  Newport is a borough corporate, market-town and parish, in the Newport division of the hundred of Bradford South; 139 miles N.W. by W. from London, and 19 E.N.E. from Shrewsbury; situated near the line of the Roman Watling street, at the north-eastern border of the county, on a branch of the Liverpool and Birmingham Junction Canal. The Shropshire Union Railway passes through the upper end of the town, from Stafford to Shrewsbury; it is a branch held on lease by the London and North Western, and was opened for traffic in June, 1849. The town, which is seated in a delightful part of the country, sustained, in the year 1665, damage by fire to the amount of upwards of £30,000.—a very large sum at that period. Its appearance now is respectable, having many handsome dwellings, two proprietary banking establishments, a bank for savings, a spacious market-hall, and good inns; the principal is the ‘Royal Victoria Hotel’ (and posting house), in Saint Mary street, which as a commercial and family house can be classed amongst the first in Shropshire. The ‘Raven and Bell’ in the High street, is also a most respectable inn, affording excellent accommodation. The principal manufactories are one belonging to William Scott Underhill, agricultural implement manufacturer, in Saint Mary street, and another of the same to Jones & Aston, of Salters lane; there is also an extensive iron and brass foundry, and two manufactories for bend ware, and various turnery, hair sieves, &c. of the most approved description. A newspaper is published weekly, by H. P. & C. Sylvester, entitled ‘the Newport and North Shropshire Advertiser,’ and enjoys a large circulation. The liberties and privileges of the town commenced by grants, as early as Henry I, and they have been confirmed by succeeding monarchs. The corporation comprises a high steward, deputy steward, two bailiffs and about twenty-five burgesses, who are entitled to certain property within the parish, the rents arising from which, are chiefly applied to defray the expense of keeping in repair a water-course and pipes, by which, from a spring about a mile distance, the inhabitants are supplied with water—this is conveyed into five large cisterns, placed in different parts of the town, four of which were erected and beautified under the direction of the corporation, at a considerable expense, and are rendered an ornament, as well as a convenience to the inhabitants. There is also derived from a large tract of land, a fund which is applied, amongst other purposes, to the repairs of the streets, lighting the town, and apprenticing poor children. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland is lord of the manor, and holds courts leet annually. Petty sessions, for the Newport division of the hundred, are held here by the magistrates, and the County Court, under the new acts, sits one a month in the town hall, for the recovery of debts to any amount not exceeding £50. The parish Church of Saint Nicholas, formerly belonged to the abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in Shrewsbury, and was alienated by permission of Henry VI, to Thomas Draper and his heirs, by whom it was made collegiate for a warden and four lay chaplains. The church is principally in the ancient style of English architecture with a square tower, and was repaired and beautified in 1827, at a cost exceeding £3,000, and again in 1835; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Crown; the present incumbent is the Rev. William Sandford, A.M. There are places of worship for Independents, Roman Catholics, and Methodists—both Primitive and Wesleyan. The school here was founded, and amply endowed, in 1656, by William Adams, Esq. a native of Newport, who assigned certain lands for the support of a master and an usher, for the endowment of four exhibitions at any of the colleges in Oxford or Cambridge, for the erection and support of four almshouses for that number of that number of poor persons, for annually apprenticing three poor children, and for other purposes. This school also enjoys the benefit of four other exhibitions, founded by Mr. Careswell. The land belonging to this charity yields an annual income of nearly £1,000. There are the town’s almshouses for four poor females, founded and erected in 1446, by William Glover, of this town; a national school, originating from a free grammar school of very ancient foundation, and several other charities and funds vested in trustees. Newport under the new Poor Law, is the centre of an Union, comprising sixteen parishes; and a new and commodious workhouse has been erected. The town is indebted to the same gentleman who so munificently endowed the free school, for its market hall. The country around here is very fertile, the prospects beautiful, and enriched by many seats of note; and among other subjects worthy of observation in the neighbourhood, are the ruins of Saint John’s abbey at Lilleshall, about three miles hence. The market is held on Saturday; cattle and sheep fairs (or markets), every alternate Tuesday, and annual fairs on the first Tuesday after Candlemas, the Saturday before Palm-Sunday, May 28th, July 27th, Sept. 25th, and December 10th, principally for live stock. The parish contained, by the returns rendered in 1841, 2,497 inhabitants, and by those in 1851, 2,906. POST OFFICE, High street, Maria J. Stillitoe, Post Mistress.—Letters from London, and all parts arrive at ten minutes before three in the morning, and three in the afternoon, and from Shrewsbury and Wellington at eleven in the morning, and twenty minutes before eleven at night, and are despatched to London, and all parts at ten in the morning, and twenty-five minutes past ten at night, and to Shrewsbury, and Wellington, at two in the afternoon, and half-past one in the morning. A Mail Cart is despatched to Market Drayton, at three in the morning, and to Bridgnorth, and Shiffnal, at four in the morning. NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.Adams Joseph Harrison, Esq. High st Baddeley the Misses —, Chetwynd Aston Barber Mrs. Sarah, High st, Wellington rd Bill Mrs. —, Chetwynd Aston Borough John Charles Barton, Esq. Chetwynd Hall Boughey Robert, Esq. Park Farm Boughey Sir Thomas F. F. Bart., Aqualate Hall, Staffordshire Brookes Mr. Ambrose, Aston Brown Right Rev. Dr. Salter’s Hall Brown Mr. Charles B. Church Aston Buckworth Rev. T. A. Norbury Bunsen Rev. H. G. Lilleshall Old Hall Burne Rev. T. H. Moreton Burne Thomas Higgins, Esq. Loynton Hall Charlton Rev. J. K. Rectory, Brockton Clarke Rev. S. Sambroook Cobb Mrs. Sarah, High st Collier Mr. Thomas, Beech hill Cooper Mrs. Mary Ann, Old Hall, Aston Cotes John, Esq. Woodcote Hall Crump Mr. Thos., Chetwynd Aston Derrington Mr. Thomas, Chetwynd end Ellershaw Thomas Phillips, High st Emery Mrs. Ann, Summer hill House Eyton Capt. William, Aston Hall Heakin the Misses —, Edgmond Heatley Miss —, Chetwynd Higgins Mr. Robt. Chetwynd end Hill the Honourable Maria Noel, Meertown Hughes Mrs. Mary, High st Humphreys Mrs. Elizbth. Stafford rd Jellicorse Rev. W. Chetwynd end Justice Mr. Henry, Hinstock Hall Keeling Mrs. Sarah, High st Kyffin Mr. Robert, High st Leach Rev. W. B. Chetwynd Aston Make Ralph, Esq. Longford Hall Masefield Mr John, Chetwynd Aston Morgan Miss Elizabeth, High st Musselwhite Rev. T. R. Wellington rd Norris Mrs. Martha, Chetwynd Aston Oakes Miss —, Meeson Hall O’Regan Rev. T. Donnington Palin Mrs. Jemima, Chetwynd-end Parr Rev. J. O. Hinstock Pigot Rev. John Dryden, Rectory, Edgmond Pigott Miss Charlotte, Chetwynd Aston Rylands Mrs. Jane, Chetwynd Villa Rylands Thomas, Esq. Banshee Hse Sandford Rev. William, High st Saxton Rev. Charles, D.D. High st Scott Mr. Robert, High st Sillitoe Mr. William, Chetwynd end Smith Mrs. Ann, Aston Villa Smith Mr. Edward, High st Steevens Miss Mary Ann, Chetwynd end Stoneley Mr. James, Chetwynd Aston Sutherland His Grace the Duke of, Lilleshall Hall Trovell Rev. Michael, Salter’s lane Twemlow Rev. Francis C. Forton Vickers Valentine, Esq. Ellerton Grange Whately Rev. Thomas, Vicarage, Chetwynd Wright Mrs. —, Chetwynd end ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS.Not otherwise described are Day Schools Atkinson & Cooke (ladies’ boarding and day), High st Bradbury Helen Louisa (boarding and day), Upper Bar Free Grammar School, High st—Rev. Charles Saxton, D.D. first master; John Benifold, second master; Richard Crowther, third master Independent School, Wellington road—Elizabeth Johnson, mistress Lees John, High st National Schools: Lilleshall—William Diggins, master; Eliza Arnold, mistress Church Aston—Joseph Collier, master; Sophia Collier, mistrss Workhouse lane—Martha Ball, mistress Forton—G. F. Warman master; Martha Warman, mistress Pritchard Mary Ann (boarding and day), Chetwynd end Roman Catholic Charity School, Salters’s lace—Agnes Bailie, mistress AGENTS.(See also Fire, &c. Office Agents.) Bott John (to Lilleshall Lime Works), Lilleshall Bradbury Charles (ale, porter and cider), High st Cheadle James (to the Lilleshall Coal and Lime Works), Pave lane Holland John (general), St. Mary st Jones Edward (to the Lilleshall Iron Bar Co), Donnington Wood Marsh John (house), High st Smith William (to His Grace the Duke of Sutherland), Lilleshall ARCHITECTS.See under the head Carpenters and Builders. ATTORNEYS.Marked thus * are Commissioners for taking acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women. Baddeley Thomas B. High st * Fisher Henry (and deputy steward of Newport), High st * Heane Henry (and clerk to the commissioners of taxes), High st Liddle William (and clerk to the magistrates and to the comity court), High st Smallwood Brook Hector, High st AUCTIONEERS.Fieldhouse Thomas, High st Holland John, St. Mary st BAKERS & CONFECTIONERS.Griffiths John, High st Rogers Stephen, St. Mary st Sargeant Peter, High st Tomkinson John, Stafford road Williams Henry, Upper Bar BANKERS.National Provincial Bank of England, High street (draws on the London Joint Stock Bank)—Alexander Fowler, manager Shropshire Banking Company, High street,—(draws on the Union Bank of London), William Silvester, manager Savings’ Bank, High st—(open every alternate Saturday from 10 till 1)—Charles Silvester, actuary BLACKSMITHS.Allman John, Chetwynd Aston Cook Joseph, Salters lane Dawes James, Stafford st Littleton John, Edgmond Rowley James, High st Whitmore Thomas, Forton BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS & PRINTERS.Icke Thomas George, High st Silvester Henry Price & Charles (binders, and publishers of the Newport Advertiser), High st BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.Allman John, Chetwynd Aston Beeston John, Lower Bar Blest David, Chetwynd Aston Bolas Benjamin, Edgmond Bolas William, St. Mary st Griffiths William, High st Holt William, Upper Bar Marsh Thomas High st Pigott David, Edgmond Plant Stephen, St. Mary st Stewart Robert, High st BRAZIERS & TIN-PLATE WORKERS.Davies Owen, High st Underhill William Scott, High st Watkin John, High st BRICK MAKERS.Cobb John, Chetwynd end Pooler John, Adney Silliter Thomas, Edgmond Ward George Joseph (and tile merchant), Water lane BRICKLAYERS.Hurd Thomas, Water lane Williams John, High st BUTCHERS.Barber Charles, High st Bruckshaw Freeman, High st Cornmell Benjamin, Marsh lane Cornmell George, Marsh lane Cornmell John, Stafford road Cornmell William, Marsh lane Doody George, High st Gosnell John, Lower Bar Harper John, Salters lane Lockley James, High st Morris Samuel, Stafford road Rees Philip, jun. High st Steventon Charles, High st Steventon John, High st Yeomans John, Vauxhall CABINET MAKERS.Cobb Samuel, High st Jenkins William, St. Mary st Sargeant Peter, High st Slaney Ann Jane, St. Mary st CARPENTERS & BUILDERS.Marked thus * are also Architects. * Cobb John, Chetwynd end * Doody Joseph, Lower bar * Treasure John, Aston villa Whitmore Thomas, Forton Whittingham Joseph, High st Williams William, High st CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS.Brittain William, High st Chalmers Henry, High st Icke & Yates, High st Jones & Aston, Lower bar Oastler Eliza, High st Watkin & Co. High st CHINA, GLASS, &c. DEALERS.Bradley James, High st Griffiths John, High st COOPERS.Allen Charles, Church Aston Allkins Lewis (and bendware turnery, & hair sieve manufactory), Mill Works Boughey Thomas (and bendware turnery, and hair sieve manufacturer), Church Aston Eccleshall John, High st James John, St. Mary st Tomkinson James, High st FANCY REPOSITORIES.Barlow James, High st Veitch Susan, High st FIRE &c. OFFICE AGENTS.Birmingham, Richard G. Lowe, St. Mary street Crown (life), Hy. Chalmers, High st Farmers & Cottagers’ (cattle), Joseph Doody, High st Law (life), Henry Heane, High st Norwich Union, Thomas George Icke, High st Palladium (life) & Phoenix (fire), Alexander Fowler, High st Royal Farmers’, Joseph Doody, Lower bar Salop (fire), Henry Chalmers, High st Shropshire & North Wales (fire) Thomas Fieldhouse, High st Sun, John Holland, St. Mary’s st FISHMONGERS.Rowring Thomas, St. Mary st Thompson John (& dealer in game), High street GROCERS & TEA DEALERS.(See also Shopkeepers, &c.) Brittain William, High st Doody James, High st Fieldhouse William, High st Foxall Henry, High st Howls & Co. Lilleshall Huxley John, High st Icke & Yates, High st Jones & Aston, Lower bar Lockley James, High st Norton George, Lower bar Slaney William, High st Wild William, St. Mary st HAIR DRESSERS.Adderley Charles, High st Harvey Robert, High st HATTERS.Edwards David, High st Keeling John, High st Warner John, High st HOP MERCHANTS.Brittain William, High st Doody James, High st Hall Joseph, St. Mary st Icke & Yates, High st Jones & Aston, Lower bar HORSES & GIGS, OWNERS OF FOR HIRE.Allen Harry (and hearse and job coaches), St. Mary st Franklin John Robt. Chetwynd end Sherry Richard, High st HOSIERS.Icke R. & S. High st Lowe Elizabeth, St. Mary st Lowe Richard Gooldin, High st Thomas Alexander, High st Warner John, High st INNS—COMMERCIAL.(See also Taverns & Public Houses) Raven & Bell, Fanny Ward, High st Royal Victoria (and family and posting house), Harry Allen, St. Mary st IRON MASTERS.Lilleshall Co., Donington Wood IRONMONGERS & IRON MERCHANTS.Brittain William, High st Jones & Aston (and hurdle manufacturers), Lower bar Underhill William Scott (and agricultural implement maker), High street Watkin John, High st LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.Edwards David, High st Icke R. & S. High st Warner John, High st Wiggin William, High st MALTSTERS.Bailey Robert, Forton Barber Charles, High st Barlow George, High st Derrington Thomas, Chetwynd end Doody George, High st Fieldhouse John, Forton Fieldhouse Thomas, High st Lockley James, High st Meddings John, Chatwell Parton Benjamin, High st Sherry Thomas, High st Stokes William, High st Talbot John, Forton Ward Fanny, High st Ward George, High st Yeomans John, Longford MILLERS.Brittain Thomas, Chetwynd end Lockley James, High st Paddock William John & George, Caynton MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS.Armstrong Elizabeth, High st Barber Sarah & Emma, High st Belcher Sarah, High st Bruckshaw Elizabeth, High st Crowther Mary, High st Gater Mary Ann, High st Hutchinson Mary Ann, High st Lee Alicia Harper, High st Leech Ann & Betsy, High st Plant Ellen, St. Mary st Tomkinson Emma, High st Smith Sarah Ann, High st Sturges Sarah, High st Veitch Susan, High st Ward Martha & Elizabeth, High st MILLWRIGHT & ENGINEER.Massey William (and iron and brass founder), Lower bar NAIL MAKERS.Jones & Aston, Lower bar Underhill William Scott, High st NEWSPAPER.Newport Advertiser (published weekly)—Henry Price & Charles Silvester, publishers PAINTERS, PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS.Brown Walter, High st Griffiths Job, St. Mary st Howle Henry, High st Sturgess George, High st SADDLERS.Dodd George, High st Eardley Thomas, High st Fishwick William, High st Plant Thomas, Chetwynd end Rees John, High st SEED MERCHANTS.Brittain William, High st Clarke Mary Ann, St. Mary st Felton John, St. Mary st Icke & Yates (& guauo), High st Morris Thomas, Chetwynd end Wagg James, Upper bar SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES.Appleby Martha, High st Bott John, Donnington wood Dawes James, Stafford st Icke Susanna, Edgmond James John, Edgmond Jones Martha, Stafford st Littleton Mary, Edgmond Mancell Margaret, High st Prentice Thomas, Stafford st Steventon Jane, High st Sturgess George, High st Swallow Isabella, Water lane Tomkinson Charlotte, High st Tomkinson John, Water lane West Samuel, Chetwynd end Weston & Co. High st Williams Jobs, High st STRAW BONNET MAKERS.Crowther Mary, High st Edwards David, High st Lowe Emma, High st Sturgess Sarah, High st Warner John, High st SURGEONS.Baddeley William Edward, High st Godby Augustus H. High st Lindop William, St. Mary st SURVEYORS & LAND AGENTS.Doody Joseph (building), Lower bar Doody Thomas, High st Treasure John (and civil engineer), Aston villa TAILORS.Marked thus * are also Drapers. * Bradbury Charles, High st Bratton Thomas, High st Breeze John, St. Mary st Doody Charles. High st * Gater Charles, High st Gater William, St. Mary st Hodson James, Stafford road Jervis William, Upper bar Johnson Moses, Lower bar * Keeling James, Stafford road Latham John, Edgmond Morris William, Chetwynd end * Pidgeon Thomas, High st Tidesley John, Forton TALLOW CHANDLERS.Brittain William, High st Fieldhouse William, High st Wilde William, St. Mary st TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.Barleymow, George Ward, High st Bell, William Lockley, High st Bridge, Thos. Plant, Chetwynd end Bull’s Head, Geo. Blagg, St. Mary st Feathers, George Barlow, High st Fox & Duck, Walter Mancell, Pave lane Fox & Grapes, William Fox, Saint Mary st George & Dragon, Joseph Parsons, St. Mary st Horse & Jockey, Joseph Waldron, St. Mary st Horse & Jockey, Katherine Mancell, Pave lane King’s Arms, Jas. Lockley, High st King’s Head, John Robert Franklin, Chetwynd end Last Inn, Robert Steveson, Church Aston Lion, John Harper, Edgmond New Inn, John Price, Stafford road Old Crow, Benjamin Parton, High st Old Lamb, Thos. Wiggin, Edgmond Old Plough, John Talbot, Forton Pheasant, Richard Sherry, High st Plough, John Dawson, High st Red House, Emma Edwards, Lilles hall Shakspere, Elizabeth Stokes, High st Star, William Bassage, High st Swan, James Fieldhouse, Forton Swan, George Lamonby, High st Sunderland Arms, George Pearce, Muxton Unicorn, William Walker, High st Wharf Tavern, Elizabeth Ward, Water lane White Horse, John Wakefield, St. Mary st RETAILERS OF BEER.Birks Thomas, Chetwynd Aston Cornmell Benjamin, Water lane Edwards Joseph, High st Glover Alfred, St. Mary st Harper John, Lower bar O‘Shaughansey Manus, High st
Allkins Lewis, Mill Works Boughey Thomas, Church Aston Cobb John, Chetwynd end Ward George Joseph, Upper bar Whitmore Thomas, Forton TURNERS IN WOOD.Allen Charles, Church Aston Allkins Lewis (turners of bendware), Mill Works Boughey Thomas, Church Aston WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS.Norris William, High st Northwood James, High st Whiston Joseph, High st Whiston Thomas, High st WHEELWRIGHTS.Goodwin George, Chetwynd Aston Miles Joseph, Chetwynd end Shaw John, Water lane Whitmore Thomas, Forton WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.Allen Harry, High st Bradbury Charles, High st Walker William, High st Ward Fanny, High st MISCELLANEOUS.Bradbury Chas. soda water manufr. High st Chettter John, rope mater, Upper Bar Dawson John, basket maker, High st Ford & Thompson, woolstaplrs, Stafford rd Matthews Charles, veterinary surgeon, Chetwynd end Rogers Eliz. tanner, Water lane Sergeant Wm. carrier and leather cutter, High st Tipping Richard, gun maker, Upper Bar Trubshaw William, stone mason, Forton Woods William B. accountant, High st PLACES OF WORSHIP |
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