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Rh 6AMPFORD-ARUNDEL. 390 SAMPSON, ST The parochial charities produce about 35 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. Tho Roman Catholics have a place of worship. In the vicinity is the old mansion of the South-worths, now occupied as a ladies' boarding-school. SAMPFOKD-ARTJNDEL, a par. in the hund. of Milverton, co. Somerset, 2| miles S.W. of Wellington, its post town and railway station, and 9J S.W. of Taun- ton. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the great western road from Bath to Exeter, under Black Down hill. The pariah is traversed by the lino of the Great Western railway. The soil consists of a rich loam, with a subsoil of clay and sand. Sampford- Arundel gives name and title of baron to Lord Arundell of Wardour. The iinpropriate tithes, have been com- muted for a rent-charge of 150, and the vicarial for 125. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 146. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, has an embattled tower containing five bells. The interior of the church contains a monument of C. Baker, Esq., sheriff of the county in 1724 ; also monu- ments to the Browns. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. There is a parochial school for both sexes. T. Were, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. SAMPFORD-BRETT, a par. in the hund. of Willi- ton, co. Somerset, 15 miles N.W. of Tauuton, its post town, and 1 J mile S.W. of Williton station on the West Somerset railway. The village, which is of small ex- tent, and chiefly agricultural, is supposed to take the adjunct to its name from the family of De Brett, to whom it anciently belonged. The soil is a mixture of sand and loam upon a subsoil of marl and clay. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 300, and the glebe comprises 36 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 358. The church, dedicated to St. George, has a square tower containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a Sunday-school for both sexes. Sir A. A. Hood, Bart., is lord of the manor. SAMPFORD-COURTNEY, a par. in the hund. of Black Torrington, co. Devon, 2 miles from North Taw- ton, and 5 N.E. of Okehampton. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the road to Bude. The par. contains the vils. of AVilly and Corscombe, and the chplry. of Sticklepath, which, in the reign of Henry V., was a separate parish. At Brightley in this parish are traces of a Cistercian abbey, founded in 1 1 36 by Richard Fitz-Baldwin do Brionies, which was afterwards re- moved to Ford. At the time of the Reformation this place was the scene of a serious rising under Humphrey Arundell in 1549. The Forest of Dartmoor joins the parish of Dartmoor on the S.. Tho lower grounds are watered by the river Taw and its tributary streams. About half the land is arable, a third moorland, and the remainder pasture, orchard, and woodland. The soil is generallj a red loam, alternating with a stiff clay. A copper mine was opened near Sticklepath, but has been abandoned. The living is a rect.* with the cur. of Sticklepath annexed, in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 510, in the patron, of King's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial cha- rities produce about 6 per annum. SAMPFORD, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Fresh- well, co. Essex, 7 miles S.E. of Saffron-Walden, and 4 N.E. of Thaxted. The village, which contains several good houses, is situated on the eastern bank of the small river Pant, and is chiefly agricultural. The straw-plait manufacture was introduced in the early part of the present century. The surface is undulating and en- riched with wood. About two-thirds of the land are arable, and the remainder rich meadow and woodland. The soil is fertile. The living is a vie. with the cur. o) Hempstead annexed, in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 255. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a tower at the W. end. The parochial charities produce about 7 per annum. The Baptists have a place of worship. There are National schools. Tindon End is the principal resi- dence. A fair is held on Whit-Monday. SAMPFORD, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Fresh- well, co. Essex, 7 miles from Haverhill, 9 from Saffron- Walden, and 14 N.W. of Braintree, its post town. Tho village, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the river Pant, and is wholly agricultural. The Essex hounds meet in this parish. The land is prin- cipally arable, with some meadow, pasture, and wood- land. Near the Manor House of Friers are traces of an ancient chapel of the Knights Hospitallers, to whom the manor once belonged. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 494, in the patron, of New College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a lofty tower, surmounted by a spire. It contains some ancient monuments. Tho parochial charities pro- duce about 12 per annum. The tithes were commuted in 1839. SAMPFORD-PEVERELL, a par. in the hund. of Halberton, co. Devon, 4 miles S.E. of Tavistock, its post town, and 2J N.E. of Tiverton Road railway sta- tion. The village, which is said to have been anciently a borough, is situated on the Grand Western canal, and on the high road from Taunton to Tiverton. The woollen manufacture was formerly extensively carried on at this place. The soil is of a sandy nature, upon a subsoil of rock and gravel. The line of the Bristol and Exeter railway passes through the parish. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 270. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has a tower contain- ing a clock and five bells. The interior of the church contains tombs of the Peverels and Pauletts, to whom the manor formerly belonged. From the churchyard a view is obtained as far as Sidmouth Gap, about 25 miles distant. There is a National school for both sexes. Tho Wesleyans and Bible Christians have each a place of worship. The old Manor House, once occupied by Mar- garet Countess of Richmond, and mother of Henry VII., and subsequently by Sir Amias Paulett, who had the custody of Mary Queen of Scotts at the time of her execution, was taken down in 1775. An annual fair occurs on the following Monday after Crediton great market. SAMPFORD-SPINEY, a par. in the hund. of Ro- borough, co. Devon, 4 miles S.E. of Tavistock. Plymp- ton is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Spiney, and is wholly agricultural. Here is a mice where cobalt and silver have been worked. This parish borders on the confines of Dartmoor, and is intersected by the Plymouth tram- way. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to that of Shaugh, in the dioc. of Exeter, val. respectively 107 and 54, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, to whom the impropriate tithes belong. The church was partially built by the Incorporated Society. SAMPHREY, an islet in the par. of Yell, Shetland Isles, coast of Scotland, 2 miles S. of Yell. SAMPSON, one of the Scilly Islands, in the par. of St. Mary, co. Cornwall. It comprises about 80 acres, and has several ancient barrows. SAMPSON, ST., a par. in the E. div. of Powder hund., co. Cornwall, 4 miles S.E. of Lostwithiel. The navigable river Fowey bounds the parish on the E. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 53. At a spot called Castle-Dore was formerly a castle of the earls of Salisbury. SAMPSON, ST., a par. in the Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, 2 miles N.E. of St. Peter's Port. The village, which is situated on the harbour of the same name, is said to have derived its name from Archbishop Sampson, to whom Childebert, king of the West Saxons, in 550 gave large estates in the Channel Isles, and who built a chapel in this parish opposite to St. Michael's castle. After the Norman conquest it was given by William I. to Sampson d'Anneville, as a fief or royalty, and is still called the fief d'Anneville. This fief is held by the noblest tenure in the island, the lord of the seignory ranking next after the clergy, and being bound to attend the sovereign as his esquire whenever he shall visit the island. Tho lord holds a court at Michaelmas, composed of a seneschal, three vavasers,