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Rh YCHYLDREF. 894 VELDHAM. YCHYLDREF, a tnshp. in the par. of Corwen, co. Merioneth, 2 miles from Corwen. YEADON, a tnshp., town, and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Guiseley, upper div. of Skyrack wap., West Biding co. York, 6 miles N.E. of Leeds, 8 N.W. of Bradford, and 3 S. of Otley. At Apperley Bridge, about 2 miles distant from the town of Yeadon, but within the tnshp., is a station on the Midland, and at Horsforth, about 3- miles distant, is a station on the North-Eastern railway. The town is situated on the N. Bide of Airedale, in the midst of a thriving manufac- turing district. Its population in 1861 was 4,109, but that of the tnshp. and ecclesiastical district of St. John, which are co-extensive, contained 4,259 inhabitants. The tnshp. is divided into Upper and Lower Yeadon, and contains the hmlts. of Henshaw and Apperley Lane. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the woollen manufacture, which is extensively carried on both by firms and private individuals, and there are several bleach works. The streets and houses are lighted with gas from works established in 1844. The surface, which is watered by copious springs, is chiefly high moorland, affording good pasture. The soil is various, but rich in parts, upon a subsoil of gravel and rock. Lane Head House and Low Hall are the principal resi- dences. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 163, in the patron, of the Rector of Guiseley. The church, dedicated to St. John, was erected in 1842. The "Wesleyans, Reformed "Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There are National and Sunday schools, the latter held at the church. YEALAND CONYERS and YEALAND RED- MA YNE, tnshps. in the par. of Warton, hund. of Lons- dale South of the Sands, co. Lancaster, 1 mile N. of Warton, 2J miles S.W. of Burton-in-Kendal, and 8 N.E. of Lancaster. They are situated on the Kendal canal and Carlisle railway. The village is surrounded by numerous seats and villas. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 60, in the patron, of the Hyndman Trustees. The church is dedicated to St. John. There are also a Roman Catholic chapel, dedi- cated to the Virgin Mary, and a meeting-house belong- ing to the Society of Friends, who have a school here. YEALMPTON, a par. and town in the hund. of Plympton, co. Devon, 5 miles W. of Modbury, 6 S.E. of Plymouth, and 3J S.E. of Earl's Plympton. In the Saxon times this place is said to have belonged to Ethelwold, who had a palace here, and came through the Fitzherberts, Hantings, and other Norman families to the Pollexfens. It was anciently denominated a borough. The navigable river Yealm rises at Yealm Head in Dart- moor Forest, and flowing to the S.W. falls into the Eng- lish Channel between Plymouth Sound and Bigbury Bay, and is here crossed by a bridge. Kitley, or Kitley House, the seat of the Bastard family, contains a collec- tion of the most valuable productions of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The soil is light but fertile, and the subsoil limestone, which is extensively quarried for burning into lime ; there are also quarries of marble in great variety. The impropriate tithes belong to the Pre- bendary of King's Teigntou in the cathedral of Salis- bury. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val., with the perpet. cur. of Revelstoke annexed, 360, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was restored in 1850 at a cost of 1,600, defrayed by E. R. Polloxfen Bastard, Esq. The interior contains columns and arches of polished marble of various colours, and has a screen separating the chancel and nave of carved marble, also stalls, a brass of Sir J. Crokker, bearing date 1508, and a pillar stone 8J high, with " Toreus " on it. There is besides a chapel-of-ease at Revelstoke, and the Roman Catho- lics and Wesleyans have chapels. There are a public reading room and National schools for boys and girls. The charities produce about 6 per annum. A cattle market is held on the third Wednesday in every month. YEARDSLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Taxall, hund. of Macolesfield, co. Chester, 10 miles S.E. of Stockport. It is situated on the W. bank of the river Goyt, on the road from Manchester to Buxton, and is joined with Whaley to form a township. YEARNOR, a tythg. in the par. of Porlock, co. Somerset, 5 miles W. of Minehead. YEARSLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Coxwold, wap. of Birdforth, North Riding co. York, 5 miles N.E. of Easingwold. YEATON, a tnshp. in the par. of Baschurch, co. Salop, 5 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, on the river Perry. YKATJ, a hmlt. in the par. of Nettlecoinbe, co. Somerset, 4 miles S. of Watchett. YEAVELEY, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Shirley, hund. of Appletree, co. Derby, 4 miles S. of Ashhorne, and 10 from Derby. The ruins now called Stydd Chapel formed part of a hermitage given by Ralph le Fun, in the reign of Richard I., to the Knights of St. John, and which afterwards came to the Knights Hospitallers, who had a preceptory here, which at the Dissolution was valued at 107 3s. 8d. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, and in the patron, of the Vicar of Shirley. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Independents have a chapel. There is a National school. The feast takes place on the first Sunday after 16th August. YEAVERING, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirk-Newton, co. Northumberland, 5 miles N.W. of Wooler. It is situated on the river Glen, and contains Yeavering Bell, one of the Cheviot hills, rising more than 2,000 feet from the vale. Its summit, which is level and 1,000 yards in circuit, is encompassed by the remains of an ancient wall, eight yards in breadth, built on the verge of the hill, surrounding an inner wall defended by a ditch, and having in the centre a large cairn hollowed like a bowl. On other parts of the hill are several smaller circles, vestiges of a grove of oaks, and in the neighbourhood a cairn and a cluster of rocks, respectively called Tom Tallan's grave and crags, but supposed to be all of Druidical origin. It is frequently mentioned in the Saxon chronicles as Adgefrin, where Edwin of North- umbria, after his conversion to Christianity, had a palace, and where, in 626, Paulinus baptized his converts in the river Glen. Near the village is a column of stone, commemorating the victory gained in 1415 by the Earl of Westmoreland, with 440 men, over the Scottish army of 4,000, under Sir R. Umfraville. YEDDINGHAM, a par. in the wap. of Buckrose, East Riding co. York, 8 miles N.E. of New Malton, at the bridge over the navigable river Derwent, and on the road from York to Scarborough. There was anciently a Benedictine priory, founded in the 12th century by Roger de Clerc, and valued at the Dissolution at 26. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, val. 205. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. YEILSHIELDS, a hmlt. in the par. of Carlake, co. Lanark, Scotland. YELDEN, a par. in the nund. of Stodden, co. Beds, 5 miles E. of Higham-Ferrers, and 12 N. of Bed- ford. It is situated in a valley, and is mentioned in Domesday survey as Ewelden. The women and children are employed in lace making. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 300. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains some old stone stalls and two brasses from 1433. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The cha- rities produce about 4 per annum. There is a National school. In the parish is the moated site of an old baronial castle. J. Sambrook Crawley, Esq., ia lord of the manor. YELDERSLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Ashborne, hund. of Appletree, co. Derby, 3 miles S.E. of Ashboine. YELDHAM, GREAT and LITTLE, pars, in the hund. of Hinckford, co. Essex, 8 miles N.W. of Hal- stead, 8 S.W. of Clare, and 1 mile from the Yeldham station of the Colne Valley railway. These two adjoin- ing villages, called also Lower and Upper Yeldham, are situated in the valley of the river Colne, on the road from Colchester to Cambridge, and appear to have been in existence in the time of Edward the Confessor. Nearly in the centre of Great Yeldham stands au onk