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Rh KIRKDALE. 496 KIRKHAM. dale Westside and Norton, also National and Sunday schools. KIRKDALE, a tnshp. in the par. of Walton-on-tho- Hill, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 2 miles N. by E. of Liverpool, of which borough it forms part. It is situated near the Leeds canal and the river Mersey. It has a station at Bootle-lane, on the Liverpool and Bury section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. It forms a populous suburb of Liverpool, and contains the county gaol, sessions-house, and Liverpool Industrial Schools, which last were built in 1845, at the cost of 32,000, and educate about 1,200 pauper children, who are taught trades, &c., at an annual expense of above 10,000. In the playground is a model of a ship. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 300. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a modern edifice. There are United Presbyterian and Indepen- dent chapels, also two National schools. There is a cemetery for all denominations at Walton-road. KIRKDEN, or ID VIE, a par. in the co. Forfar, Scot- land, 7 miles N.W. of Arbroath. It is intersected by the Aberdeen railway, which has two stations in the parish Frockheiin and the Guthrie Junction. The size of the par. is 5 miles long by 1 mile broad. Its surface is 250 feet above the level of the sea, and consists chiefly of poor land, which, however, has been greatly improved by cultivation. It is watered by the Finny burn and Lunan water, which have both good trout fishing, and drive several mills. The par. is in the presb. of Arbroath and synod of Angus and Mearns, in the patron, of the crown. The minister's stipend is 158. The church is a substantial structure erected in 1825. At Frockheim there is a chapel-of-ease and likewise a Morrisonian chapel. A large number of the inhabitants are employed in cotton weaving for the manufacturers of Dundee. Gardyne Castle, Pitmuies House, and Middleton House, are the principal mansions. The road between Arbroath and Forfar traverses this parish. It takes its name from the situation of the church, which is in a dell or den. Its ancient name was Idvie, by reason of its glebe being situated in the barony of Idvies. In the neigh- bourhood are good sandstone quarries. On Idvie and Gardyne laws were tho gallows, and there was a castle near the latter, built in 1568. KIRKDOMINJE, an ancient chplry. in the par. of Girvan, but now included in the par. of Barr, co. Ayr, Scotland. It is situated on the river Sinchar, on the N. bank of which stood the ancient chapel belonging to the monks of Crossraguel. A fair is held here on the last Saturday in May. KIRK-ELLA. See ELLA, KIIIK, co. York. KIEKFIELD, a quoad sacra par. in the par. of Gorbals, co. Lanark, Scotland, 1 mile from Glasgow, of which it is a suburb. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the manufactories of Glasgow. Tho living is in the presb. of Glasgow, and in the patron, of the Church Building Society. The church is a modern structure. There is also a Free church and several schools. KIRKFIELDBANK, or KIRKLAND, a vil. in the par. of Lesmahagow, co. Lanark, Scotland. It is situ- ated near Lanark, and contiguous to the river Clyde, which here forms an island, and is crossed by a bridge of three arches. KIRKFOTHER, an ancient chplry. now united to the par. of Markinch, co. Fife, Scotland, 8 miles N. of Kirkcaldy. The chapelry is now in ruins, but the burial-ground is still used. KIRK-GERMAN, a par. in Glanfaba sheading, Isle of Man, 1 mile E. of Peel, the greater part of which town is situated in this parish. It includes the chplry. of Cronky Voddee. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Sodor and Man, val. 160, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Besides the parish church, there is a district church dedicated to St. John, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 67, in the patron, of the crown. There is a village school. Fairs are held on the 1st and 18th May, 5th July, 1st and 18th November. KIRKGTJNZEON, a par. in the co. Kirkcudbright, Scotland, 6 miles E. of Castle-Douglas. It is a railway station on the Glasgow and South- Western line. It contains a vil. of its own name, and the vil. of Gateside. Its length is about 7 miles, and its breadth 5. The surface consists generally of hilly grazing land. It is watered by the Kirkgunzeon and Dalbeattie burns, and by three or four minor brooks. Granite is abundant in the S. part of the parish. It is in the presb. and synod of Dumfries. The minister's stipend is 158. The church is a small structure built in 1790. It belonged to Holme-Cultram Abbey, and was given in 1369 by David I. to Sir John Herries, of Terregles, whose scat was at Barclosh. The ancient name of the parish was Kirkwinong, or Kirkwinnyn, so named from a spring near the church known as Winning's Well. In the neighbourhood are the remains of three Roman camps, and near Drumcultrum Tower is a Druid circle. Maxwell of Terregles is chief heritor. KIRKHAM, an ext. par. place in the wap. of Buck- rose, East Riding co. York, 6 miles S.W. of New Malton. It is situated on. the river Derwent. The York and Scarborough railway passes through it, and has a station near the village, which contains only three houses. There are ruins of an Austin priory founded in 1121 by Walter d'Espec and his wife. The Gothic tower was blown down in 1784, but the portions which remain present a beautiful specimen of tho pointed style of architecture. They comprise a gateway, with richly carved ornaments, and two magnificently formed windows with trefoil heads and beautiful tracing. Some portions of the cloisters and walls are still standing. The revenue of the priory at the Dissolution was esti- mated at 300 15s. 6d. The land is entirely owned by E. C. Taylor, Esq. KIRKHAM, a par., post and market town, in the hund. of Amounderness, co. Lancaster, 8J miles N.W. of Preston, 10 E. of Blackpool, and 5 N.E. of Lytham. It is a station on the Preston and Wyre railway. The par. is very extensive, embracing 13 tnshps. and chplries., the principal of which are, Freckleton, Goos- nargh, Hambleton, Newton-with-Scales, &c. The town, which is ancient, is a polling place for the county elections. Petty sessions are held fortnightly, and cqunty courts monthly. It contains a police station, market-place, and savings-bank. The inhabitants are principally engaged in the cotton and flax mills. The houses are in general well built, and the town, though small, may be considered as the capital of the surrounding district called the Fylde country. Within 3 miles of the town is the estuary of the river Ribble, and at Wardless, within 8 miles, is a small port on the N.E. bank of the river Wyre, which is navi- gable for vessels of 300 tons. The Preston and Wyre railway and the Lancaster canal pass through the parish. A constable and other officers are appointed" annually at the court-leet of the lord of tho manor. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 750, in the patron, of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a modem stone edifice with a square tower crowned by a lofty spire, and containing eight bells. It occupies the site of a very ancient one which was given by Roger de Poitiers to the abbey of Shrewsbury, and afterwards bestowed by Edward I. on Vale Royal Abbey. In addition to the parish church, there are eleven district churches at Goosnargh, Hambleton, Lund, Ribby-with- Wrca, Great Singleton, Treales, AVarton, Freckleton, Wceton, and Whitechapel, the livings of all which are perpet. curs., except Freckleton, varying in val. from 382 to 90. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Independents. The Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St. John, is a modern erection with a tower surmounted by an octagonal spire. The grammar school, originally founded in 1655 by Isabel Wildinge, has an endowment of 596 per annum, besides an exhibition of 100 at Cambridge university. There is an endowed school at Newton-with-Scales, and in the chapelry of Goosnargh is a hospital with a considerable endowment. There are