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918 nf the two fMa it :m oval encampment, supposed to be Roman. At Co. ill farm nro two circles, having the appearance of Druidii al temples. A singular in former times kept up hero that of "hand-fasting," dr taking a wife on a twelvemonth's trial ; if at tl of that period the purlins did not agree, they separated, and were at lilu'rty tu make anotln r rhuice at an annual fair held for that purpose. B8BUDALE8IDE, or SLEIGHTS, achplry. fa It of Vhitby, Whitliy Strand lib., North Hiding co. Y.nk, 3 miles 8.K. of Vhit town. It is a .station on theWhitbybranch of th. NOI: : ailway. In the reign of John a small priory was founded here. Ironstone, building stone, and ulum are obtained, and there are several chalybeate springs. The surfat gradually from the bank of ,ider- able elevation, forming one of the highest moors in the county, and enclosing on that side one of the most magnificent valleys, through which the Ksk pur.- -i course amiil.st picturesque and roniantie scenery. The living is a perpet. cur. in the diuc. oi with the pel-pet, cur. uf I'gn 'bai-iiby annexed, XS^'J. Thu (hiii-eh is a Mnall elegant strii.- .,1 in 1707. Henry '. Yeoman, Esq., is lord of the manor. A K. a tnshp. in the par. of St. John Bevcrlcv, N. div. of the wap. (if HoMeim -ss, East Killing co. York, 3 miles N.ll. ><- It ia situated on the rivir Hull.

<KI.ri'H, a hmlt. in the par. of Arkengurth Dale,

North Killing co. York, not far from liecth. i Kit, a j>ar. in the bars, of Newcastle and Vppi r- cross, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 1 niile Si;. of Lucan, its post town. The surface consists of good soil. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Dublin, val. with Lcixlip, a'll, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church is a picturesque ruin. In the Itoman Catholic arrangement the parish is part of the union of I'lilmerstown, Lucan, and Clondalkin. Here is a private classical school. Esker was fonnerly a crown i and is quoted in an inquisition of IS Henry VII. House is the principal residence. Good building stone is quarried here. ESKER-EVAN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llanfynydd, co. Carmarthen, 3 miles N.W. of Llandilo-fuwr. ESKKKNANT, a hmlt. in the par. of Talley, co. Carmarthen. 7 miles N. of Llandilo-liiwr. I SKll;(,ll,(i(i, a tnahp. in the par. of Moughtroy, hund. and co. of Montgomery, 3 miles S.W. nt town. I.SKlKIl.l'H, a tnshp. in the par. of Trcf-Eglwys, co. Montgomery, 4 miles N. of Llunidloes. The manu- facture of Beimel is carried on hero. ESKIKMAEN, a tiishp. in the par. of Llandinam, co. Montgomery, ."> mil' - N.ll. of Llanidlocs. ESl'EKSIIIELDS, a tnshp. in the par. of Bywell Si. 1'eli r, K. div. of the w.nd of Tindale, co. Nnrthum- berlaud, 7 miles 8.E. of Si-" k-licld. It is a station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. Uateshead is its post town. It is situated on tie iier lierwent, and includes the tnshp. of Mill Shields. A .tholic !. in tin- i. uly English stj lc of architect i. erected in the grounds of Min-i> i .Vi. Hall, the seat of C. Silvertop, E<ip, who is lord of the manor. There in a school r.ildren uf th-' pl.i. . At Vinnis Hill, a little to the V., is a meeting-house belonging to ESP a hmlt. in tl.e iir. of Lanchcster, V. div. . Uui-ham, 9 miles N.A . of llml I --I'M. V. a vil. in On- tnsliji. of Ilighlowa, CO, N'orth- unih. iland. : mil, < N.W. of Morpcth. I M'Kli'K, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Ci.. -ter, K miles Y . ,,| Kirkham. ,', in tli" 1 H.'illi: Wicklow, prov. ml, I miles S .1 (;lenclali.iih, ne-ir the ( ilemnaluni v nl cliplry. in the par. of l.'v- hall, Imiul Kutl:, ii, 1, fmil.s X.K. ,'f Stam- ford, its post town. It is a railw :! i ,1^ ,t rn line. The village is hi: Wa.sh. In the l).im '1 as belonging to the bishops of Liieoln. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie ,.f Kyhall, in (1 Peterborough. The church is an ai :ure, said to be Uie oldest in this part of the i ounti y, with an arched Sai' .. It is dedicated t St. M.ny. There is a Sunday-school. The Marquis ei lord of the In KSSKMx iX,:i ]ar. in the hund. andi". uf Hertford, 3 miles E. of llislmp's II iway station on the (, line, and "i S W. of Hertford, its post town. It is bounded on the N. by the river Lea. The surface is undulating, but a large

tin- land is un;

}.'ravi I. The livin;,' is a icct.* in the dioc. oi r, val. with th. Maiy tli.- 'ii^i.M. and c nt.iius a marine t brass. The parochial chan: annum. '1 : National )., ., llimsdale and .idley, Hart., have se.its in .isiiiiiy is lui.l i.t the manor. 1>SK., a i ... situated on : iirait liritain, and lying bet and ii V V. long., and 1 17' E. long. It : on the N. liy the QOS. of Sull'olk and ' 6, '. by the eos. of Herts and .V 3 l.y the estu.uy of the Thames, and SI'., and S. l,y th. h is Ii3 miles, and gri lib .'.7 miles, with a circuit of about 'Jus mi miles of low, marshy, and bi area of 1,533 square mil' s. ,,i alu.ut 'J.sl,Uii acres, of which nine-tenths are arable', meadow, and pa.-tuie, and about CO, QUO lorest. The populat. the census of 18C1, v.: 3o,5.'i:i since 1851. The liist inhal . recognised by authentic history, apowerful tribe, who, at the in illied Ives with Koine. In 43, alt, i tl, the Trinobantes were subdued, and their capital, liiHHiu, taken, and made the .- , which wa ...) ,d in n. Boadicca. I: . ,w). Su> t'.niu , nain, decided tin , of South Itritain, which became the liom (in the arrival mid a small kingdom, hii li from its n lati innated as Ma.~t Sax.. us li. tion. ^t Saxons included p.. Middlesex and 11' able part in the war between Alfred and the Danes , and in 101C Assiiigdon was the scene of n ('nut and r'.dmund Ironside. In I'Jl-i.th <'t Vincln - .i-tlc. In I Kichaid II. Humphrey Dili.. - ',1 viu-ian at Ills cast! r ( 'hi linslonl. In M7I a number of Kl. -mi , settled ii, . nnd introdui . d th.- woollen manufaetuie. At the app. of tin An .iiji was foiiied at Tilbiiiv. In the Chil War, -led with the parli.imi nt, J.lio.l mi n I--I- s. } i' ' . i I lij the parlianicii- . in 111 IS. No later events of oiinty, which is l. pulid lie i ivativein l-'.nL'land, is divided into N'oitli and i parliane ntary pin | eaili dni..i'.n n-tuinim; two mi-mi ]xi]iulati f IN'.I. l.'l.'i, "i'.li 'i-cti'-n at 1- the latter 17", **-'!, "iili its si-al ot ( 'helm.-ford, which is also th" as-i mty town, v. rnment of tl Iminist, i , d by a lieu- f.nant and viee-ailmii 'I'l d. puty-lieu- i^'h sheiilf, and about .'(Ml n. wlioli' ..f th included within the 1. and military district, but only that part adjoining ripping

is within l!

and Metropolitan I'oh' >-, beiier consid, ri'd as a subui