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KIRK-MAUGHOLD, a village and a parish in the NE of the Isle of Man. The village stands near Maughold Head, 3½ miles SE of Ramsey; and has a green, a remarkable pillar cross, an ancient monumental slab, and a post office under Douglas, Isle of Man. The pillarcross appears to be of the latter part of the 13th century; consists of basement, octagonal shaft, and entablature or capital; and shows interesting sculptures, much weatherworn, but still beautiful. The monumental slab is older than the cross; is carved on both faces; and has, on the edges, curious interlaced work.—The parish contains also the town of Ramsey. Its length, from N to S, is 5¾ miles; and its greatest breadth is 3¾ miles. Pop. in 1851, 4, 463; in 1861, 4, 545. Houses, 765. Pop., exclusive of Ramsey, in 1851, 1, 762; in 1861, 1, 654. Houses, 312. Slien-Lewaigne, 11/3 mile S of Ramsey, has an altitude of 735 feet; Ballanasag Hill, 1½ mile further SE, has an altitude of 614 feet; the Dhoon, on the coast, in the S, has an altitude of 633 feet; North Barrule mountain, on the W boundary, 2½ miles S by W of Ramsey, has an altitude of 1,842 feet; and Manghold Head, on the coast, adjacent to the village, has an altitude of 373 feet, rises in a grand pile of rock from the landward side, falls precipitously to the sea, and shows veins of ironstone and masses of quartz in minglement with twisted and contorted schists. St. Manghold's well bursts from the NW side of the headland; and is named, in common with the church, from a Culdee saint, traditionally said to have been a disciple of St. Patrick, and to have been made Bishop of Man in 498; and this well has always been held in high repute for alleged sanatary virtne, and is still a resort of pilgrims, on a certain day of August, for carrying away its water as a specific in diseases of both men and cattle. Port-le-Voillen, between the well and Ramsey, is a picturesque retreat; and Ballaglass waterfall, on the Kennay river, 2½ miles SW of the village, is a very beautiful cascade through contorted clay slate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sodor and Man. Value, £175. * Patron, the Crown. The church has a Norman porch, and a decorated English chancel; contains a Norman font; underwent repair in 1860; and was then found to include parts or fragments of five ancient crosses. The churchyard includes an area of 5 acres; and is known, from recent discoveries of numerous fragments, to have contained many interesting ancient monumental crosses. A fragment of a large cross, discovered in it in 1854, was removed to the museum of King William's college, near Castletown. The p. curacy of-St. Paul in Ramsey, and that of Christ Church, are separate benefices. Value of the former, £100;* of the latter, £30. Patron, of the former, the Bishop; of the latter, Trustees.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | the Isle of Man CrProt |
| Place: | Maughold |
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