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Rh BIGGIN, LOV. 201 BILLKBIi of Ilarkstone Ash, in the West Hiding of the co. of York, (i miles to the N.W. of Sdby. It i.s said to have
 * the first place in Yorkshire where the teasel was

cultivat' '1. I!I(i(iN, LOW, a built, in the par. of Kirkby- Lonsdale, ward of Lonsdale, in the co. of Westmoreland, 2 miles from Kirkby-Lonidale. Biggin House i tip- principal residence. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED, one of the nine hunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Bedford, lying on astern side of the co., and bounded on the N. by Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, on the K. by Cam- bridgeshire, on the S. by the hund. of Clifton, and on the W. by the hund. of Wixamtrce. It comprises the pars, of Astwick, Little Barford, Biggleswade, Duntou, Edworth, IVMI n, Ky worth, Hatley Cockayne, Lang- ford, Potton, Button, Tcmpsford, and worth, with the chief part of Sandy. The hund. contains about 28,260 acres. BIGGLESWADE, a par. and market town in the hund. of Biggleswade, in the co. of Bedford, 10 miles to the S.E. of Bedford, and 45 miles to the N. of London, or 41 miles by the Great Northern railway, on which it is a station. It is seated in a pleasant country on the east bank of the navigable river Ivel, about 8 miles above its confluence with the Ouse. The river is crossed by a stone bridge. Holme and Stratton are hamlets of this parish. Most of the houses in the town, which is now well drained and lighted with gas, are of modern erection, and well built, a large part of the old houses having been burnt down in 1 "85. The surrounding district is fertile, and the inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agri- cultural pursuits, and in market gardening. The g> trade ana prosperity of the place is greatly promoted by its position on the great line of communication with the North by road and rail, and on the river Ive], which communicates through the Ouse with the sea. Many of the female inhabitants arc employed in lace-making and the manufacture of straw-plait. Biggleswade is the seat of a Poor-law Union and a County Court district, nnd petty sessions ore held hero by the county magistrates. Polling for the county elections takes place here. The town contains a handsome townhall, built in 1844, the Union poorhouse, and a savings-bank. The living is a vic. in the dioc. of Ely, of the val. of 348, in the gift of the bishop. The church, formerly collegiate, is an ancient edifice in the early English stylo of architecture, founded about 1230, and partly rebuilt in 1467. It is dedicated to St. Andrew, and had a chantry attached to it. It contains some brasses of 1449, and a monument to John Ruding, Archdeacon of Bedford in the 15th cen- tury, by whom the chancel was rebuilt. His arms were carved on some of the ancient seats, which were removed in 1832, when the church was thoroughly repaired, and two new galleries added. There are chapels belonging to the Calvinists, Weslcyan Methodists, nnd I' The charitable endowments amount to 205 per annum, the chief part of which is the produce of a lu-ipe Sir John Cotton in 1726, for a school and other benevo- lent purposes. There is a small free school at Holme, founded in 1557 by Edward Peake, which has an endow - up nt of 13. National, British, ami infant schools are also established, and a mechanics' institution. The manor of Biggleswade was formerly held by the crown. An interesting discovery was made in a field at St i in 1770, of an earthern jar containing 300 gold coins of Henry V I. They were of rather larger Jm than the halfcrown, but much thinner. The market, chiefly fur is In Id on Wednesday, and fairs on the 14th February, the Satunla r. Whit Mnnd, 2nd August, and tint Sth November, for the sale, of hones, m area of 4,310 acres. I'.lclllirsK. AVrToii, Stitherlandshire. r.KJHTON, a par, and vil. in the hund. of I'.ishopV Sutton, North Alton div. of the CO. of Southampton, 'J miles to the N.K. of New Alresford, its post town, and '.< (rum Winchester. The living is a rcct.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 310, in the 'pa! I;, r. J. T. Maine. The church is old, and contains some massive round pillars, BUI nt.d arches of unequal, be twi en the na e and the aisles. They are supposed be as old a err Ian une iont font. The! church is dcdii.idd t,, .J1 Saitt and the eastern window is of stained glass. A^^^H school lias t.eeii recentl; BIO LANDS, a tnshp. unit par. of Ait ton, in the ward and co. of Cumberland, to the N. of Wi ool, and contains a sulphureous s; r.Ii.NAI.L-FM), a tnshp. in tl, hund. of Pirchill, in the co. of Staflbnl, W. of Burslem. BIGNOR, a par. in the hund. of I liny, rtpo o Arundel, iu the co. of Sussex, ii mi del, and the same distance to the S. of l',tw,ir:' town. It is situated in a pleasant country near thi South Downs, and contain i the hamlet of liu The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of ( 'hich. in the patron, of Lord Ix'ce.ntield. The early English style of architecture, and the Holy Cross. An interesting discovery wm ""ii hero in 1811, by Mr. Lysons, of some fine paTona) and other remains of a Roman villa a: near which the Roman way called Stone Street j. One of the pavcnn roM-Va adorned with well-executed mosaic work is the seat of the Hawkins family. Mi~. ' novelist, was bom 1 BILBOROUGH, a par. in the south wap. of Broxtow, in the co. of Nottingham, 4 mild to the N.W. of Nottingham, its ]ost tow which gives name to the wap., is a hmlt. of this par Coal was formerly obtained here ; but the workl tn disused. The living is a reel, in the dio the val. of 273, in the patron, of T. W. i: The church is dedicated to St. Martin. BILBROOK, a hmlt. in the ; hund. of Williton, in the co. of S<  Vi living is a perpet. cur. in the in the patron, of T. L. Fairfax. I- '.*. l tains the tomb of General Lord lain 1671. There is an endowed school for - an income of about 14 a year. BILBY, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Han par. of Blyth, in the wap. of Bassetl.iv tingham, 4 miles to the W. of East 1;< : BILDKSToN. or Hil.sTiiN. par. in ti (c.sfonl. iii the- cp. of Suffolk, 6 i [0 the nearest station of th<^^^H F.aslem lailway. Ipswich IS its post in a pleasant alley, v. atercd by a small stream, 1 tfurh of the l and the seat of a woollen manufacture. rcct.* in the dioc. of Kly, of tl of the 1,'eV. .losej.h I o ,!;,. M ', The chinch. utains abi. and is dedicate d lo St. Mai  . within a lew I situated em a hill e->mnn York Mi' I 'athe.ehal of a cle :,r ii:,. Southwell Mil: about 70 parish churches are visible. Bilham How, the chief residence, is near the Tower. HIl.l.KKIrAY, a small market te.wii. and KfOi par. for ecclesiastical purposes under