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STORES. 561 STOTIRBEIDQE. Mary. The parochial charities produce about 69 per annum, of which 30 goes to Downer's school. Fryern House and Parham House are the principal residences. In 1826 a British urn containing burnt bones was dis- covered in a barrow on the Downs. The market for corn is held every alternate Tuesday. Fairs occur on the 13th May and llth November. STORES, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Undermilbeck, co. Westmoreland, 7 miles W. of Kendal. Storrs Hall, on the E. side of Windennere, is the principal residence. STORRS, a hmlt. in the par. of Ecclesfield, West Riding co. York, 4 miles W. of Sheffield. STORRS, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Oxspring, par. of Penistone, West Riding co. York, 1 mile E. of Penistone. STORT, a stream of co. Herts, rises near Meesdon, and flowing along the Essex border by Bishop's Stortford, joins the Lea at Broxbourn. STORTFORD, BISHOP'S, See BISHOP'S STOHTFOUD, co. Herts. STORTHWAITE, a tnshp. in the par. of Thornton, Holme-Bacon div. of Harthill wap., East Riding co. York, 3J miles W. of Thornton. STORTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Scawby, E. div. of Manley hund., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln. STOTFIELD, a vil. in the par. of Drainie, co. Moray, Scotland, 4 miles N. of Elgin. It is situated on the coast, near Stotfield Point. STOTFOLD, a par. in the hund. of Clifton, co. Bedford, 3 miles N.W. of Baldock, its post town, and G 8.E. of Biggleswade. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 242, in the patron, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce above 200 per annum, besides seven almshouses. There are an endowed school and a National school. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels. The Rev. J. Alington, M.A., and the Masters and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, are lords of the manor. STOTFOLD, an ext. par. place in the S. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 6 miles N.W. of Doncaster. STOTFOLD, HIGH, a hmlt. in the ward of Stock- ton, co. Durham, 6 miles N. of Stockton-upou-Tees. It is a meet for the Durham hounds. STOTTESDEN, a hund. in co. Salop, contains the divs. of Chelmarsh and Cleobury, comprising an area of 88,790 acres. STOTTESDEN, a par. principally in the Cleobury div. of Stottesden hund., co. Salop, but partly in that of Wolphy, co. Hereford, 5 miles N. of Cleobury Mortimer, its post town, and 8 S.W. of Bridgnorth. The village is on the river Rea. The par. contains Farlow, Oreton, Bardley, Chprley, and 14 other tnshps. The soil is of various qualities. There are stone quarries and extensive lime works in the townshipof Oroton. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 670. The church is an ancient structure. It was built by Robert do Belesme, Earl of Shrewsbury, who presented it to the abbey of that place. There is a district church at Farlow, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 130. The paro- chial charities produce about 7 per annum. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor and chief land- owner. STOUGHTON, a chplry. in the par. of Thurnby, hund. of Gartree, co. Leicester, 3J miles S.E. of Leicester, its post town. The land is chiefly in pasture. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Thurnby, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains monuments of the Beaumont and Farn- ham families. In the churchyard is an ancient cross. The parochial charities produce about 36 per annum, realised from church lands. Stoughton Grange is the principal residence. G. A. L. Keck, Esq., is lord of the manor. STOUGHTON, a par. in the hund. of Westbourne, rape of Chichester, eo. Sussex, 9 miles N.W. of Chiches- IIT. Emsworth is its post town. It is an extensive parish, bounded on the W. by co. Hants, and on the S. by the range of Lofty downs called Bowhill, and comprehending the hmlts. of Walderton, Northwood, and East Marden. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 260, in the patron, of the Bishop of London. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is also a district church at Stanstead, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. .210. The parochial charities produce about 30 per annum, the bequest of H. Smith. The principal residence is Stanstead House. It contains carvings by Grinlin Gibbons and a suit of Arras tapestry, represent- ing the battle of Namur, the largest of six sets wrought at Arras for the Duke of Marlborough and his generals. STOULTON, or STOUGHTON, a par. in the lower div. of Oswaldslow hund., co. Worcester, 5 miles S.E. of Worcester, its post town, 3J N.W. of Pershore, and 1 mile N.E. of Wadborough railway station. The vil- lage is situated on the Birmingham and Gloucester rail- way. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Wor- cester, val. 100. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, has tombs of the Vincents and others. It was restored in 1848. Derham, author of " Physico and Astro Theo- logy," was born here in 1656. There is a free school for both sexes. A few small charities are distributed in clothing to the poor. Wolverton Hall is the principal residence. Lord Somers is lord of the manor. STOUPE, or STOWBOROUGH, a hmlt. in the par. of Fylingdales, lib. of Whitby Strand, North Riding co. York, 9 miles N.W. of Scarborough, and 4 S.E. of Whitby. It is situated near the coast, on a cliff 893 feet in height. There are extensive alum works in the vicinity. STOUR, several rivers of this name, in England : one rises near Hythe in Kent, and after a course of 40 miles, in which it receives the waters of the lesser Stour, falls into the sea at Pegwell Bay, 3 miles S.W. of Ramsgate ; another rises at Stour-Head, near Stourton, in Somer- setshire, and after a course of 56 miles through parts of Wilts, Dorset, and Hants, ioins the Avon near Christ- church ; a third stream rises a few miles above Steeple Bumstead, in Essex, and after a course of 49 miles along the Suffolk border, joins the Orwell at Harwich ; and a fourth, usually spelled Stoure, rises under the Clent hills, near Halesowen, in Worcestershire, and after a course of 30 miles, joins the Severn at Stourport. STOURBRIDGE, a post and market town in the par. of Old Swinford, lower div. of Halfshire hund., co. Worcester, 20 miles N.E. of Worcester, and 124 from London. It is a station on the West Midland branch of the Great Western railway, where the Stourbridge and Birmingham branch turns off, and is on the Sovith Staffordshire branch canal and the river Stour, which here separates the counties of Worcester and Stafford. It is a polling place for E. Worcestershire, and a petty sessions town. The manufacture of glass was established here in 1557 by Henzole, a Lorraine refugee. There are coal, ironstone, and fire-clay in the neighbourhood, the mines of which appear to have been worked as early as the reign of Edward III. Iron bars, hoops, agricultural instruments, crucibles, nails, fire-bricks, and glass are made. There are two banks, a school of art, new corn market, assembly-rooms, and subscription library. The justices sit on Friday. The town is divided into two ecclesiastical districts. The old town church is dedicated to St. Thomas, and is in the patron, of the bishop. A new church was erected on the other side of the town in 1860, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. There are National schools, a King Edward VI. free ijrammar school, founded by letters patent in 1553 ; and chapels and schools for the Independents, Wesleyans, Presby- terians, and Roman Catholics. A new church, dedicated to St. James, schools, and parsonage have been recently erected at Wollaston through the liberality of W. 0. Foster, Esq., M.P., who has endowed the church, and maintains the schools in great efficiency. The Poor-law Union of Stourbridge comprises 14 parishes or places. The town is divided into three wards, governed by 27 commissioners. Market day is Friday. Fairs are held on the Monday before the 29th March and 8th Septem- ber ; the former used to continue for seven daya as a horse fair, the latter is for horses, cattle, and sheep.