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Rh 742 Great North of Scotland Eastern Junction railway. This par. is the scat of a presb. in the synod of deen, and in the patron, of the crown. The minister has u stipend of 219. It formerly included the parish . ew Deer. ' : liree parish schools, two Free churches, an United Presbyterian church, a Congrega- t wo Episcopalian chapels. The Tillage of Doer, situated on the 8. bank of the Door rivulet, on the road from Poterhead to Banff, 6 mi (' Xew Deer. Near the village stand the ruins of the abbey of Deer, founded in the 13th century by the Earl of Buchan. In 1587 tho lands belonging to it were
 * d into a lordship for Robert, the son of William,

M.lh Earl Marischal, by the style and title of Lord >'. Fairs for cattle and horses are held in July and December, and fairs of lesser importance in the months of January, Februarv, March, September, and 0' DEER, or NEW 1): r. in tho co. of Aber- deen, Scotland. It is situated in the district of Buchan, and contains a vil. of its own name. 1 ' 1 ongth N. and S. is 14 miles, with an extreme breadth of 8i miles. It is bounded bv the pars, of Tyrio, Strichen, Old Deer, Ellon, Tarves, Methlick, Fyvie, Monquhitter, King Edward, and Aberdour. Tho surface is flat and well cultivated. Limestone is abundant. Tho road from Aber- deen by Udny and Tarves traverses the parish in a north- westerly direction. The principal antiquity is the castle of Fedderatt, situated about 2 miles from tho church, which seems to have been a place of considerable strength, surrounded by a morass and a ditch, and approachable only on one 'side by a causeway and a drawbridge. There are also remains of Druidical circles ; and tumuli, enclosing stone coffins, occur. The chief landowners are the Earl of Aberdeen, Ferguson of Pitfour, Fordycc of Brucklaw, and Gordon of Nethermoor. The village of New Deer stands in the centre of the parish, 6 miles W. of Old Deer, and 161 W. of Poterhead, and the same distance S.E. of Banff. This parish was anciently called Auchreddy, and was separated from Old Deer in the beginning of the 17th century. It is in the presb. of Deer, ana synod of Aberdeen, and in the patron, of tho crown. The minister has a stipend of 219. There are three parochial and nine private schools. There is a quoad taera parochial church at Savoch, at the southern cud of tho parish, the right of presentation to which belongs to the Earl of Aberdeen. There is a church and three United Presbyterian churches, at New . .Suvoch, and Whitehill respectively. Fairs are held in January, April, June, August, and October. DEER, an island in the bar. of Clonderalaw, in the co. of Clare, prov. of Monster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Kildysart. It is situated at the mouth of the river Fergus, and has remains of St. Lenan'a Abbey. It belonged to the Earl of Egremont. DEER, a river in the co. of Devon. It rises near Holsworthy, and runs to the Bude canal. DEERHURST, a hund. in the co. of Gloucester, divided into upper and lower. The lower div. contains rton, Woolstonc, Prestbury, Leigh, Tirley, and parts of Elmstone-Hardwick and Deerhurst. The uppi i contains St. Denis, Preston-on-Stour, Colno, Little Compton, and part of Welford, comprising 8,120 acres. DEERHURST, a par. in the lower divs. of the hunds. of Deerhurst and Westminster, in the co. of Gloucester, '2 miles S.W. of Tewkesbmy, its post town. It is situated on the river Severn. According to Tanner, Doddo, Duke of Mercia, one of the founders of Tewkesbury Abbey, built a monastery here in 715, which was subsequently destroyed by the Danes, but relounu 980. Edward the Confessor made it a cell to the Ali"n abbey of St. Denis in France, and upon the seizure of Alien priories in England it was restored to Towkesbury A.bbey, in the possession of which it remained till tho dissolution of monastcric ., when il a.- emit- 'i in V Throckmorton. The living i (. cur. n if Gloucester and Bristol, val. with the cur. of tin:;, in i: "t' the bishop. Tho ihur- the Ilnlj Trinity, formerly be- longed to the prior}-. It li;m a nave with two aisles, and a square tower containing six bells. It was r. Imilt in 1490, and has Norman traces, painted windows, and a fine canopied brass of Chief Baron Gassy, A.n. 1400. There is a chapel for Wesleyans. Deerhurst gives the title of viscount to tho Earl of Coventry. DEERHUBOT WALTON, a limit, in the par. ,.f Deerhurst, lower div. of the hund. of Westminster, in 'f Gloucester, 1 mile from Decrhurst proper. ]>I'.Kl;.NKSS,.i par. i,, the district of Mainland Orkney, in the co. of Orkney and Shetland, Scotland. It in- cludes the peninsula of its own name, forming the most easterly part of Pomona, and also the islands of Cofifl shay, Cornholm, and Hone. A narrow isthmus sepfl rates it from the par. of St. Andrew's, and it ext^H 4J miles northward to Mullhead, with a breadth VHM ing from 1 to 3 miles. It is bounded on tho w. by tho harbour of Deer Sound. About 60 boatl JH employed in the herring fishery, and the shore* tjfi frequented by myriads of tea-birds. Considerable im movements have recently h- en introduced in agrico^^l Tho landowners are the Earl of Zetland, Bolt' Treuaby, and Davidson of Nowhall. This ] formerly united to thai Irew's, was const^^H a separate parish quoad taera by the Court of Ticni-, in .June, 18-15. It is in the presb. of Kirkwall, synod of Orkney, and in the patron, of tho croi^| The minister has a stipend > i U20, with a mange glebe. There is also a Free church. DEESIDE, the valley through which th. Aberd shire Deo flows. DEESIDE RAILWAY. This railway loaves Scottish North-Eastern railway at Ferryhill, Aberdeen, and ascends the valley of the Aboyne. DEFFORD, u chplry. in the par. of St. Andrew* upper div. of the hund. of Pershore, in the co. of Worcester, 2J miles S.W. of Pershore, and 4^ Upton-on-Severn. It is situated on the river AiM and has a station on the Birmingham and Glooi^H railway. The tithes were commuted for land un : Act of Inclosure in 1774. Tho living is a cur. in tl dioo. of Worcester, val. 461, in the patron, of th Dean and Chapter of Westminster. ' I fated to St. James, is a stone structure. '1 ling place of worship. The Earl of COM ntry lord of tho manor. DEHKNFRYX, a tnshp. in the par. of Bettws- Rhos, in the co. of Denbigh, 21 miles S.W. of Al DEIGHTON, a tnshp. in the par of Escrick, Ouso and Derwent, in the East Riding of the co. York, 6 miles S.E. of York. Lord Wrnlock i H. Baines, Esq., are lords of tho manor. DEIGHTON, a chplry. in the par. of North wap. of Allertonshiro, in tho North Riding of t York, 4J miles N.W. of Northallerton, and 1 mile ^ of Welbury station. The living is a cur. in the dioc. York, annexed to the vie. of Northallerton. There i chapel of ease and a National school. I iKIGHTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Huddersfield, the West Riding of the co. of York, containing ridge, DK.ItlllToN, K1IIK. a jiar. in the upper ' m, in the Wist Kidinir of the co. ' N'therhy. It is situated bet rivers Nidd and Wharf, and contains the tnshps. Kill, Dcii;hton and North Dcighton. The village small and wholly agricultural. The surface is I dulating, with a substratum of limestone, which largely quarried for manure. The living is a the dioc. of Ripon, val. 901, in tin pai .1. Geldart. The church is dedicated to All Si There is a chapel for Wesleyan Methodiite, and school endowed by Sir Hugh Pulliscr, with 30 num. The other charities amount to about 24 annum. DEIGHTON, NOUTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirk Deighton, in tho West Riding of tho co. of York, ai above. DE'IL'S DIKE (The), an ancient line of fortifi.