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WESTCOTE. 778 WESTEKLEIGH. of the uplands is a stone brash, and in the lowlands a strong clay. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Glou- cester and Bristol, val. 200. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a village school. The liev. T. Pinder Pantin is rector and lord of the manor. WESTCOTE, a tnshp. in the par. of Tysoe, hund. of Kington, co. Warwick, 4 miles S.E. of Kington. WESTCOTE, a limit, in the par. of Binstead, co. Hants, 3 miles N.E. of Alton. WESTOOTT, & hmlt. in the par. of Waddesdon, co. Bucks, 7 miles N.W. of Aylesbury. WESTCOVE, a hmlt. in the bar. of Dunkeron, oo. Kerry, Ireland, 8 miles S.W. of Sueem. It is on the river Kenmare, and is a coastguard and fishing station. WEST DEAN. See DEAN, WEST, co. Sussex. WESTEND, a limit, in the par. of Aveuing, co. Glou- cester, 3 miles N. of Tetbury. WESTEND, a tnshp. in the par. of Burgh-upon-the- Sands, ward and co. of Cumberland. WESTEND, a tythg. in the par. of Worplesdon, first dir. of the hund. of Woking, co. Surrey. WESTEND, a hmlt. in the tythg. of Chidden, hund. of Finch Dean, co. Hants, 5 miles S.W. of Petersfield. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Aldershot, co. Hants, 4 miles N.E. of Farnham. WEST-END, a vil. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of South Stoneham, co. Hants, 4 miles N.E. of Southampton. It is situated in the vale of the lichen, and has Gater's paper-mill. The church is dedicated to St. James. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Northolt, co. Middlesex, 4 miles E. of Uxbridge, near the Paddiug- ton canal. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Hampstead, co. Middlesex, 1 mile S.W. of Hampstead. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Hurrow-ou-the- Hill, co. Middlesex, 3 miles N.W. of Harrow. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the par. of Stanton-Har- court, hund. of Wotton, co. Oxford, 5 miles N.W. of of Witney, and 9 from Abingdon. WEST-END, a tythg. in the par. of Worplesdon, co. Surrey, 3 miles N.W. of Guildford. WEST-END, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Thruscross, par. of Fewston, West Hiding co. York, 5 miles N.E. of Otley. WEST-END-GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Strath- fieldsaye, co. Hants, 5 miles N.E. of Basingstoke. WESTENHANGER AND OSTKNHANGER, an- ciently a par., now a manor in the par. of Standford, hund. of Stouting, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 3 miles N.W. of Hythe. It is a station on the South-Eastern railway. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a- Becket, has long since been demolished. WESTERDALE, a par. in the E. div. of Langbaurgh lib., North Riding co. York, 7 miles S.E. of Guisbrough, and 2 from Castleton. The village is situated on the Esk, near its source. The soil is peat and clay, upon a subsoil of gravel. The par. includes the tnshp. of Bays- dale, The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioo. of York, annexed to the rect. of Stokesley. The dedication of the church is unknown. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a church school, with an endowment of 10 per annum, and a Sunday-school. The Hon. Colonel Duncombe, M.P., is lord of the manor, and resides at Westerdale Hall ; another seat is Baysdale Abbey, the property of Lord Boyne. WESTEREDGE, or WESTRIDGE, a hmlt. in the par. of Streatley, co. Berks, 4 miles S.E. of East Ilsley, and 6 S. of Wallingford, on the river Thames. WESTERFIELD, a par. partly in the hund. of Bos- mere, and partly within the borough of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, 2J miles N.E. of Ipswich. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway, and is chiefly within the borough of Ipswich. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Norwich, Tal. 300, in the patron of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The parochial charities produce about 26 per annum, of which 10 belong to Collett's free school. WESTERGATE, a hmlt. in the par. of Aldingboum, co. Sussex, 4 miles N.E. of Chichester. WESTERHAM, a hund. in the lathe of Sutton-at- Hone, co. Kent, contains the pars, of Edenbridge and Westerham, comprising 11,030 acres. WESTERHAM, a par. and ancient market town in the hund. of the same name, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, co. Kent, 6 miles W. of Sevenoaks, 21 W. of Maid- stone, and 21 S.E. of London. The town is situated on a declivity near the source of the river Derwent, and near the western border of the county. It has a town- hall, literary institute, and reading-room. The popula- tion of the parish in 1861 was 2,196, and of the town, 1,651. The par., which includes the chplry. of Crock- ham Hill or Cockham, stretches from the summit of the chalk ridge, which separates it from Cudham on the N., to the sand hills of the Weald in the S. Hops are extensively cultivated. Two landslips took place here in the green sandstone rock the first in 1596, at Oakham Hill, when 9 acres of land, with trees and fences, continued in motion for eleven days ; and the latter in 1756, at Toy's Hill, when 2J acres were moved, some parts sinking into pits, and others rising into hills. The manor was given by Edward I. to the Abbot of Westminster, who obtained from Edward III. the grant of a market, and subsequently came to the Greshams and Wardes of Squerryes. The present proprietor of this seat, which is of the 16th century, and contains a collection of paintings and family portraits, is Vice- Admiral Charles Warde, K.H. Fronting the S.W. entrance is a lake, and in the park is a pillar to General Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, who was born at the vicarage in this parish in 1727. Frylh, the martyr, burnt in 1533, and Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Win- chester, born in 1676, were also natives. The living ia a vie.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 450. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has recently been restored, and contains four brasses, the earliest bearing dale 1531, and a cenotaph to General Wolfe. The paro- chial register dates from 1559. There is also the district church of the Holy Trinity at Crockham Hill, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 120. The Independents have a chapel, and there are National schools in connec- tion with both churches. The parochial charities pro- duce about 32 per annum. Wednesday ia market-day, and fairs are held on 3rd Slay. WESTERKIRK, a par. in the district of Eskdale, co. Dumfries, Scotland. It extends 10 miles in length from S. to N., with an extreme breadth of CJ miles ; and it ia bounded on the N. by Roxburghshire, and on tho other sides by the pars, of Ewes, Langholm, Tundergarth, Hut- ton and Corrie, and Eskdalemuir. The surface is generally hilly and mountainous, abounding in sheep-walks. The predominant rocks are graywacke and graywacke-slate, with shell marl at Megdale, and antimony at James- town. In the vicinity are ruins of Westerhall and Glendonwyn or Glendenning towers, with some remains of Crooks and Enzieholm towers, besides several hill forts and burians or " picts " houses, and Druidical circle and several ancient camps. The village is about 5 miles N.W. of Langholm, and stands at tho confluence of the rivers Meggot and Stennis with the Esk, nnd on the road from Langholm to Ettrick and Selkirk. The parish formerly belonged to the Glendouwyns, and con- tained Eskdalemuir till 1703. The par. is in the presb. of Langholm and synod of Dumfries. The stipend of the minister is about 153. The parish church was erected in 1788, and the churchyard contains the mausoleum of the Johnstone family. There are a parochial school and a public library, the latter founded and endowed in 1795 by Telford, tho civil engineer, who was a native of this parish. Sir J. Malcolm, author of " History of Persia," Governor Johnstone, and Admiral Pulsey were also born here. The principal seats are Westerhall, Burnfoot, Dowsglen, and Hopesrigg. WESTERLE1GH, a par. and vil. in tho hund. of Puckle-Church, co. Gloucester, 3 miles S. W. of Chipping- Sodbury, 9 N.E. of Bristol, and 1 mile S.W. of the Yate station on the Bristol and Gloucester railway. I