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Rh i "MI'TuX ItlSIIOl 1 . C38 COM1TOX In th" in ighhourhood are Uffington Castle, the White - >ne, and other antii|iiiti. i. Kail < n.MITi >N BISHOP, a pT. in the hund. of Wint-r- stoko, in ' .mi-iset, '- mie - W. "f Axiniik'i . It* DMt town, and 11 from tin- 'i iti.-n. plca.-anth a nl 1 tin' MI ndip hills, and contains th> tnslip. of Cross. Tin- living i> a vie.* in thcdioc. of Bath and Well,, val. ijls-i, in the],ati..n. nf the prebendary. Tim church, diii. An- drew, was restored in 1X.J2. It is a small edili' < in tin . pointed style, with some traces of Norman an i ture, and contains a stum pulpit ami font. The register dates from 1641. T)i> >ut 18 per annum. There is a National school fur 1m: will us u Sunday school. A beautiful stalactite cave was discovered some years .past, but has sine, robbed of its gems. The lord of the manor i Charles Mordaunt, Bart. This place took the Miilix to its name from the Bishop of Bath and AVells, who possessed the manor about the tin;' of tin Xorman Conquest. CHMITnX ( 'MAM I !KI:LAlX.:i ]..!-. in the -mill, rn div. of the hund. of Bamorham, in thr oo. ..f Wilts, 6 miles W. of Wilton, imd 10 from Salisbury, its post town. It "ii a brunch ut the river Avon. The living is a vie. in the iliur. of Salisbury, and in th. patron, of c. JVnruddock, Iv-.j. Thr ehureh, dul; to St. Michael, is an ancient . ,liii, i in It contains a monument to them* timry nf c, d<,n"l ,!..hi> I'enruddock, who was beheaded by order of Cromwell for attempting to restore Charles II. The register com- mences in 1538. COMPTON DANDO, a par. in the hund. of K. yn- shiun, in the co. of Somerset, 7 miles from 1'ni-: post town, 8 from Bath, and 3 from the Keynsham mil- way station. It is situated on the river ( 'hew, and con- tains the tnshps. of Tucking-Mills and Woolard. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 1SO, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedi- cated to St. Man,-, is a small edifice in theGutlii' with Ki[iiaro tower. The We^leyaiis have a place of hip, and there is a National school. The charities produce about 75 per annum, being the rent of the church lands. There are traces in the parish of the Wandsdyko. <"M I'TON DUNDON, a par. in the hund. of Whit- ley, in the co. of Somerset, 5 miles N.K. of Langport, and 5 miles S. of the (jlastonbury railway station. It is situated near the river Cm 'am- ;ii< tnshps. mpton Dundon, and Littleton. The manor aJl- cienlly belonged to i' "ips. It ri reived the suffix to its name from a lofty hill union Beacon. The living is u vie.* in thedi". . .1 r, ,th ami Well*, val. 201, in the patron, of the Bishop. The church, dedicateM 1T(JN, EAST, a tythg. in the par. of 1'ilton, in the co. of Somerset, 1 mile S.W. o{ Shejiton Mallet. i iiMITDX KKNXV.a jiar. in th.- liurtoii Kassott div. of the hund. of Kington, in the co. of Warwick, 6 miles to the S. of Southam, its post town. It i< situated under Compton Hill, neattho Oxford canal. Thelivini; isaroct.* in the dioc. of V. al. 1117, in the I eh i.s dedicated to St ! '"duco 10 per annum. Sir 11. B. Dudley, Bart, was born in thw village. >MITo CiriMlMi, a (ythg. in the. par. of n the liunil. of Roboroiurh, in the n, U mile I'loni riynioiith. It i"i- tin- Cliffords, hut now to the I'al ..i Hbrley. I 1'i the vie. of ( 'Invle-i-tlie- Jlartyr, in the dine. f y, e executors of tin 1 .,: Hart. ( (IMI'IMN (iKr.MNl-'IKI.H, a par. in li div. of the hund. of Mi nluny, in the C o. ! i Gmii' It i.-. i-itinti 4 n. u i! tin- river Sevi in. 'II ', val. 1 II, in : ,,f H_ ('. I.ij.j Tin- ehiiieh i . ami was, with i ol the I !; ill l.S.'lL'. The 1..1-.1..1 the : roMIToN l.HTI.i:, ... PARVA, a par. in tho ii|.]ier iliv. of the hund. of I in the co. of Warwick, 4i miles X.W. of ('hipping v living is a pcrjn't. eur. in th- in the jiatron. Oxford. The ehureh i parochial charities, including the ; nl in 3 school, produce ah- annum. The I^^^H ' . .i.t formed part of thn county ol < ,liixuii. ( 'harlc-s l.'s chaplain, liv. .1 i COMI'TDX I.OXC, a hmlt. in ll. id. COMl'T'iN l.iiNt,. ,: inni 1. ,,| |., in the CO. of Warwii-k, 1 mile from I .". >.L. ..: Shi ' -nr. The vi" and was once an . u ,-. j, the dioc. of Won-csier, .il. CI!>1, in the ) Tlie ehureh, .1 hasasanete-1. ell turret. . ' c '^^l t . the Sheldon family, who resided at Xear the village i a Driiidical r-ijirToN M.l;il., par n. ; ton, in 1 ..:i!i's X. . :
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town. Itusiluatid to tin- N nneient;; to Martin de '1 , the siillix to its name. T, in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. JH'.H, in the jiatron. ol 4 Mi St. M^ichacl, is a ! annexed hel - chial school for bot i-harities pi the manor is u chapelry of this piirish. COM1TOX MCKDAi II Warwicksli, COM1TOX, XrniKH, a ]iar. in th. borne, in the co. of Dorset. - miles X. its post town, and : in the dioc. of Saliiliury, val. with ton, 30(1, in the patron, of .1 i EIonM. 'I'!:.- church i^ Nicholas. '1'heie is a -. 1 1 with a Miia; the other charities produce 'J'i ].er an 1^ Kl:. a par. in tl joining Xetlnr Compton, to which it is in t'oMITMN 1'AliVA. ,S, Warwickshire, i (iMrT'iN 1'AI XCKKOO Catsash, in tl id niilway post town. This parish took th. from the Tanned. ...t family, of < Iivai Urickl; fonnerly held the i Iiim,- i- I'.ath and li. II. Hunt. l-:si|. Th. with tower and s; for hoys and pirls, as also a Sun Hunt. I COMITON TL-. I I'.i-aellV I : i nMITcX SC(i;i'!o, or Srol.T 1