DUDLEY. DUFFIKLU. re, and 5 S. of Overtoil. Chirk is its post town
- is situated on the river Dec, and contains the hmlts
, ralth and Pentrecoed. The living is a perpet 11. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 238, ill tho patron the Vicar of Kllesmere. The church, dedicated to .Mary, is a stone structure in tho Gothic style o chitecture, with tower. In the churchyard are some d yew-trees and a cross. The charities amount to 10 per annum. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists id Wesleyan Association Methodists have each a lapel. There are three schools two National, and one dowed for hoth sexes. Edward Morrall, Esq., is lore
- ln' manor.
DUDLEY, a par., market-town, and parliamentary rough in the lower div. of the hund. c if Halfshire, ill e co. of Worcester, 8 miles to the N.W. of Birming- m, 26 N. of Worcester, and 126 from London by the irth- Western railway. It is situated at the northern - of the county, locally in the hundred of Offlow, iffbrdshire. The South Staffordshire and West Mid- id railway has greatly increased the importance oi 11, by opening up communication with all parts 'iintry through the London and North- Western i Western lines. A castle is said to have teen 1 about 740 by a Saxon chief, some traces of which
- iin. At the Norman Conquest the manor was
William Fitz Ausculph, and about tho middle the 12th century a priory was founded for Cluniao mks. Henry II. destroyed the castle, but it was erwards rebuilt by Roger de Soniery, and has de- nded through successive families to the present pro- etor, Lord Dudley and Ward. The remains, consisting it gateway, the keep, part of the tower and offices, are considerable antiquarian interest. The inhabitants Dudley are principally employed in the iron and coal des, and the manufacture of iron and brass goods,
- h as grates, fire-irons, carpenters' tools, &c. There
1 also extensive glass manufactories, and in the inity of the town are quarries, from which large s of limestone are obtained and brought to the i ns by means of a tunnel under the Castle Hill, one I three quarters in length. Dudley sends one lative to parliament, and has a population, i< to the census of 1861, of 44,975, against 962 in 1851, showing an increase of 7,013 in the I period. Tho borough has never been incor- . and therefore is under the jurisdiction of the
- nty magistrates, though it has a mayor and bailiff
- tiointed by the lord of the manor. The appearance
'-the town, which comprises 8,725 inhabited houses, is 'I the houses generally well built. Tho streets i and well paved, and the town is tolerably well 1 itcd with gas, from the extensive works at West Brom- ' 'h, 4 miles distant ; but the sanitary arrangements are i ert'ect, notwithstanding its favourable situation for . It contains a subscription library, founded in i '), a mechanics' institute, a savings-bank, a dispen- ', and various charities. The living is a vie.* in the . of Worcester, val. -C 1,000, in the patron, of Lord 1 lley. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is a ii' modern structure, with a lofty spire. There the following district churches : St. Edmund,
- < crpet. our., val. 300 ; St. James, a perpet. cur.,
.1^74; St. John, a perpet. cur., val. 266 all of I he patron, of the vicar. Besides these churches ti school-rooms have been licensed for Divine service, charities amount to about 2,000 per annum. Presbyterians, Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, us, and Society of Friends have each places of here. There is also a Roman Catholic chapel, i H several schools : a boys' blue-coat school, well H >wed, a free grammar school, a girls' school of imstry, National and British schools for both sexes nts. Tho building for the National schools ti-d by the present vicar, and is capable of Mmmodating 620 children. There is also a school fo rirls supported by the Unitarians. The ruins of a ' liar monastery are about half a mile from the town, believed to have been founded in 1161, by Gervase Paganell, as a cell to the abbey of Wenlock. In cutting the now road which passes near tho ruins of the castle and abbey, several coftins were dug up, but were again interred. In the lime-quarries many fossils are found, particularly an extinct species of Monocithis, called the " Dudley locust," some specimens measuring 4 1 inches in length. In the vicinity of Dudley are several chalybeate springs and a spa-well, famed for their efficacy in the cure of cutaneous diseases. Saturday is market day, and fairs are held on the first Monday in March, May, August, and October, for the sale of horses, cattle, sheep, and cheese. DUDLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Andrew, in the co. of Northumberland, 5 miles S.W. of Blyth. It is a station on the North-Eastern railway. DUDLEY HILL, a vil. in the tnshp. of Bowling, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles S. of Brad- ford. It is a station on the Gildersome branch of tho Great Northern railway. The inhabitants are employed in the worsted mills and in tho collieries. The Primi- tive Methodists and Wesleyans have chapels. Fairs for horses and cattle are held on the 3rd November and 8th March. DUDLEY-PORT, a vil. in the par. of Tipton, S. div. of the hund. of Offlow, in the co. of Stafford, close to Dudley. Hero is tho Dudley-Port junction of tho Birmingham and Stafford railway. DUDLICK, a tnshp. in tho par. of Stottesden, in the co. of Salop, 5 miles N.W. of Cleobury-Mortimer. DUDSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Chirbury, in the co. of Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Montgomery. DTTDSTONE HUNDRED, in the eo. of Gloucester, is separated into three divs., upper, middle, and lower. The upper contains the pars, of Badgeworth, Barnwood, Brockworth, Churchdown, Hatherley Up and Down, Norton, Sandhurst, Great Shurdington, Witcombe, and parts of St. Catherine and St. Mary-de-Lode, comprising 20,360 acres. The middle contains the pars, of Brockthrop, Elmore, Harescomb, Hempstead, Littleworth, Matson, Pitchcomb, Prinknash Park, Upton St. Leonard's, Whaddon, and parts of St. Catherine and St. Mary-de- Lodc, St. Michael and Quedgeley, comprising 12,100 acres. The lower contains the pars, of Hartbury, Las- sington, Maisemore, Preston, and parts of Churcham and Rudford, comprising 9,630 acres. DUD WELL, a hmlt. in the Cleobury div. of Stot- tesden hund., in the co. of Salop, 2 miles S.W. of Cleo- bury-Mortimer. DUESHILL, a tnshp. in the par. of Holystone, W. div. of the ward of Coquetdale, in the co. of Northum- berland, J mile S.E. of Holystone, and 6 miles W. of Rothbury" It is situated on the river Coynet, and is chiefly moorland. There are some remains of a strongly- fortified Saxon camp. DUFFERIN, a bar. in the co. of Down, prov. of Ulster, Ireland. It is bounded on the N. and W. by Castlereagh, on the S. by Lecale, and on the E. by Lough Strangford. It contains parts of the pars, of Killyleagh and Killinchy, the vils. of Killinchy and Tullyvery, and the town of Killyleagh, comprising 17,208 acres. Its surface is hilly, and diversified with numerous lakes, the principal of which is Lough Clay. The Blackwoods of Claneboy take their title from this barony. DUFFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Appletree, in the co. of Derby, 3 miles S. of Belper, 4 N. of Derby, and 132 from London by the Midland Counties railway, which has a station here, and proceeds through a tunnel at Milford. It is beautifully situated on the western 3ank of the river Derwent, and contains the tnshps. and units, of Belper, Bridge Hill, Duffield, Heage, Hazle- wood, Holbrooke, Makeney, Postern, and Shottle, besides ,he market towns of Belper, Turnditcb, and Windley. [n Domesday it is written Dmwlle. A castle was built lere by Henry de Ferrers at the latter end of the 1 1th century, which was destroyed by Henry II. in 1325. I'he inhabitants are chiefly employed in mining, stocking and lace making, and cotton spinning. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 170, in the patron.
