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Rh rUTSBOROUGII. 263 PWLLHELI. Domesday Book, and in 1729 an Act of Parliament was passed for the construction of a bridge to connect this parish with that of Fulham. The bridge, which is of wood, is 805 feet in length, and was erected at a cost of 23,976. The town of Putney is well paved, lighted with gas, and abundantly supplied with water from the reservoir on Putney Heath, in connection with the Chelsea Water Works. In 1861 it contained a popula- tion of 6,481. There are many good streets and shops, and the neighbourhood is studded with villas and man- sions. The College of Civil Engineers was founded here in 1804, under the presidency of the Duke of Buc- cleuch, for the purpose of affording sound instruction in the theory and practice of civil engineering and archi- tecture. The impropriation belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The living is a perpet. cur. with the cur. of St. John's, in the dioc. of London, val. 362, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower containing eight bells. It was erected in the reign of Henry VII., and had a chantry founded by Bishop West. The whole structure was thoroughly restored in 1836, at an outlay of 8,000, including the repairs of the tower and hanging of the eight bells. The communion table is the same at which Cromwell held his councils of war. The church contains two brasses of J. Welbek, bearing date 1478. The churchyard contains tombs of Toland, and of.Wood, the traveller, with an epitaph by Walpole. In addition to the parish church there are two district churches viz. Roehampton and St. John's the livings of which are perpet. curs. The latter church is situated in St. John's-road, Putney-hill, and was erected in 1859 at an outlay of 4,500. There are almshouses for 12 poor women, founded by Sir Abraham Dawes in 1629. The Independents, Wesleyans, and several other Dissenting congregations have chapels here. There are National and infant schools, also a free school for watermen's children. Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely, Gibbon, the historian, and Cromwell, Earl of Essex, were natives of this place. Queen Elizabeth often visited Mr. Lacy, a clothier, who resided in this parish, and whose house was rebuilt in 1596. A cemetery was formed here in 1866. On Putney Heath, in 1684, Charles II. held a review, and near the telegraph station, to the S. of the village, is an obelisk erected by the corporation of London, in commemoration of Dr. Hartley, who tried here his fire-resisting plates before George III. in 1776. PUTSBROUGH, a creek in Morte Bay, co. Devon, 7 miles N.W. of Barnstaple. PUTTENHAM, a par. in the first div. of the hund. of Godalming, co. Surrey, 4 miles W. of Guildford, its post town and nearest railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated under the Hog's Back hills, and is chiefly agricultural. The land is partly in common, but the greater part is arable. On the hills the soil is chiefly chalk, but in other places sand or a sandy loam. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Win- chester, val. 279. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five bells. The tower, which formerly had a spire, was burnt down in 1736. The church has been recently re- stored, at an outlay of 1,400. It contains several an- cient brasses and monuments to the Sumner and Cornish families, of which latter was Admiral Cornish. The parochial charities produce about 10 per annum. There is a National school. The Priory House is situated in well-wooded grounds, from which there is a fine pros- pect. PUTTENHA5I, a par. in the hund. of Dacorum, co. Herta, 4 miles N.W. of Tring, its post town, and 5J E. dl A yl< Mmry. The village, which is of small extent, is ''ur the Aylesbury branch of the Grand Junc- ti-m canal, and on the road between Aylesbury and Tring. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agricul- ture. The Aylcsbury branch of the London and North- D railway passes within a mile of the village. The tithes were commuted for 150 acres of land under an Enclosure Act in 1814. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 166, in the patron, of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has an embattled tower containing three bells. The church has a roof of carved oak, supported by- figures representing some of the apostles, and embla- zoned with coats of arms, said to be those of Queen Elizabeth, James I., and the founder. Not far distant are the Clinton chalk hills. PUTTERIDGE PARK, a demesne in the hund. of Hitchin and Pirton, co. Herts, 5 miles S.W. of Hitcbin, and 17 N.W. of Hertford. It was anciently called Poderich Bury, and was given by William the Con- queror to William Earl of Ewe, from whom it came to the Darells. PUTTON, or PODINGTON, a tythg. in the par. of Chickerell, co. Dorset, 4 miles N.W. of Weymouth. PUXLEY, a limit. in the par. of Cosgrove, hund. of Cleley, co. Northampton, 2 miles N. of Stony Stratford. It is situated near the river Ouse and Grand Junction canal. PUXTON, a par. in the hund. of Winterstoke, co. Somerset, 5 miles N.W. of Axbridge, and 2 from the Barwell station on the Bristol and Exeter railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the road from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare, and near the river Axe. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agricul- ture. Tho soil consists of loam, with a subsoil of clay. The impropriate tithes, belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, have been commuted for a rent- charge of 164 ; and there are 23J acres of glebe. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 60, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Saviour, has a tower containing two bells. The porch bears the date of 1557. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. William Windham, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. PUXTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Kidderminster, hund. of Lower Halfshire, co. Worcester, 1 mile N. of Kidderminster. It is situated in Kidderminster Foreign, beyond the limits of the borough. PWLL, signifying a " pool," is a common prefix to the names of many small places in Wales. PWLLAN, a tnshp. in the par. of Tregynon, co. Montgomery, 4 miles N. of Newtown. PWLLCROCHAN, a par. in the hund. of Castle- martin, co. Pembroke, 4 miles W. of Pembroke, its post town, and 2 from Milford. The village, which is small, is situated on Milford Haven. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 200. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was built in 1342, by the Rev. R. Beneger, whose tomb it contains. The parochial charities produce about 12 per annum, which goes to Mear's school. PWLL DU POINT, or " Point-of-the-Pool," a head- land on the E. side of Oxwich Bay, co. Glamorgan. It is the highest promontory in Gower, and commands a fine view. PWLL-ELECH, a hmlt. in the par. of Llantwit- Major, hund. of Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan, 5 miles S.W. of Glamorgan. It is situated near the coast of the Bristol Channel. PWLL-GWAELOD, a creek on the E. side of Eish- guard Bay, co. Pembroke. PWLLHELI, a seaport, market town, and municipal and parliamentary borough in the par. of Dcnio, hund. of Gafflogian, co. Carnarvon, 19 miles S. by W. of Carnarvon. There is a station at Pwllheli Road on the Carnarvon and Nantlle railway. The town, which is situated on Cardigan Bay, was first chartered by Edward the Black Prince, who gave it to one of his followers named Nigel de Lohayren. It is a brisk little seaport, and during the season it is much frequented for sea- bathing, the facilities for which are unsurpassed, It is also a petty sessions town, and a polling-place for the county elections. Many of the inhabitants are employed in ship-building, and others in the coasting trade and the fisheries. The mouth of the Penkos river forms the harbour, which admits vessels of ten tons burden, and has been recently secured by a large embankment, mr.de