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ASHBORNE, county of Derby; a discharged vicarage, with the' rectory of Mappleton, valued in the ASHBY. King's books at £5. 4s. 7d. Patron, the dean of Lincoln. Church dedicated to St. Oswald. Population, in 1811, 3539. Parish rates, in 1803, £446. 17s. Id. at 6d. in the pound. It is 13 miles N. W. by W. from Derby, and 140 N. W. by N. from London.

ASHBRITTLE, in the county of Somerset; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £19. 3s. 114d. Church dedicated to St. John Baptist. Population, in 1811, 508. Parish rates, in 1803, £323. 19s. 11d. It is 5 miles W. from Wellington.

ASHBURNHAM, in the county of Sussex, a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £8. 13s. 4d. Patrons, the dean and chapter of Canterbury. Church dedicated to St. James. Population, in 1811, 572. Parish rates, in 1803, £724. 16s. at 8s. in the pound. It is 5 miles, west by south, from Battle. In the vestry of the church at Ashburnham are preserved the shirt in which Charles I. was beheaded, stained with a few drops of his blood, the watch which he gave on the scaffold to his faithful follower, John Ashburnham, Esq. his white silk drawers, and the sheet which was thrown over his body. They were bequeathed, in 1743, by a descendant of the above John Ashburnnam, to the parish clerk and his successors for ever, for public exhibition.

ASHBURTON, in the county of Devon; a vicarage, (with the chapels of Bickington, and Buckland, in the Moor,) valued in the King s books at £38. 8s. 11d. Patrons, the dean and chapter of Exeter. Church dedicated to St. Andrew. Population, in 1811, 3053. Parish rates, 1803, £1421. 11s. 7d. at 6s. in the pound. It is 20 miles, south-west, from Exeter, and 191 miles W. S. W. from London. This town sends two members to Parliament. It is an ancient borough by prescription. This is one of the Stannary Towns. Great quantities of serge are manufactured in it.

ASHBURY, in the county of Berkshire; a discharged vicarage, with Chapel-wick, valued in the King's books at £11. 18s. 1d. The rector of the sinecure presents to the vicarage; but as to Chapelwick, Magdalen College names three, and the rector must present one of them. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population, in 1811, 643. Parish rates, in 1805, £519. 13s. 1d. at 3s. in the pound. It is 6 miles N. W. by W. from Lambourn. The rectory of Ashbury is valued in the King's books at £30. 12s. 6d. Patron, the archbishop of Canterbury.

ASHBURY, in the county of Devon; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £5. 138. 4d. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population, in 1811, 72. Parish rates, in 1803, £49. 12s. 7d. at 7s. 2d. in the pound. It is 54 miles S. W. by S. from Hatherleigh.

ASHBY, in the county of Lincoln, a rectory with Fenby, valued in the King's books, at £14. 10s. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Peter. Population, in 1811, 125. Parish rates, in 1803, £68. 9s. 7d. at 2s. 114d. in the pound. It is 63 miles, S. by W. from Great Grimsby.

ASHBY, in the county of Lincoln; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £7. 10s. 24d. Church dedicated to St. Helen. The resident population of this parish, in 1801, 114. Parish rates, in

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ASHBY, in the county of Lincoln, a discharged PUEROvicarage, valued in the King's books at £6. 8s. 4d. RUM. Patron, R. King. Esq. Church dedicated to St. Hybald. Population, in 1811, 154. Parish rates, in 1803, 123. 5s. 4d. at Is. 44d. in the pound. It is 6 miles N. by W. from Sleuford.

ASHBY, in the county of Norfolk, a rectory, with the curacy of Hillington, valued in the King's books at £6. Church dedicated to St. Mary. The resident population, in 1811, 196. Parish rates, in 1803, £46. 11s. 6d. at Is. 2d. in the pound. It is 8 miles S. E. from Norwich.

ASHBY, in the county of Norfolk, a rectory, with Obey, valued in the King's books at £10. Patron, the bishop of Norwich. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population, in 1811, 52. Parish rates, in 1803, £30. Os. 5d. It is 24 miles N. from Acle.

ASHBY, in the county of Suffolk; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £6. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population, in 1801, 42. Parish rates, in 1803, £24. 8s. 4d. at 1s. 10d. in the pound. It is 5 miles N. W. from Lowestoft.

ASHBY CASTLE, in the county of Northampton, a rectory, valued in the King's books at £17. 9s. 7d. Patron, the earl of Northampton. Church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, or St. Nicholas. Population, in 1801, 123. In 1803, no rate was made for this parish. It is 6 miles E. S. E. from Northampton.

ASHBY, COLD, in the county of Northampton, a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £6. Os. 5d. Church dedicated to St. Dennis. Population, in 1811, 268. Parish rates, in 1803, £510. at 7s. 6d. in the pound. It is 13 miles N. N. W. from Northampton.

ASHBY, FOLVILLE, in the county of Leicester, in the parish of Ashby Folville; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £9. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population, in 1811, 384. The parish rates, in 1803, 197. 11s. 6d. at 3s. 8d. in the pound. It is 6 miles S. W. by S. from Melton Mowbray.

ASHBY, MAGNA, in the county of Leicester, a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £7. 18s. 11d. Patron, the earl of Aylesford. Church dedicated to

St. Mary. Population, in 1811, 260. Parish rates, in 1803, £291. Os. 11d. at 4s. 6d. in the pound. It is 4 miles N. by E. from Lutterworth.

ASHBY, MARES, in the county of Northampton, a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £4. 13s. 9d. Church dedicated to All Saints. Population, in 1811, 390. Parish rates, in 1803, £262. 12s. at 4s. in the pound. It is 3 miles W. by S. from Wellingborough.

ASHBY, PARVA, in the county of Leicester, a rectory, valued in the King's books at £5. 7s. 6d. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Peter. Population in 1811, 150. Parish rates in 1803, £165. 7s. 8d. at 4s. 6d. in the pound. It is 3 miles N. by W. from Lutterworth.

ASHBY, PUERORUM, in the county of Lincoln; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at 6. 3s. 2d. Patrons, the dean and chapter of Lincoln. Church dedicated to St. Andrew. Population in 1811, 91. Parish rates in 1803, £64. 2s. 34d. at 1s. Sd. in the pound, on the rack rental. It is 54 miles N. W. from Spilsby.

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ASHBY, ASHBY, ST. LEODGARE'S, in the county of NorthampST.LEOD- ton; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's GARE'S. books at £6. 13s. 4d. Church dedicated to St. Mary ASHEN- and St. Leodgare. Population in 1811, 229. Parish rates in 1803, £249. 16s. 3d. at 3s. in the pound. It is 4 miles N. from Daventry. William Catesby, the favourite of Richard III., is buried in the church of this parish.

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ASHBY DE LA ZouсH, in the county of Leicester; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £14. 108. 4d. Patron, the earl of Huntingdon. Church dedicated to St. Helen. Population in 1811, 3403. Parish rates in 1803, £1416. 11s. 14d. at 6s. 3d. in the pound. It is 18 miles N. W. by W. from Leicester, and 114 miles N. W. by N. from London. Here is a free school: the petty sessions for the hundred of West Goscote are occasionally holden here. It is the birth-place of bishop Hall; and near it is a celebrated mineral spring, called Griffydam.

ASHCOMBE, in the county of Devon; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £18. Patron, the King. Population in 1811, 272. Parish rates in 1803, £133. 10s. 7d. It is 3 miles E. from Chudleigh.

ASHDON, in the county of Essex; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £28. 3s. 4d. Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. Church dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1811, 909. Parish rates in 1803, £542. Os. 6d. at 4s. in the pound. It is 4 miles N. E. by E. from Saffron Walden.

ASHÉLDHAM, or ASHELDEN, in the county of Essex; a discharged vicarage valued, in the King's books at 16. 13s. 4d. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Laurence. Population in 1811, 143. Parish rates in 1803, £186. 98. 74d. at 3s. 8d. in the pound. It is 4 miles S. S. W. from Bradwell, near the sea.

ASHEN, or ESSE, in the county of Essex; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £s. Patron, the King, as duke of Lancaster. Population in 1811, 260. Parish rates in 1803, £189. 12s. at 4s. in the pound. It is 5 miles N. N. W. from Castle Hedingham; and 2 miles S. W. by S. from Clane, in the county of Suffolk.

ASHENAGUR, properly HASHTNAGAR, (from the Sanscrit Ashtanagara), a central district of Afghánistàn, or Pokhtánkhà. It derives its name from the eight townships of which the nation originally consisted, and which are supposed to correspond with the eight following districts:-1. Naù Shehrah; 2. Chársadà, including Párang and Hesár; 3. Rizzár; 4. Othmán-zèì; 5. Túràn-zéì; 6. Omar-zéì; 7. Shér-páì; 8. Tanggeh, or Barkah-zéì. The town of Hashtnagar is reckoned by all the Afgháns the place of their original settlement in Afghanistan. It corresponds with the situation of the country of the Assacani, on the west of the Indus, who were attacked by Alexander. It is to the N. E. of Païshawer, near the river of Suwad, and is called Mashangur in Major Rennell's Map of the Heads of the Indus. (See Rennell's Memoir, p. 158, 173; Asiatic Researches, xi. 383; Jehán-numà, p. 239.)

ASHENDEN, in the county of Buckingham; a curacy (not in charge,) of the clear yearly value of 11. 8s. Patrons, the dean and canons of Christ Church, Oxford. Chapel dedicated to St. Mary. Popu

lation in 1811, 319. Parish rates in 1803, £237. ASHENOs. 24d. at 2s. 6d. in the pound. It is 8 miles W. DEN. from Aylesbury; and 5 miles N. from Thame, in the county of Oxford.

ASHER, the son of Jacob and Zilpah, servant to Leah. He had four sons and one daughter; and from him one of the twelve tribes of Israel derived its name. To the tribe of Asher a most fruitful country was allotted, with Phoenicia to the west, Mount Libanus to the north, Carmel and the tribe of Issachar to the south, and the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to the east; but, either from its weakness, its negligence, or its sins, or from all these causes combined together, it never obtained the whole portion originally allotted to its possession.

ASHES, a term applied to the residue left after the combustion of any substance. For the production and application of the ashes of vegetable and animal matter, see the article CHEMISTRY; and for their properties in manuring land, that of AGRICULTUre.

ASHFIELD, in the county of Suffolk; a curacy, with Thorpe. The chapel, which is now in ruins, was dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 248. The money raised by the parish rates in 1803, was £250. 38. 3d. at 5s. 3d. in the pound. It is 5 miles W. by S. from Framlingham.

ASHFIELD, GREAT, in the county of Suffolk; a vicarage (not in charge) of the certified value of £16. Patron, lord Thurlow. Chapel dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1811, 294. Parish rates in 1803, £229. 13s. 34d. at 4s. in the pound. It is 64 miles N. N. W. from Market Stow. It is the birthplace of lord chancellor Thurlow.

ASHFORD, in the hundred of Braunton, county of Devon; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £8. 13s. 9d. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Peter. Population in 1811, 101. Parish rates in 1803, £41. 19s. 54d. at 2s. 34d. in the pound. It is 13 miles N. W. from Barnstaple.

ASHFORD, County of Kent; a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £18. 4s. 2d. Patrons, the dean and chapter of Rochester. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population 1811, 2532. Parish rates in 1803,

1066. 14s. 10d. at 3s. 6d. in the pound. It is 20 miles S. E. by E. from Maidstone, and 54 miles E. S. E. from London. Here is a free grammar school.

ASHILL, in the county of Norfolk; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £19. 13s. 6d. Church dedicated to St. Nicolas. Population in 1811, 547. Parish rates in 1803 £452. 1s. 74d. at 4s. 9d. in the pound. It is 34 miles N. W. from Watton.

ASHILL, in the county of Somerset ; a discharged vicarage; valued in the King's books at £6. Os. 10d. Patron, the prebendary thereof. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 399. Parish rates in 1803, 139. 9s. at 1s. in the pound. It is 3 miles N. W. by W. from Ilminster. Here is a medicinal spring, called Skipperham Well.

ASHINGDON, or ASSINGDON, in the county of Essex; a discharged rectory; valued in the King's books at £8. 13s. 4d. Church dedicated to St. Andrew. Population of this parish in 1811, 102. Parish rates in 1803, £207. Os. Id. at 5s. 3d. in the pound It is 24 miles N. by W. from Rochford. The victory obtained by Canute over Edmund Ironside was won in this parish.

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ASHING- charged rectory; valued in the King's books at £6. TON. 3s. 4d. Church dedicated to St. Vincent. Population in 1811, 71. Parish rates in 1803 £57. 15s. 74d. at 2s. in the pound. It is 24 miles E. S. E. from Ilchester.

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ASHINGTON, in the county of Sussex; a rectory, with the chapel of Buncton; valued in the King's books at £8. 5s. Church dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. Population in 1811, 198. Parish rates in 1803, £268. 14s. at 11s. in the pound. It is 4 miles N. W. from Steyning.

ASHKOKO, the Ethiopic name of the Styrax Syriacus (v. Mammalia) is figured by Bruce (vol. v.), and was supposed by Ludolph to be a rabbit. (Lex. Amharico. Lat.)

ASHLEWORTH, in the county of Gloucester; a discharged vicarage; valued in the King's books at £10. 2s. 11d. Patron, the bishop of Bristol. Church dedicated to St. Andrew. Population in 1811, 476. Parish rates in 1803, £300. 9s. at 3s. in the pound, on the rack rental. It is 5 miles N. by W. from Glou

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ASHLEY, in the county of Cambridge; a rectory, with the vicarage of Sylverley; valued in the King's books at £8. Patron, the earl of Guildford. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 306. Parish rates in 1803, 231. 13s. 4d. at 5s. 4d. in the pound. It is 4 miles E. by N. from Newmarket. ASHLEY, in the county of Northampton; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £17. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 315. Parish rates in 1803, 405. 17s. 6d. at 11s. in the pound. It is 44 miles W. by S. from Rockingham.

ASHLEY, in the county of Southampton; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £7. 16s. 3d. Patron, the King. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 94. Parish rates in 1803, £65. 9s. 8d. at 3s. in the pound. It is 3 miles S. S. E. from Stockbridge.

ASHLEY, in the county of Stafford ; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £10. 2s. 8d. Church dedicated to St. John Baptist. Population in 1811, 616. Parish rates in 1803, £211. 15s. 9d. at 3s. in the pound. It is 6 miles N. W. from Eccleshall.

ASHLEY, in the county of Wilts; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £9. 16s. 54d. Patron, the King, as duke of Lancaster. Church dedicated to St. James. Population in 1811, 65. Parish rates in 1803, £39. 9s. 114d. at 10d. in the pound. It is 5 miles N. from Malmsbury.

ASHMANHAUGH, in the county of Norfolk; a discharged curacy, of the clear yearly value of £10. Chapel dedicated to St. Swithin. Population in 1811, 122. Parish rates in 1803, £62. 4s. 93d. at 8s. 9d. in the pound. It is 3 miles E. by N. from Coltishall. ASHMORE, in the county of Dorset; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £7. 19s. 94d. Church dedicated to St. Nicholas. Population in 1811, 196. Parish rates in 1803, £82. 5s. at 3s. in the pound. It is 5 miles S. E. from Shaftsbury.

ASHOLT, in the county of Somerset; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £7. 12s. 3d. Church dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1811, 150. Parish rates in 1803, £138. 1s. 9d. at 4s. 7d. in the pound. It is 64 miles W. by S. from Bridgewater. ASHO'RE, on shore. A. S. sciran, to shear, to cut, to divide, to separate. See SHORE.

And when God shall send you in safetie into the Bay of S. Nicho- ASHORE. las at an anker, you shall goe a shore with the first boate that shall depart from the ship, taking with you such letters as you have to ASHTON, deliuer to the agent there. COLD.

Hackluyt. English Voyages, v. i. isthumus, near Golden Island, one of the Samboloes, to the Accordingly, on the 5th of April, 1680, we went ashoar on the number of between 3 and 400 men, carrying with us such provisions as were necessary, and toys wherewith to gratify the wild Indians, through whose country we were to pass. Dampier's Voyage.

For now the flowing tide

Had brought the body nearer to the side;
The more she looks, the more her fears increase,
At nearer sight; and she's herself the less:
Now driv'n ashore, and at her feet it lies,
She knows too much, in knowing whom she sees.
Her husband's corps.
Dryden's Fables.
[He] Then with his dire associates through the deep,
For spoil and slaughter guides the savage prow.
Him dogs will rend ashore.

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Storms rise t' o'erwhelm him: or, if stormy winds
Rise not, the waters of the deep shall rise,
And needing none assistance of the storm,
Shall roll themselves ashore, and reach him there.

Cowper's Poems. ASHOVER, in the county of Derby; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £24. 3s. 1d. Church dedicated to All Saints Population in 1811, 2377. Parish rates in 1803, £642. 3s. 03d. at ls. 5d. in the pound. It is 6 miles N. W. by N. from Alfreton. Ashover was the residence of Anthony Babington, who was executed in the reign of Elizabeth for a conspiracy against her life. There are some Druidical remains in its neighbourhood; and in the church is a Saxon font of great antiquity.

ASHOWE, in the county of Warwick; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £6.2s. id. Patron, lord Leigh. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 182. Parish rates in 1803, 159, 5s. 9d. at 5s. 6d. in the pound. It is 4 miles N. N. E. from Warwick.

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ASHTON, rectory, valued in the King's books at £17. 1s. 8d. COLD. Church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Population in 1811, 268. Parish rates in 1803, £127. 8s. 9d. at ASHTON, 2s. 6d. in the pound. It is 94 miles E. by S. from STEEPLE. Bristol.

ASHTON UNDER EDGE, in the county of Gloucester; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £10. 2s. 34d. Patron, lord Harrowby. Church dedicated to St. Andrew. Population in 1811, 120. Parish rates in 1803, £109. 9s. 54d. at 3s. 4d. in the pound. It is 14 miles N. N. W. from Chipping Campden.

ASHTON, KEYNES, in the county of Wilts; a vicarage, with the chapel of Leigh, valued in the King's books at £16. Church dedicated to the Holy Cross. Population in 1811, 828. Parish rates in 1803, £698. 19s. 9d. at 3s. 6d. in the pound. It is 33 miles W. from Cricklade.

ASHTON, LONG, in the county of Somerset ; a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's books at £10. 17s. 11d. Church dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1811, 1073. Parish rates in 1803, 415. 11s. 94d. at 4s. 3d. in the pound. It is 23 miles S. W. by W. from Bristol. There are two Roman encampments in this parish, and a mansion house, with a front by Inigo Jones.

ASHTON UNDER LYNE, in the county palatine of Lancaster; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £26. 13s. 4d. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 19,052. Parish rates in 1803, £2620. 19s. 3d. at 5s. 3d. in the pound. It is 7 miles E. from Manchester. In this parish is still continued a singular custom, called riding the black lad. On Easter Monday an effigy is paraded on horseback through the streets, then hung up at the cross and shot at. Tradition regards this custom as a memorial of some tyrannical act of Sir Ralph Asheton, who, in 1483, exercised great authority in this neighbourhood as vice constable of England.

ASHTON UPON MERSEY, in the county palatine of Chester; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £13. 4s. 7d. Church dedicated to St. Martin. Population in 1811, 1819. Parish rates in 1803, £234 1s. 11d. at 7s. 9d. in the pound. It is 9 miles. W. N. W. from Stockport.

ASHTON, STEEPLE, in the county of Wilts; a vicarage, with the chapel of Sevington, valued in the King's books at £17. 2s. 6d. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 1452. Parish rates in 1803, £638. Os. 4d. at 6s. 5d, in the pound. It

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is 3 miles E. by S. from Trowbridge. The lofty ASHTON, and celebrated steeple of this church, from which the STEEPLE. parish derives its name, was destroyed by lightning in 1670; and the workmen who were employed in WYKEN. repairing it were dispersed, and their work beaten down by a second storm in the same year. Superstition attributed these circumstances to the interference of heaven, and the steeple has never been rebuilt. Some remarkable specimens of the Madrepore-stone have been found in this parish.

ASHURST, in the county of Kent; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £5. 4s. 9d. Patron, the duke of Dorset. Population in 1811, 131. Parish rates in 1803, £147. at 8s. in the pound. It is 43 miles W. from Tunbridge Wells.

ASHURST, in the county of Sussex; a rectory, not in charge. Patron, the earl of Thanet. Population in 1811, 408. Parish rates in 1803, £361. 2s. 5d. at 4s. in the pound. It is 3 miles N. from Steyning.

ASHWATER, in the county of Devon; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £26. 6s. 8d. Church dedicated to St. Peter. Population in 1811, 677. Parish rates in 1803, £220. 10s. It is 6 miles S. E. by S. from Holsworthy.

ASHWELL, in the county of Hertford; a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £22. 3s. 6žd. Patron, the bishop of London. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 754. Parish rates in 1903, £479. 19s. 6d. at 3s. 3d, in the pound. It is 4 miles N. N. E. from Baldock. Ashwell is of Roman origin; near it is a large encampment, called Arbury Banks.

ASHWELL, in the county of Rutland; a rectory, valued in the King's books at £20. 16s. 3d. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Population in 1811, 194. Parish rates in 1803, £209. 15s. 5d. at 2s. 4d. in the pound. It is 3 miles N. by W. from Oakham.

ASHWELL, THORPE, in the county of Norfolk; a discharged rectory, valued in the King's books at £6. 13s. 4d. Church dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1811, 343. Parish rates in 1803, £288. İls. 6d. at 8s. in the pound, on the rack rental. It is 3 miles S. E. by S. from Wymondham.

ASH-WYKEN, in the county of Norfolk; a rectory, with leziate, valued in the King's books at £6. 13s. 4d. Patron, earl Spencer; church dedicated to All Saints. Population in 1801, 71. Parish rates in 1803, £88. 10s. 2d. at 1s. 1d. in the pound. It is 24 miles N. from Richmond.