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Rh UAIJ.I'N. 110 r.AKKVF,I,[.. BAILDON, a chplry. in the par. of Otley, upper div. of the wsp. of Skyrack, in of tho co. ik, 4 mile* to tho N. of Bradford, its post town. It in situated on the bank* of tho river Aire, not far from the Midland railway. The woollen manufacture is carried .;-nsively, employing about 600 looms. Another local branch of industry > the manu- facture of nails. Tho living is a pcrpet. car.* in tho dioc. of Ripon, of tlic vol. of 148, in the patron, of trustees. The church is dedicated BAILEY, or i in.shp. in the par. of Bcw- caitle, ward of Eskdalc, in tho co. of Cumberland, 4 mile* to the N.K. of Longtown. It in situated near the border of Scotland, on the banks of tin- riv-i I BAILEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Mitton, and hund. of Blackburn, in tho co. palatine of Lancaster, 7 miles to the N. of Blackburn. BAII.KY, NoliTH and SOUTH, pars, in the city and co. palatine of Durham. BAILIEBUUOUGII, a par. and market town in the bars, of Clankeo and Castlerahan, in the co. of Caran, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 17 miles to the S.E. of Cavan, and 58 miles to the N.W. of Dublin. This town, which consists of only one street, is situated in a fertile and well-cultivated district. It is the seat of a Poor-law Union and a station of tho police. It has a court- house, in which quarter sessions are held, a bridewell, and a dispensary. The Union poor-house is also erected here. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Kilmor dagh, and Klphin, of the val. of 490, in the patron, of the bishop, liailicborongh Castle, a modern mansion, on the site of an old fort, is the seat of Sir J. Young, Bart., who is principal proprietor. The Roman Catholics, the Presbyterians, and the Wesleyans have chapels here. The market, which is the principal one in the county, is held on Monday. Fairs are held on the 17th February, the 17th May, the 15th June, the 14th August, the 14th October, and the 17th November. BAILIESTON, a vil. in the par. of Old Monkland.in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 7 miles S.E. from Glasgow. UAINItUIDOE, a tnshn. in tho par. of Aysgarth, western div. of the wap. of Hang, in the North Hiding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the S.W. of Askrigg. It U situated in Wensley Dale, on the banks of the river Bain (a branch of the Ure), which rises in Ray Dale side and flows through Seamer Water, a beautiful lake two miles above Bainbridge, to the Ure. This place has traces of a Roman road, and is supposed to be the site of the Roman station, Brarckium. 1! A I NTON, a par. in the lib. of .Nassaburgh, in the co. of Northampton, S miles to the E. of Sta: Wandsford is its post town. It lies at tho northern ex- tremity of the county, on the borders of Lincolnshire. The living is a cur., attached to the rect. of Ufford, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to Ury, and is in tho early English style. The chari- table endowments amount to 51 per annum. BAINTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Stoke Lyne, hnnd. of Ploughley, in the co. of Oxford, 3 miles from Biccster. BAINTON, a par. in the wap. of Harthill, East Ii; of the co. of Y'.rk, .'> mil. s to tin S ,V. ,.| (.,, -a Drifh'eld, its post town. It is situated on elevated ground, nearly in tho centre of the Hiding. A beacon having been formerly erected here, tho division of the v. take has received the name of Bainton Beacon di y sessions are h. r the division. The living is a rect. in tin- dine, of York, of the val. i.f C7-J7, in the patron, of the resident and Fellow* ot St. John'- College, Oxford. The churrh, which is ancient, i-. d"di- cated t St. Andrew, and has a monument with an elh>y of Peter do Mauley, a boron who distinguished bin tho battle with tho Scots, in 1346, in win. h KILL- ' Wl :..'. ].:-; m r l:Kl.l. n vil. in the hund. of Bar-- in t). i, miles from Romford. I'. i I.I . a vil. in the par. of KnfiVM. and o nt -Middlesex, 2 miles to th. B A K 1 : W 1 .1 , 1 ,, a par. and market town in the hund. of High Peak, in the co. of miles to th- N.W. lii rby, and 15'J miles from London. It is a stat. Stockport and Bnxton branch oft). tern i way. Bakewell is the largest and most populous pj in Derbyshire, extending above 20 miles in length K. to W., and above 8 miles in breadth, and com in all 21 tnshps. and several limits. Of these ' lowing are chplriea. : Ashford, Baslow, Beeley Chelmorton, Longstone, Monrash, Sheldon, T Rowsley, and King's Sterndale. The towi well is a very ancient place. Some suppose that it was a Roman station, a Roman altar having ba the neighbourhood. It appears to have be ence as early as the reign of Edward the whom a castle was founded there. Its Saxoi Iladtcantfillan, which, by the wear and toarol yean has been ground down to Bakewell. Bel two forms occur those of Bfttpitilt and AM the Conquest this place was given to the Fever ing passed, by forfeiture, to the crown, it wi King John to Ralph Gemon. The Vemon came, in 1502, the next owners, from whom the reign of Elizabeth, by marriage, to tl family, who now hold the manor. The tow tho south bonk of the river Wye, on a hill midst of a beautiful country. It is pa with gas. The working of tho black marble w] obtained in the district, forms an important branch the local industry. There is a beautiful manufac in the town, consisting of the inlaying of marble, a) cornelian, *c., some tine specimens of which were hibitedat tho International Exhibition of 18 declared equal to the best examples of Flo Many persons arc also empl l<-ad mines the chert works. The cotton manufacture was duced byArkwright,bntitisnotnowcarri< Hosiery U made to a small extent. The baths, were apparently in use at the time of the Romans, slightly chalybeate. The supply of water is a the composition 60 of Fahrenheit. There is a plunging bath and several smaller ones which are by artificial heat. The present bath - of Rutland, attract many visitors to the town, capable of great improvement . There U a literary tion, a library and reading-rooms in ecu. and a museum of natural history and a' town has also a court-house (an anc. stored), a townhall, a dispensary, and a savings- Tho living is a vie. * in the dioc. "t I.icl.. of 460, in the patron, of the dean and church is dedicated to All Saints. It is a very building in the form of a cross, in various styles < The western jiart is Norman, of the bably of King John, by whom it is related the was rebuilt. In the north transept there is a goo ular window ; in the south 1 there are some admit rnon chapel adjot lighted by thri - lioautifully decorated windows, tower, surmounted by a spire, rises from the cenl complete and costly restoration of the whole st was effect i d in 1*48. It contains > spouse, consisting of canopied cm tries, cm t-r ; another of a kmVht in armour ; and several V mons ami Manners. The font is old and c and in the churchyard U a sculptured cross. the parish church there ar< -tiict eh and chapels of ease within the parish, anil of worship b-lonfinir t" ! i '.ml Dissenters. free grammar M hool ;is founded in 1637 Manners, and is endowed with ' other charitable < ndowim nts of the t the hf>!-s >t<.l to St. .Ii.hn, an l7-'. xkOH ot iln whole parish amnunt to Bakewell is the seat of a ('..mity Court dist of a Poor-law Union; a polling place for the ns, and a petty sessions town.- grayling which abound in the Wye attract