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Rh BATH FORUM HUNDRED. 205 BATLEY. hurday ; and fairs on the 14th February and the 10th t '.y. These latter, however, are now falling off, except i the sale of cattle. 3ATH FORUM HUNDRED, one of the 40 hunds. c subdivisions of the co. of Somerset, situated in the c Gloucester, on the E. by Wiltshire, on the S. by the 1 :id. of Wellow, and on the W. by the hund. of Keyn- s m. It contains the city of Bath, and the pars, of I theaston, Bathford, Bathwick, St. Katherine, Frcsh- {1, Kelston, Langridge, Lyncombc and Widcombe, J ncktoncombe, North Stoke, South Stoke, Swain.swic.-k, Vston, and Woolley. It comprises an area, exclusive othe city, of about 15,600 acres. 3ATHAMPTON, a par. in the lib. of Hampton and C .verton, but locally situated in the hund. of Bath Forum, i the co. of Somerset, near Bath, and forming part of i suburbs. It lies in the beautiful valley of the Avon, a I is a station on the Great Western railway. It is i..r the ancient embankment called Wandsdyke. The Lng is a vie., consolidated with that of Bathford, in t dioc. of Bath and Wells. The church, an ancient .' icturc, the south aisle of which was rebuilt in 1754, is i icatcd to St. Nicholas. UTHAN'S, ST., ABBEY. & ABBEY Sr. BATHAX'S, li-wickshirc. SATHEALTON, a par. in the hand, of Milverton, in t co. of Somerset, 3 miles to the W. of Wellington, 'lie Western canal and the Bristol and Exeter railway
 * tern div. of the co., and hounded on the N. by the co.
 * s within a short distance of the village. The living

II rcct.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the val. of .-.2ii, in the patron, of the Kev. E. Webber, the incum- bft. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. lATHEASTON, a par. in the hund. of Bath Forum, i the co. of Somerset, 3 miles to the N.E. of Bath. It
 * livided into Upper and Lower Easton, and includes

tl vils. of Eastou and Amoril. The village is pleasantly s ted on the banks of the river Avon, at the foot of ^ isbury Hill, which rises steeply from the river to the l v ght of 600 feet. The Fosse Way intersects the parish, al the Great Western railway passes near it. The ling is a vie. * in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the v. with the cur. of St. Catherine, which is annexed to i of 288, in the patron, of the Dean and Canons of rist Church College, Oxfoixl. The church, which is i the perpendicular style, with a handsome tower, is cHicated to St. John the Baptist. The Wc.sleyan ? thodists have a chapel he-re. The parochial charities, i luding a small endowment to a school, amount to 35 ] annum. There are many villas and seats of the L itry in the neighbourhood. On the summit of Salis- ' T Hill are the remains of a Saxon encampment. In i .Saxon age this place was a royal demesne, and was i led Eastone. iATHERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Wybunbury, Ihd. of Nantwich, in the co. palatine of Chester, 2 lea from Nantwich. BATHFORD, a par. in the hund. of Bath Forum, in t co. of Somerset, 4 miles to the E. of Bath. It is f- lated in a pleasant spot on the river Avon, on the 1 -der of Wiltshire, and includes the limits, of Stocker- % :k and Waiiey. The Great Western railway passes i ir the village. The paper manufacture is carried on 1 -e. The living is a vie.,* consolidated with that of 1 thampton, in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the val. t 395, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of ] istol. The church is dedicated to St. Swithin. Some i cresting Roman remains have been found in the parish, Huding a hypocaust, or hot air chamber, an altar, i is, and coins. The river was formerly crossed by a i d here. 3ATHGATE, a par. and market town in the co. of I ilithgow, Scotland, 19 miles to the W. of Edinburgh, I 1 24 miles to the E. of Glasgow. It is on the great i d between these two towns, and is connected by branch 3cj 33 with the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Monk- ! d railways. The par. includes the vil. of Armadale. '. o town stands in a pleasant situation at the south foot < a range of hills, and is a place of some antiquity. The church and land belonging to it were given by Mal- colm IV. to the abbey of Holyrood, and were subse- quently transferred to Newbottle abbey. The barony belonged to Robert Bruce, and was given by him to Walter Stewart, who married his daughter. It was this marriage which opened the path for the Stewarts to the throne of Scotland. In 1663 Bathgate was made a burgh of barony by Charles II., and in 1821 it became an independent burgh of barony, its government being rested in a provost, 3 bailies, and 12 councillors. The town consists of two parts : the old town, built on a steep hill, with narrow and irregular streets ; and the new town, the streets of which, though unpavcd, are regular, and lighted with gas. The surrounding district is rich in mineral wealth, containing abundance of ironstone, free- stone, limestone, and coal. The entire working population of the parish, with the exception of a few hand-loom weavers and the agricultural population, is employed in the coal, iron, and lime works, and in the chemical works of Edward Meldrum and Co., where Young's patent parafine oil is manufactured in large quantities. These works employ from six to eight hundred men. Silver also is found, and extensive mines were for- merly worked. The living, val. 132, is in the presb. of Linlithgow, and in the patron, of the Earl of Hopetoun, to whom the barony belongs. Besides the Established Church there are four places of public worship in the town, viz. , Free Church, and United Presbyterian, Evan- gelical Union, and Roman Catholic chapels. In Anna- dale there is a Free church, an Episcopal chapel, and a mission in connection with the Established Church, for which a church is in process of erection. A good academy was founded and endowed by John Newlands, of Jamaica, a native of Bathgate, which serves as a free school for all the children of the parish. The market is held on Tuesday. Of the six annual fairs the most important are those held at AVhitsuntide and at Mar- tinmas. BATHLEY. See BALE, Norfolk. BATHLEY, a tnshp, in the par. of North Muskham, and wap. of Thurgarton, in the co. of Nottingham, 3 miles to the N.W. of Newark. BATHWICK, a par. in the hund. of Bath Forum, in the co. of Somerset, forming the eastern suburb of the city of Bath. It lies on the cast side of the river Avon, which is crossed by Iwo fine bridges one of stone, the other of iron connecting the parish with Bath. The Great Western railway, the Kennet and Avon canal, and the Warminstcr turnpike road pass through it. Bathwick is believed to have formed an important part of the old city, and it contains now some of the best streets and most elegant buildings of the modern city, including Sydney-place and Gardens, Laura-place, and Pulteney-street. One hundred and fifty years ago the district near the river was little more than a marsh, often flooded, and with a few houses scattered over it. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the val. with the rect. of Woolley annexed to it, of 209, in the patron, of Lord W. Paulet. The church, a large and beautiful structure in the decorated style, was finished in 1820, and is dedicated to St. Mary. It con- tains a handsome altar-piece. A new church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, with a handsome stained glass east window, has lately been built as a chapel of ease to the parish church. There is a Proprietary college in Bathwick parish, numbering about 100 pupils, under a principal, vice-principal, and under masters, graduates of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham. Laura Chapel was built by subscription in 1796. The living is in the patron, of the trustees of the late Rev. E. Tottenham. Some Roman remains have been found here, among which is a pig of lead stamped with the name of the Emperor Hadrian, supposed to have come from the lead mines in the Mendip hills. Manv stone coffins have been dug up, and the tombstone of a priest of the presiding goddess of the ancient city, Sul- Minerva. BATLEY, a par. and town partly in the lower div. of the wap. of Agbrigg, and partly in the wap. of Morley, in