i Axxi-:si:ri:x. 472 i AMiX'iATE. CAXXKsr.rKX, a limit, in the ],:u-. ,,f X.w Kil- patrick, in tli' < " "I Dumbarton, Si otlan 1. It ii on tho .N bank of the Civil.'. CANMMi M.V TiiWX, a district of Plaistow ward, in tho par. of W, -: Ham, and hund. of Bocon- In thi! cu. of Kssex. It i.s a tract of rich marsh ! mil, extending S. towards tho bonks of the Thames. Tho Great Bantu n branch line to North u>. steamboat station hn.- . tin- Harking lioad. < AXXIXiiS. AI.I.. - ram. < AXXIXI.TUX 1UNDK1.D, one of the 40 huuds. or subdivisions of the co. of Somerset, situated in tin- western parliamentary div. of the Co., and bounded on the >. by the liristol Channel; on the I'., by the hund. of North Petherton ; on the S. bv tho bunds, of Andcrsfield and Taunton Dean ; and on tin- W. by the hund. of Williton. It contains tho pare, of Auholt, Caiinington, I'harlinch, Fiddington, (HI. rhamptnn, Spaxton, Stockland-BrictoL Stogursey, Uvu- St.. wry, and Stringston. The hund. comprises an area of about 25,480 CANNINGTON, a par. in the hund. of the same name, in the co. of Somerset, 3 miles to tho N.W. of Bridgwatcr, its post town. It lies on the V. side of the navigable river Parrel, ami eontains tho limits, of Kdstock and Beer. The Saxon name of this very ancient and on., imp. riant place was C'aniiiyan- tnaenea. It was the site of a Benedictine nunnery, luund. d h II'. belt do Courcy about 1140, which was valued at tho Dissolution at about 10. The living is a vie.* in the dioe. of Bath and Wells, :il. >.:'.' , in the patron, of Lord Clifford. The church is dedicated to St. .Mary. It is in the perpendicular style, and has dome monuments to the ( 'litlouli, who anciently resided here. The poor have tho benefit of a valuable cndowm. nt, founded by Mr. Kogei-s, and producing about i'.'i.'SO per annum, which is ]>artly applied to the support of alms- houses. There are other charities amounting to about 30 a year. The manor of Cannington is held by Lord Cliff. CAX X i ii K , a par. in tho eastern div. of the hund. of Cuttlevionc, in tho co. of Stafford, 4 miles to the 8.E. of Penlcridgo. Stafford is its post town. It is a station on the Kngcloy and Walsall branch of the South Stafford- shire railway. The par., which is of great extent, embra- cing an area of about 10,775 acres, has recently been divided for ecclesiastical purposes into two districts, Cannock and Great Wyrley. It comprises tho tnshps. of Cannock Wood, Hcdneslbrd with Leacroft, Hunting- ton, and tho ancient chplry. of Great Wyrley. Can- nock Chase, formerly a vast forest, covering about 25,000 acres of ground, in which tho Mercian, and after- wards the Norman kings had a castle, is now a heath, with little wood except on tho northern edge. From tho higher grounds, especially Castle Hill, there are sivo and beautiful prospects. Castle Hill is tho site of an old camp, and near it was Radnor A founded by Queen Maud in 11 40, but soon after removed to Stcnclcigh. Coal and Cannock stone (a species of iron- Mone) are obtained here. Some of tho inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of edged tools. Publie rooms hnvo lately been erected, comprising a spacious lecture or concert-hall, a smaller room underneath used for magisti ngs, a reading-room, and a branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District bank. The living is a pcrpct. eur. in the dioc. of Lichli. -1.1. 180, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is de.li.Mt. .1 i., St. I. nke, or, according to others, to St. Miehael. The living of Great Wyrl. i IH'i-pet. cur.,* val. il:!l>, in the patron, of the Incum- bent of Cannoek. The Independents and Wosl. have chapels in the town. There are a flourishing mi. id]. - clan grammar school, with from 30 to 40 boarders, and a National school at Cannock, and another National school recently built at Hednesford. The <-. .nn..i-k was h- Id by the noted Dr. Sach.vereli. Within Cannock Chase is Heaudesert Park, tho ai, teat of the Marquis of Anglesea. The mansion, ] rebuilt in the n-iim of Queen Klimbcth. stands on H hill- sheltered by hills and woods, and command* i. w over nine countii s. The marquis takes the ti 1 .a roll from this j.la. > . Annual tails are h. Id i town on ti . the 'Jltli August, and the i.tl i I. tober, chiefly for the sale of cu; CANNOCK WOOD, lush].. lat. in the par. of ( nock, hund. ue, in the c... . 1 Stafford. It now severed f i "ii i ...1 includ.d in tl of Gcntlcshaw. I'AXN OlTX K, a vil. in the par. hund. of Mathraval. in the .... of .Mm Wales, 6 miles to the N.W. of I.lantaii . < AXX:>X-KKK, a tythg. in the par. and hund. < Credit on, in the co. .1 I > CAN Xi 'Mil il.li, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Melksham, in the co. of Wr <'AN<lL, a vil. in tin- tnshp. of Tief. iiig. par. of I.Ianb adamfawr, and hund. ot lien, u'i-1 ilyn, in the co. of Caidik'an, South Wales, not far from Al.i rystwith. CAXiiXIilK. or i AM 'i K. of the co. of Dumfries, Scotland, containing a vil. of the same name, C miles to tho S. of Langholm. It hat a station on the Langholm branch of t! Counties railway. The parish is situated on li border, in a fertile and beautiful country, on the ban^HI the Esk, where the Liddle falls into that river. 1HI parish took its name from a small monastery founded by Tiirp 'ial, in the reign ot 1 >.. which, with its endowments, was afterwards given to th> monks of Jedburgb. This monastery w-a- attacked during the bonier w.n>, and va" p. and laid in ruins by the Kngli.-di in l.VI'2, after the defeat of tie Scottish y Moss. fl^HI slight remains of the monastery exist at Hal green, h^B a mile P". of the parish church. The old chin at the same time. The district is well wooded, etpeciiilly on the banks of the Ksk, which present, fur a con- tinuance of 11! miles from Longtown to Langholm, MJHI of the most beautifully pi. ' It contains abundance of coal, lin The living, val. i'400, is in the presb. u, in the patron, of the Duke of l!u.-. 1. uch. A hand modern church stands on 1 1 is also a Free church, and a handsom There arc numerous remains of ancient .nti and fortresses in the parish, including Johnnie strong's tower, and other in. .1 the mutual in- cursions of tho English and Scottish hord. par., ex tending about 9 miles in length and 7 in is the property of the Duke of Uuccleuch, v heritor of the parish. i UJONBY-CROSS, or CANNONBY-< l;">s.apar. in the ward of Allerdalc-bclow-Dcrwent, in tli. Cumberland, 2 miles to the N.K. of M pott town. It is situat' d on the coast of the S..i- on the N. bank of I i tnshps. of liirkby, I 'anonby-Cross, aii'i the flourishing seaport town of .Mai f .und, and freestone is quarried h.ic. The living is t perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Carlisle, of H ' 150, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter i.i The church is dedicated to St. John. It is tli. Xoiinan stvl.. and contain! several mnnuiui i the8enhou.se I amilv, one of whom, Richard S .sh..p of Carlisle in the 17th century. The ;. of Maryport, locally situated in this parish, v
- village till a century ago ; it is now a thriving
seaport, with a large export trade in coal, and hat on factories. employing a population of 0,000. For ecclesia* s Man). "it f. r; s a distinct parish, with its church and The living is a pcrpct. cur.,* val. i'li'iii, in tie .1. P. Senhousc, Esq. I'AXliX-l KOMK. a par. in the hund. of liadlow. in the co. of Hereford, 4 miles t.. the N.W. .1 I.. !' its port town. It i< watered by the river The. living is a vie. in the di..e. ol Hereford, val. '- in the |.atn.n. of the lie'. .1 lloj'ton, incumbent. , ( v, .v, ,'e... p,,,. an(i M ,l,urb of tl
