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WICK. 810 WICKHAM, BISHOPS. in 1808. The court of quarter-sessions for Caithness- shire is held here four times a year ; also the sheriff's ordinary and commissary courts are held on every Tuesday and Friday, and the sheriff's small-debt court every Tuesday, hut the justice of peace small-deht court every alternate Monday. The parliamentary burgh, which includes, besides the royal burgh, all the suburbs, unites with Kirkwall, Dornoch, Cromarty, Tain, and Dingwall in returning one member to parliament : the constituency in 1857 was 264. The par. ia in the presb. of Caithness and synod of Sutherland and Caithness. The minister's stipend is 268 6s. "id. The parish church was built in 1830, besides which there is a chapel-of-ease in Pulteneytown, built in 1843, and a quoad sacra parish, church at Keiss. There are Free churches at Wick, Pulteneytown, and Bruan, a Free- church preaching-station at Keiss, also Reformed Pres- byterian and United Presbyterian churches in Pulteney- town, and Independent, Baptist, Evangelical Union, arid Roman Catholic chapels within the parish. There are a parochial school, Pulteney Academy, two General Assembly schools, two Free Church schools, two Society's schools, and several private schools. Market day is on Friday. Fairs are held on the Tuesday after Palm-Sunday, 24th June, 29th July, and on the 17th November (old style), or on the Tuesday after. WICK, a par. ia the hund. of Wiuterstoke, co. Somerset, 8 miles N.W. of Axbridge. It is situated on the shore of the Bristol Channel, at the mouth of the river Yeo. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Congresbury. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, was anciently a chapel-of-ease to Con- gresbury. There is a National school. WICK, a tythg. in the pars, of Kemble aud Oaksey, hund. of Malmesburj', co. Wilts, 6 miles N.E. of Malmesbury, and 7 N.W. of Cricklade. WICK, a tythg. in the par. of Downton, co. Wilts, 5 miles S.E. of Salisbury. It is joined to Walton. WICK. See WICX-NEAK-PEBSHOKE, co. Worcester. WICK AND ABSON, a par. in the hund. of Puckle- Church, co. Gloucester, 7 miles N.E. of Bristol, and 4 miles N.W. of Bath. The village is situated at the foot of a rugged hill, 200 feet high, composed of alter- nate layers of limestone and petro-silex. It is a polling- place for the county elections, joined to Abson. There are several collieries, and lead-ore is found. At Toghill in this parish the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller were defeated by the Marquis of Hertford in 1642, when Sir Beville Granville was slain, to whose memory a monument has been erected on Lansdown Hill, near Bath, by his descendant the late Earl of Bath. The living is a cur. annexed, with that of Westerleigh, to the vie. of Puckle-Church. The church is dedicated to St. James. There is an ancient camp, sup- posed to be British, and the neighbourhood abounds with antique remains and natural curiosities. WICKEN, a par. in the hund, of Staploe, co. Cam- bridge, 7 miles S.E. of Ely, 8 N.W. of Newmarket, and 3 S. of Soham. The village and parish are situated in a fenny district, intersected by the Buckingham canal. The manor belonged to the Gernons, from whom it came to the Peytons in the reign of Edward III., and subsequently to Henry, son of the Protector Cromwell, who died at Spinney Abbey. This mansion, now in ruins, occupied the site of a small priory founded by Sir Hugh de Malebisse in the time of Henry HI. for Augustine Canons. An Act was passed in 1840 for enclosing the waste lands. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 90. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, contains a brass of Margaret Peyton, bearing date 1414, and the vault of the Cromwell family, in which the Protector's wife Elizabeth and his son Henry lie interred. The register dates from 1564. There are National schools, partially endowed, also an almshouse for widows. Coins and other antiquities have been found here. WICKEN, a par. in the hund. of Cleley, co. North- ampton, 3 miles S.W. of Stoney-Stratford. The village is situated near the river Ousc and Buckingham canal. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val., with that of Wyke-Hamon consolidated, 41(5. The church is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. The church of Wyke-Hamon has long since been de- molished. The parochial charities produce 23 per annum. There ia a National school, supported by Sir J. Mordaunt, Bart., who is lord of the manor. Andrew Fuller, the Baptist divine, was born here in 1754. WICK EN-BON ANT, a par. in the hund. of Ultles- ford, co. Essex, 2 miles S.W. of Newport railway station, and 4 S.W. of Saffron Walden. It is situated near the Stort, a tributary of the Cam or Granta. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 250. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has recently been restored by the present rector at a cost of 2,000. The register dates from 1590. WICKENBY, a par. in the W. div. of Wraggoo wap., parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 miles N.W. of Wragby, and 10 N.E. of Lincoln. It is a station on the Hull and Lincolnshire railway. The par. includes the limits, of Rosedale, Ling Spot, and Westalby. The village is a meet for the Burton hounds. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 350. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Lawrence. There is a village school. Mrs. Gillyatt is lady of the manor. WICK-EPISCOPI, a tnshp. and vil. in the par. of St. John Bedwardine, lower div. of Oswaldslow hund., co. Worcester, 2 miles S.W. of Worcester. It is situated on the river Tame, near the Severn, and comprises Upper and Lower Wick. WICKER, an ecclesiastical district in the par. and borough of Sheffield, wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York, adjoining Sheffield, of which it is a suburb, containing, according to the census of 1861, 10,796 inhabitants. WICKERSLACK, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Maulds Meaburn, par. of Crosby Ravensworth, 3 miles E. of Shap, and 6 W. of Appleby, on the river Lyvennet. WICKERSLEY, a par. in the S. div. of Strafforth wap., West Riding co. York, 3 miles S.E. of Rotherham. There are numerous quarries of fine soft gritstone, of which grindstones are made for the supply of the Sheffield manufacturers. Fossils of various kinds are found in the quarries. Mr. Lumley's hounds most here. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of York, val. 350. The church, dedicated to St. Alban, was rebuilt in 1834. The Wcsleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there is a National school. The charities produce about 7 per annum. WICKFORD, a par. in the hund. of Barstable, co. Essex, 5 miles S.E. of Billericay. The village ia situated at a ford of the river Crouch, now crossed by two bridges. The soil is generally wet and heavy. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 390. The Independents have a chapel. WICKHAM, a par. in the hund. of Titchfield, co. Hants, 3 miles N. of Fareham, and 4 S.E. of Bishop's Waltham. The village is situated on the road from London to Gosport, near the river Mcon. The par. includes part of the hmlt. of Crockerhill, and the extra- parochial lib. of Wickham Forest, or Mellishes Bottom. Courts leet and baron are held annually by William Gamier, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 600. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a mixed National school. William of Wykeham was born here in 1324, and Dr. Joseph Warton, the poet, died rector in 1800. A fair is held on the 20th of May. WICKHAM, a tythg. and chplry. in the par. of Welford, hund. of Kintbury-Eaglo, co. Berks, 5 miles N.W. of Newbury. The chapel-of-ease is dedicated to St. Swithin. WICKHAM, a chplry. in the par. of Spalding, wap. of Elloe, co. Lincoln, 3 miles N. of Spalding. WICKHAM, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Ban- bury, co. Oxford, IJ mile S.W. of Banbury. WICKHAM, BISHOP'S. See BISHOP'S WIOKEAM, co. Essex.