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Rh HYTHE. 330 IOKFOED. Lympne, in the dioc. of Canterbury, Tal. 34, in the patron, of the archdeacon. The church has long heeu in ruins. HYTHE, a limit, in the hund. of Lexden, co. Essex, 2 miles from Colchester, and 3 from Wivenhoe. It is a station on the Wivenhoc branch of the Great Eastern railway. I, or I-COLM-KILL. See IOKA. lAlt-CONNAUGHT. See CUNNEMAMA, Ireland. IBANE AND BARRYROE, a bar. in co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland. It is bounded inland by Carbery on the E., and by the sea on the S.W. The length of the united bar. is 10 miles, and its greatest breadth over 7. Ibane and Bariyroeare geographically dissevered by Clonakilty Bay, Boss harbour, and Courtmacsherry Bay. The bar. contains the pars, of Abbeymahon, Donaghmore, Kilsillagh, and parts of Castleventry, Kilgarriff, Kilkeran, Eathbarry, Kilmeen, Rosscarbery, and Timoleague, with the towns of Timoleague and Courtmaesherry. The Barryroe district was anciently the territory of the O'Cowigs, under the princes of Car- bery, who ruled in the Ibane district. Ibano came to the Barrymores from Lord Arundel. IBBERTON, a par. in the hund. of Whiteway, co. Dorset, 7 miles W. of Blandford Forum, its post town, and 5 S. of Sturminster Newton. It is a small agricul- tural village situated on a branch of the river Stour. The pariah is intersected by a range of hills running E. and V. In the S. are the chalk downs, a vale consist- ing of meadow and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 190. The living is a lect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 220. The church, dedicated to St. Eustache, is ;in ancient structure with a square tower. It stands on the side of a hill, and commands a view of the Vale of Blackmoor. The charities produce about 15 per annum, bequeathed for the repairs of the church. Lord Rivers is lord of the manor. There is a National school. IBERIUS, ST. a par. in the bar. of Forth, co. Wexford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, containing the post town of Broadway. The par. lies at the upper end of Ladies' Island Lake. The surface consists of a good average soil. The living is an impropriato cur. in the dioc. of Ferns, in the patron, of the bishop, val. 47. There is a Roman Catholic chapel and Methodist meeting-house, and a day school. In the Roman Catholic arrangement the par. is united to the district of Ladies' Island. IBERIUS, ST. See WEXFOKP, Ireland. IBLE, a tnshp. in the par. and hund. of Virksworth, co. Derby, 4 miles N.W. of Wirksworth. The village is very small and wholly agricultural. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. IBRICKANE, a bar. in co. Clare, prov. of Munster, Ireland. Its length is 15 miles, and its greatest breadth 8. It is bounded by Corcomroe on the N., the Inchi- quin Islands on the E., Moyaila on the S., and the ocean on the W. It has a bold imposing coast lino indented by Doonbeg Bay ; in the offing lie the islands of Mutton and Enniskerry. The surface is very boggy in the S., but rises to a considerable elevation at Mount Callan, on the N.E. border. This bar. contains the pars, of Kilfarboy, Killard, and Kilmurray, -part of Kilrnacduane, the town of Miltown-Malbay, and the vils. of Doonbeg, Kilmurray, and Mullagh. IBSLEY, a chplry. in the par. and hund. of Fording- bridge, co. Hants, 3 miles N. of Ringwood, its post town and railway station, and 2 S. of Fordingbridge. It is situated on the river Avon. The living is a cur.* united with the vie.* of Fordingbridge, in the dioc. of Win- chester. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a email modern edifice, containing a monument to Sir John Contablcs. The Independents have a chapel, and there is a parochial school. The Earl of Normantpn is lord of the manor. IBSTOCK, a par. in the hund. of Sparkenhoe, co. Leicester, 6 milos S.E. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, its post town, 5 N. of Market Bosworth, and 2 S.W. of the Bardou station on the Leicester and Burton railway. It is an extensive parish situated near the river Anker. The village, which is well built, contains some good shops. Hero are extensive collieries, also brick and tile kilns. Clay, marl, gravel, and freestone abound. The soil is generally fertile, and watered by several rivulets. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 522. The living is a rect.* with the curs, of Huggles- cote and Donington, in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 964, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedi- cated to St. Denis, is an ancient structure, with a tower crowned with a spire, and contains four bells. There is also a district church at Coalville, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 134. The parochial chanties produce about 3 per annum. There are National and British schools. The Baptists and Methodists have each a chapel. Here is a branch mining railway in conjunction with the Swannington line of railway, which passes through the extremity of the parish. Earl Howe is lord of the manor and proprietor of Gopsal Hall, where Handel composed hie oratorio of the Messiah. IBSTONE, or IPSTONE, a par. chiefly in the hund. of Desborough, co. Bucks, but partly in that of Pirton, co. Oxfofd, 3 miles S.W. of Stoken Church, 6 S.E. of Watlington, and 7 W. of High Wycombe, its post town. It is situated in a wooded country, and contains part of the vil. of Turvill. The soil is gravel and lime. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 170. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 150, in the patron, of the bishop and Merton College, Oxon, alternately. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small stone edifice, with tower containing two bells. There is a National school with a small endowment. IBURN-DALE, a hinlt. in the chplry. of Ugglebarnby, and par. of Whitby, North Riding co. York, 3 miles S.W. of Whitby. ICCOMB, a par. partly in the xipper div. of the hund. of Slaughter, co. Gloucester, but chiefly in the upper div. of the hund. of Oswaldslow, co. Worcester, 3 miles S.E. of Stow-on-the-Wold, its post town, and 3 S.W. of Adlestrop station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway. An alien priory was founded hero by Gervaise Paganel, which afterwards became a cell to Wenlock Priory. Its revenue at the Suppression was 36 3s. The par. contains the hmlt. of lloundhorn, also the remains of a small Danish camp. The soil is stone brash. The tithes have been commuted for land and a money payment under an Act of Enclosure in 1809. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure. It contains the effigy of a knight, and monuments to the Cope family. The paro- chial charities produce about 30 per annum, part of which belongs to the parish of Stow-on-the-Wold. There is a school for both sexes. Iccomb Hall, formerly the seat of the Cope family, is much decayed. The Kev. John Hopton is lord of the manor. ICKBOROUGH. See IOBOKOUQII, co. Norfolk. ICKENHAM, a par. in the hund. of Elthorne, co. Middlesex, 2 miles N.E. of TJxbridge, its post town. The parish, which is wholly agricultural, is situated near the river Colne, and was anciently called Tyken: It formerly belonged to the Shoreditches. The lands are chiefly meadow and pasture. The greater portion of the tithes were commuted for land under an Art of Enclosure in 1780, and the remainder subsequently for a rent-charge of 40 2*. Id. The living is a reet.* in the dioc. of London, val. 382. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is an ancient structure containing several brasses of the Shoreditches and others. Swakeleys, an ancient mansion in the Elizabethan style, is the scat of Thomas Trucsdale Clarke, Esq., who is lord of the manor. ICKFORD, a par. in the bunds, of Ashondon and Kwelme, cos. Bucks and Oxford, 4 miles N.W. of Thnme,