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pearance. On an eminence about a mile from the town, 
stands the house of industry for the hundred of Stow. It i3 a 
very respectable building, and has rather indeed the appear¬ 
ance of a gentleman’s seat than a receptacle for paupers. Its 
erection cost 1200/.; and it was opened in 1781. A manu¬ 
facture of sacking, ropes, twine, and hempen, is carried on in 
Stow. This has succeeded to the manufacture of stuffs, and 
bombasines, which was formerly carried on. Being well 
situated for the barley trade, the market of the town is much 
frequented by the fanners, for a considerable distance round ; 
and hence much business is done in the malting, in which 
trade there are from 15 to 20 houses. One great source of 
the prosperity of Stow Market is the navigable canal from 
this place to Ipswich, which was opened in 1793. It is 16 
miles in length, and has 15 locks, each 60 feet long and 14 
wide, three built with timber, and 12 with brick and stone. 
From the basin there is an agreeable walk about a mile in 
length, along the towing path, winding chiefly through hop 
plantations, of which there are 150 acres in this neighbour¬ 
hood. Market on Thursday, and two annual fairs; 12£ 
miles north-north-west of Ipswich, and 75 north north-east 
of London. Lat. 52. 11. N. long. 9. 59. E. 
STOW, Mary’s, or Stow Marsh, a parish of England, 
in Essex ; 54 miles south-south-west of Maldon. 
STOW-NINE-CHURCHES, a parish of England, in 
Northamptonshire; 5f miles south-east of Daventry. 
STOW, Upland, a parish of England, in Suffolk, adja¬ 
cent to Market-Stow. Population 720. 
STOW, West, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5 miles 
north-north-west of Bury St. Edmund’s. 
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, a market town of England, in 
the county of Gloucester, situated on the summit of a high 
hill, the base of which is about 3 miles in diameter. The 
situation is airy, and the air, though cold, is very healthy. 
The houses are mostly low, and built with stone: they have 
generally a very ancient appearance. The church is a strong 
and well-built edifice, apparently the work of different 
periods during the 14th and 15th centuries. It consists of a 
nave, aisles, and chancel, with an embattled tower on the 
south side, 81 feet in height, which, from its lofty situation, 
constitutes a principal object through a circumference of 
many miles. The arches are pointed, and supported by 
clustered pillars, some of which have zig-zag capitals. At 
the east end is a rich window of quatrefoils, and at the west 
end a window of ovals, with two trefoils in each. The prin¬ 
cipal charitable institutions in the tbwn are an alms-house 
for nine poor persons, and a free-school. These are situated 
on the south side of the churchyard. The former was 
founded under the will of William Chestre, dated so early as 
the 16th Edward IV. Ailmere, Earl of Cornwall and 
Devon, the reputed founder of the original church here, is 
said also to have founded an hospital in the 10th century. 
The principal manufacture in Stow is that of shoes. The 
parish is governed by two bailiffs appointed annually. It is 
about 12 miles in circumference. The charter for the market 
was granted in the fourth of Edward III. to the abbey of 
Evesham, by which establishment some part of the manor 
was held in the time of Edward the Confessor; and within 
a century it had obtained possession of the remainder. 
Market on Thursday. The fairs, on 12th May and 24th 
October, have long been famous for hops, cheese, and sheep; 
11 miles south-south-east of Camden, 25 north-east of Glou¬ 
cester, and 77 west-by-north of London. 
STOW'AGE, s. Room for laying up.—What were all 
the fasts and humiliations of the late reformers, but the for¬ 
bearing of dinners ? that is, the enlarging the stowage, and 
the redoubling the appetite for a large supper! South .—In 
every vessel is stowage for immense treasures, when the cargo 
is pure bullion, or merchandize of as great a value. Addison. 
—The state of being laid up. 
’Tis plate of rare device, and jewels 
Of rich and exquisite form, their value’s great; 
And I am something curious, being strange, 
To have them in safe stowage. Shahspeare. 
Vol, XXIII. No. 1595. 
The things stowed. 
We ha’ ne’er better luck. 
When we ha’ such stowage as these trinkets with us. 
Beaam. and FI. 
Money paid for stowing of goods. 
STOWBOROUGH, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire, 
situated on the river Frome, and forming a kind of suburb 
to Wareham. 
STOWE, a parish of England, in the county of Bucking¬ 
ham, noted for containing the magnificent seat, gardens, and 
pleasure grounds of the Marquis of Buckingham, which forms 
the chief ornament of the county. This noble demesne is 
situated 2 miles north-west of Buckingham, and, when be¬ 
held at a distance, appears like a vast grove interspersed with 
columns, obelisks, and towers, which apparently emerge from 
a luxuriant mass of foliage. In approaching the house, the 
first architectural object that attracts attention is a Corinthian 
arch or gateway, 60 feet high by 60 wide, which forms the 
principal approach, and where a grand display is presented 
of the mansion, groves, temples, obelisks, lake, &c. At a 
short distance from the arch is one of the entrances to the 
gardens, which comprise about 400 acres of highly decorated 
grounds. These gardens obtained their celebrity from the 
alterations effected by LordCobham, under whose directions, 
with the aid of the best artists, the groves were planted, the 
lawns laid out, and many of the buildings of the place 
erected. On the south and west sides of the gardens, the 
principal objects are the hermitage; the temple of Venus, 
designed and executed by Kent, a square building, decorated 
with Ionic columns; the queen’s statue; the Boy cot pavi¬ 
lions, designed by Vanbrugh; the temple of Bacchus; and in 
the centre of a large lawn is the rotunda, raised on ten Ionic 
columns, and ornamented in the centre with a statue of 
Bacchus. On the east side of the gardens is the entrance to 
the Elysian Fields, where the figures of heroes, poets, and 
philosophers, seem to justify the name. This part is watered 
by a small rivulet, which flowing from the grotto, passes 
through a valley ornamented with a number of fine old trees, 
and which includes some of the most charming views and 
objects in the whole demesne. The rivulet then runs into the 
lake, which is a considerable sheet of water, dividing itself 
into two branches, and retiring through beautiful valleys. A 
Doric arch, decorated with the statues of Apollo and the 
Muses, leads into the Elysian Fields. Through the arch the 
Palladian bridge is seen, and a castellated lodge, built on the 
opposite hill. On the right is the temple of Friendship, and 
on the left are the temples of Ancient Virtue and of British 
Worthies. The temple of Ancient Virtue is a circular build¬ 
ing of the Ionic order. The dome is supported by 16 
columns. Within are four statues by Sheemaker, of Lycur- 
gus, Socrates, Homer, and Epaminondas, with appropriate 
inscriptions by Lord Lyttleton. The temple of Worthies is a 
semicircular building, erected on the banks of the upper 
lake, after a design by Kent. It contains busts of Pope, Sir 
Thomas Gresham, Inigo Jones, Milton, Shakspeare, Locke, 
Newton, Bacon, Alfred, &c. The grotto is situated in a 
romantic dell, composed of broken stones, pebbles, flints, 
spars, and other materials. The temple of Concord and 
Virtue is a large handsome building, of an oblong shape, sur¬ 
rounded with 28 fluted Ionic columns, and is thought to be 
one of the most chaste and elegant ornamental structures in 
the kingdom. Lord Cobham’s Pillar is 115 feet high, sur¬ 
mounted with a statue of his lordship. Captain Grenville’s 
monument is a lofty column, erected by Lord Cobham, in 
honour of his nephew, Captain Thomas Grenville. The 
Queen’s building is a beautiful temple, designed by Kent. 
On the opposite side of a deep valley, is the most picturesque 
and curious building in the gardens, termed the Gothic 
temple, a triangular building, with a pentagonal tow'er at 
each corner, one of which rises to the height of 70 feet, and 
terminates with battlements and pinnacles; the others are 
surmounted with domes. The inside is richly adorned with 
light columns and various pointed arches, and the windows 
are glazed with a fine collection of old painted glass, on which 
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