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tAJ.I.KKToN. HI.Ai K. 151 < AI.NK. Ardchullcry, in this ]irish. Thursday is the market day. Fair* lor cattle arc held on the '21st March and the loth May. Tin? par. is 24 mile in length und from 6 to 12 miles l.r.iad. From thr village tin r>- is d aily e..m- mimicati.m with Stirling by rail, and ample I'm ililies for visiting the Trosachs and other localities in the neigh- bourhood. CALLERTOK, BLACK. See BLACK CAILERTOX, Northumberland. CALLEKTON, HIGH, a tn.shp. in the par. of Tonic- land, Castle ward, in the co. of Northumberland, 7 miles to the N.W. of Newcn- CALLERTON, LITTLE, a tushp. in the par. of Ponteland, Castle ward, in the co. of Northumberland, close to High Call' CALLIA(ilISTOVN, a vil. in the ai. of Rathcoole, bar. of Newcastle, in tho co. of Dublin, pmv. of Lein- ster, Ireland, 10 miles to the S.W. of Dublin. CALLINGTON, or WELLINGTON, a ]ir. and mar- ket town, in the middle div. of the hum 1. of East, in the co. of Cornwall, 11 milts to the S. of Launceston, 9 miles from the Saltash and Liskeard stations on Ill- Cornwall railway, and 213 milcj from London. It is situated under Kit Hiil, on Hengeston Down, which is 1,067 feet above the sea, and commands a magnificent prospect. Granite, greywacke, and trap an tin- |, ri- valling rocks, and there are mines of tin, copper, 1. ml, and manganese in the neighbourhood. Tho town, which consists chiefly of one broad street, is lighted with gas, and of late years has been much improved, containing some good shops and private houses. A few persons are employed in tho woollen manufacture, which was once carried on extensively. There is a convenient court- house, bank, market-place, and an excellent hotel with assembly-room. Petty sessions are held, and polling for the county elections takes place in tho town. Calling- ton was formerly a borough, having obtained tho elr.tr-. franchise in the reign of Elizabeth (1585), from which time it continued to send two representatives to parlia- ment until disfranchised under the Reform Act in 1832. A portreeve is still annually appointed at the court-lect of the lord of the manor, Lord Ashburton, who retains in his possession, as a badge of authority, the ancient silver mace, inscribed with the armorial bearings of tho Asshcton family, and the date 1583. The magi.- hold petty sessions on the first Thursday in every month. There is a literary institution, with reading-room lectures arc delivered weekly during tho season. The living is a root, united to tho mother church of Soiithill, in the dioc. of Exeter. There are glebes in both parishes, and the tithes have been commuted at 760 ; Lord Ashburton is pat. The church, dedicated to St. Mai y the Virgin, has been tastefully restored under the direction of J. P. St. Aubyn, Esq., and was reopened for Divine service on May 12th, 1859. It is a large edifice, almost wholly rebuilt by Nicholas de Asshetou, one of the justices of the Court of King's Bench, who died in 1405, and was interred here. The church contains monuments to the founder and to Lord Willoughby de Broke, to whom tho manor belonged, and who died in 1602. There are in the town chapels for Weslcyans, Independents, and other Dissenters, and . school for boys, founded by Ixird Clinton. In the churchyard is part of uii ancient cross, sculptured with the Ciucitixi .11. St. M.iry with the Holy Child in her arms, and monks praying. About 1 in of the town is an ancient oratory and baptising well, called Dupath Chapel, of the 15th century. King Arthur is related to have had his palace here, and to have kept his court at Callington ui >me of " Killywich." There is a large National school i'.,r boys and girls. Markets for corn and provis;. on Wednesday, and one much frequented by .1. called Rogratem, from Plymouth find Ii -n <n] r;. A largo cattle market is held on the first Wednesday in eveiy 1 h, und there are four annual fairs, viz. on tho second Thursday in March, first Thursday in May, first Thurs- day after i .(h, and the second Thursday in November. i AU.l.S nirKT, ami < AI.I.IS CHANGE, a hmlt. and tnshp. in the par. of St. Peter, Isle of Tl i.!' Etingalow, lathe of St. Augustine, in tie . 2 miles to the N. of K.m CALL1VER, a tnshp. united with the hm.- rach and Bryngwyne, in the jar. ot ].: ,, r - hylhych, hund. of Iskennen, in the <. Smith Wales, 2 mile* to the V. ,,f I.; , It ..wy. < A I.I.I IMS. See KULMMn, Wilts. CA1.I.HW, a hmlt. in the ].ar. and hund. <.f Wirks- worth, in tho to. of Derby, 2 miles to the S.V Wirksworth. Near the village is Callow Hall. CALLOW, a par. in the hund. ot W. l.si . , in the co. of Hereford, 4 milts to the S. of 1I< ici'oid. It is the Newport section of the West Midland rail- 2J miles E. of tho Tram Inn station. The living is a pcrpet. cur. united to the vie. of Dowsall, -. tho dioc. of Hereford. Tho church, d. Michael, has a square parapeted tower, and in 1830. On a hill are remains of two Roman camp Tin- ]>ar. contains 621 acres, principally bclon_ the governors of ( ; ital, who are lords ( A I, LOW 1 1 1 LI,, a rhplry. in the bar. of Kno in the co. of Fermanagh. ] i miles to the s.V. ot Li.na.-koa. Fain are March, August, and 1> CALL WEN, a hmlt. in tl and hund. of Devynnock, in the co. of Breckn. Wales, 7 miles to 'the W. of Breck i CALMSIH.N, a tytliL- in ; North i hund. of Eapsgate, in '.I CALNAllTI.Al 11, a vil. in the Mmkain tho par. of Ardchattun, in the co. of Argvl- not far from Lorn. It is on the S. shore of I CALNE, a par., market t..vn, n.Miiic i|.;<l ai mentary borough, in the liuinl. "I c.,lne. i; Uihs, 30 miles to the N.W. of S I s; , W. from London by road, or 90 mil. ' Western railway, which has a stati..n . 6 miles from Calne. The parish is cros stream calle<l n. a 1.11111. contains tho tythgs. of Beversbrook, Bluckland stone, Eastmead-Street, (Jnemen Studley, Whetham. and Whitley. The town has i communication with Londoi 1, by me branchof theWilt.-hiie :, .I.anda 1 railway to join the (in -at We- tern In designed. Calne is a very ami. nt t..v.n. tin i'd to b-ivebei lie. .1111. <t.d, in its origin, w i; station in the vicinity. It was the site ol of tho kings of Wosscx, of which ' local names, liowevi r, indi. grand synod, over which tin 'ne in HT". i dispute between the monks and tiled. sed by an irn floor ol the mom giving wa killed, and l>iin.-lan and his n. In tin- Nonmui survey this town is named < is spoken of as a royal demesne. Tin santly situatitl in .1 valley, the trround i the chalk down.*. It consists diiel! long street, with a nd lighted with gas; : -tolie, J : venieiit townhall with mark. t-h. . wooUf clotli manufacture, formerly an in.; trade of Calne, is no 1 ertod into tlonr-milN. There i I -mills und ]>apcr-mills. Calne is a b..i prescription, and relumed members to pu I Kdward I. 1'n.m the reign ol ; borough was regularly n ] re-rut. .1 : the passing of tin- I;. i'..nu Act in 1^ it letiims one member. The limits , borough include tin- parish and old '