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Rh MORESTEAD. 883 MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH. dedicated to St. Bridget, is a modern stone edifice with a square tower containing two bells. The church ia situated on rising ground within a camp of 330 feet square. The charities produce ahout 42 per annum, which goes to Williams' school. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. MORESTEAD, a par. in the lower half of Fawley hund., Winchester div. co. Hants, 3 miles S.E. of Win- chester, its post town and nearest railway station, and 7 N.W. of Bishop's Waltham. The village, which ia small, is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the ext. par. place of No Man's Land. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 180, in the patron, of the bishop. The church has an open belfry containing one bell. There is a school partly supported bv subscription. MORES WOOD, a tnshp. in the par. "of More, co. Salop, 2 miles N.E. of Bishop's Castle. MORETON, a hund. in co. Berks, contains the borough of Wallingford, and the pars, of Ashampstead, Aston-Tirrold, Basildon, Brightwell, Dudcott, East Garston, Hagbourne, Harwell, North Moreton, South Moreton, Moulsford, Stolwell, Streatley, and parts of Allhallows and Blewberry, comprising 28,700 acres, ex- clusive of Wallingford. MORETON, a lib. in the par. of Dinton, hund. of Desborough, co. Bucks, 3 miles S.W. of Aylesbury. It is wholly agricultural, comprising two or three farms. MORETON, a par. in the hund. of Winfrith, co. Dorset, 7 miles S.E. of Dorchester, ita post town, and 1 mile from the Moreton station on the London and South- Western railway. The village, which ia small, is situated on the river Frome, and is wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 262. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 220. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a modern edifice, rebuilt in 1776, with a square pinnacled tower. The interior of the church contains a brass and several tombs. The parochial charities produce about 123 per annum, part of which goes towards the appren- ticing of children of the parishes of Moreton, Affpuddle, and Tolpuddle. Henry Frampton, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole landowner. MORETON, a par. in the hund. of Ongar, co. Essex, 3J milea N.W. of Chipping Ongar, its post town, and 7 S.E. of the Harlow railway station. The village is situated about 1J mile N. of the road leading from Epping to Ongar, and is wholly agricultural. The pariah is separated from those of Great and Little Laver by a brook, here crossed by a bridge, which falls into the River Roden at Chipping Ongar. From the higher grounds extensive and varied prospects are commanded. The tithea have been commuted for a rent-charge of 376. The living ia a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 344, in the patron, of St. John'a College, Cam- bridge. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, baa a brick tower surmounted by a shingled spire, and con- taining five bells. The parochial charities produce about 73 per annum, of which 35 goea to Wilson's school, now combined with the National schools. There is a place of worship for the Independents. Edmund Calamy, the eminent Nonconformist divine, was once rector of this parish. MORETON, a hmlt. in the par. of Gnosall, hund. of Cuttlestone, co. Stafford, 9 milea S.W. of Stafford, and 4 S.E. of Newport. The living is aperpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 45, in the patron, of the Incum- bent of Gnosall. The church is a small modern edifice. MORETON, a hmlt. in the par. of Thame, co. Oxford, 1 mile S.W. of Thame. MORETON, a chplry. in the par. of Uanyblodwell, hund. of Oswestry, co. Salop, 3 milea S. of Oswestry. The village, which is small, is situated on the Mont- gomery canal. There is a mineral spring. The tithea have been commuted for a rent-charge of 190. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 669, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. MORETON, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Draycott and par. of Hanbury, co. Stafford, 4 milea S.E. of Uttoxeter. MORETON, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Thorn- bury, co. Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Thornbury. MORETON-CORBET, a par. in the hund. of North Bradford, co. Salop, 8 milea N.E. of Shrewsbury, ita post town, and 4 S.E. of Wem. The village, which ia small, is situated on the river Roden, and on the road from Wellington to Market Drayton, and is wholly agricultural. The soil is of a sandy loam alternating with a stiff clay. The surface is generally flat, except a ridge of elevated land which nearly intersects the parish. There are several milla on the banks of the river Roden. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 330. The living ia a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 361. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing six bella. The church has several stained windows, and some ancient effigies and monuments to the Corbet family. The parochial charitiea produce about 6 per annum. There ia a school entirely supported by Sir V. R. Corbet, Bart., the lord of the manor and sole landowner. There are the ruins of Moreton-Corbet Castle, which was erected on the site of an older one in the 16th century, and waa burnt during the Civil War. MORETON-CUM-ALCUMLOW, a tnshp. in the par. of Aatbury, hund. of Northwich, co. Chester, 2J miles S.W. of Congleton, its post town. The township, which is of irregular form, is situated near the Maccles- field canal and the North Staffordshire railway, the hamlet of Alcumlow being in a westerly direction near the brink of the township. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Moreton Hall ia an ancient timbered mansion situated in a well wooded and exten- sive park. George Holland Ackers, Esq., is lord of the manor. MORETON-CUM-ASHTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Eye, hund. of Wolphy, co. Hereford, 3 milea N. of Leominster. It ia situated on the canal. MORETON-CUM-LINGHAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Bidstone, lower div. of Wirrall hund., co. Chester, 4 miles N.W. of Birkenhead, and 9 N.W. of Great Neston. MORETON-HAMPSTEAD, a par., post and market town, in the hund. of Teignbridge, co. Devon, 1 2 milea S.W. of Exeter. It is situated on the high road from Tavistock to Exeter, and close on the verge of Dartmoor Forest. The town, which has recently been sewered, has many old houses built in the cottage style with thatched roofs. It was formerly governed by a port- reeve, &c. The woollen trade, which was formerly extensive, has disappeared, and only a few blankets and stockings are now made. There are ropemakers, tanning and malting establishments, and in the vicinity are quar- ries of granite. A new market-house and shambles wei;e built at the expense of the Earl of Devon in 1827. The races, which were formerly held on the common, have been discontinued. Cranbrook and Wooaton castles are two entrenchments situated on the N.W. border of the parish, projecting over the valley in which flows the river Teign. Fingle Mill is a place of great attraction during the summer season. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 401. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, stands on the summit of the hill on which the town is built. It is a large and ancient atructure, with a tower containing a chimed clock and six bells. The interior of the church contains a carved screen sepa- rating the chancel from the body of the church. The parochial charities produce about 41 per annum. The tithea were commuted in 1839. There ia a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans, Baptists, Cal- viniata, and Unitarians, have each a place of worship. There are a good circulating library and a musical society, both of which are weU patronised. The Earl of Devon is lord of the manor. Market day is Saturday. Fairs are held on The third Thursday in July and the last Thursday in November. MORETON-IN-TIIE-MARSH, a par., post and market town in the upper div. of Westminster hund., co. Gloucester, 5 miles from Campden, 6 from Shipston-on- Stour, and 28 N.E. of Gloucester. It ia a station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamptou railway. The