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Rh BANBUltY LANE. 174 HAN DON. ment, and was a abort time afterwards dismantled. Scarcely any traces of it are visible. A fragment of the strong vail now forma the foundation of a lowly human dwelling-place, and garden vegetables grow on the site of the vanished fort. The market-cross, famous in all nurseries, no longer exists: it was destroyed by the Puritans in the reign of Queen Klizabcth. Banbury, which was a borough by prescription, received a charter of incorporation from Queen Mary, which was subse- quently confirmed and enlarged. It is now governed, under the Itofonn Act, by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors, with the style of " the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Banbury." The borough has returned one member to parliament since the reign of Queen Mary. The mayor is the returning officer. The limits, however, of the mm and parliamentary boroughs arc not co-extensive, ihe former comprising, according to the census of 1861, only 790 inhabited houses, with a population of 4,055, while the latter includes 2,067 inhabited houses, with a population of 10,194. The borough magistrates hold potty sessions once a- week, and general sessions every half-year. Ban- bury is tho seat of a Poor-law Union and ol a Comity Court district. Tho town is generally well built, and the streets aro broad, paved, and lighted with gas. Great improvements wore made under the authority of an act passed in tho reign of George IV. And the coin prosperity of the borough is shown by the rise of its population from 8,716 in 1851 to 10,194 in 1861, show- ing on increase in the decennial period of 1,479. The trade of the town has long flourished, and is greatly indebted to the Oxford and Coventry canal, by which it is connected with the general system of inland commu- nication. The district is one of remarkable fertility, and the principal occupations of the people are those connected with agriculture. There is a manufacture of plush, shag, and girth webbing, though of less extent than it was formerly. Fanning implements are made. Tho " cakes " aro still famous, and are exported in large quantities, and a superior cheese is made, though it is doubted by some whether it be the kind so much in repute in the 16th century. The living is a vie." in the dioc. of Oxford, and in tho patron, of the bishop. The church is a large modern structure, erected in 1797, on the site of a fine ancient one which, with its monuments, was entirely demolished. There is also a district church in South Banbury, called Christ Church, the living of which is a pcrpet. cur. of tho vaL of 180, likewise in the gift of tho bishop. There are chapels belonging to the Roman Catholics, Unitarians, Friends, Baptists, Indepen- dents, and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. A free grammar school ncro attained such reputation that it served as a model for St. Paul's School, and the Chester Free Grammar School. It has long ceased t< Here is a blue-coat school founded in 1705, and subse- quently united with tho National school. The former has an income from endowment of 70 a-year. There is an, almshouso for twelve persons, and some other charitable institutions. The annual value of the parochial charities is 203. The town.has an ancient pnol, a modern town- hall, a savings-bank, a mechanics' institution, a library, and a racecourse. The principal seats in tho neighbour- hood of Banbury ore Wroxton Abbey, tho seat of Colonel Nort istle, the seat of Lord Saye and ro House, that of Miss Mil ward. Two hospit M UO to St. John, the other to St. Leonard. ' isted here. The remains of tho i tod into a dwelling-house : < no ruins aro left. Tho mark< t, whi< h i I liurs- . well attended. Fairs aro held in ut tho year except February and No- ANK. ;i hmlt. in the hund. of Gayton,
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M ll"i;y.].|.;vKMr||, a par., j .illy in tho co. .'tly in that of Kincnnline, miles t.. tli.- V. .,| "A!,. id. n. It is sitnat. 4 .,n the sea- coast, nnd nn the banks of the river Dee, which is crossed by a suspension bridge 305 fret in length, constructed for foot passengers. The par. contains tho Douuies, Findon, vn, tho last of wh station on the Scottish North ilw.iy. is of various characters, and the district is par and heathy. Bluo granite of very linn ; but little used on account of the difficulty of wo Some of tho inhabitants arc m the The living, of tho val. of 15'J, is in the : deen, and in the patron, of the crown, 'i on the loft bank of the Dec. There are N schools. Banchory House is ' -idence Druid circles and several tumuli exist 1. BANCHORY-TKKXAN. u par. in tin dine, Scotland, 17 miles to tho V. < station on the Deeside railway. It lies on both 1 of the Dee, at tho junction of the Aven with that ; and contains an area of 18,950 acn of Arbeadie. Part of the district is hilly, the elei of the hill of Faro being 1,500 I small lakes. There is much pleasant t^^^H living, of the val. of 288, is in the presb. of l^fl and in the patron, of Sir T. Burnet, 1 ;. pendents have a chapel here. Besides two i Crathie Castle, near Ley's Loch, and the c whilly, there are several modem mansions, ofj^^H chief ia* Inchmarle and Banchory Cottage. ]^H held in February, March, June, Jul December, lianchoi-y is a Gaelic word, si i: ing between two hills." BANDEKWIC, a vil. in the hund. of Fuircron, i the oo. of Berks, 4 miles from East 1 BANDON, or BANDON-BK1DGK, a parliament* borough and market town, in tho par. of Ba^^H in the bars, of K inalmeaky and Ea.- y, a mi [ar in the par. of Kilbrogan, in the bar of Cork, and prov. of Munster, Ii. 8.W. of Cork, and 180 miles from Dui nectod with Cork by the Cork and Bandon : which was completed in 1850. Tin by the first Earl of Cork in the reiirn of James 1 granted it a charter of incorj 1 1 was dt by walls with several forts at s, andl asylum of the English Protestants during the C~ in tho reign of Charles I. The the revolution of 1688, but some n remain. The town is situated "n tin Bandon, in a pleasant and fertile co: the sea-coast. At Inishannon, 4 i ri vi r becomes navigable, and falls into the sea I Bandon is a well-built town, containing m houses. Most of the buildings aro of stone, number of inhabited houses has gr 1,180 in 1841, to 982 in 1861. A 1 crosses the river and connects the t tho principal streets on both sides of the riv at the bridge. The railway station south side of tho river. Tho linen manufactn was formerly an important branch of the local i has ceased to he carried on. W< wll camlets and stuffs, aro made to a n are distilleries nnd breweries, and numerous tan-Ji A small import and a large export trade in cor butt, r is carried on. Bandon is famous 'lurches. Tho new parish eh un-h of ] is an elegant structure in tho Gothic stylo of_i nilt (partly at i. Commissio! irtly by vnlu scription) at a e st of over 10,000. It i*. modatini.; l.l.'iO persons, and is erected on the I old ehurch, which had been built at tin 'wn. It has a very fine orpin, presented I late I [on. and Very liev. Kichard U. liernard, D u. There are also places of worship for 1 Catholic*, l'i is, tho Scotch Church, r in 1829; and there are two free schools, ono of was founded and endowed by Viscount Boyle, town contains a court-houso, a corn-market, market, barracks, and a bridewell. It has JiO
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