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Rh HOLLYWOOD. 280 HOLME-CULTRAM. town, ana at Cultra and Ballymahon. Fairs are held quarterly. HOLLYWOOD, a par. in the bar. of West Balrothery, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Naul. Balbriggan is its post town. It is 2 -J miles long by 1 1 mile broad. The surface becomes elevated in the E. and N.E. It consists of a fair soil. The living is a reel. and vie. in the dioc. of Dublin, val. with Naul and another, fill. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Nau). The adjacent demesnes are Damastown and Mallohow. HOLLYWOOD, a par. in the bar. of Lower Talbots- town, co. Wicklow, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 6 miles S.W. of Blessing-ton, its post town. The surface is mountainous and boggy. The King's river rises in the E., and the Liffey flows through the parish. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioe. of Dublin, val. 86, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is a email building of unknown foundation. Grove House and Eathattin are the principal residences. In the Roman Catholic arrangements the parish belongs to the Ballymore Eustace district, and has a chapel, erected in 1831. Here are a parish school, and three or four non-parochial establishments. In 1798 the rebels overran the parish, and burnt Tyrone Lodge, belonging to Lord William Beresford. The famous waterfall of Poul-a- Fhuca is in this parish. Fairs are held on the 1st February, 3rd May, 1st August, and 1st November. HOLM, and HOLMS, a name given to numbers of the small islands of the Orkney group, Scotland, as the Holm of Fara, of Grimbister, of Houton, of Anskerry, of Balfron, &c., but they will be described with their larger neighbours or the parishes to which they belong. HOLM AND PAPLAY, a par. in Mainland Orkney, coast of Scotland, 5 miles S.E. of Kirkwall, its p_ost town. It contains the village of St. Mary, and consists of the S.E. part of the island of Pomona and the island of Lamholm. The Pomona district is bounded inland by Kirkwall and St. Andrew's. It lies in the Holm Sound between the headlands of Howquoy and Roseness. Its size is 5 miles long by 2 broad. The coast is rooky, but the interior consists of a tolerably good soil. This par. is in the presb. of Kirkwall, and synod of Orkney. The minister has a stipend of 159. The church, standing on the S. side of the island, was built in 1818, and there is an United Presbyterian church. The ancient districts of Holm and Paply form the present parish. Captain Graham, of Gream Hall, is the principal proprietor. HOLMCOTE, a hmlt. in the par. of Selworthy, co. Somerset, 4 miles W. of Minohead. HOLME, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Biggies- wade, co. Bedford, 1 mile S. of Biggleswade. HOLME, a tnshp. in the par. of Pickhill, -wap. of Allertoushire, North Riding co. York, 5 miles W. of Thirsk, 6 S.E. of Bedale, and 9 N.E. of Ripon. It is united with Howgravo to form a tnshp. HOLME, a tnshp. in the par. of Bakewell, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, a quarter of a mile N. of Bake- well. In conjunction with the chplry. of Great Long- stone it forms a tnshp. HOLME, a par. in the N. div. of the wap. of Thur- garton, co. Nottingham, 3J miles N. of Newark, its railway station and post town. It is a small agricultural village, situated on the eastern side of the river Trent. It formerly belonged to the Barton and Bellasis families, and Archbishop Seeker had a residence here. The Trent navigation passes through the village. The tithes have been commuted for land. The living is a vie. with the perpet. cur. of Longford annexed, in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 44, in the patron, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, has a spired tower containing three bells. The chancel contains escutcheons to the Barton family, also one of Lord and Lady Bellasis. Nan Scott's chamber is over the church porch, where she took refuge to avoid the infection of the great plague. The Duke of New- castle is lord of the manor. HOLME, a tnshp. in the par. of Bottesford, E. div. of the hund. of Manley, parts of Lindsey, oo. Lincoln. 6 miles W. of Brigg. Samuel Hall Egginton, Esq., is lord of the manor. HOLME, a hmlt. in the par. of Owston, West Riding co. York, 5 miles N. of Doncaster. HOLME, a chplry. in the par. of Glatton, Huntingdon, 3 miles S.E. of Stilton, and 6 S. of Peter- borough. It is a station on the Great Northern rail- way. The country, which is fenny, is traversed by the Holme Brook. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1809. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 195. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. The charities produce 86, of which 60 is the endowment of the free school. The principal residence is Holme Wood. HOLME, a chplry in the tnshp. of Cliviger, and par. of Whalley, hund. of Blackburn, co. Lancaster, 3 miles S.E. of Burnley by the Rose Grove, Burnley, and Todmorden branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, on which it is a station. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioo. of Manchester, val. 101. There is a National school. Holme House was once the seat of Dr. Whitaker, the historian of Whalley. HOLME, a tnshp. in the par. of Burton-in-Kendal, ward of Lonsdale, co. Westmoreland, 1 mile N.E. of the Burton and Holme railway station, and 1 J N. of Burton- in-Kendal, its post town. It is situated on the Kendal and Lancaster canal, near Holme Fell, under Farleton Knot. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the flax mills and linen factory. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 120, in, the- patron, of the Vicar of Burton. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a stone structure, with a tower con- taining one bell. Here is a National school for both sexes, and places of worship for the Independents. HOLME, a tnshp. in the par. of Almondbury, upper div. of the wap. of Agbrigg, West Riding co. York, 9 miles S.W. of HuddersHeld, its post town, 7| S.W. of Almondbury, and 3 S.W. of Holmfirth. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Holme, under Holme Edge, which is 1,859 feet in height. This town- ship is within the graveship of Holme, in the manor of Wakefield. The population is chiefly employed in tho woollen manufacture, which is carried on to a consider- able extent. The surface is exceedingly hilly, and the chief portion of the land consists of moor. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150. There ia an endowed school for both sexes, in which divine service is performed every alternate Sunday. HOLME BEACON, a div. of the wap. of Harthill, East Riding co. York, so named from the beacon which anciently stood on Spalding Moor to direct travellers. It contains the pars, of Aughton, Brindleys, Bubwith, Ellerton Priory, Everingham, Harswell, Hayton, Holme- on-Spalding-Moor, Scaton Ross, Market Weighton, Wressell, and parts of Nun Burnholme and Thornton, comprising about 61,330 acres. HOLME-CTJLTRAM, or ABBEY HOLME, a par. in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, ro. Cumin r- land, 6 miles N.W. of Wigton, 9 N.E. of Aspatria, and 15 E. of Maryport. Abbey Holme is its post town. It is a station on the Carlisle and Silloth Bay railway. The par. is bounded on the W. by the Irish Sea, and en the N. by the estuaries of the Wampool and the Waver. It is very extensive, comprising above 22,000 acres, and includes the tnshps. of Holme Abbey, Holmo East Waver, Holmo Low, and Holme St. Cuthbert. The village, which is situated on the W. bank of the river Waver, was formerly a market town and has the ruins of a Cistercian mitred abbey, founded in 1150 by Prince Henry of Scotland. Here are 1 and tile kilns, also a steam mill. The soil is vai : but well cultivated, with the exception of about 3,000 acres of moss. The lower grounds are -well drained, there are some quarries of excellent freestone. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 160, in the patron, of the University of Oxford. In addition to the parish church there are three district churches, viz. at Holme-Low, Newton-Arlosh, and St. CuthbiTt's, the