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Rh. irn.i:. chap. : "lv. 'I'l'' 1 .liniments to till' Noll ialni! four In a>-es, t!i.- i:iilii-.t bearing date 1 Ktl.in men, William lin-v,!. "f tli' church, and hi- wifc. Th' l!a|iii-t- ami Wcsleyans have chapela in the town. There is ii gasmMVMMOl, founded in 1487. ami endowed by John Verify with a n-v nm- nt' 170 per annum, and a scholarship in Pembroke, College, Oxford, endowed by George Towjishcnd. A girls' free school was founded by James Thynne, which bus BU ineomo of 130 a year. There are almshouses for 12 aged p'-r- sons, endowed by the first Viscount Campden, the annual revenue of which is 140, and sun :1 chaiitii L The manor of Chi]>] 'iigs to the Karl of Gainsborough, who taken from the town the title of Viscount. A splendid mansion was erected near the church by Sir Baptist Hicks, which was destroyed during the Civil War to prevent its fulling into the hands of the parliament. Campden House, Kensington, was also built by Sir B. Hicks. Campden was the birthplace of the Saxon scholar, George Ballard, who died in 17 >">. I Hill, not far from the town, was the place of celebration of the games instituted by liobert Dover in the reign of James I., and soon after suppressed. V i- tin- market day. Fairs are held on Ash '' v, tin 1 23rd April, the 25th July, and the 30th N OAMPTLB, a vil. in the liar, of Shelburne, in ti- of Wexford, prov. of Minister, Ireland, 3 miles to the N. of Arthurstown. CAilPMUIK, a vil. in the par. of Kettins, in the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 11 miles to the N.W. . I |i The Nowtylo branch of the Dundee, Perth, and Al"i- deen Junction railway passes by it. (' AMl'SAl.l,, a pur. in tho upper div. of tin- ip. of Osgoldcross, in the West Hiding of tho co. of York, H miles to tho N. of Doncastcr, its post town. It is crossed by tho (treat North' rn railway, on whieh Askemc, one of its tnshps., is n station. The par. comprises the tnshps. of Askerne, G'ampsall,Fcmvirk. Moss, Norton, and. Siitton. '1'he living is a vie.* in tho dim:, of York, val. 140, in the patron, of O. C. Yarborough, Esq. The ehureh is dedicated to St. JIary Magd.-li no. In addition to the parish church there aro two district churches, one at Askerno, tho other at Fenwick ; tho livings of which are pcrpet. curs., of the joint vaL of 125, in the patron, of the Archbishop of York. Ciimpsall Hall is the seat of the Frank family, one of whom was the antiquary, Richard Frank, Esq., F.R.S., who made a collection of documents for the history of tho West Kiding. The charitable endowments of the parish amount to about 12 a year. CAMPSEY-ASH, a par. in tho hund. of Loes, in the co. of Suffolk, 2J miles to the E. of Wickham Jl iU post town, whieh is a station on tho Fraiulingham Junction of tho East Suffolk railway. The par. lies on tho E. side of the river Doben, and was the site of a nunnery of tho order of St. Clare, founded in the latter part of the 12th century by Theobald do Valoines, and to which a chantry was attached by Maud dc Lam Tho nunnery, of which there are some remains, had a n at tiie Dissolution of 182 9., and was pi Sir William Willonghby. The living is a rtet * in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 860, in the gift of Lord Rendle- sliam. Tho church is dedicated to St. John the Bu|.t Ut , and is a structure of comparatively modern date, with an ancient!" i in 1792. The register dates from the year 1559. The parish estate for the benefit of the poor is worth 10 a year. Ash High House was l.nilt about 1600 for tl,. Duke of Norfolk, but came into the possession 01 the Shappard fiunily before 1648, li in a large and finely-wooded juirk abounding in d- CAJI1 '>!!., .1 par. in tho co. ot'Stii. miles to the N. ot Glasgow. A branch oi the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway has its terminus at I.. -rgcst village in this ]>arish. The par. i-, situated '" " "H the nnrtheni > liwon,ad, with part of Clachan. I is hilly, rising at Camj^ie Fells to the height of 1,500 feet. Tin-si i. 11s (..mi ihi' itntnil and 1 i.iils extruding thn/iu. r h Sti: into Hum: extivinitii s of the ran".' l.'-inic nnilicd hylic Stirling and Dumbarton. Coal, line parish. Al and prussiato of ] habitants an u - and pi The chief buildings are Lennox i -10 mo specimen of tho baronial Gothic ; the parish churt elegant and spaciou- ited fur nearly hearers ; and the Oswald Bchool, u pretty era building, belonging to tin kirk session. Tho worth 400, is in the presb. of Glasgow, and patron, of the crown. There are also places of n In longing to the Roman Catholics and the United 1 t'-rians. 'I : init forts, par. extends about 6 miles in length and tho sat breadth. MI'TON, a ].:ir. lifton, in tl llord, 7 mill's to the S.V. i.f li^'fli -v,nl. . its town. It is situated on the banks ot m- ii . i hi l. contains the tnshp. of Shefford, which is a station on t .Midland (South-East branch} railway. The i rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. with the perpel d annexed, 374, in the patron, oi Hurt. The ehmeh is dulieuted to All Saints, tains monuments to the Osbornes, and a bra year 1489. Here, too, lie tho remains of liobert h< Id, the )." i, who spent his last days hero, and < August, 1823. Tho old manor-house is now school-house. Tho par ities consist ehi< II trim -lit M-tati . which produces about 140 J annum. The par. now forms part of tin- i Anii'lhill. i AMIl'ivi;, n CA.MIMI' in the 1m. Roose, in the co. of ]' i tho N. of llaverfordwest, it.s post town. It is watei^B by a small stream, a Imni'h of tin n c-'intaini tin- il. of Ki->t"ii. The living is a i' . in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 80, in the pati< of 11 ' Kowcn, Esq. Tho ehureh is dedi Tho Independent! hav (. o ehapula here, residence is Cumroso Hou.se. An annual fair i the 13th February. ( 'AM I'S, a par. in tho )iar. of Stral. Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, Hi n: Omagh. It is situated in a hilly and m on tho banks of the river Hourii' tho vil. of. v chief proprietor. Tho living is a net. in the dioc. of and Kaphoc, val. 067, in tho patron, of the bishop. The church was erected about 1' Presbyterians, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists! chapels in tho village. parochia: and endowed schools. Milltown is the principal se QAMUS-TOWK, I vil. in the par. ot Moni'h co. of Forfur, Scotland, 8 miles : A battle took place hero in 1010, in whieh ' Hane, fell. His grave is said to be marked by thoi in. HI known as Camus Cross. ( AM VKI.IN, a vil. in tho par. of Llantraii, hund. of
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rth. I'AMWOKTII, a limit, in th King's I 'ounty, in the ]no. i M!, I milft bane. CANAMOLLAGH, a hmlt. in i aroe, in the co. of Claro, prov. of ilunst- i, In !-nnl. 3 milt* to tin- N'.XV. of lOnni.stymon. . .. in the Wold di ( '.iii'i: I .indsey, in the, -in, 3 'aton and (irimshy Kcetioii oi tl in railwuy passes mar it. Tin- livinr in tin- gilt of the lYfidont and Fell"- ( '"liege, Oxford. The ehureh ii iict. Candlcsby Kali is tho prin- cipal > the