Wentnor

is an extensive parish comprising the townships of Adston, Home, Kinnerton, and Ritton, Medlicott and Wentnor, which have an area of 4,190 acres of land, the rateable value of which is £2,978. The village of Wentnor is pleasantly situated five and a half miles N.E. of Bishop’s Castle, and in 1841 had 43 houses and 200 inhabitants. There is a small woollen manufactory in this parish, worked by water power. The Church is dedicated to Saint Michael. The living is a rectory in the patronage of the dean and canons of Christ Church, Oxford, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Hunt. The tithes are commuted for £212. 10s. The principal landowners are the Rev. John Bright, Rev. G. D. Pardoe, Robert Scott, Esq., Thomas Downes, Esq., and Mrs. Sarah Medlicott. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor.

Adston is a township situated to the north of Wentnor, the principal landowners of which are the Rev. John Bright, Jeremiah Medlicott, Esq., Francis Norton, Esq., John Whitehurst, Esq., and H. Walters, Esq. In 1841 here were 19 houses and 100 inhabitants.

Home is a small township containing three houses and 24 persons. The land is the property of the Rev. John Rogers.

Kinnerton and Ritton is a township and village three miles from Wentnor, which contains 58 houses and 322 persons. Henry Lyster, Esq., is the proprietor of the land and lord of the manor.

Medlicott is a township one mile from Wentnor, containing 14 houses and 60 inhabitants. John Medlicott, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner; Mrs. Sarah Medlicott and Mr. Thomas Bright are also owners.

Charities.—Rev. Edward Rogers, by will, dated 1788, left £50, the interest to be applied in teaching poor children of the parish to read. This sum, with the surplus of a subscription raised for building a school, to which Charles Rogers, Esq., contributed £100, was invested in the purchase of £100 stock new four per cents., and the dividends paid to a schoolmaster who teaches twelve poor children. Dr. Price bequeathed £10, and Edward Redrobe gave £10, the interest to be given to the poor on St. Thomas’s-day.

Wentnor Directory.

Beamond John, farmer

Jones Richard, farmer

Hotchkiss William, farmer

Humphrey Rev. Thos., curate

Mapp Richard, farmer

Medlicot John, woollen manufacturer

Medlicot Sarah, beerseller

Morris John, farmer and maltster

Kirkham Edward, farmer

Adston Directory.

Andrews Edward, farmer

Evans John, farmer and miller

Harding John, farmer

Jameson George, farmer

Kirkham George, farmer

Kirkham Samuel, farmer

Home Directory.

Gething John, farmer

Rogers Rev. John, rector of Myndtown

Kinnerton and Ritton Directory.

Beamond Robert, farmer

Blockley William, farmer

Davies John, farmer

Davies William, farmer

Hotchkiss Francis, farmer

Mountford John, farmer

Potter John, farmer

Potter Jonathan, farmer

Pugh John, farmer

Walters Edward, farmer

Medlicott Directory.

Bright Thomas, farmer

Hotchkiss Jeremiah, farmer

Maddox Thomas, farmer