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Rh KIVKK. 550 [IRE. polling pliico for the i ^ions town, and contains a handsome townhall, coniplcti (! in 1851, a lit, i iciitilic institution, 1 nd a .ik. An agricultural society is kept up, and tv Court is regularly held in tin town. The lord '. U ft court-leet on Whit Tuesday, when hoadboroughs an 1 other officers are a] and a court- ! o the In ad of a Poor-law Union ! ami township*. The living is a vie.* in t . of Surrey, and dioc. of Winchester, val. i'ijo, in tie ' t the Hospital altiTniitcly. Tin 1 ..built in ls'.~)7. U'h'- parish flmrch is a bandtom* stri. situated in tin' centre lit' tlli' town, all'l, with tion of thechanc. r, wai rebvilt in 1808. The tower contains a fine peal o. of which belonged to the a '. lias this inscription on it " Ora mente pia pro nobis virgo Maria." The church ins monuments to the Mawbeys of Botleys 1'ark, i cenotaph of the great statesman and OJ Charles James Fox, and his widow, whose scat was at St. Anne's Hill, which commands a beautiful view of the valley of the Thames as far us Kichmond, and holy well and the remains of a chapel near it. i arc also three district churches, the livings of which are perpct. cnrs. : that at Addlestone, val. loO ; Botley and Lyne, val. 100, in the patron, of the Bishop of Win- chester ; and that of Longcross, in the patron, of W. Tringham, I'. -{. TheWesluyans, Baptists,Indepcndents, and Presbyterians have chapels. There are likewise National schools, founded by Sir William lYrkii. several almshouses one founded by C'owlcy, the poet, who died in Porch House, in Uuildt'o: 1667, on which is inscribed the line, " Here the last accents llnv.-id from Cowley's tongue." Hurdwick House, now' a Cum, was the residence of Henry VI. in his infancy, who was buried in the abbey, but afterwards removed to Windsor. The mansions and villas of the gentry around Cheitscy an numerous ; among the principal are Lyne Grove, Fox Hill, Botlcys Park, Oltershawn Park, and St. Anne's Hill. The market is held on Wednes- days, and fairs on the Ural Monday in Lent for the 14th May for sheep, and two general fairs on August Oth, and September 'J.lth, the former was granted by lli : iy VI., and is Known as Bluck Cherry Fair. CHEEWKLL lUYF.lt rises fit Charwcltoii.in thoco. of Northampton, and runs in a southerly direction l<.th. Thames below Oxford ; the river I Snore joins itncarDed- dington, and the river Kay near Islip. I 11 MS] 1AM, a par. in the hund. of Burnhnm, in the co. of Bucks, 3 mill i fn m Amersham, and 5 from ' Berkhampstead. It is situated in a valley on tie Chess, and includes the hmlts. of Ashlcv-Green, Bi don, Chartridge, Ashbridgc, Waterside, and Lai The North-Western railway passes within a few miles. The river Chess, which gives its name to the : turns several mills in this parish, and flows down the valley helw. . n the high and beautifully wooded dialk The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. church. cl.'.: ; ' ai'-l ("Si. .Mary. i. an edifice in the (lolhic style. In addition to the ; church there is a now church, ii'i-tid in I'.iili, in the hamlet of Waterside, with 400 sittings. The ' ral, Particular, and High C'alvinistic Baptists. In dents, and Society of Friends have each a place of wor- ship heie. There- are British, National, infant, and Sun- chools for both sexes. The town is improving, and is lighted with gas. It contains a townhall, temperance hall, and ' institute. There are also two i, und a silk manufactory. ' of the inhabitant! are employed in the inannfai : -V.es, pap 'it, mid l ;uv . A i-ri-.ti quantity of C" ]:ir;.'ii miin- " ood chiiir.i ai> ('unit is In lil heie once a arc some ucigh- hood, one of which is said to cure scorbiiti' lions. The lords of the manor are Lord Chcahan Lowndcs and B. Fuller, Ks<[rs. is market day for corn, cattle, ,. plait, which is made to .tent, and rivals in ill fineness the Tuscan. Fairs are held on the Li 1st April, LiJnd July, 28th September, and tl Wednesday
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( HKS11AM BO IS, a par. in the hund. of Bumham, in the co. of Bucks, 1 mile S. of Chesha. and '2 S. of Ameishani. It is a pietly littl. village pleasantly situated on the i i ('he-' dun. The inhabitants hvi the pi; of Bcndi:i;;' tlnir sons to L- ham. The livi: , al. 117, iii the pair .n. ot the 1 1 iii..' ..I I',, Th.J i-liiir;-h, (1, dicated to St. Leonard, is Duke of Bedford is Imd of the i C11KSI II UK, one of the sea-side < .i<land, lyii ifl' and 63 ..: X.lffl ,1;. It is bounded onM N. by Lancashire and VTorkshiii ; on tin: I-'.. 1" i and Staffordshire ; on the S. by Shi. ]
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the Irish Sea. Itsformhas eagle's right whig extended, as it were, from the t^B rail to Yoi kshire. ltd. is about 58 miles ; its i iht'roniN. 32 miles. It is about 'Ji 1,104 square miles, or 707,078 acres, and it iiK^^H within its limits 103,204 houses, of which o, 1. Its population id census of 1861. Tl ' ' 4'J,"03 persons, or 11 per cent, sim sons, or 163 per cent, in the last 00 inhabitants of Cheshire ! those of Staffordshire, Flintshire. shire, and Leicestershire, the name of 6'oniar iialiii. This, at least, was the Latinised loi : it may, perhaps, still be traced in the ton, the ancient Condate. Cheshire v i inel- lioman district F/aria Ctnaricnii*.  abandoned the island, the Britons again but wore compelled to yield this tory to Ethelfrith, the oaxon : In 828, Egbert, King of Merci it to his own dominions, giving i: scyrc. About 200 years afterwards ii the Danes, but recovered ir mi them by A ler first became an e bestowed it upon Leofric. Th three carls of Chester before the Conqr.i -t, whe. liam gave the county to Hugh <l I. ipui, with the ]' ; . hold it "tain. idium, quam ipse Kex tcnebat Angliam nd c< It wif constituted a county ] eight bare-ns holding of them, tin ir own pai tln.ii of law. ITiogo-. iqually ind. dom had become an ap]ianai:e of the Prinee 1 ' but in the reign of Henry VIII. it was i nate to the crown. '1 1 cause with Hotspur, and lost 'Jim fa -quiretl the battle of Shu w.-bury. The; in the wars it tb ially at the batth II. ath, when t lie Cheshire men wereengagedl 11 h side. In ti .as the tci i. i Wi ton at Mlddlewich in 1643, and 1 wich in 10! !. He w;,- at length put to Hi . 'I'll.' whole c..nnty Micnt a ft er the battle ol K. wli.n '' -ter in Hi lii. A royalist insurrection hi ' fiiught a battle with I i Northwicl Tower. The BU: is ge!ieni