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Rh ALKHAM. 48 ALLENHEADH. ALKHA1I, a par. in the bund, of Folkestone, lathe of Shcpway, iu the CM. of Kent, 4 miles to the N.V. of DOM i. 1 1,1 living is a vie. in the dioc. of Cantt r- bury, val. with tl T, of Chapel-lo-F< inr, 152, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church, which is portly in thu Norman, partly in the early English style, u dedicated t>> St. Anthony. Alkham House is the resi- dence of B. Ualford, Esq. It is believed that a churc h existed here as early as the reign of Edward the Con- ! met, ALKINGTON, a tythg. in the par. of Berkeley and hund. of the same name, in the co. of Gloucester, 1 mile from Berkeley. It is not far from the Gloucester and Bristol railway. ALKINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Whttehureh and hund. of Bradford, in Shropshire, 2 miles to the S.W. of Whitchurch. The Ellesmerc canal passes near the township. ALKilEKE, a tnshp. in the par. of St. Chad, Shrews- bury, in the co. of Salop, 2 miles to the S.E. of Shrews- bury. It is now united with Belton, a limit, of Drayton. ALKMON 1 1 >N, .1 tnshp. in the par. of Longford, hund. of Applotree, in the co. of Derby, 5 miles to the f Ashborno. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 50, in the patron, of W. Evans, Esq. A hospital, dedicated to St. Leonard, was established in this parish before the year 1474. ALKJUNGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Prestwich- cum-Oldham, hund. of Salford, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 1 mile to the 8. of Middleton. The small river Irk flows through the township. The cotton manufacture affords the principal employment of the inhabitants. Alkrington Hall was once the seat of Sir Aston Lever, whose well-known museum was formed here. ALLALEIGH, a hmlt. in the par. of Cornworthy, hund. of Coleridge, in the co. of Devon, 4 miles from Totnesm. ALLAN, BRIDGE OF, a vil. in the pars, of Lecropt and Logic, in Perthshire, Scotland, 3 miles to the N.W. of Stirling, and 2 miles 8. of Dunblane, having a btalimi on the Scottish Central railway. It is situated in a picturesque spot, at the junction of the river Allan with the Forth, and possesses, in a high degree, all the cha- racteristics of a Tillage as poets love to imagine it : thatched cottage* irregularly set among fine tree*, a river, bridge, and mill, old inns, old women knitting out of doors, and young ones carrying milkpails. There are also some neat modern houses occupied in the summer by persons who visit the mineral wells of Airtlnie. There is a Free church and a Vnited Presbyterian church, and in the vicinity arc a paper manufactory and a spin- ning mill. ALLANTON, a vil. in the par. of Edrom, in the co. of Berwick, Scotland, 4 miles to the E. of Dunse. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Whit ladder and Blackadder, over the former of which a new bridge was erected a few yean ago. There is a Free church in the village, the receipts of which amounted to 195 16. U. -. 1863. There are paper-mills at Allanbank which afford employment to many of the population, and a inity. ALLAN WYIT.K, a small river which rises at Gl. n- -. '-.'. 1, moag t' '!' :ui i;i:!-. in tie co. of Perth, Scotland. It take* a south-westerly course through the beautiful valley called after the stream StrathnUa! neroral streamlets, and joining tin h after a course of 14 mile* at the Bridge of ' and 2 mile* above Stirling. It flows past the am ii nt I ' H name is Celtic, and signifies river AI.I.AKIi's. le.iekinghamshiro. Stt BriixiiAV, E. AI,l.l:TMol;P. Yorkshire. Nrr Ai.i.r.iiTiioui'K. AI.LI'.liliiirrs, ii il. in the htiml. of Him '. oo. of KMCZ, near ' living is a unil ALL' --.a [KIT. in thehuml. of Stvunhorough in t' ', miles to the E. of I contains the chplry. of Etchilhampton and the tying* f Allinpton and FulUway, and is situated on the Wilt- hire and Berkshire canal. H is near the Avon and iVans-Dyke. The living isa red.* in the dioc. of Salis- mry, va'l. with the cur. of Etcliilhampton, 1,100, in he ]>atron. of Lord Ashburton. The church is dodi' o St. Anne. There is 1 free school. A lair held on the downs on the 6th August, for the sale of cattle and horses. ALLIM.l;. 1'.. ikshire. See ALDWOKTH. ALLEN, BOG OF, a vast swamp or series of swamps, uiddle of Ireland, extending from Kildare in the east, through King's County and Queen's County, tlM iVestmoath, where it is bounded by the Shannon. l^H ength is about 50 miles, and its breadth about -">, and t comprises an area of nearly 2-10,000 English acres. It ies about 250 feet above the level of the sea, and U divided at intervals by ridges of more elevated and drjB ground. The peat bed has an average thickness of 4B eot, and varies from a moss at the tup, to a dark peat in the middle, and a hard black bed at the bottom. I'nder- neath it is clay and a limestone gravel. The Royal and irand canals traverse this morass, and the rivers Barro^H 3oyne, and Brosna take their rise in it. The Isle of Uleii is a small cultivated tract in the midst of bog, in ' Kildare county. The Hill of Allen is near the Isle, aaqfl rises to the height of 676 feet, having the village of Allen at its foot. This bog is visible from the Hill of Jroghen near Philipstown. Some attempts have betJiB made to reclaim ports of it, but hitherto without much success. It still remains almost entirely waste. ALLENDALE, a par. and market town in the southern div. of Tindalc ward, in the co. of .' berland, 10 miles to the S.W. of Hcxham, and 286 miles N.N.W. of London. It takes its name from the river Allen, on the eastern bank of which the town Is situated; it is irregularly built on the slope of a hill rising from the river side. The scenery is remark fine. The river is crossed by a bridge erected in 1825, and is a tributary of the South Tync, into win. h it falls near Ridley Hall. The par. comprises the market town of Allendale, and the tiishpa. of East and West Allen, 1! roadside, Catton, Low Forest, 1 1 it'll Fores*,! Keenley, and Park. It is a polling place for the county. The surrounding district is principally moor*9 land, and contains some large and valuable lead n. the produce of which is about one-fourth of the entire quantity raised in England. There are several smelt ing- houses, with flues extending under ground three miles in length, and a large quantity of silver is separated from the ore during the process of smelt i i _' Die living is a
 * n the dioc. of Durham, val. 170, in the

W. 11. Beaumont, Esq., lord of the manor. The church was rebuilt in 1807. Besides the church there ore four chapels of ease St. Peter's, one at Nine Hanks, a third r Shields, or West Allen, and the fourth at Allen- heads. The cur. of Allcnheads chapel, val. .50, is in the patron, of Mr. Beaumont; the others in tin patron. of the vicar. There are abjo places of worship belonging to the Quakers, the Wesleyans, and Primitiv< v The free grammar school, the income of which is 62, was founded in 1693, by Christopher Wilkinson and other*.! A new school-house has been recently erected. Them are several other schools, libraries, and a savings-botfl The market day is Friday. Cattle fairs are held on the last Friday in April, and the first Friil 29th October, and a cattle and sheep fair on the 22nd August. Tin n- are remains of a square entrenchment at ( >ld Town, about 2J miles N.W. of Allendale. It is mjij scd to have been a Roman station, having a portway, 7 yards
 * , paved with stone. Coalclongh, in the greavcship.

of V, M Allen, is the highest inhabited village in Eng- land, and the chief ci ntn> of the lead-mining popnla tion : and at Allenheads, which is 3 miles W., are lending neara mile in lenirth, excavated h lie minis under the hills. ALI.LM i i];l> FAIJM, .in. t. par. pl.iee in the par. iitin, hund. of 1 l.iiinrhani. in the CO. of Wilts, 8 miles to the S.W. of S.ili.-lmry. ALLKMILAI'S, or ALLoNIIEAD, a Til. in the