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Rh KEATH ABBEY. 11 NEEDHAM. mechanics' institute, and union pporhouse. There are two immense blast furnaces, an iron foundry, steam- engine factory, tin-plate, fire-clay, and chemical works, these last producing sugar of lead, vitriol, and the purest alum in the kingdom. Two extensive copper works, belonging respectively to the Crown and Mines Jioyal companies, are situated to the S. on the right bank of the river, and are connected with Swansea Harbour by means of Tennant's canal, which runs from Aberdylais to Swansea. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged ia the export coal and iron trades, in the numerous factories, and in the neighbouring collieries and mines, with which the whole valley abounds. Neath is a borough by prescription, and was first chartered by Edward II. Under the new Corporations Ileform Act it is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors, with the style of " portreeve, alder- men, and burgesses of the borough of Neath." It has a revenue ot 1,080, and is one of the five contributory boroughs with Swansea in returning one member to parliament. The petty sessions for the hundred of Neath are holuen hare, and the midsummer quarter sessions for the county. The new County Court is held here every month for the recovery of small debts. It is also the head of a Poor-law Union embracing thirteen parishes and townships in Glamorganshire, and two in Brecknockshire. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of LlandalT, vul. with Llantwit, 353. The parish church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is a large though poor struc- ture, with an ancient tower and some hatchments of the family of Mackworth of Guoll. There are besides eight chapels and numerous schools. Gnoll, the ancient seat of the Hackworths, is a large mansion on a hill over- looking the town, and was recently the scene of a cele- brated educational speculation by Mrs. Bullock Webster, who proposed to turn it into an university, but the speculation failed, and the house is now for sale. Hero are also Davies's schools with an income from endow- ment of 60, and Gibbs's almshouses. The parochial charities produce altogether about 65 per annum. The principal antiquities are the extensive ruins of the abbey mentioned above, and a good gateway and towers
 * ining of the ancient castle, also a Druid circle on

Drymma Hill, and traces of the Roman road Sarn Helen. In Glyn Neath, near Pont-neath-Vaughan, are the falls of Mellte and Hepsto. Market days are Wed- nesday and Saturday. Fairs are held on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, on the 31st July, and 12th September. NEAT1I ABBEY, a vil. in the par. of Dyffryn- Clydach, co. Glamorgan, 2 miles N.W. of Neath. It is a station on the Vale of Neath railway. The inhabitants are engaged in the neighbouring collieries and in the copper and iron works. Hero are the ruins of the once famous Xcath Abbey. See NEATH. NEATII, MIDDLE, UPPEH, and LOWER, limits, in the par. of Cadoxton, hund. of Neath, co. Glamorgan, 1! miles N.K. of Neath. N I ;AT 1 1. M, an ext. par. lib. in the upper half div. of the hund. of Alton, co. Hants, 2 miles N.E. of i. It is situated on the S. side of the river Wey, and was a market town in William the Conqueror's time. A pcirtion of the land is in hop-grounds. NEAT1SUEAD, a par. in the hund. of Tunstead, co. Norfolk, 10J miles N.E. of Norwich, its post town, and 5 K. Ijy S. of Cottishall. The village, which is of an- . is situated betwixt the rivers Euro and Ant. In the Domesday Survey it is called Snatesherd, and was 11 by Canute the Dane to the abbey of St. Bennet
 * it Holm, and tlio manor is now the property of the see

of Norwich. The appropriate tithes have been com- d for a rent-charge of 291, and the vicarial for 170, with a glebe of 46 acres. The living is a vie. in tin: dioc. of Norwich, val. 199, in the patron, of the p. 'Hi. church, dedicated t i, is a small at structure with a modem gallery adi from !<;:<;. Tim parochial ut Ms J.'T annum. Tlir-n; is a gift of 31 : TOL. III. The Baptists and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship. The Bishop of Norwich is lord of the manor. NEB, a river in the western part of the Isle of Man. It rises under Mount Sartel, and after forming a cataract falls into the Irish Channel near Peel Castle. NECHELLS, a hmlt. in the par. of Aston and borough of Birmingham, co. Warwick. It is united with Dud- deston, and forms a populous suburb of Birmingham. Here are extensive workshops for building railway carriages, also a lunatic asylum. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 59. The church ia dedicated to St. Clement. NECTON, or NEIGHTON, a par. in the hund. of South Greenhoe, co. Norfolk, 6 miles from Shipdham, its post town, 3J E. of Swaffham, and 2 S. of the Dun- ham railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The soil consists of clay and loam. About two-thirds of the land are arable, the remainder pasture and woodland. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 900, and the glebe comprises 28 acres. A free chapel formerly stood at Sparham Hall. The living is a rect. and vie.* in tho diocoof Norwich, val. 703. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a square embattled tower containing a clock and six bells. The roof is decorated with paint- ings, underneath which are the effigies of the twelve apostles in oak, richly carved and gilt. There are brasses of J. Bacon and others, bearing date from 1528 ; also an E. window of stained glass inserted by Colonel Mason. The register commences from 1528. In tho churchyard is a tomb with a recumbent effigy, supposed to be that of the Countess of Warwick, who died hero whilst on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. The parochial charities produce about 200 per annum, of which 100 goes towards the support of a school erected in 1839 at the expense of Colonel Mason. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. Necton Hall is situated in a well-wooded park, and is the seat of Colonel Mason, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. NEDDANS, a par. in tho bar. of West Iffa and Ofla, co. Tipperary, prov. of Munstcr, Ireland, 7 miles W.S.W. of Clonmel. It is 1 miles in length, and the same in breadth. Tho surface is undulating and tho soil of excellent quality. The river Suir passes through the parish. The living is a vie. in tho dioc. of Lismore, val. with Ardfinnan, 288, in tho patron, of the bishop. Here are ruins of a church and a castle. Neddans House is the chief seal;. NEDDEEN, a hmlt. in the bar. of Magunihy, co. Kerry, Ireland, 13 miles S. of Killarney, and near Kenmare, which was also called Neddeen when first founded in 1670 by Sir W. Petty. NEDGING, a par. in the hund. of Cosford, co. Suffolk, 1 mile S.E. of Bildeston, its post town, and 4 miles N.W. of the Hadleigh railway station. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Bret, and is entirely agricultural. The land is chiefly arable. The surface is gently undulating, and the soil a ricli loam. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 190, and the glebe comprises 27 acres valued at 30. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 165. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small Norman edifice, with a tower containing two hells. The Kev. William Edge is lord of tho manor. NEEDHAM, a par. in the hund. of Earsham, co. Norfolk, li mile S.W. of Harleston, its post town, and 8 miles N.E. of Diss railway station. The village, which is small and straggling, is situated on the river Waveney, and on the road from Bury St. Edmund's to Yarmouth. The river separates this parish from the county of Suffolk. Tho impropriate tithes have been commuted fora rent-charge of 310, and those of the incumbent for 25 17*. This parish was originally a chapelry to Mendham. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 7'J. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an : ; i (me, with a circular tower of greater lily than the navi; and choir. The parochial D