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WEYTIIEL 792 WHALTON. Portland-stone, and china clay ; and the imports, coal, timber, wine, colonial produce, &c. Shipbuilding and Bail and rope 'making are extensively carried on. The livings of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis are in the deanery of Dorchester and dioc. of Salisbury ; the former is a perpet. cur. detached from the rect. of Wyke Regis, not in charge ; and the latter is a rect. with the cur. of Radipole annexed, joint val. 305. The church of the Holy Trinity, at Weymouth, was erected in 1836 by the late Rev. G. Chamberlaine. T^ the interior is a painting, by Vandyke, of the Crr.utixion. The parish church of Melcombe Regis, dedicated to St. Mary, con- tains a painting of the Last Supper, by Sir James Thornhill, who was a native of Weymouth, and repre- sented the borough in parliament. There is besides the church of St. John, for a district taken out of St. Mary's parish, opened in 1854. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. There are National schools, a British school, Edward's almshouses, and several benevolent institutions. The local charities produce about 200 per annum. Market days are Tues- day and Friday. AVEYTHEL, a hmit. in the par. of Old Radnor, co. Radnor, 4 miles S.E. of New Radnor. WHADDON, a par. in the hund. of Cottesloe, co.Bucks, 4 miles S.E. of Stony-Stratford, and 5 N.E. of Wins- low. The village had formerly a market on Thursday, The manor belongs to W. S. Lowndes, Esq., who resides at the Hall, once the seat of Arthur Lord Grey, who was visited here by Queen Elizabeth in 1568, then on her Buckinghamshire progress. It was afterwards pur- chased and occupied by Browne Willis, the antiquary. An Act was passed in 1841 for allotting certain portions of land in the county in lieu of the common right on Whaddon Chase, still celebrated for its fox covers. This place gave the title of baron to Villiers, Duke of Buck- ingham, the favourite of James I. and Charles I. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Oxford, val. 300, in the patron, of New College, Oxford. The church is dedi- cated to St. Mary. The Independents have a chapel, and there is a National school endowed with 10 per annum. The poors' land produces about 4 per annum. Spenser, the poet and secretary to Lord Grey, frequently stayed at Whaddon Hall ; and Dr. R. Cox, Bishop of Ely, and one of the principal composers of the Liturgy, was born here in 1499. WHADDON, a par. in the hund. of Armingford, co. Cambridge, 4 miles N. of Royston, and 2 W. of Mel- dreth railway station. The surface is generally level, and the river Cam flows through part of the lands. The village is situated on the Great North road. The ad- vowson was appropriated to tho collegiate church of Windsor in 1351, having previously belonged to the priory of Lewes. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 110, in tho patron, of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, who are appropriators. The church is dedi- cated to St. Mary. Lord Hardwick is lord of the manor. WHADDON, a par. in the middle div. of Dudstone hund., co. Gloucester, 3 miles S.W. of Gloucester, and 5 N.W. of Stroud. The village is situated on the road from Stroud to Gloucester. The Great Western and Midland railways pass through the parish, but have no station. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, united with part of Brookthorpe. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, was restored in 1855, with the exception of the chancel, which belongs to the impropriator. WHADDON, a par. in the hund. of Melksham, co. Wilts, 3 miles N.E. of Trowbridge. The parish is in- tersected by the river Avon and the Kennet and Avon canal. The living is a discharged rect. annexed to that of Hilperton. The manor belongs to Walter Long, Esq., M.P., who resides at Hilperton. WHALE, a tnshp. in tho par. of Lowther, co. West- moreland, 3 miles N.W. of Shap, on the river Lowther. WHALESBONE, a hund. in the rape of Lewes, co. Sussex, contains the pars, of West Blatchington and Brighthelmstoue, comprising 590 acres, exclusive of Brighton. WHALEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Bolsover, co. D.irby. 9 miles E. of Chesterfield. WHALEY ABBEY, a demesno on the Avonbeg, co. Wicklow, Ireland, near Rathdown. It occupies the sito of the ancient abbey. WHALEY WITH YEARDSLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Taxall, hund. of Macclesfield, co. Chester, 9 miles S.E. of Stockport. It is intersected by the Peak Forest canal. At Whaley Bridge is a station of the Manchester, Stockport, and Buxton branch of the London and iNorth- Western railway. WHALLEY, an extensive par. lying within the cos. of Lancaster, Chester, and Yorkshire. It is about 30 miles in length, by 15 in breadth, with a population in 1861 of 167,456. The par. includes the municipal and parliamentary borough of Clitheroe, the market towns of Burnley, Colne, and Haslingdon, besides the vils., hmlts., or tnshps. of Altham, Barlby, Barrowford, Briercliffe, Chatburn, Church-kirk, Clayton-le-Dale, Cliviger, Cold- coates, Downham, Dunnockshaw, Extwistle, Foulridge, Goldshaw Booth, Habergham-Eaves, now a district par., Hapton, Henheads, Henthorn, Heyhouses, Higham, Holme, Huncoat, Little Bowland, Little Ireland, Marsden, Great and Little ; Meazley, Nelson Station, Old Lund Booth, Padiham, Pendleton, Portsmouth, Read, Reedley Hallows, Rough Lee Booth, Sareden, Simondstone, Sykeside, Trawden, Twiston, Wheatly- Car-Booth, Wiswell, Worsthome, Worston, West Close Booth, Whitewell, and Wheatley. It anciently in- cluded also the present parishes of Blackburn, Chip- ping, Mitton, Ribchester, Rochdale, and Slaidburn, which have been separated from it at different times. The rivers Calder and Ribble form a junction at the western extremity of tho parish, and there are stations of the Bolton, Blackburn, and Clitheroo railway. The village of Whalley, which gives name to this parish, is situated on the river Calder, and contains the ruins of the abbey, founded in 1290 by Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and now the property of John Taylor, Esq., of Morton Hall. Its revenue at the Dissolution was 551 4s. Gd. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 315, in the patron, of the Hulme trustees. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, was repaired in 1855, when alterations were made in the interior, which contains several old brasses and monu- ments, screen work brought from the old abbey, and 18 ancient stalls. There are besides above 50 churches and chapels-of-ease within the limits of this pariah, noticed under the several places named above, in which they are situated. The free grammar school founded by Queon Elizabeth was rebuilt in 1725, and has an interest in 13 scholarships founded in Brazenose College, Oxford, by Dr. Nowell in 1572. There are traces of a Roman road, which passed through the parish, and of Roman camps. WHALLEY RANGE, a hmlt. in the par. and city of Manchester, hund. of Salford, co. Lancaster, 1J mile 8. of Manchester. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Manchester, in the patron, of trustees. The church was built in 1849 by Harrison. WHALSAY, an island belonging to the Shet- land group, co. Orkney and Shetland, Scotland, 3 miles E. of the mainland of Shetland. It extends in length about 5 miles, with a breadth varying from a few furlongs to 2 miles. The surface is uneven, but for the most part in an excellent state of cultivation. The coast, which is rocky, is indented by creek and headland. The rocks are of a magnetic nature, inasmuch as the compasses of vessels are affected on approaching the island. Whalsay, with several neighbouring islets, once formed a parish, but now forms part of that of Nesting. WHALTON, a par. in the W. div. of Castle ward, co. Northumberland, 6 miles S.W. of Morpeth, and 14 N.W. of Newcastle. The viDage is situated on the How Burns, a tributary of the river Blythe. The par. includes the tnshps. of East and West Ogle, Newham, Riplington, and Whalton. The soil is clay alternated with sand, on a subsoil of sandstone. There are quarries of freestone and limestone. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of '