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Rh MATTISHALL-B UIIGH. MAUL-ELAN. iive Methodists have each a place of worship. There i a Quakers' meeting-house. At the enclosure of the parish, sixty acres were allotted to the poor, which, with other lands, produce 90 per annum. MATTISHALL-BUKGH, a par. in the hund. of Mit- ford, co. Norfolk, 6 miles E. of East Dereham, its post town. The parish, which is inconsiderable, is situated on a branch of the river Wensum, and is wholly agri- cultural. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Hockering, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church is a small neat edifice. The parochial charities produce about 19 per annum. 11ATTISHALL-HEATH, or MARKSHALL, a par. in the hund. of Humbleyard, co. Norfolk, 2J miles S. of Norwich, its post town. It is a very small parish, situated in the vale of the river Sas. The living is a sinecure rect. annexed to the rect.* of Caistor, in the dioc. of Norwich. The church is in ruins. The charities produce about t'182 per annum. MATTOCK, a feeder of the river Boyne, rises near Nr wtmvn Monasterboice, co. Louth, Ireland. MAUCHLINE, or MACKLIN, a par. and post-office vil. in the district of Kyle, co. Ayr, Scotland, 2 miles N.W. of Catrine, and 11 N.E. of Ayr. It is a station on the Glasgow and South Western railway. The par. contains the town of its own name, also the vils. of' Auchmillan and Haugh. It extends in length from N. to S. about 7J miles, with an average breadth of from 2 to 4 miles. It is bounded by the pars, of Craigie, Galston, Torn, Auchinlech, Ochiltree, Stair, and Tarbolton. The land is principally arable, and with the exception of Mauchline Hill moderately flat. The soil is chiefly of a clayey nature, though in the vicinity of tho town it is light and sandy. Coal, iron- stone, and limestone exist, and were formerly worked ; and white and red sandstone, of excellent quality, are quarried to some extent. There is a fine prospect from Mauchline Hill, which forms a part of the Long Ridge of Kyle, towering a little to tho N.E. of the town. Here was formerly a Cistercian cell belonging to tho Abbey of Melrosc, but when that abbey was erected into i poral lordship, the lands and barony of Kylesmuro and Barmure, and the patronage of the church of Mauch- line, were given to the Earl of Loudon, from whom they passed by marriage to the Earls of Moira, and in 1783 went by purchase to Gavin Hamilton, Esq., the friend of the poet Burns. There are numerous caves hewn out of the rocks, one of which, called Peden's Cave, was the hiding-place of Alexander Peden, during tho persecution of the Covenanters. The Lugar stream joins the river Ayr at Barskimmey, where is a bridge of one arch with a span of 100 feet, and upwards of 90 feet in height; and at Ballochmoyle is a railway viaduct. This parish was reduced to less than a fifth of its original extent in the years 1631 and 1536, when Muirkirk and Torn were detached, and formed into Beparato parishes. The Glasgow and South- Western railway, and the road betwixt Glasgow and Dumfries, pass through the parish. Thia par. is in the presb. of Ayr and synod of Glasgow and Ayr. The minister has a stipend of 231. Tho parish church is a structure of red sandstone, with a turreted tower; it was rebuilt in 1829 on the site of an older one on Mauchline Moor. Here
 * irt preached in 1544, and the royalists were

defeated in 1647. In the churchyard are the graves of the Hev. Mr. Auld Nanse Tinnock and others, satirised in the poems of Burns. There are an United Presby- tcri.-m church, free school, new educational school, female school of industry, also^i subscription school at -hands. The town, which is situate on an eminence the river Ayr, is well built, and contains several mansions. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the weaving of cotton goods ; there are also extensive manufactories of snuff-boxes, and various decorative ornaments ; but this trade has been greatly superseded of late years by ornamental painting, which is carried > a considerable extent. It was formerly a burgh of barony, and had power to elect its own magistrates, but its charter being lost, its righto liavo never been VOL. II. renewed. At Mauchlino Town Head is a monument of recent erection to the five Covenanters, who suffered martyrdom in James VII.'s time. About half a mile N. of the town of Mauchline is Mossgiol, a small farm where the poet Burns resided several years ; the house is a small rude building consisting of two rooms, and while here Burns composed his first edition of poems under the advice of Mr. Hamilton, of Mauchline Castle, an ancient building situated near the church. His chief resort when he visited Mauchlino was the public- house kept by John Dow, which still stands, and is a thatched house of two flats nearly opposite the church- yard gate, close to which is the cottage of " Poosie Nancy," or " Agnes Gibson," the scene of tho " Jolly Beggars." Many spots alluded to in his lyrics occur along the banks of the river Ayr, a short distance from Mauchliue. Annual fairs for cows, horses, hiring servants, &c., are held on fixed days in February, April, May, June, August, September, November, and December. MAUDLINS, a vil. in tho bar. of Bantry, co. Wex- ford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, not far from New Ross. There is also a mine of this name in co. Cornwall, near Lostwithiel. MAUDLING, a hmlt. in tho par. of Westhampnett, hund. of Box, Chichester rape, co. Sussex, 1 mile N.E. of Chichester. MAUDLINTOWN, a par. in the bar. of Forth, co. Wexford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, containing part of its post town, Wexford. The par. is lj mile in length by 1 broad. The surface lies along the E. side of Wex- ford harbour, and is crossed by tho roads from Wexford to Broadway and Kilmore. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ferns, val. with St. Patrick's, Wexford, 493, ia the patron, of the bishop. Rockland is the chief seat. Here stood a leper's hospital. MAUGHAN'S, ST., a par. in tho lower div. of the hund. of Skenfreth, co. Monmouth, 6 miles N.W. of Monmouth. The village is a small rustic place. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed with that of Llanfaenor to the vie.* of Llangattock-Vibon-Avell. MAUGHOLD. See KIKK MAUOHOLD, Isle of Man. MAULBAUN, a vil. in the par. of Monkstown, in tho bar. of Kerricurrihy, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, near Monkstown. MAULDEN, a par. in the hund. of Redbornestoke, co. Bedford, 1 mile S.K of Ampthill, its post town, and 9 miles S. of Bedford. The village is bounded on the E. by a small stream which flows into the Ivel. It is chiefly agricultural, but some of the women are em- ployed in the manufacture of straw plait and lace. The greater part of the land is arable, the remainder pasture, with about 250 acres of woodland and plantations. There are quarries of sandstone. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1796. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 438. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected at dif- ferent periods between the 13th and 15th centuries, and was entirely restored in 1837. It has a tower contain- ing five bells. The interior of the church contains a brass bearing dato 1594, and the tomb of Lady Elgin, called the " Lady in the Punch-bowl." The limngwas formerly held by Pomfret, the poet. The parochial charities produce about 57 per annum, of which 10 goes to the school. There is a school for both sexes in connection with the chnrch. The Independents have a place of worship. The Duke of Bedford is lord of tho manor. MAULDSLIE, a castle, co. Lanark, Scotland, 5 miles N.W. of Lanark. It was built at the close of the last cen- tury by the last Earl of Hyndford, under Mauldslie Law. MAULDS-MEABURN, a tnshp. in tho par. of Crosby Ravensworth, West Ward, co. Westmoreland, 3 miles S. of Appleby. It ia situated on the river Lyvennet, and contains Wickerslack. Maulds-Meaburn Hall is the principal residence. MAUL-ELAN, two islets, situated at the entrance of Loch Assynt, on the W. coast of Sutherlandshiro, Scotland. 51