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Rh I SANDERSTEAD. 393 SANDGATE. 15 acres. The living is a rect.* with that of Babingloy annexed, in the dioc. of Norwich, joint val. 171. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is an ancient structure with a tower at the W. end containing one bell. It has an E. window of stained glass, and was restored and beautified in 1857. The register dates from 1557. There is a parochial school for girls. SANDERSTEAD, a par. in the first div. of Walling- ton hund., co. Surrey, 3 miles S.E. of Croydon, its post town, and 1 3 from London. Here was formerly a college for priests, founded by Reginald Lord Cobham in the reign of Henry VI., the revenue of which at the Dissolution was valued at 79 15. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The Surrey hounds meet in the neighbourhood. The parish is in- tersected by the line of the London and Brighton rail- way. The surface is well wooded, and the land chiefly arable, with a small proportion of meadow and pasture. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 500. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice with a low spired tower containing two bells. It has been recently restored, and the chancel rebuilt. The register dates from 1600. The parochial charities pro- duce about 11 per annum. There is a parochial school for both sexes. Purley House is the principal residence, and was formerly the residence of J. Home Tooke, author of " The Diversions of Purley." 8ANDFIELD, a hmlt. in the par. of Willoughby, Wold div. of Calceworth hund., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 2 miles S.E. of Alford. SANDFIELD, a hmlt. in the bar. of Athlone, co. Roscommon, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Roscommon. SANDFORD, a par. in the hund. of Crediton, co. Devon, 2 miles N.W. of Crediton, its nearest railway station and post town. The village, which is of large extent, is situated near the small river Greedy, and on the turnpike road from Crediton to South Molton. The par. contains tbp hmlts. of West Sandford, New Build- ings, and East Village. The inhabitants are chiefly en- gaged in agriculture. The surface is varied, and the soU a rich red loam. There are quarries of good build- ing stone. The appropriate tithes, belonging to the Governors of the Crediton Charity, have been commuted for a rent-charge of 1,150. The living is a perpet. cur." in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 250, in the patron, of three Governors. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, was formerly a chapel-of-ease to the mother church of Crediton, and is an ancient stone edifice with a low square tower containing a clock and five bells. The church has a painted E. window inserted as a memorial to the late Sir H. P. Davie, Bart., also several brasses to the Dow- rich family. The parochial charities produce about 65 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, built in 1849, and partly endowed. The Inde- pendents have a place of worship. Greedy Park and Dowrich House are the principal residences. Fairs are held on the third Monday in March, and the last Mon- day in July for the sale of cattle. SANDFORD, a par. in the hund. of Bullingdon, co. Oxford, 3J miles S.E. of Oxford, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the E. bank of the river Isis, and on the road from Oxford to London. The inhabitants are principally agricultural, but there is a paper mill on the bank of the Isis. The Knights Templars had formerly a pre- ceptory, founded by Queen Maud, the site of which was given to the Powell family, of whom was descended Milton's first wife, Mary Powell. The living is a per- pet. cur.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 75. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was built in the 12th century. The parochial charities produce about 5 per annum. SANDFORD, a par. in the hund. of Wootton, co. Ox- ford, 7 miles N.W. of Woodstock, its post town, SiN.E. of Neat Enstone, and 2 from Great Tew. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Donne, and is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the hmlt. of Ledwell. The surface is varied with hills of no great elevation. The soil is a strong clay alternated with sand. The tithes were commuted for land and a money pay- ment under an Enclosure Act in 1767. The living is a vic. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 200. The church was restored in 1845 at the expense of the Rev. Thomas Curme. The chancel has been lately rebuilt, and a painted window inserted. The interior contains a pul- pit of carved stone, also a carved oak screen. The paro- chial charities produce about 33 per annum, of which 6 goes to Mead's school. Sandford Park and the manor house are the principal residences. SANDFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Frees, co. Salop, 5 miles W. of Market Drayton. SANDFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Felton, co. Salop, 5 miles S.E. of Oswestry. SANDFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Warcop, E. ward, co. Westmoreland, 3 miles S.E. of Appleby, and 4 N.W. of Brough. It is situated on the river Eden, and was formerly held by the Sandfords, Viponts, and Warcops. In the vicinity are four large tumuli, one of which was opened in 1766, and found to contain calcined bones and military weapons, and near them was formerly a circle of stones about 50 yards in diameter. SANDFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Morden, co. Dorset, 5 miles N. of Wareham. SANDFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, near Cheltenham. SANDFORD, a tythg. in the par. of Godshill, Isle of Wight, co. Hants, 5 miles S.E. of Newport. SANDFORD, a tythg. in the par. of Kingsclerc, co. Hants, near Kingsclere. SANDFORD, a lib. in the par. and hund. of Son- ning, co. Berks, 3 miles E. of Reading. It is j lined with Woodley to form a township. SANDFORD, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of St. Helen, Abingdon, hund. of Hornier, co. Berks, 3 miles N.W. of Abingdon, and 7 S. W. of Oxford. It is situated at the confluence of the river Ock with the Thames, and near the Wilts and Berks canal. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Abingdon, in the dioc. of Oxford. The church was erected on the site of an old chapel in 1850. SANDFORD, a vil. in the par. of Stonehouse, co. Lanark, Scotland, near Strathavon. SANDFORD, a vil. in the par. of St. Peter, bar. of TJppercross, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 1J mile S. of Dublin, near Ranelagh, 011 the road to Ennis- kerry. A chapel was founded here by Lord Mount- sandford, from which circumstance the place derives its name. There is a school and a library. SANDFORD-ORGAS, a par. in the hund. of Hore- thorne, co. Somerset, 3 miles N. of Sherborne, its post town, and 2 S.E. of Marston railway station. The vil- lage, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The land ia chiefly in pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 260, and the glebe com- prises 45 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sath and Wells, val. 283. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient structure, with a tower con- taining five bells. The register dates from 1538. The parochial charities produce about 1 10s. per annum. There is a school for both sexes, in which a Sunday- school is also held. Hubert Hutchings, Esq., is lord of the manor. SANDGATE, a chplry., post town, and watering- place, partly in the lib. of the town of Folkestone, and partly in the par. of Cheriton, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 1J mile S.W. of Folkestone, and 8 W. of Dover. The South-Eastern railway has a junction station for Shornclifie and Sandgate. The name of the village is derived from its situation at one of those gaps or gates of the sea so frequent along the E. coast, and from the sandy nature of the soil on which it is built. The castle is said to have been originally built in the reign of Richard n., but was entirely reconstructed by Henry VIII. on the plan of Deal and Walmer castles, and at the commencement of the present century was modernised, and the central tower converted into a martello tower. Barracks have also been erected, and a permanent military camp formed in 1856 on the pla- teau above the town, capable of accommodating- 6.000