for the support of a lecture in St. Helen's church, to be delivered every Saturday evening from Michaelmas to Lady-day, and at the church at Maicham (a village two miles and a half distant) on every Sunday morning from Lady-day till Michaelmas. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists. The free grammar school, for the education of "Threescore and thirteen" boys, was founded, in 1563, by John Royse, and endowed with two messuages in Birchin-lane, London, then known by the signs of the Bell and the Unicorn, which were afterwards destroyed by fire: the ground is now occupied by part of the premises belonging to the London Assurance Company, out of the rent of which the head master's salary is paid according to the directions of the founder, the master is allowed to receive ten private pupils. In 1608, William Bennett of "Marlborowe " left lands in 'Brodeblunsdon" for the maintenance of six poor scholars in Royse's free grammar school; these boys, who are elected by the Master and Governors of Christ's Hospital in this town, are, from the increase of the funds, clothed and instructed also in writing and arithmetic, and a handsome premium is paid with them when apprenticed. In 1609, Thomas Tesdale gave certain lands in the county of Warwick, to maintain an usher. The school is entitled to six scholarships at Pembroke College, Oxford, founded by Thomas Tesdale, two to be filled by the founder's kin, and the others from Abingdon school; and to four scholarships at the same college, founded by Richard Wightwick, two for the founder's kin. Preference is given to boys on Bennett's foundation, but, in default, the other free scholars, and the master's private pupils are eligible; though, by a rule of the present head master, the latter must have been two years in the school to be qualified as candidates. In 1756, Robert Mayott bequeathed to the corporation two meadows near Oxford, for the education of poor children of Abingdon; ten boys and six girls, who are nominated by the mayor and principal burgesses, are the present number on this foundation, and they are clothed, educated, and apprenticed. John Provost, in 1703, bequeathed property for instructing ten boys in reading and writing, and for apprenticing poor children; the present number are, from the increase of the funds, clothed and taught arithmetic, in addition to the founder's directions. In 1713, Richard Belcher gave £14 per annum, and, in 1753, Joseph Tomkins £100 South Sea stock, for the instruction of children in the borough. There are also a National and a British school; to the former, Edward Beasley, Esq., in 1826, bequeathed

£200.

Christ's hospital, on the west side of St. Helen's church, erected in 1446, originally belonged to the fraternity of the Holy Cross, on the dissolution of which establishment, in 1547, the inhabitants applied, through Sir John Mason, to King Edward VI., for the restoration of their lost estates, and the foundation of an hospital for the relief of the poor of the town; in compliance with which application His Majesty, by letters patent, in 1553, founded the hospital under its present name, and incorporated twelve persons, for its government by the name of "The Master and Governors of the Hospital of Christ." It consists of almshouses for six poor men and six women and a nurse, with cloisters and a handsome hall, in which the master and governors

hold their meetings, and where prayers are read morning and evening to the inmates. An almshouse was built, in 1718, for eighteen poor men or women; and another, near the river Isis, for six poor men or women, to which Mr. Beasley, in 1826, bequeathed £600 stock, the interest to be paid weekly. Other donations have at different times been made to the hospital, and are disposed of as directed by the donors. St. John's hos pital, in the Vineyard, was endowed before the Reformation, for six poor men, and rebuilt by the corporation in 1801. B. Bedwell Esq. was a liberal contributor to it; and, in 1826, Mr. Beasley added £600 stock to the endowment. An almshouse near St. Helen's church was erected, in 1707, by Charles Twitty, for the maintenance of three men and three women, who are elected by the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the parish of St. Helen; bequests of £200 each, by John Bedwell, in 1799, and by Samuel Cripps, in 1819, and of £600 three per cent. stock by Mr. Beasley, in 1826, have been added to the original endowment : there are also almshouses for four men and four women, endowed, in 1733, by Benjamin Tomkins. Various charitable bequests have been made to the poor of the town, the principal of which are, Mr. Frederick Klein's, by which, in pursuance of a decree of the court of Chancery, made in 1828, the interest of £1032. 12. 4. three per cent. stock is annually distributed, in the month of March, in small sums to the poor of the borough, by the mayor and principal burgesses; and £700 three per cents., bequeathed by Mr. Beasley, the dividends on which are given to the poor on Good Friday by the corporation. St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir John Mason, British Ambassador at the court of France, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; and the late Lord Colchester, were natives of this place. Abingdon confers the title of earl on the family of Bertie.

ABINGER, a parish in the first division of the hundred of WOTTON, County of SURREY, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Dorking, containing 742 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £12. 8. 14., and in the patronage of Sir J. Evelyn, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. James, is in the early style of English architecture.

ABINGHALL, a parish in the hundred of ST. BRIAVELLS, County of GLOUCESTER, 44 miles (N. by W.) from Newnham, containing 215 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Hereford, and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £6. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. J. Probyn. The manufacture of paper, which is carried on to a considerable extent at Guns-mills, affords employment to from three hundred to five hundred persons of this parish and neighbourhood. A foundry for cannon balls formerly existed at this place. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Here is a spring, the water of which is reputed to be efficacious in the cure of cutaneous eruptions.

ABINGTON, a parish in the hundred of SPELHOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Northampton, containing 175 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £20, and in the patronage of J. H. Thursby, Esq. The

church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, exhibits various styles of English architecture.

ABINGTON in the CLAY, or ABINGTON-PIGOTS, a parish in the hundred of ARMINGFORD, County of CAMBRIDGE, 5 miles (W.N.W.) from Royston, containing 233 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, rated in the king's books at £16. 2. 34., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Dr. Pigott. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.

ABINGTON (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of CHILFORD, county of CAMBRIDGE, 24 miles (N. W.) from Linton, containing 337 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, rated in the king's books at £7. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Trustees of T. Mortlock, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

ABINGTON (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of CHILFORD, County of CAMRRIDGE, 23 miles (N. W. by N.) from Linton, containing 257 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, rated in the king's books at £7. 6. 5., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

AB-KETTLEBY, a parish in the hundred of FRAMLAND, County of LEICESTER, 31⁄2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing, with the chapelry of Holwell, 319 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 5., and in the patronage of the Rev. Thomas Bingham. The church is dedicated to St. James.

ABLINGTON, a tything in that part of the parish of BIBURY which is in the hundred of BRIGHTWELL'SBARROW, County of GLOUCESTER, 5 miles (N. W. by N.) from Fairford, containing 127 inhabitants.

ABNEY, a hamlet in the parish of HOPE, hundred of HIGH PEAK, county of DERBY, 42 miles (N.E.) from Tideswell, containing 143 inhabitants.

ABRAM, a township in that part of the parish of WIGAN which is in the hundred of WEST DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, 44 miles (N. N. E.) from Newton in Mackerfield, containing 504 inhabitants.

ABSON, or ABSTON, a parish in the hundred of PUCKLE-CHURCH, county of GLOUCESTER, 7 miles (E. by N.) from Bristol, containing, with the hamlet of Wick, 715 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Puckle-Church, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church is dedicated to St. James. The village is situated at the foot of a rocky hill, rising to the height of more than two hundred feet, and consisting of alternate beds of limestone and petrosilex. Roman coins, urns, bricks, &c., have been dug up; and here is an ancient camp, supposed to be of British origin.

ABTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of TowCESTER, County of NORTHAMPTON, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Towcester, containing, with the hamlets of Charlock and Foscote, 417 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Samuel Blencowe and others. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Jane Leeson, in 1646, bequeathed a rent-charge of £3 for the instruction of poor children.

ABY, a parish in the Marsh division of the hundred of CALCEWORTH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Alford, containing, with the hamlet of Greenfield, 192 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united in 1732, to the rectory of Belleau, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 6., and endowed with £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to All Saints.

ACASTER-MALBIS, a parish partly in the ainsty of the city of YORK, but chiefly in the wapentake of OUZE and DERWENT, East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (S. by W.) from York, containing, with the township of Naburn, 657 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 51⁄2., endowed with £400 royal bounty, and 200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of P. B. Thomson, Esq. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. A school is endowed with land given by John Knowles, in 1603, which is vested in feoffees, who appoint fourteen poor children on the foundation. The navigable river Ouse passes near the village.

ACASTER-SELBY, a township in that part of the parish of STILLINGFLEET which is in the ainsty of the city, and East riding of the county, of YORK, 7 miles (S. by W.) from York, containing 188 inhabitants. This place formed part of the possessions of the abbot of Selby: the village is pleasantly situated on the banks of the navigable river Ouse. A college for a provost and two or three fellows, one of whom was to instruct children, was founded here by Robert Stillington; at the dissolution its revenue was £33. 10. 4. Here is a free school which is supported by a small endowment.

ACCONBURY, or ACORNBURY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of WORMELOW, county of HEREFORD, 41⁄2 miles (S.) from Hereford, containing 148 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy with that of Callow, annexed to the vicarage of Dewsall, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Hereford, endowed with £400 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. A nunnery of the order of St. Augustine was founded here, in the reign of John, by Margery, wife of Walter de Lacy, to the honour of the Holy Cross, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was £75.7.54.: the remains have been converted into a farm-house, and some stone coffins are still preserved. On the summit of Acconbury hill are traces of a large Roman encampment, of a square form, the rampart of which, on the east side, is plainly discernible.

ACCRINGTON, a considerable village, in that part of the parish of WHALLEY which is in the higher division of the hundred of BLACKBURN, county palatine of LANCASTER, 34 miles (N. N. W.) from Haslingdon, comprising the chapelry of Old, and the township of New, Accrington, containing 5370 inhabitants of which number, 1261 are in Old Accrington, 64 miles (E.), and 4109 in New Accrington, 54 miles (E. by S.), from Blackburn. Within the last few years this place has acquired considerable importance, from its situation in the centre of the calico-printing business. Several large establishments for spinning cotton thread, and weaving and printing calico, have been formed; in consequence of which

the population has increased nearly twofold. The living of Old Accrington is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £1000 private benefaction, £1000 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Whalley. The chapel was taken down and rebuilt upon a larger scale in 1826. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, and Swedenborgians. A National school was erected by subscription in 1806, in which about one hundred and thirty children are educated. Jonathan Peel, Esq., in 1824, gave £1000 towards its support.

ACHURCH, county of NORTHAMPTON.-See THORPE-ACHURCH.

ACKLAM, a parish in the wapentake of BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Acklam with Barthorpe, and Leavening, and containing 683 inhabitants, of which number, 389 are in the township of Acklam with Barthorpe, which is partly within the liberty of St. Peter of York, 7 miles (S.) from New Malton. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's books at £5. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There are places of worship for Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodists.

ACKLAM, a parish in the western division of the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (S. E. by E.) from Stockton upon Tees, containing 105 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Archbishop of York.

ACKLINGTON, a township in that part of the parish of WARKWORTH which is in the eastern division of MORPETH Ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 10 miles (S. S. E.) from Alnwick, containing 269 inhabitants. Coal is obtained here. ACLINGTON-PARK, a township in that part of the parish of WARKWORTH which is in the eastern division of MORPETH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Alnwick, containing 125 inhabitants.

ACKTON, a township in that part of the parish of FEATHERSTONE which is in the lower division of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of YORK, 34 miles (W.) from Pontefract, containing 72 inhabitants.

ACKWORTH, a parish in the upper division of the wapentake of OSGOLDCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 34 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract, containing 1575 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £22. 1. 04., and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Lancaster. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a small neat building, exhibiting various portions of ancient architecture. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here was a school, originally an appendage to the Foundling Hospital. In 1777, the premises, with eighty-five acres of land, were purchased by the Society of Friends, and converted into a school for the education of youth in their own religious principles. Here is also a school, endowed with £20 a year, for the education of twenty children, besides an hospital for six women.

ACLE, a parish in the hundred of WALSHAM, county of NORFOLK, 11 miles (E.) from Norwich, containing 698 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £20, and in the patronage of Lord Calthorpe. The church is dedicated to St. Edmund. The village is situated on a gentle eminence, on the banks of the navigable river Bure, near its junction with the Yare. A stone bridge of one arch, called Waybridge, forms here an important pass, there being no other bridge between this and the mouth of the Yare. At the Conquest Acle became a fief of the Crown, and was granted by the Conqueror to Roger Bigod, who obtained for it the privilege of a market and fair; and further advantages, including freedom from all tolls, and suits of shire and of hundred, were bestowed on the inhabitants by Richard II. At Waybridge, a small priory of Augustine canons was founded by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, in the reign of Edward I.; at the dissolution the revenue was £7. 13. 4.

ACOMB, a parish in the ainsty of the city, and East riding of the county, of YORK, comprising the townships of Acomb and Knapton, and containing 870 inhabitants, of which number, 783 are in the township of Acomb, 24 miles (W.) from York. The living, a discharged vicarage, is a peculiar, rated in the king's books at £3. 9. 2., and endowed with £200 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant. The peculiar formerly belonged to the Treasurer of the Cathedral Church of York, but was surrendered, with the rectory, to the Crown in 1547; and in 1609 it was granted by James I. to Thomas Newark and his heirs. It now belongs to J. E. Baker, Esq., who has lately, by an application to the court of King's Bench, established his right to appoint a commissary to the peculiar ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The church, dedicated to St. Stephen, is a small ancient structure, occupying an elevated situation. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school, built by subscription among the inhabitants, is conducted on the National plan.

ACOMB (EAST), a township in the parish of ByWELL ST. PETER, eastern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 8 miles (E.) from Hex> ham, containing 51 inhabitants.

ACOMB (WEST), a township in the parish of ST. JOHN LEE, Southern division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBRLAND, 12 mile (N.) from Hexham, containing 533 inhabitants. It is bounded on the south by the river Tyne: coal is obtained within its limits.

ACRISE, a parish partly in the hundred of FOLKESSTONE, but chiefly in that of LONINGBOROUGH, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Folkestone, containing 186 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Martin.

ACTON, a township in the parish of WEAVERHAM, second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, County palatine of CHESTER, 41⁄2 miles (W. N. W.) from Northwich, containing 301 inhabitants. The Nantwich branch of the Chester canal passes through this town ship.

ACTON, a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 1 mile (N. W. by W.) from

Nantwich, comprising the townships of Acton, Aston juxta Mondrum, Austerson, Baddington, Brindley, Burland, Cholmondstone, Cool-Pilate, Eddleston, Faddiley, Henhull, Hurleston, Newhall, Poole, Stoke, and Worleston, and containing 3777 inhabitants, of which number, 273 are in the township of Acton. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £19. 9. 7., and in the patronage of the Earl of Dysart. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, exhibits some curiously ornamented windows, and the tower is partly in the early style of English architecture. In October 1643, the church and Dorfold hall were occupied by the royalists, on whose retreat both were garrisoned by the parliament. They were afterwards captured by the king's troops under Lord Byron, but on the raising of the siege of Nantwich, Sir Thomas Fairfax compelled the garrisons to surrender. Among the prisoners were sixty officers, including Col. Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle. Mr. Wilbraham, of Woodhay, left property for the endowment of two almshouses here, and others at Nantwich: there is also an endowed free school.

ACTON, a parish in the Kensington division of the hundred of OSSULSTONE, county of MIddlesex, 5 miles (W.) from London, containing 1929 inhabitants. The name is supposed to be derived from the Saxon word Ac, signifying oak, and tun, a town; the neighbourhood having, in former times, abounded with timber of that description, and some land in the parish, from time immemorial, having been called Old Oak common. Previously to the battle of Brentford, in 1642, the Earls of Essex and Warwick had their headquarters here; and, on Cromwell's return to London, after the battle of Worcester, the lord president, the council of state, the members of the House of Commons, and the lord mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, met him at this place, when the recorder of London delivered a congratulatory address. The village consists chiefly of one long street; it is watched by private subscription, and plentifully supplied with water. The houses in general are, from their antiquity, inferior to those in most other places within the same distance of the metropolis, but the whole place has a cleanly and cheerful appearance, and the air is considered particularly, salubrious. The Paddington canal runs through the parish a pleasure fair is held on Holy Thursday. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £14, and in the patronage of the Bishop of London. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, which exhibits portions in the later style of English architecture, with modern insertions, was enlarged and repaired, at the expense of the inhabitants, in 1825. There is a place of worship for Independents, erected in 1815, and the detached buildings of a private mansion have been fitted up as a Roman Catholic chapel. A Lancasterian school has been erected near the church: and at that part of the village called East Acton are handsome almshouses, built and endowed by the Goldsmiths' Company, for twelve men and twelve women. In a garden, on Old Oak common, is a mineral spring, formerly held in general repute, but now disused.

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ACTON, a joint township with Old Felton, in that part of the parish of FELTON which is in the eastern division of CoQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBER

LAND, 7 miles (S.) from Alnwick, containing, with Old Felton, 91 inhabitants.

ACTON, a parish in the hundred of Babergh, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Sudbury, containing 555 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 6. 8., and in the patronage of Earl Howe. The church is dedicated to All Saints.

ACTON (IRON), a parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of GRUMBALD'S Así, but chiefly in the lower division of the hundred of THORNBURY, county of GLOUCESTER, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from ChippingSodbury, containing 1122 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £ 16. 10., and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. James, is in the latest style of English architecture: the interior contains the tomb of Robert Poyntz, who is said to have erected the tower. In the churchyard there is a beautiful cross, raised on arches, but much mutilated. The parish derives the prefix to its name from some iron-works which formerly existed here. Fairs for cattle, horses, pigs, and cheese, are held on April 25th and September 13th.

ACTON-BEAUCHAMP, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (S. E.) from Bromyard, containing 258 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £4, and in the patronage of the Rev. Henry Berry. The church is dedicated to St Giles. Courts leet and baron are occasionally held here. There are some mineral springs in the parish.

ACTON-BURNELL, a parish in the hundred of CONDOVER, county of Salop, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Much-Wenlock, containing, with the chapelries of ActonPigot, and Ruckley with Langley, 305 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £6. 10., and in the patronage of Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Here are some remains of an ancient castle, which belonged to the family of Burnell, from whom the place received the adjunct to its name. A great council, or parliament, was held here in the reign of Edward I., in 1283, at which a law, called the statute of Acton-Burnell, was enacted to facilitate the recovery of debts by merchants: the king and his court were accommodated at the castle, the residence of Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Lord High Chancellor: the lords met in the hall of the castle, and the commons in a very large barn belonging to Shrewsbury abbey.

ACTON-GRANGE, a township in the parish of RUNCORN, hundred of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, 23 miles (S. W. by S.) from Warrington containing 148 inhabitants. The Mersey and Irwell canal, and the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, pass through the parish, its northern boundary being formed by the navigable river Mersey.

ACTON-PIGOT, a chapelry in the parish of ACTONBURNELL, hundred of Condover, county of SALOP, 63 miles (W. N. W.) from Much-Wenlock. The population is returned with the parish. The chapel is desecrated.

ACTON-REYNOLD, a township in that part of the parish of SHAWBURY which is within the liberty of SHREWSBURY, county of SALOP, 71⁄2 miles (N.N.E.) from Shrewsbury, containing 168 inhabitants.

ACTON-ROUND, a parish in the hundred of STOTTESDEN, County of SALOP, 34 miles (S. S. E.) from MuchWenlock, containing 214 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of MuchWenlock.

ACTON-SCOTT, a parish in the hundred of MUNSLOW, county of SALOP, 34 miles (S. by E.) from ChurchStretton, containing 187 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5. 10., and in the patronage of T. P. Stackhouse, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. The new turnpike road between Wenlock and Bishop's Castle passes through the parish.

ACTON-TRUSSELL, a chapelry in the parish of BASWICH, eastern division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, County of STAFFORD, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Penkridge, containing, with Bednall, 562 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendary of Whittington and Baswich, in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, and in the patronage of the Rev. J. Hamilton Molineaux. The chapel is dedicated to St. James. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal passes through the chapelry. The poor children are instructed in the National school at Penkridge.

ACTON-TURVILLE, a chapelry in the parish of TORMARTON, lower division of the hundred of GRUMBALD'S-ASH, County of GLOUCESTER, 53 miles (E.) from Chipping Sodbury, containing 215 inhabitants. chapel is dedicated to St. Mary.

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ADBASTON, county of STAFFORD.--SeeABDASTON. ADBEER, a hamlet in the parish of TRENT, hundred of HORETHORNE, county of SOMERSET, 43 miles (N. E. by N.) from Yeovil. The population is returned with the parish. Here was formerly a chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which was demolished during the civil war in the reign of Charles I.

ADBOLTON, formerly a parish, now a hamlet in the parish of HOLME-PIERREPOINT, Southern division of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham. The population is returned with the parish. The living, a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £2. 13. 9., was, in 1707, consolidated with the rectory of Holme-Pierrepoint. The church is desecrated.

ADDERBURY (EAST), a parish in the hundred of BLOXHAM, County of OXFORD, 24 miles (N. by E.) from Deddington, comprising the chapelries of Barford St. John, Bodicott, and Milton, and the township of West Adderbury, and containing 2277 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £21. 4. 9., and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, exhibits various styles of architecture, and contains some interesting specimens of early sculpture. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here is a school, VOL. I.

with an endowment of £20 per annum; and, in 1737, Lady Mary Bertie bequeathed a rent-charge of £10 for teaching ten poor children to read.

ADDERBURY (WEST), a township in the parish of EAST ADDERBURY, hundred of BLOXHAM, county of OXFORD, 2 miles (N.) from Deddington, containing 402 inhabitants.

ADDERLY, a parish in the Drayton division of the hundred of BRADFORD (North), county of SALOP, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Drayton in Hales, containing 378 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £11. 6. 04., and in the patronage of H. C. Cotton, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. In 1719, the Rev. Mr. Adams bequeathed a small portion of land for the education of the poor children of this parish.

ADDERSTONE, a township in the parish of BAMBROUGH, northern division of BAMBROUGH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Belford, containing 342 inhabitants.

ADDINGHAM, a parish in LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND, 11⁄2 mile (S. E.) from Kirk-Oswald, comprising the townships of Gamblesby, Glassonby, Hunsonby with Winskill, and Little Salkeld, and containing 694 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £9. 4. 7., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, stands detached in the township of Glassonby. At Gamblesby are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists, also one for the latter at Hunsonby, erected about 1823, by Mr. Thos. Hall. There are well endowed free schools at Hunsonby and Maughamby. Dr. Paley, the celebrated theological writer, held this living from 1792 to 1805, the period of his death. At Little Salkeld is a remarkable monument, supposed to be Druidical, commonly called "Long Meg and her Daughters," consisting of sixty-seven stones, varying in shape and height, which form a circle about three hundred and fifty feet in diameter. At the same place was anciently also a chapel, the site of which, according to tradition, was at a village called Addingham (which has long since disappeared), on the eastern bank of the river Eden, which forms the western boundary of the parish, where human bones, crosses, and other remains, have been dug up. The Roman road, called Maiden-way, may be traced in many parts of its course through the parish. Here are quarries of red freestone.

ADDINGHAM, a parish comprising the township of Addingham, in the eastern division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EwCROSS, and part of the township of Beamsley, in the upper division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, and containing 1650 inhabitants, of which number, 1570 are in the township of Addingham, 6 miles (E. by S.) from Skipton. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £9. 7. 8., endowed with £600 private benefaction, and £1100 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Mrs. Mary Cunliffe. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, pleasantly situated on an eminence near the river Wharf. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

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