Directory.—Richard Brown, tailor; John Garbitt, beerhouse keeper; Francis Groome, farmer; Edmund Oliver, joiner and cabinet maker; John Poole, farmer; Enoch Upton, farmer; Edward Williams, farmer and shopkeeper, Newdale.
APLEY
is a township a mile and a quarter north from Wellington, embracing 382 acres of land, which is the property of St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq. Rateable value, £790. 2s. Apley Castle is a handsome mansion embosomed in foliage, the seat of St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and situated in a park of considerable extent. The principal front of the mansion is ornamented with a noble portico, and not far from the entrance is a fine sheet of water. On the south-west side of the house is the conservatory and flower garden, tastefully laid out, and kept in the most beautiful order. About a hundred and fifty yards from the mansion are the remains of the ancient castle, which was in early times the manor house of the Charltons, Lords of Powis, of which family the first we find mentioned is John de Charlton, who, in the first year of Edward II., obtained a charter of free warren in all his demesne lands; and in the tenth year of the same reign procured a licence to make a castle of his manor house here. The old castle was moated, part of which still remains; some small fragmentary portions of the walls are also still to be seen. The site is now occupied by a range of stables. The rectoral tithes of Apley Dothill are commuted for £49. 4s.
The residents are St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., Apley Castle; John Mitchell, gardener; and Joseph Walker, farm bailiff.
ASTON
is a township in the parish of Wellington, with a scattered population, three miles south-west by south from the parish church, comprising 1,389a. 3r. 22p. of land, which is the property of the Duke of Cleveland and Mrs. Cludde. In 1841 here were 15 houses and 84 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,420. 10s. The tithes have been commuted, and £178. 10s. apportioned to St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and £48. 8s. to the vicar of Wellington.
The principal residents are Robert Dickin, farmer; George Dodsworth, builder; John Edwards, farmer, Wrekin farm; John Keay, farmer, Wrekin; Miss Abigail Rider, farmer, the Hall; Joseph Steele, farmer.
DOTHILL
is a small township in the parish of Wellington, comprising 323a. 3r. 14p. of land, which is the property of Lord Forester. Rateable value, £710. 18s. Dothill Park, a good house pleasantly situated about a mile north from Wellington, is the only residence in the township, and is occupied by William Wyley, Esq.