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STELLING. 535 STEPNEY. tural. The land is partly in hop-grounds. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. of Upper Hardres, in the dioc. of Canterbury. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is an endowed school for twenty boys and twelve girls of this parish and that of Upper Har- dres. Fairs are held on Ascension Day and on 12th November. STELLING, a tnshp. in the par. of Bywell St. Peter, E. div. of Tindale ward, co. Northumberland, 9 miles N.E. of Hexham, and 2J N. of Stocksfield. It is situated near the river Tyne, and on the turnpike road from Hexham to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The manor formerly belonged to the priory of Hexham. Freestone is abun- dant. The Hall is the principal residence. STELLING MINNIS, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Loningborough, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 1 mile S.E. of Stelling. STEMBRIDGE, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Cowbridge, co. Glamorgan. STENBURY, a tythg. in the par. of Godshill, Isle of Wight, co. Hants, 6 miles S.E. of Newport. STENE. See STBAN, co. Northampton. STENFIELD, a hmlt. in the par. of Hacconby, co. Lincoln, 8 miles N.W. of Bourne. STENHOUSE, a hmlt. in the par. of Libberton, co. Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 miles S.E. of Edinburgh. STENHOUSEMUIR, a vil. in the par. of Larbert, co. Stirling, Scotland, 1 mile from Falkirk, and 8 miles S.E. of Stirling. The Falkirk Trysts are held here. STENIGOT, a par. in the N. div. of Gartree wap., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, G miles S.W. of Louth, its post town. The village is situated on the Wolds, near the river Bain, and is wholly agricultural. The living ia a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 222. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. R. W. and R. G. Chatterton, Esqs., are lords of the manor and principal landowners. STENNESS, an ancient par. in Pomona, Orkney Islands, coast of Scotland, now joined to Firth. STENNESS, an island in the par. of Northmaven, Shetland Isles, coast of Scotland. It is situated on the N. side of 'Magnus Bay. STENNIS WATER, a stream of the cp. of Dumfries, Scotland, joins the Meggot Water a little above its confluence with the Esk. STENSON, a hmlt. and.tnshp. in the par. of Barrow- on-Trent, hunds. of Appletree and Morleston, co. Derby, 4 miles S.W. of Derby. It is situated on the Birming- ham and Grand Trunk railway, and is in conjunction with Twyford. STENTON, a par., co. Haddington, Scotland, consist- ing of two detached portions, and containing the vils. of Beilgrange and Pitcox. The northern, or mland, dis- trict extends in length about 3J miles from N.E. to S.W., with an extreme breadth of 3 miles, and is bounded by the pars, of Prestonkirk, Dunbar, Spott, and AVhit- tingham. The surface is undulating, and the soil fer- tile. The southern district lies among the Lammer- muir hills, and is bounded by Berwickshire, Whitting- li.-ini, and by the Lammermuirs. The hill of Spartle- down, one of the highest of the Lammermuirs, is in this district. The parish is traversed by the road from Dunbar to Giff'ard, and is within easy access of the Linton and Dunbar station, on the North British rail- way. The village of Stenton is about 5J miles W. of Dunbar, and 3J S.E. of East Linton. The par. of Sten- ton is in the presb. of Dunbar, and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale. The stipend of the minister is .323. The parish church was erected in 1829. There are a parochial library and several schools. The principal scat is Beil House, situated near Presmennan Lake. STENWAITES.or 8TENWITH, a hmlt. in the par. of Barrowby, wap. of Winnibriggs, parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 2 miles W. of Grantham. STEPASIDE, a tnshp. in the par. of Kilgobbin, bar. of Rathdown, co. Dublin, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Dublin. STEPHEN'S, ST., a par. in the N. div. of East hund., co. Cornwall, 1 mile N.W. of Launceston, its post town, and 10 milc-8 from Camelford. It includes the disfran- chised borough of Newport, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as Lamon. It derives its present name from the collegiate church of St. Stephen, which Bishop Warlewast, of Exeter, converted into an Austin priory in 1126. The village is situated on the brow of a hill immediately above Newport. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 110, in the patron, of the inhabitants. The church is an ancient edifice with a tower. The parochial charities produce about 224, of which 193 go to Horwell's school. Fairs are held on 12th May, 31st July, and 25th September, all of which are for cattle. STEPHEN'S, ST., a par. in the hund. of Cashio, co. Herts, 1 mile S.W. of St. Alban's, its post town, and 7 miles from Watford. The village is situated on the rivers Colne and Ver, near the Roman way Watling Street. The par. contains the hmlts. of Pack, Smallford, and Windridge. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ro- chester, val. 514. The church, dedicated to St. Ste- phen, occupies the site of one founded in the reign of Eldred by Ulsinus, sixth abbot of St. Alban's. There is also a district church at Frogmore, the living of which is a porpet. cur., val. 128, and a chapel-of-ease at the hmlt. of Parkstreet. There are National and other schools. Many Roman coins have been found here, and in the churchyard was dug up a lectern in brass, now placed in the chancel. STEPHEN'S, ST. See HACKINOTON, co. Kent. STEPHEN'S, ST., by SALTASH, a par. in the hund. of East, co. Cornwall, 1 mile S.W. of Saltash, its post town, and 9 miles from St. Germans. It contains the town and chplry. of Saltash-on-Hamoaze, and the remains of Trematon Castle, built before the Nornum conquest, and subsequently the seat of the Valletorts. The principal gateway consists of three arches, sup- porting a square embattled tower, now appropriated as a museum for natural curiosities. The soil is shallow, on a substratum of slaty rock. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 139. The church is situated on a hill. It has a lich-gate, and contains tombs of the Bullers of Shillingham, and of the Bonds of Earth. There is also a district church at Saltash, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 100. The parochial cha- rities produce about 79 per annum. Ince Castle is the principal residence. STEPHEN'S, ST., IN BRANNEL, a par. in the hmlt. of Powder, co. Cornwall, 4 miles N.W. of St. Austle, its post town, and 12 from Bodmin. It is men- tioned in Domesday survey as Bernd, and was held at that time by the Earl of Mortaigne, and was part of Caerhayes. It is situated in the midst of a mineral district, and is productive of granite, tin, copper, iron, antimony, and a fine white clay extensively used in the porcelain manufactures of Staffordshire. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 780. The church is an ancient Norman structure with a detached tower, situated on a hill. It contains the tomb and rhyming epitaph on Dr. Wolrige. There are National schools, and four almshouses endowed by James Buller in 1726. STEPNEY, a par. and populous district of the metro- polis, in the Tower div. of Ossulstone hund., and borough of the Tower Hamlets, co. Middlesex, 2^ miles E. of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is a junction station on the North London, the Blackwall, and Great Eastern railways ; it lies chiefly between the Commercial-road and the Great Eastern railway, and includes the populous districts of Mile-End, New and Old Town, and part of Ratclifie. The population of the parish in 1861 was 98,836, and of the ecclesiastical districts of the Holy Trinity and St. Philip respectively 10,478 and 14,805. Previously to 1669 it was much more extensive than at present, comprising, in addition to its present parochial limits, the hmlts. of Stratford-le-Bow, Limehouse, Shadwell, St. Georgo's- in- the -East, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, Wapping, Whitechapel, Poplar, and Blackwall, which from their increased importance have been successively separated from it, and formed into distinct parishes. In Domes- day Book it is written Stebenliede, and in later documents Stebcnhythe and Stebonlieath. In 1299 it was the seat