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Rh CASLTE CARBURY. 509 CASTLECOMER, by him as an endowment to that foundation. The moat still exists, and sumo small portions of the building, which are attached to a farmhouse. The living is a rect.* in the dioe. of Ely, val. 570, in the patron, of the Governors of the Charterhouse, London. The church, a Gotliic building with a square tower, is dedicated to All Saints, and contains monuments of theDayrells and of Chief Baron Reynolds. The Independents have a chapel hero, And there is a charity school principally supported by the incumbent. The parochial charities are of trifling value. The parish, which includes a tract of common land, in supposed to have derived its name from a largo Danish encampment which anciently existed in lliis neighbourhood. CASTLE CARBURY. See CAKBURY, Kildare. CASTLE CARLTON. See CAKLTON CASTLE, Lin- colnshire. CASTLE CARROCK, a par. in the ward of Eskdale, in the co. of Cumberland, 4 miles to the S. of Brampton. Carlisle is its post town. It is situated in a moorland ict on both banks of the river Gelt, and contains of limestone and freestone. Hero are remains of old entrenchments, one of which is said to mark the of a castle. There are also several largo cairns, and .eral spring. The living is a rect., with residence 2X0 acres of glebe, in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 159, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, a stone edifice, rebuilt in 1828, is dedicated to St. Peter. The Independents have a ehapcl. There is a free school village, endowed with about 15 per annum. CASTLE GARY, a par. and market town in the hand, of Catsash, in the co. of Somerset, 3 miles to the W. of Bruton, and 129 miles from London by railway, or 113 miles by road. It is a post town, and a station on the Wilts and Somerset section of the Great Western railway. The parish is situated in a beautiful country, and contains the hmlts. of Clanville, Dimmer, and Cock- hill. Here was anciently a castle, which, in the reign of Stephen, belonged to Lord Lovell, and was garrisoned by him against the king. The Lovells held the estate till the 25th Ed ward III., it then passed by marriage to the Lords St. Maur, and from them, in the same manner, to the Lords Zoucho, who hold it till the reign of Henry VII. Charles II. is said to have taken refuge here after the battle of Worcester. The site of the castle is traceable, but no remains exist of the building. The town consists mainly of one street, and has many neat and pleasant house's. There is a good supply of water. The manufacture of coarse linen and hair-cloth is carried on. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 312, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, which stands on high ground, is dedicated to All Saints. The Independents and Wesleyan Methodists have chapels in the town. There are several small charities and a savings-bank. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs for the sale of cattle, cloth, &c., are held <>H the Tuesday before Palm Sunday, the 1st May, and Whit-Tuesday. Cattle markets are held every alternate Tuesday throughout the year. CASTLE CARY, a hmlt. in the par. of Falkirk, in the co. of Stirling, Scotland, 6 miles to the S.W. of Falkirk. It is a station on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway. It is situated near the wall of Antoninus, of which it is supposed to have been one of the principal stations. CASTLE CATJLFIELD, a vil. in the par. of Donagh- more, bar. of Dungannon, in the co. of Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles to the W. of Dungannon. It is seated in a pleasant district, and was the site of a castle founded in the reign of James I. by Sir Toby Caulfield, afterwards Lord Charlcmont, to whom the estate of the O'Donellies was granted. The castle was afterwards enlarged, and was burnt down in 1641. The ruins are very picturesque. Limestone and coal are found in tho district. The pursuits of the inhabitants are chiefly agricultural. The village contains the parish church of Donaghmore, a handsome edifice in the Grecian style. Here is a monument to tho Rev. G. Walker, who took so distinguished a part in the defence of London- derry against James II. in 1688-89, and fell at th3 battle of the Boyno in 1690. There are a chapel for Presby- terians and a parochial school. C'astlo Caulfield is the seat of Lord Charlemont. Cattle fairs are held in tho village once in each month. CASTLE-CHURCH, a par. in tho eastern div. of tho hund. of Cuttlcstone, in the co. of Stafford, 1 mile to the S.W. of Stafford, its post town. It is situated near the London and North- Western and Shropshire Union railways. It contains the chplry. of St. Paul's, Fore- bridge, which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 120, in the patron, of the Incumbent of Castle-Church ; and the tnshps. of Burton and Rickerscote. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 120, in the patron, of tho lord chancellor. The church, an old edifice partly in the Norman style, is dedicated to St. Lawrence. Tho charitable endowments of the parish amount to about 75 per annum. There are a handsome Roman Catholic chapel, and an endowed school connected with it. CASTLE-COMBE, a par. and vil. in the hund. and union of Chippenham, in the co. of Wilts, 6 miles to tho N.W. of Chippenham, its post town, and 11 N. of Bath. It was the site of a castle founded in the reign of Richard I. by Walter do Dunstanville, which afterwards passed to tho Badlesmcres and Scropes, and was dismantled before the beginning of the 15th century. Tho castle was built on tho summit of a bill northward of the vil- lage, near tho site of the old British encampment. Tho great Roman road called tho Fossway, leading from Bath to Cirencester and Lincolnshire, passes along tho north-western boundary of tho parish. Castle-Combo was formerly a market town, under a grant obtained by the Badlesmeres. The market has long been disused. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 383, with 25 acres of glebe land, in tho patron, of G. Poulett Scrape, Esq. The church is dedi- cated to St. Andrew, and was restored in 1851. It is an ancient building in the early English style, with a tower 80 feet high supported by buttresses. The Rev. Joseph Hunter, the antiquarian, considered the chancel to belong to the 12th century, and the body of the church to the reign of Richard II. The tower is of later date, having been built in 1434. Tho most remarkable feature in the body of tho church is the arch that separates the nave from tho chancol. It contains, in good preservation, six figures in canopied niches ; they represent St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. James, and three others. There were four several altars in use in this church in the 15th century, dedicated to St. Mary, tho Holy Cross, St. Andrew, and St. Nicholas. There are fifteen windows, all with stained glass : that at the E. end is of tho 1 3th century ; it has been carefully preserved, and its form is extremely rare perhaps unique. In the N. aisle is a monument of a recumbent knight ; it belongs to the early part of the 13th century. The figure is considered to represent one of the Dunstan- villes, barons of Castle Combe. There is an old market cross in the village. The Independents and Baptists have chapels, and there is a National school. Tho charitable endowments consist of a bequest for educa- tion, worth 5 a year. Castle-Combe House, the seat of the Scrope family, who have held the property since tho middle of the 13th century, stands in a pleasant sheltered valley, watered by a small stream, and surrounded by wooded hills. In tho park are many noble trees. Its present owner, George Poulett Scrope, Esq., M.P. for Stroud, is lord of tho manor, on the antiquities of which he has written a work of great legal and antiquarian interest. CASTLECOMER, a par. and market town in the bar. of Fassadinin, in tho co. of Kilkenny, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 1 1 miles to the N. of Kilkenny, and 60 miles from Dublin. It lies in a boggy and hilly country, on the banks of the small river Deen, a tributary of the Nore, and contains the greater part of the Kilkenny coal beds, which have been long worked extensively. The village has one broad and pleasant street, and contains infantry barracks, a market-house, court-house, fever hospital, and a police station. Petty sessions are held fortnightly