Slater's [1859] Shropshire DirectorySlater, I. (Isaac)
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Slater's [1859] Shropshire Directory
Slater, I. (Isaac)
Shropshire (England) -- Directories
To LLANGOLLEN, — Evans, from the Horse Shoe, Wednesday
To LLANRHAIADR, Robert Hughes and Thomas Davies, from the Boar’s Head,
Wednesday and Saturday, and Jacob Evans, from the Three Tuns, Wednesday
To LLANSILLIN, Robert Evans, from the Boar’s Head, and John Jones, from
the Five Bells, Wednesday
To LLANY BLODWEL, John Mason, from the Britannia, Wednesday
To LLANYMYNECH, Hugh Price, from the Coach and Dogs, Wed. and Sat.
To MAESBROOK, — Briggs, from the White Horse, and John Williams, from the
Three Tuns, Wednesday
To MALLWYDD, William Williams, from the Three Tuns, Wednesday
To MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, CHESTER and SHREWSBURY, by the Shrewsbury and
Chester Railway Company, daily
To NESCLIFF, — Benyon, from the White Horse, Wednesday
To PENYBONT-FAWR, Thos. Roberts, from the Three Tuns, Wednesday
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To CHESTER, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, &c. the Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal Co. from Maesbury wharf, daily
To WELSHPOOL, NEWTOWN, and all parts of SOUTH WALES, the Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal Co. from Maesbury wharf, daily
SHIFFNALL,
WITH THE PARISH OF LILLESHALL, PAINS LANE, AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
SHIFFNALL is a parish, in the hundred of Brimstree—the market town is 136
miles N.W. from London, 18 E. by S. from Shrewsbury (17¼ by rail), and 13
N.W. from Wolverhampton (12¼ by rail); situated on the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham railway, the line of which is carried over the market place by
a lofty and handsome iron bridge—and here is the passenger station. The
town was anciently called _Idsali_, and is supposed to have been of
greater note and extent previous to its destruction by fire, which
circumstance is recorded in a book printed towards the end of the
fifteenth century, entitled ‘The Burnvnge of the Town of Idsall, _alias_
Shiffnall.’ Petty sessions are held here the first Friday in every
month, and a court leet annually by Lord Stafford, the owner of the
manor. The County Court Act for the recovery of debts under £50.
includes Shiffnall within the Madeley circuit of towns. The general
trade of the place is mainly supported by its own inhabitants, and by the
custom of the gentry and farmers residing in the surrounding country. At
Priors-Lee, about three miles hence, the Lilleshall Company have their
office, and the iron and coal mines belonging to the establishment
approach to within two miles and a half of the town.
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