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STOCKHILL. 515 STOCKPORT. STOCKHILL, a vil. in the par. of Ilkley, "West Biding co. York, 7 miles N.W. of Otley. It is situated on the river Wharfe. It is in conjunction with the hamlet of Middleton to form a township. STOCKHILL FORCE, a cascade formed by the Scandale Beck, near Ambleside, co. Westmoreland. S'f OCKINGFORD, a chplry. in the par. of Nuneaton, co. Warwick, 2 miles W. of Nuneaton, its post town. It is a station on the Midland railway. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 120, in the patron, of the Vicar of Nuneaton. The church, dedi- cated to St. Paul, was erected in 1824. STOCKING, PELHAM, a par. in the hund. of Edwinstree, co. Herts. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 163. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Buntingford is the post town. N. Calvcrt, Esq., is lord of the manor. 8TOCKLAND, a par. in the hund. of Whitchurch- Canonicorum, Bridport div. of co. Devon, 6 miles N.E. of Honiton, its post town, and 14 from Tauntoh. It is an extensive, but irregularly-built village, situated be- twixt the Otter and Yark valleys. The par. includes the chplry. of Dalwood. The surface is hilly, the soil, consisting principally of clay, upon a subsoil of marl. Much of the land is in pasture, appropriated to dairy farming. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Dalwood annexed, in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 457, in the pairon. of the freeholders. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower containing a clock and six bells. It has some painted windows. The parochial charities produce about 60 per annum, of which 10 go to the free school. There is a parochial school, for both sexes, also a Sunday- school. The Rev. H. Marker is lord of the manor. A pleasure fair is held on the first Wednesday following the llth June. STOCKLAND-BRISTOL, a par. in the hund. of Cannington, co. Somerset, 7 miles N.W. of Bridg- watcr, its post town, and 6J from Nether Stowey. The village is situated near the Bristol Channel and the river Parret. The inhabitants are wholly agri- cultural. The soil consists of a red clay upon a subsoil of stone. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 161. The church, dedi- cated to St. Mary Magdalen, is an ancient edifice, with a square tower containing four bells. The register dates from 1563. There is a church school. A new vicarage has been constructed, also a new road, and other im- provements, at the expense of T. Daniel, Esq., who is lord of the manor. STOCKLEDALEWATH-BOUND, a tnshp. in the par. of Castle Sowcrby, co. Cumberland, 8 miles S.W. of Carlisle. In this township are traces of a Roman camp, 188 yards by 160, called Castle- Steads, also ruins of a Drmdical temple. STOCKLEIGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Brancepeth, N.W. div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 5 miles S.W. of Durham, its post town. STOCKLEIGH ENGLISH, a par. in the hund. of West Budleigh, co. Devon, 5 miles N.E. of Crediton, its post town. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Greedy. The soil consists of loam and clay upon a subsoil of clay. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 160. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower and four bolls. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. John Prestwood Bellew, Esq., is lord of the manor. STOCKLEIGH POMEROY, a par. in the hund. of West Budleigh, co. Devon, 4 miles N.E. of Crediton, its post town, and 9 from Tiverton. The village, which is small, ia situated on the road from Crediton to Tiverton. The living is a rect.* in the dioc, of Exeter, val. 222, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is an ancient Norman edifice, dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. STOCKLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Calne, co. Wilts, near ( STOCKLEY. See STOCKLEIOH, co. Durham. STOCKLINCH MAGDALEN, a. par. in the hnnd. of Abdick, co. Somerset, 2J miles N.E. of Ilminster, its post town, and 7 W. of Martoch railway station on the Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway. Tho village is situated on the Chard canal, near the river Isle. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agricul- ture. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 140. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen. The parochial charities produce about 3 per annum. STOCKLINCH OTTERSAY, a par. in the hund. of Abdick, co. Somerset, 2J miles N.E. of Ilminster, its post town. The village is inconsiderable. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 148. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower con- taining three bells. The register dates from 1574. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. Thero is a mixed school for both sexes, also a Church Sunday- school. The Rev. C. J. Allen is lord of the manor. STOCKPORT, a par., market, and manufacturing town, municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of Macclcsfield, co. Chester, 74 miles from Staley- bridge, 37 N.E. of Chester, and 176 N.W. of London by road, or 182j by the London and North- Western rail- way via Trent Valley. It has stations on the Manches- ter and Birmingham section of the London and North- Westcrn, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, and Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyno and Guide Bridge Junction railways. The par., which is large, includes, besides the town of Stockport, the chplries. of Disley, Dukin- ficld, Hyde, Marple, Norbury, Romiley or Chadkirk, and Stanley, with the tnshps. of Bramall, Bredbury, Brinning- ton, Etchells, Oiferton, Torkington, and Werneths. Tho town, which is of high antiquity, is situated on a steep rock of red sandstone, rising precipitously from the southern bend of the river Mersey, which is here formed by the junction of the rivers Thame and Goyt. A branch canal communicates with the Manchester and Ashton canal. It was anciently a post or " port" on the Roman way from Manchester to Derby. It was made a barony under the Earls of Chester, who rebuilt the castle, which was held by Geoffrey de Con- stantino in 1173 against Henry II. In the reign of Henry III. it was erected into a free borough by Robert do Stokeport, from whom it came to the Warrens. In the civil war of Charles I. it was garrisoned for the parliament, but was taken by the Royalists under Prince Rupert in 1644, and recovered by Lesly in 1645. In 1745 the town was occupied by the High- landers under Prince Charles Stuart. No vestiges of the castle now remain, but an old building, the Castle Inn, occupies its site. Tho town consists of a number of streets irregularly laid out, rising in successive tiers of houses from the base to the summit of the hill, some of which are precipitous, especially those in the vicinity of the market-place, which occupies an extensive level on the summit of the hill. Many of the mills and fac- tories in the town rise six or seven stories, and include Marsland's and Orrell's, one of the largest in the king- dom, being 300 feet in length by 200, and six stories high, containing 600 windows. There are about 100 firms in Stockport and Hcaton Norris engaged in dif- ferent branches of the cotton manufacture, and the capital sunk in a single mill often exceeds 100,000. There are also three cotton-printing establishments, two bleaching establishments, and several dyo works. The principal public buildings are the court-house, used also as the town-hall; the market-house, a modern structure, situated in the market-place, containing a larga hall, covered by a semicircular iron roof, with lights in the crown ; the infirmary and dispensary, with a Doric front, was built by Lane in 1832 at a cost of 6,000 ; the barracks, a theatre, savings-bank, three commercial banks, mechanics' institution, reading rooms, police station, county lock-up, and union poor-house at Shaw- Heath. The streets are well paved and lighted. The greatest ornaments of the town, however, are its bridges over the Mersey and Thame, and the viaduct of the Lou- I don and North- Western railway, which carries the Man-