Kenley

is a small parish and village with a scattered population four miles W. from Much Wenlock, which in 1801 contained 300 inhabitants; 1831, 281, and in 1841 there were 62 houses and a population of 294 souls. The parish comprises 1,794 acres of land, some of it tolerably good and others of an indifferent quality. Gross estimated rental, £1,305. 4s. Rateable value, £992. 1s. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor, and owner of the whole parish. The tithes are commuted for the sum of £170. The church is an ancient structure, much dilapidated. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, and deanery of Salop, returned at £131 in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland, and incumbency of the Rev. H. R. Slade.

Directory.—Farmers, Ann Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Richard Bishop, Elizabeth Blakeway, Thomas Bryan, Richard Crowther, Thomas Evans, Thomas Hall, Henry Hamlet, Thomas Jarvis, and Edward Pattin; John Jarratt, blacksmith