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Rh KETTON. . 397 KEW, ST. in the sinelting-works. The land is chiefly pasture, meadow, and moorland, and is used for grazing pur- 8. Coal is abundant in the mountains. The town, which is small and irregularly built, is situated in a deep valley. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Kipon, vul. 120. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a modern structure rebuilt in 1820 on the site of an older one, and has a squ;ire tower. In the interior is an ancient font bearing date 1100, and several mural monu- ments. A large portion of the register has been lost. The parochial charities produce 7 per annum, the endowment of Swale's school for boys and girls. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a literary and scientific institution. There is a market for corn on Thursdays. Fairs are held on the 6th July, 2nd Sep- tember, and 23rd October for cattle. KETTON, a par. in the hund. of East, co. Rutland, 3 miles 8.W. of Stamford. It is a station on the Peter- borough and Leicester section of the Midland railway. The par. is situated on the rivers Wolland and Chatcr, and contains the limits, of Geeston and Kelthorpe. There are extensive quarries of freestone, which is ly exported. The soil is clay and loam, and the substratum limestone. The tithes were commuted for money payments under an Enclosure Act in 1768. The living is a vie. with the cur. of Tixover annexed, in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 107, in the patron, of the Prebendary of Kctton. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is of the 13th century, with a tower and spire. There is a place of worship for Independents, also a National school partly endowed. KETTON. Kee KEDINGTOX, co. Essex. KEVENCALONOG, a tnshp. in the pars, of Clun and Bottus, co. Salop, 6 miles S.W. of Bishop's Castle. KEVENLEE. See CEFXLLYS, co. Radnor. KEVERNE, ST., a par. in the hund. of Korrier, co. Cornwall, 10 miles S.E. of Hclston. This parish, which is of large extent, is situated on the shore of the English Channel, by which it is bounded on the E. and S., and opposite the Manacle rocks. It contains three small fishing coves or harbours, called Coverack, Porthonstock, and Porthalloe, or Pralla. At the first of these is a good pier, affording shelter to the small vessels engaged in Casting trade and in the pilchard fishery. It was here that the Despatch was lost in 1809. The villagers are chiefly engaged in fishing and agriculture. A yellow clay is found here, much esteemed for cast- ings in silver, brass, and lead. The prevailing rocks are serpentine, soapstone, shale, and magnesian lime- Btonc. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 512. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 383. The church belonged to Beaulieu Abbey, and was struck by lightning in 1770. It has a tower surmounted by a spire, and contains several interest- i ing monuments, among which is one to the memory i Major-General Cavendish, Captain Dunkenfield, and 61 men of a regiment who perished in a storm oft' the wast in 1S09. There are places of worship for Baptists, nites, and Wesleyans, also a school with a small endowment. Charles Incledon, the celebrated singer, was a native. Fairs are held on the 5th March, 19th June, and 2nd October. KEVERSTONE and RABY, joint tushps. in the par. of Staindrop, S. div. of the ward of Darlington, co. MI, 6 miles E. of Barnard Castle. ion, co. Surrey, 2 miles N.W. of Richmond, and i 11} de Park corner. It has stations on the North London railway, and on the loop line of tho 1 1 situated on tlio bank of tho Thames, opposite ifurd, to which it is united by a stone bridge of ".i, and has a steamboat pier. Previous to 770 it formed a hamlet of Kingston parish, but was li! parochial. Kew House, the old seat of tho aa leased by Frederick Prince of Wales, III., who pulled it down in 1789, and lho red brick house of Sir R. Portman what is now Kew Palace. In it most of his . it. family were born, and his queen died. The village of Kew is small, but has recently been much improved by the enclosing of Kew Green with iron posts and rails. The gardens, which occupy nearly a third of tho parish, being 75 acres in extent, form the great attraction of the place, and were thrown freely open to the public in 1840. They are said to be the finest botanic gardens in the world, containing a great variety of choice exotics. The palm house contains above 40,300 superficial feet of glass, or nearly an acre. Its total length is 362 feet 6 inches, by 100 feet wide, and in the centre is 69 feet high to the top of the lantern. It is raised to a heat of 80 degrees by means of 12 boilers placed in tho vaults, with 4i miles of iron pipes, and has a water-tank in tho tower at a height of 75 feet, so that an artificial shower can be thrown over the tops of the plants. The cost, in- cluding the tunnel and tower, was about 33,000. There are besides several other conservatories, including a temperate house, built at the cost of 10,000, 212 feet long by 137 wide ; also a smaller conservatory 500 feet long, and the large conservatory near the gates, origin- ally erected at Buckingham Palace. The gardens also contain a pinetum, Australian house, New Zealand house, botanic museum, Chinese pagoda, temple of JEolus, temple of the Sun, built in 1761, from designs by Sir W. Chambers, and an observatory for magnetic and meteo- rological observations, placed at tho disposal of tho British Association for the Promotion of Science by tho government. This last building is in tho adjoining grounds of Old Richmond Park. Tho arboretum, which is 5 acres in extent, contains the Turkey oak, cedar of Lebanon, cork tree, manna ash, Mexican cypress, and a willow grown from a cutting of that which formerly shaded the tomb of Bonaparte at St. Helena. There were no less than 480,070 visitors to Kew Gardens in 1861, by far tho largest number in any year; 189,462 came on Sundays; 13,399 on one Sunday in June, tho largest attendance on any day in the year. The following year saw tho erection of tho magnificent spar of Douglas pine, 159 feet long, a superb pole, unrivalled in Europe for height, symmetry, and excellence of material. It was .presented by Mr. E. Stamp. Standing among fine trees, which, however, are not much more than half its height, it serves to show tho public tho enormous size of the timber trees of our new colony of British Columbia. Tho cinchonas (trees yielding quinine) sent to the Ncilgherrie hills, Sir W. J. Hooker says, are flourishing, and there arc now upwards of 8,000 plants in most vigorous growth, while there aro 2,170 more at Kew, which will bo ready for transmission to India at tho proper season. Tho living is a vie. with tho cur. of Petersham annexed, in tho dioc. of Win- chester, val. 401, in the patron, of King's College, Cam- bridge. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, was origin- ally built in 1714, and has been twice enlarged, once by George III., and subsequently by George IV. in 1837. It contains George III.'s organ, and has in the church- yard the tombs of the eminent artists Gainsborough, Zoflany, and Meyer ; of W. Aiton, author of " Hortus Kewensis," &c. The charities produce about 51 per annum. Sir Peter Lely and Stephen Duck, tho poet, were residents here. KEWAGUE, a vil. in the par. of Braddan, Islo of Man, 2 miles N.W. of Douglas. KEW, ST., a par. in tho hund. of Trigg, co. Corn- wall, 4 miles N.E. of Wadebridge, and 7 N.'SV. of Bod- min. This parish, which is of large extent, is bounded on the S. by tho river Amble, a branch of tho Camel, navigable to Amble Bridge. It is mentioned in Domes- day Book as Languit. The soil is very fertile, and there are quarries of stone for the roads. In the vicinity aro several ancicftit barrows and beacons. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 73 1, and tho vicarial for 521 9*. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. .'401. The church of St. Kew is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave with N. and S. aisles. In the windows are some interesting remains of painted glass, and in tho N. aisle is an altar-tomb with the recumbent effigy of Honor Webber, of Middle Amble. Si
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