad street Parker, William, High ~;treet Passey, Thomas, Broad street Preece, Charles, Broad street Richardson, Arthur, Broad street Steward, Tom, High street W ebb, Robert, Broad street Cabinet Makers. Aldom, Genrge, Gloucester roati Jordan, J oseph Lee, New street J owling, Thomat~, Arthur's lane Lewis, James, Over Ross street W oolf, ,J ames, Gloucester road Carpenters and Joiners. Bevan, William, Arthur's lane J arvis, Edwin Phipps, Station street W oolf, J ames, Gloucester road Carpet Warehousemen. Preen, Richard, 1\larket place Southall & Douglas, Friends' place, Market place

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Carriers,-Rai1 way. Corn Merchants. Fosters (office at Mr. W. Tummy's The Bussell & Pike, Gloucester road Dock) Smith, R. T. & Co. (general carriers and Curriers. carting agents for the G. W.R.), office at railway station Small, William & Son, Broad street Suttons, (office at Mr. C. Hall's, Gloucester road) Dentists. Chemists and Druggists. Cowley, F. R., Broad street Matthews, Thos. (operative, dispensing, and family), Man of Ross house, High street Stafford, Mrs. Helen (operative, dispensing, and agricultural), High street Yearsley, Edwin, Market place Chimney Sweepers. Downing, Isaac, Market place Johnson, David, Over Ross street China and Glass Dealers. Ryall, Thomas, Brookend Stevenson, Thomas, Market place Clothiers. Evans, Alfred, Broad street Evans, Allan, High street West of England Clothing Co., High st. Coach Builders. Smith, William, Brookend Starkey, Falshaw (late Garnier), Henry st. Coal Merchants. Hall, J. H., Station yard Llewellyn, Samuel & Sons, High street and Railway coal wharf Webb, T. R., Rectory farm and Stationrd. Confectioners. Baldwin, Robert, Broad street Ellary, Miss, High street Halford, Mrs. Charles, High street Jones, Alfred, High street Moss, John, Broad street Smith, George, Market place Williams, Mrs. Ann, Cross house, Brookend Cooper. Lugg, Charles, Broad street Corn & Meal Factors. Bussell & Pike, Gloucester road Gurney, William, Broad street Phipps, The Misses, High street Smith, George, Market place Matthews, Thomas, Man of Ross house -~ Yates, Sydney Greatrex, New street Drapers. (Marked thus* are also Woollen Drapers.) Daniel, Edward George, High street Greenland, George, 10, High street, and High street, Hereford Meredith, James, Bon Marche, Highstreet Preen, R. & S., Market place *Southall & Douglas, Friends' place, Market place Dressmakers. Dodd, Miss M., Broad street Fry, Mrs., Church street Greenland, G., 10, High street, and High street, Hereford Hatton, Mrs., Edde Cross street Innes, Miss J. M., High street Jenkins, The Misses, New street Marshall, Miss Mary, Station street Meredith, J ames, High street Parsons, Mrs. Mary, New street Rook, Mrs. Mary, Queen street Engineers Agricultural. Kell & Co., Brookend, and at Gloucester Perkins & Bellamy, Broad st. iron works Fancy Repositories. Bussell, H. G., Broad street Counsell, S., High street Cook, Thomas, Broad street Walwyn, Miss A. M., High street Farmers. Beale, Charles, Lower Cleeve farm Bonner, William Viner, Hildersley farm Bromage, J ames, Penyard farm Brunsdon, Benjamin, W arryfield farm and Howle Hill farm, 'res. Albany Cottage, Ash field Gwillim, Wm., Alton Court farm Hodges, George, Millbrook house Keen, Edwd., Hom farm, Horn green Millett, John, Arbour Hill farm Rose, William, W allhouse farm W ebb, Robert, Over Ross fann & Crossesfarm Webb, Thomas R., Rectory farm

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Fishing Tackle Dealers. Counsell, John A. J., Man of Ross house, Market place Dekin, E., High street Hill, William (agent for Chevalier, Bowness, k Son, of Temple Bar, London), Ross Gazette office, High street Fishmongers. Barter, W. J., High street Llewellyn, Samuel & Son, High street Marfell, G., Brookend street Ross Fish Supply, Gloucester road Fruiterers. Barter, W. J., High street Llewellyn, Samuel & Son, High street Pritchard. Arthur, Broad street Trehern, J ames, Broad street Furniture Dealers. Aldom, George, Gloucester road Counsell, Miss Sophia, High street Southall & Douglas, Gloucester road Furniture Van Proprietors. Hodges, George, Mi1Ibrook house W oolf, J ames, Gloucester road Game Dealers in. Barter, W. J., High street Llewellyn, Samuel & Son, High street Ross Fish Supply, Gloucester road Gardeners. Pritchard, Arthur, Broad street Trehern, J ames, Broad street Gas Fitters. London, Francis, Brookend street Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street Ross Ga.s Co., Kyrle street Glover. Bolton, Thos. (basil gloves}, Over Ross st. Greengrocers. Marfell, G., Brookend street Pritcha.rd, Arthur, Broad street Trehern, J ames, Broad street Grocers and Tea Dealers. (See also Shopkeepers.) Barn well, J ames, 1, Market place Brendon, Richard, High street Harris, Ira., Brook street & Brookend street Hill, William Enoch, Broad st. & New st. Indian Empire Tea Company, Broad st. Large, W. J., Brookend Lewis, Charles Henry, 3, High street Maddocks, Thoma.s J ames, High street Partridge, Charles, Brookend Phipps, The Misses, High street Sadler, William John, Broad street Smith, R. 0., Market place Williams, Mrs. A., Cross house, Brookend Workman, Ira, Brookend Haberdasher. Garraghan, Martin, Broad street Hairdressers. Baumgarte, Henry, Market place Oooke, Thomas, Broad street . Dekins, E., High street I Hicks, Samuel, Gloucester road Hardware Dealers. Garraghan, Martin, Broad street Ryall, Thomas, Brookend street Hatters. (See also Outfitte-rs) Andrews, H. J., Market place Evans, Alfred, Broad street Evans, Allan, High street West of England Stores, High street Hauliers. Hodges, George, Mill brook house, Brookend Slater, Wm., Over .Ross street Wool£, James, Gloucester road Herring Curer. Barter William, Brookend street Hop Merchant. J ones, Thomas, W estfield house, Dock st. Hosiers and Glovers. (See also Drapers and Outfitters) Andrews, H. J., Market place West of England Clothing Co., High street Hotels. George-GeorgeJa.s. Denton, Gloucesterrd. King'sHead-MissE. Cotterell, Proprietress Ross Royal-The Rosa Royal Hotel Company, Limited, Proprietors; Miss Lugg, Manageress; W. Rudge Rootes, Secretary, Swan-Miss E. Price, Manageress

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY . • ' Inns and Taverns. Barrel-Wm. By. Goulding, Brookend st. Bell-J ames Atkins, Brampton street Butcher's Arms-John Perks, High street Castle-Henry Price, Dock street C1·own & :iceptre-Wm. J ackson, Broad st. Green Dragon-R. Clark, Brookend street Hatter's Arms-Thomas Herbert, High st. Hope & Anchor-Mrs. C. Hobbs, The Dock Horse & Jockey-AmbroseMarshall, New st. Lamb--U. Dawson, Broad street Man of Ross-Alfred Taylor, Dock street Masons' Arms-Chas. Hunt, Over Ross st. Nag's Head-Elizabeth Enfield, High street ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewt>ry, Hereford, Price I,ists and particulars on application New Inn-Mrs. Lucy Eaton, Broad street Pheasant-Robert Griffiths, Edde Cross st. Plough-Annie Seabright, Over Ross street Plough-Charles Morton, Tudorville Prince of Wales-Wm. Blacker, Ashfield Queen's Head-William Baker, Station st. ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.,s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application Railway-R. Drew, Brookend Royal Oak-George Reeves, Corps Cross st. Saracen's Head-R. C. Davies, High street Stag Inn, The-Henry street, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application Sun-John R. Davies, High street True Heart-George Hodges, Kyrle street Vine Tree-Henry Collins, Walford road Wine Vaults.-William Willis, St. Mary st. I ran and Brass Founders. Blake, Wm. & Sons, Brookend street and Station street Kell & Co., Ross and Gloucester Perkins & Bellamy (and iron fencing, gate, and hurdle manufacturers), Broad street iron works Iron Merchants. Perkins & Bellamy, Broad st. iron works I ran mongers. Blake, Wm. & Sons, Brookend street and Station street Holder & Co., High street .Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street iron works Italian Warehousemen. .;Barn well, Jas., 1, Market place Brendon, Richard, High street Jewellers. Butcher, G. & W., Brookend street Griffiths, John, Broad street Handford, Thomas, High street Wall, John Golding, Gloucester road Ladies' Outfitters. Lewis, Mrs. Agnes, Broad street Preen, R. & S., Market place Land Drainer. Griffiths, J oseph, Cawdor Laundresses. Footitt, The Misses, Dock street J ackson, lVIrs. Sarah, Dock street Law and Shorthand Writer. Wightman, S., 4, Dayer's terrace Leather Sellers. Small, William & Son, Broad street Libraries-Circulating. Counsell, John A. J., Man of Ross office, Market place Hill, William (in connection with Mudie), " Ross Gazette '' office, High street Locksmiths & Bellhangers. Blake, William & Sons, Brookend street and Station street Holder & Co., High street London, Francis, Brookend street Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street iron works Lodging I-I ouses. Alien, The Misses, Raglan house, Broad st. Asplat, Mrs., Holland house J ones, Thomas, W estfield house Phelps, Mrs., Vaga house Tummy, Mrs., Prospect house, Dock street Wall, Mrs., Wye villa Watts, Mrs., Stuart house, Gloucester road Weaver, Mrs., Walworth cot., Station road Wigmore, Mrs., Broad street Maltsters. • . Alton Court Brewery Company, Limited, Station street & Henry street ; L. U pton Wooler, Manager ; registered offices, Bank offices, Market place, Frederick Wm. Wintle, Secretary J ones, Thos., W estfield house ; maltbouse, Corps Cross street

ROSS .TRADES DIRECTORY. 6ss Manure Merchts. & Agents. Bryant & Co., Station yard Cooper & Morris (agent for Webb &: Oo.), Gloucester road Embrey, J ames, (agent for Bradburn d: Oo. ), Station road Griffin, Morris, & Griffin (bone manures), Station yard J ones, Thomas (agent for T. Robinson d: Oo., of Gloucester), Dock street Proctor, H. & T., (bone manure), Station yd. Marine Store Dealers. Kite, John, Over Ross street Ryall, Thomas, Brookend street Masons. ' (See al.so Builders, and Stone and Marble Masons.) Barter, Thomas, Henry street Clark, Robert, Green Dragon Inn Ursell, A. W., Cantilupe road Millers. . Bussell & Pike, Gloucester road; Millpond, · Brookend, and Cough ton mill, W alford, near Ross ' Milliners. Dodd, Miss M., Broad street Fry, Mrs., Church street Greenland, Geo., 10, High street; and at 1, High street, Hereford lnnes, Miss J a ne M aria, Corps Cross street Meredith, J ames, Bon Marcbe, High street Parsons, Mrs. Mary, New street Preen, R. & S., Market place Southa.ll & Douglas, Market place Music Warehouse. Hall, Charles, musical instrument dep6t, Gloucester road • News Agents . Bussell, H. G., Broad street Counsel1, John A. J., Man of Boss office, ··Market place · Hill, William, Rosa Gazette office, High st. Powle, Richard, High street · Rootes & Wintle ("Hereford Times" and general Newspaper and ad.ve1 tising agents), Bank offices, Market place • Newspapers. Man of Boss, printed and published by the proprietor, John A. J. Counsell, every W ednesda.y night for Thursday ; price, one penny ; constitutional ; established 1855 ; office, Market place . . . Bo88 Gazette, printed by gas power and published by the proprietor, Mr. William Hill, every Wednesday evening for Thnrs· day ; price one penny ; neutral politics ; established January, 1867; offices, High street · Nurserymen. _ Bailey, James, Corps Cross street; nurseries, Archenfield and W alford road · Trehern, J ames, Broad street Oil and Colour Men. Blake, Wm., & Sons, Brookend and Station . street · Holder & Co., High street Perkins & Bellamy, Broad street Price, J ames, Broad street . . Oil-Cake Merchants. Bussell and Pike, Gloucester road Jones, Thomas, Westfi.eld house • Optician . . Wall, John Golding, Gloucester road Outfitters. Andrews, H. J., Market place }~vans, Alfred, Broad street Evans, Allan, County clothing mart, High street West of England Clothing Co., High street Painters and Decorators. Baldwin, Andrew, Broad street Curtis, J. 0., 3, Broadmead villas Hicks, Alfred, Gloucester road Price, J ames, Broad street W aites, M. A., Arthur's lane W alwyn, Thomas, Church street Paperhangers. Curtis, J. 0., 3, Broa.dmead villas Hicks, Alfred, Gloucester road . Price, J ames, Broad street Walwyn, Thomas, Church street Patent Medicine Vendor. . (See also Ohemista ana .Druggistl.) _ W atkins, Mrs. Freame, (sole p7·oprietreu of .Dr. Hill'1 celebrated, "golden salve" ana "white-I'!DeUing ointment"), Edde 01'088 street • - Pawnbroker. Goldsmith; Lipman, New street

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Perfumers. Gutsell, George, Broad street Matthews, Thomas, ''Man of Ross "house, High street Stafford, Mrs. Helen, High street Y earsley, Edwin, Market place Photographers. Bustin, Richard Britton, Gloucester road Finch, G. H., Gloucester road Smith, Charles, Dock street Physicians. Fernandez, Thos. Fredk, M.D., F.R.C.S., Brookfield Knapp, Edward Molineux, M.D., Edde Cross house Ricbards, George, F.R.C.P., Church street Plasterer. Lewis, George, Kyrle street Plumbers and Glaziers. Blake, Wm. & Sons, Station and Brookend street · Gay, Thomas, Brookend Tooth, Charles & Alfred, High street Posting Houses. CasUe Inn-J. Price George Hotel-Denton, George Jas., Gloucester road, and Corps Cross street King's Head Hotel-Miss E. Cotterell, Proprietress ROSS ROYAL HOTEL The Ross Royal Hotel Company, Limited, Proprietors; Miss Lugg, Manageress ; W. Rudge Rootes, Secretary Swan Hotel-!'t'liss E. Price, Manageress, Edde Cross street, corner of High street Poulterers. Barter, W. J., High street Llewellyn, Samuel & Son, High street Ross Fish Supply, Gloucester road Printers. Counsell, John A. J., Man of Ross office, Market place Hill~ William, Boss Gazette printing offices, High street Powle, Richard, Man of Ross house, High street Provision Dealers. Barnwell, J ames, 1, Market pla.ce Brendon, Richard, High street Harris, Ira, Broad street & Brookend street Hill, William Enoch, Broad st. & New st. Lewis, Charles Henry, 3, High street Partridge, Charles, Brookend Sadler, William John, Broad street Smith, R. C., Market place Workman, Ira, Brookend Publishers. Counsell, John A . .J. (of the "Man of RoSB" newspaper), Market place Hill, William (of the "Ross Gazette'') print· ing offices, High street Pump Maker. J arvis, Edwin Phipps, Station street Refreshment Rooms. Davies, Richard, The Sun, High street Howell, H., Market place Kyrle Coffee house, Broad street Taylor, Archibald, Free Library refreshment rooms, Broad street Sack Contractors. Brown, Gopsill & Sons, dep8t near Railway station ; Mr. Henry Hall, .Agent Saddlers and Harness Makers. Bailey, Thomas, High street Broben, J ames, Broad street Carwardine, William, High street Salt Dealers. Barter, William, Brookend street Dovey, Thomas, Brookend street Schools--Private. Barn well, The Misses (ladies), Clytha house, New street Bartholomew, The Misses (ladies), Oriel house, Gloucester road Evans, Miss Lydia. (boarding school for young gentlemen), Palmerston house, Ash field Roper, Miss (young ladies), Dock street Smith, Charles, Ross academy, Dock street Witberspoon, Miss (young ladies), The Crofts School Furniture Manufr. Lewis, J ames, Over Ross street Sculptors. Barter, T., Henry street Ursell, Alfred W., Cantilupe road

ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY. Seed Merchants. Bussell & Pike, Gloucester road Seedsmen. Bailey, J ames; Corps Cross street Pritchard, Arthur, Broad street Trehern, J ames, Broad street Shoeing Smiths. Weale, Amos., Gloucester road Williams, Thomas, New street Shopkeepers. (See also Grocers and Tea Deale~·s.) Barter, William, Brookend street Herbert, Thomas, Hatters' Arms, High st. Silk Mercers. Piddocke, John Leonard (firm of Minett & Piddocke), ( com. to adrainistel• oaths in the supreme court of judicature}, offices, St. Mary street Power, Henry J., Gloucester road Underwood, Hugh F., Royal Hotel Williams, John (conunissioner to administer oaths in the supreme court of :judicature), Gloucester road Stationers. Bussell, H. G., Broad street Counsell, John A. J., Man of Boss office, Market place Hill, William, Ross Gazette printing offices, High street Powle, Richard, Man of Ross house, High street Steam Saw Mill. Greenland, Geo., 10, High street; and at Kemp, J. B., Henry street 1, High street, Hereford Meredith, J ames, Bon Marche, High street Southall & Douglas, Friend's place, Market p]ace Slater. Lewis, George, Kyrle street Solicitors. Adams, Francis Ramp (com. to administer oaths in the supreme court of judicature), Brookend street, res. U pton Bishop Collins, Nathaniel Kyde (registrar of the county court), St. Mary street, res. Wilton Dale Collins, W. H. & F. S. (stewards of the manor of Boss ; cMn. to administer oaths in the gupreme court of judicature; perpet. com. }, offices, St. Mary street Davies, Ernest R. (clerk to the Boss improvement comm1'ssioners ; commissioner to administer oaths in the supre?ne court of judicature), Albion chambers, Gloucester road Fisher, John Edward, Church street Hebb, William (com. to adm~ni8ter oaths in the supreme court of :judicature ; registrar Newent county court; Conservative agent for Boss district), Church yard Minett & Piddocke, St. Mary street Minett, Henry (firm of Minett & Piddocke), (clerk to magistrates for Ross &: Harewood End divisionB; clerk to com. of taxes; elk. to Ross union and to the rural sanitary authority; clerk to highway board ; supt. registrar of births, deaths, and rrw:N·iages ; clerk to assessment co-mmittee ; hon. sec. to Boss dispensary and cottage hospital; hon. sec. and treas. to Webbe's hospital; solicitor to the Boss&: JJfonmouth railway company; cam. to administer oaths in the aupreme court of judicature; perpet. commissioner}, office, St. Ma.ry street Stock & Share Brokers. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers, Gloucester road Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market place Stone and Marble Masons. Barter, Thomas, Henry street Ursell, A. W., Cantilupe road Surgeons. Doig, A., St. Mary street Fernandez, Thos. Fredk., M.D., F.R.C.S. (medical officer to No. 1 district of Boss union), Brookfield Ms.son, Henry W., Merton house, Edde Cross street Powell, William Henry, High street Richards, G., l!".R.C.P., Church street Surveyors. Cooper & Morris (timber), Albion chambers, Gloucester road Dampier & Wigmore (timber), High street Haines, George (road), Tudorville house Lewis, John (timber), Brampton street Llewellyn, Samuel (town), High street Pearson, ~. H., The Crofts Rootes & Wintle (land), Bank offices, Market place Tailors. Andrews, H. J., Market place Coates, J oseph, High street De la. Hay, Thomas, High street Jervis, Fredk., Sydney cottage, Arohenfield J ohns, George, High street Trotter, John, Archenfield Wright, Charles, Market place

6S8 ROSS TRADES DIRECTORY -ROWLSTONE. Tanner. Gould, H. G., Ross Tannnery Timber Merchant. Kemp, John Buswell, Henry street ' Tin-plate Workers. Blake, William & Sons, Brookend street & Station street Perkins & Bellamy, Broad st. iron works Toy Dealers. Counsell, Miss Sophia, High street Jones. Alfred, High street Russell, H. G., Broad street Turner Wood. Jordan, J oseph Lee, New street Umbrella Maker. Hicks, S., Gloucester road Undertakers. (See also Builders and Cabinet Makm·s) Aldon, George, Gloucester road Bevan, William, Arthur's lane Lewis, J ames, Over Ross street Southall & Douglas, Gloucester road W oolf, J ames, Gloucester road Upholsterers. Aldom, George, Gloucester road Southall & Douglas, Gloucester road Valuers. Cooper & Morris, Albion chambers-~ Gloucester road Dampier & Wigmore, High street Davies, J. F., Gloucester road Pearson, A. H., The Crofts . Rootes & Wintle, Bank offices, Market. place Veterinary Surgeon. • Barling, Frederick William, M.R. 0. V.S .• New house, Alton street Watch and Clock Makers. Butcher Bros., Brookend Griffiths, John, Broad street Handford, Thomas, High street Wall, John Golding, Gloucester road Wheelwrights. Smith, William, Brookend Wine and Spirit Merchants and Agents. · : Barnwell, James (sole agent for W. &: ..4.. Gilbey's wines and spirits), 1, Market place Brendon, Richard Uor H. R. Williams and: Go.), High street Lewis, Charles H., (European Wine Oo.). High street ' Pulling & Oo., High street Purchas, T. W. & Sons (importers), Broad street J ROWLSTONE. ROWLSTONE, or ROLLSTONE, is a parish distant 13 miles S.W. of Hereford, and about 1i W. of Pontrilas station on the Newportt Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway,: which line passes through a small portion of the parish. It is inEwyas Lacy hundred, Dore union and petty sessional divison, Hereford county court district, and Pontrilas and Orcop polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 149; in 188I, 129 ; inhabited houses, 29 ; families or separate occupiers, 33 ; area of parish, I ,622 acres ; annual rateable value, £r,866. Edward Scudamore Lucas, Esq., of Kentchurch court, who is lord of the manor, and James "\Villiams, Esq., of New house, Kilpeck, are the chief landowners. The soil is clay on a red sandstone formation; products, wheat, barley, oats, roots, &c. Rowlstone is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of W eobley; living, a vicarage consolidated with that of Llancillo; joint value, £125, with 76 acres of glebe; patron and vicar, Rev. James Martin

ROWLSTONE. Kennedy, of King's College, London, who was instituted in 1864. The church of St. Peter is situated in one of the most pleasant rural districts of the county, and through the zealous and energetic endeavours of the vicar has been thoroughly restored, and was re-opened for divine service in I 86 5· This interesting edifice consists of a nave, chancel, tower with three bells, and south porch. The main portions of the church appear to belong to the period between I I 30 and I I 50. Its 12th century work, although possessing some peculiarities, is generally consistent with the Norman type, and free from ornament of the Celtic class. Yet there is a piece of foliage on the south doorway similar to some at Kilpeck, and exactly like that which is used in a similar position at Shobdon. The sculpture in the tympanum of this door, which represents our Lord in an aureole supported by four angels, is also like that at Shobdon, except as to the position of two of the four angels. This carving has been said to have reference to the text, "I am the door." But it is really and solely that most favourite subject with all early medi<eval artists which is known in England, France, and Italy alike, as a 11 Majesty." Two remarkable pieces of sculpture exist at the sides of the chancel arch. In each of these is the figure of a saint with an attendant angel, in the traditional flaming costume used in early sculpture, and with bare head and feet, and the flat nimbus behind the head. Those on the north side carry each a cross and book. The practice of placing the attributes of the Apostles in their hand, as the keys in St. Peter, was then only ·Of recent introduction at the time these figures were cut, and it would not be easy to identify them if those on the south side were not placed with their heads downwards a plan indicating that the figure on this side, if not the other also, is intended for St. Peter, to whom the church is dedicated. This was a favourite subject with the medi.eval artists, Peter having been by tradition supposed to be crucified in that position by his own desire. In the renewed figure at Rowlstone the saint carries in one hand a long label, in allusion to the tradition which attributed to each of the Apostles one sentence of the creed. The cocks, which are finely sculptured on the adjacent capitals, doubtless refer to Peter's denial of our Lord. The birds carved on the string-courses are of the same kind as those to be seen at Kilpeck. They are set amongst tufts of herbage, and are excellent specimens of I 2th century carving. The two iron brackets fixed to the walls of the chancel seem to be of the 14th or I 5th century, and they are hinged so as to fold against the wall, and have each five prickets for holding the ends of long candles, which would go through the rings above. Alternate ornaments of cocks and jleu1·- de-lis, cut out of thin iron, are fixed on both sides. The two brackets -differ both in size and design, and were probably not the work of the same hand. They are the only examples of the kind in England. ;r n the chancel, the Norman arch, with all its carvings, mouldings, and sculpture, has been thoroughly scraped and renovated, the roof timbers have been cleaned, squared, and repaired. The church now contains 120 sittings, all of which are free and unappropriated. ,About£ 450 has been expended upon the work of restoration, and has

66o ROWLSTONE ST. DEVEREUX. been creditably carried out from the designs, and under the superintendence of G. C. Haddon, Esq. Belonging to the church is a black letter Welsh Bible, dated I 538, which it is believed is the only one in the diocese. The yew trees in the churchyard are extremely fine, some of them perhaps the finest in England. A new vicarage was erected in 1869 at a cost of about £2,ooo, chiefly raised by the vicar and friends. There is a board school for the united district of 'Valterstone, Rowlstone, and Llancillo with accommodation for 6o children ; average attendance, 38. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Hereford. Pontrilas is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Pa1'Zsh Church (St. Peter's). Rev. James Martin Kennedy, A.K.C., V£car j Mr. John Wall, Churchwarden j H. Hirons, Pansh Clerk. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. B. Gwillim, Bridge farm, Ewyas Harold. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Gwillim, John, farmer, Park farm Kennedy, Rev. James Martin, A.K.C. (vicar of Rowlstone with Llancillo), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Davies, David, miller, Upper Mill Evans, Alfred, farmer, Cwm Farr, J ames, farmer, Pen·y-worlod Hirons, H., parish clerk Parry, D. Wm., farmer, Rowlstone house Prosser, William, farmer, Veddo Prosser, William, farmer, Rowlstone court Smith, John, farmer, New house Wall, John, farmer, Lower Mill Watkins, George, farmer, Wigga. Williams, John, farmer, Vrow and Puythrunt farms Williams, Richard, farmer, New Bilbo ST. DEVEREUX. ST. DEVEREUX is a parish and railway station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway, (West Midland section), distant 7 miles S.W. of Hereford, 16 N.E. of Abergavenny, I3 N.W. of Ross, and 16 N. of Monmouth; is situated on Worm brook, a short distance S. of the main road between Hereford and Abergavenny; is in Webtree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Kingstone polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 241 ; in 1881, 200; inhabited houses, 48 ; families or separate occupiers, 48 ; area of parish, I ,077 acres; annual rateable value, £4,295. The Representatives of the late Charles Meysey Bolton Cli ve, of Whitfield, are lords of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, sand and limestone; chief produce, wheat, barley, oats, and roots. St. Devereux is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield; living, a rectory with the chapelry of Wormbridge annexed; joint value, £216, and 56 acres of glebe; patrons, Representatives of the late Charles Meysey Bolton Clive; rector, Rev. Thomas Hopkins Eyton, who was instituted in 1880. The church, dedicated to St. David, is an ancient structure of stone, in the Early English style of architecture, with nave, chancel, porch, and small tower containing three bells. It was restored in 1859 and fitted with open seats. It was also restored in I 88 3 at a cost of£ goo.

ST. DEVEREUX ST. MARGARET'S. 66r The register goes back to the year r662. The children of this parish chiefly attend the district national school at Wormbridge. Didley is a hamlet about r mile N.E. A Primitive Methodist chapel was erected here in 1862. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive about 9.30 a.m. from Hereford via Tram Inn. The wall letter box is cleared at 6 p.m. Tram Inn and Pontrilas are the nearest money order and telegraph offices. Letters should be addressed Tram Inn, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St. Davz"d's). Rev. Thomas Hopkins Eyton, Rector. Pr-imitive Method£st Chapel. Mz1zzsters var£ous. St. Devereux Razlwa_y Stati(m (West Midlattd sec!z"on of Great Western Railway). "\Villiam Field, Station Master. Assistant Overseer. Mr. George Green, junr. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Green, Geo., farmer, The Rectory farm Eyton, Rev. T. H. (rector of St. Devereux with Wormbridge), Trelough Tudor, C. W., The Oaklands COMMERCIAL. Dale, J obn, farmer, Upper house Dale, Thomas, farmer, Whitewood farm; res., White house, Didley Field, William, station master, St. Devereux Railway station Green, Geo. junr., farmer, Didley court& Boar's Hill farms Haynes, Thos, W., farmer, Little Boar's hill farm Hodges, John, carpenter & wheelwright, Roger hill Morgan, G., brickyard manager, Criseley M organ, J ames, farmer, Lower house, Didley Smith, Thomas, cot. farmer, The Heath Thomas, George, cot. farmer, Criseley W ebster, }'rederick, farmer, W ellock's bridge · Woodhouse, James, tailor & shopkeeper Young, George, cot. farmer, Ravensiege ST. MARGARET'S. ST. MARGARET'S is a parish and village situate near the river Dore, and distant I 1 miles W.S. W. of Hereford, 10 S.E. of Hay, 19 N.W. of Monmouth, and 5 N.N.W. of Pontrilas station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway, and 2~ from Vowchurch station on the Golden Valley railway. It is in Ewyas Lacy hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court distrct, and Vowchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 339 ; in r881, 286 ; inhabited houses, 68; families or separate occupiers, 72; area of parish, 2,520 acres ; annual rateable value, £1,563. Miss Rawson, who is lady of the manor, Herbert Howorth Wood, Esq., Mrs. Hamp, and the Marquess of Abergavenny, are the principal landowners. The soil is sandy and clayey; subsoil, chiefly clay and sandstone ; products, wheat, barley, oats, beans, and roots. St. Margaret's is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley ; living, a vicarage with that of Michaelchurch Eskley annexed; joint value, £Ioo and II7i acres of glebe; patroness, Miss Rawson; vicar, Rev. Frederick Trefusis Wybrow, B.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, who was instituted in 1878, and resides at MichaeJchurch Eskley. The parish church of St. Margaret's was reseated, and, to a great extent renovated under the superintendence of E. H. Lingen Barker, Esq., architect of Hereford, in the years 1865-66. It is an ancient stone edifice, in a very plain