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Rh BOLTON-LE-SAJS'DS. 309 BONCHUECH. accoing to the census of 1861, is 70,396, against 61,17 in 1851, showing tin increase of no less tlmn 9,225 1 the decennial period. Bolton is the seat of a Poor .w Union, the head of a County Court district, and i lolling-place for the south division of the county. Puttj essions are held regularly. In the town arc a dispe ary and a savings-bank, and about 1 j miles out of th town is the Union poorhouse, lately erected, a mdsome building. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. Manchester, of the val. of 350, in the patron, of thu bi op. The church, an ancient edifice in the perpcn- dicul; style, with a low tower, is dedicated to St. IVtcr. Six i icr churches have been erected, the livings of whiel are all curs. : St. George's, in Little Bolton, in 1796, is worth 168, and is in the patron, of the; : r ; Holy Trinity Church, erected in 182.5, is in the pair, i of the bishop, and of the val. of 150 ; Emmanuel Chun, founded in 1838, val. 150, is in the patron, of the vi r ; Christ Church and St. John's, worth 150, are < innate patron, of the crown and the bishop ; and B', val. i'128,in the patron, of T. Tipping, Esq.
 * i' seven chapels belonging to various sections of

i us, three to the Homaii Catholics, two each to the lints and Baptists, and one each to the Quakers,
 * is, and Swedenborgians. The charitable en-

^dowmnts of tin 1 parish are numerous and of considerable n iducing above i'1,600 per annum. The principal In-lunging to tin! town are the following: The fiv. L miuar school, founded in 1641, by Robert Lever, f London, and afterwards united with a school r origin: it has a revenue of about i'486, in- cliuiij three exhibitions at the universities; the free <unded by Nathaniel Hulton in 1693 for 60 chil- lioth sexes, with an income from endowment of inthcr free school, endowed by Thomas Marsden A itli an income of 24, and numerous bequests met'it of the poor. Some almshouses have been established. There are National, British, and bools, a mechanics' institution, news and read-
 * is. Three weekly newspapers are published in

i, called iheJlolton Chronicle, ihcJlolton. Ginifjimi, !!<,!( mi t],i-ucu in repute, was a pupil in the grammar ri . and afterwards rose to be master. Dr. Lom- nthor of the well-known Classical Dictionary, master of this school. Bolton is connected ichester by a canal 1 2 miles in length, and with one about 6 miles long. Among the seats in B vie ity are Bolton Lodge, Smithhills Hall, Lostock been the seat of John Bradshaw, president of A Court of Justice " constituted for the trial of I. Monday and Saturday are the market days. r the sale of lean cattle take place fortnightly r )th January to the 12th May. And fairs for TSCS, &c., are held on the 30th and 31st July, I :;th and 14th October. ' iN-LE-SANDS, a par. in the hund. of Lons- idalc Stth of the Sands, in the co. palatine of Lancas- iter, 4 ^k-s to the N. of Lancaster, its post town. It is near the coast of Moreeambe Bay, and is a M tin 1 Lancaster and Carlisle railway. The par. the cliplry. of Over Kellet, and the tnshps. of Ni'thciKellct and Slyne-with-Hest. The living is a the dioc. of Manchester, of the val. of 189, in n. of the bishop. Here is a free grammar school, >y Thomas Asheton in 1619, and endowed with unuin. There are some other charities producing '0 a year. ]'.' il UN-PERCY, a par. in the Ainsty of the city, in the last Hiding of the co. of York, 8 miles to the 6.W. York, its post town. It is a station on the jGreat irthern railway. The tnshps. of Appleton-Roc- jbuck, 'Hon, and Steeton, are included in this par. jit took le addition "Percy" from the Percys of Top- -jdiffe, A o formerly held the manor. The living is a s ct. the dioc. of York, of the val. of 1,540, in the and well built, is dedicated to All Saints. It was erected in 1423 by Thomas Parker, then rector, and contains some monuments to the Fairfaxes, and one to Sir W. II. Milner, Bart., who died in 1811. There are three stalls in the chancel, and some good stained windows. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. The charitable endow- ments of the parish amount to 34 per annum. BOLTON-UPON-DEARNE, a par. in the northern div. of the wap. of Straflbrth and Tickhill, in the West Hiding of the co. of York, 7 miles to the N. of Rother- ham. It is a station on the Midland railway. Gold- thorpe is a hmlt. of this parish. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 88, in the patron, of Marsden's executors. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial charities, consisting chiefly of bequests for education, by Richard Bingley and Elizabeth Pashley, amount to 19 a year. A statute fair is held on the second Thursday in November. BOLTON-UPON-SWALE, a chplry. in the par. of Catterick, wap. of Gilling, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 5 miles to the E. of Richmond. It includes six tnshps. of which Scorton is the largest. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Hipon, of the val. of 100, in the patron, of the Vicar of Catterick. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. In the churchyard is the grave of Henry Jenkins, oldest of English men, born at Ellerton, a neighbouring village, in 1500, and died there in December, 1670, having reached the rare age of 169 years. Ho was present at the Battle of Floddcn Field. Among the memorable events which occurred during his life were the Reformation, the destruction of the Armada, the deaths of three Queens on the scaffold, the execution of Charles I., and the Great Fire of London. A neat monument marks his burial-place, and a monu- ment in the church is inscribed with an epitaph composed by Dr. Thomas Chapman, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, and set up by subscription about 1743. BOLVENTOR, a chplry. in the par. of Altarnun, hund. of Lesnewth, in the co. of Cornwall, not far from Altemon. Launceston is its post town. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of 75, in the patron, of F. Rodd, Esq. BOLY. See GALBOOLY, Tipperary. BOMBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Bampton, West ward, in the co. of Westmoreland, 3 miles to the N.W. of Shap. It is seated on the banks of the river Lowther, not far from Hawes Water. BOMER, a hmlt. in the bar. of Kilnmcrenan, in the co. of Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 10 miles to the S.W. of Dimfanaghy. BON ACCORD, a quoad sacra par. in the par. of Old Machar, Aberdeen, in the co. of Aberdeen, Scotland. The living, worth 150, is in the presb. of Aberdeen, and in the patron, of the seat-holders. " Bon Accord " waa the watchword of the Aberdonians when they repulsed the English in the reign of Edward I. It has been the burgh motto since the days of Robert Bruce. BONAR, a vil. in the co. of Sutherland, Scotland, 12 miles to the W. of Dornoch. It is situated on the con- fines of Ross-shire, on the coast of the Dornoch Frith. The Frith is here crossed by a fine bridge of three arches, constructed by Telford. The central arch is of iron, and has a span of 150 feet ; the other two are of stone, with a span of about 50 feet each. BONBUSK, a hmlt. in the par. of Norton Cuckney, wap. of Bassetlaw, in the co. of Nottingham, 5 miles to the S.W. of Worksop. BONBY, or BONDEBY, a par. in the northern div. of the wap. of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, in the co. of Lincoln, 4 miles to the S. of Barton-upon-Humber, its post town. It is situated on the Wolds, and was the site of an Alien priory founded in the reign of King John, and given in 1402 to the Carthusian monastery at Bcauval, in Nottinghamshire. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, of the val. of 233, in the patron, of the Earl of Yarborough. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. BONCHURCH, a par. in the lib. of East Medina, Isle of Wight, in the co. of Southampton, 9 miles to the
 * Hall, i. Bradshaw Hall, 3 miles from Bolton, is said
 * patron f the archbishop. The church, which is spacious