Page:The National Gazetteer - A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Volume 1.djvu/796

Rh -TER. DORK . of the Prebend of Fordington. Tho church <r iginally in the form of a cross, and the 8. porch ia surmounted liy a carving of St. George, to whom the l.uilding i--- .ie.iieated. Christ Church, half a mile N.W. of tin' town, is a perpet. cur. in the patron, of the Vicar 1. 1 I '. .rdington. Tho church was erected in 1840. I i worship for Independents, Wesleyans, I'.aptists, and Viiitarians. HardyV nmar [ 111 South-hill ft. It hibition of 10 to St. John's College, ( 'am- bridge, and another of 5 to cither university. There is another endowed school, rcfounded in IG'2.3, for clothing and educating boys ; it stands in Trinity churchyard. National anil liiilish schools have also been established. Tho ch .n-icr the Dorset County Hospital, founded in lS-il,and relieving above fifty in-door patients. It stands in a healthy situation on the S. side of the town. " Napper's Mite" is an alms- house founded by Sir Robert Nupper, or Napier, in 1615 for the support of ten poor men. It stands in South-- and possesses a handsome clock. Chubb's almshouses, founded in 1619, support nine poor women, and Whet- stone's four aged couples. The whole neighbourhood abounds in Roman antiquities. The town at that time covered about 80 acres, and portions of the wall, of the construction known as " herring-bone," are still visible. Maiden Castle, about 2 miles S.W. of the town, is one of the strongest Roman fortifications in England. I'oundbury, another encampment surrounded with earthworks, is by some considered to be Roman work, while others ascribe it to the Danes. A. little 8. of the town the most perfect amphitheatre in England exists. It is known as Maumbury Ring, and is formed of mounds enclosing a space whose diameter is about 340 feet. It was constructed during the stay of Agricola in this island. In 1705 Mary Chtinning was publicly burnt alive, for poisoning, in the centre of the Ring, and on that occasion 10,000 persons looked on from the amphi- theatre. There are Roman roads, N. and S. of the river, leading to Monmouth and Uonbury. Coins of Antoninus Pius, Constantino, and other emperors of Rome, fragments of pottery, pavement, &c., have been dug up at various places round the town. A bronze Mercury, with a large fragment of pavement, was discovered in the garden of y's school. Lawrence and Conquer barrows are prul.ahly the work of the aborigines before the Roman invasion. They both are in the S.E. of the town. There were anciently in the town a hospital of St. John, a leper hospital, and a Grey friary. Dorchester gave the title of marquis to the dukes of Kingston. Tho Dorset / Chronicle is published here. Markets are held on Wednesdays, and fairs on Candlemas Day, Trinity Monday, St. John Baptist's and St. James's days, take place in September. DORCHESTER, a hund. in the co. of Oxford, is bounded on the N. by Bullington hundred, on the E. by Ewclmo hundred, and on the S. and W. by tho river Thames. It contains the pars, of Chiselhampton, C. Hampton, Culham, Dorchester, Drayton, Stadhampton, South Stoke, and part of liensington comprising 1 1 ,280 acres. DORCHESTER, a par. in the hund. of Dorchester, and co. of Oxford, 8 miles S.E. of Oxford, and 4 N.NV. of Wallingford Road station. It is situated on the rivers Thamo and Thames, across which is a handsome stone bridge, and contains the limits, of Overy and Burcott. It was once a market town. By the Britons it was called Dv>rcetutre. The Romans built a wall round it, and i it Durocina, and it afterwards received the name ot ettenutre from tie Saxons, by whom it was made the seat of a bishopric midur Si. liirinus; hut in Id- see was removed to Lincoln. Atholstau held a wit gomoto here in 958. It still retains many evidences "I it- uportance, but is now only an incon- siderable village, having rapidly declined afti i removal of the see in I The living is a perpet. cur. in the .Hoc. of Oxford, val. 100, in the patron, of II W. Burrows. Tho church, dedicated to i nd Paul, is a very spacious structure, greatly dilapidated, part of it only being used i'.,r divine service. It was originally the cathedral of the see of Dorchester. Its architecture partakes of the Norman style, with additions of a later date. It has stone stalls, and mag- nificent windows; also a handsome embattled tower with six bells. It contains numerous monuments i effigies of knights and bishops, and en. . and Brasses ot ancient date. Here is also the celebrated Jesse window, representing the genealogy of our Saviour; nt, supposed to oe Saxon ; a stonu crosi; some Saxon paintings, and other remains ot The charitii s amount to 40 per annum. The I'.iptists, Primitive M' imanOitholioB,havechapeJi, There are endowed ami Na. I-T l">th foxes. At a place in t' 1 of the town tailed ^ of a Roman camp. I ll til" I.'IV. have been dug up, as al.io altar, and a vut number of other relics of early ilate. Don! the title of baron to the Carletou iiimily. 1. don is lord of the manor. A pleasure fair is DORDON, ahmlt. in the liun.l. of I'.,lesw..i-th,in1 co. of Warwick, 3 miles N.W. of Athorst" situated near the Coventry canal. DORE, a chplry. in the par. of DronlieM, Inn Scarsdale, in the co. ni ' ilea S.W. ... its post town, ami 10 N.W. ated near the river Sheaf, and, with the tush] forms an ecclesiastical district. The inhai chiefly employed in the manufactme of saw handles, in brick-making, and in the prn copperas. There arc stone-quarries and Tho moorlands abound in game. The living is a cur. in tho dioc. of Lichficld, val. 90, in th Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is a modern s with a tower. The parochial charities pr> 46 per annum, of which 33 goes t< school. The Duke of Devonshire and Lord ^ are lords of the manor. DORE ABBEY. See ABBEY DOKE, co. : DOREHOLM, one of tho Shetland island part of the par. of Northmaven. ( >n the W. side i arch, 70 feet high, made by the sea. DORES, a par. in tho co. of In contains a village of its own tho W. by Loch Ness, and on 1 1 pars, of Inverness, Daviot, and Moleskii i in length ahout 20 miles along tho K Ness, with a Kr. adth of :i or I miles. and but little of it is arable, tho gr. of the mountain slopes bordering (it only tor sheep pasture. The j are Lords Lovat and S;, prov. of CoiinaHL'h:. V. ... ' DOKKINt!, a par. in the sc< ond div. a. It is a station ..nti. ivay. A. i n agreeable ami 1 on the S. side of the North Downs, near tho li .Mole". It lias a in at and clean appearance. The * laid out, lighted with ga, and, good shops and houses have 1 ia chiefly remarkable for poultry. Its principt =