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Rh HKN'TY GRANGE. J4-> town. The living is a rect.* in the dice, of Wind: of tho vol. of 760, in the patron, of I II. S. lubent. Thu church is dedicated to There ore some email charities. Bent worth Hall is "tho chi< t Nair tho village is Bent- worth Hill. BENTY GRANGE, a vil. in tho hund. of Wirks- worth, in tho co. of Derby, 6 miles from Bake-well. lil-IN VI !:. Hie. Lirr, Forfiuahire. BEN WELL, a tnshp. in the par. of St. John, western div. of Castle ward, in tie oo. oi Northumberland, 2 miles to tho W. of Newcastlc-on-Tyne, its post and Union town. It is situated on the north bunk of tho Tyne, and is supposed to be tho site of the Roman station Cotidtreum. A little to the north is the Roman Wall. The Carlisle railway passes near this township. The district i* rich in coal, and the coalworks here are the oldest in tho country. One of the collieries took fire in the 18th century, and the fire was not entirely extinguished for thirty years ; it burst through the surface on several occasions. There is some fine scenery in the neighbourhood. Tho living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of St. John's. The church, erected in recent years, is dedicated to St. James. Many Roman relics, consisting of coins, urns, inscrip- tions, &c., havo been discovered here. The chief resi- .wcll Lodge and Bcnwcll Tower. Tho latter takes its name from an nii< i which be- longed to Tynemouth priory, and formed the summer residence of tho prior. The burial-ground attached to the prior's chapel is still pointed out. A few of the grave-stones remain. The tower commands a fine pros- pect over the King's Meadows, Ax well Park, Ac. BERWICK, a chplry. in the par. of Doddington, and hund. of North Witchtord, in the Isle of Ely, in the co. of Cambridge, 6 miles to the S.W. of March, its post town. The living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the rect. of Dod- dington, in the dioc. of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. James. BEOBRIDGE, a tnshp. in the par. of Cla hund. of Brimstroo, in the co. of Salop, 4 miles from Bridgnorth. BEOLEY, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Pershore, in the co. of Worcester, 6 miles to the E. of Bromsgrove, its post town. It lies on tho boi Warwickshire, near the Redditch branch of the Bristol and Birmingham railway, and is included in tho Poor- law Union of King's Norton. In the 17th century Die manor of Beoley belonged to the Sheldon family, who supported the royal cause. The manor house was burnt down by the Cavaliers, that it might not be captured by the parliamentary forces. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 73, in the patron, of V. Holmes, Esq. Tho church is dedicated to St. L< In a chapel adjoining the chancel are some monunu nts of the Sheldons. Beoley Hall is the principal residence. Near this seat are remains of a castle which belonged to the Beauchamps and Mortimers, and was burnt in 1303. ' . nth Warwick hounds meet at B. I'.KITOX, a par. in the hund. of Easeboimii-. and rape of Chit-heater, in the co. of Sussex, 3 miles to tho SW. of Midliurst. Tho Portsmouth branch of tho London and South- Western railway passes near it on thn west, l ; < a rect. in the dioc. ot ' of tl. -7, in tho patron, of tho Earl ci lv_;ninnt. ltKKA',11. u vil. in the bar. of Umugh, in Tyr t Ulster, Ireluud, 8 miles to tin ,-- Omagh. Some of the inhabitants are employed in weaving. Here is a decayed seat of the Behuore i. to whom the phi' ISKUDOX, or l;i:i;lii., a ]r. in tho hund. of Cla- vcring, in the co. of Essex, 4 miles N.V. of K!M nh.im railway station, and 7 miles to tho S. Walden. It is situated on tho borders of Hertfordshire, OH the banks of tho river St"it, at a short distance from irtford, its post and Union town, i tho site of an A:. riory, founded in the nign of '.-solution at 31 61. Id. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Rochester, of the val. of 150, in. tho patron, of tie Christ's H- church, dedicated to bt contains some aucii nt monuments, and has a tower bu of pebbles. There is a WesL The parochi charities produce 4 a year. This village was th bin place (in 1586) of the I :hor of the Apocal' l;l.l:i;-< III RCH, a ]..ir. in tb.' .rough in the co. of Es.- 'Ichw. . hit; is ;i jH-rpi t. rur. in tin h ester the val. of fllli, i n. of T. V church is dedicated to Nt. Mirharl, ami contains setw monument* of tin- Smyth family, and ll lli-nry Audley (who died in 1648), with a marble >ffi Berechurch Hall, for long the seat nt ; fine, old mansion, and contains some pain: Hl-:i;K IMKKST. fiet WATBIU.OOVIIAI, St. Ueom Hants. BERE-IiEGIS HUNDRED, one of the six honk the South Blandford div. of the eo. of Dorset, shoal near the middle of the co., and surrounded by the huL of Coomsditch, Barrow, and Piddletown. ! pan. of Bere-Rcgis and Wintcrborue-KingstO^^^I an area of about It, 6EHE-REGI8,o] HKK1; ihthni of the same name, SOL- Dorset, 10 miles to the ' -otul in a pleasant disti <. i brool^^ll river Piddle, which llov. o the south* JIM. includes tho tythgs. .am i ilon. Its name, partly Saxon (byriy) UI^HI . signifies Kiiigx; and was selected as a retreat murder of her son. It was also tho occaMnti^^HI of King John, from whom tin: inhaljitaiits M*^B grant or confirmation of a marki-t. It was madt borough by Edward I., but did iiot return lives to parliament. The mark continued. The town has > ' d by fire ; first in i m!788,i 1817. lire houses are therefore mo- tion. Tho workpeople ore JH pursuits of agriculture, dioc. oi. of tho val Vinterborne-Kingstoii, in tho patron, of the Mast. . Otri> of KM iry. Tho church The Indej" chapels in tin- town. Tii. iv is., , founded by Thomas William-. Tho value of tho othi i annum. Eaotward of the town is Voodlary B
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, who ' n:im.> v to ' i' (if Caliti-rbmy, . ')Q*. latter, by wbom tin- union of tin was proposed, was born in 1 1 Downs is a meet for tho ( . h'jundi. annual t.i.. D ii"- l*th or five following days, for tho -", <* chee.- . ikes place within the entrendUDO) iliury Hill. BERGH, MATTISHALL. Set MATTISSAJJ. Bi. Norfolk. i: Kin ; II I I.L, UPPER and LOW! par. of Whittington, upper div. of the hi. in the co. of Salop, 4 miles from Oswestry. 1 and Shrewsbury railway passes near it, and has a it * at Wliittington.