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Rh NETTLESTEAD. 18 NEWABBEY. filed on the navigable river Medway, near Brand Bridge. The land is partly in common, with some hop-grounds. The living is a rect. * anneed to that of West Banning, in the dioo. of Canterbury, val. 442. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a small tower containing three bells. The interior of the church has tombs of the Pimpes, Scotts, and Botelers, of whoso old seat there aro still traces. The register dates from 1450. There is a National school for both sexes. The Earl of Gains- borough is lord of the manor. NETTLESTEAD, a par. in the hund. of Bosmere, co. Suffolk, 2J miles V. of Claydon railway station, and C N.V. of Ipswich, its post town. The village, which is inconsiderable, is wholly agricultural. The manor was formerly held by the earls of Kichmond, Peter de Savoy, the Tiptofts, Despencers, and Wentworths, who had a seat here, and who took hence the title of baron. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 193 10s. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 192. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It has a brass of a knight in armour. The register dates from 1618. Nettlcstead Hall has an ancient gateway bearing the quarterings of the "Wentworth family, to whom it 1 once belonged. Tho mansion has been modernised and new fronted. NETTLESTONE, a vil. in the par. of St. Helen's, lib. of East Medina, Isle of Wight, 2 miles E. by S. of Ryde. NETTLETON, a par. in the hund. of North Darner- ham, co. Wilts, 8 miles N.W. of Chippenham, its post town, and 10 N.E. of Bath. The village, which is of email extent, is situated near the Roman way Akeman Street. It is wholly agricultural, and is remarkable for a large barrow on which are three stones of a cromlech. About two-thirds of the land are arable, and the remainder pasture and meadow, with 40 acres of wood- land. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 440. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 408. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five bells. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. Thomas Pcnrice, Esq., is lord of the manor. NETTLETON, a par. in the S. div. of the wap. of Yarborough, co. Lincoln, 1 mile S.W. of Caistor, its post town, and 2 miles from the Moortown station on the Lincoln, Market-ltasen, and Hull lino of railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated in a valley under the Wolds, and is wholly agricultural. The tithes were commuted for land and money pay- ments under an Enclosure Act in 1791. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 375. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has a square tower containing a clock and three bells. The parochial charities produce 20 per annum. There is a British school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school. The Wes- leyans and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship. Sir Culling Eardley is lord of the manor. NETTLEWORTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Warsop, co. Kotts, 3 miles N. of Mansfield. It is situated near the river Maun. NETTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Bishopstone, co. Wilts, 3 miles S. by W. of Wilton. NETTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Durnford, co. Wilts, 2 miles S.W. of Amesbury. NEVAY, an ancient par. in co. Forfar, Scotland, now joined to Essie. NEVENDON, or NEWENDON, a par. in the hund. of Barstable, co. Essex, 5 J miles S.E. of Billericay, and 3 N.E. of the Pitsea railway station. Wickford is its post town. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated in a valley, from which circumstance it derives its name. The village is of ancient date and wholly agricultural. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 225. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small ancient structure, with a tower con- taining one bell. NEVERN, or NEFERN, a par. in the hund. of Kemess, co. Pembroke, 8 miles from Cardigan, its post town, and 2 from Newport. It is the largest parish in the county, and includes the quarters of Crugian, Kil- gwyn, Morva, and Trewern. The village, which ia considerable, is situated in a rich vale on the banks of a stream of the same name, which rises under the mountain Vrcnny Vawr, and is crossed by a bridge at Pont Bald- wyn, where tradition relates that Archbishop Baldwyn, accompanied by Giraldus, first preached the Crusades. On an eminence above the village appear the slight remains of Llanhyfcr Castle, formerly a square building with a bastion at each angle. It is said to have been the principal palace of the reguli of Dyfed, and was the seat of Martin do Tours before he married the daughter of Rhysap-Grufydd. On one side it was naturally in- accessible, the wall following the edge of a rocky ravine ; on the others it was rendered so by a deep foss hewn out of the solid rock. There are also remains of -an old mansion of Henry VII. 's time, inhabited by Sir James ap Owain, besides others of a later date, now converted into farmhouses, viz. Cwm Glb'yn, Trellyfant, Tre Worn, and Pentref Ifan. Nevern was originally a chief borough, with a portreeve and " burbages," who held courts for its government. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Kilgwyn annexed, in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 240, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Brynach, is a Norman structure, with a tower. The inside of the church is not paved, and frequent interments have elevated the floor above 7 feet. It contains a coffin lid, with an early Greek cross. In the extensive churchyard, which is planted with yew trees, is a cross of the 9th century, consisting of a tall shaft, like that standing in front of Carew Castle, but more elegantly wrought. It is a single stone, 2 feet broad, 18 inches thick, and 13 feet high, circular at the top, and carved upon all sides with knot work. The charities produce 22 per annum. This neighbourhood abounds with Druidic antiquities, including the gigantic cromlech of Pentre-evan, only equalled in Wales by that of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff. This cromlech, or Druidical temple, is encircled by rude stones 150 feet in circumference, and so high that six persons on horse- back can be conveniently sheltered under it. At Lech- y-Dribedd, on the sea-coast between Nevern and Cardi- gan, is another cromlech having a furrow in the incumbent stone. NEVILL-HOLT, a chplry. in the par. of Medbourne, hund. of Gartree, co. Leicester, 6 miles S.W. of Upping- ham, its post town, and 3 N. of the Medbourne-13ridge railway station. The village, which is inconsiderable, is wholly agricultural. In the neighbourhood is a mineral spring formerly in great repute. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect.* of Medbourne, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church has a lofty embattled tower, crowned with a spire, and containing one bell. The Hall, which is situated near the church, is the principal residence. It is a castellated mansion with a Roman Catholic chapel adjoining, and surrounded by extensive pleasure-grounds. Cosmore Neville, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole landowner. NEVIN. See NEFYN, co. Carnarvon. NEVIS, a stream of the co. Inverness, Scotland, rises under Ben Nevis, and flowing through the vale to which it gives name, falls into Loch Eil near Fort William. NEVISH, a sea loch, forming an arm of Sleat Sound, in the co. of Inverness, Scotland. It is about 12 miles long by 1J mile wide. NEWABBEY, anciently Eirkinder, a par. in the co. of Kircudbright, Scotland. It comprises the vil. of its own name, also the vil. of Drumbarn. It extends about 10 miles in length from S.E. to N.W., with an extreme breadth of about 4J miles. It is bounded on the E. by the estuary of the Nith, which falls into the Sohvay Frith, and on the other sides by the pars, of Kirkbean, Colvend, Kirkgunzean, Lochrutton, and Troqueer. Towards the S. the surface is level, and is regularly enclosed and highly cultivated, but in the western ex- tremity it is hilly and interspersed with mosses and extensive muirs. The soil in the uplands is chic ily gravel and loam, and in the level district to the S.E. alluvial clay. The climate, though subject to frequent