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Rh BANTRY BARONY. 179 BAECOMB. he confines of Kerry, and bounded on the N. by the co. of verry, on the E. by the bars, of West Muskerry and 'ast Carbery, on the S. by the bar. of "West Carbery, nd on the W. by Bantry Bay, and the bar. of Bear. t contains the town of Bantry, and parts of the pars. f Durrus and Kilmacomogue. The area of the bar. is bout 69,000 acres. BANTU Y BARONY, one of the nine bars, or subdivi- ona of the co. of Wexford, in the prov. of Leinster, Ire- end, situated on the western side of the co., and bounded n the N. by the bar. of Scarawalsh, on the E. by the river laney and the bar. of Shelmaliere, on the S. by the ars. of Shelmaliere and Shelbumc, and on the W. by xe river Barrow and the co of Carlow. It contains 10 following pars. : Adamstown, Ballyanna, Carnagh Impel, Clonleigh, Doonooney, Kilcowanmore, Killan illegney, Kilscanlan, Oldross, Rossdrae, St. John's, . Mary's, and Templescoby ; with, parts of Bally- gne, Clonmore, Newbawn, St. MiUlin's, Whitcchurch, d Whitechurch-glynn ; and the towns of New Ross, onroche, and Maudlin's. The area of the bar. is out 102,000 acres. BANTRY, a seaport and market town, in the par. of ilmacomogue, and bar. of Bantry, in the co. of Cork, ov. of Munster, Ireland, 58 miles to the S.W. of Cork, id 218 miles from Dublin. The town, which was for- crly called Kilcoban, is seated in a valley closely vroundcd by mountains at the head of the bay to lich it has given name. The bay extends about miles in length in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and tries in breadth from 8 to 12 miles. Whiddy Island lies pposite to the town and shelters its harbour. On the ,W. side of the bay is Bear Island and Haven, and posite to Bantry is Glengariff harbour. A French et came up the bay in 1689 ; in 1697 some troops of 'illiam III. landed here from Flanders ; and in 1796 a >ench fleet under General Hoche and Admiral de Galles itered the bay, and was dispersed and partly destroyed > a storm. The port is subordinate to Baltimore. The '1 trade of the town is in com and flour, large < antities of which are exported. From 20 to 30 boats mployed in the various fisheries. The town contains parish church of Kilmacomogue, chapels for Roman .holies and Wesleyans, two schools, a neat court-house, . ridcwell, and a dispensary. It comprises, according Uhe census of 1861, 402 inhabited houses, with a popu- ) ion of 2,444, of whom 167 are returned as belonging to 1 1 Established Church, 2,203 are Roman Catholics, and ",'. Methodists. The town has a chief police station ; ] ty sessions aro held once a fortnight, and quarter i ,-iions in February. Bantry is the seat of a Poor- l : Union. Bantry House, finely situated on the coast, i the seat of the Earl of Bantry. Saturday is the "ket-day. Fairs are held on the 19th March, the 1st .' y, the 9th June, the 15th July, tho 21st August, the i ii October, and the 1st December. fiANWELL, a par. in the hund. of Winterstoke, in tl co. of Somerset, 4 miles tc the N.W. of Axbridge. Vston-super-Mare is its post town. It is situated at t northern foot of the Mendip Hills, near the coast the Bristol Channel, and is a station on the Bristol a Exeter railway. A monastery existed here in the on period, and was destroyed by the Danes. The lor of Banwell has been held since the time of Edward Confessor by the bishops of Bath and Wells, who a palace here, which was erected by Bishop Beck- i: .on. Iron is obtained in the palish, and exported to ' Wales. Two caverns discovered in the rock have tixl some interest, and are named tho Stalactite and t Bone Caverns. In the latter were many bones of a mals mixed with gravel and stones. A small stream nrar the village, and flowing through the valley, ' ' into the Channel near Woodspring. The living is a '<-.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the val. of '2, in the patron, of tho Dean and Chapter of Bristol. 1 church is a handsome edifice in the perpendicular !", and contains a beautiful screen, a stone pulpit a< -ned with sculpture, an octagonal font, a rood-loft, a) three monumental brasses, the earliest being of the year 1470. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a free school, with a small endowment. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. In the neighbourhood are remains of two ancient camps. Fairs aro held on the 18th January and the 18th July. BAPCHILD, a par. in the hund. of Milton, lathe of Scray, in the eo. of Kent, 6 miles to the W. of Favers- ham. Sittingbourn is its post town. Tho living is a vie. in the dioc. of Canterbury, of the val. of 192, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is chiefly in the early English style. There are some remains of an ancient oratoiy. Hops are grown in the district. BAPTIST GRANGE, a par. in the bar. of Middle- third, in the co. of Tipperary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles to the N. of Clonmel. Tho living is a vie. united with that of Caher, in tho dioc. of Cashel, Emly, Waterford, and Lismore. The principal residence is Lakefield, the seat of W. Pennefather, Esq. BAPTON, a hmlt, in the par. of Fisherton do la Mere, and hund. of Warminster, in the co. of Wilts, 6 miles from Heytesbury. BARA, or BARO. Sec GARVALD, Haddington. BARACHNIE, a hmlt. in the par. of Old Monkland, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 6 miles from Glasgow. BARBARAVILLE, a vil. in the par. of Kilmuir Easter, in the co. of Ross, Scotland, 7 miles from Tain. BARBASWALLS, a vil. in the par. of Ruthven, in the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 6 miles from Kirriemuir. BARBER NOOK, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Eccles- hall Bierlow, and par. of Sheffield, in the wap. of Straf- forth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles from Sheffield. It lies on the confines of Derbyshire. BARBERSTOWN, a hmlt. in the bar. of North Salt, in the co. of Kildare, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles from Maynooth. BARBON, a chplry. in the par. of Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdalo ward, in the co. of Westmoreland, 3 miles to the N. of Kirkby Lonsdale, its post town. It is situated in a mountainous district near the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The Lancaster and Carlisle railway passes near it. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 80, in the patron, of the Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale. There is a school with a small endowment. BARBY, a par. in the hund. of Fawsley, in the co. of Northampton, 5 miles to the N.W. of Daventry. Rugby is its post town. It lies near the border of Warwick- shire. The London and North- Western railway passes near the village on the E., and the Oxford canal on the W. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Peterborough, of tho val. of 1,150, in tho patron, of trustees. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The annual value of tho parochial charities, which include some town and poor's lands, and an endowment for a school, is 121. BARCHESTON, a par. in the Brails div. of the hund. of Kington, in the co. of Warwick, close to Ships- ton-on-Stour, its post town. It is on the east bank of tho Stour, and contains the hmlt. of Willington. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Worcester, of the val. of 193, in the patron, of the Rev. G. D. Wheeler, incum- bent. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. BARCOMB HUNDRED, one of the twelve hunds. or subdivisions of the rape of Lewes, in the co. of Sussex, situated nearly in the centre of the county, and bounded on the N. and E. by the rape of Pevensey, on the S. by tho hund. of Swanborough, and on tho W. by tho hunds. of Swanborongh and Street. It contains the pars, of Barcomb, Hamsey, and Ncwick, which have an area of 9,740 acres. BARCOMB, a par. in the hund. of Barcomb, and rape of Lewes, in tho co. of Sussex, 3 miles to tho N. of Lewes, its post town. It is pleasantly situated on tho river Ouse, and is a station on tho Uckfield branch of tho London, Brighton, and South Coast railway. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Chichester, of the val. of 719, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is an endowed school