ROMANSLEIGH, 3 miles S. from South- SOURTON, 4 miles S.W. from OakhampMolton. Popula. 214. ton. Popula. 546. pula. 398. ROOSDOWN, 6 miles S. from Axminster. SPREYTON, 4 miles S. from Bow. Po- Molton. Popula. 436. RUDGE, in Crediton parish, and popula. included therein. SIDBURY, 6 miles N.E. from Colvton. Popula. 1,612. Fairs, July 5, Sept. 4, cattle. SALCOMBE-REGIS, 7 miles N.E. from Colyton. Popula. 436. SALCOMBE, in Malborough parish, and SILVERTON, 4 miles S.W. from Colpopula. included therein. lumpton. Popula. 1,308. Fairs, July 5, Sept. 4, cattle. SAMPFARD-SPINEY, 3 miles E. from SOWTON, 34 miles E. from Exeter. Po Tavistock. Popula. 333. SAMPFORD-COURTNEY, 5 miles S.E. from Hatherleigh. Popula. 1,017. SAMPFORD-PEVERELL, 4 miles N. from Collumpton. Popula. 739. Fairs, last Mon. in April, Sept. 8, cattle. SANDFORD, 1 mile N. from Crediton. Popula. 1,906. SATTERLEIGH, 3 miles S.W. from SHEBBEAR, 7 miles S. from Torrington. pula. 339. STAVERTON, 2 miles N. from Totness. STOKE-DAMERELL, 1 mile W. from STOKE-FLEMMING, 1 mile S.W. from STOKE-RIVERS, 4 miles E. from Barnstaple. Popula. 291. STOKINGHAM, 6 miles S.W. from Dartmouth. Popula. 1,487. STOKINTINHEAD.-See Cobintinhead. SHERFORD, 5 miles S.W. from Dart- STOCKLEY-ENGLISH, 5 miles N. from mouth. Popula. 429. SHELDON, 5 miles N.E. from Collumpton. Popula. 186. SHEEPSTOR, 9 miles N.E. from Ply. mouth. Popula. 129. SHEEPWASH, 7 miles S. from Torrington. Popula. 436. Fairs, April 10, Aug. 12, Oct. 10, for cattle. When any of these days happen on Sat., the fair is held on Mon. Crediton. Popula. 127. STOCKLEY-POMEROY, 4 miles N.E. from Crediton. Popula. 226. STOKE-CANNON. 4 miles N. from Ex eter. Popula. 337. STONEHOUSE (East), 1 mile S.W. from Plymouth. Popula. 6,043. STOODLEY with HIGHLEY (St. Mary), 4 miles N. from Tiverton. Popula. 466. SHERWELL, 4 miles N.E. from Barn- STOWFORD, 10 miles S.W.' from Oakstaple. Popula. 645. hampton. Popula. 394. SHILLINGFORD (St. George), 3 miles SUTCOMBE, 4 miles N. from Holsworthy. S. from Exeter. Popula. 70. SHOBROKE, 2 miles N.E. from Crediton. Popula. 737. SHUTE, 2 miles N. from Colyton. Popula. 593. SLAPTON, 3 miles S.W. from Dartmouth. Popula. 689. Here was a College, founded in the year 1373, by Sir Guy de Brien; granted, 37 Hen. VIII., to Thomas Arundel. Popula. 405. SYDENHAM-DAMERELL, 4 miles W. TAMERTON-FOLIATT, 4 miles N. from TAVEY (St. Peter), 3 miles N.E. from THURLESTONE, 4 miles W. from KingsTavistock. Popula. 444. bridge. Popula. 426. TAVISTOCK, 205 miles S.W. from Lon-TIVITCHEN, 6 miles N.E. from South the don. Popula. 5,483. Market, Fri. ; fairs, Jan. 17, May 6, Sept. 9, Oct. 10, Dec. 11, cattle. When any of these happen on Sat., the fair is held the Fri. before. When they fall on Sun. or Mon., the fair is kept on Tues. Here was a Benedictine Abbey, founded, in year 961, by Ordgar, earl of Devonshire, and his son; valued at 9021. 5s. 74d. yearly, now worth 18,045l. 12s. 6d.; granted, 31 Hen. VIII., to John Lord Russell. This is a close borough, sending two members to parliament. TAWTON (South), 4 miles E. from Oakham. Popula. 1,878. TAWTON (North), 3 miles W. from Bow. TAWSTOCK, 3 miles S. from Barnstaple. TEDBURN (St. Mary), Molton. Popula. 162. TIVERTON, 163 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 8,631. Market, Tues.; fairs, second Tues. after Trin-Sun., Sep. 29, for cattle. If it fall on Sun., it is kept on Tues. This is a borough town, sending two members to parliament. The right of election is in the corporation only, and the number of voters 24. TOPSHAM, 170 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 3,156. TORBRYAN, 3 miles S.E. from Ashburton. TORRINGTON (Great), 197 miles S.W. TORRINGTON (Little), 1 mile S. from TORBAY.-See TOR-MOHAM. Exeter. Popula. 709. ton-Abbots. Popula. 131. TETCOTT, 4 miles S. from Holsworthy. THELBRIDGE, 5 miles E. from Chum- THOMAS (St. the Apostle), Popula. 3,245. lumpton. Popula. 1,317. THORNCOMBE, 6 miles N.E. from Axminster. Popula. 1,322. This parish, including Ford-Abbey, is a detached portion of the county, being surrounded by Dorsetshire. Market, Sat.; fairs, Easter-Tues., for cattle of all sorts, and pedlary. Popula. 3,128. Market, Sat.; fairs, first Tues. in every month for cattle. Easter-Tues., May 12 (a great market), July 25, Oct. 28, for horses, sheep, and horned cattle. This is a corporate town, having a mayor, recorder, thirteen capital members, two counsellors, and twenty burgesses. It sends two members to parliament. The right of election in the corporation and freemen, resident and non-resident. The number of voters 78, 50 of whom are non-resident, and only 28 resident. Here was an Alien Priory, founded, in the reign of William the Conqueror, by John Aluredi; value 124l. 10s. 24d. yearly, now worth 2,4901. 2s. 6d.; granted, 35 Hen. VIII., to Catherine Champernoun and others. TOWN, in Axminster parish, and popula. TOWNSTALL, mile W. from Dartmouth. TRENTISHOE, 9 miles N.E. from Barn- THORNBURY, 3 miles N.E. from Hols-TRUSHAM, 2 miles N. from Chudleigh. worthy. Popula. 517. THROWLEY, 6 miles N.E. from Moreton- Popula. 192. UFFCULME, 9 miles S.E. from Bampton. Popula. 1,979. Market, Wed.; fairs, Wed. before Good-Fri., July 6, Aug. 12, for cattle. G UFORD, in Crediton parish, and popula. | WHITREY, in Uplowman parish, and po included therein. pula. included therein. UGBOROUGH, 3 miles W. from Modbury. WHITSTONE, 3 miles W. from Exeter. Popula. 1,429. UPLOWMAN, 3 miles N.E. from Tiverton. Popula. 425. UPLYME, 3 miles S. from Axminster. Popula. 848. UP-OTTERY, 4 miles W. from Honiton. Popula. 886. Fairs, third Sat. in Mar., Oct. 24, for bullocks, sheep, and toys. UPTON-HILLIONS, 3 miles N. from Crediton. Popula. 168. UPTON-PYNE, 3 miles N. from Exeter. Popula. 431. UTON, in Crediton parish, and popula. included therein. VAULTERSHOME, in Maker parish, Cornwall, and popula. included therein. VENN-OTTERY, 3 miles S.W. from Ottery St. Mary. Popula. 120. VIRGINSTOW, 12 miles W. from Oak hampton. Popula. 116. WALKHAMTON, 4 miles S.E. from Tavistock. Popula. 670. WARE-GIFFORD, 2 miles N. from Torrington. Popula. 469. WARKLEY, 4 miles S.W. from SouthMolton. Popula. 268, WITHERIDGE, 6 miles E. from Chumleigh. Popula. 1,121. Fairs, June 24, Wed. before April 16, for cattle. Called great markets, as there is no charter for fairs on these days. WITHYCOMBE-RAWLEIGH, 4 miles S.E. from Topsham. Popula. 1,054. WOLFORDISWORTHY, 5 miles S.E. from Hartland. Popula. 755. WOODBURY, 2 miles S.E. from Topsham. Popula. 1,494. WOODLAND, in Ipplepen parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles from Ashburton. WASHFIELD, 2 miles N. from Tiverton. WELLCOMBE, 4 miles S. from Hartland. WOOLBOROUGH, 1 mile S. from New- ton-Abbots. Popula. 1,859. WEMBURY, 4 miles S. from Plympton- WOOLFARDISWORTHY, 8 miles S.E. Earl. Popula. 564. WEMBWORTHY, 3 miles S. from Chumleigh. Popula. 349. WERRINGTON, 10 miles S. from Holsworthy. Popula. 635. WESTPUTFORD, 6 miles N. from Holsworthy. Popula. 425. WESTON-PEVEREL, in St. Andrew's parish, and popula. included therein. WEST-WATER, in Axminster parish, and popula. included therein. WHIMPLE, 7 miles N.E. from Exeter. Popula. 557. Fair, Mon. se'nnight af ter Sept. 1, for cattle. from Chumleigh. Popula. 213. WORLINGTON (East), 5 miles E. from Chumleigh. Popula. 255. WORLINGTON (West), 5 miles E. from Chumleigh. Popula. 172. WYKE, in Axminster parish, and popula. included therein. YARCOMBE, 7 miles N.E. from Honiton. Popula. 793. YARNSCOMBE, 3 miles N.E. from Torrington. Popula. 463. YEALMPTON, 2 miles S. E. from Plympton-Earl. Popula. 1,235. WHITECHURCH, 1 mile S. from Tavi- ZEAL-MONACHORUM, 1 mile N. from stock. Popula. 692. Bow. Popula, 681. 83 DORSETSHIRE. THIS COUNTY is bounded on the North by Wiltshire and Somersetshire, on the East by Hampshire, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by Devonshire; being about 50 miles long and 27 broad. It is divided into five great divisions, of Blandford, Bridport, Dorchester, Shaston, and Sherborne ; and these are again divided into numerous liberties and hundreds. The principal RIVERS are, the Stour, the Frome, and the Ivel. It has 19 Market-Towns; namely, Cranboerne, Dorchester, Poole, Lyme-Regis, Melcombe-Regis, Weymouth, Bridport, Shaftesbury, CorfeCastle, Wareham, Abbotsbury, Beaminster, Bere- Regis, Blandford, CerneAbbas, Sherborné, Stalbridge, Sturminster-Newton, and Wimborne Minster. The County sends two members to parliament, as does each of the nine boroughs; namely, Dorchester, Poole, Lyme-Regis, Weymouth, Bridport, Shaftesbury, Corfe-Castle, Wareham, and Melcombe-Regis. It is in the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, in the DIOCESE OF BRISTOL, and in the WESTERN CIRCUIT. There are in this county 1,005 square miles, or 643,200 acres, and 271 parishes. It had 25 monastic institutions, 32 public charities; it has 3 parishes with no church; 33 parishes containing less than 100 people; 33 parishes with no parsonage-house; 71 parishes in which the parsonage-house is unfit to live in. The POOR-RATES of the county are 129,2217. 11s. Ožd., the number of PAUPERS is 15,684; the rental is 698,3957. 10s. 3d.; the population in 1821 was 144,499; the number of houses is 25,926; the rates compared with the rental, are one-fifth; the paupers, compared with the number of houses, are 1 to every 2 houses; the poor-rates in 1776, were 24,0451.; the number of persons to a mile in this county is 143; the number of acres to a person, 4; the number of acres to a house, 24; the male population, 68,934; the number of families employed in agriculture, 14,821; the number of families employed in handicraft, 10,811; the number of other families, 4,680; the number of the agricultural male population, 33,705; the number of able labourers, 16,852; and the number of acres of land to each able labourer, is 38. This county is in a great part level. It has some high lands on the North, dividing it from Somersetshire, and it has also a ridge of downs extending from East to West along the coast, from about Encombe to Lyme-Regis; and then it has a few high hills about Blandford, near the middle of the county. Excepting these Dorsetshire may be called a level county. The greater part of the county is in pasture, the arable being estimated at only one-third, and the waste at a ninth. The greater part of the waste is in that district between Corfe-Castle and the border of Hampshire extending along the sea-coast. The soil is in some places, about Bridport and Sherborne for instance, a good deep loam; in others, as all along the Western district, it is light, if not sandy. Corn, sheep, butter, wool, timber and flax, are the products of the county. The Dorset sheep have been particularly famous in the West of England for years, both for the fineness of their wool and for the earliness of their lambs, which come much earlier than any other. ABBOTSBURY, 127 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 907. Fair, July 10, for sheep and toys. A Benedictine Abbey, founded by Orcius, steward to King Canute, in the year 1026; income 4851. 3s. 54d. yearly, now worth 9,7031.9s. 2d.; granted, 35 Hen. VIII., to Sir Giles Strangwaies. ABBOTSWOOTTEN, in Whitchurch-canonicorum parish, and popula. included therein. ALCESTER, forms part of the borough of Shaftesbury, and the popula. is returned with it.-See Shaftesbury. ALDERHOLT, in Cranborne parish, and popula. included therein. ALLINGTON, a mile N.W. from Brid- | BRADFORD-PEVEREL, 2 miles N.W. port. Popula. 1,139. Fair, July 22, a small fair for pedlary and cattle. ALMER and MAPPERTON, 6 miles S.W. from Wimborne. Popula. 188. ALTON PANCRAS, 1 mile N.E. from Cerne-Abbas. Popula. 207. ANDERSON, 3 miles N.E. from BereRegis. Popula. 78. BEAMINSTER, 137 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 2,806. Market,Thurs.; fairs, April 4, Sep. 19, for horses, sheep, &c. Also shows of cattle, cheese, &c., and Oct. 9. BELL-CHALWELL, 5 miles S. from Sturminster-Newton. Popula. 192. BERE-HACKET, 4 miles S. from Sherborne. Popula. 78. from Dorchester. Popula. 277. BRADPOLE, 1 mile N. from Bridport. Popula. 926. BRADLEY, in Church-Knowle parish, and popula. included therein. BREDY (Little), 2 miles N. from Abbotsbury. Popula. 205. BRIDPORT, 134 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 3,742. Market, Sat.; fairs, April 6, for bullocks and sheep; Holy-Thurs., for pedlary, Oct. 11, small fair for pedlary and cattle. A corporate town, having thirteen capital burgesses, two bailiffs, a recorder, and a town clerk. Seeds two members to parliament. Right of election in the inhabitants who pay scot and lot. Number of voters, 250. Here there was a Priory, at the end of the town; income 61. yearly, now worth 1201.; converted into a dwelling-house, called St. Jones. An Hospital over the bridge, to the west of the town; income 81. 6s. 1d. yearly, now worth 166l. 1s. 8d. BROADMAYNE, 3 miles S.E. from Dorchester. Popula. 277. BROADWAY, 5 miles S. from Dorchester. Popula. 282. Fair, Wed. beiore Sept. 18. BERE-REGIS, 115 miles S.W. from Lon- BROADWINSOR, 3 miles N.W. from don. Popula. 1,080. BETTISCOMBE, 3 miles S.W. from Beaminster. Popula. 62. BEVERIDGE, in Cranborne parish, and popula. included therein.~ BINCOMBE, 5 miles S. from Dorchester. Popula. 178. BLAGDON, in Cranborne parish, and popula. included therein. BLANDFORD-FORUM, 103 miles S.W. from London. Popula. 2,643. Market, Sat.; fairs, March 7, July 10, Nov. 8, for horses, sheep, and cheese. BLANDFORD (St. Mary), 1 mile S. from Blandford-Forum. Popula. 358. BLOXWORTH, 1 mile E. from Bere-Regis. Popula. 210. BOTHEN HAMPTON, 1 mile S. from Bridport. Popula. 385. BOWOOD, in Netherbury parish, and popula. included therein. BOWRTON, in Gillingham parish, and popula. included therein. Beaminster. Popula. 1,387. Fair, Trin.- Mon. BROCKHAMPTON, in Buckland-Newton parish, and popula. included therein. BRYANSTON with DURWESTON, 1 mile from Blandford-Forum. Popula.79. BRYANT'S-PUDDLE, in Aff-Puddle parish, and popula. included therein. BUCKHORN-WESTON, 6 miles W. from Shaftesbury. Popula. 327. BUCKLAND-NEWTON, 3 miles N.E. from Cerne-Abbas. Popula. 843. BUCKLAND-RIPERS, 6 miles S.W. from Dorchester. Popula. 60. BURLESTONE, 4 miles W. from BereRegis. Popula. 63. BURSTOCK, 3 miles S.E. from Bridport. BRADFORD-ABBAS, 3 miles S.W. from CASTLETON, 1 mile S. from Sherborne. Sherborne. Popula. 533. Popula. 174. |