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Rh AXTOX. 136 AYLESlil AXToN, a vil. in the hund. of i in tin. 1 co. of Flint, Noith Vali>. ii : Idlon. AXTu.N, HAl;'| .(iKIl.and VI I..M I M, 1 1 1 IM'X- 1 'I; I . lit hunds. or subdivs. of the lathe itton-at-ll< 'in', in th co. of Kent. bounded on the tin- I! liy tlic lathe of Ayles- ford, on tin- S. by tin- huml. ol 1 Oouheath, ami on' tin AV. by the hunds. of Lessneth and KuI :nprises the following pars. : Ash, Darenth, Da : 11 gford, Faniingham, Fawkliain. Hartley. Hon. . l."iigfield, l.nllingstoin , Uidlcy. Soiitlitli-i't, Stone, Sutton-at-llone, Swanscoi! Wilmington. This liuii'i i-r an area of 39,600 a. AY< l.ll | I ;. (I; I. AT, a par. in the south-i astern iliv. of Darlington ward, in the co. of Durham, 5 miles to tin- N. of Darlington, its post town, aud 6 from Bishop's Auckland. It is situated on the banks of tin Skcrne, a branch of the Tecs, and contains the tnshps. of Great Aycliffc, Brafferton, Preston-le-Skcrn' Woodham. 'it is a station on tho North F.astern rail- way. The jmper manufacture is carried on here, and there are limestone quarries in the neighbourhood. The living is a vic. in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 246, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Dnr- liam. The vicarial tithes are commuted for 386 1. Hrf. per annum. The church, which stands on high ground at a distance from the village, is dedicated to St and formerly belonged to the see of Lindisfarm. ];- style of architecture is mixed, Guthic arches resting upon round columns. The register dates from 1560. The churchyard contains an old cross, supposed to be Saxon. The esloyan and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there are parochial and Sunday schools. The annual val. of the jiarochiul charities, including a small endow- ment for a school, is 8. AV( l.iri KSi IIOOL, atnshp. in the par. ..I il ington, son . in tin.- par. of ( 'm-bridge, eastern div. of Tyncdale ward, in the co. of NorUmmbarJ miles to the I'., ot II. xlmin. Coal and lead exist in this tnshp. It is in tin' vicinity of an aueii nt Komaii sta- tion, and Unman antiquities have been discovered here. AYDON I'ASTI.K. a tnishp. in tbe iir. of Corbridgc, eastern div. of Tynedale ward, in the co. of Northum- berland, 4 miles to tin }'.. of Hexham. Thin plaee takes its name from nn ancient fortress standing on t; of a deep rallcy, and approached by a (light of stcj.s. It was creeled in 'the l:;th century. AYUn."l; T( IN. a chplry. iA the par. of Lidnev, and hund. of Bledialoe, in the co. of Gloucester, 8 mi the N.K. of n,e['stov y is its post town. It is situated about L' miles from the western bank river Severn. The living is a Jieqiet. cur. attached to of l.i'lney, in the dioc. of i md llristol. liureh is dedicated to St. Mary. 'J'liero are some charitable cndownMBti amounting to lo ).i r annum. AYI.rsl'.c. l;K, a j^r. in the liuml... 'igh, in the < -n. of l>i v..n, f> miles to the N.W. of Sidr It is situated in a beautiful iv on tin- wi ,t side of the river O' ntains the! and the lib. of Dotton. k and riband is established In n . nn.l ghi s i inploymeiit to some of the inhabi: living is a vie. i < jln, j,, ,]. .1. of tin- Ki v. V. II. Canvithen, inruinl,, m ehiireh is il. iicwtcd to 8t Christopher. There i- a ili-nirt elniiih at X. wtoii-l',,|,|,l,.f,,ril, the living of wbioh b pcrpet. nn There are some trillii. A^, i:D, one of or BU central pi i : hull''. loo ainl A D the I-',, by the huncl. of liimiham. on the S. by the huml. ..I tin.- W. by (ixfin'cWiir It, ,,, prise* 1 Ocddingham, Haltim, (, l.itil,, ' n, H.utni 11. H"i .-,' ml"i:. lluli-'itt, (Jreat Kimb Little Kimbli . I '-li--i mli n, Little M Honk's liiaboi-oi. villr, Stone, Veml"vi r. ami V. too 'luii i. lib. of i'.iaml.sli -e. This hund. containa an I of 60,540 in A V 1 . 1 !S 1 1 1 ' I ; Y, a par., market town, and parl i ii in tin- lia' 1'iirv. ami ham, 17 miles to tin S i from London by road, or 44 miles by : Noili lailway, with which it is cm; short branch line. Two other branch lines ari : forming, one to Claydon, on the Blctchley in '.I the other to rrim-e's Risborough, 01. combe and Thame line. It occupies a central )H the county, being .-:;u..i.<l a li:ll. t.. tin S. ot : Thome, in the beautiful and fruitful vale, of AyU and eontains tin ehjilrj-. of Walton. A small flows through the town, and joins the Thome 2 i the west of it. This place was one of the strong! Ii nt Unions, and waa not reduced by the i till the year 571. It was called by the Saxons. bury. The sanctity and miraculous powers of i virgins added fame and distinction to it. Kadburga and Kdithn, daughters of a the country, are spoken i tin -m. M. their nil n-, is related to have retired hither I world on the very day of her espousal, not without lord's consent, and after some time to 1 dercd by Danish ruffians. Her burial the scene of many miracU s, and soon a founded and dedicated to In r nn nn.iy. In tl,. William the Com i.uryi royal possession, and was granted to one of lua ! man followers, who held it by tin ing the king in winter straw for his bed aim and three eels for his table, and in M: rushes, and two green geese. And this luxurious ] MOII for kingly board and ! Li tl.i. ar, should he honour tin town .-' a very early ]i ri"d two lnis|i! Tiny were dedicated to St. .Mm and St. l.< in ruins before the middle of the 14th ' < 138" a monastery of Gray Friars was founded h< James, l'..ul "t Onnond. At tin- Dissolution, Henry V 1 1 1 .. its value was about 3, and its site wait granted to Sir John Baldwin. A!- .eda] liaim nt.uy garrison during the civil war in tt. I'harles I. The tnwn, situated on a hill, is i built. of several sLieeis and road- : from all sides to a central marKet-|>l.. market-house, fur which the beautiful Ti ; Winds, at Athens, was taken as model. Tin . is a handsome brick edifice, en cti d in 1 held the assizes, quarter sessions., on the road t" J county gaol. nearly live acn - ion uorkhousc, a building in I in fin Tring road, about a mil- . o] ncd in IS.'. ini]nirtant bianeli of local indiistiy, is n .11 to a very .small i. xtent : the maliir '.: plait appMK to hi place. Another imp md curious occupation of the town and m i^/ii s the rearing of young dm .1 ]n-o,lm ii d by artificial n October and Novenib. r. I'.y another eoiir.- mnt it is thin. and the young brood an '.iji tor the I.'.mloii market, where '< absurd prices. Above 100 hands, mostly rirls, are now engaged in the recently-established Aylesbury received a char: soon after forfeited. I in l-Vil, since -hii Ii ti; Ii nt in the huml 'usuallv called the "three- hundreds"), with which the K>rough is made to coincide, in consequence of corrupt