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HEVERSHAM. 256 HEWORTH. families. The parochial charities produce about 9 per annum. There is a free school. HEVERSHAM, a par. and tnshp. in the ward and bar. of Kendal, co. Westmoreland. The pariah consists of 18,804 acres, measured over a very diversified surface of hill and dale, limestone being the prevailing rock, and supplying quarries both for building stone and quick- lime. It rises, in the mountainous mass of Whitbarrow, to 700 feet above the sea. In the lower part are exten- sive peat-mosses, which a general enclosure made about sixty years ago has been rapidly reducing to good tillage land. Oats and green crops form the general produce. The air is remarkably pure, and the climate temperate, although rainy from the influence of the sea and mountains. The population amounts to 4,000, quite agricultural, except a small part employed in mills for bobbins, gunpowder, and sacking, on the streams of the Kent, Peasy, and Bela. These, together with the Pool, form the principal waters, of which the Pool and Kent are subject to tides, running up the latter as far as Levcn's bridge. The inhabitants are much scattered in solitary houses or small hamlets, with the exception of Milnthorpe, a small town which contains about 1,000 inhabitants. It was formerly a seaport, but its import- ance having much declined, was nearly destroyed by the formation of the Lancaster and Kendal canal, which runs a winding course through 4 miles of the parish, and was finally ruined by the construction of the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, which takes nearly a parallel direc- tion, having a second-class station about 1 mile distant E. from Milntborpe. There are some remains of antiquity in barrows near Sedgwick, and a camp, seemingly Danish, at Hincaster, and another Roman one upon the crest of the hill called Helm. There are seven tnshps., namely, Heversham - cum - Milnthorpe, Crossthwaite- with-Lyth, Levens, Preston Richard, Stainton, Hincaster Sedgwick, contributing altogether six churchwardens to the parish church at Heversham. Of these the greater part of Heversham-cum-Milnthorpe, Preston Richard, and Hincaster form the district of the Vicar of Hever- sham ; Crossthwaite and Lyth the chapelry of Cross- thwaite ; Levens the chapelry of Levens ; Stainton and Sedgwick the chapelry of Crosscrake, and the remainder of Hoversham-cum-Milnthorpe the chapelry of Milnthorpe. All are well provided with schools for boys and girls, and their average endowment is about 150 per annum. The principal residences are, Levens Hall, a specimen of later Tudor architecture, Heaves, Eversley, Summer- lands, Sedgwick House, besides some interesting old halls now become farmhouses, as Lower Levens Hall, Heversham Hall, Cowmire Hall, Hincaster Hall. The township contains the parish church, amid the small cluster of houses forming the hamlet of Heversham. Its acreage is 2,297, and population 1,500, of which about 500 are in the vicar's district. The church, contain- ing a tower, porch, nave and aisles, and chancel and aisles, is ail ancient structure, exhibiting specimens of Norman, perpendicular, and early. In the latter style is anE. win- dow filled with stained glass by Warrington. It has been much improved during the last twenty years, and has received a new pulpit, font, reredos, and organ. There is some uncertainty as to whether it be dedicated to St. Peter or St. Mary. The benefice is a vie.,* of which the income is derived from land commuted for tithes at the time of the fore-mentioned enclosure in 1803. Its present net amount (including estimated value of the house) is 625. Belonging to the parish are several charities, amounting in the whole to 104 annually. There is also a grammar school, founded by the Wilsons of Dallam Tower in 1613. It has exhibitions to Oxford and Cambridge, and shares in others with some other schools. The master's stipend (including the estimated rent of his house) is about 90 per annum. Bishop Watson was educated there by his father, the master, and in conjunction with another schoolfellow, Preston, Bishop of Ferns, helped to restore the school building, which has since also been much improved. It has pro- duced one senior and two second wranglers, besides lower prizemen. HEVINGHAM, a par. in the hund. of South Erping ham, co. Norfolk, 8 miles N. of Norwich, its post town and 3 S. of Aylsham. The village is extensive bu irregularly built, being situated near the Great Eastcn railway. It was anciently the site of a palace belonging to the bishops of Norwich, no trace of which now remains. The land is chiefly arable, but there is a con- siderable extent of wood and plantation, and about 300 acres of heath. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 540. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 459. The church, dedicated to St. Botolph, has a fine porch and a square embattled tower. The interior, which has been restored, contains an an- tique font. The parochial charities produce about 13 per annum, with 159 acres of land, of which five acres belong to a free school founded in 1715 by John Hall, for ten children. Here is a place of worship for the Wesleyans. Rippon Hall is the principal residence. Scott, Esq., is lord of the manor. HEWBY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Weeton, and par. of Harewopd, West Riding co. York, 4 miles E. of Otley. It is situated on the river Wharfe. HEWELSFIELD, a par. in the hund. of St. Briavel's, co. Gloucester, 7 miles from Coleford, its post town, 6 N.E. of Chepstow, and 2 from Woolaston station on the South Wales railway. The village, which it small, is wholly agricultural. The parish is bounded on the W. by the river Wye, which separates it from the county of Monmouth. It includes the extra-paro- chial place of Brockwcar Common. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 131 1*. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 131. The church is an ancient stone structure with a tower containing eight bells. The parochial charities produce about U per annum. Henry Peele, Esq., is lord of the manor. HEWICK-BRIDGE and HEWICK-COPT, tnshps. in the par. and lib. of Ripon, West Hiding co. York, 2 miles E. of Ripon. HEWISH, a hmlt. in the par. of Yatton, co. Somer- set, 6 miles N. of Axbridge, near the river Yeo. HEWISH, a tythg. in the par. of Crewkerne, co. Somerset, 2 miles from Crewkerne. HEWISH, or HUISH, a par. in the hund. of Swan- borough, co. Wilts, 3 miles N.W. of Pewsey, its post town, and 5 S. W. of Marlborough. The par. is of small extent and wholly agricultural. It originally formed part of the possessions of the Somerset family, but was given by Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, in 1690, for the endowment of a college at Froxfield, for the residence and maintenance of 20 widows of clergymen, and 30 widows of laymen. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 185. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 178. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a plain edifice. There is a day school. In the vicinity are numerous barrows, also an anc: camp. The trustees of Froxfield College are lords the manor. HEWORTH, a parochial chplry. in the par. of Ja E. div. of Chester ward, co. Durham, 3 miles S.W. < Jarrow, 2 S.E. of Gateshead, its post town, 3 S.E. ot Newcastle, and half a mile W. of the Pelaw railway station. It is situated near the river Tyne, and on the Darlington and Brandling Junction railway. Heworth was made a separate ecclesiastical par. by an ordiT in Council in 1843. There are several shipyards, wln-mii are constructed vessels of large burthen ; also copperas works and paper mills. The inhabitants are chiefly employed as shipbuilders, potters, colliers, glass-bloweni, &c. The soil is clay, and the land is chiefly arable. The neighbourhood abounds in coal-pits. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 148. The church, which was erected in 1822, is a stone edifice, with a square embattled tower containing one bell. The interior of the church contains a monu- ment to 92 persons killed by the explosion of Felling colliery in 1812. Here is a National school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is also held. There is a mechanics' institution. The Dean and Chapter o