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822 I M- I. WICII. DULLATER, a bog in the par. of Kilsyth, in the co. (I Stirling, Scotland. In it General BHillio lost many of his cavalry after the victory gained by Montrose in 1645. DVLI.IXGHAM, a par. in the liund. of Kadfield, in the co. of < V. iif Newmarket, its post town, and lii.VK. of Cambridge. It is a railway on the Cambridge ami Newmarket branch of tin rn line. Tin; living is a ic. * in tho dioc. ol val. 165, in the 1 patron. < : dedicated to St. Mary, is an ;lice of stone, with tower and clock, u i font, and monu- ments to the Joalln MO lamily. The parochial eh.' amount to about 123 per annum, 100 of which is Leader's for clothing. Tho Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel, and thi !. cia-i-: William Robinson, Esq., is lord of tin manor. l)ul- lingham House and JIaro Park are the principal DULOE, a par. in the liund. of West, in the co. of Cornwall, 4 miles N.W. of Looe, and 5 S.W. of Li.--' its post town and railway station. Mining operations are carried on, mostly in lead-ore. The par., which is of largo extent, contains several small limits. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 52'J, in the patron, of Balliol College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Cuby, is an ancient structure, with castel- lated tower. It contains an effigy of a knight, and tombs of the Arundels, in slate. There is also a district church at Herodsfoot, the living of which is a p cur., val. 70, in the gift of the rector. Here is a free school, having a small endowment. The remains of a Roman camp and a Druidical circle are to be soon in the neighbourhood. DULSIE BRIDGE, a hmlt. in the co. of Nairn, 10 miles 8.E. of Nairn. It is situated on tho river Find- horn. DULVERTON, a par. and market town in tho hund. of Williton, in the co. of Somerset, l.'i mill .s N.W. of Tiverton railway station, and 25 S.W. of Bridgwater. It is situated in a vale on the river Baric. The manor formerly belonged to the crown, but by Edward I. was bestowed upon the Pyno family, and afterwards pos- sessed by the Babingtons and Sydenhams. The town is small but well built. It is a polling-place, and petty sessions are held monthly. The inhabitants are chielly employed in husbandry and the manufacture of crape. Tho neighbourhood is celebrated as the resort of the i' 1 deer and for its field sports and fishing. Tho Devon and Somerset stag-hounds are kennelled in tho neigh- bourhood. There ore some chalybeate springs, and lead is obtained. Dulverton is the head of a Poor-law Union embracing 12 parishes. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 375, in tho patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church, dedicv All Saints, is a stone structure in the early 1 of architecture, restored in the year 1853, with tower and clock. It contains monuments of the Sydenham family. The parochial charities produce about .37 } r annum. The Independents have a chapel ; and t! . an endowed school, erected in 1863. The Earl of < ar- narvon, whose seat is Pixton Park, is lord of the n. Saturday is market day. Fairs are held on the 10th July and Nth November 1 ir cattle and sheep, market on the last Saturday but one in Sept. proposed line of railway t'n >m Taunton to llfraeombe will all i ail easy access to the neighbourhood. DULWICU, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Giles, ( '. well, E. div. of tho hund. of Brixton, in the co. of Surrey, 4 miles S. ..f St. rani's, and about 2 from the Lower Norwood station on the Crystal Palace line. It stands in a valley at an elevation of about 100 fectabovo the sea-le < nanio of the ! iiy/Hiri/t, or Dilieitahf. From 1127 to the suppress the monasteries, Dulwich belonged to the convent i Bcrmondsey, to which it was granted by Henry I. In 1 in 1606 it was sold by 111 ir d/aoeodant, Sir alton, to Edward AI; the act 'HI. It nov tho College Dulwich, whi.'h was founded by Alleyne under t name of " The College of God's Gift," for the l^^B a master, warden, II. and 12 seholars ; iii addition to C os ot St. IJotO BUhopsgate ; 8t.fi without < 'rippli i-ate, in whirh parish. -s h- found. 1 to be Hi 1 tin. 1 same iiain 4 a* r, or it' that was imp Tho .-. ; ihe age of 6 ^^^H vl^^l were either : to some "i . , .,r wi to thu nnivei nun and alinsw.,nn-n in thu almsli..>i 1 above, but in 172U llie p. nau discontinued by order of the visitor. ((wing to til largeness of the r and the abuses which it was dissolved by Act of Parliament. 1858, and re-established under tho nane College of God's Gilt at Dulwieh." now in the hands of the Archbishop of ' visitor, 19 governors, 8 of v. d three parishes named by All dlesex, uii'l th remaining 11, one of whom must resident at Ptihvich, by tho Com officers of tho charity ar. is also head-master < I the i " "JBl master of tho upper school, master of the l.i chaplain, a receiver, a clerk of the charity, and assistant masters as are required of the schools. Tho upper school prov the principles of rein, i English, French, mathematirs, aritli writing, and vocal music t 21 foe are selected from the four pa; boarded and clothed entirely ai or 100 in annual vain ceeding to the 01 1 professions or fine arts. Day .-. admitted, wii the sons ol above-named parishes. Tho boys tho school at ago and retained till 1: lower school receives boys from 8 to 16,Bonsof * in the four parishes, bay years old, and able to read and wi scholars must bo between 8 and !_' orphans are eligible, children of poor residents pupils are inslrun With till' eXeeption of lileek. a - ai the Upper ch( in a m. " ry form. A apprentice gilts, not exi exceeding 40 for four ipients of the alnii of the chari ^o, ruM I n-iilr al i p. r week. When tin- fu to be increased to 21, oui a]i|iointi .1 among the i. r8 of age, but their num 1 that ol ' allowanee to tin - buildings of the ( 'oilier form I ntains the eliapel, dining a: audit and treasury chamber, apart e mamr

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