COKSEWELL POINT. 661 - CORTACHY AND CLOVA. wol. In the vicinity aro Lynn Head Waterfalls, and e remains of a Roman camp. The Duke of Northum- rland is the lord of the manor. CORSEWELL POINT, a. promontory in tire N.W. rt of Wigtonshire, Scotland ; it has a revolving light, 2 feet above the sea, visible for 16 miles. CORSIIAM, or CORSHAM REGIS, a par. and mar- ! t town in the hund. of Chippcuham, in the co. of Wilts, . uilesS.W. of Chippenham, its post town, and 4 N.W. .Hulkshani. It is a station on the Great Western lino.
- pur. comprises the town of Corsham, and the tnshps.
I'ickwick and Easton. It is mentioned in the Saxuu i roniclo as the residence of King Ethelred, and in
- mesday Book is called Cosseham, the property of Earl
. riti of Northumberland, by whom it was forfeited to the i >wn. It was afterwards held by Richard Earl of Corn- U, who procured for it many privileges, and granted ilties of the manor to tho tenants, as farmers in lor an annual rout of 110 marks. The town, which t nds in a flat, dry, and healthy situation, principally < if one long street containing many neat houses, st of them built of freestone. The "woollen manu- . for which it was formerly noted, have entirely i rud, and tho inhabitants are now engaged in j-ukure, or are employed in the numerous stone- iu tho neighbourhood. The living is a vie.* in . of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 300, in the if Lord Methuen. The church, dedicated to Bartholomew, is an ancient edifice partly in the ! sflish and partly in tho Norman style. It has a tower uutre, .but the spire which surmounted it was ..ii ilnvn in 1812. According to Tanner, it was given i William I. to the abbey of St. Stephen, at Caen, in >nuandy, but was afterwards transferred to King's Cambridge, by Henry VI. There are two lent and two Baptist chapels. Lady Hunger- 1 1's school has an income from endowment of 50, u the mastership was once held by Edward Hasted, ! ;.S.. the county historian of Kent, who died here in I '2 ; there are also British schools for boys, and a free - 10 1 for girls. An almshouso was endowed by Lady lord and tho late Mrs. Alexander. Kirby's Xiity consists of 45 annually distributed to eight ]j.-ons of worthy character. There are besides lands of u eh tin- ir.irtees are the trustees, producing annually a'ut 1.30, applied to the support of the poor of the
- >ish, repairing tho church and the parish bridges.
1 Methuen is lord of the royal manor, and the sheriff a coroner arc lords of the rectory manor. A court- is held here annually. Corsham Court, the resi- d oe of Lord Methuen, is a noble pile in the Elizabethan Architecture. The greater part of it is modern, t; igh occupying tho site of the original mansion, built n .)M2 by William Halliday, the wealthy Lord Mayor o .ondon who drained Moorfields. After it was pur- y Paul llethucn, Esq., at the commencement of < entury, it underwent an entire renovation by I Browne and Nash, and has been subsequently 1 to under the direction of Charles Bellamy, the liteot, who lias mado the N. front one of the most i! rniticfnt in Great Britain. In the breakfast-room is " iy singular cornice, consisting of 160 heads in basso .all different. The principal attraction of the . however, is the gallery, containing a fine col- >< on of paintings of the Flemish and other schools, '! tly made by Sir Paul Methuen while ambassador ii i Queen Anne and George I. to the courts of .Morocco, Lisbon, Madrid, and Sardinia. The i-ti'in includes Tintoretto's "Last Supper," Titian's " )rtez," Claude's " Morning and Evening," Rem- It's " Study of a Turk," Poussin's "Eudamidas ; " b> des several paintings and portraits by Rubens, Van- <i ;, Elzheimer, and other masters. The other residences a Harthum Park, Jaggards House, Monks Park, and Kiton Park. Sir Richard Blackmore, an eminent I I acian and poet of the 17th century, best known by
- poem called "The Creation," was a native of this
I Ma. The market is on Wednesday. Cattle fairs are h t here on the 7th March and 4th September. CORSLEY, a par. in the huud. of Warniiuster, in the co. of Wilts, 3 miles W. of Warminster, its post town, and the same distance E. of Frome. It is situated on the borders of Somersetshire, and contains the tnshps. of Great and Little Corsley. The living is a reel. * in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 215, in tho patron, of the Mar- quis of Bath. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is in the early English style, and has been lately rebuilt, chiefly at the expense of the late Marquis of Bath. Tho charities produce 9 per annum. The Wesleyaiis and Baptists have each a chapel, and there is a National school. CORSOCK, a vil. in tho par. of Parton, in the co. of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, 8 miles S.E. of New Galloway. It is situated on the river Ure, near Corsock Loch, on the banks of which is Corsock House. CORSTON, a par. in the hund. of Wellow, in the co. of Somerset, 3J miles W. of Bath, and 2 S.E. of the Salford station. It is situated near the river Avon. In the village is a malthouse and several stone-quarries. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 150, in the patron, of the bishop. The ehurch, dedicated to All Saints, is an old stone building in the early English style of architecture, consisting of chancel, nave, and tower. The charities amount to 15. There are chapels for Wesleyau and Primitive Methodists, and in 1844 a National school was built. CORSTON, a tythg. and chplry. in tho par. of St. Paul, Malmesbury, hund. of Malmesbury, in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles S.W. of Malmesbury. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to Malmesbury, in tho dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, in the patron, of the lord chan- cellor. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a modern edifice, with a tower. Here is a free school. CORSTORPHINE, a par. in the district and co. of Edinburgh, Scotland. It contains a vil. of its own name, and also the vils. of Gogar, Stanhope-Mills, and Four-mile Hill. It is bounded by Cremona, Kirkliston, Ratho, Currie, Colinton, and St. Cuthbert's. It is 4 miles long from E. to W. by 2 broad. Its surface is for the most part level, rising gradually to the N. into the elevation of Corstorphine Hill, 475 feet above the sea. Freestone, whinstone, and trap are largely quar- ried. Tho parish is watered by the Gogar and the Water of Leith. A century ago tho village of Corstor- phine was a fashionable watering-place, in consequence of a sulphureous spring, which was much resorted to. Much of the ground near the village supplies fruit and vegetables for the Edinburgh market. The parish is well- wooded, and contains many fine residences. There are stations for Corstorphine and Gogar on the Edin- burgh and Glasgow railway, which, together with the middle road between these cities, traverses the parish. The village of Corstorphino is situated 3J miles W. of Edinburgh. It has recently recovered somewhat of its old favour as a summer retreat for the inhabitants of Edinburgh. This par. is in the presb. of Edinburgh, and in the patron, of Sir W. H. 1). Cunyngham, Bart. The stipend of the minister is 230. The church is an ancient building in the form of a Jerusalem cross, built by Sir John Forester, of Corstorphine, Lord High Cham- berlain of Scotland in 1429. It was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and was a collegiate church, to which the churches of Corstorphine, Dalmahoy, Hatton, Cramond, &c., belonged. The arms of the Forester family are dispersed over the building, inside which there are life- sized effigies in stone of several members of the same family. There is an ancient chapel at Gogar, the burial- ground around which is still in use. There is also a Free church in the vil. of Corstorphine. CORSYGEDOL, a seat of the Mostyns, in the co. of Merioneth, North Wales, 5 miles N. of Barmouth. It was erected in the 17th century, and has a fine gateway, built by Inigo Jones. CORTACHY AND CLOVA, an united par. in the !0. of Forfar, Scotland. It stretches some 13 miles from N.W. to S.E. along the course of the South Esk. The soil, excepting some patches on the banks of the Esk, is poor, on a cold and wet bottom. The greater part of
