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MIDHTTBST. 



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ThuDM, eompriiiog k few aerw, 0I1MI7 Uid out in plexura groundi. 

 Nmt th* Titlag* of Whitton, lo Twiokenhkm pM-i«h, U Koeller Hkll, 



• goTiniBMOt hutitiition for tha eduomtioD of mutan for lohooU of 

 Pairoohial Unioni, or other echooli oooneoted with tha civil goTemment 

 It i* under the care of • Principkl, > Vioa-Prinoipal, a mnthomatioal 

 maaUr, uid an English aiMtcr; aooommodation ii provided for 90 

 ■tadwU; the number reddent in July 1862 wiu SS. Whitton PUoe, 



• BMHuion with extanaiTe grounda attached, built bv the third duke 

 of Aifyll, u>d aftorwarda £t the poaaaaaion of Sir WiUiam Chambera, 

 oonUJna an eztaoaiva ooUeotion of pioturea, marblea, Ac. 



Dintiom for SeelttUulieal amd Ltgal Pmrpou$.—TUM oonnty ia 

 included in tiM diooeae of Ixindon, and ia divided between the arch- 

 d«MODti«a of London and Middleaez. By the Poor-Law Commiaaionera 

 lOddlaMs ia divided into 83 Poor-Uw Uniona :— Bethnal Qrean ; 

 Pr i ltord; Chalaea; St Jamea, Clerkenwell; Edmonton; Fnlham; 

 St Oeorge, Hanover Souare ; St. Oeorge in the Kaat ; St. Oilea in the 

 FSalda, and St Oeoige, Bloomabnry ; mokncnr; Hampatead ; Hendon ; 

 Holboro ; St Mary, lalington ; St jamea, Weatminater ; Kanaington ; 

 City of London ; Bart London ; Waat London ; St Luke, Middleaez ; 

 St Maigarat and St John, Weatminater ; St Martiu in the Kielda ; 

 BL Marylebone ; Paddington ; St Panoraa ; Poplar ; St Leonard, 

 Shoraditoh; Stainea; Stepney; The Strand; Uxbridge ; and White- 

 ohapaL Tbeaa Uniona contained in 1 851 n population of 1,875,608. 



Tha county ia, in civil auita, within tho immoiliato juriiidiction of 

 the auperior oourta aitting in the metropolis. In criminal caaes of 

 tlie mora important oUaa it ia within tlio juriadiction of the Central 

 Criminal Court, he-Id twelve timea a year, in the Old Bailey in London. 

 Saaaiona, at which lighter criminal offenoea are tried, are held at the 

 Baiiona-Houiie, Clerkenwell, twenty-four timea in the year, and by 

 ■djoommeiit nt the Uron<I Sanctuary, Westminater. Saaaiona are alao 

 bud at UuiUlhall, fur tho City of London, four timea in the year; 

 and at the Seaaiona-Houae, WeUcloae Square, for the Tower Liberty, 

 eight timea a year. County oourta are held at Bloomabuiy, Bow, 

 BMotford, Brompton, Clerkenwell, Edmonton, Marylebono, Shureditch, 

 Uxbridge, WeaUninater, and Wbitechapel. The City ia under the 

 police Juriadiction of ita own aldermen ; other parte immediately 

 round London have poUoe-offloea with atipendiary magiatrataa. Tha 

 parte mora diatant from London are under the county magistratea. 

 The ahrievalty of Middleaez ia united with that of Loudon. Two 

 aheriffa are annually choaen by tho Livery of London in common hall. 

 London haa a body of police of ita own ; the suburbs are watched by 

 the metropolitan polioe, a numerous body of men under the direction 

 of two commiaaionera. 



Fouitaan mambera of Parliament are returned from Middleaez — 

 S for tha ootinty, 4 for tha city of London, 2 for the city of Weat- 

 minater, and 2 each for Harylebone, Finabury, and the Tower Hamlets. 

 Siiulty tmd Anti^tUtiet. — In the earliest period of authentic history, 

 thia part of our ialand woa comprobeuded in the domaina of the 

 IVioobantea, who occupied Kaaez. It was traversed by Cisaar in hia 

 Moond expedition into Britain (B.a 64) after his aucoeaaful attempt to 

 OKiaa tha Thamea. [Britannia.] It fell under the Roman dominion 

 in the time of Claudius, but was overrun by the Britons in the Kencral 

 revolt nndar Boadioea. Londinium (London) waa already a place of 

 conaiderable tnule, and tha rasidanoa of many Romane. In the 

 Roman diviaion of the ialand the county waa inohidod In tho province 

 of Flavia Caaaarienais, and contained tho atatiooD of Londiuiuni, I'ontes 

 (according to aoma), and Sulloniacai. Pontea haa been variously fixed, 

 at Colttbrook in Bucka, at Old Windaor in Berks, ami at Longford 

 and Staines in Middlesex. SuUoniaoie waa at Brockloy Hill, between 

 Edgwara and Elatrea. Roman Munpa liava been traced at Stanmore, 

 in the Bolda near Islington, and at Shapperton, near tho place where 

 Cnaar o r oaaed the Thamea. Tho Roman Watling-atreet from Londi- 

 nium ran through Sulloniac* to Vrrulamium (near St Alban'a). 

 ]kmiii»«traat ran from Londinium northward by Stoke Newington to 

 KnlUld, and other roada led fkx>m Londinium by Pont«« and acroaa 

 tka Tbamaa to the south-waat parte of Kuglond, and acroaa tha Lea 

 into Eaaex. Roman antiquitiea have bean found at Hampatead, Shep- 

 pstton, Tumham Qrean, and other parte of tho county. At Bantley, 

 near Stanmore, 60 gold ooina and several of ailver and copper were 

 found, witli two gold ringa, and a gold braoolet 



In lbs Saxon diviaion of tha ialand thia county ia generally con- 

 iidared to have bean a part of the kingdom of the Eaat Saxona ; but 

 ws think thia may bo questioned. [Enolamo.] It may have been 

 |0*atiiad ooesoionally by tha kings of Kssex— it ia known that these 

 •t least poaaaaed many extenaiva rigbta in tho city of London ; but 

 Asss waa itself liute mora than a dependency of Kent, and probably 

 Mvar anioyad poUtioal indepaodsooa. In tha division of England 

 wdar AUMI, while the county of Eaasx and part of Hertfordahire 

 WW ioeludad in tha DanaUgh, or Oaniah territory, London and the 

 I«8» of Middlaa e x wars, aoconling to tha beat authorities, pUoed under 

 lbs aldarmaa of Xsroia. (Sir K. Palgrav^ 'Riae and Progreaa of the 

 Kuliak OoBaxnwaalth.') -• -> 



In tha wan wkioh tha West Saxon princes auatainsd with ths Danes, 

 Loodoa was ranaatwlly taken by that p«ou|e. In the great atmsgla 

 bstwecn Alfred sad tha Danlah chieftain Harting, the oiticena bore a 

 d IsM n g ni a h ad part, In the reign of Athelaton, Uudon became the 

 •eesaional raaidsoos of the king. In the reign of }<:iimund II., Iron- 

 •Ma, London waa twice bssi«gM by tlis Dauah king Canute, without 



auooeaa. The death of Edmund however brought the whole ialaad 

 under the away of Canute. London became under the later Saxon 

 prinoea or under the Norman dynaaty, the aeat of government, and 

 haa continued to be ao ever ainoe. The city, oonaequently, and tha 

 metropolitan oounty, have been the acene of many important events, 

 which properly belong to the general hiatoty of the country. 



Sdiguxu Wonkip and Sducation. — According to the Retunia of 

 the Coiaua of 1851, it appeara that in March of that year, there wars 

 in tha oountv, 902 plaoea of worahip, of which 419 belonged to the 

 Church of England, 165 to Independenta, 119 to alx aactiona of 

 Methodists, 102 to five aecUona of Bapttsta, 82 to Roman Catholioa, 

 19 to Preabyteriana, 16 to Mormons, 10 to Quakers, 8 to Lady 

 Huntingdon'a Connexion, to Jewa, 7 to Unitariana, 6 to Lutherans, 

 6 to Irvingitea, 5 to Plymouth Brethren, 2 to Moraviona, and 2 to ths 

 Oreek Church. The total number of sittings provided was 672,888. 

 There were 689 Sunday achoola, of which 227 belonged to the Church 

 of EngUnd, 132 to Independenta, 98 to Methodiats, 65 to Baptiata, 11 

 to Presbyterians, and 6 to Human Catholics. Of Day schools there 

 wore 8427, of which 772 were Public schools, with 138,108 aoholora, 

 and 2665 were Private achoola, vrith 62,149 aoholara. Of Evening 

 achoola for adults there were 76, with 1783 scholars. Of literary aud 

 Aoientific inatitutea there were 77, with 34,766 members, and libmriea 

 containing about 888,600 volumea. 



Savingt Banla. — In 14)53 there were 87 aavinga banka in the oounty, 

 at Bath-plaoa, Biahopagate, Bloomabury, Brentford, Camden Town, 

 Chelsea, Covent Garden, Edmonton, Enfield, Farringdon-atreet, Fina- 

 bury, Fulhara, Hackney, Haggeratone, Hammersmith, Hampatead, 

 Harrow, Highgate, Homsey, Hoxtun, lalington, Kensington, Kiiiga- 

 lond Road, Limehouae, Marylebone, Paddington, Poplar, St. Martin'a- 

 plaoe, St Clement Danea, St Oilas (Cripplegate), Stoke Newiiii^ton, 

 Stainea, Stepney, Tottenham, Tufton-atreet, Uxbridgo, and White- 

 chapeL The amount due to depoaitora on November 20th 1863 was 

 e,349,138{. 2f. id. 



MIDDLETON, Lancashire, a town in the pariah of Middleton, is 

 situated on tho right bank of the river Irk, a feeder of tho Irwell, in 

 63° 84' N. lat, 2° 12' W. long., diatant 6 milos N. by K from Man- 

 chester, 192 milea N.W. by N. from London by rood, and 193i miles 

 by the North- Woateru and L.incaahire and Yorkshire railways The 

 population of tho town in 1851 woa 6740. The living ia a rectory in 

 tho archdeaconry and diocose of Manoheater. 



Middleton is dependent on the cotton and ailk manufactures. A 

 market formerly hold in tbo town haa been diaoontinued. Messrs. 

 Pelo and Betta, the eminent contractors, have within the last few 

 yeara purchased the property of the town from Lord SjiilHeld. The 

 town is lighted with goa, and ia well aupplied with water. Tha 

 pariah church was erected at the beginning of tho 10th century : of 

 an older church some Norman portiona remain. There ore chapels 

 for Methodists, Independent, and Swedeuborgians ; National and 

 Infant schools, a Grammar school, foumled in 1670, which had 130 

 acliolara in 1851, a mechanics institute and reading-room, and a 

 branch of the Manchester aavinga bank. Milla for apinning cotton- 

 thread and for manufacturing cotton-cloth, dye-works, print-worka, 

 and ailk-weaving eatabliahmeuta supply the chief occupations of the 

 inhabitanta. luny of the brocaded fabrics which are sold in London 

 as Spitnlfields goods are produced in Middleton. 



MIDDLKTON. [Dxrbtshikb; Dukiiam.] 



M1I>1)1.KT0WN. [COMNICTICUT.] 



MIDDLKWICH, Cheshire, a market-town in tho parish of Middle- 

 wioh, is situated near the confluence of the rivers Dune and Croke, in 

 68° 12' N. lat, 2° 26' W. long., distant about 20 miles E. from Chester, 

 and 167 milea N.W. from London. The population of the tovmahip 

 of Middlewich in 1861 was 1236. The living ia a vicarage in the arch- 

 deaconry and diooeae of Cheater. 



Tho town of Middlewich oontoins many good houses, a oommodiona 

 parish clmrch, )>laces of worship for Wealeyan and Aaaooiation 

 Methoilista and Quakora, a Free Grammar achool. National, Britiah, 

 and Infant achoola, and a town library and newa-room. Salt ia mods 

 to a very great extent ; and there are breweries, brick-fields, boat- 

 building yarda, a silk factory, and aome lime-worka The Grand 

 Trunk Canal, in ita course to the Meraey, paasas through Middle- 

 wich. 



MIDHURST, Suaaex, a market-town, parliamentary borough, and 

 the acat of a Poor-Law Union, ia pleasantly aituated on a gentle cmi- 

 nenoe on the right bonk of the Hother, in 50° 49' N. lat, 0° 44' \V. 

 long., distant 12 milea N. from Chicheater, and 60 luiles S.W. by S. 

 from London. Tho population of the parliamentary borough in 1851 

 waa 7021. The borough retuma one member to the Imperial Parlia- 

 ment The living ia a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry and 

 dioceee of Chicheater. Midhunt Poor-Law Union oontaina 26 pariahes 

 and townahipa, with an area of 64,068 aorea, and a population in 1861 

 of 18,873. 



On a mound near the Rother are the ruina of a caatle long'oocupied 

 by the IVibuns, lords of Midhurat Tho pariah church haa Utsly been 

 much eularged. The Independents and Baptiata have placea of 

 wonhip. The Free Grammar achool, founded in 1672, had 7 free 

 Bcbolora and 16 boarders in 1852. There are a National achool, a 

 -literanr and scientific inatitution, and a aavinga bonk. A oounty 

 court u held in the town. There i* •, neat town-haU. A com-markot 



