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Rh I.AWI nl;l>. 571 < IIU:' II include* the tn.-!ii'. "" and the. h pines. 'Vert Lang)' n-Thorp, in n-Tur. living is a t dioc. of ]' h, val. in, c.l til" tm-.tr.-s i.l'tlli- late llev. V. Hanbiiry. Tin) clmrch, dedicated to St. 1'etcr, is an HI-IT is a free school, endowed by the W. llanmiry, who likewise bequeathed a largo sum of money f./i i itable purposes. CiirKCI!' LAVH)l;|). a p:tr. in the hund. of Knightlow, in the co. <.!' Warwick, :ij miles from the Knu'liy rui! It is ]i]. - ii tint i Avon. Through this parish, in a deep cutting, from which it is stated 600,000 square yards of earth were taken, runs the London and north-western lino. The living is a rcrt. in tin- dim-, ol Won -esti r. al. with the vie. of King's Xcwnham annexed, 1',") The parish i-hutch, dedicated to St. 1'utor, possesses a register com- mencing 1576. There is a school, built in 1840, sup- ported by the Duke of Buccleuch, who is lord of the manor. < HURCH LAWTON, a par. in the hund. of North- ich, in the co. of Chester, 4 miles 8.E. of Sandbach, and 6 S.W. of Conglcton. The Grand Trunk or Trent ami Mersey canal passed through the parish, and the North Staffordshire railway has a station at Kidsgrovc. The li ving is a rcct. in the dioc. of Chester, valT 360, in the patron, of C. B. Lawton, Esq. Tho church, dedicated to All Saints, is a plain edifice, with cm- battled tower and highly ornamented Norman doorway. It contains monuments to the Lawton family. There are school-. pit-Is, and infants. At Lawton II. ath the Methodists have a place of worship. 1 is a brine spring from which salt is made, and in the neighbourhood arc stone-quarrie.i and collieries. Tho of the manor is C. B. Lawton, Esq., of Lawton Hall, it fine brick edifice, situated in a beautiful spot. ( III i;( H LKXUII, a par. partly in the hund. of Halfshiro, and partly in the hund. of Itlackciihurst, in tin- co. of Worcester, 3 miles N. of tho Fladbury station, nnd 7 N.E. of I'crsliorc. Tho living is a reel.* in tho dioc. of Worcester, val. 180, in tho patron, of tho lord chancellor. Tim church in a stone structure in tho Gothic style, with tower. The whole Ins Lit. -ly been restored. 'The charitii-s amount to about 2 per annum. CHURCH MAYF1ELD, a hmlt. in the par. of May- field, co. of Stafford, 2 miles S.W. of Ashborno. It is situated near tho barrows of Dale and Rowlow. ( Iiruril MIXSIIULL, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of Nantwich. in the co. of Chester, G miles N. of Xantwich, and 1} mile from tho Minshull Vornon station <m the Grand Junction branch of tho London and North- Vi-tem railway. It is situated on the banks of tin- river Weaver, which is crossed by a bridge of two arches, and near the canal belonging to the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, which crosses the borders of the parish. The living is a porpet. cur.* in tho dioc. of Chester, val. 108, in tho patron. ol II Brooke, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a brick edifice, with tower and monument to the Dclameres and Cholmondoloys. Tho parish registers commence as early as 1661, and under date 1649, February 20, is entered " Thomas Damme, of Leighton, buried, being of the age of seven score and loir, ; Hero is a school i es endowed with about 1") 1. It hy the Kev. Cipher Minshull in 1614, and others since that i. In this parish are the halls of Lea Green and Minshull, now occupied as farmhouses, the former ntly having belonged to the Vernons, and : to the Crowe family. Tho parish is so call distinguish it from Minshull Yi unm, which In former times Church Minshull I : I tin- parish of Acton, and belonged to the barony of Wieh Mill.ank, but on the division of that loidship it fell to Hi.- lot of I'hilip Basset, and attirunrds passed 1 r inany eeiituii' rnily (,f Minshull, fnn'ii whom Kli/a- )th Mins-hull, tin thinl wile of Milton, was descended ; it then passed by marriage to the Choltnondcleys, and was by them sold t<> Kir Richard r of Henry Brooke, Esq., the present lord of th ( lAKI.I'.V. a par. in the bund. ol'Chutdt} Mi of Haiit tho Baiingstoke railway station on tin line. id Vanille, occupying the i a alley. 'I'lii! living is u reel.* in th . val. 311, in the pa 1 iiAt'oid. 'I'ln- chiirclt, : - St. Leonard am i,-iit ediii and hag recoil a.Miiion of a Iran-. -pt It - uimenU Warhain family. A d. < .hool was established 1 . realising about 10 ] r annum, with hind and m for the master, he-id, i .,th. r property 1 i children. Malshangcr Hall, tin- ancient Warhams, is iu this parish. W. Beach, . " ,U the lord ol ( Tirill II dVKli. a par. in tin- hund. of in tin- oo. of Warwick, 4J mil. s X. of Run and 4* S.W. < t I.utterwo~rth. The village 1 and pleasantly situated on an eminent Watling Street, near which is a confident! Tho living s a rut. in the dioc. ot V..i iJ7", in the ].ati,.n. i.t II. (irimcH, Esq. 1 dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient with tow.-r ai.d spile, and to the Dcxwcll family. The Indcpendei place of worship, and there is a lice House, the scat of tho lord of tie- manoi Esq., is a fine stone building. The parochial produce about 24 per annum. CHURCH-POOI,, a natural bar! S. side of the mouth oft! Boylagh, in tho co. of Donegal, pi-"v. of I It affords good an CHURCH I'KKF.X. <.r I'UiKX CHI in the hnnd. of Condovcr, in the from Much Wenlork, its post town, bury. Tho living is a perpet fora, val. 76. in the patron, of '. II The church. ami, nt stone structure, and contains a pulpit beuii date 1641. Not far li"in lure is I'laii: is a curious old hall containing some fine s| panelling. The Karl of Bradford is lord 1,11 ri;< 'i[-rri.vi;i;i'.A'n 11, ,-. Cndovcr, in the co. of Salop, s n.i bury, 'mid i; X.". of the Chin. - e, once a market small village. The par. contains t I'lllverl.at, h, ( Wrenti, are traces > living is a rect.* in tie
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'lie structure, ehi.-tly ' stylo, aj St. Kdiih. Here is a paiMM school. A fair is held on the 27th of September. CHURCH SHOCKLACH, a tnshp. in tl .li. of the hund. of 1
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in a pleasant - ' anks of t Cliritrll STAMuN, or < III'KCII tin- bund, of II- myo< k, in tin , 7 miles S. of Taunton, and ill X.I-:. "I II town. H is situated under the I 1 . the borders ol i.l. Stapli -, Weft* railway jsisses within a few mills of th has a station at Wellington. The living is a root* the .I! . .Tun. The church, dedicated to C^^BI u the perpendicu possesses some oak carving; am The Wesleyans and l!apti-t have pirn esof *J^^H there is a school supported by the rector. The oiul