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Rh VENTRY. 726 VIRGINIA WATEK. 1801, by three ladies, the'Misses Percy, and their sister Mrs. Thompson. The Wesleyans, Bible Christians, Plymouth Brethren, and Independents have each a chapel. Adjoining the Independents chapel is a British school. Steephill Castle stands about a mile- on the road to St. Laurence, and was completed in 1835. A cave may he seen near the custle, a flagstaff marking its site. VENTRY, a par. in the bar. of Corkaguiny, co. Kerry, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Dingle. It is situated on the N. side of Dingle Bay, near Dunmore Head, and givts name to a harbour 2 miles long by 1J mile wide. The village is a coast-guard station and watering-place. At Cahir Trant is a Danish fort, and near Mount Eagle are the ruins of the old castle of the Knight of Kerry. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe, val. 110. The church has been restored. There are two Roman Catholic chapels and several schools. The Mullins of Burnham House take the title of baron from this place. VKli, or VERLAIN, a river co. Herts, forming the head stream of the Colue. VERNHAM-DEAN, a par. in the uppe/ half of Pastrow hund., co. Hants, 8 miles S. of Hungerford, its post town, and 9 N.W. of Andover. The soil is clay upon a substratum of chalk. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Hurstbourne Tarrant, in the dioc. of Winchester. The church has been recently restored. The Wesleyans have a chapel. VEHWICK, a par. in the hund. of Troedyraur, co. Cardigan, 2 miles N. of Cardigan, its post town. It is situated near the mouth of the river Teifi. The Flem- ings were once routed here by the Welsh. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David, val. 80. The church is dedicated to St. Pedrog. VERWOOD, or FAILtWOOD, a tythg. and chplry. in the par. of Cranborne, co. Dorset, 3 miles from Crau- borne, and 37 N.E. of Dorchester. VERYAN, a par. in ths W. div. of Powder hund., co. Cornwall, 4 miles S.W. from Tregoney, its post town, and 12 from Truro. The village is situated in a deep valley in the midst of hills, and near Veryan Bay, in the English Channel, by which it is bounded on the S. Veryan is mentioned in Domesday Book as Eterchy, at which period it was held by the Earl of Mortaigne. It includes the fishing cove of Portloe, and is traversed by the road from Tregoney to St. Mawes. Blue slate, lime, and manganese exist. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 339, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Ann of Sephori, or St. Symphoriana, contains a sculptured font, dating from 1100, and several monuments. The paro- chial charities produce about 22 per annum. There are schools for both sexes and chapels for the Wesley- ans, Independents, and Bible Christians. VEXFORD, HIGHER and LOWER, hmlts. in ths par. of Stogumber, co. Somerset, 6 miles N. of Mil- verton. VICARLAND, a vil. of Cambuslang, co. Lanark, Scotland, 4 miles S.E. of Glasgow. VICARSTOWN, a vil. in the bar. of Stradbally, Queen's county, Ireland, 6 miles N.E. of Stradbally, on the Grand canal. VICTORIA, a suburban district of the metropolis, lying between Bow, Hackney, and Bethnal-Green. It is skirted by the Great Eastern and North London rail- ways and the Regent's canal, and is close to Victoria Cemetery and Victoria Park ; the latter, which was commenced in 1842, lies a little to the N.W., and com- prises about 290 acres of ground, laid out for the health and recreation of the large and crowded districts of Betbnal-Green, Whitechapel, and Shoreditch. Here are situated the East London Waterworks, and the hospital for chest diseases, built in 1851 by Ordiah, with a sanatorium constructed of glass, 200 feet long, by Sir J. Paxton. VICTORIA, a new county in course of being re- claimed from the Wash, between cos. Norfolk and Lin- coln (which see). VICTORIA. Set TREMONTHA. VICTORIA CHANNEL, one of the passages into the Mersey, co. Lancashire, with from 12 to 20 feet water, marked by the Formby and Crosby lights VIE SKERRIES, a group of small islets off St. Magnus Bay, Shetland Isles, coast of Scotland. VIGEAN'S, ST., a par. in co. Forfar, Scotland. It comprises the vils. of St. Vigean's, Collistoumill, Mary- well, Gowanbank, Auckmithie, and part of the post town of Arbroath. The parish consists in a main body and two small detached districts, the former extending in length about 8 miles from E. to W., with a varying breadth of from 2 to 4J miles, and is bounded on the N. by Carmylie and Inverkeilor, on the E. by the Gorman Ocean, on the S. by Arbroath and Arbirlot, and on the W. by Carmylie. The coast is rocky and indented with caves, the most curious of which is the " Gaylet Pot," entered by an arch 70 feet high and terminating in a nearly circular cavity, called the pot, 150 feet in diameter, and 120 in depth. The sea enters the cavern, and im- mediately communicates with the pot, in which the fluc- tuations of the tide may be seen, and during an easterly wind the water rushes and foams, creating a consider- able noise. The prevailing rocks are sandstone and conglomorate. The soil is fertile and well cultivated. The parish is traversed by the Forfar railway. Pre- viously to 1560 it included Arbroath, to which abbey it once belonged ; it came through the Fletchers and Saltona to the Fanmures. Some of the inhabitants are engaged in weaving, and others in the fisheries. This par. is in the presb. of Arbroath and synod of Angus and Mearns, and in the patron, of the crown. The stipend of the minister is about 269. The parish church was enlarged in 1827. Near it is a hill which has an eight-syllable echo. In the district of Inverbrothock are a quoad sacra parish church, two Free churches, and a Methodist chapel, and at Auchmithie is a small chapel-of-ease. There are a parochial school and several other schools. At Grange of Conan are the ruins of St. Vigean's chapel, measuring 23 feet by 15, and near it a spring which was once of great repute ; there are also traces of Castlegory, once the palace of King Gregory. At Dichmouut Law Cairn a view of the Grampians is obtained. The prin- cipal seats are Letham, Seaton, Abbethuno, Springfield, Parkhill, Newton, Millbank, Woodlands, Almeriecloss, Beachwood, and Hospitalfieli VILLAFIELD, a suburban district of Glasgow, eo. Lanark, Scotland, adjoining Glasgow. VILLIERSTO WN, a vil. in the bars, of Decies-within- Drum and Coshmore, co. Waterford, Ireland, 6 miles S. of Cappoquin, and 28 S.W. of Waterford. It is situated on the river Blackwater, and is a post-office village and police station, where petty sessions are held weekly. The living is a perpet. cur., val. 100. Fairs are held on the 5th June and 4th September. VINAVORE, an island in the par. of Uig, one of the Ross-shire Hebrides, Scotland. It is situated in the southern part of Loch Roag, about 2 miles from the mouth of little Loch Roag. VINAY, an island in the par. of Bracadale, in the district of Skye, co. Inverness, Scotland. VINEFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Minehead, co. Somerset. VIRGINIA, a small market town in the par. of Lurgan, bar. of Castlerahan, co. Cavan, Ireland, 16 miles S.E. of Cavan. It is situated on Lough Ramor, and belongs to the Marquis of Headfort, of Virginia Park. Petty sessions are held weekly. There are a police station and a post- office. Market day is Thurs- day. Fairs are held in each month except in January, February, and April. VIRGINIA WATER, an ecclesiastical district in the par. of Egham, co. Surrey, 3J miles W. of Staines, and 5 S. of Windsor. The Reading branch of the London and South Western railway has a station here. The district in 1861 had a population of 877, and a church called Christ Church. It is situated near the Thames and the artificial lake from which it takes its name. This lake, which is the largest piece of artificial water in the kingdom, extends into the county of Berks, and