Page:The National Gazetteer - A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, Volume 1.djvu/302

Rh 1)1.. N.NI.LYN-. 292 ]',!.. .DI Ml;l, 8T. MAUY. Foxley and Woodend. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of 176, in the patron, of J. W. Wright, Esq. The church, which contain* a monumental brass of the year It 16, is dedicated to St. i.- charitable endowments of this parish are of consi i ...ducing above 250 per annum. lil foundations arc- the school established in 1669 by William Foxley, which has an income from cn- ueiit <>f 100 a year; and the free school endowed uly Lcveson, with an income of the same amount. Blakcsley has also a share ii; . irities. It is said that Blakesley Hall at one time belonged t<> the knights of the order of St. John of Jerusalem. BLANAM.I.YN, a vii. in the par. of Kilrhedin, hund. of Elvet, in the co. of Carmarthen, South V, 4 miles to the 8>of Newcastle Emlyn. BLANX'HAKDSTOWN, a limit, in the par. and bar. of Castlelcnock, in the co. of Dublin, prov. of Leinater, Ireland, 6 miles to the N.W. of Dublin. It is a station on the Midland Great Western railway. A police force is stationed here, and petty sessions are held in th< vil- lage once a month. Here are also a Koman Catholic chapel and the Cabra nunnery, in connection with which is a Urge girls' school BLANCULAND, or SHOTLEY HIGH QUAR- TER, a par. in Tindale ward, in the co. of Northumber- land, 10 miles to the S. of Hexham. It is situated on the confines of the co. of Northumberland next Durham, on the river Dcrwent, not far from its source. This place was the site of an abbey, founded in the latter part of the 12th century by 'altcr do Bolbec, for canons of the Fremonstratensian order. Its abbot was called to one of the parliaments held in the reign of Edward I. The revenue of the abbey at the period of the Dissolution was 44 9*. The estate came subsequently into the possession of the Bishop of Durham, Lord Crewo, who made it part of the endowment of the munificent charities which he founded. The inhabitants are principally employed in the extensive lead mines which have long been worked here. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 198, in the natron, oi Lord Crewo's trustees. The present church is part of the old abbey, and was made good for use in the year 1762. The gatehouse and some other parts of the abbey are still standing. They are situated in a narrow valley in the midst of moors. There is a free school for boys, endowed with 50 a year, and one for girls. BLANCHV1I.I I'SKII.I., apar. in the bar.ofGow- ran, in the co. of Kilkenny, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles to the E. of Kilkenny. The soil is fertile, and the district contains some limestone. The living is a vie. united with the rect. of Kilfanc, in the dioc. of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin. The principal residence is Blonch- villeskill House, the seat of General Kearney. BLAND, a hmlt. in th<- par. of Sedbergh, hund. of Staincliff and Ewcross, in the West Riding of the co. of York, not far from Sodl< BLANDI ui.-ii-i "i;[ M, or MARKET ISLAND- FORD, a par., market town, and municipal borough, in the hund. of Coombs-Ditch, in the co. of Dorset, 16 miles to the N.E. of Dorchester, and 103 miles to th. S.V .i| London. It is a station on the Dorset Central seed. >ii i >! the London and South- Western railway. Blandford is situated in a pleasant and fertile cnuntrv, i In ing of fine pasture land, on the banks o'f the river - which curves round two sides of the town, and is crossed by a bridge of six arches. The name of the pl.i dicates its position by an ancient ford Tin manor of Bland I d, at the close of th-12th cen- tury, to the Earl ol 1. tor, and was after* possession, being held byll.mylV. Kdward IV.. ami Richard III. It now belongs to the coi] whom it was granted by James I. The town has froqucn: : fered from destructive 6res. The first occasion was in 1579, when it was quickly rebuilt. It was again burnt in the years 1676 or 1677, 16SJ, and 171 : I'.-.t tlm most extensive conflagration occurred in 1731, when about 400 home* perished, and not more than 40 private ; escaped the destruction. The town was rebuilt under the provisions of an Act of Parliament purpose, and with the help of generous* from many quarters, including the royal these successive destructions and restorations _ is indebted for its present handsome appeal that of any town in th' larly built, and tin i paved and with gas. It contains a hand-untie townhall, I Portland stone, the ai order. A pump near tin hall has with an insciiption in cm 1731. Itwa-. i reetid iii 17'iu liv.l
 * rs. There are also a comniodion

built by the corjmration in 1 K.I.I, a savings-! tho Union poorhouse. Blandford is said tobei by prescription, but only two instances its exercising tin Edward I., and the other in tin It was constituted a free borough by a - I., granted in 1606, by which its prcsc: ' onfirmed and enlarged. I nd<. the borough is governed by a mayor in men, and 12 councillors, with tl and burgesses of Blandford- Forum." 1 seat of a Poor-law Union, the he district, and a polling-place lor ti has been a market town from a p reign of Henry III. Petty sessions are town by the county ma^ have been carried on hero at di: the most noted was that of point lace, other English, and rivalling the f;i: value was 30 per yard. Large ij tons were formerly made in t ing distriet, but this manufacture tion of the more elegant pearl bur rect. and vie." in the dioc. of S^i 300, in the patron, of the Dean i Chester. The chun-h, which was erects struction of the foi its site, is dedicated to Ss. iV:.i and Paul, structure in tho Grecian style o! and cupola, and possesses *- nicnts. There is a chapel be! The charitable endowments of the pai gidcrablo extent, producing The principal of these is the i ml by William Williams, for the in t icing of poor children, and other bcnci tho revenue of which is now in ail grammar-school, rciin Milton tot 1785, has an income of 10li per annum. There i blue-coat school for 12 boys, established ibishop Wake in 171".!. which has a tv Almshouses for 10 George Byres about 1685, and have an im inent of 210. Six piopi-rty producing a like amount. ami- nt e mips in the Blandford. Damory Court, a! was tin iidford birthplace of several distingn may be nai newspaper  to the Huke of Marlborough.- held on Saturday since tin il previously was held on Sunda horses, cattle, and cheese take place on the ' the 10th July, and the 8th 1' Therl racecourse near tho town, on which race* T annually in August, but they have been since 1 BI.AXDFOKD ST. MAHV, a par. in th