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Rh CHESTERHII.L. 6.56 l l.KTOX. nirch is an ancient stri: Mary. Il contains a brass of 1462, to the i '" ''he I'liaritirs amount to )1 a > "ar. Little Chi-stcrfurd Park is situated 1 mil' I 1 ). "I tin; village. I'll ]1S I 'l-ll; 1 1 1 1.I., ;i vil. in the par. of Cranston, in the co. of Edinburgh, 3 miles S.K. of Dolkcith. riil'.STKKIInrK, a hinlt. in the par. of Corscnside, in the co. of Northumberland, 6 miles E. of Bcllingham. Near here may he traced the site of u Human st situated .in VatliiiL' S: CHE8TER-LE-8TREET, a par. partly in the middle div. of ('In I'T waul, and partly in the nurtliprn div. of e^toii ward, in tin; <<>. of Durham, 6 miles N. of Durham, and 3 frmn the IVnslier station of the North- IT. railway. The pariah is very extensive, com- prising an area of 31,200 acres, with a population of about 20,000, and is divided into the chplries. of Cl, Ic-Stroi-t, 1'iirtley, I'clton, Lanicslcy, and Tanficld, each with ita own church, schools, &c., and the tnshps. of Beamish-Edmonsley, Ilarraton, Hedley, Kil.blesworth, Lambton, Great and Little Lumley, Plawsworth, Ravensworth, Urpeth, Ouston, and Waldridgo. In 1821 a bridge was built over the river Wear, which is navigable to this part. In the tnshps. of Tanfield and WaMridge are extensive collieries, which with the iron- works at Birtlcy and Whitwell urc said to employ mar 3,000 hands. There are besides manufactories of nails, ropes, and tiles. The parish church is situated in the chplry. of Chester-lc-Street. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Durham, val. 377, in tha patron, of II. JolLuTe, Esq., and the trustees of Lady Byron alter- nately. There are besides five district churches (as ). The Independents, Primitive and Wesleyau Methodists have chapels in the parish. The charities produce about 124 per annum, including 40 belong- ing to Lumley hospital. This parish has also a share of about 16 16*. in the Longstock estate, under Harry Smith's charity. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Durham, who holds a court-leet twice a year. This parish is in the Durham new County Court district, but is the head of a Poor-law Union and Registration district. In the vicinity are Lumley Castle, the seat of the Karl of Scarborough, and Lambton Castle, formerly known as Ilarraton Hall, once the seat of the D'Arcys, and now the residence of the Earl of Durham. The present castle, built by Bononi, is a modern structure. The Roman way Watling Street passed through this parish, which, according to Camden, was the site of the Roman station, Cundcrcum, but nothing has yet been discovered to confirm this assertion. OHB8TEB-LB-8TSBBT, a tnshp. and town in the par. of Chest' r-1' -Street, in the middle div. of Chester ward, in the co. of Durham, 6 miles N. of Durham, and 3 from the Penshor railway station. It is sit in a pleasant valley, V. of the river Wear, and is a vory ancient place, being called by the Saxons Cuneeaitre, or Cimeayestre. In 883, Bishop Eardulph removed hither tho relics of St. Cuthbert from Lindisfarne, or -Minster, and erected a church to receive them. i ic, fourth Bishop of Durham, rebuilt the church on a more magnifici nd expended in its decoration part i ure he discovered during the work. It 1 cliurch for near a century, when the see was removed to Durham. From this time it remained parochial till 1286, when Bishop Anthony made it collegiate. At the time of the Dissolution its revenue amounted to 77 12*. 8rf. The present church is a handsome structure of stone, in the , and later English styles of architecture, with a fine octagonal tower on a square base, surmounted by a spire . t in height, corridorcd one of the handsom tin Ni.itli nt Kn.u'l.ind. In tho interior are fourteen altar torn IK, with i-lliu'i'-s of tin 1 ancestors of the noble family of Lumley, ' i astle, from tho Conquest to the th, most of them placed there by lill Lllliili-y. Ill 1771, the town (.1 ( 'host er-le-St reel wan much injured liy an inundation of tin- Wear, when much as destroyed. It contains about 490 houses, with a population of 3,000, chiefly occupied in I tho adjoining collieries and iron-works. l!y a i Ait this town was maili a polling-place for the northern I dii.-inn of the enmity nf Durham. CIIKsTKKS, a vil. in the par. of Foggo, in the co. of Berwick, 3 miles E. of Grecnlaw. In tin vicinity am traces of a camp. CHKSTKKS. a vil. in the par. of Southdcan, in th co. of Roxburgh, 7 miles 8. of Jedburgh. Here are th I remains of a fort, and of a Honuiu camp ..;. Street CHESTERTON, a hund. in the southern port! tho co. of Cambridge, surrounding the town of Cam- 1 bridge; it contains tho pars, of rhe.-terton, (,'},, nham, Dry-Drayton, Histon, and part of Halting. ton, and composes 16,600 acres. UiKSTI.UTuX, a par. in the hund. of Ch. the co. of Cambridge, 1J mile N. of the < railway station. It is situated on tin- river has the remains of Cambridge Castle, of & ^ priors of Barnewell, and of a Roman camp borough, or Arbury, where coins and other untiqt have been found. It is tho head of a deanery, Poor-law Union, and of a Ilegistration district, but is! within the new County Court district of < Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of lay, val. i the patron, of Trinity College, Cambridge. Th i dedicated to St. Andrew, is a commotii some edifice in the perpendicular style. The Wi and Baptists have each a place of worship. Th British, National (for both sexes), and Industi boys only) schools. The asylum of the , county gaol, and Union work!, situated, and there is a cemetery for 1 denominations. Tho manorial rights are vested in tb| Benson family. ( HKSlT.UTON.a par. in the hund. of ' in the co. of Huntingdon, 5 miles S.W. of and 3 from the Wansford station of the oitiuimptoi and Peterborough railway. It is Nen, near the ancient Ermiiii reel.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 430, in tho Marquis of lluntli y, who is lord of n church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an iiu the early English and Norman styles of a i contains several ancient monuments. A Roman camp is seen at Custlefield, where a btonc coffin skeleton, and coins have of lai CHESTERTON, a par. in tho hund. of the co. of Oxford, 2 miles S.W. of Bi, town, and 11 N.E. of Oxford. It is situut of the river Ray, near the old British road Akema Street. includes the limit, of Li:' terton. The living is a vie.* in i val. 200, in the patron, of New College. church, dedicated to St. Mary, i with a piscina and seililia. 11' n . school. The Earl of Jersey is lord of tin is a meet here | ( ,r Mr. Drake's hounds. CHK.s'l 1 ];TdN. a par. in the hund. of 1 r the co. of "M ick, 1 mile fn.m tin- 11 station, and S S.K. of Warwick. I of Kingston. The purish took its nai st.-iti'Hi Mii/cilaiium, and near it on the i p. The living is a ptijn t. of Worcestir, val. 82, "in the patron, of 1 loughby do Broke. Tho church is dedicated to I^^^H In this parish is a windmill, built in 1' 1', v' rned by Inigo Jones. CHESTERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of WolftMfkw in the northern div. of the hum!, of Pirehill, of Station!, 2 miles W.S.W. of Tunstall, : of Burslem station n lii I 'n v.i, >;.;,.-, anil TJ^^^I hr.mch of the North Staffordshire railway. perpet. cur.* annex, il t" th. ric ' J in the dioc. of Li, htiold, val. IloH, in tl, crown ami lii.slmp aid inati ly. Tin church, I to the Holy Trinity, is a new and hai, : of tho early English style, with a tower and