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Rh WHITERIGG. 803 WHITHOUN. WHITERIGG, a vil. in the par. of New llonkland co. Lanark, Scotland, 2j miles from Airdrie. It is a station on the Airdrie and Bo'ness, or Borrowstownness branch of the North British railway. WHITE RIVER, a stream of co. Louth, Ireland. It rises under Bolpatrick Mountain, and joins the Dee at Drumeot. WHITE ROOTHING. See ROOTIIKG, WHITE, co. Essex. WHITESHILL ST. PAUL, an ecclesiastical district in the borough of Stroud, co. Gloucester, adjoinin; Stroud. WHITESTAUNTON. See STAUNTON, WHIT, co. Somerset. WHITESTONE, a par. in the hund. of Wonford, co. Devon, 3 miles N.W. of Exeter, and 6 S.E. of Crediton. It is situated on the main road from Exeter to Launceston, near the banks of the river Exe, on an eminence overlooking the river. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 616, and 76 acres of land. The church is dedicated to St. Katherine. There is n mixed school partially endowed by John Splatt. The charities produce about 14 per annum, exclusive of the school endowment. The freeholders are lords of the manor. WHITESTONE, a hmlt. in the par. of Mesham, co. Devon, 14 miles N.W. of Crediton. WHITESTOWN, a vil. in the bar. of Lower Dun- dalk, co. Louth, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of Carlingford. WHITEVALE, a vil. in the par. of Barony, co. Glasgow, Scotland, adjoining Glasgow on the road to Airdrie. WHITEWATER, a stream of co. Down, Ireland, rises in the Mourne mountains, and falls into Carling- ford Lough. WHITEWAY, a hund. in the Ccrne div. of co. Dorset, contains the pars, of Chesilborne, Hilton, Iflerton, Helcombe-Horsey, Hilton-Abbas, Stoke Wake, and Wolland, comprising 13,190 acres. WHITEWELL. See WIIITWELL. WHITFIELD, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Glossop, co. Derby, 9 miles N. of Chapel-en- le-Frith, 1 3 from Manchester, and 1 mile S. of Glossop. It is a rapidly increasing township, containing in 18C1 6,679 inhabitants, many of whom were employed in the cotton and paper mills. The ecclesiastical district was constituted in 1844 under Sir R. Peel's Act, and has a population of 13,040. The church is dedicated to St. James. A fair is held on the 6th May for cattle. WHITFIELD, or BEWSFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Bowsborough, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 4 miles N.W. of Dover. The village is situated in an open and elevated district, traversed by the new road to Sandwich and the Roman way from Richborough to Dover. Tlio par. contains the hmlt. of Pineham and Napchester, once a Roman station. The soil is light on a substratum of chalk. The living is a perpet. cur. iu the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 150, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, or St. Mary, has two chancels. The Independents have a chapel. WHITFIELD, a par. in the hund. of King's-Sutton, co. Northampton, 2 miles N.E. from Braekley. The village is situated on the river Ouse. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 25S, in the patron, of the Provost and Fellows of Worcester (.'< >] l<;ge, Oxford, who are also lords of the manor. The church is dedicated to St. John, the Evangelist. There are National and infant schools. The charities produce about 70 per annum. WHITFIELD, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Bernersley, par. of Norton-on-the-Moors, co. Stafford, 3 miles N.E. of Uurslcin. WHITFIELD, a par. in tho W. div. of Tindale ward, co. Northumberland, 4 miles S.E. of Haltwhistlc, 11 S.W. of Hexham, and 8 S.W. of Haydon Bridge railway station. It is watered by tho East and West Allen rivers, which join their streams at Cupola, and is traversed by the new turnpike road from Alston to VOL. III. llaydon Bridge. Two-thirds of the surface are high, heathy, uninclosed moorland, only affording pasturage to sheep, but the lands along the Allen are fertile, and are appropriated chiefly to dairy and grazing farms. At Redmires is a chalybeate spring. There are traces of lead, which was formerly worked, also a small brick and tile kiln. The manor anciently belonged to the Whitfields, who held it under the collegiate church of Hexham, and were styled " earls " by custom ; it is now tho property of Mrs. Blackett Ord, of Whitfield Hall. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 300. Tho church was rebuilt in 1781. The charities produce about 7 per annum. There are National schools. WHITFORD, a par. in the hund. of Colcshill, co. Flint, 3 miles N.W. of Holywoll. The par., situated on Offa's Dyke, near tho river Dee and the Chester and Holyhead railway, which has stations at Holywell and Mostyn, includes the tnshp. of Whitford-Garn ; Mostyn Hall, tho seat of Lord Mostyn; Bychton, the original seat of the Pennants ; Downing, a seat of the Earl of Denbigh ; "Ucha, of the Griffiths ; and the limits, of Eden Uwen, Is Glan, IJwch Glan, Tre-Abbot, and Tre-Llan, where is situated the parish church. Tho population in 1861 was 3,666. The subsoil yields abund- ance of coal, which is worked under the sea, limestone, lead, copper, zinc, calamine, chert, and freestone. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 400, besides a sinecure rect., val. 740, both in the gift of the bishop. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. Near Mynydd-y-Garrcg are a Roman tower, and a pillar cross 12 feet high. The charities produce 140 per annum. WHITGIFT, a par. in the lower div. of Osgoldcross wap., West Riding co. York, 6 miles S.E. of Howden, and 4 E. of Goolo. Tha par. is situated on tho banks of the river Ouse, near its confluence with the Trent and Humber, and contains the tnslips. of Ouseileet, Reed- ness, Whitgift, and Swiueflect, which last is also a chapelry and large village, with church and schools. The population of tho parish in 1861 was 2,298, but of tho township only 315. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of York, val. 270, and 90 acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, was erected in 1302, on land given by Henry do Laci, Earl of Lincoln. There is besides a chapel-of-ease at Swinefleet. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There are National schools at Whitgift and Swinefleet. The charities produce about 130 per annum. Fairs are held on the 22nd and 23rd July, and a statute fair at Michaelmas. WHITGREAVE, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of SS. Mary and Chadd, co. Stafford, 3i miles N.W. of Stafford. It is a small village situated near the line of the London and North- Western railway, containing only 182 inhabitants. WHITHORN, a par., market town, and royal burgh, in tho Machcrs district of Wigtonshiro, Scotland. The par. contains, besides tho town of its own name, tho seaport village of Isle-of-Whithorn. It is bounded on the S. and S.E. by the sea, on the N. by Sorbie, and on Lhe W. by Glasserton. It is about 8 miles in length from N. to S., with an extreme breadth of 4 miles. The coast is bold and rocky, terminating in the S. in Borrowhcad, which separates the bays of Luce and Wigton. The surface is broken, seldom rising into tiilla, and occasionally overgrown with stunted brush- wood, though timber-trees are rare except in the neigh- bourhood of Castlewigg demesne. Tho soil is fertile and under tillage, with the exception of a small extent of bog and moss, which is useful in supplying turf-fuel. The principal landed proprietors are the Earls of Gal- loway and Stair, Hathorn of Castlewigg, Stewart of Physgill and Tonderghie, Murray of Broughton, and Sir A. Agnew, Bart. The town consists of one main street nearly a mile in length, with two small streets branching rom it, and several alleys. It contains a town-house and gaol, with a spire, branches of the National and Edin- mrgh and Glasgow banks, and a bridge over the stream which crosses tho main street. It is about 5 L