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Rh .SHVKI.l.. 112 ATI l.V. Tol. .WJ, in tlio gift "I !'. Melhuish, tin- incumbent. Tl which contains several iu- ting monuments of the nt, is Id here on the first Toos- tin' tiist Monday alter tho 1st August. A8HWELL, a par. in the hund. of Od-.-v, in the CO. of Bertfbrd.4 miles to thi N.I k, its post town, and 7 S.W. of Royston. It is a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch of tho Eastern Counties railway. It is a very anrirnt place, uud is mentioned as a boron L-h in Domesday Book, under tho name of Ettcuxlle. It was a royal demesne in the Saxon period, and was granted to the abbots of Westminster, who held a market here before the Conquest. Qunden gives a pleasant ac- count of its situation at the source of tho river Rhoe, und derives its name from tin- spring and tho ashes which overhung tho bank from which it rises. There is an extensive earthwork in the parish, called Arbury Banks, covering an area of 12 acres, and enclosed by a rampart. From the discovery of Human coins, urns, and other relics here, Camdeu supposed tho place to be of Roman origin. The lioman way, called Iknield Street, passes near Ash worth. Tho present town consists of s- streets of scattered houses, built on the slope of the chalk hills, in the extreme north of tho country, close to tho sources of tin' river Kin. . There arc some stone quar- ries in tho neighbourhood. Tho living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Rochester, vol. 513, in the patron, of tho bishop. Tho vicar's tithes have boon commut 690 l&i. Id., and the lay impropriator's at ''>. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, been rebuilt. It lias a tower and spire 1 In iL'ht, and contains sonic tombs of the Stunners, .al brasses formerly existing on these tombs have disappeared. Balph Cudworth, the metaphysician, held tin vicarage of Aahwell at tho time of his death in 1688. There are charitable endowments amounting to 72, in- cluding 17, the endowment of tho Merchant Taylors' school. The market is held on Thursday for corn and . Fairs aro hold on the second Thursday in July for wool and stock, and first Thursday in November for stock only. ASH VKI.I,, a par. in the hand, of Alstoe, in the co. of Rutland, its post town, 3 miles to the N. of Oakham, and 10 S.E. of Melton Mowbray. It is a station on the ties railway, and is situated on a branch of tho river Wreak, near tho Oakham and Melton Mowbray canal, which passes on tho east side of the village. Ash well is a place of great antiquity, and belonged in the Saxon times to Earl Harold. The living is a roct. in tho dioc. of Peterborough, vul. 101, in the patron, of Viscount Downe, who is also lord of tho manor. The church, dedicated to St. Mar}-, is a handsome structure, with three painted windows, the one in the east by O'Con- nor, the others by M. Sorente. The church was entirely restored in 1851, under tho direction of tho an ! Buttcrfield, and possesses several ancient monuments of interest. On ono of them is tho effigy of a mailed knight, carved in oak ; on a second, the figure of a priest ; and on tho third, a brass with an inscription in nn inory of Johannes Vernam, and Rosa, his wife. The latter has the date of 20th January, 1480. A village school and several model cottages were erected here in 1851 by Viscount Dov AflHWELTHI UM'K, a par. in thu lnind. of 1), pwado, in the co. of Norfolk, 3 miles to tho S.K. of Wymnnd- 1. mi, its post town. It is situated on a branch ot the Yaro, and was held at an early period by tho Thorpe family, and subsequently by the Bourcniers. ning is a rift.* in tho dioc. of Norwich, vul. with that < which is annexed to it, 048, in the ] 11. The church is deii to All Saints, and contains monuments of tli ,'iircs of Sir Edmund de Thorp and his wife are of alabaster, under : wood. Tin a small fuel allotment, awarded in 1814. This village was the birthplace (1469J of Sir John Bourchier, the translator of Froissart's Chronicles. AMIXVK'K, a par. in tin bund, nt Kilmrisdon, in the Co. of Somerset, 3 miles to tin N.K. of Sin pt"ii Jl Bath is its post town. It is situated mi th" Fosse and includes tin- limit, of Oukhill. Coal imm> aru worked hero, and there is an extrusive 1'rewerv. Tho living is a ] i].ot. cur. in tin: dim-, of liath and V val. 113, in the patron, of tho Vicar of Kilnn The church is dedicated to St. James. There are > I belonging to the Presbyterians an< 1 ' Tho parochial charities, including an endow r : : >.j to a school, amount to 13 a year. Ashwick Grove is the principal residence. llasbui ;. i csjB with a double rampart, is near the Fosse Way, eo*J9 westward of the village. ASHWICKEN, a par. in tin lumd. of Freel Lynn, in tho co. of Norfolk, .3 mil. to i Lynn-Regis. It lies near the East Anglian railwiM The living is a roct.* in the dioc. of Norwich, al. with that of Leziate, which is annexed to it, 520, in the patron, of the Rev. J. Freeman, tho incumbent. Tho church is dedicated to All Sa< ASHWOOD, a hmlt. in tho par. of King's S i northern div. of the hund. of Seisdon, in the Stafford, 4 miles to the N.W. of Stoui-bridgc. It i the eastern bank of tho river Stour, not far fi of the Oxford and Worcester railway. Tho Stafford sal Birmingham canal also passes tho hmlt. in a pan|H course with the river. On Ashwood Heath, no In. common, are remains of a Roman camp, to which is given tin; singular name of " V . . iliampton ChnrsJB yard." ASIIWORT1I, a chplry. in Uio par. of MiddleUm and hund. of Salford, in the co. palatine of LancM^H 3 miles to the W. of Rochdale, its post town. A BBs9 stream, a branch of tho river Koch, inns through it The living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Manchester, vol. 119, in the patron, of Lord Egerton. ASKAIG, PORT, a harbour on the north-east coast of the island of Islay, ono of the Hi ' 11 miles from Bowmore. There were former!;. mines near it. ASKE, a tnshp. in the, par. of Eashy, WPF tho wap. of (tilling, in the North Riding of tin York, 2 miles to the N. of Richmond. In this tnshp. it Aske Hall, the scat of tho Earl of Zetland; it ', a beautiful park, on elevated ground commanding line prospects. ASKEATON, a par. and market (own in Lower Connello, in the co. of Limerick, prov. of Munslafl Ireland, 16 miles to the S.W. of Limerick by road, 0* 20 miles by tho Limerick and Foyins railway, on whitfl it is a station, and 135 miles from Dublin. It is situate* in a pleasant country, on tho river Dccl, near with tho Shannon. This place was founded 1 geralds, Earls of Desmond, and became an im]>ortal place at an i .1 ' p> i iod. Tin y hud a fine castle hanl whii'h, after bolding out the longest against the royal force's, neil in 1.JSO by >sir (ieorge Curew, |^H of it being blown up by tho garrison on retiring. In 1420, a Franciscan monastery was establish! .1 lien !y James, Earl of Desmond, which was one of the most mngiiifi', nt ecclesiastical edifices in the island. Undec a charter granterl by .lames I., in 1613, Askeaton was incorporated, and from that time till the I'm, in, the '1 two representatives to tin hii-h par iit. Of tho 15,000 which was awarded on the ceasing of this privilege, 13,700 was paid to t Carrick and Lord Jlusscy. Askeaton is no longer n cor- poration. It is a police-station, and has a court of ] sessions once a fortnight. The district is liilly. ami tho lands under cultivation. Good limestone is quarried in abundance, and copper ore is found, but m> mine is d. There is a salmon fishery on tin l>cel, and a 1 small export trade in grain and flour. Tin' iher is navigable, ami has COMM ni. nt quays. The town is bnill on both sides of tin- 1 1. ' 1. which is crossed by an old bridge of five arc Ins. The living is a vie. in the dioc. , Anlfcrl, and Aghadoe, ^al. with the itx;t. of Lismakecry, and tho vie. of Ivcrus, 391, in the
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