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Rh WILLERBY. 822 WILLIAN. cur., val. 700, in the gift of the inhabitants. St. Stephens, Volverhampton-street, is a vie., val. 300, crown and bishop alternate patrons. Trinity, Shori Heath, crown and bishop alternate patrons, val. 150, is also a vie. St. Ann's, Spring Bank, val. 30, is a perpet. cur. There are several Baptist, "VVesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels, a Methodist Free church, a New Connexion chapel, and a Roman Catholic chapel in the township, and four National, one British, and two Wesleyan schools, and Sunday-schools to most of the places of worship. In 1864 a literary institute was erected in Upper Lichfield-street, containing lecture- hall, library, news-room, and several class rooms. The cemetery has a chapel in red brick and stone. A branch of the Staffordshire Joint Stock Bank is established here. There is a local board of health established in the town, and the town is lighted with gas, and has a good supply of water from the Wolverhampton Waterworks Com- pany. The market-place is a small triangular area in the centre of the town. The gas-works are in Lower Lichfield-street, and the police station in Walsall-street. The tnshp. includes the hmlts. of Lane Head, Little Island, Little London, New Invention, Portobello, Short Head, and Spring Bank. The union sub-district con- tains the tnshps. of Willenhall and Wednesfield. The local magistrates sit every Monday. Saturday is the market day, and the wakes are held in September. WILLERBY, a par. in the vap. of Dickering, East Riding co. York, 5 miles N.W. of Hunmanby, and 6 S.W. of Scarborough. It is situated in a valley on the northern side of the Wolds near the rivers Hartford and Derwent. The par. includes the tnshps. of Binnington, Staxton, and Willerby. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of York, val. 180. The church is dedicated to 8t. Peter. Lord Londesborough is lord of the manor and principal landowner. WILLERBY, a tnshp. in the pars, of Cottingham and Kirk-Ella, East Riding co. York, 5 miles N.W. of Hull. WILLERSEY, a par. in the upper div. of Kiftsgate hund., co. Gloucester, 3 J miles, W. of Chipping Campden, and 7 from Evesham. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 180. The church is dedi- cated to St. Peter. There are traces of a Danish camp covering 60 acres. Sir Thomas AVinnington, Bart., is lord of the manor. WILLERSLEY, a par. in the hund. of Huntingdon, co. Hereford, 6J miles N.E. of Hay. The parish con- tains only 231 acres, bounded on the S. by the river Wey. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 70. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Mag- dalen. Mrs. E. Blisset is lady of the manor and prin- cipal landowner. WILLERSLEY CASTLE, a modern mansion on the Derwent, co. Derby, 2 miles S. of Matlock. It consists of a centre and two wings, built by the Arkwrights about 1790. WILLESBOROUGH, a par. in the hund. of Chart, upper div. of the lathe of Scray, co. Kent, 2 miles S.E. of Ashford, and 9 N.W. of Hythe. It is situated on the high road from Ashford to Hythe, and includes the vil. of Alfred Town and the hmlt. of Aylesford. The East Ashford Union workhouse is situated here. The Boys and Master families had seats here, and the impropriation formerly belonged to the monastery of St. Augustine at Canterbury. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Canter- bury, val. 185, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates from 1570. WILLESDEN, a par. and suburb of the metro- polis, in the Kensington div. of the hund. of Ossul- etone, co. Middlesex, 5 miles N.W. of London, or 3 from Hyde Park Corner. It is a junction station on the London and North- Western, North London, Black- wall and Hampstead junction, North and South- Wes- tern junction, and London nnd South- Western lines. The place was granted by charter of King Athelstan to St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in which it makes eight prebends, and is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Willesdone. The surface lies high, and contains the source of several streams which fall into the river Brent. The par. contains part of the chplry. of Kilburn and the hmlts. of Neasdon, Harlesden, Dollis Hill, Sherrick Green, and Willesden Green, with the demesne of Brandesbury House, formerly the seat of the Salusburys. The population of the parish in 1861 was 3,879, and its acreage 4,190. The Kensall Green Cemetery is partly within this parish. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of London, val. 150, in the patron, of the Dean and Chap- ter of St. Paul's. The ancient parish church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains five brasses dating from 1492, and the tomb of General Otway. There was formerly an image of the Virgin. WILLESLEY, a par. in the hund. of Repton, co. Derby, 2 miles S.W. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The Ashby and Coventry canal skirts the south-western boundary of the parish. Willesley Park is the seat of Sir C. A. Hastings, Bart. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 65. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas. WILLET, a hmlt. in the par. of Elworthy, co. Somer- set, 4 miles N.E. of Wiveliscombe. WILLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Sampford Courtney, co. Devon, 4 miles N.E. of Okehampton. WILLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Presteigne, co. Hereford, 3 miles N.E. of Presteigne. WILLEY, a par. in Wenlock franchise, co. Salop, 2 miles S. of Broseley, 4J N.W. of Bridgnorth, and 4 from Much- Wenlock, within which borough it is situ- ated. The village is situated on the Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth road, and near the river Severn. The greater part of the parish is comprised within the park of Lord Forester, who occasionally resides at Willey Hall, and is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 300. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is situ- ated within the park, and contains several monuments to the Weld and Forester families. WILLEY, a par. in the Kirby div. of Knightlow aund., co. Warwick, 3^ miles W. of Lutterworth, and 6 N. of Rugby. The parish is situated on the lino ef the ancient Watling Street, and close to the Midland Counties railway. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 300, in the patron, of the crown. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, has been recently repaired. The register dates from 1661. The Earl of Denbigh is lord of the manor. WILLEY, a hund., co. Beds, contains the pars, of Biddenham, Bletsoe, Bromham, Carlton, Chellington, Farndish, Felmersham, Harold, Odell, Pavenham, Pud- dington, Sharnbrook, Souldrop, Stagsden, Stevington, Thurleigh, Turvey, and Wymington, comprising 40,460 res. WILLEY, a river, co. Wilts, rises above Warmin- ster, and after receiving the tributary streams of the Deverill and Nadder, joins the Avon at Salisbury. WILLIAMSBURGH, a vil. in the par. of Kilcou- quhar, co. Fife, Scotland, 3 miles E. of Largo. WILLIAMSCOTE, or WILLSCOTT, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Wardington, par. of Cropredy, co. Oxford, 3J miles N.E. of Banbury. It is situated near the Oxford canal, and contains some remains of the old mansion in which Charles I. slept the night previous to the battle of Cropredy-bridge. W1LLIAMSTON, a chplry. in the par. of Begelly, co. Pembroke, 3 miles N.W. of Tenby. WILLIAMSTOWN, a vil. in the bar. of Ballymoe, co. Galway, Ireland, 8 miles N.E. of. Dunmore. It has a police station, where petty sessions are held. Fairs are held on the 6th January, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and 8th September. WILLIAMSTOWN, a vil. in the bar. and co. of Dublin, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Dublin. It is a station on the Kingstown railway, and a watering-place on Dublin Bay. WILLIAN, a par. in the hund. of Broadwater, co. Herts, 2 miles N.E. of Hitchin, and 2 S.W. of Baldock railway station. The village is situated between the