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Rh vVATERLOO. 759 WATFORD. WATERLOO, a vil. and ecclesiastical district in the hund. of West Derby, Co. Lancaster, 4 miles N.W. of Liverpool. It is a station on the Liverpool and South- port branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. It is situated at the mouth of the river Mersey, and in 1861 had a population of 2,046. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioe. of Chester, val. 150, in the patron, of trustees. WATERLOO, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Portsdown, Fareham div. of co. Hants, 7 miles from Portsmouth, its post town, and 3 from Gotham railway station. It is situated in Bere Forest, and was consti- tuted a parish in 1858 by an Act of Parliament passed the previous year. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 100, alternately in the patron, of the bishop and Winchester College. The church is dedicated to St. George. WATERLOO, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Lepton, and par. of Kirk-Heaton, West Riding co. York, 3 miles E. of Huddersfield. WATERMAN'S LODGE, an ext. par. place in the hund. of C'hadlington, co. Oxford, 6 miles N.W. of Whitney, in Wychwood Forest. WATERMILLOCK, a chplry. in the par. of Grey- Btoke, ward of Leith, co. Cumberland, 7 miles S.W. of Penrith, its post town, and 6 from Grcystoke. It is situated on the northern bank of Ulleswater Lake, near Gowbarrow Park, in which are the Airey Force Cascade and Lyulph's Tower. The chplry. includes the hmlt. of Thackenthwaite. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the slate-pencil and bobbin mills. The reverberation of the hills on the discharge of a gun produces a sound nearly resembling thunder. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 100, in the patron. of the Rector of Greystoke. The parochial charities con- sist of the interest of 200. There is an endowed free grammar school for both sexes. Halstead, Old Church, Beauthorn Cottage, and Ramsbeck Lodge are the prin- cipal residences. Henry Howard, Esq., is lord of the manor. WATER NEWTON. See NEWTON WATER, co. Hants. WATERNISH, a quoad sacra par. in the par. of Durinish, co. Inverness, Scotland. It is situated in the north-western part of the Isle of Skye, between Lochs Snizort and Bay, and includes Stein and the Isle of Issay. It is chiefly the property of the Mac Donalds, who have a seat here. The parish is in the presbytery of Skye, and in the patron, of the crown. There are a church and schools. WATER-OAKLEY, a div. in the par. and hund. of Bray, co. Berks. WATER-OF-LEITH, a vil. in the par. of St. Cuth- bcrt, co. Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on the Water of Leith, not far from Edinburgh. WATER-ORTON, or WATER-OVERTON, a hmlt. and chplry. in the par. of Aston, Birmingham div. of Hemlingford hund., co. Warwick, 2 miles N.W. of Coleshill, its post town, and 8 from Birmingham. It is a station on the Birmingham and Derby railway. The village is situated on the river Thame. The soil is gravelly. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioe. of Worcester, val. 115, in the patron, of trustees. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. In the churchyard is an old stone cross. WATERPERRY, a par. in the hund. of Bullingdon, co. Oxford, 2J miles S.W. from Whoatley, its post town, and 6 from Thame. The village is situated on the river Thamc. Tho par. includes the hmlt. of Thomley. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 60. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains two brasses of the Curzon family, bearing dates 1527 and 1370, some stained glass windows, with arms, and the effigy of a Templar, and in the chancel is a monument by Chantry. J. W. Henley, Esq., is lord of the manor. WATERSAY. Set VATBRSAY, Western Isles, Scot- land. WATERSFIELD, a tythg. in the par. of Cold Walt- ham, hand, of Bury, rape of Arundel, co. Sussex, 6 miies N. of Arundel. WATERS GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Higher Kinnerton, co. Flint, 2 miles N.E. of Caorgwrle. WATERSIDE, a vil. in the par. of Fenwick, co. Ayr, Scotland. There are a subscription school and a private school. WATERSIDE, a vil. in the par. of Dalmellingion. co. Ayr, Scotland. It is a station on the Ayr and Dalmei- lington branch of the Glasgow and South- Western rail- way. The village is chiefly inhabited bv miners. WATERSIDE, a hmlt. in the par. of Chosham, co. Bucks. WATERSIDE, a vil. in the bar. of Tirkeeran, co. Londonderry, Ireland, adjoining Londonderry, on the river Foyle. WATERSIDE, or QUAY, a hmlt. in the par. of Thorno, West Riding co. York. WATERSON, a hmlt. in the par. of Piddletown, co. Dorset, 4 miles N.E. of Dorchester, on the river Trent. WATERSON, a vil. in the par. of Llandstadwcll, co. Pembroke, 3 miles N.W. of Pembroke. WATERSTOCK, a par. in the hund. of Thame, co. Oxford, 4 miles W. of Thame, 2J E. of AVheatley, and 9 from Oxford, on the river Thame. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 235. Tho church, dedicated to St. Leonard, has recently been restored at the expense of J. Ashurst, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum, besides a share in Beckley ahnshouses. The principal residence is Waterstock House, once the seat of Sir George Croko, a judge of the King's Bench in the reign of Charles I., and to whom the church con- tains a monument. WATERSTON, a vil. in the par. of Ecclesmachan, co. Linlithgow, Scotland, near Uphall. WATER-STRATFORD. See STIIATJPOIID WATER, co. Bucks. WATERS UPTON, a par. in the Wellington div. of South Bradford hund., co. Salop. WATERTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Newhills, co. Aberdeen, Scotland. It consists of one estate, and is the site of a paper mill. WATERVILLE, a vil. in the bar. of Iveragh, co. Kerry, Ireland, 9 miles S. of C'ahercivcen, on Balliu- skelligs Bay, near Lough Currane. WATFORD, a par., post, and ancient market town in the hund. of Casliio, or lib. of St. Alban's, co. Herts, 7 miles S.W. of St. Alban's, and 15 N.W. of London by road, or 17 f by the London and North- Western rail- way, which has a first-class station and hotel, called " The Clarendon ;" there are also branch lines to St. Alban's and Lulon, and to Rickmansworth and Ux- bridge. It is situated on the right bank of the river Colne, here crossed by a bridge, and near the Grand Junction canal and the tunnel of the North-Wcstcrn railway, one mile 170 yards in length, and which cost above 140,000. In the Saxon times it belonged to St. Alban's Abbey. In 1689 a mineral spring was discovered here, the water of which becomes as black as ink when mixed with nutgalls. The par. includes, besides the town of Watford, the vil. of Bushey, the ecclesiastical district of St. Andrew's, and the hmlts. of Cashio, Leavesden, and Oxhey. The population of the parish in 1861 was 7,418, and of the town 4,385. The town consists chiefly of one main street, near a mile and a half in length, at the intersection of the ancient Wat- ling Street with the roads from London to Aylesbury, and from Uxbridge to St. Alban's. The principal public buildings are the market-house, a long rough- cast building, resting on wooden pillars ; a new County Court house, in King-street; a post-office, recently erected; union poorhouso, savings-bank, two branch hanks, and a literary institute ; also silk, paper, and flour mills, situated on the river. A considerable trade is done in malt, there are two extensive breweries, a tan yard, coach-building works, gasworks, an iron foundry, manufactory for agricultural implements, also straw plaiting and silk winding. Tho town is under the management of a local board of health, by whoso au- thority extensive sewage and drainage works have re-