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Rh BRADWELL ABBEY. 341 BRAIDLEY. rcgist dates from the year 1616. The par. comprises an an of about 2,383 acres, principally the property of Sir S.il. i'uto, Bart., who is lord of the manor. A Natioil school was built here in 1851. BiOWELL ABBEY, an ext. par. lib. in the hund. of Nc )ort, in the co. of Buckingham, near Bradwell. It wa.-lio site of a small Dominican priory, founded in the I'l century as a cell to Luffield Abbey, by Mein- felin, ron of Wolverton. It had a revenue of about ine Dissolution. >WELL-NEXT-COGGESHALL, a par. in the hund. :' Witham, in the co. of Essex, 2 miles to the - W. of oggeshall, its post town. It is situated on the river 1 ickwater, and is a port subordinate to the port . >n. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ro- of the val. of 258, in the patron, of M. P. C., Ksq. The church is dedicated to the Holy and contains monuments of the Maxey family, the manor formerly belonged. The parochial
 * i produce 25 per annum.

I ,L-NEXT-THE-SEA, a par. in the hund. H the co. of Essex, 10 miles N. of Burn- ham, ; It is s ', mouth the (Hi 15 miles to the E. of Maldon, its post town, ited on the coast of the German Ocean, at the the river Blackwater, and is supposed to be z of the Romans, and the Ithanchester at which built a church. It is called in Domesday Sur-
 * lu'ster, and stands on a promontory, forming

i horn of the Blackwater estuary. A coast- stationed here, and there are several decoys for 'he parish. The living is a rect.* in the line, (jf the annual val. of 1,624, in the t W. M. Warner, Esq. The church, which has i In 1'iy 'ick tower, commanding extensive views of the ,t;dto St. Thomas the Apostle. The chancel l'i-i-n rebuilt at the sole cost of the rector. i '6 schools, endowed by Dr. Buckeridge, venue of 280 per annum. Near the coast are
 * i'ins cfan ancient chapel, called Cnjii'lla tie la

used as a barn. Bradwell Lodge is the rec- , and was formerly the residence of the Rev. ,- Hate Dudley, Bart. V(. ID-WIDGER. See BROADWOOD-WIDGER, VORTHY, a par. in the hund. of Black Tor- i t he co. of Devon, 7 miles to the N. of Hols- - post town. It lies on the border of Corn- vail, mi ic Bude canal. The living is a vie.* in the Exeter, of the val. with the perpet. cur. of .1 Wyke annexed, of 2-13, in the patron, of the 'he church is dedicated to St. John the Bap- I Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. IEAD, a vil. in the par. of Camwath, in the lark, Scotland, 6 miles to the E. of Lanark. < i United Presbyterian church. . 1AR and CRATHIE, a par., forming part of -: rict of Braemar, in the co. of Aberdeen, It is the largest par. in Aberdeenshire, and in the mountainous country towards the head i r Dee. The sceneiy is magnificent and finely
 * iil large tracts being covered with forest, and

!i 8 running up among the towering mountains. r, 3,789 feet high, is partly within the par., ltains, besides, the lofty peaks of Cairntoul, or Beinn-muic-Dhuidh, 4,292, being the lest mountain in Britain; and Ben-na-Baird, Granite is the prevailing rock of the district ; re immense masses of slate and some lime- ore are large native woods of birch, with IMI1V '' Ut tlien poplar, mountain ash, &c., but the forest of lai, ii.e ling the Balloch-buie, is most famed for the ize and uality of its Scotch fir. It is well-stocked lid roe deer, and many kinds of game. The , lb erly held by the Earl of Mar, and forfeited him V"ii he headed the rebellion of 1715, now be- igs to i Earl of Fife, and the Farquharsons of In- caulil. The Dee is the principal river, intersecting pai is 'i om west to east, and dividing it into two nearly equal paiis. There are several waterfalls, of which the most remarkable are the Garrawalt, Corrie- mulzie, and the Linn of Dee. The chief lake is Loch Callater, about 2 miles in circuit. The par. contains the vils. of Castletown and Auchindryno, the former of which has the remains of an ancient castle, or hunting- seat, according to tradition, of Malcolm Canmore. The inhabitants of the parish speak the Gaelic language ; but English is generally understood. The living, worth about 300 a year, is in the presb. of Kincardine O'Niel, and in the gift of the crown. The church of Crathie, in which the minister of the united parishes preaches, is a plain edifice. It is not known at what time the parish of Braemar was annexed to that of Crathie. The Esta- blished Church of Scotland, in Braemar, is supplied by a missionary on the Royal Bounty, besides which there is a Roman Catholic chapel and a Free church, in connection with which last there is also one now building at Crathie, on the Abergeldie property. Near Castletown is Braemar Castle, the property of the Invercaulds. Near to the village of Monaltrie, in Crathio, beside the Dee, is a cairn called Cairn na Cuimhue, or " Cairn of Re- membrance," to which the clansmen, when called out by their chieftains, used to resort. There are several schools in the parish, a friendly society, and a savings-bank. It extends in length 28 miles eastward, and its greatest breadth is 15 miles. Since 1848 the royal family have spent the autumn at Balmoral, in Crathie ; and, by the building of the castle there, and the carrying out further improvements in the neighbourhood, fresh interest has been added to this part of the country. In addition to Balmoral Castle, there is also Abergeldie, a little to the east, belonging to Admiral Gordon ; and farther up the country, Invercauld House, the universally-admired seat of the Farquharsons ; as also Corriemulzio Cottage and Mar Lodge, the hunting seats of Lord Fife. BRAFFEliTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Great Ay- clift'e, ward of Darlington, in the co. palatine of Dur- ham, 4 miles to the N. of Darlington. The North- .Ka stern railway passes by it, and has a station at Ayclifi'e. BRAFFERTON, a par. partly in the wap. of Bul- mer, partly in that of Hallikeld, in the North Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles to the N.E. of Boroughbridge, its post town. It is a station on the Boroughbridge and Pihnoor branch of the North-Eastem railway. The par. includes the tnshps. of Brafferton, Thornton-Bridge, and Helperby. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 307, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. BRAFFORDS, a vil. in the tnshp. of Swanland, and par. of North Ferriby, in the wap. of Harthill, East Riding of the co. of York. 6 miles to the W. of Kings- ton-upon-Hull. The Hull, Selby, and Milford Junc- tion railway passes by it, and there is a station at Ferriby. BRAFIELD, or BRAYFIELD ON THE GREEN, a par. in the hund. of Wymersley, in the co. of North- ampton, 5 miles to the E. of Northampton. The North- ampton and Peterborough branch of the London and North- Western railway passes near it. The living is a vie. united with that oi' Little Houghton. in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. There are some charitable endowments for the benefit of the poor, amounting to 16 a year. BRAGBURY END, a hmlt. in the par. of Datch- worth, hund. of Broadwater, in the co. of Hertford. It is situated 1 mile N. of the vil. of Datchworth, 3 N.W. of Welwyii railway station, 4 S.E. from Stevenage, its post town, and 27 from London. BRAGRUM, a vil. in the par. of Methven, in the CO. of Perth, Scotland, 4 miles to the N.W. of Perth. BRAICH-MELYN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llanllechid, hund. of Uchaf, in the co. of Carnarvon, North Wales, 3 miles to the S.E. of Bangor. BRAIDLEY, a hmlt, in the tnshp. of Carlton High- dale, and par. of Coverham, in the wap. of Hang, North Riding of the co. of York, 8 miles to the S. W. of Middle- ham.
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