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Rh BOTANY BAY. 021 BOTIIWELL. r school for a short time while Anthony Black- wad {as master. Among its pupils have been Richard PUW^ the philologist, and Salt, the African traveller. Be. -with Hall, pleasantly situated near the town, is a fin 1 seat of the time of Queen Anne. It is the ret dice of Sir A. B. C. Dixie, Bart., to whom the ma :n (belongs. AVednesday is the market day. Fairs an lid on the 8th May and the 10th July, chiefly for The latter is called the Cherry Fair. j :< .(ANY BAY, a hmlt. in the par. of Enfield, hund. aonton, in the co. of Middlesex, 3 miles to the f Chipping Barnet. AKIE, a par. in the co. of Aberdeen, Scotland, , from Huntly. It is now joined to the par. of H.J I Cai: I LERBY, and BOTCHERGATE, fnshps. in the < 'arlisle, locally in Cumberland ward, in the co. 7 - of OiJberlaiid 1 IESTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Ratby, and .Sparkeuhoe, in the co. of Leicester, 6 moles to I Market Bosworth. '.WELL, a tnshp. in the par. of Abergele, Isduliis, in the co. of Denbigh, not far from --: : Aberf e. i3 iSDAIiE, a tnshp. and hmlt. in the par. of Red- -Hia pave md hund. of Hartismere, in the co. of Suffolk, '- _4i mis W. of Millis railway station, 6 miles S.W. of N orfolk, and 8 miles to the W. of Eye, being 87 bndon. It ia situated 2 miles south of tin; ri-i 'uvi-nev, not far from the Great Eastern railway. The lino of this place is a corruption of Botolph's Dale, jtt was formerly a market town, and is a pullinjplaco for the western division of the county. Tn J ing is a rect, annexed to Kedgrave, in the Norwich. The church, which is dedicated otolph, is in the perpendicular style of archi- Here is a grammar school, founded by Sir Bacon in 1576, with an exhibition at Corpus College, Cambridge. It was designed to six free scholars, two each from the parishes i-.-ive, Botesdale, and Burgato ; for which the ' ives 30 per annum, which is a rent-charge in !and in Norfolk, together with a residence . is attached a chapel extra parochial, where ! ! is performed on Sunday evenings. Afree as established in 1825 by Jolm Dyer, and en- him with lands worth 30 a year. A fair is held ' . on H il Thursday for cattle and toys, and a statute fair i i n rsday before Michaelmas for hiring servants. ches of Rickinghall Inferior and Superior are ''near the town. AL, a par. in the eastern div. of Morpeth ward, of Northumberland, 3 miles to theE. of Mor- peth. d 2i N. of Longhirst station, on the North- railway. It is situated in a hilly and pictu- untry, not far from the sea-coast, oil the north river AVansbeck, and contains the tnshps. gton-with-Sheepwash, Longhirst, Bothal De- Id Moor, and Pegsworth. Bothal was the site f, rebuilt in the reign of Edward III. by Robert nt that time governor of Newcastle, who dis- tinguisjd himself against the Scots, and in the battle -: .-*H6ur Dpiam captured William Douglas. From the Bern .1 the barony passed by marriage to the Ogles and tlif Cavendishes, and is now held by the Duke of F' > i i T i who is lord of the barony and chief landowner. The ditiet contains abundance of coal. The living is a, : ' five sch 1 /three S the dioc. of Durham, of the val., with the . perpet. rs. of Sheepwash and Hcbburn annexed to it, in the patron, of the Duke of Portland. The dedicated to St. Andrew. In the chancel is a mar iily fine monument of alabaster to one of the ' ly and his spouse, with recumbent effigies and tea. There is a chapel of ease at Hcbburn, and for boys and girls within the parish, besides day-schools. There is a small free school at trk, founded by the Ogles in 1740, which has [_>* enlfment of 15 a year. The other parochial charit a: including a bequest for education, are worth about 10 a year. The ruins of the castle, consisting of the keep and a portion of the walls, stand on a rock in the valley of the Wansbeck, surrounded by rising grounds covered with woods. Cockle Park Tower, situated near the river, was the seat of the Bertrams and the Ogles. Near the village of Bothal are sonic re- mains of a Lady-chapel. The par. comprises an area of 7,593 acres, the sole property of the Duke of Portland. At Bothal Demesne is a considerable collier}-. BOTHAMSALL, a par. in the Hatfield div. of the hund. of Bassetlaw, in the co. of Nottingham, miles to the W. of Tuxford railway station, and 7 S.W. from Retford. OUerton is its post town. It lies on the banks of the small rivers Poulter and Meden, branches of the Idle, not far from the Great Northern railway. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 52, in .the patron, of the Duke of Newcastle, who is also lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1845. There are some charities of small value. Near the village is a barrow called Castle Hill. BOTIIEL, ii tnshp' joined with Threapland, in the par. of Torpcnhow, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the co. of Cumberland, 8 miles to the E. of Mary- port. There is much limestone in the neighbourhood. BOTHENHAMPTON, a par. in the lib. of Lothers and Bothenhampton, Bridport div. of the co. of Dorset, near Bridport. It is situated on the east shore of Brid- port harbour. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 46, in the patron, of Sir M. H. Ni'pean, Bart. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. BOTH-HERGESTS, a tnshp. in the par. of Kington, hiind. of Huntington, in the co. of Hereford, 2 miles from Kington. BOTH KENNA1!, a par. in the co. of Stirling, Scot- land, 4 miles to the N. of Falkirk. It is situated in a level and cultivated country on the south bank of the Forth, and contains part of the vil. of Carronshore. The living, of the val. of 202, is in the presb. of Stir- ling, and in the patron, of J. Dallas, Esq. BOTHWELL, a par. in Middle ward, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland, 9 miles to the S.E. of Glasgow. It i.-i .situated on the north bank of the river Clyde, where the South Calder meets it, and contains the vils. of Bothwell, Bellshill, Chapelhill, Holytown, Newarthill, and Uddingstone, comprising altogether a population of 17,898, according to the census of 1861. The Caledonian railway crosses the parish, and there are stations at Holytown and Uddingstona. Bothwell is one of the most ancient baronies in Scotland, and has been held by several families, who have obtained a name in history, as the Murray s, Hepburns, Douglases, Stewarts, &c. The neighbourhood is rich in associations of the past. Here stood one of the most important fortresses in Scotland, founded at a very remote period, and early made the head of a barony. Tho castle fell into the hands of Edward I., in 1301, but he did not hold it long. In 1336 Edward III. took up his quarters there for a short time. The magnificent ruins of this castle, which was an immense quadrangular pile, flanked by two great circular towers, are situated on a hill rising from the Clyde, presenting a grand front to the south. The river curves pleasantly round the foot of the hill, and on the opposite (south) bank are the picturesque remains of the small priory of Blantyre. The banks of the river are wooded, and the scenery is striking and beautiful. How a poet is touched by the solemn visions of the past and the glorious beauty of the present, blended in this scene, Wordsworth has told us in one of his sonnets, and better still in the eloquent note appended to it. " Bothwell Banks " are the theme of a favourite Scottish song. Bothwell Bridge was the scene of the defeat of the Covenanters by the Duke of Monmouth, in June, 1679, about three weeks after their victory over Claverhouse at Drumelog. The bridge was at that time very narrow, and had a gateway at one end. It has been widened from 12 feet, the original breadth of the roadway, to 34 feet, and the gateway no longer exists. Near Bothwell Haugh, once the estate T T