and s._ 171 Shiffnall 39 13 25 26 45 19 34 25 32 5 8 36 Shiffnall, _tu._ 136 Shrewsbury** 20 20 13 33 26 19 16 35 29 14 19 18 18 Shrewsbury, _w._ & _s._ 153 Wellington 31 14 20 27 37 16 28 29 31 6 9 29 7 11 Wellington, _th._ 140 Wem 30 30 23 43 36 13 9 45 39 24 22 17 28 10 21 Wem, _th._ 164 Wenlock** 26 8 13 20 32 27 28 26 20 6 20 30 11 11 11 22 Wenlock, _m._ 148 Whitchurch 40 40 33 53 46 13 11 52 49 28 21 19 28 20 22 10 33 Whitch. 161 _f._ BISHOP’S CASTLE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. BISHOP’S CASTLE is a borough corporate, market town, and parish, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Purslow, 157 miles N.W. by W. from London, 20 S.W. by S. from Shrewsbury, and 8½ S.E. from Montgomery (North Wales). It is situated partly on the summit, but chiefly on the steep declivity of a hill, in the midst of a fertile country, abounding with pleasing views. The town, which is irregularly built, and the habitations, for the most part, detached, derives its name from a castle, that stood here, belonging to the Bishop of Hereford—but of which the site (now a bowling green belonging to the Castle Inn), and some small portions of the walls, only can be traced. The government of the town, by charter granted in the 15th year of Elizabeth, and confirmed and extended by James I. is vested in a bailiff, recorder, and fifteen capital burgesses, assisted by a town clerk, a serjeant-at-mace and subordinate officers: the bailiff, late bailiff and recorder are justices of the peace. The corporation hold a court of session quarterly; and Bishop’s Castle is included in the twenty-seventh circuit of County Court-towns, under the acts passed for the recovery of debts not exceeding £50. The town hall, a plain brick edifice, erected by subscription of the burgesses in 1750, has a prison on the basement for criminals, and above it one for debtors. The elective franchise was conferred in the 26th of Elizabeth, from which time it sent two members to parliament, till the Reform Bill deprived it of that privilege, but