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]> KSIXUHAM. 766 M:>KKTI,YX. building. There is also a chapcl-of-easo at the same place. lie chapels at Whilfhii! ;iny 1 broad, and 10 in circuit. It contains Lord's, Vicar's, St. Herbert's, and Floating islands : and has abundance of fish. Surrounding it are Wallow and Gowdar Crags; Lowdoro and its fall; Borrowdale Fells; the Cat Bells, Ncwlands, and Skiddaw in the distance. 2. Rises near Barrow Stones, High Peak, in the co. of Derby, and runs 60 miles S. past Chatsworth to the Trent, near Wilne. 3. Rises near Allen Heads, in the co. of Durham, which it divides from Northumberland, and runs 30 miles N.E. to the river Tyno at D< Haugh. 4. Rises about 8 miles N.E. of Pickering, in the North Riding of the co. of York, and runs 65 miles S.W. post Stamford Bridge, to the river Ouse, at Bamaby-on-the-Marsh. DKKU'I'.NT, u chplry. in tho par. of Had,. hund. of High Peak, in the co. of Derby, 3^ miles N . !). istleton, and 11 W. of Shel! : situated on the river Dcrwcnt. Th'- living i- a pcrpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichtield, val. jfs.'i, in the patron, of Cl. Newde- gate, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. is a school with a small endowment. The Duke inipropMat"!- "i the u , Dor- went Hall ia the principal residence. I'KRWYDD, or DKRWIL1), a hmlt. in the par. of l.landobie, in tho CO. of Carmarthen, 4 miles S. of Uandeilofawr. It is a station on the Llanelly railway, ami is situated near the river ( '* -nu< n. DKSi;nl;i H'( 111, a hund. in the CO. of lluckingham; contain l-'inx v -t, 1'awley. I'.iidi nhani, llcd-or, llamble- don, Hitchenden, Great Marlow, Little Mallow, Rad- nage, Medmenham, Turville. Saiiuderton, Wooburn, Vit Wyombc, Wyoombe-Ghipping, and part of Ib- stone ana Dinton, comprising 52,370 acres. DESBOROUGH, a par. in the. hund. of RoOiwell, in '. of Northampton, 5J miles N.W. of K< tt.ring, and J from Rothwcll. It is a station on tho LeioM^H Market Harborough, and Hitchin section ot the Midldfl railway. The village, which is built on a soft xundttoH rock, is of considerable Many of the inhabiUlH are employed in making silk plush for hats, lace, won^H and in winding cotton. The living is a vie.* in th* dioc. of Peterborough, val. 149, in the patron. _ W. C. Thornhill, Esq. The church, dedicated to Giles, is an ancient cruciform structure, with a toi^l and spire. The charities amount to 37 per annum. There arc chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans. There aro British and National schools. Ferdinando Pulton, tho eminent lawyer, who compiled the Statutes at largo from Magna Charta to the 16th James I., wag ^^H bore, and lies buried in the chancel, where there i a monument to his family, who held the manor for teen generations. DESERT, a par. in the bars, of Ibano and liarryi^ und K.ist Carbery, in the co. of Cork, prov. ui .Minister, Ireland, near Clonakilty. It is situated at the 1. Clonakilty Bay. The surface is hilly, and the soil r The living is a vie. in the dioc. of BOM, val. with Ki rifle, 335, in the patron, of the bishop. 1 ) F.SERT, formerly a par. in the co. of ( .!;. I now joined to Gortroe. DESERT. Sat DYBABT, Irelan.l. DESERTCREAT, a par. in tho bar. of l)n ,. Upper, in the co. of Tyrone, prov. of l]st> miles S.W. of Cookstown. The surface is mountainofl with largo tracts of bog and moorland. - KOW and is watered to tho eastward by the str derry. The road from Dungannon to Omagh travemi the interior. Tho O'Hagans had a castle I was given by James I. to the l.yndsays Remains of Donarisk Priory, founded in l'2'.n, The livuig is a rect. in the dioc. of Armagh, val. ^^H in the patron, of Trinity Collegi , Dublin, is an ancient building, lately restored at th tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The l<m chapel is united to that of Derryloran. Tip -re arc meeting-houses for Baptists, Covenanters and 1' tcrians. There are six day schools, one assisted ^^H Kildare Place Society, and another Ijy the National Hoard. Di^Mlcr, at 1 louse and Lime 1 ' cipal residences. There are some slat' are now abandoned. Coal, lime, and frct> Hero HI e bleach-greens. DESEKTKUXY, a pur. in the bar. of Inn. in the co. ot prov. of Ulster, Ireland, J from Buncrana, its post town, along the eastern shores of Lough Swilly, and on tin- X. hy th- Atlantic Ocean. It is mountainou*, with a poor soil. 'ITie living is a rcct. in Derry, val. 185, in the patron, of the Manp Donegal. The church is a well-built cdilii the last century. The Roman C'ath'.l the site of the old church, and is nniti-d to the 1 1 of Upper and Lower I-'ahan. Tin n ' V ^B day schools. The surrounding hilN are ii,h in n. cam, DESEBTLYK. R par. in the bar. of Lough-i in the co. of LOI taining part of Moneymore, ita pest t-wn. It is situated ii" road from tli.it (own of Slieve (iulli'.n, which attains an tillitud.- <) 1.730 feet above sea-level. The s.ii! is various, and theri' is a largo tract .it 1,,,^'. T!. in tin di.K . ,,t Amiagn,