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Rh BARROW, SOUTH. 193 BARSHAM, EAST. t :. The Grand Trunk canal passes through the parish. 'J e living is a vie. in the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val. ih the cur. of Twyford, of 105, in the patron, of .' Moore, Esq. The church, a venerable edifice, with c battled tower, is dedicated to St. Wilfrid. There are Itional schools at Barrow and Twyford; the former, < rted in 1813, has a small endowment. Harrow Hall i-.he principal seat ; it is a large stuccoed mansion, I It in 1809 by the late John Beaumont, Esq. Henry 1 i Vooux, Esq., is lord of the manor. (ARROW, SOUTH, a par. in the hund. of Catsash, ii he co. of Somerset, 6 milee to the N.E. of Hchester. <_ tie Carey is its post town. The living is a pn-prt. c . in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 80, in the pron. of Mrs. Toogood. The church is dedicated to S Peter. '.ARROW, THE, a river, in the south-east of Ireland, u ch rises in the Slievcbloom mountains on the borders ii King's County and Queen's County, and after an i ci'ly course, of about 15 miles, runs southward to the - at Waterfordharbour. Its entire length is about 100 ..(I between Portarlington and Waterford it has a 11 of about 227 feet. It forms, for a few miles, the I ndary of King's County and Queen's County ; .then 11, of the latter and Kildare ; crosses a corner of Kildare, a* separates Queen's County from Wicklow ; crosses C low, then forms the boundary of that county and Kil- k lin. The name of this river is from a Celtic word ng " boundary." ARUOWBY, a par. in the wap. of Winnibriggs and Tioo, parts of Kestevcn, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 miles . ". of Grantham, its post town. An abbey was here at the close of the 12th century, which
 * '. -ishcd till the Dissolution, when its val. was 115.

Tl living is a rect.*'in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. '1,200, in the patron, of the Duke of Devonshire. Tl church is dedicated to All Saints. A.RROWBY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Austhorpc, and pa of Whitkirk, in the wap. of Skyrack, West Riding of le co. of York, 4 miles to the E. of Leeds. Bar- ro jy Hall is the chief residence. .VRROWBY, a vil. in the tnshp. of Kcarby with N u.-rhy, and par. of Kirkby-Overblow, in the wap. of I 1 er Claro, West Riding of the co. of York, 5 miles to th W. of Wetherby. ARROWDEN, a par. in the hund. of Wrandyke, in 10 co. of Rutland, 5 miles to the E. of Uppingham, 1 i ^t town. It lies on the north bank of the river V land, which separates the county from Northamp- trahire. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Pctcr- l.'Ugh, of the val. of 483, in the gift of the Marquis c. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. RROWFORD COLNE, or BARROWFORD BOTH, a tnshp. in. the par. of Whalley, and hund. of kburn, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles to W. of Cohie, its post town. The East Lancashire ay passes through the tnshp., and the Leeds canal it. Most of the workpeople are employed in the ii factories. The living is a perpet. cur. in the of Manchester, of the val. of 150, in the patron, of ne's Trustees. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. VRROWMOUNT, a vil. in the par. and bar. of ran, in the co. of Kilkenny, prov. of Leinstcr,Ireland, le from Goresbridgc. It is seated on the west bank ie river Barrow, near Gowran Castle, the seat of )unt Clifden. In the vicinity are ruins of a monas- and an ancient circle of stones. Fairs are held on 3th April, the 15th June, the 1st August, and the d.-tober. co. of Glamorgan, South Wales, 9 miles to the S.W. of Cardiff, its post town. It is situated in a pleasant coun- try, fertile and well wooded, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel, and includes the small island of the same name lying opposite to it. The living is a rect. united with that of Porthkcrry, in the dioc. of LlandafT. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Here are some remains of a castle. BARRY ISLAND, a small island in the par. of Barry, hund. of Dinas-Powis, in the co. of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is in the Bristol Channel, opposite to the vil. of the same name, and is connected with the shore by a narrow bank left dry at low water. It is .let as a farm ; but a large part of it is a warren abounding in rabbits. The name of the island is said to ho derived from St. Baruch, a hermit, who resided here, and was interred in a chapel, of which remains still exist. This island belonged at one period to the family of Barry or Do Bam, who took their name from it, and afterwards settled in Ireland. Of this family was Giraldus C'am- brensis, or De Barri, the historian and ecclesiastic of the 12th century. There is a. holy well at Nell's Point, to which superstitious women resort on Holy Thursday, washing their eyes, and throwing pins into the well. The island has an area of about 300 acres. BARRY, a vil. in the par. of Tashinny, and bar. of Shrule, in the co. of Longford, prov. of Leinster, Ire- land, 3 miles to the N.E. of Ballymahon. The village has a small charity school and a police station. A castle for- merly stood in the vicinity, of which scarcely any traces are left. Fairs are held in January, April, July, and October. BARRYMORE BARONY, one of the 20 bars, or subdivisions of the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, situated near the middle of the county, and bounded on the N. by the bar. of Fermoy, on the E. by the bar. of Kinnatafioon, on the S. by Cork harbour, and on the W. by the north libs, of Cork and the bar. of Barretts. It contains the following pars. : Ardnagcehy, Bally- currany, Ballydeloher, Ballyspillanc, Caherlag, Carrig- tohill, Clonmel, Coole, Gortroe, Inchinabacky, Killa- spugmullane, Kilquane, Kilshannahan, Lisgoold, Little Island, Rathcormack, Teinplcbodan, Templemacarriga, Templerobin and Templeusque, with parts of the pars, of Britway, Castlelyons, Clonmult, Dunbulloge, Dun- gourney, Garrannekmnefeake, Knockmourne, Middleton, Mogeesha, St. Michael's, and Whitechurch, and the towns of Rathcormack, and Cove. This bar. gives the title of earl to the Barry family. It extends over an area of about 156,000 acres. BARRYROE BARONY. See IBANE and BARRYROE, Cork. BARSBY, a chplry. in the par. of Ashby-Folville, in the co. of Leicester, 8 miles to the N.E. of Leicester. The manufacture of hosiery is carried on here. BARSHA3I, a par. in the hund. and union of Wang- ford, in the co. of Suffolk, 2 miles to the W. of Becclcs, and 4 miles E. of Bungay, its post town. It is situ- ated in the vale on the south bank of the river Waveney. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 531, in the patron, of the Rev. A. J. Suckling, whose family have held the manor for a long period. The church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an antique structure, with thatched roof and round tower. It contains a monumental brass of the year 1380. The rectory house is a fine old mansion, stand- ing near the church and surrounded by 82 acres of glebe. It was once the residence of the Rev. Alfred Suckling, LL.B., author of the " History and Antiquities of Suffolk." It was here that Miss Suckling, the mother of the renowned admiral, Lord Nelson, was bom. Lawrence Echard, the historian and antiquary, was 1 also a native of this village. BARSHAM, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Gallow, in the co. of Norfolk, 3 miles to the N. of Fakenham, its post town. The village is pleasantly seated in a deep and narrow valley, watered by a small stream which falls into the sea at Stiflkey. The Fakenham and Wells railway passes through the par., on which there is a c c
 * .RRY, a par. in the hund. of Dinas-Powis, in the