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Rh MANNINGHAM. 768 MANOR- HAMILTON. living is a reot.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 310, in the patron, of trustees. The church is of great antiquity, and has a circular chancel at the E. end. It contains a memorial tablet of Mary Nicholas (or Mrs. Lane), who helped to rescue Charles II. after his defeat at the battle of Worcester. There is a National school for both sexes. John Grant, Esq., is lord of the manor. MANNINGHAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Bradford, wap. of Morley, West Hiding co. York, 1 mile N.W. of Bradford, its post town. It contains the hmlts. of Daisy Hill, Four Lane Ends, and Whetley, forming part of the north-western suburbs of Bradford. A por- tion of the inhabitants are engaged in the worsted and stuff manufactures. The soil of the arable land is fertile. The living is a perpet. cur.,* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150. The district church, dedicated to St. Paul, erected in 1842 from a design of Mr. Walker Rawstorne, is in the Norman style of architecture. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship. Manningham Hall, the principal residence, is a modern mansion, situate in the midst of a park. The other seats are Clock House, Wheatley Hill, and Bolton Eoyds. MANNINGTON, a. hmlt. in the par. of Gussago All Saints, co. Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Cranborne. MANNINGTON, a par. in the hund. of South Erping- ham, co. Norfolk, 5 miles N.W. of Aylsham, ita post town. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated near the river Bure. There is no village, only a few farm- houses. Mannington Hall is an ancient, castellated mansion, surrounded by a moat. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Itteringham, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church has long been in a state of decay, and forms a ruin. The Earl of Orford is lord of the manor and sole landowner. MANNINGTEEE, a par. , post and market town, in the hund. of Tendring, co. Essex, 8J miles N.E. of Colches- ter, 10 S. of Ipswich, and 59 from London by the Great Eastern railway, which has a junction station here for Harwich. It is situated on the southern bank of the river Stour, and comprises parts of the vils. of Lawford and Mistley. It was anciently called Scidinghoo, and is mentioned in Domesday-book as Sciddinchon, at which time it was held by the Conqueror's half-sister. The manor was afterwards given by the Clares to Canon- Leigh nunnery, and, at the Dissolution, came to the Eainsworths. The town, which stands on the road from London to Harwich, is irregularly built, but the streets are paved and lighted. It does a brisk trade in corn, coals, timber, and malt, for the latter of which there are some very extensive establishments ; also, a long esta- blished brewery. There are two banks, savings-bank, and mechanics' literary institution. At spring tides, vessels drawing 6 feet of water come up to the quay. The Stour was made navigable from the town to Sud- bury by Act of Parliament, in the 4th and 5th of the reign of Anne. The village of Mistley, about half a mile from the town, consists of several handsome houses. It was formerly a petty session town, and a court-baron is held annually by the lords of the manor of Mistley and Manningtree. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 130, in the patron, of the Eector of Mistley. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was erected in 1616, and, since that period, has been twice enlarged. The N. and S. aisles are separated by ranges of massive pillars. The interior has a monument to the memory of Thomas Osmond, who was martyred in the town in 1515. There are National schools for both sexes, and places of worship for the Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. Thomas Glover Kensit, Esq., is lord of the manor. Tuesday is market day. A fair is held on the Thursday in Whitsun-week. MAN-OF-WAR, a vil. in the bar. of East Balrothery, co. Dublin, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Lusk. MAN-OF-WAR-ROAD, an anchorage in Dublin Bay, coast of Ireland, having about 6-fathom water, but ex- posed to the east winds. MANOR, or MANNER, a par. in the co. Peebles, Scotland, 3 miles S.W. of the town of Peebles. It con- tains a post-office vil. of its own name. Its length from N. to S. is 9 miles, and its breadth from 1 mile to 6 mile It consists of mountainous sheepwalks. Dollar-law risi 2,840 feet above the level of the sea ; Scrape (on ti boundary), 2,800 feet; and nearly all the remainin summits rise between 1,600 and 1,900 feet. The parie is watered by the Tweed and Manor water and the tributaries. The par. is in the presb. of Peebles, an synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. The minister's stipen is 175. The parish formerly belonged to the Rector Peebles, and is supposed to derive its name from bein the manor of that churchman. The parish church wi erected about the year 1650 ; not far from which is ti font stone of Manor chapel. The parish formerly con- tained a chapel dedicated to St. Gordian, who was martyred by Julian the Apostate. The greatest attrac- tion in the parish is perhaps the cottage built by David Ritchie, a deformed and eccentric dwarf, from whom Sir Walter Scott drew the fictitious character of the Black Dwarf, in his novel of that name. He was buried in the parish churchyard, where a monument was erected to his memory in 184fi by Messrs. W. and R. Chambers. Hero is a British or Danish camp, long supposed to have been of Roman origin, in the neighbourhood of which corns have been discovered. From the castles, peel houses, and towers that formerly existed here, the place is supposed to have been one of the arenas of the border forays and feuds. The Thief Road, so called from its having formerly been the path of bandits or moss- troopers, passes over the Dollar-law and Scrape, on the boundary of Drummelzier and this parish. MANOR AND RAKE, a tnshp. in the par. of Ha- warden, hund. of Mold, co. Flint, 1 mile E. of Hawarden. It is situated on the river Dee. MANORBEAIi, or MANORBIER, a par. in the hund. of Castlemartin, co. Pembroke, 6 miles S.E. of Pembroke, its post town. It is a station on the Pem- broke and Tenby railway. The village is situated on the coast near Manorbear Bay. The par. includes the hmlts. of Jameston and Newton, and has the ruins of the castle of William-de-Barri, which came through the Windsors, &c., to Phillipps of Picton. Some portions of the ruins are in excellent preservation. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David's, and in the patron, of Christ's College, Cambridge, val. 125. The church, dedicated to St. James, has a slender spire, and an effigy of Giraldus Sylvester, who was born in this parish. MANOR-CONYNGHAM, or CUNNINGHAM, a post-office vil. in the par. of Raymoghy, in the bar. of Raphoe, co. Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Letterkenny. It is situated near the head of Lough Swilly, and contains a church, Presbyterian meeting-house, and dispensary within the Letterkenny Poor-law Union. Fairs are held on the 6th January, March, May, July, September, and November. MANORDEILO, UPPER and LOWER, hmlts. in the par. of Llandilofawr, co. Carmarthen, near Llandilo- fawr. It is situated on the river Towev. MANORFABON, a hmlt. in the par. of Llandilo- fawr, co. Carmarthen, 2 miles N.E. of Llandilofawr. It is situated on the river Towey. MANOR-HAMILTON, a small post and market town within the pars, of Killasnet and Cloonclare, in the bars, of Drumahaire and Rosclogher, co. Leitrim, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 27 miles N.N.W. of Carrick-on- Shannon, and 129 from Dublin. It is situated on a small stream falling into the river Bonnet, and on the road from Enniskillen to Sligo. It is almost entirely screened by the surrounding rocky hills, and possesses in its outskirts some most imposing views. Here are Killasnet church, a Roman Catholic chapel, and Methodist meeting-house, also the court-house, bridewell, school of the Church Education Society, James Mastcrson's school, National school, dispensary, and poorhouse. has a police station, and general sessions are held four times a year, and petty sessions once a fortnight. Manor- Hamilton was founded by Sir Frederick Hamilton immediately after the rebellion of 1641, when tin was built, which stands near the town. Though now partially a ruin, it was formerly a stronghold of great