MUXTON
is a township in the parish of Lilleshall, situate near a mile W. from the church, and three and a half miles S.W. from Newport, the acres and value of which are included with the parish. The land is the property of the Duke of Sutherland, with the exception of about six acres, the property of Mr. John Bradborn. At the census in 1841 there were 55 houses and 299 inhabitants. Mrs. Rebecca Walthall by will 1740 bequeathed £10 to the churchwardens of Lilleshall, and directed the interest thereof to be distributed to the poor of Muxton on St. Thomas’s-day. It does not appear that this legacy were paid to the churchwardens of Lilleshall. An annual sum of 5s. was paid to them by the late Isaac H. Browne, Esq., and is still paid by the agent of his widow, which is supposed to be on account of the above benefaction, and to have been charged on an estate derived from Mrs. Walthall by Mr. Browne, which he sold some time ago in various lots. It is more probable however that the money had been left at interest in the hands of the residuary legatees, and that this 5s. was Mr. Browne’s share of such interest. A similar sum was formerly paid by Mr. Walthall, the other residuary legatee and administrator, who resided at Wistaston, in Cheshire, but this payment has been discontinued many years. The 5s. paid by Mrs. Browne is distributed among the poor of this township.
Bradborn John, maltster
Dawes Mary, farmer, Muxton bridge
Gaunt Edward, farmer
Greene John, surgeon
Hawkins Richard, butcher
Hitchin William, shoemaker
Johnson Jane, farmer, Woodhouse
Jones Richard, carpenter and joiner