CRANBROOK. 678 Cranbrook, und parts of Staplehurst and G.mdhur-t, ..! I 1,100 :i' ci;.N' isi;i IOK Muni. i.mbrook, 1 miles S.W. of Canterbury, und 6.4 8. of the elation. It ia situated on the river ii tin- Smith-Eastern railway. It was who took refuge in ICn^land in tin iwaid 111., first established 111'- ; loth. This has now entirely disappeared, In; .-oats, and other ancient f.i ; ' d in tho A their fortunes to it. The town of Cranbrook is a petty Missions town, and a polling lie V>'. > irli fciry division of tin' county of K "f one long street, containing the market-house, bank, 1. free grammar school, and tho Union ] rl. the head of a Poor-law Union, and of a superintendent registry, but is comprised within th 'i new County Court district. The living is a vie. * in tho dioc. of Canterbury, val. 16:!, in the patron, of the arch- bishop. Tho church, dedicated nstan, is a handsome old structure, in the Inter Knglish style. It contains tombs of the Roberts and Baker families, also an old brass, and a baptistry for immersion. Tho charitable endowments amount to 226 per annum. There are five chapels for Dissenters ; also a grammar school, with an income from endowment of 160, a free school, called Deuce's Writing School, and National schools for both sexes. Sir K. Baker, who wrote tho " English Chronicle," and Huntingdon, " S.8.," or " Sinner Saved," were born here. G. Hardy, Esq., is lord of the manor. A market is held once a fortnight on Wednesday, and fairs for horses and cattle on the 30th May and 29th September. CRAN'BKOOK ; there are several small places of this name : one in Essex, near Romford ; another in Devon, near Moreton-Hampstead ; and a third in the co. of Fermanagh, Ireland. CRANBURY PARK, the seat of Lady Holland, in the co. of Hants, 3J miles S.W. of Winchester. Here ia a meet for the Hursley hounds. CRANE, a tnshp. in the par. of Garthboibio, in tho 00. of Montgomery, 7 miles N.W. of Llanlair. CRANE END, a hmlt, in tho par. of Frieston, wap. of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, in the co. of Lincoln, 2j miles E. of Boston. CRANK MOOR, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Thurgoland, par. of Silkstone, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles S.E. of Penixton. Tho inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the collieries. NKHIVi TO two streams of this name: one in South Kent, which joins the Beult near Hedcorn ; tho other in We .'. Middlesex, falling into the Thames at Isloworth.
N I- 1 II ! 1 . 1 1, ii jiar. in the hund. of Kedbomostoke,
in tho co. of Bbdford, 5.} miles N.W. of Ampthill, and 8 S.W. of Bedford. Near the village, which is large, is a mineral spring. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 3"6, in the patron, of James I 11 ai. r, Esq. The church, dedicated to SS. Pctor nnd Paul, is a largo and beautiful builim in the Gothic stylo of ai with a tower containing six bells. Tho charities amount to 100 per annum, of which 60 is th ut of Girton's school. Hero is a National school, and alms- houses for three poor widows. The Oakley hounds meet here. J. A. Partridge, Esq., is lord of the n Tin- dukes of Dorset took from this place the title of I i: ft. CRANFII'.I.I), a par. in the bar. of I the co. of Antrim, prov. of i .ml. It is uted near I 11. Thes'i consists generally of good soil. Tin- living is a i< tho dioc. ni i:h Ihinc.im-, fJJ.'i, in tho patron, of th" M ar<uiin of Donegal. T I'.ii.lge is th<- post town. N oly wall of St. Oli the church, a fine ruin. Tho supposed healing qu > : waters of this spr my poor people to tho buried here. Near tho village a very scare. fo istant ia a handsonn ly . . N I I 1 .1 ! i. i p- ,..i ,<.,! in th. liar, of Mourn^B in the co. ol of Greencastle. It forms t : .th of . '
N FORD, a par. in the hm n the
co. of Middlesex, 6J miles N.K - V. of Sou thall station on the Ql n railway. It ii sit n it. d at the bridge over 1 ned| rand June; Survey it belonged to the Knights of St. John of Jeru- salem, and is described as ' Tin- living is a reel.* in tho dioc. of Lond< o, in the patron. of Earl Fit/.liardiiige. The church, dedicated to SM Duns'. -i tin . in an styleofi architoctup ,entM ami the tomb of Fuller, who was rector of this parietifl Tho charities amount to 8 per nnnum. Tho motifl house was pulled down in 1780. Cranford House ofllH tains many valuable portraits, among seofl Swift, Harvey, Fuller, is lord of the manor, and rondos at ' (.'KANFOKD, ST. A - 1 '. JulIX, pafl in tho hund. of Huxloe, in the co. of Northampton. 3J miles S.E. of Kettering station on tin .M i-li.md railwi^H and 70 from London. The village is sn : ' r ^l agricultural. The two parishes are united for eccleij^H purposes. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. ofl l.orough, val. 150, held tog.-th.-r will John, val. 198, in the pation. of Sir ( ; Hut. Tho churches are small. a fine stained-glass wi: , ommntod in 1775, and of St. ,l..hn in 1805. charities amount to per annum. The Duke of i is lord of the manor. Cranford 1 1 Robinsons, is a modern mansion, surrounded cious lawn and pleasure-grounds. The foun.i family, Alderman Sir John Itobinson, was Loi London in 1 GOO, and was created a baron for his ufl'orU in promoting tin I; CRANHAM, a par. co. of Essex, 1 j mile from i from Romford, where there is a Eastern railway. The village is n tion of tho inhabitants solely a; was formerly known as Bishop'- rwise Wokendon. The living is a net." in ti Rochester, val. -><iO, in the patron, of St. Job- Oxford. Ti , dedicated to All !- old building. S. (iiumy, Ksq., is lord of 1 The tithes were commuted in 1839. CRANHAM, a par. in th co. of Gloucester, 6 miles N 1 .. Gloucester. 'I'll agriculture and in tin- laiiv . -aitln -nv. knov. . in.- living . dioc. of Gloucester ami I'.ii I I, val with Iln i"-t.* of Brimpsfield, 410, in tin patron, of Tho i
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par. in tho second div- ining, and the same distance li-.mi (. town. It is situated near tho Amu and and i i i Inslow, v. .,1 II. Baj , with a ii monted chapel. It contains a tin. ,1 an old brass. Then' is a
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