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Rh ASHFIELD. i! ; ASHFORD. bund, of Uurnham, in tho co. of Buckingham, 2 miles from Chesham. ASHFIELD, a vil. in the j-ir. of Killershcnlinny, bar. of Tullygarvey, in the. co. of Cavan, prov. of Ulster, to On V. ..t CcH.iehill. Tlio living is a 1 r t. cur. in the dine, of Kilmoro, Ardagh, aud Kliihin, '.loll, in tlio patron, of the incumbent. Ashtield !' the Clements, is situated ou a hill at lit of which llii; river Cootehill flows. 1 1 l'I KM >. a tnshp. united with Button, in tho par. of Priors Dittmi, Wciilock lib., in the co. of Salop, 7 miles from Much Wcnlock. 1 IFIELD, a par. in the hnnd. of Thredling, in tho co. of Suffolk, 3 miles to the K. of Debenham, its post , and 12 N. of Ipswich. It contains tho chplry t Thorpe. Tho living is a pei-]>et. i-ur. in tho dioc. of Ely, val. 53, in the patron, of Lord Hennikcr, who is also lord of tho manor, and impropriator of the great tithes, which hare been commuted for 465 per annum. The church, after having been in ruins for more than a century, was rebuilt of brick in 1853, by Lord llenniker, at a cost of 2000. Previously Thorpe Chapel, t ; in 1739, supplied the place of tho parish church ; but since the opening cf tho new church the chapel baa been pulled down, the tower only being left standing to serve as a cemetery chapel. ASHFJELD, G'KEAT, a par. in the hund. of Black- bourn, in tho co. of Suffolk, " miles t<> th- X.V. of Stowmarket, 2 N. of Elmswell railway station, and 6 from Ixworth, its post town. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Kly, val. 54, in the patron, of Ix>rd Thurlow. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a .small brick building, with tower. There is an endow- ment, founded in 1620 by Nicholas Fyrmage, for tho tenanco of a weekly lecture in the parish church, and for the benefit of tho poor. Its present amount is nearly 100 per annum. There are some other small charities. Ashfield Lodge, a neat brick mansion, is tho scat of Lord Thurlow, who is chief proprietor and lord of the manor. This was tho birthplace of Lord Chan- cellor Thurlow (1732), and his brother tho bishop of Durham, whoso father held the living of Ashfield. AMU nl;D. a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Bake- well, hund. of High Peak, in the co. of Derby, 2 miles to .W. i.I I'.aki -well. It is situated in a district of great beauty in the valley of the Wye, and was anciently part of the demesnes of the crown. Marble of very fine quality, of black and grey colour, is found in the neigh- bourhood. It lies in beds of from 3 to 9 inches in thickness, at a depth of about 40 feet below tlio surface. It is sawn and polished at tho works which were esta- blished hero in 1748, and which were the first of the kind in England. The stocking manufacture is also i on here, and employs about a hundred frames. Tho LJ is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Lichlicld, val. 102, in tho putron. of tho vicar of Bakcwell. Tho church has been rebuilt, but an ancient porch is pre- 1, on v. iiieh are some curious sculptures, supposed '. the animals which dwelt in the 1 A castle funin rly stood here, in which the earls of Kent, and afterwards tho carls of Westmoreland, resit!' .1 ; nothing remains of it but tho moat. At Finnhead are remains of a Sa 'in nt, or Itoman two burrows. '1 ..-ing t<> tin tuts, Presbyterians, ainl Methodists. Also a Unitarian cha].. ! by William Bagshaw, called " tho Apo.-tl- "t the 1'eak." Ax! i fine seat on the Kink.* of i! ' ue ilnkcsof Devonshire, is at present the scat i : MlMi. M I'. ' h H.'.e, a man- teccn nun; Thornbridge, and the 1(. i the lianks of !!:, . i which trout ami I! I 1 ' : I' vonshiro is lord of Imr in the hund. of Rraunton, in the miles t.i tin- N.V. of liarnstnplc, it* - i y th- in The Ihirg is a rect. in the ib ill. i, in ..f the lord The church, dedicated t , is a new stone bn ing in tho early decorated Gothic style of ai with a tower and spire, and was rebuilt in 1854 at a < . of 500. The Baptists have a chapel, and there ii ._ national school Ashford House in the principal deuce ASHFORD, a par. and market-town in the huud. of 1 and Longbridu'e, latho of Scray, in the Kent, 1 1 miles from Canterbury, 20 miles to the 8. ! lone, and 53 miles by road from I 67 miles by the South Ea-U-in railway, on which it is a chief station. It is also the point of junction with ^H Canterbury and Hastings branch railways. ! in a pleasant and fertile district on the i the west branch of the river Stour ; the town being on a gentle eminence overlooking tho Weald. Tho ^^H of tins place in Domesday Bock is Ettrforl, and it be- longed at that period to Hugo de Montford. It j subsequently to tho family of the Asshetesfords, ^H through other houses in succession, till it became p*sssssl the endowment of S'.. Stephen's Ch.ip-l. Y In tho reign of Edward VI., it was granted : thony Aucher, Knt. Since the close of tho 17th c tho estates have become separated by sale and wise. Tho town is well built, paved, and lighted. 1 1 igh Street is about half a mile in length, and the i of handsome appearance. A new market-house has 1 erected, with townhall and assembly rooms. There two banks, a savings-bank, and two mechanics' ii.-titutes, with large libraries. Besides the buildings which h^| been erected near the railway station, a now to growing up on tho south side of Ash 1 iuth Eastern railway company. It was i Alfred, but is commonly spoken of as Newtown. A I part of Ncwtown is not included in the parish of i .*ituatcd within the limits of Willi sboroupl are the extensive works of the com] of 100,000, anil including an t i shop, boiler and wheel shops, smithy, carriag The engine shed is 200 feet in length, tl nearly KM) feet, the carriage house about machinery is worked by two engi: works and waterworks, and a handsome school-h which is used also as a church. Tho work.* pat ion to about a thousand persons, cm population of Newtown, and many of th. Ashford. At a short distance from the church cemetery, with two chapels. The rivi i stone bridge of one arch. Linen weaving is a in tho town, and the cattle markets, wh short intervals, are among the largest in t Ashford is the seat of a Count Poor-law Union. Polling for the county lake- ami p tl y M -i -us are held once a month. Tl a ic. in tin., dioc. of Canterbury, val. 1' patron, of the I>-an and Chapter of Hoche church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a some building, in the fonn ol "i the perp cular style, with a lofty tower at the ii ' ras < n etc d in the i. IV., by Sir John J-'ogue, who n ' I a college. Tho college building has mode rni. d, and it- '. M l. - as The - i. in ar the altar. It had bn himself and his two wives; but they arc. ! lat. !. In Iron! of th- altar-step* is a" h:a-s ot C,, unless of Athol, -who died in :',~.'<. A .nth side of the- church rnntain-. thr. c fine monuments of the Smyths of Vi-ten: of the manor of Ashford. Th' i> ilptnri'd with ios. s and blank shields. Tl belonging to the S. . t -.' Huntiiucdon's Conmxi'Hi, the 'i *lc van Met Haptists, and Imle]< ndents. The Cue man which win found. . I 1- ' n Knatchbnll in 1 has an endowment of 30 per annum. The sohi'i.l. an endowment i by Dr. Thomas Turner in 17"-'. i of the church lauds is 184. The' charitic * of the ]