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CHAUFORD, SOT.'TH. i HAl:l.i:S-TllF.-MAI;TYR. chostcr, valued in the king's books at 5 13. <rf., hut at pn ~ i.t ii"t in charge. Tin: church, ouco dcil; rand Paul, has long Lien in ruins. . village, and only a small agricultural population, ( 'I I A I.FORD, SOUTH, a par. in the hund. of T'ppcr I'onlingbridgc, in the co. of Hants, adjoining North ' CHARING, a par. in the hund. of C.il. hill, lathe of Shcpway, in tho co. of Kent, G miles N.W. of Ashford, its w'n, mill I ' miles N.1-1. of the Pluckley station of the Soiitli-Kastern hue. It is situati-d on tic- high road be- tween Maidstono and A.-hford. It ii tli" t'lirrinyet of Doiui-silay, and was given by the Saxon kings to Clii-i.-t Church, Canterbury ; but win -n l.anfranc divided the revenues of that monastery, it was allotted to tho arch- bi.-ihops. whose palace, rebuilt in the llth century, is now a farmhouse. It was here that kings Henry VII. and VI II. were entertained, laid, at the Dissolution, Cranmer over to the king this palaco and manor, and all hia other e-tates in tliis jiarish. The living is a vie.* in the ih iilerbury, val. 47;>, ,in the patron, of tlio Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church, dcdi- i ite.l to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient cruciform structure in the perpendicular style, and vu.i partly burnt in l.i!)0. It euntains monuments to tho Jlivnt and Saver families, and one to Mrs. Ludwell, a bcne- factn s-. Adj.iiiiing the chancel i., a Mnall chapel, built hi the reign of Richard 111. as a burial-place, by Amy r.nnt, a member of the Brent family, who then pied the manor-house of Wickens, in this parish. 1 1 ere i, dowed and National schools. Charing gives name to a deanery in the archdeac. of Maidstono and dioc. of Cant.i! ni I airs are held on tho 29th April and i-, for cattle and sheep. CHABINGWOBTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Ebring- ton, in the co. of Gloucester, 2 miles E. of Chipping- Campdan. ( 'HAKl.liTUV, a par. and market town in the hunds. of Banhury and ( 'hadlington, in the co. of Oxt miles S.K. of Chipping-Norton, and 7 miles N.W. of Woodstock. It is a station on tho West Midland rail- way. This ancient manor and market town, founded by tho Mercian kings, and by them given to the Bishop of Lincoln, afterwards passed to the monks of Eyn sham, in whose possession it remained until tho reign of Henry VIII., when it was purchased by St. John's College. Tho living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Oxford, val. with the curs, of Shorthampton and Chadlington annexed, 800, in tho patron, of St. John's College, Oxford. There is also a district church at Finstock, the living of which is a perpot. cur., val. 7.), in tho gift of St. John's College, Oxford. The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a beautiful ancient structure in tho early English style, with lato roof. Portions of it are supposed to Tiavo been erected in the time of Edward tho Confessor ; it possesses monuments of tho Somerset and Jeiikinson families. There are places of worship for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, Baptists, Par- ticular Baptists, and tho Society of Friends. Th- au endow, , I si-hool for boys, under the patron, of Bragcnoso College, Oxford ; also a mixed British school and an infant school, newly built. There is a fund, arising from land, for apprenticing poor boys. This M 11 market town, alth t HI iimeh note as for- merly. The market day is Friday, and fairs arch- I i January, tho second Friday in Lent, second Friday after 12th August, and first Friday in October. i IIAKI.i i ) .MUK, a par. and small vil. in tho hund. I Hampton, in tho co. of Somerset, 1 mile from the city ih. Tho Charlcombe water-works for tho supply ol llalh are in this parish, and tho Great Y.-tern rail- way pisses near it. The living is a roct.* in the dioc. of I lath and Wells, val. 200, in the patron, of the Mayor ' ' -up.. ration of Buth, as trustees. The church, dull- Mary, is a very ancient stone i said t.. have l.ei :i,.d the parish church of tho lily of Buth. cll.UI.'-|)Tl-:, a par. in the Wai wick div. of the hund. of Kington, in tho co. of Warwick, 5 miles S. of Warwick, and I N.I'.. ! S:ratford-on-Avcm. It is ated on tho E. bank of tho river Avon, near the i Wi Mi m railway, which has a station at Stratfot . Avon. The living is a vie. in the ilioc. oi Won , .,ter, val. 183, in the patron, of (ieoi-gc. Lucy, K-.|. Thechi. dedicated to St. Le nard, was rebuilt by the widow of the late George Lucy, in the Gothic style of ai It possesses sev. i ! -glass windows, and some beautiful monuments of tin Liny familv, one of which is the work of th. iilptor, Bernini. Charleroto Hall, built in IMS by Sir Thomas Lucy (S 1 Juttiee SAalluir) , is in .shape of the letter K. of Queen Elizabeth, having a beautiful entrance j by Jolm of Padua. It is a fine .specim n of the i bethan architi it lire, and is beautifully situated in a park, stocked with deer, through which the liverAvon ; 'I'h. ] ark is approached by vein rahlc i tradition says Shiikspcarc lulled the deer. CHABLOOTT. a small limit, in tho co. c.f S. : . miles S.W. of Bridgnorth. CHARLCOTT, a tythg. in the par. of Whitchurck, in the co. of Hants, CHARLCOTT, a tyth-. in the par. of Bremhill, in the CO. of Wilts, 3 miles N. of ( alnc. CHAKI.K.Mi iN'T, a quoad sacra par., post and n. town, in tho par. of Loughgall, in the bar. and Armagh, prov. of I'lster, h- land. It is bound' d on the N. by tho river Blackwatcr. The town i.s situat tin- continence of the river Ciillan with the I'.laek- (i miles on the road from Armagh to Dnngannon. The castle, now used as a d pot and ) ad.|i:aiti -rs fi.r tho artillery of North Ireland, was built by l."id-l' Mountjoy, and from its commanding position on the river, was formerly regarded as a point of sequence in resisting tho advances of the ON . t Tyrone, by whom it was taken in 1641. It was to Schomberg during the struggle of 1G:K>, governor, Tea gtie U'JJcgall, was i olii). from want of supplies. Charlciin.nt v.:. n borough incorporated by charter of - .1 governed by a portreeve and bin members to tho Irish parliament before the its existence as a corporation was of sin it durai of tho inhabitants arc engaged in the linen carriers. Tho living is a cur. separated horn i in tho dioc. of Armagh and Clogher, val. patron, of the Incumbent of Loughgall. The i i which stands in the town, is a modern si ill at I 1 1 .200, principally contributed by th of First Fruits. Public worship is also held in rooms, and in tho barracks. Here i- a V. sli five week-day, and three Sunday scho ils. A' weil-buill bridge connei ts the town with that of -Moy, which point of fact the pm<t town, but from their pi two towns are generally regarded as one. The ' canal comn n near this spot. Tl scats arc Church Hill, the resid. Verner, Hart., and ( 'harlcmont Mace, i tho title of i ail to the Caulfields. Th Saturday. Fairs are held on 12th May, Itith A. and 12th November. par. in the bund, of Sherwill, in co. of D( von, .") miles N.W. of South Molton. ated on the river liray. ii.arth. South-Westeni rail* which has a station at South Molton Road. The liv isarect.* in the dioc. of Kvtcr, val. i'HUO, in the Iron, of Rev. R. Blackmorc. The church, dulicati St. John, is an ancient stone odifico in the |-r|icndii style. Hero is a school for both :,e.es. Sir I'. Acl; Hart., is lord of the manor. ( IIAKI.I. S-IuKT, a fort of considerable m U Kinsale, in tin co. of Cork, prov. of Mm land. It commands th and was built in 1G70. The remains of tho old jmrt arc to be seen on tin horc. In 16!1 they lioth Mirrendered to ihe ].;,i-l of Jlnrlborongh. CIIAKI.KS-THK-MAKTVl;. a par. in the hn: Roborough, and borough of Plymouth, in the co. of