Amies Francis, wheelwright
Bill James, farmer, Whiteway Head
Bill John, farmer
Swift John, farmer, Whitton Court
Town Benjamin, shopkeeper and parish clerk
Whiteford Rev. Caleb, The Rectory
Whiteman Saml., wheelwrt.
GREET
is a small but pleasant village and parish, five miles south-east from Ludlow, which contains 1,041 acres of land, of which fourteen acres are in woods and plantations, and 8a. 2r. 15p. in roads and waste. At the census of 1801 there was a population of 90 persons; 1831, 93; and in 1841, 22 houses and 112 inhabitants. Rateable value of the parish, £1,276. 14s. The principal landowners are J. H. Hope, Esq.; P. P. Williams, Esq.; Devisees of the late Mr. Mason; and the Trustees of Ludlow Charities. The Church is a small structure, of unpretending appearance (built of rubble stone), having a small turret. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s book at £5, now returned at £170. The patronage is vested in the Hope family; incumbent, Rev. J. C. Bradney, M.A. The tithes of this parish have been commuted, and £161. 5s. 8d. apportioned to the rector of Greet, and £24. 1s. 6d. to the rector of Whetton. The Rectory is a good house, of modern erection, pleasantly situated a short distance from the church. It was built by the present incumbent, on the site of the old rectory, about three years ago. The cost of the structure was upwards of £1,400. The rector has 6a. 2r. 13p. of glebe land. The Rev. Francis Edwards, who died in 1767, left £10 for the benefit of the poor of this parish, the interest of which was formerly paid by the tenant of the Court Farm, at Greet; but it does not appear to have been a charge upon the estate. A voluntary donation of 10s. yearly is now distributed by the Hope family in lieu of it.
Directory.—John Berrington, farmer; Rev. Joseph C. Bradney, M.A., The Rectory; Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin; John Griffin, farmer; John Hardwicke, wheelwright; Richard Mason, farmer, Brick House; Thomas Morgan, farmer, Rock Hill; William Morgan, farmer; Samuel Price, blacksmith; Mary Rawlins, farmer, Stoke; Lydia Smith, farmer, Longlands; Mary Wall, corn miller, Rock Hill; Richard Whiteman, farmer, Bower.