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WYESHAM. 886 WYLYE. moor and fell abounding with game. It is sitnated on the York border near the river Wyer, and belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. The living is a cur.* in the dioc. of Manchester, val. 150, in the patron, of the vicar. There is a school founded and endowed by William Cawthorne in 1683, and a school supported by the So- ciety of Friends. WYESHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Newton Dixton, co. Monmouth, 2 miles N.E. of Monmouth. WYESTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Clayworth, co. Notts, 5 miles N. of Great Retford, on tho Chesterfield canal and river Idle. Wyeston Hall, tho seat of Earl Spencer, is in this township. WYFORDBY, a par. in the hund. of Framland, co. Leicester, 3 miles E. of Melton-Mowbray. The par., which includes the chplry. of Brentingby, is situated on the river Eye, and the Melton and Oakham canal. At the Conquest it was given to Roger de Bussy, Baron of Tickhill, from whom it came to the Mowbrays, and is now the property of Sir W. E. C. Hartopp, Bart., who is lord of the manor. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 150. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a National school. WYGFAIR, a tnshp. in the par. of St. Asaph, co. Denbigh, 2 mile S. of St. Asaph. It is situated on the river Elwy, here crossed by a bridge of 85 feet span. There are remains of a Lady chapel and a Holy Well at Y-Ffynnon. WYHAM-CTJM-CADEBY, a par. in the wap. of Ludborough, co. Lincoln, 8 miles N.W. of Louth. It is situated on the Wolds, and includes the hmlt. of Cadeby. The surface is elevated, and the village com- mands a view of the German Ocean. The Laceby harriers meet here. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 200. The church is dedicated to All Saints. WYKE, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in tho par. of Birstal, wap. of Morley, West Riding co. York, 4J miles S. of Bradford, and half a mile from Ticklebridge railway station. Agriculture, cloth- weaving, and coal-mining are tho chief occupations of the inhabitants. The substratum abounds in coal and iron-stone, which are worked by the Low Moor Iron Company under lease from Miss Curren, and the representatives of the late T. Carwick, Esq. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150, in the prtron. of the crown and bishop alternately. The church was erected in 1847 at a cost of 3,000. The Independents and Moravians have chapels, and the latter a small settlement. There are National, Indepen- dent, and Friends' schools. WYKE, or WEEK, a tythg. in the par. of Axminster, co. Devon, 1 mile from Axminster. WYKE, a tnshp. in the par. of Much Wenlock, co. Salop, 2 miles N.E. of Much Wenlock. It is in con- junction with Farley. WYKE, a tythg. in the par. of Worplesdon, CO. Surrey, 3 miles N.W. of Guildford. AVYKE-CHAMPFLOWER, a chplry. in the par. and hund. of Bruton, 1J mile W. of Brufon, on the river Brue. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 30. The chapel-of-ease is dedicated to St. Mary. WYKE GREEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Isleworth, co. Middlesex, 1 mile N.W. of Brentford, on the Grand Junction canal. WYKEHAM, a par. in the lythe of Pickering, North Riding co. York, 6J miles S.W. of Scarborough, and 11 from Pickering. Tho par. includes the tnshp. of Long- dale End, and the hmlt. of Ruston. The soil is a mix- ture of clay and chalk upon a substratum of limestone rock. Wykeham Abbey, the residence of Viscount Downe, was built out of the remains of a Cistercian nunnery founded about 1153 by Pain Fitz-Osbert, tho revenue of which at the Dissolution amounted to 25 17s. Gd. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was repaired at the expense of the late R. Langley, Esq., and has a stained E. window. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There are National and Sunday schools. The chanties produce about 1 per annum. Viscount Downe is lord of the manor and chief landowner. WYKEHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Old Italton, North Riding co. York, 2 miles from Malton. WYKEHAM. See WICKHAM, co. Hants and Lincoln. WYKEHAM, EAST and WEST, pars, in the hund. of Louth Eske, co. Lincoln, 7 miles N.W. of Loutli, on the Wolds. The livings were formerly vies, in tho dioc. of Lincoln, but both tho churches have long since disappeared. WYKE-HAMON, formerly a par., now a hmlt. in the par. of Wicken, hund. of Cleley, co. Northampton. The living is consolidated with that of Wicken. WYKEN, a par. in the county of the city of Coven- try, co. Warwick, 3 miles N.E. of Coventry. It is partly in common, and has an extensive colliery worked by Messrs. Harris. The land is chiefly the property of the Earl of Craven, who is lord of the manor, and whose ancestors formerly resided at Wyken House, an old mansion, in the garden of which is tho original apple- tree brought by Admiral Craven from Holland, and from which the celebrated " Wyken Pippin " has been propagated. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to Binley, in the dioc. of Worcester. WYKE REGIS, a par. in the above lib., co. Dorset, 1 mile S.W. of Weymouth, of which borough it forms part. The parish is situated on the coast of the English Channel, between Chesil Bank and Portland RoUd, and at a place called Smallmouth there is a ferry to the Isle of Portland. The village, once a market town, is in a valley open to the sea from the S.W., and sheltered by hills on the N. In this parish are Belneld House, Wyke House, and South Down Lodge. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 623, in the patron, of the bishop of Winchester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is the mother church to Weymouth, and serves as a landmark to vessels in the English Channel. There is a National school partially endowed. The charities produce about 5 per annum. The Earl of Ilchester is lord of the manor. WYKE REGIS AND ELWELL, a lib., locally in the hund. of Culliford Tree, Dorchester div. of co. Dorset, comprises the parish of Wyke Regis. WYKEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Ruyton-of-the- Eleven-Towns, co. Salop, 7 miles S. of Ellesmere. AVYKIN, a hmlt. in the par. of Hinckley, co. Leicester, 2 miles N.W. of Hinckley. AVYKIN, a tnshp. in the par. of Worfield, co. Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Bridgnorth, on an affluent of the river Severn. WYLAM, a tnshp. in the par. of Ovingham, E. div. of Tindale ward, co. Northumberland, 9 miles W. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 2 E. of Ovingham. It has stations on the Newcastle and Carlisle section of the North-Eastern and on the Border Counties branch of the North British railways. It is situated chiefly on the N. bank of the Tyne, over which is a bridge leading to the railway station, and to Wylam Wood, a detached portion of the tnshp. on the S. side of the river, where is a rich vein of ironstone. There are extensive collieries, stone quariies, a shot factory, and a blast furnace for the manufacture of pig-iron. At the W. end of the village is Wylam Hall, anciently a peel, or border stronghold, with its stone arch of 60 feet in length. It originally was an appurtenance to the monastery of Tynemouth, but at the Dissolution was granted to the Fenwicks, of Fenwick Tower, from whom it passed to the Blackctts, who have held the manor since the reign of Charles II. George Stephenson, the celebrated engineer, was born here in 1780. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There is a National school, supported by E. Algernon Blackett, Esq. WYLDECOURT, a tythg. in the par. of Hawk church, hund. of Cerne, co. Dorset, 6 miles N. of Lyme-Regis. WYLYE, or WILY, a par. in the hund. of Branch and Dole, co. Wilts, 11 miles W. of Salisbury, and 6 S.E. of Heytesbury, and 7 N.W. of Wilton. The