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Rh - BILSDALE-MIDCABLE. 267 BILTON. , 1. ; to Alford. The hmlts. of Asserby and Thurlby arc in this par. The living is a vie.* in the i. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. L'J charitable endowments, including the revenue of a 11 il school, amount to 7 a year. ILSDALE-MIDCABLE, a chplry. in the par. of v, wap. of Ryedale, in the North Hiding of the t Y 'irk, G miles to the S. of Stokesley. Northaller- ois its post town. It is situated near the source of i rivur Rye, and contains Bilsdale East-Side, and . i nilsdale, and the limit, of Bilsdale Kirkharn. The . i; is a perpct. cur. in the dioc. of York, val. 91, in >n. of the Vicar of Hehnsley. The Quakers hai a meeting-house here. ILSDALE WEST SIDE, a tnshp. in the par. of nliy, wap. of Birdforth, in the North Riding of the pf York, (i miles to the S.E. of Stokesley. It in- he district of Easter-Side, with part of that of Gate, and the hmlt. of Fangdale Beck. [LSDEAN, a hmlt. in the par. of Oldhamstocks, ] ladingtonshire, Scotland. ILSFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Buckland-Brewers, l.ujL of Shebbear, in the co. of Devon, 6 miles to the Wpf Torrington. II. SHAM, a tythg. in the par. of Yapton, hund. of i ford, rape of Arundel, in the co. of Sussex, 3 miles ie S.W. of Arnndel. The Portsmouth and Arundel 1 passes through the par. of Yapton. [LS1NGTON, a par. in the hund. of Newchurch, I partly in the lib. of Romney Marsh, lathe of Shep-, in the co. of Kent, 6 miles to the S. of Ashford. is its post town. It is situated on the Grand tary canal. The living is a perpet. cur. in the of Canterbury, val. 52, in the patron, of Lady
 * .. of Lincoln, val. 123, in the patron, of J. Mason,
 * y. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and

1'a.. 'The manor, once held by the Earls of Anm- >y tlie tenure of bearing the cup at the coronation, belongs to Lady Cosway. At a farm-house, on an rite! spot in this parish, are some remains of an 1 ustine priory, founded hero in 1253 by John Man-
 * vest of Beverley. It was valued at the Disso-
 * t 81, and was granted to the Archbishop of

f:rl>ury. LSTHORPE, a par. in the South Clay div. of the Bassetlaw, in the co. of Nottingham, 9 miles to T. W. of Newark. Mansfield is its post town. It -uatcd within the Forest of Sherwood, and was given t the Norman Conquest to G. de Gaunt. The living . : -oct. in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 360, in i' patron, of the Earl of Scarborough. The church, t ands near the ancient manor-house, once a re- i of Charles I., is a small building, dedicated to St. Stararet, and contains several monuments. i LSTON, a chplry. and market town in the par. borough of AVolverhampton, hund. of Seisdon, in ... o. of Stafford, 2 miles to the S.E. of Wolverhamp- ind 120 miles to the N.W. of London by road, or - niles by the London and North- Western railway, iiich it is a station. It is also a station on the Ox- i r Birmingham, and "Wolverhampton section of the t Western railway. The Birmingham and Staf-
 * i hiru canal also passes near the town. Bilston was

at remote period a royal demesne, but it remained foi ii-!' s a place of no importance. It is now one o: thmost populous and prosperous towns in Stafford- Thc district in which it is situated is remark- its mineral wealth, especially for its abundance and iron. It contains also extensive and valuable .^ling purposes, for grindstones, &c., and a very i irange-coloured sand xised for casting. To these al advantages the town is indebted for its rapid th, and increasing prosperity as one of the centres i iron trade. Bilston is an irregularly built town, s] r ling over a tract of rising ground for about 5 The principal streets contain some good anc h:iijome residences, while in all directions around are red the dwellings of the workers. Above 2,500 lersons are employed in the coal and iron mines. The surrounding district is covered with the evidences, im- jlements, and products of the manufacturing industry of he place. Foundries, forges, and smelting furnaces abound, and at night the lurid glow of the countless ires gives the locality an aspect almost unearthly and errifying. The manufacture of all kinds of japannned and enamelled wares, and of tin, brass, iron wire, locks, screws, &c., is earned on to a large extent. Coarse earthenware is made of the clay of the district, and many hands are employed in the stone-quarries. The iving is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 635, in the gift of the inhabitants. The present church was erected in 1826 on the site of an earlier one, and is dedicated to St. Leonard. Two other district churches aave since been erected : one dedicated to St. Mary, in 18 29, a handsome edifice in the perpendicular style, with a jood tower; the living of which is a cm'., val. 250,intho patron, of the bishop of the dioc. ; the other, dedicated to St. Lxike ; the living also a cur., val. 150,in the alter- nate patron, of the crown and the bishop. There are pendents, Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. The charitable endowments consist chiefly of a fund for the augmentation of the cur., which pro- duces 588 per annum ; and the income of the blue-coat school, founded by Humphrey Perry ; and of the cholera orphan school. The latter was founded for the main- tenance of the 450 children left orphans by the severe visitation of cholera in the town in 1832. The town suffered from a like visitation in 1849, when there were between 600 and "00 deaths. Monday and Saturday are the market days. Fairs are held on Whit-Monday, and the Monday before the Michaelmas fair at Birming- ham. Petty sessions are held, and polling for the county elections takes place here. BILSTON. See BILDESTOX, Suffolk. BILSTONE, a chplry. in the par. of Norton-juxta- Twycross, huud. of Sparkenhoe, in the co. of Leicester, 3 miles to the N.W. of Market Bosworth. It is within the honour of Tutbury, in the duchy of Lancaster. BILTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Lesbury, ward of Bamborough, in the co. of Northumberland, 3 miles from Alnwick. BILTON, a par. in the Rugby div. of the hund. of Knightlow, in the co. of Warwick, 1 mile from Rugby, its post town. The London and North-Western railway passes near it. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Wor- cester, of the val. of 678, in the patron, of the Rev. J. T. Parker, rector. The church, dedicated to St. Mark, is chiefly in the Norman style, with a tower and spire of more recent erection. There is a small endowed school, with a revenue of about 20 a year. The principal resi- dences are Bilton Hall, Bilton House, and Bilton Grange. Bilton House is interesting as having once been the seat of Joseph Addison, the moralist; and afterwards the resi- dence of his daughter, till her death in 1797. It still contains some of the furniture and pictures which be- longed to him. BILTON, or BILTON-IN-HOLDERNESS, a chplry. in the par. of Swine, wap. of Holderncss, in the East Riding of the eo. of York, 4 miles to the N.B. of Hull, its post town. The living is a perpct. cur.* in the dioc. of York, val. 145, in the patron, of the Hon. P. Daw- nay. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. BILTON, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Knares- borough, and wap. of Claro, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the W. of Knaresborough. Har- rogate is its post town. There arc several sulphureous springs in the vicinity. The living is a perpet. cur., val. 154, in the patron, of W. Sheepshanks, Esq. A free school, founded 1785, has an income from endowment of 30 per annum. Other small charities produce 4 a year. BILTON, a par. in York Ainsty, co. of York, 7 miles to the W. of York. Wetherby is its post town. It includes the tnshps. of Bilton, Bickcrton, and Tock- with. A Cistercian nunnery, dedicated to the Vir- gin, was founded at Symingthwaite, in this parish, by
 * of clay, beds of quarry-stone of excellent quality
 * ix chapels in the town, belonging to the Baptists, Inde-