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Rh FLECKNOE. 38 FLEMINGSTON. the Midland line of railway is about 5 miles W. of the village. The Union canal passes by the parish on the E. Brick making is carried on here, but the people are for the most part employed in the stocking trade, and in agriculture. The land is nearly equally divided into arable and pasture. The soil is a mixture of clay and loam. The living is a don.. cur. in the dioc. of Peter- borough, val. 144. The church, dedicated to St. Ni- cholas, has a door of antique -workmanship. The Baptists have a chapel. Lady Noel Byron is lady of the manor. Fleckney Lodge is the principal residence. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1769. FLECKNOE, a hmlt. in the par. of Wolfhamcote, hund. of Knightlow, co. "Warwick, 6 miles N.E. of Southam. This is a meet for Mr. Drake's hounds. FLEDBOEOUGH, a par. in the N. div. of the wap. of Thurgarton, co. Nottingham, 5 miles E. of Tuxford, and 8 S.E. of East Retford. Newark is its post town. The Tuxford station on the Great Northern line is about 3 miles from the village. It is situated on the river Trent, and the hmlt. of Woodcote forms part of the par. This is supposed to have been a Roman settlement. At one time the place was more thickly inhabited and prosperous than at the present day. Hops are cultivated in the neighbourhood. The surface is generally level. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 340. The church is in the Gothic style of architecture, and dedicated to St. Gregory. It has some fine stained- glass windows. There is a National school for this and the adjoining parishes. Earl Mauvers is lord of the manor. FLEECETHORPE, a hmlt. in the par. of Blyth, N. div. of the hund. of Bassetlaw, co. Nottingham, 2 miles S. of Biyth. FLEET, a par. in the wap. of Elloe, parts of HoDand, co. Lincoln, 2 miles S.E. of Holbeach, its post town and railway station on the Great Northern line, and 1 2 W. of Wisbeach. It is situated to the S. of Fleet Hardgate, that village being on the road between the above places. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 1,057. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The tower, which is a short distance from the church, is a striking object, being square and em- battled, with a spire more than 100 feet in height. The endowments of the parish produce upwards of 100 per annum, nearly 50 of which are for education. The Baptists and Unitarians have each a chapel, and there is an endowed free school. A large quantity of Roman coins have been found here. John Johnson and Thomas Seawel, Esqs., are the lords of the several manors. FLEET, a par. in the hund. of Uggscombe, Dor- chester div. of co. Dorset, 3 miles N.W. of Weymouth, its post town, and 8 S. of Dorchester. It is situated near the southern coast, close to a long strip of water called the Fleet, which runs along this part of the shore for about 5 miles, being separated from the English Channel by a narrow neck of land known as Chesil Bank. This was a demesne of the priory of Christchurch, at Twyn- sham, in the county of Hants. A market and fair were granted to this place by Henry III., but have long been discontinued. The village now consists of only a few farmhouses. The old church, with part of the adjacent houses, were destroyed by an inundation of the sea during a storm in 1824. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 66. The church is a handsome modern edifice, built in the Gothic style of architecture, with beautiful E. window representing the Raising of the Widow's Son. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity Copper coins of the Emperor Gallienus have been found here in large quantities. There are small charities, and a free school for boys and girls. Fleet House is the principal residence. FLEET, a river, rises near Cairns Muir, co. Kirkcud- bright, Scotland, in two heads, called Great and Little Fleet, and runs 10 miles S., past Gatehouse, to which it is navigable, to a creek in Wigton Bay. Another stream of the same name runs into the Trent at Girton. co. Notts. FLEET, a loch 4 miles N. of Dornoch, co. Sutherland, on the coast, is 4 miles by 2, with a ferry to Dunrobin Castle. FLEET DITCH, the " King of Dykes," rises under Hampstead Hill, and falls into the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. It was made navigable for small craft as far as Holborn Bridge in 1502, but was arched over in 1734-7, when Fleet Market and Fleet-street were formed. FLEETHAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Bamborough, N. div. of Bamborough ward, co. Northumberland, 6 miles S.E. of Belford. FLEET MAESTON. Sec MAKSTON FLEET, Bucking- hamshire. FLEETWOOD-ON-WYRE, a market town and port in the par. of Poulton-le-Fylde, hund. of Amounderness, co. palatine Lancaster, 6 miles N. of Poulton, 18 N.W. of Preston, and 228 from London. It is situated on the western coast, at the mouth of Wyre Water, and is open to Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea. Until 1836 this place was merely a rabbit warren, when Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Bart., commenced the foundation of a future town, and by his energy and enterprise has succeeded in making it a flourishing watering-place and bonding port. Here are the terminus of a branch line of the West Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, and a quay of great length, from which steamers depart for Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man; docks are in contemplation. A considerable amount of shipping busi- ness is carried on. The town contains some good shops and bazaars, a well-built market-house, gas works, a handsome institute founded by Mr. Whitworth, some excellent hotels, and every requisite for the accommoda- tion of visitors, of whom there are large numbers during the summer season. A newspaper, the Fleetwood Chronicle, is published weekly on Friday. The large North Easton Hotel having been purchased by the government, is now used for barracks, and there is also a camp near the cemetery, with spacious quarters and handsome military hospital. The musketry ranges are very extensive, and 50 officers, with 300 men, are generally in each course. On the coast are two beacons for the safe guidance of the mariner. There is telegraphic communication here to all parts. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Man- chester, val. 150. The church is a modern stone edifice, dedicated to St. Peter. The Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Eoman Catholics have chapels, and there is a large collegiate school at Eossall Hall, the former seat of the Fleetwood family, known as the Northern Church of England School ; also National and infant schools for both sexes. The Wesleyans and Ro- man Catholics likewise have day schools attached to their places of worship. The market is held on Friday, and is well supplied with all kinds of fresh provisions. FLEGG HUNDRED, EAST, one of the 33 subdivi- sions of the co. Norfolk, in the eastern part of the co., and bounded on the N. by the hund. of West Flegg, on the E. by the German Ocean, on the S. by the river Waveney, and on the W. by the hund. of Walsham. It contains the borough of Yarmouth, and the pars, of Caistor, Filby, Maulby, St. Margaret .and St. Michael Ormesby, Runham, Scratby with Ormesby, Stokesby, and Thrigby, comprising an area of 13,400 acres, exclu- sive of Yarmouth. FLEGG HUNDRED, WEST, situated as above, and bounded on the N. by the hund. of Happing, on the E. by the German Ocean, on the S. by the above hund., and on the W. by the hund. of Walsham. This sub- division of the co. contains the pars, of Ashby, Billockby , Burgh, Clipppsby, Hemsby, Martham, Oby, Eepps, Eol- lesby, East a.d West Somerton, Thome, and Winterton, comprising an area of nearly 18,400 acres. Flegg gives name to a deanery in the archdeac. and dioc. of Nor- wich; also to a Poor-law Union and superintendent registry. FLEMINGSTON, or FLIMSTONE, a par. in the hund. of Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan, Soulh Wales, 3 miles S.E. of Cowbridge, its post town, and 1 1 S.W. of Cardiff. A castle was built here by the Flemings, who possessed the manor after the Norman Conquest. The