Broughton, parish of Bierton, Buckingham.—See Bierton.
BROUGHTON, parish of Bierton, Buckingham.
—See Bierton.
Broughton (St. Lawrence)
BROUGHTON (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the
union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport,
county of Buckingham, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Newport-Pagnell; containing 168 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 9. 7.;
net income, £116; patron, James Praed, Esq., lord of
the manor, and proprietor of the parish: the glebe comprises 14 acres.
Broughton (All Saints)
BROUGHTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of St. Ives, hundred of Hurstingstone, county of
Huntingdon, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Huntingdon;
containing 363 inhabitants. This place was the barony
by virtue of which the abbot of Ramsey Abbey sat in
parliament; and had, in consequence, four knights' fees
annexed to it. The parish is situated about a mile from
the road from Huntingdon to Ramsey, and comprises
by computation 2300 acres; about 250 acres are pasture, and the rest arable, resting upon a strong clayey
soil. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £21. 13. 9.; net income, £283; patrons, the family
of Johnston: the tithes have been commuted for land,
comprising 370 acres. The church is an elegant structure, in the decorated English style, with later additions;
it was an appendage of the abbey of Ramsey.
Broughton
BROUGHTON, a chapelry, in the parish and union
of Preston, hundred of Amounderness, N. division of
the county of Lancaster; comprising the townships
of Broughton, Barton, and Haighton; and containing
1320 inhabitants, of whom 695 are in the township of
Broughton, 3¼ miles (N. by W.) from Preston, on the
road to Lancaster. This place is supposed to have
received its name from a small Roman fort. In the
reign of John, Theobald Walter claimed against Ralph,
son of Utred, and Robert his brother, the whole town
of "Brocton;" and in the 19th of Edward II., Gilbert
de Singleton held a messuage here, probably Broughton
Tower, a strong heavy structure of stone, which was
taken down about 40 years ago: this property passed
to the Rawstornes, by whom it was sold to the Rothwell family, of Hoole. The township contains 2341
acres, the soil of which is in general a retentive clay;
the surface is elevated, and there are fine views of the
surrounding country, and the river Ribble. Here is a
station of the Preston and Lancaster railway. Broughton Hall, an old dwelling, formerly belonged to the
Atherton family: Bank House is the property of J. W.
R. Wilson, Esq.; and Uplands, the seat of Lieut.-General
Sir Thomas Whitehead. Mr. Thornborrow, also, has a
residence here.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of
£106, including a house; patrons, the Trustees of
Hulme's estate; impropriators, Messrs. Rothwell and
Mr. Richard Seed. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for £157. 10., and the vicarial for £12. 12. The
chapel is in the early English style, and has a noble
square tower bearing the date 1533; the body of the
edifice, the interior of which is very neat, was rebuilt in
1822 at a cost of £2000. At Fernyhalgh is a Roman
Catholic chapel, erected in 1795, principally at the expense of the Rev. Anthony Lund, V.G., who also built a
house for the priest, and endowed the chapel with five
acres of land. A school in the chapelry, which was
rebuilt in 1845, has an endowment of £120 per annum;
and adjacent to the Roman Catholic chapel is a school
built by the Rev. Richard Gillow. There are some
small charities.
Broughton-cum-Kersal
BROUGHTON-cum-Kersal, a township, and ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Manchester, union
and hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of
Lancaster, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Manchester, on the
new road to Bury; containing 3794 inhabitants. This
is a wealthy suburb of Manchester, abounding in villas,
good streets, and elegant ranges of houses, chiefly the
residences of the merchants of that town, and nearly all
built within the last fifteen years. The surface of the
township is undulated, the soil gravel, sand, and clay,
and the scenery picturesque: the river Irwell passes
through. The Manchester races take place here. Kersal Hall and Kersal Cell are old mansions, the latter
belonging to Miss Atherton. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the patronage of the Rev. John Clowes, of
Broughton Hall, and others; net income, £400, with a
house. The great tithes have been commuted for £100.
The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and
in the debased perpendicular style, was completed in
1839, at an expense of about £7000: a chancel, in the
decorated style, with painted windows by Hardman of
Birmingham, was added by the present incumbent in
1846. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A
day school near the church was built in 1845.
Broughton, or Barrow-Town (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON, or Barrow-Town (St. Mary), a
parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division
of the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county
of Lincoln, 4 miles (N. W.) from Glandford-Brigg;
containing, with the township of Castlethorpe, 913 inhabitants. This place derives its name from a large
barrow or tumulus near the western extremity of the
village. It is situated on the Roman road from Lincoln
to the Humber at Winteringham, and was a Roman
station, which, in the time of the emperors Honorius and
Arcadius, was occupied by the prefect of the Dalmatian
horse, auxiliary to the 6th Legion, and which Horsley
supposes to have been the station called Prœtorium.
Numerous relics of the Romans have at various times
been found. The manor for several ages belonged to
the family of Radford, till, in 1455, Sir Henry Radford
engaging in the rebellion of the Earl of Rutland and
others against Henry VI., it became forfeited upon his
attainder of high treason: subsequently it came into
the possession of the Andersons, of which family was Sir
Edmund Anderson, chief justice in the reign of Elizabeth, who presided at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots,
in Fotheringay Castle. The parish is situated on the
river Ancholme, which falls into the Humber at Brigg;
it is bounded on the south-east by the road to Barton,
and comprises 6912 acres, of which 1200 are wood, and
863 common land. A fair is held at Midsummer. The
living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £21;
net income, £824; patron, Ellys Anderson Stephens,
Esq.: the glebe comprises 80 acres. The church, which
was extensively repaired in 1826, is an ancient edifice,
with a tower surmounted at one angle by a circular
turret; it contains some interesting monuments. Gokewell, a Cistercian nunnery, founded by William de Alta
Ripa prior to 1185, stood in the north-west part of the
parish; the only remains are a doorway in a farmhouse
which has been erected on the site.
Broughton (St. Andrew)
BROUGHTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union
of Kettering, hundred of Orlingbury, N. division of
the county of Northampton, 2¾ miles (S. W.) from
Kettering; containing 593 inhabitants. This parish,
which is on the road from Kettering to Northampton,
comprises 1675a. 1r. 20p. There are some quarries of
stone applicable to rough building. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £21. 9. 7., and in
the patronage of the Duke of Buccleuch: the tithes
were commuted at the inclosure of the parish, for 320
acres of land, valued at about £440 per annum. The
church is a handsome structure, in the later English
style. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. On
the inclosure 61 acres, now producing £95 per annum,
were allotted in exchange for land bequeathed by Edward Hunt, in 1674, for poor widows and other aged
persons of Broughton, Kettering, and Rothwell.
Broughton (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Banbury, hundred of Bloxham, county of Oxford,
2 miles (W. S. W.) from Banbury; containing, with the
hamlet of North Newington, 629 inhabitants. The parish is pleasantly situated on the road from Banbury to
Shipston-upon-Stour. Broughton Castle was erected by
the De Broughton family about the reign of Edward I.:
many interesting portions of the original building remain, but the greater part of the present mansion was
erected by the Fenys or Fiennes family, about the reign
of James I. The castle was a place of sufficient strength
to oppose some resistance to the royalist troops after the
battle of Edge-Hill. The whole of the buildings have a
venerable and interesting appearance, and are surrounded by a deep moat, 80 feet broad, over which is a
bridge forming the only entrance, through a square embattled gateway tower. The interior contains several
magnificent apartments, adorned with paintings, and
displaying some beautiful specimens of ancient architecture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books
at £18. 16. 0½.; net income, £539; patron and incumbent, the Rev. Charles F. Wyatt. The church, situated
near the bridge leading to the castle, is an interesting
structure, chiefly of the thirteenth century, but partly in
the decorated and partly in the later style of English
architecture, and contains some splendid monuments.
Broughton (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Wem, liberties of the borough of Shrewsbury, N.
division of Salop, 3½ miles (S. by W.) from Wem; containing 188 inhabitants. It comprises about 800 acres,
of which 500 are arable, and the rest pasture: roadstone is quarried. The living is a perpetual curacy;
net income, £67; patron and impropriator, Lord Hill:
the glebe comprises about 30 acres.
Broughton
BROUGHTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Stoke,
union of Taunton, hundred of Taunton and TauntonDean, W. division of Somerset; containing 26 inhabitants.
Broughton (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Stockbridge, hundred of Thorngate, Romsey and
S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 3 miles
(W. S. W.) from Stockbridge; containing, with the chapelry of Pittleworth and tything of French-Moor, 1009
inhabitants. This place is by Camden identified with
the Roman station Brige, which Salmon refers to a hill
near the village, and of which Mr. Gale, in 1719, discovered some vestiges in an adjoining wood on the road
to Salisbury. The parish comprises by measurement
4200 acres; the soil of the greater part is chalky, and
of the remainder a kind of reddish marl resting on
chalk. The higher grounds command rich and extensive
prospects; and the lower lands are watered by a small
rivulet which has its source at Over Wallop, about four
miles distant. A fair for pedlery and toys is held on the
first Monday in July; and a court leet annually by the
lord of the manor. The living is a rectory, with the
living of Bossington annexed, valued in the king's books
at £37. 10., and in the gift of H. Lee, Esq.: the tithes
of Broughton have been commuted for £770, and the
glebe comprises 34 acres; the tithes of Bossington have
been commuted for £140. There are places of worship
for Baptists and Wesleyans. Thomas Dowse in 1601
conveyed an estate, producing, with subsequent benefactions, £68. 17., for the support of a school.
Broughton
BROUGHTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Eccleshall, union of Stone, N. division of the hundred of
Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 5¼ miles
(N. W. by W.) from Eccleshall. This place is in the
Woodland Quarter of the parish, so called from its
proximity to the bishop's woods and the ancient forest
of Blore. Broughton Hall is an ancient mansion, of the
Elizabethan era, surrounded with plantations, clumps,
and shady spreading trees, particularly sycamores. The
living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £129; patrons,
the family of Broughton. The chapel is a small neat
building, with an ancient stained-glass window.
Broughton
BROUGHTON, a township, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, union of Malton, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 2 miles (N. W.) from New
Malton; containing 111 inhabitants. It is situated on
the road from Malton to Appleton-le-Street, and comprises by computation 800 acres of land. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyans.
Broughton-Astley (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON-ASTLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton,
S. division of the county of Leicester, 5½ miles (N. by
W.) from Lutterworth; containing, with the townships
of Broughton-Astley, Prime Thorp, and Sutton-in-theElms, 728 inhabitants, of whom 306 are in the firstnamed township. The parish comprises 2100 acres,
whereof 1370 are pasture, and 602 arable, exclusive of
glebe. A station on the Midland railway is situated
here. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £26. 10. 5.; patron, the Rev. Charles Fletcher,
who is lord of the manor: the tithes have been commuted for £519. 12., and there are 130 acres of glebe,
which are well wooded. Besides the parish church, is a
place of worship for Baptists. A small school has an
endowment by Zaccheus Duckett, who, in 1806, left
£100 for that purpose.
Broughton, Brant (St. Helen)
BROUGHTON, BRANT (St. Helen), a parish, in
the union of Newark, wapentake of Loveden, parts of
Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 8 miles (E.) from Newark; containing 650 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river Brant, to the west of which, at a
short distance, and in the same direction, runs the river
Witham; the road from Newark to Sleaford traverses
the parish on the south. It comprises by admeasurement 2877 acres, of which about 1040 are arable, and
the rest pasture and meadow: stone is quarried for the
repair of roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £35. 13. 4., and in the gift of Sir R.
Sutton, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for
£691. 1., and there is a good glebe-house, with a glebe
of about 5 acres. The church has a handsome spire
which rises to an elevation of 50 yards. There are places
of worship for Wesleyans and the Society of Friends.
Bishop Warburton was rector of the parish, and is supposed, during his residence here of 20 years, to have
written his Legation of Moses, and other works.
Broughton, Church (St. Michael)
BROUGHTON, CHURCH (St. Michael), a parish,
in the union of Burton-Upon-Trent, hundred of
Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 8½
miles (E.) from Uttoxeter; containing, with the hamlet
of Sapperton, 652 inhabitants. It comprises by computation, 2224 acres. The manor was granted by Edward VI., in 1552, to Sir William Cavendish; the Duke
of Devonshire is now lord, and principal owner. The
village is of pleasing appearance. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4.;
net income, £228; patron, John Broadhurst, Esq.: the
tithes of the manor were commuted for land and a
money payment in 1773. The church is a venerable
edifice with an embattled tower; the north side has
been rebuilt, and the whole was repaired and new-pewed
in 1845: in the chancel are three stone stalls. There
is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists. A school
was founded about 1745, by subscription, to which the
Duke of Devonshire was the principal contributor; and
the sum raised was invested in land, the rental of which
is about £30 per annum.
Broughton, East
BROUGHTON, EAST, a chapelry, in the parish of
Cartmel, union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale
north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Cartmel; containing
458 inhabitants. The families of Marshall and Machell
had long a seat here: the Thornboroughs were also a
long time resident, and subsequently to 1621 held one of
two manors, which afterwards descended to the Rawlinsons. The township having often been confounded
with Broughton in Furness, the names of East Broughton
and Broughton-in-Cartmel have been adopted. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £67; patron, the
Earl of Burlington. The chapel, which was consecrated
in 1745, is dedicated to St. Peter. A national school for
girls was commenced in the year 1830.
Broughton-Gifford (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON-GIFFORD (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union and hundred of Bradford, Westbury and N.
divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford subdivisions, of
Wilts, 2 miles (W.) from Melksham; containing 741
inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the road
from Melksham to Bradford, and bounded on the southeast by the Lower Avon, comprises 1677 acres, of which
39 are common or waste; the soil is good, and great
quantities of gravel are dug. The population is partly
employed by the manufacturers of Trowbridge, Melksham, and Staverton, in the weaving of cloth, in which
about 300 persons, and many of their children, are
engaged. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £19. 3. 11½., and in the patronage of the
Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £450, and
the glebe comprises nearly 33 acres. The church is a
spacious and ancient structure, with a massive square
embattled tower. There are places of worship for
Baptists and Wesleyans.
Broughton, Great
BROUGHTON, GREAT, a township, in the parish
of Bridekirk, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale
ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 4½
miles (W.) from Cockermouth; containing 562 inhabitants. The village lies on the southern slope of an eminence rising from the river Derwent. The tithes were
commuted for land in 1819. Joseph Ashley built an
almshouse for four women, and a schoolroom, which he
endowed by will dated July 18th, 1735, the former with
£8, and the latter with £20. 10., per annum.
Broughton, Great and Little
BROUGHTON, GREAT and LITTLE, a township,
in the parish of Kirkby-in-Cleveland, union of
Stokesley, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh,
N. riding of York, 2 miles (S. E.) from Stokesley; containing 511 inhabitants. The village of Great Broughton is regularly built, upon a spacious common or
green, and the houses, which run in a direction nearly
north and south, are neat, and in good repair. A portion of the population is engaged in the linen manufacture. There is a meeting-house for Wesleyans. On the
top of a mountain near this place, is a rude monument
consisting of a large collection of stones, some of an
immense size, called the Wain stones, which, it has been
conjectured, were raised over the remains of a Danish
warrior.
Broughton-Hacket (St. Leonard)
BROUGHTON-HACKET (St. Leonard), a parish,
in the union, and Upper division of the hundred, of
Pershore, Worcester and W. divisions of the county
of Worcester, 5 miles (E.) from Worcester; containing 154 inhabitants. This parish which is nearly encircled by the river Bow, so called from the direction of
its course, comprises 365 acres, whereof two-thirds are
arable and the remainder pasture; the soil is rich, and
the surface has a gentle declivity from the village, which
is situated on an elevated ridge. The road from Alcester
to Worcester crosses the parish from east to west, and
the Spetchley station on the Birmingham and Gloucester
railway is only a mile and a half distant. There are
some stone-pits, producing specimens (in which marine
shells are imbedded) susceptible of a polish that renders
them in appearance not inferior to the Derbyshire
marble; a valuable blueish limestone, also, which supplies the city of Worcester and places adjacent with
lime for building and manure, abounds. The living is a
discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£8. 1. 0½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net
income, £73, with a house built in 1845: the tithes
were commuted for land and a money payment in 1807.
The church is an ancient structure partly early English,
and was repewed and thoroughly repaired in 1843, at a
cost of nearly £200.
Broughton-in-Airedale (All Saints)
BROUGHTON-in-Airedale (All Saints), a parish,
in the union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of
Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 3½ miles
(W. by S.) from Skipton; containing 407 inhabitants.
The Saxon name of this place, implying a fortified town,
bears testimony to its antiquity; vestiges of works may
still be traced, and various relics, either of British or
Roman origin, have been discovered. From its situation
between the town of Skipton, which was garrisoned by
the royalists, and that of Thornton, which was occupied
by the parliamentarians, the place suffered much during
the civil war. The parish is bounded on the west by
the river Aire, and comprises by computation 3950
acres; there is a considerable portion of high land
affording pasture. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £5. 16. 0½.; net income,
£190, with a good house; patrons and appropriators,
the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church, Oxford. The
church is an ancient structure, with a square tower.
There is a chalybeate spring.
Broughton-in-Furness
BROUGHTON-in-Furness, a market-town and
chapelry, in the parish of Kirby-Ireleth, union of
Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands,
N. division of the county of Lancaster, 29 miles (N.W.)
from Lancaster, and 270 (N. W. by N.) from London;
containing 1250 inhabitants. The town is situated on
the southern declivity of a gentle eminence, and is in
the form of a square; the houses are built of stone, and
roofed with blue slate. In the centre of it is a spacious
square area, the ground for forming which was given by
John Gilpin, Esq., and in which his widow erected a
handsome lofty obelisk. Previously to the introduction
of machinery, the spinning of woollen-yarn prevailed to
a considerable extent in private houses: the making of
brush-stocks and hoops at present furnishes employment
to many of the inhabitants, particularly the latter, from
the number and extent of the coppices on Furness
Fells. There was formerly a very extensive tract of
uncultivated land called Broughton Common, nearly all
of which is now inclosed. The surrounding country is
very mountainous, abounding with mines of iron and
copper ore, and with slate-quarries; a great quantity of
slate is shipped at Dudden Sands, for conveyance coastwise. Iron, grain, malt, oak-bark, and hoops, are also
sent from the same spot, in vessels averaging about 60
tons' burthen; and from a place about half a mile below
Dudden Bridge, in vessels of 25 tons' burthen, for which
the estuary is navigable at the flow of the tide. An act
was passed in 1846 for extending the Furness railway to
this place. The market is on Wednesday: fairs are
held on April 27th and August 1st, for horned-cattle,
and on the 6th of October, for horned-cattle and sheep;
those in April and October, are likewise statute-fairs for
the hiring of servants, and all are much frequented by
the clothiers from Yorkshire. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £108; patron, J. Sawrey, Esq.;
appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of York, whose
tithes were commuted for land in 1828. The chapel is
dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Edward Taylor, by
will dated in 1784, bequeathed £100, on condition that
£60 should be raised by subscription, for the benefit of
a grammar school.
Broughton, Little
BROUGHTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish
of Bridekirk, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale
ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 4½
miles (W. by N.) from Cockermouth; containing 344
inhabitants. A meeting-house was built by the Society
of Friends, in 1656; and one by the Baptists, in 1672.
Here is a manufactory for tobacco-pipes and coarse
earthenware. Abraham Fletcher, a self-taught mathematician of no inconsiderable eminence, author of the
Universal Measurer, was born here in 1714; he was the
son of a tobacco-pipe maker, and in early life laboured
at that occupation.
Broughton, Nether (St. Mary)
BROUGHTON, NETHER (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5¾ miles
(N.W.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 412 inhabitants.. It comprises 2225 acres. The soil is a stiff
but fertile clay, well adapted for pasture, to which the
greater portion of the land is appropriated; the surface
is generally flat, and in most parts surrounded by the
hills which inclose the vale of Belvoir. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 5. 7½.; net
income, £347; patrons, the Hon. P. P. Bouverie and the
Rev. W. G. Sawyer. The tithes of the parish, with certain exceptions, were commuted for land in 1764. The
church is an ancient structure in the later English style,
with a square embattled tower.
Broughton-Poggs (St. Peter)
BROUGHTON-POGGS (St. Peter), a parish, in
the union of Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of
Oxford, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Lechlade; containing
151 inhabitants. It comprises 1092a. 2r., of which 733
acres are arable, and 317 pasture. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 7. 11.,
and in the gift of the Rev. Dr. Goodenough: the tithes
have been commuted for £266, and there is a good glebehouse, with 33a. 1r. 13p. of land. The church is a small
ancient edifice, divided into a nave and chancel; the
latter, which is one of the neatest in the county, contains numerous memorials of the Goodenoughs, to
whom the parish has belonged for more than three
centuries.
Broughton-Sulney
BROUGHTON-SULNEY, a parish, in the union of
Melton-Mowbray, S. division of the wapentake of
Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles
(N. W.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 371 inhabitants. This parish, which is on the road from Nottingham to Melton, comprises by measurement 1900 acres.
The surface is boldly undulated, and the scenery pleasingly diversified: the river Smite, which rises in Old
Dalby, forms the eastern boundary of the parish, separating it from Nether Broughton, in the county of
Leicester. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £11. 9. 4½.; net income, £388; patron, Sir
J. Radcliffe: in the year 1762, the tithes were commuted for 243a. 22p. of land. The church is an ancient
edifice in good repair. The water of a spring vulgarly
called Woundheal, is noted for the cure of scorbutic
eruptions.
Brownedge
BROWNEDGE, a hamlet, in the chapelry of Walton-le-Dale, parish, and Lower division of the hundred,
of Blackburn, union of Preston, N. division of the
county of Lancaster, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Preston,
on the road to Chorley; containing about 250 inhabitants. It comprises 40 acres, chiefly rich pasture land,
the soil of which is clay; the surface is elevated, and the
scenery picturesque. The Roman Catholic chapel here,
was built in 1824, at a cost of £2000; it is in the early
English style, with a square tower, and belongs to the
order of the Benedictines: the priest, the Very Rev.
Henry Brewer, has an endowment of £100, with a house
and garden attached. Schools are supported by subscription.