282 A TOPOGRAPHICAL, &c. 



The Church, which is situated near Weston Hall, is a small an- 

 cient fabric, dedicated to St. Andrew. The living is a rectory, the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford patron, and the Hon. and Rev. 

 George Bridgman is the present rector. 



The village is small, and contains a few farm-houses and smaller 

 tenements, occupied by persons employed in handicraft arts, and 

 labourers. The whole parish contains 44 houses, 46 families; 145 

 males, 130 females: total 275 persons. 



SHERIFF-HALES is a parish of considerable extent, situated to 

 the west of Blymhill, in the south-west part of Cuttlestone west, 

 and principally in that hundred, though partly in Bradford hun- 

 dred, Shropshire. 



This parish contains 154 houses, 157 families; 425 males, 384 

 females : total population, 809 persons. 



The village of Sheriff-Hales contains several farm-houses and 

 smaller tenements, and there are also several houses on the differ- 

 ent farms in the parish. It also contains the hamlets of Heath- 

 hill, Hilton, and Burleton. The soil of this parish is a light gra- 

 velly loam, very productive of barley and turnips. The Marquis of 

 Stafford is the principal land proprietor. 



The Church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a vicarage under the 

 patronage of the Marquis of Stafford. 



From the foregoing history of Cuttlestone Hundred, it is evident 

 that this division of the county may, with the utmost propriety, be 

 termed an agricultural district. 



