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ALDWARK. 40 ALFOKD. Onse, which in hero crowed by Aldwark Bridge. The living is a cur. united with A ALDVVAKK, a vil. in thu tnshp. of Ecclesfield, wap. of Stniflurth, in the Wart Hiding of the co. of York, 2 miles to tin N i: ! I; >th. rham. It is situated on tho livi-r Don and tho North Midland railway. Aldwark Hall in the principal rcsidci: ALDWICK, u tythg. in tho par. of Fagham, hund. of Aldwick, in tho co. of Sussex. It lies near the const, 3 to the W. of Bognor. ALDWICK HI'MUM.D, one of the seven hunds. in the rape of Chichester and co. of Sussex, situated in tho west parliamentary div. of the co., contains the pan. of Berated, East Levant, Pagham, Slindon, and Tangmcrc. ALDWINKLE ALL SAINTS, a par. in tho hund. of Huxloe, in tho co of Northampton, 2 miles to th> of Thmpston. It is watered by the river Nun, and the Northampton and Peterborough railway posse* through the parinh. It is an ancient place, and iU Saxon name was Aldticimjle. The living is a rect.* in the dioc, of Peterborough, val. 311, in the patron, of the ROY I:. Roberto, D.D., the rector. The church is in the later English style, and has a fine tower, decorated windows, ana a beautiful chapel adjoining tho chancel. It con- tains a brass of an Aldwinkle of the year 1463. The father of the poet Dryden held this rectory, and tho parsonage-house was the birthplace of the poet (1631). There U a free school for the benefit of this and the adjoining parish of St. Peter, founded and endowed in 1671 by Richard Thorpe. ALDWINKLE ST. PETER'S, a par. in tho hund. .f Huxloe, in the co. of Northampton, 4 miles N Thrapston. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of I borough, val. 230, in the patron, of Lord Lilford, of Lilford Hall. This parish has a share in tho charities oi Aldwinkle All Saints. The river Nen, on which tho village is situated, communicates with tho Northampton canal, and is navigable to the ocean. Thomas Fuller, author of tho " Church History," and " History of tho Worthies of England," was born here in 1608, his father, the Rev. T. Fuller, lit that time holding the rectory. Aldwinkle House is the seat of the Hon. and Rev. F. Powys. Here are ruins of a structure called Liveden, built by the Treshoms, which is in the form of a cross, and haa some interesting sculpture. ALDWORTH, or ALLDEE, a par. in the hund. of f'ompton, in tho co. of Berks, 4 miles S.E. of East Hsey, and 12 from Rending, its post town. It is an ancient place, and is hituutid near tho Roman Ick- nicld Street. It is thought by some to have been a Roman settlement. At Beach Farm there was formerly a castle, which was tho seat of tho family of the Do la s, who were lords of tho manor. The living is a i the dioc. of Oxford, val. 449, in tho pair tho Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is very old, and in the early English style. It contains nine tombs, v. it!. finely sculptured monuments of tho Do la Bfiches. Six are effigies of armed knights, one of a person in the common dress of the time, and two of won are all richly can ire probably tho work 14th century. In the dim. hyard is a fine ycv measuring twcnty-ssm feet in eireumfi i ALE, a si - i, flowing through tin: cos. of Selkirk n. h. It takes its rise in the western heights of the parish of Roberton, and 11 through Alvmoor Loch, falls int" th 'l.ist, after a i.i'low the town ill I'.cnvickshire. X " "I'll. ' NMol 111. AI.l.Tlli Hil'l place in the hund. of ' x , ' thu i to the N.K. of ALEXANDRIA, n vfl.md | ""' ' "' ]>ir., in the ]ur. 1 is a ' ' I ' ' ' . . l |:,.n :..- ! : ' ' ' : ' I -. i : : with Bonhill on the opposite side ing and print works furnish the principal employment for the inhabitants of the village. Tho living is in the prceb. of Dumbarton, and in the gift of the male communicuuts. Besides the par. church, there are places of worship be- longing to the Free Church, United 1'; -, In- dependents, and Boman Catholics. Near the vill Tullichewin Castle, a fine seat, with good views of th 'id the scenery on its banks. A fair is held on 1 first Thursday in February. ALEXTON, or ALLEXTON, a par. in the easte div. of the hund. of Goscote, in the co. of Leices miles to the N.W. of Rockingham. It lies on the bonUfl of the co. of Rutland, and on tho river Eye. The living I is a rect. in the dioc. of Peterborough, vul. 140, in the 1 patron, of Lord Berners, who is lord of the manor, chunh is dedicated to St. Peter. Alexton Hall, amun : in thn Elizabethan style, is the seat of Lord Iterners. A I . FOLD, a par. in the first div. of the hund. of I ; heath, in the co. of Surrey, 8 miles to the S.E. of Godal- ming. Part of the par. is within the co. of Sussex. The Arun and W> y Junction eanal passes through it Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Winchester, val . in the patron, of the Rev. L. W. Elliott. Tho church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. A !.!'< >KD, a par. in tho district of Alford, in the. co. of Aberdeen, Scotland, 28 miles to the N.W. of Al . r- doen. It is situated on the river Don, in a district partly fiat, and partly hilly and moorland, with good soil near , {ho river. Peat is used for fuel, cool having to DM brought from Aberdeen, 30 miles distant. The villanl is tho seat of a presbytery. The living, in t val. 207, is in tho patron, of the crown. The church !* ancient. In July, 1645, a battle was toiiL'ht here in which the covenanters, under (ieneral 1 feated by the Marquis of Montroso. A st pointed out as marking tho spot where 1 during the pursuit. On the top of a hill nin reran, or " Cairn of Sorrow," is a very largo cairn, in the form of a truncated cono, in which nave Been earthen urn, with ashes, bones, and charcoal, measures 120 feet in diameter, and about twonty-ln in height. There is a circle of stones caK Kirk," and traces, now nearly obliterated, of two ej si ve entrenchments, tho hill on which ono of 1 1 being called Da-mill. Tho manse in this parish WH hirlhpliico of Patrick Forbes, Bishop of Aberdeen 1652 to 1680, whose father held the living, t am held monthly. The par. extends over an ai 10,001' east to W' Aberdeen to Corgarff, a military station on th th, ]> crossed by the great north i

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i!, l.uilt in 1811. AI.Kl >IM>. a par. and market town in the Wold ilh. of the hund. of Culccworth, parts of Limlsey, in tho co In, 30 miles to the I-;, of Lincoln, and 'M miles by rail from I.<>n>i a station on the East I n oi theliiv.il Northern railway. Its na 1 'i"ii "n an old lord over a i that runs through the town. The living is a .;il. with t' nr. of lii.-hoj,. I'lf i hutch , with a thai' In d chimed, and is dedicated to St. Wilfrid. It has sev. M] ancient monument*, among whicl -ir Holier! Christopher, Knt., and Hied and Primitive Ve-I. van .Mi lhodi~iN, and tin ll.ijitisls )KI'.. chapel* here. A established InTe in the reign of III., which CO a month. 1'etty and polling for the north div. of the i ,, unt . grammar . was founded in 1505. lt revenue, at first small, lias 1 ' ndownii nts to 350. In a charter was granted !>y l;ut th, by whi.h it w Lion, and I mors M with a common seal. I; i B< lion with it two fellowship ;it Ma^'i . . i i and one at Jesus College, Cambridge. Th. re is n national