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Rh FAREHAJI HUNDRED. FARLAM. Trinity, a perpct. cur.,* val. 100. The parochial charities produce about 400 per annum, the principal of which is Price's, for the support of the free school and mainte- nance of widows. The Independents and Wesleyans have each a chapel. Besides Price's endowed free school, there are two National schools, and one for infants. The bishop of the diocese and the vicar of the parish are the lords of the manor. There are many good residences, the principal of which are Cams Hall, Blackbrook, Down End, and Uplands. Monday is market day for corn and cattle, and a fair is held on the 29th June for cattle, cheese, &c. FAREHAM HUNDRED, in the Fareham div. of co. Hants. It contains the par. of Fareham, comprising about 6,670 acres. FARE HILL, standing in the pars, of Midmar, Echt, Banchory-Ternan, and Kincardine O'Neill, cos. Aber- deen and Kincardine, Scotland. It attains an altitude of 1,793 feet, and is 17 miles in circumference at the base. It affords good pasturage. It also yields excellent peat moss and medicinal waters. Corrichie Valo is pointed out as the scene of a battle between the Marquis of Huntley and the Earl of Murray, who led Queen Mary's forces, in which the former was defeated and slain. Craig Hume, on the N. side of the hill, is so called from a member of the Hume family who fell in the action. FAREWELL, a par. in the S. div. of the hund. of Offlow, co. Stafford, 3 miles N.W. of Lichfield, its post town and railway station on the London and North- Western line. Chorley is included in this parish. A nunnery was founded here in the 12th century by Bishop Clinton, which was given to Wolsey by Henry VIII. The parish is of small extent, comprising only 470 acres. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 50, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and was formerly a part of the old nunnery. The parochial charities produce about 30 per annum. The Marquis of Anglesey is lord of the manor. FARFORTH, a par. in the Wold div. of the hund. of Louth-Eske, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 5 miles 8. of Louth, its post town. The hmlt. of Maidenwell is included in the par. The village is very small and wholly agricultural. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Ruckland, in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church is a neat modern structure, dedicated to St. Peter, and contains a brass of the Oslear family. There are small charities of about 1 per annum. The executors of William Oslear, Esq., are the lords of the manor. FARIHY, or FARAHY, a par. in the bars, of Con- dons and Clangibbon and Fennoy, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles 8.W. of Mitchellstown. It is situated on the banks of the river Fanshion. Kildorrery ia its post town. The surface is hilly, and consists of an average good soil. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Cloyne, val. 356, in the patron, of the crown. The church is without any architectural pretensions. In tho Roman Catholic arrangement the parish is united to the Kildorrery district. Here is a Sunday-school. The principal residence is Bowenscourt. FAUINGDON. Set FAKBINODOX, cos. Somerset, Hants, and Dorset. r'A UINGDON, a par. in the hund. of East Budleigh, co. Devon, 4 miles N.E. of Topsham, and 6 S.E. of Exeter. Honiton Clist is its post town. Its ancient name appears to have been I'erendon, Some of the inhabitants are employed in brick and tile making. The living is a rect. * in tho dioc. of Exeter, val, 262, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is an ancient stone structure, containing some very antique church furniture, and several monuments. The parochial cliaritius produce about 30 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. John Garratt, Esq., is lord uf the manor. In the neighbourhood "are traces of a Roman camp. Faringdon House is tho principal resid' FARINGDON, or FARRINGDON, GREAT, a par. and market town in the hund. of Faringdon, co. Berks, 1 6 miles S.W. of Oxford, and 30 W.N. W. of Reading. The Faringdon Road station of the Great Western railway is 5 miles from the town of Faringdon, and 63* from London. The par. includes, besides the town of Faringdon, the chplries. of Little Coxwell and Littleworth, and the hmlts. of Hospital and Wadley. In tho Saxon times it was called fearndtin, and had a royal palace, wherein Edward the Elder died in 925. After the Conquest a castle was erected Here by the Earl of Gloucester, which was after- wards razed by Stephen, who built upon its site a priory for Cistercian monks, subject to the abbey of Beaulieu, in Hants. Upon the dissolution of monasteries its lands were given to the Seymours and Inglefields. At the end of the 14th century a battle was fought near Radcot Bridge, about 3 miles to the N. of the town, between Robert Vere, Duke of Ireland, and the Earl of Derby, afterwards King Henry IV. During the Civil War the town was attacked by the army of Cromwell, and the spire of the church battered down, but the garrison, under Sir Harmaduke Rawdon, successfully resisted the assault. The situation of the town is on a gentle eminence in the vale of Whitehorse, sheltered by Faring- don Hill, up the slopes of which are circular plantations of firs, and from the summit a most extensive prospect i obtained. Tho town, which in 1861 had a population of 2,943, is cleanly kept, well paved, amply supplied with water, and lighted with gas. It contains a town- hall, two banks, savings-bank, and union poorhouse, besides several private seminaries. Petty sessions are held in the town, also a county court. The inhabitants are almost wholly agricultural, and a considerable trade is done in hogs and bacon, malting and brewing. In the vicinity hops are cultivated. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. with Little Coxwell, 300. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a handsome cruciform structure, with low square tower, the spire having never Been rebuilt. It contains four brasses of the Parker family, the earliest 1471, and a monument to Unton, Queen Elizabeth's ambassador, who challenged the Duke of Guise for speaking against his queen. The Independents, Baptists, Wes- leyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and tho Friends a meeting-house. There are two National schools. The charities produce 153 per annum, of which Unton' s endowment forms part. Faringdon Grove is a meet for tho Old Berks hounds. The chief residence is Faringdon House, once belonging to Pye, tho poet-laureate. Faringdon is the head of a Poor-law Union, embracing 25 parishes in Gloucestershire, 4 in Berks, and 3 in Oxfordshire. It is also the seat of a County Court and of a superintendent registry. Tues- day is market day for corn ; and an excellent cattle and sheep market is held on the first Tuesday in every month. Fairs are held on Old Candlemas Day, Whit- Tuesday, 29th October, and an annual horse-fair on tho 13th February, besides a statute fair on tho 18th October for hiring servants. ~ FARINGDON HUNDRED, one of tho 20 subdivi- sions of Berkshire, situated in the north-western part of the co., and bounded on the N. by the river Isis, on tho W. by the hund. of Ganfield, on the 8. by the hund. of Shrivenham, and on the W. by the co. of Wilts. It contains the pars, of Great Barrington, Great Coxwell, Shilton, and parts of Great Faringdon, Inglesham, and Langford, and has an area of about 10,000 acres. FARINGDON, LITTLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Lang- ford, hund. of Faringdon, co. Oxford, 1J mile N.E. of Lechlade, and 6 miles N.W. of Great Fanngdon. Here is an ancient chapel, of Norman architecture. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Langford, in the dioc. of Oxford. i: FARLAM, a par. in the ward of Eskdale, co. Cumber- land, 3 miles S.E. of Brampton, its post town, and 12 E. of Carlisle. The Milton railway station on the New- castle and Carlisle railway is 1 mile N.W. of the village. The par. includes tho tnshps. of East and West Farlam, with the hmlts. of Hallbank Gate, Kirkhouse, and Milton. Limestone and coal are obtained here, and there are zinc-works. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc.