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Rh WOKINGHAM. 852 WOLSINGHAM. 1854 a metropolitan cemetery was opened here. In this parish stands Button Place, built by Sir Richard "Weston about 1530 ; and Sutton House, once visited by Queen Elizabeth, to which is attached a Roman Catholic chapel, where service is performed. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 234. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains a font, two brasses, and a mural monument to Sir J. Zouch. There are National and Sunday schools. A fair is held on Whit-Tuesday. WOKINGHAM, or OAKINGHAM, a par. and market town in the hunds. of Sonning and Amesbury, co. Berks, 7 miles S.E. of Reading, 14 from Windsor, and 5J from the Twyford station of the Great Western railway. It is a junction station on the Reading branch of the London and South- Western and London and South-Eastern railways. The town is situated within the bounds of Windsor Forest, on the borders of Wiltshire. It consists of four principal streets, at the intersection of which stands the old market-house and townliall, where the forest courts are held. Manor courts are also held, and the corporation holds a court of ses- sions in April and October. Petty sessions arc held on the first and third Tuesdays in each month. The town is governed by an alderman, 7 burgesses, and a high steward. It is a polling place for the county elections, and the head of a Poor-law Union comprising 16 parishes, of which one is in Wilts, and the remaining 15 in Berks, but the poor-house is situated in the parish of Wargrave. It also gives name to a superintendent registry, but belongs to the Reading New County Court district. The population of the parish in 1861 was 4,144, and of the town, 2,404. A considerable business is done in the malt trade, and some of the inhabitants are employed in the silk, gauze, and shoe manufactures. In the vicinity large lumps of iron ore are found, called "ferrils." The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 150, of which 50 only is allowed by the Dean of Salisbury, who is impropriator of the rectorial tithes, producing 1,700, besides 30 acres of glebo. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a clerestory and a carved oak ceiling. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels, and there are National, British, and infant schools. The parochial charities produce about 450 per annum, including 60 by Archbishop Laud for the poor. Market day is on Tuesday for corn and poultry. Fairs are held on llth October and 2nd November for cattle. WOLD. See OLD, co. Northampton. WOLD-COTTAGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Thwing, East Riding co. York, 9 miles N.E. of Great Driffield. WOLDHAM. See WODLDHAM, co. Kent. WOLDINGHAM, a par. in the second div. of Tan- dridge hund., co. Surrey, 7 miles S.E. of Croydon, and 3 N.E. of Godstone. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 110. WOLDINGS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of North Ferriby, East Riding co. York, 7 miles W. of Hull. WOLD-NEWTON. See NEWTON WOLD, East Rid- ing co. York. WOLDS, THE, two districts so called, one in co. Lincoln, the other in East Riding co. York. WOLFERLOW, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of Broxash, co. Hereford, 5 miles N.E. of Bromyard, its post town, and 16 N.E. of Hereford. The village is situated at the head of the river Frome, which takes its rise in this parish. The soil is clayey, but fertile. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. ^117. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The charities pro- duce about 4 per annum. WOLFHALL, a hmlt. in the par. of Great Bedwin, co. Wilts, 6 miles S.W. of Hungerford. It is joined to Crofton. WOLFHAMCOTE, a par. in the hund. of Knight- low, co. Warwick, 3 miles N.W. of Daventry. The par. comprises the limits, of Flecnoe, Nethercote, and Sawbridge. It was formerly more populous than at present, and is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Ulfelmcote. The Oxford canal passes through the parish. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 90. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The Wesleyana have a chapel. There is a National school, built in 1848. WOLFHILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Cargill, co. Perth, 2 miles from Cupar Augus. WOLFORD, a par. in the Brails div. of Kingtou hund., co. Warwick, 4 miles S.W. of Shipston. The par., which is situated on the river Stour, comprises the tnshp. of Great Wolford and the hmlt. of Little Wolford. The land is chiefly in the possession of Sir G. Phillips, Bart. The Warwickshire hounds meet at Wolford Wood. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. with Burmington, 480, in the patron, of Merton College. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was rebuilt in 1833. There are day and Sun- day schools. The charities produce about 5 per annum. WOLFPITS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Upper Harpton, par. of Old Radnor, co. Pvadnor, 3 miles N.W. of Kington, and 2 E. of Radnor. WOLGARSTONE, a lib. in the par. of Penkridge, co. Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Penkridge. WOLLAN, a river of co. Notts, joins the Idle near Elkesley. WOLLASTON, a par. in the hund. of Higham Fcrrars, co. Northampton, 3 miles S.E. of Welling- borough. The village is situated on the river Nen, near the Peterborough railway. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. with that of Irchester annexed, 400. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. Charles Hall, Esq., is lord of the manor. WOLLASTON, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Old Swinford, co. Worcester, 1 mile N.W. of Stourbridge, on the river Stour and Stourbridge canal. WOLLASTON, a chplry. in the par. of Alberbury, hund. of Ford, co. Salop, 9 miles W. of Shrewsbury, on the road between Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool, near the river Severn. There are lead mines and stone quarries. WOLLASTONE. See WOOLLASTON, co. Gloucester. WOLLATON, a par. and tnshp. in the S. div. of Broxtow wap., co. Notts, 3 miles W. of Nottingham, and 3 N. of the Beeston railway station. It is situated on the road from Nottingham to Derby, and on the Not- tingham canal. There are coal mines, which have been in operation from an early period. The Hall, the seat of Lord Middleton, is the principal residence. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. with Cossal annexed, 800. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, contains a brass bearing date 1470, and effigies and monuments of the Willoughby and Smithson families. There is an infant school. The charities produce about 3 per annum. Lord Middleton is lord of the manor. WOLLERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Hodnet, co. Salop, 4 miles S.W. of Market Drayton, on the river Tern. WOLLESCOTE, a tnshp. in the par. of Old Swinford, co. AVorcester, 1 mile S.E. of Stourbridge. WOLPHY, a hund. in co. Hereford, contains the pars, of Brimfield, Croft, Docklow, Edvin-Ralph, Eye, Eyton, Ford, Hatfield, New Hampton, Little Hereford, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Kimbolton, Laysters, Leominster, Lucton, Middleton -on -the -Hill, Orluton, Puddlestone, Rochford, Sarnesfield, Stoke Prior, Stot- tesden, Yarpole, and parts of Almeley, Letton> Ludford, Richard's Castle, and Thornbury, comprising 60,460 acres. WOLSELEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Colwich, co. Stafford, 2 miles N.W. of Rugeley, on the river Trent and Grand Junction canal. WOLSINGHAM, a par. and market town in the north-western div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 16 miles S.W. of Durham, and 23 from Newcastle. It is a station on the Wear Valley branch of the North- Eastern railway. The par. comprises the chplry. of Thornley St. Bartholomew, including Towhum, Tow Low, and the constabularies of Wolsingham, East,