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Rh MILBORNE-STILEHAM. 839 MILE-END. Bere Regis. Milborne, which was formerly a market town, is now a small agricultural village. The par. con- tains the tythg. of Milborne-Churchstone, and was given by Athelstane to Milton Abbey, but at the Dissolution came to the Mortons, Pleydells, &c. Wire buttons are manufactured here. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 150, and the vicarial for 235. The living is a vie.* with that of Dewlish an- nexed, in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 234. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure. It has a Norman doorway, which has been recently restored. The interior has tombs of the Mortons, Pleydells, &c. Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Henry VII., was born in this parish. The register dates from 1660. There is a parochial school. In the parish is an oblong double-intrenched camp, seven acres in extent. Dewlish House is the principal residence. A fair for cattle, &c., is held on the 30th November. MILBOKNE-STILEHAM, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Bere-Eegis, co. Dorset, 7 miles S.W. of Bland- ford. It adjoins Milborne St. Andrew. MILBOURN, a tythg. in the par. of St. Paul, Malmes- bury, hund. of Malmesbury, co. Wilts, 1 mile N.E. of Malmesbury. MILBOURNE WITH MILBOURNE GRANGE, a chplry. in the par. of Kirkby Thore, co. Westmoreland, 6 miles N. of Appleby. It is situated on the line of the Roman Maidenway, near Milbourne Fells or Forest. It includes the hmlts. of Milbourne Grange and Gullom Holme. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Car- lisle, val. 95. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a structure of the early part of the 14th century. The charities produce 5 per annum, which goes towards the support of a school. At this place a Roman altar was found, and at Green Castle are traces of a British camp. MILBURN AND MILBURN GRANGE, tnshps. in the par. of Ponteland, W. div. of Castle ward, co. Nor- thumberland, 4 miles W. of Ponteland, and 9 N.W. of Morpeth. The townships are situated on the river Pont, and were given by Simou-de-Diveliston to Hexham Priory. After the Dissolution, they came through the Horsleys to R. Bates, Esq., of Milburn Hall, in whose family they still remain. Coal and limestone are obtained. MILBY, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirby-on-the-Moor, wap. of Hallikeld, North Riding co. York, half-a-mile N. of Boroughbridge. It is situated near the river Ure, which separate* it from Aldborough, and which was crossed by a wooden bridge before the Conquest. It is joined to Humberton. MILCOMBE, a tnshp. in the par. and hund. of Blox- ham, co. Oxford, 6 miles S.W. of Banbury, its post town. It is situated near the river Snere, and is wholly agri- cultural. The tithes were commuted for corn rents under an Enclosure Act in 1793. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 112. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient structure with a tower. The charities produce about 22 per annum, realised from town lands. There is a place of worship for Baptists. MILCOTE, a hmlt. in the par. of Weston-on-Avon, Alchester div. of the hund. of Barlichway, co. Warwick, 2^ miles S.W. of Stratford. It is a station on the Strat- ford branch of the West Midland railway. The hamlet is situated on the river Avon, and has ruins of the old seat of the Greville family, of whom Lodowick Grevillo was pressed to death for the crime of murder in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. MILDEN, or MILDING, a par. in the hund. of Babergh, co. Suffolk, 4 miles E. of Lavenham, its post town, 3 S.W. of Bildeston, and 7 from Sudbury. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. It is situated on the river Brett. The tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 340. At the rectory is a library of early writers on Divinity, left by the Rev. W. Burkitt. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. jE320. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains a monument to James Allington, bearing date 1626. The edifice has recently been restored. The parochial chari- ties produce about 10 per annum. MILDENHALL, or MINAL, a par. in the hund. of Selkley, co. Wilts, 1J mile N.E. of Marlborough, its post town, and 94 miles W. of Hungerford. It is situated on the river Kennot, and contains the tythgs. of Poulton and Stitchcomb. Near Folly Farm is the site of the Roman station Cunetio, where many coins, tessellated pavements, &c., have been found. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The surface is hilly, consisting partly of chalk downs. The soil is clay and chalk, mixed with flints. The tithes have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 740. The living is a rect.* in the dioe. of Sarum, val. 766. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure with a square tower. The interior of the church is lined with polished oak, and has pews and pulpit of the same, ad- mirably carved. There is a tablet to the Rev. Charles Francis, M.A., who was rector of this parish thirty-three years. The parochial charities produce about 95 per annum, of which 90 goes to Francis's Free Protestant school. MILDENHALL, a par., post, and small market town in the hund. of Lackford, co. Suffolk, 5 miles N. of the Kennit railway station, and 9 N.E. of Newmarket. At Mildenhall Road is a station on the Great Eastern rail- iv ; it is situated on the river Lark, a tributary of the Ouse, and near the line of the Great Eastern railway. The Mildenhall Drain and the Drove pass in the vicinity. The par. includes the hmlts. of Beck Row, Burnt Fen, Holywell Row, West Row, and Wilde Street. It is a polling place for West Suffolk, and a petty sessions town. The manor was given by Edward the Confessor to find the Bury monks in wheaten bread. In 1567 a great part of the town was consumed by fire. The town is lighted with gas and abundantly supplied with water. It has one principal street and several smaller ones, be- sides detached portions reaching towards the feus on the N.W. It contains several good shops and hotels, also a mechanics' institution, bank, and police station with magistrates' room adjoining, in which the county courts are held monthly. The board of guardians meet at the workhouse weekly. There is a corn mill, also silk fac- tory. A great portion of the surface is fen land. The soil is light and sandy, with a subsoil of chalk and clay. The latter is the fen districts. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 369. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a stone structure with a tower, containing a clock and five bells. The interior of the church contains an ancient font, sedilia, and numerous monuments, among which are the effigies of Sir Henry North and family. The church was restored in 1851. The paro- chial charities produce about 150, 40 of which goes to Hanmer's almshouses. There are four schools for both sexes, two of them entirely supported by the Bunbury family. A Sunday-school is held in the boys' school- room. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Metho- dists have each a place of worship. On the N. side of the town is a cemetery with a chapel in the centre. Sir Henry Bunbury, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Many British and Roman antiquities were discovered here in 1833. Market day is Friday. An annual fair for wool is held on the 1 1th October. MILDRIGGEN, a tributary of the river Bladenoch, rises in the par. of Kirkinner, co. Wigtown, Scotland. MILE-END, a vil. in the par. of Barony, co. Lanark, Scotland, adjoining Glasgow, of which it is a populous suburb. MILE-END, or MYLANDE ST. MICHAEL, a par. within the lib. of the borough of Colchester, co. Essex, 1 mile N. of Colchester. It is situated on the line of the Great Eastern railway near Mile- End Common. The greater part of the parish is the property of the corporation of Colchester, to whom it was given by Henry I. The land is chiefly arable, with a small proportion of woodland and pasture. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 621. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Abbots' Hall was a seat of the abbots of St. Osyth. MILE-END, OLD and NEW TOWNS, hmlts. in the par. of Stepney, Tower div. of the hund. of Ossul-