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6CREEB. 412 SCTJLCOATES. St. Andrew. The parochial charities produce about 23 per annum. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Lord Willoughby de Broke is lord of the manor. SCREEB, a hmlt. in the bar. of Moycullen, co. Gal- way, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 11 miles S.W. of Oughterard. It is situated on Kilkerran Bay. SCREES FELLS, a mountainous ridge in the S. part of co. Cumberland, situated on the E. side of Wast Water. SCREMBY, a par. in the Wold div. of Candle- shoe wap., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 miles N.E. of Spilsby, its post town, and 2J N.W. of Burgh rail- way station. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the hmlt. of Gretby. The substratum is chalk, which is extensively quarried. The tithes were commuted for corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1801, and the glebe comprises 36 acres. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 250. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a recent erection with a tower. The interior of the church contains several mural monuments to the Moody and Dymoke families, also a memorial E. win- dow to Mrs. Brackenbury, presented by the present rector. The parochial charities produce about 6 per annum. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Rev. Henry Brackenbury, M.A., is lord of the manor and solo landowner. Scremby Hall, the principal resi- dence, is situated on an eminence. SOREMERSTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Ancroft, hund. of Islandshire, co. Northumberland, formerly in Durham, 4J miles S.E. of Berwick-on-Tweed. It is a station on the North-Eastern railway. It is situated in a vale near the coast of the German Ocean, opposite Holy Island. The living is a perpet. cur. * in the dioc. of Durham, val. 160, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church is an ancient structure, and once belonged to Holy Island. SCRENWOOD, a tnshp. in the par. of Alnham, N. div. of Coquetdale ward, co. Northumberland, 7 miles N.W. of Rothbury, on a branch of the river Coquet. SCRESORT, a sea loch on the E. side of Rum Island, co. Argyle, Scotland. SCREVETON, a par. in the N. div. of Bing- ham wap., co. Nottingham, 4 miles N.E. of Bingham, its post town, about the same distance from Aslac- ton railway station, and 8 S.W. of Newark. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the Fosse Way, on a branch of the river Devon, called the Car Dyke. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The surface is generally level, but rises in some parts to a considerable elevation. The soil is clay alternated with sand. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1776. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 252. The church, dedicated to St. Winifred, has a tower containing three bells. The interior of the church contains an old font and an effigy of General Whalley, the supposed execu- tioner of Charles I., surrounded by his three wives and twenty-two children. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Earl Manvers and T. B. T. Hildyard, Esq., M.P., are lords of the manor. SCRIVELSBY, a par. in the S. div. of Gartree wap., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 2| miles S. of Horncastle, its post town, and 7 N. of Tattershall. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. In the reign of Edward III. the manor passed from the Marmions and Ludlows to the Dymokes, hereditary champions of England, who hold their estates by " the service of grand serjeantry." The surface is generally level, and the soil a rich sandy loam alternated with clay. The living is a rect. annexed to that of Dalderby, in the dioc. of Lincoln, joint val. 700. The church, dedicated to St. Benedict, has a spired tower of recent erection. The church has a memorial window of the Rev. John Dymoke and his wife ; there is also a brass of Sir Robert Dymoke, and several monuments of the same family. Scrivelsby Court, the seat of Sir Henry Dymoke, is situated in a well-wooded park abounding with deer, and contains the ruins of the old hall, which Leland described. SCRIVEN-WITH-TENTERGATE, a tnshp. in the par. of Knaresborough, lower div. of Claro wap., West Riding co. York, 1 mile N.W. of Knaresborough. The tnshp. is situated on the river Nidd, and contains the hmlts. of Scriven and Tentergate. Its manor passed from a family of the same name to the Slingsbys in the reign of Henry III. Scriven Hall, the family residence of Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart., is an ancient mansion situated in an extensive park. Near the Hall are Conyngarth and Gateshill camps, the former supposed to be of Saxon, and the latter of Danish origin. SCROBY, a sand-bank on the E. side of the Yar- mouth Roads, co. Norfolk, 4 miles N.E. of Yarmouth. SCROGIE HILL, a vil. in the par. of Methven, co. Perth, Scotland, 4 miles N.W. of Perth. SCROOBY, a par. in the Hatfield div. of Basset- law wap., and within the lib. of Southwell and Scrooby, co. Nottingham, 1J mile S. of Bawtry, its post town, and 8 miles N.W. of Retford. It is a station on the Great Northern railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Idle, and is chiefly agri- cultural. The commons were enclosed in 1775, and the soil is of a sandy description. At a farm in the neigh- bourhood are the ruins of the palace of the Archbishops of York, who had free warren of the lands in the reign of Edward II., and in the garden is a mulberry tree said to have been planted in the reign of Henry VIII. by Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vie. united to that of Sutton-on-Lound, in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, is an old embattled edifice with a square pinnacled and Spired tower containing a clock and three bells. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Archbishop of York is lord of the manor. SCROPTON, a par. in the hund. of Appletree, co. Derby, 11J miles S.W. of Derby, its post town, and 5 N.W. of Burton-on-Trent. It is a station of the North Staffordshire railway. The village is situated on the river Dove, and is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the tnshp. of Foston. That portion of the par. which extends into Needwood Forest has been joined to Staf- fordshire. The glebe comprises 15 acres. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 80. The church, dedicated to St. Paul, is an ancient structure with a tower containing three bells. The parochial charities produce about 6 per annum. There is a free school. J. Broadhurst, Esq., is lord of the manor. A feast is held on the nearest Sunday to St. Paul's Day. 8CROUTHEA, a vil. in the bar. of Upperthird, co. Waterford, prov. of Munster, Ireland, adjoining Clonmel. SCRUTON, a par. in the wap. of East Hang, North Riding co. York, 3 miles N.E. of Bedale, its post town, and 5 S.W. of Northallerton. It is a station on the Northallerton and Leyburn branch of the North-Eastern railway. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 422 6s., and the glebe comprises 81 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 550. The church, dedicated to St. Radegund, is an ancient stone structure with an ivy-mantled tower containing a clock and three bells. There is a National school for both sexes. Scruton Hall' is the principal residence. SCRWGAN, a tnshp. in the par. of Llangedwin, co. Denbigh, 10 miles S.W. of Chirk. SCUGDALE, ahmlt. in the tnshp. of Whorlton, lib. of West Langbaurgh, North Riding co. York, 5 miles S. of Stokesley, on the coast near Scugdale Head. SCULCOATES, or SCOWCOTTS, a par. in the Hunsley Beacon div. of Harthill wap., East Riding co. York, 1 mile N. of Hull, of which it is an extensive suburb. Less than a century ago this parish contained scarcely 100 inhabitants, but since the construction of the docks on the western bank of the river Hull it has been extensively built upon, and in 1861 contained a population of 27,167. At the time of the Domesday Survey Sculcoates formed one of the lordships granted to Ralph de Mortimer by William the Conqueror. The