PENLEY, a chapelry, in that part of the parish of ELLESMERE which is in the hundred of MAELOR, union of ELLESMERE, county of FLINT, NORTH WALES, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Ellesmere; containing 478 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Overton to Hanmer: the remainder of the parish is included in the hundred of Pimhill, county of Salop. There are several respectable residences within the limits of the chapelry. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with the produce of £400, and a rent-charge of £30 per annum, both the gift of Lord Kenyon; net income, £143; patron, Vicar of Ellesmere. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £260, of which a sum of £235 is payable to the impropriator, and £25 to the Vicar of Ellesmere. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. A parsonage-house has recently been erected, the Countess of Bridgewater, in whom the patronage of the living of the parish is vested, and Lord Kenyon, who is the principal land- owner, having contributed £100 each, and the Bounty Board and other subscribers, various sums towards the expense. There is a National day school, supported by his lordship, and containing about 200 males and females.