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HOLME, EAST. 281 HOLME-ON-THE- WOLDS. livings of all which are perpet. CUTS., varying in val. from 106 to 100. The parish church of St. Mary is situated on the site of the ancient monastery, and includes a portion of it. Here are National schools for both sexes, also the Abbey Holme reading and news rooms. HOLME, EAST, an ext. par. lib. in the hund. of Hasilor, co. Dorset, 2 miles S.W. of Wareham, its post town and nearest railway station on the London and South- Western line. It is situated on the river Frome. A small priory of Cluniac monks was founded here in the reign of Edward I., which, in the 16th century, became the property of Edward Duke of Somerset, and after- wards passed to John Hornham. There is no church. The Eev. Nathaniel Bond is lord of the manor. Holme House is the principal residence. HOLME-HALE, a par in the hund. of South Green- hoc, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.E. of Swaffham, its railway elation and post town. The village, which is email, is situated on the river Blackwater. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The soil is various, and three parts of the land arable, the remainder pasture and meadow. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 571 14s. &d. The living isa rect.* in the dice, of Norwich, val. 715. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure, with a tower con- taining six bells. The interior of the church contains several brasses and an epitaph in old English, bearing date 1404. There are places of worship for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Baptists, and a National echool. The charities produce about 49 per annum, chiefly tbe produce of the town estate, consisting of 46 acres ; part is appropriated for repairing the church and other parochial uses, and the remainder for poor widows. Holme Hall is the principal residence. Captain Adlington is lord of the manor and chief landowner. HOLME-LACY, HOLM-LACEY, or HOM-LACY, a par. in the hund. of Webtree, co. Hereford, 4 J miles S.E. of Hereford, its post town, and 8 N.W. of lloss. It is a station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester railway, which intersects the parish. The village, which is irre- gularly built, is situated on the Wye. It formerly had a email Premonstratentian abbey, founded in the reign of Henry III. by William Fitz-Warine, the site of which after the Dissolution passed from the Lacies to tho Scudamores. There is a ferry in the neighbourhood which crosses the river to the village of Fawnhope. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 515. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Boulstone annexed, in the dioc, of Hereford, val. 543. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a stone structure, with a tower containing eight bells. Tho interior of the church contains several monuments of the Scudamore family, also one of tho late Duchess of Norfolk. The parochial charities produce about 133 per annum, with a bull val. 20, to be divided among the poor annually. Hero is a free school for both sexes, and a boys' Sunday-school, founded in 1833 by Lady Stanhope, of Holme House, which is the principal residence. It is a very ancient man- eion, rebuilt by the last Viscount Scudamore, the friend .pe, who wrote his "Man of Ross" here. It is situated in ;i secluded spot, and has a wooded park, with extensive -are-grounds, part of tho latter being formed after 1 himpton Court Palace gardens. The interior of Holme ]I<iuse contains several rare paintings by Vandyck, Jansen, and Holbein ; also one of Sir James Scudamore of Elizabeth's time tho " Sir Scudamore " of Spenser. It also has carvings by Gibbons, Hamilton's " Solomon and Quern of Sheba," Le Brun's Louis XIII., and Pope's copy of tho Earl of Strafford. There is a rablo pear-tree near the parsonage house covering a quarter of an acre of land. Some time since tho wind '1 a branch to the ground ; the upper part not being > ly detached from the trunk, it eventually became which has subsequently been imitated with other branches, which likewise have now become fruitful, and yield altogether from 12 to 16 hogsheads of I" irv. Sir Kilwin Francis Scudamore Stanhope, Bart., of Holme lion*', is lord of the manor and chief landowner. HOLME, LOW, or HOLME ST. PAUL'S, a tns'hp. in the par. of Holme-Cultram, ward of Allerdale-below- Derwent, co. Cumberland. This township, which is nearly surrounded by the sea and the estuary of the Waver and Wampool, extends from 2 to 6 miles from the Abbey town. It comprises the hmlts. of Blitter Lees, East Coate, Calvo, Black-Dyke, Wolsty, Wath, Silloth, Hayrigg, Soaville, Skinburness, Green-Row, and Cause- way-Head. The Carlisle and Silloth railway passea through the tnshp. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 100. Tho church, which was erected in 1845, isa stone structure dedicated to St. Paul. HOLME-NEXT-RUNCTON, a par. in the hund. of Clackclose, co. Norfolk, 4 miles N. of Downham Market, its post town, and 8 S. of Lynn. It is a small agricul- tural village situated near tho river Ouse and Lynn railway, which has a station at Watlington. Tho land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 320. The living is a reet.* annexed to that of South Runcton, in the dioc. of Norwich. The' church, dedi- cated to St. James, is a small edifice with a square tower containing three bells. A vestry was erected at the expense of the rector in 1856. There is a memorial window of stained glass. The register dates from 1562. Tho parochial charities produce about 20 per annum. There is a National school, built in 1840, for children of tho parishes of Holme and South Runcton. Lady Harland is lady of the manor. HOLME-NEXT-THE-SEA, a par. in tho hund. of Smithdon, co. Norfolk, 18 miles N.E. of Lynn, its post town, and 13 from Wells, its nearest railway station. It is a small agricultural village, situated on the coast of the German Ocean, between Hunstanton and Thorn- ham. The coast road from Wells to Lynn passes through the parish. It is also in connection with Castlcacre and the Peddar's Way. The soil is very fertile, and tho subsoil chalk. About half tho land is arable, tho re- mainder pasture, salt marsh, and common. The appro- priate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 290, and the vicarial for 170. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Thornhatn, in tho dioc. of Norwich. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1778. Tho register dates from 1704. Tho parochial charities produce about 18 per annum. There is a school in tho churchyard for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is also held. Mr. Blyth is lord of tho manor. HOLME, NORTH, a tnshp. in tho par. of Great Edstone, wap. of Ryedale, North Riding co. York, 3 miles S. of Kirby Moorside. It is situated near tho HOLME-ON-SPALDING-MOOR, a par. in the Holme Beacon div. of the wap. of Harthill, East Riding co. York, 4J miles S.W. of Market Weighton. It is a station on tho Selby and Market Weighton railway. The village, which is considerable, is situated under the Beacon Hill, from which this division of the wapentake derives its name. It formerly belonged to the Constables and Langdales, of whom was the royalist general, Sir Marmaduke. The shock of an earthquake was felt here on tho night of tho 18th of January, 1822. The inha- bitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. The soil con- sists of sand, clay, and peat, with subsoil marl and clay. There is also a bed of gypsum containing amiiioni/ie. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of York, val. 600, in the patron, of St. John's College, Cambridge. Tho church, dedicated to All Saints, has a tower containing three bells. The emineneo on which it stands commands a fine pros- pect, in which York Minster is a prominent object. The parochial charities produce about 80 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, in which a Sunday- school ia also held. Tho Wesleyans and Primitive Me- thodists have each a chapol, and there is a Roman Catholic chapel attached to the Hall. On a site presented by Sir Edward Vavasour, of Haslewood, about 2J miles E. of tho village, stands tho reformatory school for juvenile offenders. Holme Hall is the principal resi- dence. HOLME-ON-THE- WOLDS, a par. in tho Baiuton-