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Rh CARGILL. 483 CARISBROOKE. of Penartli, in the co. of Cardigan, South Wales, 3 miles to the S.W. of Tregaron. C'AUGILL, a par. in the co. of Perth, Scotland. It is i station on the Scottish Midland railway. It is situated in a pleasant and cultivated district in Strathmore, be- tween the rivers Tay and Isla, and the Sidlaw hills, and contains the vils. of Cargill, Burrelton, Woodside, and Wolfhill. The surface is agreeably diversified with hill, plain, and woodland. It rises gently from the Tay, and forms a fine plain, several miles broad, at the foot of the Sidlaw hills. The Tay hero runs over a dyko of basalt ,vhich crosses its bed, and forms the Linn of C'ampsie. The >arish contains freestone, limestone, and rock-marl, which tre quarried. Many of the inhabitants are employed in he valuable salmon fisheries of the Tay, and in the linen rade. The living, worth 225, is in the presb. of Dun- ,;eld, and in the patron, of the crown. There is also a '.Free church. Near the confluence of the Tay and Isla 3 Castlehill, the site of a Roman camp, of which there .re remains. The parish is crossed by a Roman road. Uuins of a small monastery, a cell to the Abbey of Jupar, stand on a rock near the Linn of Campsio. Ktobhall, an old mansion on the banks of the Tay, now , elonging to Lord AVilloughby D'Eresby, was the seat I f the Drummonds from the middle of the 14th century, and the birthplace of Annabella, consort of Robert III., md mother of James I. of Scotland, thus ancestress pf the Stuarts. There are several tumuli and stone a the neighbourhood. The par. extends about 3 miles in length from E. to W., and 4 miles in breadth 'rom N. to S. CARGIN, or CARGAN, a par. in the bar. of Clare, in jhe co. of Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 1 mile rom Headford. It is situated in a boggy district, on lie E. side of Lough Corrib. The living is a vie. form- ng part of the union of Headford, in the dioc. of Tuam, iiillala and Achonry. . 0, or CRAGIIOW, a tnshp. in the par. of Stan- vix, in the ward and co. of Cumberland, 3 miles N.W. if Carlisle. It is seated on the banks of the river Eden. OAKIIAM, a par. in the western div. of the ward of ilendale, in the co. of Northumberland, 3 miles to the tV. of Coldstrcam, and 4 miles to the N.E. of Kelso. It .-. situated on the borders of Scotland, on the S. bank of lie river Tweed, and has a station on the Tweedmouth md Kelao branch of the North-Eastern railway. The ur. contains the hmlts. of Work (or Werk), Leannouth, ilmdrim, and several others now of little importance, ''ear the village, on the S. side, is Shidlaw (anciently Veld-law], a lofty hill commanding an extensive pros- act. Two important battles were fought here between i'.ie Scotch and the English, one in 1048 and the other in 378, in both of which the English were defeated with 'ohu Lilbum, was made prisoner. Wark Castle was a elebrated fortress in the border wars, and the object of requent contention. A small Dominican priory was arly founded in this parish as a cell to the Priory of virkham. It was burnt about 1295 by the Scots under Villiam Wallace. Near its site is Campfield, the spot n which the Scots on that occasion encamped. The iving is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. "330, in the patron, of tho heirs of A. Compton, Esq. -Tie church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, was built in 1791, nd repaired in 1839. It is situated in a commanding wsition, close to the bank of the river Tweed, and near ho streamlet called the March Bum, which here falls ato the Tweed, and forms, for a short distance, the line f demarcation between the two kingdoms. 1 CARHAMPTON HUNDRED, one of the 40 hunds. T subdivisions of the co. of Somerset, situated in tho Astern parliamentary div. of the co., and bounded on the i by the sea, on tho E. and S. by tho hund. of Willi- pn Freemanors, and on the W. by Devonshire. It con- iins the pars, of Carhampton, Culbone, Cutcombe, Dun- tar, Exford, Luckham, Luxborough, Minohead, Oare, 'wlock, Bel worthy, Stoke-Pero, Timberscombe, Tre- ' rough, Withycombe, and Wootton-Courtenay. The ind. extends over an area of about 60,350 acres. CARHAMPTON, a par. in tho hund. of tho same name, in the cp. of Somerset, 1 mile from Dunster, its post town. It is situated on the S. coast of tho Bristol Channel, and contains tho hmlt. of Rodhuish. It is a very ancient place, and has given name to the hund. Its Saxon name was Carumtiuie. Petty sessions are held in the village. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 182, in the patron, of J. F. Luttrell, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. John tho Baptist. There is a small bequest by Richard Escott for education. CARHAYES-BARTON, a hmlt. in tho par. of Car- hayes St. Michael, hund. of Powder, in the co. of Corn- wall, 3 miles to the S.E. of Tregony. It is on the sea- coast, and has the seat of Colonel Trevanion, a mansion in the Gothic style of architecture. CARHAYES ST. MICHAEL. See MICHAEL, ST., CAKHAYES, Cornwall. CARINGTON. See CARKINGTON, Edinburgh. CARISBROOKE, a par. in the lib. of West Medina, Isle of Wight, in the co. of Southampton, 1 mile to the S.W. of Newport. The village, seated in a pictur- esque wooded dell under the hill on which tho castle stands, was formerly a market town, and the capital of the island. In Domesday Book it is called Rmwombe, a name still retained by the manor. Tho par. includes the lib. of Parkhurst Forest, the hmlt. of Bowcombe, and part of the tythg. of Chiller-ton. Carisbrooko Castle, from which the place derived its importance, is one of tho oldest in England, and is chiefly a Norman structure, although most probably erected on the site, and even embracing some portions, of a much more an- cient fortress. Its erection is attributed to William Fitz-Osborne, who became lord of the island soon after the Norman Conquest. Tho original walls enclosed a square area of 1J acres. It was enlarged in the reigns of Richard II. and Edward IV., and in the reign of Queen Elizabeth extensive additions were made, tho walla then erected by Genebella, an Italian engineer, enclosed an area of 20 acres. Tho remains include the keep, the Mountjoy Tower, the fine western gateway, flanked by round towers, tho barracks, chapel, and two very deep wells. The keep stands on a mound considerably higher than the general level of the fortress, and is en- tered by a flight of 74 steps. The ancient well in the keep is about 150 feet deep, and the water is drawn up by means of a tread-wheel turned by an ass. One ass is recorded to have performed this service for 40 years. The other well is in the castle-yard, and is 200 feet deep. The walls of the Mountjoy Tower are in one part 18 feet thick. Tho chapol was rebuilt by George II., in 1738. The view from the keep is remarkably fine, embracing the village imme- diately below, with its pretty church and steeple ; and beyond, the waters of the Solent and the coast of Hamp- shire ; to the E., Newport, the river Medina, Cowes ; the sea; to the S., St. Catherine's Hill. Carisbrooko Castle was chosen by the parliament as the place of con- finement for Charles I. The window is shown by which ho attempted unsuccessfully to escape in 1648. After the death of the king, his children, the Duke of Glou- cester and the Princess Elizabeth, were confined here ; the latter soon after died in the castle, and was in- terred at Newport. The castle was afterwards made a state prison, and among its inmates was Sir William Davenant, the poet. It is now the scat of the governor of tho island. Here was anciently a priory for monks of tho Cistercian order, which owed its origin to Fitz- Osborne, founder of the castle. It stood near the church, and was given with the latter to the Norman abbey of Lyra, and subsequently to the monastery of Sheen, in Surrey. The remains of the conventual buildings are insignificant, and have been converted into farm-build- ings. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. with tho perpet. cur. of Northwood annexed, 900, in the patron, of the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is an interesting old edifice, partly Norman, and con- tains several ancient monuments. The castle chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and the cur., worth 24, is in
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