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WAKEHAM. 748 WARKLEIGH. Horace Walpole in 1717. The living consists of the recta.* of St. Martin and St. Mary, with the perpet. cur. of St. Mary, in the dioc. of Sarum, joint val. 400, the church of our Lady St. Mary is said to be the burial- place of the early Saxon kings, and contains effigies and tombs of the Calcrafts, and of Hutchins, the county historian. The nave was rebuilt in 1842. Near the W. entrance is a font of lead, of the 1 1th century, with figures of the 12 apostles in alto-relievo, and in the chancel is a window of the date of Henry VII. The churches of Holy Trinity and St. Martin are no longer used for divine worship, the former having been converted into the schoolhouse, and the latter used as a mortuary chapel. The Independents, Wesleyans, and Unita- rians have each a chapel. There are an endowed school, founded by G. Pitt in 1693, and almshouses for 11 poor persons, founded by J. Stretch, but re- built in 1741. The local charities produce about 270 per annum. Market day is on Tuesday. Fairs are held on tho 17th April and llth September for cattle, 8th September for sheep, besides five cattle markets fortnightly, commencing about 14th February. "WAKEHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Breinton, co. Hereford, 1 J mile S.W. of Hereford, on the river Wye. WAREHOENE, a par. in the bund, of Ham, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 7 miles S. of Ashford, its post town, and 1 mile from Ham Street railway station. Tho village is situate in Romney Marsh, on the Military canal. The living is arect. in the dioc.* of Canterbury, val. 294, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, contains memorials of T. Jekin, and J. Coventry, the former bearing date 1438, and the latter 1681. The parochial charities produce 11 per annum, of which 8 go to a school. There are a National school for both sexes, and a chapel for the Bible Christians. A pleasure fair is held on the 2nd and 3rd of October. WARENFORD, a tnshp. in the par. of Bambrough, N. div. of Bambrough ward, co. Northumberland, 4 miles S.E. of Belford. The village is situate on the river Waren. The soil is clayey with a subsoil of clay. There is an English Presbyterian church, with a school. WARENTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Bambrough, N. div. of Bambrough ward, co. Northumberland, 2 miles S.W. of Belford. There is a chapel for the Pres- byterians. The soil is clayey with a subsoil of clay. WARESLEY, a par. in the hund. of Toseland, co. Huntingdon, 7 miles S.W. of Caxton, its post town, 4 N.E. of Potton, and 7 S.E. of St. Neot's. The village is situated on the main road from Biggleswade to St. Ives. The Cambridgeshire hounds meet in this parish. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 303, in the patron, of Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial charities consist in some poors' cottages. There are parochial and Sunday schools. Lord Buncombe is lord of the manor. WARFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Wargrave, co. Berks, 3 miles from Bracknell, its post town, 6 N.E. of Wokingham, and 9 from Windsor. The village is situated near Windsor Forest, of which it once formed part. The par. includes tho hmlt. of New Bracknell. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Oxford, yal. 200. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has an E. window and an old brass of one of the Staverton family, whoso mausoleum is on the N. side of tho chancel. There is also the district church of Bracknell, the living of which is a perpet. cur. The parochial charities pro- duce about 43 per annum, besides Harvey's bequest of 200, which has been expended in the erection of a school-house. Lord Braybrooke is lord of the manor and sole landowner. WARFLEET, a hmlt. in tho par. of Townstall, co. Devon, near Dartmouth. WARFORD, GREAT, a tnshp. in tho par. of Alder- ley, hund. of Macclesfield, co. Chester, 5 miles S.E. of KnuUford, and 2 from the parish church. It is situated near the Manchester rail, on a branch of the river Bollin, and was once a Roman station. The soil is sandy, alter- nated with stiff clay. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a chapel, and the former a Sunday-school. WARFORD, LITTLE, a tnshp. in the par. of Rostherne, co. Chester, 4J miles S.E. of Kuutsford. It is joined with Marthall. WARGATE. See WORGRETE, co. Dorset. WARGRAVE, a hund. in co. Berks, contains the pars, of Waltham St. Laurence, Warfield, and Wargrave ; comprising an area of 11,220 acrea. WARGRAVE, a par. and post town in the huud. of the same name, co. Berks, 2 miles from the Great Western railway station, and 3 S.E. of Henley. The village is situated on the Thames at the ferry. It was formerly a market town under the bishops of Winchester. In the reign of Edward VI. it was given to the Nevilles, of Billingbear. The living is a vie.* in the dioe. of Oxford, val. 226. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains a monument- to T. Day, Esq., author of " Sandford and Merton," and a W. window. It has been restored. The parochial charities produe about 296, of which 241 go to Pigott's school for both sexes. The Wokingham Union poorhouse is in this parish. WARHAM, a vil. in the hund. of North Greenhoe, co. Norfolk, 2 miles S.E. of Wells, its post town, and 3 N. of Walsingham. It consists of the two adjoining pars, of All Saints and St. Mary, situated on the river Stiffkey and bounded on the N. by the German Ocean. Here was a moated seat of the Ffolkes family, and on the banks of the Stiffkey are the remains of a trebled ditched round camp of 9 acres, with two barrows in Sweno meadow, supposed to^have been thrown up by the Danes. The two parishes were consolidated in 1795 for all except ecclesiastical mat- ters. The living is a rect., with that of St. Mary an- nexed, in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 500. There are two churches, one dedicated to All Saints and the other to St. Mary, besides traces of a third parish church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The register dates from 1663. There are parochial schools for both sexes. The Earl of Leicester ia lord of the manors of Warham Ducas and Warham Hales. WARINGTOWN, a vil. in the par. of Donaghcloney, co. Down, Ireland, 5 miles S.W. of Moira. It was formerly called Clanconnel, and is situated near the river Lagan. There is a police station where petty sessions are held. WARK, a par. in the N.W. div. of Tindale ward., co. Northumberland, 11 miles N.W^-efHexham, its post town. It is a station on-th'e Border Counties ' branch of the North British railway, and is 7 miles N.W. of the Four Stones station on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. It is situated on the Wark Burn, which falls into the river North Tyne at the Ferry. The par. includes the tnshps. of High Shitlington, Wark, and Warksburn. Wark belonged to the crown up to James I.'s time, and was forfeited in 1715 by the Ratcliffes. It formed part of Simonbura parish till 1814. The village, which is old, has been much improved by the erection of a row of houses built with the stone taken from some extensive ruins. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. 240, in the patron, of the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The church was erected in 1815 18. The parochial charities consist of a share with Simonburn. There is a grammar school for both sexes. The Presby- terians and Wesleyans have each a chapel. There are ruins of a chxireh near Kirkful. The Duke of Northum- berland is lord of the manor. AVARK, a tnshp. in the par. of Carham, co. Northum- berland, 2 miles from Coldstream, and 2J E. of Carham, by the Kelso and Tweedmouth branch of the North- Eastern railway, which has a station here. It is a small fishing village on the Tweed, across which ia a ferry (o Coldstream. There are traces of a border castle on a steep rock overlooking the Tweed ; it was taken by tho Scots on several occasions, hut was ineffectually be- sieged in 1533. WAREXEIGH, a par. in the hund. of South Molton,