EALIKQ. 



EAST WARD. 



population of the boih in 1861 WM 1610 ; Uit of the parliamentary 

 Unfa was 8041. 



A* tower of til* old church of Dysart U still entire. The town 

 aosist* chiefly of throe streets and small cquare. The square con- 

 tain* the public office*. The town U lighted and cleansed under 

 polio* regulation. Dysart ha* a email harbour, attached to which U 

 a Urge wet dock. Beside* the pariah church there are a Free church 

 and a United Presbyterian meeting-novae. A aehool-houae ha* been 

 erected by subscription, aided by a government grant. At Pathhead, 

 a populous Tillage in the neighbourhood of Dysart, a school hai been 



aimilarly erected, sad MO children are that* also clothed and educated 

 in an institution, the munificent endowment of Mr. Philp, a merchant 

 in K irkoaldy, who left 80,0001 to be devoted to ^-Mi^W school* in 

 Kirkcaldy, Pathhead, AbbotehaU, and Kingdom. At Pathhead are a 

 chapel of ease, a Free church, and a Dissenting chapel. At Dysirt U 

 a itation of the Edinburgh, Perth, aud Dundee railway ; and there 

 are packet-Teasel* twice a week to Leith. The chief manufacture U 

 UM spinning of flax and wearing of cloth. Limestone, sandstone, and 

 ironitone are quarried. 



(Aw BMutteal Account of Scotland.) 



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EAl.IXfi. [Mn>DLESEC.] 

 F.ARLSTON. [BERWi 

 KA8INOTOK, Durham, a Tillage, and the seat of a Poor-Law 

 Union in the parish of Earington, is situated in 54* 47' N. 1st, 1 21' 

 W. long., distant 10 miles E. from Durham, and 263 miles N. by W. 

 from London. The population of the township in 1851 was 916. 

 The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Durham. 

 Easmgton Poor-Law Union contains 19 parishes and townships, with 

 an area of 34,7*0 acres, and a population in 1851 of 21,480. The 

 Tillage is ittuated on elevated ground, about 2 miles from the sea. 

 The parish church, a lofty structure, chiefly in the early English style, 

 with a Norman tower, erected upon high ground at the western end 

 of the village, is a useful landmark for vessels at sea. There are 

 places of worship for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and a Free 

 school. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the collieries or in 

 agriculture. (Communication from Eatinyton.) 



EASIXGWOLD, North Riding of Yorkshire, a market-town and 

 the seat of a Poor-Law Union, in the parish of Easingwold, is situated 

 in 54* 7' N. lat, 1* 10' W. long.; distant 18 miles N. by W. from 

 York, and 212 miles N by W. from London. The population of the 

 township in 1851 was 2240. The living u a vicarage in the arch- 

 deaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. Easingwold Poor-Law 

 Union contains 29 parishes and townships, with an area of 61,459 

 ore*, and a population in 1851 of 10,211. 



The situation of Easingwold, on the line of the great north road, 

 made it formerly a place of importance. The market for agricultural 

 produce is still large. The surrounding district is chiefly agricultural : 

 much land is occupied for grazing purposes ; and a good breed of 

 hones is reared. The parish church overlooks the town, commanding 

 an extensive prospect of the Vale of Mowbray and the ancient forest 

 of Galtres. The Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists, Independents, 

 and Roman Catholics haTe places of worship. The Qrammar school, 

 founded in 1784, has an income from endowment, Ac., of 851. a year, 

 and had 60 scholars in 1851. A county court is held in Earangwold. 

 Friday is the market-day : fain are held in July and September. 

 There are an iron and brass foundry, a tan-work, and two rope-works. 

 In the -vicinity are some chalybeate springs. 

 (Communication from Eatinyvohl.) 



EAST GKIXSTEAD, Sussex, a market-town, and the seat of a 

 Poor-Law Union, in the pariah of East Qrinstead, is situated in 

 61* 7' N. lat., 1' W. long. ; distant 22 miles N. by W. from Lewes, and 

 28 miles 8. by E. from London by road. The population of the parish 

 of East Qrinstead in 1851 was 3820. The living is a vicarage in the 

 archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. East Orinstead 

 Poor-Law Union contains 7 parishes, with an area of 57,615 acres, 

 and a population in 1851 of 18,223. 



The town of East Orinstead is pleasantly situated on an eminence ; 



It consist* chiefly of one street, which is irregularly built The parish 



church is a neat stone edifice, with an embattled tower. There are 



place* of worship for Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, and the Countess 



of Huntingdon's Connexion. An Endowed school, founded as a 



Grammar school in 1780, U now an English school : the income from 



endowment is about 4 4t a year ; the number of scholars in 1852 was 80. 



There are a National school and a savings bank. Sackvillo College, 



a quadrangular stone building, erected in 1616, is an institution 



ninded by Robert Earl of Dorset, for aged unmarried persons of 



both sens, each of whom has a separate apartment, and 81 a year. 



inhabitants are employed in ahoemaking and in pen- 



The market day is Thursday, and there is a stock 



market on the last Thursday in each month. Fairs are held on 



Apnl 21st, July 18th, and December llth. A county court is 



held in UM town. East Qrinstead was disfranchised by the Reform 



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(Honficld, &MMX; Communication from Eatt Orintttad.) 

 EAST INDIES. Th* portion of the glob* to which the name of 

 India, or the East Indies, is given, U usually understood to compre- 

 hend the peninsula of Hindustan lying to the east of the river Indus 

 and thence eastward a. far as the boundary of the Chinese empire, by 

 which empire and by Tartary, India i* aUo bounded on the north. 

 The East Indies include al*o the islands of the Indian Ocean, which 

 He between Hindustan and Australia as far north as the Philippine 

 Islands, and as far east a* Papua, but without including either the 



Philippines or Papua. A general description of the East Indies will 

 be found under the article HINDUSTAN. 



EAST PRESTON, Sussex, a Tillage and the seat of a Poor-Law 

 Union, in the parish of East Proston, is situated in 60 48' N. hit, 

 0* 28' W. long., on the south coast, 23 miles W.S.W. from Lewes, 60 

 miles S.S.W. from London by road, and 66 miles by the London, 

 Brighton, and South Coast railway. The population of the parish in 



1851 was 310. The living is a vicarage annexed to the vicarage of 

 Ferring, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester. East Preston 

 Poor-Law Union contains 19 parishes and townships, with an area of 

 29,890 acres, and a population in 1851 of 14,847. The population is 

 wholly agricultural. The parish church consists of a nave, erected 

 in the 15th century, and has a handsome stone spire. In the Tillage 

 is a National school (Horsfield, State*; Communication from t'att 

 Pretton.) 



EAST RETFORD, Nottinghamshire, a municipal and parliamentary 

 borough and market-town and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, is 

 situated in 58 19' N. lat., 0" 87' W. long. ; distant 38 miles N.N.E. 

 from Nottingham, 141 miles N.N.W. from London by road, and 

 1884 miles by the Great Northern railway. The population of the 

 borough and parish of East Retford in 1851 was 2948; that of 

 the parliamentary borough, which includes numerous adjacent 

 parishes and districts, was 46,054. The living is a vicarage in the 

 archdeaconry of Nottingham and diocese of Lincoln. East Retford 

 Poor-Law Union contains 50 parishes and township*, with an area of 

 88,780 acres, and a population in 1851 of 22,756. The borough 

 is governed by 4 aldermen and 12 councillors, one of whom is 

 mayor ; and returns two members to the Imperial Parliament. For 

 sanitary purposes the borough of East Retford and the parish of 

 West Retford are each under the management of a Local Board of 

 Health. 



East Retford is seated on the right bank of the river Idle, a feeder 

 of the Trent, on what was formerly the Great North Road. In 

 Domesday Book it is called Rcdcford. On the west a handsome 

 stone bridge of five arches connects East Retford with the smaller 

 and more modern town of West Retford. The houses in general 

 are well built : the streets are paved, and are well lighted with gas, 

 at the expense of the corporation. An extension of the town has 

 of late years taken place on the south side, and is called Smith 

 Retford. The town-hall is a handsome building. The market-place 

 is an irregular quadrangle, affording ample accommodation. In the 

 centre of the market-place is a pillar, erected on the site of aii 

 ancient cross, called the broad stone. The parish church, a spacious 

 and handsome edifice, of various styles, was founded about 1258. 

 It consists of a nave, two aisles, chancel and transept, and has a 

 square tower, 97 feet high. West Retford church is a small building, 

 with a tower and an elegant crocketed spire. The Independents and 

 Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have place* of worship. There 

 are in East Retford a Free Grammar school founded by king Edward 

 VI., which has an annual income of 4301. ; the number of scholars in 



1852 was 22. The affairs of this school are in chancery. In the 

 town are National and Infant schools ; a literary and scientific insti- 

 tution, with a library ; and a savings bank. There are almshonses 

 for 18 poor women; Sloswick hospital is for 6 poor men. The 

 hospital of the Holy Trinity in West Retford, founded in 1664 by 

 I'r. .Mm Darrell, is for a master and 16 brethren. Three coach- 

 making establishments and two tanneries afford some employment 

 There are corn-mills and paper-mills. The canal from Chestcrlicl.l t.> 

 the Trent at Stockwith passes through the borough : the traffic on the 

 canal is chiefly in corn, coal, ftc. The market, held on Saturday, is well 

 supplied with dairy produce, and in autumn with hops, which are 

 extensively raised in the neighbourhood : fairs are held on March 

 23rd, and October 2nd, and there is one great market yearly for 

 horses, cattle, cheese, aud bops. The low level of the town has 

 exposed it to occasional inundations from the overflow of the Idle, 

 which have sometimes done considerable damage. 



rcy, Ifittory <>f R-tf <.><!; Communication from Eatt Retford.) 



EAST sr-iNr.linrsE. [PLTJiot-Tii.] 



EAST WARD, Westmoreland, the eastern division of the county, 

 gives name to a Poor-Law Union. The ward contains an area of 

 177,910 acres, and n in 1851 of 13,660. It is bounded N. 



by Cumberland, N.E. by Durham, aud S.E. by Yorkshire. East Ward 



