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Rh COATVAKDS. <  TYAKDS, a tnshp. in tho paroclii.il < hplry. of i- Witton, in the western div. of tho ward of .Mi.rpcth, in the co. >( Xorthiiiiihi-rlaiid, 7 miles W. of j.eth, anil :i N.W. of Nether Wilton. COBBIN END, a hmlt. in the par. of Vaitli:iiu Abbfv, i" th>- co. of Essex, ? mil' .VK. > I "ahh:iiu Abbey. COBHAM, a par. in tho hund. of Shamwcll, lathe of Ayleeford, in the co. of Kent, I mil. N.I'., ol thi: Solo Street station of tlie North Kent line, an, 1 I inun < Jraves- i ml, its post town. The village was anciently a market town, and belonged to the Cobham family, but afterwards, .urn- to the Bkghs, through the .Stewarts, to whom it was presented by James I. on its forfeiture to the crown. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, vul. 391, in the patron, of the Earl ot Darnley. Tho church, which was formerly collegiate, is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene ; it is an ancient .-! ructure in the early English style, with a square tower, and contains several monu- ments and brasses, chiefly to the Cobham and Brook families, some of them dated as early as 1320. There is a parochial school supported by the Earl of Daruley, and a college founded by Sir John Cobham in HUT, consisting of twenty almshouses for the poor. It is a good specimenof tho smaller hospitals,,! the middle agea. Cobham Hall, tho residence of the Earl of Darnley, was designed by the celebrated Inigo Jones, and restored by Wyatt ; the picture gallery of which contains, among other pictures, Rubens' " Death of Cyrus," and portraits by Vandyck. This building also contains a beautifully gilded hall, which is open to visitors on certain days by tho kind permission of tho Earl. Tho park, which consists of 1,800 acres of ground, well stocked with Jeer, possesses some beautiful and romantic spots. The mausoleum, which was erected in the park in 1783, has not been used. There is a fair held on the 2nd August. COBHAM, a par. in the second div. of the hund. of Klmbridge, in tho co. of Surrey, 6 miles 8.W. of the K.sher station of tho South- Western line, and 10 N.K. of Ouildford. It is situated on the river Mole, which abounds in pike, carp, trout, and other fish, and its banks are much resorted to by anglers. There were formerly large iron-works by this river, but the place is now chiefly used for carding woollen rags. Tho living is a vie. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 150, in the patron, of Charles Combe, Esq. The church, deili to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure partly in the early English and partly in the Norman styles of archi- tecture, with spire, and contains brasses of early date. The Wesleyans have recently erected a chapel. Tho charities amount to about 80 per annum, There are parochial schools and two infant schools. Cobham Park, tho seat of Charles Combe, Esq., is in the Italian style, and was built in 172.5. The Rev. F. Mount is lord of the manor. Fairs are hold on tho 17th March and 1 1th December. COBHAM, an island in the par. of Yarmouth, in the borough of Great Yarmouth, in tho co. of Norfolk. COBLEY, a limit, in the par. of Tardebigg, in the hund. of Barlichway, in the co. of Worcester, 2 mile, I ). of Bromsgrovo. It is situated on the Birmingham canal, and was, until recently, included in the co. of Warwick. COBRIDGE, a hmlt. partly in the par. of Burslem, and partly in the par. of Stoke-on-Trent, in the OO, "I Stafford. It was formerly called Rushton. The living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Lichfield, val. lus, in the patron, of the Rector of Burslem. Here is an en- dowed school. The inhabitants are chiclly occupied in 1 ' K'K, a small river in the co. of York, which rises above Abbcrford, and after a course of 10 mUcs falls into the sea below Tadcastle. The memorable battle of T< > w - ton was fought on its banks in 1461, when its channel wai choked with tho slain. COCKAYNE HATI.KV, a par. in tho hund. of Big- gleiwade, in the co. of Bedford, 2 miles E. of Potton, its post town and railway station, and 6 N.E. of Hig o _ wiide. The living is a reel, in tho dioc. of Ely, TI 151, in the patron. <( tl,.. i;. v 11. c U st. The church, dedicali'l In M. John th Baptist, is a hand, some struct ui e in tl.. Norman style of archil, rime, with tower, and contain* (taincd-glass; win, ; mare some small i "< Kilt li.NSl'ATII. ii par. in the 00. of I Scotland, 18 mile* N.W. of Berwick, a. Kdin' burgh. It has a station on the North British railway. The parish is of a quadrangular form, presenting angln to the cardinal points of thu comjtass. Its greattft length, ti. .m the eastern angle on i .tit western angle at the source of the ri i miles, and the greatest breadth, from the i .... a t Dunglas Bridge to the southern angle at where the Eye turns in a south-ca^Um . 6 miles. The parish of Auldcambus was, at sou* known period, incorporated with it. The <K,I. of the parish, being a ci-ntnmatioii of the Lamme^^H hills, is li.i, k ; tho northern paiativcly low anil level, ainl well culth coast-line is bold and ] . Peasodean, oni several m vines or deep frulliea, is remarkable for ha' an average depth of 150 feet for about 2 n length, and for a bridge thrown across it in a length of 300 lee:, 1.) i. . i in bi, a.ltli, and a heigh 120 teet. Two of the arches arc supported on a rising from the bottom of the valley. The i .,.. Dunglas Bridge, at the north-eastern In. Parian, is a small bay, surrounded by rocks 100 f<. height, and looking out seaward on an insula^^^H caverned by tho waves, and resembling a r Point, a spot of rare beauty, a remai junction of the greywacke with more r .. it observable, and moraines, or traces of ancient glatieo, were discovered in 1839 by Dr. Bucklund in the n^H through which the road passes to Ayton. Morej|B half tho paribh is cultivated. 'I' I ravines were important passes during former u times, and forts and encampments are uu district, some of them being of Brit Cockburnspath Tower, on tho r. Edinburgh, now a venerable ruin, v attd ono of the keys ol Scotland. Tho old chu parish of Auldcambus, a Saxon structure, now^^^H is supposed to have been built in the 7th cen North British railway traversesthe parish. ! of Cockburnspath stands on the KJinburgh andM^^HI road, a mile from the N.E. boundary of the pan- par, is in the prosb. of Dunbar, ami ii the crown. The minister has a stipend of .t'ji-V The parish ehuixh dates from llii.'!. 'I for Cockbunispath, and an Tnite.l rp sbyter at Stockbriclp-. COCKBURY, a hmlt. in the par. of Win. the co. M' (ili. ii, i ster. COCKKN, a tiishp. in the par. of Houghtou-le-Sjirilig, in the northern div. of Easington ward, in Durham, ") miles N.K. of Durliam, its post town, and 1 W. of the Leamside station ol the North- Eastern niilwv. It is situated on the S. side of the Hall is the seat of S. C. Standish, !:-,(., the ! manor. It is built on I-!, by deep dells, and on the oth. r llu. siilis by thp river Vtar, which here flows through a i A nuniiery "I tlio order of St. 'J'i hero about the beginning of the ti.iiu Antwi-r]). The mi, is ,,f Fim hale Abbey stand . pp siti-. There is much coal in this neighbourhood. ct H'Kl-'.N/lK, a quoad tatra par. in the pars Tranent and Preston-Tans, in tin- 00 .1 lla.Mintrtoo. .1, 1 mile N.K. of Preston- Pans. It is on the Frith of Forth, and ranks as a subpor! The inhabitants are chiefly em;a:, r ed in the salt-worln mid lisheries. The living is in the presb. of lladdini:' ami iii the patrnii. of the male communicants. I ui KKIUIAM, a par. ami tnshp. in the liund. ( Lonsdale South ol the Sands, in the co. of Lancaster, ty.