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PIDLEY CUM-FENTON. 212 PILLERTON-HERSEY. register dates from 1650. The parochial charities pro- duce about 15 per annum, which goes to Harding's school, which is further supported by the Bridge family. There is also a day and a Sunday school. The Wes- leyans have a place of worship. The Manor House is the principal residence. PIDLEY-CUM-FENTON, a par. in the hund. of Hurstingstone, co. Huntingdon, 7 miles N.E. of Hun- tingdon, its post town, 5J N. of St. Ives, and 2 N.W. of Somersham. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the hmlt. of Fenton, or Penton. The tithes h^ive been commuted for a rent-charge of 478. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. * of Somersham, in the dioc. of Ely. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a school, partially endowed by Richard Brocklesby in 1713. PIECOMBE. See PYECOMBE, co. Sussex. PIEL, or PEEL OF FOULDREY, an islet in the chplry. of Walney, par. of Dalton-in-Furness, co. Lan- caster, 5 miles S. by W. of Dalton. It is situated in Morecambe Bay, near Walney Island, and has the re- mains of an old castle of the Abbots of Furness. Lam- bert Simnel and his adherents landed here in 1487. There is a line of railway from Piel Pier to Broughton. PIERCETOWN, or LECKNOW, a par. in the bars, of Lower and Upper Dulcek, co. Meath, prov. of Lein- ster, Ireland, 3 miles S. of Duleek. Slane is its post town. The soil is good, and the road from Duleek to Ratoath passes through the N.W. part of the parish. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Meath, val. with Kilmoor, 308, in the patron, of the primate and the crown alternately. The church is in ruina. The chief seat is Snugborough. An abbey is said to have been founded here in the middle of the 8th century. PIERCETOWN, a par. in the bar. of Rathconrath, co. Westmeath, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Ballymore, its post town. It is 4 miles long, and its greatest breadth is over 2 miles. The surface comprises a proportion of bog and middling land. It is drained towards the N. and N.E. by the streams Inny and Blackwater, and is traversed by the road from Bally- moro to Rathowen. The living is a reet. in the dioc. of Heath, val. with Almoricia, 169, in the patron, of the crown. The church is in ruins. Here are a Roman Catholic chapel and two day schools. Ballinacarra is the neighbouring seat. Limestone is the prevailing rock. PIERRE ATI VRACH, a rock near the Passage du Singe, Channel Islands, 2 miles S. W. of Alderney. PIERRE, ST., a par. in the upper half div. of the hund. of Caldicott, co. Monmouth, 2J miles S.W. of Chepstow. The village, which contains only a few farmhouses, is situated at the ferry over the Severn to New Passage. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 119, and the glebe comprises about 1 acre. The living is a rect. annexed with that of Sud- brook to the rect. * of Portscuett, in the dioc. of Llandaff. The church, which is an ancient edifice, contains a pillar monument to A. St. Pierre, of St. Pierre House. PIERRE, ST. See PETER-POET, ST., Guernsey, Channel Islands. PIERRE, ST., GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of East Grinstead, co. Surrey, 4 miles N.E. of East Grinstead. It is situated on the river Medway. PIERSE-BRIDGE, PIERCEBRIDGE, or PRIEST- BRIDGE, a tnshp. in the par. of Gainford, S.W. div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 5 miles N.W. of Dar- lington. It is a station on the Barnard Castle and South Durham and Lancashire- Union branch of the North- Eastern railway. The village is situated on the river Tees, which is here crossed by a stone bridge, said to have been built by two priests, from which circumstance the place derives its name. It occupies the site of the Roman station Mag<e, on Watling Street, where many coins and other remains have been discovered. A battle was fought here in 1644, under the Marquis of New- castle. A chapel was founded at the bridge by King Baliol, of which there are still some remains. PIERSONS-GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Brenchley, lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 6 miles S.E. of Tunbridge. PIERWALL, or NORTH KIRK, a vil. in the par. of North Orkney Isles, coast of Scotland. It is situated on the N. side of Westray Island. PIGBURN, a hmlt. in the par. of Brodsworth, N. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 5 miles N.W. of Doncaster. The races occur here in October. PIGDON, a tnshp. in the par. of Mitford, W. div. of Morpeth ward, co. Northumberland, 3 miles N.W. of Morpeth, and 2 N.W. of Mitford. PIGHTLESTHORNE, or PIGLESTHORNE. See PlTSTONE, CO. Bucks. PIKELEY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Allertou and par. of Bradford, West Riding co. York, 3 miles N.W. of Bradford. PILATE COOL. See COOL PILATE, co. Chester. PILGWENLLY, a district in the borough of Newport, co. Monmouth, near Newport. PILHAM-WITH-GILBY, a par. in the wap. of Corringham, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 5 miles N.E. of Gainsborough, its post town, and half a mile from Bilston railway station. The Tillage, which is of small extent, is situated on the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, and is wholly agricultural. The soil is in general a cold clay, and a hard blue stone is quarried, The parish was enclosed in 1763, when 150 acres of land and a rent-charge of 12 were assigned in lieu of tithes. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 230. The church is dedicated to All Saints. PILKINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Oldham-cum- Prestwich, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, 5 miles N.W. of Manchester, and 4 S.W. of Bury. It is a populous district, containing the hmlts. of Unsworth, Stand, Out- wood, and Whitefield, and the poorhouse for the Sal- ford union. A large portion of the inhabitants are employed in the silk and cotton mills. A free grammar school was founded in 1688 by Henry Siddall, which has an income from land of 50. There are two other endowed schools. PILL, several rivulets of this name in Ireland. The only one of any note is that which rises near Ballagh Hill, and falls into Banuow Bay on the coast of Wex- ford. It formed part of the English boundary in Queen Elizabeth's time. PILLAR FELL, a mountain in the co. of Cumber- land, 3 miles N.W. of Westwater. It attains an eleva- tion of near 3,000 feet. PILLATON, a par. in the middle div. of the hund. of East, co. Cornwall, 4 miles S.E. of Callington, its post town, and 5 N.W. of St. German's. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Lynher, and is wholly agricultural. It is mentioned in Domesday Book as Pileton, and was held at that time by Robert Earl of Mortaigne, from whom it came to the Inkpens, Dillingtons, and Corytons. The parish is bounded on the E. by the river Tamar, which separates it from the county of Devon. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 203. The church is a modern edifice with a square turreted tower containing three bells. The interior of the church contains tombs of the Coryton family of Pentilie Castle. There is a National school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school in connection with the church. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Pentilie Castle is the principal residence. A fair for cattle and pleasure is held on Whit-Tuesday. PILLATON, a lib. in the tnshp. of Penkridge, co. Stafford, 1 mile S.E. of Penkridge. PILLER'JpN-HERSEY, a par. in the Brailes div. of Kington hund., co. Warwick, 3 miles S.W. of Kington, its post town, and 10 from Banbury. The village, which is small, is situated to the westward of a lofty range of hills called Edge Hills, where the famous battle was fought. The old Roman Fosse Way inter- sects the parish. The soil is a mixture of clay and sand upon a substratum of limestone and blue stone. An Enclosure Act was obtained in 1794, under which the tithes have been commuted for land and a money pay- ment. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Pillerton-