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Rh An KLAND, 123 AfGIIXA' I."Y. building, with a tower at tin- wist end. It was made collegiate by Bishop Knirliji)ii> in tin llth ei ntury, and rabceqaently endowed by llishop Heck in the 13th. Its value at the Dissolution was 180. Tin- church con- tains two effigies, one of a cnuadcr, in wood, and the nlhi r of a woman, in atone : the stalls of the dean and pichendaries, .-ind u brass, with traces of several other monuments. The charitable endowments of the parish amount to 730, including the revenues of the free gram- mar school founded 1. ml tho school founded by Bishop Harrington (both at Bishop Auckland), and the school endowed by Lord Crewe, now connected with the Uarrington foundation. Al I KI.AMi, lilSHOP, Durham. Set BISHOP AUCK- LAND. AITKl.AXD, ST. HKI.KN, :t ehplrj-. and small vil. in the par. of St. Andrew Auckland, ward of Darlington, in tho co. of Durham, 3 miles to tho 8.W. of Bishop Auckland. It is situated on tho north side of the river < mnless, which joins tho Wear a little below. Tho Stockton and Darlington branch railway has erected a passenger station at a place called Haggorloazes. Tho population of tho village are principally employed in two large collieries, called St. Helen's and West Auckland. Tho living is u pcrpct. cur. in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 220, in tho patron, of tho bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Helen. Here is a free s< -ho..l for boy* and girls, erected by tho propri< Helen's enl AUCKLAND, WEST, a tnshp. and largo pleasant vil. in the ]ur. of .St. Andrew Auckland, ward of Dar- lington, in the ro. of Durham, 3 miles to the S.W. of I'.i-hoji Auckland. It is situated on tho south sido of tho river Gaunloss, opposite to St. Helen Auckland, in which chplry. it is included. A large brewery lias been established hero, and there is a lunatic asylum. Tho Wesleyans and I'rimitivc Methodists have chapels, and there are National and free schools, the latter with an endowment of 20 per annum. The Eden fumilv take the title of baron from this township. Tho Bishop of Durham is lord of the manor. AUCKLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Finningley, partly in tho wap. of Bassetlaw, in the co. of Nottingham, jmrtly in Doncastcr Soke, in the West riding of the co. of York, 4 miles to tho E. of Doncaster. AUDEXSHAW, one of tho four districts of tho par. of Ashton-undcr-Lync, hund. of Solford, in tho co. palatine of Lancaster, 3 miles to the S.W. of Ashton. Manchester is its post town. It comprises the hmlts. of Hoolcyhill, Walkmill, Little-moss, Woodhouscs, and North Street. The Ashton canal and the Manch Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway pass through Auden- shaw. The population are engaged in the cotton and silk manufactures, calico-printing, machine-making, hat- nuiking, kc. The living is a pcrpct. cur. in tho dioc. of Manchester, of the val. of 150, in tho patron, of the crown and the lli.-hoji of Manchester. Al IU.F.BY, a hmlt. in the par. of Cai.stor, ill tho wap. of Ilarborough, parts of Litnl.-ey, in tho co. of l.in- cnlii, 1 mile fro]- It is situated on tho Wolds, The llrocklcsby hounds meet at Audlcby Villa, the principal r. -ideiice in the neighbourhood of tho hamlet. AUDLEM, a par. in tho hund. of Nantwich, in tho co. palatin r, H mil. s to th.- S. of Xantwi.h, its ],st town. It occ -npies. thn southern extremity of the county on the hordrr of Shropshire, and contains the tnshps. of Audlem. Itiu-rton, DodMtHMBt-WDlti llankelow, nnd Tittcnhy. 'Hie Ixiiidim and North . panes near it. The living is a vie. in the ill.*-, of Chester, in tlie patron, of I/.rd ( 'oml H i The church U dedicated to St. James. Hero is a In. grammar sclnx.l found. .1 by L'alph Holton, the ],i whi.li ^ in, and an English seliool. with :in In.- of thr. paro-
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residence. A fair is held on St. James's Day, under a grant bv K.dwa.d I. The par. has an area of 10,525 CTOS, and a imputation undi r 3,000. A 1 1 > 1. 1 '., a pu. and small town in the northern div. of tlu'hund. of I'irchill, in tl. '-id. .< miles 1 the N.W. of NrwcastUi-undcr-I.yino. it-, p,,*t town, iroin Maeelosliold, and ahont I K. from tie station on the North Stall'ordshire milway. It lies i the l.,.nler of Cheshire, in a district rich in coal and i stone, which give employment to it great numbei inhabitants. The (Jrand Junction canal is through tie tunnel on the eastern si parish. It ' includes the chplry. of Talk-o'-th'-l" which has now :i district chun-h and parsonage own, with the tnshps. ot Audi. y. 1'iignall-Kii' 1 End, Halmer, Knowl-1 i. I ,ml. The hv is a vic. in the dioc. of l.ichfield, of the val in the patron, of the !; v. !'. (iilhi-rt. The chu d. li.utcd to St. James, was restored in 1810. It tains a monumental brass to the memory of Tho brother of the famous James, Ix>rd Audley, who fin in the battle of I'.'ictiers, in 13.50, and to whose tli. manor formerly belonged, together with analab effigy of Delves of Doddington, who was one of 1 -(Hires at that luittle. The chancel, which was rcl~ in is 10, has a fine east window of seven lights,' . TV beautiful Gothic tracery in the form of a cross,! is paved with encaustic tiles, after a design Tintem Abbey. The nave ;. n -t.ired in 1 fine carved roof added. The register dates from IS The Ysleyan Methodists have several chapels hi There is a free grammar school, established and endowed in H',22. by the K, v. Edward Vernon, with 120 pp annum, which has been subsequently increased. ^H cliancery suit instituted in 1835 com. ruing i ! tration of this charity, was tormina:, d in ls-i'2. l^^l are several smaller charities, amounting to ahout I" r annum. On a rock within .'I mil-'i of the villa_ Audley, are the ruins of Heyley, or Heleigh, ' ancient seat of the Audlcys, who took from this jit title of baron. The title is now borne 1>- the To AUDLEY END, Essex, .v, &umu WAI.I.K AUGHADEKKY, a hmlt. in the bar. of ' the co. of Monaghan, prov. of Ulster, I from the vil. of Aughnaeloy. AUlillCI.AKK, a vil. In the bar. of Shelbnrnn, in 1 co. of Wexford, jirov. of Leiiistcr, Inland, 4 mile's I New Roa. AfGIIKLOGUN, a vil. in the bar. of Cliire. in co. of Galway, prov. of C'oimaught, Ireland, S : the N. of Galway. A I '( . 1 1 Kli, a small market town in tho par. and of Cloghcr, in the co. of Tyrone, prov. of 1'lM 2 miles to the N.E. of Clogher, and 00 mil. > 1 Dublin. It is situated in a hilly diMiiet on the river Black water, near the border of Honughan. It wai granted to Sir Thomas Kidgway by James I., in i on condition of his causing twenty Engliahmi to si-ttli 1 there. In the same year a charter oi in ration was grunted, constituting the pla> with the j)rivilrgi) of returning t tin- Irish parliament ; which privilege wa the 1'nion. In 1041, the town was garri cessfully defended against Sir I'helim O'Nial insurgi-nts by (oh 1 Cliichester. Tho castle scqucntly dismantled by authority of the parliament ' town has one principal street, which is crossed 1 A chief police station is established here, and sessions are held occasionally by the county i Tho mark.t-hon>e, the only public building, the church. There are several scats of the : which tin: principal is Augher Castle, a lino ml in 1832, close to the ruins of the ancient i and now the s.fit of Sir .1. 1!. Kiihardson, Bart. day is the market-day, and a cattle fair is held once I month, Al'tllllXISII, a vil. in the par. of (hi of Burren, in the co. oi oi .Minister, Irel II miles to tho N. of Curolin. It is situated is northern < ti emity of the county, on the shore of a I bay hearing the same name, and is froquenti-d bathing-place. AUUHNACLOY, a small post and market