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Rh AVON MiM 'ill. 131 AXBRIDGE. the scene, in 1679, of the gathering of the Covenanters f.r their worship, win i ome and his dragoons came down UJHJU them. The circumstances of the con- 1 the L.ittle nt 1 l>ruinelog, arc depicted in Mortality." It resulted in tho rout of the dra- goons. A .shepherd's dwelling stands mi the spot. The Itomon rood ran for some miles through A nude. Tho area of the parish is about 40,000 acres. It contains 13 schools, one Free church, and three uni I'liun . in Stiat' AVOXMOUTH, a Ipolt in tho par. of Thurlestono, hiiinl. <. i' St.tnliorough, in tho co. of Devon, 4 miles to tin V. of Kingsbridge. It lies at the mouth of the small i . c.r Avon, which has its source in Dart- moor and falls into the English C1unu< 1. AWHHIDGE, ahmlt. in the par. of Mitch. !mer-h, liuiul. of Lower Tlmnigate, in the co. of Southan '1 mill's from Konisey. It is not far from the border of ViH.shire. The Andovercanal and the Salisbury branch of the South Western railway pass within a short dis- . The chief residences in the neighbourhood are Awbridge Dunes and Awbridge House. ANVlU'IiX. a chplry. in the par. of Camal>y, i co. of York. Bridlington is its post town. The living is annexed to tho vie. of Carnaby. AVK, l.i M I {.a freshwater take and river in the Lorn district of the co. of Argylo, (Scotland. Tho former lies nearly midway bctwi en tho coast and Loch Fyne, its direction in length, from K.I'. t'> S.'., being parallel with the upper half of that lake. In form it n- sembles a river more than a lake, extending in length about '.'I mill . and having a breadth of about one mile and a half. Several streams fall into it. tin: principal of them being the Orchy which enters it (mm (Jlenorchy at its northern extremity. Tho waters of the lake are discharged by the short but swift stream, hearing the same name as tho Loch, into Loch Etive. At Bunawe, a village at tho mouth of tho "rapid Awe," there is a quay at which vessels engaged in the carry in:; trade dis- charge and receive their freights. It was at this' spot that on engagement took placo between Bruce and tho Macdonalds, in which tho latter wero defeated. Loch Awo is studded with small islands at its northern end, i nl' thrin possessing interesting ruins. Inishail, or f nl Island," has those of a Cistercian mimicry ; Inis ]' ranch, those of a castle which be- longed to the MacNaughtcns ; and opposite to which are the extensive and pii-tnn ^jne remains of Kilchurn Castle, a sot of the Campbells, occupying a low rocky promontory jutting out into the lake. ' I'art of i nit the middle of the 15th century. liiis-' v, ith its ivy-mantled mill . in. mentioned by Dr. Smith, of Campbell-town, in his authenticity of Ossian's Poems, as tho pi which tho traitor Erath beguiled Duara, as recount. .1 in one of the songs of Sclma ; in this island arc burial- grounds and the ruins of a chapel. Tho scenery at the northern end of Loch Awo is sublime and im- pressive. Shadowing its waters are red mid lofty masses, and chief among them the double-peaked !' i'. Ouachan towering to tho height of 3,660 feet. ig a circuit of 11 miles. The finest view of the . with their lielily wooded slopes, uing from Inveiarv. Ixn' v.on, trout, uml hieli al.i.K .:Kivc the h>,l of the sea. The
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when they wished to impress their enemies with the hopelessness of reaching them in their distant strong- AWI.ISI O.MI1E, atnshp., par., and vil. in the hund, of Hemyock, inthe co. of Devon, 2 mil, '"^1 iU po N. of Cullompton railway station, and lii limn KM t> r. A small stream, a bran h of tlic rivr ( lit' r runs through it. 1 . the dioc. of K.v t' T, Mil. Jil'--': in the patron, of : I'l.'llord. The church. old building of tho loth century, and was i 1838. It contains a very handsome stone .- some beautiful windows. There are parochial end* mcnU amounting to 10 a year, and a national sch< for 60 children. It is surrounded on ti. Roman cncampiii i in I'mt. AUX11Y, a chplry. in tho par. of Cairby, in of Lincoln. Stamford is iU post town. The I" annexed to the reel, of Careby. AVKE, n par. in tho hund. of Bledisloe, in the c Gloucester, 3 miles to the S.E. of Ncwnhun town. It is situated on the western hank et Severn, on tho edge of tho Forest of Dean, and prises the chplry. of lilakeney, and the tythgs. of ', disloe, Etloe, and Hagloe. Some of the inh engaged in tho cloth manufacture. Tho living is a i in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, of the 530, in the gift of tho Haberdashers' Compi London. The church is dedi Andrew, is also a district church at tho village of Blakency, | living of which is a perpet. cur. ikewis* tho gift of tho Haberdashers' Company. Iron occur in this district. A WsVt ilJTII, a lunlt. in tho par. of Xuthall, 1 of Broxtow, in tho co. of Nottingham, '> mih from ] tinu'ham, its post town. Tho collieries and the sto " manufacture furnish employment to the x living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioe. of I.; in the i ;ho rector of Nuthall. AXBltlDGE, a par., market tov.n, and mn borough in tho hund. of Winters! eo. of i mcrset, 13 miles to tho S.W. of J' l.'iO i ' from London, or 136 miles by the Grca 1 way. It is situated on a slope of th" Mendip hills, i fertile disti ' liy the river views from tho top of the ridge above direction over the Bristol Channel to S anoth. i nitiful country to the Quontockl Bridgewater bay. Axbridgo is a ' rough i sent members to parliament in the reigns of 1 and Kdward III. The burgesses ; i to 1 cused tho exercise of the t Igo ceased to have a voice in th" I. is vested, under :> I'.lizahHh, in a mayor, councillors, and 1 Tlic corporation chest is patti.nlaily ri. h iu old ments, some as far back as the tii Tho town is little more than one street, half a i lownhall and ma i !%. ! -house was houses aii The 1 is a rect.* in tin- dine, of liuth an > the i I tho bish. | hand:- ".re in the form of a cross. : on two : ides of which L Ung, the other one of a bishop. IMS of I and is dedicated to St. John the P.ap; to the "i-le 'in U aiding the i: :CS, are of the yiaily al. of i'llil. . and i ! in it. It is th. and the I'liion workhouse is siluat. d in the: of ( 'omptuii. In the liciiiian :'
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