Andover (St. Mary)
ANDOVER (St. Mary),
a borough, market-town,
and parish, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the
head of a union, locally in
the hundred of Andover,
Andover and N. divisions
of the county of Southampton, 26 miles (N. by
W.) from Southampton, and
64 (W. S. W.) from London;
comprising the hamlets of
Charlton, Hatherden, King's
Enham, Little London, Smannell, Wildhern, and Woodhouse, and the chapelry of Foxcote; and containing
5013 inhabitants. Andover, or, according to the charter,
seal, and official documents, Andever, is a corruption of
the Saxon Andeafara, which signifies the passage of the
Ande, denoting the proximity of the town to the small
river Ande or Anton. In the church at this place, Anlaf,
King of Norway, in 994 received the sacrament of confirmation, under the sponsorship of King Ethelred, promising that he would never more come in a hostile
manner to England, which engagement he religiously
observed.
Seal and Arms.
The town, which is situated on the border of the
Wiltshire downs, and near the edge of an extensive
woodland tract forming the north-west portion of the
county, is neat, airy, and well built; it consists principally of three long streets, is well paved under an act
obtained in 1815, lighted with gas supplied by a company lately formed among the inhabitants, and plentifully supplied with water. The manufacture of silk has,
of late, entirely superseded that of shalloons, which was
formerly carried on to a great extent; and the construction of a canal from the town, through Stockbridge, to
Southampton Water, has materially improved its trade,
particularly in corn, malt, and timber, of which last a
vast quantity is forwarded from Harewood Forest, for
the supply of Portsmouth dockyard. In 1846 an act
was passed for the construction of a railway from Basingstoke, by Andover, to Salisbury. The principal
market is on Saturday, and there is a smaller one on
Wednesday: the fairs are on Mid-Lent Saturday and
Old May-day, for horses, cattle, cheese, and leather; on
the 16th of November for sheep; and on the following
day for horses, hops, cheese, &c. Three miles west of
Andover, and within the out-hundred belonging to the
town, is Weyhill, where an annual fair is held, which,
originating in a revel anciently kept on the Sunday before Michaelmas-day, has gradually become the largest
and best attended fair in England. It takes place on
October 10th and six following days, by charter of Queen
Elizabeth, confirmed by Charles II. The first day is
noted for the sale of sheep, of which the number sold
has frequently exceeded 170,000; on the second the
farmers hire their servants; after which, hops, cheese,
horses (particularly cart colts), cloth, &c., are exposed
for sale. An additional fair, principally for sheep, was
instituted in 1829, and is held on the 1st of August.
The inhabitants appear to have received charters of
incorporation from Henry II. and Richard I., but the
oldest now in their possession is one bestowed in the
6th of King John's reign: several others were subsequently granted, and that under which the borough was
until recently governed, is dated in the 41st of Elizabeth. By the act of the 5th and 6th of Wm. IV. c. 76,
the government is now vested in a mayor, four aldermen,
and twelve councillors, assisted by a recorder, townclerk, and other officers: the municipal boundaries are
co-extensive with those of the parish, which is about
twenty-two miles in circumference, and include the parish of Knights-Enham, locally in Andover parish. The
borough sent representatives to all the parliaments of
Edward I., but made no return after the first of Edward
II. till the 27th of Elizabeth, since which period it has
continued to send two members: the right of election
was formerly vested in the bailiff and corporation, in
number about twenty-four, but was extended by the act
of the 2nd of William IV., cap. 45, to the £10 householders; the mayor is the returning officer. Courts of
session are held quarterly; courts leet occur at Easter
and Michaelmas; and the county magistrates hold a
petty-session every Monday for the neighbouring district. The powers of the county debt-court of Andover
extend over the registration-districts of Andover and
Whitchurch. The town-hall was erected in 1825, at an
expense of £7000, towards defraying which each of the
then members for the borough, Sir J. W. Pollen, Bart.,
and T. A. Smith, Esq., presented £1000: it is a handsome and spacious building of stone, surmounted by a
cupola; on the ground-floor is the market-house, over
which are a council-room for transacting the business
of the corporation, and a hall for holding the quartersessions.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books
at £17. 4. 3½.; net income, £350; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College.
The late church was an ancient building with a Norman
doorway at the west end: it having become dilapidated,
a new edifice was erected by the late Dr. Goddard, presenting a splendid example of the early English style;
the interior is finished in a most chaste and beautiful
manner, and the windows of the chancel are filled with
coloured glass. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans. A grammar school was founded and endowed in
1569, by John Hanson, whose benefaction was subsequently increased by Richard Kemys. In 1719, John
Pollen, Esq., one of the representatives of the borough,
erected a school-house, and endowed it with £10 per
annum, for twenty children; in 1725, James Sambourne
bequeathed £1000 for the instruction of twenty-four
children of Hatherden. An hospital for eight poor men
was founded by John Pollen, Esq.; and six unendowed
almshouses for women were built with funds bequeathed
by Catherine Hanson, who also gave an acre of ground
planted with trees, to be appropriated as a walk for the
recreation of the inhabitants. The union of Andover
comprises 28 parishes or places in the county of Hants,
and 4 in that of Wilts, and contains a population of
16,990. The Roman road from Winchester to Cirencester passed near Andover, and is yet visible in Harewood coppice; and, besides two or three small encampments near the town, there is a large one, about a mile
to the south-west, on the summit of Bury hill. Some
beautiful specimens of Roman pavement have recently
been discovered in the neighbourhood. Andover gives
the inferior title of Viscount to the Earl of Suffolk.
Andwell
ANDWELL, an extra-parochial district, in the union
and hundred of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4½ miles (E.) from
Basingstoke; containing 26 inhabitants. It comprises
about 130 acres of land.
Angersleigh (St. Michael)
ANGERSLEIGH (St. Michael), a parish, in the
union of Taunton, hundred of Taunton and TauntonDean, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from
Taunton; containing 42 inhabitants. It comprises by
measurement 411 acres, of which the arable and pasture
are in nearly equal portions. The living is a discharged
rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 19. 4½., and
in the gift of the Rev. Henry Tippets Tucker: the tithes
have been commuted for £98, and there are 18 acres of
glebe.
Angerton, High
ANGERTON, HIGH, a township, in the parish of
Hartburn, union of Morpeth, W. division of Morpeth ward, N. division of Northumberland, 7 miles
(W.) from Morpeth; containing 75 inhabitants. This
place is noticed in the year 1262 as the residence of the
Baroness Theophania, widow of Hugh de Bolbeck, who
was sheriff of Northumberland, governor of several
castles, and held other offices of importance: from the
Bolbecks, both High and Low Angerton went in regular
descent to the Howards, with whom they continued until
within the last few years. The township extends to the
village of Hartburn, and comprises 1197 acres of rich
loamy soil, whereof 550 are arable, 571 pasture, and the
remainder woodland. The vicar receives £125. 9. for
the tithes of this place.
Angerton, Low
ANGERTON, LOW, a township, in the parish of
Hartburn, union of Morpeth, W. division of Morpeth ward, N. division of Northumberland, 7½ miles
(W. by S.) from Morpeth; containing 64 inhabitants. A
branch of the Greys, of Howick, resided here in the 17th
century, as tenants under the Earl of Carlisle. It comprises 1075 acres, of which 383 are arable, 646 pasture,
and 45½ wood: the river Wansbeck runs through, and
is bordered by rich pastures. The village stands on a
dry ridge of gravelly alluvium, with the Wansbeck on
the north, and flat marshy gullies nearly round the other
three sides. The tithes have been commuted for £106,
payable to the vicar.
Anglesey
ANGLESEY, a newly-erected watering-place, in the
parish of Alverstoke, liberty of Alverstoke and
Gosport, Fareham and S. divisions of the county of
Southampton, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Gosport. This
interesting place occupies an elevated site at a small
distance from Stoke's Bay, and nearly opposite to the
town of Ryde in the Isle of Wight. The mild temperature of the climate, the beauty and variety of the surrounding scenery, the facilities for sea-bathing, and the
goodness of the roads in its vicinity, have united to
render it eligible as a watering-place, and it has already
obtained a considerable degree of patronage, which is
rapidly increasing. The first building erected was Uxbridge House, the seat of Robert Cruicksbank, Esq., the
founder of the town; the first stone of which was laid in
1826, by the Earl of Uxbridge, for his father, the Marquess of Anglesey, from whom the place derives its name.
The buildings consist of a noble terrace and crescent,
and are situated within a spacious area inclosed with
iron-railing, and tastefully laid out and ornamented with
shrubs and flowers: within the inclosure is a fine elevated
terrace-walk, commanding a view of the Isle of Wight,
Stoke's Bay, the Mother Bank, and St. Helen's, with
the shipping passing between Spithead and Portsmouth
harbour. A commodious hotel was built in 1830, and
being found too small for the accommodation of the increasing number of visiters, a house in the adjoining
crescent was subsequently added to it: there are also
reading-rooms and public baths, and a chapel of ease.
The bay affords good anchorage for vessels: and a communication is kept up with Portsmouth harbour, the
dockyard, and the other naval arsenals in the vicinity,
by Haslar lake, a branch of the harbour.
Anglezarke
ANGLEZARKE, a township, in the chapelry of
Rivington, parish of Bolton, union of Chorley,
hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Chorley; containing
164 inhabitants. The township comprises 1857 acres;
it is mostly mountainous, abounding with game, and is
chiefly the property of William Standish Standish, Esq.,
of Duxbury, who is lord of the manor. At White Coppice is a cotton-mill: several quarries in the township
produce a fine hard gritstone, of whitish appearance, in
great request for the paving of roads and streets; and
grey slate is sometimes obtained in small quantities.
The lead-mines here were wrought more than 130 years
ago: after being discontinued for some time, they were
again opened by Sir Thomas Standish; and about 70
years since, they were wrought a third time, by his son,
Sir Francis Standish, who relinquished the works about
1790. In 1823 the Messrs. Thompson, of Wigan, commenced operations anew, but they were unsuccessful,
and the works were in consequence abandoned. These
mines contain immense quantities of the carbonate of
barytes, a mineral whose value was unknown until about
the year 1782, when the visit of two Frenchmen to the
mines led to the knowledge of its nature and properties:
Dr. Withering and Dr. Crawford subsequently drew the
attention of all Europe to the newly discovered mineral.
The carbonate of barytes found here consists of 22 parts
of carbonic acid, and 78 parts of barytes. At Brookhouse Farm, where are powerful springs, was commenced
on 7th April, 1847, the construction of works and reservoirs for supplying water to Chorley; and it is proposed
to supply the town of Liverpool also with water from
this place: the distance to Liverpool is twenty miles,
but the great elevation at Anglezarke renders the position chosen most favourable for the purpose.
Angmering, East and West (St. Peter)
ANGMERING, EAST and WEST (St. Peter), a
parish, in the union of Preston (under Gilbert's act),
hundred of Poling, rape of Arundel, W. division of
Sussex, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Arundel; containing
1002 inhabitants. It comprises East and West Angmering and Bargeham, formerly all distinct parishes,
which were consolidated in 1573, and now form one
parish, containing 4229 acres; 1933 acres are arable, 1895
pasture, and the rest wood. East Angmering had anciently a weekly market, and an annual fair on the 31st
of July; but the former has been long discontinued, and
the latter has degenerated into a mere pleasure-fair.
The living comprises the rectory of West Angmering,
with the vicarage of East Angmering consolidated, valued
jointly in the king's books at £21. 9. 8.; patrons, the
family of Reeks; impropriator of the vicarage, the Rev.
J. Usborne. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £26, the rectorial for £290, and the vicarial
for £8. 5. The church is a handsome structure in the
later English style, with a square embattled tower, and
contains several monumental tablets to the Gratericke
family. A school was founded by William Older, who
in 1679 endowed it with a cottage and garden, and 30
acres of land at East Angmering, now producing £90
per annum. On the lands of the church farm on the
western borders of the parish, a Roman bath was discovered in 1819.
Angram
ANGRAM, a township, in the parish of Long Marston, W. division of Ainsty wapentake, W. riding of
York, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Tadcaster; containing
78 inhabitants. The road from York to Wetherby passes
at a short distance on the north.
Angram-Grange
ANGRAM-GRANGE, a township, in the parish of
Coxwold, union of Easingwould, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York, 4¾ miles (N.) from Easingwould; comprising 438a. 3r. 24p., and containing 24
inhabitants. The impropriate tithes have been commuted
for £106, payable to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Anick
ANICK, a township, in the parish of St. John Lee,
union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale ward and of
Northumberland, 1¾ mile (N. E. by E.) from Hexham;
containing 146 inhabitants. It comprises 360 acres, of
which 270 are arable, and 90 meadow and pasture.
About 9 acres are on the south side of the Tyne, and
the remainder, including an island of 13 acres of grass
land, are on its northern bank, gradually and beautifully
sloping to the river, which sometimes overflows the
grounds in its vicinity; the soil is various, but rendered
productive by manure. The Newcastle and Carlisle
railway skirts the township on the south. At Hexham
Bridge End is a large brewery. The tithes have been
commuted for £75. 13. 4. payable to the impropriators,
and £28. 6. 8. to the perpetual curate.
Anick-Grange
ANICK-GRANGE, a township, in the parish of St.
John Lee, union of Hexham, S. division of Tindale
ward and of Northumberland, l½ mile (E. N. E.) from
Hexham; containing 40 inhabitants. It formerly belonged to the monastery of Hexham.
Anlaby
ANLABY, a township, partly in the parish of Hessle,
but chiefly in that of Kirk-Ella, county of the town
of Hull, union of Sculcoates, E. riding of York, 3¼
miles (W.) from Hull; containing 423 inhabitants. This
place was anciently a possession of a family of the same
name, and in 1100 a great part of the estate passed, by
intermarriage with its heiress, into the family of Legard.
The township comprises about 2020 acres, including the
adjacent hamlets of Wolfreton and Tranby, the former
of which, consisting of 355 acres, is partly in the township of Kirk-Ella. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Anmer (St. Mary)
ANMER (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Docking, hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division
of Norfolk, 11 miles (N. E.) from Lynn; containing
175 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1359 acres, of
which 184 are common or waste. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 0. 1.,
and in the gift of H. Coldham, Esq.: the tithes have
been commuted for £194, and the glebe consists of 70
acres. The church, which is picturesquely situated in
the grounds of the Hall, is chiefly in the decorated and
later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, with
a chapel on the south side, and an embattled tower.
On opening a tumulus a few years ago in the park, a
fine Roman urn, containing bones and ashes, was discovered.
Ann, Abbot's.—See Abbot's-Ann.
ANN, ABBOT'S.—See Abbot's-Ann.
Anne (St.), or Briers.—See Owram, South.
ANNE (St.), or Briers.—See Owram, South.
Annesley (All Saints)
ANNESLEY (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow
and of the county of Nottingham, 10 miles (N. N. W.)
from Nottingham; containing, with the hamlets of
Annesley-Woodhouse and Wandesley, and the extraparochial district of Felly, 315 inhabitants. This parish
comprises 3030 acres by measurement; it is intersected
by the road from Nottingham to Kirkby-Sutton, and is
irregular in its surface, which in many parts rises into
mountainous ridges. The soil rests on red sandstone,
of which there are some quarries supplying an inferior
material used chiefly for walls and small houses. The
village is picturesquely situated; several of its inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of stockings. The
living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £52; patron
and impropriator, J. Musters, Esq. The church is
ancient, and has a tower with two bells.
Annfield-Plain
ANNFIELD-PLAIN, a colliery village, in the township of Kyo, parish and union of Lanchester, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of
Durham, 11 miles (S. S. W.) from Gateshead. This
place has risen into some importance, and its population has increased to 500, in consequence of the opening of a coal-pit, whose produce is conveyed to the
shipping by the Pontop and South Shields railway.
There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.
Ansley (St. Lawrence)
ANSLEY (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union
of Atherstone, Atherstone division of the hundred of
Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick,
3 miles (S. by W.) from Atherstone; containing 701
inhabitants. It lies on the road from Nuneaton to
Coleshill, and comprises by measurement about 2700
acres of land in equal portions of arable and pasture,
with about 37 acres of woodland; the soil is stiff, and
very fertile, the surface low and undulated, and the
scenery in parts picturesque. Coal exists, but is not
worked. The population is partly engaged in the
weaving of ribbons. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £6. 6. 8., and in the
patronage of the Crown; net income, £116; impropriator, W. S. Dugdale, Esq. The church, which is very
ancient, has a fine square tower, and a Norman arch
divides the nave from the chancel. A school is supported by subscription. There are some remains of an
old castle.
Anslow, or Annesley
ANSLOW, or Annesley, a township, in the parish
of Rolleston, union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of
Stafford, 3¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Burton; containing 278 inhabitants. The manor is now held by the
family of Williams. The late Sir John Williams, Knt.,
one of the judges of the realm, who died in 1846, came
into possession in right of his wife, daughter of Davies
Davenport, Esq., of Capesthorne, in the county of Chester, whose ancestor purchased it in 1739 from the Mainwarings, of Whitmore, in Staffordshire, to whom it had
descended by marriage from the ancient family of
Boghay. The township includes the hamlets of Callingwood and Stockdale-Ridding. There was a chapel
here before the Reformation; there is now a place of
worship for Wesleyans.
Anstey
ANSTEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Hilton, union
of Blandford, hundred of Whiteway, Blandford
division of Dorset; containing 200 inhabitants.
Anstey
ANSTEY, a parish, in the union of Buntingford,
hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, 4 miles
(N. E.) from Buntingford; containing 497 inhabitants.
It is situated on the road to Cambridge through Barkway, and comprises 2051a. 3r. 11p. A fair is held on
July 15th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £21. 13. 4.; net income, £504; patrons, the
Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Corn-rents were assigned to the rector under a private
act in 1826, as a commutation in lieu of tithes. The
church is a cruciform edifice, with a central tower surmounted by a short spire supported by Saxon arches,
and is said to have been built from the ruins of a castle
erected by Eustace, Earl of Boulogne, soon after the
Conquest, traces of which are still visible.
Anstey (St. Mary)
ANSTEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of West Goscote, N.
division of the county of Leicester, 3¾ miles (N. W.)
from Leicester; containing 838 inhabitants. This place,
formerly called Hanstigie or Anstige, is situated between
the forests of Charnwood and Leicester; and at the
dissolution of religious houses belonged to the priory of
Ulverscroft, with a reserved rent of 3s. 4d., and a pound
of pepper, due to the Lord of Groby. The living is
consolidated with the rectory of Thurcaston: the church
was rebuilt by the incumbent in 1844, and is now a
beautiful edifice, with the old tower; the cost was
£4000. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. In
1376, certain lands, described as "lying in the fields of
Anstey in Wolfdale," were granted by John Lenerych,
of Leicester; and in 1490 the "Brereyard" was devised by Thomas Martyn and William Haket, and vested
in trustees for the repair of the church, bridges, and
causeways of this place.
Anstey (St. James)
ANSTEY (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Foleshill, hundred of Knightlow, N. division of the
county of Warwick, 5½ miles (N. E.) from Coventry;
containing 224 inhabitants. This place is situated on
the road from Coventry to Wolvey heath, and thence to
Leicester; it was originally called Heanstige, from the
Saxon hean, high, and stige, a path-way. The parish
comprises by computation 1000 acres, and, with the
exception of about 300 acres, is the property of the
Dean and Canons of Windsor; the Oxford canal passes
through the village. Anstey Hall, erected 150 years
ago, is a noble mansion of brick and stone, the seat of
Lieut.-Col. H. W. Adams, C.B. The living is a vicarage, not in charge, with a net income of £63; it is in
the patronage of the Crown, and the Dean and Canons
are appropriators. The church is said to have been
founded in the time of Henry I.
Anstey (St. James)
ANSTEY (St. James), a parish, in the union of
Tisbury, hundred of Dunworth, Hindon and S. divisions of Wilts, 5¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Hindon;
containing 329 inhabitants. It comprises 1000 acres;
the surface is hilly in some parts, and the soil chalky
and sandy. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
patronage of Lord Arundel; net income, £22. Here
was a commandery of the Knights Hospitallers, founded
by Walter de Tuberville in the reign of John, and the
revenue of which at the Dissolution was £81. 8. 5.; its
remains have been coverted into a farmhouse. Dr.
Richard Zouch, an eminent civilian, and judge of the
court of admiralty, in the reign of Charles I., was a
native of the place.
Anstey, East (St. Michael)
ANSTEY, EAST (St. Michael), a parish, in the
union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton
and N. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from
Dulverton; containing 240 inhabitants. This parish,
which is situated on the road to Barnstaple, comprises
2392 acres, whereof 805 are common or waste: there
are some quarries of stone, worked for building and
other purposes. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £11; net income, £180; patron, T. S.
Jessopp, Esq. The church is a plain neat edifice, with a
tower; the churchyard commands an extensive view.
Anstey-Pastures
ANSTEY-PASTURES, an extra-parochial liberty,
in the union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of West
Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3¾
miles (N. W.) from Leicester; containing 15 inhabitants. This place, which was formerly parcel of the
"Ffrith of Leicestre," and of the ancient duchy of Lancaster, was granted in the 27th of Elizabeth to Thomas
Martyn and others, on a lease of 31 years, and after the
expiration of that term was purchased, in the 4th of
James I., from Robert, Earl of Salisbury, lord treasurer
of England, by Robert Martyn, of Anstey, whose descendants have a seat here. The liberty comprises 250
acres of land. The sum of £40 per annum, arising from
lands allotted under an inclosure act, is applied to the
repair of the highways and bridges; and £10, and a
further sum from Lord Stamford, are annually distributed in bread and linen among the poor.
Anstey, West (St. Petrock)
ANSTEY, WEST (St. Petrock), a parish, in the
union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton
and N. divisions of Devon, 3½ miles (W.) from Dulverton; containing 279 inhabitants, and comprising 3008
acres, of which 1036 are common or waste. Here are
some quarries of stone for building. The living is a
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10. 16. 8.;
patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of
Exeter. The great tithes have been commuted for
£76. 17., and the vicarial for £112; the glebe consists
of 37½ acres. The church is a substantial edifice with
a tower, and is in good repair.
Anston, North and South (St. James)
ANSTON, NORTH and SOUTH (St. James), a
parish, in the union of Worksop, S. division of the
wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of
York, 6½ miles (W. N. W.) from Worksop; containing,
with the township of Woodsetts, 1102 inhabitants. The
parish is on the road from Sheffield to Worksop, and
comprises about 4000 acres, of which the surface is
varied, and the scenery picturesque. Freestone of good
quality and of a beautiful colour is extensively wrought,
and from the quarries has been raised stone for the new
houses of parliament. The manufacture of malt, starch,
and nails, is carried on to a moderate extent. The villages, once called Church Anstan and Chapel Anstan
respectively, are pleasantly situated on opposite eminences, between which flows one of the little streams
that unite and form the Ryton; they are exceedingly
neat and clean, and the rivulet, after leaving their immediate vicinity, passes into a glen, where stands Woodmill. The Chesterfield canal bounds the parish on the
north. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Prebendary of Laughton-en-le-Morthen in
York Cathedral, with a net income of £84: the tithes
for the manor of North Anston were commuted, in 1767,
for an allotment of land and a money payment. The
church is a neat structure in the later English style, and
consists of a nave, aisles, and chancel, with a square
tower surmounted by a small spire; it contains some
monuments to the Lizour, Beauchamp, and D'Arey
families, with a finely sculptured figure of a lady bearing an infant in her arms. There are places of worship
for Independents and Wesleyans. Between the villages
is situated an endowed school.—See Woodsetts.