MEMORANDA P.V TITITS WHEATCROFT, A.n. 1 722. 45 



Ibouses for tbe poor. 



A description of the poor Cottage Houses that properly 

 belong to the Freeholds in our Parish (commonly called "Lords") 

 which Paupers or others inhabit or dwell in at this day— May i6, 

 1724. 



First — Those in Ashover Quarter. 



1. John Stubbing's house in Ashover Hill inhabited by William 



Hopkinson and Lydia wife of Giles Hopkinson. 



2. John Williamot's house inhabited by his daughter Alice Wil- 



liamot. It is agreed that there shall be another bay attached 

 to it. 



3. A house of two bays by Henry Smith's at the foot of 



Twitch Bank built by the parish for the use of Joseph 

 Pursglove. 



4. A house built by William Rhodes, an Overseer of the poor in 



Ashover Hill, a little below Cowley Well, inhabited by James 

 Chadwick, his wife, and family. 



The Parish Houses in Mill Town Quarter: — 



1. William Boar's House at Amber Lane Head, which was for- 



merly William Hopkinson's of Eastwood, and sold to the 

 Parish by his son Giles for the sum of 2,£, which sum loosed 

 him out of prison. 



2. Godfrey Swift's house, which formerly was Mr. Boar's Barne, 



and stands the next, but somewhat higher in the lane. 



3. Mary Cowlishaw's house, in which are two dwellings, and is 



commonly known by the name of ' Common Bank ' or 

 ' Jerting Street ' below y"" Fall Mill. 



4. Ann Adam's house near to the gate in ' Jerting Street.' 



5. Anne Tissington's house by John Boar's house at Slack. 



Poor's Houses in Alton and North Edge Quarter : — 



1. William May's house, at, or on this side Alton, above Robert 



Milwards : one bay. 



2. William Shemild's, at the top of Alton Town. One bay. 



