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Rh i3ED(KAi.vi:. 222 BEDRULE. Bedford, Flitwick, and Thurleigh. Claphiim church, near Bedford, is partly in the Saxon Myli-. Film. : church i a good example of early English architi dun-. The churches at Leighton-Buzzard, Luton, Bigglcswade, and.- * are also interesting. The principal scuta of the nobility and gentry in Bedfordshire are the following : Voburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of i-d ; Luton Hoo, that of the Marquis of Bute, and irthplnce of Anno Boleyn ; Oakley House, the seat of the Marquis of Tavistock ; Wrest Park, of the Countess de Grey; Ampthill Park, of Lord Holland; Hawnea Hall, of Lor. Slelchbourn, of Lord i hn; old Warden Park, of Lord Ongl. ; liat- tlesdcn Park, of Turner, Bart. ; Chicksand Priory, of Osbome, Bart. ; Milton Bryant, of Inglis, Bart. : ton Park, of liurgoync, Bart. ; Asploy, Aspley < Bushmead Priory, Hextnn Hall, &c. ic. The Midland railway intersect* the county in a south-west and north- east direction, entering a little to the north of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, and pasting by Henlow, Sheppard, Sou thill, Cardington, Bedford, Oakley, Sharnbrook, and Hchester. The Great Northern railway crosses the eastern side of Bedfordshire, entering from Hitchin, and running by Arlsoy, Biggleswade, and Sandy, to St. Neot's. A branch lino, 16 miles in length, from the Bletchley station of the London and North- Wortem railway crosses the south-western part of the county, entering near Fenny Stratford, in Buckinghamshire, mi 1 running by Woburn, Ridgmont, Lidlington, and Ampthill, to Bedford. Another branch of the same rail- way runs from the Leighton Junction to Dunstable and Luton. The great road to the north enters Bedford- shire at Baldock, and passes through Biggleswade, to St. Neot's. The road to Manchester and the north-west crosses the south-west corner of the county, through Dunstable, into Buckinghamshire. From Bedford, which occupies nearly a central position, roads diverge to Ampthill, Woburn, and Dunstable, or Leighton Buz- zard ; to Silsoe, Luton, and St. Alban's ; to Snefford and Hitchin, or Baldock ; to Banford and St. Neot's ; to Sharnbrook, Higham Ferrers, and Wcllingborough ; to Turvey and Northampton, &c. There is no canal in the county. The Grand Junction canal, however, approaches it at Leightou-Buzzard, on the south-west border. The Ouse is navigable from Bedford, and the Ivel from Shefford. They unite at Tempaford, and run through Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, felling into the sea at Lynn Regis in Norfolk. BEDGRALVE, a hmlt. in the par. of Wales, wap. of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles to the S. of Rotherham. BEDHAMPTON, a par. in the hund. of Portsdown, southern di v. of the co. of Southampton, 1 mile to the W. of Ha van t, of which town it maybe considered a suburb. It is pleasantly situated between the Portsdown hills and Langstone harbour, and commands a good sea The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Winchester, of the val. of 328, in the patron, of the Rev. 8t John Alder. The church is an ancient structure, with a small pointed steeple. The register dates from 1688. Near the village In is Bcdhampton Park. There are some miiieial >prin ITS in the neighbourhood. r. 1 : 1 1 1 M. 1 1 I '.LD, a par. in the hund. of Hoxne, in the co. of Suffolk, 4 miles to the S.K. of Eye, its post town, and 6 E. of Finningham railway station. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 300, in tin patron, of J. J. Bodingficld, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a fine old strm -Unv in thu (Jutln _T5tor dates from 1538. The principal residence is Bedingtield Hall, or, as it is now called, Fleming's Hall, the scat of the ancient i.imiK of BsjUngfield, vim ilnivi- tin ir name (nun thin The town lands consist of 2:t am 1 ', rood in J > ham and Kinton, the proceeds of which are applied to the repairs of the church, and the general benefit of the parish. There are also some other small charities for poor. milMNGHAM, a par- in the hund. and union of Loddon, in the co. of Norfolk, 4 miles to the N.W. of Bungay, 7 E. of Forncett railway station, and 11 < from Norwich. The living is a vie. in the dioc wich, val. 1.50, in tin patmn. of tho ii The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is BE hexagonal tower. The register dates fium me yc 1555. In the vicinity is Bedingham Hull. The pu contains about 1,340 acres, chiefly tho property at ( W. Tnthank, Esq., of Intwood Hall. BEDLAM, a hmlt. in the bur. of Kilmacrensa, i tfie co. of Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, a miles the 8.W. of Dunfanaghv. is ISLINGTON, 01 BEDLINGTONSHIBE.**,. in tin- eastern div. of Chester ward, formerly in the n palatine of Durham, Imt lying detached, and now, fc all civil purposes, forming part of the en licrlainl. ;> milrs to tho 8.E. of Morpoth, its pott a market town. It has two stations on the Blyth and Tya railway. Tho par. is situated on the sea-coast, betwo the rivers Blyth and Wansbeck, and contains the '"-Hr of North lllyth, Cluunbois, Choppington, Nethertou, UK East and West Sleckburn. It had, till the reira ( . Henry VIII., its own courts and officers of justice, bi.; a franchise of tho Bishop of Durham, wno^^^B manor. Hero are extensive coal mines, si--.-r.il quo* of excellent stone, from which grindstones and whcutoni are made, and ironworks, among tho oldest es^H menU of tho kind in England ; chain and nail making i carried on. Tho village, wlii.-h consists of one wide stew I about a mile in length and very irregularlr^^^H .situated on elevated land forming the bank of the lira Blyth, and commands a fine view of tho German Oossn The living is a vic. in the dioc. of Durham, of Uu val. of 454, in the patron, of tho dean and < The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a i ing in the Gothic stylo of architecture. The Wei Primitive Methodists, Baptists, and Pn ' chapels in the village. A mechanics' library and reading room, has been there are several large schools in sessions are held on the first Fri The board of health also hold their meel court-house, attached to which there is a Bedlington is in tho Morpcth Countv Court < BEDMINSTER, a par. in thehnnd.. ; Bedminster, in the co. of Somerset, a suburb ( 1 mile to tho 8. of the city. It is bank of tho river Avon, and contains tho Bishport, or Bishopworth, and Knowlo. TheJ flows through the new cut, which is en bridge, its natural channel forming now the f of the city. The trade and manufactm are considerable, including er- yards, rope-walks, &c. It is a polling-pit borough of Bristol. A large hospital is cstabl living is a vie. in the dioc. of Gloucester and ] the val. of 150, in the patron, of tho bisl church, a beautiful modern edifice, erected is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The liyi Paul's, a district church erected about 1830, is I cur. of the val. of 160, in tho patron, of the ' that of St. Peter's, at Bishopworth, is a of the val. of 125, and in tho patron, o that of St. Luke's is also a cur., val. 400, in ' There is a larp i hapi-1. with a ^nng to the Iml- aid i!i- Vi-I.y.ms. The parish has two Nab' and a British day school, besides a new scl course of erection for the district of St. Luke's. ill .--ri-oms have been recently opened I working classes, and there is a House of .V women. Tho charitable endowments of the amount to 29 n year. A hospital was about 1300 by one 'of tin- Berkeley family, whic >'-T intf as a glass factory, is now occupied as dn In. M-I -. m:i>AI,L. See ACTON- I'm SSF.I., SUffa BEDRULE, a ]ir. in tho J.-dlmn:h d. of Roxburgh, Scotland, 3 miles to th- It is situated on tho banks of the rivers Rule and Tew