is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a curious cruciform edifice, having a low tower; the nave is in the Norman style of architecture. A recently constructed rail-road, from Stratford upon Avon to Moreton in the Marsh, passes through the village.

ALDERSEY, a township in the parish of CODDINGTON, higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 83 miles (S. E. by S.) from Chester, containing 138 inhabitants. Salt-works existed here in the middle of the sixteenth century; and there is still a brine spring in the neighbourhood, which is not worked owing to the distance whence coal must be brought for that purpose.

ALDERSHOTT, a parish in the hundred of CRONDALL, Basingstoke division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Farnham, containing 525 inhabitants. The living is a donative, endowed with £1800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the principal landed proprietors. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The ancient seat of the Tichborne family has been converted into a farmhouse. This parish is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.

ALDERTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of TEWKESBURY, County of GLOUCESTER, 44 miles (N. N. W.) from Winchcomb, containing, with the hamlet of Dixon, 312 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £22. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Rev. Robert Townsend, D.D. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret.

ALDERTON, a parish in the hundred of CLELEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 34 miles (E. S. E.) from Towcester, containing 177 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Grafton Regis, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £ 12. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret.

ALDERTON, a parish in the hundred of WILFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 7 miles (S. E. by S.) from Woodbridge, containing 566 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 18. 4., and in the patronage of the lords of four neighbouring manors, who present alternately. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.

ALDERTON, a parish forming a detached portion of the hundred of CHIPPENHAM, county of WILTS, 7 miles (S. W. by W.) from Malmesbury, containing 176 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Sherston Magna, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to St. Giles.

ALDERWASLEY, a chapelry in that part of the parish of WIRKSWORTH which is in the hundred of APPLETREE, County of DERBY, 24 miles (E. by S.) from Wirksworth, containing 454 inhabitants. The chapel belongs to F. Hurst, Esq., who appoints his own chaplain. There are iron-works and furnaces for smelting lead-ore in the neighbourhood.

ALDFIELD, a chapelry in that part of the parish of RIPON which is in the lower division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Ripon, containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Ripon, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mrs. Lawrence. This village is resorted to on account of its mineral springs, the water of which possesses a sulphureous impregnation : the neighbourhood abounds with beautiful and romantic scenery.

ALDFORD, a parish comprising the townships of Aldford and Churton, in the higher division, and the chapelry of Churton Heath, or Bruera, and the townships of Great Boughton, Buerton, and Edgerley, in the lower division, of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, and containing 1684 inhabitants, of which number, 491 are in the township of Aldford, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Chester. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £16. 17. 8., and in the patronage of Earl Grosvenor. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. This place derives its name from an old ford on the river Dee, which bounds it on the west, and is crossed by a good bridge: it had anciently a market and a fair. A castle was erected in the reign of Henry II., the earthworks of which only remain, nearly adjoining the church: during the siege of Chester, a garrison was placed here by Sir W. Brereton. Courts leet and baron are held for the manor, and are attended by the freeholders of Thornton and Alton, who have distinct juries. Here is a free grammar school, with an endowment of £200 per annum and a school for boys and girls is supported by contributions among the inhabitants, the school-house having been erected at the expense of Earl Grosvenor. There are also six almshouses for widows, endowed with £22 per annum. Vestiges of a Roman road, connecting the northern and southern Watling-streets, are still visible.

ALDHAM, a parish in the Witham division of the hundred of LEXDEN, County of ESSEX, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Great Coggeshall, containing 435 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £12, and in the patronage of the Bishop of London.

ALDHAM, a parish in the hundred of CoSFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (N. N. E.) from Hadleigh, containing 292 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Thomas Barrett Lennard, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

ALDINGBOURN, a parish in the hundred of Box and STOCKBRIDGE, rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 44 miles (E. by N.) from Chichester, containing, with the hamlets of Lidsey and Westergate, 855 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £5. 10. 5., and in the patronage of the Dean of Chichester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

ALDINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of LONSDALE, north of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 5 miles (S.) from Ulverstone, comprising the townships of Upper Aldingham, Lower Aldingham, Glas

ton, and Leece, and containing 760 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £39. 19. 2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The sea has encroached upon a considerable part of the parish, in consequence of which the church, said to have been formerly in the centre of it, is now within the reach of a high tide. In the vicinity is an elevated promontory, commanding extensive views into Westmorland and Yorkshire, and surrounded by a moat, which is supposed to have been used as a 'look out," during the incursions of the Picts and Scots.

ALDINGTON, a parish partly in the liberty of ROMNEY-MARSH, but chiefly in the franchise and barony of BIRCHOLT, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Hythe, containing 735 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Smeeth annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £38. 6. 8. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, displays the early style of English architecture in its general structure; but, among later additions, there is a finely ornamented window of five lights.

ALDINGTON, a hamlet in the parish of BADSEY, upper division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER, 2 miles (E.) from Evesham, containing 87 inhabitants.

ALDRIDGE, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Walsall, containing, with the chapelry of Great Barr, and the liberty of Bentley, 1682 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £8. 1. 3., and in the patronage of Sir E. D. Scott, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The neighbourhood affords a kind of clay, well adapted for the manufacture of the finest sort of pottery, tiles, &c. Here is an extensive distillery; and the trade of the district is greatly facilitated by the Wyrley and Essington Extension canal, which passes through the parish. A court leet is held once in two years. There are two free schools, one with an endowment of about £110 per annum, founded in 1718, by the Rev. John Jordan, in which from thirty to forty scholars are educated; and the other, for the education of eight poor girls, endowed with £12 per annum. A National school for girls, established in 1827, is supported by subscription. The remains of a Roman encampment are visible in the parish.

ALDRINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, County of SUFFOLK, 24 miles (N. by W.) from Aldborough, containing, with the hamlet of Thorpe, 315 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, endowed with £1000 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Huntingfield. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. A market was formerly held here, which has fallen into disuse there is a small fair on St. Andrew's day. ALDSTONE, county of CUMBERLAND.

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(S. E.) from North Leach, containing 347 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Vicar of Bibury, concurrently with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of Gloucester, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of ChristChurch, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.

ALDWARD, a township in the parish of ECCLESFIELD, northern division of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, West riding of the county of YORK, 24 miles (N. E.) from Rotherham, containing 35 inhabitants.

ALDWARK, a township in that part of the parish of BRADBORNE which is in the hundred of WIRKSWORTH, County of DERBY, 52 miles (N. W. by W.) from Wirksworth, containing 92 inhabitants. This township is in the honour of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster, and within the jurisdiction of a court of pleas held at Tutbury every third Tuesday, for the recovery of debts under 40s.

ALDWINKLE (ALL SAINTS), a parish in the hundred of HUXLOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 4 miles (N.) from Thrapston, containing 240 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £12. 4. 2., and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Roberts, D.D. The church is remarkable for its beautiful tower; it has some windows in the decorated style of English architecture, and a small ornamented chapel adjoining the southern side of the chancel. Richard Thorpe, in 1671, bequeathed land, now producing £16 a year, for the support of a free school for this and the adjoining parish of St. Peter. The river Nene flows through the parish, in which there is a chalybeate spring. The poet Dryden was born at the parsonage-house, in 1631.

ALDWINKLE (ST. PETER'S), a parish in the hundred of HUXLOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 32 miles (N. by E.) from Thrapston, containing 166 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £11. 6. 3., and in the patronage of Lord Lilford. There is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. The river Nene, which is navigable to the North sea, and communicates with the Northampton canal, flows through this parish, on the border of which are the remains of a singular cruciform building, called Liveden, erected by the Tresham family, and richly decorated with sculpture, especially round the cornice, which exhibits a Roman Catholic legend and a variety of religious symbols. Dr. Thomas Fuller, author of "The History of the Worthies of England," and other learned works, was born in this parish.

ALDWORK, a township in the parish of ALNE, partly in the liberty of ST. PETER of YORK, East riding, and partly in the wapentake of BULMER, North riding, of the county of YORK, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Aldborough, containing 163 inhabitants. The navigable river Ure runs through the township.

ALDWORTH, a parish in the hundred of COMPTON, county of BERKS, 44 miles (E. by S.) from East Ilsley, containing 293 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £8. 16. 04., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St. John's Col

lege, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, containing nine monuments, elegantly sculptured, supposed to represent different members of the De la Beche family, and to have been executed in the fourteenth century: the tombs are disposed under enriched arches; six of the effigies are habited as knights in armour, the seventh is in ordinary attire, and the remaining two are those of females. Aldworth is thought by Hearne to have been a Roman settlement.

ALEMOUTH, or ALNMOUTH, a sea-port and township in that part of the parish of LESBURY which is in the southern division of BAMBROUGH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Alnwick, containing 406 inhabitants. The village is situated on a tongue of land, formed by the sea and the mouth of the river Alne, whence its name. The port is subordinate to that of Berwick: about ten vessels, of from fifty to one hundred and fifty tons' burden, belong to it, which are chiefly employed in conveying goods to and from London. Corn, eggs, pork, &c., are sent to London, and wool to the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, but the trade is not so extensive as formerly. Shipbuilding was carried on some years ago, but that also has declined. Alnmouth is partially resorted to, during the summer, for sea-bathing. A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists was erected in 1826. On a small island, at the mouth of the river, was a chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the remains of which were blown down in 1806: at the time of its erection the site formed part of the main land, from which it was separated by the encroachments of the sea, and a change in the course of the river.

ALETHORPE, a hamlet in the parish of FAKENHAM, hundred of GALLOW, county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Fakenham, containing 9 inhabit

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ALFOLD, a parish in the first division of the hundred of BLACKHEATH, county of SURREY, 8 miles (S. E. by S.) from Godalming, containing 470 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £ 6. 11. 2., and in the patronage of the Rev. L. W. Elliot. The Arun and Wey junction canal passes through this parish.

ALFORD, a market town and parish in the Wold division of the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 34 miles (E.) from Lincoln, and 137 (N. by E.) from London, containing 1506 inhabitants. It derives its name from an ancient ford over a stream that twice crosses the town, and consists principally of one street: the houses are in general built of brick and covered with tiles, though occasionally intermixed with some having thatched roofs. A canal from this town to the sea is now in progress, which promises to be productive of great benefit. The market is on Tuesday: the fairs are on Whit-Tuesday and the 8th of November. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Rigsby, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfred, is a stone edifice repaired with brick, and contains many ancient monuThere are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A court of requests, for

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sums not exceeding £5, is held once a month, under an act passed in the 47th of George III., the jurisdiction of which extends over several other towns in the county. The free grammar school was founded and endowed by Mr. Francis Spanning, in 1565; its revenue, which was but small, has been considerably augmented by subsequent benefactions. By a charter obtained in 1576, it was made a royal foundation, and the management vested in governors, who are a body corporate, and have a common seal. There are two quinquennial fellowships at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for its scholars, and a scholarship of £6. 8. 6. per annum at Jesus' College, Cambridge, for students from Alford, Caistor, or Louth schools. The National school, in which one hundred and thirty children of both sexes are instructed, was founded by Mr. John Spenluffe, who endowed it with an estate now producing £70 per annum. houses for six people were erected and endowed by Sir Robert Christopher, Knt., in 1668; the endowment was subsequently augmented by Lord Harborough, in 1716. Alford confers the title of viscount on the family of Brownlow.

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ALFORD, a parish in the hundred of CATSASH, county of SOMERSET, 12 mile (W. by N.) from CastleCary, containing 136 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £9. 9. 9., and in the patronage of John Thring, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. At a farm-house called Alford Well, about three quarters of a mile from the church, there is a saline chalybeate spring, now disused, but formerly in great repute for the cure of scorbutic complaints and jaundice.

ALFRETON, a market town and parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE, county of DERBY, 14 miles (N. N. E.) from Derby, and 140 (N. N. W.) from London, containing, with Alfreton-Outseats, 4689 inhabitants. This place, in King Ethelred's charter to Burton abbey, is called Alfredingtune, and is supposed to have derived its name from some Anglo-Saxon proprietor. It stands on the brow of a hill, and consists of two streets, intersecting each other at right angles in the marketplace the houses are irregularly built, some of them exhibiting specimens of ancient architecture. The only branches of manufacture are those of stockings and brown pottery ware. The Erewash canal passes through the parish. The market is on Friday: fairs are held on July 30th and November 22nd; the latter is also a statute fair. Constables and other officers are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £17. 8. 9., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mr. and Mrs. Morewood. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, appears to have been constructed at different periods, part of it prior to the reign of Henry II. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A free school was founded by Mrs. Eliza Turner, in 1740, and endowed with forty acres of land at Swanwick, a hamlet in this parish, for the instruction of twelve boys and eight girls of Swanwick and Greenhilllane, in reading, writing, and arithmetic; there are now forty children in the school; the house and farm are occupied by the schoolmaster.

ALFRICK, a chapelry in the parish of SUCKLEY, upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Worcester, containing 445 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. Here is a free school, with an endowment

of £10 per annum.

ALFRISTON, a parish in the hundred of ALCISTON, rape of PEVENSEY, county of SUSSEX, 34 miles (N. E.) from Seaford, containing 648 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £11. 16. 0., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, exhibits a mixture of the decorated and later styles of English architecture. On the neighbouring downs are several barrows, in some of which, urns, knives, spear-heads, and other articles, have been dug up: numerous wheat-ears are caught upon them in the month of August.

ALGARKIRK, a parish in the wapentake of KIRTON, parts of Holland, county of LINCOLN, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Holbeach, containing 602 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Fosdike, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £50. 18. 14., and in the patronage of the Trustees of the Rev. B. Beridge. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul: the burial-ground contains a stone statue, said to be that of Earl Algar, who, aided by his seneschals Wibert and Leofric, obtained a victory over the Danes near this place, in 870, but was defeated and slain the next day.

ALHAMPTON, a tything in the parish of DITCHEAT, hundred of WHITESTONE, county of SOMERSET, 24 miles (N.W. by N.) from Castle-Cary. The population is returned with the parish. There was formerly a chapel at this place.

ALKERTON, a tything in the parish of EASTINGTON, lower division of the hundred of WHITSTONE, county of GLOUCESTER, 3 miles (W.) from Stroud, containing 963 inhabitants.

ALKERTON, a parish in the hundred of BLOXHAM, county of OXFORD, 6 miles (W.N.W.) from Banbury, containing 158 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 9., and in the patronage of the Rev. J. C. Townsend. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Thomas Lydiat, the learned mathematician and chronologer, was born here, in 1572.

ALKHAM, a parish in the hundred of FOLKESTONE, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Dovor, containing 509 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Capel le Ferne annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Anthony, is partly Norman and partly in the early style of English architecture. According to Domesday-book a church existed here in the time of Edward the Confessor.

ALKINGTON, a tything in the parish and upper division of the hundred of BERKELEY, county of GLOUCESTER, 14 mile (S. E.) from Berkeley, containing 1101 inhabitants.

ALKINGTON, a township in that part of the parish of WHITCHURCH which is in the Whitchurch division of the hundred of BRADFORD (North), county of SALOP,

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ALKRINGTON, a township in the parish of OLDcum PRESTWICH, hundred of SALFORD, County palatine of LANCASTER, 4 miles (N.N.E.) from Manchester, containing 365 inhabitants.

ALLARTHORP, a joint township with Swainby, in that part of the parish of PICKHILL which is in the wapentake of HALLIKELD, North riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Bedale. The population is returned with Swainby.

ALLCANNINGS, a parish in the hundred of SWANBOROUGH, county of WILTS, 5 miles (E.) from Devizes, containing, with the tythings of Allington and Fullaway, 749 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Lea annexed, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £31. 16. 10., and in the patronage of Paul Methuen, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Anne. Here is a free school, endowed with £25 per annum.

ALLEN (ST.), a parish in the western division of the hundred of PowDER, County of CORNWALL, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Truro, containing 471 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £8. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Alleyn.

ALLENDALE, a parish in the southern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 92 miles (S. W. by W.) from Hexham, and 286 (N. N. W.) from London, comprising the market town of Allendale, and the townships of West Allendale, Broadside, Cotton, Keenty, and Forest, and containing 4629 inhabitants. The town is irregularly built on an acclivity gradually rising from the eastern bank of the river Allen, from which it derives its name, and is supplied with water from springs, which abound in the neighbourhood: a bridge was erected over this river in 1825, and in the same year a subscription library was established. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the lead mines, which are very extensive, producing upwards of two thousand five hundred tons annually: there are several walks for grinding and washing the ore, and some smelting-houses, in one of which, twenty-one tons pass through the furnace weekly, from which a considerable quantity of silver is separated. An act for making a new line of road through this parish, from Wardle, in the county of Durham, to Alston-Moor, in Cumberland, was obtained in 1826. The market is on Friday; and the fairs are held on the last Friday in April, the 22nd of August, and the first Friday after the 29th of October, for horses, cattle, and sheep in the market-place are the ruins of a cross. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Col. and Mrs. Beaumont. The church is a neat edifice of stone, rebuilt in 1807.

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Within the parish also are four chapels of ease, viz., St. Peter's, rebuilt in 1825; the chapel at Nine-Banks, partially rebuilt about 1816; the chapel at the Carr Shield, built in 1822; and that of Allenheads, rebuilt in 1826. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends and Wesleyan Methodists. A free grammar school was founded and endowed, in 1693, by Mr. Christopher Wilkinson and others; the master's salary is about £60 per annum. There are also various other schools connected with the different places of worship in the parish. At a place called Old Town, about three miles to the north-west, are vestiges of an ancient intrenchment, of a square form supposed to be Roman.

ALLENHEAD, or ALLONHEAD, a hamlet (formerly a distinct parish) in the parish of ALLENDALE, southern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 14 miles (S. S. W.) from Hexham. The living was a vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4.8.1., which has been consolidated with the perpetual curacy of St. Peter's, Allendale. Here is a domestic chapel, rebuilt by Col. Beaumont, in 1826, on the site of one erected in 1701: near it is a good house for the minister. There are several coal mines and veins of lead-ore in the neighbourhood, which are worked to a considerable extent.

ALLENSMORE, a parish in the hundred of WEBTREE, County of HEREFORD, 4 miles (S. W.) from Hereford, containing 513 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, annexed to that of Clehonger, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5. 12. 6., and endowed with £400 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.

ALLENTON, or ALLWINTON, a parish in the western division of COQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Allenton, Biddlesdon, Borrowdon, Clennell, Fairhaugh, Farnham, Linbriggs, Netherton (North side), Netherton (South side), Peals, and Sharperton, and containing 900 inhabitants, of which number, 106 are in the township of Allenton, 19 miles (W. by S.) from Alnwick. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Hallystone, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The river Coquet pursues a winding course through this parish, and joins the Alwine, from which latter the name of Allwinton is derived. A free school, in which twenty-six children are instructed, is endowed with about £28 per annum, arising from a donation of £350 by Mr. John Dixon, and some minor benefactions. Here was formerly an hospital belonging to the convent at Hallystone. On the south side of the Coquet are vestiges of an ancient structure, called Barrow Peel, to the west of which is Ridlee Cairn hill supposed to have been burial-places of the ancient Britons.

ALLER, a parish in the hundred of SOMERTON, county of SOMERSET, 6 miles (W.) from Somerton, containing 454 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £36. 15., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Emanuel College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St.

Andrew. At this place, Guthrum, the Danish chief, received baptism, under the sponsorship of Alfred the Great, after the famous victory obtained by that monarch over the Danes at Ethandune. Aller Moor was the scene of a battle between the royalists and the parliamentarians, in 1645. Dr. Ralph Cudworth, author of "The Intellectual System of the Universe," was born here, in 1617.

ALLERBY, or ALWARDBY, a joint township with Outerside, in the parish of ASPATRIA, ALLERDALE ward below Derwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 7 miles (N. N. W.) from Cockermouth. The population is returned with Outerside.

ALLERSTON, a parish in PICKERING lythe, North riding of the county of YORK, 43 miles (E. by S.) from Pickering, containing 401 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Ebberston, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of York.

ALLERTHORPE, a parish partly in the liberty of ST. PETER of YORK, but chiefly in the Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Allerthorpe and Waplington, and containing 151 inhabitants, of which number, 132 are in the township of Allerthorpe, 1 mile (S. W. by W.) from Pocklington. The living is a perpetual curacy, with the vicarage of Thornton annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean of York.

ALLERTON, a township in the parish of CHILDWALL, hundred of WEST DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, 5 miles (S. E.) from Liverpool, containing 328 inhabitants. Adjoining the farm on which stands the famous Allerton Oak there is a supposed Druidical monument, called Calder Stones, in digging around which, about sixty years ago, urns of the coarsest clay, containing human bones, were found.

ALLERTON, a township in the parish of BRADFORD, wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Bradford, containing 1488 inhabitants.

ALLERTON (CHAPEL), a parish in the hundred of BEMPSTONE, county of SOMERSET, 44 miles (S. W. by S.) from Axbridge, containing 335 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean of Wells, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 8. 4.

ALLERTON (CHAPEL), a chapelry in the parish of ST. PETER, within the liberty of the town of LEEDS, West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Leeds, containing 1678 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Leeds. Robert Parker, of Browsholme, founded here an hospital for ten poor widows, and endowed it with £50 per annum.

ALLERTON-BYWATER, a township in the parish of KIPPAX, lower division of the wapentake of SKYRACK, West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles 43 (N. W.) from Pontefract, containing 329 inhabitants.

ALLERTON-MAULEVERER, a parish in the upper division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (E. by N.) from Knaresborough, comprising the townships of AllertonMauleverer with Hopperton, and Clareton, and contain