FAULS,
a township with a scattered population, contains 886a. 0r. 34p. of land, and at the census of 1841 had 22 houses and 102 inhabitants. The soil is mostly a strong clay. Viscount Hill is lord of the manor, impropriator, and principal landowner. Mr. Thomas Ruscoe is also a proprietor. The rectoral tithes are commuted for £116. 15s., and the vicarial tithes payable to the incumbent of Prees for £25. 1s. 3d. The turnpike road to Drayton crosses this township.
Directory.—Richard Benbow, farmer; Abraham Ford, farmer, Northwood; Wm. Hares, farmer, Fauls Green; Thomas Hatton, farmer and collector of revenue taxes; William Hudson, farmer, Northwood; George Oakley, gamekeeper, The Green; Elizabeth Powell, farmer; Thomas Ruscoe, farmer and victualler, The Talbot; George Williams, brick and tile agent; Thomas Williams, brick and tile agent.
MICKLEY,
a small township in the parish of Prees, in 1841 had four houses and a population of 36 souls. The township contains 575a. 2r. 36p. of land, chiefly the property of Viscount Hill. Rateable value, £744. 7s. The tithes were commuted in 1841, when £72. 9s. were apportioned to Viscount Hill, and £16. 0s. 4d. to the Vicar of Prees. The farmers are Martha Churton, Richard Edgerley, George Robinson, and Thomas Ash Wilkinson.
MILLEN HEATH,
a township with only one house and ten residents, contains 359a. 3r. 17p. of land, which is the property of Lord Kilmorey. Rateable value, £268. 10s. The tithes have been commuted, and £33. 3s. 2d. apportioned to Viscount Hill, and £9. 6s. 3d. to the Vicar of Prees. Mr. Thomas Hares is the resident farmer.
SANDFORD,
a township with a scattered population, five miles and a half N.E. from Wem, contains 1,213a. 3r. 21p. of land. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam, with a portion of clay. The land is chiefly used for grazing purposes; and there is a considerable extent covered with woods and plantations. The tithes were commuted in 1841, when £151. 13s. 1d. was apportioned to Viscount Hill, and £36. 5s. to the Vicar of Prees. At the census of 1841 there were nine houses and 76 inhabitants. The rateable value of this township, with that of Darliston and Fauls, is £4,354. 3s. Thomas Hugh Sandford, Esq., is the principal landowner. Mr. Thomas Ebrey is also a proprietor.
Directory.—Sarah Bather, farmer; John Fox, farmer; Robert Garmstone, wheelwright and victualler, The Mill House; Ann Hales, farmer; Mary Humphreys, farmer; William Rogers, blacksmith; Thomas Steventon, farmer and corn miller; Joseph Woolrich, farmer, Morton Wood; Stephen Worthen, farmer.