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Rh VALLAY. 725 VENTNOR. 01 Scotland, near Linga Island. It has a safe harbour, and gives name to a sound on the W. side of the Shet- land group. VALLAY, an island in the par. of North TJist, co. Inverness, Scotland. It extends in length about 2J miles from E. to V., by a mean breadth of about 3 fur- longs. A narrow sound, which becomes dry at low water, separates it from the north-western side of the island of North Uist. VALLE CRUCIS, or LLAN EGWEST, a htnlt. in the par. of Llangollen, eo. Denbigh, 3 miles N.W. of Llangollen. It has ruins of a Cistercian abbey, founded by Madoc ap Gruifydd Maelor about the close of the 1 2th century. VALLENCE. See SOUTHTON, co. "Wilts. VAMPLE CROSS, a hmlt. in the par. of Nettle- combe, co. Somerset, 3 miles S.W. of Watchet. VAN, or FAN, a hmlt. in the par. of Bedwas, co. Glamorgan, 4 miles N.E. of Caerphilly, on the river Romney. VANGE, a par. in the hund. of Barstable, co. Essex, 4 miles N.E. from Horndon-on-the-Hill, its post town, and 1 mile from Pitsea railway station. The village is situated near a creek on the river Thames. The par. includes a part of Canvey Island, and a low tract of marshy land, called Bower's Marsh. The living is a rect.* in the dice, of Rochester, val. 310. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a school for both sexes, erected by Sir Charles Smith. Little Vange Hall is the principal residence. VAREHOL, a tnshp. in the par. of Guilsfield, co. Montgomery, 5 miles N.W. of Welshpool, on the Guils- field canal. VARTRY, a river of co. Wicklow, Ireland, rises under Douce mountain, and flowing through the Devil's Glen, falls into the sea 2 miles N. of Wicklow. VATERNISH. See WATERNISH, co. Inverness. VATERSAY, or WATERSAY, an island in the par. of Barra, one of the Outer Hebrides, co. Inverness, Scotland. It is situated between Barra and Sanderay Islands, near West Sound. It measures about 3 miles in length by 2 in breadth, and is much indented by sea lochs or bays, which nearly divide it into two islands, the one called Vatersay, affording good and safe anchor- age. VAULTERSHOLME, a tythg. in the par. of Maker, hund. of Roborough, co. Cornwall, formerly in Devon, 2 miles S.W. of Devonport. VAUXHALL, a suburban district of London, in the par. of Lambeth, co. Surrey, 2i miles S.E. of St. Paul's. It is situated on the S. bank of the Thames, at the spot where the nine-arched iron bridge, built in 1815, crosses the river. It is a station on the South- Western railway, and was once a seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury, called Faukes or Fox Hall, which being pulled down gave its name to another, Copt Hall, now the site of a distillery. Vauxhall Gardens were originally laid out in 1660 as New Spring Gardens. There are schools belonging to the Licensed Victuallers' Company, and Singer's extensive stone-ware pottery. See LAMJIETH. VAYNOR-GLARE, a tnshp. in the par. of Glas- combe, hund. of Colwyn, co. Radnor, 9 miles N.W. of llay. VAYNOR, ISSA and TJCHA, tnshps. in the par. of Berriew, co. Montgomery, 4 miles N.W. of Montgomery, on a branch of the river Severn. VE. See Vis SKEHHIES, Shetland Islands. VEEP, ST., a par. in the hund. of West, co. Corn- 3 miles N.E. of Fowey. The village is situated midway between Fowey and Lostwithiel. The parish is ded on the W. by the navigable river Fowey, on tho N. by the Leryn, and on the 8. by Penpol Creek. The surface is hilly, and the soil fertile. There are remains of a small religious house founded by the Earl of Cornwall as a cell to the priory of Montacute, in Somersetshire. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of r, val. 320. The church is dedicated to St. Gyricius. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a parochial school. VELINDRE, a hmlt. in the par. of Glasbury, hund. of Talgarth, co. Brecon, 4 miles S.W. of Hay, near Tregoed. VELINDRE, a vil. in the hmlt. of Dyffrun-Cidrich, par. of Llangadock, co. Carmarthen, 3 miles N.E. of Llangadock, on the river Towy, under Trichrug. VELIN-VACH, a vil. in the par. of Talachdda, co. Brecon, 4 miles N.E. of Brecknock. In the vicinity is Velin-Newydd, an old seat of the Vaughans. VELLOW, a hmlt. in the par. of Stogumber, co. Somerset, 3 miles S.E. of Watchet. VELYNDRE, a hmlt. in the par. of Llangendeirne, co. Carmarthen, 4 miles S.E. of Carmarthen. VELYNDRE, a hmlt. in the par. of Dyffrun-Llau- gwnnor, co. Carmarthen, 1 mile S.E. of Carmarthen. VEMENTRY, an islet, one of the Shetland group, co. Orkney and Shetland, Scotland, 3j miles E. of Papa- stour. It is situated on the S. side of St. Magnus Bay, on Eye Sound, which separates it from the mainland. The island measures about 5J miles in circumference, and is inhabited by one family. VENEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Abergwilly, co. Car- marthen, 2 miles N.E. of Carmarthen. VENN, a hmlt. in the par. of Churchstow, co. Devon, 2 miles N.W. of Kingsbridge. VENNACHAR, a loch in co. Perth, Scotland, 2 miles W. of Callander. It is situated near Coilantangle ford, under Ben Ledi, and is formed by a reach of the river Teith. The loch is about 3 miles in length by 1J mile broad, with well-wooded banks. VENNINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Westbury, co. Salop, 10 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury. VENN-OTTERY. See OTTEKY-VENN, co. Devon. VENNY VACH, a hmlt. in the par. of St. John the Evangelist, hund. of Merthyr, co. Brecon. It is situated near Brecknock, under Caer Bannau and Peu-y-Crug camps. VENTNOR, a winter watering-place and rapidly- rising town in the par. of Newchurch, co. Hants, 9 miles S.E. of Newport, and 10 S. of Ryde, with which it is connected by the Isle of Wight railway, recently opened through Sandown and Shanklin. It is built on the estate of the Earl of Yarborough, and has grown up since 1820, when it was a mere hamlet. The town now contains more than 3,000 inhabitants. It is well provided with hotels, baths, assembly and reading-rooms, lodging- houses, and all the necessary appendages of a first-class watering-place. Its rapid rise is to be ascribed to its situation and salubrious air, which causes it to be sought as a winter residence by persons of consumptive and delicate constitutions, the oHmate being nearly three degrees in winter milder than that of the adjoining southern counties, and freer from rain and damp than any other place in England. The older part of the village is situated close under the TJndercliff, near the shore ; but numerous roads have been carried up the sloping face of the cliff, and are now lined with villa residences, extending for nearly a mile along the Terrace- road. In the winter a comfortable warmth is secured by the shelter of the Undercliff on the N., and the lofty down of St. Boniface on the E., while in the summer the air is refreshed by the coolness of the sea-breezes from the W. and S. Here, when tho temperature is 45 early in winter mornings, myrtles, fuchsias, and other delicate plants attain the size of shrubs. To the E. is the wild scenery of Luccombe Chine, and to the W. is Ventnor Cove, where curious pebbles and small diamonds are occasionally found, while a steep pathway leads up the face of St. Boniface Down to the Wishing Well. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Winchester. The parish church, dedicated to St. Catherine,, was erected at the expense of J. Hambrough, Esq., in 1837, by whom the parsonage and National schoolhouse were also built; this latter building, however, has recently been pulled down, and a schoolhouse for the education of both sexes, including infants, erected on the site, the expense being defrayed by a grant from the Committee of Council on Education and by voluntary contributions. A second church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in