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Rh < [,dV. (ill produce about 20 per annum. The lord of the manor h- Duke of Portland. i I.OY, a tnshp. in the par. of Overton, in the co. of riint. North Wai.-, I! mil,, N K. of Chirk. VMAOH, CLODY, or CLOGRKNNAN, a par. partly in the bars, of Carlow and West Idrone, in the co. of Carlow, and partly in the bar. of 81iflTemargy, in Queen's County, prov. of Lcinster, Ireland, 4 mil--* to the S.W. of Carlow, its post town. The pari.-h is partly bounded by tho river Barrow and the road from Carlow to LeighUn Bridge. It is very hilly. Tho Clogreimriu hills, lying at the foot of i margy range, here slope down into tho valley of tho Barrow. Th<' , re the level of the sea. The soil is good, with limestone. Coal is procured at the Bilboa colliery, which lies to tho W. of the villagu. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Leighlin, val. 179, in the patron, of the bishop. Tho church was built ut the expense of tho lato Board of First Fruits in tin- y ir 1SOO. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Cillinane, Wells, Clonmulsk, and old Lcighlin. There are several day schools. Tho hamlet of Millford, within this parish, is celebrated for its extensive flour-mills. CLOYGIN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llandefeilog, in the co. of Carmarthen, 3 miles X. of Kidwclty. Hero arc the ruins of a chapel. CLOYXK, a ]r., post and market town, in the bar. of Imokilly, in tho co. of Cork, prov. of Munster. livlan.l, 15 miles E. by 8. of Cork, and 160 miles S.S.W. of Dublin. This place, which gives its name to the merged bishopric, a comparatively small town, consisting of about 350 houses, with a decreasing popu- lation. In ancient times it waa of more note, and was made tho goat cf a bishopric by St. Colman in 604, and of an abbey in 707. At the commencement of tho 14th century this see had become so impoverished that Edward III. wroto to Pope John XXII. recommending its union with that of Cork, which was effected near a century later by Pope Martin V. It again formed a separate see for a short period in the middle of the 17th century, but was finally consolidated with Cork and Eoss by the statute 3 and 4 William IV., c. 37, s. 121. The income of the bishop of the united dioceses is under 3,000, including tho bishop's lands. The cathedral church, a small cruciform building of the 13th century, is in the later English style, and coi monuments of tho Longfields, of <';.-;l,- .Mary, and nn epitaph In i. It stands in the main street, and a little to the W. is a very perfect five-storied round tower, 92 feet in height, surmounted by a modem bat- tlement, the original conical roof having been destroyed by lightning in 1749. The town, which consists chiefly of one street of old houses, contains a chapel, hospital, dispensary, loan-fund, Diocesan school, and almshouses. It has a police station, and petty sessions are held in tho town. The living is a rect. val. 1,317, appropriated to tho vicars choral, &c. Tho diocese of Cloyne comprises 90 benefices, of which 20 are unions, and all in the patron, of tho bishop, except 13, which are in the gift of the crown; it was formerly in tin- province of Cash. -1. but is now included in that of Dub- lin. Adjoining the town is Cloyne House, tho f, palace of the bishops ; it is a plain mansion, built at the commencement of tho last century by Bishop Crowe, and stands in a fine demesne. Rostellan is a seat of the Marquis of Thomond. At Castle Mary is a cromlech. Tho Roman Catholic diocese comprises 57 parishes in Cloyne and Roes, and tho bishop's scat at Quoenstown. Thursday is market day. Fairs are held on the i!!.)i February, Easter and Whit Tuesdays, 1st August, 12th September, and 5tL December, and are generally well being the only market town for a con- siderable dis- i I. [THAN ST. JOHN-, a vil. in the par. of Dairy, in the co. of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, 6 miles N. ol 1'IU.KY, it tnshp. in the par. of Wrockwardine, in the co. of s,l,,p, l mil.- s.W. of Wellingt CLUDKN, a vil. in tho par. of Holywood, in I ' ilagc, mi the ( 'ludi-n rivulet, an- ixjver.il large I mills, and the ruins of I.ir,- !u 1- story as "Cluden's silci i I. I'lD, a hmlt. in ti, L the r, of Oalway, In 1 in 1. '.' i CLTTMBEB l'.i;K. I ,,f _ castle, in the CO. of Nottingham, :; mil, s S.W. of Work sop. ThemariM"!: iveptrl ,,t 11 miles in compass, adorned with no- tations, and a spacious lake. Th some fine sculptures, ami a in, 1. -IT uf paint ings by i indrdt, Oorreggio masters. In the dining-room, which is 60 fee' by 34, are some originals brought from llerculanoumaiu) Pompeii. CLUN, a hund. in the south-west part o Salop. It includes the pars, of dun and Ma ),190 acres. I 'I.I'N.a par., market town, and bOTOngh, in th.- 1 of Chin, in the co. of Sal,)].. ~ miles from Kni 14 from Ludlow. The parish, which is including 13 townships besides Clun, which "i populous, derives its name from the riv> In the Norman times it belonged ti the l-'itz-. 1 of Arundcl, who erected a castle on an en looking tho river, and exercised tho pow il.-atli. This castle waa destr during his rebellion against H..nv IV. ! VIII. tin; parish was annexe J to t! county of Montgomery, but was afterwards - and joined to that of .Salop. The town, on both banks of the Clun, is nun theatre of hills. I ndi northern bank of tho river, which is here cro- handsome bridge of fiv. aivhis; on the S si,ie stand* thn church and the older part of the town, the boon which arc built of rag-stone, with thatched roofij^M town-hall is a modern erection ol arches. It contains one large upper ro, ing of the courts, with an area bel market. The town is well supplied with wat imperfectly drained and paved. It M-ri],tion, having 1, ..-.it. 1 by by the lords-marchers, ami augmented by Thomas Earl of A, of Edward II. The government l.y two hailins, 30 burgesses, and a recorder f^^^H l>y Karl Powis, as lord of tho manoi. manu- facture carried on in tho town. It is the head 01 a deanery, of a Poor-law 1'nion, and of a sub-reps tration district, embracing 19 parishes and township Until recently it was the seat of a hun.i: every three weeks, for tho re, ...ill d^^^B is now included in the new t vlii--h is a perMfl^l Tin- chi*-X and then., ar hools. Th 'ire wry considerable, producing l,">'j I ] i ' '^jBl cipal i.s a hospital founded in 161 1 hy Henry HowsK
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lands in various parishes producing a clear annual tenon* of 1,200. Out cf this endowment the chplriss. < .and Knighton have been from t: aiigm, hospital itself is a plain qindrnufttl* building, with a large garden in chptl- Thn warden has a salary of 80 a yc.ir with i tl.e hrethivn, who c m-.i^t of 14 pooi rooms, with a garden. 1 hiii--, and fn' 1 -.