Timmis Thomas, jun., farmer, The Hill
Vaughan William, farmer, The Lodge
Wace Charles R., solicitor, office, Powis Arms
Wilde Robert M., tailor, Blackbow hill
COTTON
(usually called Coton), a small township, salubriously situated, one and a quarter mile S.W. from Ruyton, contains 233a. 2r. 9p. of land, and at the census of 1841 had one house and 14 inhabitants. Rateable value, £181. 15s. 9d. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £10. 15s. was apportioned to the vicar, and £40 to the impropriator, George Edwards, Esq. Mr. Thomas Thomas is the principal landowner, and occupies all the land in the township.
EARDISTON,
a village pleasantly situated two and a half miles west from Ruyton, contains some good residences. The township is bounded by the London and Holyhead turnpike road, and has 705a. 0r. 25p. of land, the soil of which is mostly a stiff loam, with a portion of sand. In 1841 here were 26 houses and 160 inhabitants. Rateable value, £977. 4s. 6d. The landowners are the Hon. Thomas Kenyon; Thomas Basnett Oswell, Esq.; Mr. Thomas Wilkinson; Mr. John Wilkinson; Mrs. Cureton; Mr. Menlove; and a few smaller proprietors. The vicarial tithes were commuted for £61 in 1847, when £120 was apportioned to the impropriators. There is a school here, where about thirty children attend. The Hon. Thomas Kenyon gives a yearly sum of £15 towards the support of the school, in consideration of which twenty children are taught free.
Directory.—The Hon. Thomas Kenyon, The Pradoe; William Dovaston, tailor; John Edwards, farmer; Joseph Edwards, grocer and vict., Barley Mow; Joseph Evans, jun., mole catcher; William Gydvill, butcher; John Jones, farmer; Thomas Basnett Oswell, Esq., Eardiston House; John Pearce, blacksmith; Thomas Williams, maltster and farmer; Thomas Wilkinson, farmer.