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Rh CIIALEND. 630 rilALLOCK. n tlm brow of the hill, 7- t""I high, by e-r I. kingdom in 1814. At the fuot of the Iiill tlif .M,'ilin;i tak'-s its rise. ( II AI.KND, a vil. in tho co. of Bedford, 2 miles W. of Luton. r 1 1 A I, F IK!. I), (.'HEAT, a par. in tho hund. of Brad- -n the c. Of Wilts, 7 miles from Bath, and 4 from I'-lksh;un station of tin' < in /. V-;. i n railway. It naiad on a branch of the river A on, and ii T. libs, of Littlo Chalfiold and Cuttle .<. Tho j is a reel, in tho dioc. of Salisbury, val. JL162, in itron. of Lady Ne ale. Tho church is dedicated to alieririo. I i -house, erected in the reign i i Henry VI., is a fine epccimen of tho Tudor style of aiehitocturo. (.'HALFIELD, LITTLE, an cxt. par. place in tho above parish. CH A I. FONT ST. GILES, a par. in the hund. of Buruhuin, in the co. of Bucks, 3 miles S.E. of Amcr- hham, 4 from Gcrrard's (.'ross, and G from Uxbridge Western railway. It is situated on the Misbourn stream. A money-order office and sa vings- l>ank have recently been established in the village. Milton, during tho time of the plague in 1665, wrote his " Paradise Regained" and retouched his " Paradise Lost" in a Louse still standing, where his name and coat of arms may yrt bu sii-n over the doorway. Inthecenn ;. ry belonging to the Society of Friends H tin- r. mains of William IVnn, the founder of Pennsylvania, as also those of Thomas EUwood, tho friend of Milton, and author of the poem " l>a videos." The living is a rcct.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 804, in the patron, of tho bishop. Tiic chun-h i.s an ane-ient cdilie in tin- Norman, and wasrestorodin 1863. During the repairs several interesting discoveries wore; made of ancient mural paintings, supposed to bo at least 700 years old. Some being in good preservation have been loft for view. Tho church contains a font of Saxon origin, monuments Clayton family, and brasses to tho Fleetwood and II.T t'ainilii -s. Tho Society of Friends have a meeting- house, which is ono of tho oldest in tho kingdom, and is. familiarly known as tho "Westminster Abbey of tho Uuakcrs," from the fact that most of the ancestors of tho ' Quakers lie there interred, brought from different of tho kingdom. There are chapels belonging to the Primitive and Congregational Methodists and Indo- pcndcnts. The National schools have recently In in el ; tiny are supported from bequests, producing about SO per annum, and bv annual subscription. Then; uro also Church and Nonconformist Sunday Is. The charities amount to 100 per annum. Tho lord of tho manor is T. N. Allen, Esq. There are i.e. I gentlemen's seats in tho neighbourhood. The manor-houso, called the Vauho, a fine old mansion, was feirmerly tho residence of the Do la Vacho and Flee : families. Ono of the latter family having signed the eli ath- warrant of Charles I., he was attainted and his estates confiscated. Roman coins of Nero have been he-el up in tin- ] i Mi A tail- is held on tho 2'Jnd June. UIA1.FONT ST. PKTEK, a par. in tho hund. of Biirnham, in the co. of Bucks, 4 mil. econs- Fxbrielge laihvay station. Tin; - through tin' village and t' joining parish of St. (iilrs. The living is a vie.* in ih" diOC. of Oxford, val. 731, in tho patron, of St. .lohn's College, Oxford. Tho church was eree-ted in 1726 with stone from tho ruins of Vi nil m, and hap been tuie. Tli -111011111 to t"J2 pir annum. The 1'aitii ul ir Baptists lia- t i hap. -1, and tin n-isa National I. Tho lady of the manor Mom. h inn's neat.", among which may ulioiied Cliallont 1'ark an n Park; tho lie- jerii]>erty of tin- Duke of S..in. rsot. Gcrrard's Cross in tl.. plain, Mirroiunleel A f.,ir i.s he-Id on the llh September for pedl. ry. < MAI.Fol;I>. a t)-thg. and hmlt. partly ii and hund. of Bisloy, ami partly in the par." of M hampton, in tho co. of Gloucester, .'I mile s S.K.. its post town, 'and 12 from Gloucester. It is situatedoo the Thames and Severn canal, and that porti' river 1 -'r. unn known as Chalfeird Bottom. Ti Western railway passes near tho hamlet. Tin ii are principally engaged in tho broad-clejth trade ! silk wcavijig, which employ many mills. Tl is a cur. in tic dioc. of < mil Bristol, val. in the patron, of the bishop. The chin Church, is a stono edifice, enoted in 17-1 by the ioncrs. Tho Wcsleyans, Baptists, Primitiv.'. elists, and Indcjiondoiit.s have; places of worshiji. Then arc National and British schools feir lie.! place shares tho charities of its parish. There an p^H fying springs. T. M. Goodlake, Ksq. is lonl of tho manor. In the vie inity arc the remains it a camp. A fair is hold on the Monday following the llth August. CIIALFORD, a tnshp. in tho par. of Aston R in tho co. of Oxford, 3 miles S. of Thame. CHALGRAVE, a par. in tho hund. of Manshi the co. of Bedford, 5 miles S.E. of Woburn, and 7 Leighton Buzzard. It contains the hmlt-. ol and Tebworth. The London and North- Wests way passes within 5 miles of tho village, and has a at Woburn Sands. The living is a vie. in the Fly, vol. 100, in the patron, of the Kcv.J. M. 11. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the e-arly lish stylo. CHALGROVE, n jar. in tho hund. of co. of Oxford, 8 miles S.W. of Thame, and 6 S.W, "rtli, its post town. Chalgrovc Field is celebi as having (on the 18th June, 1643) been the battle between the royalists and parliaments John Hampden was mortally wounded, to whose m a monomcnt was erected on tho 18th Jin tho 200th anniversary of tho occun no The liv a vie.* in tho dioc. of Oxford, val., with the cur. of wick Salome annexed, 000, in tho ] Church, Oxford. Tho church, del 5t. 1 an ancient edifice in the Norm.-. several monuments, brasses, and an antique I are charities to tho val. of .53 per annun annum for tho repairs of tho church. The We have a chapel here, and there is a small school. Blount, Esq., is lord of tho manor. CHALK, a hund. in the S. portion of tho co. contains tho pars, of A St. John Bower and Broad Chalk, Ebbcsborne-Wake . I'.av.-int, Si-mley, and part of Tollard-Hoyal. comprinn 26,610 acres. Chalk deanery, in the dioc. eif Salisbun includes tho whole of this hund., and sc parish CHALK, a pur. in the hund. (.1 Aylesford, in the co. of Kent, 2J mi ' ravcMOf its post town, and 3 from Rochester. 1 ') railway and tin; Mi dway canal intersect the ]rish, V> tin Thames bounds it on the N. Tin i in.uiufartory of gun-flints he-re, which ! in Muriipe. The living i.s a vie', in H. . al. 200, in the patron, of tho lord chat Tin church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an aneiei nri', with some curious can aneie-nt I I I. A lair is )n-lel on Vhii-M- rll.U,A<'OMBF..apar. in tin' huinl the co. of Devon, 10 miles N.E. of tho Ban way station. I.inton is its post town. i runs through this parish. Tho living i- MX. -tor, val. 200, in the patron. i in-, who is lord of tho manor. Tin < hnn h, d<48M to tin- Holy Trinity, is a modem ediflM in t: stylo, with an aneie-nt tower. Tin imotdU I iA pe-r iinnum. The' tithes were commute*! in 1839. CHALLOCK, or CHALl-orK LKF.S. a p hund. of Felborongh, lathe of S. ray, in t t miles N. of Ashford, its post town, and 4
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