Evans David, farmer
Titley William, farmer and gamekeeper
Whettall John, farmer
BROMPTON-WITH-RISTON, OR RHISTON,
is a township in the parish of Church Stoke, six miles north-west by west of Bishop’s Castle, containing 1,560 acres of land, the rateable value of which is £1,168. 18s. 4d. At the census of 1841 there were 22 houses and 119 persons returned as in Brompton, and 10 houses and 71 persons in Riston. Church Stoke parish is situated in the hundred of Cawrse, in Montgomeryshire, excepting the above township. There is a good Inn in the village, called the Blue Bell, situated on Offa’s Dyke, at the junction of the Montgomery, Newtown, Bishop’s Castle and Shrewsbury turnpike roads. The principal landowners are the Earl of Powis; Rev. Richard John Davies, M.A.; Sir Offley P. Wakeman, Bart.; Mr. George Montford: Mr. Lloyd; and Thomas Brown, Esq.
Brompton Directory.—Thomas Barrs, farmer; Samuel Beamond, wheelwright; Richard Blaney, farmer, The Ditches; Edward Davies, farmer, Penyllan; William Davies, farmer and vict., Blue Bell; William Ellis, farmer; Edward Evans, blacksmith; William Lockley, mason; George Montford, farmer, Pentra-heylin; William Pugh, farmer, Wellingwern farm; Evan Watkin, miller and farmer; Stephen Williams, farmer, Lock. Riston Directory.—David Blaney, farmer, Gwarthlow; Richard Griffiths, wheelwright; Samuel Groves, farmer, Rockley; Richard Lewis, farmer, Gwarthlow; Edward Price, farmer, Cœprion Farm.
Mucklewick is a township in the parish of Hyssington, in the Chirbury hundred, the rest of the parish being comprised within the bounds of the county of Montgomery. The village of Mucklewick lies in a valley five miles north of Bishop’s Castle, and at the census of 1851 had 13 houses and 64 inhabitants. The township contains 296 acres of land, exclusive of common lands, the rateable value of which is £292. 18s. 6d. The principal landowners are Richard Tibby, Esq.; R. B. More, Esq.; and Mr. William Llewellyn; besides whom there are several other smaller proprietors. An act of parliament has recently been obtained for the enclosure of the common lands in this township.
The principal residents are Thomas Evevall, farmer; William Llewellyn, farmer; William Mellings, farmer; John Preece, farmer; and Robert Preece, farmer.
SHELVE
is a sequestered parish, situated in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury, six miles north of Bishop’s Castle, containing about 587 acres of enclosed land, 200 acres of common, and 18¾ acres of glebe; the rateable value of which is £456. 6s. 10d., and gross estimated rental, £507. 4s. Robt. Bernard More, Esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. At the census of 1841 there were 14 houses and 69 persons; population in 1801, 71; and in 1831, 71. This manor formerly belonged to the Corbets of Caux Castle, though it is not mentioned in Doomsday book. In the 45th Henry III., Thomas Corbet had the grant of a market here on a Friday, and a fair on the vigil, the day, and the day after the Invention of the Cross. On the Lords Corbet of Caux dying without male issue, in the 24th Edward III., Robert de Harley paid twenty-five marks relief to the king for the fourth part of the barony of Caux, of which Shelve was a parcel. The White Grit and the Bog lead mines are near this township. It is supposed that these mines were worked by the Romans in the time of Adrian; a pig of lead having been found, on which was a Roman inscription. Messrs. Edward Lloyd, Ward, and Company are the proprietors, and Mr. Edward Dickin, manager. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone edifice, with square tower, in which is one bell. It was built in the year 1839 by Robert Bernard More, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Frederick More, M.A., is the incumbent. A National School was built in the same year by the same benevolent individual, by whom it is also munificently supported.