Rev. John Barnet gave £20, and directed the interest to be distributed to the poor.
A yearly sum of £4. 11s. 2d. is paid to a schoolmaster, as the interest of £114 in the hands of R. Hunt, Esq. It does not appear from whose benefaction this money was derived; but it appears it was formerly laid out on turnpike security, with £130 belonging to two other charities, making altogether £244; which sum was afterwards placed in the hands of R. Hunt, Esq.
Sarah Atcherley gave £30 to the poor, the interest to be given in bread on Christmas days.
Thomas Presland, in 1779, gave £20, the interest to be distributed yearly to poor distressed housekeepers.
Post Office.—At Mr. John Morris’s. Letters arrive at 8.45 A.M., and are despatched at 4 45 P.M.
Those marked 1 reside at Baschurch; 2 New town; 3 Railway Station.
1 Birch Edward, Esq., The Hall
2 Birch Miss M. A., boarding school
1 Buckley and Davies, milliners and bonnet makers
1 Carr William, tailor