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Rh CHURCH-STOKE. 577 CHURSTON-FERRERS. 1 luce of the charities amounts to 5. Fairs arc hold a .'hurchingford on tho 25th and 2Gth January and the 1; Friday in April. Messrs. Bush are lords of tho i inr. HURCH-STOKE, a par. partly in the hund. of C vrse, in tho co. of Montgomery, and partly in the ]nd. of Chirbury, in the co. of Salop, 3 miles S.E. of 3ntgoraery. It is situated on the river Camlet, near vkp. It contains Upper and Lower Hopton, limpton, Bacheldre, Mellington, Hurdley, andWeston J doc. The Welshpool and Montgomeryshire railway ' living is a perpet. cur.* in tho dioc. of Hereford, 151, in the patron, of Earl Powis. The charities j: luce JE 1 3 1 r annum. There are traces of both Roman u British camps. HURCHSTOW, a par. in the hund. of Stanborough, it he co. of Devon, 2 miles N.W. of Kingsbridge, its t tuwn, and 10 from Totncs. It is situated near t river Avon and tho South Devon railway, which I a station at Kingsbridge-road. The living is a vie. * i. he clioc. of Exeter, val. with the vie. of Kingsbridge 200, in the patron, of tho lord chancellor. 'I 1 church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone Ft contains several stained-glass windows, and lately been repaired. P. S. Lowe, Esq., is lord of t manor, and resides at "White Hall, a fine mansion,
 * -es near the village, and has a station at Montgomery.
 * it i fully situated on the banks of the Avon.

ffOBCH STREET, a ward in tho par. of West Jin, in the hund. of Becontree, in tho co. of Essex. ] ncludcs the vils. of West Ham, Forest Gate, Can- 11, and Upton, comprising 1,600 acres. HURCH STRETTON, a par. and market town in t upper div. of the hund. of Munslow, in the co. of S 'P, 12 J miles S. of Shrewsbury. It is arailway station othe Shrewsbury and Hereford line, and is pleasantly f lated in a valley. The origin of its name is supposed .risen from its proximity to the Roman road 'tiling Street hence " Street Town," shortened into f-ctton. The town mainly consists of ono long street, 1 It at the foot of Longmynd Hill, the summit of which i, ,680 feet above the sea, and commands a fine view of Mil W-.iles. It contains a subscription library, news- rim, a savings-bank, and police station. The market-hall s erected a few years ago on the site of the old one. It i a diction and polling place for the southern division of I county. The inhabitants arc engaged in tho woollen i .; u fact ure, the making of hop-bags, and the malt trade. living is a rect. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 542, in patron, of C. O. C. Pemberton, Esq. The church, dedi- i d to St. Lawxenco, is a cruciform edifice, and possesses i no altar-piece and beautiful stained-glass windows. 'Jere are free schools for both sexes, and some small unties. Caer Caradoc, or the "Mount of Caractacus," i bout 2 miles distant, on the top of which are the mains of an ancient British camp ; the prospect from i summit is very extensive. At a short distance stands i.-ard's Castle, which is an insulated hill, from ' ich may be seen the Longmynd range of mountains. 1 urch Stretton was the birthplace of I)r. Mainwaring, ': chaplain of Charles I. The par. is extensive, com- ]|sing 11,790 acres, chiefly sheepwalks. The market $ is Thursday. Fairs are held in March, May, July, t it ember, and November. PHUECHTOWN, or BRUHENNY, a par. and vil. itlie bars, of Orrery and Duhallow, in the co. of Cork, 1 v. of Munster, Ireland, 10 miles K.E. of Kanturk. 3 situated on the road from Limerick to Cork. The lace consists of mountain, moor, and bog, and some bio land, with limestone bottom. The living is a rect. ] von. of Sir M. Tierncy. The original church was
 * the dioc. of Cork, Cloync, and Ross, val. 475, in the
 * loved in tho reign of Queen Anne, but was rebuilt

ut 1737 by the Earl of Egmont. It is a cruciform Iding, containing the family vault of the Egmonts.
 * village is neatly built, and has a dispensary and

nan Catholic chapel. Tho seats in this parish are rton and Egmont, giving the titles of baron and earl he Percivals. >OL. i. CHURCHTOWN, a par. in the bar. of Rathconrath, in the co. of Westmoath, prov. of Leinstcr, Ireland. It is ^situated between Lough Knnel and tho Royal canal, U miles on the road from Mullingar to Athlonc. In some parts are bog and limestone, but the arable land is prolific. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Meath, val. with Dysart and Couragh, 354, in tho patron, of tho bishop and crown alternately. The church is a modern structure, built at the expense of tho Board of First Fruits._ There are several schools and two Roman Catholic chapels in tho union, one in Conragh, the other in Dysart. The principal residences are Redrnonstown- House and Balrath. Hero arc ruins of the castles of Oldtown, Dundonncl, .and Fioldtown. CHURCHTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Newcastle, in the bar. of Glenquin, in the co. of Limerick, prov. of Munster, Ireland. CHURCHTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Ballintemplc, in tho bar. of Imokilly, in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland. CHURCHTOWN, a par. in tho bar. of Lower Navan, in the co. of Meath, prov. of Leinstcr, Ireland, 3 miles to tho S.W. of Navan, its post town. The living is a vie. with Ardbraccan, in the dioc. of Meath, and in tho patron, of tho crown. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel. The principal residences are Churchtown Houso and Philpotstown. Churchtown Castle is a small square tower, built by Air. Warren. CHURCHTOWN, a quoad sacra par. in the bar. of Forth, in the co. of Woxford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It is situated on the coast between Lady Island and Lough Tacumshin, upwards of 2 miles S.W. of Broad- way. The soil is for the most part good. The living is a cur., val. 71, in the dioc. of Ossory, Ferns, and Leigh- lin, in the patron, of the chancellor of tho dioc. and the bishop alternately. The church was built by the Board of First Fruits in 1834, when this parish was separated from Tacumshin and Ballymore. The Roman Catholic chapels are at these latter places. CHURCHTOWN, a hmlt. in the par. of Hook, in the bar. of Shelbourne, in the co. of Wexford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It stands on Hook Head, near the lighthouse. CHURCHTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Dysart, in the bar. of Upperthird, in tho co. of Waterford, prov. of Munster, Ireland. It is situated on the riwsr Suir, 4 miles to the W. of Carrick-on-Suir. Here stood an ancient castle belonging to tho Everards. In the village is a woollen factory, and the vicinity is very pleasantly wooded. CHURCHTOWN, or RHEBAN, a par. in the bar. of West Narragh and Rheban, in the co. of- Kildare, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It contains part of the town of Athy, and is bounded on the E. by the river Barrow, and on the W. by the Grand canal. It is supposed to be the Jtheba mentioned by Ptolemy, and in the vicinity is an ancient camp. The living is a vie. united with Athy, in the dioc. of Dublin, Glendalagh, and Kildare, in the patron, of the archbishop. CHURCHTOWN, a hmlt. in the par. of North Meols, in the hund. of West Derby, in the co. of Lancaster, 7 miles N.W. of Ormskirk. It is situated near the coast, at a short distance from the mouth of the river Ribble. CHURCHTOWN, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Decu- man, in tho hund. of Williton, in the co. of Somerset, near Watchet. CHURCHTOWN QUARTER, a tnshp. in the par. of Rockcliffe, Cumberland ward, in the co. of Cumberland. Here is a parochial schoo.1 for boys. CHURCH WILNE, a lib. in tho par. ofWilne.inthe hund. of Morleston, in the co. of Derby, 7 miles S.E. of Derby. It is situated on the river Derwent. CHURN, or CORIN RIVER, rises at the Seven Wells and Ullin farm, about 3 miles S. of Cheltenham, in the co. of Gloucester. At Cricklade it joins the S. head of the river Thames, or Ibis, of which it is the principal source, passing in its course North and South Cernpy and Cirencester. CHURSTON-FERRERS, a par. in the hund. of Hay- 4 E