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Rh WILLOUGHBRIDGE 824 WILMINGTON. the N.W. div. of co. Somerset, contains the small market town of Watehet, and the pars, of Bicknoller, Brompton Ralph, Brompton Regis, Brushford, Chip- stable, Clatworthy, Old Cleeve, Crowoombe, St. Decu- man, where is the workhouse, Dodington, Dulverton, Elworlhy, Exmoor Forest, Exton, Halse, Hawkridge, Huish Champflower, Kilton, Kilve, Lilstock, Monk- silver, Nettlecombe, East and West Quantoxhead, Rad- dington, Sampford Brett, Skilgate, Stogumber, Nether Stowey, Upton, Wiusford, and Withypoole ; comprising 114,870 acres. WILLOUGHBRIDGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Whit- more, hund. of Pirehill, co. Stafford, 6 miles S.W. ot Newcastle. W1LLOUGHBROOK, a hmlt. in the bar. of Mohill, co. Leitrim, Ireland, 6 milea S.E. of Mohill. WILLO.UGHBY, a par. in the Wold div. of Calce- worth huud., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 7 miles from Spilsby, and 3 S.E. of Alford. It is a station on the Great Northern railway. This place, which was for- merly a Roman station, has for many centuries belongifl to the ancestors of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, of Grims- thorpe, who took their family name from it, but their title from Eresby, near Spilsby. The par. includes the hmlts. of Bouthorpe, Butter Bump, Habertoft, Has- thorpe, Hogsbeck, Mawthorpe, Sandtield, Sloothby, and Wyche. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 1,200. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, has a stained E. window in throe compartments, an octangular font, and an altar tomb with the recumbent effigy of a Knight Templar. The register commences in 1538. There is a chapel for Wesleyans, and a charity school founded in 1728 by Anthony Barnes. To the W. of the village are remains of a Roman camp. WILLOUGHBY, a par. and watering-place in the Rugby div. of Kuightlow hund., co. Warwick, 3 miles S.E. of Dunehurch, and 6 S. of Rugby. It is supposed to have been a Roman station from the many Roman antiquities discovered in the neighbourhood, and is men- tioned in Domesday survey as Wilebei, or Wilbere, from which its present name is derived. The village, which is situated on the main road from London to Holyhead, near the Grand Junction canal and river Learn, was formerly of more importance than at present, and had a market and fair. In the present century it has been again growing into notice, owing to the discovery of sulphurous and saline springs similar to those of Harro- gate. The spa, which ia situated about a mile from the Tillage, has a pump-room and baths. The land is in a high state of cultivation. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 220, in the patron, of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, contains several ancient monuments, brasses, and effigies of the Clerke family, and a window at the W. end. There are a chapel for Primitive Methodists and an endowed National school founded in 1816. The cha- rities produce near 500 per annum, including the school endowment. WILLOUGHBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Norwell, co. Notts, 6 miles N. W. of Newark-upon-Trent. WILLOUGHBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Waleshy, co. Notts, 3 miles N.E. of Ollerton. WILLOUGHBY-ON-THE-WOLDS, a par. and tnshp. in the S. div. of Rushcliffe wap., co. Notts, 9 miles N.E. of Lotighborough, and 11 S.E. of Nottingham. It is situated on a branch of the river Soar, about half a mile S.E. of the ancient Fosse Way, where pavements, coins, and other antiquities have been found at a spot called Herrings. It is supposed by Horsley to he the site of the Roman station Verometwn, but Gale and Stukeley place Margidunum here. In the parliamentary war of Charles I. an engagement took place at Wil- loughby Field. The soil is chiefly a cold clay, and above two-thirds of the land is in pasture. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 90. The church, dedicated to St. Mary and All Saints, has recently been repaired, and has in the interior several brasses and effigies, and monuments of the Stanhope and Willoughby families. The charities produce about 9 per annum. WILLOUGHBY, SCOTT, a par. in the wap. of Avo- land, parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 3J miles N.W. of Folkingham. The parish is situated on the road between Grantham and Donington. There is no village, only three farmhouses. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 125. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was rebuilt in the early part of the present century. Earl Brownlow is lord of the manor. WILLOUGHBY, SILK, a par. in the wap. of As- wardhurn, parts of Kesteven, eo. Lincoln, 2 miles S.W. of Sleaford, and 12 N.E. of Grantham. It was anciently termed North Willoughby, but received the adjunct Silk in the 16th century, upon occasion of the hamlet of j Silkby being joined to it. The village is situated on the road from Sleaford to Falkingham. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a root.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, ; val. 625. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, contains an antique Norman font, three stalls, some screen work j of wood, and fragments of stained glass in the E. win- dow. The register commences in 1470. There is a parochial school. The Earl of Dysart is lord of the | manor. WILLOUGHBY, WATERLESS, a par. and tnshp. j in the hund. of Guthlaxton, co. Leicester, 6 miles N.E. of Lutterworth, 8 S.W. of Leicester, and 2 from the Countesthorpe station on the Midland Counties railway. The village is situated on a feeder of the river Soar. The manufacture of stockings is carried on to a small j extent. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peter- borough, val. 400. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains an antique font and sedilia. There is a National school. The Rev. Lomax Mills is lord of the manor. WILLOUGHBY, WEST, a hmlt. in the par. of An- caster, co. Lincoln, 5 miles S.W. of Sleaford. WILLOUGHTON, a par. in the wap. of West Aslacpe, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles S. of Kirton-in- Lindsey, and 7 N.E. of Gainsborough railway station. The village is situated in the Wolds near the line of the ancient Ermine Street. The land lies low, hut is fertile. The greater part of the town formerly belonged to the Knights Templars, who had a preceptory here, which from that order came to the Hospitallers, and at the Dissolution its revenue was estimated at 219 19s. 8d. The living is a vie. in the dioe. of Lincoln, val. 200. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The Wesley- ans and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there is a National school. The Earl of Scarborough is lord of the manor. WILLOWBECK, a feeder of the river Swale, rises near Cundall, North Riding co. York. WILLSBOROUGH, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Sparkenhoe, co. Leicester, 2 miles S.W. of Market- Bosworth. WILLS-PASTURES, an ext. par. lib. in the Southam div. of Knightlow hund., co. Warwick, adjoining Lower Hodnet. WILLSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Cardington, co. Salop, 3 miles E. of Church Stratton. WILLSWORTHY, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Peter Tavy, eo. Devon, 6 miles N. of Tavistock, on the river Tamar. WILLY. See WILY and WYLTE, co. Wilts. WILLYBROOK, a hund. in the N.E. div. of oo. Northampton, contains the pars, of Apethorpe, Colley Weston, Cotterstock, Duddington, Easton, Fothering- hay, Glapthorn, Kingscliffe, Nassington, Southwick, Tansor, Wood Newton, Yarwell, and part of Sutton, comprising together 27,490. WILLYBROOK, a feeder of the river Nene, rises near Dene, co. Northampton. WILMINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Longhridge, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 4 miles S.W. of Hailsham, 6 from Eastbourne, and 1 mile from the Berwick station on the Brighton and South Coast railway. The village is situated on the north-eastern declivity of the South Downs, near the river Cuckmere, and on the road from Lewes to Eastbourne. It had formerly a Benedictine priory, founded in the reign of William II. as a cell to the abbey of Grestein in Normandy, which at the suppression of