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Rh MANOOTT. 765 MAN, ISLE OF. American cotton. In 1860. . . 41,000 May 29, 1863. 1,160 Brazilian. Egyptian. 2,150 1,280 2,930 3,520 Indian. 3,830 21,160 Which shows that while America yielded less than 5 per cent, of its old supply, nearly seven times as much Indian cotton was consumed as hefore the American war. In consequence of the employment of children, as well also on account of the ignorance of parents and the impossibility of their supervision, the state of educa- tion is low in Manchester. M ANCOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of Hawarden, hund. of Mold, co. Flint, 1 mile N.E. of Hawarden. It is situated on the Holyhoad railway and the river Dee, and iins the hmlt. of Little Mancott. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the iron and lead mines. MAN CROFT ST. PETER, a par. in the City of ich, co. Norfolk. See NORWICH. MANEA, a chplry. in the par. of Coveney, hnnd. of South Witchford, co. Cambridge, 7 miles N.E. of Chat- its post town, and 8 N.W. of Ely. It is a station on the Ely and Peterborough railway. It is situated on the Old Bedford river, and is chiefly agricultural. The living is a cur. annexed to the root. * of Coveney, in the dioc. of Ely. The church is a small neat structure, once held by Conyers Middleton. There is an endowed National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Lord Rokeby is lord of the manor. MAXERDIVY, or MANERDWY, a par. in the hund. of K ilgerran, co. Pembroke, 7 miles from Ne wcastle-in- Emlyn, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Cardigan. It is situated on the river Teify, and is chiefly agricultural. The chief scats are Pentre, the birth-place of Dr. Saun- ders, author of "Short Illustrations of the Bible," and Fynonau House, built by Nash and Clynview. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 222, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. David. MANESTY, a fell in co. Cumberland, 4 miles S. of Keswick. It commands a view of Borrowdale, and the shores of Derwentwater. MANEWDEN, or MANTJDEN, a par. in the hund. of Clavering, co. Essex, 4 miles N. of Bishop Stortford, and 3 W. of the Elsenham railway station. The village, which is small, is situated in a fertile valley on the banks of the river Stort, and near the Cambridge railway. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. A con- siderable trade is done in malt, for which there are two malt-houses. The land is chiefly arable, with a small proportion of pasture and woodland. The impropriato tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 650, and the vicarial for 215. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 171. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a cruciform structure with a stone tower, surmounted by a spire, and containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about 49 per annum. There are National and village schools. The Independents have a place of worship. Manuden House, which is situated in the midst of the village, is the principal resi- dence. R. Gosling, Esq., is lord of the manor and the I>im<-ipal landowner. An annual fair is held on Easter Monday, chiefly for toys and pedlery. 1IANEY, a vil. in the par. of Sutton-Colefield, co. ""u wick, 1 mile S. of Sutton-Colefield. MANEYTHESNEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Llanvair- Waterdine, co. Salop, 9 miles S.W. of Bishop's Castle. MANFIELD, a par. in the hund. of E. and W. Gil- N'urth Riding co. York, 5 miles S.W. of Darling- ton, its post town, and 1 1 E. of Richmond. It is situated on the river Tees, and on the great road from Catterick- briilgo to Piercebridgo. The land is divided between arable and meadow, with about 80 acres of woodland. iil is a strong clay upon a gravelly and sandy sub- soil. This place is a meet for the Raby hounds. The impropriation belongs to the landowners. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 466, in the patron, of the 1' id chani-ellor. The church, dedicated to All '), is an ancient stone structure, with a square tower, c.iMbiiningaclockand three bells. The interior of the church contains a white stone font and pulpit, also an east window of rich design. The church was thoroughly restored at great expense in 1855. The parochial chari- ties produce about 6 per annum. There is a Free school for both sexes, endowed with an annuity of 42, for which a new school-house was erected in 1857. R. B. Wilson, Esq., is lord of the manor. MANGERSBURY, a hmlt. in the par. of Stow-on- the- Wold, co. Gloucester, half a mile S. E. of Stow. Man- gersbury House is the principal residence. MANGERTON, a border tower in co. Roxburgh, Scotland, 2 miles S. of Castletown, formerly the property of the Armstrongs. Also, a mountain of this name, in co. Kerry, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Killarney, command- ing a fine view. MANGOTSFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Barton Regis, co. Gloucester, 5 miles N. of Bristol, its post town. It is a station on the Bristol and Birmingham section of the Midland railway. The par. borders on tho coal district of Kingslaud, and includes Staple Hill and Down^end. Here were the ruins of a nunnery in Leland's time. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agricul- ture, and in the collieries and stone quarries. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The living is a perpot. cur. with the cur. of Downend annexed, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, joint val. 195. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a neat structure, partly rebuilt in 1850. There is a chapel-of- ease at Downend, dedicated to Our Saviour. It is a modern edifice, built in 1831. There are National and infant schools. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Baptists, have each a chapel. MANGROVE, a. hmlt. in the par. of Lilley, co. Herts, 4 miles S.W. of Hitchin. MANHOOD, a hund. in. co. Sussex, containing the pars, of Birdham, Earnley, W. Itchcnor, Selsey, Sidle- sham, and Wittering, comprising an area of 14,450 acres. MAN, ISLE OF, one of tho British Isles situated in the Irish Sea, nearly equi-distant from the English and Irish coasts, its chief port, Douglas, being from 60 to 70 miles distant from Liverpool, Belfast, and Dublin respectively. Its nearest points are 26 miles from St. Bee's light, 21 from the Mull of Galway, and 46 from Holyhead. Its length from Spanish Head to Ayr Point Light is 45 miles, and its greatest breadth 15, extending between 54 2' and 54" 26' 3" N. lat., and between 4 14' and 4 47' W. long. Its Manx name was Mannin, or Maen-in, the " stony island," from the rocky nature of the coast, and hence the Roman names Jlona, Honceda, or Moneitha, Monabia, Menavia, and the English Man. It is said to have been visited by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century, who first converted the inhabitants to Christianity, and established the see to which he appointed Germanus as the first bishop. The island fell successively under the dominion of the Scots, the Saxon kings of Northumbria, and the Northmen from Denmark and Norway, who held it with the Orcades and Hebrides, under the protection of tho Crown of Norway as kings of the isles. The most celebrated of these independent princes was Gnttred, who built the castle of Rushen, in repairing which in 1815 a beam was found inscribed with the date 947. His successors continued to govern the island as tribu- tary to Norway till Edgar, King of England, compelled Macon to do homage to him for his crown, and made him admiral of the great fleet equipped by that monarch to protect the English coasts from the piratical descents of the Northmen, who then infested the British seas. Upon the conquest of England by William of Normandy Godred Crowan, son of Harold Harfager, King of Norway, who had been defeated by Harold II., turned his arms against the Isles, and obtained the sovereignty of Man with that of the Hebrides, or Western Islands, to which he afterwards added Dublin and a considerable part of the province of Loinster in Ireland. From this time the island became vested in the kings or lords of the isles, and was held by them till 1265, when Magnus, tho last Northman, dying without issue, Alexander, King of Scotland, attacked tho Isle of Man and subdued 5 B