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Rh BLOXWICH. 299 BLTTH. of "Vt .-wick. It contains the pars, of Adderbury, Al- kertc Bloxham, Broughton, Drayton, Hanwell, Horley, Horrn, Tadmarton, Wigginton, and Wroxton, with parts if the pars, of Cropredy and Swalcliffe. The liunil -xtends over an area of about 27,700 acres. BI XW1CH, a vil. in the par. and borough of . in tho huud of Offlow, co. of Stafford, 2 miles X. of Walsall. It is a station on tho South -hire railway. The Essinglon and Wyrl.-y canal asses through tliis place. Tho living is a perpct. i the dioc. of Lichfield, of tho val. of 150, in the i ron. of the Vicar of Walsall. The church is .1 to St. Mary. There- are chapels belonging
 * ./Ionian Catholics and the Wesleyans.

.VIClf. LITTLE, a hnilt, 'in the par. and v ill, in the hund. of Ofllow and en. of I, close to Bloxwich. BLX.WORTH, a par. in the hund. of Coombs-Pitch, ~ in th co. of Dorset, o miles to tho N. of Wareham. i il is its post town. The living is a rect.* in the
 * .ury, of the val. of 230, in the patron, of

( i. L'ickhard, Cambridge. The church is dcdi- ndre w. To the south of the village is a . situated on a hill called Woolsbarrow, on laina of a Danish entrenchment. The chief < is Bloxworth House. BHBBERHOUSES, a tnshp. in the par. of Fews- tiii.. . d wap. of Claro, in the West Riding of the co. of i miles to the S.W. of Ripley. It lias an area of '. AN 1 1IOK, a hmlt. in the par. of Old Cleeve, i Williton, in tlie co. of Somerset, 2 miles from t. It is pleasantly seated on the coast of Bridg- ':. V. N'DESTON, a par. in the hund. of Mutford and land, in the co. of Suffolk, 3 miles to tho N.W. (ft, its post town. It is situated on tho soa- i the north-east side of the river Vaveney. The i a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val., t of Flixtoii united with it, of 617, in the 'patroiof T. Marc, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel in tho and there is a small free school with an endow- I'lO per annum, the bequest of Gregory Clarke There are some other charities, the value of j about 8" a year. Blundeston House is the I residence. HAM, a par. in the hund. of Wixamtree, ju Ucdibrd, 8 miles to the E. of Bedford. St. its post town. It lies between the rivers Ouse, the former of which bounds it on the W., tho i the E. The hmlt. of Moggerhanger belongs to -li, and has a district church of its own recently lllunhum was formerly a market town, the in- h,:', in^ oV..:iiin:d a grant of a market and fair u llth century. The living is a rect.* in the Ely, of the val. of 731, in the patron, of Earl . The church contains some monuments of the illes and Bursalla, and is dedicated to St. Ed- - mund. .'here is a chapel belonging to the Baptists. The ' 1 seats are Blunham House, the residence of Sir i, Bart., and Blunham Park. SL'^SDON, BROAD, a chplry. in the par. of High- innd. of Highworth, Crickladc, and Staple, in f Wilts, 2 miles to the W. of Highworth. Bury i is a tythg. in this chplry. The living is a ur. annexed to the vie. of Highworth, in the Gloucester and Bristol. The Roman road to passes at the foot of Blunsdon Castle Hill, on v.-'n BLT miles - ill the BLr in tin'- Ive's, i is an extensive circular encampment. s'SDON ST. ANDREW, a par. in the hund. of th, Crickladc, and Staple in the co. of Wilts, 4 the S.W. of Highworth. The living is a rect. }C. of Gloucester and Bristol, of the val. of 305 tron. of I. J. Calley, Esq. TISHAM, a par. in tho hund. of Hurstingstone, ). of Huntingdon, 4 miles to the N.E. of St. post town. It id situated on the borders of
 * in the
 * ' Cami a jeshire, on the west bank of the river Ouse, and

includes tho vil. of Earith. The manor belonged to tho monks of Ely before the Norman Conquest, and part of it is still held by tho dean and chapter. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, of the yearly val. of 1,070, in the patron, of the Bishop of Peterborough. Tho church stands on elevated ground, commanding a wide prospect over the rich meadow lands and tin: rivi-r. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and is in the early English of architecture, containing a screen, piscina, and an octagonal font. Here is also a neat marble monument to Dr. Samuel Knight, who once held the rectory, and was tho author of tho biographies of Erasmus and Dean Colct, Dr. Knight died here in 1746. There are chapels belonging to the General and Particular Baptists, Wcs- leyan and Primitive Methodists, and Quakers in the town, and a free school founded in 1708, which has an income from endowment of about 88 per annum. The other charitable endowments of the parish the principal of which is the estate held by feoffees for the benefit of tho poor produce about 140 a year. In September, 1741, this place was visited by a destructive storm of wind, which lasted nearly a quarter of an hour and did fearful havoc in the village. It also touched upon Cambridge, Downham, and Lynn, at the latter place injuring St. Margaret's church. BLURTON, a joint chplry. with Lightwood Forest, in the par. of Trentham, and hund. of Pirehill, in tho co. of Stafford, 4 miles to the S.E. of Kewcastle-under- Lyne. Stoke upon-Trent is its post town. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val., with the cur. of Normicott united with it, of 189, in the patron, of the Duke of Sutherland. BLYBOROUGH, a par. in the west div. of the wap. of Aslacoe, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 9 miles to the N.E. of Gainsborough. 'The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 519, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Alkmond. Blyborough Hall is the principal man- sion. The parish contains some mineral springs. BLYMHILL, a par. in tho west div. of the hund. of Cuttlestone, in the eo. of Stafford, 5 miles to the N. W. of Brewood. It lies on the border of Shropshire, not far from Watling Street. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val. of 560, in the patron, of tho Earl of Bradford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities, which include a small bequest for education, amount to 6 a year. The village is a meet for the Albrighton hounds. BLYTH, a par. chiefly in thellatfield div. of the wap. of Bassetlaw, in tho co. of Nottingham, but partly also in tho wap. of Strafibrth and Tiekhill, in the West Hiding of the co. of York, 30 miles to the N. of Nottingham, and 146 miles from London by tho Great Northern rail- way, which crosses the parish. The Eanskill station is 2 miles from Blyth. This par. is of great extent, and contains the chplrieM. of AuBterfield and Bawlry, which are in Yorkshire, and the tnshps. of Barnby Moor, Ran- skill, Styrrup, and Torworth, and the lordship of Hod- sock, which are in Nottinghamshire. The river Ryton runs through tho parish, and joins the Idle at Bawtry. Blyth is a place of great antiquity, and was tbc site of a Benedictine priory founded in 1088 by Roger de Builly, dedicated to the Virgin, and partly subordinate to tho abbey of Rouen. Its value at the Dissolution was about 126. Roger de Builly is said to have built a castle here ; but no vestiges are left of it. In the reign of John a leper's hospital was founded by the De Crcssys, lords of Hodsock. The buildings have perished, but their site is still called Blyth Spital. This town had the privilege of a market, which is now disused. It is a neat and well-built place, situated in a pleasant and fertile district in a high state of cultivation. Fuller, perhaps jocosely, derives tho name of the parish from the character of the people, noted, he says, for their " mirth and good fellowship." The living is a vie.* in the dice, of York, of the val. of 751, in the patron, of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. Tho church is dedicated to St. Martin. It is a spacious edifice in tho Norman style, with a lofty handsome tower in tho er-