CRICKLADE, an agricultural t. and parliamentary borough, in the n. of Wiltshire, 7 m. s.e. of Cirencester, on the right bank of the Isis. The town of C. consists of one long street. The government is in a high-bailiff, appointed by the town. It has a con siderable retail trade; and the market for fat cattle, held on the third Thursday of each month, is well attended. The parliamentary borough called C. includes, besides its own two parishes of St. Mary and St. Sampson, nearly 50 other parishes or parts of par ishes, comprising a large and rich agricultural district, which returns two members to the house of commons. Pop. of parliamentary borough (1871), 43,622; of the town, 6,923.
CRLEIF—including the burgh of barony of C. and the burgh of regality of Drnm mond—a t. on the Earn, 17 m. w. of Perth. It is beautifully situated at the foot of the Grampians, near the entrance to the Highlands. Pop. (1871), 4,153. It has, woolen
manufactures, besides tanneries. The climate of C. makes it the resort of invalids in summer, and there is a superior hydropathic establishment, with accommodation for 200 visitors. It is eminent for its schools. St. Margaret's college was opened here in 1849, for the education of young. ladies of the Episcopal communion. Near is the fine scenery of Glen Almond, with Trinity college, opened in 1847, for Scottish Episcopal students. Morrison's academy—built at a cost of £6,500, and endowed by Thomas Morrison, builder, Edinburgh, with £20,000—was opened in 1860. C. is the terminus of two branches of the Caledonian railway, and since the opening of the first in 1856 it has much improved. The greatest Scotch cattle-market stood here till 1770, when it was removed to Falkirk.