Evans Thomas, coachman
Fowler John, farmer, Acton Reynald farm
Gough John, gardener
Lee Francis, farmer, New House
Lee William, farmer, Painsbrook
Minton Samuel, farmer, Woodstyle
Ratcliffe Joseph, game and park keeper
Wildblood George, steward
BESFORD,
a small township situated two miles north-west from Shawbury, contains 707a. 2r. 19p. of land, the soil of which is highly fertile, and produces good barley and wheat. In 1841 this township is returned as containing 35 houses and 167 inhabitants. It extends into the parish of Moreton Corbet, in the hundred of Pimhill. Rateable value, £1,263. 9s. Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet is lord of the manor, and owner of the whole township.