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Rh WOODHOUSE. WOODLANDS ST. PAUL. yil in the par. of Halfield, wap. of StralTorth, West Riding co. York, 3 miles S.AV. of Thorn*, and 7 N.E. of Doncaater, near the navigable river Don. WOODHOUSE, a tnshp. in the par. of Shilbottle, E. div. of Coquetdale ward, co. Northumberland, 5 miles S.E. of Alnwick. WOODHOUSE a tnshp. in the par. of St. Michael, Lichfield, co. Stafford, 2J miles S.W. of Lichfield. It is joined with Burtwood and Edgehill. WOODHOTJSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Belton, co. Lincoln, 2 miles N. of Epworth. WOODHOUSE, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Stottesden, co. Salop, 2 miles N.W. of Cleobury Morti- mer. It was formerly the site of a cell belonging to the Augustine Priory at Wigmore, and is now the property and residence of William. Purton, Esq. The population is returned with Hopton Wafers. WOODHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Shiffnall, co. Salop, 2 miles from Shiffnall, and 8 S. of Wellington. WOODHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Heversham, co. Westmoreland, 2 miles N.E. of Milnthorpe. WOODHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Sutton-on- Derwent, East Riding co. York, 5 miles S.W. of Pock- lingtpn. WOODHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Emley, West Riding co. York, 7 miles S.E. of Huddersfield. WOODHOUSE, a vil. and constablewick in the par. of Handsworth, wap. of South Strafford, West Riding co. York, 5 miles S.E. of Sheffield, and 1 mile from the Woodhouse station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway. It is situated near the river Rother. There are collieries and saw-mills. WOODHOUSE, CHRISTCHURCH, an ecclesiastical district in the hmlt. of I'artown, par. of Hnddersfield, West Riding co. York, adjoining the town of Hudders- field, containing, in 1861, 3,324 inhabitants. The church was erected in 1824, at a cost of 4,000. WOODHOUSE EAVES, a hmlt. and ecclesiastical district, in the par. of Barrow-on-Soar, co. Leicester, 4 miles W. of Mount Sorrel. WOODHOUSE HALL, an ezt. par. lib. in the Hatfield div. of Bassetlaw wap., co. Notts, 6 miles S.W. of Worksop. WOODHOUSE HILL, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of North Bierley, par. of Bradford, West Riding co. York, 3 miles S. of Bradford. WOODHOUSE LANE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Spotland, co. Lancaster, 1 mile W. of Rochdale. WOODHOUSELEE, the seat of the Tytlers, co. Edin- burgh, Scotland, 6 miles S. of Edinburgh, near the site of the castle of Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. WOODHOUSE-MILLS, a hmlt. in the par. of Handsworth, West Riding co. York, 2 miles E. of Handsworth, and 9J S.E. of Sheffield. It is a station on the Midland railway. WOODHOUSE-MOOR, an ext. par. place in the lower div. of Agbrigg wap., West Riding co. York, ad- joining the par. of Normanton. WOODHOUSE, ST. MARK, an ecclesiastical district in the par. and borough of Leeds, West Riding co. York, adjoining Leeds, containing, in 1861, 6,072 inhabitants. WOODHOUSES, a tnshp. in the par. of Mayfield, co. Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Ashbourn, and 10 N.E. of Uttoxeter. WOODHOUSES, a hmlt. in the par. of Frodsham, co. Chester, 1 mile S.W. of Frodsham, and 10 miles N.E. of Chester. WOODHOUSES, or DUNHAM WOODHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Bowdon, co. Cheater, 3 miles from Altrincham, and 1 mile from Dunham Massey station on the Warrington and Stockport railway. WOODHOUSES, a hmlt. in the Audenshaw div. of Ashton-under-Lyne par., co. Lancaster, I mile S.E. ol Oldham. WOODHOUSES, NEW and OLD, tnshpa. in the par. of Whitchurch, co. Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Whit- church. They are chiefly tho property of Earl Brown- low and Viscount Combermere, who are lords of the manors* WOODHUISH a hrnlt. in the par. of Biixham, co. Devon, 3 miles N.E. of Dartmouth. WOODHURST, a par. in the hund. of Huratingstone, co. Hunts, 4 miles N. of St. Ivcs. The village is situated on the road to St. Ivea, near the old stone which gives name to the hundred, the inscription on which is still legible. The living is a cur., united with that of Old Hurst to the vie. of St. Ives. The church was dedicated to All Saints. There is a National school. WOODKIRK. See ABDSLEY WEST, co. York. WOODLAND, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Crediton, co. Devon, 1 mile from Crediton. WOODLAND, a chplry. in the par. of Ipplepen, hund. of Haytor, co. Devon, 2 miles S.E. of Ashburton. The church was built in the reign of Henry VIII. WOODLAND, a tnshp. in the par. of Cockfield, S.W. div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 7 miles N.E. of Barnard Castle. Coal is obtained in tho neigh- bourhood. WOODLAND, a chplry. in the par. of Kirkby Ireleth, hund. of Lonsdale North of the Sands, co. Lancaster, 8 miles N.W. of Ulverstone. It is situated near tho river Dudden, and is joined with Heathwaite. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 70, in the patron, of the landowners. The chapel-of- ease was built in 1689, and repaired in 1822. WOODLAND, a hmlt. in the par. of Isle Abbotts, co. Somerset, 6 miles S.W. of Langport. WOODLAND EYAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Eyam, aund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 5 miles N. of Bakewell. WOODLAND HOPE, a hmlt. in the par. of Hope, liund. of High Peake, co. Derby, 2 miles E. of Custleton. WOODLANDS, a hmlt. in the par. of Lyminge, co. Kent, 12 miles E. of Dover, and 4 N. of Westhanger railway station. WOODLANDS, a par. in the hund. of Knowlton, co. Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Cranborne, and 7 N.E. of Wimborne. This parish is wholly the property of the Earl of Shaftesbury, who is lord of the manor and lay- rector of this and the adjoining parish of Horton, of which until very recently it formed a chplry. for eccle- siastical purposes. It was here that the Duke of iron- month, after the battle of Sedgmoor, was discovered by his enemies in a ditch under an ash tree. WOODLANDS, a hmlt. in the par. of West Moon, co. Hants, 3 miles S.E. of New Alresford. WOODLANDS, a tnshp. in the par. of Moreton Sea, co. Salop, 2 miles N.W. of Market Drayton. It is joined to Styche. WOODLANDS, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Mere, co. Wilts, 1 mile S.E. of Mere. It is joined with Chaddenwicke. WOODLANDS, EAST and WEST, hmlts. in the par. of Frome, co. Somerset, 2 miles from Frome. This district, called "Tho Woodlands," is situated on the northern border of Bramble Forest. The church was built by Thomas Viscount Weymouth, and endowed by his brother with about 90 per annum. WOODLANDS ST. MARY, an ecclesiastical dis- trict in the hund. of Lambourn, co. Berks, 8 miles N.W. of Hungerford, and 2 from Lambourn. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. i'90. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected in 1842. WOODLANDS ST. MARY, a hmlt. and ecclesias- tical district in the pars, of Wrotham and Shoreham, co. Kent, 3 miles N. of Wrotham, and 8 N.E. of Seven- oaks. It has recently been formed into a district chapelry for ecclesiastical purposes, and comprises a portion of the woodlands of Shoreham. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 70, in the patron, of tho Rector of Wrotham. The church hag been recently built at the cost of Mr. R. Vincent, of Woodlands manor. There is a National school. WOODLANDS ST. PAUL, an ecclesiastical dis- trict in the par. of Kingsclere, co. Hants, 2 miles from Kingsclere, 7 S.E. of Newbury, and 6 S. of the Thatcham railway station. The ecclesiastical district, which was formed in 1862 out of tho chapelriea of