CRICICEITH. 687 CRICKSTOWN. valley, 686, in the patron, of Colonel L. V. Watkins. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The charities amount to 9 per annum. CEICKEITH. See CRICCIETH, Carnarvonshire. CRICKET MALHERBIE, a par. in the hund. of Abdick, in the co. of Somerset, 2 miles S. of Ilminater, its post town, and 2j N.E. of Chard. The parish, which extends along the bank of the canal, is of small extent, and contains only six houses. The living is a rect. in the dioe. of Bath and Wells, val. 80, in the patron, of Mrs. Elizabeth Pitt, who is lady of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is a stone structure, in the pointed style, consisting of nave, chancel, aisles, S. porch, and tower with spire. It con- tains a brass to the Pitt family, and some fine specimens of staineil ylass. CRICKET ST. THOMAS, a par. in the hund. of South Pethcrton, in the co. of Somerset, 4 miles E. of Chard, its post town, and 5 TV. of Crewkerne. The parish is of small extent, and contains only a few scattered houses. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and V. IN. al. 106, in the patron, of Lord Bridport. The dedicated to St. Thomas, is built of stone, con- I' nave, chancel, centre aisle, and tower. Lord Bndport is lord of the manor, and resides at Cricket CKICKETT, a tnshp. in the par. of Ellesmore, in the 30. of Salop, 2 miles W. of Ellesmere. CRICKHEATH, a tnshp. in the par. of Oswestry, in rthe co. of Salop, 34 miles S. of Oswestry. KHENLEY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Soothill, jiar. i'C Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the co. of miles N.W. of Huddersfield. rRICKHOWELL.a hund. in the co. of Brecon, con- the pars, of Criekhowell, Llan-bedr, Llan-fihangel- Cwmdu, Llanelly, Llangattock, Llangunider, Llan- genny, and Partrishow. [ CRICKHOWELL, a par. and market town in the hund. of Criekhowell, in the co. of Brecon, 13J miles 8.E. of Brecknock, and 6 from Abergavenny. It is ptnated on the river Usk, near the Newport canal, and Is said to have taken its name from the ancient British tamp called Crtig Hi/well, situated on Bruanog Hill, pear tho Roman way Yifi Julia Montana. It was here that Sir Richard Evans halted with 3,000 men-at-arms too. his way to Bosworth Field, waiting to be joined by the men of Brecknock. His standard with the word [Richmond on it was here hoisted, and the street leading to this place is still called Standard-street. The town (swell built, and is a borough by prescription, containing learly 300 houses, with bank, Union poorhouse, and i fine old bridge of 14 arches. The ancient townhall is now a farmhouse barn, but has still its original Uothic roof with oak ribs and arches. The shoe and paper manufactures are carried on to a small extent, prickhowoll is the head of a Poor-law Union, super- intendent registry, and new County Court district, rhe bailiff is nominated by the Duke of Beaufort, who is lord of the manor. Petty sessions for the hundred are held in the town. The living is a rect.* in the dioc.
- >f St. David's, val. 650, in the patron, of the Duke of
(Beaufort. It was until recently a sinecure rectory held by the late Lord William Somerset, the spiritual cure fceing administered by a vicar. On the application of the Rev. J. Evans, B.D., the rectory was added to the iricarage, and also more than half the rectorial tithes of Cwmdu, and thus the clause of the Act enabling a private patron to take from a larger living and add it to a smaller benefice, was for the first time brought into operation. The church is dedicated to St. Edmund, (ind contains a handsome marble monument to the Her- bert family; also an effigy of a knight in chain mail, with swnrd, belt, and shield, with the arms of the Herberts. This was till recently the only church with it spire in the county. Tho Calvinists, and English find Welsh Methodists have each a chapel. There are wo day and two Sunday schools. This place is cele- irated as a fishing station for salmon and trout. There -re remains of an old castle overgrown with ivy. The surrounding scenery is very beautiful and picturesque', and the neighbourhood is much frequented by invalids, for the benefit of the bracing air and excellent milk from the goats. At Llangattock Park a cairn was recently opened containing Roman coins of Constantino, and human bones ; the coins were presented by Emily Duchess of Beaufort, to the British Museum. A market is held on Thursday, and fail's on the 12th May and the 22nd September. CRICKLADE HUNDRED. See HIGHWORTH, Wilts. CRICKLADE, a market town and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple, in the co. of Wilts, 40 miles N. of Salisbury, 25 from Devizes, and 3J from the Purton station of the Great Western railway. It is a very ancient place, supposed to be the Ccrigiclud of the Britons, though others derive its name from two Saxon words, Ct'ecca, " a brook," and ladian, "to empty," as the small rivers Churn and Key here join the Thames, which takes its rise on the Gloucestershire border. Being situated on the Roman road from C'orimum or Cirencester to Spinte, it was a place of considerable importance in the Saxon times, before it was plundered by Prince Ethelwald in 905, when ho marched to oppose the election of Edward the Elder to the throne. In 1016 it was again plundered by Canute the Dane. From the reign of Edward I. it occasionally returned members to parliament until 1782, when in consequence of notorious bribeiy the elective franchise was extended to the adjoining hunds. of Highworth, Staple, Kingsbridge, and Malmesbury, except that part of the latter now included in the borough of Malmes- bury. At the passing of the Reform Act its limits re- mained unaltered, Cricklade, Brinckworth, and Swindon being appointed the polling-places. The town, which is pleasantly situated in a champaign country on the S. ,bank of the river Isis or Thames, consists prin- cipally of one long street, paved and lighted with gas. It is a borough by prescription, and is nominally governed by a bailiff and town council, appointed by a jury at the court-leet of the lord of the manor. It is the head of a deanery, of a Poor-law Union comprising 14 parishes, and of a superintendent registry, but is included within the Swindon new County Court district. The town of Cricklade is divided into two parishes, that of St. Mary and that of St. Sampson. The former is a rect. val. 83, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church of St. Mary is an ancient Norman structure, with a handsome stone cross of one shaft on a flight of steps in the churchyard. The latter is a vie. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 365, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church, dedicated to St. Sampson, is partly in the Norman stylo of architecture. It is a large cruciform edifice vrith a handsome square tower, crowned with a pierced parapet and pinnacles, and con- taining a very old clock. To the S. is a chapel, built by the Hungerford family, and now used as a vestry. There are also chapels belonging to the Independents and Wcsleyau Methodists. The charities amount to 289 per annum. Here was a school founded by Robert Jenner, goldsmith, of London, in the year 1652. There are some remains of a priory founded in the reign of Henry III. Saturday is market day. A cattle and cheese market is held on the third Tuesday in each month, and a fair on the 21st September. CRICKLAND, a hmlt. in the co. of Lancaster, 3J miles S. of Burton-in-Kendal. It is situated near the Lancaster canal and railway. CRICKLAS, a hmlt. in tho par. of Abergwilly, in the co. of Carmarthen, l~ ir.ile W. of Carmarthen. CRICKSTOWN, or CREEKSTOWN, a par. in tho bar. of Ratoath, in the co. of Mealh, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Dunshauglin. Ratoath is its post town. The parish is traversed by the road from Dublin to Slane. The surface consists of tolerably good soil. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Meath, val. with Ratoath, 595, in tho patron. |of the crown and T. L. Norman, Esq. Oreekstown, in tho Roman Catholic arrangement, gives name to the union, including the
