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Rh BRIDESTOW. 365 BRIDGEND. ins the lilt, of Llandevenny. The li-iiig is a rect. the dio< }f Llandafi', of the val. of 178, in the patron. 'T. Pen ! BRIDE TOW, a. par. in the hund. of Lifton, in the . . of Devi, 6 miles to the S.W. of Okehampton. C're- iti iost town. It is watered by a small stream Udl I he Hustle Brook, a branch of the river Lyd. iiif 3 a reet.* in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. .tli tin j -pet. cur. of Sourton annexed, of 424, in the trnn. of 10 bishop. The church, which is partly in run style, is dedicated to St. Bridget. The rish has ho benefit of some charitable endowments )rth alju ii a year. Loawood House is the principal it. Cat 3 fairs are held in the village on the first ^Hbesda in June and the 29th July. BUI I ); ST., WENTLLOOGE, a par. in the upper f. of the und. of AVentllocge, in the co. of Monmouth, ~ uilcs to .e S. of Newport, its post town. It is situ- d mi ill. -oast of the Bristol Channel, at the mouth
 * . o[ T sk, and has a lighthouse. The living is a

r. of* o
 * in lli line, of Llundaff, of the val. with the perpet.
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."AtllloJM " ;land, 7 "Bent ch . of 120, in the gift of the bishop. VELL, a hinlt. in the par. of Cam, and bar. n the co. of Roscommon, prov. of Connaught, ilrs to the N.W. of Athlone. Here is an el, built near a fine spring of water, which "lie village. The village has a dis- a police station. VKI.L, a limit, in the par. of Kilclone, bar. . ', in the co. of Heath, prov. of Leinster, lr.s t'l'iin Mavnooth. {D, a par. in the hund. of AVonford, in the , 4 miles to the E. of Moreton Hampstead. its post town. It is situated in a hilly and ict, with picturesqiio scenery, near the river b neh of which runs through the parish. The pal 1 .3 are Coldston Down and Helter Rock. The i cct. * in the dioc. of Exeter, of the val. of in tl patron, of Sir L. V. Palk, Bart. The church .Ken, a rood-loft, and a carved pulpit, and to St. Thomas-a-Becket. The parochial Mint to 3 a year. la par. in the hund. of Bridge and Petham, .ii. 'line, in the co. of Kent, 3 miles to the " Canrbury, its post town. It is pleasantly situ-
 * iks of the Little Stour, and is a place of

. The river is crossed near the village by ilgc, The parish contains some hop- 's, a. there are many good residences in the Jhe manor was once held by the Braems, a ' of I tch origin. Bridge is now the seat of a llion. The living is a vie. united with that ne, in the dioc. of Canterbury. The church.
 * efiy in the Norman style, is dedicated to

id contains several interesting sculptures. lie gently are Bridge Hill House, the rcsi- t' th Baroness de Montesquieu ; Bourne House, &c DG] AND PETHAM HUNDRED, one of the nds. ( subdivisions of the lathe of St. Augustine,
 * have a chapel in the village. Among
 * '0. c Kent, situated in the parliamentary eastern
 * the ., and bounded on the N. by the hunds. of

ate i Downhamford, on the E. by the hund. of . on the S. by the lathe of Shepway, and - the lathe of Scray. It contains the pars, ne, Bridge, Upper Hardrcs, Lower Har- ver an area of about 13,200 acres. KCDGt'ORD, GREAT and LITTLE, hmlts. in > ;s, Naek 1 cxti lid (forth UDG eighford, hund. of Pirehill, in the co. of iles to the N.W. of Stafford. The London r estern railway runs by them. rATE, a quoad sacra par. in the par. of St. ' ill ;ow, in the co. of Lanark, Scotland. The >ing is in, ic gift of the Church Building Society. BRIDGJ JREEN, a hmlt. near the vil. of Chrishall. the hum of Uttlesford, and co. of Essex, 7 miles W. Saffron "alden, and 6 N.W. of Newport railway station. It is situated near a range of hills on the bor- ders of Cambridgeshire. BRIDGE HEWICK, a tnshp. in the par. and lib. of Ripon, in the West Riding of the co. of York, near Ripon. BRIDGE HILL, a vil. in the par. of Duffield, and hund. of Appletree, in the co. of Derby, not far from Belper. It is situated near the river IJerwent and the Midland railway. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, of the val. of 130, in the alternate patron, of the bishop and the crown. The principal mansion is Bridge Hill House. BRIDGEHOUSES, a vil. in the par. and borough of Sheffield, in the West Riding of the co. of York, in the suburbs of Sheffield. BRIDGEMERE, a tnshp. in the par. of Wybunbury, and hund. of Nantwich, in the co. palatine of Chester, 6 miles to the S.E. of Nantwich. It lies on the border of Shropshire, near the London and North- Western railway. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Dalkeith, in the co. of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from Dalkeith. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Lintrathen, in the co. of Forfar, Scotland, 7 miles to the W. of Kirriemuir. It is near the south foot of the Grampians. BRIDGEND, a market town in the pars, of Coyty and Newcastle, hund. of Newcastle, in the co. of Gla- morgan, South Wales, 20 miles to the W. of Cardiff, and 180 miles from London. It is a station on the South Wales railway. The town is seated in a fertile and plea- sant country on both banks of the river Ogrnore, which ia here crossed by two stone bridges, one a handsome struc- ture of three arches and of modern date. The two parts of the town are distinguished by the names Oldcastle and Newcastle. There is one principal street, irregularly built, and some good residences in the neighbourhood. Freestone is quarried near the town. A branch railway connects the town with the great collieries and iron-works in the vicinity, and with the harbour of Porthcawl, 5 miles distant. There arc a townhall and a savings- bank. Bridgend with Cowbridge is the head of a Poor- law Union and a County Court district. The election for the county takes place here, and petty sessions are held weekly. The town contains the Union poorhouse. The parish church of Newcastle stands in the west quarter of the town, and a chapel of ease to Coyty in the east quarter, or Oldcastle. There are chapels be- longing to the Baptists, Independents, Methodists, and Unitarians, the latter having a small endowment. A National school is supported by subscription. Two castles existed here formerly. Bridgend was the birth- place of George C. Morgan, nephew of Dr. Price, and a writer and lecturer on Natural Philosophy. Trout and salmon are found in the river Ogmore. BRIDGEND, a hmlt. in the par. of Bexley, and hund. of Ruxley, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, in the co. of Kent, 3 miles to the W. of Dartford. It is not far from the North Kent railway. BRIDGEND, or KENDROCHAD, a vil. in the par. of Kenmore, Breadalbane district, in the co. of Perth, Scotland. It is situated in a mountainous country, on the banks of Loch Tay. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Kinnoul, in the co. of Perth, Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Tay, and is a suburb of the city of Perth. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Rosskecn, in the co. of Ross, Scotland, 10 miles to the S. of Tain. It is on the N. shore of Cromarty Frith. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Melrose, and dis- trict of Castleton Melrose, in the co. of Roxburgh, Scot- land, near Melrose. It is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Tweed, near the bridge of the Edinburgh and Jedburgh railway. BRIDGEXD, a vil. in the par. of Kilarrow, or Bow- more, in the Island of Islay, co. of Argyle, Scotland. It is seated in a level district at the head of Loch Iii- daal, on the E. bank of the river Sorn. BRIDGEND, a vil. in the par. of Muthil, in the co. of Perth, Scotland, not far from Crieff. The district is wooded and hilly, lying on the edge of the highlands.
 * ton, Patrixbourne, Petham, and Waltham,