The principal residents are Mr. John Borne Oekley; William Downes, farmer, Frankton Grove; William Downes, jun., farmer; William Foulkes, farmer; Elias Puleston, farmer; Thomas Stanyer, farmer; Thomas Smith, blacksmith; and John Williams, wheelwright.
HAMPTON WOOD
is a small township, with 703a. 0r. 18p. of land, situated three miles from Ellesmere, and in 1841 had 37 houses and 175 inhabitants. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Lord Kenyon, C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., and Joshua Lewis Menlove, Esq. The resident farmers are William Boughey; Mary Boyling; Robert Jacks; James Price, and corn miller; Thomas Reeves; John Rodenhurst; and John Smith.
HARDWICK
is a township, containing 449a. 3r. 17p. of land, and in 1841 had 27 houses and 441 inhabitants. The whole township is the property of Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., who resides at Hardwick Hall, an elegant mansion, delightfully situated in a park, with a fine undulating surface, richly wooded with noble timber. The south front of the hall opens upon a terrace, ornamented with flowers, vases, and an open balustrade, which leads into the park. On the west side of the hall are the pleasure grounds and shrubberies, which contain some rare shrubs of remarkably fine growth; the arra-caxia imbricata is upwards of sixteen feet high, and one of the finest specimens in the country. The cedar deodora is also a beautiful specimen. There are upwards of thirty varieties of the pinus tribe planted in different parts of the grounds. Adjoining the west side of the hall, a new conservatory has just been completed, which is chiefly used as an orangery. The vineries adjoin the kitchen gardens, which cover about an acre and a half of land. About two hundred yards from the south front of the hall is a magnificent specimen of the cedar of Lebanon, which measures fourteen feet and a half in circumference. A portion of the top was broken off about three years ago with the weight of snow that fell upon it. Perthy Bank, or The Brow, consists of a public house and a few cottages, partly in this township and partly in Tetchill, situated on the brow of a hill, on the turnpike road leading from Ellesmere to Oswestry. Hardwick Cottage is a neat residence, pleasantly situated near the turnpike road, occupied by Lovett Ferrall, Esq.
Directory.—Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart., Hardwick; Lovett Ferrall, Esq., Hardwick Cottage; John Cureton, farmer; Samuel Carsley, blacksmith; Edward Heyes, victualler, Green Man Inn, The Brow; Samuel Stockton, gamekeeper; Mrs. Martha Thomas; Richard Woolf, farmer, Old Hardwick.
KENWICK STOCKETT AND WHATTALL,
a township three miles south from Ellesmere, contains 874a. 3r. 29p. of land; the owners of which are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater, Thomas Buckley Buckley Owen, Esq., and the Rev. William Thomas. In 1841 the township had nine houses and a population of 55 souls. The principal residents are Samuel Burrows, farmer; Richard Gough, farmer, Whattall; Thomas Furmston, farmer, Lower Kenwick; John Stoakes, farmer, Higher Kenwick; and Joseph Stoakes, farmer, The Springs.
KENWICKS PARK
is a small village and township, three miles and a quarter south from Ellesmere, having 1,054a. 3r. 26p. of land, which is the property of the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. At the census in 1841 there were 22 houses and 120 inhabitants. The resident Farmers are Edward Colemere; William Gough, The Lodge; Thomas Hamson, Kenwick Park; Ann Harrison, Top House; Jane Harrison, Old Cast; Lazarus Harrison, Lower House; John Hassall; Thomas Jacks; John Reynolds; and James Williams.