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Rh BRIO! ITu y, Ni:V. 374 BRIGOWX. the N. of the town : one belongs to a private company, formed in 1851 ; and the other, called the parochial was opened in 1859, in conformity with the tho town by the Marquis of Bristol. Remains of it camps exist at Whitehawk Hill, east of the town, nnil on Hollingsbury Hill, to the north ; the latt- r is circular in form. An urn, containing a thousand Roman coins, was found near Brighton in 1760, and some fine specimens of Roman tesselated pavement at Lancing. The famous Devil's Dyke is 5 miles to the N. of the town. A grant ! waa first obtain :he last Earl of Warren and Surrey, tnd are-grant was obtained in 177'! Thursday is the market day for grain, which is disposed of by samples, at the King and Queen inn, in borough-place ; but a general market for meat, poultry, fish, and all other provisions, is held daily in the market- house. Fairs are held on Holy Thursday and tho 4th September for pedlery only. Tho races are held annually in August, on a pleasant part of the Downs to the N.E. of the town, from which there are magnificent prospects over the ocean, tho town, and the adjacent country. It was on this commanding position that the review took place, in 1862, when nearly 20,000 volun- teer troops were manoeuvred by Lord Clyde. Boat races take place BRIGHTON, NSW, a vil. in tho tnshp. of Liscard, par. of Wallasey, hund. of Wirrall, in the co. palatine of Chester, 4 miles to the N.W. of Birkonhoad. It is situated on the coast at the mouth of tho river Mersey. The salubrity of its climate, and the excellence of its sands, have caused it recently to be much frequented in the summer months for sea-bathing. There is a sea-side institution for convalescent patients, a light- house, a life-boat station, three good hotels, and nume- rous lodging-houses ; the building known as the College has been recently burnt down. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Chester, of the average val. of 450 from pew-rents, in the gift of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a handsome stone structure in the early English stylo, with a tower and spire. It was erected in 1850, at the cost of 8,000. There are a chapel for Independents, reading-rooms, and a National school. The town is protected by a battery of 16 guns on the Black Rock. On the sands, opposite the battery, there is a fine spring of fresh water, covered by every tide ; and tho entrance to the river is defended by the Magazine Fort of eight guns. BRIGHTSIDE BIERLOW, a tnshp. in the par. and borough of Sheffield, wap. of Strafforth and Tickhill, in tho West Riding of the co. of York, 3 miles to the N.E. of Sheffield. Here is a station on the Sheffield and Rotherham branch of the Midland railway. The tnshp. is situated on the banks of the Don, and comprises the hmlts. of Brightside, Onmesthorpe, and some others. It is the seat of extensive iron-works, and many hands are employed in tho cutlery manufacture. The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioo. of York, of the val. of 130, in the patron, of the crown and tho bishop alternately. There is an endowed free school at Gximesthorpe, with an income of about 18 a year. New Hall is one of the principal seats. r.iMiiirr-WAi.riiAM, I!I:K;IIT-WAI.TUN. Hlilt'KI.I-.Ti 'X, a par. in the hund. of Fail-cross, in the co. of Berks, 3 miles to the W. of East II-' y. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of 700, in tli -I .1. K Ilinnan, Esq. BKH.1I I VKI.I,. :, |r. in th- hund. of U the co. of I'.erks. 2 miles to the N.V. of Wnlli. It is situ S.W. bank of the Thai from tho Great Western railway, and is bound. <1 ..n the 8. by tho small river Tadsey. A castle at an early period, which is supposed to have been destroyed in the reitrn i.f Henry II-. to whom sum-mi, r.l. no remains of the building, anil 'lain. The living is a nd.* in tlf "f the annual val in the patron, of the Bishop of Winchester. Tho d dedicated t< i, is a wer was rebuilt in 17'.'7. Tin- chun-h wai re-IOOSM in 1815, an in 1858. It contains a monu- merit to Dr. Thomas (i.'dv.yn, the archaeologist, who once held tho rector}-, and died here in 1(J 11. Tiii- living wag also held by tw oilier eminent men Edward Ber- nard, Professor iv at Oxford, 1G73 1G84, and Thomas Wintle, tin- lldn.ii-;. The latter was rectoM here for 40 ;. iuted in 1774 and dying in the parish in 1814. There is a chapel belonging to the Baptists in the village, but it has been recently closed ;J also a National school. The charitable endowments, including a small bequest for education, produce about BRIGHTWELJL a par. in the hund. of CarlforJ, in tho co. of Suffolk, 5 miles to the E. of Ipswich. It it < watered by a small stream, a branch of tho river I >> U n. The living is a perpot. cur. in the dioc. of Nor val. with the cur. of Foxhall annexed, of 51, in the patron, of Sir J. K. Shaw, Bart. The church, partly rebuilt in the reign of Charles I., is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. BRIGHTWELL BALDWIN, a par. in tho hund. i ue, in the co. of Oxford, 6 miles to the N.E. of Wallingford. Tetsworth is its post town. It lies in a pleasant country, on tho eastern side of the Thames, aafl contains the tythg. of Cardwell. The living U a root 4 in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of 385, in the patron, of Lowndes Stone Norton, Esq. The church, structure in the early English style, with a Nnnan [ exterior staircase, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. It contains several fine monumental brasses, tie > ' of a credence table, two piscinas, an ancient font, ll tombs of the Stone and Carleton families, several vei ancient stained windows, and some painted tiles. S. Roman urns and an ancient glass vessel were once di d at Bushy Leas, near this village. chial charities ore worth about 14 a year. I.l.li HIT VKLL-PRIOR and SALOME. HUB WELL, Oxfordshire. BRIGUTWELL'S BAB ROW HrXDRT the 27 huuds. or subdivisions of the c - stssfl situated in the eastern parliamentary div. of the co.3 and bounded on the N. by tho hu- Bradley, on the E. by Oxfordshir hy Vilt- I shire and Berkshire, and on tho W. by the bunds, Rapsgate and Crowthome. It contains the Aldsworth, Bornsley, St. Aldwin's Cobie, 1 Martin, East Leach Turvillp, 1'aiit'ord, Kempsford, Lcchlade, (Ju with part of tho par. of Bibury. The hund. extends | over an area of about 36,850 e l!l;l<;ilTT.I,L UPPER TOWN, a vil. in the of Brightwell Baldwin, and hund. of Kwclme, in I of Oxford, 3} miles from Watlington, and ."> ! . N.V. ' VaIlin BRIGMERSTON, a hmlt. in tho par. of Mil.. hund. of Amesbury, in the co. of Wilts, 3 miles to t N. of A It is seated on t i 1 the i ' Avon. Tho living is a perpct. cur. annexed to the of MUM on, in the dioe. d S.ili-lniry. ,!.!/, a par. in tl div. of the' '-nth Kidini; ..I' ill t ^ district on tho small river i ' To Ntains the hmlt. a vie. i of Rijion, "f the val. of I" ' patron, of tho lord chancell'>r. The church is d to St. Mary. Roman remains arc freiiueutly found in the neighbourhood. Hi; K K iVX, a par. in tho bar. of Condons and i . |ii-"V. of MiinM'T, ll
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