lTriliniverSitV Library 39002082036881 ' fS .V- yf\ § *> S ¦u«#l"l*r ¦C 1 "1 jT':> rfC* **5 ¦..ir' Jr a m r"'# ¦v^L-XspR TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, FROM LOCAL INFORMATION, AND THE MOST RECENT AND OFFICIAL AUTHORITIES. BY JOHN GORTON, EDITOR OF THE GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. THE IRISH AND WELSH ARTICLES BY G. N. WRIGHT, M.A. PROFE3SOR OF ANTIQUITIES TO THE EOYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY. aaiftfj jFiftp=jfour Quarto 9pap& DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY SIDNEY HALL. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND. 1833. A NEW AND COMPREHENSIVE TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. N. NAB NAAS, co. Kild.ire, Leinster, I. Dublin. 19 m. SW. Pop. 3231. Fairs, March 17 ; May 7 and 18 ; and Nov. 2S. A market, post, fair, and assize-town, and parish in the baronies of North Naas and South Salt, situated upon the river Liffey, and enjoying the advantage of a branch canal from the main trunk at Sallins. The town consists of one broad avenue in which are placed a handsome modern-built ses sions-house, a county jail, several respec table dwellings, a Roman Catholic chapel, a market-house, and a spacious and well- appointed inn. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Killdare and archdiocese of Dublin, united to the rectory of Carogh, and possessing a church, parsonage, and glebe of forty-eight acres; patron, — Burgh, Esq. Area of parish, 4809 acres. The great western road passes through this town, in which a permanent garrison i3 sta tioned. Assizes, or great sessions, are also kept here, and the small traffic of the place is promoted by the extension of the Grand Canal hither. The Diocesan School in this town contains twenty-seven girls. A priory was founded here in the twelfth century under the invocation of St. John the Baptist, for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, by the Baron of Naas. The ancient and noble family of Eustace founded a monastery here, under the invo cation of St. Eustachius, for Dominican Friars, and its site is now occupied by a public inn. Naas gives title of Viscount to the family of Bourke, now Earls of Mayo. NABURN, E. R., co. York. P. T. York (196) S m. S b W. Pop. 360. A township in the parish of Acaster Malbis, and wapentake of Ouse and Darwent, situ ated on the east bank of the river Ouse ; living, a dis. vicarage, with the rectory of Topog. Dict. — Vol. 111. N AF St.Dennis York, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, not in charge; patrons (1829) the Lord Chancellor and another alternately.NACKINGTON, co. Kent. P. T. Canterbury (35) 2 m. S. Pop. 165. A parish in the hundred of Bridge and Pitham, lathe of St. Angustine ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, of the certified value of 62?. 18s. lOd. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. NACTON, co. Suffolk. P. T. Ipswich (09) 4 m. SE. Pop. 527. - A parish in the hundred of Colnies ; living, a dis. rectory with that of Levington, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 8/. 7*. ld. ; church dedicated to St. Martin. The ce lebrated Admiral Vernon, the captor of Portobello, resided here for some time, and called his seat Orwell Park, from the river of that name which runs through this parish. He afterwards took his title from it when created a peer of Ireland, namely, that of Baron Orwell. NAFFERTON, co. Northumberland. P. T. Hexham (278) 9 ra. E. Pop. 39. A township in the parish of Oyingham and east division of Tindale ward, pleasantly si tuated in a fine vale where is an extensive colliery. NAFFERTON, E. R., co. York. P. T. Great Driffield (196) 2J ra. ENE. Pop. of Pa. 1201. Of To. 917. A parish and township in the wapentake of Dickering ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. 13/. 15s. id. ; ann val. P. R. 971. 19*. 8* ; church ded. to All Saints; patron, the Archbishop of York B 't N AI NAN Here are places of worship fos Indepen dents, and Methodists. Rope, twine, and li nen cloth are manufactured in the township. NAILSEA, co. Somerset. P. T. Bristol (114) 9 m. WSW. Pop. 167S. A parish in the hundred of Portbury ; liv ing, a curacy, subordinate to the rectory of Wraxall in the archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells, not in charge ; church ded. to the Holy Trinity ; patron (1829) J. Vaughan, Esq. Here are exten sive coal-works, and a manufactory of crown glass. NAILSTON, co. Leicester. P. P. Market Bosworth (106) 3 m. NNE. Pop. 574. A parish in the hundred of Sparkenhoe ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 247. 9s. 9£ht in thickness, strength ened with several towers, and furnished with seven gates ; besides which the place was defended by a wide fosse or ditch. An in cidental notice of this wall occurs in a deed of Edward I,, who granted to the Black friars, or Dominicans, the right to make a passage through the new wall to their garden. Newcastle at this early period had become one of the principal commercial ports of the kingdom ; and it appears from authentic documents, that in 1280 the reve nues of the town had risen to 200/. a-year, a considerable sum at that period. This income was chiefly derived from municipal duties on coal, the use of which for fuel did not however become general till long subse quently to this period. In 1346 seventeen ships and 314 mariners were furnished from this port, on the requisition of Edward III., for the siege of Calais. The situation of Newcastle, near the borders of Scotland, exposed it to the repeated attacks of the Scots before the union of the two kingdoms. And on the insurrection of that people against the authority of Charles I., they invaded England, and took possession of this place in 1640. This was a prelude to the civil war, during which Newcastle was garrisoned by the Royalists, but it was again taken by the Scots, then in alliance with the parliament, after a long siege in 1664. The town is stated to have received thirty-six charters from different sovereigns. Richard II. constituted the chief officer a mayor, with the privilege of having a sword borne before him ; and Henry VI. erected the town and -its liberties into a distinct county, exempt from the j urisdiction of the sheriffs of Northumberland. The last char ter was that granted by James I. in 1604, under which the corporation consists of a mayor, a recorder, a sheriff, nineteen alder men, twenty-four common-councilmen, twenty-four electors, two coroners, a townr 22 NEW clerk, a sword-bearer, a clerk of the cham ber, eight chamberlains, a quay-master, and other officers. The revenues of the corpo ration were rated some years ago at 8000/. a-year. In this body is vested the royalty of the river Tyne, from a point called Sparrowhawk, close to Tynemouth Bar, to Hedwin Streams above the village of New- burn, a distance of fourteen miles. The duties for coal, salt, grindstones, ballast, &c. are collected and managed by the cham berlains, who are chosen annually. Ses sions are held quarterly before the mayor, recorder, and aldermen, for the borough and county of Newcastle ; there are also mayors' courts held every Monday for the trial of civil actions between freemen only ; county courts, held before the under sheriff every fourth Wednesday ; admiralty courts for the prosecution of offences committed on the river Tyne ; besides courts of common- council, of piepowder, and guild courts. Courts of requests for the recovery of sums less than forty shillings are held in Fe bruary, May, August, and November ; and in this town take place the county assizes for Northumberland. The borough has returned members to Parliament ever since the reign of Edward I. Before the last charter, the right of election was vested in the mayor, bailiffs, and common-council, then a much more numerous body than at present; and by a resolution of the House of Commons, February 27, 1705, it was determined that the elective franchise belongs to the mayor, burgesses, and resi dent freemen, about 3500 in number ; and the mayor is the returning officer. The town originally comprised only one parish, that of St. Nicholas, the livings of which are a vicarage, and the five chapels of ease of All Saints, St. Andrew, St. John, St. Ann, and St. Thomas, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland and diocese of Durham ; valued in K. B. 50/. ; and in the patronage "of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is a noble Gothic structure, said to have been originally founded in 1091, but the build ing is manifestly of a later date, consisting of a nave, aisles, transept and chancel, with a beautiful tower adorned with flying but tresses, pinnacles, and a central spire, dis playing the decorated Gothic or pointed style of architecture. There are three other churches, the livings belonging to" which are perpetual curacies, in the patronage of the Vicar of the parish of St. Nicholas. St. John's church is an antique edifice, as it appears to have been erected about the latter part of the thirteenth century ; St. Andrew's, at the top of Newgate Street, is said to be the most ancient religious build ing in Newcastle ; but the church of All Saints, at the bottom of Pilgrim Street, is a handsome modern structure, of a figure nearly circular, having in front a lofty spire. There are also several chapels of ease, including St. Ann's, erected in 1768 ; and a new chapel in Magdalen Meadow, belonging to the parish of St, Nicholas. 23 NEW The Roman Catholics have'Y chapel ; and there are numerous places of worship be longing to the Protestant Dissenters, in cluding five for the members of the Scottish kirk, three for those of the United Seces sion, three for the Baptists, two for the In dependents, two for the Wesleyan Me thodists, besides others for the Primitive Methodists, the Independent Methodists, the Sandemanians, the Swedenborgians, the Unitarians, and the Society of Friends. The Royal Grammar School is a very re spectable endowed classical seminary, which was founded by Thomas Horsley, alderman of Newcastle, in 1525, and established on its present plan by a charter of Elizabeth, in the forty-second year of her reign, when the school was removed to the chapel be longing to the ancient hospital of St. Mary. This institution is under the patronage of the corporation ; and there are belonging to it exhibitions for the scholars at the uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge. The other institutions for the gratuitous instruction of children are Trinity House School, Hanover Square School ; the Royal Jubilee School, New Road ; Wallsend School ; and the Ca tholic School, Pilgrim Street, for boys : the Clergy Jubilee School, Sallyport Gate ; St. Nicholas's School, St. John's School ; and St. Andrew's Schools, Blackwall and Percy Street — for children of both sexes : Car penter's Tower School, Sallyport Gate ; and the Union School — for girls : with two infant schools. There are likewise twenty- one Sunday Schools, which afford education to about four thousand children. Among the remaining charitable institutions to be noticed, are the Keelmen's Hospital, for the relief and support of sick and superan nuated keelmen, or coal-workers ; the In firmary, or General Hospital, for the coun ties of Newcastle, Northumberland, and Durham, at Forth Bank ; the Dispensary, Low Friar Street ; the Fever Hospital, Bath Lane ; the Eye Infirmary, Pilgrim Street ; and the- Lying-in Hospital, New Bridge Street ; besides several Almshouses for the support of infirm and indigent per sons. The town of Newcastle, including those parts without the walls, extends about two miles along the bank of the Tyne, and one mile from the river-side towards the north and north-west ; the ground being uneven, but rising as it recedes from the river. Many of the houses are built of stone, and the others of brick ; the streets near the Tyne; which are the most ancient, are narrow, steep, and irregular ; and the buildings on the declivity of the hill are ex tremely crowded, but many modern im provements have taken place ; some of the streets have been widened, and a considera ble number of new ones have been erected, especially in the northern and western quarters of the town. Among the principal streets may be reckoned Westgate Street, Percy Street, Northumberland Street, Pil grim Street, Mosley Street, and Dean Street. Besides the churches already no- NEW N EW ticed, there are several public edifices of importance. The Mansion House, or of ficial residence of the mayor, was built in 1691, at the expense of 6000/. The Trinity House, erected in 1505, consists of a hall, chapel, and apartments for poor brethren, belonging to a society anciently called the Guild, or Fraternity of the Blessed Trinity, and incorporated by charters of Henry VIII., Elizabeth, and James I., under the title of the Master, Pilots, and Seamen of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Exchange and Town-court is a noble structure, of which Robert Trollup was the builder, in 1658 ; but it has since received considerable alterations. The lower story is occupied by certain municipal officers, the subscription news-rooms, and the piazzas of the exchange ; at the bottom of a staircase leading to tbe guildhall is a fine bronze statue of Charles II. ; on the second floor are various offices, together with the town-court, or guildhall, a spacious apart ment, with a floor of black and white mar ble, and containing portraits of Charles II., James II., and George III., with those of Lord Eldon, Lord Stowell, and Admiral Lord Collingwood. The new courts of justice for the county of Northumberland form oblong quadrangles ; the ground- floor, partly below the surface of the ground, containing cells for criminals ; and on the upper floor are an entrance-hall, grand jury room, law courts, rooms for the judges, &c. The north elevation of this building has a Grecian Doric tetrastyle portico ; and the south elevation has a portico also of the Grecian Doric order, copied from the Parthenon at Athens. The Assembly Rooms, to which are attached a news-room and a library, constitute a hand some and commodious edifice, erected in 1774, at the expense of 6700/. The Theatre Royal, which is a neat and convenient struc ture, appropriately decorated, was opened in 1788. The bridge over the Tyne was erected in the place of a former bridge, destroyed by the great inundation in No vember, 1 771. It extends 600 feet, consist ing of nine elliptical arches, strongly con structed of stone, at the cost of more than 30,000/., and completed in 1781. To the south and east of the Exchange is the quay, a spacious area, fronted towards the river with freestone, forming one of the most extensive lines of wharfage in Great Britain. On an eminence, command ing the town, are the remains of the an cient castle. This fortress, at one pe riod consisted of a large square tower and various subordinate buildings, encompassed by an outer and inner wall. Of the outer wall there are few traces now remaining, except the entrance, called the Black Gate, supposed to have been built in the reign of Henry III. ; the remains of the inner wall were taken down in 1811. The great tower is about eighty feet high, and sixty-four feet by fifty-four in extent outside, the walls, which are fourteen feet in thickness. Ad joining this tower,- on the east side, is a chapel of elegant architecture. The dun geon was used as a prison for the county of Northumberland, during the assizes, pre viously to the erection of the new county courts. None of the town gates remain standing, except Newgate, which has been used as the borough prison ; but there is a new gaol and house of correction in Carliol Street. This town is distinguished for se veral institutions for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge, as the Literary and Philosophical Society, established in 1793 ; the Literary, Scientific, and Mechanical In stitution, where lectures are delivered on natural philosophy, chemistry, &c. ; the Society of Antiquaries, founded in 1813, a principal object of which is that of forming a collection of archaeological curiosities dis covered in the counties of Northumberland and Durham ; the Botanical and Horticul tural Society, Pilgrim Street ; and the Northumberland Institution for promoting the fine arts, in Blackett Street. There is a valuable public library at St. Nicholas' Church, founded by the Rev. Dr. Tomlin- son ; at the Infirmary is a medical library ; and there are some others. The importance and prosperity of Newcastle have chiefly originated from the coal trade, for the pro secution of which the town is admirably si tuated on the bank of a navigable river, and in the midst of one of the most extensive coal-fields in Great Britain, or perhaps any part of the world. Coal is scarcely men tioned in history till -after the grant" of Henry III. relative to the right of digging for coal in 1239 ; but thirty-six years after that period, the commerce in this article had become very considerable, and it con tinued perpetually increasing, notwith standing the prejudice against using coal for fuel was so great, that in 1306 it was pro hibited in London under severe penalties. This prohibition was subsequently removed, and it appears, from Rymer's Fosdera, the trade in coal between Newcastle and London was authorized by government in 1381. In the latter end of the reign of Elizabeth the duty of id. a chaldron on coal exported from Newcastle produced annually the sum of 10,000/. In 1699 two-thirds of the coal trade of this kingdom belonged to this town, whence 300,000 chaldrons a-year were sent to the 'metropolis ; and 600 vessels of eighty chaldrons burden each, together with 4500 men, were employed in carrying on this commerce. The quantity of coal shipped from Newcastle in 1791 was 404,367 chal drons, sent coastwise ; and 45,702, over sea; in 1801, 452,092, sent coastwise; and 50,401, over sea; in 1811, 634,371, sent coastwise; and 18,054, oversea; in 1821, 692,321, sent coastwise); and 48,097, over sea; and in 1826, 800,437, sent coastwise; and 62,620, over sea. It is proper to ob serve that the Newcastle chaldron, by which the preceding quantities are estimated, is nearly equal to two chaldrons London I measure. Coal is conveyed from the pits 24 N EW NEW to the river side generally by means of rail ways, and thence carried to the vessels in which it is exported, in keels or long-boats, manned by keelmen. The port dues at Newcastle, payable to the corporation, as conservators of the river Tyne, amounted in 1826 to 7,105/. 18s. 7d, ; and the coal when imported into London is subject to a duty on every chaldron imperial mea sure. Newcastle carries on trade with the south of Europe, whence are imported wines and fruits ; with Norway and the Baltic, for corn, iron, timber, hemp, and other commodities ; and about three ships are sent annually from this port to the Greenland fisheries. The principal exports from the river Tyne, besides coal, are lead, grindstones, salt, butter, tallow, and sal mon, besides a variety of manufactured articles. There is a custom-house on the Quay, to which are attached a collector, a chief clerk, a comptroller, an* an inspec tor-general of the out-door department ; and iu Pilgrim Street is the excise-office, to which belong a collector, a clerk, and a port surveyor. In the number of vessels belonging to its port, Newcastle is the only place in the united kingdom inferior to London ; and it appears from the returns made to Parliament, that in 1829 there were belonging to Newcastle 987 ships, the bur den of which altogether amounted to 202,379 tons. The manufactories here are numerous and important, including potte ries, glass-works, for which the town has long been noted, lead-works, iron-foun- deries, soap-works, breweries, rope-works, sail-cloth factories, and tan-yards ; besides salt-works, manufactories for white-lead, minium, copperas, oil of vitriol, and other chemical articles ; tin-plate, and brass-wire manufactories, an establishment for casting shot; corn, mustard, and paper-mills, malt-kilns, and colour and glue manufac tories. There are in the town two market crosses, and several convenient market places for the sale of butchers' meat, corn, fish, butter, vegetables, &c. ; and at the annual fairs are sold vast numbers of horses, and cattle of various descriptions ; and to these marts are brought great quan tities of woollen cloths. Newcastle an ciently contained several religious founda tions, including a Benedictine nunnery, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, which existed in the time of William the Conqueror, and the revenue of which, at its dissolution, amounted to 39/. 4s. 2d. ; the hospital of St. Mary, founded or re-established in the reign of Henry II., and now connected with the free grammar-school ; the priory of St. Mary Magdalen, founded hy Henry I., and suppressed at the Reformation, when its revenue was 9/. lis. id., but re-founded in the reign of James I., under the patronage of the corporation, for the support of a master and three brethren, who have sti pends of 31. 6s. Sd. per annum each. Here likewise were convents of Augustine, Black, White, and Grey friars, friars of the order 25 de Poenitentia, and Walknoll or Trinitarian friars. On the town-moor, about a mile and a half north of the Exchange, races are held annually the first week in July. Among the eminent natives of Newcastle may be mentioned John Brand, F.S.A., the author of an elaborate history of the town ; Dr. Charles Hutton, F. R. S., a celebrated ma thematician ; Admiral Lord Collingwood ; the Earl of Eldon ; and his brother, Lord Stowell. NEWCESTOWN, or NUCETOWN, co. Cork, Munster, I. P. T. Bandon (186) m. NW. Pop. with Pa. Fairs, Jan. 8 ; Whit-Tues. ; Oct. 15 : and Dec. 14. A village in the parish of Moragh and ba rony of Kinnalineaky. NEW-CHAPEL, co. Tipperary, Munster, I. P. T. Cloumell (123) 4 m. NW. Pop. 1513. A parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa East ; living, a rectory entire and corps of a prebend, in the diocese and archdiocese of Cashel, possessing a church and parson age ; and valued, by commutation for tithes, 461/. 10s. 9id. annually ; patron, the Arch bishop of Cashel. Area of parish, 3634 acres of land. NEW-CHURCH, or LLAN-NEWYDD, co. Carmarthen, S. W. P. T. Carmarthen (218) 3 m. NW. Pop. 769. A parish in the hundred of Elfed ; living, a perpetual curacy, not in charge, in the arch deaconry of Carmarthen and diocese of St. David's ; of the certified value of 61. ; ann. val. P. R. 41/. 14s. ; patron, — Da- vies, Esq. ; area of parish, 6000 acres of land. Here is a pillar-stone, inscribed " Se- pulchrum Severini filius Severi;" and one mile eastward of the church is a mound resembling a Roman encampment ; a ruined chapel stands close by the mound. NEW-CHURCH, co. Hereford. P. T. Weobley (147) 4J m. W b S. Pop. with Pa. A township in the parish of Kinnersley and hundred of Wolphy. NEWCHURCH, co. Kent, Pop. 581. A hundred in the lathe of Shepway, situ ated at the south-eastern extremity of the county, containing two parishes. NEWCHURCH, co. Kent. P. T. New Romney (69) 5 m. N. Pop. 281. A parish in the liberty of Romney Marsh ; livings, a rectory and a vicarage, exempt from visitation, and in the diocese of Can terbury ; the former valued in K. B. at 8/. 4s. 2d., and the latter 19/. 16s. O^d. ; ann. val. P. R. 85/. ; church ded. to St. Peter and St. Paul ; patron, the Archbishop of Can terbury.NEWCHURCH, co. Pal. ofLancaster. P. T. Newton-in-Makerfteld (193) 5 m. E b S. Pop. with Pa. A chapelry in the parish of Winwick and NEW hundred of West Derby ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester ; certified value 21. 10s. ; patron, the Rector of Win wick. NEW CHURCH, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Colne (218) 4J m. W. Pop. with Pa. A chapelry in the parish of Whalley and hundred of Blackburn ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester ; certified value 1/. 12s. ; chapel ded. to St. Mary ; patronage with Whalley vicarage. Here is an endowed school. NEWCHURCH, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Haslingden (204) 3J m. E. Pop. with Deadwin Clough 8557. Fairs, April 29 ; and Sept. 30, for horned cattle and sheep. A chapelry in the parish of Whalley and hundred of Blackburn ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester ; certified value 23/. 10s. ; patron, the Vicar of Whalley ; chapel ded. to the Holy Trinity. Coal-mines and quarries of freestone, slate, &c. abound here, and cotton and woollen goods are manufactured to a considerable extent. Here isan endowed freeschool, as also a Sunday-school. Various classes of Dissenters have places of worship in New church. NEWCHURCH, co. Monmouth. P. T. Chepstow (136) 6 m. NW b W. Pop. 562. A parish in'the upper division of the hun dred of Caldicot ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff; cer tified value 10/. ; ann. val. P. R. 40/. ; pa tron (1829) the Duke of Beaufort. NEW-CHURCH, Queen's County, Lein ster, I. P. T. Mount-Mellick (51) 3 m. E. Pop. with Pa. A village in the parish of Lea and barony of Portnehinch. NEW-CHURCH, co. Radnor, S. W. P. T. Kington (155) 6 m. SW. Pop. 178. A parish in the hundred of Pain's Castle, situated upon the river Arro ; living, a dis charged,, rectory in the archdeaconry of Radnor and diocese of St. David's ; valued in K. B. 51. 6s. Sd. ; and in P. R. 112/. an nually ; patron, tbe Bishop of the diocese. Area of parish, 2000 acres of land. NEW-CHURCH, co. Southampton. P. T. Newport (89) 4J m. SE b E. Pop. 3945. A parish in the hundred of East Medina liberty, in the Isle of Wight ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester ; valued in K. B. 12/. 6s. Sd. ; church ded. to All Saints ; patron, the Bishop of Bristol. NEWCROSS, cos. Kent and Surrey, j London 4 m. SE. Pop. with Pa. An extensive district or hamlet in the pa rish of St. Paul, Deptford, situated chiefly in the High Kent road, and partly in the hundred of Blackheath, lathe of Sutton-at- Hone, county of Kent, and partly in the hundred of Brixton, county of Surrey. NEW NEWDIGATE, co. Surrey. " P. T. Dorking (23) 6 m. SSE. Pop. of Pa. 579. Of Ham. 207. A parish and hamlet in the hundred of Cop. thorne and Effingham. ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester ; valued in K. B. 8/. 18s. id. ; church ded. to St. Peter ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Here is Envood, a mansion formerly surrounded by a park of 600 acres, in which is a piece of flowing water of sixty acres. Here is a small endowed school.NEWENDEN, co. Kent. P. T. Tenterden (55) 5 m. SWb S. Pop. 151. A parish, partly in the liberty of Newenden, and partly in the hundred of Selbrighten- den, lathe of Seray, situated on an eminence near the Rother, which divides the county from Sussex. It is said to have been avery ancient fortified city, and was formerly called Caer Andred by the Britons, Anderida by the Romans, and Andred-Ceastre by the Saxons. This supposition is strengthened by the remains of fortifications and large tumuli still evident, and the coins which have been discovered here. According to some historians, it was totally destroyed in 491, by tbe Saxon chief, Ella, who had in vaded England at the invitation of Hengist, and all the inhabitants were barbarously massacred. The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 71. 13s. id. ; ann. val. P. R. 116/. 16s. ; patron, the Archbishop of Can terbury. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is ancient, and contains a much-admired font, standing on four pillars, with capitals of flowers, and ornamented on the top with Saxon sculpture. In the vicinity of the town is a strong chalybeate spring. NEWENHAM, co. Northampton. ' P. T. Daventry (72) 2J m. S b E. Pop. 574. A parish in the hundred of Fawsley ; living, a dis. vicarage, with that of Nalby, in the archdeaconry of Northampton and diocese of Peterborough, not in charge ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patronage with Nalby vicarage, This is the birthplace of Thomas Randolph, the poet, born 1605. NEWENT, co. Gloucester. London 112 m. WNW. Pop. 2660. M. D. Fri. Fairs, Wed. before Easter ; Wed.before j Wbit. Sun. ; Aug. 13 ; and Fri. after Sept. 18, for cattle, horses, and cheese. A market-town and parish in the hundred of Botloe, situated in the forest of Dean, and abounding with coal-mines, for the con venience of which a branch has been cut hence to the Gloucester and Ledbury Canal. The town, though small, is ancient, and is said to have been a borough governed by a bailiff. Its name was derived from a new inn built here at the first opening of a com munication by this road into Wales. The living is a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Hereford and diocese of Gloucester; valued in K. B. 23/. ; patron (1829) the Hon, Edward Foley, who has a seat here, 26 NEW NEW built on the site of an alien priory, founded shortly after the Conquest. The church, dedicated to St. Maiy, is a spacious struc ture, of various architecture, appearing to have been chiefly rebuilt ; it contains many old monuments, and the parish registry has a record of the burial of a woman, aged 115, in 1602. )This neighbourhood suffered con siderably by the devastations of civil war, during the time of Charles I. NEWENTON, LONG, co. Wilts. P. T. Malmsbury"(96);3 m. NNW. Pop. 306. A parish in the hundred of Malmsbury ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury ; valued in K. B. 8/. 5s. ; church ded. to the Holy Trinity ; patron (1829) T. Estcourt, Esq. NEWENTON, NORTH, co. Wilts. P. T. Pewsey (74) 3 m. SW b W. Pop. with Hillcott 288. A parish in the hundred of Swanborough ; living, a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury ; valued in K. B. 71. Is. 3d. ; ann. val. P. R. 56/. ; church ded. to St. James ; patron, the Pre bendary of Beaminster Secunda in Salisbury cathedral. NEW-FERRY, co. Londonderry, Ulster, I. P. T. Portglenono (130) 5j m. S. Pop. with Pa. A village in-the parish of Ballyscullen and barony of Loughinsholin, situated upon the western bank of the Bann river, and near to the shores of Lough Beg. NEWFIELD, co. Pal. of Durham. P.T. Bishop Auckland (248)3 m.N. Pop. 11. A township in the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, and north-west division of Dar lington ward. NEW FOREST, co. Southampton. Pop. 6861. A hundred in the New Forest, eastern di vision, and south-western corner of the county, about twelve miles in that direction from Southampton ; it contains seven pa rishes, including the towns of Lyndhurst and Ringwood. It was either constituted or much enlarged by William the Conqueror, who depopulated whole towns and villages to dedicate it to the chace, apiece of cruelty which was punished in his posterity, his son and successor, William Rufus, being killed here by an arrow from the bow of Sir Walter Tyrrell, which glancing against a tree, turned off and killed the king. The forest courts are still held at Lyndhurst, under the authority of the verderers, on such days as the presiding judges shall ap point ; and others annually on the 14th of September. Attached to the wardenship, is a house called the King's House, now in habited by a subordinate officer. NEW FOREST, N. R. co. York. P. T. Richmond (233) 12 m. WNW. Pop. 73. A township in the parish of Kirkby Ra- yensworth, and wapentake of Gilling West, 27 NEWHALL, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Nantwich (167) 5 m. SW b S. Pop. 854. A township in the parish of Acton and hun dred of Nantwich. NEWHALL, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Northwich (173) 2 m. S. Pop. 17. A parish in the parish of Davenham and hundred of Northwich. NEWHALL, co. Derby. P. T. Burton upon Trent (125) 3 m. SE b E. Pop. with Stanton 1099. A township in the parish of Stapenhill and hundred of Repton and'Gresley. NEWHALL, W. R. co" York. P. T. Ottley (205) 1 m. NNW. ' ' Pop. with Clifton 208. A township in the parish of Ottley, and liberty of Caward, Wislow, and Ottley. Here is an ancient mansion in a decayed state, formerly the seat of Edward Fairfax, the translator of Tasso, who died here in 1632. NEWHAM, co. Northumberland. P. T. Belford (322) 0J m. SE. Pop. 298. A township in the parish and ward of Bam- brougb, north division. NEWHAM, co. Northumberland. P. T. Morpeth (23S) 7 m. SW b W. Pop. 76. A township in the parish of Whallon, and west division of Castle ward. NEWHAVEN, shire of Edinburgh, S. P. T. North Leith (2) 1 m. W. Pop. with Pa. A considerable fishing village in the parish of North Leith, to which it was annexed in 1630 ; and within the jurisdiction of the city and burgh of Edinburgh. This place received its present appellation in contra distinction to the Old Haven of Leith, when a dock-yard was established here by James IV. Here was formerly a chapel, the bene fice belonging to which was formally re signed to the king by Sir James Cowie in 1508, and subsequently purchased from his majesty by the magistrate's of Edinburgh. This place of late years has been much fre quented for sea-bathing ; and many hand some houses have been erected for the ac commodation of visitors. Here likewise has been built a strong and convenient pier for ferry-boats from Kinghornand Burnt island. NEWHAVEN, shire of Haddington. See Preston-Pans. NEWHAVEN, or MEECHING, co. Sussex. P.T. Lewes (50) 6J m. S. Pop. 927. Fair, Oct. 10, for pedlers' ware. A parish in the hundred of Holmstrough, rape of Lewes, situated at the mouth of the Ouse which is here crossed by a handsome drawbridge ; it was anciently a market- town, and noted for the conveniency and safety of its harbour ; but its piers having fallen to decay, the harbour became choaked with sand, and the place was in consequence NEW quite neglected ; however, of late years much has been done to improve it, and Newhaven is now a thriving town ; its situation procures it considerable traffic, it being the thoroughfare for all commodities passing by water to Lewes. A royal cutter is generally stationed here to prevent smug gling, and the entrance of the harbour is defended by a small fort. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in maritime pursuits, and.several vessels large enough for the West India trade have been built here. The living is a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester ; valued in K. B. 8/. 3s. id. ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, which is ded. to St. Michael, is situated on a hill ; the body is a small mo dern building, but the tower, which, con trary to the general rule, is at the east end, bears evident marks of antiquity. Near the entrance of the town and contiguous to the church-yard, stands a handsome obelisk, commemorating the melancholy fate of his Majesty's ship Brazen, Captain Hanson, which was wrecked here, January 25, 1800, and out of a crew of 105 persons, only one escaped . NEWHILLS, shire of Aberdeen, S. P. T. Aberdeen (121J) 5 m. NW. Pop. 2141. A parish in the district of Aberdeen, for merly called Capel-hills, and forming part of the deanery and parish of Old Machar, from which it was separated, and made a distinct parish in 1663. It is of an irregular figure, and about five miles and a half in diameter. Towards the north-east the land has a level surface, with a rich deep soil ; but on the west the surface is hilly, con sisting chiefly of pasture land. On the river Don, which forms the north-eastern bound ary of the parish, are several mills and fac tories within its limits. Upon the estate of Auchmull are quarries of granite, whence are procured very large quantities for ex portation to London. The living is in the presbytery and synod of Aberdeen ; patron, the Earl of Fife. There is a parochial school, with a salary for the master of 300 merks, and other advantages. At Green- burn, in this parish, three fairs are held annually, for the sale of horses, black cattle, and hardware of various kinds. NEWHOLME, N. R. co. York. P. T. Whitby (236) 2J m. W. Pop. with Duusley 259. A township in the parish of Whitby and liberty of Whitby Strand. NEW-HOUSE, shire of Stirling, S. Pop. with Pa. A small village in the parish of St. Ninians. At this place a combat was fought on the eve of the battle of Bannockburn, between the rival chiefs, Randolph and Clifford ; and hence the site, which is marked by two large stones, has received the appellation of Randolph Field. NEWHOUSE GRANGE, co. Leicester. P. T. Atherstone (105) 4 m. N b E. Pop. not specified. NEW An extra-parochial liberty in the hundred of Sparkenhoe. NEWICK, co. Sussex. P. T. TJckfield (43) 5 m. W. Pop.540. A parish in the hundred of Barcombe, rape of Lewes ; living, a rectory in the archdea conry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester ; valued in K. B. 71. 17s. Sid. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) James Powell, Esq. NEWINGTON, co. Kent. P. T. Hythe (65) 2J m. NE b N. Pop. 498. ' A parish partly in the liberty of Romney Marsh and partly in the hundred of Folke stone, lathe of Shepway ; living, a vicarage with the rectory of Cheriton in the arch deaconry and diocese of Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 71. 12s. 6d. ; church ded. to St. Nicholas; patron (1829) the Rev. J. D. Brockman . NEWINGTON, co. Kent. P. T. Milton (39) 3 m. WNW. Pop. 629. ' A parish in the hundred of Milton, lathe of Seray, anciently a market-town, and is supposed to have been a Roman station. The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 14/. ; patron, Eton College. The church, which is ded. to St. Mary, is situated about half a mile from the village in a kind of bay, surrounded by hills covered with woods ; at the west end is an embattled tower tesselated with squared flints and rag stone, and is a good specimen of that kind of masonry ; in the south chancel are some curious and ancient tombs ; the font has an octagonal covering, which is remarkable from being of the beaufet kind, few of this form now remaining. NEWINGTON, co. Oxford. P. T. Wallingford (46) 5 m. N b E. Pop. 445, A parish in the hundred of Ewelme ; liv ing, a vicarage with the curacy of Bright- well Prior's, and a peculiar in the diocese of Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 18/. 13s. id. ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. NEWINGTON BAGPATH, co. Gloucester. P. T. Tetbury (99) 5 m. WNW. Pop. 247. A parish in the upper division of the hun dred of Berkeley ; living, a rectory with the curacy of Owlpen in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester ; valued in K. B. 14/. ; church ded. to St. Bartholomew ; patron (1829) Robert Kingscote, Esq. NEWINGTON BUTTS, co. Surrey.] London 1 m. S. Pop. 33,047. A village and parish, in the eastern division of the hundred of Brixton, adjoining on the north the borough of Southwark, and bounded on the east by a projecting portion of the parish of St. George, Southwark ; and on the west by Kennington and Lam beth. The earliest notice that has been discovered of this place under its present name, is in a record dated in 1558. Its dis- 28 .NEW tinctive adjunct appellation originated from the butts, or marks for the practice of archery, set up here by order of govern ment, previously to the general use of fire arms, when this parish consisted of open fields. In the latter part of the last century, there were about 300 acres of land here, not covered by buildings, much of which was occupied by market-gardeners ; but since that period the buildings have greatly, increased. The living is a rectory, in the pecular jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury; valued in K. B. 16/. ; patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church, dedi cated to St. Mary,' is a brick edifice, with a low tower, built in 1721, by Mr. Hurlbatt, and since much enlarged, especially in 1793, Two district churches have been erected within this parish, under the authority of the parliamentary commissioners for build ing new churches. Trinity church, situated in Trinity Square, on the eastern side of Blackman Street, is a handsome edifice, with a Corinthian portico and tower, built in 1824, from the design of Mr. F. Bedford. The living is in the same jurisdiction as that of the mother church, and in the pa tronage of the rector. For an account of the other church, see Walworth. There is a place of worship for Independents, besides various Dissenting chapels at Walworth. Here are, for tbe gratuitous education of children, the United Parochial National Schools of St. Mary ; and the National and Sunday School, Queen's Head Row. In this parish are the Draper's Almshouses, founded by John Walter, in 1651 ; and near them, northward of the church, are the Fishmon gers' Almshouses, forming a considerable establishment, to which is attached a chapel. The streets, which are generally paved and lighted with gas, are irregularly arranged, but some of them contain handsome modern buildings. Through this place passes the great road from London to Brighton and the southern coast of England ; and here, at the intersection of the Kent and Surrey roads, is the Elephant and Castle Inn, where a greater concourse of carriages and travel lers takes place than perhaps at any other part of the metropolis. On the eastern side of Newington Causeway are situated the ses- sions'-house for Surrey, and the county prison, commonly called Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Among the principal manufactures carried on here are those of floor-cloth, chairs and sofas, and cabinet goods in gene ral ; and at the verge of the parish, on Kennington Common, is an extensive vitriol manufactory. A variety of the peach, called the Newington peach, derived its appellation from the tree which produces it having been first cultivated here. NEW NEWINGTON GREEN, co. Middlesex. London 2 m. N. Pop. with the parishes of Stoke Newington and Islington. •A pleasant village, situated partly in the parish of Stoke Newington, and partly in that of Islington, and in Finsbury division 29 of the hundred of Ossulston. It consists of irregularly built ranges of houses, forming a square, in the centre of which is an area covered,with greensward, whence the name of the place. In front of the houses on each side of the quadrangle are rows of trees, principally elms, limes, and poplars ; but the central grass-plot has been left unorna- mented, though it would, if tastefully laid out and planted, add greatly to the attrac tions of one of the most agreeably retired villages in the vicinity of the metropolis. On the north side of the square, in the parish of Stoke Newington, is a place of worship for Unitarians, a plain brick building, erected in the early part of the last century : among the ministers who have officiated here were Dr. Richard Price, celebrated as a writer on politics and political economy ; and Dr. Joseph Towers, one of the contributors to the " Biographia Britannica." On the south side of the green is a house, on each side of the gateway of which is the figure of an eagle, carved in stone, with a shield of arms, the bearings of which are obliterated ; but the mansion is said to have formerly belonged to the Dudley family. NEWINGTON, NORTH, co. Oxford. P. T. Banbury (69) 3 m. Wb S. Pop. 291. A Ifjmlet in the parish of Broughton and hundred of Bloxham. NEWINGTON, SOUTH, co. Oxford. P. T. Dead'mgton (69) 4 m. WNW. Pop. 428. A parish in the hundred of Wootton ; living-, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and dio cese of Oxford ; valued in K. B. 8/. ; ann. val. P. R. 109/. ; church ded. to St. Peter ; patron, Exeter College, Oxford. NEWINGTON, STOKE, co. Middlesex. London 4 m. N b E. Pop. 2670. A suburban village and parish in Finsbury division of the hundred of Ossulston, situ ated northward of London, between the parishes of Islington and Hornsey on the west, and Hackney on the east. The manor is called, in Domesday Book, Newtone • and in other ancient records, Newnton and Stoke Neweton, the prefix Stoke, which oc curs as early as 1391, signifying a wood, in reference to the site of the place within the great forest of Middlesex. The parish con tains about 550 acres of land, a large pro portion of which is occupied by dairymen, and the remainder chiefly by nurserymen and market-gardeners. Before the Norman Conquest, the manor was part of the de mesnes of the clergy of St. Paul's Cathedral, and it is now held on lease from the pre bendary of Newington, who is one of the minor canons. Courts-leet and baron for the manor are held annually on Holy Thurs day. The living is a rectory, valued in K. B. 10/. ; in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and in the patronage of the Prebendary of Stoke Newington. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a low building, consisting of a nave, aisles, and chance with a tower • NEW and wooden'spire at the west end ; rebuilt, according to Stowe, in 1562, by William Patten, Esq., lessee of the manor ; consi derably enlarged in 1716 and 1723 ; and more recently improved, and coated with stucco. The village of Stoke Newington consists of a long street, composed of various ranges of buildings and handsome detached mansions, 1 extending along the Cambridge road from Kingsland to Stamford Hill ; a street, called Church Street, branching off from the former towards the west, and several smaller streets. It is situated partly in the parish of the same name, and partly in those of Hackney and Hornsey, the east ern side of the principal street belonging entirely to Hackney. In this part of the village is a district church, erected under the authority of the parliamentary commis sioners for building new churches. It is a capacious square edifice of brick, having in front a handsome hexastyle Doric portico, surmounted by a domed tower and cross. Here also is a Methodist meeting-house ; and in Church Street is another for Inde pendents. A charity-school was founded here through the bequest of Thomas Stock, Esq., in 1664, and regularly established in 1729, being supported by funds arising from various benefactions. There are also L"n- casterian schools for children of both sexes ; and a school for the gratuitous instruction of girls, supported by the Dissenters. Among the charitable institutions here may be speci fied the Invalid Asylum for Respectable Females, founded^in 1825 ; and the.Dispen- sary for the relief of the sick poor : there is likewise a savings' bank. Here are ex tensive gardens belonging to nurserymen and florists, and a large brewery ; but the trade of the place arises chiefly from its situation as a thoroughfare, and from the exigencies of the resident population, con sisting partly of the inmates of several boarding-schools for youth of both sexes. Within the parish an engine-house has been recently erected by the New River Com pany, for the better supply of water in'this populous district. On the north side of the parish church is a walk shaded with trees, which is called Queen Elizabeth's Walk, the origin of which appellation is not known. Stoke Newington '.has at different periods been the residence of several persons of con siderable celebrity ; among whom were Thos. Sutton, the munificent founder of the Char terhouse ; Daniel De Foe, the author of the "Life of Robinson Crusoe;" Dr. Isaac Watts, a celebrated dissenting divine,;who passed the latter part of his life in the family of Sir Thomas Abney, Knight, lessee'of the manor ; Adam Anderson, the author of a "History of Commerce;" Thomas .Day, Esq., a person of eccentric character, who wrote the " History of Sandford and Mer- ton," and other ingenious works of fiction for the instruction of youth ; and John Howard, the philanthropist. NEW-INN. co. Galway, Connaught, I. P. T. KillcouneU (95) m. SW. Pop. with Pa. NEW A village in the parish and barony of Kill; connel.NEW-INN, co. Meath, Leinster, I. P. T. Killcock (18) 7 m. NW. Pop. not returned. A village in the barony of Moyfenrath, near to the banks of the Blackwater river and the Royal Canal, which extends from Dub lin to Richmond Harbour. NEW-INN, co. Tipperary) Munster, I. P. T. Cashel (100) m. Pop. 202. A village in the parish of Knockgraffon and barony of Mnddlethird. This is a per manent military station. NEWLAND, co. Berks. P. T. Wokingham (31) 4 m. W b S. Pop. 264. A liberty in the parish of Hurst and hundred of Lanning. NEWLAND, co. Dorset. P. T. Sherborne (117) 6_m. SE b S. Pop. with Pa. A tithing in the parish of Wootton Glan- ville and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division. NEWLAND, co. Gloucester. P. T. Monmouth (129) 4 m. SE b S. Pop. of Pa. 3383. Of Tith. 436. A parish and tithing in the hundred of St. Briavell's ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Hereford and diocese of Gloucester); valued in K.)B. 18/. 6s. 10j- NW b W. Pop. with Toulston 184. A parish in the upper division of the wa pentake of Barkston Ash ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. 14/. ; church ded, to St. 43 NEW Andrew ; patron (1829) T. L. Fairfax, Esq. Dr. Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, who crowned Queen Elizabeth, was a native of this place. NEWTON, ST. LOE, co. Somerset. P. T. Bath (100) 4 m. W. Pop. 431. A parish in the hundred of Wellow ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells ; valued in K. B. 17/. 18s. id. ; church ded. to the Holy Trinity ; patron (1829) W. G. Lang- ton, Esq. NEWTON LONG, co. Pal. of Durham. P. T. Stockton-upon-Tees (241) 4J m. WSW. Pop. 33S. A parish in the south-west division of Stockton ward ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham ; va lued in K. B. 20/. ; patron, the Bishop of Durham. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a long narrow building, without a tower, and is of modern erection. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have also meetings here. NEWTON LONGVILLE, co. Buckingham. P. T. Fenny Stratford (45) 3 m. SWb W. Pop. 486. A parish in the hundred of Newport ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Buck ingham and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 20/. 9s. 7d. ; church ded. to St. Faith ; patron, New College, Oxford. NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, co. Pal. of Lancaster. Loudon 193 m. NWb N. Pop. 1643. M. D. Sat. disused. Fairs, Feb. 12 ; May 17 ; July 15; and every Mon. fortnight.for cattle and Bheep ; and Aug. 12, for horses, horned cattle, and toys. Memb. of Pt. 2. A borough, market-town, and chapelry, in the parish of Winwick and hundred of West Derby, situated on the road be tween Wigan and Warrington, and consists principally of one broad street, distinguished by its numerous public-houses. Several of the houses are of great antiquity, particu larly an old hall built of wood, the windows of which still contain much painted glass • near this edifice is a small rising ground, formerly surrounded by a moat ; it is said lo have been 'formerly the site of a royal residence. This town is sometimes called Newton -in -the -Willows, from the great number of those trees growing in the neigh bourhood. The principal manufacture car ried on here is that of fustian and Man chester goods. Newton is a borough by prescription, and is governed by a steward, bailiff, and burgesses ; it has sent two mem bers to Parliament ever since the first year of Queen Elizabeth, the right of election being vested in the free burgesses, whose number is about thirty-six ; the returning- officers are the steward of the lord of the manor and the bailiff. The living is a cu racy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, of the certified value of 18/. 9s. ; chapel ded. to St. Peter; patron (1829) Thomas Legh, Esq. Here is a small en- NEW dowed freeschool. About half a mile north of the town is an ancient barrow, called Castle Hill, now covered with oaks. Races are held here the week after those at Man chester. NEWTON MOOR, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Stockport (176) 6 m. NE b E, Pop. 2159. A township in the parish of Mottram in Longden Dale and hundred of Macclesfield. Here are manufactures of calicoes and hats, as also salt, coal, and iron works. The Peak Forest Canal passes through the town ship, which abounds with stone of good qua lity.NEWTON-ON-THE-MOOR, co. Nor thumberland. P. T. Aluwick (308) 4 m. 8b W. Pop. 244. A township in the parish of Shilbottle and east division of Coquetdale ward, pleasantly situated on the high road, commanding an extensive prospect of the surrounding coun try and of the sea. About 5000 fothers of excellent limestone are quarried and burnt here annually. Newton school was en dowed by Mrs. Frances and Mrs. Jane Strother, for the education of two children of every poor family in this township. NEWTON MORRELL, N. R. co. York. P. T. Darlington (241) 4 ™- SW b W. Pop. 31. A township in the parish of Barton and wa pentake of Gilling East. NEWTON MULGRAVE, N. R. co. York. P. T. Whitby (236) 9 m. N W b W. Pop. 134. A township in the parish of Lythe and east division of the liberty of Langbaurgh. NEWTON, NORTH, co. Pembroke, S. W. P. T. Narbeth (255) 2J m. SW. Pop. 69. A parish in the hundred of Narbeth ; liv ing, a perpetual curacy, not in charge, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's ; valued in P. R. '571. 7s. ; patron, W. Deeds, Esq. Area of parish, 1065 acres of land. Iron-ore is found here ; and works were established at a place in this parish called Blackpool. NEWTON, NORTH, co. Somerset. P. T. Bridgewater (139) 4 m S. Pop. with Pa. A chapelry in the parish and hundred of North Petherton ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells ; certified value 10/. ; ann. val. P. R. 48/. ; patron (1829) Sir T. D. Acland, Bart. NEWTON NOTTAGE, co. Glamorgan, S.W. P. T. Bridgend (181) m. W b S. Pop. 505. A parish in the hundred of Newcastle, situ ated upon the shore of the Bristol Channel, and including the hamlets of Newton and Nottage ; living, a rectory in the arch deaconry and diocese of Llandaff ; valued in K. B. 17/. 4s. 7d. ; patronage vested in the Three Manors, each presenting in its turn. Area of parish, 2000 acres of land. NEW The shore is peculiarly convenient for bath ing, which occasions a vast resort of visiters during the summer months. There is here a curious intermitting spring, the periods of its flow and ebb being contrary to those of tbe sea. NEWTON, OLD, co. Suffolk. P. T. Stowmarket (69) 3 m. N b E. Pop. with Dagworth, 577. A parish in the hundred of Stow ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Sud bury and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 71. 15s. 5d. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) Mrs. Torless. NEWTON-UPON-OUSE, N. R. co. York- P. T. York (196) 7 m. NWbN. Pop. of Pa. 362. Of To. 495. A parish and township in the wapentake of Bulmer ; living, a curacy in the Archdea conry of Cleveland and diocese of York ; certified value 43/. 6s. ; ann. val. P. R. 90/. ; patron (1829) Mrs. Margaret Earle. NEWTON, OUT, E. R. co. York. P. T. Patrington (192) 5 m. E. A township in the parish of Easington and south division of the wapentake of Hold'er- ness.NEWTON PARK, co. Northumberland. P. T. Morpeth (288) 2J m. Wb N. Pop. 15. A township in the parish of Mitford and west division of Morpeth ward. NEWTON PARVA, or UNTHANK, co. Leicester. P. T. Market Bosworth (106) 6 m. E b N. Pop. with Botchester, 87. A hamlet in the parish of Ratby and hun dred of Sparkenhoe. NEWTON, SAINT PETROCK, co. Devon. P. T. Great Torrington (194) 8 m. SW. Pop. 278. A parish in the hundred of Shebbear ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Barn staple and diocese of Exeter ;'valued in K. B. Sl.5s.7\d.; pafron (1829) the Rev. F. D. Lempriere. NEWTON, POPPLEFORD, co. Devon. P. T. Sidmouth(159)4m.NWbW. Pop. 481. A tithing and chapelry in the parish of Aylesbeare and hundred of East Budleigh ; living, a curacy, subordinate to the vicarage of Aylesbeare, in the archdeaconry and dio cese of Exeter, not in charge ; ann. val. P. R. 30/. 12s. ; chapel ded. to St. Luke ; patron age with Aylesbeare vicarage. NEWTON POTTER, N. R. co. York. P. T. Leeds (189) 2£ m. NNE. Pop. 661. A township in the parish of St. Peter, Leeds, and in the liberty of Leeds. NEWTON, PURCELL, co. Oxford. P. T. Bicester (54) 6 m. NE b N. Pop. 143. A parish in the hundred of Ploughley ; liv ing, a rectory, with that of Shelswell, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford ; valued in K. B. 31. 15s. 5d. ; church ded. to St. Michael ; patronage with Shelswell rectory 44 NEW NEWTON REGNY, co. Cumberland. P. T. Penrith (283) 3 m. NNW. Pop. of Pa. 250. Of To. 126. A parish and township in Leath ward ; liv ing, a curacy in the archdeaconry and dio cese of Carlisle, not in charge ; patron (1829) the Earl of Lonsdale. NEWTON-BY-SEA, co. Northumberland. P. T. Alnwick (303) 9 m. NE b N. Pop. 247. A township in the parish of Embleton and south division of Bambrough ward. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in fishing. In sinking a coal-pit about twelve years ago, a great number of cockle-shells were found eighteen fathoms below the surface. NEWTON SHAW, or NEWTOWN SHAW, shire of Clackmannan. S. Pop. with Pa. A village in the parish of Clackmannan, situated on the banks of the river Devon, and on'the estate of Lord Cathcart. It was founded for the labourers employed by the Devon Iron Company, who have established in the neighbourhood extensive iron works. NEWTON, SOLNEY, co. Derby. P. T. Burtonupon-Trent (125) 3 m. NE. Pop. 261. A "parish in the hundred of Repton and Gresley; living, a curacy in the archdea conry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, not in charge ; ann. val. P. R. 20/. ; church ded. to St. Mary; pa tron (1829) Sir Henry Every, Bart. NEWTON, SOUTH, co. Wilts. P. T. Wilton (84) 2£m. NbW. Pop. 579. A parish in the hundred of Branch and Dole ; living, a dis. vicarage with those of Chilhampton and Ugford, in the archdea conry and diocese of Salisburv ; valued in K. B. 12/. 18s. id. ; ann. val." P. R. 115/.; church ded. to St. Andrew ; patron (1829) the Earl of Pembroke. NEWTON STACEY, co. Southampton. P. T. Whitchurch (56) 6 m. S W b S. Pop. with Pa. A tithing in the parish and hundred of Bar ton Stacey, Andover division. NEWTON STEWART, or NEWTON DOUGLAS, shire of Wigtown, S. Edinburgh 98 in. SW b S. Pop. with Penniugham. A considerable post-town and burgh of barony, chiefly in the parish of Penning- ham, district of Machers, situated on the western bank of the river Cree, which di vides the shire of Wigtown from the stew- artry of Kirkcudbright ; over which river is a fine bridge, leading to a suburb of the town on the opposite bank, in the parish of Minnigaff. Through this place passes the great road from Dumfries to Port-Patrick. It was originally founded by a member of the family of Stewart )Earl of Galloway, who possessing the estate of Castle Stewart, erected on it a village, to wliich he gave the name of Newton Stewart. About 1778 the 45 NEW superiority of the estate being transferr to William Douglas, Esq., the place became greatly improved, and through his interest was erected into a burgh of barony, called Newton Douglas. Under the joint patron age of this gentleman and Mr. Dale, the cotton manufacture was introduced here ; besides which there are a considerable car pet factory and several tan-yards. An establishment has been opened in connec tion with the Paisley Bank ; and the town seems to be in a state of progressive im provement.NEWTON-IN-THE-THISTLES, co.War- wick. P. T. Tamworth (114) 5 m. NE b E. Pop. 410. A parish in the Tamworth division of the hundred of Hemlingford ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Coventry and dio cese of Lichfield and Coventry ; valued in K. B. 14/. Is. h\d. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) Sir F. Burdelt, Bart. NEWTON-NEAR-TOFT, co. Lincoln. P. T. Market-Eaisen (148) 4J m. W b S. Pop. 70. A parish in the west division of the wapen take of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey; liv ing, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. at il. 10s. 10;Pop. 262. A parish in the hundred of Dewisland, upon the sea-coast ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's ; valued in P. R. 17/. 5s. 7\d. The prebend founded in the cathedral of St. David's is valued in K. B. 51. is. 6\d, ; patron of both benefices, the Bishop of the diocese. NICHOLAS, ST., or CARISBROOK CAS TLE, co. Southampton. P. T. Newport (89) adjacent. Pop. 281. A parish in the hundred of West Medina liberty, in the Isle of Wight ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester ; valued in K. B. 71. ; patron, the Governor of the island. NICHOLAS, ST., or SOUTH ELMHAM. co. Suffolk. P. T. Halesworth (100) 5J m. NW. Pop. 01. A parish in the hundred of Wangford ; liv ing, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 61. ; patron (1829) Robert Adair, Esq.NICHOLAS, ST., co.Wexford, Leinster, I. P. T. Wexford (94) 6£ m. NE. Pop. with Skreen. A parish in the barony of Ballagheen ; liv ing, a vicarage in the diocese of Ferns and archdiocese of Dublin, being one of nine benefices which constitute the union of Ard- colme. NICHOLAS,' ST, AT WADE, co. Kent. P. T. Margate (71) 6J m. SW. Pop. 500. A parish in the hundred of Ringslow, Isle of Thanet, lathe of St. Augustin ; living, a vicarage and a peculiar in the diocese of Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 15/. 19s. 7d. ; ami. val. P. R. 100/.; patron, the Arch bishop of Canterbury. NICHOLASTON, co. Glamorgan, S. W. P. T. Penrice (220) 3 m. E. Pop. 119. A parish in the hundred of Swansea, si tuated upon, the shore of Oxwick Bay ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Glamorgan and diocese of St. David's - valued in K. B. 51. lis, 0J<7, and in P ll' E NIG 43/. 14s. id. annually ; patron, — Talbot, Esq. Area of parish, 385 acres of land. NICHOLASTOWN, co. Killdare, Lein ster, I. P. T. Athy (40) 3 m. SE. Pop. with Athy. A parish in the united baronies of Killkea and Moone ; living, a rectory and vicarage in the dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and archdiocese of Dublin. The rectory forms part of the union of St. Michael's Athy (which see). The vicarage is united to the rectory and vicarage of Tanhards- town; patron, the Archbishop of Dublin. NICHOL FOREST, co. Cumberland. P. T. Longtown (309) 10i m. NE b N. Pop. 795. A township in the parish of Kirk Andrews- upon-Esk, Eskdale ward, situated on the Liddel and Kershope rivers, which divide it from Scotland ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, not in charge ; ann. val. P. R. 130/. ; patron, the Rector of Kirk Andrews - upon - Esk. Armstrong, the poet, was a native of this place ; his father was minister of Canonby, on the Scotland side of the Liddel. NIDD, W. R. co. York. P. T. Knaresborough (202) 4 m."NW b W. Pop. with Killinghall 86. A parish within the liberty of Rippon ; liv ing, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese of Chester ; valued in K. B. 31. 6s. lOJrf. ; ann. val. P. R. 110/.; patron, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.NIDDRIE, shire of Linlithgow, S. P. T. Kirkliston (9) 2 m. W. Pop. with Pa. A hamlet in the parish of Kirkliston, where was anciently a castle, of which only the ruins are remaining. The Baron of Nid- drie Castle was formerly the hereditary baillie of the ecclesiastical regality of Kirk liston. NIGG, shire of Kincardine, S. P. T. Aberdeen (121£; 2* m. SSE. Pop. 1281. A parish, situated at the north-eastern ex tremity of the county, where the Gram pian Hills terminate on the coasts of the. German Ocean. It contains about 3376 acres of land, 1100 of which are arable, 584 pasture, and the remainder moss, moor, and plantation. The part bordering on the sea is high and rocky, the north-east point, called Girdle-ness, forming » noted promontory on the south side of the estuary of the Dee. Granite-quarries are worked here very extensively, furnishing about 3000 tons annually for exportation. The fisheries are prosecuted with success at the villages of the Cove and Tony, and at the latter is a small pier, where pilots reside. The living is in the presbytery and synod of Aberdeen ; and in the patronage of the Crown. The church was anciently dedi cated to St. Fiacre. There is a parochial school, the master of which has a salary of 300 merks, with a ir,hool-house and garden, NIN NIGG, shire of Ross, S. P. T. Cromarty (175) 3 m. N. Pop. 1436. A parish, in the form of a peninsula, about five miles in length, and between two and three in breadth, bordering on the south east, on the Firth of Moray, and on the south-west on that of Cromarty. The sur face is in general level, except towards the north, where is a rocky eminence, called the Hill of Nigg, frequented during the season of incubation by vast numbers of birds. The soil, where under the plough, is a rich clayey loam, which is tolerably productive. The living is in the presby- tery of Tain and synod of Ross ; and in the patronage of the Crown. The church was built in 1727. There is a parochial school, with a salary of 300 merks for the master ; and another school, established by the So ciety for promoting Christian Knowledge. Near Shandwicke House is a large obelisk, on which are sculptured hieroglyphic fi gures ; according to tradition it was raised in commemoration of a dreadful shipwreck, suffered by the Danes on this coast, when three sons of a king of Denmark perished, and were here interred. In the church yard is another obelisk, overthrown by a storm of wind in 1725. At the Point, or Hill of Nigg, are the remains of a' fortress, called Dunskeath, stated by Lord Hailes to have been erected in 1179, by William the Lion, King of Scotland. NINEHEAD, co. Somerset. . P. T. Wellington (148) lJm.NbW.' Pop. 308. A parish in the hundred of Taunton and Taunton Dean ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells ; valued in K. B. 8/. 7s. lid.; church ded. to All Saints ; patron, the Lord Chancellor.NINFIELD. co. Sussex. Pop. 1703. A hundred in the rape of Hastings, situated at the eastern end of the county, containing three parishes. NINFIELD, co. Sussex. P. T. Battle (56) 5 m. SW h W. Pop. 618. A parish in the hundred of Ninfield, rape of Hastings ; living, a vicarage in the arch deaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chiches ter ; valued in K. B. 8/. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) the Earl of Ask- burnham. NINIAN'S, ST., shire of Stirling, S. P. T. Stirling (35J) li m. S. Pop. 8274. A parish and town, the former of which, about ten miles in length and six in breadth, is divided into three parts, the carse, tbe dry-field, and the inuir- lands, differing from each other in the nature and fertility of the soil. The general appearance is beau tiful, the country forming a fine landscape, variegated by numerous villages and seats, surrounded by enclosures and plantations, watered by the Forth, the Endrick, the Car- ron, and other streams, one of which gives 50 NIT name to the village of Bannockburn, famed in history as the scene of the battle between the forces of Robert Bruce and those of Edward II., June 24, 1314, when the total defeat of the latter secured the independence of the Scottish crown. The town of St. Ninian's stands on the great road from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Stirling. The manufacture of nails and that of tanned leather are carried on here to a consider able extent ; cotton-cloth and tartan or plaid for the army are also made here. The living is in the presbytery of Stirling and synod of Perth and Stirling ; and in the patronage of a committee of nine persons, consisting of three elders, three heritors, and three heads of families. The church having been made a magazine by the High landers in tbe service of the Pretender, in 1746, was blown up, but the steeple re mains standing ; and at a considerable distance from it is the present church, which was erected shortly after the accident. There" is a grammar-school, the master of which has a salary of 300 merks, with a dwelling-house, perquisites, and other emo luments. Coal and limestone are found here in abundance. Besides St. Ninian's and Bannockburn, there are in this parish five villages. At Beaton's Mill, still stand ing, James III. was assassinated, after hav ing been defeated by the insurgent nobility in the battle of Sauchie Burn, in 1488. Dr. Robert Henry, the author of a "History of Great Britain" on a new plan, was a native of the parish of St. Ninian's, and died at Edinburgh in November, 1790. NIORT, ISLAND OF, shire>f Argyll, S. Pop. with Pa. A small island in the parish of Kilmore, district of Mull, situated in the Sound of Mull, at a short distance from the island of Kerrera. On the summit of a rock is a rough pillar of granite, traditionally re ported to have been raised in memory of the famous bard Ossian, the son of Fingal. NISBET, shire of Haddington, S. P. T.Tranent (10) 3£m. SE. Pop. with Pa. A small village in the parish of Pencaitland, containing about 180 inhabitants. NISBET, shire of Roxburgh, S. Pop. with Crailing. An ancient parish, now included in the union of Crailing, district of Jedburgh. This place is famous in the border history as the resort of the moss-troopers and ma rauders who infested this part of the coun try before the union between England and Scotland. At the village of Nether Nisbet are the ruins of two strong towers or border- forts, near which are occasionally dug up fragments of ornamental masonry. The parish church has been long since demo lished, but its cemetery is still sometimes used as a place of interment. NITHSDALE, or NITHISDALE, shire of Dumfries, S. The western stewardry or sheriffdom of Slj NOG Dumfries-shire. It takes its "name from the river Nith, which, rising in the parish of Dalmellington, Ayrshire, enters this district at Corseemcon, and after a winding course south-eastward, and receiving many tribu tary streams, it enters the Solvvay Firth southward of Dumfries. Nithisdale gave the title of Earl to the family of Maxwell, attainted for rebellion in 1715. NITON, or CRAB NITON, co. Southamp ton. P. T. Newport (89) 8>. E'. Pop. 443. A parish in the hundred of East Medina liberty in the. Isle of Wight, situated in a deep and well wooded vale about a mile from the sea, but on account of its low situation is sheltered from the sea-breeze^ The living is a rectory with the vicarage of Godshill in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester ; valued in K. B. 20/. 7s. ld. ; patronage with Godshill vicarage. The church, which is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a very ancient edifice, and near the churchyard is an antique cross built with large hewn stones in the manner of steps, with a basin at the top ; it appears to have been erected for the purpose of baptism previously to the use of fonts in churches. ( NIXON, co. Cumberland. P. T. Longtown (309) 3£ m. NE b E. Pop. 224. A township in the parish of Bewcastle, Esk dale ward, abounding with wild fowl. NOBBER, co. Meath, Leinster, I. Dublin 42 m. NNW. Pop. of Pa. 5401. Of Vii. 321. Fairs, April 25 ; May 25 ; June 20 ; Aug. 15 ; Oct. 13 ; and Nov. 14. A village in the parish of the same name and barony of Morgallion. The parish ex tends also into the barony of Lower Slane ; living, a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Meath and archdiocese of Armagh, pos sessing a church with a parsonage upon a glebe of sixty-four acres. It is valued, by commutation for tithes, 480/. 12s. iid. an nually ; patron, the Bishop of the diocese. Turlough O'Carolan, the Irish bard, was born in this parish, in the year 1670. He died in the year 1738, in the sixty-eight year of his age, at Alderford, in the county of Roscommon, the seat of his friend Mrs. Mac Dermot, and was interred in the church of Killronan. NOBOTTLE GROVE, co. Northampton. 1 Pop. 8093. A hundred situated nearly in the centre and to the west of the principal town of the county, containing eighteen parishes. „ NOCKHOLT, co. Kent. P. T. Seven Oaks (23) 5 m. NW. Pop.. 407. A parish in the hundred of Rooksley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone ; living, a curacy subor dinate to the vicarage of Orpington, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, not in charge ; ann. val. P.R. 65/.; patron age with Orpington vicarage. NOCTON, co. Lincoln. P. T, Lincoln (132) 7 m. SE. Pop. 376. E2 NOG NON A parishln the wapentake of Langoe, parts of Kesteven ; living, a vicarage in the arch deaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 71. 17s. \\d.; church ded. to St. Peter ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. In Nocton Park was formerly a priory for Black Canons of the Augustin order ; at the dissolution it was converted into a residence, and about the latter end of the seventeenth century, the old house was taken down and the present handsome mansion erected, consisting of a body and two wings, with turreted angles and cupolas at top, and an octangular cupola also rises from the centre ; the prospects are varied and extensive, and near the house stands a chestnut- tree, consi dered the finest of the kind in England. NOCTORUM, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Great Neston (104) 7 m. N. Pop. 30. A township in the parish of Woodchurch and hundred of Wirrall. i NODDFA, co. Montgomery, N. W. P. T. Machyullaeth (208) 6 m. NE. Pop. 429. A township in the parish of Darowen and hundred of Machynllaeth. NOGGIN STOWN,co.Galway,Connaught,I. P. T. Loughrea (109) NE. Pop. 163. A village in the parish of Killrickill and ba rony of Athenry. NOGHAVAL, -or NOHOVAL, co. Cork, Munster, I. P. T. Kinsale (186) 6J m. NE. Pop. 968. A parish in the barony of Kinnalea, situ ated upon the sea-coast ; living, a rectory possessing a church, and forming part of the union of St. Peter's, and corps of the archdeaconry, in the diocese of Cork and archdiocese of Cashel ; valued by commu tation for tithes at 215/. annually ; quantity of glebe, three acres ; patron, the Bishop ofthe diocese. Here are the remains of an ancient pillar-tower. NOGHAVAL, or NOUGHAVAL, co. Clare, Munster, I. P. T. Enuistytuon (163) 9 m. NE. Pop. 328. A small parish in the barony of Burrin ; living, a rectory and vicarage united to the vicarage of Carrune constituting therewith the corps of the precentorship of the dio cese of Killfenora and archdiocese of Ca shel ; patron, the Bishop of Killaloe and Killfenora. NOGHAVAL, co. Westmeath, Leinster, I. P. T. Ballymore (72) 7$ m. NW. Pop. 37C6. A parish partly in the barony of Killkenny West, but extending also into that of Abbey- Shruel, in the county of Longford ; living, a curacy in the diocese of Meath and arch diocese of Armagh. NOGHAVAL-DALY, co. Cork, Munster, I. P. T. Millstreet (203) 5 m. NW. Pop. 1383. A parish in the barony of Duhallow, si tuated upon the river Blackwater ; living, a vicarage in the united dioceses of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and archdiocese of Cashel, It is'united to the vicarage of Drishane; patron, the Bishop of Limerick. Here are the ruins of an ancient pillar-tower. NOGHAVAL-KERRY, co. Kerry, Mun- ster, I. P.T. Tralee (187) 7J m. SE. Pop. 777. A parish in barony of Truaghanacmy ; living, a rectory united to those of Bally. Macelligott, and Currens, in the dioceses of Ardfert and Aghadoe and archdiocese of Cashel ; value of commutation for tithes, 68/. 9s. Vid. annually ; patron, the repre sentative of the Rev. John Crosbie. Roof ing-slate is found in this parish. NOKE, co. Oxford. P. T. Oxford (54) 5 m. NNE. Pop. 108. A parish in the hundred of Ploughley ; liv ing, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford ; valued in K.B. 71. 19s. 7d.; ann. val. P. R. 130/. ; church ded. to St. Giles ; patron (1829) the Duke of Marl borough. NOLTON, co. Glamorgan, S. W. P. T. Bridgend (181) adjacent. Pop. with Coyty. A denomination in the hundred of Newcas tle; living, a chapelry to the rectory of Coyty. NOLTON, co. Pembroke, S. W. P. T. HaverfordWest (251) 0 m. NW. Pop. 190. A village and parish in the hundred of Rhos upon a creek in the open bay of St. Bride's ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's ; valued in K. B. il. 2l.lld., and in P. R. 95/. 6s. annually; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Here is an endowed freeschool. An excellent stone for most architectural purposes, and called Nolton stone, is raised on the shore, and the export of culm forms a trade here in the summer months. There was a spacious Druidical circle at Druid's Town, in tins parish ; but many of the stones were ab stracted for building in the year 1740. Here also are the ruins of a chapel. NONANE, or TEMPLEMOI.OGGY, co. Cork, Munster, I. P. T. Mitchelstown (132) 4 m. NW. Pop. 1420. A parish in the united bar-onies of Condons and Clongibbons ; living, an entire rec tory in the diocese of Cloyne and archdio cese of Cashel, being part ofthe corps of the chancellorship of the diocese. It is va lued in K. B. 6/. 10s., and by commuta tion for tithes 179/. 14s. 5d. annually ; pa tron, the Bishop of the diocese. NONINGTON, co. Kent. P. T. Wingham (62) 4 m. S. Pop. 730. A parish in the hundred of Winghain, lathe of St. Augustin ; living, a curacy with that of Womenswold, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury; certified value 71/. 6s. Sd. ; ann. val. P. R. 111/. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. 52 NOR NOOK, THE, co. Northumberland. P. T. Bellingham (294) J m. E. Pop. 113. A township in the newly created parish of Bellingham, formerly a part of Simonburn parish and north-west division of Tindale ward. NOOK, THE, co. Westmorland. P. T. Kirkby Lonsdale (253) 4J m. WNW. Pop. with Pa. A hamlet in the parish of Burton, Kendal ward.NORBRECK, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Poulton (234) 2i m. W b N. Pop. with Bispham Township 323. A township in the parish of Bispham and hundred of Amounderness. NORBURY, co. Pal. of Chester. "¦ P. T. Stockport (176) 4 m. S E b S. Pop. 680. A township and chapelry in the parish of Stockport and hundred of Macclesfield ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, not iu charge ; ann. val. P. R. 66/. 15s.; patron (1829) Thomas Legh, Esq. NORBURY, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Whitchurch (163) 4 m. N b E. Pop. 433. A township in the parish of Narbury and hundred of Nantwich. NORBURY, co. Derby. P. T. Ashborue (139) 5 m. SW b W. Pop. with lloston 498. A parish in the hundred of Appletree ; liv ing, a rectory with the curacy of Snelstone, in the archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry ; valued in K. B. 15/. 16s- Oid. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patrons (1829) the Trustees ofthe late Mrs. Debant. The chancel in this church ex hibits a fine specimen of tbe decorated style with beautiful painted windows. Here is a small endowed school for twenty children. NORBURY, co. Salop. P. T. Bishop's Castle (159) 4 m. NE. Pop. 371. A parish in the hundred of Parslow ; living a curacy subordinate to the vicarage of North Lydbury, in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Hereford, not in charge; church ded. to All Saints ; patronage with North Lydbury vicarage. NORBURY, co. Stafford. P. T. Newport (142) 3J m. NE. Pop. 309. A parish in the west division of the hundred of Cuttlestone ; living, a rectory in the arch deaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lich field and Coventry ; val. in K. B. 10/. 2s. 6d. ; church ded. to St. Peter ; patron (1829) Lord Anson. NORCOURT, or NORCOT, co. Berks. P. T. Abingdon (56) 1 m. N. Pop. 35. A hamlet in the parish of St. Helen and hundred of Hormer. NORE, co. Killkenny, Leinster, I. A river wliich rises in the Sleibhbloom Mountains in the Queen's County, and flowing southward, enters the county of 53 NOR Killkenny, where it assumes a character both beneficial and beautiful. Its flood is swelled by the contributions of the Dinan and King's rivers, and near the county boundary by the waters of the Erkin, Fresh- ford, and other rivers. The violence and rapidity of its current have impeded navi gation, and almost defied the ingenuity of the most skilful engineers. At Thomas- town the surface first becomes navigable by barges and at Inistioge by larger vessels. Two miles above New Ross the Nore unites its waters with those of the Barrow, and this great navigable river so formed dis charges itself into the haven of Waterford. It is in contemplation to construct a ship- canal from the city of Killkenny to the sea, or to some navigable part of the river Bar row. , NORFOLK, County of. N to S 45 m. E to W about 70 m. Circum ference about 170 m. No. of statute acres 1,288,320. Pop. 344,368. Hundreds 33. Parishes 660. City I, Boroughs 4. Mar ket-towns 2S. Memb. of Pt. 12. Norfolk Circuit. Diocese of Norwich. Province of Canterbury. A maritime county, bounded on the north and east by the German Ocean, excepting a small portion of the eastern border towards the south, where the hundred of Lothing- land in Suffolk divides it from the sea ; on the south it is separated from Suffolk, by the rivers Waveney and Little Ouse ; and on the west by various rivers and canals from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. It is so encompassed by water either of the sea or of rivers as to be a complete penin sula, connected with the adjacent county on the south only by « narrow causeway raised through the marshes near Lopham. At the period, when Britain was invaded by the Romans, this county was the prin cipal seat of the people called Iceni, cele brated by Tacitus on account of their in surrection against the Roman government, under their brave but unfortunate Queen Boadicea. The ancient capital of this tribe is supposed to have been at Tasburgh, or Taesborough, westward of Saxlingham, where the Romans had afterwards a sta tion, called Ad Taum. Norfolk was in cluded in the Roman province of Flavia Csesariensis ; and the principal settlement it contained was Venta Iccnorum, now Castor near Norwich. This part of the island appears to have been invaded by the German freebooters, before the departure of the Romans ; for the defence of the coast was particularly intrusted to an officer, styled " Comes Littoris Saxonica" (Count of the Saxon Shore) ; but it was not till after the Britons recovered their state of precarious independence in'the fifth century that any permanent settle ment was made here by the invaders. En couraged by the success of Hengist against the Kentish Britons, various bands of Saxons, Jutes, and Angles, belonging to different tribes but of kindred descent, NOR NOR made incursions on the eastern and south em shores of South Britain, and some of them 'penetrated into the interior, and ul timately occupied in great force consider able tracts of the country, Norfolk and Suffolk was seized by the Angles, who ap pear at first to have formed a number of petty states, which were united in 575 into the kingdom of East Anglia, in which was included Cambridgeshire. Some distinc tion seems always to have subsisted be tween the inhabitants of the northern and southern parts of East Anglia, who proba bly settled in the country at different periods ; hence and also from their relative situation, the people separated by the river Waveney, were respectively termed North- folk and South-folk, since contracted to Norfolk and Suffolk, which words have become provincial designations. East An glia was subdued by Offa, king of Mercia, nearly forty years before the termination of the Saxon Heptarchy. In the reign of Egbert, who is reckoned the first king of England, the country was desolated by the frequent inroads of the piratical Danes or Northmen ; and this county, which from its situation was peculiarly exposed, was one of the principal scenes of their bar barous devastations, which were continued almost without intermission till the reign of Alfred the Great. That prince, after having defeated the invaders at Ethandune, in 878, permitted a large body of them to settle in the eastern part of England, under the government of their own chiefs, nomi nally subject to the paramount authority of the Anglo-Saxons. The number of these new colonists were often augmented] by fresh bands of rovers from Denmark, and they at length so completely occupied this part of England as to have left abundant traces of Danish ascendancy in the lan guage, customs, "and manners of the popu lation. Some severe contests between the Saxons ' and Danes occurred at different periods within the limits of this county. At South Creak, in the hundred of Brother- cross, where are the remains of a supposed Saxon fortress, a sanguinary battle was fought in the ninth century ; and at Nar- borough, north-west of Swaffham, is a small circular fort, said to have been a sta tion held by the Danes, when they invaded the country in 1003 under their King Sweyn, whose troops spread devastation through the surrounding districts, and burnt the then flourishing cities of Thetford and Norwich, in revenge of the treacherous massacre of the Danes throughout England, by order of Ethelred II., on St. Brice's day the preceding year. The East Anglians were converted to Christianity by Felix, a Burgundian monk, who about 630 founded a bishopric at Dunwich in Suffolk : the diocese was subsequently divided into two episcopal districts, one of the sees being fixed at North Elmham in this county; whence it was transferred first to Thetford and then to Norwich. After the Norman Conquest, Norfolk was held as an earldom by Ralph de Guader, one of the followers of William the Conqueror ; and in the reign of Stephen, the title was bestowed on the family of Bigod ; one of whom, Ralph Bigod, headed a confederacy of the barons against Edward I. ; but the prudence of that prince prevented an open quarrel from taking place. In 1313 Thomas de Brother- ton, a younger son of Edward I., was made Earl of Norfolk ; and from him, through the Mowbrays, the dignity augmented to a dukedom has descended to the family of Howard. At the period of the insurrection under Wat Tyler against Richard II, a rebellion took place in this county, which was headed by one Littaster or Lister, a dyer, whose adherents displayed particular animosity against lawyers, killingj all, who fell into their hands ; but the insurgents were at length attacked and defeated, by Henry Spencer, the warlike Bishop of Nor wich, and Lister being taken prisoner was sent to London and there executed. In consequence of the alterations in the reli gious establishment under Edward VI, va rious disturbances occurred ; and in Nor folk a dangerous insurrection broke forth through the instigation of a tanner named Ket. The dissolution of monasteries and alienation of ecclesiastical property had thrown upon their own resources, a vast multitude of the conventual retainers and dependants, and other idle persons discon tented with the existing government, who were ready to follow any leader of revolt ; and a large body of them assembled under Ket, who set himself up as a sort of tri bune of the people, taking up his head quarters under a spreading oak in the vicinity of Norwich, since called "The Oak of Reformation," whence he issued his decrees with all the pride of a so vereign dictator. Dudleys Earl of War wick, afterwards Duke of Northumber land, having been sent with an army to quell this rebellion, he offered terms of grace to all but the ringleaders, who being soon deserted by their followers, Ket, the grand incendiary, was taken and hanged over the walls of Norwich Castle. During the civil war in the seventeenth century, Norfolk was one of the counties which joined the asso ciation in support of the Parliament, under the Earl of Manchester ; and Norwich was fortified against Charles I. The surface of this county presents more uniformity of ap pearance than any other part of England equalling it in extent ; for excepting in the neighbourhood of Norwich, and on the coast near Sheringhara and Cromer, the land lies chiefly on a dead level, or displays at most only a trifling alternation of risings and de pressions. At the western extremity, bor dering on Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, is a considerable tract of flat, fenny land ; and on the east, near Yarmouth, a narrow line of marshes extends from the sea some distance towards the interior of the county. To the north of Thetford are several open 54 NOR and extensive heaths, and the soil con sists of light sand and gravel ; the other parts are chiefly in the state of arable land. The whole county exhibits a great variety of soil ; towards the north alluvial sand predomi nating, intermixed in the middle and south ern parts, with clay and marl on a basis of chalk. The sea -coast is almost uniformly low, Hemstanton Cliff, or St. Edmund's Point, where King Edmund is said to have landed when he took possession of East Anglia, being the only rocky eminence of any importance in the county. Ranges of sand-hills, like those of Holland, have been formed along the shores, to protect the country from inundation. A line, called the Meals or Marum Hills, commences at Caistor, two miles north of Yarmouth, and it extends, with some interruptions, to Hap- pisbury Point, and thence to Cromer Bay, where begin the mud-cliffs, which line the northern coast as far westward as King's Lynn. The sand-hills often suddenly sink in some parts, and* make their appear ance elsewhere ; but the permanence of these banks is promoted by the growth of the sea reed-grass, the malted roots of which give some degree of solidity to this otherwise feeble barrier. Within the sand-banks, in various parts, "are salt-marshes of consider able extent, occasionally overflowed by the tides, which find entrance through gaps be tween the hillocks. On the northern side of the county the coast is indented by various small creeks and inlets, which can only admit vessels of an inconsiderable size, and these harbours are liable to be injured or destroyed from the sand brought into them by the influx of the sea. Shoals and sand-banks off the coasts render the navi gation here extremely hazardous. Of these the most remarkable are the sands extend ing on a line with the coast of Yarmouth, and forming the Yarmouth Roads ; where, though the entrance is difficult, large fleets may ride safely. The principal rivers which rise in this county or flow through it, are the Great Ouse, the Little Ouse, the Wave- ney, the Yare, the Wensum, the Bure, the Nar, and the Nen. The Great Ouse rises in Huntingdonshire, passes through Cam bridgeshire, and after forming a part of the south-western boundary of Norfolk, takes its course northward to the sea below Lynn. The Little Ouse has its source near the middle of the Suffolk border, and flowing westward between the two counties, it joins the Great Ouse not far from Downham. The source of the Waveney is separated from that of the preceding river only by a cause way; and running eastward, it bounds the county on the south, terminating in the Yare, a little above Yarmouth. The Yare rises towards the centre of the county, and flows to Norwich, near which it receives the Wensum and other streams ; it then passes on to its confluence with the Waveney, which enters it on the south, and expand ing into the Breydon Water, it is joined by the Bure and its tributary streams from the 55 NOR north, and then falls into the sea below Yarmouth. The Nar rises at Nitcbam, and flowing eastward by Narborough, unites with the Greater Ouse ; and with the latter river, the Nen, skirting the western border of this county, communicates by several channels. These rivers passing through a country nearly level, their streams are slow, and in some parts of their course they form shallow'Iakes, provincially styled "Broads," which are plentifully stored with fish and waterfowl ; and on some of them are decoys for wild ducks. There are some consider able woods in Norfolk, as those of Foxley, in the hundred of Eynsford ; some to the west of Wymondham, in that of Forehoe ; Shotteshara, in Henstcad ; Ashwelthorpe, Hampnell, and Bunwell, in Depwade'; Hethel, Hetherfel, and Hetheringham, in Humbleyard. Game of various kinds is abundant throughout the county, on some manors the pheasants being so numerous as to detract considerably from the profits of the farmer : on the sandy heaths are found great multitudes of rabbits. The air in the marsh districts is cold and damp, and the climate is reckoned unhealthy, agues having been here so prevalent, as to have given rise to the proverbial expression of being " ar rested by the bailiff of Marshland," to de note a fit of the ague. Where the soil is sandy, the atmosphere is salubrious, mild, and agreeable. The products of the county are various, according to the soil and situa tion. The lighter arable lands afford good crops of barley, much of which is made into malt and exported. Wheat is much culti vated in the stronger soils ;¦ but the growth of turnips forms the distinguishing charac teristic of Norfolk husbandry, this useful root having been introduced from Hanover in the reign of George I. by Lord Towns hend ; and it is more generally raised here, and in higher perfection, than probably in any other part of the kingdom. Much buck wheat is likewise grown on the light lands, and is used as food for swine and poultry; mustard is cultivated as a regular crop on the western border of the county ; flax around Downham ; hemp in the neighbour hood of Old Buckenham ; saffron is pro duced in several parts of Norfolk ; and be sides these, may be reckoned among the agricultural products, peas, beans, and vetches or tares ; cole-seed, clover, and other artificial grasses ; succory, cabbages, mangel-wurzel, carrots, and potatoes, of which last the culture is increasing as a regular field-crop. The fenny parts of the county furnish abundant pasture for milch kine, which produce great quantities of but ter, sent to London for sale under the name of Cambridge butter. Scottish and other cattle are fattened for the supply of the me tropolitan and nearer markets ; and sheep are fed here, of a hardy, active, and rather small breed, much esteemed for the excel lence of the mutton. Norfolk has long been noted as one of the best peopled districts in I England, and that it was so anciently ma NOR be inferred from the number of its parishes exceeding that of any other county, though it ranks only as the eighth in point of size. It does not, however, contain many large towns, the population being very generally diffused; and the manufactures, though im portant, are confined in extent. Stuffs and various fabrics of silk and wool are made in Norwich and its environs ; and the town of Worstead gave name to a particular sort of woollen goods. Yarmouth is noted for its'fisheries, especially that of herrings. This county was anciently famed for the number of religious houses included within it, no less than seventy-nine monasteries and other conventual establishments having been sup pressed by Henry VIII. Among the prin cipal baronial castles in this part of the kingdom were the fortresses of Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Middleham, near Lynn, all now in ruins ; the last mentioned was tbe birthplace of Richard III. There are in this county several ancient mansions which deserve notice ; among these are Winwall House, near Stoke, which has been consi dered as a most interesting example of the domestic architecture of the middle ages ; Caistor Hall, near Yarmouth ; Oxburgh Hall, nearStoke; StiffkeyHail.nearWalsingham ; and Baconsthorpe Hall. On Mousehold Heath, near Norwich, are some remarkable excavations, supposed by Mr. Edward King and other antiquaries, to have been subterra neous habitations or storehouses of the abo riginal Britons. The hundreds in this county are Smithdon, Brothercross, North Green- hoe, Holt, North Erpingbam, Happing, Tunstead, South Erpingham, Eynesford, Launditch, Gallow, Freebridge Lynn, Free- bridge Marshland, Clackclose, South Green- hoe, Mitford, Forehoe, Taverham, West Flegg, East Flegg, Walsham, Clavering, Loddon, Blofield, Henstead, Humbleyard, Depwade, Wayland, Grimshoe, Shropham, Guiltcross, Diss, and Earsham. The city of Norwich forms a distinct liberty, inde pendent of any hundred ; the boroughs are Castle Rising, Lynn Regis, Thetford, and Yarmouth ; and the market- towns are Attle- borough, Aylsham, Burnham, Clay, Cro mer, Diss, Downham, East Dereham, Fa- kenham, Foulsham, Hingham, Harleston, East Harling, Holt, Reepham, Saxmund- ham, Stoke Ferry, Swaffliam, North Wal sham, Walsingham, Watton, Wells, Wy- mondham, New Buckingham, Kenninghall, Hickling, Snettisham, and Worstead ; but the markets of the five towns last men tioned are either extinct or very inconsider able. Caistor St. Edmund, near Norwich, and North Elmham, though now mere vil lages, were anciently places of great import ance, the former having been one of the chief Roman stations in this part of the country, and the latter a city and bishop's see before the Norman Conquest. Two members are returned to Parliament for the county, two for the city of Norwich, and two for each of the four boroughs. It gives NOR the title of Duke to the head of the Howard family, who is premier Duke and Earl Marshal of England. NORHAM, co. Pal. of Durham. P. T. Berwick - upon - Tweed (337) 7 m. SWbW. Pop. 901. Fairs, 3d Tues. iu May and 2d in Oct., for cattle and pedlery. A" parish in Norhamshire, pleasantly si tuated on the banks of the Tiveed, near the mouth of the Till ; it is a place of great an tiquity, and formerly of great importance, being situated at the ancient Ubhanford, which crosses the Tweed from England and Scotland; it was for many centuries the frequent scene of war and devastation. A great number of the inhabitants are par tially employed in the Tweed salmon-fishery. The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Northumberland and diocese of Dur ham ; valued in K.B. 15/. 6s. Sd. ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church, which is dedicated to St. Cuthhert, is situated near the river, where the original structure, of which the middle aisle only now remains, was built about the ,'year 840 ; it anciently had the privilege of a sanctuary for thirty-seven days, and con tained three chantries, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, the blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Nicholas. On removing a decayed part of the walls, a curious antique stone, supposed to have been the ornament of a font, was discovered, bearing representations of St. Cuthbert, St. Ceolwulf, and St. Peter, and an illegible inscription. The remains of King Ceolwulf were buried in this church. Here is a Presbyterian meeting-house, and an endowed freeschool, with a house for the master. The ruins of Norham Castle are situated on a high rock, on the brink of the Tweed ; it was built by Bishop Fram- bard in 1121, but was destroyed by the Scots ; it was soon after rebuilt by Hugh Pudsey, particularly the great tower, which is still to be seen, and is seventy feet high, consisting of four stories. This castle has frequently suffered the fortune of war, hy the incursions of the Scots. The learned Dr. George Carlton, Bishop of Llandaff, and afterwards of Winchester, was born here, while his father was governor of the castle. NORHAM MAINS, co. Pal. of Durham. P.T. Berwick-upou-Tweed (337) 6i m. S W bVV. Pop. 122. A township in the parish of Norham, Nor hamshire.NORHAMSHIRE, co. Pal. of Durham. Pop. 3906. A division belonging to this county, though locally situated in that of Northumberland, near the mouth of the river Till, containing the. parish of Norham, from which it is named, one chapelry and eleven townships, situated on the banks of the Tweed. NORLAND, or NORTH LAND, W. R. co. York. P. T. Halifax (197) 2 m. SW. Pop. 1665. A township in the parish of Halifax and wapentake of Morley. On the edge of Mor- 56 NOR NOR land Moor, among a large ridge of rocks, is a very ponderous stone, which projects over the side of the hill, and has a very singular appearance ; it is called the Lad Stone, but for what reason is unknown. NORLEY, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Frodsham (191) 5 m. S E. Pop. 434. A township in the parish of Frodsham and hundred of Eddisbury. NORMANBY, co. Lincoln. P. T. Market Kasen (148) 7J m. W b S. Pop. 328. A parish in the east division of the wapen take of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey ; bounded on the east by the river Ancholme ; living, a dis. vicarage'in the archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 5/. ; ann. val. P. R. 67/. ; church ded. to St. Peter and St. Paul ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. Here is a small en dowed school. NORMANBY, co. Lincoln. p. T. Barton-upon-Humber (167) llm.WSW. Pop. with Pa. A hamlet in the parish of Barton-upon- Stather and north division of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey. NORMANBY, co. Lincoln. P. T. Gainsborough (149) 8 m. SE. Pop. 21. A township in the parish of Stow and east division of the wapentake of Well, parts of Lindsey.NORMANBY, N. R. co. York. P. T. Guisborougb (245) 6 to. WNW. Pop. 122. A township in the parish of Ormesby and east division of the liberty of Langbaurgh NORMANBY, N. R. co. York. P. T. Pickering (2-26) 5 m. WSW. Pop. of Pa. 223. Of To. 191. A parish and township in the wapentake of Ryedale ; living, a dis. rectory in the arch deaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. 9/. 12s. 6d. ; patron (1829) Arthur Cayley, Esq. Here are an endow ment for education and a mineral spring. Normanby gives the title of Viscount to Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave. NORMANBY-UPON-THE-WOLDS, co. Lincoln. P. T. Market Rasen (148) 3J m. N b E. Pop. 96. A "parish in the west division of the wapen take of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey; liv ing, a dis. rectory with that of Claxby, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 91. 10s. 10 See Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands. ORLESTONE, co. Kent. P. T. Ashford (53) 5J m. S b W. Pop. 453. A parish, partly in $e liberty of Romney Marsh, and partly in the hundred of Ham, lathe of Shepway ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canter bury ; valued in K. B. 4/. 15s. 9d. ; ami. val. P. R. 117/. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) Thomas Thornhill, Esq. ORLETON, co. Hereford. P. T. Leominster (137) 6 m. N b E. Pop. 574. Fair, April 23 and 24,"for cattle. A parish in the hundred of Wolphy ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford ; certified value 20/. 10s. ; ann. val. P. R. 130/.; patrons, the Governors of Lno- ton school. The Leominster Canal passes through this parish. Courts leet and baron are held in March and October, and the petty sessions for the division. Blount, the antiquary, was a native of this parish, and lies buried in the chancel of the church. ORLETON, co. Worcester. P. T. Tenbury (130) 7 m. E b S. Pop. 135. A chapelry in the upper division of the hun dred of Doddingtree ; living, a curacy, sub ordinate to the rectory of East Ham, in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Here ford, not in charge ; chapel ded. to St. John the Baptist ; patronage with East Ham rec tory. ORLINGBURY, co. Northampton. Pop. 5193. A hundred in the centre of the count)', be tween Kettering and Wellingborough, con taining fifteen parishes. ORLINGBURY, co. Northampton. P. T. Wellingborough (67) 4 m. NWb N. Pop. 343. A parish in the hundred of the same name; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Northampton and diocese of Peterborough i valued in K. B. 20/. 7s.3£d. ; church ded. to St. Mary; patron (1829) Sir B. W. Bridges, Bart. ORMESBY, N. R. co. York. P. T. Guisborough (245) 6 m. W b N. Pop. 785. A parish in the east and west divisions of the liberty of Langbaurgh ; living, a vicar age in the archdeaconry of Cleveland and dio cese of York ; valued in K. B. 6/. 18s. 6\i. ; ann. val. P. R. 140/. ; church ded. to St. Cuthbert ; patron, tbe Archbishop of York. Here is a small rent charge for teaching poor children. 98 ORM ORMESBY, SAINT MARGARET, co. Norfolk. P. T. Caister (126) 3J m. NW b N. Pop. 6S7. A parish in the hundred of East Flegg ; liv ing, a dis. vicarage, with the curacy of Ormesby St. Michael, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K, B. 10/. 0s. lOd. ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. ORMESBY, SAINT MICHAEL, co. Nor folk. P. T. Caister (126) 3 m. NWb N. Pop. 261. A parish in the hundred of East Flegg ; liv ing, a curacy, with the vicarage of Ormesby St. Margaret, in the archdeaconry and dio cese of Norwich, not in charge ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. . ORMESBY, NORTH, or NUN, co. Lin coln. P. T. Louth (149) 5J m. NWbN. Pop. 111. A parish in the wapentake of Ludborough, parts of Lindsey; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 3/. ; ann. val. P. R. 83/. ; church ded. to St. Helen ; patrons (1829) Miss E. and S. Ansell. Here was a monas tery, founded in'the reign of Stephen, for monks and nuns of the Sempringham order. ORMESBY, SOUTH, co. Lincoln. P. T. Spiisby (132) 6 m. NNW. Pop. with ICettlesby 261. A parish in the hundred of Hill, parts of Lindsey ; living, a rectory, with Kettlesby, Calceby, and Dryby, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B 14/. 13s. Hid. ; church ded. to St. Leonard ; patron (1829) C. B. Massingberd, Esq. ORMISTOUN, or ORMISTON, shire of Haddington, S. P. T. Tranent (10) 3 m. S. Pop. 779. A parish and village, the former extending about five miles in length, and from one to three in breadth, along the border of a branch of the river Tyne. This river, which rises in Edinburghshire, after a north- east- ernly course of about thirty miles, passes the town of Haddington, and enters the Firth of Forth at Tynninghame. It some times occasions great inundations,, one of the most remarkable of which happened October 4, 1775, when the river suddenly rose seventeen feet above its usual level, de luging the adjacent country. The surface of the land in this parish is in general flat, and the soil a rich clay : the country is well enclosed with hedge- rows and other fences. Limestone is here abundant ; and on the estate of the Earl of Hopetoun is a mine of coal of remarkable good quality. The liv ing, formerly a rectory, is in the presbytery of Dalkeith and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale ; patron, the Earl of Hopetoun The village, which stands on rising ground, consists of two rows of houses, forming a spacious street, sheltered with beautiful plantations. Near this village is Ormiston 99 ORM Hall, the seat of the Earl of Hopetoun ; but formerly belonging to the Cockburns, a family which produced several distinguished lawyers and statesmen. On the top of a hill, called Dodridge Law, about two miles south of the village, are the remains of a Danish camp. ORMOND, co. Tipperary, Munster, I. Pop, 57,519. One of the. county baronies. It extends over thirty parishes, is divided into upper and lower parts, and includes the market-town of Nenagh, exclusive of many villages. The noble family of Butler derive title of Mar quis from the barony. J ORMSIDE, or ORME'S HEAD, GREAT, co. Westmorland. P. T. Appleby (270) 2J m. S E b S.' Pop. 202. A parish in East ward, pleasantly situated near the river Eden ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle ; valued in K. B. 17/. 17s. 3jd, ; patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church, which is dedicated to St. James, is an ancient edifice, situated on a considerable eminence, and has a tower with two bells. The Hall is an ancient building, now converted into a farm house. ORMSIDE, or ORME'S HEAD, LITTLE, co. Westmorland. P. T. Appleby (270) 3 m. SE b.S. Pop. with Great Ormside. A hamlet in the parish of Great Ormside, East ward. ORMSKIRK, co. Pal. of Lancaster. London 219 m. N W b N. Pop. of Pa. 12,422. Of To. 3S38. M. D. Thurs. Fairs, Whit- Mou. and Sept. 8, for horned cattle and horses. A market-town, parish, and township, in the hundred of West Derby. The town is well built, and consists principally of four streets, crossing each other at right angles, with the market-place in the centre ; it has many handsome buildings, and its trade con sists chiefly in cotton-spinning and the ma nufacture of coarse thread for sailcloth. The inhabitants are also celebrated for making fine gingerbread and sweetmeats, which meet with a rapid sale in the surrounding towns, and are even exported. There are considerable coal mines in the parish, the disposal of the local produce of which is much facilitated by the Drylin Naviga tion, and Leeds and Liverpool canal. The living is a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester ; valued in K. B. 10/. ; patron (1829) the Earl of Derby. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a Gothic structure of great an tiquity, with a square tower ; and at a small distance in the churchyard, a spire steeple : tradition reports that this edifice was built by two sisters of the name of Orme, one of whom wished to have a tower, and the other a spire, but as they could not agree, they erected both. A chapel in this church was erected, according to the will of Edward H2 ORP O RT the third Earl of Derby, bearing date 1572 ; it contains a cemetery of the Stanley family, whose remains have been interred here since the dissolution of the monasteries ; and seve ral of the monuments were removed from Barscough Priory to this place. An epis copal chapel at Skelmersdale was erected by subscription in 1776'(and enlarged in 1823 ; it is in the patronage of the Vicar : that at Latham is a donative in the gift of Lord Skelmersdale. Ormskirk contains two cha pels for Dissenters, and a grammar-school, founded by Henry Croft, Esq. in 1614. Here are also a blue-school, founded in 1724, by the Earl of Derby, and now rendered a na tional one ; an infant-school, and a dis pensary. About two miles north of the town are some small remains of Burs- cough Priory, which was founded in the reign of Richard I., by Robert Fitzhenry. The petty sessions for Ormskirk division of West Derby are holden here. ORONSAY, ISLAND OF, shire of Argyll- See Collonsay. ORPHIR, shire of Orkney and Shetland, S. Pop. 906. A parish in tbe island of Pomona, extend ing about eight miles in length, and from two to three in breadth ; and containing 12,800 acres. Tbe surface of the country is diversified with hills and vales, the latter of which are watered by many small streams. At the north-western extremity is a lake, three miles in circumference, called the Loch of Kirbister. Here are several chalybeate springs, and abundance of iron-ore ; and also veins of coal. The living is in the pres bytery of Cairston and synod of Orkney ; patron, Lord Dundas. The church was built in 1707. In the churchyard are the remains of an ancient structure, called the Girth House, forming a rotunda eighteen feet in diameter, and twenty feet high, open at the top. From its resemblance to the Pantheon, some have ascribed its origin to the Romans ; but it is more probable that it was a chapel, founded in honour of some saint, in the middle ages. At Howton is a harbour for small vessels, to the north of which, on an eminence, called the Wart or Warder Hill, is supposed to have stood a palace of the ancient earls or counts of Orkney, which was the scene of some remarkable events in the history of these islands. ORPINGTON, co. Kent. P. T. Foot's Cray (12) 2£ m. S b W. Pop. 754. A parish in the hundred of Ruxley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone ; livings, » rectory and a dis. vicarage with the curacy of St. Mary Cray, both peculiars in the diocese of Canterbury, the former a sinecure, va lued in K. B. 30/. 14s. 4jd., and the latter 11/. 10s. 5d. ; church ded. to All Saints ; patron of the former the Archbishop of Canterbury, and of the latter the Rector of Orpington. Here are the remains of an ancient building, called Bark-Hart, which appellation it received from Queen Eliza- beth, who was entertained here hy Percival Hart, with the exhibition of a sea-fight and other pageantry, in July, 1573. ORR. SeeUrr. ORRELL, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Liverpool (206) 4J m. N. Pop. with Ford 217. A township in the parish of Sephton and hundred of West Derby. ORRELL, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Wigan (200) 3 m. W. Pop. 2100. A township in the parish of Wigan and hundred of West Derby. Here is an esta blishment of Benedictine nuns, of French origin, removed in 1821 from Heath, in Yorkshire. ORRERY, co. Cork, Munster, I. Pop. 18,532. A barony, united in all county returns with that of Killmore. It extends over 64,846 acres, comprises eleven parishes, besides the town of Liscarrol, and villages of Mil ford and Newtown. A branch of the Boyle family takes the title of Earl from this place. ORREST-HEAD, co. Westmorland. i P. T. Ambleside (278) 6 m. SE b S. Pop. with Pa. A township in the parish of Windermere, Kendal ward. ORSETT, or HORSET, co. Essex. P. T. Chelmsford (29) 18Jm. SSW. Pop. 1130. A parish in the hundred of Barnstaple; living, a rectory, exempt from visitation, and in the diocese of London ; valued in K. B. 29/. 6s. 8d. ; church ded. to St. Giles and All Saints ; patron, the Bishop of London. ORSLOW, co. Stafford. P. T. Penkridge (131) 7 m. W. Pop. with Pa. A township in the parish of Church Eaton and west division of the hundred of Cuttle- stone. ORSTON, co. Nottingham. P. T. Newark (124) 9 m. S b W. Pop. 391. A parish in the north division of the wa pentake of Bingham ; living, a dis. vicar age in the archdeaconry of Nottingham and diocese of York; valued in K. B. 12/.4s.7c/.; church ded. to St. Mary; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. ORTON, co. Northampton. P. T. Kettering (74) 4 m. W b N. Pop. 91. A hamlet and chapelry in the parish and hundred of Rothwell ; living, a curacy subordinate to the vicarage of Rothwell, in the archdeaconry of Northampton and dio cese of Peterborough, not in charge; chapel ded. to All Saints ; patronage with Roth well vicarage. , 100. ORT O SB ORTON, co. Stafford. P. T. Wolverhampton (123) 4 m. SW b S. Pop. 170. A liberty in the parish of Wombourne and south division of the hundred of Seisdon. ORTON-ON-THE-HILL, co. Leicester. P. T. Atherstone (105) 5 m. N. Pop. 370. A parish in the hundred of Sparkenhoe; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 6/. 12s. 8d. ; church ded. to St. Edith ; patron, the Bishop of Oxford. ORTON, or OVERTON, co. Westmorland. London 276 m.NWbN. Pop. 1525. M.D. Wed. Fairs, May 2, for black-cattle ; Frid. before Whit-Sund., for sheep and black- cattle. A market-town and parish in East ward, pleasantly situated on the road between Appleby and Kendal, near the river Lune ; it consists chiefly of one long irregular-built street. The living is a vicarage in the arch deaconry and diocese of Carlisle ;' valued in K. B. 16/. 17s. 3id.|; patrons (1829) John Teasdale, &c. The church, which is ded. to All Saints, is a spacious and ancient Gothic structure, with a tower-steeple, con taining four large bells. Orton has the ad vantage of two fairly endowed freeschools. Near Orton Scar is Castle Folds, formerly surrounded by a strong wall, with a small fort for the defence of the castle, &c, dur ing the incursions of the Scots, and upon the highest part of the Scar was a beacon, which communicated with those of Penrith, Stainmore, and Whinfell. In the vicinity is acopper mine, and it also abounds in lime stone. At a short distance from thejtown are the remains of a castle, which appears to have been a very strong fortress. Dr. Burn, the author ofthe "Justice of the Peace," and joint editor of the " History and Antiquities of Cumberland and West morland," was vicar of this parish for thirty years. On the highest part of Orton Scar there was formerly a beacon communicating with all the rest on the Scottish' border. Some Druidical remains have been found here.ORTON, or OVERTON GREAT, co. Cum berland. P. T. Carlisle (301) 5jm. WSW. Pop. of Pa. 442. Of To. 208. A parish and township in Cumberland ward, situated on a considerable eminence, and commanding beautiful views of Gretna, Carlisle, and many other places ; it was formerly a place of some importance, and is said to have been a market-town. The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle ; valued in K. B. 9/. ; patron (1829) Sir Wastel Briscoe, Bart. ORTON, or OVERTON LITTLE, co. Cumberland. P. T. Carlisle (301) 4 m. W b S. Pop. with Pa. A hamlet in the parish of Orton, Cumber land ward. 101 ORTON, or OVERTON LONGVILLE, co. Huntingdon. P. T. Peterborough (81) 2 m. SW b W. Pop. 213. A parish in the hundred of Norman Cross ; living, a rectory with that of Botolph Bridge, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 12/. 6s. 5id. ; patron (1829) the Earl of Aboyne. The church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient struc ture, containing many handsome monu ments. ORTON, or OVERTON WATERVILLE, co. Huntingdon. 2 P. T. Peterborough (81) 3 m. SW b W. Pop. 282. A parish in the hundred of Norman Cross ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 12/. lis. 5id. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron, Pembroke Hall, Cam bridge. ORWELL, co. Cambridge. P. T. Royston (37) 7 m: NNW. Pop. 475. A parish in the hundred of Wetherley ; liv ings, a rectory and a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, the former a sinecure, valued in K. B. 19/. 19s. 44d., and the latter 7/. 10s. lOd. ; ann. val. P.R. 68/. Is. 8d. ; church ded. to St. Andrew ; patron of the former, Trinity College, Cam bridge, and of the latter, the Rector of Or well. ORWELL, shire of Kinross, S. P. T. Kinross (25) 1| m. N. Pop. 2529. A parish, sometimes called Milnathort, from the name of the principal village in which the church is situated. It is about six miles in length, and five in breadth ; the surface in general is flat, rising gra dually towards the Ochil Hills, and the soil is for the most part fertile. The living, formerly a vicarage, is in the presbytery of Dunfermline, and synod of Fyfe ; patron, — Graham, of Kinross. There is a pa rochial school, with a salary for the master of 300 merks, with school-fees and other advantages. Near the base of the Lomond Hills, in the eastern part of the parish, are the remains of the castle of Burleigh, for merly a place of great strength, and the residence of the Lords of Burleigh. OSBALDESTON, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Blackburn (212) 4 m. NW b N. Pop. 319. A township in the parish and hundred of Blackburn.OSBALDWICK, N. R. co. York. P. T. York ( 196) 2J m. E. Pop. of Pa. 310. Of To. 176. A parish and township in the liberty of St. Peter of York ; living, a dis. vicarage and a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York ; valued in K. B. il. ; church ded. to St. Thomas ; patron, the Prebendary of Strensall, in York cathedral. OSM OSP OSBASTON, co. Leicester. P. T. Market Bosworth (106) 2 m. NEb E. Pop. 176. A hamlet partly in the parish of Market Bosworth and partly in that of Cadeby. OSBOURNBY, co. Lincoln. P. T. Folkingham (106) 3 m. NNW, Pop. 428. A parish in the wapentake of Aveland, parts of Kesteven ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln ; va lued in K. B. 71. 0s. 5d. ; church ded. to St. Peter and St. Paul ; patron (1829) the Duke of Rutland. OSGATHORPE, co. Leicester. P. T. Ashby-dela-Zouch (115) 5 m. ENE. Pop. 352. A'parish in the hundred of West Goscote ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Lei cester and diocese of Lincoln; ann. val. K.B. 71. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron (1829) the Marquis of Hastings. Here is an en dowment of 100/. per annum, for the main- tainance of a schoolmaster and six clergy men's widows. A canal passes from this parish into the Loughborough Canal. OSGODBY, co. Lincoln. P. T. Corby (105) 5 m. NE. Pop. 05. A hamlet in the parish of Lavington and wapentake of Beltisloe ; parts of Kesteven. OSGODBY, co. Lincoln. P. T. Market Rasen (148) 5 m. N W. ; Pop., with Rirkby, 214. A parish in the west division of the wapen take of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey. OSGODBY, E. R. co. York. P. T. Selby (181) 3 m. NE b E. Pop. 185. A township in the parish of Hemingbrougb and wapentake of Ouse and Derwent. OSGODBY, N. R. co. York. P. T. Scarborough (217) 3 m. SE. Pop. 72. A township in the parish of Cayton, and east division of the wapentake of Pickering Lythe. OSGOLDBY GRANGE, N. R. co. York. P. T. Thirsk (217) 5 m. ESE. Pop., with Hood Grange, 30. A hamlet in the parish of Kilburn and wa pentake of Birdforth. OLLASTON, co. Derby. P. T. Derby (126) 7 m W b N. Pop., with Thurvastou, 440. A township in the parish of Sutton-on-the- Hill, and hundred of Appletree. OSMASTON, co. Derby. P. T. Ashborne (139) 2 m. SSE. Pop. 296. A hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Brailesford and hundred of Appletree ; liv ing, a curacy subordinate to the rectory of Brailesford, in the archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, of the certified value of 15/. ; ann. val. P. R. 80/. ; chapel ded. to St. Martin ; patron age with Brailsford rectory. Osmaston Hall is a handsome building, erected in the year 1696, partly of stone, and partly of brick, but the brick-work has since been covered with stucco ; it has two spacious fronts ; that facing the north possesses con siderable beauty. The mansion is furnished with an excellent library, and a valuable collection of paintings. The grounds are to lerably well wooded, and command several interesting views over the surrounding county. OSMASTON, co. Derby. P. T. Derby (126) 2£ m. SE. Pop. 169. A hamlet and chapelry in the parish of St. Werburgh, and hundred of Repton and Gresley ; living, a curacy subordinate to the vicarage of St. Werburgh, in the arch deaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield and Coventiy, not in charge ; ann. val. P.R, 142/. ; chapel ded. to All Saints ; patron (1829) Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart. OSMINGTON, co. Dorset. P. T. Melcombe Regis (127) 4 m. NE. Pop. 318. A parish in the hundred of Colliford Tree, Dorchester division ; living, a vicarage in the ai'chdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Bristol; valued in K. B. 11/. 0s. 2|d.; church ded. to St. Osmond; patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. OSMOTHERLEY, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Ulverston (273) 3 m. N b W. Pop.264. A township in the parish of Ulverston and hundred of Lonsdale, north of the sands. Here is a school for the education of twenty children, and a place cf worship for Wes- leyan Methodists. OSMOTHERLEY, or OSMUNDERLEY, N. R. co. York. P. T. Northallerton (225) 7Jm. NE b E. Pop. of Pa. 1087. Of To. 755. A parish and township in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; living, a dis. vicarage, ex empt from visitation, and in the diocese of York; valued in K.B. 8/ 10s. ; ann. val. P.R. 51/.; church ded. to. St. Peter ; patron, tbe Bishop of Durham. Here are two small endowments for twenty poor children, and places of worship for Roman Catholics, Friends, and Wesleyan Methodists. This parish contains extensive quarries of free stone, as also mills for the spinning of cor dage. OSPRINGE, co. Kent. P. T. Faversham (47) 1 m. WSW. Pop.912, A parish in the hundred of Faversham, lathe of Seray, situated on a small stream which falls into Faversham Creek, and on which are several extensive gunpowder- works. It is considered the site of ancient Durolevum, and many Roman remains have been found here. [It is an independent fran chise, and governed by) its own constable. This parish contains a neat range of bar racks for infantry. The living is a vicar age in the archdeaconry and diocese of 102 OSS -Canterbury ; valued in K. B. 10/. ; patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church, which is ded. to St. Peter and St. Paul, is an ancient structure, and formerly had a circular tower, built with flints, which fell to the ground while the bells were ringing to celebrate the return of King William from Flanders, on the 11th of October, 1695. King Henry III. founded an hospital, or Maison de Dieu here, some remains of which may still be seen on the north side of the street, and on the opposite side formerly stood an hospital for lepers. OSSETT, W. R co. York. P. T. Wakefield (182) 3£ m. W. Pop. 4775. A township and chapelry in the parish of Dewsbury and lower division of the wa pentake of Agbrigg ; living, a curacy sub ordinate to the vicarage of Dewsbury, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, of the certified value of 5/. ; ann. val. P. R. 115/. 5s. ; chapel ded. to the Holy Trinity ; recently enlarged under the late act of Par liament ; patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. Here are a subscription school, and places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. OSSINGTON, co. Nottingham. P. T. Tuxford (137) 4 m. S b E. Pop. 301. A parish in the north division of the wa pentake of Thurgarton ; living, a curacy and a peculiar of Southwell, not in charge ; ann. val. P. R. 40/. ; church ded. to Holy Rood ; patron (1829) J. E. Denison, Esq. OSSORY, Province of Leinster, I. An ancient bishopric, founded in the fifth century at Saigir, removed thence to Aghaboe, and settled at Killkenny, after 1178. It extends forty-six miles in length by twenty-nine in breadth, and comprises a superficies of 346,000 acres. It compre hends the city, and almost the whole of the county of Killkenny, the barony of Up per Ossory in the Queen's County, and that part of the King's County included in the parish of Seir-Kyran. There are 140 parishes in the diocese containing sixty-three bene fices by means of unions. The chapter con sists of a dean, precentor, chancellor, trea surer, archdeacon, and eight prebendaries. The palace, cathedral of St. Canice, and Otway Library, founded for the use of the clergy of the diocese, are situated at Kill kenny. The diocesan school has been dis solved, and its funds incorporated in the endowment of a district school for Ossory and Leighlin, established in the town of Carlow. See Killkenny City. OSSORY, UPPER, Queen's County, Lein ster, I. Pop. 32,740. One of the nine baronies into which the county is divided. It comprehends seven teen parishes, the towns of Rathdwney, Bor- ros, Donafjhmore, exclusive of several vil lages. This was the ancient Osragii,, the 103 OSW district of the M'Gilla-Padruig's, Or Fitz- patricks, who now enjoy the title of Earl of Upper Ossory. OSSULSTONE, co. Middlesex. Pop. 758,890. A hundred, comprising the south-eastern part of the county, bounded on the south by the Thame, and east by the Lea. It con tains thirty-six parishes, exclusive of the metropolis, which is locally situated in this division of Middlesex. OSWALD KIRK, N. R. co. York. P. T. Helmsley (222) 4 m. S b E. Pop. 212. A parish in the wapentake of Ryedale ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Cleve land and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. 10/. Is. 8d. ; church ded. to St. Oswald ; pa tron (1829) the Rev. Thomas Comber. Here are some remains of a very ancient building, said to have belonged to tbe monastic esta blishment which was removed to Byland. OSWALD, SAINT, co. Northumberland. P. T. Hexham (278) 4 m. N b E. Pop. with Wall township. A chapelry in the parish of St. John Lee and south division of Tinedaleward ; living, a curacy, with that of St. John Lee, in the archdeaconry of Durham and diocese of Northumberland, not in charge ; patronage with St. John Lee curacy. The chapel stands on an elevated site, where King Oswald first raised the standard of the cross, and van quished the warlike British chief, Caedwalla. In commemoration of this event, the con vent of Hexham erected this church in ho nour of St. Cuthbert and the canonized monarch. In the chapel-yard stands a de faced Roman altar ; and in a field near it skulls and hilts of swords have been fre quently discovered. OSWALDKIRK QUARTER, N. R. co. York. P. T. Easingwold (213) 8 m. NE. Pop. 176. A township in the parish of Ampleforth and wapentake of Ryedale. OSWALDSLOW, co. Worcester. Pop. 43,090. A hundred, situated in the centre of the county, around the city of Worcester, con taining sixty-one parishes. OSWALDTWISTLE, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Blackburn (212) 3 m. ESE. Pop. 4960. A township in the parish of Whalley and hundred of Blackburn. Here are large works for calico printing and the manufac ture of cotton goods. OSWESTRY, co. Salop. Pop. 17,189. A hundred, forming the north-eastern ex tremity of the county, bordering on Den bighshire, containing thirteen parishes, in cluding the town from which it takes its name. osw OSWESTRY, co. Salop. London 171 m. NW. Pop. of Pa. 3613. Of Pa. 3910. M. D. Wed. Fairs, March 15, for horned cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, home made lineu-cloth, &c. ; great fair, May 12, ditto and pedlery, particularly oxen ; Wed. bef. June 24, ditto ; Aug. 15, ditto ; Wed. bef. Michaelmas-day, ditto ; aud Dec. 10, ditto and firkin-butter. A market-town, parish, and township, in the hundred of the same name, but having separate jurisdiction. It is pleasantly situ ated on an eminence, between Wan's and Offa's Dyke, which run parallel to each other at two miles distance ; it was formerly called Oswaldstre or Oswald's Cross, which appellation it is said to have derived from Oswald, King of Northumberland, who was slain here by Penda, King of Mercia, and his body in derision nailed to a cross, in the year 642, before which time it was called Maserfield. On account of its situation, it was greatly harassed during the conquest of Wales by Edward I. ; and in the barons' wars, King John burnt the town and castle to the ground ; it was soon after rebuilt, and in 1233 was again burnt by Llewellin. The town was formerly sur rounded by walls, very few remains of which are now to be seen ; and the gates were placed at the four cardinal points, but were taken down about the year 1769 ; since which the town has been rapidly increasing in size, particularly on the English side. It is now well paved and lighted, and contains a town-hall, a prison, and a theatre ; aud an nual races are held here in September. The trade, which is considerable, consists chiefly iu cotton goods, coarse linens, woollens, called Welsh-webs, and articles of provi sion ; and it is greatly benefited by tbe canal which communicates with the Severn, the Dee, and the Mersey. The government of the town is vested in a mayor, twelve alder men, fifteen common-councilmen, &c. ; the mayor, recorder, and murenger, are elected by the corporation ; the high-steward and town-clerk are in the appointment of the lord of the manor ; the coroner for the town is an annual office, held by the same person the year succeeding the mayoralty. The quarter sessions are h'olden here. The living is a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. Asaph ; valued in K. B. at 23/. 15s. 7id.; patron (1829) Lord Clive. The church, which is dedicated to St. Os wald, is a spacious, and was once a very handsome structure ; the tower, which is beautifully mantled with ivy, has a very pic turesque effect. A chapel of ease was erected at Trefonnen in this parish by subscription, in 1810, for service in the Welsh lauguage. Oswestry contains several meeting-houses for Dissenters, and a modern- built, com modious, and well- endowed free grammar- school, by the bounty of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. A national school has also been esta blished ; and there is a society for amelio rating tbe condition of the poor. Here was formerly a castle, said to have been erected in the reign of Stephen, but it has now OTH almost entirely disappeared ; the small por tion which remains is on a lofty eminence at the west end of the town, from whence the prospect is both rich and extensive, em bracing great part of Shropshire and some of the adjacent counties. OSWINTHORPE, or OSMONDTHORPE, W. R. co. York. P. T. Leeds (189) 2 m. E b S. Pop. with Pa. A hamlet in the parish of Whitkirk and lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack. This place is said to be the villa regia in re- gione Loidis of Bede, and the residence of Oswyn, King of Northumbria, who was murdered in 651. Several remains of an cient works have been discovered here. OSYTH, SAINT, or CHICH, co. Essex. P.T. Colchester (51) 11 m. SE. Pop. 1114. A parish in the hundred of Tendring ; living, a donative in the archdeaconry of Colches ter and diocese of London, not in charge; ann. val. P. R. 60/. ; patron (1829) F. Nas sau, Esq. In the church are several monu ments, in memory of the Darcey family. Here is a small endowed school. There are two wharfs in this parish on a creek or arm of the river Coin, which is navigable for barges and sloops. St. Osyth receives its name from a daughter of Redwald, King of East Anglia, who was murdered by the Danes. She founded a nunnery here, which afterwards became a priory of Augustine Canons, the remains of which building are very noble and impressive. OTFORD, co. Kent. 1'. T. Sevenoaks (23) 3 m. N. Pop. 630. ? A parish in the hundred of Codsbeatb, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone ; living, a curacy, sub ordinate to the rectory of Shoreham, and a peculiar in the diocese of Canterbury, not in charge; ann. val. P. R. 53/. ; church ded. to St. Bartholomew ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Here are the ruins of an ancient palace, wliich belonged to the archbishops of Canterbury. Archbishop Becket is said to have been particularly fond of this retirement. Edward I. was enter tained here by Archbishop Winchelsea, in his twenty-ninth year ; and this palace was several times visited by Henry VIII., to whom Archbishop Cranmer surrendered many of the possessions of his see, and among them the manor and palace of Otford. In the vi cinity of this place, two considerable battles were fought in the Saxon times ; the first was about the year 773, between Aldric, King of Kent, and King Offa ; when the latter, after a great slaughter, obtained the victory ; the last was in the year 1016, when Canute the Dane was defeated by the brave Edmund Ironside.OTHAM, co. Kent. P. T. Maidstone (34) 3 m. SE b E.; Pop. 337. A parish in the hundred of Eyhorne, lathe of Aylesford ; living, a rectory in the arch deaconry and diocese of Canterbury ; valued 104 OTL OTT in K. B. 9/. 17s. 3Jd. ; church ded. to St. Nicholas; patron (1829) the Rev. W. Home. The late celebrated George Home, Bishop of Norwich, was born at Otham parsonage, in the year 1732. OTHERTON, co. Stafford. P. T. Penkridge (131) 1 m S. Pop. with Pa A township in the parish of Penkridge and east division of the hundred of Cuttlestone OTHERY, co. Somerset. P. T. Langport (128) 4 m. NW b N. Pop. 509. A parish in the hundred of Whitley ; living, a dis. vicarage and a peculiar in the diocese of Bath and Wells ; valued in K. B. 12/. ; ann. val. P. R. 60/. ; church ded. to St. Michael ; patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. OTLEY, co. Suffolk. P. T. Woodbridge (77) 6 m. NW b N. Pop. 629. A parish in the hundred of Carleford ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Suf folk and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 16/. 6s. 5id. ; patron (1829) the Earl of Abergavenny. The church, which is de dicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, containing several antique monuments. OTLEY, W. R. co. York. London 205 m. NNW. Pop. of Pa. 9358. Of To. 3065. M. D. Frid. Fairs, Wed. in Easter week; every fortuight till Whit- Sund., and then every three weeks ; for horned cattle and household goods ; Aug. 1, and Frid. before Nov. 22, statute. A market-town, parish, and township, in the upper division of the wapentake of Skyrack ; the town is well built, and de lightfully situated on the banks of the river Wharfe, which abounds with excellent trout and other fish. This was one of the great Saxon parishes, the parent of severil others, which were separated soon after the Con quest. Otley formerly had the advantages of an extensive woollen manufacture, but this has long been removed to more favour able situations ; the market is well sup plied, and numerously attended ; and great quantities of corn are brought here, and sold into the manufacturing districts. The living is a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. 13/. Is. 8d. ; ann. val. P. R. 128/. ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a spacious structure, and contains some ancient tombs and monuments. Here is a grammar- school, founded by Thomas Cave, in the year 1611. The Archbishop of York for merly had a palace here, very few remains of which are now to be seen. At the south east of the town is a bold and craggy cliff, called Otley Chevin, which hangs majes tically over the high road to Leeds, and extends to the river Wharfe, at Pool ; the views from its summit of the vale below, with the river meandering through it, are most delightful. 105 OTTERBOURNE, co. Southampton. P. T. Winchester (62) 4 m. SSW. Pop.'565. A parish in the hundred of Buddlesgate, Fawley division ; living, a curacy subor dinate to the vicarage of Hursley, exempt from visitation, and in the diocese of Win chester, not in charge ; church ded. to St. Matthew ; patronage with Hursley vicar age. About eighty years ago, a circular plate was discovered here at the depth of twelve feet ; it was three inches and a half in diameter, bearing the head and inscrip tion of Julius Ccesar, and was similar to those fixed on the eagles and other ensigns ofthe Romans. OTTERBURN, W. R. co. York. P. T. Settle (235) 6Jm.SE. Pop. 40. A township in the parish of Kirkby in Mal- ham Dale and west division of the wapen take of Staincliffe and Ewcross. OTTERBURN- WARD, tco. Northumber land. P. T. Hexham (278) 21 m. N b W. Pop. 383. A township in the parish of Elsdon and south division of Coquetdale ward, contains a, large woollen manufactory, including a carding and fulling mill, and a dye-house. This place is memorable in history for the battle between the English and Scots, wherein Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, was taken prisoner, and Earl Douglas, the Scotch general, slain ; this contest took place by moonlight, on the 19th of August, 1388. OTTERDEN, co. Kent. P. T. Charing (47) 3J m. N. Pop. 172. A parish, partly in the hundred of Eyhorne, lathe of Aylesford, and partly in that of Faversham, lathe of Seray ; living, a rec tory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury; valued in K. B. 61. lis. 2d. ; church ded. to St. Laurence; patron (1829) Mrs. Wheler. OTTERFORD, co. Somerset. P. T. Taunton (141) 7 m. S. Pop. 366. A parish in the hundred of Taunton and Taunton Dean ; living, a. curacy in the archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells ; certified value 14/. ; ann. val. P. R. 40/. ; church ded. to St. Leonard ; patron (1829) R. Buncombe, Esq. Here is a small endowed school. OTTERHAM, co. Cornwall. P. T. Camelford (228) 6 m. NE b N. ' Pop. 212. A parish in the hundred of Lesnewth ; liv ing, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Exeter ; valued in K. B. 61. lis. 2d. ; ann. val. P. R. 106/. 18s. ; church ded. to St.Dennis; patron (1829) W. Chilcott, Esq. OTTERHAMPTON, co. Somerset. P. T. Bridgewater (139) 6 m. NW. Pop. 221. A parish in the hundred, of Cannington ; OTT living, a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells ; valued in K. B. 13/. 6s. ; patron (1829) J. Evered, Esq. OTTERINGHAM, E. R. co. York. P. T. Hull (174) 15 m. E b S. Pop. 637. A parish in the south division of the wapen take of Holderness ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York ; certified value 17/. ; ann. val. P. R. 39/. ; church ded. to St. Wilfrid ; patron (1829) Frederick Watt, Esq. Here is a small endowed school. OTTERINGTON, NORTH, N. R. co. York. P. T. Northallerton (225) 2£ m. S. Pop. of Pa. 585. Of To. 44. A parish and township in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; living, a dis. vicarage, exempt from visitation, and in the diocese of York ; valued in K. B. il. ; ann. val. P. R. 104/. ; church ded. to St. Michael ; patronage with Thorn ton-le-Street vicarage. OTTERINGTON, SOUTH, N. R. co. York. P. T. Northallerton (225) 4i m. S b E. Pop. 201. A parish in the wapentake of Birdforth ; living, a dis. rectory in two medieties, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York, leach mediety valued in K. B. 71. lis. 4Jd. ; church ded. to St. Andrew ; patron (1829) the Rev. J. Sampson. OTTERTON, co. Devon. P. T. Sidmouth (159) 4 m. SW b W. Pop. 1071. A parish in the hundred of East Budleigh, it derived its name from the river Otter, which falls into the sea near this place. The living is a vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter ; valued in K. B. 22/. ; church ded. to St. Michael ; patron (1829) Lord Rolle. Here was an alien priory of Black Monks, suppressed by Edward IV., the prior of which claimed the right of first choice in the fish-market, of taking to him self the half of every dolphin brought there, and appropriating every porpoise at the price of twelve pence, a loaf to each sailor, and two to the master. OTTERY, ST. MARY, co. Devon. Pop. 3522. A hundred, situated near the western ex tremity of the county, containing the parish from which it is named. OTTERY, SAINT MARY, co. Devon. London 161 m.WSW. Pop. 3522. M. D. Tues. Fairs, Tues. bef. Palm-Sun. ; Whit- Tues. ; and Aug. 15 ; for cattle, sheep, &c. A market-town and parish in the hundred of the same name, pleasantly situated near the river Otter, from which it derives its name. The town is large, but irregularly built, and the inhabitants formerly derived their chief employment from the manufac ture of flannel-serge and other woollengoods; OUG but these have been for the most part su perseded by extensive silk-works, especially the manufacture of ribbands and handker chiefs. Here are also tan-yards and rope- walks. Courts-leet and baron are held annually for the manor, at which two con stables are appointed for the parish, and two for the town. The office of the con stable of the hundred, there also chosen, is permanent. The living is a dis. vicaragein the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter ; valued in K. B. 20/. ; patron, the Lord Chancel lor. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, and once collegiate, is the principal object^in the town ; it is a spacious and hand some structure, in the early Gothic style, and is of singular construction ; on each side is a square tower, opening into the body of the church, and forming two transepts, as in Exeter cathedral ; the towers are orna mented with pinnacles and open battlements, and that on the north has a small spire ; at the north-west corner is a richly-ornamented chapel, built by Bishop Grandison, the roof of wliich is covered with fan-shaped tracery. The church contains several handsome and ancient monuments, which, however, have been greatly neglected. A free grammar- school was founded here by Henry VIII., but no boys are instructed on this founda tion, although two or three receive classical education in consideration of a donation of land in 1666 by Mr. Edward Salter, who also assigned an exhibition of 6/. per annum to any one of the colleges of Oxford for one of the scholars so educated. Here are also a subscription charity school, two sets of almshouses, and various benefactions for charitable purposes, with a meeting house for the Independent Calvinists. In Mill Street are the remains of an ancient mansion, once inhabited by the great Sir Walter Raleigh ; and in one of the old col legiate houses, near the churchyard, is a large parlour, which Oliver Cromwell used as a convention-room. The petty sessions are holden here. Races are occasionally held at Caddy Law, about half a mile from this town. OUGHAVAL, or AUGHAVAL, co. Mayo, Connaught, I. P. T. Westport (170) adjacent. Pop. 7081. A parish in the barony of Morisk, situated upon Clew Bay ; living, a vicarage in the diocese and archdiocese of Tuam, united with the vicarages of Aghagower, Killmac- lusser, Killgavower, and Morrisk. It pos sesses both a church and parsonage ; patron, the Archbishop. OUGHTERAGH, co. Tipperary, Munster, I. P. T. Caher 1112) 4 m. NE. Pop. 317. A parish in the barony of Middlethird ; liv ing, an entire rectory in the diocese of Lis- more and archdiocese of Cashel ; valued in K. B. at 51. 2s., and by commutation for tithes at 92/. 6s. lid. Neither church nor parsonage in this parish, but a glebe of nine teen acres; patron, the Bishop of the dio cese. Area of parish, 1792 acres. 106 OUL OUGHTERARD, co. Galway, Connaught, I. Dublin 150 m. W b N. Pop. 527. A post-town in the parish of Killcommen and barony of Moycullen, situated near the banks of Lough Corrib. The new post-road from Galway to Clifden passes through this place. This is a permanent military station. OUGHTERARD, co. Killdare, Leinster, I. P. T. Ratbcoole (10) 5 m. SW. Pop. of Pa. 550. Of Vii. 107. A village and parish in the barony of South Salt ; living, a rectory in the diocese of Killdare and archdiocese of Dublin ; valued in K. B. 67. 3s. Id. It forms part of the union of Kill ; patron, the King. Here are the ruins of an old church; and near, one of the ancient pillar- towers. OUGHTERBY, co. Cumberland. P. T. Carlisle (301) 7 m. W. Pop. 105. A township in the parish of Kirk Bampton, Cumberland ward. OUGHTERLEAGUE, co. Tipperary, Mun ster, I. P. T. Cashel (100) 5 m. NW. Pop. with Ballintemple. A parish in the barony of Killnamanagh ; living, a rectory and a vicarage in the dio cese and archdiocese of Cashel, forming part of tbe union of Ballintemple ; patron, the Archbishop. Area of parish, 1900 acres of land. OUGHTMANNA, co. Clare, Munster, I. P. T. Corofm (151) m. N. Pop. 443. A parish in the barony of Burrin ; living, a rectory and vicarage, and a constituent part of the corps of the chancellorship, in the dio cese of Killfenora and archdiocese of Cashel ; patron, the Bishop of Killaloe and Killfe nora. OULSTON, N. R. co. York. P. T. Helmesley (222) Si m. SW b S. Pop. 225. A township in the parish of Coxwold and wapentake of Birdforth. Here is a small Catholic chapel. OULSWICK, co. Buckingham. P. T. Wendover (35) 5J m. W b S. Pop. with Pa. A township in the parish of Monk's Ris- borough and hundred of Aylesbury. OULTON, co. Cumberland. P. T. Wigton (303) 2 m. NNW. Pop. 336. A township in the parish of Wigton, Cum berland ward. Here is a chapel for Scotch Baptists ; and in 1828 a workhouse was built here, at tbe cost of 400/., wliich was obtained by the sale of an allotment of common land. OULTON, co. Norfolk. P. T.Aylsham(118)4m. WNW. Pop. 332. A parish in the hundred of South Erping ham ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdea conry and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 81. 5s. ; church ded. to St. Paul; pa tron (1829) Stephen Cook, Esq. 107 ous OULTON, co. Suffolk. P. T. Lowestoft (114) 3 m. W. Pop. 471. A parish in the hundred of Mutford and Lothingland ; living, a rectory in the arch deaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 14/. 13s. 4d. ; patron (1829) the Rev. G. Anguish. The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient edifice, and was originally built in the form of a cathedral, with two cross-aisles or tran septs ; the south transept is in ruins, but the north still remains. In the chancel are some ancient brass effigies. OULTON, or OLD TOWN, W. R. co. York. P. T. Wakefield (182) 5£ m. NNE. Pop. 936. A township in the parish of Rothwell and wapentake of Agbrigg. This place, gave birth to Dr. Richard Bentley, an eminent divine and critic, and master of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was born in 1661. OULTON, LOW, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Tarporley (178) 3J m. E b N. Pop. 60. A township in the parish of Over and hun dred of Eddisbury. OUNDLE, co. Northampton. London 81 m. N b W. Pop. 2279. M.JD. Sat. Fairs, Feb. 25 ; Whit-Mond. ; Aug. 21, for horses, sheep, and a few cows ; Oct. 12, for all sorts of stock and cheese. A market-town and parish in the hundred of Polebrook, situated on a sloping ground, and almost surrounded by the river Nen, over which are two good stone bridges. The town has a neat appearance, and the houses are in general well built. The liv ing is a dis. vicarage with the curacy of Ashton, in the archdeaconry of Northamp ton and diocese of Peterborough ; valued in K. B. 13/. 6s. 8d. ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, which is dedi cated to St. Peter, consists of a nave, north and south aisles, transept, and chancel, with a square tower, which consists of five stories, with an octagonal turret, terminating each angle, and is surmounted by an hexagonal crocketed spire. Oundle has the benefit of a free grammar-school, a charity-school, and an almshouse. This town gave birth to the following characters -. William Hacket, a religious enthusiast, who boldly opposed the established orders in church and state, and was executed on a gibbet in Cheapside, in 1591; Peter Hausted, a clergyman, who took up arms during the civil wars, in tbe time of Charles I., and at last fell a sacrifice to his loyalty in defending Banbury Castle, while besieged by the Parliamentarians, in the year 1643 ; and Dr. John Newton, a celebrated divine and mathematician, was born here in 1622. In the vicinity of this town are some chalybeate springs. OUSBY, or ULFSBY, co. Cumberland. P. T. Penrith (283) 8§ m. ENE, Pop. 276. A parish in Leath ward ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle • valued in K. B. 13/. 13s. 4d. ; church ded! ous to St. Luke ; patron, the Bishop of Car lisle. Here are some remains of an ancient British fort, which consists of an outward and inner rampart, with a ditch between them. OUSDEN, co. Suffolk. P. T. Newmarket (61) 7 m. ESE. Pop. 331. A parish in the hundred of Kisbridge ^liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Sud bury and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 10/. 3s. 9d. ; church ded. to St. Peter; patron; (1829) the Rev. J. T. Hand. ' OUSE and DERWENT, E. R. co. York. Pop. 7909. A wapentake, situated at the western extre mity of the East Riding of the county, bounded on the south and west by the river Ouse, and on the east by the Derwent, con taining thirteen parishes, one chapelry, and eighteen townships. OUSEBURN, GREAT, W. R. co. York. P. T. Aldboroughl(207) 4 m. S E. Pop. 437. A parish in the lower division of the wa pentake of Claro ; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese of Chester; valued in K. B. 31. 10s. ; church ded. to St. Mary, enlarged under the late act ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. A small obelisk has been erected here to mark the head of the river Ouse, which is here a most insignificant stream. Here is a small endowment for educating six children. OUSEBURN, LITTLE, W. R. co. York. P. T. Aldborough (207) 5 m. SE b S. Pop. of Pa. 1S72. Of To. 293. A parish and township in the upper division of the wapentake of Claro ; living, a vicar age in the archdeaconry of Richmond and diocese of Chester ; valued in K. B. 31. 8s. 4d. ; church ded. to the Holy Tri nity ; patron, the Precentor of York cathe dral. Here four children receive education from the proceeds of a small annuity. OUSEFLEET, W. R. co. York. P. T. Howden (180) 7 m. SE b E. Pop. 253. A township in the parish of Whitgift and lower division of the wapentake of Osgold- cross. OUSETHORPE, E. R. co. York. P. T. Pocklington (212) 2.J m. NE b N.' Pop. 9. A township in the parish of Pocklington and Wilton Beacon division of the wapen take of Harthill. OUSTON, or ULSTAN, co. Pal. of Dur- ham. P. T. Durham (253) 9 m. N. Pop. 304. A township in the parish of Chester-le- Street and middle division of Chester ward. Here are several extensive collieries. OUSTON, or OSULVESTON, co. Lei cester. P. T. .Melton Mowbray (105) 8 m. S b E. Pop. with Newbold 212. A parish in the hundred of Gartree ; living. OUT and diocese of Lincoln; certified Value 40/. ann. val. P. R. 65/. ; church ded. to St! Andrew ; patronage with Withcott rectory Here was formerly an abbey for Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustin, founded by Robert Grimbald, one of the justices of England, in the reign of Henry II. OUSTON, co. Northumberland. NWbweWPop.e32POI1"Tyne (W4) 12i ¦"' A township in the parish of Stamfordham and north-east division of Tinedale ward OUTCHESTER, co. Northumberland. ' P. T. Belford (322) 2 m. E. Pop. 109. A township in the parish of Bambrough and north division of Bambrough ward, situated on the west side of the river Warn, near its confluence with Budle Bay, and was the Castrum Ulterius of the ancient port and borough of Warn mouth, which was a con siderable town, and enjoyed privileges si milar to the burgesses of Newcastle. Wood and coals are still imported here, and vast quantities of corn and flour are shipped for London and other places. The bay affords a safe harbour for vessels of eighty tons burden. On the small river Warn are se veral corn-mills, and at its estuary is a large rabbit-warren. OUTERAGH. See Oughteragh. OUTRAGH, or OUGHTRAGH, co. Lei- trim, Connaught, I. P. T. Ballynamore (93) adjacent. Pop. of Pa. 6833. Of Vii. 104. A village and parish in the barony of Carri- gallen ; living, a vicarage in the diocese of Killmoreand archdiocese of Armagh; valued in K. B. il. ; and possessing a church, par sonage, and glebe of 682 acres ; patron, the Bishop of the diocese. Here is an Hiber nian Society's school of thirty-nine boys and twenty-four girls . OUTRAGH, or OUTRATH, co. Killkenny, Leinster, I. P. T. Killkenny (75) 2 in. S. Pop. 974. A parish in the barony of Shillelogher ; liv ing, a prebend, and constituent part of the corps of the chancellorship, in the diocese of Ossory and archdiocese of Dublin ; pa tron , the Bishop of the diocese. See Inchi- hologan. OUTERBY, or OUTERSIDE, co. Cum berland. P. T. Cockermouth (306) 7 m. N b W. Pop. with Allerby 347. A township in the parish of Aspatria, Aller- dale ward below Darwent. OUTSEATS, co. Derby. P. T. Stony Middleton (161) 5 m. N b E. Pop. 177. A township in the parish of Hathersage and hundred of High Peak. OUTWELL, cos. Cambridge and Norfolk. P. T. Downham Market (84) 7 m. W b"N. Pop. 954. A parish, partly in the hundred of Wis beach, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, a curacy in the archdeaconry of Leicester and partly in the hundred of Clackclose, 108 O VE county of Norfolk, situated on the banks of the Nen ; living, a dis. rectory in the arch deaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Nor wich ; valued in K. B. 16/. ; church ded. to St. Clement ; patron, the Bishop of Ely. OUTWOOD, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T, Bury (195) 5 m. SW b S. Pop. with Pilkington township. A hamlet in the parish of Oldham-cum- Prestwick and hundred of Salford. OVENDEN, W. R. co.York. P. T. Halifax (197) li m. NW. Pop. 6360. A township in the parish of Halifax and wapentake of Morley. OVER, co. Cambridge. P. T. St. Ives (59) 4 m. E b N. Pop. 802. A parish in the hundred of Papworth ; liv ing, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely ; valued in K. B. 19/. 0s. lOd. ; ann. val. P. R. 50/. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The rectory of Over, an impropriation in Trinity College, Cambridge, is valued in K. B. 51/. 13s. llid. Here is a, small en dowed school. OVER, co. Pal. of Chester. London 167 m. NW b N. Pop. of Pa. 2514. Of To. 2157. M. D. Wed. Fairs, May;15 and Sept. 25, for horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, onions, aud pedlery ware. A market-town, parish, and township in the hundred of Eddisbury, situated on the river Weaver, on the road between Middlewich and Chester. It consists of one long:irregular street, in which are the remains of many crosses. Winsford Bridge, over the Weaver, unites the parishes of Over and Davenham, on each side of which houses have been built in consequence of the extension of the salt trade. On both sides of the river are ex tensive brine pits, from which the salt is conveyed in flats to Liverpool. The town, from time immemorial termed a borough, is under the government of » mayor, chosen annually at the court leet and baron of the lord of the manor, and two juries are sum moned, one for the borough called the Grand Jury, and the other for the subordi nate townships called the County Jury. The living is a dis. vicarage in the arch deaconry and diocese of Chester ; valued in K. B. 71. is. ; church ded. to St. Chad ; pa tron, the Bishop of Chester. Here is a free grammar-school, founded in 1689 by Mrs. Eliz. Venables, and a place of worship for Independents. OVER, co. Gloucester. P. T. Gloucester (104) 4J m. W b N. Pop. with Higham and Lintou 252. A hamlet in the parish of Churcham and lower division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton. OVER, co. Gloucester. P. T. Bristol (114) 6J m. Nb W. Pop. 133. A tithing in the parish of Almondsbury and lower division of the hundred of Langley and Swineshead. 109 O VE OVERBURY, co. Worcester. P. T. Tewkesbury (103) 6 m. NE b E. Pop. 764. A parish in the middle division of the hun dred of Oswaldslow, situated on the borders of Gloucestershire; and it has long enjoyed the benefit of manufacture ; a powerful stream runs through the parish, which has long been employed in turning a paper-mill and corn-mill, and some trade has been carried on in malting. The living is a dis. vicarage, with the curacies of Alston, Ted- dington, and Little Washbourne, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester ; valued in K. B. 91. 10s. ; church ded. to St. Faith ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Here is a freestone quarry which affords great quantities of stalactites and encrustations, as also some petrifying springs. OVER CHURCH, or UPTON, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Great Neston (194) 9 m. N b W. Pop. 1S3. A parish in the hundred of Wirrall ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester ; certified value il. ; ann. val. P. R. 46/. 5s. ; patron (1829) J. Feilden, Esq. OVER, LITTLE, co. Derby. P. T. Derby (126) 2 m. SW b S. Pop. 397. A township and chapelry in the parish of Mickle Over and hundreds of Morleston and Litchurch ; living, a curacy subordinate to the vicarage of Mickle Over, in the arch deaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, not in charge; ann. val. P.R. 90/. ; chapel ded. to St. Peter ; patronage with Mickle Over vicarage. OVERS, co. Salop. Pop. 2573. A hundred situated at the south extremity of the county bordering upon Worcester shire, containing six parishes. OVERSLEY, co. Warwick. P. T. Alcester (103) 1 m. SE. Pop. 211. A hamlet in the parish of Arrow and Strat ford division of the hundred of Barlichway. Here are the ruins of an ancient castle. OVERSTON, co. Northampton. P. T. Northampton (66) 5 m. NE. Pop. 192. A parish in the hundred of Spelhoe ; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Northamp ton and diocese of Peterborough ; valued in K. B. 12/. 16s. 3d. ; church ded. to St. Nicholas; patron (1829) Earl Brownlow. OVER STRAND, or OXSTRAND, co. Norfolk. P. T. Cromer (132) 2 m. SE. Pop. 154. A parish in the hundred of North Erping ham ; living, a dis. rectory in the archdea conry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich ; valued in K. B. 21. Is. 5§d. ; ann. val. P. R. 90/. ; church ded. to St. Martin : patron (1829) Lord Suffleld. , OVE OVERTON, co. Pal. of Chester. P. T. Chester (183) 16 m. SSE. Pop. 101. A township in the parish of Malpas and hundred of Broxton. OVERTON, co. Flint, N. W. P. T. Ellesmere (169) 4J m. N. Pop. 1668. Fairs, Mond. bef. Holy Thurs.; June 11; Aug. 29 ; aud Oct. 8. A village agreeably situated upon a little eminence overlooking the course of the river Dee, in the parish of Overton and hundred of Maelor ; living, a curacy, not in charge, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. Asaph; ,'patron, Sir P. L. Fletcher, Bart. The inhabitants of this parish and of Knol- ton, paying scot and lot here, are entitled to vote at the election of a member of Par liament for the borough of Flint. A castle - field was the site of a palace once occupied by Madoc ap Menedydd, Prince of Powys and Overton. OVERTON, co. Pal. of Lancaster. P. T. Lancaster (240) 4 m. S W. Pop. 344. A chapelry in the parish of Lancaster and hundred of Lonsdale, south of the sands ; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry of Rich mond and diocese of Chester ; certified value 12/. 5s. ; patron, the Vicar of Lan caster.OVERTON, co. Southampton. Pop. 2783. A hundred in the Kingsclere division and northern part of the county near Whit church, containing seven parishes. OVERTON, co. Southampton. P. T. Whitchurch (50) 3 m. ENE. . Pop. 1341. Fairs, May 4 ; July 18 ; Oct. 22, for sheep ; and Whit-Mon. for sheep and toys. A parish in the hundred of the same name, Kingsclere division, was anciently a borough and market-town, and sent two members to Parliament, but through neglect lost its charter. An excellent trout stream runs through this parish and turns several silk and corn- mills, and great quantities of malt are made here and in the vicinity. Tlie livings are a rectory and a vicarage, with the curacy of Tadley, the former a sinecure in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winches ter ; valued in K. B. 29/. 19s. 7d. ; and the latter a peculiar in the diocese of Winches ter ; valued in K. B. 14/ 12s. 3§d. ; church ded. to St. Mary ; patron of the former, the Bishop of Winchester, and of the latter, the Rector of Overton. Here is a place of worship for Independents. OVERTON, N. R. co. York. P. T.York (196) 5 m. NW. Pop. of Pa. 709. Of To. 59. A parish and township in the- wapentake of Bulmer; living, a dis. vicarage in the arch deaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York ; valued in K. B. il. 8s. lljd. ; ann. val. P.R. 135/. ; church ded. to St. Cuthbert ; patron (1829) Mrs. Earle. The abbots of York anciently had a residence at this place. Here is an endowed freeschool for fifty boys. O VI OVERTON COLD. See Cold Overton. OVERTON, EAST, co. Wilts. P. T. Marlborough (74) 2J m. S b VV. Pop. 734. A parish, partly in the hundreds of Elstub and Everley, and partly in that of Selkley ; living, a vicarage with the curacies of Alton Priors and Fyfield, in the archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury ; valued in K. B. 23/. 0s. 5d. ; church ded. to St. Mi, chael ; patron (1829) the Duke of Marl borough.OVERTON MARKET. See Market Over ton. OVERTON, WEST, co. Wilts. P. T. Marlborough (74) 34 m. W b S. Pop. with Pa. A township in the parish of East Overton and hundred of Selkley. OVING, or UVING, co. Buckingham. P. T. Aylesbury (38) 6 m. NNW. Pop. 372. A parish in the hundred of Ashenden ; liv ing, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Buck ingham and diocese of Lincoln ; valued in K. B. 71. 17s lid. ; church ded. to All Saints ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. OVING, co. Sussex. P. T. Chichester (02) 3 m. E. Pop. 637. A parish in the hundreds of Box and Stock- bridge, rape of Chichester ; living, a vicar age in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chi chester ; valued in K. B. 10/. lis. 10&d. ; patron, the Precentor of Chichester cathe dral. OVINGDEAN, co. Sussex. P. T. Brighton (51) 3 m. E b S, Pop. 79. A parish in the hundred of Younsmere, rape of Lewes ; living, a dis. rectory in the arch deaconry and diocese of Chichester ; va lued in K. B. 9/. 5s. 6d. ; patron (1829) W. Marshall, Esq. OVINGHAM, co. Northumberland. P.T. Newcastle-upou-Tyne (274) 11 m. W. Pop. of Pa. 2742. Of To. 205. Fair, April 26, for swine, fat and lean. A parish and township in the east division of Tinedale ward, pleasantly situated on the north bank of the Tyne, was formerly a market-town, and governed by a bailiff; it is tolerably well built and contains two public houses,