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Rh AN'U.-.NSHAW. northern bank of which it extends about 6 miles, and . Ilioii nt a ti:.,i of tho .4/ or Ale. The ol Lonjri n annexed to it in 1634, and forms the t parish of Ancruiu. I 1 in this paii-sh that an engagement took place uvci-n UP -os sent by in, in This sometimes called the battle of Lylliard' s . and has been g:. <ir Walter Scott, in a note on tho ballad of tho " Kvo of St. .1 Thero is a ton.! 1 of a maiden, Lylliard, who follo-.x . imd fell 1 .ig taken bravo port in ' marks tho 1, and only lingers in i . of tho people. . maiden Lylliard lies under this * Little was her I Upon tin I'.nu'lish louns she laid mony thumps, And wli. i! !IIT II-LTI ::<. ciittod off she fiu^l.t upon her .'-tun . ; After ' '( Ancrum Moor Uie village was burned to the ground. The Bishops of Glasgow wcro formerly tho possessors o! : n,:.-i. it l! In 1033, Charles I. granted it to the Kcrrs, with the title of Earl of Ancrum. The title and soon after passed to tho Marquis of Lothian, by they are now held. Tho Roman highu ay, Walling ." passes: through this parish. The soil is generally . and under good cultivation. There are some quai ("tone. The living is in the presb. of Jedhurgh, vul. JC224, in tho patron, of > U, Bart. Thopansh church 'milt in 1762, and repaired in 1832. There isaFreo h preaching station, and several schools. Most of tlic houses are modern, and there is an ancient cross in tho ". of the green. The principal seats arc Ancrum House and Cheaters. There is an interesting relic of antiquity, i Mimonly named Maltun Walls, the remains of a fortalico which is considered to have belonged to the knights of tho ruin is now loft. Tho poet Thomson frequently visited at the manor of Ancrum, and a c which he mused still bears his name. A fine pillar, a hundred I 1 on a hill li by th.- Marquis of Lothian, to the in of tho Duke of' Wi-Hin^l-m. TH* village was the biith- plai n, tho author of " Domestic Medicine." AM H AS II. W, Lancashire. &OPBSSHAW. ANDEKBY, a pur. in the Marsh div. of tho hund. of worth, parts ol' ' i tlio co. en miles to thr S'.K. "!' SpiUliy. It lies on the sea-coast, and has a harbour and pier win i minutes. Tho living is a roct.* in U n hundreo, about 1 1 .000 acres. i 111 the ' livii in r - '- '*, in t' living is in the pmib. of (ilasgow, and in tl. tho manui AN atnxhp. in liun.l. .1' I'.iuklow, in the co. palatine of Chester, 2 miles to the W. of Xorthwi h. It i 1 Trunk canal. The 1 Western i . re arc oxton-
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AN hund. of Leyland, iji the eo. i .. It is situated m-ar liivi: Tike, and the Bolton railway runs near it. . par., market town, and pai and municipal borough, with exclusive jurisdicti' locally in tho nund. of Andover, Andovor u the co. of Southampton, 13 miles to the K.W. ol Chester, and C3 in n, or 66 by the S ,:'.li . on the Salisbury branch of which it is a station. Its name is composed of Ann, which t. tin- la. :, ..hclied in '.19!, aud ] tian bv leeeiving baptism. I uimself not I'.ngl.ind again, and kept hi.f oat!:. by (J '.h, mid' r the j I the passing ot i- It is now g' . and 6 councillors, with the style of, i proved men, and burgts.-. s nf th. Borough sessions are held once a qu.-. reign of Q. rcprc.- ', as it did also to tho par- liaments of ' The mayor i r. Tho revenue of the borough is 1,246. A ! and handsome townhall '1 in 1S25. It is has a front of Italb tore, building is supported on arches, and sunn which is the council-room and tho sessions-hall. s are also frequently held in it. A c unity c . i the sessions h< us was at en> It was (1 which h:i>. : ased. The chic! prose; cd the riier Anton, d in, t" n . which is tli.- Var.i. I'lie old cli! was partly in th- ' .-ilars in tli i nlli- IM'i. William '

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