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Rh >BY. 2:6 P.EKSTON ST. I,AVI;KN Lonsdalo, nnd is hold w. -Hip of the college y Dr. Law, then Bishop of Cheater. lor MI nU as are notdc fur tho univerMti' -. The principal is assisted by a tutor and u lecturer in theology ; tho course lasts two years, und tho divinity testimonial of St. Bees College u now accepted by most of the English bishops. Hero is also a free grammar school, once of considerable importance, founded in 1587 by Archbishop Grindal, a nut. Muiiani, in this p.uish. The scholars are eligible to .p und two scholarships at Queen's College, Oxford, ai .lowship and four schol i. There are never.il other ch;irit:iblo endowments, producing about 50 11 The monastery and tho manor of St. Bees wore granted by Edward VI., in : -ir Thomas Chalonor, through wh'i.M 1 family and the Wybcrgs tho manor has come to its present holder, tho Karl of Lonsdale. BEKStil, a limit, in the par. of Huwcr'uy, and wop. of Bradley Hav ;.-i of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, U mil'', K S. K. "I I '.liii'.r. BEESJJY-IN-THK-M AUSH, a par. in the Wold div. of the hund. of Call cwnrth, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 miles to tho N. of Alford. Tho living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 207, iu the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. And. BEESUN, a limit, in tha par. of Stokenham, hund. of Coleridge, in the co. of Devon, 5 miles from Kings- bridge. It is pleasantly situated on the coast. BEESTHOKPB, a hinlt. in tho par. of Caunton, wap. of Thurgarton, in the co. of Nottingham, 5 miles to the N.W. of Newark. The Great Northern railway paaaes within a short distance to the cast. Tho principal resi- dence is Boesthorpc Hall, an old seat erected in the reign of Jam BEESTON, a limit, in the pars, of Northill and Sandy, hund. of Wixamtrcc, in the co. of Bedford, 2 miles to tho N.W. of Biggleswade. It is near the Sandy station of tho Great Northern railway. BEESTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Bunbury, hund. of Eddisbury, in the co. palatine of Cheshire, 3 miles to the S.V. of Tarporley. It is a station on the Chester and Crewo railway, midway between those towns. It is situated in a fertile and beautiful country, at the foot of Bocoton Hill, a bold and insulated rock of sandstone, height, precipitous on one side, but gradually sloping on tho other, and commanding a wide prospect over the role of Cheshire. On its summit are the ruins of Beeston Castle, once a fortress of great strength, founded about 1220 by Ranulph do Blundeville. It was -oned by tho parliamentary forces in the reign of Charles I., and, >< -ini; taken by the royalists, was besieged, retaken, and dismantled in 1646. The remains, a massive and picturesque pile, overgrown with ivy, consist of part of an entrance archway, between two round towers, port of the walls, several round towers, remains of tho chapel, and the moat cut in the sand- stone. They extend over four or five acres, and form a striking object in tho landscape for many miles round, being visible at Liverpool. There is a large stone quarry in tho outer ward of the castle. The ( i posst :ho township, which U included within the Poor-law I ..itwich. There is a mineral spring. u II.ill, an old . at. was burnt down by 1 Rupert during the Civil V.ir. 131. aid small town in the sou 1 div.' -.1 I'.roxtow, in the c. .", mi, It is :L the D Midland railway. Jt lies 'in the west ,-idr Trent, and include* UK h.imi< I of Boeston 1(. The Nottingham canal is ( :th the Trent by illed the Beeston Cut, which intersects the parish. Tho chief occupations of the people are the manufacture of hosiery and lace. There are above 200 stocking frames and 160 lace machines in constant ope- ration. About 600 hands rc employed in tho silk-mill, which had to bo rebuilt, alter having been buna in the Reform Riots of 1831. The living i .l.of 300, v.. nd, in tho patron, of the Duko of ' The old church of St. John the Baptist down in 1842, and a handsome new build
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retained is the chancrl, whi' to the Lord Middle-ton. IVi-: manor. There are chapels Primitive, Reformed, and New Connect und General and Particular il and infant schools, a lii volumes, and an obserratory belonging Esq., F. R. A .S. The ch. N. a chplry. in the pa: in tho West Riding of the c" . miles V of Leeds. It is s uhin lip borough of Leeds, an law Union of Hunslot. and Leeds branch of the Great Noithcrn railwaj inhabitants are jirincipally employed in ;: facturu and the large colliu : re first in the iciirn of Charles II. Tl !: . ::.:; is a pcrj in the dioc. of Ripon, Vicar of Leeds. The church, dedicated : ancient building. Tho Wesleyan Mil have a chapel here. r.r.!>H>N- ALL SAINTS, or M1LE1IAM, a par. in the hund. of ' I >lk, 2 miles E. of Litcham, and 7 inilcalot! il'liam, its ])oet town. The village is pit situated on high ground, close to the Fmnsham; station. Itconsistsof anumberofwdl-bu. houses, the n agiiculture. The living is a reel.* in ti wich, of tho val. of 160, in the ]>utnm. of the B. Barnwell. The church, d fine structure with tower and spire, command extensive view of the surronndin:- ritable endowments, which include a bequest ( annum for a free school, founded by tho Barnwell, and an almshouse, amount to 61 perl The principal residence is Bccnton Hall. BEKSTtiN l;E(iS, aj.hr. in It hund. nnd union of Erping! 3 miles to the W. of Cromer. It is situate di.strict on tho sea-coast, and was the s tine ]>riory founded and endowed in tin the Lady Isabel, wife of Sir Roger dc C'ra . dedicated to tho Virgin, and had solution of 50. Tho living is a Norwich, val. l:is, in tho patron, of the Lancaster. Tho tithes hav u;, charge of 135. The church, d. is in the decorated style, with sq It contains several cltipcs i screen. Picturesque ruins, consisting of the towr some arches of tho old conventual cl: The sea ha- 1 considerably on the coast h and h.'is washed away tho ^vat- i- )art of ikt gl which originally comprised 21 aci now remain. Beeston Hall, tho chief rtsidenct, in tin- occupation i,l ctor, who, with G - tbi t .iionw BEESTON la i:i. ANUS, li l,i, ill. in tho nu 111 tin: CO. nf Nulling!*
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-I'dX ST. AMUIKNV, a ),:ir. in tho in, in flu- CO. "i Norfolk, 4 mile.- . hut some scattere iving is a si: i tin: jiatnui. i-i the Key. II. l!:int I. The church, dedicated to St. ruins. The old hall, which is still standing, i in 1610. The par nuitnin- thl pr..],c:ty i.f X. Micl;l.'tliv.lit u: and is included within the Poor-law Un Sir Thomas B. Lemianl. Hart., is lord of the B HEESTOX ST. LAVKENCE, a par. in th to