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Rh CARDINGTON. 482 OABFAN. cairn is the Btdd Taliain, " grave of Tal i > mous bard. It is situated on a mountain in tho pari Lliinfihangcl Gem u'r Glyn, and consists of six largo upright funning a chest, and tho sixth covering them. Around it are two circles of stones, tho about 30 feet in diameter. There are no scats, as Gogi/riMim II""-', near h ; Crossv y tin- scat i,r Uibnrae; lUaenpant, ' Malms, Hafod, Nantcos, Tvglyii, A:c. At is no rail- w.iy or canal in Cardiganshire; but a line i in connection with thu Oswostry, Newton, and LJanidlocs i.iilway, which will enter tho county from Llanidlocs, 011 tho N.E., and passing by Devil's Bridge, run down tho valley of tho Teil'y to Ni -wca.stlc-Kmlyn. Tho principal roads, which have been materially improved, are those from Cardigan, northward by the coast, to Aberaeron and Aberystwith, and thence to Machynlleth or Abordovey ; and from the same place westward to Nowcastle-Emlyn and Lampotcr ; thence northward to Trogaron. There are cross roads from Aberaeron to Lampetcr, and from Aberystwith into Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire. CASOINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Wixai, in tho co. of Bedford, 3 miles to the S.E. of Bedford, its poet town. It is situated on the S. side of the river Ouse, and is a station on the Midland (South-East branch) railway. The par. includes the chplry. of East CotU. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 2l.j, in tho patron, of the Master and Fellows of Trinity Col- lego, Cambridge. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. It contain- nncntal brasses, a fine monument, by Bacon, to Samuel Wliitbread, tho great brewer, and a tablet to the memory of John Howard, the philan- thropist, who resided some time at tho manor-house in this parish, and died at Chcrson in 17'.'. Thero is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists. Tho parochial charities amount to about 23 per annum. The manor-house is tho goat of tho Vhitbreads, who settled at Cardington about 1050. CARDINGTON, a par. in tho upper div. of tho hund. of Munslow, in the co. of Salop, 4 miles to tho E. of Church Stivlton. Shrewsbury is ita post town. It is situated in a district abounding in clay and quart/ fit for tho use of the potteries. The par. comprises the tush])", of Broom, Ohatwall, Comley, Holt-1'rcen, Lyd- li-y -Hayes, and Willstono. Tho living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Her. 1'inl, al. '-'S7, in the patron, of R. Hunt, Esq. Tho church is dedicated to St. James. There is a free school with an income from endowment of year. The other parochial charities are worth about 50 per annum. CARDIN 1 1 A M, a ) .ur. in tho hund. ofWest, in the co. of Cornwall, 3 miles to the E. of Bodmin, its post town. It is situated on the river Fowey, and was the site of a castle which belonged, in the reign of Richard I., to Robert de Cardinham, whose descendants were called the Din- hams. Tho honour of Cardinham was at that period of extensive jurisdiction. There arc no ruins of the castle. Robert de Cardinham was tho founder of the priory of Tywaiilru -th. Granite and slate are abundant in the neighbourhood. St. Bellannine's Torr is a granite rock in the N.K. part of tho parish. The custom of freebmch anciently ; m tho manor of Cardinham. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Exeter, val. .~>'l, latcly in tho patron, of J. T. Vivian, Esq. The church is dedi- cated to St. Mewbrod, and contains a monui of a priest. There are remains of an 1 1. .1 y well. Near tho village is Glynn, the Vivian. .. or<'AI;I)I-:sTu, a ].:tr. in tie- hund. of]' c. of Salop, G miles to the- W. ol'S bury. It, in a district loborongh. Tho living is a i> t. in : 7 I, in t)i" ]iat!'iii. of Sir 11 Mieliael. pur. in tho 00. hind, containing a suburb of Dumbnrt D : i sintly situated in a wooded country on tho N. bank of the l-'rith of ( 'lydo and on tli> n, nnd has on tho Dumbartonshire railway. '1 vils. of Cardroas, Bridgend, Geilxton Brid ton. About a mile from Dumbarton form '. seat of Robert Bruce, and in win .lime, 1329, aged 65. At Ki print-works and M in which inhabitants are cm) ! in the . ;nir', val. JE25-J, is in '. Dumbarton, in the. juitron. of the crown. There an two Fr >rdross ami the Renton; aim a chapel at li -ntoii in *^!^H Church of Scotland, and a Reformed Pit. church, besides an United Presbyterian <li . Scotch Episcopal chapel at Bridgend. Dalqu near Kenton, was the birthplace (1720) of T l'-tt, the novelist, in honour of whom a pillar has beam There are several seats of tho gentry. which are Camis-Eshary, Keppoch, Drumh' Bloomhill. Tho grandfather of Lord Macaul&y waaB minister of this parish, and is buried in the err. The par. of Cardroas extends in length about 7 and in breadth 3 miles. CAREBY, a par. in the wap. of Bcltisloe^^H Kcstcvcn, in tho co. of Lincoln, G miles to the Bourn. Stamford is its post town. It is situattt^ branch of the river Glen, close to the Great Noi^ railway. Tho living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of U^H val. with the pcrpet. curs, of Annby and 1 1 lywal^ nexed, 400, in tho patron, of G. B. Reynard - who is lord of tho manor. The church i St. Stephen. cAi;r.i.i;iN.. HA, Kadn. : ( A i: I ,s 1 1 V, or CARALDSTON, a par. in t Forfar, Scotland, 4 miles to 11. town, which is a station on the Scottish North-En^B railway. It is situated in a fertile district on of the South Esk, where the Noran rivulet fa The living, val. 168, is in the presb. of Breclu patron, of tho Earl of Fife, who owns the a^^ Careston, and whoso seat is Careston Castle, a edifice chiefly built in tho beginning of th< tury. In the parish is a cairn in memory of one heroes of O ( ' A l; l-:s WELL. Stt CArEnswAiL, Stafford CAREW, or CAREY, a par. in the hun.i berth, in the co. of Pembroke, South V tho E. of Pembroke. It is pleasantly situated eastern extremity of Milfonl II was ere in tho roign of Henry I., by Windsor, which was enlarged by lihys a 1 reign of Henry VII. It was in tho form of a < jiiadraa with round towers at the angles; the older being in the Norman, tho newer in 1 1 ival of St. George's Day wa- ! Sir Rhys, who entertained a very larg nobility and gentry with great splendour and h^^^ for a week. Among tho extensive and b< the castle are tho great hall about 100 t- wide, several noblo apartments, and tho ch towers command good views over the unrounding country. Tho estate is now In! Carews of Crocombo, in Somersetahiri Tin ]iarishcf tains abundance of good limestone and some living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val.il patron, of the bishop. Tin.- church i John. It is a large ancient eiliticc in the early Kngli style, with an embattled tower, and contains t- monuments, among which arc an altar-t mid his lady, of tho year 1637, and figure* oi .-. ith a small infantine ligure. . old building stands near the church, which was probat i the village is a stone cross, the sh ' high, is adorned with ancient chpi has now its own disti church, tho living of which is a pcrpot. cur., val. 50, hop. ( ' A 1 ; K A N, a tnshp. in tho par. of Llandewi-Itrefi, hu