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WORTLEY, KING'S. 878 WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. church, dedicated to St. Leonard, was partially rebuilt in 1815. There are a public library, a National sohool- houso, erected by Lord Wharncliffe in 1861, and a Sunday-school. The charities produce about 35 per annum. WORTLEY, KING'S, a par. in the hunds. of Lower Fawlcy and Mitcheldever, co. Hants, 2 miles N.E. of Winchester. It ig situated in the vale of the river Itchen, and includes the tythg. of Abbot's Worthy. The London and South-Western railway passes through the parish. The land, which is chiefly arable, is the property of Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., and G. E. Wall, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The soil is chalky. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of AVinchester, val. 460. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has been recently enlarged and repaired. The register commences in the early part of the 16th century. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there is a National school. WORTON, a tythg. and ecclesiastical district in the par. and hund. of Potterne, co. Wilts, 3J miles S.W. of Devizes. It is situated near the bank of the Thames, and has recently been formed into a separate ecclesias- tical district. WORTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Cassington, hund. of Wootton, co. Oxford, 4 miles N.W. of Oxford. WORTON, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Bainbridgc, and par. of Aysgarth, North Riding co. York, 2 miles S.W. of Askrigg, in Wensley Dale, near a branch of the river Tire. WORTON, NETHER and OVER, pars, in the hund. of Wootton, co. Oxford, 4 miles S.W. of Deddington. They are watered by the river Swere, a branch of the Chorwoll. The churches are dedicated respectively to St. James and the Holy Trinity. WORTWELL, a hmlt. in the par. of Redenhall, hund. of Earsham, co. Norfolk, 2J miles N.E. of llarlcston. It is a station on the Waveney Valley rail- way. The village or hamlet was formerly extra paro- chial, situated near the river Waveney. Redenhall church and churchyard are partly within the bounds of Wortwell. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels. There is a National school. WOTHERSOME, a tnshp. in the par. of Bardsey, lower div. of Skyraok wap., West Riding co. York, 4 miles S. of Wetherby. WOTHERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Chirbury, co. Salop, 8 miles N.W. of Bishop's Castle. WOTHORPE, a tnshp. in the par of St. Martin's, Stamford-Baron, co. Northampton, 1 mile W. of Stam- ford-Baron. It is situated near the river Welland, and contains the ruins of Wothorpo Hall, built by Lord Burleigh in the reign of Elizabeth. WOTTON, a hund. in two divs., co. Surrey ; the first contains the pars, of Abinger, Ockley, and Wotton ; and the second, the pars, of Capcl and Dorking, com- prising together about 32,600 acres. WOTTON, a par. in the hund. of the same name, co. Surrey, 3 miles S.W. of Dorking. It is situated on tho border of Sussex, and is about 9 miles in extent from N. to S., but seldom exceeds a mile in breadth, tapering- towards the S. It comprises the divs. of Low Hill and Up Hill, and until recently the chplry. of Oakwood, which last has been formed with part of the parish of Abinger into a separate ecclesiastical district, having its own church, and schools. The surface is hilly, in- cluding Leith Hill, the loftiest elevation in the S.E. of England, being 997 feet above sea level, and having on its summit a square tower, erected in 1766 by R. Hall, Esq., commanding an extensive view over the Woulds of Surrey and Sussex, with the English Channel in the distance to the S., and the hills of Harrow, Hampstead, and Highgate, to the N. Under Leith Hill rise three streams, two of which fall into the river Wcy, and one into the Arun. There are considerable woods of oak, aah, beech, hazel, and birch. The principal landed proprietors are the Duke of Norfolk, who owns the Tillingbourne estate , W. J. Evelyn, 'Esq., M.F. and lord of the manor, whose seat is Wotton iu-k, -which has part of the old Elizabethan mansion, where John Evelyn, author of " Sylva," was born in 1620 ; Leo Steere, Esq., of Javes House ; Josiah Wedgwood, Esq. ; and Sir E. Vaughau Williams, of Tanhurst near Leith Hill. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 548. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has recently been repaired. In tho interior are monuments to the Evelyn family. There is also a district church at Oakwood Hill. 'The charities pro- duce about 40 per annum, including the bequest of Lady Evelyn for the poor. WOTTON. See WOOTTON, cos. Gloucester and Hants. WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, a par., tnshp., and market town in the upper div. of Berkeley hund., co. Gloucester, formerly in Wilts, 19 miles S.W. of Glou- cester, 7 S. of Dursley, and 2 from the Charfield station on the Gloucester and Bristol railway, which passes through tho parish. This place derives its name from its situation beneath the western ridge of the Cots- wold hills, and was once of more importance than at present, being one of the clothing towns, and having nourishing manufactures of fine woollen cloth, which are now entirely decayed. In the reign of John, it was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt on a different site by the Berkeleys, who obtained for it from Henry III. tho grant of a market and fairs, with various municipal privileges. A mayor is still chosen annually in October at the manorial court leet, but he has no magisterial authority, nor have the 12 aldermen, the town being under the government of county magistrates, who hold petty sessions for the division fortnightly on Friday. It is an election and polling place for West Gloucester- shire. The par., which is watered by the Bourn, Ed- brook, Dyers Brook, and the Ousel, contains besides the town of Wotton, the hmlts. of Bradley, Cooinhe, Horseley, Hunting-ford, Sinwell, and Symondshall. Tho present town, which consists principally of two parallel streets, is well built, and lighted with gas. It has a branch bank, savings bank, literary institution, subscrip- tion library and reading-rocms, and several water mills. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 115, in the patron, of the dean and canons of Christ Church, Oxford, who are impropriators. Tho church, dedicated to St. Mary,isahandsomestructure,and contains several monuments. The Tabernacle meeting- house, originally built in 1775 by Rowland Hill, joining the house where his wife died, has been rebuilt in a more pretentious style. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Baptists have chapels. The free grammar school, the oldest public school in the kingdom, was founded in 1387 by Lady Berkeley, and has an income from en- dowment of about 500 per annum, with exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge. There are a blue-coat school, in -which thirty boys are clothed and taught, National school for girls, and British and infant schools. The charities realise above 1,200 per annum, including the endowments of the schools and almshouses, of which there are two sets, Perry's and Dawes', the former for 12 and the latter for 6 poor persons. The Roman road from Cirencester goes through the parish, and there are remains of British and Roman camps and Roman build- ings. Market-day is Friday. Fairs are held 25th Sep- tember, and on the Tuesday preceding 25th March, and there is a monthly market the first Tuesday in the month. WOTTONVILLE, an ext. par. lib. in the upper div. of Dudstone hund., co. Gloucester, three-quarters of a mile S.E. of Gloucester. It adjoins the par. of St. Mary-de-Lode. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN, a par. in the hund. of Newport, co. Bucks, 3 miles N. of Fenny Stratford, is bounded on the E. by a branch of the river Ousel, and on the W. by the Grand Junction canal. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, val. 250. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a National school partially endowed. The charities produce about 8 per annum. The Rev. Dr. Rose is lord of the manor.