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Rh FOREST BECK. 49 FORFAR. Forest, and Harwood, covering an extent of 17,000 acres. Lead is found here, the mining operations for which give employment to many of the inhabitants. There are two churches viz. St. James's, at Forest, and St. Jude's, at Harwood, both pcrpet. curs, annexed to the rect. of Middleton, in the dioc. of Durham. It is bounded on the S. by the river Tees, which here forms several cascades two of which, Caldron Snout and High Force, rank amongst the most beautiful waterfalls in England. FOREST BECK, a hinlt. in the par. of Bolton-by- Bowland, West Riding co. York, 13 miles W. of Skipton. FOREST GATE, a vil. in the par. of West Ham, co. Essex, 5 miles E. of London. It is situated in the vici- nity of Epping Forest. The Great Eastern railway has a station here. FOREST GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Avcning, 00. Gloucester, 2 miles W. of Minchinhampton. FOREST, HIGH and LOW, grievcships in the par. of Allcndalc, co. Northumberland, 2 miles from Allen- dale. FOREST HILL, a par. in the hund. of Bullingdon CO. Oxford, 4 miles N.E. of Oxford, its post town. This place was anciently a cell to the abbey of Osney. The village is small, but situated in the midst of fine scenery. It is believed to have contributed to the imagery of Milton's minor poems, especially the " L' Alle- gro" and " II Penseroso." It was here that his father- in-law, Richard Powell, a justice of the peace, held con- siderable property, which was afterwards forfeited to the Commonwealth, except such portion as was mortgaged to Hilton. There are still some remains of the house in which Mary Powell was born, and which, after the Restoration, appears to have been recovered by tho Powell family. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 85, in the patron, of Lincoln College, Oxford. The church, which stands on a considerable elevation, is dedicated to St. Nicholas. In it Milton was married the first time, and the poet Mickle was buried in the churchyard. The children of this parish share the benefits of the school at Stanton St. John. FOREST HILL, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Giles, Camberwell, co. Surrey, 1 mile E. of Dulwich, of which it forms part, and 4 miles S. of St. Paul's. It is a station on tho Croydon and Crystal Palace lines. The hmlt. is situated in a pleasant rural spot, commanding a good view of tho neighbouring hills, and adorned with seve- ral handsome villa residences surrounded by pleasure grounds. There is also a small place of the same name near Windsor Forest, co. Berks. FOREST MILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Clackmannan, co. Clackmannan, Scotland, 3 miles N.E. of the town of Clackmannan. FOREST QUARTER, a tnshp. in the par. of Stan- hope, N.W. div. of the ward of Darlington, co. palatine Durham, 20 miles W. of Durham. It is one of the four divs. of the par. of Stanhope, comprising 20,000 acres. It includes tho parochial chplry. of Heathery Cleugh and the market town called St. John's Chapel, besides several hmlts. There is a chapel-of-ease at Copt Hill. The Primitive and Weslcyan Methodists have chapels, and there are National schools at Wear Head and Lane Head. FOREST-ROW, a hmlt. and ecclesiastical district in the par. and hund. of East Grinstead, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 3 miles S.E. of the town of East Grinstead, and 12 S.W. of Tunbridgo Wells, its post town. Tho iving is a pcrpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Chichester, val. 150, in the gift of the vicar of the parish. The church is a stone edifice, and has two handsome memorial win- dows. Both the Independents and Baptists have a cliaji, 1, and there is a National school for boys and girls, held in a new handsome building. The ruins of Bramble- tle are within a short distance of the village. I ''< ) I ; KA R, a maritime co. of Scotland, bounded on the f. by tho cos. of Aberdeen and Kincardine, on the E. by tin; (Jrnnan Ocean, on tho S. by the Firth of Tay, and on the W. by Perthshire. It is situated between fi6 27' and .56" 59' N. lat., and between 2 2.V and 3 23' W. long. Its length, from the head of North Esk to the mouth of the Tay, is 40 miles, and its greatest breadth is 33 miles, with an area of 568,750 acres, a largo proportion of which is moor and upland, 2,560 acres water, and 370,000 arable. Its population in 1861 was 204,425, and tho rate of increase for the decennial period between 1851 and 1861, 6'8. It has a coast-line of 45 miles, the principal towns standing upon it being Dundee, at the Tay's mouth, Arbroath, and Montrose, at the, mouth of the South Esk. There are several smaller places along the coast : among them are tho bathing-places, Broughty Ferry and Carnoustie, and the fishing-stations of East and West Haven, Usan, Auch- mithie, and Ferryden. From Arbroath to Redhead, a prominent headland, the coast consists of a lino of sand- stone cliffs penetrated by numerous caverns. Buddon Ness terminates tho open coast, and some 13 miles off stand the Bell Rock and Lighthouse. There are also two other lights on the Ness, facing the Ferry-Port light, on the Fife coast. Like Fife, Forfar was anciently inhabited by the Jforestii, and was a Piclish kingdom up to tho time of Kenneth II. Christianity was intro- duced by tho Culdees, who had an establishment at Brcchin, which afterwards became the seat of the bishopric. The remains of forts are pretty numerous : the most prominent are Castle-Finhavcn, in the par. of Oathlaw, one on Dundee Law, and others at Monifieth, Dumbarrow, and Caerbuddo. Among the largest of the Roman camps are those at Harefaulds, Forfar, Brechin, and Oathlaw. There are also a Druidical circle at Forfar, Danish pillars at Aberlumno and Monikie, with cairns there and at Barry, and a round tower 103 feet high at Brechin. the only other one in tho country being at Aber- nethy, in Perth. The royal and parliamentary boroughs are Forfar, tho county town, Dundee, Montrose, Ar- broath, and Brechin. Alyth and Kirriemuir are burghs of barony. The Established Church has 73 ministers, the Free Church 50 ; and there are 26 Congregational and United Presbyterian, 9 Episcopal, and 1 Roman Catholic chapel. The county was anciently included in the dioc. of St. Andrew's and Dunkeld ; it is now within the synod of Angus and Mearns, comprehending 5 presbs., divided into 52 pars., and 5 parts of pars. The county returns three members to parliament one for the county, and one each for Dundee and Montroso. The constituency of the county in 185 1 was 3,035. It is divided into two sheriff districts Forfar and Dundee, and into six justice of tho peace districts viz. Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Brechin, and Kirriemuir, It is governed by a lord-lieutenant, vice-lieutenant, 50 deputies, and a sheriff and his 2 substitutes. Sheriff, commissary, and small-debt courts are hold at Forfar and Dundee; small-debt courts are also held at Arbroath, Montrose, Brechin, and Kirriemuir. Geographically the county is divided into four districts viz. the Grampian, the Strathmore, the Sidlaw, and the maritime. Tho first-named is in the N.W. of the county, containing that part of the Grampian range known as the Binchinin mountains, or the Braes of Angus. Their greatest eleva- tion hero is 3,400 feet. Numerous mountain streams thread their way through tho valleys of this delightful district. The Strathmore district consists principally of tho valley of Strathmore, which sweeps across tho county from the parish of Kettins to the North Esk. This beautiful valley, which is also called tho How of Angus, is 33 miles long, with an extreme width of 6 miles. The Sidlaw district is so called from the hills of that name their greatest elevation is 1,400 feet. Tho range is 21 miles long, and is joined to a scries of hills running from Kinnoul Hill to the N.E. of Kincardine- shire. The fourth, or maritime district, is that which lies between the Sidlaws and tho sea. It is fertile and well cultivated. High sand-hills occur on the shore of cipal rivers of this county are the North Esk, or Uisg Water, which flows from Lochlee, and after receiving West Water and Cruick Water, enters the sea 3 miles N. of Montrose. Tho South Esk rises among the Gram-
 * he Tay, containing a great variety of shells. -The prin-
 * ho tribute of numerous mountain streams, including the