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Rh WHITCHUECH. 800 WHITECHUECH. WHITCHUECH, a par. in the detached portion of Kington Jiund., co. Warwick, 4J miles S.E. of Stratford- on-Avon, its nearest post town and railway station. It . is situated near the river Stour, and includes the small limits, of Bruton, or Broughton, Crimscott, Wimpstone, and Whitchurch. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 340. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. J. B. West, Esq., is lord of the manor and prin- cipal landowner. WHITCHUECH, a par. in the hund. of Keynsham, co. Somerset, 3 miles S.E. of Bristol. It is situated on the road from Bristol to Wells, and includes a forest tract called Fillwood Chase, now enclosed, on the border of which was an old town called Filton or Felton, a little to the N.W. of the present village. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 200. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. WHITCHUECH CANONICOEUM, a hund. in the Bridport div. of co. Dorset, contains the pars, of Brid- port, Burstoclc, Catherston Lewston, Charmouth, Chi- dcock, Marshwood, Pilsdon, Symondsbury, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Stanton St. Gabriel, Wooton-Fitzpaine, and part of Stockland, comprising 22,020 acres, exclusive of the borough of Bridport. WHITCHUECH CANONICOEUM, a par. in the hund. of the same name, co. Dorset, 2 mile N.E. of Charmouth, and 5 N.W. of Bridport. It includes the chplry. of Wild, with the hmlts. of Chideock, where was situated a castle belonging to the Chideocks and Arun- dels, Berne, Wooton-Abhots, and Marshwood Vale. The village was formerly a market town, by grant of Henry III., and took its name from a monastery called Album Monasteriwn, which was dedicated to St. Candida, and at the time of the Domesday survey belonged to the abbey of St. Wandragisil in Normandy. The soil is deep and fertile, except in the vale, where it is a cold chalky clay. Many of the women and children are em- ployed in making fishing-nets. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. with the curs, of Chideock, Stanton St. Gabriel, and Marshwood annexed, 800, in the patron, of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church, originally dedicated to St. Candida, and after- wards to the Holy Cross, contains a carved pulpit, the tomb of Sir G. Somers, and a monument to 8ir J. Jeffery. A church has been erected at Stanton St. Gabriel in lieu of the old structure, and also at Marshwood to replace the chapel destroyed by Crom- well. There are chapels for the Baptists and Wes- leyans, and National schools at Whitchurch and Chi- deock. Tho local charities produce about 25 per annum. WHITCHUECH MAUND, a tnshp. in the par. of Bodenham, co. Hereford, 6 miles S.W. of Bromyard. WHITCLIFFE, a tnshp. in the par. of Eipon, West Eiding co. York, 1 mile S.W. of Eipon. It contains the hunds. of Thorpe and Little Thorpe. WHITCOMB, a tythg. in the par. of Hillmarton, co. Wilta, 3 miles N.E. of Cable. WHITCOMBE, a par. in the hund. of Culliford- Trec, co. Dorset, 2 miles S.E. of Dorchester. The living is a don. cur. in the dioe. of Salisbury, val. 14. WHITCOMBE, a hmlt. in the par. of Newport, Isle of Wight, co. Hants, 1 mile S.W. of Newport. WHITCOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of Norbury, co. Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Bishop's Castle. It is joined with Hardwick. WHITCOTT-EVAN and WHITCOTT-KEYSETT, tnshps. in the par. of Chin, co. Salop, 5 miles S.W. of Bishop's Castle. WHITEASIDE, a district in the par. of Grinton, North Eiding co. York, 2 miles S.W. of Eeeth, and 8 S.W. of Eichmond. WHITE-BEOOK, a chplry. in the par. of Llandogo, co. Momnouth, 5 miles S.E. of Monmouth, on the river Wye, under Beacon Hill. WHITECASTLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Inishowen, co. Donegal, Ireland, 6 miles N.E. of Muff, on Lough Foyle. WHITECHAPEL, a par. and populous suburb of the metropolis, in the Tower div. ofOssulstone hund., and borough of the Tower Hamlets, co. Middlesex, 1J mile E. of St. Paul's Cathedral. WHITECHAPEL, a chplry. in the par. of Kirk- ham, hund. of Amounderness, co. Lancaster, 5 miles S.E. of Garstang. WHITECHAPEL, a hmlt. in the par. of Birstal, West Eiding co. York, 3 miles N.W. of Dewsbury. WHITECHUECH, a par. in the bar. of North Naas, co. Kildaro, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Naas, and 2 E. of Clane. The village is situated on the Grand Canal and the river Liffey. A priory of Car- melites is said to have stood here, and there are some traces of a castle. The living is a vie. in the dioe. of Kildare, united with Kill. The church is in ruins. WHITECHUECH, a par. in the bar. of Iffu and Offa West, co. Tipperary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Cahir. It is situated on the road to Cloninel, under the Galtee mountains. The surface is moun- tainous. The woollen manufaoture, formerly carried on, has become extinct. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Lismore, forming part of the union of Tubrid. In the Eoman Catholic arrangement it is the head of a union, called, from the village, Ballylooby. There are two private schools. WHITECHUECH, a par. in the bar. of Decies- without-Drum, co. Waterford, prov. of Munsler, Ireland, 5 miles W. of Dungarvon. The parish is situated on the main road from Waterford through Youghal to Cork. During the parliamentary war it was the scene of re- peated hostilities, and has the ruins of Knockmoan Castle, dismantled by Cromwell in 1649, and of Kilmoaa Castle. Limestone abounds on the lowlands, and on the high grounds freestone and green flagstone ; manganese is also found at Cappagh, and at Carriglea is a stratum of pure black marble. It is watered by a feeder of the river Brickey, which rises in a small lake at Cappagh, and after turning a mill pursues a subterranean course for nearly two miles. In the limestone rocks are two extensive caverns, called Oon-na-glour and Oon-na- mort. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lismore, val. with Lickoran, 180. The church was built in 1831, by loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There is a Eoman Catholic chapel, forming part of the union of Aglish. A fair is held on the 6th August. WHITECHUECH, a par. in the bar. of Half-Eath- down, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles S. of the General Post-office, Dublin, and 2 S. of Eath- farnham. The surface in the S. is chiefly hilly pas- ture, forming the base of the northern range of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, whence the Cruagh river and another stream take their rise and join the Dodder at Eathfarnham. The northern part is fertile and well cultivated. The military road through the county of Wicklow passes by the villages of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, and Eockbrook. At Larch Hill is a Druid- ical circle, with an altar or cromlech in the centre, and in the park at Little Dargle are the ruins of a cromlech ; at Kilmashogue Mountain is a strong chalybeate spring. The hills abound in granite, which is quarried and sent to Dublin for building purposes. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Dublin, val. 70, the remainder of the tithes being partly appropriated to the deanery of Christ Church, Dublin, and partly to the incumbent of Tallaght, to which the living was until recently an- nexed. The church was erected in 1826. The old church, which has a burial-ground attached to it, stands on an eminence about half a mile distant, and is ill ruins. In the Eoman Catholic arrangement the parish forms part of the union of Eathfarnham. There are a school-house and a Moravian cemetery near the church. WHITECHUECH, a par. in the bar. of Iverk, co. Kilkenny, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Carrick-on-Suir. It is situated on the river Linaan, or Lingan, near its junction with the Suir. Limestone is abundant. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Ossory, val. 200, in the patron, of the crown and bishop. The church was erected by Archbishop Cox. In the Eoman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Templeorum. There