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Rh VK. u;. '.tint <>f HurrishoolQ, in the co. of Mayo, jn> "ight, Ircl 'ifo. i.U'K, a tnsh|>. iu the jar. at Barthomley, haml. mtvirh, i. iter, 5J nn .vich, and ln S. ". of ( 'im^lcti-ii. It ia a i stati' I .V.n!.-V. -t.Tii i u being the { and Che.st< i unite, and, on I. y become a place of importance. Here are the extensive locomotive and coach building works of thu North- Western Company, which keep above 2,000 men regularly employed. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dio< . v:>i. 160, in tli i Lord Crowe. The < ucated to St. Michael, is a beautiful structure in style, composed of brick and * ru is a free school. Crowe Hall, the scat of Lord Crewo, is a beau- tiful specimen of the Grecian styl< ture. i ,VK, u tnshp. in the par." of Farndon, higher div. of the hund. of Broxton, in the co. of Cheater, 8i miles S.E. of Chester, and 4J N.W. of Malpos. It U situated near I lee. ci; i:VKKKM-;, a hund. in the S. part of the co. of Somerset, contains the pars, of St. George Hiiiton, Crewkemo, Misterton, Morriott, Wayford, and Sea- borough, comprising 13,260 acres. Crewkeme gives name to a a the archdeac. of Taunton, and dioc. of Bath and Wells. CREXVK DliXE, a par. and market town in the hund. of Crewkeme, in the co. of Somerset, 18 miles S.E. of Bridgwater, and 8J S.W. of Yeovil. It is a station on the Yeovil and Exeter branch of the London and South- Western railway. It is mentioned in the Saxon will of King Alfred, under the name of Owwrn, or Vriiatni, nnd at the time of the Domesday Surrey was a royal manor. The town is pleasantly situated in a well wooded valley, near the river Parrel. It consists of about 750 houses, with market-house, two banks, and several factories for the weaving of sail-cloth, in which about 600 looms are employed. A stuff called dowlas and hosier}' are also manufactured to a small extent. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the cur. of Christ Church, 158, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a handsome" cruciform structure of stone, in the decorated English style, consisting of nave, transepts, chancel, and aisles, with lofty embattled tower, und angular turrets. The charities amount to 624 per annum, including the endowment of two alms- houses. The Baptists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Plymouth Brethren have each a chapel. ' There is an endowed grammar school with an annual income of 460, formed by John do Coombe in 1449 ; also National and infant schools. Earl Poulett is lord of the n A market is held weekly on Saturday, and a fair annually on the 4th of September. CRIBARTH, a parcel in the par. of Ystradgynlais, in the co. of Brecon, 7 miles N. of Neath. It is situated on tli i vo. ( I ; I ( r | |,r ] |, CRICKEITH, or CRICAETH, a par. anil municipal borough in the hund. of Evionydd, in the co. of Carnarvon, 2 miles W. of Trcf-llys. It is nir to the N. of Cardigan Bay, but has no harbour. I contributory borough to Carnarvon, in i.tnrning one member to parliament, and is governed by a mayor and two bailiffs. It was formerly a market town, but' is non- much decayed, containing only 180 houses, chiefly inha- bited by fishermen. The, imports are (1 mestic use. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bangor, val. v i t h 'ire. of Trof-llys and Ynyscynhaiam, ' natron, of the bishop. The church is in the later Mh stylo. The charities amount to 8 JMT annum. There are four chapels for Dissenters. On the isi arc remains of a castle built in the reign of Edward I., which command > across the sands. Fain are held on the 23rd May, '-'IHh June, ami 22nd ( Ictot 1 1: 1 1 ' IX, a tnahp. in tho par. of Khuddlan, in the co. of Flint, 2 miles N.W. of St-Asaph. ' 1 1, n par. in tho hunds. of Morleston, Scandale, and Wirluworth, in the co. of D rl.y I miles N. of Ambcrgato station. I the tn.-h|i. of Wessington, a> ,.;ry. of T.i; Tho village, which was once a market town, is ]>! a Miuated on rising ground, commanding extensive alH 1 prospects. It first rose in! in 1793, svhin a cotton manufactory I'ritclJev; this has subsequent Is ' hhin-milL The silk and cotton in > carried on to a conside : <<defl by stocking weaving. The adju. s produjjB a superior kind of limestone, and n: are engaged in working the lead-mines at (.'rich Cliff and Wakebridge, which wei but are now worked at a loos. In one i of Hadrian and Dioclcsian have been found. The mines are mentioned in the Domesday Survey a* 1 i I.ewiic;and thatat Wakebridge is still C from the king's duty on lead ore. The Cromford passes through a tunnel at the north-western and i extremities of tho parish. The living i dioc. of Lichfield, val. 170, in tho patron. < Tho church, dedicated to St. Michael tho Archanj^^H a handsome structure, and contains monuments to t^l Dixies of Bosworth. There are also tho pcrpot. curs. { Tansley, vol. 160, and Wessington, val. 100, bothH the patron, of the vicar. M I, Primitive aafl Wesleyan Methodists, hare places of wo. iKlVllTON, a par. in the co. of Edinbi. land. It contains the vils. of Crichton and Pathh^H together with part of tho vils. of Kala, Dam, *^H Its length northward is oi miles, with a breidM of 4J. It is bounded by the co. of 11 by the pars, of Uorthv and F*jH The ground is undulat : :is are ( to occur by the sinking of portion - soil is rich and deep, and well adapted for ti Limestone is extensively worked. J. A. B. < Esq., is tho chief landowner. A veli- camp exists at Longfaugh, on an magnificent ruin of Ciiehton <'a,-;l.-, situated t glen through which the : It was successively the property of Vi,:ia;n III.. Crichton, Sir John Ramsay of Balmain burn, tho third Lord Hales, the ">4| whose forfeiture it bee a 1567, and subsequently  t Caldicott, in the co. of Monmouth, 3J nn. s V Chop*; 'it town. It is is, a jur. in iiie hni:d. >( liui':-'. - .itliampton, miles S.E. of of Davi ntry. It has a station on the London and -N Westi . which is 2 miles from the i - It is situated on tin- 1'ni ' 't'ing ing is a rect.* i areli is dedicated to St. -Mat: mount to 70. 'I school, also girls' and infants' schools. Th>' Ii Archbishop Laud was rc< : .re. It is a meet for t: CRICK.ADARN, or ( ERRIGCADAUN, a par.inths unrth, in the eo. of Jli liuilth. It is situated at the junction of the riveri r and Vye, and contains the limit*, of North and South Crickadarn, and Krvvrd. The liini is tt vic.'^in . val. willl tho s