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chancel, whieK in built of flint. Itcontiiins Home a i monuments of thu Scawciis mark- ably t !'-ntal brasses. One, beautifully col is to tho memory of Kir Nicholas ( i.iyn, >ford, sherifl', who died in ll'JU, his lady and iiuiiily ; and tho other, vitha do ul, 1, i Mii.'py. to tin.- iiii'iiiurv 'jf T. Kllcnbridgo, who died in HUT. The register dates from tho year 1538. There is a National school. The charitehle endow- i^h, including bequests by Christopher Mil M'hanip, i" lo'iiii, lor apprenticing poor children ; and by Kdwaid Fellows, in 17-0', fur the like purpose., and the relief of tho poor, produce I num. Near the church is a sin-ins named after Anne Boleyn, which U now arched orer with stone. Carshalton House is a pleasant seat, and once belonged to Dr. Radcliffe, founder of the Madeline Library at Oxford. i AUSK K I11LL, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of Upper Ilallam, in the par. and borough of Bhemeld, wnp. of Slralf .rib and Tie.khill, in tho West Riding of tho co. of York, 2 miles to the W. of Sheffield. CARSINGTON, a par. in tho hund. of Wirksworth, in tho co. of Derby, 2 miles to the W. of Wirksworth, its post town. It is crossed by the Peak Forest railway. Tho district is hilly, and contains abundance of lime- stone, and some lead-mines. Tho village stands in a sheltered valley. Tho living is a roct. in tho dioc. of J.irhlicM, val. 170, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, which is small and has no towor, is dedicate! to St. .M .iv net. The rect. was held by John OldlieM, one of tho Nonconformist ministers ejected in 1G02 under tho Act of Uniformity, and a century later by I'.llis Karneworth, translator of the works of Machiavelli. In the village is a free school, endowed by Mrs. T. Gill in 172IJ, the income of which is above 80. < AUSI'HAIKN, a par. in the co. of Kirkcudbright, Si-., Hand, with u vil. of the same name, 30 miles to the N. of Kirkcudbright. It is situated in a mountainous country on tho borders of Ayrshire. The surface con- sists chiefly of pasture lands, on which are fed numerous herds of small black cattle and hardy mountain sheep. Iron is said to have been formerly worked hero. Tho par. is in the presb. of Kirkcudbright, and in tho patron. of tho crown and W. Forbes, Esq., of Callender House, in Stirlingshire. The minister has a stipend of 182, There is a Free school for the parish of Carsphairn. The chief mansion is Craigongillan, the seat of the Hon. Colonel Cathcart. Sir London McAdam, tho celebrated engineer, and originator of tho system of macadamised roads, was born at Watcrhead, in this parish. The par. is about 10 miles in length and the same in breadth. ( A ItiSTA 1 1;S, a par. containing the vils. of ( 'arstairs and Ravenstruthcr, in tho co. of Lanark, Scotland. It is a station on the Caledonian railway. Tho parish, situated on the N. bank of tho river Clyde, is partly hilly. It was crossed by Walling Street, and has tho remains of a Iloman camp, where various antiquities have been discovered. Hero was also a castle erected by tho bishops of Glasgow, to whom tho parish once belonged. The living, v,,rth 'J.'il, is in the presb. of Lanark, in the patMii. of 11. Montculh, Esq. Carstairs Hm tin chief r, -idenco. Tho par. is about 6 miles in length mill it in breadth. ( ' 1 ; s V 1 : 1, 1 ,, a hmlt. in the par. of Buckland, hund. of , :i miles N.E. of Faringdon. i AI;SVKI.L, Al'.isnr.s. Ste ABBOTSKEHSWI M,, ( ' A I ;'l I-! I ; - K XOWL, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Ecclesall- I'lierlnw, par. ami boi-i.,i-'h, f Sli. i!i. 1,1, in the v Straffbrth and Tiokhill, '. -t Kidini,' of thcc,,. o: ". of Shi Ilield. 'l;TKi;-M<i(i|;. a limit, in tho tnshp. of KirH y, par. of Pontelan ' la the co. of Northum- 8. ,'f Morpeth.
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t llallikcld, in Hiding of the co. of V. .1 Thiisk. The Vslcyan .Met], a chapel in Hie villa:;,', ami tin i "i, .lint. In the vicinity in n Horn in c-ntienehiucnt. CARTIM.TuN, lt tnshp. in tho par. of Rothbury, ward of Coquetdal- o. of Northumberland, 2 miles to the N. W. of Rothbury. It ia situated near a branch of the river Alne, and is the site of an ancient castle, once the seat of tho Katelifl'cs, and subsequently of theWlddringtona, CART LAND, a vil. in the par. of Lanark, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 2 miles from I is seated on tho bauksof the river Mouse. In the is a remarkably deep and bushy ravin,, . illi 1 i .utland Crags, crossed by a bridge of tbn e an hes. 'I'hcro u also a very ancient bridge <,f one :n !i, supposed ^B| Roman. It is said that William Wallace M ,i.il times found shelter at this spot. CARTLETT, a hmlt. in tho par. of Lower (luytinj, hund. of Kiftsgate, in tho co. of Gloucester, 5 miles to the E. of Winchcomb. It is situated on tho (^^^^1 hills. CARTMEL, a par. and market town, in tho hund. of Lonsdalc North of the Sands, in the co. palatine of j^l castor, 14 miles, in a direct line across the sand-. ;!., N. of Lancaster, and 251 miles from London. New^H in-Cartmel is its post town. It gives n:n -. ' ,rl to a station on tho Ulverston and Lancast, i- i ilway. The parish, which is of great extent, is situa- .. . beautiful country on the borders of WestmorcliB^M tho coast of Morecambo Bay, at its north-eastern ^^B mity, and is bounded on the W. by tho river LoTOf^H Windenncro Lake. The river Ken skirts it on the E. Tho par. comprises tho chplries. of Field Brw and Staveley, and tho tnshps. of Upper Allithwaite,! Lower Allithwaito, East Broughton, Upper Holker, and I Lower Holker. Cartmel was tho site of a monastery ol I the Augustine order, founded about 118N by Vllljaml Marcschal, Karl of 1'embroko, which was well en,l,,wed,l and flourished till the Dissolution, at which period ithaal a revenue of about 212. Tho monks had amongst ij other privileges Unit of nominating guides forpass< -t across the Lovon sands, which are passable at low After the Dissolution the church of also the parish church, was ordi of tho Duchy of Lancaster to n Tho town of Cartmel stands in a wooded valll sheltered by bold and lofty hills, and the hood abounds with striking scenery. JI streets are irregularly built and very narrow, ai houses are of stone. Tho pursuits of the are chiefly agricultural. Some are , powder factories at Upper Holker. Limestone i*^^H dant in the disti sands by guides (called Carters) appointed and pa : Mient. The living is a i Carlisle, val. 113, in the patron, of the Du!., shire. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. 1 originally tho church of the priory, and is n. ing in the form of a cross, in tie early with a curious 1 1 ntral tower. It has - stalls, and a beautiful window at the 10. or 1, tains many ancient a:id interesting momo these are the tomb of Villiam do Walton, 01 first priors of Cartiml; the (ino altar-tomb, with re j cumbeiii supposed) Sir. I ohn II and his lady, who lived in the reign of Kdwai the I., .wth,T- and I'n-stoir having ' decay after tho Dissolution. stored by the I'rostons about the middle of the 171 century, and it has been again r.-pain Hero IS a grammar seho.,1, found all, rw tors, which h" per an num. Tho pooj have the ben. lit of "lh, r. 1 i. ii'i 1 able endowmcti- about .K) a y.-ir. At the foot .,) stono rock, called Humphrey Head, 3 miles > , called Holy Well, the wat< j of whi'-li is used i it, skin diseases, & t Hall, the b. autiful seal (rf the 10.-ill.if I 1, is 2 miles to tho W. of i'-trtmvl. In the M is pleasant nsidencos of tho gentry. A larg
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