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Rh GOOSE-BRADON. 125 GORE HUNDRED.. ship-building, rope-walks, sugar refineries, and alum works. The river Don is crossed by a bridge. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, comprising eighteen parishes, of which two are within the county of Lincoln, and the head of new County Court and registration districts. The harbour is commodious, and the docks of great extent. The facility of inland navigation by canal, as well as railway, causes a constant influx of merchandise for re- shipment either to foreign ports or other parts of the kingdom. The average number of vessels entering the port annually, engaged in the coasting and foreign trade, is 1,800, with a tonnage of about 140,000. The number of steam and sailing vessels registered as belonging to the port of Goole, is nearly 600. The goods shipped con- sist chiefly of woollen manufactures, corn, potatoes, ma- chinery, and coal. The living is an incumbency in the dioc. of York, val. 150, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is a very handsome structure, with lofty tower and spire. It is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. There is a school situated in what is known by the name of Old Goole. The building is a new erection, the old one having fallen into decay. It is of a very tasteful character, and is used for church services every Sunday iftrrnoon. To this school 12 free scholars are admitted 5n the nomination of the Right Hon. T. Sotheron Est- jourt, M.P., who is the sole trustee, and pays the endow- ment for this purpose. The Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive and Reformed Methodists, have places of worship. There is a free school, partly endowed, also i National school, and one belonging to the Wesleyans. Wednesday is the market day. GOOSE-BRADON, formerly a par., now annexed to the par. of Curry Rival, in the hund. of Abdick, co. Somerset, 1 mile S.W. of Langport. The place is nearly without inhabitants. The living is a sinecure rect. hi the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 25. There is no church. GOOSEFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of South Tawton, second div. of the hund. of Wonford, co. Devon, 2 miles E. of Okehampton. GOOSEGREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Camberwcll, hund. of Brixton, co. Surrey, 4 miles S.E. of St. Paul's, London. It is situated in the vicinity of Peckham Rye. GOOSE-MOOR, a hmlt. in the par. of Church Eaton, hund, of West Cuttlestono, co. Stafford, 5 miles S.W. of Stafford. GOOSEY, a chplry. in tho par. of Stamford-in-the- Vale, hund. of Ock, co. Berks, 4 miles N.W. of Wantage. Farringdon is its post town. It is situated on the river Ock, and the Great Western railway passes in the vicinity. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Stamford-in- the-Vale, in the dioc. of Oxford. The church is dedicated to All Saints. GOOSNARGH, a chplry. in the par. of Kirkham, huud. of Amounderness, co. palatine Lancaster, 6 miles N.E. of Preston, its post town. The Broughton station on the Lancaster and Preston branch of the London and North- Western lino is about 3 miles from the village. The chplry., which comprises above 10,000 acres, includes the hmlts. of Inglewhito and Newsham, also the tnshp. cil Whittingham. The land is divided between arable and pasture, with a small tract of moorland. The living S'-rpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 150, in the patron, of Christ Church, Oxford. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates back to the early part of the 17th century. The endowments form an aggregate of upwards of 1,000 per annum. Tho principal building is Goosnargh Hospital, founded by Dr. Busholl in 1735 for decayed gentlefolks of this neigh- bourhood professing the Protestant faith. It has a yearly income of about 850. The Independents and Roman Catholics have chapels, and there are two free schools, one having an endowment of 65, and the other 42. Cattle fairs are held on Rogation Tuesday, 25th April, and 5th October. STREY-CUM-BARNSHAW, a tnshp. and eli]>!ry. in tho par. of Sandbach, hund. of Northwich, co. i N.E. of Middlewich, its post town, and 11 N.W. of Congleton. The Holmes Chapel station on the Manchester and Crewo branch of tho London and North- Western railway is 3 miles S.E. of the village. The tnshps. of Blackden and Twemlow are included in the chplry. The abbots of Chester had a seat here in the 13th century, called Barnshaw Hall, sub- sequently converted into the manor-house. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 175, in the patron, of the Vicar of Sandbach. The church is a modern structure, standing upon the site of one built in the 13th century; it is dedicated to St. Luke. There ia a National school amalgamated with the old free school ; it is an elegant building of the Elizabethan style of architecture. There are charities producing 8 per annum. Harry Mainwaring, Esq., is lord of the manor and solo proprietor. GOP, a tnshp. in tho par. of Newmarket, co. Flint, North Wales, 4 miles N.E. of Rhyddlan. GOPSALL HALL, an ext. par. place in tho hund. of Sparkenhoe, co. Leicester, 4 miles N.W. of Market Bos- worth. It is situated in the vicinity of the Ashby canal, adjoining the parish of Norton. A small religious community, subject to Merevalo Abbey, was established here. Gopsall Hall and Park is the seat of Earl Howe ; it has a fine collection of paintings and statuary by tho best masters. Handel is said to have composed some of his finest pieces of music here. It is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. GORBALS, a par. within the city and borough of Glasgow, cos. Lanark and Renfrew, Scotland. It is situ- ated on the banks of the Clyde, and forms part of tho S. suburbs of Glasgow, which see. GORDON, a par. and post vil. in the district of Merse, co. Berwick, Scotland, 25 miles S.S.W. of Berwick, and 34 from Edinburgh. It is situated on the rivers Eden and Blackadder, and has for its boundaries Westruther, Earlston, Greenlaw, Hume, and Legerwood. It is 6 miles long, and its average breadth is 3 miles. The sur- face is undulated; a great proportion of the moorland formerly existing has been reclaimed and well cultivated. This par. is in the presb. of Lauder, and synod of Merse and Teviotdale, in the patron, of the crown. Tho minister has a stipend of 164. The church was built in 1763. There is a Free church and parish library in the parish. Durringtonlaws was detached from this parish and annexed to Longformacus. The ancient church, dedicated to St. Michael, belonged to the priory of Coldingham, and afterwards to Kelso. The lairds of Jerviswood, Greenknow, Ladykirk, Rumbletonlaw, Shieldfield, and Stow, are the principal landowners. This parish gives the title to the dukes of Gordon, to whom it was granted by Malcom Canmore. There are some traces of a castle near the village of West Gordon, said to be the site of the ancient ducal seat. The village of Huntly is now extinct ; it gave title to the Gordons ; its name is still retained in Huntly Wood and Huntly Farm. There are remains of a camp at Rumbletonlaw. GORDON CASTLE, near Fochabers, co. Elgin, Scotland. It is a large quadrangular building, with a noble tower, bftilt in the llth century, and was formerly the residence of tho dukes of Gordon. Upon the death of the fifth and last duke in 1836 it passed to the Duke of Richmond. It contains a good picture gallery, theatre, and library containing many MSS. GORDONSTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Aughterless, co. Aberdeen, Scotland, 5 miles N.E. of Culsalmqnd. GOREBRIDGE, a post vil. in the par. of Temple, co. Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 miles S. of Dalkeith. It is a station on the Ha wick branch of .the North British rail- way. It stands on the Gore water, near the village of Stobbs, and contains an United Presbyterian church, two schools, library, and police station. GORE-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Birchington, hund. of Ringslow, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 5 miles 8. of Margate. In this neighbourhood is the Gore Cliff, and a small sandbank known as the Gore Patch. GOREFIELDS, an ext. par. place adjoining the par. of Gayhurst, hund. of Xewport-Pagnell, co. Bucks, 2 miles N.W. of Newport-Pagncll. GORE HUNDRED, one of the six subdivisions of the