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Rh WARNDON. 751 AVARRIXGTON. and family. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum, of which 6 go to Duncan's Sunday-school. T. M. Wayne, Esq., is lord of the manor. WARNDON, a par. in the lower div. of Oswaldslow hund, co. Worcester, 2J miles N.E. of Worcester, its post town, and 2 N.E. of Spetchley railway station. The village is situated near the Birmingham and Wor- cester canal and railway. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 151. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. WARNFOKD. See WARRINGTOX, co. Northumber- land. WARNFORD, a par. in the upper half of Meon- Stoko hund., co. Hants, 7 miles N.E. of Bishop's Waltham, and 9i S.W. of Petersfield. The village is situated on the Titchfield rivulet. The par. includes the limit, of Riversdown. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Hugh de Port, ancestor of the St. Johns of Basing, who had a mansion here called King John's House, built of flints set in grout-work, 80 feet by 54 feet, with walls four feet thick. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 502. The church, founded by the Saxon Wilfrid, contains several ir.onuments, a Norman font, and an old confessional. The tower waa rebuilt by Adam de Port after the Con- quest. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. There is a school for both sexes, erected at the expense of E. R. Tunno, Esq., by whom it is supported. Warnford House and Belmont Cottage are the prin- cipal residences. WARNHAM, a par. in the hund. of Singlecross, rape of Bramber, co. Sussex, 3 miles N.W. of Horsham, its post town, and 33 from London. The village is near the river Arun, and consists chiefly of one long narrow street extending N. and S. The parish is bounded on the N. by the county of Surrey, and near Warnham Mill is a sheet of water covering about 100 acres. Stono is quarried at Oldhouse Farm. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 191, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church, dedi- cated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure, with a square embattled tower containing a clock and six bells. It was enlarged and repaired in 1848. The register dates from 1558. There is a National school for both sexes. Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, was born at Field Place, in this parish. Northlands and Warnham Court are the principal residences ; the latter was erected in 1833. T. Wisden, Esq., of Brighton, is lord of the manor. WARNHAM FLATS, lying inside Farn Isles, on the coast of Northumberland, near Bamborough Castle. They are overflowed by the sea at high tide. WAUNINGCAMP, a tythg. in the par. of Leomin- Btcr, hund. of Poling, rape of Arundel, co. Sussex, 2 miles N.E. of Arundel. There was formerly a chapel- of-casc. WARPSGROVE, a par. in the hund. of Ewelme, co. Oxford, 3 miles N.W. of Watlington, and 7 from Thame. It is a meet for the Wormsley harriers. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. There being no church, the parishioners attend that at Chalgrove. WARREN, a par. in the hund. of Castlemartin, co. Pembroke, 4 miles S W. of Pembroke, its post town, and 7 from Milford Haven. The village is situated near Leny Head, on the Bristol Channel. Here are traces of a camp. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of St. David, val. 83, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. WARREN, a hmlt. in the par. of Old Cleeve, co. Somerset, 1 mile E. of Minehcad, on the Bristol Channel. WAHREN-HOUSE, an ext. par. place in the borough of Ipswich, co. Suffolk. WARRENPOINT, a par., seaport, and bathing-place in the bar. of Upper Iveagh, co. Down, Ireland, 27 milcj '3. W. of Downpatrick, and 6 from Newry, to which it is a subport. It is connected with Newry by the Newry navigation and by a short line of rail- way. The village, which is at the head of Catling- ford Lough, is of modern date, having been commenced building towards the close of the last century, on tho site of a largo rabbit warren. There are a quay, p slice- station, savings-bank, dispensary, windmill, and dis- tillery. Petty sessions are held regularly. Tho castle was originally built by De Lacy in the beginning of the 13th century, but having been destroyed during tho civil war of Charles I., was rebuilt by the Duke of Ormonde in 1C63. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Down, val. 60, in the patron, of the incumbent of Clanallon. There is a church, built in 1825 by R. Hall, Esq., of Narrow Water Casel. WARRENSTOWN, a hmlt. in the bar. of Lower Deece, co. Meath, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Diin- shaughlin. WARRENSTOWN, a bar. in the north-eastern div. of King's County, Ireland, contains the pars, of Bally- macwilliam and parts of Ballyburly and Castlejordiin ; comprising 21,462 acres. WARRINGTON, a par., tnsbp., market town, muni- cipal and parliamentary borough, locally in the E. div. of West Derby hund., eo. Lancaster, 17 miles E. of Liverpool, 22 S.W. of Manchester, and 182J from Lon- don by the London and North-Western railway, on which it is a first-class station ; there are besides sta- tions on the Warrington and Stockport and Warrington and Garston railways. It is situated on the river Mersey, which is navigable for small craft to tho quay, and near the Sankey and Bridgwater canals. Tho par. includes, besides the borough of Warrington, extending into the adjoining tnshps. of Latchford and Thelwull in co. Chester, the tnshps. of Burton-Wood, Poulton-with- Fearnhead, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, and Woolston- with-Martinscroft. The soil is a fertile loam, and tho land chiefly in rich pasture and market gardens. The town, which is a place of great antiquity, though one of the new boroughs, is traversed by tho old Homan way to Condate, and by the old mail-coach road from London to Liverpool. In the Saxon times it was called Weringtun, and is mentioned in Domesday survey as Ifallintun or Walentune, at which time it was the head of a hundred now merged in that of West Derby, and in the reign of Henry III. came to the Botelers of Bowsey, who founded an Austin friary here in 1380. It subsequently passed by marriage to the Stanleys, who built the bridge here across the Mersey for Henry VII. to cross over on his visit to Lathom Park, and after- wards to Dudley, Earl of Leicester. During the civil war it was twice taken from the Royalists by General Lambert, who routed the Scotch forces under Bailie in 1648, and again under Charles II. in 1651. In 1745 the old bridge was partly demolished, in order to stop tho forces of the Pretender, but was rebuilt in 1812. On the passing of the Reform Act in 1832 it was made a parliamentary borough, with the privilege of return- ing one member, and in 1847 was incorporated as a municipal borough, including four wards in Lancashire and one in Cheshire. It is governed by a mayor, who is also returning officer, 9 aldermen, and 27 common councillors, with the stylo of "mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Warrington." Its revenue is chiefly derived from the market tolls, farmed by tho corporation now. A court leet is held occasionally by J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., who is lord of the manor. Borough sessions are held before the mayor and justices, a court of sessions before the recorder, and petty sessions for the division every Monday. A county court sits on the first Thursday in each month, and the Board of Guardians weekly. The population of the municipal borough in 1861 was 24,643, and of the parliamentary 26,000. The town consists of several narrow streets, which have recently undergone much improvement, especially in paving and sewering. The principal public buildings are the townhall, in tho Market-street, built in 1820; market-house, with some ancient timbered buildings adjoining ; the sessions house and bridewell, in Irlam-street ; the county-court house; union work- house, in Froghall-lane, with a general hospital, fever hospital, and lunatic ward; assembly rooms, theatre,