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DALBY PAEVA. 721 D ALGETY. hells. fallen It is in a dilapidated state, tho steeple having in 1658, and lias so remained ever since. There is i chapel for Wesley ana, which was built in 1846, also a chool. DALBY-PARVA, a par. in the hund. of Framland, iu the co. of Leicester, 4 miles S.K. of Melton Mowhray, its post town and railway station. The village is very I email, and wholly agricultural. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 263, in the patron, of E. B. 1 Hartopp, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a I handsome modem structure. The charities amount to | about 5 per annum. Dalby Hall is the seat of E. B. I Hartopp, Esq. ; his family have resided here siiico the reign of Elizabeth. In the neighbourhood is a chaly- ( beuto spring. Here is a meet for tho Cottesmore hounds. DALBY-ON-THE-WOLDS, a par. in the hund. of

Goscole, in the co. of Leicester, 7 miles N.W. of

'U-JIowbray and 5N. of the Kirby railway station, village is supplied with water, conveyed by pipes springs at tho distance of 1J- mile. In the reign of t-y II. a preceptoiy of Knights Hospitallers was tied here by Kobert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester, the >iue of which at the Dissolution amounted to Is. 8(1. The living is a don. cur. in the dioc. of Peter- borough, val. 40, iu the patron, of the rector, the Rev. || W. G. Sayer, who is lord of the manor. The cEurch was I built bythe present incumbent in 1835, at a costof 5,000. I It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is a handsome 1 building, with square embattled tower and four beDs. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Six-Hills, built in 1837. II The charities amount to 9. There are National and || infant schools, supported by the rector. This place is || noted for its Stilton cheese, and for a fine chalybeate H spring. DALBY- WITH-DEXTHORPE, a par. in the Wold |l div. of the wap. of Candleshoe, parts of Lindsey, in the U 00. of Lincoln, 3J miles If. of Spilsby, and 4 J N.W. of H Burgh railway station. There are only a few scattered U houses. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lin- II coin, val. 79, in the patron, of Lord Monson. The 1 1 church, a small ancient structure, contains several monu- II ments and effigies of the Llandeu family. The charities amount to 7 per annum. A glebe in the parish of Toynton All Saints, valued at 27 10s., and land in I Wildmore Fen, valued at 12, are attached to the living. II J. W. Preston, Esq., is lord of the manor. The chief lence is Dalby Hall. DALBY- WITH-SKEySBY, a par. in the wap. of

| Buhner, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 9i

miles W. of Malton, and 14 N.E. of York. It is situated I on the Howardiau range of hills, and contains Wither- 1 ham and Skewsby. The village is small, and tho parish contains 50 acrea of woodland. The living is a rect.* I in the dioc. of York, val. 245, in the patron, of the I j| Rev. J. S. Hall. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is II a stone structure, in the Norman style of architecture, I with an arched roof of stone. The tithes have been com- i| muted for a rent-charge of 260. The charities amount I to 5 per annum. W. Ewbank, Esq., is lord of the ! manor. Hero is a meet for the Simington hounds. DALCARLINCH, a vil. in tho co. of Elgin, Scotland, , 4 miles S.W. of Duttril. DALCHRAY, a vil. in the co. of Elgin, Scotland, 2 " miles S.W. of Inveraven. It is situated on the river DALCROSS, or DALUS, a par. in the co. of Inver- |i ness, Scotland, 7 miles N.E. of Inverness. It is joined ij to Croy. Dalcrosa Castle is an ancient tower of the clan 1 hattan, near Culloden Moor. DALCOTJRY, a vil. in the par. of Creich, in the co. t Sutherland, Scotland, 6 miles S.W. of Loch Shin. DALDERBY, a par. in the S. div. of the wap. of Gar- ti'cc, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 2j miles S. "I 1 Horncastle, its post town. It is situated on the Horncastle canal and the river Bain. There is no vil- I lage, only five cottages. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, annexed to the rect. of Scrivelsby. The j church, which is now in ruins, was dedicated to St. Martin. DALE, a par. in tho hund. of Roose, in the co. of Pembroke, 10 miles S.W. of Haverfordwest. It iu a peninsula, and forms the eastern coast of Milford Haven. Two lighthouses were erected on the southern point of Dale in the reign of Queen Anne, who gave her name to Queen Anne's Head. It was formerly a borough and market town. The trade is still considerable. The Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VIL, was joined in the neighbourhood of this town by Rhys-ap-Thomas, pre- vious to the battle of Bosworth Field. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 65, in the patron, of J. P. L. A. Phillips, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. DALE ABBEY, a chplry. in the hund. of Morleston and Litchurch, in tho co. of Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Derby. At Deepdalo are remains of an abbey of Pre- monstratensian Canons, founded in Henry II. 's reign by Serlo-de-Grendon, and refounded at Stanley by Geoffrey- de-Saucemere, or Salicosa Mara, in 1204, in honour of the Virgin Mary ; at the Dissolution its revenue was estimated at 144 12s. The chapel still stands. In 1729 a silver dish, bearing the date 405, was found at Risloy, supposed to have been brought from Bourges, in France. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, and in the patron, of trustees. The church is a small structure. There is a chapel for Wesleyaus. Earl Stanhope is lord of the manor. DALE HEAD, a limit, in the par. of Arkengarth Dale, wap. of West Gilling, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 7 miles S.W. of Barnard Castle. DALE TOWN, a tnshp. in the par. of Hawnby, in the wap. of Bridforth, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 6J miles N.W. of Helmsley, and 10 N.E. of Thirsk. It is situated on the river Rye. There is a school with a small endowment. DALENESS, a vil. in the co. of Nairn, Scotland, 13 miles S. of Nairn. DALES-GREEN, a vil. in the par. of Wolstanton, in the co. of Stafford, 2 miles from Burslem. DALESWORTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Mansfield, N. div. of the wap. of Broxtow, in the co. of Nottingham, 2 miles W. of Mansfield. It is situated near the river Maun and Sherwood Forest. DALGAIN, a par. in the co. of Ayr, Scotland, now united with Soru. DALGARNOCK, or DAEGEHNO, a suppressed par. in the co. of Dumfries, Scotland. It was united to the par. of Closeburn in tho 17th century. DALGAEVAN, a vil. in the par. of Kilwinning, in the co. of Ayr, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles N. of the town of Kilwinning, near the Glasgow and Ayr railway. D ALGETY, a par. in the district of Dunfermline, in the co. of Fife, Scotland. It contains the vila. of St. David's and Fordel-Square, together with part of the vil. of Crossgates. It is bounded on the S. by tho Firth of Forth, and on other sides by the pars, of Inverkeithing, Dunfermline, Aberdour, Beath, and Auchtertool. It extends southwards about 5 miles, with a breadth of nearly 2 miles. Much of the surface is under tillage, the soil being for the most part a deep strong loam. The small loch at Otterston, about a milo from the coaat, is much admired for its wooded banks. Donibristle House, a seat of the Earl of Moray, was, in 1592, the scene of the murder of "the Bonnie Earl," who was popularly believed to have excited the jealousy of James VI. from his intimacy with Anne of Den- mark. The old parish church is very ancient, tho older portions being believed to date from the 14th cen- tury. The chief seats are Donibristle, Fordel House, and Cockairney. The proprietors are the Earl of Moray, Henderaon of Fordel, and Mowbray of Otterston. The population ia employed in agriculture, salt-works, and principally in the Fordel colliery, the coal of which, esteemed of superior quality, is carried a distance of 5 miles by rail to St. David's, from whence it is exported. There la a station at Crossgates on the Dunfermline branch of the Edinburgh and Northern railway. This par. is in the presb. of Dunfennline, and synod of Fife, 4 z