market. Popula. 1,042. Here there was a Convent of Gilbertine Canons, founded near this town by the Dean of Fordham, in the reign of Hen. III.; yearly value 461. 3s. 8d., now worth 9281. 13s. 4d.; granted, 32 Hen. VIII., to Philip Parry.

FOULMIRE, 9 miles S. from Cambridge. Popula. 541.

FOXTON, 6 miles S. from Cambridge.

Popula. 368.

FULBOURN, 3 miles E. from Cambridge.

Popula. 1,023.

GAMLINGAY, 3 miles S.W. from Caxton. Popula. 1,256.

GIRTON, 3 miles N.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 326.

GRANSDEN (Little), 2 miles S. from Caxton. Popula. 261. GRANTCHESTER, 1 mile S.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 344.

yearly value 801. 1s. 104d., now worth 1,601l. 17s. 6d. ; granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to the Bishop of Ely. IMPINGSTON, 24 miles N. from Cambridge. Popula. 149. ISLEHAM, 6 miles N. from Newmarket.

Popula. 1,716. Here was an Alien Priory, founded at an early period; valued yearly 10. 13s. 4d., now worth 213. 6s. 8d.

KENNETT, 3 miles N.E. from Newmarket. Popula. 164.

KINGSTON, 2 miles S.E. from Caxton. Popula. 278.

KIRTLING, 3 miles S.W. from Newmarket. Popula. 627.

KNAPWELL, 3 miles N.E. from Caxton. Popula. 136.

KNEESWORTH, in Bassingbourne parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles from Royston.

bridge. Popula. 371.

market. Popula. 20.

bridge. Popula. 134.

HARLTON, 5 miles S. from Cambridge.

Popula. 221.

HARSTON, 5 miles S. from Cambridge.
Popula. 529.

HASLINGFIELD, 3 miles S.W. from
Cambridge. Popula. 544.
HATLEY (St. George), 3 miles S. from
Caxton. Popula. 105.

HATLEY (East), 3 miles S. from Caxton.
Popula. 108.

HAUXTON, 3 miles S. from Cambridge. Popula. 236.

HILDERSHAM, 1 mile N. from Linton. Popula. 193.

HINXTON, 3 miles S.W. from Linton. Popula. 312.

HISTON, 4 miles N.E. from Cambridge. Popula. 678.

Popula. 1,519. A market on Thurs. fairs, Holy-Thurs., Sept. 30, horses and lambs. Here were, an Alien Priory, and a Priory, founded before the reign of Edw. 1.; granted, 31 Hen. VIII., to Philip Paris, and afterward to John Millecent, Esq.

LITTLEPORT, 4 miles N. from Ely. Po. pula. 2,364.

LOLWORTH, 6 miles N.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 111.

LITTLINGTON, 10 miles S.E. from Caxton. Popula. 505.

LONGSTOW, 1 mile S. from Caxton. Popula. 191.

LONGSTANTON (All-Saints), 64 miles N.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 370. LONGSTANTON (St. Michael), 64 miles N.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 134.

Linton. Popula. 413.

ICKLESTON, 3 miles S. from Linton.

Popula. 602. Fair, July 22, for horses.
Here was a Benedictine Nunnery,
founded in the reign of Hen. II., by
Aubery de Vere, Earl of Oxford;

pula. included therein. 26 miles N.W. from Cambridge, and 80 miles N.W. from London. Market, Fri.; fairs, Mon. before Whit Sun., horses, Whit-Mon. for household goods, third Tues. in Oct., cheese.

Popula. 1,179.

2,856. Market, Satur.; fair, April 28, for cows and horses.

STAPLEFORD, 2 miles S.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 408.

STEEPLE-MORDEN, 9 miles S.W. from Caxton. Popula. 614.

STETCHWORTH, 3 miles S. from New. market. Popula. 462.

Popula. 146.

NEWTON, 3

miles N.W. from Wisbeach. Popula. 368. OAKINGTON, 5 miles N.W. from Cam

bridge. Popula. 440.

ORWELL, 64 miles S.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 475.

OUTWELL, 54 miles S.E. from Wisbeach. Popula. 954.

OVER, 7 miles N.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 802.

PAMPISFORD, 3 miles N.W. from Linton. Popula. 285.

pula. 1,184.

STOW with QUY, 5 miles N.E. from

Cambridge. Popula. 378.

SUTTON, 6 miles S.W. from Ely. Po pula. 1,157.

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SWAFFHAM-PRIOR, 4 miles S.W. from Newmarket. Popula. 979. SWAFFHAM-BULBECK, 5 miles S.W. from Newmarket. Popula. 684. Here there was a Benedictine Nunnery, founded by one of the Bolebec family, before the reign of King John; yearly value 46l. 10s. 8d., now worth 930l. 13s. 4d.; granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to the Protestant Bishop of Ely.

from Caxton. Popula. 117.

bridge. Popula. 1,029.

pula. 147.

RAMPTON, 5 miles N.W. from Cam

bridge. Popula. 217.

SAWSTON, 4 miles N.W. from Linton. Popula. 699.

SHELFORD (Little), 24 miles S. from Cambridge. Popula. 438.

SHELFORD (Great), 24 miles S. from Cambridge. Popula. 718.

SHEPRETH, 6 miles S.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 320.

SHUDY-CAMPS, 3 miles E. from Linton. Popula. 333.

SHINGAY, 7 miles S.E. from Caxton. Popula. 86. Here was a Preceptory of Knights Hospitalers, endowed, in the year 1140, by Sibylla de Raynes, daughter of the Earl of Montgomery; valued at 175l. 4s. 6d. yearly, now worth 3,504. 10s.; granted, 32 Hen. VIII., to Richard Longe. SILVERLEY.-See Ashley. SNAILWELL, 24 miles N. from Newmarket. Popula. 222.

TEVERSHAM, 4 miles N.E. from Cambridge. Popula. 155.

THETFORD, in Stretham parish, and po pula. included therein. 2 miles S. by W. of Ely.

THORNEY, 7 miles W. from March. Popula. 1,970. Market, Tues.; fairs, July 1, Sept. 21, for horses. Here there was a Benedictine Abbey, founded by the first Abbot of Peterburgh, as early as the time of St. Etheldreda; yearly value 5081. 12s. 5d., now worth 10,172l. 88. 4d.; granted, 3 Edw. VI., to John Earl of Bedford.

THRIPLOW, 8 miles S. from Cambridge. Popula. 371.

TOFT, 34 miles E. from Caxton. Popula,

259.

WATERBEACH, 5 miles N. from Cambridge. Popula. 814.

WHADDON, 74 miles S.E. from Caxton. Popula. 318.

WHITTLESFORD, 5 miles W. from Linton. Popula. 486,

WHITTLESLEY, 7 miles S.W. from
March. Popula. 5,276. Jan, 25, St.
Paul, a great fair for horses, June 13,
Oct. 26, horses and cattle.
WELCHES-DAM, Extra Par.

in this parish, there was an Augustine Priory, founded by Sir Hugh de Malebisse and Beatrix his wife, in the reign of Hen. III.; granted, 36 Hen. VIII., to Sir Edward North.

WILBRAHAM (Great), 53 miles S.W. from Newmarket. Popula. 495. WILBRAHAM (Little), 4 miles S.W. from Newmarket. Popula. 274. WILBURTON, 6 miles S.W. from Ely. Popula. 465.

included therein. 4 miles S.W. from Downham.

WENTWORTH, or WINGFORD, 4 miles S.W. from Ely. Popula. 139. WESTLEY-WATERLESS, 5 miles S. from Newmarket. Popula. 158. WESTON COLVILLE, 7 miles S. from Newmarket. Popula. 419. WESTWICH, in Oakington parish, and popula. included therein. 5 miles N.W. of Cambridge.

WEST-WICKHAM, 4 miles N.E. from
Linton. Popula. 517.
WEST-WRATTING, 74 miles S.W. from
Newmarket. Popula. 696.
WICKEN, 5 miles N.W. from New-
market. Popula. 752. At Spinney,

and popula. included therein. 34 miles S. of March.

WIMPOLE, 7 miles S.W. from Cambridge. Popula. 493.

WISBEACH, 90 miles N.W. from London. Popula. 7,877. Market, Satur.; fairs, Satur. before Palm-Sund. for hemp and flax, Wednes. before Whit-Sund., horses, Satur. before ditto hemp and flax, July 25 horses, Aug. 1, 2, and 12, hemp and flax.

WITCHFORD, 24 miles S.W. from Ely. Popula. 401.

WITCHAM, 44 miles S.W. from Ely. Popula. 473.

WOOD-DITTON, 2 miles S. from Newmarket. Popula, 812.

Sandbach, Stockport, Chester, Tarporley, and Neston. It returns 2 members to Parliament for the shire, and 2 for the city of Chester. This county contains 1052 square miles, or 673,280 acres, and 90 parishes. It had 16 monastic establishments, and 35 public charities; it has 2 parishes with no churches, 6 parishes with less than 100 people, 47 parishes with no parsonage-house, 11 parishes with parsonage-house unfit to live in. The poor-rates were in 1818 164,7371. 15s. 34d.; the number of pauthe rental of the county, pers, 19,244; according to a return made to Parliament

in 1818, was 1,083,0831. 12s. 3d.; the
population, according to a return laid
before Parliament in 1821, was 270,098;
the number of inhabited houses in
1821, was 47,094; the number of unin-
habited houses at the same epoch, 1,212;
the poor-rates bear the proportion of one-
sixth of the rental; the number of pau-
pers, compared with the number of
houses, is 1 to every 3 houses; the
poor-rates, in 1776, were 28,9221.; the
number of persons to every square mile
of this county is 257; the number of
acres to a person, 2; the number of
acres to a house, 14; the male popu-
lation in 1821 was 132,952; the families
employed in agriculture were 18,120 in
number;
the families employed in han-
dicraft were 27,105 in number; the
number of other families was 6,709;
the agricultural male population, 46,307;
able labourers, 23,153. The number of
acres in this county to every able-

bodied labourer is 24. It is in the PRO
VINCE OF YORK, and in the DIOCESE OF
CHESTER, and is in the NORTH-WALES
CIRCUIT. It has been called the Vale

Royal of England, said to be from the
circumstance of the famous Abbey of
Vale Royal, situate nearly in the centre
of the county, rather than from the su-
periority of its beauty or richness. The
surface of it is generally flat, there
being not much uneven ground, ex-
cepting the high hills in the eastern
parts of it. The land is, for the most
part, a rich, stiff mould, or even clay,
in many parts, with a mixture of red
grit-rock and moor-peat. There are but
few woods of any extent; the whole
country being arable and pasture, and
full as much (if not more) of the latter
than the former. Besides the rivers
above enumerated, it has the advantage
of being very much intersected by
canals. Its produce is CHEESE, for which
it is famous all the world over, and
which is produced principally in the
neighbourhoods of the towns of Nant-
wich, Congleton, and Middlewich, and
the parish of Over, and along the banks
of the Weever; SALT is produced in
great quantity at Northwich; and the
manufacture of silk, muslin, and calico,
is carried on to a great extent in the
towns and neighbourhoods of Maccles-
field, Stockport, Knutsford, Sandbach,
Nantwich, and Thelwall.

ACTON, 1 mile S.W. from Nantwich. Popula. 3,767.

ACTON, in Weaverham parish, and po

ALDFORD, 6 miles S. from Chester. Popula. 1,684. ALLOSTOCH, in Great Budworth parish, and popula. included therein. ALPRAHAM, in Bunbury parish, and popula. included therein.

ALSAGER, in Barthomley parish, and popula. included therein. 5 miles S. from Sandbach.

ALTRINGHAM, or ALTRINGRAM, in Bowdon parish, and popula. returned therein. 7 miles N. from Knutsford. Market, Tues.; fairs, Ap. 29, Aug. 5, Nov. 22, cattle and drapery. ALVANLEY, in Frodsham parish, and popula. included therein. 7 miles N.E. from Chester.

ALVASTON, in Nantwich parish, and popula. included therein.

ANDERTON, in Budworth parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles from Northwich.

ANSTERSON, in Acton parish, and popula. included therein.

ANTROBUS, in Budworth parish, and

popula. included therein. 4 miles N. from Northwich.

ARCLID, in Sandbach parish, and popula.

included therein.

ARROW, in Woodchurch parish, and po pula. included therein.

ASHLEY, in Bowdon parish, and popula. included therein. 4 miles N. from Knutsford.

ASHTON, in Tarvin parish, and popula. included therein. 8 miles N.E. from Chester. ASHTON-GRANGE, in Runcorn parish, and popula. included therein. ASHTON-UPON-MERSEY, 3 miles N. from Altringham. Popula., with Sale, which is situate in Great Budworth, about 20 miles from Ashton, 1,924. ASTBURY, 2 miles S.W. from Congleton. Popula. 10,383.

ASTON, in Budworth parish, and popula. included therein. 3 miles from Northwich.

ASTON, in Runcorn parish, and popula. included therein. 6 miles from Warrington.

ASTON-JUXTA-MONDRUM, in Acton parish, and popula. included therein. AUDLEM, 4 miles S. from Nantwich, Popula. 2,795.

BACKFORD, 3 miles N. from Chester, Popula. 450.

BADDILEY, 2 miles S.W. from Nantwich. Popula. 270.

BADDINGTON, in Acton parish, and po. pula. included therein. 2 miles from Nantwich.

BARTON, in Farndon parish, and popula. included therein. 8 miles from Malpas. BASFORD, in Wybunbury parish, and popula. included therein. 5 miles from Nantwich.

BEBBINGTON (Upper and Lower), 4 miles N.E. from Park-Gate. Popula. 1,678.

BECHTON, in Sandbach parish, and popula. included therein. 4 miles from Congleton.

BEESTON, in Bunbury parish, and popula. included therein. 7 miles W.N.W. from Nantwich. BERKINHEAD, in Bidston parish, and popula. included therein. 10 miles from Chester. Here there was a Benedictine Priory, founded in the reign of Hen. II., by Hamon Massy, Baron of Dunham Massey, valued at 1027. 16s. 10d. yearly, now worth 2,0561. 16s. 8d.; granted, 36 Hen. VIII., to Ralph Worseley.

BEXTON, in Knutsford parish, and popula. included therein. 1 mile from Knutsford.

BICKERTON, in Malpas parish, and popula. included therein. 5 miles from Malpas.

included therein. 2 miles E. from Knutsford.

BARNSHAW, in Sandbach parish, and popula. included therein. Near Northwich.

BARNSTON, in Woodchurch parish, and popula. included therein. 14 miles from

Chester.

included therein. 4 miles E. from Malpas.

BIDSTON with FORD, 7 miles N.E. from Parkgate. Popula. 1014. BIRCHES, in Budworth parish, and popula. included therein. BIRTLES, in Prestbury parish, and popula. included therein. BLACKDEN, in Sandbach parish, and popula. included therein. 3 miles from Northwich.

BLAKENHALL, in Wybunbury parish, and popula. included therein. BOLLEN-FEE, in Wilmslow parish, and popula. included therein. 3 miles N. from Macclesfield.

BOLLINGTON, in Bowdon parish, and popula. included therein. BOLLINGTON, in Prestbury parish, and popula. included therein. 3 miles N. from Macclesfield.

BOSLEY, in Prestbury parish, and popula. included therein. 34 miles S.E. from Macclesfield.