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Rh BOSCOBEL. 317 BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED. ga:d s. It was formerly a market town, and the cu.ic i old market-house still exists, and is some- til le: used ; near it are the remains of an old eccle- 1 building formerly used as a chapel. The place its name, which is a corruption of Botreaux from a castle founded by the baronial family of ux, who were settled here as early as the middle I 2th cent ury. The port is subordinate to Padstow, i vessels belonging to it are engaged in the coasting sii> st: de:r Bctr. of th an It tedc nlicr. and general merchandise. The harbour is m< stromantic, being enclosed with high rocky emi- ne icj. The entrance has been compared with that to the harb r of Balakhiva. There is a small island at the ch are remains of an ancient chapel, and a por- tion King Arthur's Castle. But the most noteworthy ob in the vicinity is St. Knighton's Kieve, about lies from Boscastle. It is one of the most beau-
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e jiiimands a very distant view of the ocean, situated on high ground, whilst Minster church en, lying low in one of the most romantic, beau- sots in the county. As its name denotes, there rmerly a monastery of black monks near where urch stands. The Wcsleyans and two other us sects have chapels in the village. There is a al school, in which there are about 80 children tw. tifll chir heini is hii tif.il "wa-i thi, <1, belonging to the suiTounding parishes, besides tw. ' her private schools. There is also a very com-
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Fairs are held on the oth August and tho 22nd iber. B(5COBEL, an ext. par. district in the Shiffnal div. f the hund. of Brimstree, in Ihe co. of Salop, 6 jnile:.o Ihe E. of Shiffnal. It lies on the edge of Staf- re, and formerly belonged lo a Cislercian nunnery flood in Ihe neighbourhood, and of which the iso and part of Iho church are still to be seen in (led spot. This distriol is Ihe site of Boscobel noted as the retreat of Charles II., who took ''re after the fatal fight of Worcester, Septem- '.i'~A. He entrusted himself to the keeping of Penderell, a farmer, who then occupied the i id his four brothers. They disguised him in their and, faithful to their pledge, and proof against lements and all threats, kept him concealed . ; ous places for several days. Part of the time 1 him at the nunnery, part at Boscobel House, am. .^another lime he took shelter in an oak. There <; now called the " Royal Oak," which is said to he sprung from an acorn of the genuine old 1 1 is protected by a railing, and has a brass plate i to it, with a suitable inscription. Boscobel He], is a picturesque timbered structure, originally ir a forester's or hunting lodge. In the 16th v it was the seat of the Giffords. 1 i( 'COMBE, a par. in the hund. of Amesbury, in the Vilts, 4 miles to the S.E. of Amesbury, and 8 X.K.rom Salisbury, its post town. It lies near the ' if Hampshire, on the small river Bourne, a feeder "f il Avon. Tho living is a reel.* in Ihe dioc. of y, of the val. of 330, in tho patron, of tho, The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a small nent of four almshouses for widows and widowers, have an income of 24 per annum. Richard i- was once rector of this parish, and while here bish< end whic Hoo wn .t PolH B( of C Chts and ; wit i of i .' Chi : i large part of his great work on " Ecclesiastical 'DEN, a joint tnshp. with Handforth, in the par. adle, hund. of Macclesfield, in the co. palatine of, 3 miles to the S. of Stoekport. The London Tth- Western railway passes through the township, ations at Cheadle and Handforth. HAM, a par. in the hund. of the same name, rape Chester, in the co. of Sussex, 3 miles to the W. of ster, its post town. It is a station on the South . Co; 3 ailway. It is situated on Chichester harbour, and contains the tythgs. of Broadbridge, Creed, New Fish- bourne, Gosport, and Walton. Bosham is a very ancient place, and was the site of a monastery founded before the end of the Tth century by a Scottish monk, named Dicul, and given by Henry I. to Bishop Warlewast. Tho bishop founded a collegiate chapel on its site, which existed till the Dissolution, and was given by Queen Elizabeth to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The port was anciently of some importance, and was seized by Earl Godwin, whose son Sweyii effected a landing here in 1049. From this port soon afterwards Harold embarked, when he was shipwrecked on the coast of France. The village stands at tho head of a creek, in a pleasant and well-wooded country. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Chichester, val. 220, in the patron, of tho dean and chapter. The church, which was built by Bishop War- lewast, is dedicated to tho Holy Trinity, and tho pre- bendal stalls still remain. In the north wall is a niche with erocketed ornaments, enclosing a recumbent female figure, sculptured about the time of Edward I. Tho charitable endowments of the parish, including a small bequest for education, amount to 21 per annum. This village was tho birthplace of Herbert do Bosham, secre- tary to Thomas a Becket. BOSHAM HUNDRED, one of the 7 hunds. or sub- divisions of the rape of Chichester, in the co. of Sus- sex, situated in the western div. of tho co., and bounded on the N. and W. by the hund. of Westbourn and Singleton, on the E. by the hund. of Box and Stockbridge, and on the S. by Chichester harbour. It comprises the pars, of Bosham, Cliidham, Funtington, West Stoke, and Thorney, and extends over an area of about 10,700 acres. BOSHERSTON, a par. in the hund. of Castlemartin, in the co. of Pembroke, South Wales, 6 miles to the S. of Pembroke, its post town. It is situated on the north coast of the Bristol Channel. The district consists partly of downs, and is remarkable for the numerous caverns of singular form which penetrate the sea cliffs. The most considerable of those caverns is called Boshers- ton Meer, which runs inland a considerable distance ; and in a heavy storm of wind from the south, large volumes of water rush through a hole in tho limestone cliff, and rise to the height of 70 or 80 feet, accom- panied with noise equal to the report of the heaviest cannon. In a wild romantic spot near Bosherston -Meer is the hermitage of St. Govan : a small chapel approached by steps, and a cell cut in the rock. Below is a well, also bearing the saint's name, and still re- garded with some degree of traditional reverence. A neighbouring promontory is called St. Govan's Head. St. Govau is said to be identical with Sir Gawaine, one of tho heroes of the Arthurian romances, and nephew of the " flower of kings." The living is a rect. in the dioc. of St. David's, and in the patron, of Earl Cawdor. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. BOSLEY, or BOSLY, a chplry. in the par. of Prest- bury, hund. of Macclesfield, in the co. palatine of Ches- ter, 4 miles to the N.E. of Congleton. It lies on the border of Staffordshire, and is a station on the North Staffordshire railway. Tho river Dane, a feeder of the Mersey, flows by this place. Here is an extensive reser- voir connected with the Maeclesfield canal. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, of the val. of 110, in the patron, of the Vicar of Prestbury. BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED, one of tho 21 hunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Suffolk, situated in the eastern div. of the co., and bounded on the N. by the huuds. of Hartismere and Thredling, on tho E. by the hund. of Carlford, on the S. by the lib. of Ipswich, and the hund. of Samford, and on tho W. by tho hunds. of Cosford and Stow. It contains the fol- lowing pars. : Akenham, Ash Booking, Badley, Bar- ham, Barking, Battisford, Baylham, Great Blakcnham, Little Blakenham, Great Bricett, Claydon, Coddenham, Greeting All Saints, Creeling St. Mary, Creeling St. Olave, Crowfield, Flowton, Gosbeck, Helmingham, Hel- mingstone, Henley, Mickfield, Nettlestead, Offton, Ring- shall, Somersham, Stoneham Aspall, Earl Stonehain,
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