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Rh ECKLANDS. 869 EDDLESTONE. Counties line. The par. is situated near the river Rother, and includes the tnshps. of Mosborough, Ridg- way, Renishaw, and Troway. Coal and stone are ex- tensively worked. A large portion of the inhabitants are employed in the potteries and iron foundry, and in the manufacture of hardware goods, such as penknives, shovels, nails, and implements of husbandry. Petty sessions arc. held hero monthly. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 774, in the patron, of the crown. The parish church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. There is a district church at Ridgway, the living of which ia a perpet. cur., val. 300, in the patron, of the rector. 7'ho parochial charities produce about 140 per annum, 63 of which are appropriated to the schools. The Wesleyans and Methodists have each a chapel, and the Roman Catholics have a church and college at Spink Hill, in this parish. There is an endowed free school, also National and infant schools. Here are some traces of old Roman roads. Sir Sitwell Rearsby Sitwell, Bart., is lord of the manor. Friday is the market day for provisions, and cuttle fairs are held on the third Wednes- day in April and October. ECKLANDS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Thurlstone, Vcst Riding co. York, 2 miles W. of Peniston. The village is considerable ; and the inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the woollen and hair cloth manufacture, and in the fulling mills. ECLING, or ETCHLING, STREET, a vil. in co. Kent, about 6 miles N.E. of Hythe. It is situated near the source of the river Nailsbourne. The old Roman road to Canterbury pusses through this place. ECTON, a par. in the hund. of Hamfordshoe, co. Northampton, 5 miles S.W. of AVellingborough, and 5 N.E. of Northampton, its post town. It is situated on the N. bank of the river Nen. The Billing Road station on the London and North-Western railway is about lj mile S.W. of the village, which is small. Franklin's ances- tors were settled in this village for near 300 years, and carried on the trade of blacksmiths. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 570. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. There are charitable bequests producing about 30 per annum. The Baptists and Wesleyans have each a chapel, and there are National and infant schools. Ambrose Isted, Esq., is lord of the manor, and resides at Ecton Hall, near which is a summer-house, erected by Inigo Jones. EPALE, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Castloton, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 2 miles N.W. of Oastlcton. It is situated on a small tributary of the river Noe, which rises in the Peak, near Edale rocks, and from which the place derives its name. The inha- bitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of lace, thread, and cotton. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dine, of Lichfield, val. 1 26, in the patron, of trustees. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. There are charities producing about 33 per annum, 14 of which is an endowment tor Turie's school. EDARDRUM. See DRUM, Ireland. EDAY, one of the North Orkney Islands, Scotland. The quondam parish of Ead includes the island of Fairay, and several small islands, among which are the Holm of Fairay, the Red Holm, the Calf of Eday, the Little Green Holm, and the Muckle Green Holm. The island of Eday is situated between Sanday and Westray, and is about 5 miles long by 1 wide. Its surface, like that of the surrounding islets, is chiefly devoted to pasture. There are good hi.rbours on the W. and on the N.E. sides of the island. This par. is in the presb. of the North Isles, and synod of Orkney. Further ecclesias- tical particulars will be given under Stronsay, with which Eday is united. Here is a parish church, built in 1816, also an United Presbyterian church and a Baptist meeting-house, two privuts and an Assembly school. This parish belonged to Earl Kinclaven in the 17th century ; but he dying without issue, his title of Earl Carrick became extinct. The Great Seter, an upright stone standing here, is about 16 feet high. There arc remains of Picts' dwellings and tumuli. Good building stone is quarried, EDBURTON, a par. partly in the hund. of Bur- beach, Brainber rape, and partly in the hund. of Poynings, Lewes rape, co. Sussex, 3 miles E. of Stey- niug, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Henfield. It is situ- ated on the South Downs, and contains the hmlt. of Fulking. Tho village is very small, and wholly agri- cultural. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Chichester, val. 379, in the patron, of the Archbishop of Canter- bury. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a small ancient edifice, and has a very old lead font, supposed to bo Norman. There is a free school. EDDERNISH, an island in the bar. of Boylagh, co. Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland. It lies between Rutland Island and tho mainland. Upon it' is an un- finished salt work. It has a convenient landing-stage. EDDERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Forden, co. Montgomery, 2 miles N. of Montgomery. EDDERTON, a par. in the district of Easter Ross. cos. Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, 4 miles N.W. of Tain, its post town. It lies along the S. shore of Dornoch Frith, and is otherwise bounded by the pars, of Tain, Logic-Easter, Kilmuir-Easter, Rosskeon, and Kincar- dine. It is 10 miles in length and 7 wide. The parish is screened in by four hills, the highest of which is 1,300 feet. The surface assumes the form of three steps, each differing in the nature of its soil, which is drained by four rivulets falling into the frith; one of these burns (Grugag) has a very fine fall. This par. is in the presb. of Tain, and synod of Ross. The minister has a stipend of 204. The church was built in 1842. Hero is a school, attached to the Free church, which was the old parish church, built in 1743. Balnagowan is the seat of Sir C. Ross, Bart. ; other seats are Cadboll and Ardmore. A battle was fought here, on Carriblair plain, with the Danes ; and a pillar, and some other rude monuments, are said to denote tho graves of a Danish prince and his retinue. There are also several round towers or dunes and Druidical remains in the parish. EDDISBURY, a hund. in co. palatine of Chester; one of the seven hunds. into which the co. is divided. It is bounded on the N. by the river Mersey and hund. of Wirral, on tho E. by tho hunds. of Bucklow and North- wich, S. by the hund. of Nantwich, and W. by the hund. of Broxton. It is in two divs. ; the first con- tains the pars, of Little Budworth, Delamere, Over, Tarporley, Whitegate, and parts of Bunbury, Middle- wich, St. Oswald, and 21 tnshps. The second div. contains the pars, of Barrow, Frodsham, Ince, Thornton- le-Moors, Weaverham, Willington, and parts of Great Budworth, Plemonstall, Tarvin, and 28 tnshps. The whole area is 83,021 acres. EDDISBURY, a tnshp. in the par. of Delamere, first div. of tho hund. of Eddisbury, co. palatine of Chester, 7 miles S.W. of Northwich, and 10 N.E. of Chester. It is situated in the Forest of Delamere, and was the Eadtriibyrig of the Saxons. Here are some remains of earthworks, supposed to be the site of Ethelfleda's camp. A beacon was erected on the hill here at the time of the threatened French, invasion. The Stanleys of Alderley take from this place the title of baron. EDDLESBOROUGH, a par. and small town in the hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 3 miles S.W. of Dunstable, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Leighton Buzzard. It is situated near the Roman Icknield Street, and includes the hmlts. of Dagnall, Hudnall, and Northall. The chief employment of the people is in straw-plait. Part of the land is common. The living is a vin. in the dioc. of Oxford. The church is a mediaeval building, and is said to have been part of an ancient monastery. Its wooden spire was destroyed by lightning in 1828. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains several monumental brasses and tombs, some very old, and the inscriptions nearly obliterated. The parochial endowments produce nearly oO per annum. There is an endowed school for both sexes. EDDLESTONE, a par. and post vil., co. Peebles, Scotland. It has Edinburgh on the N. and Peebles on the S. Its greatest length is 10 miles, its width over 5 miles. The surface is hilly, the highest summit being