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CHATTERIS. 541 CHEADLE.

it Chatsworth House, including Raphael's

in Ghobelin tapestry ; the Jewish Rabbi, Tundt; Belisaritis, by Murillo ; Queen Mary, lero ; Henry VIII., by Holbein ; Philip II., by liaii; Charles I., by Jansen; Duke of Albemarle, by r Peter Lely; George IV., by Sir Thomas Lawrence; Miles othrr valuable pictm-es by Myttens, Vandyck, <rey Kni'ller, anil oilier eminent artists. In the ilpture gallery are some of the h'nest works of Canova, us, Chantry, Campbell, and Thorwaldsen. The >ms are 190 feet long ; the music-room 35 feet by the grand drawing-room 45 feet by 28 feet ; the nil feet by 22 feet ; the dining-room 58 feet by 30 1 the bull-room, which, with its adjoining cham- ms a suite of 557 feet ; this last has a Corinthian ver it, and commands a magnificent view. The rk is nearly 12 miles round, well laid out, and stocked r. The gardens were laid out by Loudon and , and arc now under Sir Joseph Paxton's eare ; e long had a high and well-deserved reputation. i the grounds is Queen Mary's Bower. The grand i.orv covers about an acre of ground ; it is 320 ', ! ') fi'i't, and has 70,000 square feet of glass in rangery is 180 feet long, 27 feet wide, and 21 t high, lighted by a glass roof ; the kitchen garden i <_'S in extent : the arboretum of trees and shrubs vcral acres. The water works and great cascade signed about a century ago by Grillet: one supplied from a hill 4 miles off, and has a jet i.'t ; the stream then disappears amidst the rocks, underground to the river. Hero may be seen n Victoria's oak (her Majesty having visited Chats- lien Princess Victoria in 1832, and again in 1843, n the pleasure-grounds and grand conservator}' were led), the Duchess of Kent's chosnut, and the " Tor Nicholas's chesnut. Marshal Tallard was fed ti < remain here on parole, and Hobbs spent s of his life at Chatsworth. Christian VII. sited "it in 1768, and the Archduke Nicholas of Eussia , LSIil. CHATTERIS, a par. and market town in the hund. .' North Witchford, in the co. of Cambridge, 20 miles ..W. of Cambridge, and 7 S. of March. It is a station n the Ely and Peterborough railway, and is situated

lio river Ouse. Alwiiia, wife of Athelstan, and

i King Edgar, founded a convent of Bene- tiii'js about A.I). 980, which was in Henry VIII's. i 'holly suppressed. The place is mentioned in n sday Survey under the name of Catcri:, or Cetriz. living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 1,50C, in Qe patron, of W. Hawkins, Esq. The church, dedicated SS. Peter and Paul, is a handsome edifice. The ral Baptists, Particular Baptists, Wesleyans, I'OnJrnts, Primitive Methodists, High Calvinists, Society of Friends have chapels, and there are 1'Uial, British, girls' and infant schools. The town as made a market town in 1834 ; and a court-leet and "tty sessions are held here. The Bishop of Ely is lord i the manor. A large number of Eoman coins and urious relies have been found at various times, and not mny years since part of the skeleton of an elephant. market day is Friday. CHATTERLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Wolstanton, " northern div. of the hund. of Pirehill, in the co. of ' "i-d, about 2 miles from Tunstall, and 3 from New- le-undcr-Lyme. CHATTISHAM, a par. in the hund. of Samford, in i-o. of Suffolk, 5 miles W. of Ipswich, its post town, S N. of the Capel railway station, on the Great rn line. The living is a vie.* in the dioe. of ivich, val. 168, in the patron, of Eton College. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a plain edifice, 'ith a brass of the date 1592. The Wesloyans have pel. There -was left by the Rev. Thomas "Warren, or educating poor children, the sum of 200. The nanorial rights are vested in Eton College. The tithes vcre commuted in 1839. ^ CHATTON, a par. in the eastern div. of the ward of jlendale, in the co. of Northumberland, 3 miles E. of Wooler, its post town. It is situated on the river Till, near the Yorkshire and Berwick railway. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 198, in the pa- tron, of the Duke of Northumberland. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, is a stone edifice in the Gothic style, and contains several beautiful stained-glass memorial windows. The register commences 1713. Here is a Presbyterian place of worship, and there is a National school for both sexes. The Duke of Northum- berland is lord of the manor. In the vicinity are New Hall and Fowbeny Tower. CHATWALL, a tnshp. in the par. of Cardington, in the co. of Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Church Stretton. In the vicinity is fine clay and quartz, used in the potteries. CHATWELL GREAT and CHATWELL LITTLE, hmlts. in the par. of Gnosall, in the co. of Stafford, 8 miles W. of Penkridge. The river Eowley and the Liverpool canal pass at a short distance. CHAVERIDGE, or CUEVENAGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Horsley, in the co. of Gloucester, 2 miles N.W. of Tetbury. The living is a cur. united with Horsley. Chaveridge Green is a meet for the Beaufort hounds. In the vicinity is Chaveridge House, a fine old Elizabe- than mansion built by the Stephenses of Horsley Priory. CHAWLEIGH, or CHAWLEY, a par. in the hund. of North Tawton, in the co. of Devon, 2 miles S.E. of Chulmleigh, its post town. It is situated on the river Dart, not far from the London and South- Western rail- way, which has a station at Eggesford. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 455, in the patron, of the Earl of Portsmouth. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancient edifice in the early English style. The Independents and Bible Christians have places of worship, and there is a school for both sexes. The charities amount to about 100 per annum. The Earl of Portsmouth is the lord of the manor. Fairs arc held on the 6th May, and the Tuesday before the last Thursday in October. CHAWLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Cumnor, hund. of Hormer, in the co. of Berks, 2 miles S.W. of Oxford. CHAWSEY, a tythg. in the par. of Maple Durham, in the co. of Oxford, 3 miles N.W. of Reading. It is situated in a pleasant country near the river Thames. CHAWSON, a hmlt. in the par. of Eoxton, in the co. of Bedford, 3 miles W. of St. Neot's. It is situated near the river Ouse. CHAWTON, a par. in the hund. of Upper Alton, in the co. of Hants, 1 mile S.W. of the Alton station of the South-Western railway The village of Chawton is situated in a valley, and in the neighbourhood are lavants, or land springs, which at times overflow the lands adjoining. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 353, in the patron, of Edward Knight, Esq. The church is in the Gothic stylo of architecture, and is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The par. possesses a neat National school. Chawton House, occu- pied by the lord of the manor, Edward Knight, Esq., is a beautiful seat. The charities produce about 9 per annum. It is a meet for the H.H. hounds. CHEADLE, a par. and small town in the southern div. of the hund. of Totmonslow, in the co. of Stafford, 14 miles N.N.E. from Stafford. It is distant about 3 miles from each of the four stations, Moghall and Oaka- moor, on the Churnet Valley branch, and Blyth Bridge and Cresswell on the Potteries branch of the North Staffordshire railway. This parish, called in Domes- day Book C'cdla, is situated in a hollow of the moor- lands, between two small tributary streams of the Tean Brook, which flows into the Churnet. It con- tains the hmlts. of Cheadle Mill, Brookhouses, and Huntley, and the chplries. of Freehay and Oakamoor. The principal trade of the place consists in the working of copper and brass, and in the silk and tape manufactures. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the neighbour- ing collieries, and iron-mines. The town, -which is irregu- larly laid out, contains two mills, a branch bank, and the Union poorhouse. It is a polling place for the county elections, the head of a Poor-law Union, and of a County Court district. In the vicinity are several largo planta-