DUHMOU 



DURAZZO. 



school was endowed by Sir Ridiard Fox. The market U held weekly ; 

 hir. arr held in Mar, July. September, and Ootobar. 

 (Fraser, /Imdtoat of Irjmd ; Thorn, MM X/HMBW.) 



\MORE. [OAI.WAY.] 

 DC SHORE, EAST. [WATKroD.] 



DUNMOW, frequently called GREAT DUNMOW, Essex, a market - 

 town and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, U situated on an eminence 

 on the right bank of the river Chelmer, in (1* 42' K. lat, 0' 21' 

 B. long., distant 18 mil N.X.W. from Cbelnuford, and 88 miles 

 N.N.E. from London. The population of the parish of Great 

 Donmow in 1841 wa 3235, including 485 inmate* of the Union 

 workhouse. The tiring U a vicarage fa the archdeaconry ' .E*** 

 and diooeae of Rochester. Dunmow Poor-Law Union contains 25 

 parishes, with aa area of 72,281 acres, and a population in 1851 of 

 _' "i 



The town consists chiefly of two streets, which contain some good 

 bourn. The streets an well lighted with gas and paved, and there 

 fa a good nipply of water. Many Roman antiquities have been found 

 in the vicinity. The parish church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is 

 a large ancient structure, and has a lofty embattled tower. The 

 Independents, Baptists, and Quakers have places of worship. There 

 arc National and Britinh schools, a savings bank, almshouses, and 

 several parochial charities. The market is held on Tuesday for corn 

 and cattle; fairs are held on Hay 6th and November 6th. A county 

 court is ht-ld. 



(Horont, E*tx ; Wright, Ettex.) 

 DUNNING. [PERTHSHIRE,] 



DUNOIS, a district of the former province of Orlcanais in France, 

 of which Chateaudun was the capital It is now comprehended in 

 the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, and Loiret In the 

 middle ages this district was a county united with that of Blois, 

 without giving to its owner any separate title ; but about the com- 

 mencement of the 1 4th century Hugues, count of Blois, added to his 

 title that of count of Duuois. Guy, count of Blois and Dunoi, sold 

 his counties to Louis, duke of Orleans (brother of Charles VI. i.f 

 France), whose son Charles bestowed the county of Dunois upon hie 

 natural brother Jean, who took so eminent a part in the expulsion of the 

 Englinh from France under the designation of the Bastard of Orleans, 

 and through whom alone any historical interest attaches to the 

 district 



DUNOON, Argyleshirc, Scotland, a watering-place situated on the 

 Frith of Clyde and east coast of the county, about 9 miles W. from 

 Oreenock, in 55 57' N. lat, 4 .10' W. long. The population in 1851 

 was 2229. The old village, which dated from the reign of Robert 

 Bruce, has been supplanted by a new and well-built little town, sup- 

 plied with shops of every description, and surrounded by handsome 

 houses and villas. There is an excellent pier for the accommodation 

 of the numerous steamers which sail between Glasgow, Dunoon, 

 Rothesay, and other watering-places on the Clyde. In addition to 

 the parish church there are a Free church, a chapel for United 

 Presbyterians, and a handsome Episcopal chapel. 



Dunoon was formerly, and after the restoration of Episcopacy, 

 continued for tome time to be, the seat of the bishops of Lismore, 

 now called of Argyle and the Isles. The foundations of the old 

 castle are still traceable. 



(.VOB Slatulical Account <tf Scotland.) 



DUNSE. [BERWICKSHIRE.] 



DUNSHAl (JHLIN, county of Heath, Ireland, a market-town and 



the seat of a Poor-Law Union, is situated in 53 32' N. lat, 6 83' 



W. long., distant 18 miles N.W. from Dublin. The population in 



1851 was 422, betides 658 inmates of the Union workhouse. Dun- 



abaughlin Poor-Law Union comprises 12 electoral divisions, with an 



ana of 108,344 acres, and a population in 1851 of 17,168. 



Dunahaughlin waa formerly a place of considerable trade, but is now 

 of little importance. The church is said to have been founded by 

 8t Beachlan, nephew of St Patrick, in the year 430. The Roman 

 Catholics have a chapel; and there are a court-bouse, the Union 

 workhouse, and a dispensary. A market is held weekly, and fairs are 

 held in May, July, October, and November. 



(Fraser. Uandloot o/ Irtland ; Thorn, friih Almanac.) 

 lir.N VCAHLE. Bedfordshire, a market-town in the parish of Dun 

 stable and hundred of Hanahead, is situated at the intern. 

 the ancient Ikrnield and Watling streets, in 61 63' N. lat, 31 

 W. long., distant 21 miles 8. by W. from Bedford, 33 miles N.W. 

 from London by road, and 47A miles by the London and North 

 Western railway. The population of the town in 1851 was 8589. 

 The living it a rectory in the archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese 

 of Ely. 



DunsUble it situated at the southern extremity of the county, near 

 the centre of the Dunstablc chalk downs. Henry I. founded here a 

 priory of Black Canons, on whom in 1 181 he bestowed the town ant- 

 all iu privileges, til* exercising of which gave rise to many quarrels 

 between UM prior, and the inhabitants. In 1 290 the corpse of Queen 

 Eleanor rested at the market-place, and a handsome cross was erected 

 to commemorate the rent, but it wan pulled down during the Com 

 monwealth time as a relic of popery. The town of Dunatoble consists 

 chiefly of on* main street and another which crosses it The houses 

 are in general built of brick ; tome of them are very old. Tho 



Muriah church formed ]>art of the priory buildings ; the front ' 

 idinoe is chiefly Nurman, and of uuunuol richness. The interior is 

 richly ornamented : over the altar is a huge painting by Sir James 

 ThoruhilL There are chapel, for Baptists and Wesleyan Method- 

 lite, National and British school., a Free school, a Charity school, 

 and several almshouaes. The making of straw-plait employs many 

 emalea. Whiting is manufactured. During the winter months many 

 arks of large size are caught on the neighbouring downs, and tent to 

 London for sale. The market-day is Wednesday. Fairs are held on 



.IneiMlay, Hay 22nd, August 12th, and November 12th. 

 IHNSTKK. [SOMERSETSHIRE,] 



DUNW1CH. [8CFKULK.] 



DURANCE (the ancient I>mentia), a river in the south of France, 

 rites in Hont Gencvre. At Briancon it is joined by the Guisane and 

 the Claret, which flow from the ridge of the Alps that separates the 

 department of Hautes-Alpes from Savoy ; and just after their junction 

 it receives the Servieres, another small stream. From Briancon the 

 Durance flows south-south-west above 25 miles to Embrun, receiving 

 by the way the Gyronde and the Quil, and several small mountain- 

 streams. The Ubaye, which passes Baroelonctte and receives the 

 Ubayete, joins the Durance 10 miles below Embrun. From the junc- 

 tion of the Ubaye the Durance flows first south-west, then south, and 

 then west by north 135 miles, into the Rhone below Avignon, receiving 

 a great number of tributaries, of which the principal are the Buech 

 (which joins it at Sisteron), the united streams of the Bes and the 

 Bleone from Digne, the Aase, the Verdou from Castellane, and the 

 Calavon from Apt The whole length of the river is about 180 miles. 

 No part of its course is navigable. Owing to the rapidity of it slope 

 it resembles a torrent more than a river, and sweeps down such an 

 enormous quantity of sand and pebbles that its bed, except at 

 points where it is contracted by projecting rocks and mountains, pre- 

 sents a valley deeply covered with beach, through the middle of which 

 the restless stream hurries down to the Rhone. The Durance fills its 

 bed only in time of floods, which are frequent and often disastrous, 

 especially on the melting of the snows on the Alps in spring, and on 

 the fall of heavy rains in the mountains. In the lower part 

 course the bed of the Durance is full of islands. Largo quantities of 

 larch, pine, and fir-timber ore floated down the river either in roftti or 

 in single trees from tin- Alpine forests t . nee they are for- 



warded to different ports along the Mediterranean. Tl 

 Canal is fed from the Durance, and n portion of its w.r 

 ducted by a magnificent aqueduct recently constructed to riipply tin- 

 city of Marseille. [BOUCHKS-DU-KHONE.] 



DURANGO. [BASQUE PROVIUCES.] 



DUHANGO, a town in Mexico, capital of the state of Durango, is 

 situated near 24 28' N. lat, 105 W. long., in a wide plaii 

 above the sea, and at no great distance from the Sierra Mmliv, which 

 rises to the west of the town. Its population amounts to upwards of 

 22,000, and it carries on a considerable commerce in the agricultural 

 produce of the country lying about it, and in that of the numerous 

 and rich mines partly situated in the Sierra Madre and partly east of 

 the town. The town is regularly built, and presents a very handsome 

 appearance. Among the principal building* are the cathedral, several 

 churches and convents, a theatre, and a mint, in which a large number 

 of gold and silver dollars are coined. Iron-mines are worked within a 

 quarter of a league from the town. Woollen stuffs and leather are 

 the chief manufactures. Not far from Durango is the Brena, a tract 

 more than 30 miles in length and about 15 mih s in wiilth, w ; 

 occupied by hills composed of basalt and covered with scoria; among 

 them is a crater of considerable dimensions. The department of 

 Durango is noticed under MEXICAN STATES, 



IM'KA'ZZO (the ancient A/nVi/nmi'j mul Dyrracliium) is a town 

 on the coast of Albania, in 4 r -.-J' N. lit., Hi IV K. long., situm 

 the south coast of a peninsula which projects into the Adriatic, and 

 forms the south boundary of tbc Gulf of Drin. Epidamnus was a 

 colony of Corcyra, but it afterwards changed its name to Dyrrachium. 

 It fell under the Romans at the time of the conquest of Macedonia, 

 and its harbour became the principal means of communication between 

 Italy and the north parts of Greece, Macedonia, and Thrace. The 

 Romans embarking at liniiKii-ium. which is nearly opposite, landed 

 at Dyrrachium, and thence by th< Vin i I'liessa- 



lonica, on the ^GgeanSeo. Pom|>< y d. d -i.|.-,l Dyrrnchiuni with success 

 against Cicsar before the battle of Pharsalia. After the fall of tho 

 Roman empire Dyrrachium came successively into the hands 

 Goths, Bulgarians, and the Norman* from s'icily, \v th.'ir 



stronghold in their wars with the Byzantine emperor*. It afterwards 

 fell into the hands of the Venetians, from whom it was token by 

 Sultan BayazicVn. Durazzo has a safe harbour, which however 

 admits only vessels of moderate draught; larger vessels must cast 

 anchor more than a mile from the shore. Its population is variously 

 estimated at from 5000 to 10,000. They carry on an active import 

 trade in British manufactures by way of Trieste, ami exp 

 plus com which grows abundantly in the neighbouring plains, anil 

 tobacco to Italy. 



h son of riiarle.< II. of ,\ 



annimc<!, with the consent of the I; i' duke 



of Durazzo and lord of Albania; and from him sprung the Durazzo 

 branch of the Anjcvinc family, who reigned over Naples and Hungary. 



