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Rh cHAKMHi.V 538 f IIARTER-HOUSE-HINTON. Tho living is a perpct. cur.* in tho dioc. of Manchester, and in the patn.n. nf James Darling!'" church has ivcnt: .. sevwtl 1'ark Hall, occupied by I, 1 . !'.. is a fine building. ( II AliN Wi HI|I CHARNWOOD FOREST, r. place in the hund. of West Goscote, in tho co. of Leicester, about 6 miles S.W. of Loughborough. This foi < disafforested after the Conquest, but not enclon^H 1830, contained about 18,000 acres (.f bleak moorland, stretching along the Wolds to Charley. The r U ar. chiefly trap, with some slate, stone, and coal, caflHBj a thin layer of vegetable mould, and attain an at Bardon Hill of 853 feet; from tho summit is ono of the most extensive views in England. OaflH commanding spot was built in ISl/i a monastery f Si Bernard, a remarkably handsome edifice in th' English style, including a chapel, cloisters, and chapter-house. In tho vicinity are the i Austin Kremito friary, and of tho priory of TJli also within the bounds of tho forest, the of which now belongs to tho Marquis of 1 CHAR3FIELD, a par. in the hund. of Loa. co. of Suffolk, 5 miles to the N. of Woodbri'i town, and 3 from Wickham Market station on thL Suffolk branch of tho Great Eastern railway. 'I is a perpet. cur.* in tho dioc. of Norwich, val. 4flBl the patron, of Earl Howe. Tho church, d"ii ited i St. 1'eter, is a handsome brick edifice. Tho BtfBj have a chapel. The charities amount to is i>crlflHI CHART, a tythg. in the par. of IV nshain, ill 4fll of Surrey, 5 miles S. of Farnham. CHART AND LM,i:i;IDGE, a hund. in th. iath of Scray, in tho eastern portion of the co. ^^^H It contains tho pars, of Asnfbrd, is. tin i>i!en, B^H Grc-at Chart, Hinxhill, Hothficld, Kim. north, Mcrsliam, Sovington, and Vill. comprises 25,000 a (HART, or GHKAT CHART, a par. in t' of Chart and Longbridgc, lathe of Scray, in ; Kent, 2 miles W. of Ashford, its p a station on tho South-Eastern railway . Canterburv. It is watered both by the M... Stour, and is tho Cart It of Domesday. It v market town, and formed part ol th Church, Canterbury. The living is a rect.* in of Canterbury, val. 600, in the patron, of ' bishop. The duii' I to St. Maiy, i some structure; tho S. aislo was built in I'M". time, by Bishop Goldwdl, of Norwich, > i of this town, and of whoso family the chmch han mono uients. There ore two aim .van place of wor.-hip, and a N In 1680 an earthquake Mas I. it In r, usuall held on the t:r,t Monday in April for and ] dl.l - at eliseontil OHABT, or MTTI.K CIIAUT, a par. in ; 'ill, latin of Scray, in the co. of K. :. , N. of the I'hi'Uey station of the Sou:: and .1 V. of Ashic.nl, its ]n-t town. rcct.* in tho dioc. of Canterbury, val. patron, of the archbishop. The ehiudi, d.di. Mary, is nil ancient stono structure wilh !' charities amount to t'.i. Tbe registc r The 1 i chapd. OHABTBR-HOU8E, an ext. par. ].: Hiding et the i o. of N. of Hull. 'J'ln the s ar Mark, t l!..sworth, in I shire, |. in Some T:. tshil third near CoventiN. in 'iu v. i. k-hiro. CHARTER-HOt'SE-HIN I"N, a jar. in of Wellow, in the' co. of Son.- anil 1 mile' S. l';i in lh" I''re.-hf.'id slaiien c ! Y-iorn railway. The living isa].n, dioc. of Bath anil V,dN, al.i'H'ii. in th Vioar ol Noitoii St. I'hiliji. The chiiivh. '! St. .)"hn the Ita].'' Axminster, and :; I!, i.t I.ymc Regis. From its de- lightful .situation it is much 1 as a watering- place. It is s itinted near the river Char, on the side of a hill, lyin 1 f.yme K. _is. and rath' r more than 500 feet high. It is supposed to be the Cauca Ariia of tho Romans, and the site of s engagements between the Saxmia'and Danes in tho time of Ethelwolf and Hubert. Charles II., aft. r this battle of Worcester, and while escaping to Franco, was nearly captured here a village smith having discover. .1, from shoeing the horse of Lord Wilmot, that he came from tho north, and raised the alarm. The village was anciently a market town, and is now a watering and coastguard station. Tho living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Salisbury, val. i'1.30, in the patron, of trus- tees. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a hand- some stone edifice. Tho Independents have a placo of worship and a school. Then 1 is likewise a Nutimial school. The charities produce about 40 per annum. George Frean, Esq., is lord of the manor. A remarkable phe- nomenon occurred hero in August, 1531, which is thus described by Hutchins, in his History of Dorsetshire : " After vory hot weather in that month, followed by sud- den rains, the cliffs near Charmouth began to smoke, and soon after to burn with a visible but subtile flame. Tho same phenomena were observed at intervals, especially after rains, till winter; the flame, however, was not visible by day, except tho Bun shone, when tho dill's appeared at a distance as if covered with pieces of glass which reflected tho rays; at night the llaiue was visible at a distance, but when the spectator drew near, ho could perceive only smoke. On examining the cliffs, a great quantity of martial pyrites was found with marcasitcs, that yii M .1 nearly a tenth of common sulphur, besides various shells ana belemnites, all encrusted with pyri- tiral matter." The cliffs of this coast, on cither side of Charmouth, from Axmouth, in Devonshire, to Bridport, in Dorsetshire, and beyond, are, from their composition, subject to frequent founders and landslips. Occasionally these are of great extent ; tho last ot any importance occurred in June, 1802, when a cliff nearly 100 fuet in height, and 200 yards in length, and situated about 200 feet above tho sea, fell, carrying with it t.. acres of surface occupied by gardens and fields. This lapse is in the immediate vicinity of tho new road between Lymo Regis and Charmouth which road itself, soon after its construction in 1825, in one place subsided many feet in the course of one night. Tho most remark- able landslip, however, recorded upon this coast was one which took place in December, 1839, on the farms of 1 lowland and Great Bindon, within 2 miles of Axmouth, and which at tho time was erroneously ascribed to tho agency of an earthquake. Along tho coast are found many geological spec inicns. CHARNDON, a hmlt. in tho par. of Twyford, in tho hund. of Buckingham, in the co. of Bucks, 2 miles N.E. of Twyford, and 6 S. of Bicestcr, its post tuwn. It is situated in ar thu London and North-NVestern railway, and is watered by a branch of tho river Ouso. CHAUN'KS, n tnshp. in the par. of Ecclcshall, in tho north div. of the hund. of 1'irehill, in tho co. of Sta'li.id, 1 miles N.V. of Kcdeshall. CHAKNKY J!ASSl-;TT,a < hj.lry. in the par. of I worth, in the co. of Berks, (i miles E. of Faringdi.n I: is situated near the river ( l.-k, in the vicinity of the Danish camp on Cheibnry Hill. The ch:.; which is dedicated to St. IVt'-r, h:is a handsome Norman il.vorway. CHARNHAM-BTHZET, a tytl -. in tho par. of ilonl, hund. of Kinwarilstone, in the co. of Wilts, 'J miles I'ri.m the town of Ilungerford. It is .situated near tin' river Kcniut and u branch of the Great ilway. II aneicntlv gave name to th.- ] OHARNOOK III'ATII. a in hp. in the par. of Slan- di-h, hund. of Leyland, in tho CO. of I ' miles I HAEKOCK KICHAKD, a tn...hp. and ehplry. in I!..- pur. of Slandish, hund. of Leyland, in tin Lancaster,! mile from Kuxton, and 2 from (.'hoi ley.