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Rh BOUSFIELD. 327 BOW. is nect. in the dioc. of Worcester, of the val. of 350, in e patron, of Mrs. Shuckburgh. The church is dedated to St. Mary. The charitable endowments of thearish are worth about 20 a year. The village is a me for the North Warwickshire hounds. I'USFIELD, a hmlt. in the par. of Orton, East wa;, in the co. of Westmoreland, not far from Orton. JiUSTA, a hmlt. in the par. of Dunrossness, Main- Ian Shetland Islands. It is seated on the west side of the land, on the coast of St. Magnus' Bay. ] 'USTEAD HILL, a tnshp. in the par. of Burgh- by-inds, Cumberland ward, in the co. of Cumberland, 7 n es to the W. of Carlisle. The Ship canal, connect- ing 'arlisle -with the Sol way Frith, passes this place. I'UTHROP. See LEACH-MAHTIN, EAST, Glouces- ter 1 - re. 1 VENEY, LOWER, a chplry.in the par. andhund. fit irnham, in the co. of Buckingham, 2 miles to the W. ' Windsor. It is situated on the north bank of the -. The living is a perpet. cur., annexed to the vie. ham, in the dioc. of Oxford. The church is dedi- catt to St. Mary Magdalene. 1 VENEY, UPPER, a lib. in the hund. of Burn- nd co. of Buckingham, near Lower Bovcney. 1 V EN HILL, a prebend in the par. oi Tottenhall, -outh div. of the hund. of Seisdon, in the co. of S I rd. I VERAGH, a par. in the bar. of Keenaght, in the co. Londonderry, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles froi Dungiven. It is situated in a fertile and cultivated dist ;t, on the banks of the river Roe, and was the site of ( monastery founded about the middle of the 6th ceni -y by St. Columb, and demolished by the Danes. Hei are valuable quarries of building stone, which sup- plie the material for the episcopal palace at Ballyscul- lerwards taken down, and the fine portico of .'dorns the church of St. George, Belfast. Dun- give crystals are found in the neighbourhood. Some people are employed as linen weavers. The i a a rect. in the dioc. of Deny and liaphoe, of .ual val. of 529, in the patron, of the bishop. iirch is a handsome modern edifice, with a lofty landing near the river. It was built in 1823. nKiins oi' tliu old church are near it. Vestiges of stone circles and cromlechs exist here. The
 * 1 seats in the parish are Ballyharrigan, Streth

. and Ardenariff. BVERIDGE, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Crai jrne, East Shaston div. of the co. of Dorset, 2 > the N. of Cranborne, its post town. The living is a crpet. cur., annexed to the vie. of Cranborne, in .of Salisbury. There is an almshouse in the . The principal residence is Boveridge House. . KRTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Lantwit-Major, i Cowbridge, in the co. of Glamorgan, South A .1. . 4 miles to the S. of Cowbridge. The Roman lied the Via Julia, passed by this place, which ved to have been the station Bovium. In the urhood are two ancient encampments, and ins of a castle which was granted by Henry the Duke of Bedford. Roman relics have been red here. B' 'EY, NORTH, a par. in the hund. of Teignbridge, in t: co. of Devon, 2 miles to the S.W. of Morton Han itead. Exeter is its post town. It is situated in sant district on the West Teign river, near East i I ill. Extensive tin-mines are worked in the 'Ourhood. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of, of the val. of 263, in the patron, of the Earl of I on. The church is dedicated to St. John the t. The charitable endowments, consisting of seve- uests for education, produce 9 a year. A cattle fair hold here on the Monday after Midsummer-day. I! 7EY-TKACEY, or SOUTH BOVEY, a par. in the l.nd. of Teignbridge, in the co. of Devon, 4 miles W. of Chudleigh. Newton Abbott is its post towi It is situated on the banks of the Wrey, or West Teigiriver, and contains Bovey-Heathfield, an exten- siv.' vel common, lying very low, and surrounded by hills. On this common are found beds of lignite, or wood coal, called generally Bovey coal, formed of trees which have sunk into the swamp. Its bad smell while burning unfits it for household purposes. The clay used in the pottery works is brought from King's-Teignton. Near the village is a manufactory of earthenware. Anti- mony and basalt occur in small quantities. Many of the inhabitants are employed in working the coal and in the pottery. Bovey was formerly a market town, under a grant to the lord of the manor by Henry III. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of 450, in the patron, of the crown. The church is dedi- cated to St. Thomas a Becket. It is an ancient building, and contains a stone pulpit decorated with colour and gilding. There is also a small district church, recently built for the use of the pottery district, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. The Baptists and Wesleyans have chapels in the village. There is a free school, endowed by several persons with an income of 40 per annum, and some other charities worth about 10 a year. An alien priory once existed here. The building was converted into a manufactory in 1772. In the village are some remains of an old cross. Fairs for the sale of cattle are held on Easter Monday, Holy Thursday, and the first Thursday in June and in November. BOVIEL, a hmlt. in the bar. of Keenaght, in the co. of Londonderry, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles to the S.E. of Dungiven. BOVINGDON, or HEMEL-BOVINGDON, a par. in the hund. of Dacorum, in the co. of Hertford, 3 miles to the S.W. of Hemel-Hempstead, its post town. It was till recently a chplry. of Hemel-Hempstead. The London and North- Western railway passes near it. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Rochester, and in the patron, of the Hon. G. D. Ryder. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. There are charitable endowments, pro- ducing 14 per annum. BOW, or NYMET-TRACEY, a par. in the hund. of North Tawton with Winkley, in the co. of Devon, 7 miles to the W. of Crediton, its post town, and 14 miles to the N.W. of Exeter. It is situated on a small stream, a branch of the river Taw, and was formerly a market town. The grant of a market and a fair was obtained of Henry III. in 1258, by the Traceys, who then held the manor. In 1646 a body of royalists was surprised here by Cromwell. The living is a rect. in. the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. with that of Broad Nymet, of 533, in the patron, of F. Vandermeulen, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Here is a chapel belonging to the Independents, and a free school for ten children, founded in 1682 by John Gould, and endowed with 8 a year. There are other charitable endowments, worth about 60 per annum. BOW, or STRATFORD -BOW, a par. in the Tower div. of the huud. of Ossulstone, in the co. of Middlesex, 3 miles to the E. of St. Paul's. It is a station on the North London railway, which is here joined by the North- Western and Docks Junction railway. The Blackwall railway is connected with the Great Eastern railway, which passes this place, and has a station at Stratford, by a short branch line from Bromley. The par. is situated on the river Lea, and three circumstances of the locality are alluded to in its compound name : that a Roman way (itratum) passed by it ; that a ford existed here ; and that the river was crossed by a bridge. The Roman road led to Leyton, in Essex. The bridge, a very ancient one, is said to have been built by order of Maud, Queen to Henry I., and consisted of three arches, the middle one being much larger than the others. It was by some assigned to a much earlier age. The roadway was very narrow, and after the addition of a new footway on the outside of the wall, the bridge was, in 1834, rebuilt. Bow was originally a chapelry to the parish of Stepney, and so remained till 1730, when it 'was constituted a parish of itself. It includes the district of Old Ford and part of Victoria Park. It is the site of the East London Water- works, several large manufactories, Bow Brewery, and Grove Hall Lunatic Asylum. The par. is included in the