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Rh BRANDOH. 348 rsroN. was the birthplace of Eyre, Lord Mayor >( Ixuidon in tin- middle of tin' I'j'h century, and founder of i i nli.iU Market. Tin' r.iand"iis, Dubs of Suffolk, had tln'ir name ti'.m this place, which also gives the ' duke tot>. Hamilton and Brandon. In tin- vii'initv :u. tli" remains of ft Roman i-iirain|iii]i'iit. l!rund"ii I'aik is the sent of the Baron do Bliss, lord of the manor. In the neighbourhood are sf ,il other pleasant seats m es of the gentry; the chief ...I which are Brandon Hall, North Court Lod^' Ion House, a haiid'.'iin' hrick building on the tuaiket day. Fairs are held on the 14th Fehriiai y, the llth Jin, the llth Nuvenilier, chii-llv fur cattle and toys. I'.KANIMIX, a tnshp. in the par. of Wolston, and hund. of Knightlow, in the c,o. of Warwick, ii mi the K. of Coventry. It is seated on the banks . river Avon, and in a station on the London and Nmth- Wi .-Tern lailway. A castle was founded here soon the Norm - of it still exist. The chiefi Urandon House. BK A N I >( i | -A | ; VA, a par. in the hund. of Forehoe, in the co. of Norfolk, 5 miles to the N. of Wymond- ham, its post town. The Great Eastern railway pane* within a short distance. The living is a reel, in the dioc. of Norwich, of the val. of I'^si, in the patron, of Isaac Preston, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a tree school, endowed with 12 a year, ami other charities which produce about 16 per annum. BKANDSBl'RTON, u par. in tho northern div. of the wap. of Holdcrness, in the East Riding of the co. of York, 7 miles to tho N.E. of Bovcrley, its post town. The geological formation of this district is particularly interesting from the numerous irregular mounds of gravel and sand, which denote the am i.nt oH'eets of sra-rurrents, for all Holderness was a sea-lied in the glacial period. Of these, the long, curved mound of Brandsbiirton, called the BarfT, is one of the most singular, and in it hare been found the remains of tho minnmnt.li. At the beginning of the 17th cen- tury tho manor belonged to Lady Dacrcs, and was given by her to the lord mayor and aldermen of Ixm- 1 'ii in trust for Emanucl Hospital, Westminster, which was founded by her, and now derives a rental from these lands of "1,1 16 19. 4<?., which is, however, at present injudiciously applied, and requires to bo in- vestigated by a Royal Commission. Tho living is a rect.* in tho "dioc. of York, of the annual val. of 895,. in tho patron, of tho Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church, which is chiefly in the ndicular style, is dedicated to St. Mary, an tains a monumental brass of a priest who died in 1 :;<'. I, and another of one of the St. Quintins and his lady. Tho Wesley. in Methodists Irm- a chapel here, and are free schools with an income from endowment i per annum, which is augmented by the trustees of Knianucl Hospital to 160. The other parochial ch produce about 7 a year. The Holderness hounds occa- Brandsbiirton Moor. BHAND8BY, or BHANSBY, a par. in the wap. of Buhner, in the North Hiding of the co. of York, 6 miles to the N.K. of Easingwold. York is its post town It includes the hmlt. of Stearsby. The living is a i in tho dioc. of York, of the val. of 6'28, in the patron. Cholmeley, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Thoproduco of the parochial charities is 7 a principal sett is llrandsby Hall. BRAND'8-FEET. a lil.., dii.lly in tho par. of Little Missenilcn, bund, of Aylesbury, hut partly in the par. hund "I DesDorougn, in the co. of r.iirkic : le.stothcN. of Hii;h V, r.KAMAVMiil), and BBANDWOOD HKillKl; S I iS, hmlts. in the tnshp. of Spotland. and ].ar. of Hoc hdale, in the hund. of Sal ford, co. pala- iles to the N. of Rochdale. H|;AM>Y-ST|;I:|:T, ;l hmlt.inthe]ar. ol Sohvorthy, hund. of ('arhamptoii, in the co. of Somers. tin- W. i.t Minehiftid. It is seated in a beautiful district near the coast of the Bristol ( 'hannel. l,l;.M Ii;i.H. Sa BEAINTFIELII, Hertforiih Hl.'ANKSI.A, a chplry. in the ]r. of Stnd! the co. of Dorset, not far i'rom 1'oolc, its poet to, liviiiL- is a ]i>T]nt. cur., val. 60, in the patron . r.l;.NN(iCKST(AVN,,,,. l:l;.XIXTipVN in the bar. (.1 South Naas, in th. . ll.lllld. ^ miles t" The living is united with tl.. i I'ul.'ii r.l.'ANsr.I'KY. a tytliL; and ki ' y, in thi' the S i I'..-!, and has tl.. ; an old ounp. lll.-ANSl'.Y, a tn.-hp. in I Well, and parts of I.inds.y. in tho c.> miles to the X.V In. r.i:AXscn.Mr.i tho co. of I ' : Sidni'iu post town. It is pleasantly sitojtd OB on a bay of the same name, i ionic n quarries of limestone. The living is n. of Exct.-r. I the val. of 1 ],.itn,n , Dean and Chapter of 1 to St. Winifred. BKAXM'AU [)K, a linJt of Farndale High Qu side, in the wap. ol York, 2 miles to t ' '.MI..K WKST-SIUK. of Kirkdalc, wap. of 1; the co. of York, 9 miles to t! toiler, in a hill BRANSFORD, a chplry. in the par. ol of Pcrshoro, in ; ' S.W. of Worcester. Jt CM 1'owick. Bransford Road is a rta' and Hereford branch 01 plry. is situat' d which is hero crossed I Worcester to Hereford, there are rich mead" In is an impropiiate vie. in tin church 1',!; ANSlii IKK. a vil. in tl.. County Court district Southampton, 6 miles to i! fn .in Ring-wood, its ] is the nearest railway station. The principally employed ii making, for which this 1. is a pcrpet. cur. in the .1 of tlii- tnl-tei'- . h. which is in the ]-erpendi< and s)iiiv, was 2,700, which in jiart wa i "inmissionera. It has a painted and c.;ntains L'Ml f i. ' Mitii parsonage-h ' hi irk bin. and ii .1 school, MI ; trihutions. Tin i. es are tin- i Lodge, the seat of Ladv Itingham ; and 1 i V 1'. .lesson, Esq. I'.KANM'V BRAN8TON,or BRAUNSTON, a i of Framland, in the co. of I n. Th in the dioc. ot 1'. "f the in the jiati'on. nt Kutlond. dedicated t'. >: i .nil;! ike. lilJANSTiiN. or HI: . d in tli. lih. of (hi- 1 i: n theco. of Lim '.In, 4 n -t town. It Boston and ihern rail* in the dioc. of Lineohi, o! the . of tho Rev. I'. Cu: h a it All Saints. The Wcsleynns have a chpd