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WHEATACRE BURGH. 794 WHELDRAKE. wich, val. with those of Barnby and Mutford annexed, 700, in the patron, of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The poors' land is let for about 10 per annum, which is distributed in coals. R. H. Gurney, Esq., is lord of the manor. WHEATACRE BURGH. See BUBOH ST. PETER, co. Norfolk. WHEATENHURST, a par. and tnshp. in the lower div. of Whitstone hund., co. Gloucester, a miles N.W. of Stroud, 7 S. of Gloucester, and 2J W. of the Stonebush railway station. It is situated near Stroudwater, on the navigable river Severn, and is intersected by the Gloucester and Berkeley and Stroud canals. The village stands on the road from Gloucester to Bristol. The living is a perpet. cur. in dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 140. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was enlarged in 1850. There is a parochial school for both sexes. The local charities produce about 30 per annum, including a share with Fretherne. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, com- prising 14 parishes or places, and of a superintendent registry district, but is included in the Gloucester New County Court district. G. Bengough, Esq., is lord of the manor. WHEATFIELD, a par. in the hund. of Pirton, co. Oxford, 4 miles S.W. of Thame, and 2 S. of Tets- worth. It is separated by a rivulet from Adwell and Tetsworth. Near the border of the parish is Aldwell Cop, the site of an ancient encampment. The soil is loam, resting on a substratum of chalk and clay. The Hall is now in ruins, having been burnt in 1814. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. .250. The church contains monuments to the Rudge and Spencer families. WHEATHAMPSTEAD, a par. and small town in the hund. of Dacorum, co. Herts, 5 miles N.E. of St. Alban's, and 5J N.W. of Hatfield. It is a station on the Dunstable branch of the Great Northern railway. The place is situated on the river Lea, about three quarters of a mile distant from the Devil's Dyke and Moat. It was given by Edward the Confessor to West- minster Abbey. The par. includes the hmlts. of Hamwell and Marford, and had a population in 1861 of 2,012. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 900, in the patron, of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, contains an old font, the effigies of a knight in armour, of Dame Garrard of Lamer, the Brockets, and several brasses, the earliest bearing date 1520. The Independents and Wesleyans have each a chapel. There are National schools, 13- cently built. The charities consists chiefly of Marshall's bequest for apprenticing poor children. John Bostock, Abbot of St. Alban's, commonly called John of Wheat- hampstead, a learned divine and poet of the 15th cen- tury, was born here. WHEATHILL, a par. in the hund. of Whitley, co. Somerset, 4 miles S.W. of Castle-Gary. It is situated on the road from Castle-Cary to Somerton, near the river Brue. The springs in the vicinity are impregnated with sulphur. There is no village, only two or three farm- houses. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 105. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. WHEATHILL, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of Stottesden, co. Salop, 5 miles N.W. of Cleobury Mor- timer, and 11 S.W. of Bridgnorth. The village, for- merly a market town, is situated under Glee Hill. The soil is a light clay, upon a subsoil of limestone and freestone. The living is a reet.* in the dioc. of Here- ford, val. 300. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Viscount Boyne is lord of the manor and principal landowner. WHEATLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Binstead, co. Hants, 2 miles N.E. of Alton. WHEATLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Chipping, lower div. of Blackburn hund., co. Lancaster, 8 miles S.W. of Clitheroe. It is situated on the river Lond, under Long Ridge Fell, and is joined to Thornley. WHEATLEY, a chplry. in the par. of Cuddesden, co. Oxford, 5 miles S.E. of Oxford. It is a station on the Oxford and Thame branch of the Great Western railway. It is situated in a hollow near the river Thame, under Shotover Hill. WHEATLEY, a tnshp. in the par. and soke of Don- caster, West Riding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Doncaster. It is situated on the river Don, and includes the hmlt. of Long Sandal. WHEATLEY, a vil. in the tnshp. of Ovenden and par. of Halifax, West Riding co. York, 2 miles N.W. of Halifax. WHEATLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Ilkley, waps. of Upper Claro and Skyrack, West Riding co. York, 5 miles N.E. of Keighley, near the river Wharfe. WHEATLEY BOOTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Whalley, co. Lancaster, 5 miles. E. of Clitheroe. It is situated under Pendle Hill, and includes the hamlet of Barley. WHEATLEY-CARR, a tnshp. in the par. of Whalley, co. Lancaster, 4 miles S.W. of Colne. It is situated on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, near the river Henburn. WHEATLEY, NORTH, a par. in the North Clay div. of Bassetlaw wap., co. Notts, 5 miles N.E. of East Retford, and 2 N.W. of the Sturton railway station. The village is situated on the E. side of the road to Gainsborough. The soil is fertile, producing excellent wheat. There are some quarries of gypsum. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 230. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was repaired in 1824, when the chancel was rebuilt. There is a chapel for Wesleyans, and a parochial school with a small endow- ment. The Roman road from Doncaster to Lincoln passed through the parish. Lord Wenlock is lord of the manor. WHEATLEY, SOUTH, a par. as above. It is sepa- rated from North Wheatley by a rivulet which flows through a deep vale. The living is a vie., val. 100. The church is dedicated to St. Helen. WHEATON-ASTON, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Lapley, co. Stafford, 5 miles S.W. of Penkridge. It is situated near tho Grand Junction canal. Fairs are held on the 20th April and 1st November for cattle. WHEDDICAR, a tnshp. in the par. of St. Bees, co. Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Whitehaven. WHEELER, a stream, co. Denbigh, joins the Clyde at Aberchwielor. WHEELOCK, a tnshp. in the par. of Sandbach, hund. of Nantwich, co. Chester, 1 mile S.W. of Sand- bach. It is situated on the river Wheelock, a branch of the Dane, and is intersected by the Grand Trunk canal, on the banks of which are wharves and ware- houses. There are a brewery and cotton-mills, but the inhabitants are chiefly employed in the manufacture of salt from brine, found on either side of the river at the depth of 60 yards below the surface. WHEELTON, a tnshp. in the par. and hund. of Leyland, co. Lancaster, 3 miles N.E. of Cliorley. WHEERY, or KILLAG ALLY a par. in the bar. of Garrycastle, King's Co. The parish is drained by the rivers Brosna and Boora, near Boora Lough, and con- tains the post and market town of Ferbane. WHEFRI, a stream, co. Brecon, joins the Ivon near Builth. WHELDALE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Ferry-Fry- stone, par. of Pontefract, West Riding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Pontefract, and 19 S.W. of York. WHELDRAKE, a par. partly in the lib. of St. Peter's, but chiefly in the wap. of Ouse and Derwent, East Riding co. York, 7 miles S.E. of York. It is situated on the river Derwent, and comprises the tnshps. of Wheldrake and Langwith. The soil is a strong loam, producing good wheat crops, except on the moor, where it is sandy. Near the river bank is a tract of rich meadow land called Wheldrake Ings. A manorial court is occasionally held by Lord Wenlock, who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of York, val. 475, in the patron of tho archbishop. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, was