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Rh BEIERTON, 371 BRIGHTON. Vic. ir )f Halifax. The church is dedicated to St Ann ten S^ r. il wir 1, ,1 G-e 5 in B B dale W. to t BJIERTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Stranton, Stock- ed, in the co. palatine of Durham, 3 miles to the f Hartlepool. It lies near the West Hartlepool [iRY-COTTAGES, an ext. par. district in the f Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the co. of Cum-, near Keswick. It is joined with the district of Mills. ESTFIELD, or BRIESTWHISTLE, a hmlt. in =hp. of Lower Whitley, and par. of Thomhill, " Agbrigg, in the West Riding of the co. of York, to the E. of Huddersfield. GG. See GLANIWORD-BUIGG, Lincolnshire. GHAM, a par. and tnshp. in the ward of Aller- ove-Derwent, in the co. of Cumberland, 2j miles Cocker-mouth, 5 miles S.E. of Maryport, and 25 S.W. of Carlisle. There are two stations on the Cod mouth and Workington railway, one close to the villa! and the other at Broughton Cross. The parish ted in a hilly but cultivated country on the banks of ti rivers Derwent and Cocker, Bassenthwaite-water form g part of its eastern, and the lakes Buttermere, Grin lock, and Loweswater part of its western boundary. It is thin the honour of Cockermouth, and contains the boro h and market town of Cockermouth, the chplries. of Bi -ermere, Cockermouth, Embleton, Lorton, Mosser, Setm thy, and Wythop, and the tnshps. of Blind- both< Brigham, Eaglesfield, Graysouthen, and Whin- fell, limestone, freestone, and slate are quarried here, and s 10 coal is obtained. The village is pleasantly seated on a U, commanding a good prospect. The living is a vie. |i the dioc. of Chester, of the val. of 220, in the of the Earl of Lonsdale. The church, which Standby the Derwent, is an ancient edifice in the deco- , le, dedicated to St. Bridget. The Wesleyans ': :i ; small chapel, built in 1856. The parish has the i.ei...'f of charitable endowments producing about 140 urn ; but the charities of the tnshp. amount only r annum. There is a parochial school for boys i-^.[ tfU, with an endowment of 3 per annum ; also a 6uudi|-sthool, built in 1839. The vicarage is situated near Is church, and was erected in 1847. i!AM, a tnshp. in the par. of Foston-on-the- n up. of Dickering, in the East Riding of the co. . 4 miles to the S.E. of Great Driffield. 1 10USE, a hmlt. in the par. of Halifax, wap. oi. I. - milts
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ey, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 3 the S.E. of Halifax. It is situated on the
 * ' the river Calder, and is a station on the Lan-

and Yorkshire railway. The cotton, woollen, -sted manufactures form the principal employ- the inhabitants. Good stone is quarried near tin vj;ige. The living is a pcrpet. cur. in the dioc. rf liim, of the val. of 150, in tho patron, of the Halifax. There is a chapel belonging to the in Methodists. BR1HT, a par. in the bar. of Locale, in the co. of Downijrov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles to the S. of Dmvnjtrick. It is situated in a fertile and cultivated and was the site of a castle and an abbey. The tiled tho Abbey of Erynagh, was founded about '1 was destroyed about 50 years afterwards by < v. There are remains of both buildings. The i rect. in the dioc. of Down, Connor, and Dro- the val. of 326, in tho patron, of the crown. ch, which stands on a hill, was built in 1745, the Grecian stylo of architecture. The chief - Jakley, a handsome mansion in well-wooded groum 11MHTFORD HUNDRED, one of the 11 hunds. or sub pisions of the rape of Bramber, in the co. of Sussi x situated in the western div. of the co., and boundi on the N. by the hund. of Steyning, on the E. b '3 hund. of Fishergate, on the S. by tho English Chan n and on the W. by the rape of Arundel. It conta r the pars, of Broadwater, Clapham, Durring- ton, .on, Heene, Lancing, and Sompting, and the town of Worthing. The hund. comprises an area of about 14,570 acres. BRIGHTHAMPTON, a hmlt. in the par. and hund. of Bampton, in the co. of Oxford, 4 miles to the E. of Bampton. BRIGHTHOLMLEE, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Brad- field, and par. of Ecclesfield, wap. of Straffurth and Tick- hill, in the West Riding of tho co. of York, 6 miles to the N.W. of Sheffield. BRIGHTLEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Okehampton, hund. of Lifton, in the co. of Devon, not far from Oke- hampton. BRIGHTLING, a par. in the hund. of Netherfic-ld, rape of Hastings, in the co. of Sussex, 4 miles to the N.W. of Battle. It is situated in a fine country, near lofty downs rising to the height of about 650 feet above the level of the sea. There are hop-grounds in the par. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Chichester, of the val. of 563, in the patron, of the Rev. B. Hayley. The church, which is in the perpendicular style, is dedicated BRIGHTLINGSEA, a par. in tho hund. of Tendring, in the co. of Essex, 10 miles to the S.E. of Colchester. It is situated on the eastern bank of the estuary of the Colne, opposite Mersey Island, and is a peninsular district, sur- rounded on all sides but the N.E. by the river Colne and its branches. Brightlingsea is a port subordinate to Col- chester, and a member of Sandwich, one of the Cinquo Ports. A large number of the inhabitants are employed in the oyster and sprat fishery, which is carried on to a great extent, and forms tho principal trade of tho place. The harbour has good anchorage, and there are above 200 smacks belonging to tho port. Boat-building is carried on to a small extent, and Morant says that copperas was formerly made here from the copper pyrites on the beach. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Rochester, of the val. of 213, in tho patron, of the Bishop of Peter- borough. The church, which stands more than a mile from the town, is dedicated to All Saints, and contains three monumental brasses. The tower, nearly 100 feet high, forms a conspicuous sea-mark. There is a chapel of ease built in the pointed style of architecture. There are both a free school and a National school, the latter erected in 1845 ; also chapels belonging to the Wes- leyan Methodists, Independents, and Swedenborgians. A temperance hall has recently been erected. A fan- is held here on St. Swithin's Day or the Thursday preceding. BRIGHTON, or BRIGHTHELMSTON, a par., mar- ket-town, and municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of Whalesbone, rape of Lewes, in the co. of Sussex, 52 miles to the S. of London by road, or 50 miles by the Brighton and South Coast railway. A town has probably existed on this spot from a very remote antiquity, but nothing is known of its origin and very little of its early history. At the period of the Con- quest it was a fishing village, and in the great Survey it is called Sristehncsttme. Vestiges of military works exist in the neighbourhood, and many Roman coins have been found in the town. At the Conquest the manor, previously held by Harold, was given to William de Warren, son-in-law to the Conqueror. In later times the town suffered from assaults by the French, who plun- dered and burnt it in 1513. It was found necessary to pro- tect it by fortifications, and these were erected, strength- ened, and enlarged during the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth. During tho latter half of the 17th century and the early years of the 18th, part of the town was destroyed and the neighbourhood inundated by several violent irruptions of the sea. All the houses which stood at the foot of the cliff perished during these storms. The fame of Brighton as a watering-place dates no further back than the reign of George II., and ap- Crs to have commenced with the publication of a work Dr. R. Russell, a resident physician, on the use of sea- water. The discovery of a chalybeate spring attracted shortly afterwards a large number of visitors ; and the