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Rh BLKTt HINCi 290 BUCK UN'}. arc large tracts of waste and bog. Granite, which is abundant, is quarried and exported. The fine waterfall called r'uul-.i-jihucn is within 3 miles ot gington. Th living is a vie. in the dioc. of Dub- lin, (Hcndalau'h, and Kildarc, of the val. of 398, in tin- patron <! 'the archbishop. The church, which h.i- a lofty t" ; ''>' AM hl>i-hop r.yle, nnd contains a monument to him. In the vicinity an borough, the seat of the Marquis of Downshire ; Kuss- borough, the seat of the Earl of Milltown ; and Kussels- town. The mail < h< Id on tin' 12th May, tin- ."ith '.July, and the 12th N BLK'I'i M'lNcl.l-'.Y.a i >'.r. iii tli.- Hi-.- 1 div. of the hand. of Tandridge, in the CD. of Surrey, .") miles to tin Keigate, and 20 miles from London. The South- 1 railway passes through the par., -t station to which is Redhill. II i> a limit, of this par. Bletchingley is a very ancient p! market town and a borough, returning two members to parliament from the reign of Edward I. The n was long since disused, and the borough was disfran- chised by the Reform Act in 1832. At the period of the Norman Conquest the manor was held by the Earl of Clare. A c.istle was shortly after erected, which was destroyed after the battle of Lewes, in the reign of Henry III. Nothing remains of it, but part of the foundations. The town is pleasantly seated on a hill overlooking the South Downs. The pursuits of the in- habitants are chiefly agricultural. Large quant i; fuller's earth arc obtained in i The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, of the val. of 1,200, in the patron, of H. Chawner, Esq. The church is 1 1 It is a spacious edifice in the early English style of "inohitcctme, with a low embattled tower, from which formerly rose a fine to the height of 160 feet. This was OMtroyi d liy light- ning in 1606. The church contains a very tine monu- ment to Sir Robert Clayton and his lady, with white marble effigies; and a monument to Bishop 1 'Inm whom the rectory was once held. The manor belonged to the Clayton family. The Independents have a chapel in the town. There is a free school for 25 boys, which was founded in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and possesses an annual income from endowment of 23. Ten almshouses for aged persons were < in 1668, and another was subsequently added. The parochial charities produce altogether about 50 per annum. Bletchingley, the. ancient manor-house, was formerly the residence of the Duke of Buckingham, beheaded by Henry VIII. This mansion was pulled down by one of the Earls of Peterborough, and the porter's lodge transformed into the prei-cnt farmhouse. Fairs are held annually on the 22nd June and the 2nd November, for the sale of horses, cattle, ,. BLETCHINGTON, or HI.; : I > H I UDON, a par. in the hund. of Ploughley, in the co. of Oxford, 4 miles to the E. of Woodstock. " The river Clicrwcll and 0: ford canal pass near it on the west. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of 356, in the p of the Provost in of Queen's College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. The charitable endowments of the parish, which include nn ir persons, founded in 1520 by Leonard since rebuilt, amount to about o. r > per annn ington Park is the seat of the Amu -'< laniily. IlI.KTClll.KV, a par. in the hund. of Newport, in the eo. of Buckingham, .1 miles to the 8. of Woh and 47 miles to tin N " of London. It is a stai themainln ndn and North- V ilwiiy. The pur. comprises the tnshp. of W.iti i Katon. an of thechplry. ami m;u living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of 1 uicli is dedicated to St Mary, and contains several iinnm- iii' tits, among which is one to 1. id (!rey of Wilton, vh" died in 1 I I'J. The parochial charitii i land I'm- the In nelit of the | r.I.KTCIII.KV, a tnshp. in the par. of Morton-Sea, and hund. of Bradford, in the co. of Salop, 3 Market Dmvton. BLETHER8TONE,a par. in the hund. o in tin b Wales,. 1 ) i of Narberth. The living i Llawhnden, in the dioc. of St. Ma . 1 HVAUGH, or 1:1.1 ^ e } of Cefnllys, in tl to the S. W. of Knighton. It is situati d in a blttk . hilly country, near the river Lug. '1 h in the dioc. of St. I lavid's, of tie patron, of the bishop of the cated to St. Mary. 1' it; i i county magistrate*. BLETSOE, a par. in the hund of Bedford, 6 mUes to the N. town. It lies on the banks of t) the site of a castle belonging, in t) Pateshulls to the dioc. of Illy, of the val. ;4tna. Lord St. John, of Bletsoe. The ( St. Mary. It contains the tombs of th, with monuments to Sir .!ohn St. .1. !.. Countess of Bolii: seat of the Lords St. John, of Bletsoe, house. The parochial annum. BLEWBURY, a par. in the hm .,g, put also in that of Mori-ton, in the co. the S.W. of Wulltngford, its post t'.wn. It on the Hidge Way, and con' rpthorpe, and Vpton, and the lib. The parish is crossed by ailed I or Icknii Id Street. The living is a Oxford, of the val.. with tin and Upton annexed to it, of 1 ill, n Bishop of Oxford. The church is dedicated chad. This | tahle elidov.-li' the produce of which > abont J annum. 'Iliis sum is a}>] Court of Chancery, to" the m;i the blue-coat school, Reading ; to the suppi schools for hoys and girl of poor children, and oth is an endowed ah charities, the value of which is abo In this parish was formerly a spacious bi I by a moat and ran liarton Hill ;nv n mains of ar anil th< re are some barrows in l'.I.l. N 1 '., a lni.lt. in the par. of I vvallon. in ih. co. n! ' ie N.E. of Llanelly. ' KI.IM;. :i par. in the aonthemtt .111. ill the en. of N of A lesham, its po^t t'"wii. The manoi in the E 'i. :ii. :. . : quest, was given to tin palace and a fine j.:nk In re. li afterv. I the llaf stofs to t ! iie living is a ! Noiwi.h. of the val., with that Oi with it, of t'")-l, in the pation. Ol Siillidd. 'I he ( huivh it-sting old mom brasses: mnng which are a gmxl Dagworth. who died in 1401 ; the lllllolt i 1177. There is also a sculpturi 1 is the seat of I-idy Sullii illple (,f th- ture. It is in the lorm . h :ingli', and I liv a l.n.i It wa i mi's, ,,ii i, more