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Rh BETTWS-Y-CKWVN. 256 BEVERLEY. Waterloo-bridge, a single arch of iron, erected in the year of the battle of Waterloo. Over tli. former IN the bridge called Pont-y-1'air, of singular construction, the work ui an ingenious mason of IVmilyn, who lived in the 15th century. It consists of four arches, each not- ing on a mass of rock, over which the water, in time of floods, runs in fine cascades. There are many grand waterfalls in the district. The rivers abound in trout and salmon. The living is a perpet. cur. in the ilioc. of Bangor, val. S4, iu the gift of the bishop. The church, a small and ancient structure, stands on the site of an earlier religious house, and is dedicated to St. Michael. It contains a very interesting monument to Gruflydd ap David Goch, a relative of the last Llewellyn, being an altar tomb with an effigy and inscription, a work of the 13th century. The Calvinistio Methodists and Independents have chapels. There is a free school, established in 1821. BETTWS - Y - CRWYN. See BETTUS, Shropshire. BETTWS-YN-HHOS, or BETTWS- ABERGELE, a par. in the hund. of Isdulas, in the co. of Denbigh, North Wales, 4 miles to the S.W. of Abergele, its post town. It is situated at the north foot of a lofty moun- tain, and through an opening in the hills has a fine sea view. It includes the five tnshps. of Feniarth, Bodly- man, Cilcen, Maesegwig, and Trofarth. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of St. Asaph, of the val. of 399, in the patron, of the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are four dissenting chapels one belonging to the Calvinistic, and two to the Wesleyan, Methodists, besides an Anabaptist meeting- house. There is a National school, supported partly by endowment. The parochial charities amount to 56 17i. 6d. per annum. Coed Coch, the seat of the Wynnes, is the principal mansion. Plas Gwyn, the residence of Thomas Oldfield, Esq., is a handsome Gothic edifice, near the village. BEVERCOATES, a par. in the wap. of Bassctlaw, in the co. of Nottingham, 2 miles from Tuxford, its post town. The Great Northern railway runs near it. The living is a vie. annexed to that of West Markham in the dioc. of Lincoln. The church is in ruins. BEVERLEY, a market town, municipal and parlia- mentary borough, and capital of the East Riding of the co. of York, 29 miles to the E. of York, and 183 miles from London by road, or about 224 miles by railway. It is a station on the Scarborough, Bridlington, and Hull section of the North-Eastern railway. It is the head of a liberty, with separate jurisdiction, though locally situated in the wap. of liar-thill. Beverley U a place of great antiquity, but little is certainly known of its origin and early history. Ite name, slightly modified from the Saxon Beverloga, signifies "lake of bca and contains an intimation of the condition of the sur- rounding country at the period of its origin. A large tract of flat country to the north of the Humber con- sisted chiefly of marshes, and was liable to frequent inundations. A groat number of lakes were thus formed, the existence of which is testified still by many local names of towns -which have the ending " Beavers are said to have frequented in large num- bers the river Hull, which runs through the district. The tribe called tho Brigantes were the early occu- pants of the territory lying between the Tyne and the Humber. Tho town owed its origin to John, Archbishop of York, who founded a church hero, pro- bably about tho commencement of the 8th century. It was dedicated to St. John tho Baptist, and was con by tho founder into a monastery. His last days were passed in it, and on his death he was canonised. The buildings were nearly destroyed by the Danes about the year 870. Great privileges and endowments wore granted to tho monks and tho townsmen by Athe on his return from his expedition against tho Scots ; his success in this expedition ho attributed to St. John of ttojr, under whose standard he had marched. Ho made the church collegiate, and conferred on it the privi- lege of sanctuary. A " fridstool," or chair of peace, was placed near tho altar ; and four crosses, erected on the four principal aji] : the town, marked the 1 of the .sanctuary, which extended for a mile round I the chureh. The relics of the saint were enshrined, wore annually visited by crowds of pilgri ing in the minster church represents the giv_ r by Atheist :m t<> St. ,J..!m ,,t' Heverloy, ' words, "Als fro make I the, As hart may thynk or cyh may sec." The territories of tho saint were *peciulh the severe sentence dcnouni < uted by the ( queror against this northern district alter ti the inhabitants. Bcvorley was several Kilward I., and, in I'.i'M, by Henry IV. Duri civil war of the 17th century tho town waa possession of the king, and afterwards of incut. The arrest <.f Sr .ll m ll,,thani, as took place hero. The town of Beverl. foot of the Wolds, a mile from the west Hull, with which it i ' '1 by Beck, a canal constructed in 1727. The above a mile in length, haviiu se cral good i a spacious market-place. The streets are and clean, and contain many good houses, ancient gate-houses i>nl one remain*, that on I side of the town, in which qi many buildings. Beverley appears to have be seatoftheclothin:ij ni < tuie. The i>re-ent ti ning are rather > vt naively e.nii'd on; and steam saw-mills, two foundries, and a whiting i ton-. In the centre of the market-place is an ( cross, supported on pillars. The town contains a g sessions-house, house of corn ' r ! savings-bank. Bevcr! corporation from (Jin en i the privilege of exemption from toll and custom i parts of England, and the right of pasture on t neighbouring commons, comprisin -'10 sen land. The borough in' St. .Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. John: forming the old borough, and the last < > mi>risir.g libs, or tnshps. of Molescrolt, Storkhill vi Theame, Tickton with Hull Bridge, Ycl, and fl manscy with Beverley Park. Part of the par. of John is in the wap. of Holderness. 1'nder the Brf Act the borough is divided into two wards, and government is vested in a mayor, 6 aide: councillors, with the style of tho " mayor, I burgesses of the borough of Beverley." It lias 1 i d two members to parliament tii (,'U.MI l-'.li/abeth. The mayor is the retur The revenue of the borough, which. acres, is about 2,040, and the number of ii houses within the limits of the municip- a population of 9,654 ; while the parliamei comprises 2,423 houses, with a i> The four pars, of Beverley are ndi .Martin's being united with St. John's, m with Eft Tho living of St. John's is ptr enr. of the val. of 188, in the patron. t^H Ti listers. That of St. Mary's is a vie.* with the - of St. Nicholas, of tho val. of 289, in the patron tho lord chancellor. Both livings are in the di York. Tho churches of St. Martin. long ceased to exist. The church of St. John, foi the conventual church, and collegiate, is still ( Minster, and is the great architectural ornament ol town. It is a noble structure in the form with two fine towers at the west end, ami pails the early English, the decorated, perpendicular styles. It has been twice rest in 1717, and again about 1815-1820; on the lattei sion under the direction of Mr. Comins. The le the building is 334 feet, its breadth G4 feet ; of the transepts is 107 feet; the height of t nearly 200 feet. In tho purity, beauty, and its architecture it is considered to rival the h
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