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Rh WARRINGTON, 761 WARTON. mechanics' institute, savings-bank, two branch banks, museum and library, in Bold-street, erected in 1857 at a cost of 3,000 ; public baths, in Leigh-street ; and the Clergy Orphan Institution and Training School, occupying a site called " the Mount." There are also the depot of the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia ; gasworks, established in 1822; a dispensary, agricul- tural society, musical society, church institute, and public library, containing 6,000 volumes. The trade of the town is various, including wire-drawing, the manu- facture of files and tools, glass works, nail, pin, and rope factories, shoe-making, sailcloth weaving, oiice the staple industry, cotton and fustian mills, but these three last have recently much declined. There are also iron foundries, breweries, maltings, chemical works, soap manufactory, besides weavers and turners. The salmon fishery has long been destroyed, owing to the pollution of the river by chemical and dye works. The Poor-law Union comprises 13 pars, and tnshps. in Lancashire, and 3 in Cheshire. The principal residences are Bewsey Hall, the old seat of the Botelers, now belonging to Lord Lilford ; Orford Hall, the old seat of the Blackburnes ; and Bank Hall, the seat of J. Wilson-Patten, Esq., M.P. for North Lancashire. Two weekly newspapers, the Guardian and the Advertiser, are published on Saturdays. The works of Mrs. Barbauld, John Howard the philanthropist, Roscoe, Dr. Farrar, and others were printed here. Of tho academy, lately pulled down and sold, founded in 1757, " the nursery of men for future years," Barbauld was a scholar, and Taylor, author of the Hebrew Concordance, Enfield of tho "Speaker," Priestley, and G. Wakefield were masters. Warrington gives title of earl to Earl Stamford. It is the head of a deanery in the archdeaconry of Liverpool and dioc. of Chester. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Chester, val. 800, of which the Rev. W. Queckett is the present rector. The church has lately been restored at a cost of 14,000, with tower and spire 300 feet high, dedicated to St. Helen, or, as it is called in Domesday book, of St. Elphin, and contains effigies and monuments of the Boteler, Booth, and Patten families, of Bank Hall. In addition to the parish church are the district churches of Trinity, St. Ann's, St. Paul, Hollinfare, Burton Wood, and Padgate, the livings of which are all perpet. curs., varying in yal. from 300 to 160 and 96. The Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, General and Par- ticular Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Wick- lifljtes, Unitarians, and Society of Friends have chapels. The local charities produce about 1,300 per annum, besides almshouses. The schools are numerous and well-attended, including the Botelers' free grammar school, founded in 1526, with an income of about 800, where Ticrney was educated ; the Blue-Coat school, founded in 1665 by John Allen, with an income of 1,000 and 100 scholars ; the Clergy Daughters' school, sup- ported by voluntary contributions; the Training Col- lege for Schoolmistresses, besides National, infant, Sunday, ragged, and ladies' schools. Market days are Wednesday and Saturday. Fairs are held monthly for the sale of cattle, and on 18th July and 30th November for horses, cattle, and sheep. WARRINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Olney, hund. of Newport, co. Bucks, 2 miles N.E. of Olney. WARRINGTON, or WARNFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Bambrough, co. Northumberland, 3 miles S.E. of Belford. This place was formerly more considerable than at present. WARSASH, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Sarisbury, par. of Titchfield, co. Hants, 5 miles W. of Fareham, at the confluence of the Hamble and Southampton Water. WARSILL, an ext. par. place in the par. and lib. of Ripon, West Riding co. York, 5 miles N.W. of Ripley, and 4 E. of Pateley Bridge. The Wesleyans have a chapel. J. Greenwood, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. WARSLOW, a tnehp. and chplry, in tho par. of Alstonefield, N. div. of Totmonslow hund., co. Stafford, 8 miles N.E. of Leek, and 4 S. of Longnor. Ashbourn Manifold. The chplry. includes the hmlt. of Elkstone. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 105, in the patron, of the Vicar of Alstonefield. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, or St. John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1820. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum, also 24 to Sir G. Crewe'a free school, built in 1836. Warslow Hall is the principal residence. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is lord of tho manor. WARSOP, a par. in the Hatfield div. of Bassetlaw wap. , co. Nottingham, 5 miles N.E. of Mansfield, its post town, and 7j S. of Worksop. It is situated on the small river Meden, and contains the hmlts. of Church Warsop, Market Warsop, and Gleadthorpe. In the parish are limestone quarries, gravel pits, and lime kilns. Tho village was formerly a market town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 1,020. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, was thoroughly repaired in 1831, and has a clock, the gift of the Rev. Francis Mai-tin, M.A., in 1844. The parochial charities produce about 142 per annum, of which 16 go to Whiteman's school, and 109 to the poor. There is a parochial school for both sexes. The Baptists and Wesleyans have each a chapel. Nettleworth Hall and Park Hall are the principal residences. Major Sir H. Fitz-Herbert, Bart., is lord of the manor. Fairs for the sale of cattle aro held on the 17th November, Monday before Whitsun- tide, and on the 29th September. WARTER, a par. in the Bainton-Beacon div. of Harthill wap., East Riding co. York, 4 miles N.E. of Pocklington, its post town. The village is situated near the Wolds, and the greater part of the land is under tillage. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, val. 100. Tho church is dedicated to St. James. The Wesleyans have a chapel. An Austin priory was founded here by Geoffry Fitz-Paiu in 1132, which at the Dissolution was valued at 143. Warter Priory is the principal residence. WARTHERMASK, a hmlt. in the par. of Masham, wap. of East Hang, North Riding co. York, 8 miles S.W. of Bedale. It forms a township with Swinton. WARTHILL, a par. partly in the wap. of Bulmer, North Riding, and partly within the lib. of St. Peter's, East Riding, co. York, 5 miles N.E. of York, its post town. The soil is sandy. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, val. 160, in the patron, of tho arch- bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Brook- field House is the principal residence. J. Agar, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. WARTLING, a par. in the hund. of Foxearlo, rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 5 miles S.E. of Hailsham, its post town, and 44 N. of Pevensey railway station. The village is situated on the road from Lewes to Battle and Hastings, near the river Ashhurn. Tho par. includes the hmlt. of Boreham. The land is partly in hop- grounds. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chich< val. 307. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magilu- lene, contains monuments to the Curtis family of Wind- mill Hill. There is a National school for both sexes. Windmill Hill Place is the principal residence. WARTNABY, a chplry. in the par. of Rothley, hund. of East Goscote, co. Leicester, 4 miles N.W. of MI Mowbray, its post town, and 3 N. of Firsby mi station. The village is situated near Broughton Hill. The living is a cur., annexed to the vie. of Rolhl- the dioc. of Peterborough. The church is dedicai St. Michael. The parochial charities produce. 12 per annum. The Hall is tho principal residence. WARTON, a par. in the hund. of Lonsdale, co. Lancaster, 7 miles N.E. of Lancaster, its post town, and 1 mile N. of Carnforth railway station on the Ca i railway. It is situated on the small river Keir, nea Kendal and Lancaster canal, and at a short distam the E. of Morecambe Bay. The par., comprising above 22,000 acres, contains the tnshps. of Carm Berwick, Priest Hutton, Silverdale, Warton Lindeth, Yealand Conyers, and Yealand-Redni: Copper exists at Warton Crag, but is not worked. The soil is a thin earth, resting on 1 of gravel in parts, but chiefly on limestone. The
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