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Rh BRAMPTON. 315 BRAMPTOX-BKYAX. , l,260.ud has an average attendance of 150 children. The in it-school has an average attendance of 100 chil- dren, 'n a rock by the river Gelt, 2 miles to the S. of Bramp n, is a Roman inscription, attributed by some to
 * the sol' jrs of Agricola, but by others considered to bo

of mu later origin, probably about the year 207. Nuwoi. Castle and Lanercost Priory are each about 2 nn this town. Eastward of Brampton is a ical mount, called the Mote, or the Castle Hill, ' >ot of which aro traces of an ancient camp, b summit of which commands a very wide pros- stward over Carlisle and tho flat country to the "iway'rith, northwards towards Bewcastle and tin mountains, and eastward to the Cheviot Hills ile 1'Vll. The market, chiefly for corn, is held y. Fairs for the sale of cattle, pigs, horses, p, are held on the 20th April, the second AVed- iie- ! tier AVhitsuntide, the second Wednesday in r, and tho '23rd October; and for the sale "n the 17th Jnne. An annual regatta and match is held in the month of August at a shori lance IVom the town, on the banks of a small lal ' i Tulkin Tarn. I ' i i PTON, a par. in the hund. of Scarsdale, in tho j-. co. of J rby, 3 miles to the AV. of Chesterfield, its post 1 ICO from London. It is situated on the Ches- erfiehl nd Gainsborough canal, and contains the limit. dial and ironstone are abundant here, are some extensive iron-works in the neigh- if the inhabitants are employed in the of pottery, fire-bricks, tobacco-pipes, &c. to factories for the manufacture of india- li'3. cotton-wicks, and lint. The church
 * i tn St. Peter is a plain building, with a square

, d ''ontains several ancient family monuments. h lias lieen erected in the eastern part of paih, called New Brampton, and is dedicated to Thas ; it contains 700 sittings, of which half are of both are perpet. curs.* severally l.")l), and in the patron, of the bishop. The us and I'rimitm-.Mi thodists have chapels here, e a X'atinnal school and a small endowed school in nine of 11 a year. The parochial charities altogether ahmit .85 per annum. Brampton I' the principal mansions. The Duke of re is lord of the manor. 'iN, a par. in the hund. of Leightoustonc, be of Huntingdon, 1 mile to the AA r . of Hunting-, iti ist town. It lies on the AV. side of the river he living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Ely, of the t 60, in the patron, of the Bishop of Ely. The ieatcd to St. Mary. It is partly in the per- . ie of architect ure, and has a beautiful porch ith side. It contains a monument to Sir John nariBart., of Brampton Park, who died in 1679. chutablo endowments of the parish are worth 16 i'.rampton was the birthplace (1632) of Samuel
 * of the well-known " Diary." He filled

of Secretary to the Admiialty, and was elected ut 'the Knyal Society in 1684. Bramptou Park ut of Lady Olivia H. Sparrow. The mansion i' -iiit in 1820, and contains several interesting raitjof the St. John family. 'N T, a tnshp. in the par. of Torksey and , parts of Lindscy, in the co. of Lincoln, 7 Trent. JRA PTON, a par. in the hund. of South Ermngham, of Norfolk, 2 miles to the S.E. of Aylsham, its . It is situated on the river Bure, which is na .'able for barges, &c. The living is a rect. in it Norwich, of the val. of 160, in the patron. Marsham, Esq. The church is dedicated to '"of H. } ! urns an . i I co. of X
 * s t< the S. of Gainsborough. It lies not far from
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VOL. and has a round tower with an octangular Ian- re are some charities of small amount. Roman elics have been found here. 'TON, a par. iii the hund. of Cbrby, in the hampton, 6 miles to the S.W. of Rockingham. arberough is its post town. The living is a I rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, of the val. of -100, in the patron, of Earl Spencer. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, contains two monumental brasses. The parochial charities amount to 6 a year. The rec- tory of this parish was once held by Bishop Cumberland. BRAMPTOX, a par. in the hund. of Blything, in the co. of Suffolk, 4 miles to the N.E. of Halesworth. AVang- ford is its post town. It is a station on the East Suflulk section of the Great Eastern railway. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of 434, in the patron, of the Rev. Gr. 0. Leman. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The charitable endowments of the parish, including 9, the income of a school, amount to 65 per annum. Brampton Hall has long been the seat of the Leman family, who hold the ui.uiur. About 1 mile from the village is Brumpton Old Hall. BRAMPTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Long Marten, East ward, in the co. of AVestmoreland, 2 miles to the N. of Appleby, and 1 mile from the Appleby station of the Eden Valley railway. There are no remains of tho mansion formerly existing here, the seat of the Burtons, who had the manor through the Viteriponts, Groystocks, and other families. BRAMPTON-ABBOTT'S, a par. in the hnnd. of Greytree, in the co. of Hereford, 1 mile to tho N. of Roes, its post town. It is situated on the E. bank of the river "Wye, near the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western railway. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Hereford, of the val. of 245, in the patron, of the bishop of the diocese. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The parochial charities are of small value. BRAMPTON-BIERLOAV, a tnshp. in the par. of AVath-upon-Dearne, wap. of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the AVest Riding of the co. of York, 5 miles to the S.E. of Barnsley. Rotherham is its post town. It is situa- ted on the Dove and Dearno canal, and includes the hmlt. of Coley Lane and several others. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the extensive iron-foundries, of which there are several in the neighbourhood. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, of the val. of 150, in the patron, of the Vicar of AVath-upon-Dearne. Tho church was erected in 1855. Tho charitable endow- ments consist of bequests by George Ellis in 1711, and by Jolm Higson in 1814, for various benevolent pur- poses, and produce about 170 per annum. The income is principally applied to the support of a free school, which unded in IS 18 by the trustees of George Ellis. BRAMPTON-BRYAN, a par. chiefly in the hund. of Wigmore, in the co. of Hereford, but partly also in the hund. of Knighton, in the co. of Radnor, South Wales, 6 miles to the N. of Presteiern. Shrewsbury is its post town. It lies on the S. bank of the river Teme, and includes the tushps. of Boresford, the hmlts. of Pedwar- dine and Brampton-Bryan, and the lordship of Stanage, tho last being the only part of the par. in Radnor- shire. The castle, which was founded here before the reign of Edward I., was the seat of the Harley family. It stood several sieges, and being garrisoned for the parliament in the civil war of the reign of Charles L, was at last burnt by the royalists. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Hereford, of the val. of 350, in the patron, of Lady Langdale. The church is dedicated to St. Barnabas, and contains a monument to Robert Harley, the first Earl of Oxford, by whose son, the second earl, the valuable collection of MSS. named after him the Harleian, and now in the British Museum, was formed. Part of the church was destroyed with the castle during the Civil War. There is a free school, en- dowed with 19 a year, the produce of a bequest by the Hon. Edward Harley in 1721. Coxwall Knoll, in an adjacent township, is interesting as tho situ of a camp occupied by the Britons under Caractacus, before his final defeat by Ostorius. Not far from the church are the remains of the ancient castle, consisting of the gate- house, flanked by two round towers, and part of the walls. Brampton Park occupies an elevated situation, and covers an area of above 6 miles in circuit, but con- tains no residence. A cattle fair is held in the village on the 22nd of Juno.