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Rh HIN 768 Diaa litorical associations. A variety of fossils mid no- il specimen- an fmind In ie, ehielly of the <',* and Iliini/iiiiii ni-m-ia. Remains of a castle surrounded by lir-trees are in the neighbourhood. DINT' >X, a jiiir. in the hund. of Warminster. in tin- Co, of Wilts, 4J mill H W. of Wilton, and W. of Salis- bury. It is situat' d mi the rht r Naddor, and is a -ta- tion on the London, Yeovil, and Kxeter liamh of the London and South-Westcrn railway, and is a meet for the South Wilts hounds. Tin small, and v agricultural. The living is a vie.* in tin
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in the patron, of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a decorated chancel, and a good Norman font. There is a Dissenting chapel and a parochial school. The impropriato tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 390, am vicarial for 360. The Dean and Canons of Windsor receive a rent-cliarire of 84 10. Edward Hyde, Fjirl of Clarendon, was born here. DINWOOD1E, a chplry. in the par. of Applegarth, in the co. of Dumfries, Scotland, 4 miles S. of 'am- phray. It is a station on the Caledonian railway. DIPPENHALL, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Crondall, in the co. of Hants, 1J mile W. of Famham. DIPPLE, a par. joined to Speymouth, Elgin, Scotland. DIPTFORD, a par. in the hund. of Suinborough, in the co. of Devon, 6 miles 8.W. of Totnes. It is situ- ated on the river Avon, and near the road from I to Plymouth. Slate for rooting is quarried. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 532, in the patron. 1 1 1' M i ss ( ' . Taylor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary . The charities amount to 53 per annum. There is a ini-iichial school. Diptford is a meet for the South Devon harriers. A fair is held in June. DIFfON, a vil. in the tnshp. of Collierley, par. of Lonchcster, in the co. of Durham, 7 miles S.W. of Gatcshcad. DIRHAM-CUM-HINTUN, a par. in the lower div. of the hund. of Grumbolds-Ash, in the co. of Gloucester, 4 miles N. W. of Marshfield, and 7 N. of Bath station. It is situated on tho river Boyd. This was the scene of a battle between Ceawlin, the Saxon, and the Britons, in which tho hitter were defeated, and two of their kings slain. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 520, in the patron, of Colonel Blathwayt. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an old structure with square tower, in the early Eng- lish style of architecture. There is an endowed school for boys and girls. There are remains of what is sup- jKiscd to have been a Saxon camp in the neighbourh""d. called Barhill Camp. DIRLETON, a par. in the co. of Haddington, Sc,,t- lind. It contains the vils. of Dirleton, liulam, King- . and Fen ton. It is bounded on the W. and X. 1> the Firth of Forth, and on the other sides by tho pars, of Abcrlady, North Berwick, and Athelstanford. It has an extreme length from E. to W. of 5J miles, with an ex- treme breadth of I J miles. The surface consists of flat ly links lying between the sandy beach on the coast and the cultivated land. Towards Gulano Point the coast is rocky, and encroachments have been made on the culti- vated land by the drifting of the sand. Mrs. Hamilton Nisliet Ferguson is the proprietor of about two-thirds of the lands of the parish, and the superior of nearly tho whole. Her residence of Archerfield is tho only mansion. The road from Edinburgh to North Berwick traverses The parish, as does also the North Berwick branch of the North British railway, which has a station in the village. In 1298 the garrison of Dirleton Castle greatly harassed the march of the English army under Edward I., and surrendered, after a determined resistance, to Antony Beck, Bishop of Durham. This castle remained from the 12th century till the end of tho 14th century in tho possession of the family of Do Vaux. Sir Walter llalyhnrton, who had succeeded his fatln T in the estate rlcton in l.'i'J'J, was created Lord Dirleton in 1440. In 1506 the title and estate passed into tho family of Kuthvcn, butaft y it was be- "ii Sir Thomas Krskine, then created Baton llii who had iimlei'd MtlYI assistance against tin spirator*. I' 1 anil took a paity of moss-troopei > in l>nv An' r the Restoration the castle became t) of Sir .loli; uid his male In-ii- 1.. ing extinct in the late Mr. Nisbut, of Dirleton, it is now held by his daughter, Mrs. 1 (' iiaith. This parish is in the presb. of II and synod of Lothian and Tweeadale, and in the patron, of Mrs The minister has a stipend of .330. Tin n- is aUo a 1 Hi church. The ruins of the old paris'i church still existing at Gulane.or Golyn as anciently spelt, as the parish was original!;, i. mn-d. 'I ton stands on the mail from Ivlinburgh to N wick, 7 miles N. of Haddingtoa. It has 1> entirely rebuilt by Mrs. Ferguson, and the cottages, each surrounded by its own garden, occupy tw the village green, the third side being filled 1 . gardens and ruins of the cast!.. DIKI'ATKK K. 8* DBBKYJ-ATBICK, Ireland. DLSCOVE.or I'ISi IK iVE, a tythg. in tho par. and hund. of Bruton, in the co. of Somerset, 1 mil' Bruton. It is written Jjinetcove in Domesday, at which time it belonged to Hording, the Saxon. In 1711 Roman less was discovered In DISCOYD, or D1S( '( IKD, a tnshp. in tl Presteign, hund. of Radnor, in the co. of Kailnur, 2} miles W. of Presteign. It is situated on tin and Offa's Dyke. The living is a cur. in the iliooj Hereford, annexed to tin rect.* of Presteip church is dedicated to St. .Michael. I >ISKl;T. fite DESEKT, also KELLS. DISEWORTH, a par. in the western div. of the hun of Goscotc, in the co. of LI mil'- X.V. Loughborough. The vil. is small, and win cultural. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. borough, val. 197, in the patron, of the llaberdljH Company and Christ's Hospital, alternately. Tl is dedicated to St. Michael. Tho chari: 27, of which 10 goes to Lane's school. Th chapels for Baptists and ~csleyans. Then school for boys, and an endowment for tl nine girls. The astronomer Lilly was born hen DISGARTH, a tnshji. in the par. of Llanj.- co. of Denbigh, 6 miles W. of Corwen. DISHCOMB, a hrnlt. in the par. of South , the co. of Devon, 2J miles E. of Oakhampton. DISHFORTH, a tnshp. and chplry. in the Topcliffe, wap. of Hallikcld, in tin North Hiding co. of York, 3J miles N. of Boroughbrid^ Topclifl'e. Tin living is a perpot. cur. in the York, val. 80, in the patron, of tl Tin church is a stone struct me. Tin i t"i l'i]itists and Wesleyans, also I George Wyndham is lord i I HS1-ILEY, a chplry. in the par. of Th of Vest I Iiisciite. ill tin- CO. "i l.i-i "i Loughborough, mar tin- Midland i situated mi tin- rii i So. n and [xiughborongh i living is a don. cur. united with 1 an ancient chapel. liakewell the agriculturist ' native of this j IHSI.KV or I)lsTI.I-;>-sl ,M.KV. a ch] par. of Stockport, hund. of .M,n eli stield, in i tar, iij miles S.K. of Stock]xirt. It is ;: the Bnzton line. The vil. is situat- l'ek -1. Tin living is a iierpct. cur. in -, val. 117, in tin- patron, of H. LI church, dedicated t" All S.iint-, was i> liuiit in 1M|9 contains several stained-glass windows. Th ' i .ritr - amount to I am. l.md S..im-1-s is lord ' HISS, a liund. in the eo. of Norfolk, contains Dic-klebuiv don, i .i-sitiir, Sin It.iiiu'er. Si-'.li, Shimpling, Thorpt- 1',-irva, Tlieli. I.-M.M M , ivctshall, and Winl'arthing, eompii-ii HISS, ., ],ar. and market town in the hund. of Dii, U