Walshes Manor House, old mansion, 2 miles E. of
Rotherfield, Sussex.

Walshford, hamlet, Hunsingore par., E. div. AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, on river Nidd, 3 miles NE. of
AYetherby; the Nidd is here crossed by Walshford
Bridge. See Ribstone, Great, with Walshford.

Walsingliam (Great, or Old), par. and vil., Norfolk,
1 mile NE. of AYalsingham, 2170 ac., pop. 452; has
ironfounding.

Walsingliam (Little, or New), market town and
par. with ry. sta., Norfolk, on river Stiff key, 43? miles
N. of Fakenham and 31 NE. of King’s Lynn, 860 ac.,
pop. 1016; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. In the
grounds of Walsingham Ahbey are the ruins of an
Augustinian priory of 12th century, and a little S. are
the remains of a Franciscan convent founded about
1350. The shrine of Our Lady of AYalsingham was long
famous, and attracted many distinguished pilgrims, one
of the last of whom was Henry VIII.

Walsoken, town and par., on border of Norfolk, 1
mile NE. of AVisbech, of which it is a suburb, 4656 ac.,
pop. 2697; P.O., and p.o. at New Walsoken; is con-
nected with AVisbech by a bridge over the Nen.

Walston, par., Lanarkshire, on river South Medwin,
4361 ac., pop. 340; the church stands 5| m. N. of Biggar.

W als worth Hall, seat, in co. and 2 m. N. of Gloucester.

Walterstone.—par., Herefordshire, in SAA⁷. of co.,
4)? miles SAV. of Abbey Dore, 1241 ac., pop. 144.—2.
Walterstone, hamlet, Llancarvan par., Glamorgan, in
SE. of co., 4 miles SE. of Cowbridge.—3. Walter-
stone, hamlet, Llanrhidian par., Glamorgan, in W. of
co., 11 miles AY. of Swansea.

Walterstown.—school, Templerobin par., SE. co.
Cork.—2. Walterstown, par., in co. and 3 miles SW.
of Kildare, 1478 ac., pop. 151.—3. Walterstown,
hamlet, 7 miles SE. of Navan, E. co. Meath.

Waltham.—hundred, Essex, 23,098 ac., pop. 10,199;
contains 4 pars, and part of another.—2. Waltham,
par. and vil., Kent—par., 3272 ac., pop. 506; the vil.
is 7 miles SAY. of Canterbury.—3, Waltham, 5 miles
NE. of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; P.O., T.O. See
Waltham on the Wolds. — 4. Waltham, small
market town and par. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire, 4g
miles S. of Grimsby by rail and within its parlia-
mentary limits, 2464 ac., pop. 743; P.O., T.o. Market-
day, Tuesday. Waltham Hall is a seat.

Waltham, Bishops, Hants. See Bishops Waltham.

Waltham, Bright, Berks. See Brightwaltham.

Waltham, Cold, Sussex. See Cold AValtham.

Waltham, Great, par. and vil., Essex—par., 7457
ac., pop. 2349; vil., on river Chelmer, 4 miles N. of
Chelmsford ; P.O., T.o. Captain Chamier (1796-1870),
the novelist, resided at Waltham House.

Waltham, Little, par. and vil., Essex—par., 2307
ac., pop. 580; vil., 1 mile SE. of Great Waltham and
33? miles N. of Chelmsford; P.O.

AValtham, North, par. and vil., Hants—par., 1958
ac., pop. 415; vil., 6 miles SW. of Basingstoke; P.O.

AValtham, lip, par., Sussex, 53? miles SW. of Pet-
worth, 1275 ac., pop. 82.

Waltham, White, par., Berks, in E. of co., 3 miles
SAY. of Maidenhead, 2643 ac., pop. 821.

W’altham Abbey (or Waltham Holy Cross), market
town and par., Essex, in AY. of co., on left bank of
river Lea, 1 mile E. of Waltham Cross sta. and 13 miles
N. of Liverpool Street sta., London, 11,017 ac., pop.
5368; P.O., T.o., and P.O. at Waltham New Town;
1 newspaper. Market-day, Tuesday. AValtham Abbey
has mfrs. of gunpowder and percussion caps, artificial
flowers, &c. Of the old abbey, which originated in a
church founded by the standard-bearer of Canute,
made collegiate in 1062 by Harold, and converted into
a mitred Augustinian abbey in 1177 by Henry II., the
nave of the church (now the parish church) and the
lady chapel remain.

Waltham Chace, heathery tract, on SE. side of
Bishops AValtham, Hants; area nearly 2000 acres.

Waltham Cross, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Cheshunt
par., Herts, in SE. of co., on S. side and wholly in
town of Cheshunt, pop. 3391; P.O., T.o. ; takes its
name from a “ Queen Eleanor’s cross” of Edward I.,
restored in 1833; the sta. serves for the town of
AValtham Abbey (in Essex), 1 mile E.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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