DIFFRIN. 765 DIN AS. ontains a peal of bells. In the interior are several nonmnents, and a stained-glass window. The charities mount to 68 per annum. There are schools for both exes, also a Wesleyan Methodist college. K. M. Fielden, Csq., is lord of the manor. Cattle fairs are held 011 the Oth April and 2nd October. DIFFRIN, a vil. in the par. of Llanwnda, in the co. f Pembroke, H mile N.W. of Fishguard. DIGBY, a par. in the wap. of Fiaxwcll, parts of Kes- even, in the co. of Lincoln, 7 miles N.E. of Sleaford, nd 81 W. of Tattershall. It is situated on a small tream called " Digby Beck," and is the property of the l of Harrowby. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of .inciiln, annexed to the rect.* of Bloxholm. The church, catcd to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is a Gothic building
- th a square embattled tower, crowned with crocketed
- icles, and surmounted by a crocketed spire. The
- of the church are embattled, and the entrance is
i richly ornamented Norman arch. There is a with an endowment of 20 per annum. PIUBYS-WASH, an ext. par. place in the wap. of arts of Holland, in the co. of Lincoln, 2J miles Spalding. DIGUAPORT, a hmlt. in the par. of Sourton, in the f Devon, 4 miles S.W. of Oakhampton. DIGGLE, a hmlt. in the upper div. of the wap. of ..gbrigg, in the West Riding of the co. of York, near taddleworth. It is a station on the Manchester and rtion of th>- London and North- Vestern railway. DIGS WELL, or DIGGESWELL, a par. in the hun'd. it' Broadwater, in the co. of Hertford, 85 miles N. of lalfield, and 1 mile S.E. of Welwyn. It is situated on . livor Martin. In Domesday it is written Dichels- 1'he village is small, and the greater part of the ind arable. It was once a market town. The living is rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 393, in the ttron. of the Rev. G. E. Prescot. The church, dedi- ttcd to St. John the Evangelist, has a chapel on the It contains several ancient effigies in brass. DIHEWID, a par. in the hunds. of Moyddyn and froedyraur, in the co. of Cardigan, 3J miles S.W. of iberaeron. It is situated on a branch of the river run, under the camp of Moel-Dihewid. The living is jperpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 83, in the atron. of the Earl of Lisburne and Major Lewis. The hurch is dedicated to St. Vitalis. A fair is held on he 9th May. DILHAM, a par. in the hund. of Tunstead, in the co. f Norfolk, 4i- miles S.E. of Walsham, and 12 N.E. of Norwich. It is situated on the river Ant. The village s small, and the land chiefly arable, except 50 acres f wood and plantation, principally oak. Malting and [me-burmnir aru carried on at Dilham Straith, and at lilhum Mill is a pool or dam of 15 acres, commu- .icating with the Dilham and North Walsham canal, liich is a cut from the river Ant. The living is a vie. i the dioc. of Norwich, val. with the vie. of Honing, 272, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedi- itrd to St. Nicholas, has been recently repaired and inproved. There is a National school. Dilham Hall, ptmerly the seat of the De Guisnes, is now a farmhouse. In the grounds are an ivy-mantled tower and portions of way. I DILHORNE, a par. in the N. div. of the hund. of fohnonslow, in the co. of Stafford, 5J miles N.W. of 'headle, and 2 N. of Blythe Bridge station. It is situ- Ited near the source of the river Tean, and contains Torsbrook. The village is considerable. The coals I'hich are obtained from the collieries are considered qual to Wallsend coals. The living is a vie.* in the jioc. of Lichfield, val. 198, in the patron, of the dean Ind chapter. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is n ani'HMit edifice with a fine Norman tower. There also a district church at Forsbrook, the living of which > a perpet. cur., val. 120, in the patron, of the bishop, 'he charities amount to 292 per annum. The Wes- jyans have a chapel. There is a free grammar school, mnded in the reign of Henry VIII ; also a girls' and ' infant schools. It is a meet for the North Staf- fordshire hounds. The Hon. E. S. Jervis is lord of j the manor. DILL, a hund. in the rape of Pevensey, in the co. of ) Stafford, contains the pars, of Hellingley and Hailsham, comprising 12,170 acres. JULLICAR, or DILLIKER, a tnshp. in the par. of Kendal, ward of Lonsdale, in the co. of Westmoreland, ', miles N.E. of Kendal. It is situated on the river Lune and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway. DILLINGTON, a hmlt. in the par. of East Dereham, hund. of Launditch, in the co. of Norfolk, 2 miles N. of Dereham. The Launditch house of industry is situated in this hamlet. DILLINGTON, a hmlt. in the hund. of Leightonstone, in the co. of Huntingdon, 3 miles S.E. of Kimbolton. DILSTON, or DEVILSTONE, a tnshp. in the par. of Corbridge, ward of East Tindale, in the co. of Nor- thumberland, li mile S.W. of Corbridge, 3 miles S.E. of Hexham, and 18 W. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. It is situated on a small stream called Devil's Water, which, after flowing through a deep and gloomy dell, falls into the Tyne at this place. Its Saxon name was Devils- bourne. There is a chapel containing tombs of the Ratcliffes, earls of Derwentwater, who formerly had a seat here. The estate came to the Ratclifies through the Devilstones and the Tindales, and was given to Greenwich Hospital on the attainder of the last Earl of Derwentwater in 1716. DILTON, a chplry. in the par. and hund. of Westbury, in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles S.W. of Westbury, and 2^ N.W. of Warminster." The village is considerable. The living is a cur. in the dioc. of Salisbury, annexed to the vie.* of Westbury. The church is a small old structure, dedicated to St. Mary. The charities amount to 93 per annum. Sir Charles Lewis Phipps is lord of the manor. A fair is held on the 24th September for horses, cattle, and cheese. DILTON MARSH, a district par. in the par. and hund. of Westbury, in the co. of Wilts. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 150, in the patron, of the bishop. The church has recently been erected. DILWORTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Ribehester, lower div. of the hund. of Blackburn, in the co. of Lancaster, 7 j miles N.E. of Preston. It contains part of Longridge. DILWYN, a par. in the hund. of Stretford, in the co. of Hereford, 2 miles N.E. of Weobly, and oj S. of Leo- minster. It contains Church Dilwyn and Dilwyn Sol- lars. The surface is diversified with hills, in which several small streams take their rise. The village is agricultural, and the land nearly equally divided between arable and pasture. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 381, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an old stone structure, .partly in the Norman, and partly in the Elizabethan style of architecture, and contains a font, and monuments to the Phillips and Lambe families. The charities amount to 35 per annum. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel at Church Dilwyn, a quarter of a mile from here. There is a National school for both sexes. Captain Pcploe is lord of the manor. DIMLINGTON, a. hmlt. in the tnshp. of Easington, in the East Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles E. of Patrington. I ) IMMER, a hmlt. in the par. of Castle-Cary, in the co. of Somerset, near Castle-Cary. DINAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Llandrillo, in the co. of Merioneth, 4 miles S.W. of Corwen. DIN AN, a rivulet in the cos. of Carlow and Kilkenny, Ireland. It runs into the river Noro, about 4 miles above Kilkenny. D1NART, a river in the co. of Sutherland, Scotland. It rises in Loch Dowl, and runs for about 12 miles to Durness Bay, passing through Strathdinart DINAS, a par. in the hund. of Kemess, in the co. of Pembroke, 2.J miles N.W of Newport. The living i a rect.* in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 136, in the patron, of Thomas Lloyd, Esq. There are also several villages of the same name in other parts of Wales : one in the co.
