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Rh CALDBRIDGE. 451 CALDEK, EAST. I lu forming a double cascade by the hollows called the Fairies' Kirk and Fairies' Kettle. It afterwards takes an underground course for about 4 miles. The parish is of very great extent, comprising an area of 24,280 acres, of which not more than a third part is enclosed. Lord Leconfield is lord of the manor and chief land- owner. CALDBRIDGE, or CALDBEEGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Coverham, wap. of West Hang, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles to the S. W. of Middleham, It includes the hmlt. of Little, or East Scrafton. CALDECOT, or COCKET, a par. in the southern div. of the hund. of Greenhoe, in the co. of Norfolk, 4 miles to the N.E. of Stoke Ferry, its post town. The living is a sinecure rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 6, in the patron, of Sir H. R. P. Bedingfield, Bart., who is sole proprietor of the parish. The church, long in ruins, was , dedicated to St. Mary. There is no village. CALDECOTE, a par. in the hund. of Longstow, in the co. of Cambridge, 4 miles to the E. of Caxton, and 8 W. of Cambridge, its post town. It is watered by a branch of the river Cam. The living is a vie. united with the rect. of Toft, in the dioc. of Ely, of the joint val. of 287, in the patron, of the Master and Feflows lirist's College, Cambridge; the impropriato tithes having been given by Picot do Cambridge to the monks ".unwell. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The register dates from 1728, previous to which year i church was a chapel to Bourn. There are charitable lowments worth 4 a year. CALDECOTE, a par. in the hund. of Norman Cross, the co. of Huntingdon, 7 miles to the S. of Peter- ough. Stilton is its post town. The Great Northern railway passes near it. The manor was anciently held the Hallidays, followers of the Earl of Huntingdon. ,e living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 156, in the patron, of William Wells, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The parochial charities consist of a small bequest for a school, and the Poor's Estate, the latter worth 6 a year. CAI DECOTE, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Towcf&ter, in the co. of Northampton, 2 miles from Towcester. CALDECOTE, a par. in the Atherstone div. of the hund. of Hemlingford, in the eo. of Warwick, 2 miles to the N. of Nuneaton, its post town. It. is situated on the border of Leicestershire, near the Trent Valley line of the London and North- Western railway, on which Kuneaton is a station. The par. is crossed by the Coventry canal. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 155, in the patron, of Kirkby Fenton, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to SS. Theobald and Chad, was completely restored about five years ago ; it contains several monuments of the Purefoy family, and one of Nathan Wright, Lord Keeper. The charitable bequest, amounting to about 9 a year, was left by George Abbot, for the support of a school for poor children and for providing books. Caldecote House, a fine old mansion, formerly the seat of the Purefoys, was attacked during the Civil War by Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, but was bravely and successfully defended by George Abbot (a son of Archbishop Abbot, who had married the heiress of the house of Purefoy), with only eight retainers and the ladies of his family, against the royalist forces. A tablet to his memory is still preserved in the chancel of the church, enumerating "his eminent parts, graces, and virtues," and recording the valorous defence of Caldecote House. CALDECOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of Shocklach, hund. of Broxton, in the co. palatine of Chester, 5 miles to the NW. of Slalpas. It lies near the river Dee, and contains about 430 acres. CALDECOTT, a par. in the hund. of Odsey, in the co. of Hertford, 3 miles to the N. of Baldock, which is its post town, and a station on the Hitchin and Cam- bridge branch of the Great Eastern railway. The par., which contains only 318 acres, lies on the border of Bedfordshire. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 75, in the patron, of C. C. Hale, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Icknield Street passed a little to the S. of this place, and in 1724 some Roman urns were found here. CALDECOTT, a hmlt. in the par. of Chelveston, hund. of Higham-Ferrers, in the co. of Northampton, 2 miles from Higham-Ferrers. CALDECOTT, a par. in the hund. of Wrangdikc, in the oo. of Rutland, 4 miles to the S. of Uppingham, its post town. It is situated on the confines of Northamp- tonshire, on the banks of the rivers Welland and Eye. The living is a vie. united with the rect. of Liddington, in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to St. John. CALDER, or CALDER-BRIDGE, a vil. and chplry. in the par. of Beckermet St. Bridget's, ward of Aller- dale-above-Derwent, in the co. of Cumberland, 4 miles to the N.W. of Ravenglass, and Of from Whitehaven. Egremont is its post town. It is pleasantly situated near the sea-coast, on the banks of the river Calder, If mile from the Whitehaven and Furness Junction rail- way, which has a station at Sellafield. The Calder flows along a beautiful and wooded valley to the sea, and is at this place crossed by a bridge. In a secluded spot on its banks arc the picturesque ruins of an abbey founded about 1134 by Ranulph do Meschines. It was for monks of the Cistercian order, and was dedicated to the Virgin. At the Dissolution it was valued at 64, and given to Dr. Thomas Leigh. The remains of the buildings, which were in the Norman style, consist of part of the tower of the church, supported on clustered columns of excellent workmanship, about 24 feet in height, with capitals ornamented by a roll, whence spring the beautiful pointed arches which formed the cupola or lantern ; five arches of the nave similarly supported ; and portions of the western entrance. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, and in the patron, of Captain Irwin. The church, dedicated to St. Bridget, is a cruciform stone building, in the early English style of architecture. It has an embattled tower with pinnacles, and was erected in 1842 at the sole expense of Captain Thomas Irwin. Near the abbey ruins is a modern mansion called Calder Abbey, the seat of Captain Thomas Irwin, who is chief landowner. Vestiges of a Roman camp exist in the neighbourhood. Ponsonby Hall is near Calder Bridge. General Wynd- ham is lord of the manor. CALDER. See CADDER, Lanarkshire. CALDER, a river of Yorkshire, rising near Burnley, in Lancashire, and running in an easterly direction through Todmorden Valley, by Dewsbury and Wake- field, to Castleford, where it falls into the Aire. It receives several small tributaries in its course. This river is one of considerable importance, as forming part of a great system of inland water communication, having numerous canals connected with it. Among these are the Rochdale, Barnsley, and Ramsden canals, and the Calder and Hebble navigation. Near Leeds, the Leeds and Liverpool canal joins the Aire. CALDER-BANK, a vil. in the par. of Old MonHand, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 6 miles to the E. of Glasgow. It is seated on the banks of the North Calder, a branch of the Clyde, near the Caledonian railway, which is here carried over the valley by a long viaduct, at the height of about 120 feet. The inha- bitants are chiefly employed in the coal-mines and iron- works. CALDER-BRAES, a vil. in the par. of Old Monkland, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 5 miles E. of Glasgow. It adjoins the vil. of Calderbank. CALDERBROOK, a joint tnshp. with Blatchiuworth in the par. of Rochdale, hund. of Salford, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 4 miles to the N.E. of Rochdale. CALDERCRUIX, a hmlt. in the northern div. of the co. of Lanark, Scotland. It is a station on the Edinburgh, Bathgate, and Airdrie railway. CALDER, EAST, a par. united with Kirknewton, in the co. of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 mile E.N.E. of Mid Calder, and 11 miles S.W. of Edinburgh. Here ia an