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Rh BRATTON-CLOVELLY. 360 i:i;.rNT(iN li but which is known to have boon cut about the iniddlo O f t ],, .i-s some resemblance to tho f am ,,i ! ,rse which gives name to a hill in Berk- shire. Various military remains have been found in the neighbourhood. 1 ; RATTON-CLOVELLY, a par. in tho laind. of Lif- ton, in tho co. of Devon, 8 miles to the W. i ' ( ik.-hamp- ton, its post town. The living is a rect.* in tlic Exeter, of the vol. of -112, in the patron, of tin; Bishop of Exeter. In this village was born the distinguished lawyer, Henry do Bracton, who flourished in the 13th century, and was author of the well-known work entitled "Do Legibus ot Cousuetudinibus Anglim." On a hill to the N. of this place, are the remains of a Roman en- campment, called Broadbury Castle, with a rampart and ditch. I : ! ; ATTON-FLEMING, a par. in the hund. of Braun- ton, in tho co. of Devon, 6 miles to the N.E. of Barn- staple, its post town. The living is a rect." in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of 55 1, in the patron, of the Master and Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Remains of an ancient circle of stones exist at Nightacott, near this place. The North Devon hounds meet at Bratton. BRATTON MANOR, a limit, in the par. of Minohead, hunil. of Carhampton, in the co. of Somerset, near Mine- head. BRATTON, ST. MAUR, or BRATTON SEYMOUR, a par. in the hund. of Norton-Ferris, in the co. of Somer- set, 2 miles to the N.W. of Wincanton, its post town. Tho living is a rect. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of tho val. of 161, in tho patron, of Sir R. Lopes, Bart., and .1 II. nK-, s ):-[., alternately. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. BRAUGHIN, a par. in tho hund. of Braughin, in the co. of Hertford, 34 miles to the 8.E. of Buntingford, 6 N.W. of Bishop Stortford railway station, and 'JH mil. s from London. Ware in its post town. It is situated on tho E. side of the river Rib, and is intersected by a small stream called tho Quin, which joins tho Rib just below vn. Braughin is supposed to have been the Ro- man station "Ad Fintt," and was a royal demesne in tho Saxon period, when it was named Brooking. Mention is made of it in Domesday Book under the name of Ura- rhinyet. The ancient way called Ermine Street passed I'v it, and a Roman camp of considerable extent existed in the vicinity of the town. It was formerly a market under a charter obtained in the reign of Stephen. Tho par. includes part of tho hmlt. of Puck, The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of l;>" 'h> ster, of tho val. of 260, in tho patron, of tho heirs of tho late Rev. W. Tower. Tho church, a large building with un embattled tower and spire, is dedicated to ^ It contains several monuments of the Brogravo family, whose chapel attached to the chancel is now converted into school and vestry rooms. There is a chapel belonging to tho Inde- pendents, a National school, and an almsnouse for widows. The charitable endowments of tho parish, including tho income of a small free school and a bequest for tho repair of bridges and other purposes, amount to 28 per annum. A house near the churchyard was conveniently furnished and given i yns for tho use of poor couples on occasion of their marriage, but it is not now applied to such purpose. At Campwood, S. of the village, on tho banks of the river, aro remains of a Roman which covered about 40 acres. A fair is held on Whit- Monda- sday. BRAUGI UN HUNDRED, one of tho eight bunds, or subdivisions of the co. of Hertford, situated in tho east- ern part of tho co., I on tin X. ),y the hund. of Edwinatreo, on the 8. and E. by the co. of Essex, and on the W. by the bunds, of Broadwater and Hertford. It contains tho pars, of Bishop Ktortlbrd, ilston, Hunsdon, Sawbridgcworth, i 'bot's, Thorloy, Thundridge,Ware, i d. The area of tho hund. is about IIKAIN' i:VKl,!,, or 1;|;ANSVKI.L. a par. to which that of Dunsby is joined, in tho wap. of Flax- well, parts of Kestevcn, in the co. of Lincoln, 4 :., i . its post town. Tl,, livingin . tioc. of Lincoln,, vruh it of Anwick and the roct. of Dumib', tho patron, of tli- M.u,|uii , . ' h' cbm dedicated to All Saints. IlKAl' N>'I i 'N. a ]ir. in the hund. of FtwiW i co. of Northampton, 3 miles to th, N.W Rugby is its post town. It is hu ~^. Warwickshire, on the Oxford and Grand Junction a which here unite. Peterborough, of the annual of the Principal and Fellows of Ji - The church, which was entirely i a large and handsome building in of architecture. It has a remarkably good i octagonal and docketed, 150 feet in cated to St. Giles. It stands on the brow west end of tho village, and forms a fine featuv i landscape. There aro chapels belonging to tht Ii; and Wesleyans, and a National school parUr iupn by endowment, the produce of a beqnart by w Makepeace in 17 33. Tin valu-ol ';. is about 200 per annum. Reynolds, afiamnfa Ei of Norwich, was once rector of this ] stone cross, which formerly stood in tho vQlin, ' consisted of a single block of stone, 11 feet in lie is now placed in the rectory garden. A curium tonmry tenure exists i), : which the widow of a i for her life on presenting yearly at the c, one groat in a leathern purse. BBA1 XSTON, : URANSTON.a par.fctt I of Oakham Soke, in the co. of Rutland, 5 mik t S.W. of Oakham, its post town. It lies on the I of Leicestershire, on the banks of tho small not far from the Syston and Peterborough Midland railway. Th< Peterborough, annexe! church is dedicated to A .. pane including an endowm.i amount to about 60 j Union about a mile from tho village. AUN8TONE, u chplry. in < hund. of Sparkenhoc, in tho co. of Ltioi to the 8.W! of Leicester, its post town tho Midland railway, and contains the , Braunstone Frith. The living U a JXTI to the rect. of Gleutield, in tl., The church is dedicated to St. John tha^^H chief residence is Braunstone Uall, oncetiitm'.e Hastings family. BRAUNSTONE-FRITH, an cxt.pmr of Qlenfield, and hund. of i- Leicester, near lirauns' BRiVUNTON, a par. in th the co. of Devon, 6 mi: post town. It is situate,! on tho roast < lie mouth < ' ntains a tract ot claimed from the sea. 'I parish, erected in 1820 for the guidance* bar at the entrance of tho Taw. They I yards apart, and tho lights, which ar fli one at tho distance of 11, and tl; Manganese has bocn found in this district, is a vie.* in the dioc. ol tho vmL the patron, of tho bishop. '1 i St. Brannock, and contains a monumental 1 year 1548. The 1 M have a i~ there is an, ith per annum,;' ' -r charities produ a year. Remains of six ancient chapoUarel Braunton. r.i:.i:NT(>N lirNDltKD, ono Klllnlivi ry div. of the c<>., and bounded on tlw J V. l.y the llVist,,] Chaiin-!. on th- "J ill, and on th- S. l,y the hundn. of Sooth