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Rh AISLABY. 38 ALDAN'S, ST. AISLABY, a tnshp. in the par. of Eaglescliffo, Stock- co. palatine of Durham, 5 miles to the S V is  2 mi! V. of Pickering, and near tho Whitby railu A ISLABY. a ehplry. in the par. of Whitby ami lib. In tli. North Riding of the ro. of York, 3 miles to I ; Vhitby. > ! k and the Whitby bninrh of tho North Eastern niihv:iy pass through it. The living is a cur. in tho dioc. of York, val. S7, in the patron, of Mrs. Boulhy. There ia a small endowment for the benefit of tho poor, amounting i a year. The stone used in the building of Whitby Abbey, tho docks at Shcerness, and line's Docks, -was obtained from Helton's limestone quarry in this place. AISMUNDERBY, a tnshp. united with 1'- the par. and lib. of Ripon, in the Vest Hiding of the co. of York, near the ,pon. AISTIIOKI'K. ..: I AM' 'llloHPE, a par. in the of Lawress, in the co. of Lincoln, 6 miles to the X.V. of Lincoln. It is situated on the Wolds, near the ancient British road called Ermine Street. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. with tho . hioh is annexed to it, i. the patron, of J. Milnes, Esq., who resides at Aisthorpc Hull. Tin' church is dedicated to St. }' A IT 1 1 ST I X i i. a par. united with Sandsting, in Main- land, tho principal of the Shetland Isles, 15 miles to the N.V. of Lerwick. The islands of Little Papa and ntry an- includi-d in this parish. It is hilly and adapted only for pasture land. Fishing and a coasting trade form tho occupations of th. inhabitants. Tho living is in the prcsh. of Lorwiek, val. 168, in the patron, of the Earl of Xctland. Tho united pars, con- tain an area of about 15 square miles. AKE1IAU, York-hire. AVr AIKIIAH. AKELD, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirk-Newton, (lUn- dale ward, in tho co. of Northumberland, 2 miles to the N.W. of Wootar. It is near tho river Glen, and has traces of an ancient graveyard. V^i jrar. in the bund, of Buckingham, in tho co. of Buckingham, 2 } miles tothoN.E. of Buckingham. The living is a reel, in tho dioc. of Oxi i" Warden and Fellows of Now < Oxford. The church is il< dic.iti-1 to St. James the A] Tin TO is Mothodist chapel and Similar-school. AKENIIAM, a par. in tho hund. of Bosun n ami Claydon, in the oo. 01, V. oi Ipswich, and - i .11 railway station. It is on a branch of the small iiv,r (.ipping. llic In ing is a rect. united with that of Claydon, in the i. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small old building, and was repaired in 1854. ALAN., r CAMEL I; I VI i:, a small stream which rises at Davidstow, in the co. of Cornwall, and after a course of about 27 miles, passing the towns of Camelford, Bod- niin, and Wadebridge, tolls into the Bristol Channi ' 1'adstow. A special inter-, con- Artlnir. The battle of Camblan, fatal both to the " (lower of kings," and his -d Modred, was fought near thi, ; A I tlic par. ..I in the M. r. I miles to the N.V . It Al.liAN'S, St., a municipal borough, and mar to tli.. s V. by the 1 was dwfnnrhi-'il in that year |..r l.iilicry and i or- ! and northern slope of a hill, on the small river Ver, or which flows at the loot of it. It is the seat of a Poor-law Union, containing eight parishes. The separates St. Alban's from th i. fi,. in its jBisition on thi highway called Watluu- the name ol "' during their t it in the Sth century. To the highway UM It they : also tho name Wtrlaem Street, because of its passag !!s of Verulam. This town had a British 01 and rivals London in antiquity. Julius Cteaar spe.V it as tho principal station of Cassivelaunus, and well
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bant bearing tho name of this town, Afterwar. i became a municipium, or free town, tho inhabitant* enjoying some privileges of Roman eiti/.ens. On occasion of tho great rising of th. headi.-d by Queen Boadicea, against their foreign rulers in reign of tho Emperor Nero, Verulam was sudd. taken, and most of its inhabitants, both lioman and British, were slaughtered. It recovered from the in- juries it had suffered, and was one of tho most im- portant stations of the Romans while they remained in the island. About tho year 300 a citi/eu of d Albanus by name, afterwards St. Alban, suffered as a martyr for his steadfast adherence to tho Christian faith. He was beheaded on Holmshurst Hill, and was the j lish martyrs. Five hundred years after his death, a monastery was founded on tho spot consecrated to his memory by King Ollii, of Men-ia. It was fora Inmdn d monks of the Bi i rder, and flourished till the Dissolution, having had a succession of forty abbots. abbey, cut in ivory, is pro.- in tho British Museum. The origin town of St. Alban's loth century, wh- r I'lsinus, sixth nlil tho monastery, founded three iliunl. of the chief roads, planned a market-; money and mai promote the building of houses. William the Conqueror, having found energetic fc, thethii! '. was only prevented from destroying the monastery 1-y the influ- ence of Archbish. It va- d l.y the in In dy of troojK, when trial was had of tho insult Iliirinv; the wars of the, Roses, two Kit: , 1 I ."i"), when the Y. VI. prisoner, wiiining a gr ; tho -i [.'i'lirnary, 1 Ilil, when the ICiirl ot Warwick WU iret of Anjou. A printing- press was established in the abbey as early as 1480. elective franchise was first given to the town in tin i of Kdwaid I a ft i r a 1m .n, restored toil by Edward VI., who al>n, in l.'i.Vt. i on!i n- d (lie a. It is, how I a borough in Hi incsdav Hook, and had at that time forty-six bur- gosses. Under the Kefonn Hill, the bor. liy a mayor, foul id twi he coinn illm s, under " mayor. a!i' -.CH o| the borough of St. Alban's." The n .urn- ing ' !' -.no of the i l'7('H. It i- over an area of -I'-'.') ain>. i..ni]ni-in^ iiibabit-.il IIOUM-S, with a ]xipulati. '-, according to th' -.ing an increase of 675 in- habitants in the ill !od(18Al 1861). A county court is - stabli-hed In n, ami i|uart' r ai -^ions for the liberty an h- Id ' rob, the glory of ..n the hill iioarth- point "i the (hive prinoi|. ' -,d clevatinl i very in,;. in tho surrounding country. It is built in the form of a cross, and i: in length, and m irly 190 - idth, (hroii'-h the li.insopts. It in . and noble n, d with
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