There are two parish churches—that of Saint Mary Magdalene and that of Saint Leonard. The first named is a modern edifice, in the Grecian style of architecture, with a lofty tower, surmounted by a cupola, and stands near the site of the chapel formerly belonging to the castle. The church of Saint Leonard, formerly collegiate, was originally a very magnificent and spacious structure, comprising seven different chapels; it suffered greatly while in the possession of the parliamentarians during the civil war, and now consists only of a nave, one aisle, and a chancel. The chancel has lately been in part restored, and a beautiful painted window furnished on the south side—the gift of an individual. Both the livings, which were formerly perpetual curacies, are now rectories, the tithes having been made over to them by the liberality of the late Thomas Whitmore, Esq. of Afley. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, Irvingites, and Roman Catholics. The free grammar school here was founded by the corporation in 1503; it has three exhibitions to either University. The other free schools are a blue coat school, and two conducted upon the national plan. An infirmary and general dispensary, a savings’ bank, a subscription library, and a mechanics’ institution, are the other principal public establishments. The market is held on Saturday; and the fairs on the third Mondays in January, February, and March, the 1st of May, the second Monday in June (for wool, stock and cheese), the second Monday in July, the third Mondays in August and September, the 29th of October (for stock, hops, butter, and cheese), and the second Monday in December. The October fair is a very large one for cattle, butter, and cheese, the December fair is for nearly the same commodities, on a smaller scale. The borough of Bridgnorth, exclusive of the parishes added to it by the Boundary Act, contained, by the returns made to Government in 1841, 6,198 inhabitants, and in 1851, 5,724. QUATFORD is a parish, consisting of two portions, under the same parochial management, partly divided by the river Severn; the eastern division, consisting of the township of Quatford, in the liberties of Bridgnorth; and the western, of the township of Eardington, in the hundred of Stoddesdon. The village is situated close to the Severn, within a mile and a half from Bridgnorth. ‘The ancient history of this place,’ says Mr. Smalman, ‘has been misrepresented by most modern writers, and strangely applied to Bridgnorth, before the latter could possibly exist.’ The modern interest of Quatford has arisen from considerable architectural additions, made with reference to the natural character of the place, since the larger portion of it became the property of the late Mr. Smalman, and the site of his former building establishment. The parish of Quatford, including the township of EARDINGTON, contained in 1841, 553 inhabitants, and in 1851, 692.