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Rh DOBMINGTON. 787 DOENOCH. in flour, corn, and lime. It was a crown-manor, granted Conqueror to Earl Fitzwarren : it afterwards icame to the Fitzalans and Howards. The Duke of Norfolk, as Earl of Surrey, is lord of the manor. The a vie. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 480, in lie patron, of the Duke of Norfolk. The church is dedi- ated to .St. Martin. It was rebuilt in 1837, except the ,he tombs of Abraham Tucker and Jeremiah Markland. The Roman road runs inder the churchyard. There are ilso the following district churches: St. Paul's, a lerpet. cur. : tho church is a new Gothic building, accom- iiodating 1,000 persons ; Holmwood, a perpet. cur., and Westcott, a perpet. cur. At Eaumose Common, near Jtenbies, a new church, called St. Barnabas, has been uilt a handsome cruciform stone building in the early nglish style of architecture, with a spire 150 feet high. iThe Quakers and Independents have meeting-houses r.ere; and a Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1850. 10 infant, National, and British schools, and ighti'eu almshouaes. Dorking possesses an old town- ,iall, two savings-banks, and union poorhouse. It is, polling place for West Surrey. From the eminences f Box Hill and Leith Hill very extensive prospects over , varied and beautiful country are obtained. The county ourt is held here every two months. Many Roman oins have been found in the neighbourhood, including ilver coins of Tiberius and Antoninus. Amongst the (eats of the nobility and gentry are, Betch worth, Eight jlon. H. Goulburn ; Denbies, Lord Londesborough ; 3ury Hill, ('. Barclay, Esq. ; Chert, Sir G. Talbot, Bart. ; Jeepdene, Mrs. Hope ; Sondes Place, Earl of Verulam ; shrub Hill, Earl of Eothes. Tho Eookery was the irthplace of Malthus. Market day is on Thursday, ,nd there is a fair for cattle on the day before Holy Thursday. DOBMINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Greytree, in he co of Hereford, 5.J miles S.E. of Hereford, its post
 * ower, to which a spire was added. In the chancel are
 * >wn and railway station, and 9 N.W. of Ledbury. It

i situated on the river Frome, and contains the chplry. f Bartestree. Part of the parish is in hops. The riving i a vie. * in the dioc. of Hereford, val. with the perpet. ur. of Bartestree annexed, 284, in the patron, of E. F. "oley, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ncieut stone structure, with tower and two bells. The Parities amount to 5 per annum. Lady Emily Foley
 * lady of the manor. Dormington Court is the princi-

al residence. DOEMSDEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Barking, hund. f Bosmere and Claydon, in the co. of Suffolk, 2 miles .E. of Xeedham-Market. I DOBMSTON, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. Worcester, its post town, and 6 S E. of Droitwich sta- on. It is situated near Dormston Hill. The parish is small extent, and the soil a stiff blue clay. The living a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 53, in i' patron, of William Laslett, Esq. The church is a ain stone structure, with tower and three bells. I lOHNE, a hmlt. in the par. of Blockley, hund. of ewaldslow, in the co. of Worcester, 1 J mile N. of More- n-in-the-JIarsh. Eomau and British coins, accompany- I'ient foundations, have here been met with. DOKNEY, a par. in the hund. of Burnham, in the i. of Bucks, 3 miles N.W. of Windsor, and 2 W. by . of Eton, its post town. It is situated on the banks the Thames, by which it is bounded on the S. id W. The soil is rich, resting on a substratum of luvel. The view of Windsor Castle, and the ruins of ornham Abbey, form a charming landscape. The 'ing is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 100, in the Iron, of the Eev. H. Palmer. Tho church, which is jdicated to St. James, has a handsome tower. The iarities amount to 18 per annum. DOENFOED, or DTJNSFOED, a hmlt. in the par. Chesterton, in the co. of Huntingdon, 5 miles S.W. ' Peterborough. It is situated at the ferry, S. of the jer Nen, to which the Eoman road leads straight ini Huntingdon. It was the Durobrirte of Antoninus, on Ermine Street, as evidenced by the Roman remains and coins which have been found. DORN1E, a vil. with Bundaloch, in the par. of Kintail, in the co. of Ross, Scotland, 13 miles N. of Ullapool. DORNOCH, a par. in the co. of Sutherland, Scotland. It contains the royal burgh of Dornoch, and the vils. of Clashmore and Embo, in the south-eastern corner of Sutherlandshire. The name Doruoch is said to be derived from tho Gaelic words Dunt irh, moaning a horse's foot or hoof, according to a tradition which asserts that in 1 259 a Danish leader was slain by William, Thane of Sutherland, by means of a horse's leg which he made use of when disarmed. A horse-shoe is still retained as the arms of the burgh. The parish extends 9 miles along the Firth of Domoch, and 15 miles from S.E. to N.W. It is bounded on the N. by Rogart and the Loch of Fleet, on the E. and S. by the Dornoch Firth, and on the W. by Criech. The district of Kiu- auld and Ehimusaig is situated N. of the Fleet, and is separated from the rest of the parish, being surrounded by the parishes of Golspie and Rogart. The surface is flat and sandy near the coast, but is loamy inland as it approaches the hilly districts towards the N. and W. Whinstone and freestone are quarried. Near the Earl's Cross (erected in memory of the encounter mentioned above) a woman was burned in 1722 for witchcraft. This was the last instance in which such a punishment was inflicted in the N. of Scotland, that in the S. of Scot- land being at Paisley in 1697. The ruins of the castle of Skelbo, demolished in the last century, are pictu- resquely situated on an eminence near the Little Ferry ; i t was a seat of the noble family of Sutherland. A little to the N. of the Meikle Ferry is Skibo Castle, once the residence of the bishops of Caithness and Sutherland. The famous Marquis of Montrose was confined in it for two nights on his way to Edinburgh after his capture in Assynt. The principal landowners are the Duke of Sutherland, Dempster of Skibo, and two others. The road from Inverness to Wich traverses the parish. This par. is in the presb. of Dornoch, and synod of Caithness and Sutherland, and in the patron, of the Duke of Sutherland. The minister has a stipend of 267. The parish church is a restoration of the old cathedral of Dornoch, made more than twenty years ago by the Duchess of Sutherland, at an expense of 6,000. There is also a Free church, with a large attendance. The town of Dornoch, erected into a royal burgh by charter of Charles I. in 1628, is the political capital of Sutherlandshire, and stands on tho N. coast of the Dornoch Firth, 1 mile E. of the Great North road, 6 miles N. of Tain, and 12 W. of Tarbetness. It is situ- ated among hillocks of sand in front of a high gravel terrace, the base of which was evidently in former times washed by the sea. The streets are wide, regular, and remarkably clean, the houses being built of a ycHow freestone. The court-house, prison, record-room, and county meeting-room occupy the site of the castle and palace of Dornoch, which continued in ruins from 1570 to 1813. The high western tower alone remains. The cathedral was built in the 13th century by Bishop Gilbert de Moravia, and after having experienced many fortunes it now, as restored, consists of a chancel, nave, transepts, and central tower. Sixteen earls of Sutherland are said to be buried in the S. transept, and the whole chancel is now appropriated as a tomb for that family. The date of the erection of the see of Caithness and Sutherland is unknown, but Andrew, Bishop of Caith- ness, was bishop here in 1150, having witnessed a dona- tion by David I. to the abbey of Dunfermlinc. Gilbert Moray was consecrated bishop here in 1222. Dornoch is a place of little trade, owing to a bar of sand stretching across the mouth of the Firth, and rendering the navi- gation difficult. The burgh is governed by a provost (the Duke of Sutherland), 2 bailies, a dean Of guild, a treasurer, and 6 councillors. It unites in sending a mem- ber to parliament along with Tain, Dingwall, Wich, Cromarty, and Kirkwall. There are no burgesses. Population in 1851, 599 ; in 1861, 647. Houses in 1851,
 * Pershore, in the co. of Worcester, 11 miles E. of