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Rh PADDINGTON. 154 PADIHAM. of Buckingham, its post town, and 4 N.W. of Winslow. The village, which is of small extent and chiefly agricul- tural, is situated near the bridge over the river Ouse. A portion of the female inhabitants is engaged in lace- making. The road from Buckingham to London passes through the village. About half the parish is leasehold, under All Souls' College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1795. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 100. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is an ancient structure, with a square tower containing six bells. The church was restored and repewed in 1830. The paro- chial charities produce about 10 per annum, realised chiefly from Church lands. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship. A statute fair for hiring farm servants is held on the 1 3th of October. PADDINGTON, a par. and suburban district of London, in the Holborn div. ot the hund. of Ossulstone, and borough of Marylebone, co. Middlesex, 3 miles V. by N. of St. Paul's. It is the terminus of the Great Western railway, and the junction station of the Metropolitan line, which, like the Great Western, is constructed on the broad gauge, so that trains can run through from the one line to the other. Here is also the basin of the Paddington canal, with extensive wharves and warehouses on its banks, and which communicates with all the principal canals in the kingdom, and by means of the Regent's canal joins the Thames at Lime- house. The par., which lies between the Edgware and TJxbridge roads, comprises the populous suburban districts of Bayswater, Maida Hill, Westbourne Green, and Craven Hill, and is divided into the following eccle- siastical districts, -All Saints', Christ Church, Holy Trinity, St. John's, St. Mary's, and St. Saviour's. It contains an area of 1,220 acres, with a population in 1861 of 75,784. In the Saxon times it appears to have been a small agricultural village, and was given by King Edgar to the Abbey of Westminster, and at the Dissolution it was appropriated by Henry VIII. towards the endowment of the then newly founded bishopric of Westminster, since the abolition of which, in the reign of Edward VI., it has belonged to the see of London, under which it is leased to the Thystlewaites of South- wick, for less than one-fourth of its present rental. The town consists principally of numerous modern streets and squares, built on a very large scale, including Cam- bridge, Connaught, Gloucester, Hyde Park, Oxford, and Sussex squares. It is partially paved and lighted with gas, and is well supplied with water from the West Middlesex waterworks. Amongst the principal public buildings are the terminus of the Great Western rail- way; St. Mary's Hospital, built in 1850 by Hopper, at a cost of over 30,000 ; a dispensary, savings-bank, union poorhouse, and Cockerell's almshouses, besides the places of worship mentioned below. It is within the jurisdiction of the magistrates acting for the metropolis, and under the superintendence of the metro- politan police. The parish church, which was formerly a chapel-of-ease to St. Margaret's, Westminster, was originally founded by Sir Joseph Sheldon, lessee of the manor, about the year 1700. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of London, val. 1,200, in the patron, of the bishop. The present church, dedicated to St. James, occupies the site of a more ancient one on the green, and was rebuilt by Wapshott in 1791 for 6,000. It is a substantial building of brick, with a Doric portico on the S. side, and a cupola, and has the tombs of John Marquis of Lansdowne, Mrs. Siddons, Dr. Geddes, the Biblical translator, Bryan, author of the " Dictionary of Painters," and other celebrities. In the old church of St. James, Hogarth was married to Thornhill's daughter. In addition to the parish church are the following district churches St. John's, St. Michael's, St. Mary's with St. Philip's, Holy Trinity, All Saints', Christ Church, St. Saviour's, St. Mary Magdalene's, St. Stephen's with St. Luke's and St. Thomas's, and St. Matthew's, Bayswater, the livings of which are all perpet. cure., varying in val. from 1,000 to 150. St. John's church, in Southwick Crescent, was erected, in 1831 at a cost of near 9,000, and has a campanile turret, and a stained window. Holy Trinity church, situated in Westbourne Terrace, was built by T. Cundy, and has a crocketed spire. The other churches are all modern. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyans, Roman Catholics, and other Dissenting congregations ; also National and other schools. The parochial charities, arising chiefly from land and tenements, amount to about 350. Set LONDON. PADDINGTON, a. vil. in the par. and city of Man- chester, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, about 1 mile from Manchester, of which it is a suburb. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 300, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. PADDINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Dorking, co. Surrey, 3 miles W. by S. of Dorking. It is situated on a small stream, a feeder of the river Wey. PADDLESWORTH, a par. in the hund of Loning- borough, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 4 miles N.W. of the Folkestone railway station, and 3 from Hythe, its post town. It is small, having no village, but only a few scattered houses. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 90. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* and rect. of Lyminge, in the dioc. of Canter- bury. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is a small ancient edifice. The parochial charities consist of a share with Lyminge. David Brice, Esq., is lord of the manor. PADDLESWORTH, a par. in the hund. of Larkfield, lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 4 miles N.W. of Maid- stone, 6 S.W. of Rochester, and 1 mile W. of Snodland, to which par. it is joined. The living is a rect., united at an early period to that of Snodland. There is no church, and the inhabitants have attended at that of Snodland since the reign of Elizabeth. A rent-charge of 8 10s. is paid to the impropriator. PADDOCK BOWER, an islet in Loch Leven, co. Kinross, Scotland. PADDOCKS, THE, an ext. par. place in the wap. of Corringham, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln. PADDOCK- WITH-MARSH, a tnshp. in the par. of Huddersfield, upper div. of the wap. of Agbrigg, West Riding co. York, ^ mile W. of Huddersfield, of which it is a populous suburb. The inhabitants are employed in the woollen manufacture, which is extensively carried on. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of Huddersfield. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a square em- battled tower, and was erected in 1830 at a cost of 2,500 by grant from the Parliamentary Commissioners. There is a National school and several Dissenting places of worship in the township. PADDOCK- WOOD, in the weald of Kent, 6 miles E. by S. of Tonbridge. It is a junction station on the South-Eastern Railway, where the branch line to Maid- stone turns off. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 235. PADESWOOD, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of Leeswood, par. of Mold, co. Flint, 3 miles S.E. of Mold. It is a station on the Mold branch of the Chester and Holy- head railway. PADFIELD, a tnshp. in the par. of Glossop, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 1J mile N.W. of Glossop, and 9 miles N. by W. of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is situated on the Manchester and Sheffield railway. There are paper mills, cloth, thread, and cotton-yarn works, which together employ the chief portion of the inhabitants. PADGATE, a vil. in the par. of Warrington, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 2 miles from Warrington, It is situated near the river Mersey and the Lankey and Bridgwater canals, and has been recently formed into a separate ecclesiastical district. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 120, in the patron, of the Rector of Warrington. The church is a modern structure. PADIHAM, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Whalley, higher (Jiv. of the hund. of Blackburn, co.