Poynton John, farmer, Glenrid
Price John, farmer
Prynallt William, farmer
Randles Elizabeth, farmer
Roberts Edward, farmer, Wigginton
Roberts Joseph, tailor
Roberts Mary, farmer
Roberts Samuel, victualler, Crown Inn
Rogers Jane, schoolmistress
Rogers John, farmer and maltster, Ifton
Rogers Joseph, registrar & assistant overseer
Rogers Richard, shoemaker
Rogers Robert, stonemason
Rowland Elizabeth, farmer
Williams Daniel, farmer
Williams Jane, farmer
Williams John, farmer, Wigginton
Woodvill Thomas, farmer and maltster, Pine Bryn
Woollam Charles, farmer
Woollam John, farmer
WESTON RHYN
is a township and scattered village from two to three miles W. from St.
Martin’s Church, containing 1850A. 2R. 4P. of land, and in 1841 here were
195 houses and 856 inhabitants. Rateable value, £4,053. The principal
land owners are Frederick Richard West, Esq.; Rev. John C. Phillips; John
Richard Powell, Esq.; Mr. James Edwards; E. H. Dymoch, Esq.; T. E. Ward,
Esq.; Mr. John Pritchard, and Mrs. Dickin, Mr. Edward Heys, and others
are also proprietors. A neat and ornamental school, in the early English
style of architecture, was built in the year 1850 at the Lodge. The
structure is of stone got from the neighbouring quarries, with the Cafn
hewn stone for the windows and ornamental portions of the building; it
measures 20 feet by 40 feet, and has a pitched roof with a neat belfry.
The cost of the structure was £700, of which £40 was given by the
National Society and £130 by the Privy Council on Education, the rest was
raised by voluntary subscriptions. A residence for the teacher adjoins
the school. The Calvinistic Methodists have a chapel at the lodge, built
in 1811, the services of which are conducted in the Welsh language. Coal
of a good quality is found upon the estate of John R. Powell, Esq.; a
steam engine is now in course of erection to clear the mines of water.
THE QUINTA, a handsome castellated residence built of lime stone, stands
on a gentle acclivity, and commands some pleasing views to the south. It
is surrounded with shrubberies and park-like grounds, and is the
residence of Rowland Jones Venables, Esq., and the property of F. R.
West, Esq. On the knoll of a hill a short distance from the hall, the
owner of the estate about ten years ago caused immense blocks of stone to
be reared up in the exact form of the celebrated Druidical Temple at
Stonehenge. From this eminence a most beautiful panoramic view of the
surrounding country is seen. PREES-GWENE HOUSE, the residence and
property of John Richard Powell, Esq., stands in a sheltered situation
embosomed in foliage. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects this
township, and has a station at Preesgwene, 1½ mile from Gabowen, and 22
miles from Chester. The large tithes of Weston Rhyn are commuted for
£270.
Calcott William, corn miller
Davies William, butcher
Duckett Mary, corn miller, New mill
Duckett Mrs. Tamar, Weston villa
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