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Rh WINTEKTON. 842 VIRKSWOETH. Bf. dir. of Manley wap., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 8 miles S.W. of Barton-upon-Humber, and 9 N.W. of Glandford Brigg. It is situated about two miles S. of the river Humber, and the same distance W. of the Ancholme, near the termination of the ancient Roman Fosse Eoad, where several tesselated pavements were discovered in 1717- There are a factory for agricultural implements and brick and tile works. The town is lighted with gas, and well supplied with water. The population in 1851 was 1, 660, and in 18S1, 1,780. There are a temperance hall and library. The living is a vie.* in the dice, of Lincoln, vol. 200, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels.- There are National schools, built in 1841, and a Wes- leyan day-school. The charities produce about 17 per annum. Petty sessions are held here on the first and third Fridays in every month, and an annual feast on the Cth July. Wednesday is market day, chiefly for corn. Fairs are held on the Tuesday before Palm Sunday, and on the 23rd September, for cattle. WIN TEUTON, a par. in the hund. of West Flegg, co. Norfolk, 8 miles N. W. of Yarmouth, and 21 from Nor- wich. The village is situated on the coast, and had once a market. The par. includes Winterton Ness, one of the chief promontories on the E. coast, which has a shoal under it a quarter of a mile long, and a large extent of sea-beach and wan-en. It is a coastguard station, and has a lighthouse, nearly 70 feet high, put up in 1790, and visible for 14 miles at sea. The Tumours of Shil- linglee, who are lords of the manor, take from Win- terton the title of earl. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. with the chplry. of East Somer- ton annexed, 478. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and All Saints. The register dates from 1717, but is imperfect. There is a wild fowl decoy of 20 acres, once the property of Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., whose family hold much laud here. WINTHOBPE, a par. in the wap. of Candleshoe, co. Lincoln, 4 miles N.E. of Burgh, 11 E. of Spilsby, and 6 E. of Gunby railway station. The village is situated about a mile from the sea-coast of the North Sea. The living is a vie. consolidated -with that of Burgh, in the patron, of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains 2 brasses, dating from 1500, some oak carving, a standard with the legend of St. Hubert, and a new Scudamore organ, presented in 1859. The register dates from 1582. The charities produce about 7 per annum. Lord Monson is lord of the manor. WINTHOEPE, a par. in the N. div. of Newark wap., co. Notts, 2 miles N.E. of Newark. The village occupies an eminence on the banks of the Trent, near the line of the ancient Fosse Eoad. The chief seat is AVinthorpe Hall, with a temple made out of the timber of the Spanish floating batteries, taken at the siege of Gibraltar. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 200. The church, dedicated to Ail Saints, was rebuilt, in 1779, with the exception of the S. wall. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a small free school, endowed by Brewer with 48 per annum. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor. WINTNEY, HAETLEY. See HAKTLEY-WINTNEY, co. Hants. WINTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Kiiby-Stephen, E. ward., co. Westmoreland, 1 mile N.E. of Kirby- Stephen. The village is situated near the river Eden, and contains a free school, founded in 1659. WINTON, a tnshp. in the par of Kirby Sigston, North Eiding co. York, 3J miles N. of Northallerton. It includes the hmlts. of Hallikeld and Stank. AVINTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Pencaitland, co. Haddington, Scotland, 3 miles S.E. of Tranent, on the river Tyne. WINTBINGHAM, a par. and tnshp. in the wap. of Buckrose, East Eiding eo. York, 6 miles N.E. of New Malton, and 3 from Eillington railway station. The par. includes the chplry. of Knapton, where is a station on the York and Scarborough section of the North- Eastern railway ; the farm called Linton, where was i monastic cell belonging to the monks of Scarborough and Newton Park, the demesne of Sir George Stric land, Bart., who is lord of the manor. The living ia don. cur. in the dioc. of York. The church, dedicate to St. Peter, contains an E. window, part of a carve screen, an open oak roof, piscina, sedilia, and various ol( monuments. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Knapton, a small ancient edifice, with bell turret. There are vil- lage schools at Wiutringham and Knapton, the latter supported by the Tindall family. WIN WICK, a par. in the hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 3 miles N. of Warrington, 2 S. of Now- ton-in-Mackerfield, and 3 S.W. of the Kenyon rail- way station, on the Manchester and Liverpool, and Kenyon and Leigh railways. It was once a populous parish, comprising near 25,000 acres, with a popula- tion of over 20,000, but has been much reduced by the erection of Ashton - in - Mackerfield, Newton-iu- Mackerfield, and Soutbworth-with-Croft, into distinct parishes, so that the population of the parish proper in 1861 was only 704, and that of the tnshp. of Winwick- with-Hulme 451. The village of Winwick is situated on the turnpike road midway between Warrington and Newton-in-Mackerfield, not far from the Sankey canal, and the London and North-Western railway. Accord- ing to some antiquarians, it was the ancient Maserfeld, where Oswald, king of Northumbria, was slain in 642 ; and at a place called Eedbank, between the village of Win- wick and the town of Newton, the Scots were defeated, in 1648, by Oliver Cromwell. The living is a rect.* in the deanery of Warrington, archdeaconry of Liverpool and bishopric of Chester. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is supposed to be coeval with the establishment of the Christian religion in the country. It has two private chapels and a new chancel, added in 184". In the interior are an inscription to St. Oswald, two an- cient brasses of Sir P. Legh, of Lymo, with effigies bearing date 1527, and one to Gerard Bryn of 1492, besides an antique font and four painted windows. There are a free Grammar school, founded by Gualter Legh in 1618, with an income from endowment of ,34 ; a Sunday-school and church schools for both Eexes, supported by the rector, the Eev. F. G. Hopwood, who is lord of the manor. WINWICK, a par. partly in the hund. of Leighton- stone, co. Hunts, and partly in that of Polebrook, co. Northampton, 7 miles S.E. of Oundle, and 12 N.W. of Huntingdon. The village is situated about 4 miles off the road from Oundle to Huntingdon, on the borders of Northamptonshire. The soil is clayey. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 70. The church, dedi- cated to All Saints, has been recently repaired. The charities, including Euff's bequest for the poor, produce about 20 per annum. WINWICK, a par. in the hund. of Guilsborough, co. Northampton, 9 miles N.E. of Daventry. The village is situated on the Grand Union canal, which passes through the parish. The land is divided between arable and pasture. At Winwick common is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 500, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are parochial and Sunday schools for both sexes. The charities produce about 20 per annum. Sir James Langham is lord of the manor. WTRKSWOBTH, a hund. in co. Derby, contains the pars, of Ashover, Bentley-Fenny, Bonsall, Carsicgton, Hartington, Hognaston, Ireton Kirk, Kniveton, Map- pleton, Matlock, Parwick, Thorpe, Tissington,and parts of Ashborne, Bradborne, Crich, Darley, Wirksworth, and Youlgrave, comprising 73,880 acres. WIEKSWOBTH, a par., market, polling, and petty sessions town, chiefly in the hund. of Wirksworth, but partly in those of Appletree and High Peak, co. Derby, 139 miles from London, 13 miles N.W. of Derby, 4 S. of Matlock, and 2 S.W. of Cromford, where the Crom- ford canal and High Peak railway have their termini. The Manchester and Buxton railway also passes close