is a township and populous village in the parish of Wellington, on the Newport and Wellington turnpike road, about a mile and a quarter north-east from the latter place. The township contains 1,199a. 1r. 18p. of land, and in 1841 there were 246 houses, and 1,280 inhabitants. Rateable value, £5,217. 18s. The rectoral tithes, commuted for £272. 11s., are paid to St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., and the vicarial tithes for £87. 8s. The labouring population find employment in the extensive iron works and collieries in the immediate vicinity, and trade is facilitated by the Shropshire union railway, which intersects the township, and also by the Shropshire union canal, which crosses Hadley Park a short distance from the hall. The opposition between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shropshire Union railways, has caused a greater reduction in the fares for the last twelve months, in this locality, perhaps than in any other part of the kingdom; the charge being but one penny for third-class passengers to Shrewsbury, a distance of about a dozen miles; and threepence for second-class passengers. The Hadley station is situated a short distance from the Hall. The Baptists and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship here. Hadley Hall is a commodious brick structure, pleasantly situated in park-like grounds, the occasional residence of George Benjamin Thorneycroft, Esq., who is lord of the manor and a considerable landowner. The other chief landowners are Mr. Phillips, Mr. Boycott, Mrs. Cartwright, Rev. T. Stoneham, and Mr. Poyner. The Manor House is an ancient timbered residence, in the occupancy of Mr. Thomas Jones, farmer.
Thorneycroft George Benjamin, Esq., the Hall
Bennoin Charles, farmer and maltster, Hadley Park
Brown Joseph, farmer, maltster, and vict., King’s Head
Brown Robert, shoemaker
Brown William Henry, maltster and shopkeeper
Bullock Thomas, maltster and beerhouse
Clayton John, maltster and farmer
Collier George, Esq.
Davies Joseph, shopkeeper