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STOW-ON-THE-WOLD. 605 STRACHUR AND STRACHLACHLAN. planted by him, are still to Ijo seen at the vicarage. There is also the district church of Trinity, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 100. The parochial charities produce about .303 per annum. There are National and infant schools for both sexes, and a British school. The Independents, Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Ply- mouth Brethren have chapels. On the S.E. side of the town a cemetery has recently been made. The union poorhouse is situated at Onehouso. Market day is Thursday. Fairs are held on 10th July and 12th August, the former for pleasure and the latter for the sale of lambs. STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, a par., post, and market town in the upper div. of Slaughter hund., co. Glou- cester, 9 miles N.E. of Northleach, and 3 W. of Addle- strop. It is a station on the Bourton branch of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton section of the Great Western railway. It is intersected by the ancient Fosse Way, and is a polling and petty sessions town, comprising the hmlts. of Donnington and Mangersbury. A charter for a market was procured in the reign of Edward III. by the Abbot of Evesham, then lord of the manor. Ita government is invested in two constables, which are appointed at a court leet held by the lord of the manor annually. The houses in general are of stone, but low, irregularly built, and of ancient appear- ance. The petty sessions are held at the "Unicorn" hotel on alternate Thursdays, and the board of guar- dians meet fortnightly at the union poorhouse. The Poor-law Union comprises 25 parishes in Gloucester- shire and 2 in Worcestershire. It is also the head of now County Court and superintendent registry districts. There are a bank, savings-bank, reading-room, police station, &e. Brewing and malting are carried on to some extent. The cloth trade, which once flourished here, has been long abolished. It gives name to a deanery in the archdeaconry and dioc. of Gloucester. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 525. The church, dedicated to St. Ed ward, contains effigies to D. Keyt, and tombs of the Chamberlaines of Mangersbury, who held the manor. It was erected in the 14th century by Ethalmere, who also founded a hospital. The parochial charities pro- duce about 189 per annum. There are a grammar, National, and infant schools. The Independents, Wes- leyans, and Baptists have chapels. Mangersbury House is the principal residence. Market day is Thursday, chiefly for corn. Cattle fairs are held on 12th May and 2-1 th October, also two statute fairs for the hiring of servants on the Thursday prior to the llth October and the Thursday following. STOW UPLAND, a par. in the hund. of Stow, co. Suffolk, 1 mile from Stowmarket, its post town and rail- way station, and 13 miles from Ipswich. The soil is heavy, but productive. There are chemical manure works. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Stow- market, in the dioe. of Norwich. The Wesleyans and Independents have chapels. There is a Sunday-school. Upland Hall is the principal residence. Lord Ashburn- ham is lord of the manor. STOW, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Blackbourn, co. Suffolk, 6 miles N.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town, and 10 from Thetford. The par. includes Chimney Mills. The living is a rect. with that of Wordwell, in the dioc. of Ely, val. 302. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities pro- duce about 5 per annum. The Rev. E. R. Benyon, M.A., of Culford Hall, is lord of the manor. STOW- WOOD, a par. in the hund. of Bullingdon, co. Oxford, 4 miles N.E. of Oxford, its post town. There is no church. STRABANE, a bar. in co. Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, containing the pars, of Ardstraw, Bodony, Camus, Donaghedy, Leckpatrick, Urney, and parts of C'uppagh, Upper Cumber, and Tormonmaquirk. STKABANE, a post and market town in the pars, of Leckpatrick, Urney, and Camus-juxta-Morno, bar. of Straljarie, co. Tyrone, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 18 miles N.X.W. of Omagh, and 129 from Dublin. It is a station on the Irish North- Western railway. This town is situated on the river Mourne, which here joins the Finn and Strabano canal, and at Lifford assumes the name of the Foyle river. It consists of ten principal streets and several smaller ones. It is lighted with gas, and has recently been much improved. The river is crossed by a bridge, which has been enlarged since its erection. The church of Camus parish is now a commodious build- ing, in the Grecian style. There are also a Roman Catholic chapel, two Methodist meeting-houses, and several good public schools. Other charitable institu- tions are a dispensary, fever hospital, and poorhouse. Here is also the Derry and Raphoe Deaf and Dumb School, supported by voluntary contributions. It has a chief police station, and general and petty sessions are held. There are two branch banks and a savings-bank. Strabano was formerly a parliamentary borough, under charter of James I., returning two members before the Union. It was granted to the Earl of Abercorn in 1611, who founded the castle, and to whoso family the town gives title of baron and viscount. The linen trade for- merly flourished, but has now given place to an extensive general traffic. The government is vested in a body of commissioners. Milltown and Hollyhill are the neigh- bouring seats. Tuesday is market day. Fairs are held on the first Thursday in each month, the 12th May and November (old stylo). The Strabane Poor-law Union lies within the counties of Tyrone and Donegal, and contains 24 electoral divisions. The poorhouse has room for 960 persons. Strabane gives name to a presbytery, comprising Ardstraw, Ballyhennon, Clady, Donemana, Douglass, Glonelly, Newton Stewart, Strabane, and Urney. STRABEAGA, a bay on the coast of co. Donegal, Ireland, between Malin and Dunaff heads. It has a narrow harbour with a bar at the entrance. STRABOE, a par. in the bar. of Maryborough, Queen's County, prov. of Leinster Ireland, 2 miles N.N.E. of Maryborough. Mountmellick is its post town. The surface is intersected by the river Trihogue, a tributary of the Barrow. There is some bog, and limestone is worked. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Leighlin, val. with Maryborough, 485, in the patron, of the bishop. Ruins of the church are remaining. On the site of Castle Morett are the ruins of an ancient mansion. STRABOE, a par. in the bar. of Rathvilly, co. Carlo w, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N.N.W. of Tullow. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Leighlin. The church has long been demolished. There are ruins of a castle and traces of a Danish rath. STRACHAN, a par. in the co. of Kincardine, Scot- land. It extends in length about 13 miles from N.E. to S.W., with an extreme breadth of 9 miles, and is bounded by the cos. of Forfar and Aberdeen, also by the pars, ol Banchory-Ternan, Durris, Glenbervie, Fordoun, and Fettercairn. It lies amongst the Grampians, and is of a mountainous character, the highest point being reached by Mount Battock, which rises 3,459 feet above sea- level. The northern part of the parish contains the whole of the arable land, which is of a fertile character, and watered by the river Dee and its tributaries, the Avon or Aven, Feugh, and Dye. The prevailing rocks are granite and clay slate. In the vicinity are three arti- ficial mounds, also two stone cairns measuring about 300 feet in diameter and 30 in height. The village of Strachan is about 15 miles W. of Stonehaven, and 94 from Edinburgh. It is traversed by the road from Brechin to Inverness, and is within easy access of the Deeside railway at Banchory. This par. is in the presb. of Kincardine O'Neil and synod of Aberdeen. The minister has a stipend of about 158. The parish church was erected in 1802, and was enlarged and restored in 1837. There are a Free church, parochial school and library, and three other schools. The fairs, formerly held in May and November, have been abolished. STRACHUR AND STUACIILACHLAN, an united par. in the district of Cowal, co. Argyle, Scotland. Strachur forms its north-western district, and Strach-