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STOWER, EAST. 564 STOWMARKET. dedicated to St. Michael, contains effigies of Lady Dan- vers, by Stone, and a monument of Dr. Turner, Presi- dent of Corpus Christi, Oxou. The parochial charities produce about 24 per annum. There is an infant school. STOWER, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Redlane, co. Dorset, 2 miles S. of Gillingham, its post town, and 4 W. of Shaftesbury, on the high road from the latter town to Sherborne. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Gillingham, in the dioc. of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1841. It stands on the site of the old one, and is dedicated to St. Mary. The register commences in 1653. There is a National school. Henry Fielding, the novelist, resided for some time in the parish. STOWER PROVOST, a par. and lib. in the Stur- minster div. co. Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Shaftesbury, its post town, and 9 S.E. of Wincanton. The village is considerable. Here was formerly a cell to the nunnery of St. Leger de Pratellis, or Preaux, in Normandy, founded in the reign of King John, and given at the suppression to King's College, Cambridge. The living is a rect.* annexed to that of Todbere, in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 655, in the patron, of King's College, Cam- bridge. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The parochial charities produce about 6 per annum, which go towards the support of the National school. STOWERTON, co. Warwick. See STOURTON. STOWER, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Red Lane, CO. Dorset, 4 miles S.W. of Gillingham, its post town, and 5 W. of Shaftesbury. The village is on the river Stour, and the high road from Shaftesbury to Sherborne and Yeovil. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Gillingham, in the dioc. of Sarum. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary. STOWEY, a par. in the hund. of Chew, co. Somerset, 3 miles S.W. of Pensford, its post town, and 1J mile W. of Clutton. The principal seats are Stowey Mead, belonging to Lord Mount-Saudford, and Stowey House. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 183, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedi- cated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about 35 per annum. There are schools for both sexes, also a Sunday-school. Sir E. Strachey, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. STOWEY. See CATHANOER - CUM - STOWEY, co. So- merset. STOWEY, NETHER, a par. and post town in the hund. of Williton, co. Somerset, 9 miles W. of Bridg- water. The village, which was formerly a market town, is situated on a rivulet which runs into the river Parret. It consists of three streets, diverging obliquely from the market-place, and is well built. There are stone quarries. The soil is loam upon a subsoil of stone. The manufac- ture of silk has declined. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 334, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a National school for both sexes. The Independents have a chapel. The poets Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth were once residents here. Lord Taunton and Sir P. P. F. P. Acland are lords of the manor and principal landowners. STOWEY, OVER, a par. in the hund. of Cannington, co. Somerset, 1 mile S. of Nether Stowey, its post town, and 8 miles N.W. of Bridgwater. The soil consists of red clay, with a subsoil of limestone and graywacke. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the silk trade. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 153, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedi- cated to St. Mary Magdalene. The register dates from 1645. The parochial charities produce about 27 per annum, of which 5 goes to Rich's Sunday-school. There is a National school for both sexes. Lord Taun- ton, of Quantock Lodge, is lord of the manor. STOWFORD, a par. in the hund. of Lifton, co. Devon, 7 miles E. of Launceston, its post town, and 9 from Okehampton. On the N. side of the road to Exeter are traces of a circular encampment supposed to be Saxon. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Exeter, val. 241. The church is of great antiquity, and con- tains tombs. The parochial charities produce about 44 per annum. There is a National school. Dr. John Pri- deaux, a learned divine and one of the deprived bishops, was born here in 1578. STOWFORD, a hmlt. in the par. of Colyton Raw- leigh, co. Devon, 2 miles W. of Sidmouth. STOWFORD, a hmlt. in the district par. of Ivybridge, eo. Devon, 3 miles N.W. of Modbury. It is situated under West Beacon Hill, which rises 1,130 feet above sea-level. STOW HEATH, an unenclosed common between Bilston and Wolverhampton, co. Stafford. It abounds in coal and ironstone, which are worked. STOWICK, a tythg. in the par. of Heubury and lower div. of Heubury hund., co. Gloucester, 4 miles N.W. of Bristol. STOWLANGTOFT, a par. in the hund. of Black- bourn, co. Suffolk, 2J miles S.E. of Ixworth, its post town, and 2 N. of the Thurston railway station. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 307. The church, dedicated to St. George, was built in 1370, and contains several carved stalls and monuments of the D'Ewes family. The church stands on the site of an ancient camp, near which Roman coins were found in 1764. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. Stow Hall is the principal residence, and was once the seat of Sir S. D'Ewes, Bart., the antiquary, and the Rawlinsons. H. Wilson, Esq., is lord of the manor. STOW, LONG. See LONGSTOW, co. Cambridge. STOW, LONG, a par. in the hund. of Leightonstone, co. Huntingdon, 2| miles N.E. of Kimbolton, and 10 S.W. of Bugden. The par. includes the hmlt. of Little Catworth. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 70, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Botolph. The parochial charities produce about 6 per annum. There is a chapel for Dissenters. The Duke of Manchester, J. Read, Esq., and others, are lords of the manor. STOW-MARIES, a par. in the hund. of Dengie, co. Essex, 7 miles S.W. of Maldon, its post town. The village is on the river Crouch. The soil is clay and loam. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 439. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The register dates from 1560. The parochial charities pro- duce about 2 per annum. STOWMARKET, a par., post, and market town in the hund. of Stow, co. Suffolk, 12J miles N.W. of Ips- wich, and 14 S.E. of Bury. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway. It stands nearly in the centre of the county, at the confluence of the three rivulets that form the river Gipping, which stream was made navigable in 1793 with fifteen locks, and is occasionally called the Stowmarket canal. It is mentioned in Domesday Sur- vey as Thorna, or Thorne market, at which time it had two churches, which were given by Henry II. to Osyth Abbey. Stowmarket is a polling and petty sessions town. It stands on the road from Ipswich to Bury and Cambridge, and consists of several streets paved and lighted with gas. Petty sessions are held at the court- house every alternate Monday, where also county courts are held monthly, and a court baron annually. The town has two banks, a corn exchange, a mechanics' institute, assembly rooms, new county court, gasworks, and union poorhouse. The malt trade is carried on to a considerable extent, and a large business is done in coals, slate, and timber. There arc also breweries, iron foundries, a patent sawmill, and several small fac- tories for making ropes, twine, and sacking. At Plesh- wood is a Roman camp. Near the town are extensive nursery gardens and hop plantations. The living is a vie., to which is annexed Stow Upland, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 380. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Mary. The church was rebuilt about 1300 by the Abbot of St. Osyth, in Essex, enlarged in 1838, and restored at a cost of about 2,500 in 1865.. It contains the Tyrell chapel, separated from the rest of the build- ing by a carved screen, and the grave of Dr. Young, tutor of the poet Milton, whose room, and the mulberry trees