Page:The National Gazetteer - A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Volume 3.djvu/364

Rh EOTHER. 352 EOTHERHAM. was anciently written Eobire, Eathbury, and Routh- byrig. It was given to the Percys in 1330. The magis- trates meet at the Black Bull Inn monthly, and the county court is held at the same inn. Malting and brewing are carried on in the neighbourhood. The town, which ia wide and airy, consists of three streets, irregularly built, diverging from the market place. There are a mechanics' institute, the union workhouse, and a market cross. A great portion of the land is of a moory nature, and was formerly forest. The subsoil abounds in coal, limestone, ironstone, and lead ore, which are supposed to have been worked by the Romans. In the western part of the parish is a valley_ encircled with hills, celebrated for goats' milk, which is in much request by valetudinarians, who resort hither during the summer months. On the brow of a hill, on the S. side of the river Coquet, is Whitton Tower, formerly the seat of the Umfravilles, whose arms decorate the western front, now used as the parsonage-house. Rothbury Poor-law Union comprises 25 parishes or places. It is also the seat of new County Court and superintendent registry dis- tricts. It gives name to a deanery in the archdeac. of Lindisfarne, and dioc. of Durham. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 1,106, in the patron, of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient cruciform structure with a square tower containing a peal of bells and a clock. It was restored in 1850 at an outlay of 3,000. It contains some monuments and an antique font, on which is rudely sculptured a representation of the Redeemer sitting in judgment. The parochial charities produce about i'264 per annum. There is a free grammar school with an endowment of 100, and Thomlinson's girls' free school founded in 1719. The Independents have a place of worship, to which a school is attached. The Duke of Northumberland is lord of the manor. Market day is on Friday, but has fallen into disuse. Fairs are held on the Friday in Easter week, on Whit-Monday, 2nd Oc- tober, and 1st November. ROTHER, three rivers of this name in England ; one rises near Rotherfleld in Sussex, and, flowing along the borders of Sussex and Kent, and round Oxncy Isle, falls into the English Channel at Rye ; another rises in the parish of Priors Dean, in co. Hants, and, passing the Sussex border, joins the Arun at Stopham ; the third rises near Chesterfield, in co. Derby, and joins the Don at Rotherham. ROTHERAS. See ROTHEBWAS, co. Hereford. ROTIIERBRIDGE, a bund, in the rape of Aruudel, co. Sussex, contains the pars, of Barlavington, Burton, Duncton, Egdean, Kirdford, Lurgashall, North Chapel, Petworth, Stopham, Button, Tillington, and Woolaving- ton ; comprising an area of 42,250 acres. ROTHERBY, a par. in the bund, of East Goscote, co. Leicester, 6 miles S.W. of Melton-Mowbray, its post town, and half a mile E. of the Brooksby railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Wreake. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Hoby, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church, dedi- cated to All Saints, has a spired tower containing three bells. The parochial charities produce about 15 per annum. There is a free school for both sexes. L. Wil- son, Esq., is lord of the manor. ROTHERFIELD, a hund. in the rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, contains the town of Tonbridge Wells and the pars, of Frant and Rotherfield, comprising an area of 24,140 acres. ROTHERFIELD, a par. in the above hund., rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 7 miles S. of Tonbridge Wells, its post town, and 4 W. of Wadhurst railway station. The parish, which is of large extent, is situated on the road from Tonbridge Wells to Lewes, at the source of the river Rother, and is chiefly agricultural. In the year 800 Rotherfield had a priory founded as a cell to St. Denis, in France, by Berlhwold, Duke of the South Saxons. The village is built on the declivity of a hill, under which the river Rother has its source. The sur- face is diversified by hills, including Crowborough Bea- con. The soil is chiefly clay, but tolerably fertile. About 500 acres are in hop plantations. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 1,514 10s., and the glebe comprises 110 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 1,354. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, is an ancient structure, with a timber roof and square embattled tower, crowned with a lofty spire and containing five bells. The interior contains many relics of great antiquity, including a carved font and a Norway oak communion table, the gift of the family of the late Rev. R. Crawley, who died in 1836, after having held the rectory upwards of half a century. The register dates from 1539. The parochial charities produce about 334 per annum, of which 313 goes to Sir H. Fermor's school and almshouses. There is a National school for both sexes. The Calvinistio Baptists and Wesleyans have each a place of worship. The Hall, which is the principal residence, is a square building, part of which has been recently restored ; the other part is of great antiquity, and has a peculiar stone chimney-piece in the drawing-room. The Earls of Abergavenny and De la Warr are lords of the manor. Fairs are held on 18th June and 20th October. ROTHERFIELD, a tythg. in the par. of East Tisted, lower half div. of Selborne hund., co. Hants, 4J miles S.W. of Alton. It is situated on the road from Alton to Gosport, and contains the hmlts. of Heards and Holtham. Rotherfield Park is a modern residence. ROTHERFIELD-GRAYS, a par. in the hund. of Binfield, co. Oxford, 3 miles S.W. of Henley-on-Thames, its post town, and 7^ from Reading. The village is situated on the Thames, and is principally agricultural. The manor was formerly held by the De Greys, Levels, and Knollyses, from whom it afterwards passed to the Stapletons of Grey's Court, a venerable mansion contain- ing part of the ancient baronial residence of the De Greys, from whom the parish derives its suffix. Tho surface is well wooded, the prevailing timber being beech. The soil is gravelly, alternating with flint and chalk. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 714, in the patron, of Trinity College, Oxford. The church has a square wooden belfry. The interior of the church contains a canopied brass of Robert de Grey, bearing date 1387, also tombs of the above-mentioned families, including a monument to Sir Francis Knollys. There are also the district churches of Trinity church and Highmore, the livings of which are perpet. curs. * The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a parochial school. ROTHERFIELD-PEPPARD, a par. in the hund. of Binfield, co. Oxford, 4J miles S.W. of Henley-on- Tharnes, its post town, and 7 from Reading. It was held .in 1225 by William Pipard, from whom it takes its dis- tinguishing name, and afterwards passed to the Botelers, Draytons, &c. The village which is considerable, is chiefly agricultural, but contains a flour-mill and a paper manufactory. The parish is bounded on the E. by the river Thames, and intersected by the road to Reading, also by a road from Nettlebed to Reading. The surface is undulating, and well wooded with about 180 acres of beech-wood. The soil is fertile, producing excellent wheat and grain, upon a subsoil of chalk and flint. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 522, and the glebe comprises 57 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 623, in the patron, of Jesus College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a wooden tower, supposed to have been built in the reign of Edward I. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. There is a free school. The In- dependents have a place of worship. Near the church is a perennial spring of clear water. ROTHERHAM, a par., market town, and tnshp., in the S. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 5 miles N.E. of Sheffield, 48 S.W. of York, and 159 N.W. of London, or 172 by railway. It is tho Junction station of the Midland and Sheffield and Rotherham railways. The par., which is of large extent, includes, besides the town of Rotherham, the tnshps. of Brinsworth, Catclifle, Greasbrough, Kimber- worth, Orgreave, Tinsley, and pail of Dalton, together