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ELIOGABTY 891 KI.I.ANIi T1 II OREKTLAND. having a church, two mills, a fi.-h- il'.ern. It - on a conei : la in com, limber, i-i*l t and has i; it for ship-building, ...nut (I its proximity to the New K"i' st. Tin- ship-huilding establishment has, however, 1 11 remocd |.i tin- opposite si.le (if tile water, at Ucdhi-idge-. At Marchwo.Ml, about 2 mil'-* t'i tin- I-'., of the village, is an extensive powder-magazine for tin; supply of the garrison t Portsmouth. The workhouse f. >r tin New Forest iv Tnion is situated in this pariah. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Winc-hcstcr, val. U30. The !'-<licated to St. Mary, is a structure of the llth century, of stone and flint, but has been en- 1 at dill' I'-iit period-., thus exhibiting various styles of architecture. There are also the following district churches St. John's, Marchwood, a perpot. cur.,* val. 121 ; Xetl. y, i^-i-pct. cur. ; North Eling, vie., val. 26(1. The charities consist of almshousea for 4 persons and a small school endowment. The Hcv. Sir J. B. Mill, Bart., is lord of the manor. A handsome manor-house has been recently built near the S. foot of Tachbury Mount, on the summit of which are the remains of a British military- station, with trenches leading from the terrace by which it is surround- '1 ELIOGARTY, a bar., eo. Tipperary, prov. of Mur.st.-r, Ire-land. It is bounded by Ikerrin on the N., by the CO. Kilkenny on the K., by Middletliird on the S., and by Kiliu -ma'nagh and Upper Ormond on the W. Its length is 14 miles, by 10 wide, and it extends- over 90,681 acres. The surface is varied, consisting of middling quality soil, with a large proportion of bog. It contains the jia'rs. of Athnid, Ballymurrcen, Drom, Fertiana, (!al- booly, Inch, Kilclonagh, Kilfithmono, Loughmoe East and West, Moyearky, Moyne, Rahe-lty, Shyanc, Thurles, and Twomileborris, and parts of Bullycahill, Ilolycross, Kilconly, Templetouhy, and Templemore, with the towns of Templcmore and Thurles. 1.1.ISHAW, a hmlt. in the par. of Ebjdon, S. div. of Coquctdale ward, co. Northumberland, 9 miles N.E. of Hi llinghnm. Here are ruins of a hospital. K I.I Til, a par. now annexed to Alyth, co. Perth, Scotland. ELK INfiTON, a tnshp. or par. in the hund. of Guils- borough, co. Northampton, 2.4 miles S. of Welford, its post town, and 9 N.E. of Kugby. It is situated in the vieinity of the Grand Union canal. There is no church, it having gone to decay many years back. Sir James Ucy Longham, Bart., is lord of the manor, which formerly belonged to the monastery of Davcntry, and subsequently to that of Tip. -well. ELKINUTOX, NORTH, a par. in the Wold div. of the hund. of Louth Kske, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 miles N.V. of Louth, its post town, and railway station on the Great Northern line. The parish is of small t, and the subsoil chalk. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, united with South Elkington, val. 164. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a modern . i i ti. -e with a very handsome E. window of stained glass. !'.< hard the historian for some time held this living. Tin te is a school for the children of this parish and Si, nth Elkington. I n the neighbourhood are t- tumuli, and t" tli.- K. of the village are traces of a I road. The Rev. V. Smvlh is lord of the manor. I:I.KIM;TUN. sorni. a par. in the "Void div. of tli> hund. of Louth I i I.iiulsey, in tic Lincoln, 1 mile to the S. of the above, and 2J N.W. of l.o'ith. It contains the limits, of Ackthorpe and Coach ( 'range. Gravel is obtaim '1 In i .-, and chalk f<ir burning into lime. The living is a vie.* in th" dior. "f Lincoln, united with North Klkington, val. i'.'O'i. '1 In church is a neat i dilicc, ]..-n-tly m."lern, dedicated to All Saints. The i -!i Klkiiiirtun Hall ami Thorpe Hnll are the principal r. -nl- I'.I.K>I.I. . .1 pir. in tin Huttield div. of the wap. of Baasctlaw, i ... Nottingham, 4 miles S.W. of lietford, its post town, and ' il.rton. It i situated on the .mbcr Park. Hops are cultivated, and tin- M The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 1^.5. The draicb is an ancient ..tone edifice will. . .1. d to St. (iil.s. The char 1 ' y Mimll. The '- s- levans have a place of worship. The manor-house principal resid' -n. <-. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the ma I.I.KSTuXK. a par. in the hund. of Kapspito, co. -t. r, 7 m -..-Henhaiu, ami * N V, I in in-cster, its JKist town. It is situate. 1 near the ancient highway Ermine Sti ntuins the limits, of Cockleford and Combeiid. Stone quarries are worked for building purposes, the stone being much prized for its peculiar <|uality of hardening on CX]K -ur. to the air. A ]- nt of the ]'pulation an- employed in a manufactory .-:- 'namire. The living is a reel.* in tli- ill Gloucester, val. 360. The church is an ancient cdi erected in the reign of liichard II. It is dedicate. 1 to St. John the Evangelist. Karl < 'raven is lord of the manor. In the hamlet of Combend. in this parish. I'oun.l i ->f a Roman tcsselatcd pun nn-nt. KLKS'J'i IN K nppi r and lower divs.), a chplry. in the par. of Allstonetielil. N. div. of the hund. of Ttiii.Misl"w, itl'ord, '> miles N.E. of Ix-ek, its jiost town, and 6J N.W. of Allstonctield. It is situate<l near a small rh'T called Manifold. A copper mine is being worK-d in th neighbourhood. The living is a perpct. cur. in the of Liehfield, val. 73, in the patron, (.f the Vicar of Allstonefield. Tin- chapel-of-rase is at Vppcr Elk ~ The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship. Tin- Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor of l'pi : Sir John Harper Crcwe, Burt., lord of tin- ma:- Lower Klk>' ELLA, KIKK, a par. within tho li!,. of the b.-i of Kingstnn-npon-Hull, East Riding of co. York, a miles N.W. of Hull, iU post town. It includ. tnshp. of Ella West. This place derives its name from Ella, the Saxon King of Deira, of whoso dome formed a part. At the Domesday Survey it li. lom tho Mortimers, and afterwards passed to the Wnko family. The village, which consists of well-built houses and modern villas, inhabited by wealthy merchants of Hull, occupies a commanding site overl 'ii.king tin Humber and tho port of Hull. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of York, val. 23.). The church, di St. Andrew, is an ancient structure -with a lofty .- tower. It contains monuments of the Syki s family. ELLAGH, a hmlt. in the liar, of Kilmacn -nan, co. Donegal, Ireland, 9 miles N.E. of Carrickhart. ELLAM, a quondam rxir., now included in the par. of Longfonna -land. It was granted to Thomas Erskine after its forfeiture bv the 1 Dunbur. Near K.llam ford, on tho Whitadder, are seen the remains of the hamlet and old church. l.l.l.AN-( IKiI.TIMClI.I.K. or ST. COLl'MBA'8 1SI.K, is in the hay of I'ortrce, Skye, Scotland. 1 I.I.AN-IIHKIRRIG, an island of Loch Riddan. in the par. of Inverchaolain, eo. Argyle, Sc.'tland. Remains of a fort are seen, ended by Archibald, Karl of Argyle, who made a magazine of the place win n acting with Monmouth in 1G8S. It gave name to a branch of tho Camphi 11s. KI.LAXImXAX fASTLK.oii l)..nan island, in Alsh, co. Ross, .Scotland. It is a beautiful ruin. In 1266 it wa lin, son of the Karl of 1 ii -:nml. by Alexander 111. Some sixty years later, Randolph, rjirl of Moray, bcln a.li .1 sixty otleiideis here, and caused their heads to be stuck ll]Km the cast!-- walls. A ballad written by Macken/ie, the friend <-t Sir refers to the defeat and death of the liaron of Slate, who attacked the castle in I.i37. KM. AND WITH (MIKl-ITLAXI). a tnshp. in the par. of Halifax, wap. of Morlcy. West Riding York, 3 miles S. of Halifax, its post town. It is situated on the riv.r ('aider, over which is a handsome stone bridge. It is a railway station on the Ijincashiro and ^ oik>hire line. This was formeily a nmrket tow: had a cloth-hall of its own. The manor was held by tho I family, who procured various privileges from Edward II. The town is well pav-il, clean, and lighted with gas. There are collieries, and quarries of a t . ;