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f the I."! '"irth-Wi -li in railway, and I'ildersome and Morlev, the i ( 'Imrwcil, an-i 1115 increased during the last '20 years' at tli'- i 100 ] . employed in the le woollen i< Til.' I'ulilic Hail is a gtono edifice, erected ill is.v coat of about 2,000. ildiii"; '1 Ijy tin- mechanics' institution, wl -tains about 700 volumes. Tin: churn i -Is its TIL'S in tin hall i;ii. A luca] Inardof health for the I 1853, and through iU exertions an Act of Parliament has obtained for supplyiiv The Hirstal gas- wui i. ship, and tho I)c wsbury and Batley gas-works at I Carr, a populous suburb of Dcwsbury, but partly in y parish. The living is a vic. in tho dioc. of ii, of the val. of 300, in the patron, of tho Earls of i^n and Wilton alternately. The church, i '> in tho perpendicular *tyle, was erected iu tho reign of H-niy VI., and contains a fine alabaster t"iuh with figures of a knight and his lady, and several other monu- ments. It is dedicated to All Saints, and has been recently embellished with a fine peal of bells, and an east window put in by Samuel Beckett, Esq., in 1855, to the memory of his wife Mary. The Woslcyans, Roman <:hapols here. A free school, founded by William Lee in 16U .Mrcn, has an income, from end vnunt, of X 197. There are two other endowed schools, and a new National school, .ed in 1861 at a cost of 2,000. Tho entire chari- cndowments "t' the parish amount to '- Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Company arc making a line from Adwalton to Batley, and the Bradford, Wakcfiold, and Leeds Railway Coin- arc making a bi-anc-h from iheir line at Of - i will cflcct a junction with the above branch of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction railway and the London and North- Western railway. A commodious station for all tho lines is now in contem- plate I'.V CAIili, NF.W I'.ATLKV, and UPPER I'.ATLKY, liir.lt.-. in the par. of F.atley, waps. of Air- .' and Morlcy, in the Went Riding of the co. of V'ul. . I he living is a prrprt. cur. in the D the ]iatron. of the The church is dedicated to the Jlnly Trinity. I Si i iKI>, a par. in tho upper div. of tl nite, in the co. of Gloucester, 2 miles to the N.W. ' ireton. It is situated at the northern part of the Cotswold hills, nut far from the Stratford branch of 1 i x ford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway. The Fosse Way passes near the parish. The living is a " in tho di" ster and Bristol, of the val. of 370, in the ]>atr miles to tho E. of Stokesley. It lies in a moorland district. 1 |A .a par.and populous suburb of I/.mlon, chiefly in tho western, partly also in the eastern div. of ud. of lirixt'in. in the. .ilestol S.W. ui I.ondiin. Iti.--aat.it I V on the .-oiith l.ank of the '!'! jiai-. ineluil (. 'hurch. and IVnge. It was and w ;lio Jjossessi Westminster, wner 1'atrici" market L-anlen-, iV-nu w'uii-h a lar. ia sent to London. These gardens are lees than t ily. .Vsparagus wu fii .Sonic of the inhabitants are employed i manul also a vitriol far others. In 1790 air-mill was erod was employed in crushing liu- tho oil, and afterwards in grinding malt. a vie.* i; i -iter, of th* in tho patron, of rcr. Tho chu cated to St. Mary. It is a jilaii tower and spire, cn-etc<l in 1777 on tho site of one, and stands close to the river, i In the sUi^^^l window, preserved church. ;u. of King Henry VII., Margaret B< mother, and Queen Elizabeth. In t interesting monuments, the ; HI nry, Viscount Bolingbroke,and 1 Others are in memory of Sir Kdward Wit. . . '..- 1 officer of the East I ; fl^l Astle, the antiquary, who died in l*oj ; Arilio^^^H author of the F.n^li--h Peerage," v. William Curtis, this botani.-.!. X. objo Battoreea-in-the-l-'ields. i^ d.-di,ati i The living is a pcrpet. cur., al. (.1 VS, ii, vicar. Thechurchwasbuilt in 1 Sis, and i dicular style of an 1 churches one called Christ Church, the Tiie livings of both are ] jKitron. of t' There are chapels belonging t . t i loyan Methodists. The training M . is established in this parish. The < endowments of Battcrsea amount to ' of which 160 is tho revenue of ti stablished by the St. Johns in 17o( also National and infant schools.-. taken down in 17, John family. It was here that 1 i of Pope, died in 1751. Pope was "it guest, and wrote some of his poems in a room i with cedar, which is still preserved. The i sea was once held by Bishop Patrick. many pleasant scats and villas in i sea Rise was the seat of tho late s Bart. In 1829, a duel was fought in i n the Duke of Wellington and tic chelsea. These fields have 1 park, containing 186 acres, viith ' water in tho centre. Tin 1846, but tho source from which fund- tailed, tho undertaking was deferred t e of 200,000 was madi ; rpoi* ; 1 the total cost was estimated by Sir M. njamin Iv~i7 at 376,999. The necessary inn since been effected, including a handsome connecting P.attersea Park with ( 'hclsott, it take- its name, t" distinguish it from t . liich cros- r cons" higher up. This latter bridge, nearly 80n was erected in 1771, and cost 22,600. The :' known as Chelsea Chain Bridge, is close bridge, and its appearance is not at all impi The works were commenced in V und i-hed. The bridge is 47 feet bet lint's, including the i ' ial feet of roadway and footway, and Of 88,000. The girders and plates for the roadway sn iron instead of timber. The towers are of ii