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Rh ALSOl'-LE-DALK. Al/lT.ol (ill. the North Staffordshire railway. The living is a i cur. in the dioc.. of Cheetor, v;il. 100, in the patron, of the landowners. Thu chapel was erected a < by Jliu-y, Judith, and Margaret Alaager. There in u free school for boys and girls, which was also founded and endowed by them. There is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists. AI>"1'-I.K-HAI.K, a rhplrj-. in the par. of Ash- bourne, hund. of Wirksworth, in the cp. of Derby, 6 miles to the N.W. of Ashbourne. Tho river Dove runs near it. Tho living is a perpct. ciir. in tho di Lichfield, val. 49, in the patron, of the inhabitant*! and freeholders. The chapel, originally in the Norman, but consul, i.i . is dedicated i . .. 1. Alsop lies within th. Duchy of Lancaster and the jurisdiction of a court hold at Tutbury once a fort- night for the recovery of small debts. ALSTOK HUNDRED, one of the Shunds. in theco. of Rutland, bounded on tho N. by Leicestershire and Lincolniihirc, on tho K. by East hundred, on the S. and W. by Martinaley hundred and Oakham Soke hundred ; it contains tho para, of Ashwell, Hurley, Cot- tesmore, Exton, Greetham, Horn, Market < >v< rton, Stret- I'eigh, Tluntleton, Wliissendine, and Whitwell. Tho hund. extends over an area of about 27,900 acres. AI.MuX, ,,r ALSTON MOOR, a jar. and market town in Loath ward, in the co. of Cumberland, 29 miles to the S.E. of Carlisle, or 35 miles by rail ; and 281 mil. s from London, or 290 by the Great Northern and York, istle and Berwick railways. It contains the cura- cies of Gorrigill and Neuthoad, and tho hmlU. of Clor- ghyll, Xcntsbury, Leadgate, and Nenthall. The town stands on the slope of a hill, on the right bank of the south Tyne, near the confluence of the Nont with that river. Each of these rivers is crossed by a stone bridge, that over the Tyne being a handsome new one. In the western part of the parish are some traces of the lioman road called Maiden Way, and at Hall Hill, a little below Tyne bridge, are the foundations of an ancient fortress surrounded by a moat. Tho surrounding district is chiefly moorland, shut in on all sides by lofty hills. On the west are tho mountains Cross-fell and Hartside. Large flocks of black-faced sheep are pastured on the moors. There are magnificent views, at several points on the new road from Hcxham to Penrith, over the lake of Ulleswater, the mountains of Cumberland and West- moreland, the Solway Frith, and the coast of Scotland. The sterility of the surface in this district is compensated by tho wealth of its mine*. The parish of Alston contains bout forty largo and productive lead mines, yi. usually about nine thousand tons per annum. A MD .11 proportion of silver is contained in the ore, not exceeding on the average, ten ounces per ton. In tho ore, from one of tho mines, a much larger proportion has been 1. nearly a hundred ounces per ton. Copper is also obtained. There are some magnificent caverns in tho mountain limestone, splendid with variously coloured crystals of fluor-spar, the yellow copper-ore, and pyrites One of the caverns, called Tutman's Hole, extends for a mile from its entrance. There are largo smelting fur- nace*, and machines for breaking and cleansing tho ore. Thread and flannel are manufactured on a large, scale. There in a grand subterranean aqueduct, called - in length, from tho town to the .uad shaft. This was constructed by the trustees of Greenwich Hospital, the .. WILTS of tho estates, which were : 1 713, by Jnmos, Earl of Derwentv. and were conferred on them by act of parliament. Tho town is irregularly built, the houses mostly of stone and roofed with slate. A very handsome building has just been erected in the centre of the town, consisting of news-rooms, m> litution, and reading-room, with board-room and townhall above ; costing upwards of 2,000, which has been raised by voluntary contiil.ii- Th<- m.irk-t rrosi was >-. -;r William
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] hit-hum, val., with ti in the patron of the governors of Greenwich ll.i-pit:il. Tho church, which was rebuilt in 1770, is dcdi< Augustine. There is a chapel of ease u; 4 miles to tho S.E. of tho town, and a handsome netH district church at Ncntlnad, the living of wh. a perpet. cur.,* val. UO, in tin; patron. >! are also places of worship belonging dependents, the Society of Friends, and th and Primitive Methodists. The grammar school, whirh was rebuilt in 1828, has an endowment of i22 per ann. Tho subscription library was established in 1821. national school, at Xenthead, was founded in 1820, by tin London Load Company, who still 8iiji]>ort it in con*] junction with the governors of Greenwi. sessions are held in tho town, once a month, by thl county magistrates ; tho county court is also held oncessl two months, and the board of guardians meet ersjH fortnight. Saturday is the market day. Fairs tal9 place on the third Saturday in March, the last ThundsM in May, the Saturday on or before the 27th September, and the first Thursday in November ; a tup fair, and also a cattle show, in October. ALSTON, a tnshp. united with Hothorsall, in the par. of Ribchester, hund. of Amounderness, in tho CO. palat me of Lancaster, 7 miles to the N.E. of Preston, and skfl far from LongRidgo fell. Alston Lodge i." the principal ALSTONS, a tythg. in the par. of Cheltenham, hund. of Cheltenham, in tho co. of Gloucester, less than 1 mila from Cheltenham. The Gloucester and Binni^ railway passes through it. There is here a < spring. Tho chief residence is Alstone Villa. ALSTONE, a hmlt. in the par. of Gnosall, hund. of West Cuttlostone, in the co. of Stafford, 6 miles to the S.W. of Stafford. ALSTONE, a chplry. in the par. of Ovcrbury, hund. of Oswuldslow, in the co. of Worcester, 4 in N.W. of Winchcomb, and at a short d Cotswold hills. Ti -wkesbury is the post town. living is a cur. united with tho vie. of OveiUny, in the dioc. of Worcester. The church is d> St. Margaret. ALSTON EFIELD, Staffordshire. Au,i ALT, a hmlt. in the district of Knott 1/r par. of Ash ton-m Iford, in th. palatine of Lancaster. ALTARNUN, or ALTERNON, a par. in the hund. of Lesnewth, in the co. of Cornwall, 7 miles to the iS.V. of Launceston. It is the largest parish in Cornwal 1 comprises tho curacy of Bolventer and the limits, of at, Tredawl, Trolyn, Tri-veagp, and four ol It is pleasantly situated on tho river In the fine granite peak and seamark named I'.: n .!!< y, which rises to tho height of 1,360 feet, and on which most of the streams in tin di-trict take their rise. Tho living is a vic. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. x:fjo. in tho patron, of tho Dean and Chapter ol >. . urch is dedicated to St. Nunn, or Noneth, whose burial-; it was, and who was the mother of St. David ol Tin' IOWIT of this chin. h is loitier than any other in hat of I'lolni-. 'I in dists :; liristians hae i-h also a >. t thr villa: chapel for llible ChrUtiai. nsols is a ].]! and tin mill''. In this parish is Treliiv. the ancient seat of tho family of that name. A lit! i th of Altarnun is a pool, or lake, CM!!. Tool, the only lake ill the county, ''ini? which " strange <. > < held of old. It is in the inid-t of the moors, and is about a mill n e spring, nor any outl. . one of the hanil. lish, on the jMTond Monday all. r the 7th of July, and the last Thursday in < >< I Al.TAVK';. or A I/I 'IVAIU, thr -..nth, inmost of a L-roilp whi'-h it llsilaln tlie S'.lv coast of Skye, Scotland. f.'miti'y a little old . hap. 1 ..n it, .I.TI!0!(.II, a tiish]i. in Ih. par. o| 11. nt !.,nd, ill the liv. ol 'onuelow hand., ill the CO. of Hcretidd,