* Washbourne William, Esq., solicitor, Chetwynd house
* Watkin Watkin, timber merchant
* Weate William, farmer and butcher
Webb Joseph, farmer, New house
* West Samuel, shopkeeper
Whately Rev. Thomas, M.A., the Rectory
HOWLE
is a small township with a scattered population, five miles north-west from Newport, and three miles north-west from Chetwynd. The township contains 765a. 1r. 28p. of land; and at the census in 1841 there were 18 houses and 102 inhabitants. The land here has an undulating surface, and is highly fertile. Arthur Mountford, Esq., is the principal landowner, and farms most of the land. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel in the township.
The chief residents are Arthur Mountford, Esq.; and Messrs. Dawes and Whitfield, corn millers.