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Rh BOWER-CHALK. 329 BOWNESS. Aslit, hund. of Hartclifle, in the co. of Somerset, 3 inilet > the S.W. of Bristol. It is near the Bristol and Exi't' railway. The principal residence is Ashton C'-iur the seat of Sir J. Smyth, Bart. BC/ER-CHALK, a par. in the hund. of Chalk, in, the c of Wilts, 7 miles to the S.W. of Wilton. It lies on 11 borders of Dorsetshire. The living is a vie. v.-ith the consolidated vie. of Broadehalk and iuii, in the dice, of Salisbury. The church is dwlic ed to the Holy Trinity. The par. contains an area 2,966 acres. B<yER, EAST and WEST, limits, in the par. of Bridjater, hund. of North Petherton, in the co. of . Someet, not far from Bridgwater. B(J, T ER, HINTON, a. hrnlt. joined with Hurst, in . and hund. of Martock, in the co. of Somerset, from South Petherton. BORERS GIFFOED, a par. in the hund. of Bar- . Ealei i is its post town. It is situated in a flat marshy near the mouth of the river Thames, opposite to Island. The living is a rect. in the dioe. of r, of the val. of <J64, in the patron, of Mrs. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. Hall is the chief residence. BO/Eg, a par. in the wap. of Gilling West, in the iard Castle, its post town. It is a very extensive mprising an area of 18,334 acres, and is situated ak country, on the verge of Stainmoor Forest, " and d the banks of the river Greta. It contains the -oral other limits. Bowes is a very ancient nid the site of the Roman station, Larntrce. 'I'll- ilitary road may still be traced in the neigh- d. Subsequently a castle was founded here ii Earl of Richmond, who had a gallows, and 1 1 d the Black Earl. This castle was afterwards John Duko of Bedford, and later by Henry VI.
 * stable in the co. of Essex, 6 miles to the S. of Billericay.
 * Nortl Riding of the co. of York, 4 miles to the S.W.
 * tush]: of Gillmouby, the hmlt. of Bowes-Cross, and
 * is of the pile stand on the brow of a hill above

ta. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of val. 90, in the patron, of T. Harrison, Esq. u ch is partly in the Norman style, and is dedi- >'; . ( liles. This village was the home, and this i.s the burial-place, of the lovers " Edwin and uver whose passion and mournful fate, as told in pathetic ballad, so many hearts have ached, and ! m,i eyes grown moist. They rest in one grave. Their . died in March, 1714. In the village is a chapel liyans, and a free grammar school, established close of the 17th centuiy by William Hutchin- i. li has an income from endowment of 260 per and an exhibition at Cambridge University. re some other small charities. Many Roman .ins, and stones with inscriptions, have been ilic parish. Camden mentions the use of one itter in the church as a communion table. Two >m the village is God's-bridge, a natural bridge ovi r lii Greta, consisting of a rock of limestone through lie river has worn its way. It is about 15 feet in up;' and broad enough to serve for a good eaniage V market was formerly held here on Friday, and i the 1st October, but both are disused. LAND FOREST, HIGH, a tnshp. in the par. " nf Nl; burn, wap. of Staincliffe and Ewcross, in'tlie iding of the co. of York, 9 miles to the S.W. of Settle It is one of the largest tnshps. in England, ex- iiii over an area of 17,800 acres, and including the Its if Dunsap and Battrix. The par. of Slaidbum, h at of Hitlon and part of Whalley, formed the -iei Bowland (or Bolland) Forest, on the banks of r Hodder. Within the present centuiy it was the h nt of wild deer. The office of head-forester is ry in the Parker family, whose seat is Browse- holmo lall, near the village. The district is now cn- id under tillage. It formed part of the honour < Toe. BO LAND FOREST, LOW, a tnshp. in the par. of the n Whalley, wap. of Staincliffe and Ewcross, in the West Eiding of the co. of York, near High Bowland Forest. It contains the hnilt. of Harrop. BOWLAND, LITTLE, a tnshp. united with Lea- gram, in the par. of Whalley, hund. of Blackburn, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 9 miles to the N.W. of C'litheroe. It is on the border of Yorkshire, on the banks of the river Hodder, and was part of the Forest of Bowland. BOWLD, a hmlt. in the par. of Idbury, hund. of Chadlington, in the co. of Oxford, 5 miles to the N. of Burford. It is on the border of Gloucestershire. BOWLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Bodcnham, hund. of Broxash, in the co. of Hereford, 4 miles to the S.E. of Leominster. BOWLING, a tnshp. and chplry. in the par. of Brad- ford, wap. of Morley, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles from Bradford. It is a station on the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax branch of the Great Northern railway. The tnshp. includes the vil. of Dud- ley Hill. This place participates in the general trade and manufactures of the district. Many persons are employed in the neighbouring coal and iron-works. There are good stone quarries. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of Bradford. The church is dedicated to St. John. Bowling Hall, a fine old scat, was occupied by the Earl of Newcastle as his headquarters, in 1642, and from it ho set out to meet Fairfax, whom he defeated on Adwalton Moor. BOWLING BAY, a vil. in the par. of Old Kilpatrick, in the co. of Dumbarton, Scotland, 4 miles to the E. of Dumbarton. It is a station on the Dumbartonshire rail- way. It stands on the north bank of the Clyde, where the Clyde and Forth canal meets it, and is a port subor- dinate to Glasgow. Bowling Bay forms a good harbour and has a lighthouse. Shipbuilding for small sea-going vessels has long been carried on here. BOWLING GREEN, an ext. par. district in the borough of Guildford, hund. of Woking, in the co. of Surrey, near Guildford. BOWMORE, a small seaport in the par. of Kilarrow, and island of Islay, in the co. of Argyle, Scotland, situated on the E. side of Loch Indaal. The parish church of Kilarrow is in this town, from which the par. is often called Bowmore. The living, worth 158, is in the presb. of Islay, and in the gift of the crown. Hero is a large distillery. The principal seat is Islay House. The par. of Kilarrow, or Bowmore, extends in length about 17 miles, and in breadth 8 miles, including Kil- meny, Bridgend, Port Askeg, and the town of Bow- more, and is watered by the rivers Sorn and Lngs-an. BOWNESS, or BOULNESS, a par. in Cumberland ward, in the co. of Cumberland, 12 miles to the W. of Carlisle, its post town, and 10 N. of Wigton. It is situated on the south coast of the Solway Frith, on a rocky promontory, where the Carlisle Ship canal termi- nates. Drumburgh station of the Carlisle and Silloth, and Port Carlisle railway is about 3 miles distant. The par. includes the tnshps. of Anthorn, Bowness, Drum- burgh, and Fingland. The Solway is here 2 miles broad, and, from the accumulation of sand at its mouth, can be crossed at low water on foot. Opposite to Bowness is Annan, in Dumfriesshire. The great wall of Severus terminated at a point a little rastward of the village, where was the station Tunnocclum. The wall of Hadrian did not extend quite so far, but terminated near Drum- burgh, at the station called Gabroscnttim. The vil!: stands on a rock projecting into the Solway, of which it commands a good prospect. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, of the val. of 393, -in the patron, of the Earl of Lonsdale. The church, a small ancient building, is dedicated to St. Michael. The parochial charities, including a free school, endowed by Thomas Pattinson in 1785, produce 24 per annum. Remains of the Roman wall still exist, and many coins and other relics have been found. Stone from the wall was used in the erection of the church and many private houses. The par. of Bowness is very extensive, and comji> : uu
 * imes were Roger Wrighton and Martha Railton,