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Rh BISHOPSBOTJENE. 279 BISHOP'S LAVINGTON. ni. Birmingham. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the di. of Worcester, in the patron, of trustees. ISHOPSBOURNE, a par. in the hund. of King- h: iford, lathe of St. Augustine, in the co. of Kent, 3 ni-'s to the S.E. of Canterbury, its post town. It is w ?red by the Little Stour. The manor of Bourne was foicrly held by the archbishops of Canterbury, one oi vhom entertained Henry I. hero when prevented by a inn from embarking for the Continent. Part of the la i is laid out in hop-grounds. The living is a rect.* in 10 dioe. of Canterbury, of the val. of 700, in the gi 'if the archbishop. The church is dedicated to St. -M-y, and contains the grave and a bust of Richard H'ker, -who held the rectory the last five years of his lit and died here in November, 1600. Bourne House is .principal mansion. IXIIOP'S CANNINGS, or CANNINGS EPIS- O 5 I, a par. and scattered vil. in the hund. of Potterne niings, in the co. of Wilts, 3 miles to the N.E.
 * ^es, its post town, and 24 N. of Salisbury. It

< d on the Kennet and Avon canal, and includes des. of South Broom and Chittoe, and the tythgs. HI with Easton, Coate, Horton, and St. James. ing is a vie.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, of the .351, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. irch, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious and nit edifice, iu the early English and Norman styles, much resemblance to Salisbury cathedral. From . intersection of the cruciform structure, rises a lofty r, surmounted by a spire 230 feet from the ground, ted arches, supported on cylindrical pillars, and ni'C'l has a groined ceiling and richly painted c;i windows, representing Christ raising Jairus's <;;, -'liter. The organ, which cost 400, was presented . by AVilliam Bayley, a native of this village, -I accompanied Captain Cook in his circumnavi- t:rm of the globe. There is a National school, built 1 ^-'j'K A largo part of the parish was recently pur- liy the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who hold ISHOP'S CASTLE, a par., market town, and i.-ipiil borough, in the Bishop's Castle div. of the T Purslow, in the co. of Salop, 18 miles to the '. uf Shrewsbury, and 159 miles to the N.W. of lun. It lies near the border of Wales, not far from 11 of the river Clun, and was formerly the site of a i itle, the seat of the bishops of Hereford, from which it rives its name. The par. contains the tnshps. of on, Colebatch, Lee, with Oakley and Woodbatch. '. 11 is built on the side and summit of a hill, and aiiis a townhall, with two prisons, erected in 1"50, mdsomo stone market-house of modern erection. re a few good houses, but the majority are poorly id thatched. Queen Elizabeth granted the town ' irter of incorporation, and soon after the elective u.chise. Under that charter, extended by James I., <;rnment of the borough is vested in a bailiff', nler, and 15 burgesses, with subordinate officers.
 * i turret and parapet. The interior is divided by
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 * turned two members to parliament till the Reform

A' when it was disfranchised. Quarter sessions for the ' -ugh are held, and polling for the county elections lace here. The living is a vie.* in the dioc, of I i-l'urd, of the val. of 350, in the patron, of the Earl of l''-is. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. 'I']' body of the building is modem, having been after the destruction of the old church in the <-i- war of the reign of Charles I. The ancient tower, embattled structure in the Norman style, still re lins. A free school for 50 children of both sexes w: founded here in 1737, by Mary Morris, and has an in me from endowment of 48 a year. There are other ijaritics, producing about 13 per annum. A il school for 200 children was established in 1839. Friday is the market day! thlsale of cattle and sheep are held on the 13th Fob- ru y, the Friday before Good Friday, the 5th July, the 9th September, and the 13th November. A hiring and pleasure fair is held on the Friday after May-day. BISHOP'S CATJNDLE. See CAUNDLE-BISHOP, Dor- setshire. BISHOP'S CLEEVE HUNDRED, one of the 27 hunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Gloucester, situated in the north part of the co., and surrounded by the hunds. of Tewkesbury, Deerhurst, Kiftsgate, and Cheltenham, and the co. of Worcester. It comprises the par. of Bishop's Cleeve. BISHOP'S CLEEVE, a par. in the hund. of the same name, in the co. of Gloucester, 3 miles to the N. of Cheltenham, its post town. It is a station on the Bristol and Birmingham section of the Midland railway. The par. includes the limits, of Gotherington, Stoke Orchard, Southam with Brockhampton, and Woodman- cott. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, of the val. of 1,574, in the patron, of the Rev. W. L. Townsend, incumbent. The church, dedi- cated to St. Michael, is a large ancient structure in the form of a cross, with a central tower of modern erection, and exhibits various styles of architecture, from the Saxon downwards. It has a fine Norman arch at the west end, and contains monuments of a crusader, and of the Do la Veres of Southam House. The rectory house was formerly a residence of the bishops of Worcester, to whom the village belonged. On Cleeve Hill is a largo ancient entrenchment, of a crescent shape, supposed to be a British work. On the same hill ' the Cheltenham races annually take place. There are mineral springs in the vicinity. BISHOP'S FEE, a lib. in the par. of St. Margaret's, in the borough and co. of Leicester. BISHOP'S FONTHILL, a par. in the hund. of Downton, in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles to the E. of Hindon. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 242, in the patron, of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is in the early English style, and is dedi- cated to All Saints. There are charitable endowments, which produce 11 per annum. BISHOP'S FROME, a par. in the hund. of Radlow, in the co. of Hereford, 4 miles to the S. of Bromyard, its post town. It contains the tnshp. of Eggleton, the vil. of Leadon, and the district of Walton. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Hereford, of the val. of 608, in the patron, of the Rev. J. Hopton. The church is dedicated to St. Maiy. BISHOP'S HAMPTON. See HAMPTON-LUCY, War- BISHOP'S HATFIELD. &HATFiELD,Hertfordshire. BISHOP'S HULL, a par. in the hund. of Taunton, in the co. of Somerset, 1 mile from Taunton, its post town. It lies on the banks of the river Tone, not far from the British and Exeter railway. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 222, in the patron, of the Rev. H. W. Rawlin. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. The charitable en- dowments amount to about 50 a year. BISHOPSIDE, HIGH and LOW, a tnshp. in the par. and lib. of Ripon, in the West Riding of the eo. of York, 1 1 miles to the S. W. of Ripon. It is situated on the river Nidd, near its source, and includes the chplry. of Pateley Bridge, and several hinlts. The charitable endow- ments of the township amount to 36 per annum. BISHOP'S ITCHINGTON, or UPPER and LOWER ITCHINGTON, a par. in the Southam aiv. of the hund. of Knightlow, in the co. of Warwick, 3 miles to the S.W. of Southam. It is situated on the west side of the river Watcrgall, and contains the ext. par. lib. of Chapel Ascote. The living is a vie. iu the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val., with the perpet. curs, of Chadshunt and Gaydon annexed, of 416, in the patron, of the Bishop of Lichfield. A church, dedicated to All Saints, formerly stood in Lower Itchington, but has long been destroyed. The present church is in Upper Itchington, and is dedicated to St. Michael. The parochial charities amount to 22 per annum. BISHOP'S LAVINGTON. See LAVINQTON, WEST, Wiltshire,