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HOLTON-SQUABE. 285 HOLYHEAD. dedicated to St. Mary, has a square tower. The register dates from 1568. The parochial charities produce about 54 per annum, 30 of which go to White's school. HOLTON-SQUARE, a vil. in the par. of Alloa, co. Clackmannan, Scotland, not far from Clackmannan. It is principally occupied by colliers. HOLT-PREEN, a tnshp. in the par. of Cardington, CO. Salop, 4 miles E. of Church-Stretton. HOLTY-COMMON, a hmlt. in the par. of Hartfield, rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex, 3J miles N. of Hartfield. HOLVERSTONE, or HOLVESTON, a par. in the hund. of Henstead, co. Norfolk, 5 miles S.E. of Norwich, its post town. The parish is inconsiderable, and the greater part of it belongs to the executors of the late John Marcon, Esq. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Burgh Apton, in the dioc. of Norwich. There are no traces left of the church. The parochial charities pro- duce about 3 per annum. HOLWAY-EXTRA-PORTAM, a tythg. in the par. and borough of Taunton, co. Somerset, in Taunton. HOLWELL, a par. in the hund. of Clifton, co. Bed- ford, 3i miles N.W. of Hitchin, its post town, and 4J 8. of Shefford. The parish is of small extent, and is situated near the river Hiz. The tithes were commuted for 120 acres of land under an Enclosure Act in 1802. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 120. The church, which was repaired in 1845, is a stone edifice dedicated to St. Peter. The charities produce about 105 per annum, chiefly the proceeds of a property at East Greenwich, bequeathed to the parish by Mr. Rand in 1 706. By order of the Court of Chancery, the accumu- lations of this fund were applied in 1831 to the building of a school, and a house for the incumbent. Here are almshouses for six inmates. Frederick Delmo Radcliffe, Esq., is lord of the manor. HOLWELL, a par. in the hund. of Horethorne, co. Dorset, formerly in Somerset, 6 miles S.E. of Sherborne, its post town. The hmlt. of Buckshaw is included in this par. This parish anciently formed part of the forest of Blackmore. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. Limestone is quarried for manure. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 450. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 456, in the patron, of Queen's College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there is a National school. HOLWELL, a chplry. and tushp. in the par. of Ab- Kettleby, hund. of Framland, co. Leicester, 3J miles N.W. of Melton-Mowbray. Here is a mineral spring called " Holwell Mouth." The chapel is a small edifice with a turret containing one hell. There is a chapel for the Wesleyans. The Earl of Dy sart is lord of the manor. HOLWELL, a tythg. in the par. of Cranborne, co. Dorset, 1 mile S.W. of Cranborne. HOLWELL, a chplry. in the par. of Broadwell, hund. of Bampton, co. Oxford, 2 miles S.W. of Burford, its I poet town. The land is chiefly arable. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 100. The church is a small edifice, rebuilt at the expense of William Harvey, Esq., the lord of the manor. I K) I -WICK, a tnshp. in the par. of Ronald-Kirk, I wan. of West Gilling, North Riding co. York, 11 miles . of Brough, and 4 from the parish church of Itonald-Kirk. It is situated on the river Tees, near the High Force Fall, and contains the hmlts. of Lonton and l'uth;mk. In this township is Winch Bridge, which I divides tho counties of York and Durham. It is sus- J ponded from rock to rock by a chain. About 6 miles to W. is the famed Caldron Snout waterfall. The ko of Cleveland's shooting-box is situated in this jhbourhood. Tho tithes were commuted for land Knelosure Act in 1811. HOLWOOD-HILL, the site of the Roman Novio- Ki'nt, on the road from Bromley to Pevensey. 1 10 1, WORTH, a hmlt. in the par. of Milton- Abbas, miles S.W. of Blandford. HOLYBOURNE, a par. in tin; upper half of tho hund. f Alton, <<>. Hauls, 1 mill; N.E. of Alton. It is situated VOL. II. on the river Wey, and contains the tythg. of Neatham. The living is a vie. not in charge, annexed to that of Alton, in the dioc. of Winchester. The church, dedi- cated to the Holy Rood, is an ancient structure, and has been enlarged. There is a free school in the parish, founded and endowed by Thomas Andrews in 1719. It has an annual income of about 200 per annum, a por- tion of which is appropriated to tho apprenticing of boys. Lord Sherbourne is lord of tho manor. The principal residence is Holybourne Lodge. HOLYCONDANE, a hmlt. in tho par. of St. Law- rence, hund. of Ringslow, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 2 miles from Ramsgate. HOLYCROSS, a par. and post-office vil. in the bars, of Eliogarty and Middlethird, co. Tipperary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles S.W. of Thurles. It is 2 miles long by 1 mile broad. The parish lies in the valley of the river Suir, and is well cultivated. The road from Thurles to Cashel traverses the interior The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Cashel, val. with two others, 173, in the patron, of tho bishop. The church was built in 1821, by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Ballycahill. There is a parish school, and two or three private schools. The principal resi- dences are, Holycross House, Beakstown, Raheen, Prior Lodge, Farney, Whitefort, and Springfield. The village is a poor place, situated in the Middlethird division of the parish. It contains a large distillery, and the Suir is crossed by a bridge here. Holycross Abbey is one of tho most interesting ruins in Ireland. It was founded for Cistercians in 1182 by Donald More O'Brien, King of Limerick, on receiving from Pope Pascal a pretended fragment of the true cross. The abbey is still very perfect. It is a cruciform structure, and contains two chapels and a double row of arches with twisted columns, generally supposed to mark the place of sepulture of the monks. The arches supporting the steeple are groined. Tho entire structure is built of black marble of a durable character. Here is a monument traditionally assigned to the founder of the abbey, but more probably raised over the remains of some of the Desmonds, to which family tho abbey was granted at the Dissolution. Fairs are held in the village on the llth May, 24th September, and 18th October. HOLY-CROSS, a par. in the town of Pershore, co. Worcester. See PEBSHORE. HOLY-CROSS. See WALTHAM ABBEY, co. Essex. HOLY-CROSS, a hmlt. in the par. of Clent, co. Staf- ford, 3 miles S.E. of Stourbridge. Cattle fairs are held on the llth April and 12th September. HOLY-CROSS AND ST. GILES, a par. in the borough of Shrewsbury, co. Salop. See SHREWSBURY. HOLY-CROSS- WESTGATE-WITHIN, a par. in the city of Canterbury, hund. of Westgate, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent. See CANTERBURY. HOLY-CROSS-WESTGATE-WITHOTJT, a. par. in the hund. of Westgate, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, forming part of the western suburbs of Canter- bury, adjoining St. Dunstan, and now within the parlia- mentary boundary of that city. HOLYFIELD, a hmlt. in the par. of Waltham-Abbey, hund. of Waltham, co. Essex, 2 miles N.E. of Waltham Abbey. The hamlet is within the northern metropolitan postal district. Tho inhabitants are principally employed in agriculture. HOLY HATCH ENCLOSURE COTTAGE, an ext. par. place in tho lower half of the hund. of Fording- bridge, Ringwood div. of co. Hants. HOLYHEAD, a par., market town, seaport, and parliamentary borough, on Holy Island, in the bunds, of Llyfon and Tal-y-Bolion, co. Anglesey, 24 miles W. by N. of Beaumaris, and 260 from London by road, or 264J by the London and North- Western and the Chester and Holyhead railways, which latter 'has an extensive terminus here. The distance from the station to the pier is about a mile, although the rails are earned, for tho convenience of the mails and through traffic for Ireland, to the very end of the pier, near the side of tho