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Rh I'.KIMITON. 376 living is a vie. 4 in the dioc. of Oxford, of the val. of
 * ! patron, of the Rev. G. B. Coffin, incum-

bent. The i-hurch is dedicated to St. 1'etor. The charitable endowments of the pariah produce 24 per annum. Some remains of another ancient church arc BBDfFTON, a par. in the hand, of Stone, in the co. of Somerset, 2 miles to the W. of Yeovil. Alvington and Houndstone arc hmlts. of this par. The living is a root. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, of the vol. of 1 70, in the patron, of Mrs. Morris. The church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew, contains monuments of Sir John Sydenham, Bart., who died in 1626, and of other members of the same family, to whom the manor once belonged. The principal mansion is Brimpton House, a seat of I he Earl of Wc> JiKIMSCOMBE, or I'.K I MSi ( i.M UK PORT, a chplry. in the par. of Minchinhampton, hund. of Longtroc, in the co. of Gloucester, 2 miles to the N.E. of Minchin- hampton. It is a station on the Gloucester and Chel- tenham branch of the Great Western railway. The Thames and Severn canal passes by this place. The in- habitants are chictly employed in the cloth manufacture. The living is a porpet. cur. annexed to the rect. of Min- chinhampton, in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol. BRIMSLADE, an ext. par. district, in the hund. of Kinwardstone, in the co. of Wilts, 4 miles to the 8. of Marlborough. It is united with the district of South Savemake. BRl.MSTAtiE, a tnshp. in the par. of Bromborrpw, hund. of Virrall, in the co. palatine of Chester, 4 miles tothcN.K. .ston. HKI.MSTuNK, ;i hmlt. in the par. of Hays Castle, hund. of Duwisland, in the co. of Pembroke, South Wales, C n i i ifordwost. I'.KIMSTKKK IirXDUED, one of the 14 hunds. or subdivisions of Shropshire, situated in the S. parlia- mentary div. of the co., and bounded on the N. ami 10. by Staffordshire, on the S. by the hund. of Stottesden, and on the W. by the hund. of North Bradford and the borough of Wenlock. It consists of the three diva, of Bridgnorth, Halosowen, and ShilTnal : the first con- taining the pars, of Claverley, Worfield, and part of Bobbington ; the second containing part, of the par. of Holesowcn ; and the third the pars, of Albrighton, Badger, Beckbury, Boningale, Donington, Kemberton, Ryton, Shiffnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock, and Tong, with the ext. par. district of Boscobcl. The hund. Com- prises an area of about 63,300 acres. BKINCAMISIR, a tnshp. in the par. of Berriew, hund. of Newtown, in the co. of Montgomery, North Wales, 3 miles from Montgomery. BRINCIIII.. or l!l;YXrCHEL, a tnshp. in the par. of Cemmes, hund. of Machynlleth, in the co. of Mont- gomery, North Wales, 7 miles to the N.E. of Machynlloth. BRI N< 'LIFFK EDGE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Eccles- hall Bierlow, in the par. and borough of Sheffield, West Killing of the co. of York, 4 miles to the 8. W. of Shof- BKIND, a hmlt. in the par. of Wressel, wap. of Hart- hill, in the East Riding of the co. of York, 2 nr .1 n. It is situated close to the Hull, . anil Mili'.ird Junction railway. BKINIHjE, a par. in the hund. of Leyland, in the co. palatine of Lancaster, 4 miles to the N. of Charley. Muslin wearing is carried on by some of the inhabitants. The living is a roct.* in the dioc. of Manchester, vol. of 615, in the patron, of the Duke of Devonshire. The church is dedicated to St. James. There is an i n- dowcd free school with an income of about 17 a year, the produce of several bequests. There are some other charities worth about 14 a year. Brindlo Lodge is the prinei|,al nn' IUJIN1H.KY, 11 tnshp. in the par. of Acton, hund. of Nantwi. h. in the en. iiitlatin- ol i miles t.> the HKINIH 1 it. par. lib. in the wap. of Har:- hill, Knst Hiding ,,!' Hi" 00, i.!' York, :: mil. s to : of Howden. BRINGHURST, a par. in the hund. of Gard the co. of Leicester, 2 miles to the W. of Rockingham. It is situated on the border of Northampton-hi: the N. bank of the river Witllond, and contains the chplry. of Great Easton and the tnshp. of Drayton. The living is a vie. in the di... . i !' 1M. ib rough, of the vaL with the perpet. cur. of Great Easton annexed, of 241, in the patron, of the Dean ami I 'haptcr of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. BRINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Lcighton in the co. of Huntingdon, 5 miles to the X. <>( K imh. I- ton. It lies on the confines of Northamptonshire. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, of the vnl. with the curs, of Bythorn and Old Weston mini .'.in the patron, of the Master and Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to All Saints. BRINGTON, or BRINTON, popularly p. "Briton," a par. in the hand, of Nohottle (. the co. of Northampton, 6 miles to the N.W. ol ampton. It contains the hmlts. of Little 13ringtn :icd Nobottle (or NewbotUe), and the ext. par. lib. Althorp Park. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. Peterborough, of the . in the patron, of Boil or. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains a remarkably complete set of 16th century open I though the carved screen has disappeared. In tenor is a brass of a priest, and a series of fin ments to the Spencer family from the reign ol II < V 1 1 1 . ; also the vault of the earls of Sunderlond. is a curious circumstance that to the earls of Sunderlund, though all lour of them li' buried in this vault, including the famous minister or James II. and William 111., and his scarcely less cola] brated son, minister to Queen Anne and George I. the first earl, we have good reason to believe the: the heart was brought back from the field of Newborn but the vault contains the remains of the first counteiB celebrated by Waller under the nnnio of "S . This church is also interesting as tin- burial-place of the hut English ancestor of George Washing! . ' family armorial bearings, from which it is b. the stripes and stars of the American bannci are carved upon the ledger tombstone. '1 a chapel at Little Brington. The parish has the bcneftl of a valuable charity called the n," whii !i produces about 225 per annum. There are some othtl small endowment : .of Bring!' hclit by Archbishop Chichcloy. Alth'.rp Turk is t!i M d of Earl Spencer, to whom it gives tin i The mansion, which was erected i n low ground, and is approached by fin< brated for its large and valuable library, whirh o, -eupiri five apartments extending 300 feet in length, and tors good collection of pictures and family portraits. Among the pictures are a Raphael's Holy Family, and a portion of his cartoon for the Murder of the Innocents, and some portraits by Holbein, besides an mitiipi. ' nustic painting. BRI N I IV !'!: I H >, a tnshp. in the par. fawr, hunds. of Gcneur-Glynn find Upper Ila i h Wales, 8 miles to tin YV. i;i;liN(,ll.M, B par. i:. thi hand, oi II. .It, in co. of Norfolk, I miles to the S.V. of Holt. It is situ- ated in a pleasant undulating country. On spot stands Belle Vue, a circular : ing an isive view over the valley of the (Maveii, with its villages and picturesque old churches, the town. t on a h 11 I icy end, and the wooded hills along the coast. The sea is visible in perpet. cur. in the dine, of Norwich, in t i 8. III. : church is dedicated t" St. Mam BKINKBURN, ft pur. partly in the castun div. of ird of Coquetdftle, and partly in tin v.. -;. in the ward o) Mi.rpeth. in the en. 'of Northumberland, 4 miles to the S. K. of 1,'othl.iiry. It in pi.t.,- ', and .!' I'.iinU inn IliL'h Wird, Low Ward, and S.itith Side. I; !iliU} priory, founded in the reign of Henry I. by William