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Rh M/IHYNYDD. HKVI/KS. DETIIVNYDD, a tnshp. in the par. of Llandinam, intheco. i :. of Llanidloes. . r.XIIll.I., a par. in the Cholmaish Jiv. of the hund. Hi' StotteMlen, in tin; on. of Salop, :', miles S.V. of Bridgm irth. It is situated on u brunch of the Severn, and contains the limit, of Ulazeley. The par. is in- cluded within the Jib. of the borough of Wenlock. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of lln lonl, annexed to the root.* of Chetton. The church is an old rubble- s were commuted for a rent- es of 74 17., with 17J acres of glebe. There is a National ,-rhool lor lii.tll S4'Xes. DEVENICK, BANCHORY. Set BANCHORY DEVE- NICK. DEVENISH, a par. in the bar. of Magheraboy, in the co. of Fermanagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 milts N.W. of Enniskillin, its post town. It is situated on the river Scillies, and on the shores of lower Lough Erne. The surface is mountainous and boggy, but the soil rich. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Clogher, vol. 588, in the patron, of the bishop. The church stands in the village of Slonea ; it is an ancient plain building. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Garri- son built by the late Board of First Fruits. There are Roman Catholic chapels at Derrygonnelly and llonca, which are mutually united. At Springfield and Derry- gonnelly the Presbyterians have meeting-houses. The principal seats are Ely Lodge, the residence of the Marquis of Ely ; Castletown, and Hall Craig. . Lime- stone quarries are extensively worked here. To the E. of the parish, at the head of Lough Erne, lies Devenish Island, on which are the ruins of the church of St. Molush, founded about 1130; also ruins of an abbey with a stone bearing a Saxon inscription, and of a round tower, restored by the Hon. and Uev. C. Maude. DEVEREUX, ST., a par. in the hund. of Webtree, in the co. of Hereford, 7i miles S.W. of Hereford. It con- tains the hmlt. of Didley. The surface is undulating, comprising about 1,095 acres of rich arable and pasture land. The tram-road from Hereford to Abergavenny passes at a short distance. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 186, in the patron, of E. B. Clive, Esq. The church is very ancient. DEVERILL BK1XTON. See BETXTON DBVERILI., co. Wilts. DEVERILL KINGSTON, a par. in the hund. of Mere, in the co. of Wilts, 4 miles N.E. of Mere. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 308 per nnnum, in the patron, of the Marquis of Bath. The church contains an ancient font. The charities amount to 4. DEVERILL LONGBRIDGE, a par. in the hund. of Damerham, in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles S. of Warmin- ster. This place derives its name from the rivulet Dever, which here takes a subterranean course. The land is nearly equally distributed into arable and pasture, with 900 acres of wood and plantations. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val., with Crockerton and Deverill Monckton, 350, in the patron, of the Marquis of Bath. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, was built by subscription, and is situated in the hmlt. of Crockerton. It contains monuments of the Marquis of Bnth's family. The charities amount to 110, including 90 for Thvnne's almshouses. KIMLL MONCKTON, a par. in the hund. of Damerham, in the co. of Wilts, 4 miles N.E. of ' There is no village, only a few scattered houses. The living is a cue.* annexed to Deverill Longbridge, as above. It was a cell to Bee Abbey before 1086. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 125, and the rectorial for 60, besides 51 acres of glebe. i:i;ON, or DOVERAN, a river traversing por- tions of the cos. of Aberdeen and Banff, with a general north-easterly course from its source at Cabrach to its juiK'ti'iii with the sea ;it the town of Banff. DK.VII/S lil T.MorNTAINS.intheco.ofTippcrary, -. Ireland. They extend to the borders The highrs: is 2,084 feet. The vil. of Templemoro lies at their base. The range derives its : looking gap OD one o[ the principal summits. In 1790 an old MJJB of the Gospels, in Irish, of the 13th century, was ; here in a care. DEVIL'S BRIDGE, or PONT-AB-FYNACH,. bridge over the river Mynach, v l;hi idol. It is situated near Hiifod, about Id Aberyatwiti - a i, u of ill iii ( deep, one built by the monks of S:: .'a Florida, the other in 1753, 20 feet over it. The falls Kheidol are not far distant. DEVI I S 1 1 1 ,1')N, ii mountain pass and part of t valley of the Van i tin; co. of Wicklow, cf Loin-jcr, Iivland. It lies between the bars, of castle and Ballimicor, near Ashford. It is a picti ravine, with a fine cascade. DEVll/S ISLAM), in Turk lough, bar. of onihy, in the co. of Kerry, prov. of Munstcr, Ireland. is situated near Killarney, and is little more than barren rock. DEVIL'S PUNCHBOWL, a lake, on Mi Mountain, in the bar. of Glanerought, in the co. Kerry, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of T mare. It stands on a considerable elevation, and is posed to be an extinct crater. A beautiful cascade from it down the mountain side. DEVIZES, or THE VIES, a market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, having separate jurisdirti >n, but locally situated in the hund. of 1'otterm and nings, in the co. of Wilts, 23 miles N.W. of 20 E. by S. of Bath, and 88 W. of London by road, 31 111 by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth railwi^B which joins the Great Western line at Chippenham. Two branch lines connect Devizes with Bath and lUt^H ing. The town, which is situated on the Downs, netfll the Kennet and Avon canal, i supposed to 1 antiquity. It first rose into importance in the of Henry I., when Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, the spacious and strong castle described writers as unequalled in Europe for magnifies tent, and strength. In the succeeding i like prelate, with his two nephews, A! of Lincoln, and Nigel, Bishop of Ely, were of conspiring against Stephen, and were on be arrested. Before the sentence could be e Nigel thiew himself into the castle with his rot which was besieged by William I>'Y] minister, but without success, until Meplnn a gallows to be erected before the castle g which to hang the son of Bishop Roger, if N persist in his rebellion, and ordered Roe. nephew Alexander to be kept without food. This had the desired effect, and after three days the fortress, together with the bishop's treasures, amounting to ' v ~ value of 40,000 marks, were surrendered to the About three this event, in 1111. it was by Robert Fitz-Hubert, on pretence of holding it pn Matilda, and in the latter part ot of Edward III. it wns dismantled. In the reign Henry V 1 1 1. tin- town had a large clothing trade, and mentioned by Ltland under the up] by which it is still known to peasantry. A battle was fought here, in 1648, Ix Sir William Waller and the royalist for' Maurice. The woollen manufacture, which in the 1 and 17th centuries was carried to great peili. ceased entirely. The malting and corn trades are ex sivcly (allied on, and there verics, a snuff-mi!!. Tie irly in Centre of the county, on a tal/n-la? Itivel of the sea. The streets, which are well p lighted with gas, art 1 irregularly built ; man houses are spacious buildings, chiefly o The market place is of triangular foi the town, most of the streets diverging from it. including thn main street, which forms ti ... ,,i the road. The market cross, designed bi Wyalt, is of Bath stone, and was presented to the