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Rh BOYATT. 332 BOYNF. IIII, I.. vat 469, in the patron, of G. Thornhill, Esq. The chur itett to St. Peter, and contains a monu- t< i J>r. Nicholas Saundereon, the Muni mathenm- tician, and professor at Cambridge University, who died here in I'VJ. There are some charities of small value, and a village school, supported by subscription, insti- tuted in 1839. The soil is still' (lay, with a blue gault subsoil. BOYATT, a tythg. in the par. of < Ht. -rbourno, hund. of Lower Buddlesgate, in the <. >!' Southampton, 4 miles to the 8. of Winchester. The Ixjndon and South- West<'m railway passes near it. BOYCOTT, a tnshp. in the par. of Pontcsbury, hunil. nf Ford, in the co. of Salop, 7 milo to tin- S.V. of Shrewsbury. It is not far from the Shrewsbury and Hereford railv.av. BOYCOTT, or BOYCUTT, a hmlt. in the ]>ar. of Stowe, in the bund, of Ploughley, and co. of Bucking- ham, 2 miles from Buckingham. Until recently it formed part of Oxfordshire. BOYLAGH BARONY, one of the 6 bars, or sub- divisions of the co. of Donegal, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, situated on the western side of the co., and bounded on the X. and K. by the bar. of Kilmacrecnan, on the 8. by tho bar. of Banagh, and on the W. by the Atlantic Ocean. It contains parts of the pars, of Inishkeel (in- cluding tho vil. of Glenties), Lower Kill^'begs, Letter- macaward, and Templecronc, and comprises an area of about 158,500 acres. BOYLE BARONY, one of the 9 bars, or subdivisions of the co. of Roscommon, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, situated in the north-west part of the co., and bounded on the N.W. by the cos. of Mnyo and Sligo, on the E. by tho co. of Leitrim, and on the 8. by the bars, of Ros- common and Ballintobber. It contains the pars, of Ardcann, Boyle, Estcrnow, Kilbryan, KUlukin, Killum- mod, Kilroiiiin, Keadew, and Tumna. The market town of Boyle, and part of Carrick-on-8hannon, are in this barony. It extends over an area of about 82,860 acres. BOYLE, a par., market town, and nominal borough, in the bar. of Boyle, and co. of Roscommon, prov. of Connnught, Ireland, 108 miles to tho N.W. of Dublin. It is situated on the border of Sligo, in a narrow valley at tho foot of the Curlew mountains, on tho bonks of the river Boyle. The river runs down from Lough (iara, on tho south-west side of the town, to Lou the north-oast, and thence to tho Shannon, which it meets above Carrick. This par., which i naive, comprising an area of about 1 9,6 18 acres, includes a largo tract of bog and waste ; the rest of the land is mostly cultivated, and there is abundance of limestone and freestone. A Cistercian monastery was founded on this spot in the middle of the 12th century, which was subor- dinate to Jlellifont Abbey, in the co. of Louth, and nourished till the Dissolution. Around this monastery the town grew up. It is built on both sides the older part on the north, and the more modern part on the south bank. They are connected by three bridges, ii elegant structure of three arches, on the site of an older one taken down ; the second of one single-arch; and a third of five arches. Host of the houses stone. The town contains a sessions-house, a bi-i'lewell, a market-house, barracks for infantry, and the unii.n house. The borough was incorporated in 1613 by .1 charter of James I., and returned two members to the Irish parliament till the Union. Boyle is the head of a Poor-law Union, and a chief police station. Qn nnd petty sessions are held in the town. A the large agricultural district it has a good p< trade. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Kflmote, Ai- dagh, and Klphin, nf the val., with (seven vies, united to it, of 5(16, in tho patron, of the hl-hop. Hi-sides the j. . 1>, there are two chapels belonging to < 'at holies, and one each to : There are a savings-bank, ty, and two dispensarii miles i.L'hain House, ;i noble nian- of an hid ; Lord n, iTopric! -in. It is surroiiinled l.y an ( xd n-i vc and well-wooded jxirk, and has four tppra in the nciL'lihoiiihood are Taniriit th S tna Erris. There are some tine ruins of the abbey grounds of Tangier. They consist chiefly of thet and its noble tower. Remains of a round tove near the bridge, ai a large croml wspaper is published here common (if I held on day. Fairs an- In M < tho 30th Jlav, the J.Oth .Inly, the 10th August, th, r, ana the 25th Noven IHIYI.SI' ii;, a par. in the hund. of Applet* >f Derby, 7 miles to tlie S. of in Sudhury railway statioi small stream, a feeder of tin a rect. in the dioc. of I I. 26 of Robert Pool, I John the Baptist, and has a small to' leyans and Primitive Methodist- ! Inge. There are some small i and a National school WUH built ii John Broadhurst, Ei| BOYNDIE, a par. u is sitnuti il on the ci>abt of the SI' two streams called Burn, on the west, and The Banff, 1 I>ar. Three-fourths of the par. arc reman wood. inhabitants u val. 205, is in the pre-b. < ! !'. i the Earl of Seafield. ( In the are the remains of IV the Ogilvie family, the ance>: who is now the sole landowner in the parish, a mineral spring at !!< '1 V1I. BOYNK, a river in Ir. lan.l, which taka hi i in tho bog of Allen, n< n and, pursuing a north-eastei of Mcath, dividing it into i upon the co. of Louth, and d miles below Drogheda. Its and it has a total towns on its banks are Clou, Trim, Navan, .Slane, and ]>r< lisi BBCT butary streams, of whii'h tl Deel, a river of West Jleath, me. : and th> Meath, and joining it at Navan up as Slanc, and from t i Navan. The const n m has diminishwl t! Coals, corn, anil 1 1 The navigation of the iiv. r i.- much in at its mouth, where the wad : Three lighthouses an OS, lioni L'S d, |n Boyne, i t!i<- en. nl sei iii iv, tlir i-haini of which i Seliei' III' Illllli- militaiy. As lielaml ii^rll has bs9OI ll.-es mar ledge, has acquired the designation oi ." Tho Boyne has acquired hi* nice from the bat: in ' w ' .lit on its l.ankson theli hotswut and kini;, William III.. The scene of tho dei i miles above Dro;. the s eirntly . A i stands on the north bai It is I.". is said d> li;n. !,.ii n. In th N'lthnnn bailnl up this river and ravagwlt IK lY.XK II II. I., a eliplry. in tin i