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!= CLUNBURY. C)5 CLYDE. ith 10s. per week allowed them. The district in which lun is situated formerly constituted a distinct hundred illed the hiuid. of Clun, and formed part of Wales. .coording to Leland, in the reign of Henry VII. it com- rised a great forest of red deer and roes, helonging to 10 Earl of Arundel, and until recently there was a large )mmon known as Clun Forest ; but disputes arising ;! ^ > the enjoyment of the common rights, an Act of Par- araent was passed in 1837 for its enclosure. Within a uarter of a mile of the town, in a north- westerly diree- on, is a single entrenchment raised by Owain Glyndwr shelter Iris troops whilst attacking Clun Castle, and at iistancc to the S. is Walls Castle, from which it .is battered. In the vicinity are the Bury ditches, a ritish camp, and C'aer Caradoc, where the Roman meral Ostorius defeated Caractacus. The fortification ' the latter is one of the most curious and interesting . the country, and is in a good state of preservation, ring to the care taken of it by Earl Powia of Walcot, ho has the manor and is owner of the property. The 'ekly market, held on Wednesday, is well attended. lirs for sheep and cattle are held on Whit-Monday and . the '_':ird September, and the 22nd November. CLUNBURY, a par. in the Stow div. of the hund. of . irslow, in the co. of Salop, 4 miles E. of Clun, and 7 E. of Bishop's Castle. Shrewsbury is its post town. nated on the river Clun, and contains the tnshps.

on, Kempton, and Obley. The living is a perpct.

>r.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 120, in the patron.

' Earl Powis. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin,

an ancient stone structure. The charities produce B per annum. The Independents and Wesleyans have lapels. There are National schools. Earl Powis is lord the manor. A Roman camp was stationed here. CLUNGUNFORD, or CLUNGERFORD, a par. in e hund. of Purslow, in the co. of Salop, 6 miles E. ' Clun, and 4 from the Craven Arms railway station, orewsbury is its post town. It is situated near Wat- et and the river Clun, and contains the tnshps. Abcott, Bcckjay, Broadward, Broom, and Shelderton. lie living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 530, the patron, of the Rev. J. Rocke. The church, dedi-

od to St. Cuthbcrt, is an ancient stone structure in

o early decorated style. There are two Dissenting apels, and endowed schools for boys and girls. The

rochial charities produce about 08 per annum. The

incipal residences are Broadward Hall and Clungun- rd House, the latter occupied by John Rocke, Esq., ! io is lord of the manor. In the vicinity is a barrow d some supposed Druidical remains. -'LUNIE, a par. in the district of Stormont, and co. Perth, Scotland. It extends southward 9 miles, with Breadth of 4 miles. The surface is very uneven, in- iding part of the Grampians and of Strathmore. jout one-third of the parish is arable, and a consider- le part of the waste land has recently been planted, le most remarkable natural features are the Craig of unie, a mass of trap 600 feet in height ; Benachally untain, 1,800 feet high ; and Loch Clunie, 4 miles K. of Benachally, 2j miles in circumference, with an treme depth of 84 feet. A beautiful little wooded and, 200 yards from the western shore of the loch, has p ruined remains of a castle built in the 16th century, d in which the Admirable Crichton is said to have in born. The island has been formed at some un- vn ancient period on a heap of stones thrown into "- loch. On the western shore, opposite the island, and '. a ridge or mound, are the remains of another very tiunt castle, which probably was connected with the mid. The principal streams are the Droothy, the Ickney, the Lornty, and the Lunan, which, like the Ih, abound in excellent fish. Many cairns are found, ill are said to mark the locality of the great battle it ween Agricola and the Caledonians, mentioned by itus. This par. is in the presb. of Dunkeld, and in ] patron, of the Duke of Atholl and the Earl of Airlie. minister's stipend is 173. There are also a Free 11 li and a Free Church school. Amongst the hills found some rare plants and several mineral springs. CLUNIE, or CLUNAIDH WATER, a stream which takes its rise in the Grampians, and, after a course of 10 miles, falls into the Dee at Castletown, in Braemar, Scotland. CLUNIE, or CLUAMY, a loch in the co. of Inver- ness, Scotland, 5 miles long by 1 wide. It is situated at the head of the river Moriston, about 10 miles W. of Fort Augustus. CLUNTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Clunbury, in tho co. of Salop, 4 miles E. of Clun. CLUNY, a par. in tho district of Kincardine O'Neil. in the co. of Aberdeen, Scotland. It extends eastward 10 miles, with a breadth of 2 miles, and four-fifths of the surface is cultivated. Cluny Castle and Castle Era- ser^ both built in the 15th century, are the principal edifices. This par. is in the presb. of Kincardine O'Neil, and in the patron, alternately of the crown, Gordon of Cluny, and Fraser of Castle Fraser. The minister's stipend is 174. There is also a Free church, and a girl's school in addition to the parish school. CLUSTYBLAIDD, a tnshp. in the par. of Cerrig-y- Druidion, in the co. of Denbigh, 11 J miles W. of Ruthin. GLUTTON, a par. in the hund. of Chew, in the co. of Somerset, 9 miles S. of Bristol, and 12 W. of Bath. Tho projected railway to Bristol will have a station at Clutton. This is a polling place for the eastern div. of tho co. of Somerset. The workhouse of the Clutton Union is situated in this parish, which gives name to the new County Court, though the latter is situate at Temple Cloud, a hamlet in the adjoining parish of Camely. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the neighbouring collieries and stone-quarries. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 340, in the patron, of the Earl of Warwick. Tho church, dedi- cated to St. Augustine, is an ancient Norman edifice, with a modern tower. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Independents have places of worship, and there is a National school for both sexes. The charities produce about 30 per annum. The sum of 300 left for the endowment of a free school was taken by the churchwardens to build the church tower in 1728. Since that time 20 per annum has been paid by the parish from church property, to the National school. The lord of the manor is the Earl of Warwick. CLUTTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Farndon, in the higher div. of the hund. of Broxton, in the co. of Ches- ter, 3 miles E. of Farndon. CLWT-Y-BONT, avil. in the par. of Llanddeiniolen, in the co. of Carnarvon, North Wales, 4 miles S. of Bangor. In the village is a factory where writing slates are manufactured. Clwyd, or Voryd, a river, which, rising in the south-western part of the co. of Denbigh, flows through the rich vale of Dyflryn Clwyd, past Ruthin and St. Asaph, and falls into tho sea at Rhyl. CLYDACH, a par. and chplry., partly in the par. of Cadoxton, and partly in that of Llangafelach, in the co. of Glamorgan, South Wales, 5 miles N. of Swansea. The two streams called the Upper and Lower Clydach aero join the river Tawe. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of St. David's, val. 150, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. CLYDACH, a hmlt. in tho par. of Ystrad-dyfodwg, lund. of Miskin, in the co. of Glamorgan, South Wales, 9 miles N.W. of Llantrissant. CLYDACH, a hmlt. in the pars, of Llangattock and 'rickhowell, in the co. of Brecon, South Wales, 2 miles ix>m Crickhowell. It is situated on the river Usk, at tho point where the Brecknock canal crosses the Clydach rivulet by an aqueduct 80 feet high. The inhabitants ire chiefly engaged in the iron-works. CLYDE, a river traversing for the most part the co. of Lanark, Scotland. It takes its rise in the Lowther illls, near the sources of the Nith and the Annan, and lows first in a northerly and afterwards in a north- westerly direction to tho Firth of Clyde. The upper >art of its course before reaching Lanark is through a mountainous district composed of crystalline rocks, from vhich it emerges into the lower country by a series of omantic descents over sandstone strata, known as the