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Rh KILWORTH. 464 KIMBLEWORTH. Winning's Well. Eglintou Castle, Monkcastle, Ash- grove, and Mountgreenar, are the principal seats. Coal, limestone, and sandstone are extensively worked in the neighbourhood. Here are the Eglinton and other iron works, as well as several corn and sawing mills. The town is situated on rising 'ground, and commands a view of the Frith of Clyde. It is ancient, and consists principally of one street. It contains a foundry, two banking offices, a savings-bank, and friendly societies. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in mining and weaving. At this place the practice of archery is still kept up by the inhabitants, and prizes are annually shot for. It is the seat of the most ancient masonic lodge of Scotland, which is said to have been established in the middle of the 12th century bjr masons employed in the erection of the abbey. Fairs are held on the 1st February, and the first Wednesday in November. KILWORTH, a par., post and market town, in the bar. of Condons and Clangibbon, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Fermoy, 133 S.W. of Dublin, and 22 N.E. of Cork. The par. is 4 miles long by 2J broad. It is crossed by the river Funcheon, also by the road from Cork to Dublin. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Cloyne, val. with others, 712, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is an ancient building, and was furnished with a tower in 1742. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, a National and a charity school. Moore Park is the demesne of the Earl of Mountcashel. Maryville ia another seat. The town, or rather village, occupies a site on the banks of the Funcheon, which is hero crossed by a stone bridge of six arches. It contains a market-house, court- house, fever hospital, dispensary (which is within the Fermoy Poor-law Union), flax and flour mills, and a police station. Petty sessions are held every three weeks. The manor anciently belonged to the Condons, the remains of whose castle stand on the river's bank, but was wrested from that family by Cromwell, and granted to Fleetwood. The town gives title-of baron to the Earl of Mountcashel. Friday is market day. Fairs are held on 25th January, 21st April, 18th June, llth September, 21st November, and 10th December. KILWORTH, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Guthlaxton, co. Leicester, 5 miles S.E. of Lutterworth, 3 N.W. of Welford railway station, 8 S.W. of Market Harborough, and about the same S.E. of Rugby, its post town. It is a small village, situated on the Union canal, near the river Avon, and is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1765. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 567. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a rude structure, with a square tower, crowned with a spire, containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about 28 per annum, chiefly the rent of 33 acres of land allotted for the repair of the church and highways. There is a National school. Sir Alexander Dixie is lord of the manor. KILWORTH, SOUTH, a par. in the hund. of Guth- laxton, co. Leicester, 9 miles S.E. of Rugby, its post town, and 2 from the Welford railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Avon, near to which are the remains of an entrenchment. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 463, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has a tower, surmounted by a spire, and containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about 29 per annum. There is an endowed National school. KILYBEBYLL. See KILLYBEBYLL, co. Glamorgan. KILYOWM. See CILYCWM, co. Carmarthen. KILYMAEN CLWYD. See CILYMAENLLYD, co. Car- marthen. KIMBERLEY, a par. in the hund. of Forehoe, co. Norfolk, 3 miles N.W. of Wymondham, its post town. It is a station on the Wymondham and Dereham line. The village, which is very small, consisting of a few farmhouses, is situated on the river Yare. It formerly belonged to the Fastolffs, and passed from thence to the Woodhouses, <5ne of whom was at the battle of Agincourt. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1776. The living is a vie.* with the rect.* of Barnham-Broom annexed, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small edifice with a tower, crowned by a spire, and containing two bells. It was thoroughly repaired in 1835. In the interior are two stained-glass windows, also a brass to the Wood- houses. The register dates from 1753. Kimberley Hall, formerly the seat of Lord Woodhouse, is situated in an extensive park. In the hall is a portrait of Vandyck, by himself, also a necklace of the queen of Henry V. There is an endowed school, also a place of worship for Wesleyans. KIMBERLEY, a vil. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Greasley, co. Notts, 5 miles N.W. of Nottingham. The village is chiefly inhabited by colliers and frame- work knitters. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 170, in the patron, of the Vicar of Greasley. The church is a plain modern edifice. KIMBERWORTH, a tnshp. and district par. in the par. of Rothcrham, North div. of the wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York, 2 miles W. of Rotherham, its post town, and 5 N. of Sheffield. It is situated near the river Don, on the Sheffield and Rothcrham railway, and includes the tnshps. of Marborough, and several other hinlts. and tnshps. It is mentioned in Domesday as including six carucates under cultivation, with Elsy for its lord. At the Conquest it formed part of the honour of Pickhill, and was given to Roger de Busle. The sub- stratum abounds with coal and iron ore ; and there are several quarries of building stone. The iron-stone was worked at a very early period, and forges existed in 1 161, The monks of Kirkstead worked the forges at Tunno- clifl'e as a speculation, and had a grange here. The village, which is large, is situated on an eminence, and the inhabitants are partly employed in agriculture, and in the cpllieries and extensive iron-works which have been established. At Holm, in this parish, are the exten- sive iron and steel works, where the iron bridges of South- wark, Staines, Yarm, and Sunderland, were forged. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of York, val. 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of Rotherham. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is a modern edifice, erected in 1842, at an expense of 1,500, with a campanile turret. There are Wesleyan and Independent chapels, also en- dowed and National schools. In the grounds of Went- worth, the seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, has been erected a monument to the late Admiral Keppell. Grange Hall, formerly the seat of the Earl of Effingham, is the chief residence. KIMBLE, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 2 miles N.E. of Prince's Risborough, and 3 S.W. of Wendover. It was anciently called Kunebel, from the British king, Cymbeline, who is supposed to have had a fortified palace here, the vestiges of which are still known as Belinus' Castle. It contains the hmlt. of Kimble Wick and Marsh. It is diversified with several hills of bold elevation, and the lowlands are watered by a brook. The village is very small, and wholly agricultural. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 171 1*., and the vica- rial for 150. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 107. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. There is a National school. Kimble House is the resi- dence of Sir F. B. Morland, Bart. KIMBLE, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Aylesbury, co. Bucks, half a mile N.E. of Great Kimble, and 3 miles S.W. of Wendover. The parish is of small extent, and wholly agricultural. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 185. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has several stained windows, and was lately restored by E. Lamb, Esq. KIMBLEWORTH, an ext. par. place, in the W. div. of the ward of Chester, co. Durham, 2 miles N. of Durham, its post town. It formerly was a distinct parish, but consists now of two or three farms. There is no village. The living, which is a rect., was united in