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Rh I Clir.VKKKU.. MTl'LK. 553 CH1CHE8TER. Rwanborough, in the co. of Wilts., 5 miles S.W. of pita], The living is ,: P el, ii in tli i tin! R' v. K. M. Atkinson, incumbent. Tin: church is dedicated to Si. 1', :<-r. Tho charities produce about 1 ClIKYKl;i:i,I., U n I,K, apar. in the co. of Wilts., adjoining the above on the S.E. The living is a reel., val. i'lt).), in tin: patron, of tho Earl of liadnor. Tho 1 to St. PI rllKVKT, a tnshp. in thr jar. of lt,,ystono, in the v.-ap. of Stainoroa, inthe W. i thcco. i.t'York, 4 miles 8. of Wakefield-through which the Nurth Mid- land line runs. C'hovet Hall isa fine building, pleasantly fitua;- '!c, the seat of Sir W. I'ilkington, Bart. CHEV1NGTON, a par. in the bund, of 'I the co. of Suffolk, 5 mil. s S.V. i,f liu.y St. Kdniund's, its post town. The living is a roct.*" in the dioc. of l-'.'.y, val. W6, in the patron, of the Rev. J. White. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient struc- ture. Here is a National school, eroded at a cost of 000. The annual val. of tho charities is .!:>. In the vicinity i.< lekworth Hull, t!ir Net "i tin- M.u.nu's of Bristol, tfai is lord of tho manor. i. VIM, TON. KAST and WEST, tnshps. in tho par. of Warkworth, Morpeth ward, in tho co. of Northum- tho N.E. of Morpeth. CHEVIOT HILLS, a range of mountains forming iimdary between the cos. of Northumberland and Roxburgh. Cheviot Hill, the highest of the ran^. , baa an altitude of 2,084 feet. Carter-bay, : i.ytho road from Jedburgh to Newcastle, is tho principal pass. These hills ore dome-shaped in figure and volcanic in -nsrin, and afford excellent pasture for s! CHEW, a hund. in the north-eastern portion of the co. of Somerset ; contains tho pars, of Chew Magna, kB, Glutton, Dundry, Norton-Hawkficld. t'Hi-M.ilrcward. Stowey, and Timsbury, comprising 15,120 acres. The deanery of Chew, in the dioc. of Bath a:id Well-:, includes the whole of the hund. CHEWBENT, a vil. in tho co. of Lancashire, 2 miles N. of Leigh. It is situated near tin- liolton railway. CHEW MAONA, or BISHOPS OHBW,p.fc the hund. of Chew, in tho co. of Somerset, 7 miles S. of Bristol. The parish is watered bvabranchof the Avon, and includes the I ythgs. of Bishop-button, Knowle, Knighton-Sutton, North Elm, and Stone. This village was formerly a bo- rough, and had an extensive woollen manufactory. The living is a vie. * in tho dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the cur. of Holy Trinity annexed, 034, in tho patron, of the bishop and others in turn. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was restored in 1800. It is an ancient stone edifice, with several monuments, stained-glass windows, and a register commencing in 15G'2. Tin re ia a chapel of ease at Bishop-Button, and a district church in the peculiar of Dundry, the living of which is a perpet. cur. in the gift of the vicar. The Wesley-ana and Bsptisti have places of worship. There is a school for boys, with a small endowment. The value of tho Uec is about 35 per annum. Sutton Court, the beautiful residence of Sir E. Strachcy, has been lately re- stored. Ji : nt, a portion of tho building being of the period of Edward III. It was here that Bishop "r, and John- Locke, tho philosopher, wore frequent guests i if their friend, John Strachcy. There are other fine i amongst which may bo mentioned Tho Court. At Bishop-Siitton are is a reservoir belonging to the Bristol ( IIKW-STo'KK, a par. in the hund. in tho CO. of Somerset, N mil. < IV. nn I hist..!, and 1 S.W. of Chow Magna. Tho living is a rcct.* in tho dioc. of Bath . val. 30o, in tho patron, of the Kev. W. 1'. Wait. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an lit atone edifice. The Wesley ans have a place of worship, and there is a National school, partly endowed. 'hraryand reading-room was built in 1865. 'I' 1 -uount to ^n ].er annum. niKWT. iN, a hund. in tb. N.K. portion of Somerset; it contains Ihe pars, oi ' liowtoa- Mendip, ('hilooinntou, ('..mi. FuTington-Ofaniey, W. .-: Harptnv, I! n-Seymoiir, High Littleton, .Midsmn. i I'aulton, Stoiifj Easton, and Ubley, comprising ai,6so It t.,nns part i.f tbf d< -am TV of Chew. CHEWTdX. a tytli^'. in the par. of Milton, in theco. of Hants, 3 miles K. of ('hristchurch. ( Hi;V'l'(lN. KEVNSIIAM, a tythg. in tl; K. yii-hain, in the co. of Somerset, 1 mile K. of Kvviishaui. ('I I i:VTi i. -MK.NDir. apar. in the 1. ton, in tho co. of Somerset, 5 mil. s N.I 1 ;. < I 7.1 N.W. of Sli.-i.lon .Mall. 'it. It i.i aitu jfondip hills. Tb. i il l-.id-inine .. quarii. s in the parish. Al.out tin- y. ar 171.0 part t.f t), common was enclosed a : tor tho Mi- school, the rent of which is now 20 per ain living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath und with the parochial chpLrios. of Emborou (Jiirney, and Stone-Jviston aniirxed, in I i:. 1'. i'liilpott.Esq. The church, dedi.-it.d to Magdalene, is an :i; See, with a I tower of Henry VI I. 's period. Tho register oo in tho year 500. ThcA of worship, as also tho WoBlovan llethodi- 'I'here is a National school for boys and ^ charities amount to 10 per annum. I rises in this parish, and from here the I works arc supplied. Tho lady of tho manor i^ ( HK'HKsTKl:, a rape in ! '.issox. j^H tains tho hunds. of Aldwi. k, ];..-! . M, li... Do^^H Easobournc, Manhood, and 'e-,[l a.nie, and co^^H 111,100 a. i CHIClll.S'ri'.K, a city, market town, n parliamentary borough, forming a co. of itseh, hm loeaD; situuitcd in the hund. of l!..x ai of Chichester, and western div. of the Co miles by tho Portsmouth branch .1 th South Coast railway from London, and by road, 30 miles from Southampton, am! mouth. Chichester occupies the site of tl station, Keynum (or capital of the JU;;m i, win : Vespasian fixed his headquarters and built tho wall: The certainty of this tradition i 1 by tb numerous coins and other lioman antiqui;. have been found, including the walls Minerva. The present walls of tho to have been built of the materials of the lioman wall According to some accounts the city was bui stroyed by Ella, in in -17S, but i King .- us, who called it Ciixn city or castle of C'is.-a. In the time. .f l-'.-l-eit itwf 5 important and nourishing city, but it alt. i wards great) ed, owing, in a gn-at in. asm.-, t<. the .f tin Danes. Milton, speaking of the t riot ism of the inhabitants in the reign . " The Danes returning by sea from the siege < and in their way landing on tho coast of Sussex, tl men of ( hieheMer sallied out and slew hundreds, taking also some of their notorious in 900 at Kigley I'.olton. William tl Conqueror made thiM it y the h. ad of a dioc. on retnovii it li-oui S. Isea, about 1070. At tho > it had 'I'M houses, which v y, who was created Ii r. The earliest charter is by f mints -. Mud in the iviirn ol I lii.-he,|. r. (Ju.-.-n l-'.li/al.eth paid t Qe in l.V'il, while prinei --., :u.d tit In 1012 it was oc'cujiii d by the when ti churches were pu! to n -pair the wal the followint,' year it was taken by Sir Willi : itter.l d..vn tin 1 N.W. tower of the rathedn 1'arliami'iit ordered the fortifications to bo df^^H in 1048. < i I. as i. turned two membM. parliament hince tin: reign of Edward I. Tho lim of tho borough under tho Keform Act are