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AYI.. James I. the chief branch of industry T... The chief trade of the town is now in - The Living is a v : wirh, of the val. 125, in th>: patron, of Hi Dean and Chap' Canterbury, wh rectorial tithes, which are leased by 8. Pittman, Esq., and arc commuted for a rent- charge of 730 per annum. The church, dedic.v .'. in tho 14th century, by John -mi, Duke of Lancaster. It if in the decorated English style, with a square tower and spire, and con- tuins a handsome carved font, tome stained windows, and several old monuments. The screens were painted with devices of sainU and martyrs in 1507, by order of Thomas Wymer, who is sculptured on his monument in his winding-sheet. ') .- old, and has a grace- ful band round the m: paten bean date IMS, and is inscribed, "The Towne of Aylsham." The register dates from 1853. Portions of a church of much older date remain. Tho Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels hero. There is a free grammar school, which was founded in 1517, by Robert Jannys, then mayor of Norwich, and endowed with 10 per annum. There are other small charities. National and infant schools have been some time established. The town has a corn exchange, a literary society, with a library and reading-room, and a savings-bank. AyUham is the seat of a county court district and of a Poor-law ti. The petty sessions are held in a room adjoin- no com hall on the first and third Tuesday in each month. The county bridewell, which was formerly in this town, has recently been converted into dwelling- house*. Tuesday is the market day, tho trade being principally in corn. Fairs are htfld on tlnr 'J3rd of March, and the last Tuesday in September. And a M;ituUi fair for hiring servants on the first Tuesday in October. AYLTON, a par. in the liund. of Radlow, in the co. "{ Hen lord, 3 miles to the W. of Ledbnry, its post town. It is not far from the border of Gloucestershire. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, of the 149, in the patron, of tho Earl of Oxford. AYLWOKTII, a limit, in the par. of Naunton, lower iiiv. of the hund. of Slaughter, in tho co. of Gloucester, i; miles to the S. W. of Stow. It lies at tho southern foot of the Cotswold HUN. AYMESTHEY.a par. chiefly in the hund.of Wigmorc, partly in the hund. of Stretford, in the co. of Hereford, 7 miles to the N. W. of Leominster, its post town. It lies in a rich and beautiful district in the valley of the Lug, and comprises the chapelrv of Earl's Leint- hall, ana the townships of Conhope, Mortimer's Cross, Nether Lye, Shirley, and Vatton. Limestone is quarried here, and hops are cultivated. The river is crossed by a bridge, which, with the adjacent rocks, tho woods, and fair meadows, make up a right pleasant landscape. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 24!l, in the patron, of tho lord chancellor. The church i- cated to St. John and St. Alkmund. Aymestrey has the benefit of two endowed free schools and some alms- houses. Its charities amount altogether to 50 per AYNHO. a par. in the hund. of King's Stilton, i CO. of Northampton, 6 miles to the 8.W. of Brackh-y, and the same distance to tho S.K. of Banbury, its post town. It is a station on the Oxford and' Bir- mingham bran .reat Western railway. It is situated at the *" mity of the county on the edge ' i ire mar the cast bank of the river < lierwell. The Oxford canal passes near the village. Aynho was formerly a market town. In the ri , II. ft hospital was founded h-re by] .' i I r -! :. : . ! : . ': . ':. v. - LT.. i, in 1 484 to Magdalen College, Oxford. The living is n i" ' of tin, val. of .}<)<), in tlie C! V. H. ( art wright, Ksq. The church, which i mentis of the Cartwrights, is dedicated to St. homes for six persons were established andrado* , revenue is 101 per aniii.: :... wh....], founded l.y the north- in t CartwrighU is endowed with f 20 a year. 8ir Winwood,a rtatosman of the 17thci :iturr, andifl Marmion, a poet of the reign of James I., were of Aynho. Aynho P:ui n tains a valuable collection of picture*. AYOTT, ST. I.AWI. Broadwater, in the co. of Hertford, 6 miles to I of Hatfield, and 34 W. of Welwyn and the Northern railway. The river Muran flows on the eastern side of the parish. The living is a rect dioc. of Rochester, val. 180, in the pat Lyde, Esq., who now holds the manor. The chi creeled in 1778, by Sir Lionel Lyde, Bart.,afta by the architect Nicholas Revett, friend and asc James Stuart in tho preparation of tin >' Antiijuit; Athens." The old church, which is dilapidated, tains several ancient and interesting monuments, parish once belonged to the Saxon king, Harold. AYOTT, ST. 1'KTKK, a par. in the hund. of ] water, in the co. of Hertford, 5 miles to the X Hatfield. Welwyn is its post town. '1 rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 250, in the i of tin- Key. K. Prodgers. AYI!, a maritime co. of Scotland, situated south-west coast along the Frith of Clyde. In approaches a crescent, concave towards the ing the greatest breadth in the centre, and northward and southward in comparative pointi bounded on the N. and N.E. by Renfrewshire : E. by Tj>TntrVahir and Dumfriesshire : on the the co. of Kirkcudbright : on the S. by the co. < ton : and on the W. by the Frith of Clyde, between 55 and 58* .. nd between 4' W. long., extending in length in a straight line the northern to the southern extremity, about and in breadth at the broadest part about >< It has a coast line of about 66 miles, and comprises area of 1,045 square miles, or of 668,800 acres, sj^H some have estimated its extent at as much as 1 ,600 sqsj miles. The coast in the central part is low. sandy, but towards the north and south becomes M and rocky. Good harbours are rare, and the tho reputation of being dangerous. There are, two excellent harbours, with docks, at Troon, the properties respect! . ton and the Duke of Portland. Several small lie off the coast. At the north, Little Cumbray; island, off Ardrossan : Lady island, off Tr< island rock of Ailsa Craig, off Girvan. Ayrshire ' in ancient times, divided into three district* : ( ningham, Kyle, and Carrick, which :. recognised, although they have cease: eye of the law. Cunningham is that part of the ( which is north of the river Irvine; K Kyle and Kyle Stewart, which is again i .. HIM, is that between the Irvine and the Doon ; and part which lies to the south of the Doon. tricts are named and characterised in a pithy i in a popular local rhyme : " Kyle for a man, Hck for a cow, ('unmiirhnm for liiitter and cheese, And Galloway for woo'." In the earliest period to which our knowledge at j extends, this part of Scotland was occupied I>:iinnii, a powerful (Vltic trilic. Scots trom who had effected a hi tt lunent in the ] ninsula < tyro, subsequently passed into this county, amalgamated with cadi other, and ject to Saxon invaders from Northumbria. lury, when the 1'ii-tish kingdom was I by Kintf Kenneth, till tin- close of the llth this county fonn< il |.nt of the kingdom of and remained sul> usages and laws, commencement ot th. ]-j;), century a great chan place. Att.r the accession of Edgar, Anglo-) thiongi-d into the land. castles grow