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Rh BRENTFORD. 360 IlKKXTWiioli. and a very ancient ford across it, where now th. bridge stands. The present bridge, a neat stone stun - tiir--, was Imilt about 1824, on the site of one which hud 1 licro from a very early period, for tin maintenance .iieh a toll was granted "by Edward I. A battle was al Brentford in the year 1016, in which the Dunes, having been compelled to retire from London, defeated with great loss by Edmund Ironside. i.'k place here during the civil war of tin' 17th century, in which the royalist forces, led by Ituthen, Earl of Forth, defeated the forces of the par- . n was afterwards .rl i if liii-nlloi'd lor his services on thi sion. In II to a chapter of the order of tin i ntlord. About till- same tilll'' a ' or h", i' il. fir a in-ist' r and several In founded ii, :it (Jld BrcnHoid, by .Mm So- .! ir of the exchi 'pn T ami the kind's chaplain, the site of which was givm at the Dissolution raid, Duke of Somerset. Six Protestant mai t i> Buffered death at the stake here in 1658. The town i m- sists chiefly of one street, narrow, irregularly built, and about a mile in length. Its situation on the great western road, the Grand Junction canal, and the rail- . has made Brentford an important thoroughfare, and the seat of a good trade. Hero are several exten- sive manufactories and works, including a soap-factory, saw-mills, an ale brewery, gas and water works ; )'iit tlie extensive distillery formerly situated here has r ed to iJamcrsmith. The water-works now bc- IIIIIL': ' I unction Company, which htisachimney l.'iii I'r.-t in height, ami a stand-]ii; "> feet liii-li. The market-gardens of the neighbourhood give employ- ment to many of the workpeople. There is a townli.ill and market-house of recent erection, a savings- 1 anda dispensary situated in New Brentford. Brentford is the county town, and the elections for Middlesex take place lie're. It is also the head of a Poor-law Union (though the Union poorhouse is situated in Isleworth), of nty Court district, and the headquarters of the West Middlesex militia. Potty sessions are held once a fort- night by the county magistrates. The living < Brentford is a vie.* in the dioc. of London, of theval. of 360, in the patron, of the Rector of Hanwell. The church, a plain brick edifice, rebuilt about 1764, is dedi- cated to St. Lawrence. The tower is that of the old church. It contains six bells, one of which bears on it the date 1011, and the inscription " Sancta Anna, ora pro nobis ! " The church contains a brass and several interest- ing monuments, among which are those of Noy, attorney- general in the reign of Charles I. ; of the Clitherows, whose seat is Boston House, and to v. hom On* manor belongs; of Dr. William Unwell Kwin, by Flaxman ; of Oifford, the actor; and of John Home, lather of John Homo Tookc, who held the curacy about eleven years. The living of Old Brentford is a porpet. cur. in the dioc. of London, of the val. of 141, in of the Vicar of Baling. The church is dedicated to St. George. It contains an altar-piece by /otl'any, Renting the Last Supper, in whirh the artist has duceil his own portrait as St. Peter, and those of i lien of the town as the other iijxwtlos. A new ii I has been recently formed out nt Old lirentt'onl, and a temporary iron church erected. There arc in the town chapels belonging totln l!apt. and V lists, a Ii H and infant schools, besides National situ: 1 -< hools for buys and girls, the form. in 171!' 1. Capel. In the mark. m old inn. to whirh s ) tlm early dram : tin town ar,' Si..u II . ! market day. u th.' 17th May, and the rjth Septem- her, each lasting th. ::igfortl latt.-l a Jili-asiirc : BRKXTFM|;|>-K.XI>. i, h: of Isleworth, in tin co. ol M. ford. Jt is on tin north side of th was the site of an V 1 BRKNTIKGBY.u .hplry. in tin in the co ated on the banks ot tin the Melton Mowbray and ( liikham a pcrpet. cur. annex, i :, tin the dioe. ol ; r.llKNT IM.I.HAM. i, par. in tl, of Hi Hi id. ") In] tingford. 1; in the dioe. ol I "iix I'elhain unit' 1 St. 1'aui d to St. M l:l!l-.N D.SOUTH,, par.inthehi in the co. of Devon, 6 miles to On V. burton is its post town. It is , pi*- n . 'iks ol 1 tin- riv.-r Avon, ai .station on the South D.-voi, cicnlh , ', r wu L--1J In abbots of Butkfastleigh, win. the power of i' is a picturesque Avon. On the nrighl worked. The livi.- the val. of i> '.!-.!, in tin : eiiinhcnt. The chiin h ; Wosleyans have a n!i. '].! in endowments, cons: . land for education by produi'i- a'" , annum ! >K KNT, Sl"l ion, in the co. of Somem i'lge. Wn-toll- lies near the coast of tin and Exeter railway, and contain) Wick. the vil. The manor wa- Glastonbury. The living is a vi and Vclls, of the the Archdeacon of Wei 1 cated to St. Midia. tains some Norman Is, to whom Hi ni v VI 1 1 i "i- Woslcyan ' ; of fine pi- MUK.XT-TOK, n par. in tl the co. of Devon, I n post town. 1 1 i small river Lid, at the ; sideral -v. and in ( Iniir wei' 1 - visibln lioih Ir. .in tin I ^'anesc is obtaini'd in this pa in tin- di" . of (he I ' Tlie ChO mmil ..I h. It lorms a landmark for remit I r of riyinontli, :. as a iiionniii- nt of gi-atitinl - h i j i -A i. k. I i HI;K.XT-TUVX, a hmii. hund. ot I-';r, 'mm. HIM N I Voi p|;. n. hplr wn in 1 hnn.I. ol ' K.of l.'oliili.ld, 11 in
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