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Rh ARDSLEY AVEST. S'J ARGYLE. AIIDSLKY "WEST, or AVOODKIRK, as it was formerly called, a par. in the lower div. of the vap. nf Agbrigg, in the "West Riding of tlio co. of York, 4 miles to the N. W. of AVakefield. It is a station on the Leeds and AVakefield branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. The par. contains the limit, of Tingley and several others. The living is apcrpct. cur.* in the dioc. ', of Ripon, vul. 265, in the patron, of the Earl of Car- digan. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is an endowment by Richard and John Micklethwaitc for the education of three cliildren, and an almshouse, founded by Greenwood, for three poor widows. The valuable coal mines and the woollen manufacture furnish employment to the people. There is a farm-house in the (parish which was originally a mansion, the scat of Chief Topeliffe in the reign of Henry VII. Al;l)STi;AV, or ARDSRATH, a par. chiefly in the bar. of Strabaue, partly in that of Omagh, in the co. of Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland. It occupies a pic- tmv.-quo situation at the foot of two mountains called (Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, and at the confluence of the i-ivcrs Struell, Glenelly, and Derg, which form the river Mourne. It comprises the town of Newtown-Stewart and the village of Douglasbridge. It was the seat of a 1 very ancient bishopric, and had a small stone church. jThe see was transferred in 597 to Maghera, and in 1158 to ] )erry. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of Derry and Kaplior, val. .1,537, in the patron, of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin. There are several belonging to the Prcsbvterians, two to the Wes- leyan Methodists, and one to the Primitive Methodists. A considerable part of this parish is mountain and bog. The vst of the land is arable, and the soil in the valleys is good. Limestone, clay-slate, and freestone are i obtained. Here were formerly several bleach-grounds, j where the process was carried on on a large scale. The parish is rich in remains of antiquity. Near the village are those of the cathedral and monastery, consisting of
 * some foundations, parts of sculptured crosses, and some

I fluted columns and stones. The ruins of the Franciscan 'abbey of Searvagherin, which was founded in 1456, are L)n a hill, three miles above Ardstraw Bridge. Nothing remains of the friary of Pubble but the cemetery, near u-Stevurt. Sir Robert Newcomen's castle, built in 1619, in which James II. once lodged, is in good pre- servation, except the roof, which was removed by order of tlie king. There is an ancient building at the foot f B y Bell mountain, which is the subject of some cnrioua loil legends. There are several cairns, and I'l'.ve thirty forts in the parish. At Newtown-Stewart is a very old bridge of six arches, one over the Derg, at -, of six arches, and several other bridges. The principal seats are Baron's Court, the residence of the Marquis of Abercorn, Castlemoyle, Ncwtown- Stewart . Castle. AR DSTR AAV BRIDGE, a vil. in the par. of Ardslraw, bar. of Strabane, in the co. of Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, 3 miles to the N.W. of Newtown-Stewart. It is a very ancient place, and was the site of the abbey mentioned in the preceding article. Here is an ancient bridge of six arches across the river Derg. The Presbyterians li.uv a ehapel in the village. AUDUDWY HUNDRED, one of the five hunds. of the co. of Merioneth, North AYalos, is bounded on the N. by Carnarvonshire, on the E. by the hundreds of Eder- mion and Penllyn, on the S. by the hundreds of Tal-y-bont and Moddwy, and on the W. by the bay of Cardigan. It contains ITarleigh, and the pars, of Festiniog, Llanaber, Llanbedr with Llandanwg, Llanddwywe, Llandecwyn, Llanelltyd, Llaiienddwyn, Llanfair, Llaii- 1 fihan gc'1-y-Traethan, Llanfrothcn, Maentwrog, Traws- fynydd, and part of Beddgelert. ARDUTIIIE, an estate in the par. of Fettelesso, in the co. of Kincardine, Scotland, not far from Glenbervie. The new town of Stonehaveu was built upon it, and was originally called Arduthie. ARDVARNEY, a limit, in the bar. of Lurg, in the CO. of Fermanagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, not far from Kesh. Advamey House is the principal residence. Vol.. I. AHDVASAR, or ARDAVASAR, a. limit, in the Isle of Skye, co. of Inverness, Scotland ; it is situated on the coast of Sleat Sound, not far from Armadale, and gives name to a bay and headland. ARDVERIKIE, a shooting-lodge on the banks of Loch-Laggan, in the co. of Inverness, Scotland. It was erected by the Marquis of Abercorn in 1840, and was occupied by her Majesty and suite for several weeks in the autumn of 1847. It is a plain, unostentatious building, rather irregular in its construction, and washed by the waters of the lake on three sides. Landseer has sketched upon the walls of two of the apartments several of his best known and finest designs. ARDWICK, a chplry. in the par. of Manchester, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, forming a constituent part of the town of Manchester. Ardwick station is the point at which the two great lines of railway, the Manchester and Birmingham, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, unite. The river Medlock passes through the chapelry. Ardwick Green, which is about 2 miles from the Exchange, forms a pleasant approach to the town of Manchester. It is a kind of square, with an ornamental piece of water, lawns, shrubs, and walks. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc, of Manchester, val. 294, in the patron, of the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas. The cotton manufacture, and other departments of the general Manchester trade, form the staple occupation. ARELEY-KING'S, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Doddingtree, in the co. of Worcester, close to Stourport. It is situated on the western bank of the river Severn, and contains the hamlet of Dunley. From the hill on which the church stands, there is a fine pros- pect westward as far as Malvern. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 346, in the patron, of the Rev. H. J. Hastings. The church is in the early Eng- lish style, and is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is a monument in the churchyard, formed of oblong stones, and bearing a curious inscription in Latin rhyme, purporting that one Sir Harry lies buried there. A hermitage once existed at Redstone Ferry, on the borders of this parish. It consisted of a chapel, and several chambers cut in the side of a rock. Areley House, formerly the seat of the Mucklows, and Areley Hall, are the principal residences. ARELEY, UPPER, a par. in the southern div. of the hund. of Seisdon, in the co. of Stafford, 5 miles to tho N.W. of Kidderminster. It is pleasantly situated on the eastern bank of the river Severn, on tho borders of Shropshire and Worcestershire. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 255, in the patron, of the Earl of Mountnorris. The church stands on high ground, from which there is a fine view. It is dedicated to St. Peter, and contains a monumental figure of a knight. Areley Hall is the seat of the Earl of Mount- norris. There are remains of a Roman camp in tho wood near the Hall. ARGAM, or ERGHAM, a par. in the wap. of Dicker- ing, in the East-Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles to the N.W. of Bridlington. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of York. val. 21, in the patron, of C. Grimston, Esq. The church, which was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has long been ruined. ARGOED, a tnshp. united with that of Ystrad, in the par. of Caron-ys-Cluwdd, hund. of Penarth, in tho co. of Cardigan, South Wales. It is situated on the river Tcifi, and contains the township of Tregaron. AR(!KD, a tnshp. in the par. of Mold, and hund. of Mo],!, in the eo. of Flint, North Wales. ARGYLE, or ARGYLL, a county on the western coast of Scotland, forming tho south-western extremity of tho highlands, and comprising, besides an extensive dis- trict of the mainland, the following islands Mull, Tirree, Coll, Lismore, Jura, May, Colonsay, and many smaller ones ; among which are Staffa and lona. It is bounded on the N. by Inverness-shire, on the E. by the counties of Perth and Dumbarton, on the S. by the Irish Sea, and on the W. by the Atlantic Ocean. N