Stockton township is situated two and a half miles N.E. from Chirbury, and has 404a. 3r. 14p. of land, the rateable value of which is £547. 15s. It contains eleven houses and 53 inhabitants. Rent charge, £35. 2s. 9d. The Rev. H. Mostyn Pryse and Edward Humphries, Esq., are the landowners.
Timberth township has 257a. 1r. 27p. of land, seven houses and 31 inhabitants, and lies about a mile and a half S.W. from Chirbury. Rateable value, £258. 5s. 6d. Rent charge, £24. 11s. 8d. The land is the property of Earl Powis.
Wilmington is a township with a few scattered houses, pleasantly situated four miles N.E. from Chirbury, and has 693a. 1r. 16p. of land, the rateable value of which is £777. 10s. At the census of 1851 there were nine houses and 37 inhabitants. Rent charge, £85. 13s. 10d. A fine sheet of water called Marton Pool covers upwards of forty acres, of which 13a. 0r. 2p. are in this township. The landowners are J. Medlicott, Esq., and Mr. William Rubbathan.
Walcot, a township situated on the Shrewsbury and Montgomery turnpike road, and about half a mile N.E. from Chirbury, contains 345a. 2r. 1p. of land, and has three houses and a population of 18 souls. Rateable value, £459. Rent charge, £56. 7s. 1d. Edward Humphries, Esq., is the landowner.
Winsbury, a small township a mile and a quarter west from Chirbury, intersected by the Shrewsbury and Montgomery turnpike road, contains 658a. 1r. 4p. of land, and at the census of 1851 had six houses and 41 inhabitants. Rateable value, £850. Rent charge, £96. 7s. 1d. The land in this township is the property of the Earl of Powis
Wotherton, a small village and township, at the census of 1841 had 18 houses and 95 inhabitants. Rateable value, £756. 13s. 4d.
Post Office.—At Mr. William Gough’s. Letters arrive at 9 A.M. and are despatched at 4 30 P.M.
CHIRBURY DIRECTORY.
Bower Edward, blacksmith
Bridgewaters Benjamin, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages