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OUSLETHWAITE. 131 OVER. S.E. of Howden, and the same distance N.E. of Goole. It ia situated on the river Ouse, which bounds the township on the N. In 1727, Emanuel Empson founded here a small endowed school, which has now an income from land of about 40 per annum. The Independents have a place of worship. The tithes of this township were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1828. OUSLETHWAITE, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Wors- boiough, West Riding co. York, 2 miles S. of Barnsley. OUSTHORPE, a tnshp. in the par. of Pocklingtpn, Wilton Beacon div. of the wap. of Harthill, East Riding CO. York, 1J mile N.E. of Pocklington. There are traces of a large moated mansion in the neighbourhood. OUSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Chester-le-Street, middle div. of Chester ward, co. Durham, 3 miles N.W. of Chester-le-Street, and 5 S. of Gateshead. There is a large colliery, which employs the chief part of the in- habitants. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. OUSTON, or OWSTON, a par. in the hund. of Gar- tree, co. Leicester, 6 miles W. of Oakham, its railway station and post town, and 8 S. of Melton-Mowbray. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on elevated ground near a branch of the river Wreak, and is chiefly agricultural. Ouston was anciently called Osuliccslon, or Oulreston, and in Henry II. 's time had a priory of canons regular of the order of St. Augustine, founded by Sir Robert Grimbald, and endowed with lands producing at the Dissolution 173 18*. 9d. The site WHS given to the Ratcliffes, and no traces of it now remain except the church and the glebe house, the rest of tho buildings having been taken down about the middle of tho last century, and the materials used in building the church of East Carlton and a farmhouse at Ouston. The par. includes the hmlt. of Newbold Saucy. The land is nearly all in pasture. The glebe house is an ancient building originally used as the dormitory of tho abbey. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 72. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, which formerly belonged to the prior}', is an ancient structure, with a tower containing two bells. Tho Rev. II. Palmer, M.A., is lord of tho manor and principal Landowner. OUSTON, a tnshp. in tho par. of Stamfordham, N.E. div. of Tindale ward, co. Northumberland, 1 J mile S.W. of Stamfordham, and 9 miles N.E. of Hexham. OTJTCHESTER, a tnshp. in the par. of Bambrough, N. div. of Bambrough ward, co. Northumberland, 2 miles E. of Belford. It is situated on tho western bank of the river Waren, or Warn, near its outlet into Budlc Bay, and was the site of the Cattrum Itlterius of the ancient port of Warnmouth. There is a small Roman camp at Chester Hill, which is of a square form, and was ap- proached from Alnwick. The land is fertile, with a sub- soil of clay and limestone. The bny affords anchorage d >r email vessels. The principal trade is in the export of cm 11 and flour, and in importing coal and wood. OUTER, HIGH, a par. in the city of Glasgow, co. Lanark, Scotland. Set GLASGOW. OUTGATE, a hmlt. in the par. of Leverton, co. Lin- coln, 6 miles N.E. of Boston. OUTLANDS, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of Bishop's , par. of Adbaston, hund. of Pirchill, co. Stafford, 3 miles W. of Eccleshall. 1 1 1 ,".!' LANE, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Longwood, West Riding co. York, 4 miles N.W. of Uuddcrstield. LANE, a limit, in the tnshp. of liollon and par. Ivciliy, West Riding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of "Ml. '1'ii'.- inhabitants are chiefly employed in tho 'i i'.iftories. ngton. Tho village __ nail and of irregular form. There are ruins of an pal near the sea cliffs. 'ATI I, :i par. in the bar. of Shillelogher, CO. Kilkenny, pn,v. of Leinslcr, Ireland, 2 miles S.E. of Kilkenny, its post town. It is situated in the vicinity of the Now river. The road from Kilkenny to Knock- VOL. III. topher passes through tho parish. The soil is mostly good. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ossory, val. with Inchiholohan, 408, in the patron, of tho bishop. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Grange. There is a day school. Prospect House is the chief seat in the neighbourhood. OUTSEATS, a hmlt. in the par. of Hathersage, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 6 miles N.E. of Tideswell . OUTWELL, a par. partly in tko hund. of "Wlsboach, Isle of Ely, co. Cambridge, and partly in that of Clflck- close, co. Norfolk, 6 miles S.E. of Wisbeach, its post town, and 6 E. of the Downham railway station. Tho village, which is chiefly agricultural, is situated on tho river Nen. There was formerly a Benedictine house at Molycourt, which was made a cell to Ely priory by- Henry VI. The soil is of a loamy nature, on a subsoil of clay. Tho tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 114. Tho living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Norwich, val. 417, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Clement, is an ancient brick structure with a square embattled tower containing six bells. The register dates from 1G80. The parochial charities produce about 181 per annum, of which 18 goes to a school. The Wesleyans and Primitive Me- thodists have each a place of worship. There is a National school for children of both sexes. Beaupre Hall, the ancient manor house, is an Elizabethan resi- dence. C. W. Towuley, Esq., is lord of tho manor. OUTWICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Breamore, co. Hants, 3 miles N. of Fordingbridge. OUTWOOD, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of Pilkington, par. of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, co. Lancaster, 6 miles N.W. of Manchester. There is a colliery, which employs part of tho inhabitants, and others are engaged in tho neigh- bouring cotton-mills. OUVANE, a small river of tho co. of Cork, Ireland, rises in the Sheehy mountains, and after a course of 11 miles falls into Bantry Bay. OUZEL, a stream of the co. of Bucks, rises near Ivinghoe, and after a course of 20 miles joins tho Ouso at Newport Pagnell. OUZLEWELL-GREEN, a hmlt. in tho tnshp. of Lofthouse-with-Carlton, par. of Rothwell, West Riding co. York, 4 miles N. of Wakefield. OVENDEN, a tnshp. in tho par. of Halifax, wap. of Morlcy, West Riding co. York, l~ mile N.W. of Halifax, its post town, and 7 miles S.W. of Bradford. The town, which is of large extent, but of straggling form, is situated on tho road to Keighley and Craven, between tho river Hebblo and the Ovenden Brook. It chiefly consists of detached houses and scattered hamlets irre- gularly built. The tnshp., which is of largo extent, containing about 6,295 acres, comprises the chplry. of Illingworth, the ecclesiastical district of Bradshaw, and tho limits, of Leebank, Mixenden, Nursery Lane, Hebblo Bridge, Wheatley, Holdsworth, and Moorside. A large portion of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen, worsted, and cotton mills, which are numerous and ex- tensive, and a few in tho weaving of damasks and lastings. Tho surface is varied, and at the commencement of tho present century one-third was open common, but is now enclosed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1814. The tithes were commuted for land in 1814. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 130, in tho patron, of tho Vicar of Halifax. Tho church, which is situated at Illingworth, is dedicated to St. Mary, and has a square tower containing one bell. At Popples are almshouscs for widows and spinsters upwards of fifty years of age. There is a free school, with an annuity of 25, for tho instruction of thirty children, also a Church school and an infant school. There are several places of worship for the Dissenters in tho neighbouring vil- lages. The Earl of Scarborough is lord of tho manor ami principal landowner. OVENS, a limit, in the bar. of East Muskerry, co. Cork, Ireland, 7 miles S.W. of Cork, on the river Brido. OVER, a par. in tho bund, of Papworth, co. Cain- bridge, 5 miles S.E. of St. Ivcs, its post town, 9 from Huntingdon, and 1 milo from the Swavcscy station, on T