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Rh r.vi:i: - 521 CA co. of Oxford, 1 '''is- It is beautifully situated on tho'ri>r Tlmm s, mar the (ireut V railway. At tin- pi-riod i,|' (In- <'oni[uc>t thi. was nien to tin- i.illiril-, Mill of liuckiughuin, who
 * ly founded a priory which was attached to

Notliy Abbey. Cavcrsham Hill, in 1643, was the scene of a skirmish between the parliamentarians and Prince, Kupert. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 236, in the patron, of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. IVt'-r, is an ancient i .lifice with a tower partly of wood. It was partially restored in 18.) 7. At the village of Kid- more End, which is situated within this parish, is a district church erected in 1852. There is a Dissent in:; place of worship and National schools for both sexes. A new church school with teacher's residence was built in 1860. The charities amount to 14 11. 6rf. per annum. There is a mineral spring in the neighbourhood. William Craw . is lord of the manor, and resides at C'a- vi-r.-.ham Park, the grounds of which were laid out by Capability Brown. This estate, which was purchased 1 >y Mr. Crawshay, formerly belonged .to the Marsacs and ( 'adogans, and gives to the latter the title of viscount. Old Caversham House, where the queen of James I. was entertained by Lord Knowles, and Charles I. was permitted to see his children, was destroyed by fire in January, 1850, but has since been rebuilt. CAYi:i;SVALL, a par. in the northern div. of the hund. of Totmonslow, in the co. of Stafford, 1 mile N. of Blythc Bridge station on the Stoke and Derby branch of the North Staffordshire line, 7 S.E. of Newcastle- under-Lyme, and 4 W. of Cheadlc. It includes the tnshps. of Caverswall, Weston-Coyney, and Hulme, and i.s intersected by the river Blythe. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichficld, val. 217, in the patron, of the Hon. K. S. Parker Jervis, who is lord of the manor of Caverswall township. The church is an ancient stone building with a square tower annexed. It is dedicated to St. Peter, and contains monuments of William de i swall and Countess St. Vincent. There is a National school, and the Wealeyans have a chapel. The charities 1'i-i.duce 35 per annum. Not far from the church stands is wall Castle, built in Edward II.'s time by Sir William do Cuvurswall, and rebuilt in James I.'s reign by Mutt. Crnydock. It is a large building, with t at each angle and a high keep, and is surrounded by a moat. It has been possessed by the Montgomerys, Oif- fords, Ports, Hastings, and Vanes, but is now a num. i y , which it became in 1811. Park Hall, the seat of J. P. Ratcliffc, Esq., is a fine brick building. Weston-Coyney Hall, the seat of the ancient family of the Coyneys, is 1 mile N.W. of Caverswall. The township derives its name from this family, to whom a large estate was granted by Henry III. Major Covney, the present possessor, is lord of the manors of AVeston-Coynoy and Hulnif, and the lion. K. S. Parker Jervis of the manor . > i-wall. ( AVI-.IU'ON, a vil. in the par. of Eckford, in the co. "( Koxburgh, Scotland. It is situated 4} miles S.K. of Kelso. In the neighbourhood is Moss Tower, a border stronghold, which was burnt by the English in 1544 and again hi 1553. The barony of Caverton belonged to the Lord Soulis, who is said to have been boiled alive in the parish .n, near his castle of Hermitage. < A VK, SOUTH, a par. and petty sessions town, partly within the lil..-ity "f St. Peter at York, and partly in the wap. of Hurtl'iill, Kast Hiding of theco. of York, 10 ir in Hull, nnd 21 S.E. of York. It is an el. n- >i vi -parish, and ineludes the tnshps. of Broomfleet. and l-'.-ixllit-t. The t"wn, whieh is situated in a hollow by tin' Humbei, contains a bank, several inns, and three i i he living is a vie. in the dioc. of val. i'ltis, in tho patron, of H. O. Barnard, Esq., who is loid i, i' id,, manor. The church, wlen. There are traces of tho ancient seat of the Cavils. CAWDKN WITH CAKWOlETH, a hund. in the S. portion of the eo. of AVilta, contains the j>ars. of St. Martin Bart :-.stock, llritford, Coombe-Bissett, Fuva i i amp- ton, West Haniliam. llomii. Strai: :, Vhitsl)iiry, and pa: liiainshuw and Wilton, and has an area of 2.j,100 ai n I, ( 'AWDOR, or CALDER, a par. in the district of But Inverness, in the cos. of Inverness and Nairn, Scotland, with a vil. of tho samo name, 6 miles S.AV. of N Three-fourths of tho surface consists of pasture and moorland, the remainder is wood and arable land. The principal heritors are the Earl of Cawdor and Sir J. Rose of Holme. Cawdor Castle, formerly t). Caldor, possesses great antiquarian iui-i--' It wu commenced in 1393, and increased by subsequent mdB tions. In the 16th century it passed into the the clan Campbell by the marriage of John of with the heiress of tho Calder family. Here Lord ] lay hid after the rebellion of 1745, being ingeniously coaled in the roof, and might long have eluded s ho not left his retreat. 'I 'ladition asserts, though con- trary to the opinion of antiquarians, that King Duncan (whose chain armour is here pn served) was nm. in the castle by Macbeth. 'Hie p-ir. is inn Nairn, and in the patron, of the Earl of Cawdor. ^H stipend of the minister is 1M. There is also a l're chin eh. A fair is held in March. CAWDRY, a tnshp. in tho par. of Leek, in tl of Stafford. CAWKAVELL, or CAWKWELD, a par. iu northern div. of the wap. of Gartree, parts in the co. of Lincoln, 7 miles N. of Hornca.-' town, and the same distance from the I. out! the Boston and (iivat (irinisby Northern railway. The living is a vie. in ' Lincoln, of the val. of IG, in the patron, of 'TOURh. The church, dedicated to St. small edifice. Tho lord of the manor is the Du Portland. CAWOOD, a par. in the lower div. of the wap. of Bark- stone Ash, in the AVest Kidingof theco. of York, " inilt* from '! > N.W. of Selby railway station, and 10 from York. The village, which is lighted with gas, if ntly .-itu.itcd on the navigable portion Ousc, and was formerly a market town. Thci over the river. The quarter sessions foi of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley, were fon but are now transferred to Otley. I times the manor was given by Kir- to AVulstan, the 15th Archbishop of York, an time the northern prelates IP Tho living is a perpet. cm.* in the dine, of York, val. 140, in the patron, of tin- Archbishop of York. The church dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice in the English style, with a monument to Archbishop Mon- taigne's memory. The register commi ilyt* 1591. The AVesleyans and Primitive Meth. > of worship. There is a school for boys, endowed with a master's house, school-house, und 20 pel annum, by the late Archbishop 1 1 unmet t: likewi- ondowed with 80 per annum and house, by the 1 I iiillii-ld, for tho board and education of six girls. There is an almshntise, consisting of four tenements, founded
 * 17'J3 by William James, Ksq., . 1 by

him with 18 for each of the four occupants ; 1 almshouse, consisting of six tenements, founded and endowed in 1839 by James AVaterhouse Smith, Eiq. In the vicinity are the ruins of Cawood Casti magnificent M at ol th. an l.l.ishopsofYork. Itwas: castle that WolM'y M tii.-d alt. r his fall, and hue lit- wai