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SUTTON-VENEY. 596 SWAINSTHORPE. parochial charities produce about 90, of -which 87 go to Lambe's almshouses. Here ig the Clothworkers' Free Grammar school, founded by W. Lambe in 1578, with two exhibitions of 10 per annum at St. John's College, Cambridge. There are also National and infant schools. The Independents haye a chapel. Sir E. Filmer, Bart., is lord of the manor. SUTTON-VENEY, a par. in the hund. of Warmin- ater, co. Wilts, 3 miles S.E. of Warminster, its post town, and 2 S.W. of Heytesbury. The village is situated near the river Wiley. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 800. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. The parochial charities produce about 11 per annum. There is a free school. The Independents and Baptists have chapels. SUTTON-WALDRON, a par. in the hund. of Red- lane, co. Dorset, 4i miles S. of Shaftesbury, its post town, and 7J N. of Blariford. The village is situated on the high road from Shafteabury to Blanford, and is watered by a rivulet which falls into the Stour. Traces of copper ore have been found. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 169. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was erected in 1847, at the ex- pense of the Rev. A. Huxtable. It stands on a hill near the site of the old one. The register dates from 1675. There is a National school for both sexes. H. C. Sturt, Esq., is lord of the manor. SUTTON-W1CK, a tnshp. in the par. of Sutton- Courtney, hund. of Ock, co. Berks, 2 miles S.W. of Abingdon. BUTTON- WITH-HAZLEWOOD, a tnshp. in the par. of Tadcaster, upper div. of Barkstone Ash wap., West Riding co. York, 3 miles S.W. of Tadcaster. It is situated near Bramham Moor, and has two corn mills. The principal seats are Hazlewood Castle and Button Grove, the former situated on rising ground, and has adjoining it a Roman Catholic chapel, being the only one not suppressed during the reign of Elizabeth. SUTTON-WITH-HOWGRAVE, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirklington, wap. of Hallikeld, North Riding co. York, 5J miles N. of Ripon, and 8 S.E. of Bedale. SUURSAY, an island, one of the Outer Hebrides, coast of Scotland, in the Sound of Harris, between Ber- nera and North Uist. SWABY, a par. in the Marsh div. of Calcoworth hund., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 6 miles N.W. of Alford, its post town, and 3 from Claythorpe railway station. The par. includes the hmlt. of Whitepit. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 330, in the patron, of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church, dedi- cated to St. Nicholas, was rebuilt in 1827. The register dates from 1660. The parochial charities produce about 10 per annum. There is a parochial and a Sunday school. v SWADLINCOTE, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Church-Gresley, hund. of Repton, co. Derby, 4f miles S.E. of Burton-upon-Trent, with which it is connected by a short branch of the Midland railway. The sub- stratum abounds with coal, which is wrought to a con- siderable extent, and with various kinds of clay for pottery and earthenware, of which extensive works are in operation, affording employment to a considerable number of hands. The Leicester and Swannington extension line of railway passes through the township, and several tramways have been laid from the coal- mines and potteries to the Ashbj'-de-la-Zouch canal for the conveyance of produce. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 105. The church is of recent erection. The Wesleyans have a chapel. SWAFFHAM, a par., post, and market town, in the hund. of South Greenhoe, co. Norfolk, 12 miles W. of East Dereham, 14 J S.E. of Lynn, and 28 N.W. of Norwich. It is a station on the East Anglian section of the Great Eastern railway. It is a petty sessions, election, and polling town for the western division of the county. The manor formerly belonged to the earls of Richmond, who had a prison here, and who obtained from King John a charter for a weekly market and two fairs. The town is well paved and lighted with gas, and consists of four principal and several minor streets. It contains a shire- hall, assembly rooms, two banks, a savings-bank, county bridewell, theatre, race-stand, union poorhouse, and a market-cross, erected in 1783. The magistrates meet every other week, and the general quarter sessions of the peace are held here, by adjournment from the city of Norwich. The town is under the government of the county magistrates and constabulary. On the N.W. side of the town is a heath of about 1,000 acres, now in. process of enclosure, while a meet for coursing takes place on the first Monday after the 3rd of November. The living is a vie.* with the rect. of Threxton annexed, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. ,738, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient structure. The interior contains some remains of stained glass, and an effigy of Dr. Bowright. The church was built about 1474, and its tower finished in 1510. The register dates from 1557. The parochial charities produce about 235, of which 150 is the produce of the town estate. There are some almshouses, also a free grammar school, National, British, and infant schools. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There are two subscription libraries. The Poor-law Union comprises 33 parishes. Market day is on Satur- day. Fairs occur oil the second Wednesday in May, third Wednesday in July, and the first Wednesday in November, for sheep and cattle, the latter being one of the largest in Norfolk. SWAFFHAM BULBECK, a par. in the hund. of Staine, co. Cambridge, 6 miles S.W. of Newmarket, its post town, and the same distance from Six-Mile-Bottom railway station. The village is situated on Swaff- ham Lode, a navigable cut from the river Cam. In the vicinity are the remains of a Benedictine nun- nery, founded by one of the Bolebecks in tho reign of John, and valued at the Dissolution at 46 18. 1<W. A quarry of chalk marl is extensively worked. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 219, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure with a tower and six bells. The register commences about 15GO. The parochial charities produce about 184, of which sum 20 go to Towers' school. There ore National schools for both sexes. SWAFFHAM-PRIOR, a par. in the hund. of Staine, co. Cambridge, 5 miles N.W. of Newmarket, its post town. This par., which includes part of Newmarket Heath, is bounded on the N. by the Oam, and is inter- sected by several navigable drains or lodes communi- cating with that river. It contains the hmlt. of Beach, and was formerly a market town under a charter granted to the prior of Ely. The living consists of the consoli- dated vies, of St. Cyriac and St. Mary, in the dioc. of Ely, joint val. 301, in the patron, of the bishop and of the dean and chapter alternately. There were formerly two churches, viz., St. Mary and St. Cyriac, but the former has long been in ruins ; the latter has been rebuilt. In the interior is a brass of J. Tochyll in armour, bearing date 1462, also four others of tha Waters family. The parochial charities produce about 68 per annum, of which 30 go to Thompson's school. There are National schools for both sexes. SWAFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Tunatead, co. Norfolk, 2 miles N. of North Walsham, its post town, and 16 from Norwich. The Dilham canal passes through the parish, and the river Ant bounds it on the S. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 200. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is ancient. The register dates from 1660. There is a National school. SWAINBY, a vil. in the tnshp. of Whorlton, North Riding co. York, 5 miles S.W. of Stokesley. SWAINBY- WITH-ALLERTHORPE, a tnahp. in the par. of Pickhill, wap. of Hallikeld, North Riding co. York, 3 miles S.E. of Swainhy, and 6J S.E. of Bedale. SWAINSCOE-WITH-BLORE, a tnshp. in the par. of Blore, hund. of Totmonslow, co. Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Ashbourn. SWAINSTHORPE, a par. in the hund. of Humble-