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Rh 868 U'KINUTON. l*r annum. The Wesjoyans have a place of worship. Then isafrei ir.unmar school, and a National - arisbrick, Esq., is lord I'oN, i:l:l-:T, a tnshp. and eodi .'nistical . t in tin' l>.n-. . ; e 1-on-Wyre, hund. "f Amoundcrncss, o r, (j miles S. ". 1 '-Hilton. It ! lio abundance of : neighbourhood aH'onls employment to a great many of the inhabitants in preparing them f> ket. The living is :i p> rpot. cur. in the dioc. of Man- chester, val. 130, iu lln? jialrun. of the vicar. Tin.' church is an ancient brick structure, culled Cop Chapel. The K'.m.-m Catholics, WMlayan*, and Methodists have each a chapel. There is an endowed parochial school for boys and girls, also a Catholic day school. Fairs are held on tho 14th April, Trinity Monday, and the 4th ECCLESTOX, LITTLE, a tnshp., with Larbrick, in tho par. of Kirkhain, hund. of Amoundcrnoss, co. palatine of Lancaster. It is included in the ecclesiastical district of Great Eccleston, as above. This township is agricul- tural. ECCLESWALL, a small place in the co. Hereford, 3 milis 8.E. of ROM. 1 ' 'CUP, a tnshp. in tho par. of Addle, West Riding co. York, 6 miles N. of Leeds. In tho middle of the last century a largo quantity of Roman coins, were found in this neighbourhood. K< II, a loch in tho pars, of Strachur and Dunoon, in tho district of ( Argylc, Scotland. It issues Holy Loch in the Firth of Clyde, by i Water. IU length i.saboiit 7 miles from N. toS., audits width seldom more than half a mile. Its greatest depth is about 00 fathoms. The shores afford a pleasing of mountain scenery. Tho road from Ardintcnny to liur threads its way along the greatest part of one of the shores. There is a small hill at the head of the loch, where, we are told, a King of Denmark was slain nnd entombed ; others tell us the Norwegians were .vd hero at a spot called the " Field from tho quantity of shells tumid, similar to those used by tho Norwegians as drinking-cups. ECHT, a par. and post vil. in the district of Kincar- dine O'Neill, co. Aberdeen, Scotland, 11 miles W. ..I Aberdeen. It is sitnal.d on l.uehar IJurn, and on the i-oad from Aheideen t" Ali'.nd. It i- l.oiinilcd by Cluny and Skenc on the N., by Skenc and 1'ctcrculti.T on the v Druni'iak (.11 the S., and by Midmar on the V. It is i de* square. Tie billy, rising 1,794 feet above tho sea level on L'aro Hill. Tl is clayey, but well cultivated. This par. is in tic of Kincardine O'Neill, and synod of Aberdeen. The minister lias a stipend of 183. The church was built in 1804. Here are also a Free church, two endowed school*, and a girls' school. 1. "h Skeno lies to the N.E. of the i i lit House is tho scat of Lord Lindsay. is a very l.u-e, ircular ! ditches, situated on tho summit of I'irnickin Hill. 1 "niidical remain I, heM on tin 1 lirst Tuesday of o-.ny ..pling July and October, in which months th. y the Monday before St. Sails and tho Tuesday Kinl KF<>|;l>,a liurgh, Scotland. 60 in form, will. wuias the E., and is at at its greatest length, and 4.4 at its groate.-t btcadth. i Mi tho N. it is bounded by Bozburgb and proj portions of Kclao and Spr.aiM >n ; i-:i tlie ].;. ], v Linton, . Hnu'i.im; n l!n- S. bj .It ilbiii u'li ; ami on 5 -'.ill villages, but of these the i Tho nearest kot towns are Kclsoand Jodbnrgh; thtfbrnur being about fi miles, and the latter about (!, from tho parish i burch. Kelso is its post town. Throughout it presents an undulating appearance, i;radually rising as it extends towards the 8. and occasionally swelling into elevations, i.ind an extensive view of tile sun.'., couiitiy. It is traverse! by two iiv. rs, the, tho Kale. tlm p.iri.-.h, ]>r r, ,-eds in a northerly dii
 * iy of Ormiston,

its northern extremity. The latter, which is a r smaller stream, runs through it in a north-wi direction, and divide, ii n. uly into t Att'i urso it discharges its vv, is ini Teviot, somewliat to ili N. is about a quarter of a mile distant from tho crossed near its < .i.llm ... . with the Kale by an elegant chain-bridge, in li'iigth, and 1'i iu '. is iiu, mlr i both for carriages and foot passengers. Tho Kale is - three sub.-tantial stone bridges, namely, at K id Mill, an ; Mill. In parish, from its proximity to tho borders, v ; ih> scene of much rapine and devastation. Within its b Kinds were, of old,. ngths, or strongholds, such as Ormiston-tcwcr, Wooden-tower, Eckford-towcr, and Moss-tower, but of these the last mentioned was by i'ar the most important. It is n ported to once a residence ot Ile]>lnirn, Karl ot ISothwi !!. On the 6th Si. '>44, it was burnt along with the lower and church of Iv-kfonl by an army under Sir llalph Iju. But tho most famous fortress in tliis parish wits Cessford Castle, tho ancient of Sir Robert Ivr, Warden of the Scottish Middle M:,. from whom the dukes of Roxburgh are desct It is now merely a ruin, though still, in tie noss of its walls, bearing trai-es of its former great- ness. Close by Umhamalaw farm *9IH several artificial caves of various dim the < used to flee for refuge in tiim s of danger. At Caverton there is an old gr.-neyard. it once stood a chapel, founded by ford, and confirmed by charter under U 1600. >i British railway run.- the extent of nearly 2 miles t' Ormiston. There is one station on this part of i! which i.s called " Old Ormiston Station," and which is about 1J mile from tho church. Tho church, whith is in the gift of the crown, anciently belon of Jedburgh. It was built in Kiii2. and i- in the of Jedbnrgh, and synod of M The 17 clialderu, half meal an : barley, with 8 6. 8rf. for communion expenses ; and . . half ewo milk. milk, imjiei ial weight, from the farm of GVssford, in the way of vitalise tithes. The extent of tho glebe is i s. The rental of tho parish is ie ,ily t! ! 11; per annum. In Mckfonl tl schools, with a small library. Tl: ' irghe and t priotoi : hem upwards of four-fifths o! I''n|;IiNi:sS. a vil. in the par. of Eckford, 00. l; ,xl I. of Jedburgh. MMi'lti.N. a ].ar. in the upjier div. 01 I town, and ',) S. of the' river Avon, and lias a lailway Mat ion on tie iningh.im and t;lotiee>t> r lin. . The river is ; by a .-i'llie bridp' of ale'n 'it date. I.I.- the paii*!i. The living i> a vie.* in the rli .t'.'lo, in the juti'.ii. nf thc> 1 ' : iipter Tin- chin v.ith a squaru embattled tower. It is did: Trinity, and has in. i and others, some very old. Tin regi/rter con 1021. The charities c tiie church mid I landi, producing ne.nly tod per annum. 'I hue a chapel, and tin re is a National sol. t'ompt'in llanloid, l-!.-.| . is Imd of the manor, whose seat is Wollersliill Hall, the piincipal resident I.f 'KIM, TI 'N. ., p.ir. in Iho hund. '., CO. M. its jiost town, nnd of Sheffield. It is a station on the Midland