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Rh WINCHMORE HILL. 834 WINDSOR, NEW. Odiham. It is a station on the London and South- western railway. The village is situated on the Basingstoke canal, which has a wharf here. The surface is flat and the soil a mixture of loam and clay. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of "Winchester, val. 250. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains a carved pulpit bearing date 1631, and a wall painting of Dives and Lazarus. WINCHMORE HILL, an ecclesiastical district and vil. in the par. and hund. of Edmonton, co. Middlesex, 1 mile from Southgato, 2 miles from Edmonton, and 8 N. of St. Paul's, London. The population in 1861 was 1,674. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of London, val. 300, in the patron, of the Vicar of Ed- monton. The church, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 1828 by the parliamentary commissioners. It has an E. window representing in 12 medallions the principal acts in the life of St. Paul. The Calvinistic Methodists, Independents, and Society of Friends have chapels. There are National and infant schools. AV1NCLE, a chplry. in the par. of Prestbury, co. Chester, 5 miles S.E. of Macclesfleld, on the river Dane. AYINCOBANK, a hmlt. in the par. of Ecclesfleld, wap. of Strafforth, West Hiding co. York, 4 miles N. of Sheffield. WINDER, a tnshp. in the par. of Lamplugh, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, co. Cumberland, 5 miles S.E. of Whitehaven. It is a station on the Whitehaven and Egremont railway. WINDER, HIGH and LOW, tnshps. in the par. of Barton, co. Westmoreland, 4 miles S.W. of Penrith. WINDERMERE, a par. in the Kendal ward, co. Westmoreland, 9 miles W. of Kendal, 5 from Amble- side, and 2 N.E. of Bowness. It is approached by the London and North- Western, the Midland, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railways. This parish de- rives its name from the lake anciently called WynanAer- nterc and Wonwaldremere, which is 12 miles in length and about mile in breadth, and is from 5 to 40 fathoms deep. Its surface is 108 fathoms above sea- level, and is adorned with 13 islets, the most picturesque being Belle Isle, in the centre of which formerly stood Holm House, famous for resisting a siege by Colonel Briggs in the civil war of Charles I. On the shore of the lake stand Windermere Hotel, Windermere College, besides numerous country seats of the nobility and gentry. The par. includes the tnshps. of Amble- side, Troutbeck, and Undermilbeck, the vil. of Bowness, and the hmlts. of Lindreth, Storrs, and Winster, and prior to 1856 the tnshp. of Applethwaite, now a separate ecclesiastical district. The population of the whole parish in 1861 was 4,223, of which, however, 1,235 were within the limits of the new parish of St. Mary Apple- thwaite. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 255. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is in the village of Bowness, and has a stained E. window formerly belonging to Furness Abbey. There are besides the modern church of St. Mary in Applethwaite, and an ancient chapel in Troutbeck named Jesus chapel. There are National, Sunday, and other schools. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. WINDERTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Brailes, co. Warwick, 4 miles E. of Shipston-on-Stour. WINDERWATH, ASBY. See ASHY, co. Westmore- land. WINDGAP, a hmlt. in the bar. of Kells, co. Kil- kenny, 3 miles W. of Kilmaganny. WINDGATE, a hmlt. in the bar. of Rathdown, co. Wicklow, Ireland, 2 miles S.E. of Bray. It is situated under Windgate Hill, which rises to the height of 500 feet. WINDGATE, a shoal off Holy Island, co. Northum- berland. WINDHAM AND EWHURST, a hund. in the rape of Bramber, co. Sussex, contains the pars, of Cowfold and Shermanbury, comprising 5,720 acres. WINDHILL, a.hmlt. in the chplry. of Idle, and par. of Calverley, West Riding co. York, 4 miles N.E. of Bradford. WINDLE, a tnshp. in the par. of Prescot, co. Lan- caster, 3 miles N.E. of Prescot, and 1 mile N. of St. Helen's. It is situated near the Sankoy canal, and contains the hmlt. of Hardshaw St. Helen's. WINDLESHAM, a par. in the first div. of Woking hund., 7 miles SAV. of Chertoey, and 1J mile N.E. of Bagshot. It is situated under Chobham Ridge, and contains the hmlt. of Bagshot. At Hatton Hill are the nursery-grounds of Messrs. Mason and Son, and on Bagshot Heath is a large rectangular camp. The principal seats are Bagshot Park and Hall Grove. The soil is a mixture of peat and Bagshot sand. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 500, with 60 acres of glebe, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has an inscription recording the destruction of the former edifice by lightning in 1680. There is a chapel-of-ease at Bagshot, and six almshouses and National schools. The parochial charities produce about 35 per annum. Lord Onslow is lord of the manor. WINDLESTONE, a tnshp. in the par. of St. Andrew Auckland, S.E. div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 4 miles S.E. of Bishop Auckland. It is a meet for the Raby hounds. At Rushyforth is a National school, partially endowed by Sir R. Eden, Bart., of AVindle- stone House. WINDLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Duffield, co. Derby, 3 miles S.W. of Belper, and 6J N.W. of Derby. AVINDMILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Walsall, co. Stafford, 2 miles from Walsall, and 19 S.E. of Stafford. WINDMILL-HILL, a vil. in the par. of Dalziel, co. Lanark, Scotland, 3 miles E. of Hamilton, WINDRIDGE, a ward in the par. of St. Stephen, hund. of Cashio, co. Herts, 2 miles S.W. of St. Albau's. WINDTTUSH, a par. in the lower div. of Slaughter hund., co. Gloucester, 5 miles S.E. of Northlcach. The village is situated on the Windrush rivulet, which rises among the Cotswold hills, and joins the Thames near Standlake. There is a valuable quarry of white oolite building stone belonging to Lord Sherbome. The living is a vie., united to that of Sherborne in 1776. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains some old tombs. There are day and Sunday schools, chiefly supported by Lord Sherborne. The charities produce about 24 per annum, besides 10 acres of poor's land. WINDSOR, NEW, a par., market town, municipal, and parliamentary borough, locally in Ripplosmere hund., co. Berks, 2 miles from Slough, 6 from Maiden- head, and 22 S.W. of London, with which it is con- nected by the Great Western and London and South- Western railways. It is situated on an acclivity above the right bank of the navigable river Thames, here crossed by an iron bridge 200 feet long and 29 feet wide, resting upon three piers of granite. The village of Old Windsor, about 2 miles S.E. of the present town of New Windsor, was a place of great antiquity, on the Roman way from Silchester, and is mentioned in early deeds as Windlesofra, or Windlesora, where the Saxon kings had a palace. The manor was given by Edward the Confessor to Westminster Abbey, but afterwards exchanged back by William the Norman, who built ft hunting lodge at New Windsor, on the site of the present castle. In 1276, New Windsor was made a free borough, and returned two members to parliament once in the reigns of Edward I. and Edward III., but not again till that of Henry VI., from which time it has continued to send two representatives. The bounds under the Reform Bill of 1832 include the par. of New Windsor, with the upper and lower castle wards, Dedworth, and part of the suburb of Clewer, lying on the western side of the town. It is divided into two wards, and is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen, ami 18 councillors, assisted by a high steward, recor- der, treasurer, town clerk, and other officers, with the style of "mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses of the borough of New Windsor." The municipal revenue amounts to about 2,100. There is a separate commis- sion of the peace, consisting of five justices, who hold