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Rh - COMPTON VALLENCE. 639 CONDOVER. he par. of Ilmington, hund. of Kington, in the co. of Varwiek, 3 miles W. of Shipston-on-Stour. Sir Thomas Jvcrbury was a native of this place. The manor an- iontly belonged to the Palmers. COMPTON VALLENCE, or EAST COMPTON, a ax. in the lib. of Frampton, Bridport div. of the co. of )orset, 6 miles AV. of Dorchester, and 3 S. of Maiden ewton, its post town and railway station. It is situ- ited on the bank of a small stream. The living is a ect.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 300, in the patron. .f II. Williams, Esq. The' church, dedicated to St. L'homas-a-Becket, is a handsome stone edifice in the itar Kuglish style of architecture. It was (with the xception of the tower) rebuilt in 1840, and possesses a 'iilpit of Bath stone, with altar of Caen stone. i '< >MPTON VERNEY, or COMPTON MURDOCH, n ert. par. place in the hund. of Kington, in the co. of Varwick, 1 mile N.W. of Kington. It is situated on ha ancient Fosse "Way. This place formerly belonged the Murdoch family, but now to the Verneys. Cornp- jn House, the seat of Lord Willoughby de Broke, is a icet for the Warwick hounds. ( '< iMPTON, WEST, a tythg. in the par. of Pilton, und. of Whitstone, in the co. of Somerset, 1 mile S.W. ,, ton Mallet. COMPTON WYNIATES, or IN-THE-HOLE, a ar. in the hund. of Kington, in the co. of Warwick, 1 miles E. of Shipston-on-Stour. Kineton is its post iwn. The Marquis of Northampton takes the title of art from this place, where his ancestors resided pre- ious to the Conquest. The living is a rect. annexed the vie.* of Tysoe, in the dioc. of Worcester, in the alum, of the Marquis of Northampton, who is lord of le manor. The church, a neat stone structure in the erpendicular style, was rebuilt on the site of one estroyed by the parliamentarians. Compton House, le seat of the Comptons, was constructed of the ruins f Fulbrooke Castle in the reign of Henry VIII. COMRIE, a par. in the district of Middle Perth, in rie co. of Perth, Scotland. The par. is about 13 miles i length, and between 9 and 10 miles in breadth, com- rolirnding Glenartney, G-lenlednock, Glentarken, and 'ina-Glen at the head of Strathearn. On the sides of 16 Strath, looking towards the E. end of Loch Earn, nd oven along the loch itself, is a continued ridge of ifty hills, which, from the uncertainty of the crops by ttenso frost and heavy rains, are mostly appropriated > the pasturage of sheep. Few districts display more iriety of wild Highland scenery than Comrie, with its vers, mountains, and lake, and Gallic-speaking popu- tion. The chief rivers are the Earn and Uchil, the rmer of which flows into Loch Earn, a beautiful e covered with natural wood of great value; and ctensive plantations have also been made in different irts of the parish. The loftiest summits are Benchonzie id Benvoirlich, rising respectively to the heights of 900 and 3,300 feet above the level of the sea. The icks are mica slate, and other primitive rocks, inter- lersed with limestone. Near the forest of Glenairtneg a good slate quarry, and at Dalclathie, near the ". end of Loch Earn, is a quarry of excellent lime- one. Iron ore abounds, and was formerly extensively aelted. The principal landowners are Lord Wil- ughby D'Eresby, Sir David Dundas, Bart., and four hers. The principal mansions are Dunira, Ardvoir- h, Aberuchlll, Comrie House, and Dalhouzie. The ir. is in the presb. of Auchterarder, and in the patron. the crown. The minister has a stipend of 310. here is also a Free church and an United Presby- . bank of the Earn, 6i miles W. of Crieff. It has woollen manufactory, and a considerable trade in tun weaving. The parish, church is a handsome aiding with a lofty spire. Lord Melville's monument, mile distant on the bank of the Lednock, is a granite lisk, 72 feet in height. Comrie is a burgh of barony li ' (Sir David Dundas. The village and its ncigh- . vrhood are more frequently visited by earthquakes than any other locality in the British Isles. A severe shock was felt on the evening of October 23rd, 1839. There are three Druidical circles, and the outline of a Roman camp, 16 acres in extent, supposed by some antiquaries to mark the locality of the battle between Agricola and Galgacus. Others identify it with the camp mentioned by Tacitus, where the 9th legion sus- tained a disastrous night attack from the Caledonians. Fairs are held in March, May, July, November, and December. CONAN-BRIDGE, a vil. in the par. of Urquhart and Logic-Wester, in the co. of Ross, Scotland. It stands on the right bank of the river Conan. 24- miles S.W. ofDingwall. CONA WATER, a small river, in Argyllshire, Scot- land. It runs 8 miles W. to Invercoe, and in its course passes through the wild pass of Glencoe and under Con Fion, or " Fingal's Seat," the traditional birthplace of Ossian. CONCHAN, or KIRK-ONCHAN, a par. in tho middle sheading of the Isle of Man, 4 miles N.E. of Douglas. It is situated on the coast near Banks How, and includes Kiondroughad and part of the nourishing town of Douglas, which is rapidly rising into import- ance as a watering-place and a place of trade. In the landward part tho apparent decrease of population has been occasioned by the extension of the boundaries of tho town of Douglas. Tho living is a vie. in the dioc. of Sodor and Man, val. 150, in the patron, of tho crown. The church, dedicated to St. Oncha, has recently been rebuilt. There are schools, and the Union poor- house stands in the village. Along the coast are found many rare marine plants, and on the hills are Celtic barrows. A cattle fair is held on the 20th May. CONDERTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Overbury, in the hund. of Oswaldslow, in the co. of Worcester, 5 miles S. of Pershore, and 2J E. of the Bredon railway station on the Birmingham and Bristol line. CONDICOTE, a par., partly in the upper div. of tho hund. of Kiftsgate, and partly in the hund. of Slaughter, in the co. of Gloucester, 6 miles from the Addlestrop railway station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver- hampton line, and 3 N.W. of Stow-on-the-Wold, its post town. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Glou- cester and Bristol, val. 158, in the patron, of tho llov. W. Bishop and others. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient edifice. There are both week- day and Sunday schools. Near the village are tho remains of a British as well as of a Roman camp. In Edward III.'s time William de Clinton, Earl of Hun- tingdon, possessed the manor of Condicoto. Tho Misses Bishop hold the manorial rights. CONDONS AND CLAN GIBBON, a bar. in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster. Ireland. It is bounded by the co. of Limerick on. the N., byTipperary and Water- ford on the E., by the bars, of Kinnataloon and Barry- more on the S., and by the bar. of Fermoy on the W. Its length is 15 miles, by a breadth of over 10 in some parts. It embraces an area of 78,481 acres, including the pars, of Brigown, Aghacross, Fermoy, Clondulane, Kilworth, Kilphelan, Marshalstown, Macroney, and Templemolaga, with parts of the pars, of Derryvillane, Castlelyons, Farahy, Dunmahon, Leitrim, Kilcrumper, Glanworth, Kilgullane, Kildorrery, Knockmourne, Mo- collop with Lismore, and Litter. The northern, eastern, and southern borders are sheltered by the Galtce, Kil- worth, and Nagles mountains. Tho Blackwater washes the southern frontier. The soil is good, on a limestone bottom. This barony was formerly a portion of tho ancient Fermoy, or Feramuighfene. The Condons district passed into the possession of the English family of that name, otherwise called Cauntous. The Clan- gibbon portion, anciently called Ive-le-bane, belonged to the Fitzgibbons and to Fitzgerald, the White Knight. CONDOBAT, a vil. in the par. of Cumbernauld, in the co. of Dumbarton, Scotland, 3 miles S.W. of Cum- bernauld. CONDOVER, a hund. in the middle div. of the co. of Salop. It is divided into the Condovcr and Cound
 * panse of water, 8 miles in length, the banks of which
 * rifln church. The village of Comrie stands on the