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Rh GU1LDFORD, EAST. 154 GUISELEY. which is Smith's, for the poor, producing about 845 per annum, and others realising upwards of 1,000. Arch- bishop Abbot's hospital waa founded in the time of James I., and provides for a master, 12 brethren, and 8 sisters. The Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics have chapels. There are two well endowed schools, Abbot's, and the royal free grammar, besides National, British, and infant schools. There are some remains of Guildford Castle, which appears to have covered a large space of ground, but with regard to the date of its erection, nothing certain can be ascertained. In the guildhall, which was built about 1683, are por- traits of the Stuarts, and of William III. ; and in the hall of Trinity Hospital are portraits of Wycliffe, Calvin, Fox, and Archbishop Abbot, whoso chair is still pre- served here. Wednesday and Saturday are the market days for corn, meat, poultry, and general produce, and frequently for cattle, sheep, &c. Fairs are held on the 4th May and 22nd November, for the sale of horses and live stock. GUILDFORD, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Gold- spur, rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 1 mile N.E. of Rye, its post town. The South-Eastern railway passes near it, and the Kent ditch bounds it on the E. The parish, which forms part of Romney Marsh, is subject to a peculiar mode of tithing. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Chichester, vol. with that of Pluyden annexed, 450. GUILDIE and GUILDIEMUIR, vils. in the par. of Monikie, co. Forfar, Scotland, 3 miles N.E. of Dundee. GUILDTOWN, a post vil. in the par. of St. Martin's, co. Perth, Scotland, 6 miles N.E. of Perth. GUILSBOKOUGII, a par. in the hund. of Guils- borough, co. Northampton, 6 miles S. of Welford, and 9 N.W. of Northampton, its post town. It is situated at the sources of the rivers Avon and Nene, and the stream called the Stowe flows through it. The hmlt. of Nortoft is included in this par. The surface is undulating, and the prevailing timber elm and ash. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. There are quarries of red sandstone. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1764. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 500. The church is a fine edifice, dedicated to St. Ethelred. There is also a church at Hollo well in this parish. The charities consist of two school endowments ; one of 80 per annum to the free grammar school founded by Sir John Lang- ham, Bart., and the other of 60 to William Gilbert's school. The Baptists have a chapel, and there is a National school. J. W. B. Leigh, Esq., is lord of the manor. Guilsborough Hall and Guilsborough Grange are the principal residences. GUILSBOROUGH HUNDRED, one of the 20 hunds. of co. Northampton, situated in the north-western part of the co. It is bounded on the N. by the co. of Leicester, on the E. by the hunds. of Orlingbury and Rothwell, on the S. by the hund. of Fawsley, and on the W. by the co. of Warwick. It has within its limits the pars, of Cold Ashby, Clay Coton, Cottesbrook, Great Creaton, Crick, Long Buckley, Elkington, Guilsborough, West Haddon, Lilbourne, Naseby, Stanford, Thornby, Watford, Welford, Winwick, Yelvcrtoft, and a portion of Ravensthorpe, comprising about 43,300 acres. GUILSFIELD, a par. in the hund. and borough of Pool, co. Montgomery, North Wales, 3 miles N. of Welshpool, its post town. It is situated near the banks of the river Severn. The par. includes the tnshps. of Bromarth, Burgedin, Garth, and several other small places. The Montgomeryshire canal passes through the neighbourhood. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 360, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a very ancient font. There is a free school with an endowment of 15 per annum, and other charities produce about 40. In the vicinity are traces of the abbey of Strata Marcella, also of a Roman road and camp. GUILTCROSS, anciently GYDECROSS, a hund. in the S. div. of co. Norfolk. It is bounded on the N. by the hund. of Shropham, on the E. by the hund. of Diss, on the S. by the co. of Suffolk, and on the W. by ti hund. of Grimshoe. It has within its limits the pars, i Bauham, Bio' Norton, Garboldisham, Gasthorpe, Ea and West Harling, Kenninghall, North and Soui Lopham, Quiddenham, Riddlesworth, and a portion Rushford, comprising nearly 30,000 acres. GUILTHWAITE, a hmlt. in the par. of Whistor, West Riding co. York, 2 miles S.E. of Rotherham. GUISBROUGH, or GISBORO', a par., market, and post town in the E. div. of the lib. of Langbaurgh, North Riding co. York, 10 miles S.E. of Middlesborough-on- Tees, with which town it is connected by a branch of the North-Eastern' railway, and 44 N. of York. It is situated in a hilly district near the north-eastern coast, about 4 miles from the mouth of the river Tees. The par. includes the tnshps. of Commondale, Guis- brough, Hutton-Lowcross, Pinchiuthorpe, and Tocketts, with the hmlts. of Barnaby, Bellmangate, Carlinghow, Skelderskew Grange, Sleddale, and Slapewath. The Romans had a settlement here. In the Domesday Survey the place is called Ohigeskurgli. In the 12th century, a priory of the Cistertian order was founded by Robert de Brus, who then held the land. The building was a fine specimen of Gothic architecture ; but about the year 1289, a conflagration destroyed its principal parts, though to the present day there are some traces of its former beauty. The first alum works were founded here by Sir T. Challoner, to whom the site of the priory was given by Queen Elizabeth. The town, consisting of one main thoroughfare, with several new streets branching to the right and left, contains a townhall, erected in 1821, market-house, two commercial banks, one savings- bank, and a penny bank. Petty sessions are held fort- nightly on Tuesdays, for the E. div. of the lib. of Lang- baurgh, and the town is a polling place for the North Riding of the county. A large portion of the parish is moorland, but the land along the banks of the Tees is extremely fertile. It abounds with ironstone, the ob- taining of which affords employment to a large number of people. Malting, brewing, and the processes of pre- paring leather give occupation to a considerable number of the inhabitants. A short distance from the town is a spring possessing medicinal properties. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, vul. 176, in the patron, of the Archbishop of York. The church, dedi- cated to St. Nicholas, is a large stone structure of the last century. Tho register commences in the year 1661. The parochial endowments produce nearly 600 per annum. Robert Pursglove, the last prior, founded a school and hospital or almshouses for 12 persons, the income of which is 350. Providence school has an endowment of 114. The Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Society of Friends have places of worship. Captain Chaloner, R.N., is lord of the manor. Tuesday is market day. Fairs are held for the sale of wool on the last Tuesdays in March, April, June, and July, Tuesday before Whit-Sunday, third Tuesday in August and September, and second Tuesday in November. GUISELEY, a par. in the upper div. of the wap. of Skyrack, West Riding c. York, 2 miles S. of Otley, and 9 N.W. of Leeds, its post town. Tho Horsforth station on the North-Eastern line is about 4 miles from the vil- lage. t The tnshps. of Carlton and Guiseley are included in this par. The village, which is still very considerable, was once a market town. Woollen goods are manu- factured, and there are mills on the several streams in the neighbourhood. The greater portion of the commons were enclosed in 1796. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 751, in the patron, of G. L. Fox, Esq., for two turns, and of Trinity College for one. Tho church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is an ancient struc- ture with square embattled tower and porch. It contains several monuments. The register commences in the year 1556. In addition to the parish church, there are four district churches at Horsforth, Rawdcn, Wood- side, and Yeadon, the livings of all which arc perpet. curs.,* varying in val. from 108 to 163. The paro- chial charities consist of 52 yearly for the poor, and an