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Rh ATHERINI AT1JLACCA. - ladies. The Wcsleyans and Baptists have each a cha]iel hero. In an. ant times there was a chapel at TJmber- leigh, but the building is now used as a barn! In the reign of II. my HI., here waa a conventual establish- ment, u cell to "lh abbey of Caen, in Normandy. Ather- ington Hall is the principal residence. ATHEEINOTON, Sussex. See ALDKIXOTOX. ATIIKIISTONK, a limit, in the par. of White Lack- ington, and hund. of Abdick and Bulstono, in the co. of Somerset, not far from Ilminster. ATHERSTOXE, a market town and formerly a chplry. in the par. of Mancctter, but now a district par. in the Athcrstono div. of the hund. of Hcmlingford, in this co. of Warwick, 23 miles to the N. of Wai wick, and 102 miles from London bv the Trent Valley branch of the London and North Western railway, on whi'-h it u a station. It is situated in a pleasant and highly- cultivated country, near the western bank of the river Anker, close to the borders of Leicestershire. The Roman road, Watling Street, passes through this place, and a little to the west is the Coventry and I-'., canal. It is a place, of considerable antiquity, and had a Saxon origin, its original name being Ardeiton, the " town in Ardcn," or in the great wood. Its name in Domesday Book is written Aderatone. At the Conquest, the manor was the property of the Countess Godi was granted to Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. It after- wards passed through the hands of the Earls of Stafford and Warwick, till, in 1464, it became the property of the Carthusian monks of Mountgrace, in Yorkshire, and subsequently was given to the free chapel of St. George, at Windsor. In the latter part of the reign o: ward III., a friary of the Augustine order was founded here by Ralph Basset, the value of which at the Dissolu- tion was only 2 per annum. The chief historical inte- rest which attaches to the place is from its association with the decisive battle which closed the long and de- structive Wars of the Roses. Bosworth Field lies about 8 miles to the E. of Atherstonc. The Karl of Richmond reached the town with his forces on the 20th of August, 1435, and encamped for the night in a meadow to the north of the church, since called " royal meadow." The earl is said to have slept at the inn known by the sign of the "Three Tuns;" and during the night he had a conference with Sir William Stanley, and formed the plans which resulted in the entire overthrow of the king in the groat battle which followed on the 22nd. This conference took place in a little close adjoining the town. The old carved oak chair occupied by Richmond on this occasion is said to bo still in existence, and is in the possession of Stafford S. Baxter, Esq., of A tic : The town consists of one principal street, with several smaller ones branching off from it, forming a portion of the old Watling Street ; and when the rood was taken up ill 1850 for the construction of a new t-. v !. tie Uoman pavement was discovered, and several Roman coins, about 3 feet below the present street. Ancient and modern buildings are curiously intermixed, but the town 11 paved, and lighted with gas. There is a market- place on the north side of the town, with a townhall a plain modern structure supported on pillars, and con- taining spacious assembly-rooms ; also a corn-exchange, recently built. A literary institution, with library and news-room, a dispensary, and a savings-bank have been established .'.Icy railway passes through the western of the town, for which there is a first-class station. The gas-works are on the south side df the town. The hat manufacture is carried on < and shalloons are also made. A; desley MI or, thcic arc eoni.iirs in which m:iny hands i-y surrounding the 'town is rich and 1 ;. nding northwards over wide land- scapes to the hills of Derbyshire, and K .ntliwm 'ingpleasunt shelter. - Ather- stono is the seat of a Poor-law I'nion, and a ( Court dial k. There are < lli: ,l j,, the norti port of the town. The living is a pcrpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Worcester, of the val. of 150, in the patron, of th" Vicar of Mancctter. Th Mary. It was erected in 1849, on ' Ihe ancient chapel of the friary, the old tower and : ;.cing .<-d. It is in {he d. e,,nited style of an hitec tare, the tower rising from the intersection of the nave and chancel. The Roman Catholics, Indep. dents, Unitarians, and Wosleyun Methodists have plMM of worship here. There are also two monastic insti- tutions St. Scholastica's priory, and the, Benedictine nuns of the ord' Blessed Sacrament. A stone is rich in charitable i nilowineiii:-., free grammar school was founded in 1573, and endowed by .Sir William Devereux, and other benefactors. The system of odue^l tion has been extended, and its present revenue is j^^H There is another free school in South Sti. by William Simmonds in 1085, called the Enf^H school, intended to prepare pupils for the gnuii^H school. Its revenue is 42. The bequests a meats for the benefit of the poor are very numen.us.-J Near the town is Athcrstono Hall, the scat of flH Braccbridges. From the rising ground on which the mansion stands, there is a flic and Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire. At within 1 mile of the town, are the ruins of the abbt]H W. S. Dugdale, Esq., is lord of the manor, and Viscount Curzon master of the Athcrstone hounds, which M kept by subscription at With, i N y. The market ds^H Tuesday. Fairs are held on the 7th of April and flH 18th of July for the sole of cattle ; on the 19th and 2|H of September for cattle and cheese ; and on the 4lh December for cattle and general wares. There is alsqfl statute fair for the hiring of servants. Atherstonc li noted for its cheese fair, one of the greatest in Engi ATHERSTONK-ON-sT'in;. a par in the hund. i Kington, in the co. of Warwick, 3 miles to Stratford-on-Avon. It is iu n pleasant district, on ' ' borders of Gloucestershire. The river Stum and tram railway between Stratford and Moi through it. Ailstow is a vil. comprised in this The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Worcester, of I vol. of 288, in the patron, of the Rev. Dr. T. ' village was the birthplace of Dr. Thomas, the continn of the "Antiquities of the County of Wai William Dugdale. The principal seat is Alt. ATlIKI.'Ti >X. a chplry. in the par. of Lcig hund. of West DI rby, in the co. palatine of Lane 2 miles to the N. of Leigh. It is a station on and Kenyon Junction railway, a branch of the L and North We-tcrn. The M.n.i h. st, r and V. passes within s little distance of the rhplry. bitants are employed in the cotton manufactory collieries, and ironworks. Nail-making and making are also carried on. The living is a p in the dioc. of Ila t ilno, in patron, of Lord Lilford. The chapel i . John the Hapt'st. Atli.lt' .11 Hall, the se;,! i. is a modem mansion, near the site of which was the seat of the Atheitons. l-'airs are " hero on the u".ith Juno and the L'Utli August. ATUGLASKON, a vil. in the bur. of 1'pj.er Kell, i the co. of Heath, prov. of Loinster, Ireland, not from Kclls. ATHLACCA, a par. in the bar. of Coshma, in the I of Limerick, j i... <.t Minister, Ireland, 4 miles to f S.W. of Bruff. It is situated in a very ( rtii on the Morning Star liver, which inns throu parish, and joins the river Magi;. low t lagc. much good posture land, .-aid stone is abundant. The living is a i. c t. united i that oi Dromore, in the dioc. of Down, G Dromore. The church, a small building with a s 1 in 1823. Here;: ..fachurchl in the l::th century by the Knights Teni] churchyard contains several ancient tombs of
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. the min- of which still stand ; Old Court, near the village, and the other Tullerbu now called Castle Iv, i- 11. i. an :.!.-. . n mains of T