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Rh BOGTHORN. 305 BOLDRE. seat f Sir J. E. Harrington, Bart. Thursday and 8atu ay are the market days, and a fair is held on the 6th i 16th July B( 1THORN, a hmlt. in the par. of Keighley, wap. of St ncliff and Ewcross, in the West Hiding of the co. oi Y k, not far from Kcighley. BC [ARM, a par. partly in the co. of Banff, partly in th of Moray, Scotland, 3 miles to the E. of Rothes. It is uatcd in a valley at the foot of the hill called Ben . ijeen, on the hanks of the river Spey, which is >sed by a suspension bridge. The river Fiddich joins e Spey near this place. A castlo was founded here an early period by the Freskyns of Duffus, of msiderable remains still exist. The living, of the ''J45, is in the presh. of Aberlour, in the patron. .rown and the Earl of Fife. There is also a lurch preaching station. The chief mansions ..are A dilly and Auchliuikart. BO EKAROAN, a vil. in the bar. of Lower Bunratty, i of Clare, pro v. of Munster, Ireland, not far from ket on Fergus. BOjERBOY, a vil. in the par. of Kilmeen, and bar. 'low, in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ire- ailes to the W. of Kanturk.
 * ;RMEEN, a vil. in the bar. of Lower Navan, in

I' Month, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to $he yw. of Navan.
 * BOILLANE, or BOHALAX, a par. in the bar. of

', in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, rom Castlemartyr. The living is a suspended in the dioc. of Cork, Ross, and Cloyne, and in . Hi. of the bishop of the diocese. There is no parishhurch.
 * BOiD, a par. in the bars, of Magheraboy and Clan-

i the co. of Fermanagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, i the IS. of Derrygonnelly. It is situated in a nous country on the banks of the river Sillees. mountain, the loftiest in the district, has an of 1,312 feet. The parish contains some tracts land. The livingis a rect. in the dioc. of Ar- il Clogher, of the val. of 188, in the patron, of >^. or BUCHOLA, a par. in the bar. of Gal- lic co. of Mayo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, I the S.E. of Foxford. It is situated on the the river Gustien, a branch of the Moy. The s hilly, but the land is mostly good and under n. The living is a vie., forming part of the Straid, or Templemore, in the dioc. of Tuam, ml Achonry. The church is decayed. M, a tnshp. in the par. of Gainford, ward of Hi, in the co. palatine of Durham, 5 miles to Bishop's Auckland. M, a par. in Castle, Morpeth, and Tindale the co. of Northumberland, 8 miles to the W.
 * '. : 'h. Newcastle is its post town, ll is .situated

. or Blythe, not far from its source, and con- .nshps. of Bolam, Bolam Vicarage, Belsay, Brad- low-hill, Harnham, Shortflatt, and Trewick. ..'out a limestone are found in the parish. The living in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 238, .tron. of the lord chancellor. The church is il to St. Andrew. It is a very ancient building, .ins monuments of the Bolams and the Mid- The barony was held by the Bolams in the c King John. Bolam Moor is crossed by a Watling Street, called the Devil's Causeway, l h is a tumulus where a stone coffin was found. the nd cor eign c iear wl ! rom the same spot are remains of an old camp an o 1 form. Belsay Castle, the ancient residence of he Mil etons, is a fine specimen of the old Border for- ' ress. ic principal residences are Belsay House, the r C. M. L. Monck, Bart. ; and Bolam House, 'brmerl the seat of the Horsleys, and now belonging 1 o Lordt'ecies. BULS GREAT, a par. in the south div. of tho lund. f Bradford, in the co. of Salop, 6 miles to the wport. Wellington is its post town. It is ituali'd a the banks of the river Tern, and includes VOL. -' the tnshp. of Meeson. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val. of 30-1, in tho patron, of Vis- count Hill. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There are some parochial charities of trifling amount. BOLAS, LITTLE, a tnahp. in tho par. of Hodnet, huud. of Bradford, in the co. of Salop, G miles to the N.W. of Great Bolas. BOLBROUGH, a tnshp. in the par. of Llandyssil, hund. of Newtown, in the co. of Montgomery, North. Wales, 2 miles from Montgomery. BOLD, a tnshp. in the par. of Prescot, hund. of West Derby, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 3 miles to the IS. of St. Helen's. The St. Helen's and Lan- cashire and Yorkshire railway runs through it. The tnshp. contains Bold Heath, and tho hmlt. of Maypole. It has some charitable endowments, which produce about 13 per annum. Tho family of the Bolds had their seat here from before the Norman Conquest down to tho year 1761, when the male line became extinct. The curious old hall still exists as a farmhouse, on tho demesne attached to tho present mansion of Bold Hall, the seat of Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart. Richard Barnes, Bishop of Carlisle, and afterwards of Durham, in the latter half of the 16th century, was born here. BOLD, a chplry, in the par. of Aston Botterell, hund. of Stottesden, in the co. of Salop, 7 miles to the N.W. of Cleobury Mortimer. The church has long been decayed. BOLDON, EAST AND WEST, a par. in the eastern div. of Chester ward, in the co. palatine of Durham, 4 miles to the S. of South Shields. Gateshead is its post town. The North-Eastern railway passes near it. The manor of Boldoii has formed part of the possessions of tho see of Durham from time immemorial ; and in the archives of the cathedral is preserved a manorial survey of the diocese, made in the year 1183, which is. called the " Boldon Buke," and has been printed for tho Record Commission. The book is so called probably from the frequent references to this manor, which stands first in the survey. The village is situated in a healthy spot on Boldon hills, and there is abundance of limestone in the neighbourhood. Conflicts occurred here between the English and the Scots during the civil war in the 17th century. The living in a rect.* in the dioc. of Durham, of the val. of 653, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There are two schools for boys and girls, supported by voluntary contributions and by a small endowment of 8 a year. The other charitable en- dowments of the parish produce about the same sum. BOLDRE, or BOLDER, a par. in the hund. of Christchurch and New Forest, Lymiugton div. of the co. of Southampton, 2 miles to the N. of Lym- ington, its post town, and 2 from the Beaulieu station on the South- Western railway. A branch line has been recently opened from Brokenhurst station to Lymiugton. It is situated in an elevated and picturesque district, and includes the chplries. of South Baddesley, Sway, and East Boldre, and the limits, of Battrainsley, Pilley, Warbome, and Walhampton. The prospects from various points are very fine, over the Isle of Wight and the Channel, from the Needles to Spithead. The living is a vie* in the dioc. of Winchester, of the val., with the cur. of Lymington and Brockenhurst annexed to it, of 394, in the patron, of the Rev. C. Shrubb. The church, a Norman edifice, with a low tower, is dedicated to St. John, and contains a piscina, an old font, and a monument to William Gilpin, formerly vicar of tho parish. He was author of several interesting works, amongst which are the " Life of Bernard Gilpin," " Picturesque Tours in the New Forest, &c.," and " Re- marks on Forest Scenery." Ho also founded a free school here for 40 children of both sexes, and at his death gave a collection of his sketches for its endowment. The income of the school is about 85 per annum. There are some other charities of small amount. The Baptists have a chapel in the town. Bolder Wood is distinct from Boldre, and is distant about 9 miles in the KB