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CBOCKNAIi'iV CROGENNANT-WITH-MO K, i,:. The living is a i i-iir. il of C. Trinitv. There i- ,-,-hool 1< i < TKNAl:* > ' H.I;. :, hmlt. in tho tl r, 111 the co. of Lcitriin, Ireland, 4 mile* Kinlough. > 'i KUAUX, a vil. in thu bar. of Sli. vemargy, iu Queen's ( ' nd, 2 inil,-s from Carlow. ( i;i ii K S'l'KKKT, a luiilt. in the pars, of llin; and Donyatt. in the co. of ". "i Ilminstcr. The inhabitants arc chiefly engaged in the neighbouring pott CROES AND BERWYX, a. tnshp. in the jr. of C'aron-ys-Clawdd, hund. of Pcnarth, in tlio in. ot digan, 2^ miles S.E. of Tregaron. Jt i.s Mtuat, 1 mi th" rivor Croes, which joins the Ti-ivi. CROESLLECHAN, a cromlech in tho co. of I ;. . near Talgarth ; its top atone has been lifted several i l>y a hawthorn growing under it. CROESLLWYBIR, a tnshp. in the par. of Llaui. . in the co. of Montgomery, 1 mile from Llanidloes. CROE-WATER, a stream in the par. of Kintail, in the co. of Ross, Scotland, falling into Loch Duuh. It gives name to a di CROFORD, a tythg. in tho par. of Wivcliscomb the co. of Somerset, _ .f Uie vil. of Wi 1 combe, and 1 j S.W. of Bridgwater. It is united with Xunnington. CROFT, a par. in the hund. of Wolphy, in tho co. of Hereford, 4* inilua N.W. of Leominster station, and 18 from Hereford. It is situated on the river Lugj;, ami contains the tnshp. of Newton. There are only scattered houses. The manor belonged to the Crofts from before the Conquest. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. with the vie. of Yarpole, 283, in the patron, of E. II. K. Dimes, Esq. Tho church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small structure, con- taining monuments to the Crofts and several brasses. There is a National school (partly endowed) in con- nection with Yarpole. Croft Castle, tho seat of K. K. Davies, Esq., is a fine old building, formerly tho residence of the Croft family ; in the park belonging to which is Croft Ambury, supposed to have been a camp of tho British king AmbrosiiiH, of elliptical form, with double ditch and ramparts. E. K. Davies, Esq., in lord of the manor. CROFT, a par. in tho hund. of Candlcshoo, parts of Lindscy, in tho co. of Lincoln, 4 j miles E. of I railway station, and 4 from Burgh. It is situated on the river Steeping, along the raised road called Croft Bank. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Lincoln, val. 480, in the patron, of Lord Monson. Tho church, dedicated to All Saints, is a handsome stone structure in the early English style, and contains a fine screen. The charities amount to 3 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel, besides several cottages used as alms- houses, and there is a free school. Lord Monson is lord of tho manor. CROFT, a par. in the wap. of East Gilling, in tho North Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles S. of Dai ton, and 15 from Leeds. It is situated on tin Tees, and hus a railway station on the Great N line, with which the town in connected by a short branch line. Tho par. contains Halnaby, Dalton. ' Bmeaton, and Stiiplcton. The village or to- ha* a good sulphur spa, and is visited in summer as a watering-place. Tho living is a rect.* in tho di Kipon, vol. 825, in the patron, of the crown. 'J'lir church, dedicated to S : m old stone edifice, and contains tomhs of the Clervaux family. '1 amount to 10 per annum. Sir W. Chaytor, Bart., of Croft Hall, is lord <>f th. manor. CROFT, a par. in tho hund. of Sparkenhoe, in the co. of Leicester, 6 miles E. of Hinklcy, its post town, and

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and North- Western railway. It is situated on th Soar. 'Hi . mployed in stocking weav- ing and ii. living is a rect. in th K. T. Adin. . It Mi. i a narrow I iotln contains a brass of a knight in mail, of i There is a National << . school .tli- Mjat of William Brook. is a fine man CROFT, a hmlt. in the par. of Winwick, hund. of West Derby, in tin- <" Newton, and 4 N. worth, it forma a tnshp. Tho living is a nrt. in the dioc. of Chester, in the pair.'ii. "1 !!: i,,t,.r. Thu church, dedicated ; a new struetuio built in There is an iol. CKt'l-'T, a limit, in tin- limi.. of Salop, 2 miles 1 near the banks of the Scvein. i i;nl 1'IiVKK, a vil. in thn par. of C . . Scotland. .') miles N. of Largo. CROFTIIANHY. a limit, in th,- ]<ir. of i hund. of IVnwith, in tho co. of Cornwall, S mil' W. of CROFl'llKAIi. a vil. in tl, n, in tho cp. of Renfrew, Scotland, 4 inili- S. of 1 situated on thebanksof S . ainoni: i libosidc hills. There is also a vil. t tin Vhitburn, in the co. of Li. Clii iri'HX, a tnshp. in th land ward, in tli> Wigton, and n, ' Hall, tli.' -rat of Sir V. fully situat. .I in an 'ik, well bt deer, and which contains a fishpond of inn SirW. Briscoo is lord of the mar reclaimed much land from the h>ath M coins have been found; and at a sli conical artificial mound, now pi posed to be a tumulus of .-"in K. n. CROKTuN. a chph-y. in th. the co. of Hants, 2J mil, -s S. . .-ituated near the Smtli-W, >l. in railway, m Stnhbington. Tho living is a eur. an of Titchfield. The church is .1 i; ..... i. CROFTON, a par. in tho lower div. ,.f tl Agbritr^r, in tl:r Vc-,l IJi.liir.'. ! th. BO. of York, 2^ rnilet S.V enshaw railway station. It contains tiif hmlt. of Itirk- wood. The living is a n-ct.* in the di 334, in tho pittron. of tin- Duchy of Lanei church, di-dicatrd to All Saints, is a st later Kni;li^h >tylo of urchi; monuini-nt .iiti,^ amount to 19 j Tin-re is a Sunday and two day schools. Mi- II. is lady of tho manor. r|;i >|-"l'i >N. D limit, in th. ],ar. of Swai'

illiurn, in th.' CO II, bait' a n-

Sw.iil.y, and 31 mil, s S. ..I Sleaford. OFTON-W 1 rH-WOLFHALL,a tythg. inth, of (. i i, in til- co. "I Vilt-. lluni;,'it"nl. It ( ROGDEAN, orCROOKDEAN, a tns of Ki, S !:. div. of Tin.! l.j Ii , its post town. It cont h' '!-- CROOEN, ,, tnshp. in th,- par. of Llandd. co. of Mi'rioncth, -1 n. !.i. It i- 1 1,'re is a meet fr thch Honwood. ci;ii;i-: - IDDdV and ClUKiKX- V - LAD ". in tlio par. ,.f l.!aii^'.ll,-n, in th I bight th,' villas U.'ll. NNANT-NVn-ll-MiiI.TA. a tn-hp. in tl* ngelyiiin, ill the co. of M, ri"iirtli, .'!] milei H. of Towyn.