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Rh DEllTIJNi:. 740 liF.K. kct day fur corn is on Friday. A lair is In M mi thr -Itli .Inn nn the 1st Se jit. liTI.INi;. :i i^ir. in ihohund. of Maidstonc, lathe of Aylesford, in tho co. ct K' nl, s miles S. o! B '' road from Rochester to Canterbury, and was tho t' tho Debtlings and the Polhills, whence it was called Polley Street. Large quantities"! hopsare grown, Mid limo is extensively burnt formanurc. Tin 1 living i> a vie.* iu the dioc. of Canterbury, viil. 1!>'>, in tin j. .itron. of the archbishop. The church, dedicated to St. i is a small edifice, and contains a beautiful olel lei tern. Tho rial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 158, and the vicarial for 190 per annum. A new vicarage-house was built in 1831. The charities amount to 8 per annum. There isan endeiwe d National school. J. 8. Rugg, Esq., is lord of the manor. DECHMONT, a vil. in the par. of Livingstone, in the co. of Linlithgow, 2 miles S.V. of TJphall. It is situ- ated near the Dechmont Law hills. DEC1KS-V1TH1N-DRUM, a bar. in the co. of Waterford, prov. of Munster, Ireland. It is bounded by the bar. of Decies-witbout-Drum on tho N., by the Atlantic on the E. and S., and by Youghall Harbour on the W. It includes the juirs. of Ardmore, A Kingagonagh, Ballymacart, Ardmore, C'lashraorc, K labeg, Grange, and part of Kilmolash, comprising 58,908 acres. The river Lickey traverses the interior, which is mountainous. Tho lowlands are very fertile. DhX'IKS-WITHOUT-DRUM, a bar. in tho co. of Waterford, prov. of Munstcr, Ireland. The co. of Tip- perary bounds it on the N., the bars, of Upperthird and Jliddlethird on the E., the Atlantic on the 8., and Un- bars, of Coshmore and Coshbrido on tho W. It is the largest bar. in theco., and comprises tho pars, of li.illy- lancen, Afiane, Colligan, C'lonea, Fows, Dungarvan, Kil- gobnet, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilruah, Kilrossanty, Lickoran, lligo, Monksland, Stradbally, Seskinane, and AVhitechurch, and parts of Kilmolash, Newcastle, and Roasmire, comprising 137,699 acres ; also the towns and vils. of Bonmahon, Dungarvan, Kilmacthomas, Kill, Stradvally, and Knockmahon. The river Black- water drains the W. boundary, and the rivulets Fhineas and Brick v, with some other small streams, pass through the interior. DECOY POND, an ext. par. place, in tho Romsey div. of tho hand, of Redbridge, in tho co of Hants, 2J miles W. of Southampton. DECUMAN, ST., a par. in tho hund. of Williton and I'Vcemanners, in the co. of Somerset. It contains the borough of Watchet, and is 6 miles S.E. from Dunster. It is named after the hermit, St. Dccumonns, who settled here from South Wales. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen-mills. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Bath and Wells, vol. 134, in the patron, of the Prebendary of St. Decumanus, in Wells Cathedral. The church is handsome and commodiou-. with a lofty tower. It contains two brasses, with tombs of 1 lie Syden- liams, Wyndhams, and Orchards. Tin TU are three Is for Wesloyans and two for Baptists within this 1 1 KDDINGTON, a par. and small town in the hand, of "Vootton, in tho co. of Oxford, 9 miles N.E. of Wood- t, and 15J N. of Oxford. It is situated near the id canal, and the rivers Sucre and Cherwell. Tho par. contains the hmlts. of Clifton and Hempton. It appears in Domesday as Dadtlington, and was anciently a corporate town, returning two members to par- liament. The manor of Deddington formerly be- longed to the Chesnies. The town, which contains some weU-built houses, anil is well supplied with water, has gradually el -1 the ancient market is at present discontinued., the inhabitants are engaged as wheelwrights and brewers, but tho ti !! the
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is a vie. in the dioc. of 'i < Clifton, l')ii, in the patron, of the Dean and ( barter of Windsor. The church, el I'. ! i and Paul, is a large and handsome Mine-lure, with squaro
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cina. Tho charities amount to 153 per annum. The Weslcyans and Independents have- chapels. TJ^H is a National sch">d, and four alrashoi;~> -. Sir W. Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford, were bom here. There are remains of a castle on the K. side of tho town, extending "' 8 > ifi which Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II, wsj imprisoned. The Dean and Canons of Winds >r, ( 'lirist- Church College, and the Duchy of Lancaster, are lo^^H tho manor. Deddington deanery contains l!l Fairs are held on the - 1 -t August and the 2'Jt bor for catt le. DEDHAM, a par. in the Colchester div. of the hund. of Lexdcn, in the co. of Essex, 3J miles N.A ningtree, and 7 N'.K. of Colchester. It is situni the river Stour, over which is a good brid;," Ardleigh fetation of the Great Eastern railway. It WM formerly a market town, and consists chiefly of o^l street, with a number of gent- in tin. vicinity. The cloth trade, which flourish) d here in the reign of Richard II., has wholly dce-lim i 'I 'he livnfl is a vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 170, in of tho Duchy of Lancaster. The church is d St. Mary. Beneath the arches are the roses of York and Lancaster, and on tho E. side of the battlement statue of Margaret, Countess of Richmond. A 1> > tu ship, in the appointment of the governors of tin grammar school, is attached to the church, charities amount to 626 per annum, including revenue of the pi i which scholars ari; su] i] K.rted at St. John There is a chapel for Indejiendents. There ar schools, two of which arc endowed. A t.iir l< r |. and toys is held on Easter Tn. DEDHAM, a hmlt. in the par. and hiind ham, in the co. of Gloucester, 1 mi ! DEDWORTH, a hmlt. in the. hund. of Ripplesmere, in the co. of Berks, 1J in New Windsor. DEE, the name of several rivers in the Tinted K dpm. 1. Rises in theco.of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. It divides the whole length of the stcwartry into twonMj equal parts. It rises in the mountain ranee whit separates the co. of Kirkcudbright from tin- I'.nriclc district of Ayrshire 1. It is of insignificant voliune until it falls into Loch Ken, alier leain^ which it Mvc own name to tho river issuing from that loeli, expands into thrco M ikes, with an ave breadth of a quarter of a mile. I ipposite the chur -I it iorms a seii, ^. ,,{, which is obtained from a tine bridge of one arch span of 110 feet, which ero Before passing the town of Kirknidlni estuary, about 6 miles before it loses it*elt' in the J A large river in the co. of Alu jiai-tly in that of Kiiicurdinn, Scotland. Itrisos neal summit of Hen Macdhii, amid si-em s of great gran 1 miles above ' it rushes through a narrow cleft, called tli 'ow Kin(rUiii< 1 1 i i! enters and flows through tho co. of Kim Lid; miles, retouching tho co. of Aberdeen at tin S V. of the par. of Drinnoak, (Mm whii'h, until it i two counties. The: river ha.s a total col 96 miles, and is rhietly remarkable for the 1 liiiijn of its waters, and the perennial flow of its heael
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i Me !;. .m th. It is tin- am i< nt Dera; Spenser calls it tM e-li-ne ;" Drayt'in "an ominems (ln.id." ll^ e hie-f tributaries are the Alwen, Alyn, ( Viriojf, ami ( 1 we-delop. It runs 80 miles N.E. through Denbigh and ( divides England and Wales at I Jangollcn, and pasMt the- Shrewsbury railway ami other viaducts, and