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Rh BRIAN'S BELL. 363 BRICKHILL, BOW. .1. The Birmingham and Liverpool, and the Staf- K Voreester, canals pass through the par. Bre- is i ancient place, bearing evidence of its Roman at a, and about a mile to the N. of the town is ,.i in way Watling Street. King John had a if residence here, called in the Chronicles i regis." On the Patent Rolls, in the Public I ffice, is a grunt by Henry III., in 1221, to rr le G'ornhull, Bishop of Lichficld, licensing him 1 market on Friday. It had a small nunnery ..hi Launder, and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. .he site itill called Black Ladies, was given at the Dis- 110 the Giffords, whose seat is Chillington Hall. is pleasantly situated on gently rising ground, e paved, and there is a good supply of lie old market-house fell down in 1SU!), and t eon rebuilt. There is a savings-bank, a read- -lablishcd in 1857), and a small parish The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichlield, . dicated to St. Mary, is a large and handsome i ly in the early English and partly in the r style of architecture, with a lofty spire. high ground, and contains several liand- mmcnts of the Giflonls, the Fowkes, the _ and other families of distinction. The regis- srom the year 1;V!2. In addition to the parish ere are two district churches, one at Bishops- "i her at Coven. The former was erected in has a parsonage-house and National schools latter in 1S57, also with parsonage and, have their separate districts assigned, and t inet parishes, though the patron, is vested the vir, for the time being, of the mother church. ere aj chapels in the town belonging to the In- xuden, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catho- i. the (tor erected in 1S43. Here is a free grammar ' d and endowed by Dr. Knightley in the reign tli. Its revenue, increased by later bequests, .mis to about 410 per annum. The head 16, and both the upper and lower school- recently been rebuilt. The mastership by Dr. Johnson's friend, the Itev. William who died in 1745. Bishop Hurd, of Wor- lulor of George IV., and who refused nf England; Dr. Beddoes, the eminent jhueiai if Bristol ; Sir E. Littleton ; Dr. Jeremiah i Manchester, and other distinguished men, eivi d heir education here. There are also an school, a Roman Catholic school, and a iris, -endowments of the parish are worth about a yjr. Roman coins and other remains have been n i :: he vicinity. The market is now obsolete, irs iiniho sale of horses and cattle are held on the oiid nirsday in May, and the 19th September, eve t..s were opened with great ceremony by the I of 1 1 manor till the year 1834, when the tolls were
 * in liictine order, founded in the 12th century
 * he patron, of the Dean of Lichfield. The
 * ional school, opened in 1860. The other
 * id a stop put to the annual bull-baitings,

Ich ufl to take place in the market-place. The in the neighbourhood are Brewood Hall, a Ofiion jthe Elizabethan period, built by the Fowkes; i, the family scat of the Giflbrds since the ry III. (it is situated in an extensive park,
 * ifcheet of water, and was visited by Queen Eliza -

th ir 1 5); Somerford Hall, the seat of the Barbors tons ; and Long Birch, formerly a seat of the id subsequently the residence of the " vicars of the Midland Counties. The last is now a 1 ' I ; i '.iS BELL, a hmlt. in the par. of Belbroughton, iif Ilalfshire, in the co. of Worcester, 4 miles 1 Stem-bridge. BRIAtL'S, ST., a par. in the hund. to which it '', in the eo. of Gloucester, 7 miles to the N. ^HpP 6 ^'- It is situated in a beautiful country on
 * c of the river Wye, and is a very ancient

. castle was founded hero in. the reign of William II. by the Fitzwalters, of which the gatehouse, flanked by two round towers, still remains ; it is now the property of the crown, but is gradually sinking into decay, though the parish school is still held in one of the rooms. The privilege of holding a market was granted to the town by Edward II., but it has long ceased to be exercised. The inhabitants, however, still use their ancient right to cut wood in a cer- tain district of the Forest of Dean. The hoops, poles, and other articles which they make of the wood, are sent to Bristol. Many hands are employed in the neigh- bouring coal-works. The living is a very old vie., for some time held with that of Lydney, but now dis- united ; the pats, are the Dean and Chapter of Here- ford, who have the great tithes, and are in fact the rectors. The church, an ancient edifice in the form of a cross, is in the Norman and early English styles, and is dedicated to St. Mary. The charitable endowments of the par. produce about 16 a year. The crown is lord of the manor. St. Briavel's Common now forms part of the par., and has its poor-rates, &c., levied just like the rest ; but as yet no ecclesiastical assignment has been made, nor do the people dwelling on it pay tithe. BRIAVEL'S, ST., COMMON, a hmlt. in the par. of St. Briavel's, in the hund. of the same name, in the co. of Gloucester. It is situated on the river Wye, and includes the libs, of Lower Mean and Hudnclls, which are joined to it. BRIAVEL'S, ST., HUNDRED, one of the 27hunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Gloucester, situated in the western parliamentary div. of the eo., and bounded on the N. by Herefordshire, on the E. by the duchy of Lancaster and the hunds. of Westbury and Blidesloe, on the S. by the hund. of Westbury, and on the W. by Monmouthshire. It comprises the following pars. : Ahinghall, English-Bicknor, St. Briavel's, Dean Forest, Little Dean, Flaxley, Hewelsfield, Mitchell Dean, New- land, Ruardean, Staunton, and part of the par. of Lea. The hund. extends over an area of about 50,100 acres. BRICETT, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Bosmere and Claydon, in the co. of Suffolk, 4 miles to the S.W. of Needham Market. Bildeston is its post town. It lies near the Great Eastern railway, Claydon being the nearest station. In this par. was formerly a priory of the Augustine order, founded by Ralph Fitz-Brian about the year 1110, which was given with the manor by Henry VI. to the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, in 1426. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 110, in the patron, of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. The church i.-. il' dicated to SS. Mary and Lawrence. BRICETT, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Bosmere and Claydon, in the co. of Suffolk, near Great Bricett. It is united with the par. of Offton. The church fell into decay about 1500. BRICKENDON, a lib. in the par. of All Saints, Hert- ford, in the hund. and co. of Hertford, 3 miles to the S. of Hertford. The principal residence is Brickendonbury, anciently a possession of Waltham Abbey, to which it was given after the Conquest. BRICKENDOWN, a par. in the bar. of Middlethird, in the co. of Tipperaiy, prov. of Monster, Ireland, not far from Cashel. It includes the vol. of Mocklershill. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Cashel, Emly, Waterford, and Lismore, val. 61, in the patron, of the bishop. BRICKHILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Rockbourne, and hund. of Fordingbridge, in the co. of Southampton, 3 miles to the N.W. of Fordingbridge. It is on the confines of Dorsetshire. BRICKHILL, BOW, a par. in the hund. of Newport, in the co. of Buckingham, 2 miles to the N. of Fenny Stratford, its post town, and 15 E. of Buckingham. The Bedford branch of the London and North-Western railway passes near it. The par. lies on the edge of Bedfordshire, and is crossed by the Roman Watling Slreet. The manufacture of lace and straw-plait is carried on here. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of 370, in the patron, of the President and