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MOWSON. 898 MOYANNA. muted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1788. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. * of Knaptoft, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small ancient structure, with a turret con- taining one bell. There are places of worship for the Baptists and Independents. A court is held twice yearly for the Duchy of Lancaster at the Staff of Life inn. The manor belongs to the crown. MOWSON. Set MODSON, co. Northumberland. MOWTHORPE, a hmlt. in the par. of Terrington, wap. of Buhner, North Riding co. York, 6 miles S.W. of New Malton. MOXBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Morton-in-the-Forest, wap. of Buhner, North Riding co. York, 4 miles E. of Easingwold. A Benedictine nunnery formerly stood here, founded by Henry II. prior to 1167. It had at the Dissolution a revenue of 32 6s. 2d., and was given to the Archbishop of York. MOXHALL, a hmlt. in the par. of Whishaw, Bir- mingham div. of the hund. of Hemlingford, co. Warwick, 4 miles N. by W. of Coleshill. It is situated on the road to Tamworth, near the Fazeley canal, and formerly belonged to the Lisles and Rackets. Moxhall Hall is the principal residence. MOXLEY, a vil. in the par. of Wednesbury, hund. of South Offlow, co. Stafford, 8 miles N.W. of Birming- ham. It has a joint station with Bradley on the Bir- mingham and Wolverhampton section of the Great Western railway. It is a modern manufacturing village, situated near the Birmingham canal and river Teme. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 213, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. The church is a neat modern edifice. MOY, a post and market vil. in the quoad sacra par. of Moy, bar. of Dungannon, co. Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 24 miles E.S.E. of Omagh, and 87 from Dublin. It is a station on the Ulster and Omagh Junction rail- way. It is situated on the bank of the river Blackwater, which is here crossed by a bridge connecting the town with the village of Charlemont. There are chapels, schools, a market-house, and police station. Petty sessions are held in the town. The linen trade is carried on briskly, and much business is done in the general trade. Small vessels can come up the river to the town. Roxborough Castle is the principal seat, and the residence of the proprietor of the place, the Ea.rl of Charlemont. Friday is market day. Fairs are held on the first Friday in ever}' month. MOY, an ancient par. in co. Elgin, Scotland, now joined to Dyke. MOY, anciently called Muadus, a river of cos. Sligo and Mayo, Ireland. It rises near Tobercurry, and, after a course of 35 miles, falls into Killala Bay. MOYACOMB, or CLONEGALL, a par. in the bars, of St. Mullins Upper, Scarawalsh, and Shillelagh, cos. Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It contains the town of Clonegall. The united districts' of this parish extend over an area of 17,334 acres. The surface, which is diversified with mountain and dale, has some bog, and a soil of indifferent quality. The river Derry intersects the parish, and falls into the Slaney in the vicinity. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ferns, val. 637. The church was built by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1819. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kildain. There are also a Methodist meeting-house and four daily schools. There are numerous seats scattered over the parish. Hunting- don Castle is a quondam seat of the Esmondes of Ballynastra. MOYADDABEG, a bog in co. Clare, Ireland, 2 miles N.E. of Kilrush. MOYALIFF, a par. in the bar. of Upper Kilnama- nagh, co. Tipperary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 6 miles W.S.W. of Thurles, its post town. It is 5 miles long, and its extreme breadth is 3 miles. The surface is hilly, and includes much waste, with a small proportion of good soil. The Cladagh and Owenbeg are streams of the interior, which is also intersected by the road from Templemore to Tipperary. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Cashel, val. 300, in the patron, of the bishop. The church was a gift of the late Board of First Fruits in 1790. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Upperchurch. Here are a Sunday and several week-day schools. Moyaliff House and Farney Castle are the principal residences ; the latter is the seat of Captain Armstrong. Ruins of two old castles and of a church are seen. Building-stone and limestone are quarried. MOYALLEN, a post-office vil. in the par. of Tully- lish, bar. of Lower Iveagh, co. Down, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles N.N.W. of Gilford. It is situated on the banks of the river Bann, and on the road from Banbridge to Portadown. It contains two chapels, schools, and some extensive bleach-greens. The village was founded in 1698 by Quaker settlers. MOY AND DALAROSSIE, an united par. in cos. Inverness and Nairn, Scotland, 12 miles S.E. of Inver- ness. It is situated near Starsach-na-Gal, or " Gael's pass to the Moray lowlands," where in 1746 Donald Fraser Smith, with a handful of Highlanders, drove back the Earl of Loudoun, and frustrated his attempt to surprise Prince" Charles Edward at Moy Hall. Tho united parish of Moy and Dalarossie consists almost wholly of two glens, that of the upper part of the river Findhorm, and that of Loch Moy, extending in length from N.E. to S.W. about 30 miles, with an average breadth of 5 miles. It is bounded by the pars, of Ardclach, Alvie, Calder, Dunlichity, and Daviot, and contains the post-office station of Moy. The glen of the Findhorn or Strathdearn is less than a mile across its lower grounds, being screened on either side by ranges of the Monadhleadh mountains, which are heathy and well wooded, abounding with red deer and other game. Near its southern end the glen runs into the close mountain vale of Loch Moy, with its lake about 1| mile long and half a mile broad, and sur- rounded by a hanging forest of birch and pine. The river Findhorn or Earn, which rises from several springs at the head of the glen, and the Funtack, which has its source near Loch Moy, receive in their course the tributary waters of many brooks which thread their way through the mountains by small lateral glens. The mountains are neither bold nor rugged in outline, and nowhere rise more than 2,500 feet above the sea. They consist chiefly of gneiss and granite, and were anciently covered with a continuous native forest, chiefly of birch, aspen, and mountain ash, but have been cleared in parts, and now comprise near 90, 000 acresof either waste ground or bare sheep-walks, interspersed with recent planta- tions of larch and Scottish pine. Considerable progress has recently been made in agriculture, which was for- merly very backward in these parts, and many acres of waste lands have been brought into cultivation within the last few years. The great Highland road from Inverness to Perth traverses about 10 miles of the parish, and crosses the Findhorn by a modern bridge of wood and stone, built to replace the former one, which was swept away by the memorable flood of 1829. There are ten landholders, but only one resident, A. Macintosh, Esq., chief of the clan Chattan, whose family seat, Moy Hall, built in 1665, stands on an island in the lake, as also does the Macintosh pillar, 70 feet high. Here are still preserved the swords of James V. and Claverhouse, the former presented by Pope Leo X. The par. is in the presb. of Inverness, and synod of Moray. The minister has a stipend of .235. There are two parish churches, belonging respectively to Moy and Dalarossie, formerly distinct parishes, in which divine service ia performed on alternate Sundays ; the former was built in 1765, and the latter in 1790. There are also a Free church at Moy, and two schools. Fairs are held at Freeburn. MOYANNA, a par. in the bar. of Stradbally, Queen's County, prov. of Leicester, Ireland, 3 miles N.N.E. of Stradbally. It is 3 miles long, and its greatest breadth is 3 miles. The surface lies along the banks of the Grand canal and the river Barrow. The road from Monasterevcn