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Rh MAGOWRY. 747 MAIDENHEAD. day schools. Dripsey House is the chief seat. A dispensary lio par. is within the Macroom Poor-law Union ,'j remains are seen of the old church of Kilcolman t Macarthy's castle. Building-stone occurs within the limits. MAGOWRY, a' par. in the bar. of Middlethird, co, urary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. o: lenaule, its post town. It is 2J miles long by 1^ 1. The soil is good. The road from Killenaule U i ick-on-Suir traverses the interior. The living is a . in the dioc. of Cashel, val with Killwiaule, 817, in the patron, of the bishop. JI AGUE, or MAIG, a river of co. Limerick, prov. oi .'iir, Ireland. It rises in two head streams, one in
 * >or. of Upper Connello, the other in the bar. of Cosh-

lea, which become united near Bruree, and, flowing past Bollynaught, Croom, and Adare, it falls into the river ,.non, 3 miles to the E. of Pallas Kenry. It is 28 s long, and its principal tributaries are the Looba, uing Star, and Comogue. The river is navigable as far as Adare. MAGUIRESBRIDGE, a small post and market town iu the par. of Aghalurcher, in the bar. of Magheraste- phaiia, co. Fermanagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 8 miles of Enniskillen, and 101 from Dublin. It is a station 16 Dundalk, Enniskillen, and Londonderry section of i rish North-Western railway. The town stands on the banks of the river Colebrook, or Maguire, which is here ud by a bridge, hence the name of the town, also on the road from Enniskillen to Clones. It presents a neat and cheerful appearance, and contains the parish h, a Roman Catholic chapel, Presbyterian and W' li 3 in meeting-houses, schools, &c. There is also a <; station and a dispensary joined to that of Lisnas- Wednesday is market day. Fairs are held on the 1st Wednesday in every month, 3rd Wednesday in May, 17th January, 5th July, and 2nd October. MAGUN1HY, a bar. in co. Kerry, prov. of Munster, nd. It is bounded by the bars, of Trughenackmy, (jrlanerought, Iveragh, and co. Cork. It is 20 miles long, and its greatest breadth is 9 miles. This bar. contains 1 ars. of Aglish, Kilbonane, Kilcredan, Kilcunimin, l::...ha, Killarney, Kilmanare, Molahiffe, and parts of .doe, Cumins, Kilcolrnan, Killeentierna, Kiilorglin, . 'havaldaly. Jl A G US MUIR, a district in the co. of Fife, Scotland, .1-3 W. of St. Andrew's. It was formerly wild and ., but now its aspect is greatly altered by the plough. is here that Archbishop Sharp was murdered on the May, 1679, by Balfour of Burley and his band, of the Covenanters taken at Bothwell Bridge were o and executed. -MAI1ONSTOWN, avil. in the par. of Dulane, bar. of r Kells, co. Meath, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 N.W. of Kells. Mahonstown House is the noigh- MAHOONAGH, a par. in the bar. of Glenquin, co. Ic, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of mile, its post town. It is 4 miles in length, and the came in breadth. The surface consists generally of good land, and is intersected by the river Deel and the from Newcastle to Mallow. The living is a rect. in of Limerick, val. 425. The Roman Catholic 1 is united to that of Feohonagh. There are four hools. Maine House ig the chief seat. The ob- liquity are Castlemahon Tower and Fitz- Fort. 'A HILL, a limit, and suburban district in the of St. Slurylebone and Paddington, hund. of Ossul- , co. Middlesex, about 3 miles N.W. of St. Paul's, The Grand Junction canal passes through the i iod. It is no w a fashionable suburb of Lon- i.ing many villa reside!" SIA1U10X BOWER and MAIDEN CASTLE, the ancient Britith and Roman camps in co. Bedford, Dorset, Durham, and Yorkshire. II A i DION BRADLEY, a par. partly in the hund. of, co. Wilts, and partly in the hund. of N> ', co. Somerset, 4 miles N. of Mere, and 8 10. d' Bruton. Frome is its post town. It includes the hmlt. of Yarnfield. In the reign of Henry II. a hospital was founded here, which, towards the close of the 12th cen- tury, became a monastery of Austin Friars, and, at the dissolution, was given to the Seymour family. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 121, in the patron, of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to All Saints, and has monuments of the Seymours. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum. Maiden Bradley House is a seat of the Duke of Somerset. MAIDENHEAD, a market town and municipal borough in the pars, of Bray and Cookham, co. Berks, hav- ing separate jurisdiction, though locally in the hund. of Bray and Cookham, 7 miles N.W. of Windsor, 14 N.E. of Heading, and 26 from London, or 221 by the Great Western railway, which has a station here. There is also a branch line to Oxford. The town, situated on tho western bank of the Thames, is approached from the London road by a stone bridge of seven arches, built in 1772 at an expense of 20,000, to replace a wooden one of the reign of Edward III., for-the repair of which a tree was allowed annually out of Windsor Forest. There is also a bridge of 10 brick arches, carrying the line of the Great Western railway across the Thames. With tho exception of its river-front, the town is encircled by a fertile country, including the heights of Taplow and the dark belting wood of Clifden on the eastern bank of the Thames. Its ancient name was South Allington, or Elington, to distinguish it from North Elington, now North Town. It after- wards was called Maiden Hythe, of which its present name is a corruption. The first charter was granted in the reign of Edward III. for the purpose of keeping tho bridge in proper repair ; and, by a recent Act, the cor- poration were authorised to transfer the tolls received from vessels passing under the bridge to the traffic on the road over it. The government of the town is vested in a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 common council, two of tho aldermen retiring from office in rotation every three years, andfour of the council every year. The town consists chiefly of one long street on the Old Bath-road, extending from the bridge to the bottom of Folly-hill. It contains a townhall, with market house beneath, a small gaol for the temporary confinement of prisoners, two commercial banks, one for savings, and a literary and scientific in- stitute. The workhouse for the Cookham Poor-law Union is situated within the borough. The town is lighted with gas and paved, and is the great thorough- fare from the metropolis to Bath, Bristol, and the West of England. Petty sessions are held here, and it is a polling place for the county. There are two large breweries, flour mills, malt kilns, and an extensive timber trade. The living is a sinecure incumbency* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 172. Tho church, dedicated to St. Andrew and Mary Magdalene, is a modern struc- ture, rebuilt in 1826, standing on the site of a chantry, said to have been founded by Queen Margaret, wife of Edward I. It has lately been repaired at a cost of nearly 500. The Independents, Wesleyau Metho- dists, Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Society of Friends, have each a place of worship. There is a Sunday-school for girls, endowed by Lady Pocock with property producing 81 per annum. Spooro's school has a revenue of 82 ; Seymor's, 18 ; and the National school an income from endowments of i'60. Here is an almshouse for 8 poor couples, erected md endowed by James Smythe, Esq., in 1639, annual ncome, 48. There are also considerable sums left by Sir Isaac and Lady Pocock for the benefit of the poor, and rewards for servants of good character. The parochial charities amount altogether to 793. There are Britihh aid infant schools. On tho river, at a short distance tbove the town, is a lock of solid stone, used for work- ng a large com mill, called the Ray Mill Lock. This was the birthplace of Rickman the architect. It was it the Greyhound Inn here that Charles I. took final eave of his children. Ives Place, Northfield House, lx>ggan House, and Rny Lodge are the principal