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CAUNDLE MAUSH. CAY AX. CAUNDLE MARSH, a par. in the hund. of Shcr- bomc, in the co. of Dorset, 1 mile E. of Sherborno, its post town and railway station. The living the dioc. of Salisbury, vol. 143, in the pation. II. A. Iloaro, Bart. Tho church is didieatid Peter and Paul. There are charities to the value of 2. CAUNDLE PURSK, a par. in the hund. of Sin r- borne, in the co. of Dorset, 3 miles to the N.I). of Sh, i - borne, iU post town and railway station. The living is a reel, in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 100, in tin' patron. of Sir II. A. Hoare, Bart. AM church is d. -dii ;.! -d to St. Peter. Here is an ancient building now used ns a homestead, said formerly to have l>< en in the possession of King John, and used by him as a hunting-;- it CAUNDLE 8TOUBTON, a par. in tin- hund. of Brownshall, in the co. of IW.vt. 4 miles V. <if Stour- minster station, and 15 N.W. of Blandford. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 4H, in the patron, of Sir H. A. Hoare, liart., who is lord of the manor. The church is an ancient building with u tower, and possesses a monument to Highmorc, the anatomist. Bishop Mew, who took a prominent part in the battle of Sedgmoor, was born here. CAUNDLE WAKE, a tythg. in the par. of Caundlo Bishop, hund. of JSherbome, in the co. of Dorset, 4 milog S.E. of Sherborno. This place was formerly possessed by the Wakes of Wareham, to which family Archbishop Wake belonged. CAUNSALL, a hmlt. in the par. of Wolverley, in the co. of Worcester. It is situated near the river Severn, at a short distance from Kidderminster. CAUNTON, a par. in the northern div. of the wap. of Thurgarton, in the co. of Nottingham, 5 miles X. W. of the Newark railway station, which is its post town. It contains the hmlts. of Becsthorpc, Duanhall, and Knapthorpe, and a considerable portion of common. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 171, in the patron, of the Bishop of Ripon. Tho church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient edifice with a tower. The Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans have places of worship. There is a free school for boys. Lord Aliddleton is lord of the manor. Beesthorpe Hall is a handsome edifice. CAUSE, a tnshp. in the par. of Westbury, in the co. of Salop, 9 miles W. of Shrewsbury. On a hill, com- manding an extensive view, are the remains of a castle built after the Conquest by the Corbels. CAUSEWAY, a vil. in the pnr. of Killury, in the bar. of Clanmaurice, in the co. of Kerry, prov. of Munster, Ireland. It is situated between 6 and 7 miles to the N.E. of Ardfert. CAUSEWAY HEAD, a vil. partly in the par. and burgh of Stirling, and partly in that part of the par. of Logie which lies in the co. of Clackmannan, Scotland. It is situated on the river Forth, 1 inilo N. of the town of Stirling. CAUSEWAYSIDE, a vil. adjoining Tollcross, in the par. of Old Monkland, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 7 miles S.E. of Glasgow. CAUSEY PARK, a tnshp. in the par. of Hcbburn, rn div. of the ward of Morpeth, in the co. of Northumberland, 6 miles N. of Morpeth, its post town. A portion of Cuusey Park House was erected in 1582, and near it are the ruins of St. Cuthbert's chapel, i is nn endowed school for boys. CAUSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Clunbury, in the co. of Salop, 6 miles S.E. of Bishop's Castle. I'.VT I I.KY. a hmlt. in the par. and tnshp. of Sed- l.crgh, in tin: Wi'.it Hiding of the co. of Yurie. I VA. "i- nl the Mainland Orkney islands of the Orkiny a-.d Shetland group, 2 miles S. of Houston II" nl, "in the mainland, and forming part of the par. of I 'rphir. It is 1 mile in length and a quarter of a mile iu Imadth. i 'AY A N. an inland co. in the extreme S. of the prov. of Ulster, Ireland, bounded on the X. by the co. of I'Vr- managh, on the S. by Wivtmeath on the K. ttinl 1 y Monaghan, and on the W. by Leitrim. According U> Ptolemy, it was once the so it of the Eriiini, or Er- iniiiili in the Irish language, and traces of this name an still preserved in Lough Erne, and the river F.rnc. district nlso formed part of the ancient principality of lireifnc, which was divided into the two principaUtietaf the upper or East Bruifno, and lower or West Breifne; the latter being composed of the co. of Leitrim, tl mer almost wholly of that of Cavan. Jt is in the history of the wars in Ireland, for the fastnesses formed by ita woods, lakes, and bogs, which long secured the independence of its native possessors. It was i shire-ground by Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of ] in 15x4, and the whole county divided into be two being assigned to Sir John O'Ueilly, thin lord of the country, free of contributions, and I to other members of the O'ltcilly family. In the < part of the reign of James I., in consequence of llight of the earls of Tyrone and Tyrconncll, and rebellion of O'Dogherty and others, Cavan, and fivec comities v, it to the crown, when the ill Ill-mined on the general plantation of Ulster by 1 English and Scotch colonists. Castles were then and the foundations of towns and of numerous ' were laid. The principal settlers were Hamilton*, j muties, and Bailies from Scotland ; Lamberts, Pal Ridgeways, and Butlers from England ; and of the i stated Irish thochief wereO'lleillys. The extreme 1 of the county is 51 miles, extreme breadth 28 i though throughout one half of its length it exceed an average of 6 to 8 miles. C'u into eight baronies, viz. : Costlcrahan, Clon Clonkee, Upper nnd Lower Loughtoe, Tullyg Tullyhunoo, and Tulh miles, or 477,360 acres, of which 375,473 acres are iij^B 71,918 uncultivated, bog, mountain, ic., an i plantation. The population of the county in IStil wti I 153,972 against 174,064 in 1851, showing a dccrou^H the decennial period of 20,0'.)'J, or 1 1 '- great bulk of the population, who are disti : 29,813 families, and occupy 28,129 houses, Catholics, as shown by tho government returns, 123,825 Roman Catholics, 23,187 Kstahli.-l, 6,536 Presbyterians, 1,319 Methodists, 34 SociMp^l Friends, and 71 of other persuasions. A of the population live liy agriculture. manufacture and trade, tho remainder are indepc or in professions. Cavan contains 30 parishes, besides parts of seven others. It is in the diocese of Jleatli, II Ardagh, and Kilmorc, and in the of Armagh. It contains the disfninchi and I market towns of Cavan and Belturbet ; tin post towns of Arvagh, I'.ailioliorough, I' lyhaise, Ball yjumesduff, Cootehill. Kil: -ng"- court, Stradone, and Virginia; the n .9 oft Ballinagh uud Shore, .1 k ; the post towns of C'rossdoney, | Mount-Nugent, and Serabbv ; the modi ni and i!"iiriili-|| ing town of Mullagh; and the vils. of ButliTsliridgeindl linbar. Cavan, prior to the I'liion, usid to send six members to the Irish jutrlian, unlyfl returns two representatives to the imperial j The county members are elected at Cavan, where the I assizes ore held, and in vhich town arc t >uit-| house and gaol. Quarter sessions arc In i- liailieborough, Ballyconnell, and Cootehill ; al last-named towns are a sessions-house and bridewell. are also 4 fever hospitals and '11 dispenM^Bfl besides a county inlirmary. The count n lord-lieutenant and in di puty ! with abont L'.istnites ; it lia-. i> in the X.V. circuit, and in the N. military di.-: with stations at Arvagh, Ballyconnell, and Killash:u .illi'iiliiiL; a i 'i omiiii , 1 .,; ion for about SOU < 'Oh.,i<es. There are two uvings-banks ; l.'>- tional scbimls, with ujiwanl of the people in 1841 read nor write. Cavan is uneven, something like J sea, forming an irregular oval, and mountains of i te height rim at itf Barth-w< -'iity. ( 'J.lSN It et al,o-. of tho sea, and forms, with the remainder of the