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Rh BUCKEMIAM, OLD. in 1881, at the cost of 800, two-thirds of which bum wan presented by Hammond and Joseph J. Turner, and their mother, Harriet Tumor. There is a small endow- ment for the education of six boys, now paid to the fund ional school. Tho minister of this parish claims the privilege, as lord of the manor of Buckenham 1'riory, to bo cnp-bearer at coronations. Tho market has been discontinued some years. Fairs are held for on the last Thursday in May and the 22nd abcr. BUCKENHAM, OLD, a par. in tho hund. of Shrop- liam, in tho co. of Norfolk, 3 miles to tl Attl*'- burgh, and 1} N. by W. from New Buckcnham. The Great Eastern railway passes near it, and lias a station at Ecclca Itoad, about 3 miles to the N.E. of the vil- lage, which is built in a romantic spot, surrounding a green of about 40 acres. It was once a place of some note, and was the situ of a priory for cnnons of tho Augustine order, founded about 1085 by Willi.r Albini, surnamcd tho Stronghandcd. Tho materials of the old castlo were employed in tho erection of the priory. It was valued at tho Dissolution at 131, and was given to Sir Thomas Knive.tt. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc, of Norwich, val. 102, in tho patron, of tho inhabitants. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure with thatched roof and octagon tower, containing six bells. It was once used as a barn. There is an endowed school for boys and girls, and an infant school. Tho charitable endowments for education and the relief of tho poor amount to t 1 1 1 per annum. The manor now belongs to Lord i whose seat is Buckenham Hall. The right of serving as butler at the coronation belongs to tho lord of this manor. BUCKENHAM PARVA, or BV( K EX 1 1 A M -NEAR- TOFTS, a jar. in the hund. of Grimshoe, in the co. of Norfolk, 7 miles to the N. of Thetford, and G N.E. from Brandon railway station. It is situated on tho river Wissey. The living is a rod. in the dioc. of Norwich, in the gift of the Rev. T. Newman. The church, long since demolished, was dedicated to St. Andrew. Tho pariah contains about 031 ncreg, and belongs solely to the Hon. Francis Baring, who is lord of the manor ; his seat is Buckenham Hall. BUCKENH1LL, a tnshp. in tho par. of Woolhopc, hund. of Greytree, in the co. of Hereford, 7 miles to tho N. of Ron. BUCKERELL, a par. in the hund. of Homyock, in the co. of Devon, 3 miles to the V. of Honiton, its post town. It u situated near the river Otter and the Yeovil and Exeter section of the London and South-W. railway. The living is a vie.* in tho dioc. of Exeter, val. 120, in tho patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church, which contains a screen and s monuments, is dedicated to St. Mary. The principal residence is Buckerell House. BUCKFASTLEIGH, a par. and market town in tho hund. of Stanborough, in the co. of Devon, 5 in: the N.W. of Totnes. Ashburton is its post town. It is situated in a hilly and beautiful country on tho river Dan, and was the site of an abbey, existing as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor", bnt refounded about 1137 by Ktli. Iward do Pomeroi, for monks of the < "riler. It flourished till tho Dissolution, and had a revenue of 466. The estate was given to Sir Thomas Dennis, and subsequently many houses were built in the village from the rums of the Abbey. Some slight remains about a miln from the village on tho E. bank of the Dart, llarble and linn stone arc quarri. .1 in tlf parish, and in the vicinity are rks. Some of the inhabitants are engaged in tho woollen manufac- ture There is a small ancient market-house. Tho living u a vie.* iu the f X'J7n. in tin- patron, of the 1:. . M. Lowndes, incumbent. Th. !j. which stands on a hill m-ar the bridge over the Dart, .1 t., the Mdly Trinity. It has transepts and side chapel*, mid aro fine views of the pictureM|ii> bourhood. Tho Wesl. have Is. here. Tl. V endowments for the poor produce about 60 per annum, liuckioitleigh Abbey it a modern mansion in the Tudor style of m erected on the site of tin- ancient a). hey. Friday : market day. Cattle, fairs are held in the village on tho third Thursday in June and the sec. ml Thursday in September. BUCKHAVEN, or lil'i KIIYNK, a vil. in thn par. of Wemyss, in tho co. of Fife, Scotland, '1 miles t S.W. of Leven, it is seated on the N. coast of the l-'rith of Forth, near the Loven branch of the Edinlmigh, Perth, and Dundee railway. The inhabitants, desc< : as is said, from the crew of a Dutch vessel wrecked : the coast about the middle of tin loth century engaged in tho fisheries. The cottages are scatters i the steep face of the hill. There is an Unit, terian chapel in the village. A now pier and hin have recently been made. BUCKHOLMSIDE, a il. in the par. of Mclrose, ^H in the co. of Roxburgh, Scotland, 1 milo from ' It is seated in a hilly country, on the Gala Water, a feeder of the Tweed. BUCKHOLT FARM, an ext. par. lib. in the 1. of Thorngate, Romsey div. of tho co. of Southam; 5 miles to tho S.W. of Stockliridge. It is intersected IM tho old Human road from Salisbury to Winchester. BUCKHOI.N W1'ST< iX. a pur. in the hund. of lane, Sturminster div. of the co. of Dorset, 4 miles I N't St&lbridgo. It is situated on the confines of Sod^H setshire, close to the Yeovil and Salisbury section of the London and South-Western railway. The livin:- i. t. in tho dioc. of .Salisbury, of the val. of 360, IB tifl gift of Lady Staplcton. Tho church contains an a> monument. BUCKHURST, a hmlt. near tho vil. of Chigwcll, in tho co. of Essex, 10J miles from Whitechaj It is situated on the borders of Eppiiig ai, Forests, near tho road to Ongar. In tin hood are many villas, chiefly occupied by The church, dedicated to St. .(< .'nn, is a hajn-1 "I i Chigwell. Tho Indcpen '.. i el. Tl a grammar school, and a free school founded by bishop Harsnett in 1(!'J9; in the i. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, is said 1 have been educated. In tho forest was m. palace, supposed to have belonged to King Harold. IJUCKIE, a largo fishing vil. and ynunl lacra par., J tho par. of Rathven, Enzie district, in the co. of Bai nd, 6 miles to tho W. of Cullen. It is in a moorland country, on the 8. coast of the Frith, and is a small port subordinate to Banff, living, worth 80, is in tho presl' the patron, of tho heads of families. '1 Free church, an Episcopalian chapel, and a Catholic ch:i BUCKlXGHAM.a par., market town, munici parliamentary borough, in the hund. . ingham, 1 li miles to the N.W. of Aylesbury, :. from London by road, or (il miles by ruilv station on the Banluiry. I'lnckingham, ami branch of the London and Keith-Western mil i is situatul in a pleasant . liy which the t"wn is surround. idw, ami includes the ehj.l is. liters Holt, and I., alion.iigh, the j. asti-iet ofBourtonhold-- r.'ukingham is a very old town, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as a borough. Tho suinmnding district was ravaged by the Danes in tho middle of thn loth c> .1 into their hands in the year loin. It had been previously fortified by Edward the I.M. r. A O^^^H founded here by tho Earls of Buckingham soot, Norman Conquest. The town was ol :. impor- tance as one of the staple towns for wool, in th> 111, hut it soon began to d. I > "ring tin Civil War, Charles I. had his headquarters at 1 ham for a .-.hurt time ; it w;.s --'J'he town, whii'h eomiists chieftj of one street of considerable length, is paved and lighta.
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