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Rh OTK. 281 BLACKBBOOK. station Clausen tu HI. Numerous Roman remains, congint- ing of urns, coins, &c., have been found, and in 1848 the interesting discovery was made of a part uf the quay of the ancient town. The portion discovered was about 1'20 feet in length, and was covered with soil to the depth of 9 feet. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 200, in tho patron, of the bishop. The church is modern. The Weslcvan Methodists have a chapel in the village. The principal scats arc Bitt. in. .id liitt.-ino Manor House. B1TTERSCOTE, or BIDDERSCOTE, a lib. in tho par. of Tamworth, hund. of Offlow, in the co. of Stafford, close to Tamworth. BITTESBY, a lib. in the par. of Claybrooke, hund. of < iuthlaxton, in the co. of Leicester, 2 miles to tho W. of Luttorworth. BITTESWELL, a par. in the hund. of Guthlaxton, in the co. of Leicester, 1 mile from Lutterworth, its post town. It borders upon the Roman way, Watling s- The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of 428, in the patron, of the Master and Wardens of the Haberdashers' Company, and the Governors of Christ's Hospital. The church' is dedicated to St. Mary. The charitable endowments, including 58, tho produce of Dowse's bequest for the church, amount to about 70 per annum. There is a mineral spring near the village. BITXISCOMBE, a hmlt. in the par. of Upton, hund. of Williton and Freemanners, in tho co. of Somerset, 4 miles to the E. of Dulverton. BITTON, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. of Langley and Swinehead, in the co. of Gloucester, 6 miles to the E. of Bristol, its post town. It is situated in the southern extremity of the county, on the confines of Somersetshire, on the north bank of the river Avon. It is also watered by the Boyd, a small stream which hero fulls into the Avon, and is crossed by a stone 1 : The Great Western railway passes near this place. Thu par. contains tho chplries. of Henham, Kingswood, and Oldland. The inhabitants of tho district, which is part of the great coal-field of Gloucestershire, arc chiefly employed in agriculture and the coal mint's. Wesley and Vhitliel.l, and other earnest men, by their labours here, contributed greatly to raise the moral character of tho population, then very low and degraded. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 390, in the patron, of tho Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is largo, and partly in the perpendicular MV!>-, with a good tower, and is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities amount to 26. r.l.V or KIXBKAND, apar.inthohund. of Biiifi. Id, in the co. of Oxford, * miles to the N. W. of Honley-upon- Thiimos, its post town. The living is a reel." in the dioc. of Oxford, of tho val. of 487, in the patron, of the Earl of Maccleafield. The church is dedicated to St. .1,111,. -. BIX, or BIXGIBWEN, formerly a par. in the hund. of Binlicld, in tho co. of Oxford, next Bixbiand, with which it is now joined. The rect. is consolidated with that of Bixhrund. Tin; church, long decayed, waa d. di- to Si. .Michael. I'.IXLEY, a par. in tho hund. of Hcnstead, in the co. of Norfolk, 3 miles to the S. of Norwich, its post town. The living is a rect. in tho dioc. of Norwich, of the val., with the rect. of Earl's Framlingham attached to it, of 608, in tin- pation. of tho Rev. C. Bn n ton, rector. Tin- church is iici>-iit, having been founded in 127-, by William li" Diinwich, l.ailill' of Noiwieh. It is di di- . to St. WudngMUni, or St. Vandn .1 the ' whoso image hero was much visited by pilgrims. The principal residence is Bixlcy Hull, formerly the scat of the Wards, by whom it was built, and monuments to some of whom are in the t hancel of tho church. J'.I T< >N, a p ar. now merged in the par. of Barnham- Broom. lui hoe, in the co. of Norfolk, 6 miles to 111.- N. of Vymondham, its post town. Tho church has 1. , ruins, and tho rect. is united with that ni-Broom. I'.l.AliV, a par. in tho hund. of (iuthlaxton, in the CO. ot .4 miles to tho S. of Leicester, ii town. It is situated on a small river, r. branch < Soar, and includes the chplry -, Midland railway runs near it, and the Union c through the parish. A new line tershire) is now making through a parish. Some of the inhai > mp worstod and hosiery maun i'.iaby ] of a Poor-law Union. Tho living ot !' -..Thorough, of the val. of 6UO, i u the lord chancellor. '1 no till land, about 400 acres, in lien dedicated to All Saints, and h repaired. The Baptists and Ve.-li vans have in the village. There is a new National school, i some building, and a rectory-house built by the j
 * . The parochial charities amount to i

Two new bunal grounds (one for the Church, and for Dissenters) are now being formed. BLACKADDKU, a vil. in tho par. of Edir,B CO. of Berwick, Scotland, 1 mill s to t] It is situated in the .M> i-<-, on the banks c: Blackaddcr. A coal-mine is worked in the vicinity principal residence is Blackaddcr House. BLACKAUGHTON, or I'.L.V the hund. of Coleridge, in tho co. of 1 the W. of Dartmouth, its post town. It lit near coast of Start Bay, and in' The living is a vie.* in !!. . oi ! in the patron, of Kir 11. 1'. Scale, Hart. u9 which contains a finely-carved screen and a Saxon f is dedicated to St. Michael. The Wesley., chapel here. The charitable endowments of the (* amount to 1C per annum. BLACKBOROUG11, a par. in the hund. oi in the co. of Devon, 4 miles to tho E. of Coll post town. The living is a rect. in the < vol. 140, in tho patron, of the 1 church, which is dilapidated, was dedicati Saints. BLACKBOURN HUNDRED, or subdivisions of tho co. ot Suffolk, situated in western div. of tho co., in . on tho co. of Norfolk, on mere, on tho S. by the bunds, of Stowc, ' Thedwestry ; and on tin: W. by the hi It contains the following pars. : l!adwcl]-.;-h, llardwoll, Bum! Elmswell, Euston, Fukeuham Magna, 11' u.Hopton, Hunston, I Kncttishall, Lan^liam, l.ivi n inghill Inferior. SapiM ..... Slanton. Stow, Thelnetham, Thorpe-by- 1. wortli, T lield, C'oncy Ve.--ton, Market 1 Wordwell, with part of Rushfurd. The hu over an area of about G7,:i7i> I'.I.AI KlioriiNK Hl'MiKKl), on" or subdivisions of tho la: surrounded by the hunds. of chait an Ham, Oxney, Tentcrdon, Eolvenden, an containing {he pars, of AppN ardiugton, Shadoxhurst, and Woodchurc t about 17.000 acres. BLACK-BOURTON, a pur. in the hi in tho co. of Oxford, 2 mi U'ii uey is its post town. The living is :i of Oxloul, val. LI IS, in the' patron, of the ^ Canons of Chri.-t ( Ininh, Oxford. The (' to St. Mary, is in the. and contains a stone pulpit and nionumcntit da and Sir A. Hoj.ton. Tho village w (1769) of Maria Edgeworth, the norelul mndfather resided her Thi II. ythrop Iwn BLACKBROOK, a hmlt. in Uie tnshp. of I par. of Prcscot, hund. of > -t I ' i by, in the CO. pJ of Lan I'ar from Prescot BLACK I.KI )( IK, a hmlt. iu the par. of KM and hund. of Halfshir.', in the co. of Woreestoc, W part of tho west suburbs of Kidderminster. .