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Rh FRETTENHAM. FRIMLEY. ito post town, and 9 S.W. of Gloucester. Frocester on the Bristol and Birmingham railway is the nearest station, being distant about 5 miles to the S.E. The river Severn bounds the parish on the S., and the Glou- cester and Berkeley ship canal and the Stroud canal pass through it. The banks of the Severn are here pre- cipitously steep, and Fretherne Cliff rises to the height of 60 feet above the level of the river. Its Saxon name was fet/ianieaff, where the Saxon Chronicle relates that Ceawlin, King of Wessex, obtained a victory over the Britons in VSt. An Act of Parliament was obtained in 1839 for enclosing the waste lands in this parish. At one time tin' manor was held by the Clifford family. The living is a rect.* in the dioe. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 'JS2. The church is a stone edifice of the present century, dedicated to St. Mary. There is an endowment producing nearly 100 per annum, for religious purposes. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school. Fretherne Lodge is said to have been the birth- C" ce of the celebrated Rosamond Clifford, known in tory as Fair Rosamond. FRETTENHAM, a par. in the hund. of Taverham, CO. Norfolk, 2 miles S.W. of Coltishall, its post town, and 6 N.E. of Norwich. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norfolk, val. with that of Staininghall annexed, 395. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Swithin. That at Staininghall has long been in ruins. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, and there is a National school. Lord Suffield is lord of the manor. FREUCHIE, a loch in the co. Perth, Scotland, situ- ated at the head of the river Bran, about 5 miles S.E. of Kenmore. FREUCHIE, a post vil. in the par. of Falkland, co. Fife?. Scotland, 2 miles from the town of Falkland. It is situated at the foot of the East Lomond, and contains an United Presbyterian church. FREUCH WATER, a small stream rising in the Grampians, co. Kincardine, Scotland. After passing over a fall, it joins the Dee near Banchory Ternaii Bridge. FKEYNESTOWN, a par. in the bar. of Upper Talbots- town, co. Wicklow, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles N. of Ballinglass, on the road to Dublin. Dunlavin is its post town. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Dublin, val with Dunlavin, 447, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is in ruins. In the Roman Catholic arrange- ment the parish is part of the Dunlavin Union. FREYSTROP, a par. in the hund. of Roose, co. Pem- broke, South Wales, 2 miles 8. of Haverfordwest, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Milford. It is situated near the river Cleddy. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 145, in the patron, of the lord chan- cellor. Clariston is the principal residence. FRIAR ISLAND, ofi the coast of Galway, Ireland, about 4 miles W. of the Dog's Head promontory. FRIAH-MERE, a quarter in the chplry. of Saddle- worth, par. of Rochdale, West Riding co. York, 1 milo N. of Delph, and 2 miles N.W. of Ashton-under-Lyne. It is situated among the moors, near the borders of Lancashire. The river Tame and the Hudde'rsfield canal pass at a short distance. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of Rochdale. The chapel-of-ease is dedi- cated to St. Thomas. FRIARS BUILDINGS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Hulno Park, co. Northumberland, a short distance from the: town of Alnwiek. FUIARTON, a vil. in the par. of Eastchurch, co. . Scotland. FRIARY, an ext. par. place in the borough of Guild- fnnl, co. Surrey. FRIARY, an ext. par. place in the city of Lichfield, i fiord. I KH KLEY-WITH-CLAYTON, a par. in the lower div. of the wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York, 4 miles S.W. of Kirkburton, and 8 N.W. of Doneaster. I'MIIMS!.;, is its post town. Half the land is arable, and il a tenacious clay. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc.. of York, val. 73. The church is a Norman structure of the latter part of the llth century. It is situated in the centre of a spacious green. The charities are small. The Wesleyans have a chapel, which is partly endowed, and there is a good school for the chil- dren of the parish. Frickley Hall is the principal resi- dence. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1814. FRIDAYTHORPE, a par. in the wap. of Buckrose, East Riding co. York, 8 miles N.E. of Pocklington, its post town, and 10 W. of Driffield. It is situated on tho Wolds, near the Malton and Driffield branch of tho North-Eastern railway, the village being nearly equi- distant from the Fimber and Burdale stations on that line. The York and Bridlington main road passes through the parish, which in some parts is sufficiently elevated to command a prospect over the country to the German Ocean, with Flamborough Head and its light- house to the N.E. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of York, val. 112, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is an ancient structure of Norman architecture with low tower. Some portions of the edifice are in good preservation, while others are much defaced or hidden by wash and brickwork. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and there is a National school for boys and girls. Lord Londesborough is lord of the manor. FRIEND LEY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Warley, West Riding co. York, 3 miles W. of Halifax. FRIESDEN, or FRITHSDEN, a chplry. partly in the par. of Berkhampstead, hund. of Dacorum, co. Herts, and partly in tho par. of Pitstone, hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 2 miles N.E. of Berkhampstead. FRIESTHORPE, a par. in the wap. of Lawress, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles S.W. of Market Rasen, its post town, and 9 N.E. of Lincoln. The Wickenby station on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway is about 1 mile S.E. of the village, which con- sists of a few farmhouses. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 114, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is a plain edifice dedicated to St. Peter. FRIESTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Caythorpe, wap. of Loveden, parts of Kestoven, co. Lincoln, 9 miles N.W. of Sleaford. An ancient cross formerly stood here. FRIESTON, a par. in the wap. of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, co. Lincoln, 3 miles E. of Boston, its post town and railway station on the Great Northern line. It is situated on the E. coast, and includes the bathing-place of Frieston Shore and the hmlts. of Altoft End and Crano End. Much of tho soil here is marsh land. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. with that of Butterwick annexed, 380. The church is an ancient and commodious edifice, in mixed Saxon and Norman styles of architecture, dedicated to St. James. The parochial charities produce about 130 per annum, nearly 10 of which is an endowment for the free school founded for the poorer inhabitants of tho parish. Tho Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel. Here are some traces of a monastery which belonged to the Benedic- tines, and was suppressed at the Dissolution, when the revenues amounted to above 105 per annum. FRILFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Marcham, hund. of Ock, co. Berks, 3 miles W. of Abingdon. It is situ- ated in the vicinity of the river Ock. The Wesleyans have a chapel. FRILSHAM, a par. in the hund. of Faircross, co. Berks, 6 miles N.E. of Newbury, and 7 S.E. of East Ilsley, its post town. The nearest railway station is Newbury on the Great Western line. It is situated on a tributary of the Thames abounding with trout. The parish is of small extent, and the land chiefly arable. The soil is partly clay, and partly sand, alternated with chalk. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 131. The church is an old edifice dedicated to St. Frideswide. The parochial charities produce about 17 per annum. Robert Floyd, Esq., is lord of the manor. FRIMLEY, a chplry. in the par. of Ash, first div. of tho hund. of Godley, co. Surrey, 1 mile N. of Farn-