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Rh BREMILHAM. 359 BRENTFORD. Stud]. There is an old stone cross in the churchyard. Willii Lisle Bowles, the poet, formerly held the vie. of Brihill, and died here in 1845. He wrote a history of thoarish, which was published about 1328, and con- ! Indians of several monuments of ancient times cxisti ; in the neighbourhood. The viearago was then i nnfe 'd by Bishop Denison on the late Archdeacon of Wilt; tlio Venerable Henry Drury, M.A., Ch:iplain to the II ise of Commons, who died in January, !HG3. The AVrsl ans and Primitive Methodists have cliapcls hen-. The 1 -ochial charities consist of the produce of an en- down it founded in 1478 by .Maud Heath, for thcinain- tenan of an old footpath, now amounting to about .10") per a mm. The Roman way, Watling Street, passes throui Bremhill, and in the vicinity are the ancient iyke, and the venerable remains of the temple at . The Moravians have a settlement near East ui. The old seat of the Hungerfords is now a funnl ise. The Marquis of Lansdowne is lord of the BRMILHAM, or COWAGE, a par. in the hund. of .ury, in the co. of Wilts, 2 miles to the W. of M.I. liiu-y, its post town. It lies on the border of - is! lire. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of "r and Bristol, of the val. of 121, in the patron. Ion. and Rev. G. R. Bowles. BR'NCHLEY, a par. in the hund. of Brenchley and i Horsaonden, lathe of Aylesford, in the co. of Kent, G n the E. of Tunbridge Wells, and 2 A from Maid- mction railway station. Staplehurst is its post It includes the chphy. of Paddock Wood and era] "thcrs. The river Teise passes near the I'll 1. 1 living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, I of thiearly val. of 740, in the patron of G. C. Court- i]. Tin' rectoriul tithes have been commuted at, anil the vicarial at 450, with 17s. per acre , upon pps. The church, an ancient stone structure in i i if a cross, with a lofty tower, is dedicated to !s. There is a handsome district church lately it Paddock Wood, the living of which is a perpet. '. 235, likewise in the gift of G. C. Courthope, 'ho Wesleyans have a chapel in the village, and li-itii one at Matfield Green, where there are ilia residences. The National schools, which handsome, stand at the entrance to the village, .Veils road. The charitable endowments, which a small bequest for education, are worth 17 per ai im. The parish comprises an area of 7,780 acres, . rable part of which is laid out in hop-grounds.
 * . </(' Matfield Green, which is about 1 mile W.,
 * CHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUN-

nno of the 13 hunds. or subdivisions of the lathe ford, in the eo. of Kent, situated in the western utary div. of the co., and bounded on the N. by the ii d. of Twyford, on the E. by the lathe of Scray, on y Sussex, and on the W. by the hund. of Wash- It comprises the pars, of Brenchley and Horseonden, with a small part of Lamberhurst, and irca of about 16,500 acres. N DON, a par. in the _hund._of Sherwill,_in the near 1 the ri int.. t wild r The 1 the N evon, 15 miles to the E. of Ilfracombe. Lyuton 4 town. It lies on the border of Somersetshire, i if the Bristol Channel, on the banks of r Lyn, which takes its rise on Exmoor, and falls Bristol Channel near Lynton. There is much 1 striking scenery along the course of this river. ig is a rect. in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of the patron, of F. W. Knight, Esq. The church ited to St. Brendon. The village is a meet for th Devon hounds. BR BR^KLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Dinnington, Vard, in the co. of Northumberland, 7 miles to if Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is 1 j mile E. of the risr hurch. ^T, the name of two small rivers, the one rising in the path part of Hertfordshire, near Chipping Barnet, r pursuing a south-westerly course of 16 miles, j. lins i Grand Junction canal near Hanwell, in Middle- Bex, a 1 falls into the Thames nt Brentford; the other Hows through South Angles, anil falls into the Monai Straits. liKENT-CUM-WRINGTON HUNDRED, one of the 40 hunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Somerset, situ- ated in the eastern parliamentary div. of the co. It is in two parts, which lie at the distance of several miles from each other ; the Brent district being on the W. side of the Mendip hills, and surrounded by the Bristol Channel and the hunds. of Bempstone and Winterstoke; the Wrington district being bounded on the N. and E. by the hund. of Hartcliffe-with-Bedminster, and on the S. and W. by the hund. of Winlerstoke. The pars, con, tained in the hund. are those of Berrow, East Brent, South Brent, Harrington, Lympsham, and Wrington. The hund. spreads over an area of about 18,200 acres. BRENT, EAST, a par. in the hund. of Brcnt-cum- Wrington, in the co. of Somerset, 5 miles to the W. of Axbridge. Westoii-super-Mare is its post town. It is pleasantly situated near the coast of the Bristol Chan- nel, and contains the limits, of Edingworth and Rook's Bridge. The Bristol and Exeter railway passes through the par. To the S. of the village is Brent Knoll, an insulated conical hill, rising about 500 feet above the level of the sea, and on the summit of which are re- mains of an ancient camp with a double rampart. Near it have been found many Roman coins, urns, parts of weapons, and other relics. A spot on the Knoll still bears the name Battlcborough. The view from the top of the hill is magnificent, including the Quantocks to the S.W., the town of Bridgwater, the Bristol Channel, with the mountains of South Wales ; and to the N., Brean Down, Bleadon Hill, and the Mendip range. The li ving is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the annual val. of 902, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, which stands on the rise of the hill, is large and handsome, with a square tower, surmounted by a spire 90 feet in height. It contains some good stained glass, and is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. There are three niches on the west face of the tower, with sculptures of our Lord in his humiliation and in his glory. The church once belonged to the abbey of Glastonbury, to which it was given by Ini, and the abbots had a seat here, which was taken down about the commencement of the 18th century. There are some small charities. BRENT ELEIGH, or ELY BRENT, a. par. in the hund. of Babergh, in the co. of Suffolk, 6 miles to the N. W. of Hadleigh, and 7 N.E. of Sudbury, its post town and railway station. It is situated on the banks of the river Brett, a branch of the Stour, and was once a mar- ket town under a grant by Henry III. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, of the val. of 369, in the patron, of Mrs. Brown. The church, a Norman struc- ture with perpendicular tower, is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains in the chancel a parochial library of 1,500 volumes, founded by Dr. Colman, fellow of Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge. Here are almshouses for 12 persons, established and endowed in 1730 by Edward Colman, the revenue of which is about 70 per annum. The charitable endowments amount to 120 a year. The piincipal mansion is Brent Eleigh Hall, once the seat of the Shelton family, and since of Sir Felix Agar. BRENTFORD, a market town, comprising New Brentford (also failed West or Great Brentford), and Old or East Brentford ; the former being in the par. of New Brentford, and hund. of Elthorne, the latter in the par. of Baling, and hund. of Ossulstone, in the co. of Middlesex, 7 miles to the W. of Hyde Park Corner. It is a station on a loop line of the London and South- ampton rail way, and is connected with the Great Western railway by a branch line 4 miles long from Southall. The town is situated on the northern bank of the river Thames, which is here crossed by a handsome stone bridge of seven arches, erected in 1789, and connecting Brentford with Kew. The two parts of the town are separated by the main road to Hanwell and the small river Brent, which, after being joined by the Grand Junction canal near Hanwell, falls into the Thames at this place. Brentford, formerly called liraynfonl, is an ancient town, and takes its namo from the river