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Rh YEOVILTON. YETTINGTON. Union house ; the union embracing 35 parisl.03 and townships. It is within the Exeter bankruptcy district, and is the head of a Superintendent Begistry. The police arrangements are under the county constabulary, who have a chief station here for the whole of the magisterial district. The living is a vie.* in the dice, of Bath and Wells, val., with the par. of Preston annexed, 560. The parish church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is of the 14th century, 146 feet long by 60 wide, and the length of the transept is 80 feet. It has recently undergone restoration, during which the galleries have been removed, and several stained-glass windows havebeen inserted. In the interiorof the church, which had formerly four chantries, are several brasses, one of a priest, hearing date 1519, an old lectern, an antique font, an altar piece in form of a Grecian pedi- ment, a sedilia, several monuments of the Harbin, Batten, and Newman families, and a monumental marble bust of the late vicar, Rev. K. Philips. Thers is, besides, a dis- trict church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, built in 1846, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 150. The Independents, Wesleyans, Baptists, Oalvinistic and Primitive Methodists, Unitarians, Society of Friends, and United Brethren, have chapels. There is a free grammar school, with an endowment of .150 per annum, and National, Sunday, denominational, and adult evening schools. The charities produce about 500 per annum. Market day is Friday, for cattle, corn, cheese, flax, and provisions. Fairs are held on 28th and 29th June, and 17th, 18th, and 19th November, for horses, cattle, &c. YEOVILTON, a par. in the hund. of Somerton, co. Somerset, 1J mile E, of Ilchester, 4 miles N. of Spark- ford railway station, and 7 from Yeovil. The par. is bounded on the N. by the river Yeo, and contains the hmlts. of Bridghampton, Hainbury, and Speckington. In the Saxon times it was called Giveltone, and is men- tioned in Domesday survey as held at the Conquest by William de Ow, or Ewe, from whom, in the reign of Henry VI., it came to William de Botreaux, and is now the property of G. D. W. Digby, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture, with some orchard. The soil is clayey upon a subsoil of clay. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 426, with 60 acres of glebe, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedi- cated to St. Bartholomew. The register commences in 1653. There are parochial and Sunday schools. YERBESTON, a par. in the hund. of Narberth, co. Pembroke, 5 miles S. W. of Narberth. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of St. David's. The church is dedi- cated to St. Lawrence. YERBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Kirk Leatham, lib. of East Langbaurgh, North Riding co. York, 5 miles N. of Guisborough, near the river Tees' mouth. YEROTH, See LLANFIHANOEL-AR-ARTH, co. Carmar- then. YESTER, a par. in cp. Haddington, Scotland. It comprises the post-office vil. of Gifford, and the hmlts. of Long-Yester and Long-Newton. It extends in length about 6J miles from N. to S., with an extreme breadth of 5 miles, and is hounded on the S. by Berwickshire, and elsewhere by the pars, of Humbic, Bolton, Hadding- ton and Garvald. Its surface is hilly, abounding in sheep-walks. A portion of the land is under excellent cultivation. The strata belong to the carboniferous formation, with the exception of the hills, which are greywacke. The soil is principally of a clayey nature upon a subsoil of clay. There were formerly quarries of red sandstone and limestone, but both have been aban- doned. The par. is traversed by the road from Haddington to Lauder, and by that from Tranent to Dunn. The vil. of Long Yestor is about 2 miles S.E. of Gifford, and 5 S.S.E. of Hadiington. It is situated at the foot of Lammermoor Hills. The par. is in the presb. of Had- dington and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. The stipend of the minister is about 264. The parish church, situated at Gifford, was erected in 1708, and was restored in 1830. There is a Free church at Yestor, and three parochial schools, situated respectively at Giflbrd, Long-Tester, and Long-Newton. The Rev. Mr. Innis, the late aged minister, survived four Mar- quises of Tweeddale, and buried all the heritors of his day, all his elders, and all his congregation. The prin- cipal seat is Yester House, the residence of the Munpn's of Tweeddale. Within its grounds is the tower built by Hugh Gifford prior to 1267, and including Bobhall, the goblin hall mentioned in " Marmion." This parish, which is indifferently called Yester, or Gifford, w;is called Bothons before the 16th century. YESTER' S LADY, a par. in the burgh and co. of Edinburgh, Scotland. See EDINBURGH. YETHOLM, a par. in the district of Kelso, co. Rox- burgh, Scotland. It comprises the vils. of Kirk-Yetholm and Town-Yetholm. It extends in length about 4 f miles from N.W. to S.E., with an extreme breadth of 2 miles. It is a Border parish, bounded on the N.E. and E. by England, and elsewhere by the pars, of Morebattle and Linton. The surface is hilly, abounding in sheep-walks, the highest point being 800 feet above sea-level. The higher hills are covered with verdure to their summits, and the lower are chiefly arable. The predominant rocks are New Red sandstone in the lower parts, and porphyry, quartz, and compact felspar in the hills. Bowmont Water divides the parish nearly into equal parts, and on its banks are considerable haughs. There are traces of a Roman camp on Yetholm Law, and of two British camps on Camp Hill and Castlelaw. The par. ia traversed by a road down the valley of the Bowmont, and by another road towards Kelso, and is within 6 miles of the English North-Eastern railway. It com- prises two villages, or rather a village in two parts, situated on either side of the Bowmont that on the W. side, called Town-Yetholm, which is about 8 miles S. of Kelso, and the other designated Kirk-Yetholm, about a quarter of a mile on the other side of the stream and is chiefly inhabited by gypsies. At this spot Scott saw Jean Gordon, the original of his " Meg Merfilies." This par. is in the presb. of Kelso, and synod of Merse and Teviotdale. The stipend of the minister is about 200. The parish church, which is thatched, was partly erected in 1709. There are a Free church and an United Pres- byterian church, also a parochial and other schools, and a library. The principal seat is Cherrytrees. YETLINUTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Whittinghara, N. div. of Coquetdale ward, co. Northumberland, 5 miles N.W. of Rothbury, and 12 S.W. of Alnwick. It is in conjunction with Callaley to form a township. YETMINSTER, a hund. in the Sherborne div. of co.i Dorset, contains the pars, of Batcombe, Clifton May- bank, Melbury - Bubb, Melbury - Osmond, and Yet- minster, comprising 9,960 acres. YETMINSTER, a par. in the hund. of its name, co. Dorset, 5J miles S.W. of Sherborne. It is a station oil the Yeovil and Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway. The par., which lies on the western border of the county, and gives name to the hundred, comprises the chplries. of Chitnole and Leigh, with the hmlts. of Winterhays, Holbrook, and Totnell. The village, situ- ated near the river Ivel, a branch of the Yeo, consists of one long street, having still the appearance of a town. In 1300 the Bishop of Sarum obtained a grant from Edward I. for a market and fair, which was confirmed by Richard II. ; but the market has long been discon- tinued. There are quarries of hard freestone in the parish. The impropriate tithes belong to the prebendary of Yetminster, in the cathedral of Salisbury. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. with the curs, of Chitnole and Leigh annexed, 160, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There are besides chapels-of-ease at Chitnole and Leigh the former dedicated to St. Peter. The Hon. R. Boyle, in 1099, bequeathed an estate now producing about 90, with house and orchard, for teaching 26 boys. X arc also National schools at Yetminster and Chitnole. Fairs were held on the 23rd April and 1st October. U. D. W. Digby, Esq., is -lord of the manor. YETTINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Bicton, co. Devon, 4 miles S.W. of Sidmouth, '