Wasdale, or Nether Wasdale
WASDALE, or Nether Wasdale, a chapelry, in the
parish of St. Bees, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale
ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 4
miles (E.) from Gosforth; containing 203 inhabitants.
The chapelry comprises about 15,200 acres, of which
14,000 are common and waste, and the rest arable,
pasture, and woodland, in nearly equal portions. Here
is the beautiful lake Wast-water, three miles long, half a
mile broad, and forty-five fathoms deep, or about fifteen
fathoms below the level of the sea; which disproportion
as to its extent and depth accounts, perhaps, for its
never having been known to freeze. A fair for sheep is
held on the first Monday in September. The living is a
perpetual curacy; net income, £66; patron, the Incumbent of St. Bees.
Wasdale-Head
WASDALE-HEAD, with Eskdale, a chapelry, in
the parish of St. Bees, union of Bootle, Allerdale
ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 11
miles (S. W. by S.) from Keswick; containing 375 inhabitants, of whom 35 are in Wasdale-Head. It is
pleasantly situated at the head of Wast-water lake, in a
narrow valley almost surrounded by lofty hills. The
living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £80; patron,
the Incumbent of St. Bees. The chapel is very small.
Washaway
WASHAWAY, a hamlet, in the parish of Egloshayle, union of Bodmin, hundred of Trigg, E. division of Cornwall, 3 miles (N. W.) from Bodmin. The
petty-sessions for the division are held here, on the last
Monday in every month.
Washbourn, Great, or King's Washbourn (St. Mary)
WASHBOURN, GREAT, or Kings Washbourn
(St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Winchcomb, Upper division of the hundred of Tewkesbury, E. division
of the county of Gloucester, 6 miles (E. by N.) from
Tewkesbury; containing 100 inhabitants. It comprises
650 acres, the whole, with the exception of about 100
acres, the property of the Craven family. The living is
variously styled a rectory and a perpetual curacy; net
income, £59; patron, the Rev. Charles Covey, who is
also incumbent. The church, which is very ancient,
contains a handsome font, and has recently been repewed at the expense of the parish, and beautified at
that of the rector: it is situated on an elevation commanding extensive views of the beautiful country by
which it is surrounded.
Washbourn, Little
WASHBOURN, LITTLE, a chapelry, in the parish
of Overbury, union of Winchcomb, Middle division
of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 6½ miles (E. by N.)
from Tewkesbury; containing 37 inhabitants, and comprising 449 acres. The chapel is a neat structure.
Washbrook (St. Mary)
WASHBROOK (St. Mary), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Samford, E. division of Suffolk, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Ipswich; containing 506
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, annexed
to the rectory of Copdock, and valued in the king's
books at £8. 6. 8.: the impropriate tithes have been
commuted for £191. 10., and the vicarial for £217; the
glebe comprises 26 acres. The church contains several
ancient stalls, which have been recently renovated; and
a window of stained glass has been placed over the communion-table, at the expense of Lord Walsingham. Felchurch, a chapel to Washbrook, has been for many years
destroyed.
Washfield (St. Mary)
WASHFIELD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of
Tiverton, hundred of West Budleigh, Collumpton
and N. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (N. N. W.) from
Tiverton; containing 503 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £19. 7. 6., and in
the gift of J. Francis Worth, Esq.: the tithes have been
commuted for £400; there is a parsonage-house, and
the glebe comprises 25 acres. The church contains an
old oak screen, which has been painted white; and a
curious monument with brasses to the family of Worth.
Ancient swords and other military weapons have been
found upon the site of what is supposed to have been a
Roman encampment.
Washford-Pine (St. Peter)
WASHFORD-PINE (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union of Crediton, hundred of Witheridge, South
Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (N. by W.)
from Crediton; containing 197 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Exeter to South Molton; and
comprises 1140a. 3r. 7p., of which about 112 acres are
moor now drained and inclosed, 75 coppice and plantations, 15 orchard, and the remainder arable, with a little
pasture. The soil in general is a dark earth having a
subsoil of clay. The living is a discharged rectory, valued
in the king's books at £6. 0. 2½., and in the gift of the
Rev. C. Tucker: the tithes have been commuted for
£90; the glebe contains 90 acres. There was formerly
a chapel at Whenham, in the parish.
Washingborough (St. John the Evangelist)
WASHINGBOROUGH (St. John the Evangelist),
a parish, in the Second division of the wapentake of
Langoe, parts of Kesteven, union and county of Lincoln, 3 miles (N. E.) from Lincoln; containing, with
the chapelry of Heighington, 1099 inhabitants, of whom
573 are in Washingborough township. The parish is
bounded on the north by the navigable river Witham,
and comprises by admeasurement 4860 acres, in two
distinct portions, one of which is high and the other fen
land. The former, comprising 2734 acres, is considerably
undulated, and the soil runs through several varieties,
from light loam to heavy clay; about 550 acres are
pasture, 42 acres wood, and the rest good corn land.
The fenny tract consists of a peaty earth, formed chiefly
by the decomposition of vegetable matter, and nearly all
of it suited to the growth of grain and hardy vegetables.
Washingborough is a considerable village, on the banks
of the river. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £26. 13. 4., and in the gift of Sir W. A. Ingilby,
Bart.; it has an excellent parsonage-house, and the
glebe contains 536 acres, valued at £785 per aunum, in
addition to which there are corn-rents amounting to
£850. The church is a large handsome structure,
with a lofty tower. At Heighington are a chapel and a
Wesleyan meeting-house. A school for young children
has an endowment of £15. 10. per annum; and there is
a free grammar school at Heighington, founded in 1619
by Thomas Garrett, who endowed it with lands and
houses of the present annual value of £134. In 1701,
Sir Edward Clarke left land now producing £70 per
annum, for apprenticing children.
Washingley
WASHINGLEY, a parish, in the union of Peterborough, hundred of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, 1½ mile (W.) from Stilton; containing 133
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united to that of
Lutton: there being no church, the inhabitants attend
at Lutton.
Washington
WASHINGTON, a parish, in the union of Chesterle-Street, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of
the county of Durham; containing, with the chapelry
of Usworth, the township of Barmston, and part of North
Bidick, 2396 inhabitants, of whom 941 are in Washington township, 5½ miles (S. E.) from Gateshead. The
township comprises 1802 acres. The surface of the
parish generally is elevated about 100 feet above the
river Wear, which flows on the south and south-east.
The soil is various, but in a good state of cultivation, producing excellent crops; and the scenery embraces extensive views, including the cathedral of Durham, the vale of
Wear, and Gateshead Fell. There are several quarries
of fine building-stone, and one of firestone of great
value; and three coal-mines are in operation, affording
employment to 700 or 800 hands. A small manufactory
of magnesia and other chemicals belongs to Hugh Lee
Pattinson, Esq., of Gateshead. The river is navigable for
small vessels as high as the staiths on the southern
border of the parish, about a mile from the village; and
the Pontop and Shields, and the York and Newcastle,
railways pass through the parish. The Hall, a large
gavel-ended mansion with windows divided by stone
mullions and transoms, stands a little south of the
church. The village is scattered, and on irregular, broken
ground. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £18, and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Durham: the tithes have been commuted for £528, and
the glebe comprises 130 acres of good land, with a
parsonage-house. The church is a neat structure, erected
in 1832. At Unsworth is a separate incumbency. There
are several sulphureous springs. The family of Washington, the American general, is said to have come from
this place.
Washington
WASHINGTON, a parish, in the union of Thakeham, hundred of Steyning, rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 10 miles (N. W.) from Shoreham;
containing 880 inhabitants. This parish is situated on
the road from London to Worthing. It is remarkable
for its fine sweep of lofty down land, and comprises 3164
acres, of which 1470 are arable, 1106 pasture, 265 wood,
and 323 waste and roads. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9. 10., and in
the gift of Magdalen College, Oxford: the great tithes
have been commuted for £398. 5., and the vicarial for
£201. 14.; the glebe contains 13¼ acres. The church is
in the early English style.
Wasing (St. Nicholas)
WASING (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of
Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 8
miles (E. S. E.) from Newbury; containing 87 inhabitants. It comprises 685 acres, of which 206 are arable,
205 pasture, 221 woodland, and 53 waste. The living
is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£3. 13. 4.; income, £100; patron, W. Mount, Esq.
Wasperton (St. John the Baptist)
WASPERTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish,
in the union of Warwick, Warwick division of the
hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Warwick; containing 283
inhabitants. The parish is partly bounded on the west
and north by the river Avon, and is intersected by the
road from Warwick to Shipston; it comprises 1619
acres. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the
king's books at £5; patron and appropriator, the Rector
of Hampton-Lucy. The great tithes have been commuted for £290, and the vicarial for £108; the glebe
comprises 50 acres.
Wass
WASS, a township, in the parish of Kilburn, union
of Helmsley, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of
York, 4½ miles (S. W.) from Helmsley; containing 137
inhabitants. The township comprises about 800 acres.
The village is pleasantly situated near the source of a
rivulet, in a secluded spot sheltered by moorland hills
richly wooded, and within half a mile of the picturesque
ruins of Byland Abbey.
Wassand
WASSAND, a hamlet, in the township of Seaton,
parish of Sigglesthorne, union of Skirlaugh, N.
division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of
York, 2 miles (W.) from Hornsea. It is called in
Domesday book Wadsande, and after passing through
the abbeys of Meaux and of St. Mary at York, and
several families, came, in the time of Henry VIII., to the
Constables, by whom it is still possessed. Wassand
Hall, occupying the site of the old mansion, is an elegant
edifice in the Italian style, with grounds very agreeably
disposed, which in some parts command beautiful views.
The Wassand family resided at the place for about two
centuries. The lordship consists of nearly 400 acres of
land, chiefly laid out in pasture; the soil in general is a
mixture of sand, gravel, and light clay.
Waste-Lands
WASTE-LANDS, an extra-parochial liberty, locally
in the parish of Swineshead, union of Boston, wapentake of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln,
6½ miles (W. by S.) from Boston.