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Rh C1IELWOOD. 548 CHEKITON. p. i -p. mlicular style of architecture, and possesses a rc- gist. in 1735. CIIKI.NVOUD, a jar. in the hund. of Keynsham, in i.-et, 2 miles K. of IVnsford, and of Bristol. It is situated on the road to Wells. Coal has been found in tho parish, which is well wooded. The living is a reel.* in tho dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. i, in the patron, of tho bishop. Tho church, dedi- cated to St. Leonard, is an ancient stone edifice, not long ginco restored. The charities amount to 87 per annum. CHELWOUTH, a tythg. in the par. of Cricklado, in the co. of Wilts, 1 mile 8. W. of Crieklade. CHELWQKTH, a hmlt. in tho par. of Crudwell, in the co. of Wilts, 6 nun - N.K. of Malmesbiiry. CHENEY LONUVILLE, a tnshp. in the par. of Wistanstow, in tho co. of Salop, 6 miles 8.W. of Church Stretton. CHENIES, or CHENEYS, a par. in tho hund. of Burnham, in the co. of Bucks, 4j miles E. of Amcrsham, and 4 N. of Kiclnnansworth, its peat town. The North- V stern railway passes within a few miles of the village, and has a station at King's Langloy. Chenies is a pretty rural village, situated on the brow of a steep hill, at tho foot of which runs the river Chess, one of the nu- merous mill-streams which intersect Buckingham and Hertford shires. Tho manor has for many generations belonged to the Bedford family, who succeeded the Chenies in 1539. John Russell, ancestor of the ] Duke of Bedford, was raised to the peerage l>y the title of Baron Kussell of Chenies, which title is still borne by his descendants. Tho living is a root.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 380, in the patron, of the Duke of Bed- ford, who is lord of the manor. The church, dedi- cated to St. Mil haul, is an ancient structure in good i. Adjoining tho church is tho Kussell Chapel, built in 1.5(32, which contains monuments to the illus- trious Lord William Kussell (beheaded in 1683), and his wife. There is also a very chaste statuary tablet to tho memory of tho late Lady Kibblesdalo, first wife of Earl Kussell, bearing the simple emblem of a plucked flower. The charities amount to 70 per annum, exclusive of 10 almshouses for poor women, endowed by the Countess of Warwick in 1603. The Baptists have a chapel, and there are National, infant, and industrial schools. There arc several gentlemen's scats in the neighbourhood, among which may be mentioned the Manor House, anciently occupied bv Lord Chenies. (' H 1 ; 1 'S'l'OW, a par., seaport, and market town, in tho upper div. of tho hund. of Caldicott, in the co. of lion- mouth. It is situated in a beautiful spot on the right bank of the river Wyo, 135 miles by road and 141* by the Great Western and South Wales railways from Lon- don. Anciently the town was strongly fortified, and the fine ruins of its Norman castle, C'asttllitm rf< I fhoifl, or Slriyuil, of Domesday, are still in existence, ami partially occupied. This castle is said to have Ken liuilt about the time of the Conquest by W. Fitz-Osborne, Earl of Hereford ; the Duke of Beaufort, who takes tho title of Baron Herbert from it, inherits it through the Clares and Plantagenots. The ruins consist of lour courts, besides a central building, and extend a con- siderable distance along a precipitous cliff. The en- trance is by a gateway between two large round towers. The area of tho castle is above three acres. In 164i; Sir Nicholas Kemys, at the head of a small band of royalists, defended it against Cromwell, and not until Kemys and 40 of his followers were slain, and their provisions were exhausted, did the garrison surrender. Henry Marten, one of tho judges who assisted at the trial of Charles I., was confined for upwards of 20 years in C'hopstow Castle, where he died, and was buried in ( 'hcpstow church. The population in 1861 was 4,295, with 723 inhabited houses, which, in 1861, had decreased to 3,364, with 638 in- habited houses. Chepstow Poor-law Union contains 38 parishe* and townships, with an area of 64,930 acres. wn, but many of ployed in shipbuilding, and tin iv is a i t trade !'r large vessels the Wyo is navigable to Chcpatow bridge ; barges go up the river as far as Hereford. From the narrowness and depth of the channel, the tide rises suddenly and to a great height, stow is built on a hill, which, rising with a^^H slope from tho river, has a j appearance. X|B bridge, built of iron in IHlo upon live some structure. Tho railway bridge tubular in form, but open at the top on tin shire side, while the rail runs upon are mouthshiro side, to prevent the navigation of the rivet being impeded. The streets are well pavud, ami th is lighted with gas. The living is a vie. * in the ardj^^H of Monmouth, and dioc. of Llandaff, val. .17 in th* patron, of E. Bevan, Esq., and Mrs. Burr Tho church is of Norman erection, and originally be- longed to the priory of Chepstow ; it lias lately bee* restored and enlarged to accommodate 1 ,600 ] It contains tombs of Henry Earl of Worct- the regicide, and several handsome monunn arc also chapels for Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, pendents, Irvingites, and Baptists. The town poasc market-house, a theatre, aaaembly rooms, choral literary institution, horticultural society, two bank a savings-bank, besides Clayton's school, a free i for 12 boys, a National school, 1'owis' almshouaet, tague's hospital, and a custom-house. In the ni bourhood of Chepstow are Hardwicko House, the Bishop of Llandaff, St. Kynemuk s I'rioi rence's Chapel, and the grounds of I'i, i tiful seat of N. Wells, Es<| resort toWyndcliff, a rock 970 foet high, rising tously from the banks of the Wye, and command fine views of great extent. Five miles from ( ";.< ] : iw arc the noted and picturesque ruins of Tintcrn All the country round about is beautiful and intc Wednesdays and Saturdays are market days. I held on Whitaun Friday and Saturday, before the 20th June, the 1st August, and the before the 29th October; also the last month for horses, CHEQUER, a ward in the par. of r tho borough of King's Lynn, in the co. CHKKI1 1 1,1,, a par. in the hund. oi of Wilts, 2 milt:- of Devizes. This place was held s v the Beauchamp family. The living is a perpet. cur.* i'n the dioc. of Salisbury, of the val. of 80, in tin the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. James, in an ut edifice, but in good prescrva; mitivo Methodists have a place of worship, and then is a National school. On tho hill-si'l for some miles round, is the figure of a horse, 157 feet long, cut in the chalk, which was executed about 1780 nt thf cost of Christopher Allsop, an emin m of Calno. Near it is a monument in honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales, erected by Lord Lansdov. :., . Y Heneage, Esq., is lord of the manor. CHERINGTON, a par. in the hund. of 1 the co. of Warwick, about 4 mill Stour, its post town, and 8 from Qiippii is situated near the river Stour am. ' Wi railway. The living is a reel, in tho di the patloll. of Dalliel T Tho church, dedicated to St. John i edifice with a tower, in tho i of a Cherington House, the seat of William Di the magistrate of tho Warwickshire quarter a fine stone building. ( 1 1 1 : K I'l '( i N, a par. in the hund. of Folkestone, ', of Shepway, in the on. of Kent, 2 mil. .and 24 N'.K. of lluhe, its pot town. Tin , line passes at a short distance from the and has a station at Folkestone. The living is a 1 to which is the vie. of Nowington. in the dioc. of Canterbury, and in the [ Rev. J. Brockmann. The church, dedie I' nt ly in tin- S .1x011 style, and contains nts, some being to tho memory of the maun family. Here are National schcol- Tho parish contains Sandgate coastguard V, ,