Page:The National Gazetteer - A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Volume 1.djvu/70

Rh ALVEB8TONE. 60 .I.V..TUN. officers, and nurses, a chapel and a museum. The grounds belonging to it extend nearly a mile. It wag erected on the sugge*' ^ mdwich, about the middle of the 18th centui i .s form a large class of the popula- tion of Alverstok- vii was within the jurisdiction of the Cheyncy Omit at Winchester. Nee GOSPOUT. A I vil. in the par. <.f Hrading, lib. far from Brading, and 2 miles E. of Newchurch. It was formerly a chapelry. ALVERTllulM'K. a tnshp. united with Thornes, in the pur. of Wakctielil, wap. of Agbrigg, in th. Riding of the oo. of York, 1 mile to the N.W. of It is situated near the Tancashiro and Yorkshire railway, and includes the limit, of Fanshaw and three others. It lies partly within the limits of the borough of L The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioc. of Kipon, val. 150, in the patron, of the vicar. The church is large, and in thn perpen- dicular style. It was built in 182.5, and contains above 1,500 sittings, more than half of them being free, i are three aliuxhouses. This tnshp. is an ancient seat of the Maude family. ALYi.UT' ', 11 hiult. in the par. of Kilvington, in the southern div. of the ark, in the co. of tingham, 7 miles to the S. of Newark. It was the estate of the llcwit family. ALVES, a par. in the co. of Elgin, Scotland, 5 miles to the W. of Elgin. It lies in a pleasant district, on the coast of tha Moray Frith, and comprises the hmlta. of Coltfiold and Cfcook. There are quarries of freestone and millstone. The only relic of feudal times i- tie- Castle of Asluisk, on the demesne of the Earl of Fit. . The Knock of Alves is a small wooded hill at the east end of the parish, with which a tradition has been con- nected of Macbeth and the witches. The soil is generally fertile. The living is in the presb. of Elgin, val. 21S, in the patron, of tie Earl of Moray. The parish church was built in 1769, and lias 690 sittings. There is also a Free church, three private schools, and a small pai library. The par. contains about 25 square miles. ALVESCOTT, a par. in the hund. of Bampton, in the co. of Oxford, 3 miles to the W. of Bampton. Faringdon in the poet town. The living is a reel, in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 371, in the patron, of the Rev. T. v who is lord of the manor. The church, which is ami. nt, is in the form of a cross, and has a tower in tin plain Norman style. There is a school endowed by (loddard Carter, in 1723, with 5 a year, being half a rentclmrgo of 10, of which the other half was bequeathed for the purpose of apprenticing poor children. Alvescott was at one time a possession of Tewkosbury Abbey. ALY I > DISTON. a par. in the hund. of Chalk, in the co. of Wilts, 9 miles to the 8.W. of Wilton. ' bourne Chase is within a few miles of it on the S.K. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 271, in the patron, of the Vicar of Broadchalko. The church is dedicated to St. Mary A I. VI.- 1 1 1, :i]ur. 'in the upper and lower di vs. of the hund. of 1-an^loy and Swinchcad, in the co. of (ilouces- I miles to the 8. of Thornbury. It is situated within a short distance of the Cotswold hills. The living is a vie. in lie-. tester and Bristol, val. 260, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The ei. which stands apart from the village, has a low and contains Mmo monumental brasses. Alvcston I is the principal residence A I LSTON.apar. inthcSnitterneld div. of the hund. "f U-irlii hw.iy. in the co. of Warwick, 2 miles to lh< N I a pleasant iv OH the river Avon, at the foot of the Welcombe hills. The living is a vie. in the di."'. of W..
 * -t Medina, in the Isle of Wight, in Hampshire, not
 * Il.iinpton-I.uey.

.lames, contains monumeii: -mount is the prim -ij.il n -i ) AI.VI 1'iV AI.V II. i |.n in ill.- .11 . of Inverness, Scotland, 11 miles to tliu N K i 1'itman. It is situated at the foot of the Mona tins, which bound it on tin- X.S"., and it extends southward to the Grampians. It is intersected by the river S which rises in the Braes of Badenoch, 30 i Alvio. Alvie contains the quoad taera par. of Insh, and tli" vil. of Lynchat. Most of the surface is barren and mountainous, rising at the southern end of the parish to a height of 4,500 feet. There is one small lake, I/ich Alvio, about a mile long and half a mile broad. Perch are caught in it. Granite and limestone are ol.tained in the mountains. The living is in the presb. of Abemcthy, val. 158, in the patron, of the Duke of Hi. hmond. The parish church was built in 1798, and repaired in 1833. There is a government church at Inch, within 4 miles of the parish church, and a Roman ( 'ath- Kinrara, in a romantic glen 2 miles from the villag. the favourite summer seat of the late Duchess whose remains were, by her own desire, interred t Belleville was the seat of James Macpherson, the auilfl of Ossian's poems. It has since been the reside: Sir David Brewster. ALVINGHAM, a par. in the Marsh div. of the hund. of Louth Eske, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of l.i 3 miles to the N. Iv of Louth. The Louth canal p^^H through this parish. In the reinn of Henry II., a p^^H of Gilbertine nuns and canons was founded here tfl Walter do Bee, and was dedicated to the Athelwold. Its revenue at the Dissolution was U1fl it was conferred on the Clintons. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. with tliat i Cockerington, which is annexed to it, 130. It is in tkfl patron, of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is dcdfl cated to St. Athelwold. There are charities amounting to 8 a year, and some poor's cottages. AI.VINGTON.apar.in the hnnd.ot ia lh co. of Gloucester, 6 miles to tin- X.K. of On, Jilakeney is the post town. It is Minai-d on the river Severn. The living is a perpet. cur. united with the rect. of Wollastone, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. Alvington was formerly a cell to the abbey of I.lantony. ( 'lamia House is the seat of the Hon. W. N. the manor. ALVINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Brimpton, in the hund. of Stone, in the co. of Somerset, 2 miles to the W. of Y. ALVINGTON, EAST, Devonshire. Stt ALLIXGTOX. ALVINGTON, WEST, a par. in the luu. borough, in the co. of Devon, 1 mile to the 8.W. of Kingsbridge. It was formerly a market town. ItoojH prises the chplry. of Salcomlie, situated on Salcomlfl Creek, a small portion of Marlborough, and severs* hmlts. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of K' lev, val. 888, with the perpet. curs, of South Huish, M and South Milton, which are annexed to it. It is U the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. Thfl church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient building with rmliattl. d tower, rarmounted by four nmamentfl I .lunacies. 1 1 oontains - -m. monuments, of the Bastardifl who lonnerly owned the manor. There is also a distrifB church at Salooml.e. tli" living of which is a p'-rp'-t. cur., val. 200,in Hi. |. -itii.il. of the vicar; and a small rhapM adj.>iiiin^ the parish of Kingsbridge, now used by tafl r.,Kii,i-ts. There is a small endowed free schoofl Alvington is celebrated for its cider, which is of very line iMiality. This place is a meet for the Marlborough harriers, liourin.n's I.i-inh is a very anei. MI n. . :-. in in mansion is Combe Royal, which hii 1 - 10 grounds. AIAVAI.ION, a par. in the hund. of Normanc in th of lliiiitiiiL.'-l'.n. l miles to the S.W. of Pe borough, and It from th" Vaiisford railway station, river Nen JKISHCS through it. The living is a ' thrdior. <>f Kly, val. 200, in the patron, of the 'oroiigh. The church is di-Ji .drew. Tin- X..rmaii and early English "lyleHJJ ilnrly combined in the body of the i-hurch. It has a decorated rham-el, and a line ).. .n li. Alwaltom . Hi.- m..nks of J'uterborough. The
 * i..l as a farm-house. 1'he