MEASHAM, a parish and village, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, three miles from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, contains a small church, in the patronage of the Hastings family, and in the incumbency of the Rev, John Buckley. The potteries of the neighbourhood, and cotton spinning, give employment to many of the inhabitants. The number in the whole parish as about 1,400.

NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY
Abney Edwd. Esq. Measham hall
Buckley Rev. John, Measham
Perkins Jno. gent, surgeon, Measham

INNS, TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES
Queen’s Head, John Cooper, Measham
Swan, John Dennis, Measham
Union, Thomas Fisher, (& posting house) Measham

SHOPKEEPERS, TRADERS, &C.
Calais Thos. Shopkeeper, Measham
Dennis Henry, butcher, Measham
Dennis Thos. butcher, Measham
Domilow Wm. baker, Measham
Farmer Nicholas, shoemakr. Measham
Fernehough Thos. baker, Measham
Fisher Henry & John, cotton spinners & manufacturers, Measham
Harding John, saddler, Measham
Hastelow Wm. tailor, Measham
Jewsbury Thos. shopkeepr. Measham
Ison Henry, butcher, Measham
Litherland Edward, blacksmith, Measham
Meeson Edward, tape manufacturer, Measham
Mosely Jas. shoemaker, Measham
Orton Timothy, plumber & glazier, Measham
Rotherham James, blacksmith, Measham
Rotherham William, wheelwright, Measham
Whitworth John, baker and flour dealer, Measham

MEASHAM, a village, township and parish in the Hundred of Repton and Gresley
Lord of the Manor, The Marquess of Hastings, F.

COACH, the Dart, to and from Nottingham, runs through this village daily. To Birmingham at twelve o'clock, to Nottingham at half past two.

Abney William Wootton, esq. Measham field, F.
Buckley Rev. Thomas, incumbent
Callis Thomas, grocer
Cooper John, vict. Queen's Head
Dennies Thomas, butcher
Dennies Henry, butcher
Dennies John, vict. Swan, F.
Dumelow William, baker, F.
Farmer Nicholas, shoemaker
Fernehough Thomas, baker
Fisher Thomas, vict. Union Inn and post house
Fisher J. and H. cotton spinners
Foster Edward, gent.
Harding John, saddler, F.
Hastelow Thomas, mercer and tailor
Hutchinson William, shoemaker, F.
Hyson Henry, butcher
Jewsbury Thomas, grocer
Jewsbury John, farmer, F.
Jones Joseph esq. barrister at law, F.
Litherland Edward, blacksmith
Meeson Edward, small-ware manufacturer
Moseley James, shoemaker
Newbold Samuel, tanner
Orton Robert, plumber, glazier and painter
Orton Timothy, plumber, glazier and painter, F.
Perkins John, surgeon
Proudman Mary, shopkeeper
Reason Samuel, farmer
Rotherham William, wheelwright
Rotherham James, blacksmith
Shipley John, grocer
Stanley William, farmer
Stevenson Edward, farmer, F.
Wallis Thomas, farmer, F.
Whitworth John, baker and shopkeeper, F.

Measham is a village and parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, county of Derby, though locally situate in the western division of the hundred of Goscote, county of Leicester, about three miles and a half S.S.W. from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the canal of which name passes through the village ; and the parish is bounded on the west, north, and south, by the river Mease.  There are potteries in the neighbourhood, which give employment to some of the inhabitants, but the majority are employed in agriculture, and many farmers and graziers of great respectability are resident in the parish.  The places of worship are the parish church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, and a chapel for Wesleyan methodists : the living of Measham is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquess of Hastings ; the presnt incumbent is the Rev. J.C. Moore.  A school conducted upon the national plan is in the village. The parish (which has no dependant township), contained in 1821, 1,404 inhabitants, and in 1831, 1,535.

POST OFFICE, Thomas Jewsbury, Post Master. - Letters arrive (by mail gig) from ATHERSTONE every morning at ten, and are despatched every afternoon at half-past three.

NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY
Abney Mrs. Measham hall
Abney Wm. Wotton, esq. Measham hall
Kirtland Captain Nicholas Smith
Lambert Captain John
Moore Rev. Joseph Christian
Simmonds Joseph, esq.

ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS
Grimley Misses C. and J. (ladies' boarding)

NATIONAL SCHOOL - Joseph Pickard, master
Turner Sophia

BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS
Dumilow William
Fernyhough Thomas
Tagg James

BLACKSMITHS
Boss William
Litherland Edward

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS
Farmer Nicholas
Hutchinson William
Mosely John
Wileman Henry
Wright Benjamin

BRICK MAKERS
Shipley John

BRICKLAYERS
Latham Joseph

BUILDERS
Lilley Joseph & George
Wileman William

BUTCHERS
Dennis Henry
Ison Henry (and farmer)

CARPENTERS
Lilley Joseph & George
Orton William

CATTLE DEALER
Stevenson Thomas (and farmer)

COAL MASTER & MERCHANT
Ironmonger John (and salt, slate and tile)

CONFECTIONERS
Dobson Isaac
Parker Philip

GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES
Dent John
Jewsbury Thomas
Orton Francis
Proudman Mary
Shipley John

INNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES
Queen's Head, Sml. Cooper
Swan, Mary Dennis
Union, Thos. Proudman
White Hart, Henry Proudman
William IV, John Wakefield

RETAILERS OF BEER
Dennis John
Holt Joseph
Rotherham Joseph

MALTSTERS
Fernyhough Thomas

MILLERS
Fernyhough Thomas

MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS
Buckley Martha
Fairweather Mary
Orgill Ellen

PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS
Fisher Samuel
Orton Frances

SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS
Harding John

SURGEONS
Pearce William Wall

TAILORS
Cater John
Dennis Francis
Hastelow Ths. (& draper)

TANNER
Smith John

TIMBER MERCHANTS
Ironmonger John
Wileman William

WHEELWRIGHTS
Whitworth John

MISCELLANEOUS
Cape Thomas, draper
Jewsbury Richard, farmer and grazier
Meeson Edwd. small ware manfr.
Orgill Elizabeth, straw hat maker
Proudman Thos. gun maker
Thomas Evan, excise officer
Tomlinson Richard, hair dresser
Turner Samuel, land surveyor
Whitworth John, flour dealer

COACHES, PASSING THROUGH MEASHAM
To BIRMINGHAM, the Defiance (from Sheffield) every afternoon at a quarter before four ; goes through Tamworth, Sutton-Coldfield, &c. - and the Royal Dart (from Nottingham) every day (Sunday excepted); goes through Tamworth, &c.
To NOTTINGHAM, the Royal Dart (from Birmingham) every day (Sunday excepted) at half-past twelve ; goes through Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington, and Sawley.
To SHEFFIELD, the Defiance (from Birmingham) every forenoon at a quarter before eleven ; goes through Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ticknall, Swarkeston, Derby, &c.

CARRIERS, FROM MEASHAM.
To BIRMINGHAM, J. and C. Pettifor, every Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning - Deacon & Co. every Monday, Wednesday & Friday - and - Cox, every Sunday night.
To LEEDS, a Carrier, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
To NOTTINGHAM, a Carrier, every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday evening.

CONVEYANCE BY WATER, FROM MEASHAM
To LONDON, Thomas Bache, every Wednesday and Saturday.
To COVENTRY, also to ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH and the DERBYSHIRE WOLDS POTTERY, every Wednesday and Saturday.

MEASHAM parish contains the township of Measham and part of the hamlets of Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe, locally situated in the west Goscote hundred, Leicestershire, which form a joint township, principally in Church Gresley parish, and contains 320 houses in Measham, and 1,541 inhabitants - of whom 758 were males, and 783 females ; 8 houses in Donisthorpe, and 42 inhabitants, and 7 houses in Oakthorpe, and 32 inhabitants.

Measham township and populous village on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Tamworth road, 3 1/2 miles S.S.W. from Ashby, contains 1,573 acres of land.  Rateable value, £4,281.  The executors of the Marquis of Hastings, George Moore, Esq., and Edward Stevenson, Esq., are the owners.  The church, St Lawrence, a perpetual curacy, value £97, was given to Repton priory, but afterwards belonged to the priory of Gresley ; has been augmented with £1,600, parliamentary grant.  The executors of the Marquis are patrons and impropriators, and the Rev. Jonathan Kirk Stubbs, M.A. incumbent.  The church was repewed and a gallery erected, in 1842, at a cost of £1,600, raised by subscription, aided by a grant, and now contains 616 sittings, of which 316 are free.  It is very tastefully fitted up, and the windows are all adorned with stained glass.  The Parsonage is a neat house, west of the church.  The Ashby de la Zouch canal passes through the village, at the south end.  Mr Edward Meeson has two factories employed in manufacturing smallwares, of which one is worked by a steam engine of 30 horses power, the other by water.  Upwards of 300 persons are employed.  On the 30th November, 1836, a tape factory was burnt down ; and on the front of an adjoining corn mill, which was preserved, a tablet is placed in remembrance of Sir George Rowland Beaumont, who resided at Cole Orton Hall, in Leicestershire, and brought his own fire engine and servants, and assisted in extinguishing the fire.  In 1310, a market on Tuesday and a fair for three days at the festival of the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr, were granted to William de Beresford, who then possessed a manor in Measham.  A market house was built not many years ago, by Joseph Wilkes, but was afterwards converted into a dwelling house, and the market discontinued.  Fairs are still held here, on the 1st of May and the 1st Monday in November.  The Methodists have a large brick chapel, and the General Baptists a handsome chapel, which was rebuilt in 1841, at a cost of £1,000, and contains 700 sittings.  A national school for boys and girls was built in 1829, and an infant school in 1833 ; upwards of 200 attend.  A British school was established in 1844, and is held in the General Baptist school room ; 78 boys and girls attend.

Measham Hall, a neat mansion, 1 1/2 mile E. from Measham, stands on a lawn of 30 acres, and is the seat of William Wootten Abney, Esq.

Measham Field House, the handsome residence of Robert Choyce Esq., 1 mile N.E. from Measham.  It was erected in 1800, by William Abney, Esq.

DONISTHORPE AND OAKTHORPE, township - for which, see Church gresley parish.

CHARITIES. - Thomas Monk, in 1713, devised all his messuages, lands, &c., situate in the liberties of Austrey, in the county of Warwick, and Blaby and Countesthorpe, in the county of Leicestershire.  Of this charity, of which the income is about £271 19s. 9d., Measham is entitled to a residue ; and in 1826, £20 was paid for the poor.  Sometimes £4 or £5 has been paid to Measham school.

Susanna and Deborah Hall, in 1660, gave James Abney and two others £200 in trust for their use during their lives, and afterwards to the poor of Measham, from which, eventually, Waltonway close, in Donisthorpe, and three poles of Mease Meadow, and the outdrift every fourth year, and two beast gates in the said meadow, were conveyed, in 1682, to the poor of Measham ; and in 1688, Pockey close, in Waltonway, and two leys and a rood of land in a close called the vale of Belvoir, and four poles in Mease Meadow, and two beast gates in Branbury Meadow, and one beast gate in the Peat Leys pasture, in Donisthorpe, were conveyed for the use of the poor.  The above premises let for £36 6s. 11d. per annum.  This, with other charities, is distributed to the poor on St. Thomas’s day.

Henry Hullock, Dean of Rochester, in 1704, gave to the poor of Measham £6 a-year, issuing out of his lands at Ringwold, near Dover.  In 1805, the estate was sold, and this rent charge secured on a part of it purchased by Mr John Upton.  The yearly sum of £5 4s. is received, the residue, 16s., being deducted for land tax.

In a book containing the account of the charities of this parish, there is an entry dated 23d December 1805, stating that the trustees of Mr Wilkes’ estate paid that day £50, (save £1 to the executor of William Hill,) as the bequest of the late William Hill of Leicester to the poor of Measham, with interest, amounting to £22 15s., and also £20 for “principal money lodges in his hands,” with 20s. for one year’s interest thereon, making together £92 15s.  Of this sum, £90 was, in 1805, placed in the Ashby and Measham bank, and in 1806 was added thereto from the general fund of the charities.  In 1818, the sum of £45 was placed in the same bank, the amount of a legacy given by the will of Sarah Hill.  The interest on the above sums £7 5s., per annum, is distributed on St Thomas’s day. In the parliamentary returns of 1786, a donation of £30 to the poor is mentioned, in the hands of the minister and inhabitants.  This sum is lent to the trustees of the Hinckley turnpike road, at 5 per cent., which is regularly paid, and distributed with the others.  Mrs Salisbury is supposed to have left £60 for a school, but we have not been able to obtain any information to assist us in tracing the gift.

POST OFFICE. - Miss Caroline Proudman, postmistress.  Letters by mail gig from Atherstone
at 7 morning, from Ashby, 30 min. past 6 evening.

Abney Wm. Wootten, Esq., The Hall
Adcock Thomas, corn miller, Steam mill
Bamford James, currier and leather cutter
Bennet Enoch, basket maker
Bonass Mrs Ann
Cape Thomas, draper
Chamberlain Thomas, burnishing stone mkr
Choyce Robert, Esq. Field house
Edwards Rev. Wm. Baptist minister
Fairweather John, canal agent
Fisher Samuel, plumber and glazier
Harding John, saddler
Hudson James, gardener, The hall
Ironmonger John, coalmaster
Meeson Edwd. Esq. smallware manufacturer
Parker Philip, confectioner
Perkins John, chair turner
Rutter Catherine, straw hat maker
Shipley John, brickmaker
Staples Rev. George, Baptist minister
Stevenson Edward, Esq.
Stubbs Rev. Jon. Kirk, M.A. Parsonage house
Taylor Miss Fanny
Wade Mrs Sarah
Whitworth John, wheelwright
Whyman Wm. hair dresser and trunk maker
Wileman Wm. senr. bricklayer
Wileman Wm. junr. stone engraver

INNS & TAVERNS
Boot, Wm. Wright
Queen’s Head, Samuel Cooper
Union, Samuel Fisher
White Hart, John Walker
White Swan, Joseph Baxter
William IV, Thomas Spencer

BEERHOUSES
Ball John
Nichols Thomas
Whetton Thomas, and gardener

ACADEMIES
British, Henry Smith
National, Jph. Pickard, and registrar for Measham dist.
National Infant, Martha Allerton

BAKERS
Ball John
Sharpe Wm
Whitworth John

BLACKSMITHS
Boss Wm. and boiler maker
Litherland Edward
Rice John

BOOT & SHOE MAKERS
Jones Thomas
Moseley John
Smith Joseph
Wileman Henry
Wright Benjamin

BUTCHERS
Bonsell James, and grazier
Dennies Henry
Dennies Henry, jun.
Ison Henry

FARMERS
Ball John
German, Geo. Field
Harding John
Ironmonger John
Mason James
Reson Mary
Walker Benjamin
Yeomans Samuel, and maltster

GROCERS
Buckley Martha
Jewsbury John
Orgill Henry
Proudman Caroline
Shipley John
Whitworth Ann
Whitworth John

JOINER
Lilley John

BUILDERS & TIMBER MERCHANTS
Lilley Joseph & Geo

TAILORS & DRAPERS
Hastelow Thomas
Kallem Wm
Proudman Thomas

SURGEONS
Ball John, Woodhouse
Pearce Wm. Wall

COACHES & CARRIERS
Coach from Ashby to Coventry daily
Omnibus from Ashby to Birmingham, Monday, Thursday and Saturday

WATER CONVEYANCE
To London, from Trading Port, Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, twice a-week. - John Ball conveys the goods to Ashby.

Measham is a parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, county of Derby, though locally lying in the western division of the hundred of Goscote, county of Leicester - the village is about 3½ miles, S.S.W. from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the canal of which name passes through it ; and the parish is bounded on the east, and the south, by the river Mease.  The majority of the inhabitants are employed in agriculture.  The places of worship are the parish church of Saint Lawrence, and a chapel each for the Baptists and Wesleyan methodists.  The living of Measham is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquess of Hastings ; the present incumbent is the Rev. J.K. Moore.  A school, conducted upon the national plan, is in the village.  There are fairs and statutes held on the first Mondays in May, and November.  The population of the parish, in 1841, was 1,615.

POST OFFICE, Caroline Proudman, Post Mistress. - Letters from all parts arrive every morning at six, and are despatched at half past eight in the evening.

NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY
Abney William Wootton, Esq.
Choyce Robert, Esq.
German Mr. George, Low House
Perkins Mrs. Ann
Staples Rev. George
Stubbs Rev. Jonathan Kirk, M.A.

ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS
NATIONAL SCHOOL - Joseph Pickard, master ; Martha Allarton, mistress
Perkins Sarah
Staples Mary Ann

BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS
Ball John
Sharpe William
Whitworth John
Wileman James

BLACKSMITHS
Baxter Joseph
Boss William
Litherland John
Rice John

BOOT & SHOE MAKERS
Adey Thomas
Bennett Thomas
Brown Theophilus
Charnell Thomas
Jones Thomas
Joyce James
Moseley John
Newbrough John
Smith Joseph
Wadsworth Thomas
Wileman Henry
Wright Benjamin
Wright William

BRICKMAKERS
Shipley John
Wildman William

BRICKLAYERS
Latham Joseph
Ridway William
Wileman William
Wileman William, jun.

BUILDERS
Lilley Joseph & George

BUTCHERS
Bonsell James
Dennis Henry
Hinks Joshua
Ison George
Ison Henry

CARPENTERS
Lilley Joseph & George

CONFECTIONERS
Bellerby John
Dobson Isaac
Parker Ann

FARMERS
German George (and land agent, and agent to Sir C.A. Hastings, Bart.), Low House
Hood Edward
Mason Ann
Stevenson Edward
Swinnerton Isaac

GARDENER & SEEDSMAN
Pickering Thomas

GROCERS & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES
Buckley Martha
Fisher Samuel
Liggins Luke
Orgill Henry
Pickering Thomas
Proudman Caroline
Shipley John
Whitworth Ann
Whitworth John (and druggist)

INN
Swan (commercial), Edward Hood

MALTSTER
Yeomans Samuel

MILLER
Taylor Thomas

MILLINERS & DRESSMAKERS
Bird Martha
Bonus Mary
Fairweather Elizabeth
Litherland Mary

PAINTER, PLUMBER AND GLAZIER
Fisher Samuel

SADDLER
Harding John

SURGEONS
Ball John Woodhouse
Pearce William Wall

TAILORS
Dennis Francis
Hastelow Thomas (& draper)
Ison George
Kellam William
Proudman Thomas

TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES
Queen's Head, Samuel Cooper
Union, John & Thomas Davys
White Hart, Luke Liggin
William IV, Sarah Green

RETAILERS OF BEER
Ball John
Clare William
Ireland John
Nichols Thomas
Pickering Thomas
Winter William
Wright William

WHEELWRIGHTS
Orgill & Bailey
Whitworth John

MISCELLANEOUS
Bennett Enoch, sieve and basket makers
Deacon Thomas, watch and clock maker
Gocher John, hair dresser
Hunt George, smallware manufr.
Ironmonger John, coal merchant
Kerr Thos. travelling tea dealer
Orgill Hanh. Straw bonnet mkr.
Pickard Joseph, registrar of births and deaths
Rutter Catherine, straw bonnet maker
Tims George, cattle jobber
Tomlinson Richd. hair dresser
Wade & Lewin, drapers
Wileman Henry, china and glass dealer

PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND THEIR MINISTERS.
SAINT LAWRENCE'S CHURCH - Rev. Jonthn. Kirk Stubbs, incumbent.
BAPTIST CHAPEL - Rev. George Staples.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL.

CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY, ON THE MIDLAND LINE.
Stations at ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH and MOIRA, about 3½ miles from Measham.
CARRIERS.
To ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, - Cox, from the Queen's Head, Tuesday, and - Redgate, from the Queen's Head, Saturday.
To BIRMINGHAM, - Cox, from the Queen's Head, Sunday, and - Redgate, Friday.

MEASHAM parish contains the townships of Measham, and part of the hamlets of Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe, locally situated in the West Goscote Hundred, Leicestershire, which form a joint township, principally in Church Gresley parish, and contains 1792A. 3R. 28P. of land, a rich brown soil, and in 1851 had 365 houses, and 1663 inhabitants, of whom 830 were males, and 833 females ; rateable value £4,653.

Measham is a large and well built village and township, on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Tamworth road, 3 miles S.S.W. from Ashby, and 16 miles S. from Derby, contains 1578 acres of land, and in 1851 had 352 houses, and 1607 inhabitants, of whom 804 were males, and 803 females ; rateable value £4096. The executors of the Marquis of Hastings, are lords of the manor and owners.  George Moore, Edward Stevenson, Wm. W. Abney, Joseph Simmonds, G. Hunt, and John Eames, Esqrs., with several others, are also owners.  The Church, dedicated to St Lawrence, was given to Repton priory, but afterwards belonged to the priory at Gresley.  It is a handsome stone structure, with a tower and 4 bells, was repewed and a gallery erected, in 1842, at a cost of £1,600, raised by subscriptions, aided by a grant. It is very tastefully fitted up, and the windows are all adorned with stained glass, it contains 616 sittings, of which 316 are free.  The living is a perpetual curacy, value £97, has been augmented with £1,600 Parliamentary grant.  The executors of the Marquis are patrons and impropriators ; and the Rev. John Hewetson, M.A. incumbent.  The parsonage is a neat residence, situated a little west of the church.  The Ashby de la Zouch canal passes through the village at the south end.  Measham Mills the property of Mr. George Hunt, have been greatly enlarged, and consists of two factories, for the manufacture of gimp, fancy cords, silk bindings, &c., one of which is worked by a steam engine of 40 horse power, and the other by water ; they give employment to upwards of 250 persons.  Gas Works have recently been added.  In the front of the premises is a neat garden tastefully laid out and ornamented with a small sheet of water, containg a pleasure boat, and in different parts of the grounds are grottos, one of which contains an ancient stone, with the word "Water M.A. 1636," engraved on it.  On the 30th of November, 1836, a tape factory was burnt down ; and on the front of an adjoining corn mill, which was preserved, is a tablet in remembrance of Sir George Rowland Beaumont, Bart., of Cole Orton Hall, in Leicestershire, who brought his own fire engine and servants and assisted in extinguishing the fire.  In 1310, a market on Tuesday, and a fair for three days at the festival of the translation of St Thomas, the martyr, were granted to William de-Beresford, who then possessed a manor in Measham.  A Market House was built some years ago by Joseph Wilks, which was afterwards converted into a dwelling house, and the market discontinued.  Fairs are still held here on the 1st of May, and the 1st Monday in November.  The General Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists have each places of worship here, the former is a handsome building, which was rebuilt in 1841 at a cost of about £1,000.  A National school for boys and girls, was built in 1829, and an infant school in 1833, at a cost of £800, of which £300 was realized from the proceeds of a bazaar, under the patronage of the Countess of Howe, and the Marchioness of Hastings ; upwards of 200 children attend.  In 1846, a substantial house in the Gothic style was erected for the master.  A British school was established in 1844, and is held in the General Baptist school room ; about 60 boys and girls attend.  In 1852, a Temperance Hall was erected, at a cost of £100, towards which the Earl of Howe gave £10, on condition that it should not be used for religious services.  Here are several Odd Fellows Lodges and Sick Societies in the village.  The Union Inn, built by Joseph Wilkes, was formerly a great posting house, and the stables which were very extensive, have since been converted into dwelling houses, shopping, &c.  Measham Hall, a neat brick mansion, which stands on a lawn of 30 acres, 1½ mile east, is the seat of William Wootten Abney, Esq.  Measham Field House, 1 mile N.E., is a handsome residence, erected in 1812, by Joseph Jones, Esq., and is now the seat and property of Joseph Simmonds, Esq.

DONISTHORPE AND OAKTHORPE, township - for which, see Church Gresley parish.

CHARITIES. - Thomas Monk, in 1713, devised all his messuages, lands, &c., situate in the liberties of Austrey, in the counties of Warwick, and Blaby and Countesthorpe, in the county of Leicester.  Of this charity, of which the income is about £271 19s. 9d., Measham is entitled to a residue ; and in 1856, £5 was paid for the poor, and £30 to Measham school.

Susanna and Deborah Hall, in 1660, gave James Abney and two others £200 in trust for their use during their lives, and afterwards to the poor of Measham, from which, eventually, Waltonway close, in Donisthorpe, and three poles of Mease Meadow, and the outdrift every fourth year, and two beast gates in the said meadow, were conveyed, in 1682, to the poor of Measham ; and in 1688, Pockey close, in Waltonway, and two leys and a rood of land in a close, called the vale of Belvoir, and four poles in Mease Meadow, and two beast gates in Branbury Meadow, and one beast gate in the Peat Leys pasture, in Donisthorpe, were conveyed for the use of the poor.  The above premises let for £36 6s. 11d. per annum.  This, with other charities, is distributed to the poor on St. Thomas’s day.

Henry Hullock, Dean of Rochester, in 1704, gave to the poor of Measham, £6 a-year, issuing out of his lands at Ringwold, near Dover.  In 1805, the estate was sold, and this rent charge secured on a part of it purchased by Mr John Upton.  The yearly sum of £5 4s. is received, the residue, 16s., being deducted for land tax.

In a book containing the account of the charities of this parish, there is an entry dated 23rd December, 1805, stating that the trustees of Mr Wilkes’ estate paid that day £50, (save £1 to the executor of William Hill,) as the bequest of the late William Hill, of Leicester to the poor of Measham, with interest, amounting to £22 15s., and also £20 for “principal money lodges in his hands,” with 20s. for one year’s interest thereon, making together £92 15s.  Of this sum, £90 was, in 1805, placed in the Ashby and Measham bank, and in 1806, £10 was added thereto from the general fund of the charities.  In 1818, the sum of £45 was placed in the same bank, the amount of a legacy given by the will of Sarah Hill.  The interest on the above sums £7 5s., per annum, is distributed on St Thomas’s day.  In the parliamentary returns of 1786, a donation of £30 to the poor is mentioned, in the hands of the minister and inhabitants.  This sum is lent to the trustees of the Hinckley turnpike road, at 5 per cent., which is regularly paid, and distributed with the others.

Mrs Salisbury is supposed to have left £60 for a school, but we have not been able to obtain any information to assist us in tracing the gift.

Post Office, at Mrs. Caroline Proudman's ; letters arrive by mail gig from Atherstone, at 6 a.m., and are despatched at 8 p.m.

Abney Wm. Wootton, Esq., The Hall
Bennett Enoch, basket maker
Bonas Mary, milliner & dressmaker
Boss Wm. & Michael, boiler makers, &c.
Boss Mr. William
Clare William, cowkeeper
Dumelow Wm., hairdresser
Hart William Matthias, saddler and harness maker
Hewetson Rev. John, M.A., incumbent, Parsonage
Hughes Hannah, housekeeper, Hall
Hunt George, manufacturer of gimps, fancy cords, silk bindings, smallwares, &c., Measham Mills
Ironmonger John, coal merchant
Jackson Charles, watchmaker
Jewsbury Thomas, relieving officer
Johnson John, sweep
Lunn John, sweep
Morgan George, gardener, The Hall
Murby John, mole catcher
Orgill Mary, straw hat maker
Orgill Matthew, thatcher
Orgill Daniel, painter
Perkins Miss Sarah
Pickering Wm., parish clerk
Rutter Thomas, haberdasher & straw hat mk
Simmonds Joseph, Esq., Field House
Staples Rev. George, (Baptist)
Stevenson Edward, Esq.
Taylor Thomas, miller
Whitworth John, wheelwright
Wade & Co., (Exors. of) drapers
Wileman Henry, china & earthenware dlr.
Wileman Wm., grave stone engraver and brickmaker
Yeomans Samuel, painter
Yeomans Thomas, ale & porter brewer

INNS AND TAVERNS
Navigation Inn, John Ball
Queen's Head, Hannah Cooper
Swan, Thomas Nichols
Union Inn, Rd. Roberts, (& carpenter)
White Hart, Luke Liggins
William Fourth, Sarah Garner

ACADEMIES
British, Mary Whitworth
National, Jph. Pickard, and Martha Allerton, infant's

BAKERS
Ball John, jun.
Sharpe William

BEERHOUSES
Lemon Mary
Wyatt John, (and bricklayer)

BLACKSMITHS
Litherland John
Rice John

BOOT & SHOEMKRS.
Adey Thomas
Jones Thomas
Keen William
Moseley John
Smith John
Wood Wm., (& clog maker)
Wright Benjamin

BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS AND TIMBER MERCHANTS
Lilley Joseph and George

BUTCHERS
Bonsall James
Hinks Joshua
Ison Henry
Spencer John

CONFECTIONERS
Parker Phillip
Wileman Henry

FARMERS
Adcock John
Adcock Thomas, (& miller)
Ball John, jun.
German Geo., Lodge
Ironmonger John
Latham Joseph, (and bricklayer)
Orgill Henry
Rice Thomas
Walker John, High Fields

GROCERS
Buckley Martha
Fisher Samuel, (& plumber)
Jervis John Allen
Liggins Luke
Orgill Henry
Proudman Caroline
Shipley John
Whitworth John, (& druggist)

SURGEONS
Ball John, Woodhouse
Pearce Wm. Wall

TAILORS
Hastelow Thomas
Ison George
Kellam Wm.
Pickering John

MEASHAM is locally situated in the West Goscote Hundred, Leicestershire, and is a large and well-built village on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Tamworth road, 3 miles S.S.W. from Ashby, and 16 miles S. from Derby, and contained in 1851, 1,607 inhabitants.  The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.  It is a handsome stone structure, with a tower and four bells.  It is very tastefully fitted up, and the windows are all adorned with stained glass.  The living is a perpetual curacy ; the Rev. John Hewetson, M.A., incumbent.  The Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal passes through the village at the south end.  The village is lighted with gas.  Fairs are still held here on the 1st of May, and the 1st Monday in Nov.  The General Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists have each places of worship here.  Here is also a national school for boys and girls, and an infant school.

GENTRY, CLERGY, &C.
Abney, William, Wootton, the Hall
Hewetson, Rev. John, M.A., incumbent, Parsonage
Burrows, Rev. Charles, Baptist minister
Simmonds, Joseph, Field House
Stevenson, Edward

TRADERS, &C.
Adcock, John, farmer
Adcock, Thomas, farmer and miller
Adney, Thomas, boot and shoemaker
Allerton, Martha, mistress infant school
Ball, John, surgeon, Woodhouse
Ball, John, jun., baker and farmer
Ball, John, Navigation Inn
Bennet, Enoch, basket maker
Bonas, Mary, milliner and dressmaker
Bonsall James, butcher
Boss, William and Michael, boiler makers &c.
Buckley, Henry, grocer
Clare, William, cowkeeper
Cooper, Hannah, Queen's Head
Dumelow, William, hairdresser
Fisher, Samuel, Union Inn
Garner, Sarah, William the Fourth
German, George, farmer, Lodge
Harding, John, saddler and harness maker
Hastelow, Thomas, tailor
Hill, Edward, brazier
Henshaw, John, relieving officer
Hinks, Joshua, butcher
Hunt, George, manufacturer of gimp, fancy cord, silk bindings, small wares, &c., Measham Mills
Ironmonger, John, farmer
Ison, Henry, butcher
Jackson, Charles, watchmaker
Jervis, John, A., grocer
Johnson, John, sweep
Jones, Thomas, boot and shoemaker
Keen, William, boot and shoemaker
Kellam, William, tailor
Latham, Joseph, farmer and brickmaker
Latham, Joseph, grocer
Lemon, Mary, beer retailer
Lewin, Morley, Draper
Lilley, Joseph and George, builders and contractors
Liggins, Luke, grocer, and White Hart
Litherland, John, blacksmith
Lunn, John, sweep
Mosely, John, boot and shoemaker
Orgill, Daniel, painter
Orgill, Henry, grocer
Orgill, Mary, straw hat maker
Orgill, Matthew, coal merchant
Orgill, William, thatcher
Parker, Phillip, confectioner
Pearce, William, surgeon, Hall
Pickard, John, master national school
Pickering, John, tailor
Proudman, Caroline, grocer and post mistress
Rice, John, blacksmith
Rice, Thomas, farmer
Rutter, Thomas, haberdasher and straw hat maker
Sharpe, William, baker
Shipley, John, grocer
Smith, John, boot and shoemaker
Spencer, John, butcher
Taylor, Thomas, miller
Tetley, William, Swan
Wade and Co. (executors of), drapers
Walker, John, farmer, High fields
Whitworth, John, grocer and druggist
Whitworth, John, wheelwright
Whitworth, Mary, mistress British school
Wileman, Henry, china and earthenware dealer
Wileman, William, gravestone engraver and brick maker
Wood, William, boot, shoe, and clog maker
Wright, Benjamin, boot and shoemaker
Wyatt, John, beer retailer and bricklayer
Yeomans, Samuel, maltster
Yeomans, Thomas, brewer

MEASHAM is a parish and small town, with railway station (on the Ashby and Nuneaton line) 3 miles from Ashby, 10 from Atherstone, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, union and county court district of Ashby, archdeaconry of Derby, and rural deanery of Hartshorne.  St. Lawrence's Church is a beautiful edifice in excellent preservation, consisting of nave, aisles, chancel, and tower containing four bells.  It has recently been thoroughly repaired and renovated and the interior fitted with oak benches.  The cost £1000 was defrayed by subscriptions and voluntary rate.  The vicarage is of the annual value of £109, in the gift of C.F.A. Hastings, Esq.  There are chapels of the Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Methodist Free Church and Baptists, also National and Wesleyan day schools.  The Temperance hall erected in 1852 is used for lectures, meetings, and entertainments.  The parish contains 1570 acres of land, and had in 1872 a population of 1718 persons.  The town is lighted by gas.  The Ashby canal runs due south.  There is a large factory where the manufactory of tapes and elastic webs has been carried on for many years ; there are also a bleaching and dying works.  A market is held on Friday.  Fairs take place on May 1st, and on the first Monday in November for cattle, &c.  New collieries have been opened recently in the district.  The feast is in the first week in November.

Post and Money order office, and Savings bank, at Jno. Pickering's.  Letters arrive at 5.55 a.m., and are dispatched at 8 p.m.  Post town, Atherstone ; nearest Telegraph office, Ashby.

Abney Mrs. Helen, the Hall
Ball Ths. wholesale confectioner
Bonsall Mr. Wm.
Boss Michl. Jeweller and chain mfr
Bryant Miss Elzh, mistress of the inft. School
Dumelow Wm. hairdresser and tobacconist
Granger Ths. coal dlr
Hart Ths. saddler
Haynes Jph. cab propr
Hewitson Rev. Jno. M.A. vicarage
Hunt Jno. manag. Director of the Measham mills manufg. Co. h. Avenue hse
Ironmonger Mrs. Srh.
Jackson Mr. Chs.
Jones Wm. canal overlooker
Judge Wm. Hy. station master
Lunn Alf. draper and tailor
Lewin Hy. tobacconist
Measham Mills manufactg. Co. (late G. and J. Hunt) tape and small ware mfrs. Jno. Hunt, mang. Drtr
Orgill Dnl. painter and plumber
Orgill Mattw. Coal mcht. and wheelwright
PATTRICK WM. fruiterer, chemist, &c
Pearce Wm. Wall, surgeon
Pickard Jph. mstr. of natl. school
Pickering Ths. jobbing gardener
Pickering Wm. jobbing gardener
Richardson Wm. wheelwright
Stokes Mr. Ths.
Tebbutt Rt. saddler
Wileman Mrs. Ann, china dlr
Yeomans Ths. brewer

PUBLICANS
Camp Jph. china dlr. and bhs. Gate
Cooper Mrs. Hnh. v. Queen's Head
Guilford Wm. Judd, wheelwrt. and v. Swan
Lawley Jno. v. Union hotel
Liggins Luke, v. White Hart
Parrott Jas. bhs. Red Lion
Sharpe Wm. v. Navigation
Stevenson Mrs. Alice, v. Bird in Hand

BAKERS
Granger Ths.
Lilley Wm. and Co. and millers
Sharpe Wm. and Son (Lewis)
Whitworth Jno.

BLACKSMITHS
Leatherland Chs.
Rice Jno.

BOOT MAKERS
Adey Ths.
Atkin Jas.
Fox Wm.
Lunn Jas.
Smith Jph.
Wileman Wm.
Wright Benjn.

BUTCHERS
Ball Wm. and cattle dlr
Spencer Jno.
Starbuck Jno.

BRICKLRS. & BUILDERS
Latham Jno.
Lilley Jno. (joiner)
Wileman Wm. & mason

CHEMIST
PATTRICK WM.

DRESS MAKERS
Camp Mrs. Matilda
Clark Mrs. Srh. Ann
Fearn Mrs. Ann
Herbert Mrs. Ann
Johnson Mrs. Caroline
Moore Mrs. Amelia
Riley Miss Sarah
Rotherham Mrs. Mary
Tomlinson Mrs. Ann

DRAPERS
Lewin Alf. glover, hosr. &c
Rutter Ths. clthr. & millr
Wade Jno

FARMERS
Daniel -
German Wm. land agt
Haynes Jph.
Latham Jph.
Orgill Dnl. and painter
Sharpe & Son, & bakers
Spencer Jno. and butcher
Stevenson Edw. Measham field house
Walker Mrs. Highfields
Yeomans Ths. brewer

GROCERS AND SHOPRS.
Dennies Jph.
Jervis Mrs. Ann
Latham Jph.
Lilley Miss Hrt.
Pattrick Wm.
Orgill Hy.
Whitworth Jno.

TAILORS
Lewin Alf.
Pickering Jno.
Statham Jno.
Wilkins Ths.

ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH.  Services - Sunday, 10.30 and 6 ; Wednesday, 7 p.m.  Sacrament first Sunday in month.  Rev. J. Hewitson, M.A.  Churchwarden, Mr. German.  Sexton, Wm. Pickering.  Kemble's Hymns.

MEASHAM is a township, village and parish, with a station on the Ashby and Nuneaton joint line of the Midland and North Western railways, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union and county court district, rural deanery of Hartshorne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield, and in the Southern division of the county of Derby, though locally situated in the hundred of West Goscote, in Leicestershire, 3 miles south-south-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 112 from London and 10 south-east from Burton-upon-Trent.  The Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal passes through the village, and the parish is bounded on the east and south by the river Mease.  The church of St. Lawrence consists of a chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower containing a clock and 4 bells, the first three dated respectively 1606, 1618 and 1714, the fourth bearing an invocation in Lombardic capitals : the church was evidently rebuilt throughout during the Decorated period, c. 1300, and has a remarkable porch with semicircular stone ribs, and a small circular window with hood moulding in the north aisle of exceptional character : in the Perpendicular period the nave was new-roofed, the arcade walls raised and a clerestory with five three-light windows formed : the church was renovated about 40 years since, when all that was left of the ancient glass was unhappily worked up in new and glaring designs : the font is an octagon, panelled and carved with quatrefoils.  The register dates from the year 1681 for all entries, and is in good condition.  There is a village library.  The living is a vicarage, yearly value £97, with residence, in the gift of Lord Donington and held by the Rev. John Hewetson M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.  The charities, left by Susannah and Deborah Hall and James Abney, of Willesley, for distribution, amount to about £65 yearly.  There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, with annexed Sunday schools.  The manufacture of silk and smallware is the staple trade, which, with the adjacent collieries, gives employment to many of the inhabitants : there is also a brewery.  A short distance from the village is Measham hall, the seat of Mrs. Abney, a noble brick-built mansion, surrounded by a spacious park.  The chief landowners are Lord Donington, who is lord of the manor, George John Moor and Thomas Yeomans esqrs.  The soil is medium ; subsoil, sand and clay.  The land is mostly in pasture.  The acreage is 1,490 ; rateable value, £5,350 ; the population of the township in 1881 was 1,766.

Parish Clerk, William Pickering

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank. - Thos. Adey, receiver.  Letters arrive by mail cart from Atherstone at 5.55 a.m.; dispatched at 7.55 p.m. including Sunday.  Telegraph office at the railway station.

SCHOOLS:-
National (mixed). Joseph Pickard, master
Infant, Miss R. Hayden, mistress
Railway Station, George Sears, station master.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Abney Mrs. Measham hall
Boardman Thomas
Briscoe John
German William, Measham lodge
Hewetson Rev. John M.A. Vicarage
Ironmonger Mrs
Latham Mrs
Pearce William Wall
Stokes Thomas
Thompson Edmund John
Wileman Mrs
Yeomans Mrs
Yeomans Thomas

COMMERCIAL
Adey Thomas, shoe maker
Armston Harry, pork butcher
Atkins James, shoe maker
Ball Thomas, confectioner
Ball William, butcher & grazier
Bonas Thomas, general dealer
Bonas Wright, shoe dealer
Boss Michael, general blacksmith
Broadhurst Stephen & Thomas, farmers
Bywater Thomas, chimney sweeper
Chamberlain Rebecca (Mrs.), burnishing stone manufacturer
Clamp Joseph, beer retailer & earthenware dealer
Clarke Henry, builder
Cooper Wm. Hutchinson, Queen's Head
Dennis Joseph, shopkeeper
Dumelow William, hair dresser
Ensor Richard, shopkeeper
Fearns John, haberdasher
Fox William, shoe maker
German William, farmer & land agent to the Earl of Loudoun &c. Measham lodge
Grainger Thomas, provision dealer
Griffin Thomas, brick maker
Guilford William Judd, Swan inn
Hart William Cooper, harness maker
Hinks Joshua, butcher
Ison Thomas, builder & shopkeeper
Jackson Walter, watch maker
Keen William, shoe dealer
Latham John, bricklayer
Latham Joseph, grocer
Lawley John, Union hotel
Lewin & Son, drapers
Liggins Mary Ann (Mrs.), White Hart
Lilley Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Lilley John, builder
Litherland Charles, blacksmith
Lunn Henry, general dealer
Malcolm John, ironmngr. & tin plate wkr
Measham Mills Manufacturing Co. Limited (John Briscoe, manager)
Moore Charles, coach builder
Moore George, farmer
Orgill Daniel, painter & farmer
Orgill Matthew, coal merchant
Orton William, grocer & baker
Parott James, beer retailer
Pattrick William, chemist & grocer
Pearce William Wall, surgeon
Pickering John, tailor
Pickering Thomas, gardener
Pickering William, gardener
Proudman Thomas, registrar of births & deaths, & relieving officer
Rice John, blacksmith
Richardson William, wheelwright
Ridgway John, shopkeeper
Ridgway Joseph, farmer
Roche William Hy. inland revenu. officer
Rutter Thomas, linen draper
Saddington Edwin, farmer & dealer
Sharpe Lewis, baker
Sharpe William, beer retailer
Smith Henry, bricklayer
Smith Thomas, carpenter
Smith William, builder
Spencer John, butcher
Starbuck John, butcher
Statham John, tailor
Stevenson Alice (Mrs.), Bird-in-Hand
Thompson Edmund John, surgeon
Wade John, linen draper
Wain Thomas, shopkeeper
Whitworth John, grocer
Wileman Martha (Mrs.), stone letter cutter & beer seller
Wileman Thomas, builder
Wilkins Thomas, tailor
Wright Benjamin, shoe maker
Yeomans Samuel, baker &c
Yeomans Thomas, brewer & maltster

MEASHAM is a township, village and parish, with a station on the Ashby and Nuneaton joint line of the Midland and London and North-Western railways, in a detached part of the southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, Swadlincote petty sessional division, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union and county court district, rural deanery of Hartshorne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell, 3 miles south-south-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 112 from London and 10 south-east from Burton-upon-Trent.  The Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal passes through the village, and the parish is bounded on the east and south by the river Mease.  The church of St. Lawrence is a stone building, consisting of clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a western embattled tower, and with pinnacles, containing a clock and 4 bells, the first three dated respectively 1606, 1618 and 1714, the fourth bearing an invocation in Lombardic capitals : the church was evidently rebuilt throughout during the Decorated period, c. 1300, and has a remarkable porch with semicircular stone ribs, and a small circular window with hood moulding in the north aisle of exceptional character : in the Perpendicular period the nave was new-roofed, the arcade walls raised and a clerestory with five three-light windows formed : the church was renovated about the year 1843, when all that was left of the ancient glass was unhappily worked up in new and glaring designs : the font is an octagon, panelled and carved with quatrefoils.  There are 606 sittings, 300 being free.  The register dates from the year 1681 for all entries, and is in good condition.  The living is a vicarage, yearly value £97, including 22 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Lord Donington, and held since 1852 by the Rev. John Hewetson M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.  There is a village library.  The Catholics have small chapel, dedicated to St. Charles, and a school here.  There are also chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans and Methodist with annexed Sunday schools.  A cemetery of two acres was formed in 1880 at a cost of £1,900 ; it is under the control of a burial board of nine members ; there is a keeper's lodge with board room attached.  The charities, left by Susannah and Deborah Hall and James Abney, of Willesley, for distribution, amount to about £65 yearly.  The manufacture of smallware is the staple trade, which, with the adjacent collieries, gives employment to many of the inhabitants : there is also a brewery.  A short distance from the village is Measham Hall, the seat of Mrs. Abney, a noble brick-built mansion, surrounded by a spacious park.  The chief landowners are Lord Donington, who is lord of the manor, George John Moor and Thomas Yeomans esqrs.  The soil is medium ; subsoil, sand and clay.  The land is mostly in pasture.  The acreage is 1,490 acres ; rateable value, £6,265 ; the population of the township in 1881 was 1,677, and in the parish 1,769.

Parish Clerk, William Pickering

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank. - Thos. Adey, receiver.  Letters arrive by mail cart from Atherstone at 5.55 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.55 p.m. including Sunday.  Telegraph office at the railway station.

INSURANCE AGENTS:-
General Fire & Life, J. Buckley, Swadlincote
Phoenix Fire, J. Wade

SCHOOLS:-
National (mixed), erected in 1829, & enlarged in 1837, for 240 children ; average attendance, 170 ; John Bennett, master
Infant, erected in 1829, & enlarged in 1883, for 120 infants ; average attendance, 85 ; Miss R. Hayden, mistress
Catholic (mixed & infants), to hold 130 ; average attendance, 100 ; Miss Currie, mistress

Police Station, Sergeant James Lester & one constable
Railway Station, George Sears, station master
CARRIER to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Thomas Queney, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Abney Mrs. Measham hall
Adamson Mrs
Fagan Rev. Joseph [Catholic]
Freeman Capt. George Badkin
German Henry, Measham lodge
German Mrs. Measham lodge
Hewetson Rev. John M.A. Vicarage
Kyle William Thomas M.D.
Latham Mrs
Noble Rev. Balmforth [Baptist]
Spencer Samuel
Thompson Edmund John
Tomlinson John
Wileman Mrs
Yeomans Mrs
Yeomans Thomas

COMMERCIAL
Adey Thomas, shoe maker & news agent, & post office
Armston Harry, pork butcher
Atkins James, shoe maker
Ball Thomas, brewers' agent
Ball William, butcher & grazier
Bonas John, general dealer
Bonas Thomas, general dealer
Bonas Wright, shoe dlr. & assistant oversr
Boss Michael, manufacturer of boilers, tanks, girders, pit cages, water barrels & colliery chains &c
Bradford Joseph, wheelwright
Bursnell George Thomas, Navigation inn
Bywater Thomas, chimney sweeper
Cemetery (John Salisbury, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, clerk to the burial board ; Thomas Proudman, registrar ; John Pickering, lodge keeper)
Chamberlain Rebecca (Mrs.), burnishing stone manufacturer
Clamp Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer & earthenware dealer
Clarke Henry, builder
Cooper Arthur Edward, farmer, Measham house
Cooper William Hutchinson, Queen's Head P.H.
Day Thomas, Union hotel
Dennis Joseph, shopkeeper
Dumelow William, hairdresser
Ensor Richard, shopkeeper
German William (exors. of), farmers
Hammond Charles, Swan inn
Hart William Cooper, harness maker
Hinks Joshua, butcher
Ison Thomas, builder & shopkeeper
Jackson Walter, watch maker
Johnson George, stationer
Keen William, shoe dealer
Kyle Thomas William M.D., M.Ch. surgeon
Latham John, builder
Latham Joseph, grocer & general dealer, & agent for London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Company
Lewin & Son, drapers
Lilley Harriett (Miss), shopkeeper
Lilley John, builder
Litherland Charles, blacksmith
Lunn & Sons, smallware manufacturer
Lunn Henry, general dealer
Malcolm Oliver, ironmnger & tin plate worker
Moore Alfred, coach builder
Moore George, hay & straw dealer
Orgill Daniel, painter & farmer
Orgill Matthew, coal merchant
Parrott James, beer retailer
Pattrick Norman, grocer
Pattrick William, chemist
Pickering John, tailor
Pickering Thomas, market gardener
Pickering William, market gardener
Poynton Charles, shopkeeper
Proudman Thomas, registrar of births & deaths & relieving officer
Read Philip, White Hart P.H.
Rice John jun. blacksmith
Ridgway John, shopkeeper
Ridgway Joseph, farmer
Saddington Edwin, farmer & dealer
Sharpe Lewis, baker
Smith Henry, bricklayer
Smith Thomas, carpenter
Spencer John, butcher
Stanfield John, general draper
Starbuck John, butcher
Statham John, tailor
Thompson Edmund John, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator 6th district, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union & Twycross district, Market Bosworth union
Wade John, linen draper
Whitworth Jn. grcr. Provsin & corn dlr
Wileman Martha (Mrs.), beer retailer
Wileman William, stone letter cutter
Wilkins Thomas, tailor
Wright Benjamin, shoe maker
Yoemans Samuel, baker &c
Yoemans Thomas, brewer & maltster

Parish Clerk, William Pickering

Post, M.O. & T.O., S.B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Insurance Office. - Thomas Adey, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Atherstone at 5.55 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 11.15 a.m. & 7.45 p.m. including Sunday.

Hartshorne & Measham Rural District Council.
Meets at the Board Room of the Guardians on Saturdays, monthly after the meeting of the Board of Guardians.
Clerk, George Farmer, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Treasurer, James Lawford, Leicester Banking Co. Leicester
Medical Officer of Health, Roderic Robert Walter Logan, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Sanitary Inspector, W.T. Layland, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Schools
National (mixed), erected in 1829 & enlarged in 1837, for 240 children ; average attendance, 167 ; Geo. Reddish, master
Infants', erected in 1829 & enlarged in 1883, for 120 infants ; average attendance, 96 ; Miss Grimley, mistress
Catholic (mixed & infants), to hold 130 ; average attendance, 65 ; Miss McAndrew, mistress

Police Station, Sergt. Joseph Eastaff & one constable
Railway Station, George Sears, station master
Carriers to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Thomas Quinney & Thos. Parritt, daily ; Richard Ensor, sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Abney Capt. William de Wiveleslie C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. Measham Hall
Billson John, The Laurels
Boobyer John
Freeman Mrs
Hart George Simpson M.B., B.Ch.
Hewetson Rev. Joseph M.A. Vicarage
Lord Rev. Walter Smith (Baptist)
Massey William, Redbank villa
Mills Mrs. Albion cottage
Otty Rev. William Joseph (Catholic)
Robinson Capt. Harold Pennington, Avenue house
Tate William
Thompson Edmund John
Yeomans Mrs. Thomas, Ivy house

COMMERCIAL
Adey Thomas, shoe maker & news agent, Post office
Allsopp Thomas, Union hotel
Armston Harry, pork butcher
Atkins Ezra, shoe maker
Ball Thomas, Loudoun Arms P.H.
Ball William, butcher & grazier
Bell John, farmer
Blake Thomas G. registrar of births & deaths for 1st district, relieving officer for 2nd district, vaccination officer for 1st & 2nd districts of Ashby union, & collector to guardns
Blakesley, Cash & Stinson, Coronet brick & terra cotta works
Bonas John, general dealer
Bonas Thomas, general dealer
Bonas Wright, shoe dlr. & assist. Ovrsr
Bonser Thomas, hairdresser
Boss Michael, boiler maker
Bradford Joseph, wheelwright & carriage builder
Bradshaw Joseph Thomas, proprietor of gas works, & gas fitter
Bryer Benj. farmer, Measham house
Bywater Charles, chimney sweeper
Bywater Joseph, chimney sweeper
Cemetery (Philip Ball, Measham, clerk to the burial board ; Edward Hoult, lodge keeper)
Chamberlain Rebecca (Mrs.), burnishing stone manufacturer & shopkpr
Clamp Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer
Clarke Henry, builder
Cooper William Gervase, baker & confectioner, proprietor of the Nether Seal steam bakery ; & at Nether Seal
Cooper William Hutchinson, Queen's Head P.H.
Davis William Alfred, chemist & druggist, The Drug stores
Dennis Joseph, beer retailer
Dumelow William, hair dresser
Ensor Richard, shopkeeper & carrier
Fearns Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Gas Works (Joseph Thomas Bradshaw, proprietor)
Gilbert Chas. cowkeeper, Redbank
Granger Thomas, shopkeeper
Grisetti Stephen, coach painter
Hart George Simpson M.B., B.Ch., physician, medical officer of health to Ashby rural district coucil
Hart Joseph, boot maker
Hart William Cooper, harness maker
Hinks Joshua, butcher
Ison Thomas, builder & shopkeeper
Jackson Walter, watch maker
Jenkins Francis, canal inspector
Johnson George, stationer & news agt
Jones Levi, coachbuilder & shopkeepr
Joyce Michael, shopkeeper
Kinson John, Swan inn
Latham Jn. & Chas. builders & graziers
Latham Joseph & Son, grocers & general dealers
Lewin & Son, drapers & clothiers
Liggins Luke, draper
Lilley John, builder
Lunn Henry, general dealer & mason
Malcolm Oliver, gas fitter & tinplate worker
Meaden Alexander, Bird-in-Hand P.H.
Measham Co-operative Society (John Chamberlain, sec. ; Jn. Hood, mngr)
Measham Main Colliery (William Tate, proprietor)
Measham Parish Council (John Ratcliff, chairman ; Philip Ball, clerk)
Measham Terra Cotta Co. (The), red brick & terra cotta manufacturers
Mills Harry Smith, organ builder, Albion works
Mills Sarah Louise & Caroline (Misses), dress makers, Albion cottage
Orgill Daniel, painter, plumber & frmr
Orgill Matthew, coal mer. & shopkpr
Parritt Thomas, farmer & jobmaster
Pattrick Norman, grocer
Pattrick Jane (Mrs.), druggist & shpkpr
Pickering Thomas, market gardener
Pickering William, market gardener
Price Sydney, painter
Proudman Thos. burnishing stone mfr
Quinney Thomas, carrier
Ratcliff John, farmer, Measham lodge
Read Philip, White Hart P.H.
Red Bank Brick Co. Lim. brick & terra cotta manufacturers
Ree George, brick works contractor
Rice John, blacksmith
Ridgway John, shopkeeper
Ridgway Joseph, farmer
Robinson H. Pennington & Co. smallware manufacturers
Saddington Edwin, farmer & dealer, Sidehollows
Sears George, station master
Shakespeare William, shopkeeper
Sharpe Lewis, baker
Smith George, builder
Smith Henry, sand dealer
Smith Thomas, carpenter
Sorrell Arthur, saddler
Spencer Henry, butcher
Stanfield John, general draper & furniture dealer
Starbuck John, butcher
Statham John, tailor
Temperance Hall & Reading Room (John Rice, sec)
Thirlby Arthur Harry, draper & house furnisher, & overseer
Thompson Edmund John, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator 6th district, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union & Twycross district, Market Bosworth union & certifying factory surgeon
Thornley Albert Ernest, Prudential Assurance agent
Wade John, linen draper
Whitworth Thomas, grocer, provision & corn dealer
Wileman John, hairdresser & furniture dealer
Wileman Martha (Mrs.), beer retailer
Wileman William, stone letter cutter
Wilkins Thomas, tailor
Willett Solomon, thatcher, Swepstone rd
Wright Benjamin, leather cutter
Yeomans Saml. baker &c. & overseer

MEASHAM is a parish, formerly in this county, but by The Counties of Derby and Leicester (Woodville &c.) Order, 1897, dated May 8, 1897, and which came into operation September 30, 1897, this parish has been transferred to Leicestershire, and will be found in Kelly's Directory of that county.