county of YORK, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Halifax, with which the population is returned. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £600 royal bounty, and £2100 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Halifax.

ANNESLEY, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of BROXTOW, County of NOTTINGHAM, 6 miles (S.S. W.) from Mansfield, containing, with the hamlet of Felly, 397 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of J. Musters, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

ANSLEY, a parish in the Atherstone division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, County of WARWICK, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Nuneaton, containing 720 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £6. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The Oxford canal passes through the village there are some remains of an ancient castle. ANSLOW, or ANNESLEY, a township in the parish of ROLLESTON, northern division of the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD, 32 miles (N. W. by W.) from Burton upon Trent, containing 270 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

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ANSTEY, a parish in the county of the city of COVENTRY, 5 miles (N. E.) from Coventry, containing 205 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, and in the patronage of the Crown. In 1719, the Rev. John Million left property for founding and endowing a free school for the education of poor children of Anstey and Skilton; of this benefaction there remains but £2 per annum, arising from the lease of a school-house, originally granted for five hundred years.

ANSTEY, a parish in the hundred of EDWINSTREE, county of HERTFORD, 3 miles (S. E.) from Barkway, containing 440 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £21. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is a cruciform edifice, with a central tower, and is said to have been built from the ruins of a castle erected by Eustace, Earl of Boulogne, soon after the Conquest, traces of which are still visible.

ANSTEY, a chapelry in the parish of THURCASTON, western division of the hundred of GoscOTE, county of LEICESTER, 3 miles (N. W.) from Leicester, containing 784 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

ANSTEY, a parish in the hundred of DUNWORTH, county of WILTS, 54 miles (S. E. by S.) from Hindon, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, and in the patronage of Lord Arundel. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a very ancient structure. Here was a preceptory of the Knights Hospital

lers, founded by Walter de Turberville, in the reign of John, the revenue of which at the dissolution was £81. 8. 5.; its remains have been converted into a farm-house. Dr. Richard Zouch, an eminent civilian, and judge of the court of Admiralty in the reign of Charles I., was a native of this place.

ANSTEY (EAST), a parish in the hundred of SOUTH MOLTON, County of DEVON, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dulverton, containing 171 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the Mayor and Corporation of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.

ANSTEY (WEST), a parish in the hundred of SOUTH MOLTON, county of DEVON, 31⁄2 miles (W.) from Dulverton, containing 220 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £10. 16. 8., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Petrock. Here is an unendowed almshouse for the reception of the aged and infirm poor.

ANSTEY-PASTURES, an extra-parochial liberty, in the western division of the hundred of GoSCOTE, County of LEICESTER, 3 miles (N. W.) from Leicester, containing 11 inhabitants.

ANSTON (NORTH and SOUTH), a parish in the southern division of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, West riding of the county of York, 6 miles (W.N.W.) from Worksop, containing 776 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the prebend of Laughton en le Morthen, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Chancellor in the Cathedral Church of York, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary grant. The church is dedicated to St. James. Nails and starch are manufactured in this parish, and there is some business done in malt. Here is a small endowed school.

ANTHONY (ST.) in MENEAGE, a parish in the hundred of KERRIER, county of CORNWALL, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Falmouth, containing 330 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £4. 15. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. Here are two ancient intrenchments, Great and Little Dinas, the latter of which became the site of a small fort, which was occupied by the royalists, during the civil war, for the defence of Helford harbour, and was captured by Sir Thomas Fairfax, in March 1646. At St. Anthony was formerly a cell to the priory of Tywardreth, in the same county. In 1743, Anthony Hosken left a small endowment, to provide food, clothes, books, and instruction for poor children of this parish.

ANTHONY (ST.) in ROSELAND, a parish in the western division of the hundred of POWDER, county of CORNWALL, 9 miles (S. W. by S.) from Tregony, containing 179 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, and in the patronage of the Earl of Falmouth. Here was a priory of Augustine canons, subordinate to that of Plympton.

ANTHONY (WEST), a parish in the southern division of the hundred of EAST, county of CORNWALL, miles (S. E.) from St. Germans, containing 2642 in

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habitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £12. 17. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. James. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Ten poor children are instructed with the interest of £300 left for that purpose.

ANTHORN, a township in the parish of BowNESS, ward and county of CUMBERLAND, 8 miles (N. W. by N.) from Wigton, containing 203 inhabitants.

ANTINGHAM, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (N. W.) from North Walsham, containing 222 inhabitants. The living consists of the consolidated discharged rectories of St. Margaret and St. Mary, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, and in the patronage of Lord Suffield; the former is rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 8., and the latter at £6. 3. 14. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

ANTROBUS, a township in that part of the parish of GREAT BUDWORTH which is in the hundred of BUCKLOW, County palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (N.N. W.) from Northwich, containing 453 inhabitants.

ANWICK, a parish in the wapentake of FLAXWELL, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (N. E.) from Sleaford, containing 246 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to the rectories of Brauncewell and Dunsby, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 11, and in the patronage of the Marquis of Bristol. The church is dedicated to St. Edith.

APESTHORPE, county of NOTTINGHAM.-See APPLESTHORPE.

APETHORPE, a parish in the hundred of WILLYBROOK, County of NORTHAMPTON, 44 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wansford, containing 257 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendary of Nassington, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Nassington. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, contains a sumptuous monument to the memory of Sir Anthony Mildmay, Bart., and his lady.

APETON, a township in the parish of GNOSALL, western division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, county of STAFFORD, containing 59 inhabitants.

APLEY, a parish in the western division of the wapentake of WRAGGOE, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 2 miles (S. W.) from Wragby, containing 139 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Stainfield annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Thomas Drake, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is desecrated. Part of the once splendid mansion of the Tyrwhitts is now occupied as a farmhouse.

APPERLEY, a joint hamlet with Whitefield, in that part of the parish of DEERHURST which is in the lower division of the hundred of WESTMINSTER, county of GLOUCESTER, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Tewkesbury, containing, with Whitefield, 401 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

APPLEBY, a parish partly in the hundred of REPTON and GRESLEY, county of DERBY, but chiefly in the hundred of SPARKENHOE, county of LEICESTER, 5 miles (s. W. by s.) from Ashby de la Zouch, conVOL. I.

taining 1781 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Leicester, rated in the king's books at £20. 9. 4., and in the patronage of Thomas Wilks, Esq. The church, which is in Leicestershire, is dedicated to St. Michael. This parish 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. APPLEBY, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Glandford-Bridge, containing 534 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10. 4., and in the patronage of John Williamson, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.

APPLEBY, a borough and market town, having separate jurisdiction, locally in East ward, county of WESTMORLAND, of which it is the chief town, 274 miles (N. N. W.) from London, containing 824 inhabitants. This place is thought, but on uncertain grounds, to have been a Roman station. Camden, from a similarity of name, erroneously calls it Aballaba; and Horsley considers it to have been the Roman Galacum. A Roman road passed near it from Langton, on the east, to Redlands Bank on the north-west; and some Roman antiquities are stated to have been discovered in the vicinity. Appleby has long been the head of a barony, sometimes called the barony of Westmorland; the rest of the county, which forms the barony of Kendal, having been anciently included in Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was granted by the Conqueror to Ranulph de Meschines, whose son Ranulph, having in his mother's right succeeded to the earldom of Chester, gave it to his sister, the wife of Robert d' Estrivers; and having been in the possession of the families of Engain and Morville, it was seized by the crown, in consequence of a member of the latter family being concerned in the murder of Thomas à Becket. King John granted it, together with the "Sheriffwick and rent of the county of Westmorland," to Robert de Veteripont, lord of Curvaville in Normandy, whose grandson Robert joining the confederated barons, in the. reign of Henry III., it was forfeited to the Crown, but was restored to the two younger daughters of Robert, and subsequently, by marriage, came into the possession of the illustrious family of Clifford, and was ultimately transferred, by marriage, to Lord Tufton, afterwards Earl of Thanet, whose descendants have ever since enjoyed it, with all its rights and dignities. The town was anciently of much greater magnitude than it is at present, as is evident from the situation of a + G

township called Burrals (Borough Walls), a mile distant, and from the discovery of old foundations at the distance of more than two miles, to which the town and its suburbs formerly extended. An ancient record, about the period of the reign of Edward I., makes mention of a sheriff of Applebyshire; from which it appears that the town gave name to one of those districts into which Edward the Confessor divided the earldom of Northumberland. It retained its importance from the time of the Romans until the year 1176, when William, King of Scotland, surprised the castle, and destroyed the town; but from this calamity it had so far recovered in the reign of Henry III., that a court of exchequer was established in it. A Carmelite monastery was founded at Battle-Barrow, in the parish of St. Michael, in 1281, by the Lords Vesey, Clifford, and Percy; the site is now occupied by a neat modern mansion, called the Friary. In the year 1388, the town was again totally laid waste by the Scots, from the effects of which it never afterwards recovered: so that, in the reign of Philip and Mary, it was found necessary to reduce the ancient fee-farm rent, due to the Crown, from twenty marks to two. In 1598, it was nearly depopulated by the plague, and its market was consequently removed to Gilshaughlin, a village five miles distant. At the commencement of the parliamentary war, the castle was garrisoned for the king by the Countess of Pembroke, and continued in his interest until after the battle of Marston-Moor, when all the northern fortresses fell into the possession of the parliament.

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The town is pleasantly situated on the river Eden, by which it is almost surrounded, and consists of one spacious street, intersected at right angles by three smaller, and terminated at one extremity by the castle, and at the other by the church of St. Lawrence : at each end also there is a handsome stone obelisk, or cross. An ancient stone bridge of two arches connects the suburb of Bongate with the borough, from which it is otherwise separated by the river. The town is well paved and amply supplied with water. The castle stands on a steep and richly wooded eminence rising from the river it suffered much in the wars with Scotland, especially in the reigns of Richard II. and Henry IV. Of the original structure, said to be of Roman foundation, only a detached portion, called Cæsar's Tower, and a small part of the south-east end, remain; the greater part of it was rebuilt by Lord Clifford, in the reign of Henry VI. It is now occupied by the steward of the Earl of Thanet, the present proprietor, who is hereditary sheriff of the county; and has been, from time immemorial, the temporary residence of the judges travelling the northern circuit, who are entertained here at his expense. The market is on Saturday; and fairs are held on the Saturday before Whit-Sunday, for cattle; on Whit-Monday, for linen cloth and the hiring of servants; the second Wednesday in June; and the 21st of August, for woollen cloth, cheese, horses, and cattle. The market-house, or the cloisters, is a handsome structure near the church, rebuilt by the corporation in 1811, in the early style of English architecture, after a design by Mr. Smirke. Appleby, which is a borough by prescription, received a charter of incorporation from Henry I., with privileges equal to those of York, which was renewed by Henry II., King John, and Henry III., and subsequently confirmed by Ed

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ward I. Under this charter the government is vested in a mayor, recorder, twelve aldermen, and sixteen common council-men, assisted by a town clerk, two chamberlains, a sword-bearer, and a serjeant at mace. mayor, who is elected annually by the common councilmen, is a justice of the peace, though exercising only limited jurisdiction. The borough has sent members to parliament since the 23rd of Edward I.: the right of election is vested in the holders of burgage tenements, in number about two hundred; the mayor is the returning officer. The town hall is a large ancient edifice in the principal street. The assizes for the county are held in the shire hall, adjoining the gaol, erected in 1771; and the general quarter sessions are held alternately at Appleby and Kendal, the Easter and Michaelmas at the former, and the Epiphany and Midsummer at the latter. The county gaol has been recently adapted to the radiating plan, in conformity with the provisions of the late gaol act.

Appleby is situated in the parishes of St. Lawrence and St. Michael, that portion of it which is in the latter being named Bongate. The livings of both these parishes are vicarages, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle; that of St. Lawrence is rated in the king's books at £9. 5. 2., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle; and that of St. Michael is rated at £20. 13. 9., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church of St. Lawrence is an ancient structure, partly in the decorated, and partly in the later, style of English architecture; it contains the remains of Anne, the celebrated Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, who died in 1675, and of her mother, the Countess of Cumberland, to the memory of each of whom there is a splendid marble monument. The church of St. Michael is situated about three quarters of a mile south-east of the town. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The free grammar school, founded by the burghers, existed long before the dissolution of religious houses, but was established on its present foundation in the 16th of Elizabeth, when the management was vested in ten governors, who are a corporate body. The endowment, arising from different sources, is about £200 per annum it has five exhibitions, of £8 per annum each, to Queen's College, Oxford, founded by Thomas, Earl of Thanet, in 1720, and is entitled to send candidates for one of Lady Elizabeth Hastings' exhibitions to the same college. Dr. Bedel, Bishop of Kilmore Dr. Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln; Drs. Smith and Waugh, Bishops of Carlisle; and Dr. Langhorne, the translator of Plutarch; were educated in this school. St. Anne's Hospital, for thirteen aged widows, was founded and endowed, in 1653, by Anne, Countess of Pembroke; the revenue arising from lands is about £490, and it has a considerable funded property; the building, which is quadrangular, comprises thirteen distinct habitations and a neat chapel: the chaplain and sisters are appointed by the Earl of Thanet, as heir of the Countess, who left also various lands at TempleSowerby, in this parish, for repairing the church, schoolhouse, town hall, and bridge. In the neighbourhood were two ancient hospitals for lepers, dedicated respectively to St. Leonard and St. Nicholas; the estate of the latter was applied by the countess towards the endowment of her almshouse: there was also a chapel

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at the western end of the stone bridge of St. Lawrence. Thomas de Appleby, Bishop of Carlisle; and Roger de Appleby, Bishop of Ossory; were natives of this

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APPLEDORE, a parish in the hundred of BLACKBOURNE, lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 6 miles (S. E. by S.) from Tenterden, containing 559 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Ebony annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £21, and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, exhibits some portions of decorated English architecture. APPLEDRAM, a parish in the hundred of Box and STOCKBRIDGE, rape of CHICHESTER, County of SUSSEX, 1 mile (S. W.) from Chichester, containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £14, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church, which is in the early style of English architecture, with a shingled tower, is dedicated to St. Mary: the south aisle is separated from the nave by three pointed arches springing from circular columns, and a stone on the north side bears an inscription with the date 1394. The parish is bounded on the west by the harbour of Chichester.

APPLEFORD, a chapelry in the parish of SUTTONCOURTNEY, hundred of Ock, county of BERKS, 34 miles (S. E.) from Abingdon, containing 161 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. Here is a free school, founded and endowed by Edmund Bradstock, for the education of twenty poor children, seven from the chapelry of Appleford, and the remainder from the parish of Sutton.

APPLESHAW, a parish in the hundred of ANDOVER, Andover division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Ludgershall, containing 278 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Amport, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. Fairs for the sale of sheep are held here on May 23rd and November 4th and 5th. There is a school for the education of six poor children, with an endowment of £2. 10. per annum, the bequest of Francis Offley, in 1761.

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APPLESTHORPE, or APESTHORPE, a parish in the North-clay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, containing 103 inhabitThe living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Apesthorpe in the Cathedral Church of York, endowed with £200 royal bounty. The church being desecrated, the ecclesiastical rites are performed at North Leverton.

APPLETHWAITE, a township in the parish of WINDERMERE, KENDAL ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 5 miles (S. E.) from Ambleside, containing 417 inhabitants. There are two bobbin-mills in the township, which is interspersed with several beautiful villas, among which is Calgarth Park, commenced in 1789, by Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, who occupied it till his death, in 1816; his remains were interred at Bowness. The children of this township are entitled to the advantages of the charity school at Bowness.

APPLETON, a parish in the hundred of Ock, county of BERKS, 5 miles (N. W.) from Abingdon, containing, with the township of Eaton, 389 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £13. 5., and in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. This parish is bounded on one side by the river Thames, which separates it from Oxfordshire, and on the other by the Ouse. Near the church is the manor-house, a moated mansion, remarkable for its great antiquity, the architecture being of the reign of Henry II. Sir R. Fettiplace, in the first of James I., endowed a free school, to which subsequent benefactions have been added; and, in 1757, George Knibb, D.D., left £3 per annum for teaching six boys. Dr. Edmund Dickinson, who published a learned work, entitled Delphi Phænicizantes, tracing the origin of heathen mythology to the Bible, was born here, in 1624.

APPLETON, a joint township with Hull, in that part of the parish of GREAT BUDWORTH which is in the hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 44 miles (S. S. E.) from Warrington. The population is returned with Hull.

APPLETON, a joint township with Widness, in the parish of PRESCOT, hundred of WEST DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, 63 miles (W. by S.) from Warrington. The population is returned with Widness. The navigable river Mersey runs on the south. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

APPLETON, a parish in the Lynn division of the hundred of FREEBRIDGE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Castle-Rising. The living, a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, is sequestrated; it is rated in the king's books at £8, and in the patronage of E. Paston, Esq. The church is desecrated.

APPLETON, a township in that part of the parish of CATTERICK which is in the eastern division of the wapentake of HANG, North riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Catterick, containing 87 inhabitants.

APPLETON le MOORS, a township in the parish of LASTINGHAM, wapentake of RYEDALE, North riding of the county of YORK, 34 miles (E. N. E.) from KirkbyMoorside, containing 276 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

APPLETON le STREET, a parish in the wapentake of RYEDALE, North riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Swinton, and the townships of Amotherby, Appleton le Street, Broughton, and Hildenley, and containing 873 inhabitants, of which number, 173 are in the township of Appleton le Street, 33 miles (W. N. W.) from New Malton. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £7. 8. 61⁄2., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to All Saints.

APPLETON upon WISK, a parish in the western division of the liberty of LANGBRAUGH, North riding of the county of YORK, 74 miles (S. S. W.) from Yarm, containing 492 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Great Smeaton, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York. There

is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of linen is here carried on to a considerable

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APPLETON-ROEBUCK, a township in the parish of BOLTON-PERCY, ainsty of the city, and East riding of the county, of YORK, 7 miles (S. S. W.) from York, containing 585 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

APPLETREE, a hamlet in the parish of ASTON le WALLS, hundred of CHIPPING-WARDEN, county of NORTHAMPTON, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Banbury, containing 88 inhabitants.

APPLETREE-WICK, a township in the parish of BURNSALL, eastern division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EwCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Skipton, containing 312 inhabitants.

ARBORFIELD, a parish in the hundred of SONNING, county of BERKS, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Wokingham, containing 245 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 19. 10., and in the patronage of Lord Braybrook. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.

ARBURY, a joint township with Houghton and Middleton, in the parish of WINWICK, hundred of WEST DERBY, County palatine of LANCASTER, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Warrington. The population is returned with Houghton.

ARCLEBY, a hamlet in the parish of PLUMBLAND, ALLERDALE ward below Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Cockermouth. The population is returned with the parish. There are some coal-works in the vicinity.

ARCLID, a township in that part of the parish of SANDBACH which is in the hundred of NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Sandbach, containing 65 inhabitants.

ARDEN, a joint township with Ardenside, in the parish of HAWN BY, wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, 8 miles (N. W. by W.) from Helmsley, containing, with Ardenside, 139 inhabitants. A small Benedictine nunnery was founded here about 1150, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was £12. In 1757, John Smales and Gregory Elsley bequeathed £120. 5., directing the produce to be applied to the instruction of six poor boys.

ARDENSIDE, a joint township with Arden, in the parish of HAWNBY, wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county of YORK, 10 miles (N. E.) from Thirsk. The population is returned with Arden.

ARDINGLEY, a parish in the hundred of BUTTINGHILL, rape of LEWES, county of SUSSEX, 41⁄2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Cuckfield, containing 579 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £19. 5. 10., and in the patronage of J. J. W. Peyton, Esq.

ARDINGTON, a parish in the hundred of WANTAGE, county of BERKS, 24 miles (E.) from Wantage, containing 403 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £8. 7. 9., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford.

The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Roman Iknield-street passes through this parish, which is also intersected by the Wilts and Berks canal.

ARDLEIGH, a parish in the hundred of TEndring, county of ESSEX, 42 miles (N. E.) from Colchester, containing 1387 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £11.0. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. In 1571, William Littlebury bequeathed property, now producing £120 per annum, for instructing four poor boys.

ARDLEY, a parish in the hundred of PLOUGHLEY, county of OXFORD, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Bicester, containing 191 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £5. 12. 8., and in the patronage of the Duke of Marlborough. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

ARDSLEY, a township in that part of the parish of DAREFIELD which is in the wapentake of STAINCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 23 miles (E. by S.) from Barnesley, containing 992 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Richard Micklethwaite, in 1745, gave land for the instruction of five children, to which bequest an addition of £50 was made by John Micklethwaite, in 1752.

ARDSLEY (EAST), a parish in the lower division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Wakefield, containing 832 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £10 per annum private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Earl of Cardigan. The neighbourhood abounds with coal, and some of the mines have been worked upwards of a century. Here is a small endowed free school.

ARDSLEY (WEST), a parish in the lower division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (N. W.) from Wakefield, containing 1515 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £10 per annum private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Earl of Cardigan. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. This parish was anciently called Woodkirk: it contains extensive coal mines, and the manufacture of stuffs and woollen goods is carried on. In 1745, Richard Micklethwaite bequeathed land, the produce of which was to be applied to the instruction of three poor children; and, in 1752, John Micklethwaite left £50, directing the interest to be applied to a similar purpose. Here are almshouses for three widows. An old mansion, once the seat of Sir John Topcliffe, Lord Chief Justice in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII., has been converted into a farm-house.

ARDWICK, a chapelry in the parish of MANCHESTER, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER, 1 mile (S. E. by E.) from Manchester, containing 3545 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester. The chapel is dedicated to St. Thomas. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan