Radnor Township.

S. Lawrence, A. R. Montgomery, J. L. Wentworth, H. Yates Carter, John B. Thayer, Maskell Ewing, John S. Maxwell, Samuel C. Knight, Brinton J. Parke, I. D. Meredith.

The services began in Wayne Hall July, 1869; were supplied by various clergymen until the autumn of the same year, when the Rev. H. P. Hay, D.D., was elected rector.

The corner-stone of the church was laid by Bishop Stevens on July 25, 1871. The church was completed and opened for services Jan. 6, 1872, and was consecrated by Bishop Howe, of Central Pennsylvania, acting for Bishop Stevens, on March 8, 1872.

The Hospital of the Good Shepherd, for children, in charge of this parish, was opened formally by Bishop Stevens on June 11, 1874, with accommodations for twelve children, two entering that month.

The parish building, near the church, was begun in July, 1877, and was in use the following spring. It contains rooms for Sunday-school, parish-school, committees, and the sexton. The parish-school was opened September, 1878.

The Chapel of the Good Shepherd was erected in 1880-81, the corner-stone being laid by Bishop Stevens on July 25, 1880. It stands one-quarter of a mile north of Radnor Station. Mission services had been held in the public school room close by, with little intermission, since 1869.

The rectory of the parish, which stands on a lot of one and three-quarters acres, adjoining the church on Lancaster turnpike, was begun in August, 1883, completed in May, 1884, and was at once occupied by the present rector, the Rev. Arthur B. Conger, who was elected rector in July, 1883, the rectorship having been vacant about six months. Present number of communicants, one hundred and twenty. Present value of church property, fifty thousand dollars, all unencumbered, except five thousand dollars on rectory.

Licensed Houses. - The first petition for license in Radnor which appears of record is dated May 28, 1717, and emanated from Edward Thomas, who informs the court that his house is located "near y^e church called St. David's Church," and that he from that fact is "obliged to entertain many people y^t Come to Worship at y^e sd. Church." The court, no doubt, believing that this unremunerative hospitality was more than could be reasonably required of any man, granted him a license to sell "Beer, Sider, &c." His name does not appear again in the records, but James Thomas, possibly a son of the former, Ninth month (November) 27, 1722, presented his petition, in which he says that he "hath formerly obtained the Recomendacon of this Honorable Court to His Excellency y^e Govr. for a Lycence for the Keeping of a house of Entertainment, and for selling of Wine, Brandy, Rum, and other Strong Lyquors, But now the time of the Said Lycence is Expired, &c.;" after which he is also lost sight of so far as the records now disclose.

Michael Atkinson, who in August, 1731, attempted to procure license in Concord, when he was met in that effort by a remonstrance from the inhabitants of the township asking the court to grant Kerlin license, and deny it to Atkinson, which prevailed, again came into prominence. Michael, still intent on becoming the landlord of a public-house, under date of Feb. 29, 1732, petitioned the court, stating therein that he "hath rented the house of David Evans, of Radnor (David Evans' name appears on clerk's list for years 1729-30), where Evans kept a public-house for several years," which application received the approval of the justices. The same year David Evans stated in his application that he was then "living in a Convenient place to keep house of Entertainment, and being frequently desired to keep the same," he therefore presents his petition, indorsed by thirty signatures, and trusts it will be approved. The Court, however, apparently was not impressed with the necessity of a house at the location designated, and rejected the application. In August, 1734, Morgan Hugh made an effort to secure license for this house, and in his petition informed the court that he "hath lately Taken the house of David Evans, in Radnor, afforesd., Comonly known or Called the Signe of the Plow, it being an old Lycenced house." Among the thirty-nine signers to his petition appear the names of Francis and Anthony Wayne. The court, notwithstanding, turned a deaf ear to his pleadings, but nothing dismayed at his rebuff, at the November court of the same year he presents another petition, the signers thereto having increased in number to fifty-five, and the justices at last yielded to his importunity. In 1739, Hugh's name appears on the clerk's list of licenses approved by the court, although he could not then have been located at the same place (the Plow), for Aug. 31, 1737, David Evans, of Radnor, petitioned to keep public-house and "sell Cyder & Beer," which was refused; but Feb. 28, 1737/8, he again asked the court's indulgence, alleging that he "hath the charge of small Children, and Liveth at the old place Commonly known or Called by the Signe of the Plow, which hath Been a Publick house for many years." Isaac Wayne was among the signers to his petition, which at last touched the adamantine sympathies of the bench and secured him license. He must have done something in the interval between the February and August courts of the year 1738, for among the clerk's list of taverns, Aug. 29, 1738, after David Evans' name is written "not allowed." May 29, 1739, Evans again comes before the justices with the same argument, slightly varied, for he states that he "Liveth at a small place formerly Called the Signe of the Plow, which hath been a Publick house many years;" that he "has wife and children," and wants to sell "Beer & Sider," which was allowed him, as also from year to year until August court, 1742 when Richard Barry petitioned for license at this house (the Plow), which is favor-