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WHITKIRK. 801 WHITNELL. 12 miles S. of Wigton, and has a considerable coasting- trade, chiefly with England. The burgh is governed by a provost, two bailifl's, a treasurer, and 5 common- councillors, assisted by a resident justice of the peace. It unites with Wigton, Stranraer, and New Galloway in returning one member to parliament ; constituency in 1851, 1,652. The par. is in the presb. of Wigton and synod of Galloway, and in the patron, of the crown. The minister's stipend is 265 4s. lOrf. The parish church was built in 1822, and there are two Free churches, respectively at Whithorn and Isle-of- Whit- horn ; also an United Presbyterian church, Reformed Presbyterian church, and a Roman Catholic chapel. There are two parochial and nine other schools. Mar- ket-day is Thursday. Fairs are held on the Thursday after the first Friday in each month for cattle, and an annual fair on the Thursday after the first Saturday in July. WHITKIRK, a par. in the lower div. of Skyrack wap., West Riding co. York, 4 miles E. of Leeds. It has a station at Crossgates on the Leeds and Selby lino of railway. The par. includes the tnshp. of Austhorpe, Temple Newsham, Thorpe Stapleton, and Seacroft, re- cently erected into a separate parish under Lord Bland- ford's Act, and the hmlts. of Crossgates, Colton, Halton, Killingbeck, Lane End, Newsham-Green, and Temple- Thorpe. The manor of Temple Newsham, mentioned in Domesday survey as Neichusum, was given in the 12th century by William de Villers to the Knights Templars, who had a preceptory here, and upon the suppression of that order was given by Edward III. to the Darcys, and subsequently came to Matthew, Earl of Lenox, during whose residence here Henry Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was born. The land is fertile and well cultivated. The substratum abounds in coal and ironstone, which are chiefly worked in the town- ship of Thorpe-Stapleton. The population of the parish in 1861 was 3,032, principally located in the villages of Whitkirk, Temple Newsham, Seacroft, and Crossgates. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. .200, in the patron, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The pulpit is in Caen stone, and adjoining the S. aisle is a mortuary chapel, with sculptured effigies of the Scargill and Ingram families, and a monument to John Smeaton, founder of the Eddystone lighthouse, who was a native of Austhorpe in this parish. There is besides a new church at Seacroft, erected in 1845. There are National and other schools. The charities produce about 35 per annum. WHITLAND, a vil. in the par. of Llanboidy, co. Carmarthen, 8 miles N.W. of Langharne. It is a sta- tion on the Great Western railway. The village is situated on the river Taff, and is celebrated by tradition as the site of " Ty Gwyn ar Tav," or the White House of Howel Dha, where that sage, assisted by 13 wise men, composed the laws of Wales in the early part of the 10th century. The Abbey, the seat of the Yelver- tons, was built out of the ruins of a Cistercian priory, founded here in 1143 by Bishop Bernard, and valued at the Dissolution at 135. WHITLEY, a hund. in co. Somerset, contains the para, of Ashcott, Blackford, Butleigh, Compton-Dunton, Cossington, Greinton, High Ham, Holford, Holtou, Middlezoy, West Monckton, Moorliuch, Othery, Milton- Podimore, Shapwick, Street, Walton, Weston Zoyland, Wheathill, and Woolavington, besides King's Sedg- moor, comprising together 49,640 acres. WHITLEY, ahmlt. in the par. of St. Giles, Reading, co. Berks, 1J milo S. of Reading. The village, which is lighted with gas, is situated on the river Kennet. WHITLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Cumner, co. Berks, 7 miles N.W. of Abingdon, on the Thames. WHITLEY, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Tyne- mouth, co. Northumberland, 2| miles N.E. of North Shields. It is a station on the Tynemouth branch of the Blyth and Tyne railway. The tnshp. is situated near the sea- coast, and includes the hmlts. of Whitley- Row and Hotspur Place, with the reservoir of the North Shields water-works. The substratum abounds in coal, ironstone, and limestone, which are extensively worked. WHITLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of St. Chad, co. Salop, 3 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury. It is joined to Welbatch. WHITLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Calne, co. Wilts, 1 mile N. of Calne. WHITLEY, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Melks- hain, co. Wilts, 2 miles N.W. of Melksham, in the vale of the Avon. WHITLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Wootton-Wamen, co. Warwick, 1 mile from Henley-in-Arden, and 9 miles W. of Warwick, near the river Alne and the Bir- mingham canal. WHITLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Kellington, lower div. of Osgoldcross wap., West Riding eo. York, 5 miles S.W. of Snaith. At Whitley Bridge is a station on the Goole branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. It is situated on the Goole canal, near the river Aire. WHITLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Ecclesfield, wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York, 4J miles N. of Sheffield. WHITLEY-BOOTHS, a tnshp. in the par. of Whal- ley, higher div. of Blackburn hund., co. Lancaster, 4 miles N.W. of Colne. WHITLEY FOREST. Set SEVENOAKS, co. Kent. WHITLEY, LOWER, an ecclesiastical district in the par. of Great Budworth, hund. of Bucklow, co. Chester, 5 miles N.W. of Northwich. It comprises the tnshps. of Lower and Over, or Inferior and Superior. WHITLEY, LOWER, an ecclesiastical district and tnshp. in the par. of Thornhill, lower div. of Agbrigg wap.,- West Riding co. York, 5 miles E. of Huddersfield, and 3 S.E. of Dewsbury. It is situated in a populous manufacturing district near the river Colne, and in- cludes the hmlts. of Briestfield, Briestwhistle, and Grange Moor. WHITLEY, OVER. Stt WHITLEY, LOWER, co. Chester. WHITLEY, UPPER, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirk- Heaton, upper div. of Agbrigg wap., West Riding co. York, 4J miles N.E. of Huddersfield. WHITLINGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Henstead, co. Norfolk, 2 miles S.E. of Norwich. There is no village, and the old dilapidated church is situated on. I the verge of a precipice overlooking the navigable river ; Yare. WHITMINSTER. See WHEATENHUEST, co. Glou- cester. WHITMORE, a par. in the hund. of North Pirehill, co. Stafford, 4J miles S.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyno, and 15 from Stafford. It is a station on the London and North- Western railway. The village is situated on the road from Newcastle to Market-Drayton, and on 1 the river Sow, a branch of the Trent. Coal exists in I the neighbourhood, but is not worked. An Act for I enclosing land was passed in 1841. The North Stafford- j shire hounds meet here. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 500. The church, formerly a chapel-of-ease to Stoke-upon-Trent, was repaired in J 1845. The register commences in 1868. The charities I produce about 10 per annum. Rear-Admiral Rowland.! Mainwaring, of Whitmore Hall, is lord of tho manor. WHITNAGE, a tythg. in the par. of Uplowmau and hund. of Tiverton, co. Devon, 2 miles N. of Col- J lumpton, and 4 N.E. of Tiverton. WHITNASH, a" par. in the Kenilworth div. of Knightlow hund., co. Warwick, half a mile S.E. of Lea- mington-Priors, and 3 miles S.K of Warwick. Tho village is situated within half a mile of the Warwick and Knaptou canal. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Worcester, val. 320. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, contains two brasses, the earliest bearing date 1503. There is a National school. The charities produce about 3 per annum. WHITNELL, a tythg. in the par. of St. Cuthbert, co. Somerset, 1 mile from Wells. WHITNELL, a tythg. in the par. of Emborrow, co. J Somerset, 4 miles N.E. of Wells.