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Rh BLACKWELL. 290 BLAINA. from Darlington. It is situated on the east hank of the The Croftbridgo railway pa Bla< kwell Grange is the Allans, one of whom, George Allan, was the anti- quary and topographer, lie funned a large and val 'til in nutiirn and art, and died here in 1800. The Wes'u van Meth.idistB have a chapel h- BLA<'KWI-:i.L, a par. in the hand, of Scarsdalc, in the co. of Derby, 3 miles to tin- X.i;. ..f Alii. ton. Coal is procured in this place. The living is a vie. in the dioo. lifit -Id, of the val. i.l' C'.in, in the patron, of the Duke of Devonshire. The church, which was rebuilt in 1826, is dedicated to St. Werburgh. The parochial cha amount to I per annum. BLA< KVi:i,I.. u tnshp. in the par. of Bak. hand, of Hi^-li 1 co. of Derby, 4 iniles to the E. of Buxton. The river Wye flows near this pin BLACKWELL, a hmlt. in the par. of Tredington, hund. of Oswaldslow, in the co. of Worcester, 2 miles to the N. of Shipton-on-Stour. BLA< KNVKI.I.. IlKill and LOW, tnshps. in the par. of fs; t, Carlisle, Cumberland ward, in the co. of Cumberland, 2 iniles to the 8. of Carlisle. "ii the Lancaster and Carlisle and Uaryport railways. The charitablo endowments of the townships, consisting of a bequest by Thomas Lowrey, in 1779, for a school and the relief of poor widows, and a bequest 1 i;iham, about 20 years later, for a school at Dunbar, produce about 14 per annum. BLACKWOOD, a tnshp. united with Crowborough, in the par. of Horton, hund. of TVlmonslow, in the co. of Stafford, 3 miles to the W. of Leek. BLACKWi urrif. AVe BACKWOIITH, Northumberland. BLACON-CUM-CHAr.lIAI.L, or CKAUWALL. a tnshp. in the par. of Holy 'Trinity. Chester, hund. of Wirrall, in the co. palatine of Chester, 2 miles to the W. of Chester. It is not far from the Ellesmere canal. BLAHKM" II, a vil. in the par. of Wigton, in th. co. of Wigton, Scotland, not far from Wigtcn. It is pleasantly situated on Bladonoch Water, which, after a course of about 2-5 miles from Ben Braik Hill, where it rises, falls into Wigton Bay. BLADON, a par. in the hund. of Wootton, in the co. of Oxford, not far from Woodstock, its post town. It includes the hmlt. of Kensington. The living is arect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val., with the perpet. cur. of WoodM it, of 329, in the patron, of the Duke of Marlboron::h. The church, 1 built by the duke in 1804, is dedicated in St. v Tito charitable endowments of the parish amount to 50 per annum. Bladon is included in the parliain borough of W<>odstock. BLAEN-AERON, a tnshp. in the par. of Caron-ys- dd, hund. in the co. of Cardigan, South Wales, l miles to the N.E. of Tregaron. It is sii as its name denotes (Blacn, "hcaa of a river"), at the source of the river Aeron. BLAENAN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llanfihangel-Ar Arth, hund. of Cathniog, in the co. of Carni South Wales, 9 miles to S.W. of Lamp lil.AKN AFON, a chplry. in the i Llanover, hund. of Aber>;avenny, in the > mom S W.of Abergnvenny. It: atcd in a moiinlain d:-.tiiet, near the h< ' nninua of : Valleys section of thi MC.MI The inlc. ehielly i !:.; in tin: mil shall d about 4(m f Ii- iirc <iit in Hi- sides of the locks. Tin living is a, . in the dioe. of Llandnff, of tin, val. of 111, in the p.-itr..n. .,f T. Hill, Esq. There are two chapels belonfrfng to the Baptists in the village. BLAEN-CARON.atnshp. ofCron-yi-CUwdd,hnnd. of Penarth, in i from Tregaron. It lies at the source of the river Caron BLAENGLESYRCH, a hmlt. in the pi mnd. of Machynlleth, in the co. e Wales, not far from Machynl: near the river Dovey, on a small stream ctlltu | i ID views from the BLAENGWKACir, a chplry. i corrwg, hund. of Xeath, in ; Wales, 11 mi ho head of the romantic and bear at the .- r I'wrach. The "**rii1nr copper and iron mines employ many of the inhibit The living is a perpet. cur., am rwg, in the i! There is a <^^^H| ng to the In . which is one of th* okU Wales. Tht principal residence is YnuUaet, the icrty of tip inteui. ,-illage was the bhthplaco of Dr. Reot, editor v. well-known" din," whose father, Lewi* was minister of the Indc pen r.l.AKNII>iNI>|iAN,a hml lund. of Xeath, in the co. of Glan. near Neath. It is seated .n t the inhabitants ore miners. < iceiaiO ton Lodge are the BLAKNPKNAI,. or LLAN Cardigan, South Wales, 6 miles to tie N .W.. It is at the 1.. from the mount i perpet. cur. in the 1M, in the patl'Hi BLAKN-l'<l|;TH.a par. in the 1.. of Troedyranr, in miles to the E. of ' cur. in the dioc. of St. Da the Earl of Lisburne and J. V. is dedicated to St. I laud. T of three an Gu-ythan, is attiil others are called Cuer ^ is a mineral spring at Tyllw BLAENSAWTHK, o"i the par. of Llanddausaint, hund. o: Carmarthen, South Walts,, -atcil near where t ' wdde takes its rise. BLAGDOX, a tytlig. in the pw. n tin; co. of Dor- BLAl'lH IN, a tn -h]i. iii : I N'ortliumb the N. of Newcastle. In the the seat of Sir M. W. Ridley, i BLAGDON, a par. in the hund the co. of Bonn rset, <> miles :
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dip hills. The living 00, of Ibith and V patron, of W. Fripp, chur " years ago, is dedicated to lit. Andrew. chapel hei ' of Blagdoni by John Longhorae, D.D., j"int i William I^inghorne, of the ti Lives. He 'In i yard in : annum, and a bequest by John Li ~ which is a) with i ing*. BLAGUAN E, a tythg. in the hund. of the same nan from Lambourn. BLA1DES, a hmlt. il par. of Grinton, wap. ol the co. of York, 4 miles to the W. of Rcclh. BLAINA, near Nant-y-(ilo.in co. Monmout W.S.W. of Abcrgavenny, and 18 miles from